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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Thomas Rebukes
Briggs Strikers

Workers who called an unau-
thoriZed strike at the Briggs
Manufacturing Company. Friday
were sharply rebuked today by R
j. Thomas, president of the JAW.
CIO, and warned that any recur.
renee would bring disciplinary
action by the union.
More than 120 workers in the
Briggs body plant, 1851 Mack
avenue, walked out Friday night
following a dispute between shop
steward and a superintendent.
After meeting with company
officials. Thomas said:
THE officers of the local
union and myself agreed with
the company that the stOppages
of work which took place were
uncalled for and could have
been avoided, had the workers
involved followed the procedures
outlined in the unions agree
ment with the Briggs company.
THE officers of Local 2l2
have agreed with me that fur
ther unauthorized cessation of
work in violation of the unions
contract with the company will
cease.
ANY member OF members Of
the UAW-CIO who violate our
contractural relations will be
penalized by the international
union"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Warns Italy
Gayda Sees Worse Perils
if Nation Quits War

ROME. Jana 7-GNS)-A warn
ing that Italy faces even more
sevefe setbacks if she contem
plates premature withdrawal from
the war was voiced today by Nir
ginio Gayda. Premier Mussolini''
press spokesman.
Despite heavy losses" Gayda
wrote in the Giornale d'Italia.
Italy possesses the men and
means for undiminished prosecu-
ton of energetic warfare on all
fronts.
Depression does not exist in
Italy and there Is no possibility
of an Axis split.
Heavy sacrifices are neces-
sary. but these would be worse
and more permanent II Italy for
a moment considered premature
withdrawal from the war"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Admiral Warns Japs
U.S.. Attack COMING

TOXIC. Jan. 7.-GNS)-Japan
should begin preparing for an at
tack by the United States. Admiral
Kotaro Nakamura warned today.
Writing a review of the military
situation in the Pacific in the
Hochi Shimbun. Admiral Naka-
mura counseled against evadinG
American pressure. Failure 10
stand up to the United States, he
said. would give America IAN OPP
portunity to further extend her
sphere of power"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

One Of the most debated questions in the pubcs mind the
Presidents didn't
he has General Hugh S Johnson
Presidents message. Page "a.
THE other fellow in hotel lobby whip out
pocket nonchalany his reminded
of piece long intending write about the passing
another
that In Damon
the old washroom comb. Page "a
at the other end of the congressional line is craving
her those Glass
blast hell Germany" Paul Mallon discusses
the apprehenons felt by this assembling Congress- Page "a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
State Court Reverses
Suit on Oil ROYALTIES

LANSING. Jan. THE State
Supreme Court today reversed a
decision of the Midland County
Circuit Court dissolving a royalty
pool covering 20 oil wells in Isa-
bella County.
Dissolution of the agreement
was sought by Glenn r. Hathaway
in suit against the Porter Roy
atty Pool. Inc. and 153 others on
the grounds of fraud and violation
of the blue sky law. Judge Ray
Hart ruled no fraud existed, but
permitted the dissolution. The
Supreme Court ordered the con-
tract enforced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Auto Lots on Ballot
Voters to Decide If City Should Own and Operate
Parking Facilities After Council o. KS Measure

Detroit will vote on whether II
wants municipality owned and OPP
Grated parking lots in the April
7 election, Common Council de-
cided today. ~
The council informally approved
a proposal submitted by Assistant
Corporation Counsel Nathaniel II.
Goldstick which is to appear on the
April ballot. Council is scheduled
to approve the proposal formally
tonight.
Meanwhile. council tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
i. s. Plane transfer
To Greece Denied

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-GNS)
Administration officials today
denied reports that the United
States has as yet released a num-
Der of military airplanes to the
Greek government.
Philip Young. treasury official
in charge of foreign aircraft priori-
ties. said he knew of no transfers
Dental Sec. Stephen Early also
of aircraft TO the Greeks. PreSi-
said he had no knowledge of any
transfer Similarly, the state de-
partment. termed the report I'M
true.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Order Firms Pay Tax
On InstaIment Sales

LANSING. Jan. THE Su-
preme Court today held that mer-
chants selling goods on credit must
pay the state sales tax in fun
when sales are made. even though
it is a year or more. before Gus
toners pay the bill in full, The
suit was filed by the Gardner
White Furniture Company. 5000
Mack avenue. Detroit. and the
Holmberg Lumber and Supply
Company, S34l Epworth boulevard,
Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
.NaZi Tanks
Fail tOHalf
Greeks
BY A. e. ANGELoPOULOS

INT Nt"h SeINIVo sum CV'tetPOHueHs
ATHENS, Jan. Greek forces
on the northern front, fighting
through deep snow in tempera-
lures as low as IS degrees below
zero, today were reported driving
against the Italian base at Elba-
san. key point for defense of the
Albanian capital of Tirana.
The Greeks continued their Of
fensive on the north with a series
OF, surprise attacks against Italian
troops, who have now been rein
forced by German tank units, &C.
cording to advices received in
Athens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Wives Of Hughes, Hull
Go 10 Same Hospital

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-INS1
Mrs. Cordell Hull. wife of the
secretary of state, and Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes, wife Of
the chief justice of the Supreme
Court, were patients in the same
hospital today.
Mrs. Hull has a digestive dis
turbance." Mrs. Hughes UNDER
went an operation for relief from
a tumor. Both were reported
resting comfortably"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

was scheduled to conduct a hear
ing on the general tightening OF
regulations governing parking lots.
Among the matters up for dis
cussion viii be elimination Of the
contract" whereby the parking
lot operator assumes only small
responsibility for damage to and
thefts from cars. the banishmens
of receiving stations" which per-
mits attendants to move cars, and
compelling operators 70 be rec
sponsible for the good character
and behavior OF their employees
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Conscription Bills Up

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-QNSl
The American Legion's proposal
to change the ages for military
consumption from the present p
to 36 years to Is to p years was
before both houses of Congress
today in companion bills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
U. S. Envoy Reaches Lisbon

LONDON. Jan. 7. - INSl -
William Phillips, United States
ambassador to Rome, has arrived
in Lisbon, Portugal, en- route to
his post from a visit to the United
States. an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch reported today. Phillips
will depart for Rome tomorrow via
Madrid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Smoke Routs III
In Apartment

One hundred and ten persons,
including four children. were
driven to the street today by
smoke from a fire in the Phllby
apartments at IS Waverly avenue,
Highland Park.
The blaze originated in a fourth
floor apartment occupied by Miss
Rose w. Wooley and was confined
TO the apartment. 1t was eXtin-
guished by the Highland Park
fire department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Laid
To Chicago
Builder

William Lipman, a.. official OF
the Lipman Construction Company
of Chicago, today was charged
with perjury in a warrant signed
by Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson,
sitting as a one-man grand jury
investigating bribery in the award
of the So, $50 600 Herman Gardens
housing contract.
The warrant charged Lipman
made false statements to the Fer
guson grand jury about meetings
with Councilman John Hamilton.
He admitted meeting Hamilton
twice at the latter's home, accord
ing to the warrant, but denied
attempting to arrange a third
meeting at the councilman's Sum-
mer home near Port Huron.
OTHER CHARGES
Lipman is also cited for perjury
for:
1-Denying attempts to meet
L Coucilman John w. Smith
In the transportation Building.
C-Denying telling Mrs. Jose
phine Gomon, former hous-
ing commission secretary, that
IL would be worth her while to
help him."
Lipman's firm, together with the
A. Smith Construction Company,
also of Chicago, was awarded the
big Herman Gardens job after
months of wrangling and heated
controversy before both Common
Council and the city housing COM
mission.
1t was Smiths charge that be
was interrupted in a pinochle
game in a downtown cafe by a
man who offered him SIS, 600 ito
vote for concrete" which precipi-
tated the current grand jury in
quiry.
HAMILTON'S STATEMENT
(The Smith-Lipman bid called
for concrete construction, while
the bid of their competitor speci-
fed steel construction.)
Hamilton, who voted for award
of the housing contract to the
Smith-Lipman combine, said to-
day that he was restricted to
secrecy because of his grand jury
appearance.
But will tell you" he said,
"that 1 saw Lipman and every
body else on both sides Of this
question. They all came to talk
to me, both at my Office and
my home. am always willing
to discuss any question which
comes before council"
Council President Smith de-
clared that he wouldn't know Lip
man if he saw him, and that the
contractor had never made an
appointment with him to discuss
award of the building contract.
! Lipman's alleged perjury oc-
CURED December 19.
"Tn view of other testimony IL
appears to the court that perjury
has been committed In the an
swers Lipman gave to questions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

International News service Cab

internAu0nhi news service table
ROME, Jan. Capture of
Bardia by the British middle
eastern forces was announced
by the Italian high command
today.
The tia ian announcement
said Bardia fell Sunday evening
and added that losses in dead,
wounded. missing and war mate
rails were heavy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

circle Tobruk and thrust against
Benghazi, 140 miles farther west.
Authoritative London quar-
tiers estimated that since De-
cember 8 the British forces in
Libya have destroyed or cap
tured $4,000 Italian soldiers.)
Authorities revealed that only
a few hours after Bardia and
10000 Italian troops were cap
tured, British forces reached the
Tobruk area. where the Italians
have strengthened their fortifica-
tons.
These defenses are believed to
consist of two long, strong lines
in a semicircle around the port
of Tobruk-the biggest and best
between Tunisia and Egypt.
British quarters said that the
air attacks on Tobruk were
aimed chiefly at naval barracks
and other military targets and
that these detectives have suf-
fered heavily"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

WAsHiNGIoN was born IN Inc
w English colony Of Virginia at
Bridges Greek on the END OF Feb
ruary, 1882.
stu that Is a date we Ameri-
cans celebrate and have every rea-
son TO celebrate.
Washington's parentage was
wholly English.
His family was an old English
family, and the old family manor
house can still be seen at North
amptonshire In England with the
stars and stripes OF the Washing
ton escutcheon-eventualIy en-
bodied In the American flag
above the door.
In 1856 a member OF this fam
lily who had suffered reverses came
TO America TO rebuild his for
tunes.
He enrolled as an officer on a
merchant vessel and was "ye sec
ond man In sayleing ye vessel to
Virginia"
He had the spirit of freedom and
justice In his soul. and was suf-
ficiently enlightened 20 lodge a
complaint with the governor. as
soon as he landed In Virginia.
against the captain of the vessel
for hanging a woman as a witch
during the voyage.
This John Washington. gentle
man In reduced circumstances but
freedom loving and independent
Englishman. was the founder Of
the Washington family Of America.
John was accompanied by his
younger brother, Lawrence.
The two located In the northern
neck OF Nirginia-the district be-
tween the Potomac and Kappa
hammock rivers.
John was especially competent
and industrious, and at length be-
came a landed proprietor of some
consequence.
He had two sons, one named
John after himself, and one named
Lawrence after his brother.
Johns son Lawrence was the
father OF Augustine Washington,
and Augustine was the father Of
our own beloved George.
Although of such wholly Eng
lish stock, we Americans can truly
call George Washington ours.
nANIEL WEBSTER said of
~ him:
Born upon orr Soil--Of
parents also born upon It
(COutinued on Next Page Col 6l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
FOLLOWS RAIDS

The grand jury's Investigations
took a drift toward Hamtramck
after series of raids by the state
police last week in which 800 per-
sons were arrested in three alleged
handbooks.
The majority of those found fire.
quenting the places were witnesses
before the jury and the intensity
with which the investigation is
being pushed. coupled with Kanar's
failing. led jury observers to pre-
dict the handing down of indict-
ments charging graft in the
suburb.
Kanar is 80. He previously
served as a Hamtramck city
councilman and as a state leg
islator. He was born in Poland
and came to this country as a
boy. Following his graduation
from Hamtramck City High School
he was employed in the Ham
tramck fire department.
He has been convicted four
times on various charges. In May,
1920, he was fined $40 for disor-
derby conduct. Two years later he
was convicted on the same charge
and sentence was suspended. In
February. 1924 he was arrested
and charged with robbery armed.
The charge was reduced TO one of
assault on which he was convicted
and place on probation for two
years. His last conviction was for
reckless driving for which he paid
a $40 fine in August, 1926.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

British Seize Airport
Near TObruk. Capture
40 Italian Warplanes
BY DESMOND TIGHE
Init News service staff Correspondent

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY
AT BARDIA. Jan. THE first
vital defense point of Tobruk fell
into the hands of swiftly advanc-
ing British orces today with the
capture of Eladem Airport, pre-
viously evacuated by the Italians
after a terrific hammering by Raj
planes.
Fruits of the new British Of
fensive westward from Bardia be-
came known with official an
nouncement that 40 Italian planes
stationed at Eladem and rendered
unserviceable by Raj bombs had
been captured by the British.
While advance. units of British
light tanks and armored cars
hammered the outer defenses of
Tobruk. British military officials
isclose d that American-built
bombers are now playing a promi-
nent role in the air attacks de-
signed to break down Marshal
Rodolfo Graziani's last strongholds
in North Africa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
TORRENTS OF BOMBS

The middle east Raj command
announced that in the raid on
Tripoli torrents of bombs fell
amid Italian warships and mer-
chant vessels and started fires
ashore.
A communique stated several
tons of explosives were dumped
on the Tripoh power station,
customs building. oil storage
plants, wharves and shipping dur
ing a night-long attack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Mr.. Roosevelt
Sees Nation
Behind Him
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON


WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today put the
finishing touches on his budget
m essa age. convinced that the
American people fully support his
avowed policy of committing the
United States to the British
cause against the dictators, re-
gardless of cost or consequences.
Intim5tes pictured the President
as thoroughly satisfied 18th pop
ular and congressional reaction TO
his unprecedented pledge of "all
out aid to embattled democracies
even If II provokes the dictators
into declaring war on the United
States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

nNE Of the contributors to the
" Saturday Symposium recently
wrote that the British naturally
considered Paul Jones a traitor.
For the same reasons they con-
sidered all the American patriots
Of the war for independence
traitors.
These great founders OF our
free government realized, too, that
they were considered traitors by
England, and that the fate OF
traitors might await them II they
failed In their fight for freedom.
Did not Benjamin Franklin de-
clare In grisly jest:
ayes, zoe must, indeed, all
hang together, or, most as
suredly, We shall all hang
sepdrdtely."
We call these great American
revolutionists patriots because
they were faithful TO our ideals
of liberty, tolerance and indie
pendence.
England called them traitors
because they rebelled against dom
ineering English rule. because
they relinquished their allegiance
to the English king. because they
evolved q new conception OF free
government, because they devoted
their lives and their loyalty TO
their new land and their new lib
critics.
Washington. jefferson, Adams,
Hancock. Madison, Monroe, Pat
rick Henry had been the subjects
Of English kings, living In English
colonies, recognizing English law
and dominion, so when they re-
nounced their allegiance TO the
English government and fought
against the mother country. al
though they were patriots In our
eyes, they were all traitors In the
eyes of England.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
OFFERS TO QUIT

II am greatly interested in
our housing project and II my
arrest does anything to hurt the
: project, i will quit. intended
to retire anyway and get a pri-
vate job as soon as my term was
ended"
kanar said his administration
for the first time balanced the
city budget and improved mum.
cipal credit The city, he said
previously was always borrowing
and double borrowing and never
paid back a dime"
kanar was jailed and fined S10C
by Judge Ferguson at midnight
last night. He was lodged in the
county Jail where his commitment
papers stated he was sentenced
for giving ''evasive and contra.
dictory' answers to questions. He
was called before the jury for
questioning at 2 p. m. yesterday
His appearance followed that OF
several police officers and gam
bling witnesses from the suburb.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
GLENN MARTINS USED

Glenn Martin bonbers,- it was
said, are cooperating with the
Royal Air Force and have carried
out a number of important recon-
naissance flights. British officials
expressed hope that the American
supply soon will grow into
STEADY stream"
These same officials revealed
that large number of unrecorded
air battles have occurred. More
than 500 Italian machines have
been shot down in Africa TO date
il was said, with only so British
planes lost.
British bombers hammered both
Tobruk and Tripoli, the seaport
capital of Libya.
So great were the fires started
by bombing attacks on Tobruk
that their red glare could be seen
from Bardia.
The new British offensive
threatened TO out-flank and en-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Kdnar Jailed,
Offers toQuit
As Mayor

Sentenced to 60 days in Jail fol
contempt of court by Judge Homer
Ferguson in the grand jury in.
vestigation of gambling in Ham.
tramck, Mayor Walter Kanar to.
day said Hamtramck is IAN angeI
town compared to what it used tc
be" and offered TO resign if his
arrest impeded progress of a
housing project in the suburb.
I'm going to serve my sem
tence," Kanar said as he played
cards in a witness room in
county jail. This is my prob
lem and I'm going to handle 1t
alone. Time will prove that I'm
right.
"Over at the grand jury
they started firing questions at
me. still don't know what
question they found me guilty
OF not answering. So far as I'm
concerned I did not answer a
single question evasively and I
answered every question to the
best Of my ability.
CAN'T BE CRUSADER
Hamtramck Is an angel
town compared to what 1t was
years ago. or course we have a
large floating population which
constantly presents q police
problem.
II can't be q crusader. 1t
Isn't In me. I've got an honest
police commissioner. He comes
from one of the best Ham
framck families. I'm not going
to try and pass the buck to
any one.
There Is only one other way
TO handle the problem. That is
to go outside the city and get
a man or a body such as the
state police and they would be
in the same trouble because as
soon as they left ii, the situa-
ton would be the saline as be-
fore. AnG IL would mean po-
litical suicide for me IL went
outside the city to get police
officers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
Dems in Control
Of State Buying
Times STAFF Correspondent

LANSING. Jan. 7.-Michigan's
first bipartisan government split
today when Democratic members
of the administrative board re-
fused to allow the states SIS 000.-
600 purchasing business to slip
through their fingers.
Unity was forgotten when Gov.
Murray d. Van Wagner proposed
the name of Wendell Lund as sec
rotary of the board
In the past, the secretary has
always had the power to hire and
fire the states purchasing agents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
THREE PURPOSES

The President achieved three
distinct purposes in his last two
addresses-the fireside chat of De
eember % and his third tern
speech to Congress yesterday
These purposes were:
Ito lift the morale of demo-
u cratic peoples everywhere
by fOrcefuIIy predicting ulti-
mate defeat of the dictators-as
voiced first In the fireside chat
and repeated In his address TO
Congress.
c-To warn the dictators that
81 the United States will be
turned into mn arsenal for the
democracies, even IL II means
war--as he told Congress.
DO inform the American
- people that they must be
prepared for grave personal sac
rifices IL they wish to preserve
democracy in this continent and
TO warn "siackers" they can eX-
pect little mercy from the gov
ernment-as he told Congress.
The President achieved one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07
BROWN TELLS PLAN

Eve don't want to select
secretary until we know what
his duties are going to be-" Aud.
Gen. Vernon J. Brown said. II
have a plan to take buying out
of politics once and for ALL"
Brown submitted a four-point
program of changes which would
strip Democrats of any contro
over the states big business: II
follows:
Authority over supervision
Il of purchasing would be di-
vorced from the position of sec
rotary of administrative board.
A purchasing division consisting
of chief buyer and staff of
three assistants would be Gre
ated. the chief buyer to be re-
sponsible to the purchasing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-07

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vYYASHINGTON was born In the
w English colony Of Virginia at
Bridges Greek on the END OF Feb
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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1941-03-13
Unemployment
Office Will Register
Military SelecteeS

Offices of the Ohio Bureau of
Unemployment comp ensation
will register all unemployed
workers entering military serv-
ice under the Selective training
and Service act, BUG employ
ment service officials announc-
ed this week.
Special files of army trainees
will be maintained to speed the
return of these men to jobs in
private industry when their SER
vice with the armed forces of
the government is completed, it
was announced.
Interviews will be given those
men not registered, and their
complete occupational record
will then be filed with those of
other draftees previously regis
tered with the employment SER
vice.