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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21
AGREEMENT NEAR

Detroit, Apr Bins Settle
ment OF the week-old' strike of NOV
ing van owners seemed virtually
assured today, according to Edward
NJ. Owen. state labor board media
tor. Owen announced after a meet
ing that the idle vans would begin
moving as soon as the agreement"
has been ratified by the approx
mately 200 owners involved.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21
THREE KILLED

Detroit, APR. Pins - Three
persons were dead today and
fourth in the hospital as the result
OF a single automobile accident.
Killed were John II. Strong. 25;
his wife. Helen. 25, and Miss Esth-
er Demerou, II. Injured seriously
was George Coan, 80.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21

Mediator Edward ". Owens said
today he called a conference OF
both sides In his ONCE. Involving
about 1000 workers. the strike was
called assortedly because the com.
pany discharged some union work.
ers
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21
Personality Difficulties
Discussed by Christian
Youth Fellowship Group

Christian Youth Fellowship
members Sunday evening at the
home OF Miss Kathleen Shannon.
their director, heard Martin Croth-
ers, Ypsilanti, speaking on "Malad-
iusted Personalities. He used as
background and basis for his
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21
NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED

Detroit. apr. fins go Negotla.
tons we're resumed today between
the UAW-cIo and General Motors
Corporation against which the un.
ion has fled tive day strike no
tice.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21

Antonescu. who a few months
ago won out over a bloody Iron
Guardist uprising. issued a mani-
fest announcing that new ter-
rorist plot against his regime has
been brought to light.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21

Detroit. APR. 2l-INS-The cor.
oner's office today ruled as sui-
eide the death Of John h. Parmalee,
e. His body was found In a truck.
A rubber hose was connected with
the exhaust OF the truck.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21
SYNOPSIS

BILL LATHAM. young novelist. has
been Tilted only seconds before he
was to have gone to the altar. For
the first time.
JOEL RANDALL, his older cousin, sees
Bits usual suavity and urbanity
broken
YESTERDAY: Bill and Joel near the
"Eveless Eden" in the North Caro-
lima mountains.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21

BUDAPEST ms Rumania's
internal political situation once
more has become critical. accord.
ing 10 reports received In Buda-
pest today. Premier Gen. Ion
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21
SEEK SETTLEMENT

Detroit, Apr Gins Seeking
10 settle the week old strike the
UAW-CIO called at the Mt. Glenn.
ems Pottery. State Labor Board
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-21

with toward families with
want to build new homes Hal Hayes 2syearod Burbank
engineer has hit idea which thinks
builds what believed to be the first prefabrcaed
houses pouring mixture
porting the walls and to the building site
erected by Within two hours he
and within week he have the house ready
plete with wiring repaces fixtures
Hayes the houses meet British requirements bombpoof
shelters, bong built fragments hits
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, MAY 19 lP-Poultry, live.
81 trucks: steady at decline; hens. over 5
pounds. 49, ) pounds and down, 1914 !:
Leehorn hens. IN: broilers, -, pounds
seorsa %hre Rest a P,noSb s sDTne Ro,t pounds gp
Plymouth Rock. is; White Rock, is: bare.
back chickens. l5-16; roosters, 13: Leg
horn roosters, l217; ducks, Al pounds up
coiored. 1: white, IL; small. colored, 10:
white. II; geese. =: turkeys, toms. old.
IA; Young, "A; hens y
ery sut.sr IS seeie eeseiDts a easy
as; 90. 34'.; So. 34r.: ss 33s.: 30,
centralized carlots, 34s.. Eggs, receipts,
3S.4l firm; fresh-Rraded. extra frsts,
local %: cars. 23i4: hrsts, local. ~ a;
cars. 23: current receipts. 2114: dirties.
goa; checks: 20: storase-packed extras,
25: frsts, 24s4.
Potatoes. arrivals. ""s; on track. 400;
Sunday: 10: new stock. supplies moderate,
demand good; market for California long
whites. weak and unsettled: for Southern
Triumphs early morning market about
steady: for late morning market. frm.
California long whites. U. s. No. 1. So
I7t2; Alabama Bliss Triumphs. o. s. No.
I, l.40-75: Louisiana Bliss Triumphs. y.
crate: demand for Idaho Russets fairly
good, market firm with slightly stronger
tendencies for. Northern stock, all va
rieties, demand moderate, market hrm
on best quality: Idaho Russet Burbapks.
U. S. No. 1, 1915: Minnesota and
North Dakota cobblers. q. S. commercials.
So; early Ohios. U. 8. commercial .5:
!.s5; wisconsin Katahdins. q. s. No. /.
10
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Cotton Prices Reach
Best Levels Since
1861 Season
Additional Advance
OF so to Sc Points
Staged in Week

NEW YORK, May 1e-Cotton
prices last week advanced to the
highest levels since late in the 1885,
81 season.
1t was the third successive week
in which cotton values registered
substantial net gains. At the close
Saturday, active futures contracts
on the New York Cotton Exchange
were at a level so to 56 points above
the close Of the previous week.
The main factor in the strength
ening market was legislation calling
for a mandatory loan Of IS per cent
of parity on the i941 cotton crop.
Initial gains followed Senate and
House agreement to such a loan.
The gains were sharply extended on
news that the House had voted in
favor of the measure. The House
had previously approved Of a loan
of IS per cent of parity.
Senate approval resulted IN only
a moderate further rise, since pas
sage by that body had been fore
gone conclusion. There was doubt
expressed in some quarters that the
President would sign the bill, but
others in the trade appeared conf
dent that it. would become law.
An additional factor in the ad-
vance last week was the official
report that April cotton consumption
was the largest on record, app oxi-
matelv 100000 bales. compared with
854 900, the previous record, IN
March. and $4,000 in April last
year. Average consumption per
working day during April totaled
Al 300 bales. If such a daily rate
were maintained throughout the
last three months of the current
season, consumption from May l
to July 81 would aggregate about
2.7OO0OO bales. Since the total
through April was 6995,00 bales
a total full season consumption OF
approximately 100000 bales might
be realized. In all of last season.
domestic consumption of all cottons
aggregated 7,784,0OO bales, and two
seasons ago, 6858000
The domestic cloth market con-
tinued active last week. although
volume was believed to have fallen
somewhat below the turnover of the
previous week. New business booked
by mills added to the large back
log Of orders in hand On the
basis of orders now held by the mills
it is reported that the current high
rate of mill activity is assured for
months to come.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Government Control
OF Carriers Held
Unnecessary
United Business Service
Declares Railroads
Can Meet Needs
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

BOSTON, May 19.-The railroad
industry is now operating more eff
GENTLY than at any time in its his
tory. says the United Business Serv-
ice in its current weekly report. and
it will be unfortunate. indeed. if re-
cent threats of Federal operation put
a damper on the healthy recovery
of railroad security values. There is
not the slightest indication that
wartime conditions will require Gov
ernment control
In view of the dismal record be-
hind governmental operation of the
railroads during the first World War
it is rather surprising that the
question is again coming up for
discussion at this time. That the
problem is under consideration was
suggested a week ago. when Chair
man Eastman of the Interstate
Commerce Commission stated that
the Government would not long hes
Itate to assume control of the car
riers 'if any defaults or deficiencies
develop"
The principal argument for Gov
ernment control is based on the fact
that the railroads have fewer freight
cars and locomotives than they had
in 1917 The capacity of the present.
day freight car is some 20 per cent
greater than the World War model,
and the speed Of trains has been
increased over so per cent. The As
sociation OF American Railroads is
authority for the statement that the
volume of freight traffic in 1929. the
greatest for any year on record,
could now be handled with from
3500OO to 100000 fewer cars than
were required at that time.
There was severe breakdown of
railroad transportation during the
World War as result of the lack
OF coordination between shippers
and the railroads. The lessons
learned then will prevent recurrence
of the sort of conditions that at one
time caused a tle-up of more than
200 900 fully loaded cars simply be-
cause no provision had been made
TO unload them at their destination
To help avoid these difficulties the
railroads now have the co-operat ton
of the Is regional Shippers Advisory
Boards and well-organized Gov
ernment transportation authority.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Collection of Rure
Microscopes Assembled

One Of the best collections of rare
microscope has been assembled
at the Academy of Sciences in
Moscow. The custodian of the COL
lection. S. L. Sobol is preparing a
comprehensive treatise on the his
tory of the microscope and micro
scopic research.
In place of honor is the COM
pound miscoscope invented in 1890
by the Dutch lens-grinder Zach
arias Jansen. Among the exhibits
are the cardboard and wooden in
struments produced by the Nurem-
berg toy makers. One microscope
inclosed in shark shagreen was made
by the London master Kelpeper,
who vas the first to introduce indi-
rect illumination with the aid of
a mirror.
In the 18th century the Russian
scientist Lomonsov made valuable
contributions to microscopy.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Ogden Corp. Offers Plan
For Interstate Power
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 19,-Ogden
Corp. said today it was filing with
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission plan for reorganiZa ton
of the Interstate Power Co.
Interstate Power operates di-
rectly, or through subsidiaries. in
Iowa, Minnesota. Wisconsin. Illi-
nois, North Dakota and South Da-
kota.
Ogden Corp, holding company
for Interstate, is successor by re-
organization to the Utilities Power
& Light Corp.
The plan provides for new cap
ital structure consisting of the
three following types of securities
l. A flrst-mortgage bond issue
equal to so per cent of the value
| Of the assets of the company, as
finally found, for purposes of re-
organization. The new bonds would
be for a 20-year term and bear
interest at 3i2 per cent.
2. Either per cent 40-year in
come debentureS or 5 per cent Gu
culative preferred stock for another
20 per cent of asset value.
3. An issue of common stock.
The new first-mortgage bonds
under the plan would be sold for
cash and their proceeds distributed
pro rata to present bondholders.
To the extent of the principal
Of the bonds that is not paid in
cash the balance would be met In
the income debentures or preferred
and common stock.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Cumulative Preferred
Of Louisville Gas
Placed on Market
7S0,792 Shares Offered
By Lehman Group
At S27.25 q Shore
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, MAY ia group
of underwriters. headed by Lehman
Bros, today offered 780,792 shares
of per cent cumulative preferred
stock, S25 par value, of Louisville
Gas g. Electric Co., at price OF
S2725 a share.
Holders OF the Louisville COM
pany's per cent cumulative pre-
ferred stocks now outstanding have
priority. expiring May 26, for ex-
changing each share of their stock
for four shares of the new pre-
ferred, Sc cash and a dividend ad-
justment in cash.
Louisville Gas & Electric Co.
Delaware), the immediate parent
company has agreed to exchange
3l,268 shares of 7 per cent and
1884 shares of per cent cumulative
preferred now owned for 160,089
shares of common stock. into which
the present class "A" and class B"
common stocks are to be re-classi-
fed.
The new preferred is redeemable
prior to June /, 1916, at S28.75 a
share, and after that at s28 share,
plus accrued dividends.
The company, in its prospectus,
states it will need about $1,000, 900
In new money in the next 18 months
for its present construction pro-
Gram and intends tn finance this
by sale of common stock.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
1941 Auto Production
Likely 10 Continue
Through July
Season to Be Extended
At Leost q Month
| Longer Than Expected
By DAVID J. WILKIE,
Associated Press Automotiye Editor.

DETROIT May 19.-The Nations S
motorcar industry, experiencing the
greatest retail demand in its history,
probably will continue the produc-
ton of 1941 model passenger cars
right through to the end of July.
That will be at least a month
longer than most of the car makers
originally planned to assemble cur
rent models. While July will be the
last month during which the in
dustry may operate without restric-
ton under the recent curtailment
order, the sustained high level of
consumer demand has been the
major deciding factor in the projec-
/ tion of large volume output at the
end of the model year.
Reserve Stock Dwindles.
The huge reserve" stock of cars
that caused so much comment in
trade circles earlier this year
dWindled so rapidly that the field
supply now is below normal meas
ured by current requirements. Vlr-
tually all of the manufacturers and
merchandisers are agreed that there
will be no reserve" when the model
year ends.
Extension of the present model
run does not necessarily mean added
delay in getting into 1912 model
production. With no new machine
tools to install and a considerably
| smaller amount of other equipment
available for replacement the
switch-over will be comparatively
simple There are to be changes in
tenders, radiator grilles and other
eye-appealing factors, but most of
| these already have been worked
out and they do not involve as much
retooling of equipment alteration
as is normally required.
| So far as can be aSCertained right
now the l94l motor will be the
power plant of the 1912 car, with
few or no material changes under
| the hood"
! Quotas a Problem.
| The delay to availa bility of 1912
| model cars will come rather from
the problem of allocatlng restrict
. ed output to all the dealer outlets
| probably TO be determined upon
! the volume of new-car sales made
| by each retail unit during the 194l
| model year. This becomes an i'm
mediate problem once the l94l
model is concluded.
To date the Nations automobile
assembly plants have turned out
approximately 4-280,000 passenger
cars and trucks since the l94l model
year started, last october l. The
production of at least another mil
! lion cars and trucks is contemplated
/ by the manufacturers before the
model year ends. Whether this
volume can be rolled out depends
not only upon the continued avail.
ability of raw materials, but also
! upon whether labor troubles that
have developed during the last sew
eral weeks in varying degree can
be adjusted without serious ex-
tended interruption TO assembly line
activity.
Last weeks output of cars and
trucks, as reported by Wards Re-
ports. Inc, aggregated l27225, COM
pared with l32380 the preceding
week.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Strikes
Continued From First Page )

machinsists of II San Francisco
May area shipyards faced threat
by A. F. L. unions to break the picket
lines unless the walkout ended.
The Bay Cities Metal Trades
Council voted yesterday to send
$4,000 workers past the pickets tc
resume production on S500,000 ,000
of defense orders. Action was de-
ferred, however, until after a meet
ing tomorrow night at which Gov
Culbert L. Olson will appeal to the
100 strikers to get back on the
job in the interest Of defense.
The A F. of L. Machinists' Union
a member of the council. was not
represented at the meeting which
resulted in the decision to breach
the picket lines. John Frey, inter-
national head OF the A. F. of LIS
Metal Trades Unions. said the other
$4,000 workers would return to work
regardless Of anything that hap
pens at the meeting of the ma
chinists and the Governor"
u Il. ". W Dt .IUUIliLCu.
To this a representative of A. F
of L. machinists replied that they
would make no attempt to keep
men from returning to work, but he
said it was impossible to build ships
without machlnistS And Mervyn
Rathbone, C. r. o. official. said the
c. I. o. would be "mobilized" against
any attempt to pass the pickets
The machinists want Sl.l5 an hour
and double pay for overtime instead
of SLIP and pay-and-a-half as pro-
vided in new master contract
intended to cover all union labor
in the yards.
Soft Coal Walkout Postponed
U. M. VS. threatened renewal
OF a work stoppage in the eight
State Appalachian soft coal fields,
to enforce demand that Southern
operators sign a new contract, was
postponed Indefinitely in favor of
continued negotiations.
The union wants a Sl.40 a day
increase in the Suthern wage rate
of $3.50. Northern operators have
agreed to 81 increase, making their
rate 81 day.
The Defense Mediation Board pre-
dicted yesterday that both coal and
shipyard disputes would be settled
soon. 1t also made progress report
saying that since it received its
first case March n, 628, 1888 workers
either had returned to defense
jobs or deferred walkouts as a
result of board action. This figure
did not include l.l50 employees of
the AlliS-Chalmers Manufacturing
Co. at La Porte, Ind. whose walk
out was settled by the board Satur-
day.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Retail Food Prices
Cent Higher
Early in May
Pacific Coast Cities
Show Largest Gains
In Half Month

Retail prices of staple foods In
creased / per cent during the first
half of May. Secretary Perkins re-
ported today in making public the
results of a spot survey of % foods
in l8 large cities. During the last
half of April the corresponding
advance was one-half of | per cent.
This semi-monthly survey is made
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
at the request of the consumer di-
vision of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration and Civilian Supply.
Pacific Coast cities reported the
largest increases. Retail prices of
the l8 foods advanced on the av-
erage 3.8 per cent in Los Angeles.
20 per cent in San Francisco and
% per cent in Seattle
Other increases were as follows:
Boston, Is; Philadelphia, l8; Pitts
burgh, OF Cleveland, /, Chicago,
IA; Atlanta, OIL; Savannah. IL:
Memphis, l6; Minneapolis. 90;
Omaha. 06; St Louis, l, and Den
YER. 04.
Three cities reported decreases.
These were New York, 0e: Detroit.
0.4, and Houston, |.
Prices of lard advanced in each
of the 18 cities covered in the survey
by an average of nearly one half
a cent per pound.
Butter prices continued to reverse
the usual seasonal trend with rises
reported in II of the 10 cities.
In Is cities. the prices of pork
chops rose by varying amounts
resulting in an average increase
for all cities of nearly l cent a
pound.
In 13 cities, the prices of navy
beans increased with an average
advance of cents a pound.
Eggs increased in price in 10 cities
declined in 6. and remained station
ary in 2. The net advance of o.
cents per dozen is in line with sea
sonal movement of egg prices. the
bureau said.
No significant changes were re-
ported for other items covered
except that chuck roast declined
fractionally in l6 cities.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Clothing Stores Push
Advance Buying,
Shortages Feared
Cotton Dress Orders
Soar as Deliveries
Slow Down
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 19-Clothins
store buyers were reported today
concentrating on advance ourchas-
ing as shortages and delivery pro-
lens became more acute.
The situation in cotton goods vas
highlighted by the Washington an
nouncement that Leon Henderson,
price administrator, would impose
a drastic price ceiling on various
grades of combed cotton yarn
With prices advancing in the
cotton goods market, buyers said
orders for cotton dresses, partiC-
ularly shantungs, chambrays and
seerSuckerS, were pouring in. De-
liveries of these types we're slowing.
Heavy orders for beachwear were
requiring two to six weeks for ship
ment and some styles we're tempo
rarily withdrawn.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
GIidden Co. Reports
Increased Earnings
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, May 19-The Gid
den Co. makers of paints and SINH
lar products, reported sl033,8ll net
profit for the six months ended
April 80, against s6l4.933 for the
same period a year before. The
company estimated income taxes at
1868 ,626, against s76.933 the year
before. and said provision was not
considered necessary for Federal eX-
cess profits tax Net sales climbed to
s28.l91,3l4 from s23,324,275.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Boston Wool Market

BOSTON. May 10 up UNITED States De.
partnent Of Asriculture)--Activity has in
creased moderately on three-eighths and
combins bright three-eishths and quarter
blood bright fleeces were mostly 46 to ~
cents In the grease, delivered to users
direct from country shipping points. Ar
occasional lot of the heavier hrinkina
bright fleeces of these grades was sold al
45 to 46 cents in the Erease. Demand
Of users were unwilling to pay the recently
advanced prices. but there was enouEl
demand to keep prices quite hrm.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Distributors Report
Coins in Hardware
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Sales by 437 distributors Of hard
ware and allied lines, as reported to
the Census Bureau. amounted to
81, ,208, 900 during March. an in
crease of is per cent over February
and Al per cent greater than during
March. 1910.
Reports from II manufacturers
showed new orders during March
were "a per cent greater than dur
ing February and 145 per cent
ahead of March of last year.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Further Declines Seen
In Insurance Stocks
sr.c.al Dispatch 10 The Star.

sr-c'al Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 19.-InsuranCe
stocks in the New York City market
continued lower during the last
week, according to figures compiled
by Holt, Rose & Troster.
The aggregate market value of 20
leading fire and casualty insurance
issues at the close on Friday, May
Is, was s582 ,086, 900, compared with
$594, ,645 900 at the close of the pre-
vious week, a decline of $12,559,-
900, or 2.ll per cent.
The current average yield of the
20 issues is Ais per cent, compared
with yield of 407 per cent on May
g. The current market value equals
95 per cent of the reported lioui-
dating value, against SO per cent at
the close Of the previous week.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Utility Preferreds
Move Down in Week
special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, May l9.-Public
utility preferred stocks lost ground
during the last week with high
grade issues touching new lows
according to the Public Utility Pre-
ferred Index of Holt, Rose &
Troster.
The index of Is high grade utility
preferred stocks closed on Friday
May 16. at 97.53 "a new low for the
year,. This compared with $500 al
the close of the previous week, q
decrease of 0.47 points, or O.48 pei
cent.
The index of Is medium grade
utility preferreds closed on Friday
May 16, at 50.40, compared with
510O at the close of the previous
week, a decrease of 0.60 points, Oh
1.l8 per cent.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Wineries Elect Chief

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 Cspe-
aD.-Burke Critchfield. formerly
vice president of the Bank OF Amer
lea. was elected president of the
California Associated Wineries, COM
posed of a group of California
wineries organized to give to the
American public only quality wine,
Evening star., 1941-05-19
BoIks at Army Duty;
Both Feet Artificial

BY the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE.-A Pueblo In.
dian seeking aid in filling out his
questionnaire told the draft board
he once had frozen his feet.
Very badly?" asked the inter
viewer.
No" just a little.
DO you think YOU should be
placed in Glass ZAP"
No" was the reply. I've got
two artificial feet"