davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Steel Orders Pour In

In the first place, an analysis
of the statistical position of the
steel industry is reassuring. Re-
liable trade reports are to the
effect that new orders keep
pouring in. adding somewhat to
untitled orders. and amply justi-
flying the current high rate of
production. These reports, more
over. are confirmed by my sta
tistical studies. which Indicate
clearly that current steel pro-
duction is well within the re-
quirements of steel-consuming
industries both here and abroad.
Allowing for exports, there was
nothing excessive in the output
Of steel in February. Nor is
there today.
One reason Is that automobile
production and sales were so
well sustained at the previous
high levels.
Incidentally, the heavy con-
sumner buying of automobiles
may partly explain the relative
backwardness of department
store sales thus far this year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
lnhafion Noted

Accordingly. the fact that
prices have averaged higher
may signify that effective inf1a-
ton has begun to appear in CON-
modify markets.
In this connection, I note that
the February bank data indi-
cate credit expansion. Aside
from a dip in reserve balances
(which may be connected with
a sharp rise in Investments the
hgures point up. Bank loans
continued to rise for the ninth
consecutive month. OF course.
demand deposits made their
usual gain. Even bank debts
tchecks drawn now appear TO
he gaining. which shows an i'm
provement in deposit-turnover
and probably in business senti-
ment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Reading Public

As to whether lengthy reports
would be less generally read
than extremely brief ones. he
wrote:
Admittedly, . voIuminous an
nual report will b digested by
q lesser number Of readers,
among the group more or less
what shall We say:-the ir-
responsible:
But the ever-increasing num-
Der of our citizenry who arc
Enthusiastically evidencing ever
increasing interest in things
which materially affect our ma
tional life, are really athirst for
more and more intimate knowi-
edge Of the internal Affairs and
trials and tribulations confront
Ing industry, rs wen as those
things In government which inti-
mateiy are affecting their every
day life"
AS emphasized in recent col
umns, investors need to be
awakened. Matters threatening
their interests should be out
spokenly discussed by corpora
ton heads.
Away with secrecy!
Copyright, 1871. by b. c. FORBES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Pick Yale, Penn
For Mat Crowns
NEW YORK. March 15.-(INS)

NEW YORK, March 15.-uNSD
Yale and Pennsylvania were n
vorites today to succeed Lehigh ~
the title team Of the eastern coli
legiate wrestling tournament, final
rounds of which are scheduled this
afternoon
The field of s. participants was
reduced to is bidders for the eight
individual championships. Semi
final rounds. concluded last night.
put Yale in the lead with six
points. while Pennsylvania trailed
with five. Penn State and Prince
ton were deadlocked with four,
Navy had three, with one each for
Columbia. Army. Lehigh and Syria
cuSe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
A New Tradition

In recent years, some of the
more far-seeing academic lead
ers In the spirit Of self criticism
have perceived these defects, and
a new tradition OF so-called
cumulative analysis. or measur-
ing OF facts. has been started. To
the extent this new trend relies
on double entry bookkeeping and
not doctrinaire statistics, II will
be useful Valuable bookkeeping
studies Of public affairs have
been initiated by Father Ed
ward A. Keller and his col
leagues at Notre Dame Univer-
sity. by Prof. Frank G. Dickin-
son at the University Of Illinois.
by Franxy Eakin, accountant. by
Samuel Crowther, and others.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Ask Big 10 Place
For Spdrtdns

LANSING, March 15.-It looks
as if every one were picking on
the University Of Chicago athletic
department since President Rob
ert M. Hutchins and the trustees
banished Big Ten football from
the schools activities.
Today 1t was the Michigan
Senate which adopted q resolution
requesting the state board OF
agriculture and the president OF
Michigan State College to take
action looking toward the replace
ment OF Chicago by Michigan
State in the Big Ten. at least 50
far as football Is concerned.
Senator Earl L. Burhans, who
introduced the resolution. said:
'Since the University Of Chr
cago has withdrawn from foot
BAN competition - that In this
ono branch the BIG Ten has
become tho big mine, Michigan
State should 30 allowed - be-
come . member.
I'VE have the stadium and
athletic plant necessary for
such participation md during
the last few years the team has
played . brand Of football which
should make Il eligible for Big
Ten football"
Only last week a resolution wa,
introduced before a meeting oi
the athletic directors of the West.
ern Conference which would have
ousted Chicago completely from
Big Ten athletics. but 1t wa
tabled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Highest Since 1924

Certainly the factory employ
ment d [ a show no basis for
backwardness in ur b n retail
trade. According to New York
state figures. February employ
ment increased more than sea-
sonally. and reached the highest
level since March. 1924. This is
due chiefly to defense" orders
and settlement of strikes. No
group of industries showed re-
duced employment, except print
ing and paper, and that was
affected by a "Jurisdictional"
strike.
Factory pay rolls also gained.
but the increase was little. IL
any. more than seasonal. Pay
rolls have now risen % per cent
over a year ago. and are the
highest since 1920. In fact. the
statistics of labor now look like
those of late 1919 or early 1920.
They suggest that maybe infia-
ton is taking effect in labor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Race SwindIer Admits
He Helped BiIkCoupIe

Charged with helping to defraud
a man and his wife out of S17, 600
on a horse race, William L. Price,
"A, who was brought here from
Portland, Ore. pleaded guilty
when arraigned before Federal
Judge Edward J. Monet. Bond OF
$500 was set pending sentence.
Price was accused OF conspiring
with six others to defraud Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin NJ. Lambert of Marion,
-Q.-etit- the money on race at
the Fair Grounds which was sup
posedly fixed" The money was to
have been bet on the race. it is
charged. but the men kept IL in
stead. Three OF the conspirators
are now serving terms.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15

ing On metaphysics instead of
bookkeeping. seek to tell the
people about the workings of
the economic system.
Experience showed that this
custom was short Of satisfactory.
In the first place. science and
invention were changing eco
nomic life 50 rapidly that there
was inevitably a time lag be-
tween what was actually taking
place and what the theorist was
discussing. Secondly. the mag
nitude Of economic activity was
outrunninGN the capacity of the
individual academic investigator
to conduct fact finding studies;
and. thirdly. the objectivity of
some academic minds was i'm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Exchanges Move

Too many arrangements be-
come obsessed with the notion
that they are the owners, that
they are the whole thing. that
they are entitled to do as they
please-and no questions asked.
The New York Stock Ex-
change, since II began to see the
light, has waged a commendable
movement to induce-compel-
companies who's stocks are
traded in there not only to issue
adequate annual reports but to
put out quarterly or semiannual
statements. All to the good.
The criticized president. in de-
Tense of his taking stockholders
and the public into confidence
concerning the company's af-
fairs, in his reply wrote that
many years ago he planned such
a course when he was an execu-
tive of a company and, along
with Ivy Lee. public relations
authority, approached the big
boss of the enterprise and ex-
planned the objective.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Useful Service

1t is highly significant. IN my
judgment. that top executives
now feel that it is their func-
ton not only to perform useful
service but also to give an I'M
derstandable accounting Of what
they are doing to their fellow
citizens. Not so many years
back, some hard-boiled finan-
ciers leaned to the contrary
philosophy of treat EN- rough
and tell EN- nothing"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Tear Gas
It's Used in Coli to War
on Weeds, Insects

EAST LANSING, March IS
Tear gas. in liquid form, has been
used with unusual success ir
eliminating weeds and insects on
golf greens, it was revealed here
as the two-day greenkeepers' con
ference closed at Michigan State
College.
Utilization Of tear gas was &C
complished by STRAIN sterilization,
according to DR.. James Tyson,
Michigan State soil expert. He
also said that tear gas enriches
soil through its nitrate contents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Sloan's Brochure

In the new short form OF
streamlined corporate account
ing. private companies are re-
expressing the functioning of
modern corporations in socio-
logical terms.
Under the leadership of Al
fred P. Sloan Jr.. chairman. the
General Motors Corporation has
packed in simple form such sig
nificant and basic economic data
in a new brochure entitled.
How a Nation Gets Strong"
Some years ago, Mr.. Sloan per-
sonally contributed $4,000. 900
for a philanthropic' foundation
to promote the spread of sound
information. 1t Is administered
by Harold Sloan, a brother. On
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Accordingly

C a n thy I'm
proving their
means of self
expression.
Heretofore.
the business
m an tended
to show an
1 n fe r 10 rity
complex be-
fore the aca-
deFnic mind.
The execu-
tive used to
be inclined to
step aside and
let the pro-
fexs~ rel~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Boss Reply

Typically old school, the big
boss Numbered:
~You damn fools cart do that
How arc you going to Justify
the dividends we are paying g"
Ivy Lees rejoinder to him
was:
Advertising and pubic rela-
tons are . two-edged sword.
Unless you are sincere and be-
licve thoroughly In this pro-
gram TO foster favorable public
opinion, BY frankly stating facts
and telling the truth, not only
today and to m orrow. but
throughout the whole program,
or, II there be important facts
that you feel must Be withheld
from the public, do not under
take II at ALL"
Incidentally. the company be-
came a shining proponent of
publicity.
Sentences from the now
criticized presidents reply:
II have no fear Whatsoever.
In the publishing Of informative
annual reports Of any traditions
they may destroy. or any new
precedents they may establish.
/ should very much prefer to
deal with those who are familiar
with all TIE actual facts than
to deal with those who are
familiar with only . compare
lively small part Of the actual
facts and this goes for poll
ticians and lawmakers, rs well
as labor leaders.
81, for one, am an washed-up'
with the idea of annual reports
In q form 30 conservative as to
hide too many Of the facts to
which every one Is entitled
-ipyestorx,-workerx, customers
and the public Mt large"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
UNLISTED
HighIigh+s
In Sports

-. -<-~~*- @"s1s e@s~@s
st. Leuis Browns seen - sur
prise team Of American League
II pitchers como through.
Tami MaurielIe scores quick
knockout over Steve Bellotse.
Jack Dempsey warns Abe
Simon to duck Joo Louis right
In their bout next week.
Man Of the week IN sports"
b Denny Myers, newly appointed
Boston College football coach.
Yale or Penn favored In East
orn intercollegiate wrestling
tournament.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Detroit Poultry

Market firm; hens. over So MS. lie;
under 81 lbs. zoe: cocks. io6 i2e; stays,
lie; leghoru hens. . lbs. and up. lie: rock
ibs and mp. use; under Z Tos.. nc.
16Sc underfrades. 15d15Nc.
ECGS-Market steady. Current receipts,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Livestock Markets
East BUFFALO

EAST BUFFALO. n. y, March IL
tINsl -Hocs-Receiptx 1000: market
draxsy. weak 70 ioc lower: not many sales
3to les., e.ssTese. som. held higher
7so-2so Tes. butchers. ss7s; truckeS in.
i7o-2to lbs.. tT.eossIs, spsringly s. rs
Receipts. 700: market r,ner.
any steady: short-fed yeariinxr, $40. 50 ;
sdd head beef cows. Vas; cutter and com
mon; essssss: Gamer. A-s56sse;
CALt -Receipts. 400; veaiers firm
rood and ehoic. largely si2: common and
sHEEP-ReceiPts, loo: lambs firm;
sm;E few mtxed and in-between grades,
CHICAGO. March N.-UNsl-HOGs-
Receipts. IS. 500; market 100 i5e higher.
Hs,s0Ssrs, LOO: top. IS: bulk. sT.eos
sIsoas. nights. y.Sas: rshs nSsts
go /. :. - packing seas. S. $50 l. 20 /.
oATTLE-Receipts. 1.cso: rn.rse, steady.
steers = Choice, sIISoaI4So: medium.
HcI II 80; yssriinss. ssais-1s; Butchers
s7aio.T5. stoekers-steers, yTG1f; cow,
and hetfers. ssHssD
SHEEP Receipts. $500: market steady.
Lemvs. tlu-coWl1. common. k9u 10 so
yearings. $3.50; FEEDERS. Ssalo ewes,
~ SO.
HTTSBVRGH
PITTSBURGH. March ll-USs,-cAT-
TlE-Receipts. so: market. cows and bulls
steady; steers and heifers. soc lower ;
sieers, choice. Sii af7 so: medium TO good,
sl0p IL: common. s7.50H10: heifers, me-
cium to good. tsGs.so; common. $50 8:
cows. medium 20 good. xs67: Gamers and
rufffrr 81 20 Ms hulis gooA n
ssTs. common to medium. ssa7.so.
HoGS-Receipts. 7So. market active and
steady: 1so-ls0 lbs, S7.731si5: iso-220
ihs.. Ss.iS6s35: 22o-25o ms. ksQs35:
15o-1eo lbs. sT,5oGs; ieo-iso lbs, 50. rs
$50; roughs ssTs.T5.
SHEEP-Reeeipts. ICE. market steady:
chosce lambs. S1l.seali.75: medium 20
good. 50 SoEf 10. so: common lambs. xTds:
ewes. 81 500 So wetheu. Nds5o.
clipped lambs. -. so9s75.
cALVES-Receipts. rs market steady
good 20 choice. S1sd135o: medium. $40
o u; eulls ana common. SS.so6T.So.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15

In this rapidly changing world.
American business executives
are showing increasing conf
dence in their capacity to inter-
pref economic activity as well
as to direct it
Accordingly, they are signifi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15

paired by MARKHAM and other
dogIma2
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Diamond Flooded;
Switch 10 BOWLING

ANAHEIM. Cal. March 15.--
tINS)-Because rain has flooded
their playing field. the PhiladeE
phia Athletics have Temporarily
substituted bowling for baseball
The Sacramento Senators came
over and the players held q tour
nament in the local alleys, with
the AS winning a handicap match
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15
Muscle Factory

A daily class known a. tho
muscle factory to improve the
strength Of football players
through specified calisthenics b
conducted by Coach Bob Zupple
Of Illinois.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-15

international News Service Economic Commentator
Evening star., 1941-08-26

States Coast Guard is being re-
peated at yachting centers in
all parts of the United States as
yachtsmen volunteer their boats
to the Government in this en-
ergency.
The Coast Guard Reserve was
formed by an act of Congress last
spring. Patterned after the
Naval Reserve, 1t followed ex-
periments by headquarters here
of a Coast Guard Auxiliary COM
posed of yachtsmen interested
in assisting the service in its
many peace time activities.
Then came Dunkerque in June
of 1910. The historic role yachts
men of Great Britain played in
evacuating the British Expedi-
tionary Force from the bomb
SCARED beaches of Dunkerque
threw into sharp focus the i'm
portance of a nations recreation
fleet.
The auxiliary was less than a
year old then, although it boasted
a membership of some 1000
yachtsmen representing approx
mately 1900 assorted pleasure
craft. But being non military in
character, 1t still did not fit the
bill Of Coast Guard officials here.
A volunteer military Reserve was
necessary.
In the event of an emergency,
naval and Coast Guard officials
do not want to take the drastic
step of Communicating small
boats-it smacks of totalitarian-
ism.
Adm. Waesche Behind Plan.
That is why Rear Admiral
Russell r. Waesche, commandant
of the Coast Guard and the man
responsible for creation of the
Reserve, appealed last month for ,
: 270 yachts and their owners to
volunteer for a years duty with
the Reserve. The boats are ur-
gently needed this summer. Ad-
Evening star., 1941-08-26

In August, Beware OF:
/. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosswalk.
Three of the five pedestrians
killed in traffic in August, 1910,
were fatally injured while COM
mitting this unsafe act.
2. The hours between S and
9 pm. -Four persons met death
within this four-hour period
In August last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

miral Waesche reported. in order
to tighten the burden of regular
Coast Guard craft now operating
under the Navy.
p Like the Sunshine, these yachts
are to be placed on inland patrol
in waters familiar to the shippers
commissioned. There is much for
them to do-patrolling of regat-
tas, inspection of commercial and
pleasure craft, anti-sabotage pa
troll and the thousand-and-one
duties watermen everywhere have
come to expect of the Coast
Guard.
Many of the services peace
time assignments will be taken
over by auxiliary craft, now be-
ginning to assume the role Of q
marine homeguard."
Washington alone boasts four
auxiliary flotillas with a total
membership of nearly 100 boat
owners. In their spare time,
members are studying advanced
navigation, plotting and seaman
ship through a correspondence
course sponsored by the Coast
Guard Institute at New London,
Conn.
Perhaps the things they are
learning will be used only when
off cruising on their own. But
in the minds of all is the memory
of Dunkerque-Uncle Sam one
day might have another and
Evening star., 1941-08-26
BY MALCOLM d. LAMBORNE. JR.

Until several months ago, j.
Clark Middleton was an auditor
for the Capital Transit Co. For
relief from Office routine he
cruised the Potomac River aboard
his 38-foot yacht Sunshine.
Today Sunshine's skipper is
Boastwain Middleton, U. S. c. G.
r., and his trim cruiser is painted
a dull war-like gray. Her name
now is &c. G. r. 573" and in place
of the Corinthian Yacht Club flag
she is flying the Coast Guard en-
sign.
Boatswain Middleton, first
Washingtonian to join with his
boat the new Coast Guard Re-
serve, is master of his little YES
sci when he goes out on patrol
duty in the strategic Baltimore
area. With him are three Coast
Guard regulars mate, cook
and an engineer. The Sunshine
and her crew are now a small but
important link in our coastline
defense.
And there for The next year
Skipper Middleton will do his
Cruising, this time for Uncle
Sam.
General MetamorphOsis.
The Sunshine's metamorphosis
from pleasure-pound yacht in
the Washington boating fleet to a
buSiness-like craft in the United
Evening star., 1941-08-26
BOATS FOR DEFENS

Washington yachtsmen are
lending their aid to Coast
Guard during the emergency.
Many boats like this of
Comdr. Walter Blount have
Joined the Coast Guard Aux
iliary, a non-military organi-
Zation of boatmen.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

Government for the duration of
the emergency. Their applica-
tions and boats are now being
studied by the Norfolk office.
These men when commissioned
are designated as temporary Re-
servists and their enlistment is
for a year. Those who volun-
teer without their boats may join
as regular Reservists. The lat
ter serve a three-year term,
which includes sea duty. Two
Washington yachtsmen have
been commissioned as regulars
thus far.
1t. g. g. Robin Hood, for
mer captain of the local Auxil-
iary flotillas, has been stationed
at Norfolk, where he is an as
sistant to the director of the dis
trict Reserve. 1t. q. g. Carlton
Skinner, former Maritime Com
mission employe, who left a $780,
a-week job, is now at sea on one
OF the services cutters. Base pay
OF Reservists Of this rank is ap-
proximately $38 week.
Yacht Assignments.
According to sources at Nor
folk, four former commercial
craft from the Crisfield Md
area are serving as aids to navi-
cation tenders: Two ex-yachts
are assigned to, Chesapeake Bay
to patrol regattas and inspect
boats for compliance with motor
boat laws. Several others, includ.
ing the Sunshine, are operating
under supervision Of the cap
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Six in Charles County
Win Scholarships
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, Aug. 26.-The
names of six Charles County stu
dents who have received scholar
ships from schools and colleges fol-
lowing examinations conducted by
the County Board of Education
were announced today. They are:
Miss Margaret Rees Hawkins of
La Plata, scholarship to st. Mary's
Female Seminary, st. Marys City.
Miss Elizabeth Carlson of Mamie
moy, scholarship to the Maryland
Institute of Art.
Miss Helen Miller of Ironsides,
scholarship to Blue Ridge College.
Ralph w. Halla of Indianhead,
scholarship to Charlotte Hall Mill
tary School.
Robert Laurie Mitchell of La
Plata, tuition scholarship to the
University of Maryland.
c. Russell Leverling of La Plata,
scholarship to st. Johns College.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
|Loudoun Supervisors
Vote 10 Establish
County Health Unit
Center Offers to Make Ut
Difference in Cost
By Subscription
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, Aug. 26.-The
Loudoun County Board of Super
visors yesterday decided to author
ize health unit for the county for
one year provided the board has a
right to accept or reject the person.
mel.
The vote was tie, with w. A.
Metzger. tie-breaker, voting in the
Affirmative. Those favoring the
health unit were Supervisors Sands,
Tillett and Hirst, and against were
Supervisors Mock, Baker and Whit
more.
The supervisors formerly had re-
jected plans to establish a health
unit for the county as the cost is
several thousand dollars more than
the present cost of county health
work. Yesterday the board of the
Fauquier-Loudoun Health Center,
through its president, Mrs. j. T.
Skinner, offered to make up the
difference of $2,050 by private sub
scriptions.
The Loudoun County Health Unit
will cost $1,000, and will include a
county nurse, county doctor, sani-
tation officer and a clerk. Of the
cost, $500 will be paid by the Fed
eral and State governments and
$4,000 by the county. The present
health setup in the county costs
$2.450.
Health unit advocates who ap-
peared before the supervisors yes
terday included Mrs. Skinner. Mrs.
Henry Fairfax, Mrs. D. C. Sands,
Mrs. C. o. Iselin, jr.; Mrs. J. A.
Speer, Mrs. r. S. Pickens, Mrs. Lea
Macdonald, Mrs. w. M. Mccoy, Mrs.
Algernon Davy and DR.. and Mrs.
H. A. Splitter.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

tain of the port of Baltimore. An
additional six vessels are per-
forming harbor patrol and anti.
sabotage work in Hampton
Roads, Va.
Coast Guard headquarters has
not lacked volunteers for this
districts quota of 40 vessels, ac-
cording to Comdr. Merlin O'Neill,
director of the eCoast Guard Re-
serve. The boats could have
been commissioned before this,
he reports, but the Coast Guard
is particular about the type and
seaworthiness of the boats.
Some offers have been received
from boat owners frankly inter-
ested in getting rid Of down-at-
the-heel yachts. They would be
a liability to the Government,
hardly an asset. Most of the
offers, however, have come from
shippers. anxious to do their bit,
according to Comdr. ONeill.
There are no such hours as
$50 to 1 when you go to work
for u.s." Comdr. ONeill COM
mented when asked about the
working hours Of Reservists such
as Bo's'n Middleton. He
might be on patrol two or three
days at a time, depending on
wether there is any relief avail
able"
In most instances, however,
such a vessel goes out for an
eight-hour. patrol, and If she has
to remain longer. there are sup
plies and a cook aboard to take
care of all hands, Director O'Neill
explained.
While Comdr. ONeill would not
60 into detail Of . reserve boats
duties on harbor patrol for rea-
sons Of military secrecy, he said