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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
Canal Defenses
P lease Stimson

BALBOA. Canal Zone. March l;
I(INS).-Secretary of War Henry
l.. StimSon today declared himself
pleased with the defenseS of the
Panama Canal area. and satisfied
with the spirit of grim determi-
nation" of the officers and men
defending it,
StimSon's statement followed a
tour of the canal area with Gen.
Frank NJ. Andrews. commander-in-
chief in the district. The inSpec-
ton tour was long and arduous and
was made by automobile, boat and
plane. General Andrews plotted the
army plane on the air tour.
Secretary StimSon, wearing a
tropical suit and pith helmet, was
in high spirits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
Shot atWomdn
Wounds Soldier

FORT SHERIDAN, H., March
13 (INS).-Pvt. Armand Marschick
of Dearborn, Mich. was ne 7
death today, wounded by a stray
bullet fired by a Fort Sheridan
sentry as a warning to a wealthy
divorce who ignored his command
10 halt and drove into the fort.
The DIVORCE is Mrs. Ruth Staley
Mueller Hunt. SO, daughter of the
late A. +. Staley, Decatur, ILL.,,
starch manufactures. She was re-
leased under $1,000 bond after
spending "a hours in jail.
Clad only in a neGligcc, coat and
slippers, Mrs. Hunt struck and
kicked military police when they
arrested her, they said.
Mother cant stand IL 10
drink, even one or two drinks"
said her 17-year-old son as he
brought her clothing 10 the Jail.
Medical officers at the post said
MarSchick. who was standing
near by, was struck I'm the abdo-
men by the warning bullet.
For the Inside News" Of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column I'm the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
Jap Filters
Tricky.but
Also Wary
BY PAT ROBINSON
lntI News Service stan Correspondent

SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC. March 13.-The little
brown pilots of the Mikados air
force may be heroes when they
hustle down Tokio's Gina, but the
hard-bitten fiiers of the United
States don't think they're very
tough.
Against heavy odds, the United
Nations fiiers have been bombing
transports and battling the Jap
fiiers in a manner TO prove that
they're the best in the air-and
they've discovered that the enemy
wants things all his own way be-
fore getting into an aerial scrap
The Japs never attack unless
they're outnumbering u.s." one
United Nations pilot said lacon-.
ically. Their Zeros like to fly at
$4,000 feet and swoop on lone
bomber II possible"
The japanese airInen like TO fly
in groups OF nine planes, this f1ier
declared, adding:
"Some OF their bombers are
bCCuFdUc. otHcTS COuIunt iii
football field from 100 feet"
The Jap anti-aircraft guns also
are inaccurate, compared to those
of the United Nations, he added
A good example of japanese
trickery is that related by another
fiier who, flying his plane, heard
his ground crew requesting his
position. He refused to give il.
Later he discovered the enemy
had learned his code and wave
length, and, using perfect English,
a Jap was trying to learn his
position.
The next time this pilot went
into the air the request was re-
peated. The fiier gave a position.
The Japs took the bait neatly, and
when their planes showed UP sew
eral United Nations pilots cracked
them.
1t was good-by for all the Japs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
Japs Happy
Victories Amazing, but
U. S. Surprised

TOXIC. March 3 Japanese
broadcast recorded By Up in New
York;. - Hideo Hiraide, chief Of
the naval press section Of imperial
headquarters, said yesterday that
The victories won by japanese
naval units off Bali Island, Sura-
baya and Batavia were so amaz-
ing" that even japanese military
leaders were at first astounded.
He said the United States was
greatly surprised, but Australia
was even more surprised "
Hiraide added that the japanese
>avy was making II possible fol
apans army TO land anywhere il
gished and he praised the 'unex
lied cooperation between army
I'd navy
American submarine warfar,
,ainSt Japan had been com
etely frustrated by the Japa
aese navy, he said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
British Stabilize
Lines tOChe(k
laps in Burma
Battle TO Prevent
Fall OF Msndslsy
and Save Rail Line

LONDON. March II tUPl.-A
New Delhi communique published
BY the ministry Of information
SAID today that the military sltua-
ton in Burma was stabilized
around Tharrawaddy," about &c
miles northwest Of Rangoon on the
road 70 Prone.
Operations also are proceeding
in the area OF Nyaunglebin, 4o
miles north of the Rangoon-to-
Mandalay rsrt-esa junction town
OF Pegu, and in the area Of Shwe-
CNm. on the cas-, bank OF the Sit
tang River about 10 miles east of
NyaunElebin the communique of
the British Indian command said.
Tharrswaddy is about 50 miles
northwest Of pegu.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13

ADvERTIsENENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
As You Were
The Judge Won't Let Jinx
Drop Her Last Name

Los ELES, March Is
QNS). - JinN Falkenburg was
reconciled today 10 remaining
JinX Falkenburg.
The actress-model asked SUI
perior Court Judge Emmett II.
Wilson for permission to change
her name legally To a simple
"Jinx," cutting off the last name
entirely. For one thing. she
argued, il would save lots of cleo
tricity for national defense when
her name was on a theater mar
quee in lights.
Judge Wilson couldn't see il, and
denied the petition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
Stamp Collectors Meet

Collectors of postage stamps
from Detroit and many other
communities. will meet at the
Detroit-Leland Hotel tomorrow
and Sunday for the annual exhibit
ton and bourSe Of the Michigan
Stamp Club. Dealers, as well as
collectors, will be represented al
the meeting, to which the public
is invited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
PIVOT OLD LINE

The conmunique indicated that
the British now had pivoted their
old nerth-SeHth defense line on the
lower Sittang TO one running
roughly northeaStward, with the
right flank swinging the SO miles
from Pegu 10 Tharrawaddy.
Nyaunglebin is about halfway
between Rangoon and Toungoo
which is approximately half the
Rangoon railroad Burma road
distance 10 Mandalay.
Thsrrawaddy, 10 the west, Is
nearly halfway 10 Prone on an
other route 10 Mandalay.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
Wins I'd Scholarship

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. March -
UP).-The $500 William EaStor
outfit scholarship, awarded an
nually 10 an outstanding Brown
University undergraduate has beer
won for the second time by Don
aid z. Corzine Of Milwaukee. Wis.
a football lineman, II was an
nounced today
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13

Lots of navy, prints, checks,
pastel colors, jerseys, tailored
and "dressy" styles, novelties,
rayon fabrics. Misses, Women's,
Juniors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-13
u. 5. Planning Attack
Patterson Declares

WASHINGT ON. March Is
UNS). The United States Army
and Navy is preparing to carry
the war 10 the enemy, Undersec-
rotary of War Robert p. Patter-
son said last night in a radio ad-
dress as he urged every man and
woman in America TO unite behind
the governments war production
drive
Evening star., 1942-02-24

much Of their accomplishment can
be turned to civilian application
afterward. Very small changes
made necessary by the shortage of
essential materials may save mil
lions.
A good example is the recently
developed reflector for street lights.
Such ref1ectors In the past have
been made of polished aluminium.
A substitute was necessary A
method was developed Of fitting a
silver-coated glass reflector inside
a spun steel hood. This fixture was
as good as one made of aluminium
in all respects, and 1t was possible
to design it to produce a wider
angle of light so that much longer
stretch of street could be lighted
with a single lamp. 1t win save
American cities a lot of electricity.
BY the end of the year the West
inghouse engineers, in cooperation
with the Army had developed a new
plastic which may be used to replace
aluminium in certain shell parts. To
help arsenals study the behavior Of
bullets in gun barrels the engineers
developed an X-ray machine to take
pictures through an inch thickness
of steel in millionth of a second.
They also developed a 100000 horse
power motor which will drive air
through wind tunnel at 400 miles
an hour to test new fighting plane
models. knowledge thus gained will
be helpful in designing better trans
port as well as military planes.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
WOmen's Bar to Hear
DR.. Grant on Law
In Latin America

Law and Lawyers Of Latin Amer
lea" will be the subject of an ad-
dress by DR.. David E. Grant of New
York at the annual dinner Of the
Women's Bar Association Of the Dis
trict of Columbia at pm. Saturday
at the Mayfower Hotel. The speak
er Is chairman Of the section OF
comparative and international law
of the American Bar Association.
The Chief Justice Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, Harlan
Fiske Stone, and Mrs. Stone will
head the list of distinguished
guests. Other honor guests will in
clude the Attorney General of the
United States, Francis Biddle, and
Mrs. Biddle; Judge Ellen Kathryn
Raedy of the Municipal Court Of
the District of Columbia; e. Bar
rett Prettyman, president Of the
District of Columbia Bar Associa-
ton. and Mrs. Prettyman; William
E. Reese, president of the Federal
Bar Association, and Mrs. Reese,
and John ]. Darby, vice president
of the National Patent Law Associa-
ton, and Mrs. Darby Women law
yers from New York lAdelphia
and Baltimore will be among those
attending the dinner. ~
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Cox, president
of the association, will preside, and
Miss Marguerite A. Rawalt, attorney
in the Internal Revenue Bureau and
vice president of the Federal Bar
Association, will serve as toast
mistress.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
ewAppea| Sounded
As Police Boys Club
Fund Campaign Lags
;
Doubled Response
Urged With Drive
$50, 900 Short Of Goal

A doubled response to solicitations
for the maintenance fund OF the
Metropolitan Police Boys Club was
urged today as the drive Jagged
with less than half Of the $l00, 900
goal reached.
Ralph L. Goldsmith, chairman Of
the Campaign Committee, pointed
out that pledges total only $40,156.
Another report meeting is sched-
uled at the National Press Club
today.
1T Is unthinkable that the public
Of Washington would permit any
curtailment of the Police Boys Clubs
activities" Mr.. Goldsmith said.
This is a particular trying time for
children and the difficulties through
which the Nation Is passing will
probably have more serious affect
upon them than even upon our adult
population"
The club, which operates i've
branches with a membership of IT,
600, has as its primary aim the
taking of boys of the streets and
the substitution of wholesome rec
reation for Childish mischief"
The club operates summer camp
In Scotland, Md, which accommo-
dated 400 boys from needy families
in 1941.
I'm substituting normal develop
ment for warped instincts, in de-
veloping sound minds and bodies,
the five clubs and summer camp
have amply demonstrated their
contribution to the welfare of the
city" Mr.. Goldsmith said.
The organization undertook an
expansion in all departments last
year. Max harrington Is executive
secretary.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
star staff Correspondent.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. a. The
brains of American industry are
engaged in an all-out war effort.
The same ingenuity and imagina-
ton which have revolutionized
nearly every aspect of daily living
in the last two decades are turned
now to perfecting instruments OF
destruction, the chief business OF
armies.
Much the same basic processes
are involved. Peacetime industry
has been, unconsciously, q gigantic
training camp of physicists, chem
lists, engineers and biologists for
war
The part played by industry's
brains is nowhere better illustrated
than in the organization OF the
Westinghouse Electric &. Manu-
featuring Co. Only the end results
are seen by the general public. To
arrive at them such problems are
involved as weighing single layers
of atoms over an area OF metal
equal to postage stamp. From
the study of billionth part Of
something, such as the amount OF
oxygen in almost super-pure iron,
may come a great improvement IN
a massive machine.
"Vigitron" Is Vital Weapon.
Practically every member Of the
company's staff Is working on some
technical problem concerned with
war. Such problems include ways
to aim guns more accurately, IN
crease the armor-piercing qualities
of shells, improve aircraft radio
detectors and develop substitutes
both for metals and the plastics
which have been introduced in the
last few years to take the place OF
metals, but the materials for which
are now becoming scarce. Many
of the developments now are mill
tary secrets and plants and labora-
tories are closed to the public. But
the work on them involves contracts
of close to a half billion dollars and
employment of more than $4,000. the
equivalent of several army divisions.
One does not ordinarily think Of
the "igitron" as a war weapon. 1t
is-and one of exceptional impor-
tance. It is one Of the companyS
major contributions. Ten years ago
it was a laboratory curiosity.
1t is the most effective device for
changing the two-way movement
of alternating current into one di-
rectional flow of power which
characterizes direct current. 1t
became essential with the necessary
increase of aluminium production
for aircraft. The machines al
ready installed, it is estimated, have
increased the direct current power
available for extraction Of alumni
mum, magnesium and zinc more
than a half million kilowatts.
Metal Taken From Sea
These weapons" have been major
factors in the extraction Of millions
of pounds Of the essential light
metal magnesium from the sea
water of the Gulf of Mexico. About
4,5OO,000 tons eventually may be
obtained from a cubic mile of ocean.
Communication by radio- aud use
of delicate flying inJtrume1ts n
Americas war plafies have been
made possible at sse~ extrenek>of
altitude and tempetA ktiny
electrical device n6 6fesSf ti1An an
ordinary box camera devised by
Westinghouse engineers.
1t operates at temperatures rang
Evening star., 1942-02-24
American Industry Goes to War
American Industry Goes to War
Nations Best Industrial Brains
MobiIized for War Effort
Westinghouse Operations Typih Conversion
Of Plants to Emergency Production

ing from 40 degrees below zero to 14(
degrees above, in from 10 to 30 pei
cent humidity. and from sea level tc
more than $4,000 feet altitude-s
wider range than former equipment
could provide.
The device, voltage regulator
now Is in quantity production. II
weighs less than two pounds, but
handles three times more electric
current than its predecessors in the
industrial field, the hghtest Of which
weighs Is pounds, and Is almost four
times the size of its aircraft con-
temporary. 1t Is essential for large
military planes, which require an
average of 5000 watts Of electric
power for various purposes.
Another Westinghouse develop
ment Is an aircraft reverse current
cutoff which performs the same
function as an automobile cutout
It allows the electric generator cur
rent to pass into storage batteries
when the generator voltage is great
enough to charge the batteries, but
disconnects the two units when the
voltage drops below the charging
point. Thus 1t avoids wasteful re-
verse current which would flow out
of the battery and diminish the
small store of power.
Invisible Photoflash Lamp.
Still another weapon" perfected
by Westinghouse engineers before
military secrecy was imposed on such
developments is the invisible light
photof1ash lamp, which makes pos
sible taking pictures at night with
out any revealing fash. These
lamps have specially treated glass
bulbs which are Opaque to ordinary
light but permit unseen infra-red
rays to pass. These are used with
specially prepared films sensitive
only to mira red
Various weapons require materials
of extreme purity-far beyond the
demands for civilian use. Lives may
depend on absolute absence Of any
sort of impurity.
Take, for example, the problem
of rusting. 1t may be essential to
catch it at the start, before the
metal gets into any war implement
Rusting is essentially combination
of oxygen atoms with iron atoms.
The Westinghouse engineers have
devised delicate weighing machine
which will detect the weight added
by a single layer of oxygen atoms
on a metal specimen Of the same
area and thickness as a postage
stamp. The weight is approximate
ly .00000003 Of an ounce.
Oxygen Weighed.
Another device weighs inflnites-
timably minute amounts of oxygen
that may be present in iron. The
iron is melted. Pure hydrogen gas
Is passed over the hot melt. It COM
bines with the oxygen to form a
wisp of water vapor. This vapor.
in turn, changes the electric current
flowing through a delicate instru-
ment nown as the termocouple. BY
this means it is possible to weigh
as little as .0005 of a milligram Of
oxygen.
While the engineers now are
thinking Of war and destruction,
Evening star., 1942-02-24
To Speak on Turkey

"The Woman Of Turkey-Past and
Present" will be the subject Of q
talk by Mrs. Donald c. Blaisdell at
the World Fellowship luncheon
Thursday at the Y. w. G. A.
Mrs. Blaisdell speaks with au-
thority on Turkey, having been
born in that country and having
spent her childhood in Cilicia on
the Mediterranean coast. Later,
after her education In the United
States, she served as an American
representative in Turkey with the
College War Service Group. She
also served for many years with the
foreign division of the Y. w. G. A.
in the interior of Turkey.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Congressional Club
Teen Group Formed

The teen-age sons and daughters
of the members Of the Congres-
sional Club have formed an organ
ization to meet every other satur-
day at the club, 200l New Hamp-
shire avenue NV. Mrs. Jed John
son of Oklahoma supervises the
group.
Charles Warren, son of Mr.. Lin
say Warren, controller general and
former member Of Congress from
North Carolina, is president of the
organization. Other officers are
Vice president, Mimi LANCER, daugh-
ter of Senator LANCER of North Da.
kota; treasurer, Roger Cooley. sor
of Representative Cooley of NORTH
Carolina, and corresponding secre-
tary, Patricia Imhoff. daughter OF
Representative Imhoff of Ohio.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Mills to Address Bar

Representative Mills of Arkansas
will discuss Manganese and It's
Relation to Defense" at the weekly
luncheon meeting of the Federal
Bar Association at 1890 pm. Thurs
day at the Harrington Hotel.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

Henry Thompson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Thompson Of this city.
Miss Davis Is graduate of the
American University and is a men,
ber Of Delta Gamma, international
fraternity.
DR.. Thompson, a graduate of
Evening star., 1942-02-24

George Washington University and
the George Washington University
school of medicine, Is an inferno al
Providence Hospital. He is q mems
ber of Nu Sigma Nu Fraternity
The wedding will p take placs
April II. II
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Miss Phyllis Davis to
Wed DR.. Thompson

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome r. Davis
announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Phyllis Davis, to DR..
Evening star., 1942-02-24

Any old pre-war maps Of Europe
lying around your house? The Gov
eminent needs paper. .....
Evening star., 1942-09-20
| Essential Cloth
Released for
Farm Uses

by the Associated Press.
The War Production Board yester-
day made available an adequate
supply of sheetings, fannels, print
cloth yarn fabrics, osnaburg cloth
and tobacco cloth for essential food
and agricultural uses.
1t assigned an Az priority to
orders placed by dairy supply man
utacturers, textile converters and
cloth merchants for specified uses.
These include: Packaging of cheese.
production of milk strainers and
filters, covering of tobacco seed beds
and shade-grown tobacco and man
ufacture of cotton picking sacks.
In another order yesterday, WPB
prohibited manufacture of armored
cable, effective in 80 days, to aid in
the conservation of steel. Armored
cable is used as a conductor of cleo
tricity in interior wiring systems.
WPB said many substitutes were
available.
Evening star., 1942-09-20
Vital Role Seen for Mechanics
Under Gasoline Rotioning
AT Least 625, 900 Will Be Needed to Keep
America Rolling, Engineers Estimate

News will say, that a minimum of
40 mechanic hours are necessary to
keep one automotive vehicle run
ming efficiently for a year under
new mileage and driving regula-
tionS.
In arriving at the figures, con-
sideration was given also to the
extra mechanic labor that would
be necessary in the average service
shop repairing and rebuilding many
parts and functional units that
normally .have been replaced with
factory rebuilt or new units.
Experience in the Eastern gaso-
line rationing area already has
shown" the article will add. that
highly technical services have in
creased during the four month pc
riod since rationing was instituted.
For instance, tune-up which in
cludes carburetion and electrical
and front-end work, has materially
increased while fabrication and
body work has fallen off"
Evening star., 1942-09-20
Growth Of ABA
Speeded Under
Present Chief
Koeneke Takes Special
Interest in Problems
Of Small Banks
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

More than 500 banks have been
ADDED to the membership of the
American Bankers Association dur
Ing the presidency of Henry w.
koeneke, bringing the total to ID
800 members. according to the an
nual report of George w. Heiser of
New York, membership chairman.
Mr.. Koeneke, who halls from Pom
ca City, Okla, is known as "coun-
try banker" and has taken special
interest in getting more of the small
er banks into the association. Most
OF the new members are among the
smaller institutions, the report saws,
The ABA membership now in
Guides 81 per cent of the banks of
the country, representing 81 per
cent of the country's banking re-
sources. The report adds that the
District of Columbia and eight
States have 100 per cent member
ship.
AS the annual convention has been
Cancelled, Mr.. Koeneke will remain
president of the association, with
w. L. Hemingway first vice presi-
Gent and A. L. M. Virgins second
vice president.
Hates Assumes New Office.
George A. Hates has assumed his
duties as president of the District of
Columbia Life Underwriters Asso-
clatlon, taking the place of Joseph
Evening star., 1942-09-20
Allied Stores Reports
S1,867,003 Profit
In Six Months
Result Well Above
81 ,438,7 ,768 Earned
In 1o41 Period
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19-Allied
Stores Corp. and subsidiaries for the
fiscal period covering the six months
ended July 81 today reported net
profit of s1,867003 after provision
of s3,000,000 for Federal income and
excess profits taxes, or 10 cents
common share.
This compared with net profit of
S1,438,768, after provision of ST.
100000 for taxes. or 48 cents COM
mon share in the like 1941 period
Universal Leaf Tobacco.
Universal Leaf Tobacco Co. and
wholly owned subsidiaries reported
net profit of $l,378,983 equal, after
preferred dividend requirements, to
S6.15 a common share, for the fiscal
year ended June 30, against ST.
AS ,009, or $3.50 a common share in
the preceding year.
Associated Dry Goods.
The impact of war on business
was shown today in the report of
Associated Dry Goods Corp. for
the six months ended August /.
Net profit was estimated at $780,
900 on net sales Of $33,1190OO COM
pared with $52500 on s29,905 900
in the corresponding period of 1941.
Merchandise inventories, an ex-
planation by President Oswald w.
Knauth said, rose to s14.6OO, 900.
compared with S8,60O,000, because
of higher prices and the need for
taking early delivery to avoid trans
portation troubles, both called tenn
porary.
Last year the company set aside
s375,C00 for Federal taxes and this
year provided s8500OO, "a debat-
able amount"
Our labor efficiency is distinctly
lowered" Knauth said. citing loss
of experienced help in the draft and
to war factories.