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Evening star., 1942-08-04
Rubber Reserve Co.
Declared BonIeneck
Of Synthetic Program
Won't Change Program
Despite Facts and Figures
Pew Tells Senute Unit
BY the Associated Press.

Arthur E. Pew. jr., vice presi-
dent of the Houdry Process Corp.
and Of the Sun Oil Co., told Con-
gress today that the Rubber
Reserve Co. was the "bottleneck"
in the Nations synthetic rubber
program.
They have adopted a program,
and despite figures and facts they
have refused to change it," Mr..
Pew told special House Commit
tee.
Representative Hartley, Republi-
can. Of New Jersey, committee vice
chairman, commented to Mr.. Pew
that Rubber Reserve, a Government
agency, has frozen you out up to
this moment"
Testifying that Rubber Reserve
had suddenly halted investigation
OF the Houdry process, Mr.. Pew said,
I'VE have taken the position that
Rubber Reserve turned us down.
To all practical purposes, they
have"
Mr.. Pew said a Houdry plant
could be built with substantially
less critical materials than any
other petroleum process" and esti-
mated that by the end of nine
months capacity could be created
for producing 100000 tons of syn
thetic rubber a year.
Mr.. Pew said a plant for the
Houdry process could be constructed
in four months shorter time than for
other processes, and he said IS per
cent Of the materials needed were
on hand. The other Is per cent, he
said, would be new materials.
Stanley T. Grassland, vice presi-
dent of Rubber Reserve, testified
before the committee last week that
the Houdry process was not consid-
cred ready for commercial adop-
ton.
Evening star., 1942-08-04

big noon hour crowd which was
drawn by the heavy smoke and bill
lowing flames.
Eight camels tethered inside the
tent were burned to death, and 10
others were led from the flames
with their hair burned almost en-
tirely from their backs.
A large elephant, terribly burned,
was put out OF pain by circus at
tendants, who fired eight revolver
shots into the animals brain.
Numerous monkeys, birds and
dogs were among the other animals
destroyed.
There were scenes of indescribable
animal agony. Lions, still alive,
: (See CIRCUS FIRE, Page 2-X.)
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Ten U.S., British Officers
Reach jap Prison Comp
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC From Japanese Broad
casts, Aug. 4.-Ten British and
American Army and Navy officers
have arrived at the war prisoners
camp OF Zentsuji, on the South
Japanese Island of Shikoku, Domei
dispatch said today.
The only prisoner named was 1t.
Wilson, attached to the naval at
tache's Office of the Toxic Embassy.
The Navy directory lists a 1t.
William r. Wilson as assigned to
the former United States Embassy
In Toxic.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
MonsIuuqhter CHARGED
By the Associated Press,


BALTIMORE, Aug. 4.-Royal S.
Gill, socialite and athlete, was pre-
sented yesterday by the Baltimore
grand jury for manslaughter.
The action followed the death
Friday night Of Eugene Herman, one
Of several flremen injured In a fire
and explosions ut the Gill home.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Rockinqhum Park

FIFTH RACE-Purse, 5000: claiming,
3-year-olds, 6 furlonss (chute).
Lou O'Neill tTurnbulD 1920 $50 800
Air Spring tAtkinson) $40 44O
Thespian (Adair) 4SO
Time, l:124-5
Also ran-Two pair Blitzkrieg, Rosy
Brand. Hardship, Gala Fly, EauipIay.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Gandhi Admits
Saying Jap PACT
Is |ndia's 'sAinn
Disobedience Order
Proposal Called
Move to Aid China
Earlier Story on Page A-6.)

Earlier Story on Page A-6)
Ry the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Aug. 4.-The
British government for India re-
ported today that Mohandas X.
Gandhi had proposed to his ALL
India Congress party this decla-
ration:
''If India were freed, her first step
probably would be to negotiate with
Japan"
Gandhi himself In Bombay, ac-
knowledged use OF such language, but
suggested it was for bargaining pur-
poses and said he wanted to help
China.
The statement on negotiating with
Japan was contained in Gandhi's
draft of resolution calling for q
civil disobedience campaign by the
An-India Congress party.
Gandhi's Order Made Public.
Submitted April n, this draft was
rejected after more moderate Ma
tionalist leader, Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru, vigorously opposed 1t. A
resolution couched In different terms
now Is being considered by the
party's working committee.
Gandhi's draft, as released today
by the Government, was quoted as
saying:
Japan's quarrel is not with India,
She Is warning against the British
Empire. India's participation in the
war has not been with the consent
OF the representatives OF the Indian
people. 1t was purely British act.
IT India were freed, her first step
would probably be to negotiate with
Japan"
According to the government sum-
mary, Nehru, In successfully oppos-
ing this resolution, declared:
1T inevitably would make the
world think we were passively link
ing up with the Axis powers"
Hoped to Aid China.
Upon learning Of the government
statement, Gandhi today asserted:
II purposely incorporated the
sentence about negotiations with
Japan, and ii ultimately 1t was
dropped, I associated myself with
the deletion."
He said that II India were freed
Immediately he wanted to 70 to
Japan and plead with her to free
China" If this plea were rejected.
he then would tell the Japanese to
expect stubborn resistance" in
India. he added.
Gandhi also was critical Of tha
governments release of the resolu.
ton and proceedings, declaring. IT
think the procedure thus adopted,
OF searching the All-India Congress
Committees offices and OF selling
documents, IS in itself reprehensible.
Their action becomes more rep
rehensible when they make what I
consider inegitimate use Of the doc
uments seized"
"Incorrect," Nehru Says.
Nevertheless. he asserted, ''there
is nothing In them (the documents)
OF which any member has any cause
to be ashamed"
Nehru. also in Bombay, asserted
the reference to negotiations with
Japan was entirely incorrect and
torn from its context"
"Gandhi always sends notice ia
his adversary before coming into
conflict. He would thus have called
on Japan not only to keep away
from India but to withdraw from
China" Nehru said.
1T Is absurd to say that any Of
us envisaged any arrangement with
Japan giving her right Of passage"
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, Aug 4 P.-
Stocks irregular; selected rails;
industrials improve. Bonds
steady; carriers sand utilities
improve. Cotton Arm; covering
on reports OF serious insect
threat.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Wushinqton Park

THIRD RACE-Purse, 200: ella inning;
4-year r-olds and upward; furlonxs
Owasse tBalaskD 40 $40 $50
Shirley G. "a. Smith 1880 $40
Court Counsel tBrooks) $40
Time, 1.27
Also ran-Light Shot. Velley Boy. She
mutt. Axelson. Ny Playmate, Misht Step,
JackorAck.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Black Market
Steel Plentiful,
Legislators Told
Warehouses Full
OF Vital Metal,
Higgins Son Says
BULLETIN.

President Roosevelt told a
press conference today he
thought people who had sold
steel through a black market
ought to 60 to jail. He made
that declaration when a re-
porter told him that Andrew
Jackson Higgins, New Orleans
shipbuilder, had said he had
been able to buy black market
steel.
Earlier Story on Page A-6.)
B. the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. A.
Frank o. Higgins, general mana
ger of the Higgins Corp, today
charged before a House subcom-
mittee hearing here that al
though his firms shipbuilding
plant was closed because of a
shortage of steel there existed
"all over the country a black
market in steel"
Mr.. Higgins testified that you
have to pay premium to get this
black market steel" and added, II
don't think its ethical to take ad-
vantage Of the war crisis to make
that kind of profit. But it is not
illegal. It's legal profiteering but it's
as black as he ace Of spades"
Mr.. Higgins, son of Andrew J.
Higgins, head of he corporation
whose 200 Liberty ships contract
was withdrawn by the Maritime
Commission July 18 because of a
steel shortage, made his statement
on black market steel under ques-
tioning by Representative Sullivan
Of Missouri, member of the COM
mittee here inquiring into the clos
ing Of the shipyards.
Found Steel Plentiful.
Mr.. Higgins testified that the op-
erations of the reputed steel black
market know before we do that
We are going to get a contract" to
build war vessels and said IF you
order steel from mill you wait
months, but the warehouses have 1t
on hand for immediate delivery.
1--WE found enough to build 200
lighters" he said.
Mr.. Higgins said "black market
steel" could be bought in less than
10000 pound carload lots on which
there is a ceiling price but said
there was no ceiling on less than
carload lots and that for this reason
1t was possible to obtain shipments
in this way OF as high as $1,000
pounds.
Asked by Representative Peterson,
Democrat, of Florida, chairman,
From what areas do you get black
market STEEL" Mr.. Higgins said:
From warehouses all over the
country. They know before we do
that we are going to get a contract.
I'VE know when we are going
to be awarded a contract because
Of the deluge of letters we start
receiving from the black market
warehouses.
Must Have WPB Priority.
"The letters tell us that we can
get just the steel we are going to
need for the contract"
Representative Peterson told the
hearing that addresses of "black
market dealers" would be ascer-
tanned at an executive session,
whereupon Mr.. Higgins remarked
that exposure of the black market
(See HIGGINS. Page 2-X.)
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Sontunder Visits WeIIes

BY INT A9S0cltteu PfeSs.
Ambassador Fryre y Santander of
Peru conferred with Acting Secre-
tary Of State Welles today. He did
not reveal the purpose of the visit
to newspapermen.
Evening star., 1942-08-04

FOURTH RACE-Purse 1900: claim
ing; 3-year-olds and upward 6 furlongs
Sobriquet tGorman) $50 800 3 90
Marogay tRobertson) 43O 800
Vintage Port (McCready) $50
Time, 1:12.
Also ran-Yankee Party Belpay. Dr.
Whinny, Wiseshot. Bean by Bean. Cousin
Nan.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
HARD PRESSED REDS FALL BACK IN SOUTH
Late News Bulletins
Soboteur Verdict Due in Few Doys

~~~~sS07 STV7St DVC CIV DUTS
President Roosevelt said late today will complete
MS review OF the voumnous evidence the case against
tne eight Naz saboteurs tried by military commission
within two or three days"
Earlier Story Page A-1D
British Fleet Units in Bay of Bengal
LONDON tF'-Britans Far Eastern fleet is plying the
OF Bengal on Eastern India in search for
and merchant ships routine Admiralty communicate dis
closed today One japanese flying boat shot by
naval fighter the communque sad indicating the presence
OF British aircraft carrier No Japanese ships were sighted
Brenner Pass Reported Closed Two Days
NEW YORK t7-A British broadcast heard today by
CHS said the Brenner Pass which links Italy
is reported to have been closed days. There was no
explanation The broadcast reported traffic coming
from Germany being stopped the Italian frontier
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Cumberland

SECOND RACE-Purse, $500, claiming;
3-year-olds: 6I2 furlonss
Walter Haight tHarrelD no 400 $50
Fair Flame (RooD 41O 27O
Nyleye (Palumbo) 40
Time, 1925
Also ran-Rostan. Ready for War. Pris-
on Ship. Gay Sir. Casad
Cumberland daily double paid S24.7O
THIRD RACE-Purse, $500: claiming;
4-year -olds and upward: 6h furlongs
Apprehend HarrelD 1l,60 $50 $50
Paso GrAnde (Root) $50 40
Ler-Lin (Balzarette) 2fS0
Time, 12s 3-b.
Also ran-Aster Lady. Westing. Little
Movlee MAcie MaeaYet, Bohs Pass.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Cincinnati
st. Louis 600 600
Cincinnati 21l 600
Batteries-Krist, Gumbert and w, Coo.
per; Wander Nicer and West.
At Pittsburgh
Chicago --- 600 100 0
Pittsburgh O01 600
Battefies-Bithorn and MeCulloush;
klinger and Lopez.
At Philadelphia
Boston ----- 600 600 a.
Philadelphia O1O OF
Batteries-Tobin and Mast: johnson and
BraSan.
Brooklyn at New York-6:45 PM.
Evening star., 1942-08-04

FOURTH RACE-Purse, $1,000: claim
ing: 3-year-olds and upward: furlongs
Blenweed (Sisto) 1890 $40 $40
Yes or No (Roberts) $40 $40
Aghanistan (Keiper) 29O
Time. 1.11As.
Also ran-Carmus, On Parole Bills Sis
ter.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Major League Games

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Boston,
Philadelphia od 200 s.
Boston OIL 200
Batteries-MArchildon and swift: War.
ner and Conroy.
At Chicago
Detroit O1O
Chicago 90
Batteries-BridEes and Parsons; Lyons
and fresh.
New York at Washington-S:30 PM.
Cleveland at st. Louis-9:30 PM.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Races

Earlier Results and Entries for
Tomorrow on Page 2-X.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Todoy's Home Runs

American League.
York, Detroit, I'd inning.
Evening star., 1942-08-04

(See HIGGINS, Page %
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Weather Report

NOT quite SO warm today; somewhat cooler to-
night, with gentle to moderate winds. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, 81, at 2 am; lowest,
"A. at am: 78 at pm
From ths united STATES wes~ner yureau report.
Fun Details on Page Az.
Evening star., 1942-08-04

(See LABOR, Page 2-XD
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Raiioning Job
Poses Problem
Teachers Connot
Handle Big Job

Declaring the 10 teachers Of
the Mount Gle m ems Public
School system cannot possibly
register the entire city popula-
ton over a three day period for
sugar rationing, Superintendent
L. Wade Fast today appealed for
volunteers.
Qualified persons are urged
to write Fast at the high school.
The letters should state whether
the volunteer is available dur
ing the afternoon or the evening
or both.
Fast indicated toda, that the
registration will probably be
held early in April. He indicated
that the entire registration will
be held at the high school be-
cause facilities there are SUPERB
or to those of the grade schools.
Registration h ours probably
will be from 1870 TO $40 after
Moons and from 7 to Q in the eve
nings.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Copeland Lists
His 0bjetiives
New B OF G Head
Detoils Plons

Detectives Of the Mount
Clemens Board Of Commerce
during the coming year are out
lined in the following article
written today by Ernest Cope
land, new president OF the
board;
Complete mobilization for
war should be the first object
i've of every citizen and organ
ization. We are engaged in a
life and death struggle with
brutal and cruel enemies. We
must face the stern and ter
rible realities of total war.
"As a Board of Commerce,
our first duty is to the nation.
National welfare must come be-
fore. our personal affairs. AS
President of the Board of Com
merce, I shall assist in direct
ing its activities in such q man.
ner as to be most helpful when
war efforts need attention. /
believe that the sooner each
citizen realizes his own per-
sonal duty and responsibility,
the sooner we will achieve our
greatest results toward a mill
tary victory.
"We shall cooperate with
See COPELAND-Page 2
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Torth.Death
Clues Traced
Woshtenow Man
Found Murdered

ANN ARBOR, Mich, March
18-R-A University of Mich
igan pathologist reported today
that Orville E. Wurster, 34-year-
old Manchester store clerk
whose burned body was found
in woods yesterday, may have
died by asphyxiation.
DR.. Robert j. Parsons, who
performed an autopsy, said in a
preliminary report that he had
found indications of asphyxia-
ton and that Wurster had not
died from burns. The report was
turned over to Prosec r
George Meader of Washtenaw
county.
The autopsy disclosed smoke
in the lungs, showing that Wur-
ster was alive apparently at the
very time when his clothes were
set afire, DR.. Parsons said. The
pathologist said also that he had
found kerosene in the stomach.
PROBE CLUES
Bits of earth taken from be-
meath the fingernails will be
compared with the earth in q
shallow trench about 800 yards
from where the body was found.
DIR. Parson said his report
would not be complete until fur
Their examinations, including
chemical analyses, were made.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Annual Seal
Sale Begins
Rotorions Launch
Annual Campaign

Arthur j. Platten, president
of the Macomb County Crippled
Children's Society today for
mally announced. the opening Of
the snnual sale of Easter seals in
the county. Macomb county
Rotary clubs sponsor the drive.
Proceeds from the sale, which
is carried on throughout the ma
ton during the weeks preceding
Easter, will be used to advance
the program for crippled child
rem and adults.
Although response to our ap-
peal has been generous in the
past, this year we are facing an
emergency situation" Platten
declared. Both the present and
the future impose upon US dual
responsibility-that of carrying
on for the crippled we have with
us and preparing for the serious
burdens that are to come"
Platten explained that our
program of physical restoration
of the crippled and their voca-
tional rehabilitation is a present
necessity because of the nation
need for the productive capaci-
ties of all its people.
THE prospect that volunteer
efforts in this direction may re-
quire drastic expansion because
of the impact of the war is no
less real because it is unpleas-
ant" he said. THE country is
now facing the problem of the
permanently disabled soldier,
While government planning to
meet this problem is already un-
der way, the experience and ia
cilities Of the volunteer organi-
cations which for years have
been financed by Easter seals
will be urgently required"
Platten pointed out that in its
broader aspects, the program for
the nations physically handicap
ped had not yet scratched the
surface.
"The job of providing ade-
quate educational opportunity
for the crippled for vocational
training and proper placement in
employment Is only beginning"
he said.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Ride With Your Neiehbor
Club Formed by B Of 6
Businessmen Nap Prosvom to Bring
Wovkmsn Together 70 Save Tires

Increasing awareness of ex-
listing rubber shortages and re-
sultant transportation problems
yesterday prompted members Of
the Mount Clemens Board Of
Commerce to determine upon de-
velopment of remedial PHI n 5
which, In their initial phase.
will center upon formation Of q
Ride With Your Neighbor
Club"
The movement, designed to
prevent unnecessary use Of auto
mobile tires. b predicated upon
the knowledge that hundreds Of
Mount Clemens workmen, en-
gagged In vital defense industries,
have no other means Of trans
portation 10 and from their jobs
except the automobile. II Is the
Urinary ohjsetivs e board MEM
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Junior Play
Rehearsals
Near End

With only two rehearsals left,
members of the cast of Spring
Fever,"s annual Junior Class
play, were anxiously awaiting
the opening curtain on the first
OF two performances Thursday
night.
Director Nancy Bowman Is ex-
pected to enhance her already
excellent reputation when she
presents the Juniors In . rollick-
Ing comedy. The curtain will rise
for both the Thursday and Fri.
day night performances ut els
o'clock.
All Of the action II unfolded
on . college campus. How each
of three college chums gets his
girl by using varying techniQues
forms the basis for the laugh
packed play.
Tickets may be purchascd
from Juniors q at ~ dor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18

bers to encourage doubling-up
upon the part of persons travel
ing any great distance and TO
make the offices Of the board
available as q clearing -house for
bringing workmen together to
cooperate in exchanging rides.
II Il the belief Of the special
committee of the board concern
ed with tire conservation that,
eventually, a net work Of rural
transportation "feede r-lines'
may have TO be established 70
bring workmen to central points
for dispatch to their places Of
employment and that the public
il not yet properly aware of the
seriousress of the shortage
which confronts the nation.
Committee members, studying
Be TlRgS-Rasa .
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Ket Ex-Deputy
May be First
in New Draft

A veteran of World War !
and q former deputy sheriff
held the fateful serial number
3485, drawn first from the his.
toric fish bowl in Washington
last night.
Marion Roscoe Dunklee. of 81
Huron, Mount Clemens, will be
assigned Order No. ! by Draft
Board No. /. He served for Is
months overseas in the first war
and, his friends say, Is willing
to serve again, If called.
He is AZ years old, married,
and the father of one son,
Duane, Is. q junior at Mount
Clemens High school. He Is en-
ployed as a barber at the en-
listed mems barber shop at Self
ridge Eield.
"I'll be there" Orville Dennis,
q former deputy, told a Daily
Monitor reporter when told he
will draw Order No. ! from
Draft Board No. 2. Dennis, who
lives at 17704 Roseville boule-
See COUNTY-Page :
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Fate Of Nine Million Determined by Draft lotfeI
Australians Optimistic
rs Macarthur Takes Over
Refugee Center
is Considered

LANSING March 18-R
Use Of the Michigan State
fairgrounds at bomb-worried
Detroit as q war refugee"
center was envisioned today
a. the board Of managers of
the fair shaped plans for the
1912 Exposition, to be held
September 2-13. Board MEM
bers, describing the fair As
vitality necessary in Michi-
gan's "Farmins, for Freedom"
campaign, yesterday unani-
mously approved it for this
year with the provision, how
ever, that the fairgrounds will
be turned over to the govern
ment and the fair abandoned
II the need arises.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
Brett Named
Deputy Chief
in Pacific
BY VERN HAUGLAND


MELBOURNE, Australia,
March 18-(R-Australia con-
fidently and willingly accepted
today an American command OF
all her defense-land, sea and
air-under the supreme leader
ship of General Douglas MacAr-
thur.
With the enemy already at its
gates an dthe first phases OF the
battle for the continent being
waged in the seas and skies off
the north coast, the common
wealth was electrified by news
that the hero of Bataan had step
ped in to guide its destinies.
Besides Macarthur, who as
sumes responsibility for the de-
Tense of Australia and also gen.
eral command of all United Ma
tons operations ashore, aloft
and asea in the southwest Paci-
fic east of Singapore, are:
BRETT DEPUTY CHIEF
Lieutenant General George H
Brett, whose assignment to COM
mand the air forces of the United
Nations in the Australia-New
Zealand area and as MacAr-
thurs deputy supre m e COM
mapder was announced today by
Prime Minister John Curtin;
United States Vice Admiral
Herbert F. Leary who has been
in command Of the Allied sea
forces in the Anzac zone for
more than a month.
This topflight American mill
tary triumvirate, at the head not
only of Australia's own forces
but also of "most substantial
American reinforcements," in
See AUSTRALIA-Page ;
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-18
;Drailees Leave
Early Thursday
Names Revealed
by Chief Clerk

Names Of selectees who will
leave the new USO Club Thurs
day morning At 500 o'clock for
Detroit where all face possible
induction into the us. Army
were revealed today by Chef
Kroner, chief clerk for Board
No. /.
The men must report to Kro-
mer q full hour before they are
scheduled to leave. by bus.
None of the men listed have
been given q physical examine
ton by army doctors. Because Of
this, some Of them will be re-
jected at the induction station.
The list follows:
MOUNT CLEMENS
James Reynolds, Elmer Dob
berowsky, Edward Matthews,
Wilson Bertke. Jr., Laverne
Alore, Harold Rosso. Joseph C..
Herr, James r. Miller, William
G. Riley, Gerald ]. Dubay, John
r. Cecil, James Kolter, David
L. Ullrich, James =. Neville,
Raymond Hoover. Joseph Du-
bay, Charles H. Miller, Jr., Paul
G. Brown.
John w. Riley, Jr., Harold r.
Maison, Marvin A. Mayhem,
Frederick w. Reinhold, Clare
Leonardson. Harold Steffens,
Roy Duvall, John N. Lellis, IL
ton Scarf, Theodore Berger,
Samuel Kogelmanp, Stanley B.
Maison, Archie MEMBERS. Ar
thur Van Beversluys, Jr.. Har-
old n. Chamberlin. Chung u.
Fong, Harold Provost, Albert h.
Christian. Guy +. Hotehk1n1
See md UCTlON -Rage 3