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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Rails Revenues
Hit So Millions

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Prelim-
mary reports from "a class rail-
roads, representing S1.3 per cent
of total operating revenues. show
that those railroads in November
had estimated operating revenues
amounting to $552, 244472. This
is an increase of 48.6 per cent
over 1911, SIP 900 reported by these
roads in the same month of 1871,
statistics compiled and released by
the Association of American Rail-
roads indicate. Freight revenues
of railroads in November amounted
to S428. 1856, STA, against 1911, 632,-
226 in November, 1941, an increase
of 37.6 per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Additional Markets
Part 4, Page II
East Oil Supply Adequate
For Heating of Homes

war industries supplied, and to
meet minimum requirements for
home heating throughout the
Atlantic seaboard area.
'Tt Is likewise sufficient to
provide for essential motor car
use, though IL Is not sufficient
to meet the recent rate of gaso-
line consumption. Lesser guam
titles of gasoline must suffice n
we are TO meet more critical
military, Industrial and home
heating demands"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

AND THE editors arc in their
glory because for the first time.
their papers are Judged entirely
on editorial merit and have
stepped out Of the glorifed cata-
log category.
As TO the makeup Of the
papers, there have been changes.
too.
Sports society and fashions
hit a few inches Of one column
when the average or female
sports, society or fashion editor
foften one and the same) can
find any sports. society or
fashions 10 report
y SclRshly \ I might add that
British papers still find 1t neces-
sary 10 report business. market
and commodity news-although
naturally in an abbreviated form.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Iron Ore Use
Far Over t941
FRED A, BAKGNAN

- CLEVELAND. Dec. 10 - Iron
ore consumption during November
amounted 10 7455. 778 tons, a de-
cline frena-the SAG 664 tons in
October, but a gain Of about IS
per cent over the 6,501 OF tons
used IN November, 194l, according
10 report OF Lake Superior Iron
ore Association
November ore use. however,
brought the total for the first II
months OF this year 10 1886 094
tons, a gain Of about - per cent
over the 272.7of tons in the
corresponding period OF last year.
Stocks OF ore on hand at fur
naceS and Lake Erie docks AZ Of
-DcCembcT / amounted to 81, 7T033
ass tons or sufficient for II
months use at November rate of
consumption. A month earlier,
ore stocks totaled 52.667 ,2s2 tons
and A year ago 45.534.633 tons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
No Product TO Sell

BEFORE THE war the aver
age paper cot 53 per cent Of its
gross revenue from advertising
and AZ from sales. Now sales
account for Is per cent OF the
gross
And tho papers which cut
their circulation and increased
both rates and the size az tro
paper are embarrassed over the
demand for ad space.
AdvcrtiSerS-90 per cent have
! no product 10 sell realize that
they must keep their names in
front ~ the public and they
often prefer a quality newspaper
with many eyes reading each
COPY 10 mass circulation papers
whore only a single pair Of eyes
takes in their message.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

<&JHE POPULAR dailies -
morning papers costing z cents
hsSuch as the Express, Herald.
Mail. News-Chronicle. stuck TO
Ythe old price and cut 10 2-page
60 sides-paper. The Times and
Telegraph boosted their price 30
per cent. cut their printing by
one-third and gave their readers
one-third larger paper than
- iFApeeffsFetit
This had amusing and para
dnxical results. There aFe-ne
returns permitted, but tho 2-cent
papers are comparatively easy 10
get while the more expensive
and riaro-Itr- she cts have
achieved a now sort of good will
because Of their scarcity.
You can-only get the Times
now by either Joining a reading
club. or by gong on a list of
people anNiously awaiting an
opportunity 10 climb over a dead
mans shoes or 10 replace a man
who has been sent overseas. Ard
oven then YOU can't be sure his
family wont taIkcL4p The sub
ScrlptlOn
Advertising changes have been
even more interesting
While the imposed limitation
on ad Spacr is 40 per cent Of the
paper. most publishers keep II AZ
y per cent or slightly less.
Display rates are up from 30
n 80 pcr cent while classified
rates arc UP 12i7 10 - per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Bathri(k 10 Head
GIN Washington Office

Effective January !, d. L. Bath
rick, who until June s when he
was called 10 Washington. was
general sales manager of the Pom
tiac Motor Division. will assume
charge Of the Washington office
Of the General Motors Corpora
ton. He succeeds r. II. Grant,
vice president of General Motors,
who is returning 10 Detroit 10 re-
sumo his former duties there and
who will continue 10 supervise the
activities OF the Washington office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Asks for Cost Only

Recognizing abuses in the cost
plus system, he is asking for cost
only, with no plus. And as a mat
ter OF fact he is apparently not
fully recouping all elements of
cost. For example, in the matter
OF overhead. he is charging only
for additional out of pocket ex-
penses and is not assessing to gov
ornamental work part of the cost
OF such items as executive salaries.
Though he is adding to his charges
normal depreciation and obsoles-
cence, he is making no charge for
the cost of capital, that is, for a
payment te-the investors for the
use of the tools and other corpor-
ate resources which they supply.
Thus, his arrangement, though
doubtless commendable from a
patriotic standpoint, is not a
genuinely business-like arrange
ment. 1t is made possible by
the fact that the corporation
continues to get net earnings
from its non-governmental ac-
tivities. 1t is analogous to the
sacrifice made by an individual
executive who for patriotic
reasons serves on a federal
agency for 81 year instead of
at a salary commensurate with
his actual worth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Flour Miners
Welcome Probe
ELwooD n. SCHNEIDER
EDWIN X. HOOVER
BY GEO. BOUTWELL, BROWN
Special to THE DETROIT TIMES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. -
AMERICAN milling Interests, COM
PEELED by government order TO
abandon long established trade
names in supplying the export
needs of -four 10 Puerto Rico, have
decided 10 present the facts in an
amazing situation 10 the Chavez
committee of the Senate.
The socislistic administration
under Gov. Rexford G.. Tugwell of
Puerto Rico, operating through the
agricultural marketing admins
tration in Washington, in spite Of
protests, is inflicting ire
parable injury to American indus
tries manufacturing -four, which
have been for many years supply
ing the business needs Of custom
ers in the island with well-known
advertised brands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
American Superpower
Asks Pfd. Tenders

NEW YORK, Dec. 19-Ameri-
can SuperpoMcr Corporation is in.
y1ting tenders OF its first preferred
stock at prices not 10 exceed S7
share and has set aside $3.50, 00o
for such purpose. The offer Will
expire December %. In letter
10 stockholders advising them OF
proposed action, Gordon Grand
president. stated that stock had
asset value December IS Of S940i
share. The market value OF
stock since the first Of year has
ranged between 1914 and 55a.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
WLB Elections Called
In ; State War Plants

National Labor Relations Board
elections 10 determine collective
bargaining agents in three Michi-
gan plants viii be conducted next
week
At the A lConac Chris Craft
plant, 700 employees will vote Mon
day on two ALL unions. Approx
mately 20 Ionia Desk Company
workers will cast ballots Monday
for Go or independent affilia-
tons. Robinson Marine ConStruc-
tion Company's $50 workers AT ST.
Joseph Will choose Tuesday be.
tween an independent and an AL
union.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
No. | Advertiser

BRITISH ADVERTISING
directors arc in the interesting
position of telling advertisers
that they might be able 70 get
3 inches on page 4 some six
weeks hcnce"-and naturally the
regular prewar customers get
the preference.
Also interesting is the fact
that tho government is No. |
advertiser utilizing the news
papers 10 keep the people posted
on new regulations and cam
paiCnS.
There as here. many Of the
former big name companies run
copy pushing the sale Of war
bonds, etc. using only the firm
name az the bottom OF the ad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

For example, one chief executive
has gone so far as to put his COR
porations' war work on the equiva-
lent of 81 a year basis. This COM
pany is relying for profit on its
regular, though curtailed, business
with the public, and is undertake
ing to work for the federal gov
eminent at cost. The president has
induced his board of directors to
give him authority to do this.
Evidently like Caesars wife this
business man wants 10 be above
slISDiciOn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Rutland R. R. Files
REORGANIZATION Plea

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Rutland
Railroad Company has filed petit
ton for reorganization with 1CC.
explaining that it felt reorganlza-
ton would be in the best interest
of creditors. Similar petition has
been filed with federal district
court in Vermont. The company
has been in receivership since
Nav < 1923
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Loans 10 Brokers
Down 10 Millions

NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Loans
TO brokers and dealers in the week
ended December Is totaled 1921.
100000 down $4,000, 900 from the
previous week and an increase of
S242. 100000 from the like week a
year ago. Other loans for the pur-
pose of purchasing or carrying
securities amounted 10 S171 ,0OO,-
600. up S1k000,OO0 from the De-
ccmber Q week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Lend Lease 10 Africa
Seen 90 Million a Year

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 49, Lend
lease aid by United States 10
North Africa is expected 10 reach
$4,000 900 within a year. Many
supplies Will he sold through COM
mercial channels, while in other
cases payments are expected 10 be
made TO tho United States in stra-
tegic metals and foods for Ameri-
can troops.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
On the
Business
Front
BY WARD SCHULTZ
Times Financial Editor

CAN YOU imagine a world
where advertisers plead for the
opportunity 10 purchase ads in
newspapers; where newspapers
arc 50 valuable that subscrip-
tons arc a big attraction in
renting home and where there's
a long waiting list of subscribers.
II sounds like a publishers
Utopia but tho war may bring
Just those conditions TO this
country.
Such situation already exists
IN Great Bfitaiff.------------------
Graham Hutton, director OF
the British Press Service, re-
Gently told American newspaper
publishers that the war had
actually been OF great help TO
the papers because the radio
in wartime had proved no ade-
quate substitute for an indie
pendent press.
OF course. British publishers
have their full share Of wartime
problems. For example. the war
has taken away most OF the en-
ployeS under Is, there's a short
age OF women. supplies Of
machinery and raw materials
are limited. and newsprint is a
dirty gray--and very little of it.
Britain's neWSprint problem IS
naturally more drastic than ours
because it's practically 100 per
cent import. Today. the British
rewSprint supply is one-sixth OF
normal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Barron S Business
Index Advances

NEW YORK, Dec. 10. - The
physical volume OF business in the
week ended December II advanced
TO 1928 from 1918 in the preced-
ing week. according TO Barron's
Index. adjusted for long-term in
dustry and population growth. A
year ago this index was 1908.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Abandon Merger Plan

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Direc-
tors of Commonwealth Securities,
Inc, have decided to abandon
plan of merger with Investment
Company of America. Reason
given is that active opposition has
developed from holders of con-
siderable number of shares OF
Commonwealth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Sc a Share Dividend
By Hamtrdm(k Bank

The board Of directors of the
Peoples State Bank. Hamtramck,
declared dividend of So per
share, representing 6 per cent on
the par value of the stock, payable
Dec. 81. 1912, to stockholders of
record as Of Dec. 16, 1912.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Market Reacts
Moderdte|yFr
Recent Highs
Few Issues Lose
Point 81 More; Case
Independently Strong

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 qNS).-
The stock market reacted moder-
lately today after. its recent climb
-te-ftew highs for the year. A few
issues lost a point or more, ut
declines generally were small and
several stocks continued 10 gain
ground.
J. /. Case was independently
strong, running up 2 points 10
equal its 1912 top of 75l2. Texas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Detroit Trust Co.
Declares 81 Dividend

Detroit Trust Company has de-
clared a dividend Of 81 per share,
payable December 70 10 stock
holders of record December Is.
making a total distribution of 81
per share for the year, the same
as in 194l. IN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Goods and Services

If profit were REDEEMED as the
cost of capital in the production
OF goods and services, the sub
ject could be approached more
dispassionately.
The new short-form, stream
lined method of accounting.
which this column has advocated
for some eight years, was de-
signed to portray corporate ac-
Invites in modern social and
political terms. This technique
lists taxes as a major cost of
doing business, and obviates the
absurdity of referring to profit,
or net income, before taxes.
Likewise, the short-form sets
forth the return on capital as an
element of cost, namely the cost
Of capital. instead of employing
the emotional term. profit"
which has become a MARKHAM
epithet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
New Du Pont Plant

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 INS),
The Defense Plant Corporation
today executed contract 10 pro-
vide facilities costing more than
81 ,000,00 for the r. I. du Pont de
Nemours Company plant in New
Jersey. The plant will be operated
by the company but title will re-
main in the Defense Plant Corpo-
ration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
S New Engines for Central

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE
first five of Is new locomotives,
ordered in April. have been re-
ceived by New York Central Rail-
road and the remainder is OK
pected 10 be installed by the
middle Of next February.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Trend of Sales

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 dNsJ Total
sales today:
stock Exchange stocks, 372 $50 shares
bonds. 50. 747. 600
Curb Exchange stocks, 1898 shares
bonds. S4S9 900
Big board sales throughout m. day:
Open tn II ;00 149. $50 shares
IL 90 10 close 222. 40 shares
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Many Firms Forego
Large War Profits
Some Lean Over Backwards;
One Takes Work at ST Year
BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER
International News Service Economic Commenta

Not wishing be characterized prohteers merchants
OF death many businessmen leaning backwards
o profits.
Since the situation Is shot through with the hazard Of
emotonasm and demagog executives currently beha
ing which takes due regard of what
nquSroTS likely when they examine current trans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

Thus in renegotiation Of war
contracts, as in contemporary
tax discussions of corporate
profits, companies have been
penalized before the bar of
public opinion because of their
error in tenaciously clinging TO
archaic accounting procedures.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
A WEEK IN THE MARKET

NEW YORK, Dec 19ZThc following table shows the
activity the New York Stock Exchange day this week
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

TWal. ltltlfNVu l'lLtIuVu
Officials indicated petroleum
for the remainder Of
December and January in the
17-statc area will be based on
these figures.
''This supply" Davies said,
represents all that can safely
be made available over the
period considering transporta-
ton facilities and inventory
positions.
Even this r. not guaranteed.
Military demands must come
first. We have met them In
full 90 date and we must con-
tinue 10 do so
THE supply position as now
determined provides sufficient
petroleum products 10 meet IN
full all military orders, TO keep
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 (UP)
War Petroleum Admin
istrator Ralph X. Davies said
today supplies OF fuel oil will be
sufficient 10 meet minimum re-
quirements for home heating in
the Atlantic seaboard area during
the remainder Of December, 1942,
and January, l943. but that Gaso-
line consumption must be cut be-
low the recent rate.
Davies said the reduced amount
would still leave sufficient fuel oil
for home heating.
Ickes said total petroleum sup
plies available for distribution in
the eastern area will be I'LL, 900
barrels daily during the remainder
of December and 1.117.000 daily in
January, exclusive of aviation
gasoline and petroleum for export.
jokes figures in detail expressed
~, harrrlc nor Jau Wrrc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

Thus. in terms of streamlined
accounting, there would be no
need for a survival of the cost
plus contract for government
work. Cost. properly defined in
modern terms, would also in
clude the cost of capital. The
corporation referred to In the
foregoing discussion. however.
asked no payment for the use of
its capital, other than deprecia-
ton and obsolescence.
The short-form would also be
helpful TO clarity misunderstand-
ing in the matter of renegotia-
ton of war contracts.
Where profits are stated be-
fore taxes, they create an I'M
favorable atmosphere prejudicial
10 the interests Of producers OF
armament
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22
Elsie Robinson
Man Is Made Up Of Many
Qualities and Instincts

have only failed ourselves and
God
We have not gone beyond the
limits OF our own natures. We
have simply chosen the depths
instead Of the heights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22

THE LADIES Of the town will
be breaking bread together,
along about noon tomorrow, in
the Grand Ballroom OF the
Book Cadillac. And the occa-
sion? It's celebration for
Helen Kirkpatrick, newshound
and orator who's appearing at
Cass Town Hall in the morning.
Helen has been reporting from
Europe since 1880. having been
a correspondent in Switzerland
and England as we'll as editor
publisher of the Whitehall News
Letter in the course Of her for
eign career.
IN SPITE Of the fact that her
assignments are herman stuff
from ringside seat observation
at war battles 10 interviewing
Churchill. the slender, gracious
kirkpatrick goes IN for fem
unity.
Hence, the luncheon in her
honor will feature a fashion
show, the annual Cass Town Hall
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22
Inadequate Diet

Any menu or dict restricted
to two or three foods is apt TO
be inadequate.
The potato-cottage cheese
buttennilk arrangement sup
plies calcium, protein and Gallo
ries but precious few vitaminS
and TO use the calcium you
must have Vitamins A, c and
y.
The onelet furnishes some Of
the vltamins, protein and iron
but very little calcium.
It takes a variety OF foods 10
supply the nutrients you need
daily. When any essential is
left out OF the diet, you draw
on your vital tissues for il and
harm your health.
The list of foods that protect
you is so important that you
should be able 10 rattle il right
off-milk, an egg, green or
yellow vegetable. a serving Of
lean meat or fish or fowl, two
fresh fruits, one OF these a cit
rus, and whole grain or en-
riched bread.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22

This is not Sale Of Odds and Ends or
Broken Sizes-but Sale Of the Very New.
est, up-to-the-minute, Photographed Dresses
all Of which will revert back to their
regular higher prices after this sale
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22
Fashion Show. at Town Hall
BY JOAN DEAN

affair. Incidentally, this after
lecture party is open TO the
public, providing you'll pay the
Sis luncheon bill.
IT'S BEEN traditional these
many years at the Town Hall
fashion forays TO include a bridal
scene.
Thus a military wedding will
be staged, complete with officer
groom and a satin-gowned bride
Waiting the aisle on the arm Of
her father. There'll be two
bridesmaids and a flower girl.
logged in taffeta. TO make il
even more convincing.
RUNNING A CLOSE second
In pertinence this wartime win
ter are the warm and woolly
night-clotheS pa ] a m s,
nightieS and bed socks, to be
modelled at the show.
The show is planned 10 please
all damsels 4 TO 40 up, around
the clock. Sounds like a big
order. doesn't it?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22
3-Food Diets
Are Usually
Inadequate
BY IDA JEAN KAN

LANA TURNER. sweater
girl and screen beauty. is re-
ported by one of our best maya
zines 10 have recommended
two safe" keeping slim menus.
One - baked potato, cottage
cheese and buttermilk. The
other-tomato omelet with tea
or coffee.
How sure you can be that one
meal will keep you slim de-
ponds on what you have for
the other two.
The same goes for its safety.
That is not enough food for a
diet. II it were practically all
you ate. or you were not very
careful to balance the other
two menus, things could hap
pen TO you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22
Fabric Detail

NOW THAT fabrics are sim
pier, you can look for increasing
surface detail" such as stitch
ing, embroidery, braid
A pillbox hat Jane Randolph
wears is made Of cer!Se crepe,
with double crisScroSs stitching
for that padded. quilted look
Hat is bound on al a rakiSh
angle with a sheer veil loopcd
wimple style under the chm
incidentally Jane wears tn,
1T. in all us Ccri>e SPLENDID
bin irock OF deep almost
mack purple
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22

have only failed ourselves-and
God
We have not gone beyond the
limits OF our own natures We
have simply chosen the depths
instead of the heights.
Somerset Vaughan
Remember I told you the other
day that l have been reading
Somerset Maugham's The Moon
and the Sixpence' again. And
I'm quoting from II now.
Strange how you find new
meanings in words you once
passed casually. There's that
paragraph where the author tells
Mrs. Strickland the reason for
her husbands desertion, his over
whelming desire 10 leave the
business world, to paint.
Mrs. Strickland shrugged her
shoulders impatiently. l think l
was a little disappointed in her.
l expected, then, people 10 be
more Of a piece than l do now,
and I was distressed TO find so
much vindictiveness in so charm
ing a creature. l did not real
lie how motley are the qualities
that 60 TO make up a human
being. Now l am we'll aware
that pettiness and grandeur.
malice and charity, hatred and
love. can find place side by
side in the same human heart
The soul lives unstably in
the body and is capable of myS-
FERROUS transformations"
Not All OF a Piece
There is one of the deepest
truths in life. No one of us is
all of a piece"
We are a compound OF count
less hungers and impulses.
We may never be aware Of
this. We may live our lives out
in serene complacency. But
always beneath that placid mask
turks dynamite.
Think Of this before you judge
the other fellow. Think of it
before you pin any medals on
yourself.
Copyright. 1912, by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22

All Are New, Higher
Priced Dresses Offered
ot a Very Special Price
in This Sale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22

Kh-s.-Tb~S Floor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-22
Furniture Contest

WINNERS IN The Detroit
Times Home Furnishing con-
test -. will be announced in
the women's pages of next
Sundays Detroit Times.