Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Cruet Necks
Slowing Up
War Output
Plane Maker Can't Get
Enough PropeIlers
BY PAUL MALLON

Roosevelt SAID production is
fairly satisfactory, but a lot OF
leading aviation manufacturers
are far from satisfied. Some
cruct necks-not full length bot
tleneckS-have developed.
One large bomber-maker is
grinding out planes like saul
sages, but cannot get propellers.
The war department has gone
TO the extreme of arranging an
army air transport service to fly
propellers TO the factory as fast
as they are turned out.
Another top planemaker was
astoniShed 10 find his April allo-
cation of aluminium tubing cut
$4,000 pounds GO ships-worth).
He complained because we are
allocating only 65 per cent OF
aluminium TO planes, Britain SO
per cent ALLEGATIONS are being
increased.
Still another. this week. is re-
ported 10 have cut his produc-
ton 10 five days taeeording TO
a letter to me from an employe)
and from another plant comes
complaints that men are idling
without sufficient work.
THESE reports have long since
Il reached the war production
board and into the cruet-smash-
ing business. Donald Nelson has
pushed his 6-foot Pinch an
wielder, Robert Nathan.
The propeller situation is
about to be broken as two good
new propeller plants are coming
into production. ---------
Plenty of raw aluminium is
available but finished tubing is
short as well as some other fin
ished products-a fact which
emphasizes the disastrous ma
ture of the Go strike at the
Monarch Aluminium Manufac-
-tHrtng=Gempany-, Cleveland.
Nathan is a straight thinking,
experienced government official
Of recognized ability, and he can
do the Job if anyone can-but
strikes are beyond his juriSdic-
ton.
Unbalanced distribution OF
materials is mainly responsible.
1t is likely Nathan'S planning
committee will have TO take
materials from those who have
inventories and redistribute
these supplies.
SPEAKING of aluminium. Los
~ Angeles retail merchant adj
vertised February IS:
Fourteen extra heavy cast
aluminium kitchen utensils for
S14.75-50 cents down, 50 cents
a week-made up before priori-
ties were established-tO sell at
a third less than the previous
price"
It appeared the same day the
news came out that the govern
ment had frozen aluminium
stocks in the motion picture in
dustry there because Henry
Ford and some others were haV-
inc trouble getting aluminium
products.
II sounded like a bargain 10
Los Angeles business man who
had set sent around to his
office TO replace aluminium ware
which his mother had cleaned
out Of her kitchen in the recent
drive. He wanted her to have
something more 10 give the next
time the government starts
aluminium collection.
HOW the Nazis are bleeding
II their conquered nations
white, is shown again in all its
fiendiSh efficiency in an official
report Struggled out of Den
mark
Hitler told the Danes he
wanted 10 be a big brother TO
them and thus with drawn pis-
tol persuaded the Danish Ma
tlonal Bank 10 advance 10 Danes
sums for agricultural exports 10
Germany.
He promised the Danes they
could use these funds to buy
anything they wanted in Ger
many hut every time they or
dercd anything from Maitland.
thov found II sold out
't'rc Germans got The Danish
agricultural products and the
Danish Nati0nal/Bank was left
holding a >ackful OF worthless
credit
~ COURSE. it would cost
~ something FOR Germany 10
act as hig brother Hitler told
his selected new rclativc-iuSt
minor stipend 10 pay the cost OF
German occupation
That stipend up 10 oct I,
1911 had amounted 10 35S.0OO
oo0 kron"n (ahout SIS. 100000 at
the regular rate OF exchange and
7 tWo-'hlrdS Of the total prewar
annuaI cost Of the Danish gov
4 crrWentl
Hitler then called for Danish
workers 20 90 to Germany and
about 10000 went. When they
tried 10 send money home, the