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Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Twin Splash
Launch Freiehters in z Cities
on Maritime Day

Celebrating National Maritime
Day, May %, two giant freighterS
of the Pittsburgh Steamship Com
pany will be launched in a two
city ceremony-one here in Detroit
and the other at Lorain, o.
In what is probably the first
twin launching of this type in the
history of American shipping, the
A. II. Ferbert. named after the
president of the steamship COM
pany. will slide down the ways in
the River Rouge yards of Great
Lakes Engineering Company.
The vessels are the two remain
ing sister ships in the program of
five of the worlds largest ore car
riers, two of which were previously
launched here and one in Lorain.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
The Business Front
Workers Of Cont Motors Pledge
for 100000 in War Bonds Year
BY WARD SCHULTZ
Detroit Times Financial Editor

Z" MPLOYES of the Continental Motors Corporation
buying United States bonds the rate Of than
$2OO00O0 c. j. Reese president and general
~ proudly
Looking toward 100 per participation in a roll
deduction Reese points Detroit plant pledged
half nearing IS per mark
Reese reports drive conducted by group
OF employees and For the Lloyd Rich
Everett H. Kug M Parker while A. Ltnsd H. Parks and
G. Graham working under L. Gallagher president Of UAWCO
local No $50. make up the union committee
Al Continental they for employees graduate
from training school bond savings They
approached the day they START in the school
real surprise Yamamoto naval chief who said he
would dictate the White House. will be the
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
.Hoskins Profit
Drops TO S92,81

Hoskins Manufacturing Com
pany report for the quarter ended
March 81, 1912, subject to audit
and year-end adjustment, shows
net profit of S92, ,581 after depre-
ciation, ETC., and reserve of S162,-
$50 for federal income and excess
profits taxes. equal to 19 cents q
share on 480, 900 shares of $2.5C
par capital stock.
This compares with adjusted net
profit of S148,518 or % cents q
share in the like period last year
after tax reserve of $137, ,450.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Papers Called
Champions Of
Free Enterprise
Grace, Local Ad Man.
Urges More Concrete
Support of U. S. Press

Terming newspapers the cham
pions of. private enterprise" Ed
ward r. Grace, president OF Grace
& Bement. Inc, Detroit advertis-
ing agency, makes a powerful plea
for more concrete support OF the
press by American business in an
article written for the annual
newspaper number of The Ad-
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Kingston Products
PAYS on 7 Issues

Kingston Products Corporation
has declared dividend of 5 cents
on the common stock, payable
June Is to holders of record June
!, and the regular quarterly divi.
dend Of SITS on the preferred
stock. payable June to holders oil
record May 19. The previous
common dividend was 10 cents on
Dec. Is. 1941.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

actions OF the public, and calls FOL
a new type Of editorial adver
tisement." :"
"It Is obvious" he declared,
"thatS II newspapers arc to re-
tain their full potency, business
AZ q whole must reappraisc their
value. Business will have to
make II n point TO see that
newspapers do not become
anemic, due TO a starvation diet
OF greatly reduced advertising
; patronage"
Picturing what might happen Il
newspapers under a war economy
Grace warned that if the news
papers are the champions of pri
vate enterprise, the believers ir
private enterprise must accept
their share of the responsibility
in maintaining the force which
will keep il alive.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

Cost Account
ants.
A. y. Black
w o o d w a $
n n m g d vice
president; V
u. Hanna. sec
ond vice presi.
dent; g. w
SchwarZ, treas
urer, and Frank
Welsher, secre.
tary.
Dire ctorS
elected were f
j. Cabanaw, J
X. Dever, j. f
Harrington. w
Wy 7
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

DGCCn AHClhlb " ohdA biN ANN
for industrial corporations.
So the Beechcraft Busy Bee, y
shown adjoining. will be a merit
award symbol for aircraft workers
in this Wichita. Kans., plant.
Disneys Busy Bee" skillfully
wields a rivet gun with his two
hands and holds a hammer and a
wrench poised for well directed
action in his other two hands, as
evidence OF his determination 10
see II he can do more war work.
His proudly fiaunted Beech
craft winged emblem and cheerful
grin are indicative of his high
morale, but his determination TO
keep 'em flying is written all
over his face.
The Beechcraft Busy Bee will
be awarded, under rules set UP
by the firms joint management
labor C0Yr1uaitfaa ~ auv arT1pioya
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Practical Teleuision

Moreover. out of electronic
research will come the basis for
making television thoroughly
practical after the war. 1t will
be possible also to show color
In such radioed picturiZations.
These Improvements will pro-
vide the practical means, in the
opinion of well informed men in
the industry. for making a mass
industry Of television after this
war.
Practical manufacturers for
see significant and revolutionary
postwar changes in transporta-
ton.
The huge expansion in pro-
ductive facilities for aluminium
and other alloys foreshadow a
lighter automobile. and perhaps
the engine will be smaller and
lighter, too. Aluminium, which
will be available in abundance,
may compete with sheet steel as
material for bodies. and after
the war, there is likely to be
far-reaching progress in rede-
signing railroad passenger and
freight equipment. making use
of lighter metals so that loco
motives will not have TO haul
so much non-revenue producing
deadweight.
Thus, after victory has been
won against the Axis, it will be
apparent that the day of OPP
portunities has not passed.
Young men with technical
training and imagination, will
find new ways TO carve out in
teresting and fruitful careers.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

CRATER, Official
organ OF the
Adcraft Club oi
Detroit.
Grace trace:
the influence oi
newspapers ir
[ is country
cites their in
dispensibility tC
the American
way" Of lif e
charges indus
try with the
responsibility o.
| e a d ership In
m ol ing the
thoughts an r
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
15-Cent Dividend
By u. 5. Graphite

United States Graphite Com
pany has declared a dividend of
Is cents, payable June Is to hold
ers of record June /. The firm
paid 20 cents March Is last, while
on June ii, last year, 35 cents
was paid
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Detroit Stocks
Sales High Low

Sales High Low CHI 70
Atlas Forge 100 ....
0oebel Brew 100 2 2 .....
Penin'r Metals 900 as .6s .ss -.
stearns a Co 100 10k 10x 10A ? Y
wan Aircraft TSLrsTSfD fGS Ia i%'"'
Jacob y L 200 AZ az ~ u
Total sales, including odd-lots. 2.734
shares.
amounts declared or paid 80 far this year,
unless etherwfse noted. CALCULATING dfvi-
dend. bon sceumuiations. ex-Ex-d1vi-
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Loans 10 Brokers
Decline 20 Millions

NEW YORK, May 16.-Loans
to brokers and dealers in the week
ended May 13 totaled 1916, ,0OO, ,0OO
down $20,000,000 from the previ-
Gus week and a decrease of 81, 2,0O0,-
900 from the like week a year ago.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

f. Hearst. 3 F. jackson and Lu-
cien Lamoureux.
II. II. Bartlett. R.PF Brock
miller, A. r. Doud, II. II. Fair,
NJ. f. Griffin, T. Z. Hurns and
NJ. S. Klein were elected associate
directors.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Left-Handed Gesture

A draftee's wife with one child
would get less than the middle, or
intermediate grade WPA en-
ployes. She would receive S720 a
year, less than half of the S1,550
to $1,000 which is necessary to
maintain" four persons.
In left-handed recognition Of
these deficiencies the second YER
sion of the bill carried a second
section known as dependents as
sistance." Paul V. McNutt's Fed
.eral Security Agency had written
this section.
1t authorizes Mr.. McNutt to pay
To the wife or child of any draftee
any sum. over and beyond the al
loment and allowance, which he
finds necessary.
So the most generous proposal
advanced thus far promises
vaguely. without stating any sum
10 give the wives and children oi
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Usual Rate Voted
By Frankenmufh

Frankenmuth Brewing Com.
pany has declared the regular
quarterly dividend of 21l cents
payable June Is to holders oi
record June 5.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Brown.Mdaren Co.
Again Pays Scents

Brown-McLaren Company has
declared a dividend of S cents per
share. payable June / to holders
Of record May 20. A like amount
was paid on March 2.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Emery TO Head
Cost Accountants

Melbourne c. Emery, executive
vice president of Bull Dog Elec-
trio Products Company, has been
elected president of the Detroit
Chapter. National Association OF
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Parker Wolverine
PAYMENT Is Cents

Parker Wolverine Company has
declared a dividend of Is cents
on the common, payable June 20
to holders of record June 5. Like
amount was paid March 20.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
|Draftee Family's Pay
Below WPA Standard
Proposed Allowance About Half
Of Labor Dept. Adequate Minimum
BY EUGENE s. DUFFIELD
stan Correspondent Of The Wall street Journal

WASHINGTON, May 16.-What
sort of adequate support" will the
government offer wives and chill
dren of men who may be drafted :?
That question has stumped Con-
gress and the military services.
Two or three suggestions have
been advanced. Congress, guided
by the administration, must reach
some decision before the draft is
many months older.
Provisions suggested thus far
would force the families of drafted
men down to a living standard
slightly below that of the average
relief worker employed by the
Works Projects Administration.
Pending legislation would allow
the wife of a drafted man $40 a
month or $3.50 a year. If she had
two children, she would get a
total of $50 a month or $720 a
year.
She still would be better of il
she were on WPA. The WPA pays
its lowest unskilled workers about
$50 a month. 1t pays intermediate
workers as much as $74.10 a
month, and skilled workers can
earn up TO S94.90 a month.
A wife with no children would
get less from the government than
the lowest paid WPA workers. If
they are on a subsistence level. she
would be below it. She would have
an income which the National Re-
sources Committee indicated
would barely keep her alive.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Detroit Poultry

Market steady. Hens, average run. 2ici
under 8 lbs, 22c leghorn hens, lbs. and
up. zoe: cocks. 14c; rock springers. over
lbs. 2se; rock broilsrs, "a 70 lbs.
crosses. Sc under rock.
EGGs-MArket firm: current receipts
7ee: leghorn broilsrs, IL lbs. up, 22c
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

Walt Disney grace the sides OF the fighting planes
In SquadronS, Doy collector
squadron nsignas tell YOU but remained o
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17


In talking about its wage poll.
cies the government has spoken OF
eliminating "substandards of liv.
ing" and maintaining health and
decency" wages, Such phrases
don't appear in the discussions
about caring for dependents oi
drafted men.
Nowhere in the discussions
about draftees' dependents has the
government referred to the main.
tenance level" budgets worked Out
by the WPA and augmented by the
labor and agriculture departments
To keep a family of four on q
maintenance level" as defined by
the government. requires between
81 $50 and $1,000 a year. pending
Legislation would permit such q
family, left behind by a draftee
only $40 a year,
The draft. however. is years
away from a man with a depend
ent wife and three children. /,
isn't so far away from men who
have only dependent wife.
Buying Power Cut
A wife left behind by a draftee
would get under pending legisla-
ton an allotment and allowance
of only $3.50 a year. This amount
now will buy about as much as
$3.50 would buy in 1855. During
those two years, the National Re-
sources Committee, a White
House agency, surveyed the spend.
ing habits of single women.
Women with incomes of nearly
$3.50 barely kept their noses above
water. They had literally nc
money with which TO meet crises
like illness. They had TO clothe
themselves on $50 a year. Their
shelter couldn't cost them much
over $40 a month. They had les.
than $3.50 a week for food. They
averaged a dollar a year fol
cigarettes.
1t isn't very pleasant living. 1
doesn't provide health and de
,ceny." 1t doesn't even allow main
ltenance. 1t certainly is Sub
standard"
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

drafted men "a reasonable sub
sistence." Subsistence, as the WPA
can testify, is a dreary world in
which, food. clothing and shelter
are poor. and all your capital
assets" from health to furniture,
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

Norge Division Warner Corporation has presented
produced duration the
Selfrdge Field with the that be installed the United
States headquarters in Toxic
gift President Howard Blood IT presented to Major
Ingram Seridge by President M OIarra and
PLAGUE the front stating that is consigned
o
brings up story that Norge gospel truth
Preparing delivery of the refrigerator carriage
carefully then called
his office and announced
can't de- his Japan"
company official retorted that the fellow
effect. carriage
man snapped back, Indignantly:
me right the front Of the
box hat to be
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Communication
Issues Set Pace
Quiet Advance
Auto Stocks Also
Show Strength but
Steels Are Sluggish

NEW YORK, May 16 (UP).-
in communication issues
featured a quiet rise on the stock
market today.
Postal Telegraph preferred
made a new. high at IAN, up -;
American Telephone gained a
point to ia, and Western Union
was up "a to 261s.
Automobile stocks also had a
good market with General Motors
the leader of the whole list in
turnover. 1t gained fractionally.
Electric Auto-lite made a new
high at 261s, UP a point.
Steels were dull with small gains
and losses balancing. Operations
in the industry are expected to
dip slightly next week from the
present 1876 per cent of capacity
rate because of shutdowns OF
some furnaces in the Pittsburgh
area. The rate there will dip :
points to SO per cent of capacity.
Chicago is scheduled to hold at
the present rate of 103h per cent
lof theoretical capacity.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

President Walter H. Beech said proudly.
INSIDE STUFF; It's just possible that out Of Detroit VIII
artificial rubber problem local
group working Washington revolutionary
promise
made public In
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
War Benefits
Seen Through
New Products
Says Scientific Progress
viii Partially Offset
Destruction, Suffering
BY MERRYLE 8. RUKEYsER

BY MERBYLE y. kUkEfSEh
IntT News Service Economic COmmentato
The competition. which II. G.
Wells has characterized as the
race between civilization and
chaos, becomes greatly intensi-
fed in wartime.
Nevertheless, in setting up an
overall balance sheet, there will
be offsetting benefits and by
products in war. ! refer to those
apart from the direct and i'm
mediate results in rearranging
the map and the peace OF the
world.
Against all the destruction,
hardship and sacrifice, the Gre
ative mind Of man Is busily at
work producing new ideas and
new products.
Radio broadcasting developed
out of scientific progress in
World War I. Technologically.
what good is ahead of us now?
"Opens NeD Vtsf0s
I discussed this subject with
c. E. Wilson, president of the
General Electric Company,
which is at the van in the in
PRODUCTION OF new ideas Of
science and invention into in
dustry. The manufactures told
me that recent electronic re-
search is opening up significant
new vistas of progress.
Out OF the new researches
into this highly theoretical sub
ject will come immense strides
in human comfort and wellbe-
ing. For example. one device in
the making will enable aviators
to see through the fog, and en-
able them to land on a dime on
a landing field. This will help 10
make air travel safe and fool
proof irrespective Of weather
conditions. Another adaptation
of the same principles will en-
able sea captains 10 peer
through the fog, while main
tanning maximum speed.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Temporary DiUorcs

Temporary Diuorce
Now that civilian goods are be
coming scarcer and their consump
ton automatically controlled b.
rationing, there has been injectet
into "the American way" accord
ing to Grace. "a temporary di
vorce" between producer ant
consumer.
This Is not healthy" he said.
at is dangerous. The great
American producers have been
the mentors Of the public. They
cannot now run out on the
public.
"As servants of the American
public, American business must
report to tho public. 1t must
take leadership I'm molding the
thoughts and the actions of the
public. Perhaps, IL would be q
good thing" Grace said, eff busi-
ness leaders turned into 'editors'
themselves. They have opinions; !;
they have the responsibility of
running business; they are the
logical ones TO speak for busi-
ness. Space I'm the newspapers In
available and Il not prohibitive
In cost. Let's not leave all the
editorial Job to editors!
"A new type Of editorial ad-
vertisement is needed. The kind
of message that includes q dis
cussion OF all the facts as they
pertain to n business operation.
The subjects worthy Of such
treatment are many" he stated.
Urges Statement Ads
"The public Is financing this
war;" according to Grace. "And
the more war products turned
out by a corporation, the greater
the need to tell the public what
IL wants to know about war pro-
duction, as well as civilian
goods. Never let the public for
get for one minute that the i'm
plements Of war are not products
of the government. They are the
products of private enterprise.
They are the supreme tribute TO
industrial leadership and mass
production methods.
Manufacturers should, right
now, figure out budgets which
Will permit at least n quarterly
statement 10 the public, through
the newspapers. Strong. simple,
factual statements In advertise
ments can be very heartening,
can lead the way TO adjusted
viewpoints and expectsncies.
They can arouse type of
patriotism that will spur the IN
dIvidual TO new heights of
physical and mental activities to
help win the war"
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17

Notes Lloyd Jueng deputy state securities com
warden Harvey Emery banker bank
diplomat Princeton contingent
epoedly assistant to the executive
Assistant OF the Navy Forresta
tablecloths with
maps to delight the civilian generals
A steamship approached officials OF
Engineering Works with the suggestion that
the important launching
"Were too damn busy building
fooishness like that" develop
plastic made by Dow Chemicals Saran
nd pusations resulting from heavily
n work, reportedy
paired the 100 per cent accuracy electric clocks
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
AirIines Buoyont

Pressure lifted from airline is
sues on investment demand. The
group broke / to points yester-
day on belief the industry soon will
be taken over for military serv-
ices. Buying today was ascribed to
investors who hope for postwar
Expansion of the industry.
Copper shares were up small
amounts.
Chemicals improved in duh
trading under lead Of Union Car
bide, which gained more than D
point. J. Lease rose more than Q
point. Rails were up small
amounts while oils held steady to
firm. Mercantile shares rose frac-
tionally. Aircrafts were dull with
prices little changed.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
GomeweU Climbs

Gamewell rose nearly 2 points
on retention of the dividend. Gen.
Ieral Steel Castings preferred was
up a point and Wabash preferred
when issued stock gained more
than a point. Small advances were
noted in Deere & Co., Montgomery
Ward, Sears-Roebuck, Westing-
house Electric, International
Paper and American Can, Good
rich preferred made new high.
Bonds were mixed and without
feature. Commodities fiuctuated
narrowly in quiet trading.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Urges Strong Fight

Champions remain cham
pions," he said, "oniy 90 long as
their muscles and bone structure
are kept In healthy, strong con-
dition. Businessmen must wake
up to the fact that, I'm this fight
for freedom, unless we preserve
the private enterprise system,
we shall lose the peace"
"The great national adver-
tisers in America" the article
states. take credit for having
shaped the standards of living
through their advertising and
the use Of their products or
services. This Is what has made
America great. For, the man In
the street, under the private en-
terprise system, has revelled In
the power TO make his own pur-
chases, to drive his own bar
gains, TO live his own life."
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-17
Forget Standards

wear away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-09
JAP CHIEFS SHIFTED IN
 PHILIPPINES
Conqueror of Singapore! RepIaes Gen. Homma,
 Who Takes Own Life

WASHINGTON, March g = The War Department announced today that the Japanese conqueror of Malaga, General Yamashita, has been transferred to command the invaders forces in the Philippines. He succeeds General Homma. who is reported to have committed suicide because of his failure to destroy Gen. Douglas MacArthurs defending forces.
 The shift of commanders IS re- ported in communique which said that in the past 24 hours, fight ing has ceased altogether on Batan Peninsula. Some 600 miles south, however, brisk skirmishes are re- ported in the vicinity of Digos on Davao Gulf and the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
 The nature of the developments at Mindanao, where the Japanese have extended their occupation from the area around the city of Davao to Zambaonga, is not dis closed.
 The War Departments com munique also announces that a ambushed and suffered heavy cas- ualties as the result of artillery fire by MacArthur's forces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-09
NAzI5 ON
 DEFENSIVE
 IN RUSSIA
German War Machine Aqain Slowed Down
 in Africa Battle
CBY ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Pending naturalization of rival war plans for spring, the conflict in Eastern Europe remained gen. orally offensive on the part of the Russians, and defensive on the part of the Germans by their own ad- mission.
 But in Western Europe furry oi German bombing, as if to overtake the Royal Air Force in the African War, marked time once more as the Nazi machine stalled. There was no fresh word of last weeks Free French sortie smashed three forti- fled positions in the Fezzan oasis 500 miles south of Tripoli.
 From the main front in Eastern Libya, both the British and the Axis reported patrol clashes, each side claiming successes.
 As for the Mediterranean Battle the Germans reported continued day and night bombardment oi Malta and other British fortresses off Italy
 The Italians admitted new British attacks on the Axis held islands ir the Agean Sea between Greece and Turkey which Hitler commands. The report of the war in Russia told of further heavy defensive battles" on the southern part ot the front with continued Russian attacks. In other places, the Reds claimed only local successes" ag- ainst German positions.
 The Germans reported they had struck heavy aerial blows, not only against the Russians, such as the night attack on the aircraft works at Rybinsk, but against British har- bcr areas along the Tyne and Hum Ter rivers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-09

ulations and general practices of the carriers.
 On May 28. 1940, the suspension order was vacated and the car riers permitted to impose the new rates but were required to keep a detailed record showing increases in freight rates collected and if, subsequently, ordered to do so, to refund to shippers the amount of such increases. Passenger fares, eff fective as of January 2. l940, were not affected by this Order and re- mained payable as Of that date.
 Early Hearings Poor
 The Maritime Commission held hearings at Seattle, Ketchikan, Ju- neau, Anchorage and other places in Alaska. These proved disap- pointment Tn it's decision, the Commission states: There is no evidence of general public dissatis- faction in so far as the carriers
 ta