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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
Lack of Materials Snag

BlueprintS have been drawn
sites selected and purchased, pro
spective tenants lined up But the
one thing that balkS all the plans
is lack of materials. The war
production board has 50 far re-
fused TO release materials for de-
Tense housing projects in Detroit
But the present acute housing
shortage here is just the start. The
WPB and the United States En-
ployment Service estimate that by
next summer there Will be a labor
deficit in this area OF 100000
workers.
That means that when all the
manpower and woman power IN
this area is being utilized 100 per
cent, including $4,000 women who
do not have jobs now, the factories
kwill still need another 100000
kworkers, all Of whom must be
-braught in from the outside
All Of them and their families
must be housed. There are sew
eral plans afoot 10 provide some
housing, but none OF them have
been finally approved and mate
rails allotted Until this Is done
construction cannot start.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
Calls Housing
Probe Routine

~ Henry Dattner Detroit building
contractor and chairman OF tho
Michigan Unemployment Commits
sion. offered a special press re-
lease from the Federal Works
Agency Saturday as proof that the
Investigation Of his coSt-pluS hous-
ing projects al Muskegon, Mich.
and MaSsilon, O.. was merely a
routine matter.
The bulletin which mentioned
the two projects by name was
issued by Commissioner W r.
Reynolds Of the Public Buildings
Administration and said.
at Is our policy To make con
tinuous Investigations Of the
handling of our projects, espe-
cially those being handled. as
: these two were, on cost-pluS
fixed fee basis. This particular
inquiry was not reached until
the projects were well under
way, and IL has not been con-
cluded yet"
AS further proof that charges
that the two projects contained
work and materials Of question
able quality were unfounded, Daft
ner pointed out that he was
requested 10 bid on defense
school project for Nankin, Mich.
as late as July Is
The federal inspector who listed
20 alleged defects in the Muskegon
project was recalled~to Washing
ton.
As 10 a federal court suit charg-
ing Dattner's company with vio-
]ating the wages and hours law. he
pointed out IL was purely test
Case and under a coSt-pluS con
tract ne could i'm no way profit
Through saving on wages.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
10000 NeUc Homes Needed
Housing Officials See
War Aid Hampered
Present Acute Housing Shortage
Called Just the Start in Detroit

is absolutely necessary. Defense
workers homes cannot be built m
Detroit for one reason rubber.
The homes must be built almost
within walking distance OF the
bomber plant so that II Will not be
IparalyZed in six months or a year
by lack of transportation.
But on the other sides, private
builders are just as vehement that
the homes should be built in the
west side Of Detroit and in Wayne
InkSter and surrounding commu-
mites where there are now sewage
facilities and thousands OF i'm
proved lots ready TO have houses
put on them.
George Miller. former president
Of the Builders Association of Met
ropolitan Detroit. and one of the
largest private builders i'm the
country. said private builders can
build all the houses needed here II
given the chance
rails would not have 10 be used
Miller said.
Last week. the MPR looSened
up some Of the most drastic re-
strictionS on private builders. But
Miller said they still do not have
any assurance of obtaining mate
rails. PrioritieS can be obtained
but then the builder has 10 chase
Down his own materials.
Frequently a house will be %
per cent completed before COM
pletion is held up by lack OF one
or two materials. Then the house
stands idle. the builders money is
ued up and all the materials that
have gone into 1t are temporarily
wasted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
Jared Awake
Tram Slightly Injuries Man
Asleep Beside Rails

Clarence ". Steller. 3s. left Re.
cciving Hospital Saturday. re-
solved 10 bed himself down for
the night elsewhere than beside
the Grand Trunk Railroad tracks
Through a quirk of fate, Steller
was only slightly injured by a
switch engine which reused him
roughly from his nap and pushed
hum ID feet off the track at Law.
ton avenue and Earl place.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
ADVERTlsEMFNT
A Scratching Dog
May Be i'm Torment

< Thousands Of dog owners have found THIS
good way 20 keep their pets from constant
scratching. biting rubbing and digging.
once a week give them n dose Of Rex
Hunters Dog Powders These powders usu-
ally help 20 bring prompt ease from an in
tense itching irritation that has centered In
the nerve endings OF the dog skin The
urge TO scratch abates--the dog v happier
more contented No wonder n purchaser
writes: Rex Hunters Dog Powders have
given nv dog great relief Many thanks
from 'Chink' and self " why notify them
on your own scratching dog. Csc al any
Rood orug store or P$t shop.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02

Convenient parking ,srvjct AZ
Main Store fn,roacs 4 s<Il
ovoiloble FOR hose Who hnd
Il neeessory 10 drive dom.
Your tekei VII be Ok'd for RIO
hours wifhov' chofo, o. me fine
YOU mcks your pvrehoss.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02

An estimated 10000 new homes
for defense workers should be
built i'm Detroit in the next few
months TO meet the acute housing
shortage that is now hampering
the war effort here. housing off
Gals estimated Saturday.
But to date. the only defense
housing project Detroit has re-
ceived out of the billion dollar
Ianham Act is the 200-unit So
journer Truth housing project,
II is not that Detroit housing
authorities are unaware OF the
drastic housing situation here. The
Detroit housing commission, fed
eral housing officials and local
builders have all done everything
possible TO get defense housing
projects launched.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
GRADUATE NURSE
Ia Constant Attendance

CLIP and bring coupon below NOWt q
entities YOU 60 a complete examination, u,
stated above, for So II
, q. Mead. NJ. d., Owner and Mgr.
. iSi6 Broadway, Across from Broadway
+, Market. Rooms 5O1-sO2. Tel. CA. 4s40.
Hours 10 q, Except Tuesday.
, Thursday and Saturday, y 10 p. T-s2
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02
STOM ACH
T ROUBL
Liver, Gall Bladder, Blood and Skin
Disorders and Other Chronic ALL
ments Diagnosed and Treated

We are offering all who suffer. an eS-
animation, Including blood pressure test
and chemical urinaiy sis, diagnosis. BY n
cnIcfml nhN slcAl and Ilnnrnscnnlc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-02

HE MODERN
ULTRA SHORT WAVE

often gives results In most cases where
other treatments have failed. including
sinus. iumbaEo. neuritls. bronchial catarrh.
common colds, muscular and Joint com
plants, and other acute chronic diseases.
OTHER DISEASES
symptoms and ailments carefully diagnosed
and treated are Anenila, Asthma. Nerve
Weakness, Rheumatism. Also ear, nose
throat. yaricose veins and ulcers, Kas
bioating, dropped stomach and abdominal
pain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

the elevators. Susan opened the
door almost at once, and Fred
walked in.
How nice!" Susan said. Seeing
someone from home" She held out
her hand. This IS a surprise"
Fred ignored the outstretched
hand. He reached out, caught SUI
san TO him, and kissed her.
do stop being so-so-mushy!"
Susan said. annoyed. She stepped
back and touched her hair. You've
got me all disheveled."
That's too bad" said Fred. He
glanced around the room. ~All
very elegant. I'll admit-but not
the setting for a farmers daugh-
ter Get your things together
we're going home"
Susan stared at him.
Well, Of all thlngs!" she gasped.
Where ever did you get that
idea ?"
Il told you before you left" said
Fred, that II I got the feeling
things weren't going well for you
up here, I'd come up and get up.
Well, here am"
so I see," said Susan calmly.
You're going back to Ardendale
with me at once" Fred went on.
Your Aunt Alice doesn't want you
10 stay another hour in New York,
and neither do L Wen catch a
plane, and"
Just minute" Susan cut In.
Who on earth do you think you
are. Fred Mosher. barging in on me
like this-and telling me I'm to
pack up and leave 90
I'm the man you're going to
marry" said Fred, and I'm good
and fed up with all this nonsense. :"
Really" said Susan. Well, let
me tell you something. II you've
get the idea things aren't going
we'll up here with me. you're all
wrong. Things are going along
wonderfully. and I'm having a
grand time"
"So?" said Fred. He took a piece
Of torn newspaper from his pocket.
Evidently you didn't read this
an item in Mason Morgan's COL
umn."
"Of course I read It"
What" Fred was flabbergasted.
The publicity department Of
Dainty Diana Diaries has what
they call their clipping bureau"
Susan said. so naturally they see
everything that's written about me
and the dairies-" She smiled.
Imagine little me getting written
up in one Of the most-read columns
in the country"
Cut out the little me- stuff. :"
snapped Fred. 1T makes me down.
right sick" He waved the clipping
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

Of the spot OF application. OF
course most skin remedies act this
way, but we Will discuss those next
week.
When DR.. Carl Roller, lately
practicing in New York, was as
sistant in the eye clinic in Vienna
in 1854, he discovered that CO.
caine dropped in the eye would en-
tirely abolish pain on the surface,
so that operations could be per-
formed as well as il a general
anesthetic were given.
The introduction of local an
esthesia was a great step forward
in medical practice. We have since
then manufactured many better
drugs than cocaine for such pur-
poses.
Locally Applied Drugs
We also have drugs which are
antiseptic or gerinicidal when sp-
piled locally. They kill germs or
inhibit germ growth within certain
limits. Other locally applied drugs
promote healing.
OF especial interest just at this
season is the use of drugs which
are applied locally to the nose and
throat for relief of colds, sore
throats and rhinitis.
The best of all, if you are brave
enough, is silver nitrate. When ap-
piled locally in solution, it certain
ly makes you uncomfortable in an
hour or so, but it is the only thing
know Of which really does tend TO
shorten a cold or sore throat and
return the nose and throat TO nor
NAL. Only your doctor should
undertake to apply it, but he will
probably warn you first that you
won't like it.
For that stopped-up feeling, We
have several kinds Of solutions
adrenalin. ephedrine and benze-
drine - which shrink the mucous
membrane Of the nose at least tenn
porarily and allow you to breathe
freely.
For a gargle or nose douche for
a normal nose, the safest thing is
hot salt water. Nearly anything
else is likely TO depress the anti
septic powers of the mucous mem
brane of the nose and throat.
Sodium perborate is practically
harmless and nas been used sue
cessfully for generations in mild
infections and clogged up noses. 1t
dissolves in water with a slight ef-
fervescence and should be used at
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
A Maid In Manhattan
ALLEN
EPPEs

IN Susan's face. you mean to
stand there and tell me you don't
mind this sort Of thing?"
"Of course don't r0nd II, !" said
Susan why. even Hollywood and
stage stars get written up like
that"
And you let a man buy you an
evening gown"
Goodness me, MOI" said Susan.
She began to laugh. Poor old Fred.
getting all upset about a silly little
itemi"
II don't consider It silly. Then If
man didn't buy you the gown.
who did7"
Nobody"
You mean you paid for it your
seif?"
mo It was a gift"
Then you've actually come to
where you can accept clothes as
gifts. II that 1t ?"
Yes" Susan got her bag, pre-
paratory to leaving. Patricia Po-
tell gave me the gown" she said
IT'S purely an advertising stunt
I'm In the limelight at the moment,
and she knew that If the public
knew Miss Typical Farmers
Daughter had actually gotten a
Potelli creation, II would give her
a boost"
Fred couldn't think OF anything
to say; all he could do was feel
completely silly.
Nov" said Susan, aren't you
ashamed of yourself. misjudging
little me IN such a fashion,"
i suppose did jump at conciu-
sions," Fred admitted. And then,
remembering: But who was the
man with you in the shop"
"Oh, that!"
Yes. that"
1T was Mr. Roy Leonard, my es-
cort," said Susan. He goes with
me everywhere--to see that get
the proper attention"
Did he do anything about that
nasty item in the paper"
Certainly not"
We'll, then, I don't think much
Of him. II he was any sort of a
man, he'd smash Mason Morgans
face"
Don't talk like the dark ages.
Fred" said Susan. Men don't 20
around picking fights with newspa-
permen. When one gets In the pub
lie eye. one has to expect unfsvor-
able as well as favorable things to
happen to one"
"Oh. one does. does one ?" said
Fred. We'll, I don't like Il. And
I've a mind to march into Mason
Morgan's Office and beat the devil
ont Of him.
(To Be Continued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
CHAPTER FORTY

FRED MOSHER reached the
Charlottesville airport Just too late
TO catch a northbound night plane
However, he put his car in a ga.
rage. took his hastily-packed suit.
case. and went 10 hotel There he
spent a restless night hlled with
dreams In which all sorts of upset.
ting things we're happening to Su'
san Farmer. and then caught a
plane that left right after break.
fast
There was a stop in Washington
which delayed his progress. and he
reached the LaGuardia airport ir
the early afternoon. He hailed q
taxicab almost as soon as his feet
touched the ground.
The -Wsldovia hotel" he
told the driver.
yes, sir"
And step on II"
yes, sir"
The taXicsb sped of. down the
road. across the Thorough bridge
and into Manhattan.
Mr. Mosher TO see Miss Farm.
err" he told the clerk when he had
crossed the huge lobby Of the Park
avenue hosiery.
The house telephones are over
there TO the right" the clerk TOLD
him.
Thank you said Fred. He hur-
ried over TO the row Of instruments
picked up one of them. and eventu-
ally got Susan's room. Hello" he
said. Is that y,u, Susan"
Yes" Susan replied. who's
calling?"
Fred Mosher"
Goodness me-" Susan exclaimed.
What are you-all doing way up
here in New York ?"
BE yourself" said Fred in a low
voice. Il want to see you-right
away May / come up?"
But I'm just getting ready to go
out" Susan told him. I'm to ap-
pear at Red Cross headquarters"
What for? Have you loined the
army or something?"
NO. I'm TO spend an hour rolling
bandages. and telling the girls
about how the southern women
worked during the Civil war"
Very very ducky But what I've
got TO say won't wait"
All right" Susan said reluctant
~. Come on up, but only for g mo-
ment or two"
Thanks"
Fred hung up the receiver none
too gently, and made a Decline for
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
Pick of the Air oday

WWJ News
WXYZ Mr.. Keen
CKLW Evening Serenade
7:S0-WJR Maudie's Diary
WWJ Evening Melodies
WXYZ Al Pearce
CKLW Vignettes OF Melody
.:45-CKLW Inside of Sports
WV Ken Manuel
s:00-WJR Death Valley
WV Frank Morgan
WXYZ Service With a Smile
CKLW Sinfonietta
s. S0-WJR Dufy's Tavern
WWJ Aldrich Family
WXYZ Jas. Bourbonnais
CKLW Echoes OF Heaven
9:O0-WJR Major Bowes
WWJ Music Hall
WXYZ Town Meeting
CKLW-Gabriel Heater
WJBK News and Music
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

Tonight
6:00-WJR News
WWJ Ty Tyson
WXYZ Singing Stars
WJBK Rollin' Home
WJBK Superman
6:15-WWJ Russell Barns
WJR Harmon on Sports
WXYZ Lee Smits
CKLW News
6:S0-WJR Musical
WV News
WXYZ Lum and Abner
CKLW Conga Rhumba
6:45-WJR The Wcrld Today
WWJ Lowell Thomas
WXYZ I've Got Your Number
7:00-WJR Amos n Andy
WWJ Fred Waring
WXYZ Easy Aces
CKLW Val Clare
7:l5-WJR Lanny Ross
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

9:15-CKLW lnterlude
WJBK Word Woman
s:S0-CKLW Spotlight Bands
WJR Big Town
9:45-CKLW United Nations
War
l0:00-WJR Glenn Miller
WV Rudy Vallee
WXYZ Piano Quartette
WJBK News
l0:15-WJR The First Line
WXYZ Met. opera Guild
10:30-WWJ Frank Fay
WXYZ News and Music
CKLW Musical Beauty Box
WJBK Dance Time
10:45-WJR Musical
WXYZ Old Traveller
WJBK Popular Melodies
11:00-WJR News
WXYZ Music You Want
CKLW National News
f1:15-WJR Navy Notes
WWJ Vagabonds
CKLW Britain Speaks
II: S0-WWJ Joe and Mabel
WJR Music Masterworks
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
Words OF Wisdom

When I gaze into the stars.
they look down upon me with pity
from their serene and silent
spaces. like eyes glistening with
tears over the little lot Of man.
Thousands of generations. all as
noisy as our own. have been swal-
lowed up by time. and there re-
mains no record Of them any
more. Yet Arcturus and Orion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

lIl- ANtiNtr 1 4A q =
m e m cries Of
p o m e I h US
would have been
evoked in con-
nection with to-
days state OF
affairs on the
c Continental
European fight
ing front?
Rem c m B er
Pronlmie ? He
was the son OF
the Titan lape-
tus and a sea
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
Hints on Etiauette

II would be much more polite
II women attending moving pic
ture shows would always remove
their hats. Even a small hat, II
II has a feather or flowers. is
likely to shut of some Of the view
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

Sirius and Pleiades, are still shin
ing in their courses, clear and
young. as when the shepherd first
noted them In the plain OF shinar.
Carlyle.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
One-nnnute Test

One-Minute Test
4. Is a landlouper an awkward
sailor, a hobo or a member Of a
track team7
q Who was the predecessor OF
Uncle Sam?
3. What is a peregrination?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

Soviet Sees Self
in Role Of Greek
Neurological Hero
By Charles P. Stewart

WARTIME isn't funny but It
develops lots Of peculiar situations
and some Of them verge on being
laughable.
Now. who'd have imagined, for
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
Today's Horo:eope

Do not let yourself be careless
or improudent on excessive pleas
ures during the next year II this
is your birthday. II you heed this
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
LENTEN REDUCING DIET
BY Dr.. cIsndsnins
For Friday-700 calories

Efficient, balanced, satisfyin1
Breakfast. l slice orange trough
age, Vitamin C-75 calories); l
slice toast--no butter (75 Gallo
ries) boiled egg Us calories)
! cup coffee-no cream or sugar.
Lunch. Oyster stew-made with
milk, no butter 170 calories); 2
Saline crackers $50 calories)
stalk celery; u cup cole slsw on
lettuce (no oil other than Mineral
oil in dressing-roughage) cup
tea--no cream or sugar.
Dinner. / cup clear vegetable
soup; average helping of broiled
or boiled fish (150 calories-Vita-
min 81 small or Il baked potato
no butter 600 calories, Vita
Minis A, B, c, and G. small help
ing gelatine dessert; l cup coffee
no cream or sugar.
sts>>.%>>t%%.~%t,>
once. 1t dissolves mucous and is
hence a cleanser of secretions and
gives off oxygen which helps to in
hibit germ growth. The simpler
form Of sodium borate solution Is
famous as Dobell's solution.
The best Of gargles can be OBJ
tanned inexpensively at the drug
store if instead Of asking for trade
names you can call for liquor anti
septicus which contains boric acid,
thymol, eucalyptus and other aro-
matte oils.
A solution Of 2so boric acid is
a household standby for washing
the eyes after a firing day Of ez-
posure.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
P. G.:-"Please explain to me
how a metaSolism test is n ade End
what a test Of this nature would
determine"
Answer: A metabolism test
measures the amount Of oxygen
an individual consumes per min
ute. 1t is performed by very
simple apparatus in which all the
air breathed in and out is mea-
sured over period Of fifteen min
utes to half an hour. The most
useful information obtained In
this way concerns the activity of
the thyroid gland, i.e., whether
there is an active goiter or not.
the bills back IN congress again.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
preLepten musicale
ST. Church unqualified Thoe taking
included Mrs G. Hand Mrs Chaddook Mrs Charles
Breining Prof A whime Prof Carl Lndesen Mrs George
Wortsy Prof Frederick Alexander Ed 4oher Mrs Dex
Robert Benford the ladies' quaree Mrs Hand
Mrs Howard Chaplin Mrs Roy curtice Mrs Crawford
Death John Frank Smith. IS y. Normal st.
Fifty Years Ago
The Jubilee
House after an absence Of eight years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

the bills back IN congress again.
How it'll come out. who knows?
Prometheus Is having his hear
ing, anyway.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26

warning you will advance and
gain much. Seek to expand your
business and prospects. You are
extremely sensitive to praise ana
blame. are timid and reticent in
the company of others, and care
full and precise in everything you
do. Overcome your timidity and
have faith in yourself. The child
who Is born on this date will earn
money easily. but be inclined to
extravaganza and pleasure. which,
when thwarted. may result In
peevish discomfort. The ambi-
tons should be stimulated early.
One-Mlnute Test Answers
/. A hobo.
2 Brother Jonathan.
3. A wandering.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-26
Your Health

Locally Applied
Drugs Have Varied
Benefits
BY Logan Cleudening. ". D.
IN THE articles this week We
have been discussing the scientific
foundation for the action of drugs
after they have bean absorbed in
the body. They act either on the
nervous system or by changing
blood flow.
There is another great class Of
drugs which act locally at the site
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-06
YANk PILOTS
DESTROY BIG
JAP ATTACK
American Filters Credited
with I Cerfainfies,
5 ProbdbIes

RANGOON, Feb. 6 = American
volunteers and British fighter pi-
lots today shattered a big Japa-
nese daylight raid on Rangoon.
shooting down 10 planes and per-
haps destroying 10 more, a COM
munique announced.
Since the japanese planes num-
bered 80 this was certain score
of one down out of three, but more
likely was two out Of three, max
ing one of the greatest aerial COM
bat defeats inflicted on the enemy
so far.
The American pilots alone shot
down seven certain planes and were
credited with five of those prob
ably destroyed
The fierce blow was dealt as the
raiders came back at daylight after
pounding Rangoon for the third
straight night.
The American and British pilots
came through the battle without
single loss.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-06
Railroads OF Nation Are
Well Prepared 10 Handle
About War Production

United States other than that pro-
iided by the railroads and inland
waterways. Now the railroads
handle about 60 to IS percent OF
the intercity transportation
The highway truckers account
for some 8 percent; the inland
waterways, including the Great
Lakes, abou. Is percent; the
pipelines, nearly IL percent;
and the airIines about one
tenth of one percent.
AS strange as it may seem, there
are 100000 fewer freight cars roll
ng today than there were in 1913.
Yet in 1941, the railroads were
ible to move rs percent more
reight, without congestion or car
ihortage, than was handled in the
1eak year of war production %
years ago. Not once was there the
lightest hint of congestion like
hat which occurred at one time
when 100000 loaded freight cars
lied up in the eastern industrial
and shipping centers.