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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
LIEUT.. LAGERGREN E
 VISITOR IN JUNEAU

Lieut.. Milton Lagergren, former Juneau City Engineer, is in Juneau visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. A. P Lagergen, while enroute to the Westward.
 Lieut.. Lagergren who is in the Army Engineers, recently completed training in California. While there Mrs. Lagergren and their three children, Nancy, Charles and Don- aid visited him. Mrs. Lagergren and the children are living in Kingman. Kansas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
NAzISpYI IS
 SENTENCED
 TO DEATH
Luning, Biggest Spy in Am erica, 10 Face Fir
 ing Squad

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 19. A special tribunal has sentenced Heinz August Luning, 31, to death before a firing squad.
 Luning was seized early in the month. Cuban police then described him as "one of the most important spies captured in America"
 At that time, Maj. Gen. Bekitez, Chief of the Cuban National Police, said he made complete confession.
 Widespread authorities indicated previously that he might escape a firing squad if he would turn gov- ernment witness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
BY JOHN GROVER (For Jack Stinnett, On Vacatloni

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19-That British semi-expert who cast slurs on inferior" U. s. four -motored bombers certainly got quick and pointed answer to his charges that the American "big boys" lacked armament, fire power and speed. In four forays unescorted over enemy territory, not big bomber manufactured in the U. s. was lost.
 His crack that the Flying Fort resses and Liberators Hacked speed actually U. S. big bombers are faster than any others-got the retort discourteous from an Air Forces sergeant when reports of the raids came in:
 Yeah, they ain't as fast as theirs coming down."
 It's the inside report that the RAF is hopping mad over the be- nttling of the American heavy bombardment planes. Actually they're tickled silly with the per lormance of U. s. ships in the raids over Germany. The ability of the U. s. planes to take punsh-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
Giant Bomb New Deadly
 Destroyer
British Dropping Huge Ex- pIosive on Germany
 for Destruction

LONDON, Sept. 19.- giant four-ton bomb designed to smash steel and concrete buildings and shatter lighter structures and blocks, already is being used to blight German cities, the British have disclosed.
 Some air observers have hailed the monster destroyer as the wars most deadly weapon"
 In Karlsruhe, 270 acres were laid waste and more than square mile at Dusseldorf was wrecked by the giant bombs employed Septem- Der 3, the Air Ministry said.
 Norway is almost three times as large as Tennessee, 124,556 square miles. Its population, 2,950,000, is
 ..Dout that Of Tennessee,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
edsCIainl
 100000
 NazisDead

MOSCOW, Sept. 19 A Com unist Party announcement stated today that German casualties in the drive for South Russia alone have reached 100000 killed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
M. D. WILLIAMS TO
 KETCHIKAN TODAY

M. D. Williams, District Engineer of the Public Roads Administration, left this morning for an official trip to Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
5T. JAME5 BAY
 WANIGAk GONE

The Admiralty Division of the United States Forest Service wishes to call Juneau hunters attention to the fact that the wanigan which has been located in St, James Bay during the past two years has re- centlt been moved and is no longer available for their use,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-19
REPUBLICANS
 AGREE WITH
 WAGE BILL
Meet at Caucus on Anti Initiation Legislation
 as Amended

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Twen- ty-three Republican Senators un- animously agreed at a caucus on the Administrations anti-inflation legislation, as improved by amend ments by the Senate Banking Com mittee, but reserve the right to propose additional changes them selves.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
War Measure
Plan to Coordinate Rail,
Truck Operations

WASHINGTON. Nov. IA
Plans to reduce a long-haul high
way motor truck operations and
to force the railroads to turn over
short haul business to trucks are
being formulated by the Office OF
Defense Transportation.
These plans 10 coordinate rail-
truck operations. principally as
a war conservation measure but
with postwar competitive rela-
tons In view, were disclosed here.
The truck ing industry, through
its national organization here. is
sued a public statement accusing
the railroads of attempting to die
tate the ODT an order which
would kill truck shipments in ex-
cess of $50 miles 10 any point
served by railroad.
Railroad officials here denied
the allegations. They said that
while the railroads had proposed
on truck hauls TO the
ODT they had done so at the in
sistence of ODT and had made
counter proposals TO suggestions
from trucking sources.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Labor Farley
U. S., Canada to Discuss
Manpower Problem

MONTREAL, Nov. II. 49, Prob
lens of manpower ALLEGATION in
| Canada and the United States will
be discussed at tripartite meet
IN < of representatives of the two
countries in New York, November
i2S and %, it was announced by
Edward j. Phelan. acting director
of International Labor Office.
Meeting is being held at invita-
ton of Ito and il will bring to-
gether high officials of Canadian
and United States governments,
| together with Representatives of
employers and workers of both
nations.
Purpose Of meetings, according
10 Ito, is 10 provide those gov
lernment officials. employers and
workers representatives who deal
with labor supply problems in the
two countries, with an opportunity
TO exchange views, information
and criticism.
Participants in the meetings. II
is pointed out by Ito, have found
them of considerable help i'm solv-
inc the problems that each country
faces in modifying its manpower
10 meet expanding needs of war
economy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Miller Tool Co.
Profit S1S9,983
HARRY j. KLINGLER

Miller Tool and Manufacturing
Company in a report for the fiscal
year ended September 30, shows a
net profit of S189,9S3, after all
charges including provision OF
$341,000 for federal income and
excess profits taxes under the new
Revenue Act of 1912. This is
equal to u cents a share on 262,-
500 shares of common stock.
No comparison is available be-
cause of change in the company's
fiscal year. 49,
Net sales during the year
amounted to 81, 340,267. Current
assets, including S46S,957 cash,
were $S00,892 and current liza
lbilities S421.7 69.
Alvin L. Miller. president, in a
letter TO stockholders, said that
the company's % years of ex-
perience in the design and manu-
facture of special tools for the
automotive industry has been of
material aid in handling war pro-
duction. the bulk of which con-
sistS of the production of similar
service tools for military vehicles.
At the close of the fiscal year, I'M
filled orders amounted to approx
S1,800,0O0.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Meeting SET
By Accountants

The Detroit chapter of National
Association of Cost Accountants
will hold its monthly meeting next
Thursday at the Detroit-Leland
Hotel, starting with dinner at $50
p. m.
The speaker for the evening,
Raymond j. Lowe, is controller of
the r. N. Burt Company, Inc,
Buffalo, N. Y. He is well known
in accounting circles. having been
president of the Buffalo chapter
NACA, during the year that chap
ter was the national champion.
His subject is: What the Ac-
countant Expects of Manage
ment."
John f. Hearst, controller of the
S. S. Kresge Company, and direc-
tor of the Detroit chapter, NACA,
will be meeting chairman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
All to Be Checked

Colonel Drake explained that ali
contracts would be checked and
they can be revised upward as well
as downward.
It was explained that differen.
.tiation would be made between
companies just entering a field anC
those who had invested money ano
time prior TO accepting govern
ment contracts. The latter would
be enabled TO get a higher return
than those who depended on gov
eminent financing.
Colonel Drake introduced the
adjustment board at a press con-
ference and said
1.-THE high caliber and known
integrity OF these men insures
that all renegOtiations will be
handled in just and equitable
manner. I believe that negOtia-
ton is now understood by indus
try to be a protection for the
contractor as well as for the
armed services"
The office of the price adjust
ment section will be on the sew
enth floor of the Fox Building.
Additional help will be provided
for the section in the form of ne
gotiators. legal staff and cost de-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

so per cent longer than in the
United States. This recalls the
late Will Rogers remark that
one thing he liked about Russia
was that there weren't any Com
munists over there.
In order to reverse the Ameri-
can trend toward confiscat ton of
personal incomes, Samuel Crow
Their, in his new book entitled
Time to Inquire makes this
proposal:
'Initiate action 10 repeal the
Sixteenth Amend m e n (which
gives the power to Congress TO
levy graduated income taxes
and In the amendment allow to
the Congress only the power to
levy income taxes not exceeding
10 per cent Of individual net in
comes, exactly defining net In
comes so that minimum of In
depreciation would be left to the
bureaucrats, withhold the power
to tax estates or corporations
other than personal holding COM
panies and stipulate I'm the
amendment that the proceeds
from income taxes can he used
only for the service of the public
debt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

Mrs. Hoffman, president OF the
Heading production club of the
Union Central Life Insurance
Company of Cincinnati. entered
the life insurance business in 1925.
Within five years her annual pro-
Iduction was averaging better than
S500,000 She topped the million
dollar mark for the first time in
1884. In 1889 she led her COM
pany's entire field force with sales
totaling S1,074.S73, repeated the
million dollar figure in 1910 and
again in 1941.
Mrs. Hoffman will be introduced
at the meeting by Ruth NJ. Kelley.
chairman of Detroits Women
Life Underwriters. who will direct
the November meeting.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
). Rubber Net
To Top 6 Millions

Net Of United States Rubber
Company for the current year, il
is estimated, will be in the neigh
borhood of $780, 900 to $780, 0C
after taxes and an allowance OF
approximately SIT, 100000 for plan
tation losses incurred when Japan
seized Malaga.
Earnings, after allowing for an
So dividend on preferred stock, the
company this year actually has
paid "a in dividends on the non
cumulative preferred, would be
equivalent to about go cents or
IS cents a share on 1,739,092
shares Of common outstanding.
A year ago the net was S13, So,
65S, or $4.86 common share.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Gentleman Farmer

You can't tell the farmers up
around Grand Blanc that these
'city slickers" don't make good
farmers.
They all call Bert Rogers,
Pontiac Motor Divisions traffic
manager. "the luckiest farmer
in Michigan"
Bert owns a little S3-acre farm
on which he raises registered
Guernsey cows and bulls and at
the end of the first year his
cows had dropped II calves of
which Is were heifers.
I'm no farmer, but this col
umn's farm experts reports that
it was quite a record.
And the pride of Walnut
Farms is Bancroft Wonderboy
he sired 10 of the heifers and
the two bull calves.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Retailers Plan
Ann Arbor Meet
Control Of Inventories
Topic Of Discussion

One of the most important
events on the calendar of the con-
trollers group of the Retail Mer-
chants Association is scheduled for
next Wednesday when the annual
clinic is to be held at the Uni
versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Panel discussion of variou
phases of inventory control is
scheduled TO begin at 3 p. m. in
the Rackham Building amphithe.
alter followed by dinner at 6:3C
p. m. at the Michigan Union.
Russell w. StehfeSt of the J. L.
Hudson Company, president of the
group, said that upwards of GO
retailers are expected 10 attend
the function which is being held
in conjunction with the Toledo
retail group.
Speakers from Detroit, in addi-
ton TO Stehfest, include Jay d.
Runkle of Crowley, Miner e. Co.
and Ernst F. Kern of the Ernst
Kern Company. Profs. f. H. Gault
and w. A. Patton of the u. of NJ.
staff are also on the program.
along with prominent retailers
from Toledo, Ann Arbor and Buff
falo.
The banquet is to be addressed
by Delbert J. Duncan, professor OF
marketing at Northwestern Uni
versity and chief technical adviser
10 the wholesale and retail inven-
tory policy committee of the War
Production BOARD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
On the
Business
front
By WARD SCHULTZ
rtn,ss Financial Editor

Those onetime envied fellows
in the upper income brackets
have become the new poor Of
the nation with the advent OF
the SIS oo0 ceiling on net earned
income.
That SCI 900 pay check is
wiped out and turned into a
defici. IN many cases and the
Wall Street Journal made an
. interesting check on one man 10
illustrate the point.
They call him Mr.. Rand he's
the president of a large Mid
western m nufacturing company
which did a S100.000,000 busi-
ness last year. His salary was
SOS. 900, but he hadn't been in
the bic money class long enough
TO really be clasSed as wealthy.
He maintained a large home,
as befitted his job, had several
cars and entertained often.
Every charity and fund raising
drive that came along. il was a
sure bet that the first stop would
be Mr.. r. Divorced, his alimony
was comparatively modest. but
now becomes a great burden.
On his 40 salary, MIR. r. will
owe SAT 900 income tax, and this
doesn't take into consideration
the victory tax he'll have 10 pay.
His alimony is $4,000. life insur-
ance $4,000, interest payments
$1,000, and contributions AT least
5000. That totals $4,000.
which means a $4,000 deficit on
the new SCI, 900 salary.
The provision for relief pro-
vides that an increase is allowed
only when expenses cannot be
covered without undue hardship
and adds that there is no undue
hardship if capital assets can be
sold without loss"
Mr.. r. made some good in
vestments, so that he can't show
that selling them would mean a
loss.
AS a result he'll probably sell
his farm and some of his securi-
ties 10 make up the balance
which he will need 10 cover
fixed expenses and enough extra
TO live on.
Any way you figure it, he's
going to be a much poorer man
after this war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Stock Market
Holds Narrow
Price Range
Averages Close Shade
Lower; U. S. Rubber. ATT
Gain Lille Ground

NEW YORK, Nov. IA (INS).-
The stock market today showed
no disposition to break out of the
narrow and irregular trend of re-
cent sessions.
The general price averages
ended a shade lower, but a num-
Der of leading issues wound up
behind plus signs. Trading con-
tinued slow.
The bond market was dun.
Irregular price movements were
the rule. Some bonds of German
occupied countries continued in
demand.
There were a few issues that
showed notable changes. J. I. Case
ran up a point to 70. Interna-
tional Harvester and Columbia
Gas each advanced fractions TO
new highs for the year.
Others TO gain a little ground
were Montgomery Ward, u. S.
r u b b er. Goodrich. Chesapeake
and Ohio, international Nickel
and American Telephone.
Steels were barely changed
General Motors also held around
last nights close, but ChrysleT
slipped fraction.
Allied Chemical dropped point
10 40. General Electric, West
inghouse, Sears Roebuck. Stand
ard Oil Of New Jersey and United
Aircraft were down fractions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
The Last Million

Saturdays Wall Street Jour
nal headlines another article OF
its series on the new poor and
I'm the opposite outside column
runs a feature story on the
heavy demand in Fifth avenue
shops for S25 600 bracelets and
5000 mink coats, etc y One
ieweler sold q $4,000 six-piecc
service set.
One big New York outfit num-
berS among IFS best customers
The junior executives from De-
troit.5
But IN the poor-Tich story a
Detroiter remarks that in addi-
ton 10 anticipating a hard blow
from the new salary restrictions.
he no longer has time for his
private clubs but that il doesn't
make any difference because
no one / know has any time
20 sit around clubs anyway"
All this is mighty confusing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Europe's Food Basket

Starvation is NOT going to
be a United Nations weapon
this winter.
Facts trickling out of Europe
indicate that Hitlers larders
will be fairly full. Meat will be
scarcer and il was already a
rarity last year.
But there'll be plenty of po-
tatoes and barley, oats. corn.
rye and mixed grains are also
expected TO be available in rela-
tive abundance.
Bread won't be plentiful,
though. because this years harv-
est OF bread grains is repeatedly
far below average.
There's one big fly in Mr. Hit
ler's ointment. however. He'll
have n hard time making UP for
the the thousands Of tons OF
oils. fruits and grains which
were lost 70 hun with the fall Of
French Africa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
WaIworth Co. Calls
6 Pct. Debenfures

NEW YORK, Nov. ii. - Wal
worth Company has called for
redemption April, 1. 1943, all of
its $3.50, 500 outstanding 20 year
6 per cent debentures, due 1855, at
face amount plus accrued interest
to redemption date. The company
is making an offer TO purchase i'm
debentures surrendered
at any time up to end of this year
at full redemption price, including
interest to April 1, 1913, or 81, 030
for each $1,000 debenture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Personal Notes

The American Bankers Asso-
citation is telling Its members TO
soft pedal year-end bonus an
nouncements. Briggs Manu-
facturing's share-the-ride plan
Is now 80 per cent effective. Z.
United States may turn to plas-
tic coins for small demonina-
tons. Those huge landing
barges (America's secret weapon
In Africa) weren't secret to De-
troiters who saw that big job
by the Gar Wood plant on the
sc. Clair River last summer.
Shipbuildlng Is now taking
one out every FIVE tons of steel
produced and don't be sur
prised II an emergency clause
II written into all war contracts
requiring hiring of workers
through the USES.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
No Social Purpose

eve now know, by our en-
perience with heavy income
taxes, that they do not redis-
tribute income (even if il were
desirable 10 redistribute income)
but that, on the contrary, they
serve no social purpose and
steadily cut into the power OF
the economy to sustain itself.
much less TO expand and afford
employment. The income taxes
merely take away from the in
dividual the right to spend
money and thereby 20 employ
some one, and they transfer that
right TO the politicians.
THE corporation income taxes
are political fraud, a corpora
ton Is only n clearing house for
tools, labor and material, and
taxing the clearing house merely
pense of the community. A cor
pOratiOn tax Is a concealed tax
which gives the politician the
chance to talk unctuously while
he Is picking pockets, the taxing
OF decedents' estates belongs TO
the states.
eff, Immediately on the close
OF the war, tax bill were
passed. with the same provisions
as would be made permanent I'm
the amendment 1 suggest, a
wave of hope would surge
through the country and the re-
turning soldiers would find the
opportunity for real employment
In real jobs and not be asked TO
shift from the uniform OF a COM
bat army TO the uniform of n
government labor army"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

w G q n e s q ay.
November 18. as
featured speak
er at the noon
luncheon meet
ing OF the De-
troit AsSo c a.
ton Of Quail
fed Life Un-
d e T writer's in
the Book-Cadil-
lac Hotel She
will discuss
w ar. Women
an d Courage
for members OF
the association
and specia |
guests.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Little Incentive

Moreover, a 80 per cent total
personal income tax in the top
bracket leaves little incentive
for men of large incomes.
In the same way, the SIS, 900
salary ceiling. irrespective of the
social contribution made. is a
step away from the traditional
American system of rewards and
incentives.
And, in contrasting the Amer
lean and ssian economic
trends, it should be noted that
in the Soviet the average work
week is reported 10 run nearly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Produce tx Honors
Members in Service

NEW YORK, Nov. 14.-Trading
on the floor of New York Produce
Exchange VIII be suspended for
one minute at IL a. m. each MORN
ing. starting today, in remem-
brance of fellow members and
others in armed services of the
United States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
.LifeUnderwriters
To Hear Woman

Mrs. Sis Hoffman. the only
woman 10 become a life member
of the Million Dollar Round Table
of the National Association OF Life
Underwriters, will be in Detroit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15

apparent. The leveling philos-
ophy of communism was tried IN
Russia and found wanting. Ac-
cordingly, there was soon a
switch toward the incentive sys-
tenn, with men in supervisory
positions compensated more
handsomely than those in purely
routine work. This was followed
by introduction of the piecework
system for rewarding workers
according to their production.
System of ReWards
e Thus. while Russia has been
moving toward a system Of re-
wards and incentives, our own
country, confused by demagogy
and false theories, has been
drifting away from an incentive
system.
In wartime, the desire TO pre-
vent the making of wartime mill
lionaires has been carried to
such extremes that enterprises
have been deprived of normal
incentives making for efficiency
and economy.
The burdensome tax rate has
operated in this undesirable
fashion.
In instances where so per cent
of profits, before taxes. are abb
sorb G d by government levies,
management can figure on re-
tanning only 20 cents of every
dollar of profit. Knowing this.
plant superintendents and others
are reluctant 10 recommend
economy moves. There is also
some risk as 10 whether inno-
Vations will prove out, and. in
situations where nearly all the
benefits will be absorbed in
taxes. there is not the usual jns
centive for battling relentleSSly
against cost-raising practices.
The nefarious cost-plus sys-
tenn Of contracts tends to put a
premium on inertia and stand
pattism. Where a fiat percent
age reward TO management is
added TO the cost, there is no
financial incentive. for striving
to economic in the use of man.
hours and material.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Securities Commission
Moves 10 PenObsCOt

The Michigan Corporation and
Securities Commission will move
from its old Offices in the National
Bank Building TO new quarters at
2019 Penobscot Building, according
to an announcement by Howard
Warner, commission chairman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Says Soviet Switching
To Incentive System
Rewardine Workers According. to
Production Aided Russian Success
BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER
International News Service Economic Commentator

In the that Russia successful in beating of the
Naz onslaught Soviet prestige throughout the world will oil course
be heightened
Thus important for outside public opinion to be aware of
of present day economic organization Russia
which Russia should be misnterpreted
a triumph Of the Communist idea.
AS matter of fact early in the regime Of Lenn the visionary
doctrine namely each according
ability according his needs became self
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
U. S. Graphite Dividend

United States Graphite Com
.pany has declared a dividend Of
Is cents. payable December Is TO
holders Of record December /.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-15
Union Investment Co.
PAYS Zoe on Common

Union Investment Company has
declared a dividend Of 30 cents or
the common, payable December Is
to holders of record December /