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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
ie Sale
I SO TO SO

# you want TO i've down that old "Cbistmos tie"
tradition give him one Or more Of these super-fine
quality, ultra smart neck~ear creations Included in
the group are imported silk mores warp prints, pals
Feys the wonder tie Of glass and silk fabrics that
Despeak luxury Coors and patterns bafw1II proclaim
your very good Taste become his a-fime favorifos
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

And that was what the farm tlOC,
well represented. on the appropri-
.ations committee, planned to co.
TOUCH OFF PAY BOOSTS
One part of the deal as finally
consummated has the adrninistra-
ton uneasy. Officials fear that
the agreemnt TO permit moderate
in tire cCttrnE- prices OF
farm products VIII touch off labor
demands for higher wages. They
fully expect labor to have some
thing 10 say about the recent
wage freezing.
Elimination Of the farm subsidy
program will be easy. WiCkard
never did like it-a program TO
pay producers of farm products
subsidies TO balance increased
costs, while holding consumers
costs steady.
Senators Arthur Capper and
Clyde NJ. Reed. both Kansas Re-
tpublicanS, called on Wickard
Wednesday. Afterward Reed said:
I'VE told Wicltard that If he
tried 10 60 through with farm
subsidies we'd get him--that
we'd cut his appropriations
right out from under him."
BROWN FAVORED
Virtually all sources in Con-
greSS believed that the President
would pick Brown for the spot
vacated by Henderson Brown left
for Detroit late yesterday and
would say only:
"Any statement As to my flu
ture connection with the govern
ment must come from the White
House. l have nothing TO say"
Brown has conferred on at least
two occasions recently with the
President, Sterilization Director
James +. ByTnes and Henderson
ion the matter of possibly replacing
Henderson, or of becoming ByrneS'
personal assistant. Those sources
said Brown himself is not sure
which job will be offered TO him.
Dial Cherry $500 to arrange
for The Detroit Times to be
mailed to your man in the
SnrNipa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
RATIONAL ,RATIONING

Representative Jed johnson of
Oklahoma, one of the congress-
men who waged a battle against
gasoline rationing in Midwestern
states, said:
Henderson was a good man
in the WPA research depart
ment, where 1 first met him.
But he was a poor man i'm this
OPA job. think his resigna-
ton will have very splendid
effect. The people and the Con-
gress had lost confidence i'm
him, and under the circum-
stances II was impossible to
carry on an effective program
under him.
I'VE hope now for a more
rational rationing program, one
which will win the support OF
the people"
OF Senator Brown, Johnson
said:
Brown understands the prac-
teal side, and think he will be
a good man."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

Dial Cherry $500 TO arrange
for The Detroit Times to be
mailed to your man in the
service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Calls Henderson
A Sacrifice TO
PId(ate Public
BY DAVID CAMELON
Detroit lines Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. -
Leon is the sacrificial Offering
the first casualty Of the election"
Thus said Ralph O. Brewster Of
Maine today in commenting on the
news that President Roosevelt had
accepted the resignation Of Leon
Henderson as chief of the Office
of Price Administration.
His opinion was widely shared
among others in Congress, who
SAID that the New Deal had Of
fcrcd up one Of It's beSt-favored
figures in an effort to placate an
aroused public.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Kern,s OpemSnimrdny 9:f5 10 z y

Christmas make LHmH gift
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
MASS OF RED TAPE

= Unnecessary reports and
compleNity and multiplicity OF
regulations The committee sad
il recognized the necessity for
obtaining infor alton, but
described the current situation
as bureaucracy run riot 1t
warned that unless corrected
"this factor alone will close the
doors Of thousands OF buSi-
neSSes
3-"Thc failure TO function OF
the Smaller War Plants Cor
poration. set up 10 help small
manufacturers get war con-
tracts. The committee. which
recently returned from tour
of southern and southwestern
states said the corporation
results in those areas was "prac-
tically negligible - 1t blamed
bad management.
In discussing OPA policies, the
report said that in many instance,
operating margins between re-
placement costs and ceiling prices
are too thin 10 permit OF continued
operation except at a loss.
The report said that IN other
cases retail ceilings had been SET
so low "as 10 induce a decline in
production of commodities vitality
necessary to the health of a ma
ton.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-19
Cotton Prices
Turn Higher

New York, May l9-CAP)-Cot-
ton futures opened unchanged to 20
cents a bale lower.
Late forenoon values were 5 t. Is
cents a bale higher; July 1888; Oc-
tober 1856; December 1868,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
.0PA 10 Allow
Borrowing on
Fuel Oil Rdtions
Users May Draw Now
on Advance Supplies.
Washington Announces

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 tINS1
The Office of Price Admins
tration announced today that home
owners who have exhausted cur
rently valid heating rations can
make arrangements with local
boards to buy fuet oil by using
coupons valid for later periods.
The procedure for borrowing"
coupons from a later heating
period will permit consumers who
have requested local boards to
review the computation of their
rations. and who have exhausted
currently valid fuel oil heating
coupons. TO meet their minimum
heating requirements, OPA said.
BY such instances, officials eX-
.plaincd, the home owner may
apply at his local rationing board
and there exchange coupons valid
for the next heating period Chose
numbered - for currently re-
deemable coupons.
This exchange will be permitted
only 10 the extent of one-half OF
the total gaifonage allotted to the
individual for the next heating
period.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
ST. Paul Chorisfers
To Sing al Fl. Shelby

Traditional English Christmas
carols will be sung in a program
open to the public at Sis p. m.
Wednesday in the Hotel Fort
Shelby lobby.
The choristers will be members
of the st. Paurs Cathedral Boys
Choir who will sing under the
direction of Ralph Calder, choir
master. During the program the
Very Reverend Kirk b. O'Ferrall,
dean Of st. Paurs Cathedral will
talk on the Yule holiday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
City Workers
Seek Back Pay
OF S75O,OOO
hsriel Urges Council
TO Return Deductions
Made From 1892 Wages

Frank Y. Msrtel president OF
the Detroit and Wayne County
Federation Of Labor, Saturday re-
cuested common council 10 au-
thorize immediate payment OF
$3.50. 900 in back pay 10 city en-
ployeS which has been due them
since 1882.
A total o. Sl.4OO.O00 was taken
from employees checks during May
and June Of 1882 under an emer-
eency ordinance passed by council.
In 1887 the city paid back half OF
the sum.
In a letter 10 council. Martel
said:
The city treasury now has n
surplus OF well over $l.00O,OOO
accumulated largely from delin-
uuent taxes. We are OF the be-
lief and are 80 advised that
claim Of the city employees 20
the balance of their pay Is legal,
as well as a moral obligation"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
State Scrap Pile
Up Is Per Cent

Michigan's scrap contributions
Jumped IS percent during Ge-
tober 10 reach 326. 376, 900 pounds,
the War Production Board re-
vealed Saturday.
Chief reason for the upSurge
WPB officials said. was the CO.
operation OF Michigan industry,
which has turned over many OBJ
solete and useless items heretofore
held as assets.
From the Calumet and Hec1a
Consolidated Copper Company, the
WPB declared, the drive received
10000 tons of scrap metals, which
is finding its way into ship plates,
guns. tanks and other battle equip
ment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Young Bandits.
Kidndpers Held
Photo by Times stan Pm

PETOSKEY. Dec. 10, 49, State
police announced late Saturday
they had arrested two youthful
bandits who broke into the post
office at Cheboygan, kidnapped a
hotel ianitor and forced him to
drive them in a taxi TO Macki-
nav City and PetoSkey
Police identified the abductorS
as Theodore Jewell, 16, and Lee
Thomas. "a. both OF Cheboygan,
and said that they had abandoned
the car andTeleased James Brooks,
hotel janitor and cab driver here
early today after an all-night ride.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Maid EIeCtro(uted,
Wet Hands Blamed

A maid in the Wardell apart
mentS was electrocuted Saturday,
apparently while endeavoring TO
connect household appliance
with wet hands.
The victim. Mrs. 1rma p. Bur
ton, IS. of 1430 Elga avenue. was
discovered in one of the apart
ments by another maid. Or. Earl
Peterman. house physician, pro-
nounced death due to electrical
shock.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Blast Injuries Workman

LATROBE, Pa. Dec. 10 GNS)
One workman was injured today
when an explosion caused an esti-
mated $1,000 damage at the
American Cyanimide and Chemi-
cal Company plant at Latrobe,
Production in the building will be
held up two days, off Is said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
DSR Appeals
For Operators

The DSR repeated its appeal
Saturday for additional street car
and bus operators, reporting that
261 had been placed in training
since Monday.
In response to the first call for
$50 drivers and motormen, 462
applicants appeared at the DSR
offices, st. Jean and Shoemaker
avenues. The average pay of DSR
operators, it was pointed out, is
$50 weekly.
Additional applicants will be re-
ceived from $50 a. m. to 4:30
p. m. Monday through Wednesday
and from $50 a. m. to ! p. m.
Thursday. Operators must be able
bodied men between u and as.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Many Stores 10 Stay
Closed on Dee. %

Nearly all Detroit stores, except
food and drug stores and some
neighborhood outlets, will be
closed December rs, Charles f.
Boyd of the Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION announced Saturday.
The decision to close was made
individually by retailers and not
collectively, he said. Most stores,
he added, will be open on Saturday
after New Years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Children OF Marines
To Be Party Guests

A Christmas party for children
of marines now in service, and for
of former marines, will be
held at 7:30 p. m, Monday, at the
Eagles Temple. 113 East Adams
avenue. Sponsoring body is the
Detroit Detachment Marine Corps
League. Reservations should be
made by calling Temple 2-6574 or
3-2464.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Defroiter Killed in RCAF

Flight Sgt. Garnet Hartford
Turcotte of Detroit was killed in
action overseas. ii was announced
Saturday by the Canadian Air
Force headquarters in Ottawa.
He was a member OF the RCAF.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Boy Scout Claims IL

Eugene Perrin. 16-year-old
Boy Scout. has claimed the shell
and contended pcrsiStently that il
is a dud. 1t came TO him, he said
from a 10-year-old member OF a
Cub Pack of which he is leader.
The lad TO whom Eugene re-
Iferred is Marshall Loewenstein
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Max Loewen-
stein, 1894 Fairfield avenue.
"A Major Storm gave the shell
20 Marshall when he was III
few months ago" the father
said. "He took the fuse Oft TO
show us Il wasn't loaded"
Relic of Last War?
"My furniture was getting all
banged up from having II
knocked around the house." in
terjected Mrs. Low enStcin,
shakily.
The said Major Storm. whom
Loewenstein said he met in the
course of business over a year ago,
is believed TO be stationed at Ft
Riley, Kan. The officer asserted
that the new type proiectile was
a relic of the last war, Loewen-
stein added.
Eugene, who lives at 40 Elm
hurst avenue, told authorities he
found the shell handy in demon
Strating bombs at Boy Scout
meetings.
He had left it on r street car
Friday where the inebriated gen
tleman had apparently fancied It
as a token.
Regarding the future OF The
shell, ordnance representatives adj
vised Payne TO drop it in the river.
II am" said Payne, going to
drop II in the river"
The drunk, meanwhile. who col
lapSed when told the nature of his
precariously carried prize. was
held for investigation of larceny.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
New Marine Officer Elieibles

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 CUP).
The Marine Corps announced
today that men between 20 and 81
who have successfully completed a
two-year college course with SUBJ
sequent two years civilian expert
ence are now eligible TO apply for
induction into the candidate class
for commissioning as second lieu
fnnanfc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
MedaIist Carfoonist Dies

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10 (UP).
Charles II. Sykes, so, nationally
known cartoonist and winner Of
the 194l Headliners' Club award
for outstanding newspaper work,
died OF a heart attack at his sub
urban Cynwyd home today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

among Detroit shoppers was 1tiSt
as loaded as the drunk who was
juggling it.
After comforting with army ord
nance officers. 1t. James Payne.
police scientist, was convinced the
shell, found in the possession of a
staggering celebrant, definitely
TINT. The cavity from
which the explosive supposedly
was emptied, he said, was merely
for the fuse and firing pin.
With the touchy firing pin re-
police, FBI and army in
telligence represe A tives at
tempted to learn how the shell
a military secret became public
knowledge in such an imperil-
inc way.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Drunk Totes TINT Shell
Among Detroit Shoppers

The police scientific laboratory
declared Saturday the mortar
she'll which was being juggled
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20
Renter Tells How
To Get a House
You Find Out Someone
Moving in a Few Weeks
BY AL KAUFMAN

I heard about, read about it and
wrote about II, but brother, not
until I joined that growing house
hunting army in Detroit did /
know about it.
What l discovered was plenty.
Among other things. 1 learned
I am one of those unfortunate"
with wife and two small children.
Apartments are out OF the qnes-
ton. Worried Detroiters fiocked
to those coy paradises when heat
became a problem.
Caretakers and managers showed
me long lists of applications which
probably will never be removed
from their resting place for the
duration.
Brides Are Wasted
anyway" they told me, "the
army's got priority"
Brides are wasted effort. One
landlord told me he had beer
offered as high as 500 but the
story-the way ! get it's the
same to one and all:
There are no vacancies"
Armed with my gas ration book
and three months advance rent,
started out last Sunday with the
spirit:
Seek and We Shall Find"
My tires groaned as I cruiseo
up one street and down another
but after 20 miles, gave it up as
bad bargain-at least, for that
day.
Landlord No. told me:
I'm sorry, adults only
What They Say
Landlord No. 2:
"The rent is $50 monthly be-
sides heat, gas and light. You'll
have to buy the carpeting, and
that costs $780,"
Landlord No. 3:
81 know IT'S been vacant four
months, but this house is for
sale only"
Landlord No. a:
Buddy, you'd better have a
drag with those oil rationing
guys. That's why / moved out"
He didn't tell me how he found
another house.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day l rode the street cars and
buses. That is absolutely futile.
After waiting in the cold, you
get iostled around so much your
too tired TO walk up the steps.
You can't get a taxi because
there aren't enough to go around
A cup of coffee would certainly
raise a fellows spirits. But who
can spare coffee?
From the best advice and my
own experience, L have concluded
that unless you know friend who
knows friend who knows about
somebody moving out two or three
weeks in advance, you might just
as well forget it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

ADVFRTfeFNFNT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-20

I heard about, read about it and
wrote about 1t. but brother, not
until I joined that growing house
hunting army in Detroit did l
Evening star., 1942-12-27
slDEllNEs

oHERE are few American urite1S Who
have reflected the heartbeat Of the
Z United States and its people with such
uarnah and understanding as Booth Tark-
ington. Here, in a few hundred words, he
sbeaks eLoQuently once more. This time it
is on behalf Of the hundreds OF thousands
of American fighting men who are SPEND
fng the holiday season tn CAMPS, on ships,
at far.fung posts.
USo. l asked a soldier what the USO
had meant in this new life of his. He said,
81 was in the Army before the USO got
into operation and at first we didn't be-
lieve in it. We'd hear some important big
shots had given the USO lot OF money
and we'd turn on sour grin, pretty posi-
tive that we'd never get the slightest good
out of it,
Then slowly for while. but more and
more as the thing got going, we began to
see our mistake.
FUTURE. But it's not just the material
good - the recreation rooms, the books,
the games, the cigarettes, the movies, the
dinners in private houses and even the
music and dancing - it's not those things
that are the greatest help that's been
brought into a soldiers life. There are two
other things that count even more: one
is that we're made to feel that the coun-
try's interested in US, that the American
people think about us and feel friendly
toward us, and most of all. what we get
from the USO is something to look for
ward to. Yes, I'm sure that's the biggest
Evening star., 1942-12-27

thing of all that the USO does for us: 1t
gives us something to look forward to-
1t seems to me that this soldier said it.
Something to look forward to" is what
keeps all of us going, isn't it? Take it
away and how many of US will have
strong heart for the battle of life? We can
bear drudgery, tough routine and great
deal of anguish if we have something to
look forward to-" We can't bear much
without that.
When this soldier said that because of
the USO our men have something to look
forward to" it meant that the day is COM
ing when Hitler won't.
-B00TH HARRINGTON
Evening star., 1942-12-27

They want the machines of modern civil
lization They want our capital and our
technical assistance. because that is their
only quick way to get higher standard
of living But above ALL they want free
dom from the fear of being jumped on or
exploited by powerful neighbor,
WHETHER we of the United States are
moved by altruistic or selfish motives,
the fact remains that for us the great
physical frontier of the future is helping
these billion people to conquer peacefully
higher standard of living for themselves.
If we help them on just basis, we in the
United States will have security for many
centuries and the opportunity of estab-
fishing a vast and mutually profitable
trade If we do not help them, World
War No. 3 will come and our destruction
will not be far behind
Geographically speaking. | say the
heartland of the future is not East Europe
alone but an arc extending from Buenos
AlICS dl lilC SOutll Oii up liAoOSii IiiN
United States, Canada, Alaska, Siberia,
Russia and Western Europe, and includ-
ing China and India. Some day there will
be combination air and highway route
linking this vast area together, and con-
Meeting by collateral water land and air
routes with the rest of the world. When the
determined fight of our United Nations
has won the peace of victory, no one power
will be able to control this heartland of
the future Perhaps there will be Joint
International Highway and Airway
Authority" assuring access to all the
nations which are eager to eliminate fear
from the world and observe the principles
of New Democracy in their dealings.
While this international highway -airway
extending along the Americas and across
Asia is being constructed, many efforts
will be started to increase the agricultural
efficiency and improve the education of the
billion and more who are now so poverty
stricken As the standard of living of free
peoples is lifted, the peace of the world
can be made secure.
Evening star., 1942-12-27

ing full respect for geography, can't help
wondering if ideas and organization do not
play an even more important part in
world destiny.
We believe the New Democracy is a
more powerful tool than geopolitics BY
New Democracy do not mean Anglo
American domination of the world. The
New Democracy differs from the old de-
mocracy in its willingness to realize that
Evening star., 1942-12-27
EW PATHS To FREED0l

An American concept of postwar world
Contrast il with Killers schemes for
Nazi new order" of universal slavery
by Vice-Pxesideni Henry a. Wallace
Evening star., 1942-12-27

RAY YE ARE witnessing today race or
w struggle between geopolitics and
w the New Democracy. The out
come of that struggle will touch the lives
of all of US, of our children, of our chill
dren's children.
What is geopolitics?
A generation ago Scotch geographer
by the name of Mackinder, living in Eng
land, unwittingly became the spiritual
Evening star., 1942-12-27

democratic principles must even
tually be made available to all
nations. The New Democracy has
faith in Chinese, Russians, Latin
Americans and all citizens of the
United Nations. 1t believes in tol-
erance toward all men except
those who have taken up arms to
crush democracy.
Today and for the immediate
Evening star., 1942-12-27

ldIlu, uliWiIlllSly DNSuiiS IiAC opAlI0o1
grandfather of that so-called sci
ence. He claimed that the nation ~
which had control of Eastern ~
Europe and Western Asia had liz
control of the "heartland' of the w D
world. In other words. he be- WIk
lieved that if Russia conquered
Germany or if Germany con- q
quered Russia the heartland
would be dominated by one ma
ton, and that nation would, by reason of
it's domination of the heartland, be able
to control the whole world.
A German by the name of Haushofer
read the Mackinder thesis and was in
spired to work out plans which would give
Germans control of the heartland and
therefore of the world. These plans are
known in Germany as geopolitics.
Hitler put flesh on the dry bones OF
geopolitics. speaking again and again of
Lebensraum (or breathing space) as the
road to world empire for the German peo-
ple Breathing space was Htler's excuse
for moving into the Balkan States and
Russia. He now holds much of the heart
land which Mackinder declared was neces-
sary for world control, and has been strik-
ing for the rest All Hitler needs to do
under the Mackinder thesis is to consoli-
date his gains, hold onto them and from
time to time move from the center out
ward in perfecting his world domination.
We in the United States do not believe
in the Mackinder- -Haushofer- Hitler brand
of geopolitics. In the air-power world
which is now so rapidly coming into be-
ing. America is just as much the heartland
of the world as is Eastern Europe. More
over, we in the United States, while hav-
Evening star., 1942-12-27

future 1t happens that tne Onlted STATES
and England have an unusual responsible
ity. Our two countries have great natural
resources which we have been able to
exploit efficiently through the skill of the
political and industrial system which was
evolved in the nineteenth century. But
that which the United States and Eng
land have learned does not belong to us
alone. For our own preservation we must
pass it on to the rest of the world.
! AM thinking especially of the billion
people in Eastern Asia, the Middle East
and Latin America. Four out Of five OF
these people live on the land. Most of
them because of small farms and lack OF
machines are less than one-tenth as effl-
cient as United States farmers. They buy
little - they sell little. Their average in
come per family is less than SlOO year.
Perhaps one out of six knows how to read
and write They are only lightly touched
as yet by the auto, the airplane. the tele-
phone and the newspaper. But radio has
reached into their lives, and their leaders
by the thousands have received excellent
technical education. We know that, given
a chance. they are as intelligent as anyone.
The rank and file want education, too.