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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Steel Easier
But No Surplus
Is in Prospect
Bars and Alloy SteeIs
Still Are Hard 10 Get;
Better Balance Seen

CLEVELAND. Nov. % - The
easier situation in steel which has
developed m recent weeks as a
result Of imitation orders and
balanced production schedules con-
unuc> 20 he noted. At the same
time n has not developed TO tho
stage of surplus. Bars and alloy
>tccl> continue as difficult TO OBJ
tam rs ever. BY diNertng semi
finished steel from structural
shapes and I'm plate. however. the
supply situation IN bars is emuCh
better says Steel.
I'm the meantime stocks are in
hctlCr balance but still have n
considerable way to GO Quantities
IN idtc or frozen inventories are
large and VIII help ease the supply
IoVcr demands for lngotS and
>cmIlInl>hcd steel for 1end-leaSe Is
"A factor. as we'll as some reduction
IN certain ordnance programs.
Tension has been icSSened by all
these considerations.
Now under way in the War
Production Board. in conjunction
with tho army and navy IS re-
view OF present production for
civilian purposes. Prevailing opln-
ION is that civilian production has
been stripped down excessively and
that this condition must be cor
rected IN order 10 prevent too
lean economy which would be
brought about after our present
inventory of civilian goods is eX-
haaStcd IN 1913. DirectiVeS are
Xpected in the near future,
therefore, which will allow some
diversion of steel back into civilian
goods production.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Joins Controller Group

Harold f.. Powell comptroller NJ
the Whitehead e kalcs Company.
River Rouge has been elected ~
membership IN tho Controllers
Institute Of America.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Electric Storage Battery Com

pany has declared a dividend Of
50 cents on the common payable
December D TO holders of record
December 2 This brings pay
mentS for the year 10 50 against
81 30 in l94l.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
MA r K ETS
BELL Head
opposes
Rale eul

Waiter : Clifford, president ri
Tho American Telephone and Tclc-
graph Company, today ISSUED The
following statement IN reply 10 an
ori,l by the Federal Commupfca-
tons Commission that the com
pan, show cause why interstate
long distance rates should not hc
reduced
II find IL difficult To under
stand why the Federal Com
municatinnS Commission has
ISSUED such an order Contem-
mating y drastic rate reduction
eCau>e. under the Circum-
stances, IL would seem Ia make
no sense.
The important thing Il 60
win the war and the commits
SONS program will interfere
with our service, which il vital
10 the war effort.
LINES OVERLOADED
with our lines overloaded,
We are having hard time to
handle the -eallS-Nt. have now,
and we can't get the materials
10 handle moTc--neither il there
manpOWer 10 spare 10 handle
more. ~ the urgent request Of
the BOARD az War Communica-
tionS. we are spending millions
81 dollars in advertising 10 get
the public 10 reduce its use Of
long distance, and now comes
the commission seeking In re-
duce rates. which will do just
the opposite. l fail to see how,
nv any stretch Of the imagina-
ton. reduction in long distance
rates will help win the war.
The company. therefore, feels
II must resist reduction I'm
spite of the fact that a rate
case would require the time Of
many people who are more
urgently need TO carry on tele-
phone service In these critical
times.
As to long lines earnings, the
commissions figures are mis-
leading because they do not in
clude all taxes. Our earnings aS
a whole, including long distance
business. are substantially lower
than last year. and are short Of
the dividend which we have paid
for the last 22 years"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Rniinnrn Manufacturing IonnanN Of Hil

no.s for tho quarter cudcd sent it 1872
rep-rts a net profit of $500 AIS after pro.
vision Of Sl.loo 600 Tor federal income and
excess profits taxes after giving effect i'
postwar credit provision, 20 Sill snare
on he common THIS compares with a
nei pront Tor September quarter ~ 1871
Of sag 81 or 81 OF a share On mo come
mon and with a net profit for quarter
ended June 80 1912. oi 1929 $50 "r 9Jc
a common share
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Dividends

Campbell, WANT & Cannon
Foundry Co. has declared 2 divi-
dchd OF 30 cents. payable Docem-
Der II to holders OF record
December | Payments this year
total Sl.25 against 81 so in l94l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
CAUTIOUS ORDERS

Orders are being placed more
cautiously in view Of the easier
overall situation and in many cases
this is 10 restrict inventories. some
plate consume. asking that plate
shipments be stopped for the re-
maInder of the year. Another rea-
son for caution is experience Of
PRP consumers in obtaining steel
for Inc current quarter. quotas
being ettt or ratings lowered. They
are inclined 10 wait until they
know their position for next quar-
Ter. Indications are that this in
formation Will he available earlier,
than for tho current quarter,
While tonnage Of scrap resulting
from the household drive has.
tended to shrink from the figures
claimed by various localities the
fact is that proceeds of that effort
ard other salvage campaigns have
stimulated outflow and the Sltua-
ton is decidedly easier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Has Broad Background in Personnel Work

Mr. RAIN many years has been engaged in
sonnet work for Electric Company. embodied
his philosophy dealing the human element business
in book entitled Your Work Abilities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Earnings

Rangor and Aroostnck Railroad Tor tho
10 months ended October 81 reports 4 net
income of sos SOB equal 20 S13.le 3 share
ON the per cent cumulative preferred. I'M
which unpaid dividends amount w $40
2 share uu Oc'onet T. last rms compares
with XfqS Slq for So ps = preferred share
an thc f..' 30 months Of 1871 October
net income Nss SO 3is against So o"s fn
Oct0her 1871
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Detroit Stocks

Dividends IN ths foregoing table are tho
amounts declared 80 paid 80 Gar this war.
unless otherwise notsd a-I.iqutdsttnG diNt-
dfud, b On Accommodations, sA-i DIS td"ud.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy

has declared dividend of 50 on
the common. payable December
% TO holders OF record Deem
Der y. Distribution will be the
largest made on the stock since
the 81 disbursement in 1886.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
1nnnhnn 1lnc Ie,d Comrnnr NV th

quarter ended sep 30 lHi& reports a
proNt ~ $40 755 after rharEes ana nfd.
nary tsNcs against S. SOS for S'rirurcr
dusftct .. previous wear and rr"t'' ~
S1O.-5S for quarter ended June 5u, 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23

SdNlnHS COliillilltct' dili'VuiN'u oo'
urday.
The slogan for the campaign is
Remember Pearl Harbor "
In setting the campaign date
and selecting the slogan, lsbey
said.
II know of no more forceful
manner I'm which the civilian
army on the home front can
answer the treacherous attack
Of Dec. Z. l941, by the japanese
than by buying one extra war
bond TO commemorate the
heroic deeds Of those who died
that sunday morning at Pearl
HarbOr.
by this extra war bond buy
Ing we shall let the Japs and
Germans know that on Dec. ],
1912, we are attacking"
Special arrangements have been
made with all war bond issuing
agencies to date war bonds pur-
chased during that week with tho
stamp Of Dec. Z. 1912
mo matter what the denomi-
nation Of the bond. from S25 IN
100000. IL enough people
throughout Michigan partici-
pate In this most important
bond selling drive II will hasten
the ultimate victory OF the
United States over the Axis
powers" lsbey continued
"All the purchaser will have
To do To obtain n Remember
Pearl Harbor" bond Is 10 make
his purchase during that week
and mark on his application
Pearl Harbor Commemorative
Bond" and IL will he dated
Dec. !. 1872"
Immediately after the "Remem-
Der Pearl Harbor' bond drive
many Michigan cities and COM
munities will open drives TO be
known as Buy a Bomber bond
campaigns.
Through arrangement with the
war department the treasury de-
partment IS being permitted IN
name planes for organizations or
communities which. through extra
war bond buying, obtain sufficient
pledges 10 meet the cost OF either
heavy or medium bonherS or pur-
suit ships. Costs are $500 600 for
heavy bomberS. SIS 900 for me-
dunn and SIS, 900 for a pursuit
ship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
The Gamewem Company has de-

clarcd A dividcnd Of 80 cents on
tho common payable December
Is 10 holders of record December
) Previous quarterly dividends
this year were 81 each in first two
quarters and 80 cents in third
quarter. In 194l S2.25 was paid
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Wide Changes
Occurring in
u. 5. Population
Huge War Plants Drawing
More TO West, South,
Forbes Finds on Trip
BY r. G. FORBES

In Middle West, vast shifts In
population are occurring.
The 1910 census showed tho CEN
ter of population in the United
States was two miles southeast by
east of Carlisle, Ind. In 1890 ii
was % miles east of Baltimore. or
602 miles farther east than it was
two years ago.
From what I have seen and
learned on this transcontinental
trip, the next census will unques-
tionably reveal that the center OF
population has moved substantially
farther west, probably also farther
south.
The war is swelling the popula-
ton of the Pacific Coast much
more than Of the Atlantic Coast,
Industrial expansion on an un-
IpreCedented scale is occurring
| throughout the South. including
the Southwest. West Of Chicago
also several enormous plants have
been. are being constructed,
FRESH REVELATION
After having visited aircraft and
Shipbullding plants in California
and Oregon, l felt | had no capac-
fity left for establishment. But the
Boeing bomber city at Seattle was
fresh revelation. One isn't per-
United TO give figures. It's magni-
tude has 10 be seen 10 be believed
Efficiency there is more akin 10
the efficiency of our major motor
factories, with their moving as
Sembly lines, than in any other
plant | have toured.
AS in the Kaiser shipbuildine
yards, large parts Of the completed
product are built in different parts
of the farfiung plant, then moved
INTO place and Joined together
usually by welding.
@"NhirlIcS. cranes capable Of
moving anywhere and everywhere
and capable Of lifting up 10 sc
tons, carry the gigantic parts 10
the exact SPOT required.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Buy Extra Bond
gedtoAvenge
Pearl Hdrbor
War Savings Chairman
to intensity Drive in
State Dec. | TO Dec. J

Michigan's most important war
bond drive thus far in World War
III has been set for the week Of
December ] 70 7, Frank n. Isbcy,
chairman of the Michigan war
savings committee, announced Sat-
urday.
The slogan for the campaign is
Remember Pearl Harbor.
In setting the campaign date
and selecting the slogan, lSbey
-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-23
Glenn L. Martin Company has

Glenn l.. Martin Company has
declared a dividend Of 81 $50 on
the common, payable December 81
to holders of record December |.
Previous payment was also 81 so.
in December, 1871.
Peoples Gas Light and Coke
Company has declared dividend
Of 81 payable January Is. TO
holders of record December q.
Similar payment was made in
final quarter OF l9i1. Action
brought disbursements in 1912. to
81 compared with $3.50 in the
preceding year.
Solar Aircraft Company has
declared dividend OF 10 cents
on the common payable Deem
her 20 10 holders of record De-
cember : Dividends for year
total 20 cents against 10 cents
IN 1871.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04
The Outlook Isn't Brilliant

Figures are starting to trickle in on Memorial Day traffic. It was a mere ghost of that of former years. Of course it was expected, but we don't suppose that anyone would concede that there might be SO per cent decrease in the amount of traffic flowing over our high ways this year as compared to 1941. And that's just what occurred Checked exactly along. the Merritt Parkway those were the statistics obtained and there doesn't seem to be any need to dispute them. All of us realize by now that driv- ing is definitely on the wane.
 What that means to New England at this season of the year is understandable, too. Our tourist trade will be completely ruined'for this summer. Maybe it should be in the interest of our war effort but then it's kind of hard to see a lot of peo- pie denied a livelihood on which they count as a means of tiding them over In addition thousands of dollars are in- vested in New England recreation. and there is bound to be severe loss to the investors.
 Further than that just looking at Merritt Parkway figures we can see per- hapS the end of construction of the Cross Parkway until such time as toll receipts mount again, Presumably there are some funds available for this big con- Struction job, but there won't be in another year if the war lasts and the bans continue. True, it poStpones lot of work to the postwar period, but it also means that careful planning in the past has had to be scrapped So no mat ter which way you look at it a world war of the proportions of the present one takes it's toll on all sides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04
Air Transport

Inspired by the enormously effective part which the airplane has played in this war, we are getting bit over-enthu- siasticrs about postwar probabilities Already, in a casual way, we are talking about time not far distant when family planes will be as common as family flivvers are today. We take for granted the prophecies that after the war huge aircraft will largely Supplant trains on land and ships at sea in the business Of transporting both passengers and freight.
 Though probably we don't really argue that far, we enviSion hazily the day, soon after we have pounded the axis out of existence, when we shall fly to the un- mourned funerals of the automobile and the railroad and the steamship. Such a dream could come true, of course. In speed, in carrying capacity, in ease of control and in fundamental safety, the airplane has made unbelievable strides. Without doubt after this war airline'S passenger, express and freight businesses will be multiplied many folds
 ' We shall have thousands of huge planes, built as bombers and transports and war freighterS, plus the capacity to turn out more thousands every year. The railroads and steamship line will face intense competition. Efficient plants, !, which have been making fighters and | trainers, undoubtedly do their best to sell us family planes in place of automobiles. But that is only one side of the picture. The men who design and manufacture !, planes tell us, truly, such developments are mechanically feasible. The men who will have to find the income to pay the { expenses want to know about some other phases.
 Huge bombers are built to give super speed, to fly at extreme attitudes, re- gardleSS of the cost of construction or operation. Governments at war can't worry unduly about economy. But ex- perts say these big planes will need whale of lot of revamping before any body can use them to haul payloads in self-supporting business venture. More over, there is a question how much freight and how many passengers are in sufficient hurry to pay the premiums 70 finance air transport
 As for family planes, did you ever stop to think how much more extensive term inaI facilities, involving how much greater tax cost are required for plane than for in automible? Do you know how your community could finance such costly lnl-
 movements, at the same time maintaining kreets and highways - for, of course, the planes owner must have car to travel rom home to airport. None of these problems is i1soluble. Some aren't even relatively difficult. The point is that such problems, and dozens more, exist and at, best will require time for their solution. Don't sell the railroads, steam ship lines and automobile manufacturers ioo sFort right away. Let's keep our shirts on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04
Notable Record

Few court prosecutors can boast of the record that lies behind Hugh M. Alcorn of Hartford County, due to retire to private life at the end of this month. He has been States Attorney for Hart ford County for the past S4 years. MT. Alcorn's fame, however, hardly rests on the longevity of his service to the state, but to the fact that it was consistently thorough in every one of the S4 years he officiated before the bar of justice.
 Only on rare occasions did he venture from his orbit of prosecution. In 1884 he entered the political arena as the Re- publican candidate for governor, but was defeated by pr. Wilbur L. Cross in hectic campaign and election, which saw Meriden's Francis T. Maloney elected to the Senate. Otherwise Mir. Alcorn de- voted himself SO assiduouSly to his tasks of prosecution that his name and fame were almost legendary throughout the land. To the criminal ear the name of Alcorn was a discordant sound, because it usually spelled conviction.
 The name of Alcorn, though, will not be divorced from Hartford ~County's courts, for in his fathers footsteps will follow Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr, already estab- lished in his own right as a prosecutor and a legislator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04
Press Comment
HOW ABOUT LA GUARDIA
 FIELD?
tHridgeport Post)

Bridgeport Post)
 Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia has a good chance to show some consis- tency coupled with a little modesty if consistency and modesty play any great part in his makeup.
 The other day the N. Y. Council unanimously passed a resolution to change the name of the East River Drive to MacArthur Drive In honor of the hero of Bataan Peninsula and the commander of our forces in the Far East.
 Mayor LaGuardia vetoed this resolution on the ground that it was too early to begin conferring honors on our war heroes and that we should wait until history had confirmed the verdict.
 But the mayor did not veto, or object to the naming of New Works municipal airport LaGuardia field in honor of himself.
 We noted the fact at the time not because We begrudged that honor to New York's mayor who is alr-Ininded but because we thought 1t a bad precedent. It should be New York Airport, in order to identify 1t geographically.
 Strange as 1t may seem there are people in the United States, Q good many million of them, whc would not automatically identify the location of LaGiaTdla field. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04

mittee that Meancy was an "ex- cellent c0nversati0naliSt" and "the type of man you would like to go to 8 theater or . ball game with"
 The Irish War Vets and the Disabled Vets of New Jersey also went to bat for Meaney, as did a dignified Jersey City minister who solemnly declared that Mayor Hague was a good man because he replaced cosoble-Storae street in front of his church with a paved tlioroughfare.
 However, the most unusual are gunent came from an opponent of Meaney,S confirmation, Mrs. c. F. Robbins, a member of the State Board of the New Jersey League of Women Voters and a vigorous Hague foe.
 Mrs. Robbins brought the house down by accusing Meaney and Boss Hague. among other things, of creating dlSsension in her kit- chen.
 Ever since Mir. MeaneyG nomination vas announced" she testified amid hOwls, "I haven't been able to get along with my. cook. My cook Is 3 great admirer of Mayor Hague and she won't listen tO anyone criticize him."
 Copyright. 1942. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04

There are all sorts of political stories to be picked up and read these days. The latest is that Governor Robert A. Hurley would not be the Democratic candidate this fall, but would have resigned by that time to accept a federal post. We don't think the governor would desert the state at this crucial time and we're pretty sure he's rather anxious to be the partys candidate again this fall. Simply to carry through the important war work he has started would be an incentive to Governor Hurley to seek renomination. And if he seeks it he'll get it very easily this time AS to his opponent, it becomes more and more evident that the move to name ex-governor Raymond E. Baldwin is more or less following certain line of procedure. If he doesn't get the nomi- nation therell be something very much wrong with the COP state organization, for it definitely is pro-Baldwin. Another Hurley-Baldwin battle would be hum- dinger with the Democrat holding the edge at this moment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04
Romance Lingers On

Even in the drabness of modern mechanized warfare, traces of romance are not absent. To those. who want to abolish wars at any price this is un- fortunate. But for the soldiers touch of old-fashioned melodrama sometimes is lifesaver.
 The Commanders have glamor of their own which is akin - because 1t emphasizes individual courage and ini- tiative - to the glory of General Mihail- ovitch's Serbian Chetniks. General Chennault's Flying Tigers, in the Far East, are demonstrating the superiority of democratic man over totalitarian mass. And Cossack cavalrymen, cutting Nazi parachutists to pieces with old-fashioned Sabers, bring back memories of the days before war became Big Business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04
BOY SCOUT SERVICES (Christian Science Monitor

Americans have been proud of tho Boy Scouts since their organization in the United States in 1910. TheiS recent distribution of 25JO00,OOl blanks in preparation for the sugar rationing is merely one of the jobs they have taken in stride for thelf country. "
 The recent statement from Mf. James E. West, Chief Scout Execu, tive, is an impressive reminder tD the public of the services these i2. to-2O-year-old youths have ren. dered. Americas 2.O0O. 900 Scouts in April, i04i. distributed ,400,O0e posters. They helped in the col lection of I2.OOO, 900 pounds of alum mum; they have finished ofe drive for waste paper that nettee 5OO00 tons; at the request of the OPA they gave out l0.OO0,O0O con- sumers' pledges. Tn great cities ana small hagnIets, the Scouts are sesvs ing the A. R: P. as messengers. !,
 Tn England, Scouts have gtveS more than 100 kinds of emergency services during the "blltg." sn
 Americans hope their Scouts Wlla not have similar work, but the Scout motto Is, "Be Prepared"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04

From Hartford comes word that the War Production Board has given per- mission for construction of numerous dwelling units in this state, but very ob- viously these are not of the private home type. They are projects planned pub licly or through privately financed groups. None of those mentioned for Waterbury recently seem to be included in the group. Hartford and surrounding towns get the bulk of construction per mits with New London having large one = 1900 units. Construction, even in defense areas, is about stalemated right now. No permits are coming through despite the WIPE announcement that houses up to $6,000 cost could be built. Seems to be bottleneck some where
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-04

the rock while others foolishly lay their foundations in the sand. The ones who build on rock are the ones who put first on their list of living values, religious faith, self- control, honesty, brotherly love. Those who build on the sand are the ones who seek first the gratification Of their appetites. love nothing so much as a good time, get as much out of life as they can and give as little as they can get away with. fritter away precious hours while others are living a life of purpose.
 We at least ought to have as good sense as the birds. Instinct tells them that a rotten limb is no place to build q nest. Revealed religion and common sense assure us that sand is not a safe foundation for any mans dwelling. When he builds thereon, the rains descend, the floods come, the winds blow and beat upon that house and 1t falls, and great Is the fall thereof.
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