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Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Cut Spark Plug Prices

Reductions in the price OF
ceramic insulated aircraft spark
plugs are announced by Duane
Stranahan, vice president of
Champion Spark Plug Company.
Manufacturing economies and
sharply increased demand for
both governmental and civilian
use are responsible for the re-
ductions which on the civilian
plane type plugs average 20 per
cent, Stranahan said.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Shelton Promoted

A. E. Shelton. works manager
of the Stinson division of Vultee
Aircraft, Inc, has been named
division manager, it was an
nounced today. He Joined the
Vultee organization at Wayne,
Mich, on February /, after IL
years with the aircraft industry.
Shelton was president and
general manager of the Menasco
Manufacturing Company in Bur-
bank. Cal, and before that
purchasing agent of Lockheed
Aircraft and purchasing agent
of TWA and Western Airlines.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Freight loadings
Down 9,19O Cars

WASHINGTON. Oct. 23-Load-
ings of revenue freight during the
week ended October II totaled
900,767 cars, a decrease of 9,190
cars from the previous week and a
decrease of 22.117 from the like
week year ago, according to re-
ports TO the Association of Ameri-
can Railroads.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
PREVAILING Rate

In hiring workers for new jobs
or for work in new plants, the
WLB said:
"The rate shall he fixed at
level not exceeding that which
prevails for similar classified
tions within the area unless a
higher rate Is approved by the
War Labor Board"
Meanwhile. the WLB outlined
the procedure under which wage
disputes will be settled under the
wage stabilization program which
the board is required to admin
iSter.
Machinery will be set up Chair
man William II. Davis said, 10 en-
able the board to pass speedily on
all voluntary wage adjustments.
The policy of encouraging COL
lective bargaining is continued
under the Presidents executive
order. he pointed out. In addition,
the fullest use of the labor de-
partments Cancellation service, as
well as state and local mediation
agencies, is contemplated in han
ding disputes.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
BarnsdalI Oil Co.
Retires Bank Loans

NEW YORK. Oct. 23-Barns-
dall OIL Company has completely
paid and retired its serial bank
loans and the items of purchase
money obligations appearing in its
balance sheet aS of Jan. !, 1871, az
81 562,757 and in the report for
Jan !. 1912, at S3,5i0,000, states
William Dewey LouckS. chairman.
This leaves the company with only
the capital stock outstanding.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
S4.15O.0OO.OOO

Total 81, 1500O0000 1000
1t will be that SO of dividend
was received by individuals having net incomes of S5 00
havlng $1,000
institutions hospitals schools churches
Vduals filing
report dividends (evidenty small shareholders)"
From Department of Commerce Survey
June 1941, IT,
From Treasury Department Statistics of Income 1910,
Part preliminary. p. 70.
Partly estimated by the Treasury.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Livestock Markets

CATTLE Receipts 35n Slaughter steers
and heifers nnminaily steady. quality plain
with quite n few cutter 10 common light
steers and heifers stil IN first hands. COWS
fairly active. steady 10 strong. bulls un-
changed few Kentucky grass steers Si2
~ - odds and ends. cutter 10 common
native Erassers SoH few grass heifers.
Sil * down. thin dairy bred hght WEIGHTS
on stocker account down 70 $s %: common
and medium grass cows. 50 i59 10 25. good
absent, Gamers and cutters. S6ns odd
head good veighty sausage bulls. N2 p
cutter 90 common Ugh; bulls. Ss1 10 5c
about 100 Southwest stock calves still left
from earlier IN the week
CALVES Receipts. i2i: market. mostly
80 cents lower for two days some common
and medium calves of more. Most good
and choice vealers, Si7 odd Rfad O.
Si7 80 common and medium. Si2 rs.
HoGs-Receipts 700. market not Vet
lower or mainly Sii.s5ui5 on iSO-iO0-lb.
weights
sHEEP- Receipts. 1000: market sbou,
steady Bulk good ~ choice native lambs
S1f.75G15, w.th bucks out Al 81 discount
medium 60 good lambs. Si30i4 so. hght
throwouts xl2 80 down. mostly S12 down
on common kinds good 20 choice slaugh-
- ewes, So n ia. common down to St.
CHICAGO, Oct. % dNs) 80 HOGS
Receipts. 1900; market 10 l5c lower;
top Si515; bulk si4 $50 10; heavics
LIGHTS. si44oaI475: iigh I lights. Siia
$3.50: packing sows, Sli.75n15.i Is;
PIGS. Sf3n14
CATTLE - Receipts. 5000, market
steady. Calves Receipts ZOO: market
steady. Beef Steers Choice Si6H1 ~:
medium. S12n i6; yearlings Sl2H17.
Butchers-Heifers, Silp16; cows. S10n
$3.50: bulls 500 II so; calves, $50
1880; feeders, Si0114 stockers steers.
$40 So 1880; cows and heifers, SaT13
sHEEP -- Receipts 10 000; market
steady. Lambs Sl4d IS. common. SI2T
It; ysarhngs Sii .5Oai3; feeders. Sl2
IL: ewes, NG6.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Detroit Poultry

Market steady. Hens average run ..
cents; leghorn hens lbs up i1c. cooks
y p lfc. rock springers 25c; rock hr0Iler
2is lhs up CSC; leEhoTn sprinEsfs @0c
tom turkeys rs lbs. up 2sc hen turkey
~ lbs. up SOC. ducks. white 3 ibs ul
zoe geese young 1sc
EGGS Market firm Current receipts
'iise undergrades, 81 = fn32 &C.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Facts 6 Figures
On War Finance
Instalment No. 10

EDITORS NOTE These are seIf-eGpLdaatory tables
from Facts and Figures War Finance pamphlet
prepared, copyrighted and distributed by The Tar Fo-
dotion, 80 Rockefeller Plaza NeW York City chch the
Times has published IN fuH These tables and earlier
charts and questions and dnsWerS designed help
the reader to better understanding of present rerenue
proposals and probable enactments
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Exchange Seat Up
To $4,000, New Hiqh

NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-Arrange-
ments had been made today for
the sale of a New York Stock Ex-
change seat at S27, 900. up 81. 900
over the last previous sale, and a
high for this year.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Look to Hall Cross-HauIinq

WASHINGTON. Oct. 23l-The
Office of Defense Transportation
and War Production Board are Co
operating closely in surveys look
ing to elimination of cross-hauling,
both by railroad and truck
transportation, Director Eastman
stated.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23

Life in May. 1910. as a full time
life underwater in Yale. Mich. In
April. 1871. he wasi appointed
supervising assistant of the De-
troit agency.
He Is a member OF the Qualified
Life Underwriters OF Detroit.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23


NJ u [ ual Life
Insurance Com
pany OF New
York. has been
appointed as a
training assist
ant at the COM
pany's home Of
fee here and
is assuming his
new duties i'm
m e d "a I e ly.
G a v a n a u z h
-.n
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
WHO GETS THE DlvIDEHDs7

Quoted from National City Letter May 1922
Nor should 1t be supposed overwhelming the
total dividends distributed wealthy
can aod to take losses According
economic COMMITTEE monograph 2s there 1887
and million individual
evidence to who may by comparing
the total dividend reported Department Com
with total dividend
turns for 1940 Following the figures groups:
Dividend Payments 1910 Dividend Receipts by Net Income
Glasses
Cent
Amount OF Total
Total dividend payments (excuding inter-
corporate) Department of Commerce
Dividend receipts reported N
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23

Stewnri-N Warner Corporation aud sub
diaries Tor the nine months ended Septem-
Der so report net profit Of SlIii Osg
After income and excess profits taxes.
fased on contemplated laws and provision
oi $3.50 UOO Tor contingencies or e0 cents a
,in The 1871 period.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Detroiter Wins n. Y.
Post With Mutual Life

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.--Herbert
A. Cavanaugh, supervising assist
ant at the Detroit agency of the
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Detroit Stocks

Dividends In the foregoing table are the
amounts declared or paid far this year,
unless otherwise noted. a-Iiquidntlne diNi-
dend, bon accuniulations. tN-EN dividend
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23
Big gPdyto Induce
Labor Transfers
Banned by WLB
New Employees Limited
TO Prevailing Wage;
Move Hits at Piracy

WASHINGTON, Oct. % GNS)
In an effort TO stop pirating Of
labor by one war manufacturer
from another, the War Labor
Board today ruled that employers
car not hire workers at wages
higher than the prevailing rates
for similar skills.
The object of the order. the
WLB said, is TO put a stop to the
raiding of one employer of an
others labor crews by offers OF
eXorbitant wage increases.
Employers, under the decree,
will be required 10 pay new en-
ployeS the wage rates previously
established in their plants for SIM
liar skills and productive ability.
If a higher wage is offered. the
board said. it will be a wage in
crease within the meaning of the
Presidents executive order of Oc-
tober 3 stabilizing wages. and will
be subject 10 approval of the
board.
Detroit evening times., 1942-10-23

- Expenditures include additional shown Budget
Directors estimate of April "a 1912 Receipts
mates OF July 20 1912 based House Bill for full
Note Estimates 1943
1912 dollar value lnfatonay further rise
IN expenditures and would require
CONTINUED TOmOrrOw)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
sUncOn4MerHbIeS'
Epic Tale of Heroes

Heroes who would rather die than surrender!
Indomitable leaders whose countries have been
by fight boldly in their homeands the
eventual emancipation of their countrymen.
These valiant patriots will be the subject OF daily
series of articles, THE Unconquerables starting Monday
in The Detroit Times.
Written by Bob Considne, author of Macarthur the
Magnificent the articles will bring you face to face with
leaders and peoples who in countless ways
battling prove the world that they will NEVER become
reconciled to Axis rule
You urged read "The Unconquerables" starting
Monday in The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
DETAILS CLAIMS
ny United Press

Japan claimed today that If had
sunk - Allied warShipS. including
nine American cruisers, and 10
transports so far in the battle of
the Solomon Islands and had shot
down SO Allied planes.
1t said its only losses had been
two cruisers slightly damaged,
both of them still able TO fight,
and 81 planes, all Of which power
dived onto their targets in suicide
attacks.
The japanese high command. in
its first communique on the battle
since Monday. said Allied losses
were 13 cruisers. nine deStroyers,
three submarines and 10 trans
ports sunk and one heavy cruiser,
three destroyerS and one transport
severely damaged.
In making its new total claim,
it said that the "battleship' re-
ported sunk in the first communi-
que had turned out to be a cruiser
of the British Achilles class, 1000
tons.
Achilles is about one-fourth the
tonnage of the smallest battleShip,
In the Midway and Coral Sea
battles Japan tried to cover UP
its humiliating defeats by making
fantastic claims Of A m er c n
losses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Army, Navy Take
Charge Of Plant
Shut by Strike
Roosevelt Gives Order
as Wildcat Wslkout
Seals War Factory

BAYONNE. n. J., Aug. II
GNSl. 49, With Steel-h me ed
troops patroling the area, the
army and navy assumed charge OF
at the Bayonne plant
of the General Cable Corporation
today, and were hopeful of getting
work on war orders resumed
shortly.
Acting on direct orders from
President Roosevelt. Brig. Gen. r.
r. Robertson and Admiral ii. G.
Bowen arrived early this morning
at the plant, scene of a wildcat
strike which prompted govern
mental seizure of the factory.
They Immediately began an in
Spection of the property.
ASK lO-CENT HOUR RAISE
At a general meeting it was ex-
pected that 1000 AFL strikers
who walked out i'm defiance OF
their union and the war labor
board would vote TO resume work
under jurisdiction of the navy.
Shortly after the troops appear
ed at the plant a machine gun was
mounted on a bridge overlooking
the factory but later the gun was
diSmantled
Although President Roosevelt
specifically ordered the navy 10
take over the cable plant, the APP
pearance Of b OF h military and
naval officials indicated that the
two branches would work together
in ironing out the difficulty and
getting production Of wire and
cables vital TO the war effort re-
Sumcd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Atlantic Charter Year Old
Roosevelt, on Anniversary Of Historic Meeting
With Churchill Reaffirms Freedom PIedoe

WASHINGTON. Aug "a INS)
In q message 10 Prime Minister
Churchill on the first anniversary
Of the signing of the Atlantic
Charter. President Roosevelt to-
day pledged all the resources and
efforts" OF the q United Nations
TO the single and supreme obiec-
tive Of defeating the AXIS forces Of
aggression.
Recalling the secret meeting AZ
sea with the British leader a year
ago. the President declared
I'VE based. and continue 10
base our hopes for a better fu-
ture for the world on the reali-
ZatiOn of these principles
Freedom and Independence are
IN jeopardy the world over. the
President stated.
''f the forces Of conquest are
not successfully resisted and de
feated," he added. there will be
no freedom and no independence
and no opportunity for freedom
for any nation" II
~ The charter drawn up before
The formal entry a the United
States in the second world war
contained eight points constituting
the common principles accepted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
EEOERlBnla Alive?
Jap Chief in Philippines
Replaced, Toxic Says
- .. 5. Patenl omes

TOXIC. Aug. Il Japanese
broadcast recorded by UP at San
Francisco A japanese war min
iStry communique announced to-
day that 1t. Gen. Taichi Kanaka
has been named commandments
chief IN the Philippines, TO succeed
1t. Gen. MaSaharu Homma
The communique remarked that
Homma led his forces 10 the
of the Philippines. -
Before the end of the Philip
pines campaign. Gen. Douglas
Macarthur received reports that
Homma had committed hara kiri
because he had failed TO achieve
victory. The japanese denied
thlS.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Ydnk Position
Hopeless, Jap
Agency Boasts
Toxic Claims Allies
Lost rs Warships in
Battle Of Solomons

TOXIC. Aug. IA fINS) (by Of
fetal Japanese wireless). - The
Japanese news agency Domei to-
day broadcast an account of the
Allied attack on the Solomon Is
lands, saying that an Allied fleet
approached in a dense fog last Fri
day and began handing operations.
Japanese aircraft attacked for
the first "a hours and naval units
interviewed on Saturday,
A small Allied ground force
was left completely cut off on
the islands, it was alleged, and IS
helpless
CThis was the first japanese
admission that a landing had
been made)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
u. 5. Filters Blast
Jdps in Burma

HEADQUARTERS. NITED
STATES ARMY AIR FORCE,
NEW DELHI, India Aug. - (UP)
Delayed United States Army
Air Corps heavy bombing planes
have interrupted service on a 125-
mile stretch of the vital Mandalay
railroad and have heavily bombed
Japan'S three greatest bases in
northern Burma in two-week
offensive, a communique said to-
day
The big japanese air base at
Myitkyina. the terminus of the
railroad extending from Mandalay
into far northern Burma, was
heavily attacked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
$4,000 Purged
From Fds(istS


LONDON, Aug Il UNS)--A
purge in the Fascist Party has
been carried through by the
national directorate and $4,000
names have been stricken from
the party lists, the Rome radio
said today, according to Reuters.
The purge is proceeding in a
firm. judicial manner the Rome
broadcast said. and added that
Premier MuSSolini presided.
Causes for action against the
thousands of party members were
said TO include diSobedlenCe Of
rationing regulations, refusal 10
serve in voluntary militia organ
izationS and other efforts for
national safety, failure 10 display
fascist insignia and lukewarm
attitudes toward party activities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Dutch Sub Blasts
Two Jap Ships

LONDON. Aug Il GNS) A
Dutch submarine, operating with
the eastern fleet. attacked a
convoy of Japanese supply ships
and left two Of them ablaze.
Netherlands o m munique dis
closed today
After being struck by torpedoeS.
the cOmmuniQuc said the Japa-
neSe vessels must be considered
total lnssps -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Submarine Launching SET

PORTSMOUTH, n. H., Aug IA
UNS) The submarine Shook
will be launched tomorrow at the
Portsmouth navy yard, sponsored
by Mrs. James c. Dempsey, wife
of a naval lieutenant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Comb Forest for Chutist

ADAMS. N. Y. Aug. Ia (UP).-
Federal. state and local officers
today searched forest near Chau-
mont. N. Y, where a woman had
reported she had seen a parachute
with a dark object on the bottom
of it, fall from circling plane.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Little Activity in EGYPT

CAIRO, Aug. Ia (UP).- British
bombers sank an enemy motor
barge off the African coast and
attacked enemy vehicles and en-
campmentS in the Alamein battle
area of Egypt, a communique said
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
BRIDGE DESTROYED

A railroad bridge on the main
line was destroyed in an attack
south OF Wuntho, lbs miles south
of Myitkyina Medium weight
bombs struck the bridge and both
spans fell into the river.
Medium bomberS destroyed a
bridge on the railroad between
TauSi and Plnbaw, near Mogaung,
20 miles south of Myitkyina.
Warehouses and docks al Katha.
100 miles south OF Myitkyina. on
the lrrawaddy River and the rail-
road, were attacked also. and a
direct attack was made on the
enemy Mogaung base.
All the raids were carried out
without the loss of a man OF
a plane
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14

by 'ho United States and the
United Kingdom
The charter subsequently, was
adopted hy all of the ~ United
Nations
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Reds Fall Back
AsFOe Intensifies
StdIingrdd Drive
Germans Push Ahead
70 Within l40 Miles
Of Gro1ny's Oil Wells
nv HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press star Correspondent

MOSCOW. Aug 14.-The Ger
mans. intensifyiug their efforts TO
invest the north Caucasus and
take Stalngrad. on the Nolga
River. have driven the Russians
back around kraSnodu near the
Black Sea. and broken through to
the Don River al kletSkaya,
northwest OF Stalingrad. commu-
niqueS and dispatches revealed to-
day
(The Grrman-controlled Paris
radio said today that 1000 Ger
man planes had bombed Stain
grad
Powerful Russia an diverSional
blows al Bryansk, Noronezh and
northwest of Moscow apparently
were gaining ground The noon
communique said 1000 Germans
had been killed IN two days on the
northwestern front, apparently
around Lake Sehger, 2l5 miles
OF Moscow.
A German drive down the RoS-
-Baku railway 10 within 40
miles Of Groznys oil wells was re-
vealed in last mldnightS commu-
nique, but the noon communique
did not indicate that il had made
further progress
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14

Japanese from the valuable atolls
of Makambo and Gavutu. which
are called suburbs OF Florida. as is
Tulagi. There are small docks on
both atolls. and there are impor-
tant machine shops at Gayutu.
international News Service
quoted unofficial observers in
Australia as saying that the AL
lied thrust in the SolomonS has
put a sizeable dent" in the iron
SemIcircle which Japan has been
trying to forge around Aus
tralia.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
BELIEVE BASE TAKEN

Although the situation on Quad
alcanal Island remained 10 be
clarified. there seemed good reason
to believe the marines there might
have taken the Kukum area.
Kukum, on the north side of
Guadalcanal. at the corner of big.
valuable Lunga Bay. was selected
by the Japanese as the most valu-
able naval and airdrome station in
the southern SolomonS. General
MacArthur's planes bombed il
heavily July 30 soon after the
enemy had consolidated positions.
1t seemed almost certain that
the marines had taken all of
Tulagi, hardly more than three
miles in circumference. that they
had cleared much of Florida and
that they had won their way more
than five miles into Guadalcanal,
across the grassy plain that skirts
the coast and rises toward the
mountains of the interior.
New Zealand reported that
a bout 100 whites, including the
Right Rev. Walter Hubert Bad
deley, bishop of the area. and his
staff. awaited rescue in the Flor
ida ulagi-M Northumberland area
by the marines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
FEAR RIVER CROSSED

One Of the most ferocious bat
ties around kraSnodar, 65 miles
northeast of the Soviet Black Sea
fleets primary base at Novoros-
siSk. had been fought over a river
crossing presumably the kub7n
River). This might indicate that
the river had been forced
In the kletSkaya area, Is miles
northwest OF Stahngrad, where the
Russians had held the Germans
for several weeks, a large mass OF
enemy tanks, artillery and lnian-
try broke through TO the Don and
tried 10 spread along the bank, a
dispatch TO the Soviet army or
gan. Red Star, said
Red Star reported that the
enemy had flankeG the defenders
of Mineralnye Vody. l40 miles
from Grozny and 200 miles from
the Caspian Sea, compelling re-
treats and were breaking through
in the central defense area, where
a critical battle was raging.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
- - =
The War
Today
Hitler Races
With Time in
Russion Drive
nv LOUIS Y. KEEMLE
OF N. United Press War Desk

The more rugged territory Of
The Caucasian foothills into which
the Germans are advancing has
slowed the momentum Of their
drive slightly. but The fury Of
their attack has not lesSened and
they appear likely 10 achieve their
immediate objcCtiyeS
These oblectlveS arc tho Black
Sea coast and the Groznl OIL fields
near the Caspian.
In the north the objective is
Stalingrad and the Nolga River.
There the Russians are holding
well, and il seems at least pos
Sble that the Germans may be
stopped N front Of StalinGrad as
they were before Moscow and
l,eniDCrad last wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-14
Z Jop Bases
Captured
BY Marines
Continued from Page One)


somewhere in the South Seas. TO
be attended by medical units Of
Johns Hopkins. Pennsylvania and
Maryland Universities and that
more were on the way.
General MacArthur'S commu-
nique reported an attack on a
japanese reinforcement fleet in
New Guinea waters. The fleet
.eVi d emily was bound for the
Southern SolomonS.
THREE AIR BLOWS
Boeing Flying FortresseS and
medium bombers, believed 10 De
Martin two-motored B-26S, as fast
as some fighters. attacked the
fleet three I mes yesterday in
force.
Although the weather inter
fered with observation of results,
il was hoped that a SCATTERING
blow had been given TO the enemy
warshipS and transports.
The first fleet of Macarthur S
planes, Flying Fortresses, were
challenged by six Japanese Zero
fighters and shot down two and
damaged three. Medium bombers
which made up the second fleet
engaged seven Zeros and shot
down one. The third feet. pe-
lieved 10 have been composed OF
both Fortresses and mediums, was
not challenged. All Allied planes
returned safely 10 their base.
Indications were that the ma
rineS might be not only on Tulagi
Florida and Guadalcanal islands
but that they might be on Mala-
kaita. across the indispensable
strait from Florida.
1t was believed likely further.
more that they had driven the