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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
l5-MiIIion V Loan

MINNEAPOLIS. Dec 9-Min-
neapolis- Honeywell Regulator
Company announced today the ne
gotiation of a $l5.000,000 regula-
ton V loan for the purpose of
financing the company's large
war production program. The
credit will be available 10 the
company Al any time and from
time TO time until Dec 81 1913.
al -. per cent interest on the
amount borrowed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
WPB 10 Clamp
Rigid Control on
Retail Stocks
Big Stores Inventories
Will Be Based on Trade
in Pre-PearI Harbor Year

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 GNS),
The War Production Board TO-
day put the finishing touches tC
its long-awaited inventory con-
troll order, designed to provide fair
distribution of the nations limited
supply OF consumer goods.
The regulation. affecting re-
tailers, wholesalers and manufac-
turers, is expected to be issued
within a few days.
AS previously disclosed by WIPE
Chairman Donald NJ. Nelson, the
control system will require mer.
chants 10 maintain the same re-
iatIonShIp between inventories anc
sales as they had in the pre-Pearl
.Harbor years, l939-40-4l.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
REJECTED COMPROMISE

The union protested. and the
,WLB Nalnly tried TO have the
company agree TO a compromise
clause saving the contract would
be signed after the protest. in
compliance with the order of tho
President OF the United States"
Montgomery Ward again re-
iected-the compromise clause after
the WLB had embodied il IN a
directive requiring immediate com
Iplance.
One alternative 10 taking over
the mail order house is that
Avery be ouSted as president and
that an outside Fnanager be named
until settlement is reached.
There is precedent for govern
Iment seizure Of war plants, but no
business establishment devoted
primarily TO supplying civilians has
been taken over.
Al stake. however II is said. Is
the authority and future of the
WLB. and the power OF the gov
'ernment 10 compel compliance
with its orders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Dividends

Adams Mills Corporation has
declared dividend OF 80 cents on
the common. payable December %
TO holders of record December is.
Dividends for year total STE.
against Sl.25 in l9ll.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
BIG OPERATORS ONLY

Only the So-called big opera
tors will be covered by the in
vcntory order. one WPB official
estimated that approximately So
600 of the country. nearly 1000
900 retail outlets would come
under the regulation.
ile SAID "coverage' would be
based on tho firm volume of bust
ness, indicating that the order
would apply to companies that do
a "SlX-hgure' annual business.
possibly 100000 and up.
Several thousand manufacturers
and wholesalers also are expected
10 be brought under the regula-
ton in order to close all possible
loopholeS for violations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Fate Of Ward S
Hinges on Reply
To U|tindtun
WLB in One Sentence
Gives Final Order-Then
It's Up TO White House

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 GNS)
The War Labor Board today
awaited the reply Of Montgomery
Ward & Co to 4 board ultimatum
that tho mail order concern sign a
union security contract with the
United Retail Employees Union
(CIOD.
Chairman William II. Davis had
sent TO Sewell Avery. president OF
Montgomery Ward, a one-sentence
letter calling for prompt COM
IplianCe with previous VILE
order that the contract be signed.
The WLB was expected TO wait
until tomorrow If Avery has not
answered tho letter by then, il
was indicated. the matter will be
taken to the White House.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
American Brake shoe and Toun

dry Company has declared tho
extra dividend of 80 cents and the
usual quarterly dividend Of p
cents on the common both payable
December % 10 holders of record
December rs. Dividends for year
total S17O against s. 20 IN 1871
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Earnings


American Power and Light Company
ana subsidiaries for .fhc - months ended
September go. reports net income n,
So CSC 40 equal 20 - IS a share OF, me
combined 81 preferred and s. preferred in
srtcars. against 50 So. 81 or q SIS on IN,
combined rtcicrreds 10 ,he preceding Il
months
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Fairchild AVIATION Corporation

has declared a dividend of 20 cents
on the common payable December
- 20 holders OF record December
Is Payments for year total 81
against 81 - iu 1917.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Up TO ROOSEVELT

II then would be up TO President
Roosevelt 10 decide whetheD 10
have the government take over
the mail order concern under wal
powers granted hun by Congress
or 10 adopt less drastic alterna-
tive.
When the boards latest diff.
ICultieS with Montgomery Ware
were brought TO the President
attention al his press conference
Tuesday. he said he would look
into the matter
MIR Roosevelt said that The
company previously had agreed tC
sign the contract. lie was then in
I formed that IT had reversed il
position
The President directed the mai
order house to sign the contract
November Is Up to that time tho
company had deficd the WLB anc
had refused 10 sign
AftcrWard. the firm undertook
10 insert in the contract a clause
stating that il was "unSound anc
Illegal" and that il would be
signed only under dureSS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
Electric Power and LIGHT Corporation

T'WTT HWW IIIAWT
and subsidiaries for me ~ months ended
october 81 report = net income OF SIS SOC
TOO. equal 90 81. - a share on the com.
b.red 81 first preferred and SIS first pre-,
fefrcf mi arrears In II months ended
October 81 last year net income va.
S6HS0 $50 or SIS 90 a share on the com
tiued first rrefcfreds
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

Order The Detroit Times
mailed 10 your hoy in the army
or navy. It's like letter from
homo every day!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

ended Sept -, 1912 reports a net profit
ot Stql rs after federal income and excess
profits taxes. Nel Us equal 10 - cents a
share on The common This comlares with
net profit OFF NG6I. SIS OF - cents share
In Use quarter ot preceding va
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
CAN'T PILE INVENTORIES

II is not expected 90 require
merchants who nave accumulated
excessive stocks 10 dispose of
them 10 lcSS-foTtunate firms. How
ever, they repeatedly VIII be pro
hlbItcd from acquiring additional
supplies until their InVcutOrics get
down TO normal.
Inventories nest year. II was
SAID. viii follow the 1924 sales
inventory ratio For example, II
company did 81 100000 worth OF
business IN the pre-war period on
5000 600 worth OF inventories, its
1888 stocks would be limited TO
30 per cent of anticipated sales
Nelson previously reported that
information reaching WPB showed
that great pressure was being
eXerted on markets As result OF
overbuylng Of consumers goods
The order va drafted after a
thorough investigation by a spc-
clal inventory policy committee of
the WPB office OF civilian supply
The civilian supply division ~
headed by Leon Henderson. who
also serves as price administrator
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

toI rlr o. months ended OtfOhsf ~ TO.
i,ur' % nor income Uf - 3t2 6s2 equsl IN
NisSi snare on 90, s. first preferred IN
arresfs AGAINST $3.50 "a or ti2 81 on IN,
81 nrsi preferred - preceding II months
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10

DIVIDENDS in the foregoing table are IN,
amounts declared or paid 80 Tar this year
unless otherwise mated a-Liauidating diNl-
dend. bon Accommodations, eN-IN din idend
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
The Brighter Side

IN looking over the list Of our
l. American combat divisions. L
am struck by a curious omission.
No Forty-second division ap-
pears on the list. All the divi-
Sions leading up to and going
beyond the Forty-second are
found, but no Forty-Second.
/ thought it must be typo
graphical error until 1 made in
quiry in quarters that should
know and learned that the rea-
son the Forty-second is not on
the list is because the Forty
second is non-existent.
In organizing the new army.
the boys just by-passed that
number.
1t is about the only division
of Pershings great American
Expeditionary force of 1917 that
has not been revived, numeri-
cally. at least, for the army of
today.
L have consulted with several
former members of the Forty
second. immortal in the mill
tary annals of the United States
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
New Numbers
for the Fans

up with praise the Lord and
Pass the Ammunition" as the
theme song Of the one going on
now In spite of everything
he's tried TO do 10 kill the i'm
preston, Jack Pearl is still a
funny guy. He convicted him
self by being comic on his Gomez
back.
The About Time Department:
Variety. reviewing the new radio
programs, now gives credit TO
the writer's, who have been, Too
often, the muscles for mediocre
mouthpieces who got all the
Crossley and most of the NICOLA.
TNIIE Front Pages: An exciting
Il UP yarn from Moscow gives
you clear line on why the
Soviets are too tough for Hitler.
This piece describes battle
that ragged for nine days in
Stalingrad for possession of one
house. The Huns took countries
in less time.
Raoul Auernheimer recalls a
piece OF trick journalism by
Mark Twain. The humorist
caught cop asleep on his beat.
He realized his editor wouldn't
print the item. so he sat and
famed the sleeping bluecoat
with a cabbage leaf That drew
a crowd and made the story
worth a feature spread.
THE Intelligentsia: Whit Bur-
Il nett'S new anthology is
called This Is My Best" each
author making his own pick,
Benchley's is The Treasures
Report" and il should be. II
made him an actor and put him
up where the chips are at their
bluest.
Eugene O'Neill skipped his
hits and favored a scene from
The Great God Brown" no ball
OF fire Ernest Hemingways
introduction TO a book of war
stories he edited still shows him
with plenty Of hair on his chest.
He pins back some of the best
ears Phyllis McGinley's re-
view of F'PAs Innocent Merri-
ment." a batch OF light verse.
wasn't very clubby-she being
in IL and all.
Gypsy Rose Lees latest mys-
terry. Mother Finds a Body" is
clicking, despite some of the re-
viewers. Some book shops re-
port selling IL three times faster
than her "G-String Murder"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
Better Health
by Dr. Logan CIendening

THE wartime shortage Of doc
Il tors and nurses is being met
by adjustments on the part OF
the doctors.
II means extra work and
sacrifice on their part and so
far as my observation goes, they
are showing great ingenuity and
resourcefulness under the new
conditions.
There is no question that
during the last % years the doc
tors have been spoiled.
1t used to be that baby was
born in a hospital only when
some very grave complication
was expected.
Hospitals have con d u c I d
maternity wards With every
facility for delivery and after
care.
There is no question that this
makes things smoother for the
doctor.
Instead of making a round of
visits from house TO house, often
widely separated, he can see 10
patients under one roof in a
tenth Of the time.
I ARGELY because il is con-
IL venient. the fiction has
grown up that il is better and
safer to have a baby in the hos
pital.
This Is very debatable.
1t certainly, so far as my ex-
perience goes, is not more COM
Portable.
Give me my own bed. my own
meals. the quiet OF home IN
preference to any hospital that
! have ever been in.
The argument that seems TO
clinch things for the layman is
that the hospital has things
handy for an emergency, but
this is largely myth and with
a very little trouble the neces-
sary articles for safeguarding
mother and child can be pro-
vided at home.
A sign of the times along this
line is illustrated by doctor
friend of mine. DR.. Edmund Lis
sack of Concordia. Mo. who has
invented a delivery bed for home
obstetrics.
1t gives the obStetrician all
the practical operative positions
necessary for home obstetrics
and is Just as useful in every
way as the obStetric table pro-
vided in the maternity room OF
the average hospital.
THE local furniture dealers
i carry the beds in stock and
rent them to patients for a
small fee.
The bed is in parts and can be
taken down and put up on short
notice.
/ heard the other day OF a
hospital where 4S registered
nurses on their list were called
away TO military service at one
fell swoop.
OF course. the inferno situ-
alton is bad in the smaller hos
pitals and resident physicians
Just don't exist.
And the condition is likely to
continue for number Of years.
In the freshman class of a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
BY Damon RunyOn

as the Rainbow Division, and
some see in the omission a rare
distinction.
Others are slightly peeved.
THOSE who consider it a dis
u tinction say the authorities
probably felt that there should
never be another Forty-second
to partake of the glory of the
original organization and that
by not reviving the number
they left the original in a
unique niche in history.
Those who are irked by the
omission say pshaw TO this argu-
ment and contend that new
Rainbow would keep alive the
memory of the original and that
any added glory would but re-
dound TO the credit of the great
outfit as a whole.
They think that with other
famous divisions of 1917 living
again under the same colorS
and insignia Of yesterday and
with the new members glorying
in the traditions established by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
W.AAG'S Poker
Really Wacky

some Of the choices were as
founding.
Secret six coming up" one
woman declared as she started
parceling out the cards.
won't attempt to describe
secret six" to you in full.
There aren't enough keys on
this typewriter to paint fully the
horrors of il.
The same goes for some of the
other concoctions of il other
dealers chose, such as 1.-The fiery
furnace. the poverty miseries,"
and bowling John"
IN SECRET SIX" the first
Il three cards dealt are wild.
Or. maybe it's the first four
cards.
Come to think OF it land I
don't like to) / believe the first
five cards are wild.
They are all dealt face down.
ward, with only the sixth and
final card exposed. Now the
peeking at the hole cards begins.
That is followed by giggling.
and then by the betting.
took quick glance at the
hidden cards of one of the play
erS and suggested she raise.
Raise: On what" she de-
manded.
"Six kings" / whispered, that
being a strong enough hand in
my poker league.
And lose my shirt: No. sir.
You don't know this game" she
said. resignedly folding her
cards.
CHE was right. Six kings would
- have gotten her nowhere.
The pot was won by gilded
lily of hand called a super
royal straight flush"
Only if she had declared for
low with her weak" hand OF six
kings would she have shared in
the pot that tied for low.
THE fiery furnace" is aptlv
named. Not even Shadrach and
his chums would dare sit in on
this one.
In "the fiery furnace" land I
saw this with my own eyes and
heard il with my own ears) all
black cards are wild and all red
cards are half-wild.
Honest. cross my heart APP
parently the dealer deals cards
until she is tired and then. with
the betting finished, the players
start figuring UP what they have,
in fractions, too.
INVESTIGATION revealed that
Il 7 didn't chance in on any
unique women's poker game,
that women poker players every
where indulge in such brain
storm variations of an honorable
and ancient sport.
Now, il is easy to see what the
WAVES and the WAGES. raised
on such games. would do in
real poker game with their
brotherS-in-armS.
II would be murder, men.
How would you like to get in
a game where two or three of
the players wouldn't stay on
anything as weak as full
house?
Or when they only had four
Of a kind?
Distributed by McNsught Syndicate, Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
The On|ooker
BY Henry McLemOre

WAVES like a shearer through
sheep.
l don't know what the total
pay roll OF the women is. but
whatever it is, that sum would
pass into the pockets OF the
men.
They would never lack for
spending money.
They would all Jingle. Jingle,
jingle like a coin purse as they
marched.
The idea came TO me the
other day when ! kibitzed a
womens poker game. That is,
they said it was a poker game.
To a man accustomed 10 stud
and draw il was like dropping in
on some strange ritual of an
obscure jungle tribe
AS matter of fact, ] had
been knitting for full half
hour before chance remark
dropped by one Of the player"
tipped me off that II was
poker being played.
The only thing standard about
this poker was the cards. It
was a regulation 52-card pack,
but what the girls did with this
deck ranks right alongside OF
what happened TO Custer at
Little Big Horn rs a massacre.
1t was dealers choice, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20
Army Lacks
I'D division

the originals, II is rank dis
elimination to drop the Forty
second.
Some of them remember that
soon after this war started,
Wild Bill" Donovan was talk
ing of a new Rainbow outfit and
wondered what happened to his
idea.
TT is possible that the unusual
Il organization Of the Forty
second in 1917 is not feasible
these days and that this ac-
counts for the dropping Of the
division.
No other outfit of our great
army of World War / was made
up quite like the Forty-second
which is believed to have been
the thought of Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, then assistant chief
of staff of the army, and New
ton Baker, secretary of war.
They went into "A huddle
early in IT and decided that it
would be, a great idea to form
one division made up of soldiers
from as many different states
as possible. taking national
guard units.
Representatives of 26 scat
tered states were finally picked,
and Macarthur is supposed to
have given the organization its
name when he remarked:
why, It's like q rainbow
THE famous seth Regiment OF
Il New York, called the Fight
ing Irish. became the 165th in
the Rainbow Division.
The old Fourth Alabama, de-
scended from the Confederacy,
became the 18th.
Ohio provided the 166th. Of
which lank Hank Gowdy, Bos-
tons world series hero OF long
ago. was the color sergeant.
Iowa gave the 16Sth, the 15Oth
heavy artillery was from In
diana. the 15lst artillery from
Minnesota. the 149th artillery
from Illinois.
The machine gunners were
Georgians.
No American division had q
more brilliant history in France
than the Rainbow.
IL fought on many fronts.
Macarthur was its commander,
picturesque leader OF a pic
tureSque outfit. Much jealousy
in the matter Of prestige pre-
vailed among the divisions Of
the AEF, and 1 never saw q
Rainbow man who was not viii.
ing TO fight if you rated his out
fit below the top spot.
Still, a First Division man had
the same attitude also a Sec
ond Divisioner and on down
through the whole list.
They were all great divisions
in my book.
copJri iet7 ~ King F.sturs
Distributed By International News Servics
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20

IF I WEREN'T q patriot fmy
= full name Ia Patrick Henry
McLemore, you know Id sell
this idea to the army and navy.
II is worth lot of money, SO
much money that II would make
me so rich that / wouldn't be
able to pay my income tax next
year.
Here is the idea - Make II
compulsory for the women in
the armed forces TO play poker
with the men in the armed
forces.
Once q week. say. make II
obligatory for the WAACs and
the WAVES to sit down TO a
poker session with the soldiers,
the sailors, and the marines.
This comes close to being the
alI-time suggestion for morale
\puilding among our fighting men.
4 II carried out. il would do
more good than 100 USO huts.
200 assorted canteens, 1000
songfests. and double portions
of chicken on Sunday.
WHY? Because il would make
w our soldiers. sailors and
marines wealthy, extremely
wealthy.
The poorest poker player
among them would move
through the WAACs and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20

medical school known TO me 70
out of IS of the class have
signed up for the navy and will
be called up for 1947.
If that is a criterion followed
by the rest of the country, only
six out of IS doctors will enter
civil practice for many years.
Such ideas as those Of Doctor
Lissack therefor are very
timely and could very well be
taken up by his city colleagues.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
NJ. r. E.:-What causes ris-
ings?
The tenants on the plantation
where l am now living are al
ways having risings.
Is it due TO lack of certain
foods or uncleanliness?
They seem to eat corn bread,
peas, beans and pork.
feel the lack of fruit in their
diet is one cause.
They do not have toilets or
baths in their houses.
Answer: Risings, as I under
stand it, are boils and car
buncles.
Farm laborers are particularly
susceptible to infections on the
fingers and around the finger
nails which they convey to the
skin on other parts of the body
by scratching.
Lack of fresh food. particu-
larly fruit, in the diet undoubt-
eddy contributes by lowering the
body's resistance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20

yours, you rascal :. "You Can't
Escape Forever is a remake of
an old hit once called Hi, Mel
lie" IL tells how an editor, de-
noted 10 handling advice for the
lovesick, rounds up felons. 1t
wasn't much of job for George
Brent 10 pull Off, since he could
recognize all the baddies from
previous flickers.
Boris karloff gets punished
for quitting the screen for the
stage by being sentenced 10 star
dom in The Boogie Man VIII
Get You.
TNHE wireless: One famine the
Il Mays cant hide from the
world is their famine in ideas.
The way they twisted President
Roosevelt's address 10 hoodWlnk
their people showed how poverty
stricken Goebbels has become in
lies. That's good news over
here, because it lets us know
that Berlin doesn't hope to fool
the world any more-just its
own groggy citizens.
Senator Lister Hill made a
swell speech the other night. but
he did pronounce war effort
"woffut' Deems Taylor cata-
logued the song smasheS in all
the American crises and came
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-20

VNHE Show Shops: George Abb
- bolts new musical, Beat
! the Band" according to the re-
viewers. is a loud and sassy item
with a yippy score by Johnny
Green and a book by George
Marion Jr. .. Abbott, this time,
raided the cellars for night club
comics. including Jerry Lester
and Romo Vincent, and blitz'd
the magazine covers for the gals.
Susan Miller and Jack Whiting
are in the gooey assignments.
but Prof. Green's score hogged
the juiciest grapes tossed by the
newspapermen.
Molly Picon's appearances in
"Oh, What a Life!" (the uptown
translation was patty-caked by
naval 1t. John Mason Brown as
friendly and colorful" {.
Lady in the Dark now in
Philly, was visited by Paramount
execs to study it for the film
version. Director Mitchell Lei
sen hoped to make a sound track
of it-no move-just the tunes
and talk. Equity, however.
warned that the sound track
would cost Paramount a weeks
pay for all concerned, or about
49, 900 e.. No go II was
the above mentioned Mr.. Abbott
who once summed up a show
this way: "A bad play saved by
a lousy performance"
THE Magic Lanterns: Holly
l. wood showed its light
hearted side in the new ones.
with just enough war 10 flavor
the mixture Sonia Henie
makes Iceland" not only a
pretty picture but a very attrac-
tive country. She dazzles on
skates and shelves a local yokel
TO take up some serious leather
necking with John Payne OF the
u. S. marines.
They slipped Mickey Rooney
"a tahsome story 10 haul uphill in
a Yank at Elton" An oddly
about il is that Fredie Bartholo-
NEW, who used to be starred
over Miguel. appears here TO
vice the versa -. The Glass
Key" is as hard as nails. SUI
perior crime stuff. Brian Don
levy and Alan Ladd are a pair OF
political highbinders who don't
shrek at the sight Of gore.
Veronica Lake still wears a
hunk o. hair over her right eye,
but II doesn't hide the CLINT in