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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-16
No. WOman'S Job
Mrs. Gomon Given Gigantic Task in Supervise
Of Bomber Plants Feminine Workers
BY VERA BROWN

mother of five children and once a
teacher of physics and calculus In
old Central High School. becomes
today the most important woman
in Detroit'S gigantic war industry.
She has been appointed super
visor OF women at the Ford Motor
Company bomber plant at Willow
Run. the first woman ever 10 hold
such a Job in Detroit Especially
proud she will be because Mrs. Co
mons family in rapidly shrinking.
WAR BECKoNS TO SONS
Her 21-year-old son. Garner. left
for Camp Custer this week; Will
liam. %. architect, specializing in
marine engineering. is going off to
the navy shortly, and Jimmie, 19,
a junior at Michigan State College,
expects TO go 10 war next year.
\ Mrs. Gomon is accustomed to
making records for women. In 1880
Justice Frank Murphy of the SUI
ipreme Court appointed her his Sec
rotary when he was mayor OF De-
troit. the first time a woman had
held such a post.
She also served as secretary of
the Detroit Housing Commission,
as receiver for Pack-Wollin, smart
Washington boulevard women S
shop, and Gov. Murray Van Wag-
oner appointed her 10 the board of
the Michigan Unemployment Com
mission. She ran unsuccesSfully for
city council last year.
HOME AND FAMILY FIRST
Regardless of her activity out
side her home, her husband and
children are the paramount inter-
ests OF her life. She is especially
interested in the training of pre-
school children and she has written
many articles on the subject.
Now a grandmother, Mrs. Co
mon watches her two grandchil-
dren with devoted interest. Since
the marriage of her elder daugh-
ter, only her 21-year-old daughter.
Jean, Is at home with her and her
husband. He is r. Louis Gomon. an
electrical engineer, and the family
lives at 1904 Ashton road.
Estimates of business experts
here say that within the next year
Detroit must find 10000 more
workers for its defense plants.
above the 1929 worker peak. These
10000 will be largely women
workers, for there will be no avail
able man supply. What Willow Run
will eventually employ is prob
lematical, but estimates place il
at about 10000 women, when the
bombers start rolling off the line.
TO AID WOMEN WORKERS
Mrs. Gomon said she knew little
as yet about her job, except that
she is to advise women EMPLOYEES
on their economic problems, aid
factory superintendent In placing
women and help in systematizine
women's work. All women workers
Will be interviewed by Mrs. Gornon.
Problems of providing day nurs-
cries for working mothers and
transportation difficulties all will
have TO be solved, she said.
Mrs. Gomon is a graduate of the
University Of Michigan, where she
worked her way through by tend.
ing switchboard. She was born
in Ann Arbor. In college she grad
uated with honors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-16

ADvERTIsFNENT
Evening star., 1942-01-29
CHICAGO Livestock

CHICAGO. Jan. 90 1P> United States
$4,000; total. 10000; active, mostly 81 5
higher; top. 11.90, freely for 1s0-230
pounds: bulk 10000. pounds, 1l.s5-a0:
good and choice 16O.7O pounds. II .40,75;
some 13o-60 pounds. 10.5o-11.25: bulk
good 36O-50O-pound sows, 11.OO-50.
Salable sheep, 5000; total, 5000: late
Wednesday, fat lambs. mostly steady to
strcne; spots, 1918 higher: bulk good and
choice fat natives and fed range lambs;
123b-5O; one double choice 106-pound
summer shorn lambs, IL .s5; today's trade
fat lambs, fairly active. fully steady: sew
eral doubles and decks, good and choice 30
lOO-pound native and fed range lambs
12:40-50: few strictly choice Light
nesSy saYaSle cattle, 500; calves. 800; strictly
good and choice steers and ,yearlings
steady to weak; all others weak to 25.
dunn to good: stable supply common and
medium grades here at IL so down to 9.25
and below; nothing strictly choice offered;
average choice yearling, 400. the top;
medium weight and weishty steers: 1880
down to IL 90 on good to choice offerings;
long string 1,019-1, 152-pound short fed
medium Grade, 11.25 and 11.50 but com,
mon light ofi-colored killers at 900 and
below: stock cattle very dull dressed beef
market slow: shipper demand rather mar
row; heifers steady; best, 1925: few above
1900: cows steady to weak; Gamers and
cutters ct 500 down to 6.26; bulls 1O,16
lower, with 1925 practical top on veighty
saussge offerings; vealers steady st 1900
down.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Stock Leaders Down
Fractions 10 Point
In Dull Trading
Light Selling Keeps
Most Issues Drifting
To Lower Levels
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Writer,


NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The light
est kind of selling was sufficient to
keep the general run of stock mar
ket leaders on the downgrade In
today's lackadaisical proceedings.
The list inclined to back water at
the start and, while assorted IA
vorites eventually managed to pin
on gains, declines of fractions to a
point or SO were to be found in most
departments at the close.
The ticker tape frequently did
little more than stutter, with the
printing of bids and offers occupy
ing a sizable amount of space.
Transfers of around 100000 shares
were among the smallest for a full
session since last October.
Apathy of speculative and invest
ment corNingents again was blamed
partly on offsetting war bulletins,
persistent doubts anent taxes, price
control legislation and spreading
governmental controls of business
and industry. Profits prospects for
individual stocks were helpful but
even these were clouded by rising
costs.
American Tobacco directors voted
the 81 dividends on the two junior
issues recommended by President
Hill, an increase of 25 cents from the
disbursement in December, but both
the common and B" stocks turned
bit soft at the last. Wall Street
heard the company was considering
plans to raise funds with which to
finance huge inventory acquisitions
during the past year or so.
In arrears most of the time were
United States Steel, Bethlehem, Du
Pont, General Electric, Douglas Air
craft, Chrysler, Northern Pacific,
Union Pacific. Anaconda, Kennecott
and United States Rubber.
Resistant were South Puerto Rico
Sugar, Cuban-American Sugar,
Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, International
Harvester, J. I. Case. American Can
and International Nickel.
Bond Market Ragged.
Many rail issues pulled out of a
morning soft spell but the bond
market as a whole still had a ragged
appearance. Most gains and losses
were confined to a 1-point range
toward the end of the session.
United States Governments yield
ed as much as Il point in the wake
Of the Washington announcement
new money financing operation
would be undertaken next month.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Decline in Seedlings
OF Winter Wheat
Is Indicated
UnfovorobIe Weather,
Labor Scarcity and
War Work Cited
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department said
today reports indicate that winter
wheat seedlings in the Northern
Hemisphere for harvest next sum-
mer were smaller than a year age
due to unfavorable weather, labor
shortages and military activities.
With the exception Of the British
Isles, the acreage in Europe was said
to have fallen short Of expectations
Winter set in early in Europe to
interfere with seeding operations
AS a consequence, the acreage fell
short of last years reduced area
Labor shortages, in addition to the
adverse weather were said to have
hampered planting operations in the
Danube area as well as in Italy.
The department said reports in
dicate that in German-occupied
Russia fall seeding operations were
considerably reduced.
Emphasizing that it was too early
to forecast possible severe grain
shortages in Europe, the department
said that every effort will doubtless
be made by the European govern
ments to increase spring sowings,
which, If successful, may offset de-
clines in the winter weat acreage.
In North America, the winter
wheat acreage was reduced by about
6000,0 900 acres, the acreage sown in
the United States was estimated at
50, 800, 900 acres, reduction of about
IA per cent from the comparable
figure for 194l. Because of a large
reserve supply. the Government had
asked farmers to reduce wheat
acreages. In Canada, seedlings Of
winter wheat were expanded by 13
per cent to 756,0O0 acres. This acre
age, however, is small in comparison
with the large spring sown acreage.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-The grain
market regained its equilibrium to-
day, recovering some of the loss in
f1icted during yesterdays sharp price
slump.
Buying by professors, consuming
interests and professional traders
who were attracted by the lower
price level helped to lift corn and
rye a cent or more at times, wheat
and oats fractionally and soybeans
more than cents. Some of the
strength was associated with the
fact that traders estimated that
corn futures prices had slipped
slightly below IS per cent of parity,
the level which the Government
hopes to maintain in order to stim-
ulate livestock production. Wheat
was quoted below the price at which
the Government is offering old grain
for sale.
Wheat closed unchanged to Il
higher compared with yesterday,
May, 1307s-1.3l; July, 1929 4:
corn, liz higher, May, 877s-88;
July, 895s-A; oats, z-&4 up; rye, ls-
3. lower; soybeans. 212-3 higher.
Profit taking continued to exert
pressure on rye prices.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK. Jan. 20 R-Late foreign
exchange rates follow (Great Britain IN
dollars, others in cents).
canada-omcial Canadian Control o. 5oard n1
premium; selling, IL per cent premium;
Equivalent to discounts on Canadian dol
lars in New York of buying, 9;91 per cent;
New York open market, 111s per cent dis
count or ss.I21s q. s. cents.
Europe-Great Britain. ofncial Bankers
Foreirn Exchange Committee rates), buy
Ing. 4.O2: selling, 4.04, open market.
Latin Observation-Disclosures. ofncisi,
"a free "a: a. down. 0S cent; ,1isa. Eraz1.
Crates in SPOT cables unless othsrviss
indisStsd;,.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
New York Cotton

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Cotton fu-
lures rallied during the final hour
of trading today and practically
erased earlier losses of about $3.50
a bale.
Replacement buying. local cover
ing and trade support absorbed the
slackening volume of hedging and
liquidation.
Final prices were 5 cents a bale
lower to Is cents higher.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Bonds

By private wire dIree, 70 The Star
Evening star., 1942-01-29

Wheat, No hard. 1.2s; No. 2; 1;ssh.
S3ia: sample grade yellow. SO: new corn,
No yellow. SO; No. 3, 49, No; A., 7113-
79iia; No 8 white, 92la; No. 4, 931a: sample
Ne. white, 5s5.: No. 3. 81: No. 5494-
sampls grade White t.sd s and tereeS Safsy:
ines. 57-72 nominal: No. . mailing bar
ley. ley IS. Soybeans, No. 3 yellow. l;s9-
I.a2H.: No 4. /. SO: sample grade yellow.
weight, nominal Timothy. 7.50-7.75:
alsike, 15.OO-1S.O0: red top. S.00-S.75:
red clover, 160O-1s.00: sweet clover, $50
Evening star., 1942-01-29

9oleS-
a n u

Approximate Sales Today
11:o0 AM 100. 900 1900 Noon 200, 900
100 PM $500 200 PM 10000
Total. 100000
fUnit OF trading, ten shares; salss
printed in full. r In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganized under Bankruptcy
Act or securities assumed BY such com.
panies. Rates Of dividend In the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declaraS
extra dividends are not included. I'd h
dividend, xr Ex rights. . Also extra or
extras d q Cash or stock Declared E or keiid
last year Payable in Canadian funds.
K Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year.
Evening star., 1942-01-29

Cottonseed oil closed dull. 9leachable
prime summer yellow unquoted. Prime
July, 1881; September. 13.59b.
Bid. n Nominal
Evening star., 1942-01-29

Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
UNCHANGED. Sales, Is contracts. May
l3.9Sb.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20 R.-Cotton
futures today recovered their early losses
on short covering and trade buying and
the market closed very steady. 3 points
at oh IN 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Service Sports Editor

New York-Mrs. Mary Zivic will celebrate her roth birthday in Pitts burg. Aug. 28, and her five sons the fightingest family in history - are pitching party for the mother who teethed her babies on the heels of boxing gloves.
 Including street fights, the Zivics Pete, Jack, Joe, Eddie and Fritzie between them easily have been in 099 battles.
 And we can't miss making 1t an even 1000 at Mas birthday" beams Fritzie Zivic, what with all the in- laws and 10 grandchildren around"
 I asked FritZie how he happened to turn to the ring.
 That's easy" he laughed. we lived with working people among the mills of the Lawrenceville section in Pittsburgh,s East End. You either had to fight or stay in the house. We went out.
 "Of course. Pete, Jack, Joe and Eddie were ahead of me, and then ma and pa christened me Ferdi- nand. Some handle, eh? Ferdinand Henry John. Well, the first time the kids in grammar school heard that Ferdinand, they made fight CT out of me. That was all right, but changed 1t to Fritzie."
 Everybody suspected Fritzie was through when Ray Robinson buried his face in the resin at Madison Square Garden not so long ago, but the Zivics will go on forever, il seems, and the last of the brothers is again fighting we'll He made Garvey Young, the left-hander ol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Tn Case You Didn't Know

Willie walkaway nice night
 Rock did with including Wel surprised Boob McNut promising of 26 straight bouts in the third round of the smna W liked Tatta much about him New York However the kay by cNutt change his plans Department. Miles, Ohio Billy Murray of Beacon there not too much difference the weights. Ed boxing shows at Hartford they running into all kinds unexpected trouble; but the and George Taylor Crosby willing Fairfield tenant commanders George years recently his suffered football hockey injury which direct his death
 Cousin Bill Shea calls chukng about BOSTON COLLEGE football the Rams being schedule 1942 which n Navy Wake Forest Georgetown (check guns Temple Ford ham, Boston and last but not Holy Park, Boston ner of the Chick Kelley cg9e claim popularity vile where the boys climbing testimonial with Freddy Hall Congratulations Days Gillette of the 1922 World exclusive Asab mile in 136 Is yesterday ING for horse without wings Country meet over the local course Saturday Bill Yale Bolfer will be opposing Yale player in the match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
MONTREAL CLOWNS
 HERE TOMORROW

Fred Davis Waterbury Brasscos, winners of only one game in five against the cream of the colored travelling clubs of the country, will try their luck against a white team at the Municipal Stadium tomor- row night under lights when they clash with the Montreal Clowns, an aggregation of former International league and college stars. Led by Os- car Seagert, the Mick Altrock of semi-pro baseball" the Montrealers, one of the highest priced organiza- tions in the business, come here with record of 61 victories in 66 games this season.
 With a record like that they can afford to inject bit of buffoonery into their games and as a result are known throughout Canada and northern New England as the Clown Princes of the Diamond. In Oscar Seagert, they not only have one of the funniest men in baseball, but also a baseball man of great reputation who, seeing the possibil- ity of cashing in on the diamond ability of galaxy O. former Inter- national loop stars, has also con- verted them into one of the most entertaining groups outside of the theater.
 Future "A"
 When the Clowns take the field tomorrow night, the fans will get a glimpse of the kind of talent that Connie Mack spends thousands of dollars in discovering when Buck Masiek, first baseman, swings into action. Masiek, Tide of the Ath- letics" scout system, will go south with the Mackmen in the spring and is being ballyhooed as the next As initial sack guardian. Other stand out performers in the Montreal lineup are Johnny Kammerer of NYU; Johnny Simmons the Bilti- more | diversity star who is also going up to the International next season; "Kiki" McKeown, former Toronto luminary and many others
 In spite of their heart-breaking last inning setback by the Brooklyn Royal Colored Giants, the Brasscos are confident that they will turn the tables on the Clowns even though they are rated as higher calibred ball club than the Giants
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Hills, Tool Team
 Paired Tonight

Washington park will be the scene of the third baseball game in as many successive evenings for the Washington Hills of the City Anna teur league, scheduled to meet Rocco Maras Waterbury Tool team tonight at 6:l5 o'clock. Pat Quilter for the Hills and Charley Foster for the Tool club loom as starting rival pitchers, while the game, given good weather, may draw a record crowd for weekday game at the hill" layout.
 Last night, Doyle and Mccormack hit hard as Junior Carroll spread out seven hits to Torrington batters, al- lowing the Washington Hills to win tight 4 to 3 game from the Townies, in the New City's Fussen- ich park. DiLaurenzio and Sam Ponzi hit well for tbe losers, the teams were tied at the end of the third at 3-3, scoring in Identical fashion, while fifth inning run by the Hills was the one that won the ball game. Each team was guilty of three miscues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
CUTTING CANARIES BOROUGH BOCCI CHAMPS

Naugatuck. Aug. 20 = The Cut ting Canaries are the newly crown ed champions of the U. 8. Rubber Company Bocci League.
 At the conclusion of the regular schedule the Canaries and the Making MarshmalloWs were tied for first place with g wins and 10 losses. The play of was hotly con- tested with the Canaries winning 15-14.
 The League enjoyed the keenest competition in its history with just two games between the first four teams.
 The boot Room Blackbirds were defeated two games by the surpris- ing Planning Penguins which knocked them out of first place tie. Frank Fitzgerald was brought out of the wraps and was the spark plug of the Planning attack.
 This evening the annual Elimin- ation Tournament will be held at 7:3O with three prizes being awarded. This will give second op- portunity for all teams to get into the money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
Avon Girl Reaches
 Longwood Semi Finals; Segura Surprises

Chestnut Hill, Mass, Aug. 2l- (UP)-Tournament tennis, the South American way, continued to provide most of the thrills of the 48th renewal of the Longwood Bowl today with Francisco Pancho) Se- gura, a bounding two-fisted sWinger from Ecuador, and handsome Alejo Russell of the Argentine in the semi finals.
 Russell, canny stylist, draws his toughest assignment today when he faces It. Gardner Mulloy of Miami, Fla, the top-seeded favorite. Segura, No. foreign seed, gets a rest until tomorrow and seems virtually cer- tain of gaining the final by eliminat- ing Harris Everett, University of North Carolina tennis captain.
 Segura continued his sparkling advance yesterday in defeating young Victor Seixas, Jr.. of Phila- delphia, seeded No. 4. in the only mems singles match played, 6-2, GA. He burned up the court in the first set in two-handed attack only to slacken up in the second and drop the first four games. Again applying pressure. he went on to sweep six games in a row.
 Hope Knowles Wins Favorite Louise Brough of Beverly Hills, Cal, and second-seeded Paul. inc Betz of Los Angeles both reached the semi finals in the women's di- vision Miss Brough defeated Mrs. Helen Pedersen Rihbany of New York, 6-3, 8-6, after trailing ln the second set, while Miss eBtz downed Mrs. Madge H. Vosters, Jr., of Lans- downe, Pa, 60. GA.
 Other favorites to survive the women,s quarter-flnals were Hope Knowles of Avon, Conn, who de- feated Mrs, Virginia Rice Johnson of Chestnut Hill. 6-4, 6-4. and Mar garet Osborne of San Francisco, who edged Doris Hart of Miami, Fla, 5-7, 6-3, 6-l.
 Mulloy paired with Dick Mckee of Miami to win their quarter final doubles match from Arthur Mac Donald of Los Angeles and Fred Kovaleski Of Detroit. 6-l, 9-7.
 Tn the women's doubles. the top- seeded tandem of Miss Brough and Miss Osborne entered the semi-final brackets by victory over Catherine Wolf and Mrs. Maury Lewis of Chi ] cago, 6-1, 0-2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
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Five Zivics Have Had 999 Fights and Expect To Make it an Even 1000 at Mothers Party; Fritzie Scarcely Could Miss As Ferdinand

the United States Marines, look like preliminary boy in cutting up and stopping him at the Garden the other night.
 We could always lick southpaws," asserts Fritzie. Jack knocked out Lew Tender when he was at his peak, and Tender was the only southpaw who could fight"
 Fritzie may not be as good as he was the night he caught up with Henry Armstrong, but he's still pret- ty good. He intends to fight as long as he feels well. He won the Welter- weight championship at 27, lost 1t at 28 and declares that all he needs Is Red Cochrane at weight to win 1t back at 29.
 Mother Zivic 40 years ago paid 5000 for the house in which she raised her five fighting sons. Fritzie recently gave her 5000 for the old home and she moved in with Jack.
 Mother made a good invest ment," Fritzie chuckleS.
 Fritzie and his missus and three fine children reside in $30,00C home in fashionable Mount Leban- on. He has $65 ,000 in real estate and other interests. He has been paid from $7.50 to $2o,o00 for a single nights work.
 He owns Hickey Park, in the Mill vale suburb of Pittsburgh, where they have staged fights for IS years He intends to erect modern arena there following the war and remair in boxing as a landlord.
 Fritzie Zivic has been around tot long to be guaranteeing fighters.
 After all these years, he insist upon being guaranteed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
DECORREVONT HURT

Evanston, lil.. Aug. 2l-(UP) = Bill DeCorrevont's hopes of return ing to football stardom on the same gridiron where he rocketed to un- paralleled heights as high school performer were crushed today when a knee injury forced him to with draw from practice with the college All Stars.
 The Northwestern University half back suffered the injury during . drill for the All-Stars game with the Chicago Bears Aug. 28 and immed- lately was withdrawn from list of available performers by head coach Bob Zuppke.
 The All-Star contest with the Bears Is at Soldiers field and as a senior at Chicago's Austin High School DeCorrevont was the magnet that attracted 100000 fans to the giant stadium for Q scholastic title.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-21
STONEHAM QUASHES RUMOR ON TERRY

New York, Aug. 21-(UP)-Horacc Stonham, President of the New York Giants, today denied publish ed reports that Bill Terry, manager of the Giants for system, might succeed Larry MacPhail, as pr'esl- dent of the Brooklyn Dodgers if MacPhail enters the army.
 MacPhail already has taken a physical examination for the army.
 Stonham told the United Press:
 That report has no foundation. II talked with Terry for four hours on Thursday and he made no men- ton of any negotiations with the Dodgers.
 "If Bill were negotiating, he would tell me immediately. He's not the type to do things behind fellows back. Yes, Terry has an- other year on his contract with us, and I know of no reason why he won't be with us for at least that lyear."
 Terry has ben the most hated of all the Giants in the eyes of Brooklyn fans since that unhappy day when he asked:
 "Is Brooklyn still in the league"