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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
WOULD COST MORE THAN MINING ORE
Government Wants Rest
OF Street Car Rails Now
Covered With Concrete
COUNCIL IN 0UANDARY OVER REQUEST

The government wants all re-
naming Tacoma street car rails.
regardless q cost. according TO a
letter from the War Production
beard read 70 the city council
Wednesday morning by Mayor
Gain.
ncre win ~ . demurrer By
IL city fntherz. however. Ae-
cordlng 10 eff-hnnd estimates
~ the works department.. n
Win csst more than mining
~ original are 20 dig up the
csocsete-lmbe1ded Fnils.
~rhe war win b over by the
time they rip them out OF Puy-
allup ave" Works Commissioner
BerRersen said
Ia WPB letter called for
1mmedlnse acfiss ~ The city.
- furnlsh four copies of .
map nhoulng I'll locations Of
~ remaining rails and .
statement ~ tonnage. The
raih would ~ bsught by the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
To Open Bids
For NisquallY
Steel Plates

Because Tacoma's Sisqualiy de-
velopmcnt. u give the city and is
war Industries around $4,000 more
kilowatts of electric power ca
pacity. has one Of the highest
priority ratings. the city will 90
ahead next week 10 take bids upon
2.f31 900 pounds Of steel plate.
The board Of contracts and
awards viii open bids Monday
afternoon on So. 900 pounds
Of plates for the IaGrande
pensfock and manifold: $751;
900 pounds for the LaGrande
tunnel river crossing pipe.
s1I.o0o pounds for the Ia
Grande surge tank and 445.-
600 for the IAGrande surge
shaft.
Present schedule Of operations.
going ahead without interruptions,
calls for cutting in the new power
early in the fall Of next year.
Construction OF the Alder power
house VIII be deferred until after
the war. but the Alder storage
dam. TO back up a huge lake over
the present Rainier National Park
highway. will be built. Pouring of
concrete has started at the lower
LaGrande dam and will he started
in a few days on the upper. or
Alder dam.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Fiancee of Saboteur Had
Baby Who Died While He
Was Plotting in Germany

by the federal bureau OF investi-
cation.
Hsupt spent one evening alone
with her after he came 10 Chicago
from the Florida beach where he
landed by submarine and made a
date with her for the Saturday
night he was arrested by the FBI.
She testified in his defense before
the Washington military commis-
sion which sentenced Hsupt and
five co-defendants 10 death, and
appeared briefly in the current
treason trial.
Previous testimony In the trea-
son trial disclosed that one of the
reasons Haupt fled the United
States IN ies1 was because he
was In trouble with q girl" A
neighbor Of Haupt's mother. Mrs.
Erna Hsupt. q co-defendant with
Froehling. testified Mrs. Haupt
once told her happily In 1s4l: MY
husband and ! are going TO be
grandparents"
Tho Frochling statement. ad-
mitted over defense protests as
evidence In the treason trial, re-
counted that Herbert Haupt asked
his mother upon his return. What
has happened since ! was gone ?"
Mrs. Haupt answered accord
ing 10 the statement. The baby
died but Cerda Stuckmann Mrs.
Gerds Melind. a widow Is all
right"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Colorado 5 johnson
Returned 10 Senate

DENvER-U. 8. Senator Edwin
c. johnson. Colorado Democrat
who introduced the bill making
American servicemen highest paid
In the world, appeared Wednesday
definitely to have won reelection
by . narrow margin.
Early complete returns from
colorado's election gave Johnson a
2-so0-vote margin over Republican
Governor Ralph L. Carr.
The curly-haired governor would
not officially concede defeat but
sources close to him admitted II
would be virtually impossible for
him TO overtake the Democratic
senator.
Slap the Jeps with scrap. but
sell useful articles for cash with
q Times Want Ad-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

government for . nominal
price and the cost 81 rcmov-
Ing them and repair Of streets
pledged b. the government
Cain said neither he nor curtiss
HIN. president Of he Tacoma
Transit Co. could be sure who has
title 10 the remaining rails.
All that remain Of the Ia
coma rail system. abandoned
In 1858 for bu<se<. are tho~e on
Puyailup ave. from IA. q 90
l. 81. on DeIln from Pacific
% Tacoma AYR. Mckinley ave
from Division Lane % 10th
and short stretches On the NIL
unukee viAdnct and 1Ith st.
bridge MT.
To take them off the bridges.
Bergerscn said. would endaneer
strength Of the spans themselves
because the rails are part Of the
basic structure. All the rest are in
vibrsted concrete. almost as hard
~ the rails themselves.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Parole Man Who
Escaped Prison
rs Years Ago

SAN QUENTIN, Cai.-Twenty-
six years ago. Harley Chase. serv-
ing a term for robbery, escaped
from San Quentin prison.
Several days ago, he was ar
rested in Port Angeles. Wash, on
a negligent driving charge. His
fingerprints identified him as the
escaped prisoner.
But the state board of prison
directors. learning that Chase had
gone straight" during the years
he was a fugitive from justice, to-
day gave him a parole with the
prov1so that If he maintains his
record for good behavior, he will
be free man on March 5, 1943.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Air Corps Officer
Wins in Election

SACRAMENTO - Maj. Frank
A. Lowry. fourth air service area
command headquarters judge
advocate, said upon being advised
of his reelection to the Missouri
legislature that he planned TO
appear at special session of that
body next Monday.
Lowry. who has been in service
nearly a year. said he would
spend as much time as possible
al the special session and hoped
to be able to attend the regular
session of the legislature starting
In January.
His current term will be his
third. He represents Cape Girar-
deau county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

CI1ICAGO-A third statement
By Walter Froehling. one Of six
defendants On trial for treasonahle
assistance 70 saboteur Herbert
Haupt revealed Wednesday that
Haupt's fiancee. tail. brunette Mrs.
Cerda Melind. Is. had q baby which
died while Haupt WAS In Germany.
Pretty Mrs. Meiind. . beauty
operator who had intended 10
marry Haupt the same week he
was eicctrocuted. has been one Of
the mystery figures in the sabotage
plot slnce Il was first uncovered
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
BY UNITED PRESS

The Australian radio said today
that Premier Josef Stain would
address the world BY radio Friday.
eve Of the 25th anniversary Of
the Russian revolution
Helen. Troy. IS. the Sally" of
the well known radio team of
Cecil and sally. Is dead. Burial
in San Francisco was to follow
simple Hollywood rites =.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
New Alcan Highway
& Now boina Used

EDMONION, Aha : Inc firrt
convoy TO traverse the new Alcan
highway-more than 90 four-ton
Royal Canadian air force trucks
hea1ed north and west through the
Albertan wilderness Wednesday
toward Whitehorse. Y. 7.
The trucks carried supplies for
RcFA bases IN Alberta. British
Columbia and the Yukon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Pension Union Head
Apparently Beaten

SEATTLE - n. p. Atkinson,
state senator and state president
Of the Washington Old Age Pen
sion union. apparently was defeat
ed for reelection. nearly complete
returns showed Wednesday.
Atkinson was trailing w. Ward
Dawson. Republican, by so votes.
As president of the penion union,
Atkinson led the fight to pass
Initiative ISL, which also was de-
feated.
William Pennock, state secre-
tary of the union. was reelected
to the state house of representa-
tives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
TO Troin Auxiliories
For Third Officers

DIES MONIES. Is--Col. John r.
Hoag. commandment at Fort Des
Moines. has announced selection of
l25 auxiliaries tprivates) for train
ing as third officers in the
women's Army Auxiliary corps. 1t
Is the first officer candidate class
to be made up completely Of
women drawn from the ranks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Levy of Three Mills
Beaten in Seattle

SEATTLE-Voters turned down
three-mill levy to pay for civilian
defense costs but city officials said
additional revenue will be raised
some other way to pay the defense
bill.
City councilmen announced they
would use their tax-levying powers
to raise the needed funds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Rescue 9 Persons
Couqhf in Snow

MIS- soULA. Meat.-Fo-est
service workers Wednesday e.
fected the rescue Of nine hunters
who had been srowbound in .
mountain cabin in Lolo national
forest since last Friday.
Sixteen other persons. including
three women. were still trapped
IN the forest drifts ranging up to
10 feet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
People in the News

Reelection 10 the house q repre-
sentatives came a. a birthday
present to Minority Leader Joseph
". Martin. r. Mass He OBJ
served his 5sth anniversary yes
terday =.
Buster keaton. old-time come
dian. returned 10 studio work to-
day. but not in front of = camera.
The veteran slapstick artist was
hired to coach Lana Turner In a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
WEAR LIGHT CoLoRS

SALEM, Ore.-Light c olore d
clothing for pedestrians in dimout
areas is recommended in the state
defense councils bulletin issued
here. In addition. pedestrians are
warned to stay clear Of traffic
lanes as much as possible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
MORE ACTIVITY

NV DEIlHI. India = JalaflsIt
strol activity q TIE India-Burna
lacntier has increased greatly
since the end OF the monsoon sea-
son but no sizeabie hostiliiies hsSe
developed yet, an allied comru-
nique said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
Warren Lead Grows

SAN FRANCISCO - Returns
from l2.016 of CALIFORNIA; 14.4e4
precincts gave: Governor-Olson.
Democrat. 637.41e; Warren. Re-
publican. s56.e74.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

NEW Y0Rk-Radio Rome said
today that the outcome Of Tues
days general elections in the U. S.
was a defeat for Roosevelt and
an expression Of dissatisfaction
with the populace Of the United
States with its military reverses-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05
TO PAY HALF OF WAGES
RIO DE JANEIRo - Presiden

Getulio Vargas has issued decree
ordering all employers to pay en-
ployes 50 per cent Of their sal
aries II called for military ser
vice. The payment must be con-
tinued for the entire time that
employees serve with the armed
forces
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

comedy sequence =.
John ID. Barry. S, veteran San
Francisco news columnist. lecturer
and traveller. died Tuesday night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-05

Buy U. S. Bonds and savsi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
Lansing
Husband
Accused

LANSING, Dec. % Accused by
his eStranged wife Of having at
tempted 10 shoot her. Clifton
Brown, o. of BASS Hughes road.
today was being held by state
Volice
Troopers reported that Browns
Eife. Esther declared that he fired
6 shotgun at her
Mrs. Brown, who revealed she
rad started divorce proceedings
eganSt her husband last Monday,
said the suspect was standing only
about feet from her when nv al
legedly shot al her. The woman
ran 10 a next door neighbours home
where she called police.
Authorities said Brown was In
toXicated when he was taken into
custody. Brown denied he had
attemptc dto kill his wife.
;. The Browns have two children
one 6 and the other ).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
Sen. Clark Asks
Easier Tax Plan

WASHINGTON, Dec. % (INS)
Adding his voice to the growing
demand in Congress for relief
from the increasing tax burden
Senator Bennett Champ Clark
Cd Of Missouri. today proposed
enactment of a pay-aS-you-go tax
plan
"The present income tax,
combined with the victory tax,
is breaking the back of those
whose income has been
diminished, such rs small bust
ness and the man on a fixed
salary" Clark said.
The MiSsourian said that pay
as-you-go method, such as the
Ruml or similar plans, would OBJ
viate default Of many federal in
come taxpayers who would be
unable 10 meet the increased tax
they will have to pay in 1913; Off
set any probable loss in revenue
to the federal government by the
certainty and promptness i'll tax
payment, and bring an eventual
increase i'm inheritance taxes,
since money not paid in income
tax would eventually reach gov
eminent Golfers in the form OF
inheritance tax.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
5(PHoNE CHERRY $500
Auto
Graphs
Chevrolet Aluminium
Aviation Forging
Plant in Production
BY SILER FREEMAN

Chevrolet viii soon rank as one
of the largest producers of alu-
minum aviation forgings in the
country. NJ. F.. Coyle, general
manager of Chevrolet, just re-
vealed that its new aluminium
forge plant is already in produc-
ton, seven months after ground
was broken.
The plant has a peak capacity
of millions of pounds of forgings
a year. 1t will not only supply
Chevrolet'S needs at its Tona-
wanda plane engine plant but
other aircraft, aircraft parts and
aircraft engine manufacturers as
well.
Production began just two
days before Pearl Harbor ami
verSary, Coyle stated. The first
output included propeller blade
and piston forgings. Main crank
case sections. piStonS and other
forgingS for the Pratt * Whit
ney which Chevrolet is -concen-
trating on are being manufac-
tured at another forge plant.
Special equipment for the new
aluminium plant included four
35,000.pound steam hammers
and press that can exert 5000, :
900 pounds OF pressure.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
Taft Opens
Fight for
Sales Tax

WASHINGTON, Dec. % CUP).
Senator Robert A. Taft (R) of
Ohio fired the first shot yesterday
in what was interpreted as the
preliminary bout of forthcoming
fight in the new Congress for en-
actment of sales tax.
Taft. leader Of sales tax advo-
Gates in the old Congress, renewed
his recommendation for a 10 per
cent levy on all sales-eXcept food
to defray part of the costs of
war. He estimated that such tax
would raise 81 600, 900, 900 annually
In new revenue.
There Is no single tax that
any one has thought Of vet that
will yield anything like that
amount Of money" he said. 1--WE
have to preserve the fiscal sol
vency of the federal government
and the way To do IL Il to be
realistic"
But there are just as ardent OPP
ponents of sales tax. Senator
Homer T. Bone CD of Washing
ton, one of them, described such
taxes as "levies on the poor" He
said he would fight for enactment
of his bill 10 eliminate all other
taxes, including those on commodi-
ties, in favor of an all-inclusive
plan TO raise revenue on income
alone.
Bone contends that -his -"efte-
tax plan with boosted taxes on
incomes ranging up TO 90 per cent
in the top brackets, would produce
as much money as the government
has a right TO expect at this time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
Pontiac Trip|et'
Home

PONTIAC, Dec. %. - One of
'POntiac'S triplets." who were
three of the first youths from here
to enlist IN the army air corps, is
home for the holidays from Trim
lidad. He is 1t. Joseph Woida, son
of Mrs. Edith Woida, 301 Rockwell
street.
The other two Its. Donald Mat
thewS and Arnold Jerome, will
spend Christmas in Egypt where
they are on duty.
The three went through groud
school and the various stages of
air corps training together, were
kept together until they received
their wings last spring. They had
been school mates together at Pom
tac High School.
Christmas boxes which had been
sent Woida early in October had
not yet reached him when he left
for a 20-day furlough, he said.
His bomber crew, Of which he is
pilot, is officially credited with one
German submarine
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
Farmers Market

FRUITS Apples, Raliwus. No :. s
y VI 70 bu Delicious fancy 81 20 tg
No. l. 81 7a92 No ? 81 So. MeIrtozh
No. =. 75cG 81, Greetings fancy. 81 =
,bu.: No. !. soc % 81 Is, Northern Spys
fancy. - ~ hu; so. l. 81 5oH2 no .
eoc n 81 10 No . 50I 75c Jouathsns
fancy, 81 bu 40. / 1901 20 No .
.5c steele Red. fancy - bu; No !
LETTUCE AND SALAD GREENS En-
dive, No. !. S2N2 30 hu
VEGETABLE GREENS co.Iards No. !
VEGETABLES. MISC Bee,s. topped
Red Cabbage. No !. coca 81 p bu Car
rots. topped, fancl 81 - hu No /
N,75T2. No. 2 81 -. Celery fancy
?. 23ll Ale ceisry Michigan Squares NJ
l. s. % - 50. Celery Root. No /, 81 q
T22j bu Celery Cabbage No /. 81 p.
~ ; bu No . Si50 Horse-raelsh fancy
7ic n 81 dozen bunches. Onions Dry fancy
81 90 5O-lb. sack. No !. 81 30 80. No
q 81 10. Parsnips. No I xi754 q
bu. No = 81 -. Parsley Root 40 /
iOo.lb sacks; No 2 1901 so Radishcs
dollhouse. 80 soc dozen punches; BlaCl
RadiShcs No l. 81 Rutabagas SO 1
75c Isl bu. squash. Delicious. No. J
81 80 bu.. Hubbard. ~. !. So so bu
bu Vegetable oysters, 40 /. 75cgS
EGGs~Ierse. Si5ai5 50 3o-dozen case
medium Si30li
POULTRY live. hens heavy breeds
32a 3ic 70 leghorns, p 25ee springers
nj i5c geese. 3ia Csc; ducks, asa 3ec
HOGS-Dressod, medium. 30 . J5c 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23

wrote relative, here that in view
Of The impending crisis be Was re-
CnhSunE.
He Was with a coast artillery
uuJr. Before enh>ung ne lived an
lS26 Lelth for several years. An
excellent student at Central High
school he left Just before he was
10 have been graduated and en-
listed in the army. where he APP
Piled for foreign service.
-Four brothers and i've sisters
live in Flint They are Isadore,
Clement, l7l7 Meade street: Clar-
ente, 202l Kansas avenue; jerome.
24l4 Broadway boulevard. Mrs.
John Armstrong. 22O5 Burns
street, Marie and Beatrice AT the
same address: Miss Fideha MaSSie
at 1901 Mable street, and Mrs.
Victoria DeShais, 24l4 Broadwa az
/ -i-irYs-di
Two other brothers, Ernest and
Herman, live In Jonesville. Wis,
and Vulcan. Mich. respectively.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
Livestock Markets
DETROIT

CATTLE Receipts 500. Hit and miss
trade on steers and heifers supply light
but demand also narrow. few sales about
steady with some bids Csc or more lower
cows about steady at Mondays advance
bulls strong; good steers absent, few com
mon and medium kinds, kllm 1880; odd
cutter steers down 10 81 so: truck 10, me
dunn weighty heifers bid Si3 50: few cutter
to common light heifers. xaff 10. Is; fat
beef rows, SO 30 r II so. odd head good
cows held up 70 Sl2 Gamers and cutters
50 5OH BIS; few good beef bulls, Sl3: odd
head good weiEhty sausage offerings held
around $l27o. common and medium bulls
eligible 50 50nit25
CALVES 49, Receipts 500 Little done
early, bids soc lower than Mondays low
close al mostly 81 on good and choice
vealers few early sales steady 20 SOC lower
AZ Sl7n so, common and medium sorts,
Sl2 ~ rs.
HOGS Receipts. 500. mArke, general,
25c higher; sows steady, bulk. 10000 10.
butchers, Si4.s5G 1913. extreme top "a
small killers. xi4.S0 on some 1920 10.
weights; bulk. ifO-i60 lbs, Slf25g14 so;
so~s mainly, $4,000 1878. few light
sows Sl4
SHEEP receipts. 800 Lambs steady
10 strong with late Monday; good 10 choice
natives $3.50 1913; mixed medium 10
good kinds. $ifH15 25; Gull and common
light weights. So 10 50. mostly SD down:
early bids SOC lower on slaughter ewes AZ
So 50 down.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
FIT. Custer
Officers To
Entertain

FORT CUSTER, Dec. 23:-With
Col. Joseph V. Dillon commander
of the Custer Military Police
School as host, officers of the
school faculty and military police
Officers taking refresher courses
will hold open house at the Post
Officers Club for wives and
fftents Christmas Day.
The affair will be the first op-
portunity for many army wives TO
have a meal with their soldier hus-
bands on an army post.
SelecteeS who manage TO miss
the "bingo' until Wednesday aft
ernOOn, are sure TO stay at Custer
at least until next Monday. be-
cause processing of the newcomers
will be discontinued until that
time
CBingo" means having name
drawn for transfer TO a training
post away from CUSTER
According TO 1t William L.
Hail. press officer Of the Recep-
ton Center. the layover viii mean
little 10 the recruits in the way
of passes home, because civilian
railway travel has made a last
minute curtallment of passes nee
eSSary.
Should railway travel fall below
that expected passes viii come UNI
eXpectedly to many Custer sol
dierS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
The Stouffer Santa

And then the talk shifted 10
Christmas and yuletlde spirit
and Adrian Austin MEG. heSi-
family confided that he had
again been drafted To be Santa
Claus az the annHai Christmas
party for Stoufler employees
today.
Mr.. McG. makes a very fine.
Santa indeed. because he necdSl|
no padding whatsoever, his
checks are rosy and his smile
contagious. McGonaglc was so
geea iia@t-,-r7r TINT tIC VIII pCT-
form at two Stouffcr stores this
year, and It is said that the girls
were particularly enthusiastic
over The kiss that Santa passed
out with each present or was 1t
Santa that WaS enthusiastic
At any rate, McGoaacle'x
huge success. And because We
all cant be- present and hccauSe
know you'd like to-scc Il Santa
that is really a Santa with a
capital 5. | had artist III
DHekett give you special
showing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
On the
Business
Front
By WARD SCHULTZ
Financial Editor

Relaxing after a bit of foodl
and refreshments with Adrianv
A. McGonagle of the Detroit
Bank, and Ted Grace, that insti-
tution's very able advertising
counsel, when the talk shifted
TO some of the old bankers con-
ventions.
Ted went all the way back TO
1912 TO recall the time that the
American Bankers Association
held its annual convention in
Grand Rapids.
Highlight of the affair was
big dance at Reeds Lake and
Ted and Percy Ebbett Of the
Seaboard National of New York
all decked out in blue coats
and white flannelS.
The orchestra started off with
n brand new tune Steamboat
Bill r. so Ted decided il was an
opportune moment 10 demon
strate his knowledge OF a brand
new dance which was soon 10
sweep the country-the one-Step.
A few on-the-Side instructions
to his partner and he and she
proudly gffded onto the dance
floor.
They were just getting into
stride when Ted felt tap on
the shoulder and a tall, muScu-
lar gent said:
"Of the floor, young fellow.
We don't ailew that kind uf
dancing in this place"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-23
War Goods otaI Up

Shipments of war goods
from former automotive plants
reached $577. 62l 900 in Septem-
Der, an increase of rs per cent
over August. according 10 r. L..
Vaniman, director of the auto
motive division of the War Pro-
ducuon Board here. The figures
were compiled from 400 plants
owned by II different companies,
seven major firms and lis parts
producers.
Employment in the 400 plants
jumped 20 per cent In October,
reaching total OF b76, Isl.
Women workers increased 10 per
cent from September and now
form 12-o per cent Of all wage
earners in the automotive plants.
The average wage in October
was Just over $55 a week, against
1921 in September.
Backlog of war orders for Oc-
tober totaled more than Sill .59S,-
600 600 for the industry.