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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
American Planes
Lead Attack
BY FRANCIS l.. MCCARTHY
United Press stan Correspondent

CANBERRA, Australia, March
21.--Allied bombers, fighting on
enemy pursuit planes, battered two
japanese heavy cruisers at Rabaul
Harbor on New Britain Island,
leaving one sinking, Prime Min
lister John Curtin said-today.
A communique was said by
Curtin to indicate that the sue
cessful Allied attack Friday had
seriously damaged one of the
enemy cruisers and probably sunk
another. American planes report
eddy led the attack.
The communique said columns
of black smoke were seen rising
from the cruiser, which was re-
ported burning and sinking" as
the Allied bombers departed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
j. ). 10 Halt
N0ndefense
Construction
Orders Drafted
TO Freeze Heating
and Plumbing Supplies
BY PHILLIPS !. PECK

Intl news service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. March 2l.-All
private and non-defensc residential
and industrial construction will be
eliminated under a series Of orders
scheduled TO be issued by the War
Production Board within a week
Or 10 days il was learned today
W w TimmiS, chief OF the
WPB plumbing and heating
branch, disclosed that the orders
already have been prepared and
are in the process Of obtaining
final clearance.
The plumbing and heating
branch he said. has prepared
orders 10 freeze current stocks
and ptelcnt the use OF manufac-
turc Of plumbing and heating
equipment except for defense bouS-
nz and defense plant constr1c-
ton
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
FUTURE BUILDING

The new unit repeatedly vii
administer the Stop-conStrucu on
program and Will direct future
building including defense on
struetion, through priority ratings.
Stocks of building supplies in non
defense areas. it was said, viii be
whitfield down 10 tho bare amount
sufficient for repair and Mo n
tcnanCc and the excess drawn II
into defense areas
WPB spokesman said cast iron
bathtubS may be banned in de-
tense homes and showers suo-
stituted. vitreous china may be
substituted in the manufacture If
lavatories and other plumbing
articles
1t was reported that hot air
space heating would be substituted
for hot water radiator systems
The former, it was explained. re-
luires only approximately 20C
pounds Of iron per home. as COM
pared with 700 pounds needed in
the radiator type heating unit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
Z Supply Ships
Sunk by British

LONDON. March u OUP).-
British submarines have sunk two
large enemy supply ships in the
central Mediterranean One of
the ships was escorted by two
destroyerS. the admiralty said
today. No date and no details
were given.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
DESTROYER MISSES THEM

1T was on dusk OF the second
night" said Brig. Gen. J. II.
Casey. chief of United States
Army Engineers in the Philip
pines, "when We sighted the de-
Stroyer on the horizon.
we were small and lOw-lying
and IL did not see Us.
I'VE halted until the de-
>tr0yer passed. and then We
crossed its wake"
MacArthur'S party which in
cluded his wife and their 4-year
old on not only eluded the Japa.
nesc fleet and the japanese planes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

ROME. March 81 italian
broadcast recorded by United
Press in New York).-An Italian
communicate acknowledged today
the loss of submarine and
claimed the sinking of a medium
sized enemy warShip by AXIS
torpedo planes in the eastern
Mediterranean. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
ALL RETURN SAFELY

Further attacks by japanese
fighters followed this success"
the statement added. "One Al
lied bomber, although hampcred
by engine trouble, drove on nu-
merous attacks. All our bombers
returned TO their bases"
This presumably raised TO three
the total of japanese cruisers sunk
or damaged in the Rabaul sector
this week.
United States Flying Fortresses
set 10,000-ton cruiser afire there
Wednesday and later reconnais-
sance showed it had vanished and
presumably was sunk.
Experts pointed out. however.
that each cruiser could not be
definitely identified under the cir
cumstances.
In any event. the toll of enemy
ships sunk or damaged in the is
lands north Of Australia was
raised to % or 20. irxlu1i4s- at
least Ia warships.
Allied and Japanese air forces
were smuggling it out for air su.
80, - -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
The Weather

The sun win set AZ 7t5 m today,
ana rise tomorrow a. 80 a N
The moon rose today Al iO.t4 =. m.
and sets tomorrow at II 30 a. m
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
ESSENTIAL REPAIRS

Prov sion VIII DC made. low
ever, for essential repairs
The orders, TImmiS said, are
aimed at conservation Of critical
metals and conversion Of part If
The Sl.00OOOO,OOO plumbing and
heating industry TO production OF
war materials.
At the same time, II was re-
ported that a new construction
division Will be SET up within
the WPB. Tho new division, il
was said. Will be headed by W
=. Kahler, present chief of jcc
construction bIanch OF the pro3uc-
ton division. and will embrace
ali construction activities within
the WPB.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

ing with the Australian soldier"
Macarthur said. II know hir
well from the World War and 1
admire him greatly"
MORE THAN COURAGE
Modern war requires some
thing more than courage and
willingness TO die" he warned.
"lt requires careful preparation.
This means the furnishing of
sufficient troops and sufficient
material to meet the known
strength of the potential enemy.
No general can make something
from nothing.
my success or failure will de-
pend primarily upon the re-
sources which our respective
governments can place at my
disposal. My faith in them is
complete.
PLEDGES FAITH
"In any event, I shall do my
best. I shall keep the faith of
my soldiers"
Hours before MacArthur's train
arrived from Adelaide. the Mel.
bourne station was jammed.
( Waiting patiently with the
crowd was the generals guard OF
honor. made up of a battalion of
300 American soldiers and squad
OF Filipinos. all under the COM
mand of Maj. Victor Klincke, The
FilipinoS were soldiers who had
been wounded in the Philippines
fighting under Macarthur and
brought to Australia in a hospital
ship
Finally the train. hauled by two
Continued on Next Page. Col. A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
Eyewitness Reveals:
MacArlhuI''S
Narrow Escape
Speedboats Delayed by Breakdown.
Dash Across Jap Destroyer's Wake

GENERAL MacARTHUR' S which rule the skies oIeH-tfFe
Australia South Seas but also made land
March u UP)A Japanese their relays through the
through Philippines held by Mac
duAk OF Tho snunA Pacfc Arth own mon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
Fire Insurance
Rates Here
Cut by State
Lowered 7 Per Cent
on Residences TO-
Save 500, 1000 a Year

LANSING, March Handing
down it's first decision in nearly
20 years, Michigan's insurance
rating commission today ordered
a Z per cent reduction in resi-
DENTAL fire insurance rates in
Detroit and IS other cities, which
it is estimated will save policy
holders from 100000 TO 500, 0o0
year.
The decision WAS based on testi-
mony taken last year during hear
lngs ordered by Governor Van
Wagner following the completion
of a Senate investigation insti-
gated by Senator James a. Burns
ID of Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

Continued on Next Page, Col. I
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
MET LAST IN 1928

l was the first time the in
Surance rating commission, COM
posed of Insurance Commissioner
Eugene p. Berry. Atty. Gen. Her
bert J. Rushton and Banking
Commissioner Maurice Eveland,
had met since 1923.
The hearings were originally
petitioned for by Mayor Edward
JeffrieS in 1910, who contended
rates in Detroit were eXhorbitant
in view of improvements in fire
fighting equipment and technique.
Cramped by the apparent lack
OF statistics kept by the insurance
firms doing business in Michigan.
the rating commission based its
decision on records kept by rs of
the 315 companies listed.
Before the hearings en- d e d,
Berry ordered all firms to keep
records of profit and loss and set
up a statistics bureau in his own
department. Available d a
showed companies paid AZ cents
out Of etery premium dollar on
losses while the cost OF doing BUSH
ness was IS cents, leaving a
profit of g cents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

dusk Of Tho southwest PaCltic,
missed a golden chance TO capture
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, IL was
revealed today
One OF tho officers who escaped
from Bataan with Macarthur told
the story.
The Macarthur party, Of % per-
sons was in four fast mosquito
boats, proceeding 20 rendezvous
with two flying fortresscs which
were 10 carry them 10 Australia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
MORE THAN COURAGE

Continued on Next Page. Col. 4
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Continued on Next Page, Col. ID
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21
IN THE
NEWS

Los Angeles, Feb. 90. 1912
William Randolph Hearst,
Care Los Angeles Examiner,
Los Angeles, Calf.
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Continued ON Next Page, Col. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-21

ing with the Australian soldier"
Macarthur said. Il know hir
well from the World War and 1
admire him greatly"
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Fines Tota|ing $4,000
Are Imposed in Food
Profiteering Plot
California Chain Stores
And Grocery Associations
Receive Penalties
Fy tfe Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1o,-
Thirty-one defendants accused of
conspiring to mark up retail food
prices in California were fined
more than $4,000 yesterday by Fed
eral Judge Michael j. Roche.
individuals. including the heads
of Safeway, two other chain stores
and half dozen grocers' aSsocia-
tions. were given alternate Jail SEN
tences in case they did not pay the
fines.
Penalties ranged from sos up to
the $4,000 fines assessed against
both Safeway and the California
Retail Grocers and Merchants As
sociation.
The heaviest individual penalty
was against Kenneth Hess OF San
Francisco, head of Ssfeway. who was
ordered to pay a $500 fine or serve
six months in Jail.
Fines of 1000 were levied against
Hagstrom's Food Stores of Oakland
and Purity Stores of San Fran
cisco.
The three chain stores and five
other defendants pleaded nolo con-
tendere and did not go to trial. The
others were convicted by the Judge
without juries under the Sherman
antitrust law.
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Former French Deputy
Arrives in England
BY the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 19.-The fighting
French government announced yes
terday that Felix Gouin, former
member of the French Chamber of
Deputies and "unswerving opponent
Of the Vichy government and of COL
laboration with Germany" has
arrived in England.
The announcement gave no de-
tails OF his trip, but declared he had
come to give Gen. Charles de Gaulle
"a full account of the trend of
opinion and latest developments in
France"
Evening star., 1942-08-19
OPA TO Investigate Pleas
For New Gasoline Books
By the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press,
BALTIMORE, Aug. 10. - The
Maryland OPA will investigate what
appears to be an excessive daily
volume of appeals to local war
price and rationing boards for new
gasoline ration books to replace
books reported lost by motorists"
State OPA Attorney Reuben Op-
penheimer said State boards are
receiving several such appeals daily,
and "one reason for doubling the
authenticity of some such cases is
the relatively few reports of lost
sugar books reaching the local
boards, despite the fact that sugar
books in the hands of customers
are much more, numerous.
While many of these claims may
be legitimate, there is evidence at
least OF extreme carelessness in the
care of these books. A motorist
should guard his gasoline ration
book as he would his money. When
we lose a $40 bill We do not expect
the United States Treasury to
replace It,"
Evening star., 1942-08-19
Gen. 0|mstead Says War
Still Heavily Favors Axis

2: the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1s.-Mai.
Gen. Dawson Olmstead, the Army s
chief signal officer who recently re-
turned from London, declared yes
terday the scales of war still are
mighty heavy on the Axis side"
Speaking at luncheon at which
he received the Poor Richard Clubs
award of merit, Gen. Olmstead said
that Few of us fully realize how
critical the situation in Britain was
and still Is"
IF we are ever tempted to become
complacent," he added, "all we need
do is repeat list like this: Poland,
Dunkirk. Greece. Crete, Singapore,
Philippines, Bataan, Corregidor,
Java, Malaga, Burma, Sevastopol,
Tobruch and Caucasus. We can
try to balance that with such glo-
rious victories as Coral Sea, Midway
and the bombing of Japan.
DO not misunderstood me. The
United Nations are going to win
this war. But we will never sue
ceed until We put blood and sweat
into it ".''
Gen. Olmstead was given the
advertising clubs award in recog-
milton OF his accomplishments in
the development of Army communi-
cations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08
StoepeI Park Garden
Flowing Protested

The blowing of two acres for
Victory gardens out'of the n acres
of Stoepel Park No. 2, at West
Chicago boulevard and Grandmont
avenue, was protested TO Common
Council today by a delegation of
residents of tn g neighborhood.
They declared that the park was
hardly large enough now for a
playground for children and if il
was further reduced. the children
would have 10 play in the streets.
Mrs. jeanette Langley, 92l5
Grandmont avenue. said that many
of the mothers are engaged in war
work and their children are taken
10 the park by older children and
watched. However. council was in
clined not 10 interfere with the
blowing, being done by the depart
ment of parks and recreation. but
will take a final vote on it Tues
day night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08

to do getting a'tot ready for school
clothes TO lay out. breakfast TO
make, last minute ear and neck
inspection.
So Mrs. HiZzonner got into the
habit of slipping on a housecoat
and her fur coat over her pajamas
for the driving chore.
Well. one day last winter, the
car stalled on the return trip and
the charming first lady of the city
nearly had TO get out in the street,
pajamas, slippers and all. TO flag
down some help. She gets up Is
minutes earlier lately and dresses.
Guy A. Jensen. one OF the able
grand jury prosecutors. is gleeful
these days over the news he just
got that his flying son. Walter was
lust promoted 10 first lieutenant
in the air corps.
Walter is 70 and Is a u. OF NJ.
graduate of 1888. He served a
hitch in the air corps, including a
year at Manila and then joined
American Airlines, flying the De-
troit to New York run. He went
back into the army in March and
is stationed at Fort Morrison, Fla.
~ a.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08
John Rousseau

Red Cross and USO.
Note 10 Aloysius Diehl: You can
60 right along into service in the
air corps with your mind at rest.
Those symbols tween the
seventh and eighth floors on the
Union Guardian Building are not
Nazi Swastikas. Faye Portner of
the USO staff called Evelyn
Schultz of the Wayne University
art staff. who says they are anci-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08

early If you
want space at
the state wide
reunion of for
mer Alpe n a
residents at the
Fort Shelby to-
morrow night.
He expects l.
500 10 be there
and he points
out that the
entire proceeds
will go TO the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08

p h o I oge n &c
wife.
S EN- Is the
j e ffrie son
goes 10 a school
some distance
from home, so
it's the custom
for mama to
drive him TO
classes.
w ell. you
know how IL is.
Thare's So u,tieh
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08

a bit. too, with 10 mems teams
and five girls teams playing there.
Pretty Catherine CALI goes
through the pangs of first love
with all its attendant misery in
the comedy. Growing Pains" pre-
septed by the st. Thomas Seniors
Sunday night in their auditorium.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08
Seek War Contracts

To aid manufacturers in the
Traverse City area to obtain war
contracts, a delegation of officials
rom the War Production Board
here will travel TO Traverse City
Ind meet there with manufac-
lurers in the Chamber OF Com
nerce. Nearly 100 plant owners
rom the northwestern section OF
Michigan are expected to attend,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08

league, he Cor
she) drops a
nickel in a box
on the bench.
Mic k S u ii o,
operator of the
park. matches
the money and
it goes in cash,
to the boys in
the service who
used 10 play in
the league. II
comes 10 0uite
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08

the Indian motlt OF the DullulnR.
you service men at the USO club
can stop worrying, too
Comes now an honest taxi driver
who says will the lady who left
her gloves in his rig the other
night please let him know where
TO deliver them? He's Harry
Rosenberg and he says they belong
to one of two young ladies he took
out Grand River TO BEDFORD. He's
at the Addison Hotel.
A year ago Heinrich A. Lettering,
warrant clerk in recorders court,
lost a valuable ring. He'd had Il
for a long time and suddenly II
disappeared.
Tuesday evening, his lawn
mower blades jammed and there
was the ring, unframed.
Every time a player strikes out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08
DRIVERS ACCUSED

driving in the blackout with lights
for 20 blocks despite repeated
warnings. Harry Willinsky. 1928
Lincoln avenue. Highland Park,
was charged with driving during
the blackout
Richards said ono Of the most
fragrant violators was large in
dustrial plant in the vicinity of
the General Motors Building. De-
spite the fact the plant was idle.
he said. the interior and flood
lights were going full blast.
Inadequacy of the warning sys-
tenn. especially in areas outside
the city, was called 10 the meet
ing's attention by various wardens.
The inability of the Chrysler Com
pany TO obtain priorities up 10 now
has prevented the manufacture OF
the large sirens which will be
available for later tests.
General Powell asked the war
hens TO enroll wardens. house.
wives perhaps, who would be
available in the event a real raid
warning sounded while the pres
ent wardens were at work.
Mayors John +. Martz of Birm-
ingham, Delos S. Hamlin of Farm
lngton and Fletcher l.. Renton OF
Royal Oak were congratulated on
the manner in which they halted
the heavy traffic flowing toward
Detroit when the warning sounded.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08
People You Know

BY LINTON Ankles

It's not a new story, but / don't
think il has been told before
about the near embarrassment Of
Mrs. Edward J. Jeffries, the
MAYORS charming and extremely
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-08

Every time a player strikes out
at Mack Park in the softball
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27
Ration Card Puts
Courts on Spot

Traffic Judges and OPA officials
met today to discuss whether
persons convicted Of speeding
more than 35 miles an hour should
lose their gasoline ration books
Traffic Judge Thomas r. Mahcr
said the plan presented one diff
Guilty. Persons who fear they will
lose their gas rationing card II
convicted may start demanding
jury trials, he said
"Since we get about 200
speeding cases a day, the court
couldn't possibly handle that
many jury cases." he SAID
Gas raHoning boards processing
4. c and special gas allotment
which did not work
Thanksgiving. will be open Sunday
10 make up for the holiday. il
was announced today.
Three hundred high school
seniors with clerical training will
aid IN tho work. Deadline for
such applications is Monday.
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27
Pennies 60 AWOL
Few in San Francisco After Mint Turns Out q
Million Before v. S. Freezes Copper

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 27
CINSl - san FranciScans today
were faced with a shortage OF pen
MES.
SO curtailed is the supply OF
copperS that in some instances
are having 10 make
change 10 the nearest nickel, and
prospects are the situation Will
become worse.
There's not a penny in the
place" Mint Director Peter Hag-
gerty said, land 1 don't know
when there will be-"
Haggerty explained that the
of pennies. which contain
95 per cent copper. was halted by
the withdrawal Of this metal for
essential war uses, and that manu-
facture Of new ono-cent pieces has
been held up pending congressional
approval of ncw materials-pos-
Nlbly zinC-coated steel.
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27
CARDBOARD PENNIES

BOISE. Idaho, Nov. u INS).-
The Boise retail merchants bureau
announced today that the bureau
Monday will begin the issuance Of
light cardboard pennies as a
scheme to relieve the copper short
age
Merchants said their plan had
the sanction Of the United States
district attorneys office.
The new " pennies VIII be
sold by the merchants bureau 10
stores and individuals at no dis
count. The money obtained Will
be placed in a redemption fund
On on eSide of the cardboard
pennies. which are about the size
of postage stamp, there is a v
for victory and on the other a
fancy design to discourage counter
felterS.
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27
Winter Strikes;
Mercury at 26

Winter weather took hold in De-
troit today as the temperature
dropped % degrees within "A
hours and occasional light snow
was forecast by the weather
bureau.
At : a. m today the temperature
was 26 degrees. six below freezing.
with the prospect that it would
become several degrees colder be-
fore nightfall, the bureau said.
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27

Last September We coined
S206,000 worth Of pennies-mOre
than 20 million OF them" Hag-
gerty said. You'd think that
would he enough to last life
time. But they're all gone now"
Almost half Of the amount went
to the Federal Reserve Bank in
San Francisco for distribution in
Northern California, Haggerty
said. The remainder went TO other
western states.
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27
1 Going OFT
Take-Away Coffee Soon
TO Be a Memory
"One 10 go" wen, today

"One 10 go" went today
Ray Fling. secretary az tho
Michigan Restaurant and Cater
erS' Association. estimated that
three out Of four Detroit reStau-
T9ntS have discontinued putting
up coffee in bottle or carton ito
take out ~ and that soon all OF
them will abandon the service.
The reason is that restaurants
now receive only about Is per cent
of the coffee they received in 1871
and in addition, the shortage OF
help makes putting up coffee to
take out profitlesS business.
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27

ROME. Nov. - Gtalian broad
cast recorded by UP in London) d.
A high command communique
today that Allied planes
raided Catania, Sicily, during the
night.
Detroit evening times., 1942-11-27
The War Fronts

RuSSIA-Soviet troops smash
resistance of Germans in
Stalingrad area; advance on
all sectors; Moscow reports
116.500 Germans killed or cap
tured since November 10.
Page ~
AFRICA-Allies fight Axis
forces les sthan 10 miles from
Tunis. Page L.
EGYPT-Eighth Army drive on
fleeing Afrika Korps from the
west slows down as 1t ap-
proaches FL Agaheila, AS
miles from TuniSia. page A.
NEW GUINEA-JapaneSe land
reinforcements on Coma
beach; ground fighting dimin-
ishes while air battles rage.
page p
SOLOMONS - Washington re.
veals new fighter planes are
in action over -Guadalcanal.
one Jap plane raids Hender-
son field. Page 24l