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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
Girls. i'm War Jobs at Fords> Love IT.
Former Coed Backs Up Dad i'm Navy

so useless I'm the advertising
business. 1 check chrome metal
That's important. IL Is n terrific
job to do and IL must not fall"
EQUAL PAY OF MEN Z
The girls all started at rs
cents an hour in the school. Now
they get equal pay with men
working on similar jobs. Sorensen
says they earn il.
THAT gives you a rough idea.
All OF our girls are not college
women. OF course. Some OF them
have worked I'm shops before.
Some OF them are expert weld
ers. have special training. Can
girls get ahead in the plant?
There Is no reason why they
can't become assistant foremen
or fOremen, if they can deal
with others. Wen be needing
them for such jobs.
wen hire more and moro
women In our plant TO get out
our planes. When we get into
full swing Wen he increasing
our pay roll about three times.
That means women must COM
prise n larger and larger part
of the increase.
I've built this plant with the
idea of using women workers.
There are rest rooms and hos
pitalization for them here. In
the past we have not needed to
use them. But times have
changed"
That is how Sorensen stands
on women war workers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
Highland Park Sees
Downed Nazi Plane

Hundreds of persons today were
getting their first look at the
German Messerschmitt 100, shot
down during an air raid on London
and now on exhibition at Glendale
and Woodward avenues, Highland
Park.
The bullet-riddled fighter, with
its 1,150-horsepower Daimler
Benze motor intact, will remain
on exhibit there on Saturday and
1t will then be moved
for similar three-day showings in
Dearborn and Detroit. All net
proceeds 60 to organizations in
war work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
Worry Called
.Sdboteur No. |
rtme. stan Correspondent

LANSING, Aug. ga national
campaign to stamp out worry
among war workers may result
from a plan set up by the Michi-
gan Industrial Health Council,
said DR.. Frank F. Tallman, state
mental hygiene director, today.
THE worried employee Is
victim of the most vicious sabo-
teuf all, Doctor Altman
said. cit Ii rs necessary TO track
down and eliminate this intan-
gible enemy as IL is In the case
of the best dynamiter and ar
sOnist."
He announced that DR.. Lydia G
Giberson, psychiatric consultant
for the office Of emergency man
agement. has been assigned tc
study the Michigan plan, which Is
based on council made up al
labor, management and menta
hygiene group representatives
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
Ann Arbor Laundries
Closed in Paw Strike
Times STAFF Correspondent

ANN ARBOR, Aug. 2S.-All the
Icity's major laundries were closed
today as result Of a strike called
by Local 127 of the international
Laundry Workers, AFL, after the
arrangements of the various laun-
dries refused to raise the 33 cents
per hour minimum wage paid to
all new or apprentice help. About
100 workers were, affected.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
Photo by International News Photos

May, 1871. planted with flour
ishing crops. The crops went, 80
did the woods, and the runways
blOssOmed.
"Then the plant. We were
lucky I'm one respect, once the
land was cleared this eNpanse
of property was natural land
ing field. Today our airport has
perfect drainage"
Willow Run will be the old ForC
assembly line on a grand scale
Parts will be as interchangeable
as on a Model T. The boys in Aus
tralia or Alaska can Interchange
spark plugs. cylinders.
That is mass production, 194.
StVle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
can aviator never flew an Amer
lean airplane.
HELPED BY CRITICISM

tsoh PsAhNs
HELPED BY CRITICISM
"Of course we get criticism.
We had lot I'm a national mag
azine a week or so aeo.. That's
good for us. Keeps us on our
toes. We can take IL. They
don't know what constructive
things we and our workers have
accomplished.
"We'll be i'm full production
by 194S, year from now. Our
housing situation, we hope, will
be taken care of In the 100 small
towns adjacent to Willow Run.
We never expected to draw from
Detroit's labor market.
1.-THE Rouge takes care Of that.
We planned ahead when we got
this property for the day when
we'd need increased plant facili-
ties and new labor reservoirs.
RUNWAYS REPLACE CROPS
They'll tell you Detroit Is
dynamite. 1t takes force TO get
things done. Don't worry about
us. We're in good shape. The
whole country has a terrific job
10 do. And il must be done In a
short time. or course there Is
confusion. But consider Lincoln
and his problems I'm 1861.
"Then think of this place In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
TRUMAN COMMITTEE

Then Sorensen told about the
visit of the Truman committee to
the big bomber plant this spring
"They spent all day going
over the plant. Late In the
afternoon they came back to my
office. i think they were pleased
with what they saw. Then they
asked me what we wanted them
to do. I made them this answer:
Just let us alone. Wei do the
Job, but let us alone. And 1
promise you we are doing the
job.
"Our war job Is different than
tho last war. Remember that
General Pershing never had
American material. He de-
pended on British and French
equipment and many nm Ameri-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
BY VERA BROWN

II takes women to find out
about other women.
And that is just what Is ladies
of the press, representing the three
big news gathering agencies, and
Is daily papers from coast to
coast, have accomplished.
Charles E. Sorensen, vice pres
ident and general manager of the
Ford Motor Company, is the man
they quizzed about the women in
his war producing plants.
He says they are doing a grand
Job, those women war workers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
Willow RunPId LIANT
To Produce Soon

CONTINUED from Page One)
women want to build planes and
we're going to. Things are inn
proving and they'll continue to
improve"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
MANUFACTURERS GUESTS

The newspaper women are
headed east on a nationwide jun
ket as guests Of the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers to visit
the countryS big war producing
districts.
After the girls had visited Will
low Run and the River Rouge,
they lunched with the handsome
SorenSen.
"YOu want to know about our
women workers. Well let them
speak for themselves. Here Is
one whose grandfather went to
school with Henry Ford over In
a little red school house only a
few miles away. Stand up and
tell the girls whether you like
your job"
Pretty 24-year-old Nancy Schae-
fer stood up.
81 love il. i wouldn't have
believed factory work could be
such real fun"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
GRADUATE OF q. OF NJ.

She was wearing a neat navy
blue two-piece slack suit in which
she works checking gauges. She
was graduated from the University
of Michigan went to New York to
go on the stage, was just making
the grade on Broadway when
Pearl Harbor came.
$50 came home TO get a Job.
Dad went off to the navy, and
/ had to run the farm"
Her father is DR.. Robert Schae-
fer, we'll known physician.
81 earn $1.10 an hour, more IL
I work the dog trick, 1850 p. m.
to 1880 n. m. / like that shift,
il gives me more time to look
after the farm. feel as though
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-28
FEWER EMPLOYEES

Executive officers were still
awaiting an answer TO their appeal
10 President Roosevelt for a meet
ing to discuss the unions decision
TO rescind its agreement giving up
premium pay for Saturdays, Sun
days and holiday work for the du-
ration of the war.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Sally Rand Takes
a Husband Today
Fan Doneev Weds
Western Roneher

GENDORA. Calf. Jan. 6-lR
This is Sally Rand's wedding
day, but the ceremony (about
3 pm. EST) which will make
the fan dancer Mrs. Thurkel
Greenough will be read in the
rectory instead of Grace -2is-
copal church.
The rector, Rev. Henry Scott
Rubel, said it would be COM
trary to Episcopal church law
concerning marriage of divorced
persons to conduct the wedding
in the church. He said the ques-
ton had been raised by the
Grace Church Vestry and re-
ferred to Bishop w. Bertrand
Stevens of Los Angeles, who
cited the Canon.
with a little more time for
appeal and investigation, things
might have been otherwise, but
unfortunately the time was lack
ing" Mr.. Rubel commented.
Greenough. Red Lodge, 7 IT.,
rancher and rodeo bronc bus
ter, divorced his first wife, Mrs.
Helen Greenough, Dec. Is In
Butte, Mont.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06

fund shall be designated Contingent
Fund"
s. SURPLUS FUND.
Any surplus revenues thereafter re-
manning at the close of any fiscal year
shall be disposed Of as follows: First, II
the reserve in the Bond and Interest
Redemption Fund Is less tran the re-
quirements for the payment of principal
and interest payable from said fund and
maturing within eighteen tl8) months
from the then next interest payment
date, then there shall be set aside in said
fund any such deficiency: Second. II,
after the foregoing provision has been
satisfied, any balance remains. then
such balance may be used 10 purchase
any outstanding bonds payable from
the revenues OF said water supply sys-
tenn, in the open market At the fair mar
ket value thereof, or may be used for
any o,hcr purpose pertaining to said
water supply system.
Section i6 The State Bank of Fraser.
in the Village of Fraser. Michigan. a
bank duly qualified and doing business
in the State of Michigan, is hereby des-
ignated as custodian OF the gross rev.
enues of said water supply system. Said
bank shall signify its acceptance OF such
custodianship In writing to the Town.
ship Board of said township. All funds
from time to time derived from the op-
Grafton of said water supply system shall
be set apart by such bank nto the sev-
cral funds hercinbcfore mentioned pur-
suant to written instructions from the
township. Each and all Of said designated
funds from time to time held by such
bank shall be impressed with the trust
for the benefit of the person or persons
entitled thereto.
Section II. The Township OF Erin here
by covenants and agrees with the holder
or holders of the bonds herein propos-
ed 10 be issued that IL will punctually
perform all duties with reference To said
water supply system required by the
Constitution and laws Of the State OF
Michigan and by this ordinance: that II
will construct the project herein pro-
vidcd for in substantial accordance with
the plans and specifications hereinhc-
fore referred TO. and will have the samc
In operation on or before the first day
Of September. 1912: and that II Will not
sell. lease, mortgage or In any manner
dispose OF said water supply system I'M
Ill all bonds payable from the revenues
thereof shall have been paid In full or
unless and until provision shall have
been paid in full or unless and until pro-
vision shall have been made for the pay
ment OF said bonds In full. The said
township further covenants and agrees
with the holders Of said bonds that n
will maintain said water supply system
IN good condition and operate the same
In an efficient manner and ut q reason
able cost. so long as any OF said bonds
are outstanding: snd that u will MAIN
tain insurance on said system for the
benefit Of the holders of said bonds In
|. an amount which usually would be car
ricd by private companies engaged IN q
similar type Of busincss.
Section 10. The said township shall
have the right 10 issue additional bonds
PAYABLE from the revenues Of satd WINTER
supply system for the purpose Of con-
! structins additional extensions and per
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Saws War iosks Have Kept
Hitler at Headquarters
Fushrsv Dsvotins His Life to Solution
Of Gisontic Tasks, Dr.. Dietrich Soys

BERLIN, Jan. 6 - (Official
broadcast recorded by APP
Gigantic war tasks have kept
Adolf Hitler steadily at his
headquarters in eastern Europe
except for occasional one-day
trips since the German-Russian
campaign started June %, DR..
Otto Dietrich said today in urg-
ing upon Germany Complete
trust in victory"
The Nazi press chief declar-
ed in an article published in ali
German newspapers that "for
six months, that is, since the be-
ginning of the eastern campaign,
the Fuehrer has been staying
in his headquarters in eastern
Europe, devoting his life entire
ly to solution of gigantic tasks
confronting the German nation
in connection with necessities
of the war"
INNER CALL"
british dispatches Jan. ]
said that Hitler. who supplanted
Field Marshal Gen. Walther
Won Brauchitsch as the German
commander in chief Dec. 10 in
response to IAN inner CALL" had
flown to Smolensk from Kiev
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06

lin an attempt, to stiffen h is
central lines.
| (About a half dozen German
generals were reported in Lon
don yesterday to have gone the
way of Won Brauchitsch for
military reservses or criticism
of the conduct Of the war;
1.-THE enormous burden of
work resting on the Fuehrer's
shoulders" DR.. Dietrich wrote,
made it even impossible for
him to spend this Christmas
amidst his troops in the fore
most front lines, as was ( h e
case for the last two years"
YULE AS USUAL
"a German radio broadcast
Dec. 26 said Hitler had spent
Christmas, as usual, among his
troops. He was in Berlin Dec.
II for the declaration of war
upon the United States.)
GAS commander in chief of
the German army, the Fuehrer
is unable to leave heaquarters
for more than single day"
DR.. Dietrich went on. even the
short hours which the Fuehrer
spends at mealtimes with his
closest military and political
collaborators are cut down in
accordance with pending con-
ferences.
"I wish the. German people
could listen in on the converse
tons with the Fuehrer, because
then they would realize the
feeling of strength and absolute
confidence in victory which the
Fuehrer has in these winter
months"
(The Soviet radio and other
quarters have said Hitler was
suffering from nervous exhaus-
ton and inflammation of the
eyes.)
1.-THE strength of willpower
embodied in the Fuelirer and re-
layed to all who fight under him
is the secret of the successes OF
the national socialist (Nazi)
movement" DR.. Dietrich wrote.
Truly great victories in this
life are won only by tn o e
whose character has stood the
hardest tests. . With eyes
on the Fuehhrer. the whole Ger
man people today are rising ia
the highest development of all
their power"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
MounfCemens
High Notes
BY Tom 3 Dick Donaldson
BACK TO SCHOOL

BACK TO SCHOOL
After enjoying one of the
longest Christmas vacation in
many years, it seems good to
get back into the swing of
things here in Mount Clemens
High School. The students are
getting down to studying again
because exam time isn't far off,
while both the swimming and
basketball teams are also start
ing practise again in earnest for
coming engagements with our
Border Cities League rivals.
BOWLING
With the gals becoming better
ten pin players as the weeks
60 by, they are invited to bowl
again tonight after school from
four o'clock until five thirty,
so IL there are any new girls
who are interested you are well
come to bowl, and everyone is
asked to be on time.
SENIORS
There was an entire assembly
of all senior class members to-
day in the high school audi
toruim at nine thirty.
ISIS.
The members of the ISIS.
knitting club met tonight to
knit for the American Red
Cross which Is doing such a
fine job in this total world war.
Keep the good work girls, the
cause sure deserves it.
MIRROR MEETING
Barbara Alpern, editor OF
the Mount Clemens High School
Mirror, bi-monthly publication.
handed out assignments to all
reporters tonight at q short
business meeting in the print
ing rooms.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
Chicago City Council
Probes Balbo Death
Street Nomed After
Him in Windy City

CHICAGO, Jan. g. up -
The city council committee on
streets and alleys wants the real
lowdown on the death OF Italo
Balbo, the Italian air marshal.
Balbo made a big hit with
Chicago in 1888 when he led .
squadron of airplanes across
the Atlantic to the World Fair
So the city named street after
him. Now one alderman wants
il changed to Garibaldi drive.
contending Balbo was q founder
of Fascism and had fought
against the democracies.
Another alderman. however,
insisted nothing be done without
investigating stories that Balbo,
killed over Tobruk. Libya. June
%, 1910. had been murdered
because Mussolini was jealous
of him, and that Italian anti.
aircraft guns deliberately shot
down his plane.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06

and for all premises competed with the
water supply system constructed under
this ordinance. such monthly service
charge shall be increased by the sum
Of SIC until the said additional &c pay
ments shall aggregate the sum of $4,000.
II larger meter Is required to service
any premises. the Township Board shall
fix the service rate therefor. which rate
shall be commensurate with the fore
going. The minimum monthly water
charge as to each premises shall be the
service charges above mentioned plus
80c.
The township shall pay for all water
used by II at the foregoing rates except
that the charge 10 the township for
fire hydrant service shall be computed
upon the basis of $4,000 per year for
each hydrant connected with the sys-
tenn. payable monthly from the current
funds of the township, and the town
ship Is hereby authorized and required
to levy tax each year sufficient for
that purpose.
Section ~. No free services shall be
furnished by said water supply system
to any person. firm or corporation. pub
lie or private. Bills for water supply
shall be rendered quarterly or oftener,
but not less than one-third u/0 in
amount OF said bills shall become due
each month. Said bii1s shall become
due at such time. not exceeding thirty
meter. as shall be established by rcsoiu-
ton of the Township Board. and II not
paid within fifteen rs, days after the
same shall become due. then a penalty
OF five per cent f5ctD shall be added to
the amount thereof and in the event
that any bill shall not be paid within
thirty 1907 days after the same shall be-
come due. then the water shall be dis
continued to the premises until such
balance shall he paid. together with the
five per cent t5eD penalty and a SER
vice charge OF $3.50
Section H. The township shall have a
lien as security for the collection OF the
charges provided In this ordinance. and
also all the rights for the enforcement
Of such collection. as are provided In
Act No. l78 of the Public Acts Of 1899
or rs provided in any other act or Gets
now or hereafter effective which shall
provide q remedy not less cfficacious
than that provided In the act above men
toned. II any ordinance shall he adopt
ed by the Tnwnshin Hoard Of said
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06
TheRambGng Reporter

lowing letter they received
from q Center Line youth:
Dear Sir:
Regarding my classification
with the Selective Service Board,
wish to state that develop
ments have come up recently
which may make a change ne
cessary.
ION June Is, 1s41, I re-
ceived a card from your Of
flee which had placed me In
1V-C. At that time I was an
alien. On July 18th or 18th
the Selective Service Act was
changed in that those over 20
were no longer to be drafted.
1 am 30 years old, 50, when ]
received my certificate Of
intention to become q citizen
on Sept. Is, 194l, 1 let things
rest, feeling that l wouldn't
be called for training anyway.
This incident with Japan has
changed things considerably.
Your office may be called upon
to draft those of us who are
over %, and although am not
a citizen as yet, I believe l am
eligible for the draft. I feel
that since I am enjoying many
of the opportunities and priv
ileges that the native born and
naturalized are enjoying,
should also stand in line with
them and be ready to serve.
"If my case warrants q
change Of classification, please
make that change, and notify
me-. My order number Is
31O3."
~ n -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-06

manent improvements to the said sys-
tenn. which bonds when issued snail
have equal standing with the borts
herein authorized; provided that no
such additional bonds shall be issued
until and unless the township shall Sc
Chief Engineer of the Board of Water
Commissioners of the City OF Detroit:
Michigan. and a registered professional
engineer to be selected by the Town
ship Board. to the effect that . con-
sentative estimate of the yearly water
revenues to be derived as result OF
such extensions ahd/or permanent i'm
will be sufficient to pay
one and one-fourth az, times any
yearly increase In the amount to be
placed in the Operation and Maintenance
Fund. In the Bond and Interest Re
demption Fund and In the Depreciation
Fund as result of such extensions
and or permanent improvements and
the issuance of such additional bonds.
which statement shall set forth such
estimated revenues and the amounts of
such additional fund requirements and
shall have attached thereto maps, plans
and specifications for the proposed ex-
tensions and/or improvements; and in
the event that the two engineers above
mentioned cannot agree upon the Is
suance of such statement. then thy
shall select q third registered profess
SiOnal engineer 10 act Win tnem ana
in that case. the requirements of this
proviso shall be satisfied IL such state
ment is signed by any two u, Of SUCH
three t3) engineers. It Is the intention to
provide in this section the means for
the completion of the water supply sys-
tenn of the township as such completion
shall be required. by the issuance of adj
ditional revenue bonds which shall Ave
equal standing with the S125 900 90 rev.
enue bonds herein authorized but that
before such issuance. there shall he .
determination by competent engineers
that the extensions and FOR permanent
improvements will produce the income
above specified, thereby giving % rne
holders of the bonds to be presently
issued. reasonable assurance that the
issuance of such additional bonds will
not jeopardize the payment of the prin-
cipal and interest on their bonds. In
the event that the office of Chief En-
gineer OF the Board of Water Commits
sioners of the City ct Detroit, Michigan.
shall be non-existent, c- the person oc-
cupying such office shall neglect or re-
fuse to act, then the Judge presiding
over the Macomb County Circuit Court
may select a competent uninterested en-
gineer to act in the place c. the offic .r
designated.
Section 10. The bonds and attached
coupons authorized in this ordinance
shall be substantially in the following
form. to-Wit: