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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Canada Expands
War Output

TORONTO, Feb. IA. +. AIRS
colt, general manager of the Cana.
dian Bank of Commerce. said
that the banks index of industrial
activity for 1911 averaged 30 per
cent above that for the year pre-
plouS q.
The variety OF manufactures
was also much greater in 1871. for
many new plants. mainly arma-
ment, were brought into produc-
ton which never before were
characteristic of Canada. II Is es-
timatcd that through additions
and extensions the industrial ca
pacity Of the country was in
creased by nearly 10 per cent last
Year and by close 10 20 per cent
since the outbreak of war.
From special analysis cover
ing several thousand units. it is
estimated that by the year-end
fully one-third OF all industrial ia
CllltIcS were engaged in war work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15

loans tic surface 20 be the quickest and most effective
method These could be secured firm
contracts
In its present position Briggs is pressing need for funds
likely be the future However the long term
and like many industry has prob
lem which will have 10 be solved
In for the production task Briggs already clear
factories uniSabie machinery
Employment Is down about 10000 men Of whom the
already Briggs aircraft division
other items
rapid increase employment anticipated and normal peak
~ 23OO be by end Of June - 900 roll
: inctly probable before the end of the year
The companys big SsSoo000 plant EghMle road i
being rushed 10 completion.
In addition aircraft tank and
units working Briggs SuI making plumbing equipment fo
defense housing and die casting division IN Cleveland Is busy
Goodyear Tire Rubber Compa0ys Jackson Mich, plant
VIII be converted 10 tho manuacturc Of
Described by President = " Ltchhed OF the most
modern and efficient making plants the world the jackson
factory heH caded for work and Tire making
chney has already been moved and placed
plants hat
example diversified the that
plant here long making clips
naIy was metal stamping unit
lcres good now for company '<rcH'i'e>'
According latest Washington they
ave Winning preferential tho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Distribution Problem,

Tho high command at Wash
ington, IN association with the
other powers constituting the
United Nations. likewise faces a
master distribution as well as
a production problem. 1t calls
for a high sense OF strategic IN
tolligence 10 determine where
the current output OF guns,
tanks, planes and ships will be
most useful. In war. the peace
time technique OF open bidding
for goods at The market place
cannot be used.
And right now the united
forces with their backs 10 the
wall in Singapore. in the Philip
pines and at other Pacific posts,
are confronted with a battling
problem in distribution-the diff
ficulty Of getting needed weapons
20 the right places in time
Accordingly, If men in govern
mcnt will face the facts OBJ
jectiYely they should gain a new
respect for men IN the realm OF
distribution
In private business the seem
ing perfect balance between
supply and demand has been no
accident
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
.Lindahl to Address
Accountants Here
industrial Cost Problem
Topic Of Steel OTieial

Oscar y. Lindahl, vice president
in charge of finance, Carnegie
Illinois Steel Corporation, will
address a combined meeting OF
the Detroit unit of the Controllers
Institute of America, the Mich
igan Association of Certified Pub
lie Accountants and the Detroit
chapter of the National Associa-
ton of Cost Accountants, with the
latter group as sponsor.
Lindahrs subject is "Industria.
Cost Problems"
He is well known in accounting
circles. having been director oil
the national board, National Asso'
citation of Cost Accountants anC
both president and national direc
tor Of the Controllers Institute o
America. as we'll as past presiden
OF the Illinois Manufacturers Cos
Accountants Association and mem
Der OF the committee on govern
lment finance of the Nationa
Association Of Manufacturers.
The chairman of the meeting
will be Ottmar August Waldow
controller. National Bank of De-
troit. Waldow is president of the
Detroit Control, Controllers Insti.
tute OF America, and past presi-
dent Of the Detroit chapter,
y a & 4
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15

II is the result OF infinite
planning on the part of the
those engaged in the production
and distribution Of things.
Donald NJ. Nelson, head Of the
War Production Board, told me
some time ago that he was fully
appreciative Of the economic
service rendered by wholesalers,
iobberS, distributors and retail
ers. In the earlier war, strong
efforts were made TO eliminate
the "middleman."
II large-scale military produc-
ton is 10 be permanent
policy in the United States, then
il might be necessary 10 revise
our concepts of the proper ratio
of gainfully employed workers
in primary production, on the
one hand and in distribution and
the service trades and profess
SlOnS, on the other.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
A Steady Decline

Since 1870. for example The
ratio Of total gainfully employed
persons engaged in direct pri-
mary making Of things has
steadily declined and at a spec
tacular rate. Such a peacetime
trend is civilized one
But if postwar conditions re-
ouirc continuous arSenals absorb
ing a large share of the produc-
tivity OF our people. one way TO
answer such a challenge would
be 10 rearrange the balance be-
tween production and service
workers. If you applied the
1870 ratio TO those now en-
ployed and organized production
tools on such a basis. America s
capacity to produce would stag
ger the Imagination. But the
resultant tangleS would be great
II distribution and service voCa-
tionS came 10 be radically un-
dermanned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15

said special
should be Washington consider their
Hershey said he mullng Georges
he fort
In the
Definitely NOT good from the nations capitol IS the
dealers the cold shoulder there.
of. the fatty refused let them
hicles pointing that their mechanics do
training
Then WPB put thumbs a proposal open bicycle
sales metal for bicycles
Another this week Friends magazine
published monthly and distributed 10 and Of
Chevrolet and trucks
Suspending publication the he
issues put thrceear period have agge
gated approximately 2i275O copies. I
William Slocm genial 81 the
Bank off for much deserved Florida Earl
Pifer Electric the CAP tCvian
PATROL viii play the SEC employees
30dsy notice that they're going TO Philadelphia. Or
WPB refusing Bethlehem Steel build million
dsr Office building Don't be surprised If word from
Flank Murphy is dateined Fire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Employment Mark
For Nash-Kelv.
Wisconsin Plants
VIII Employ 1000

The %a>h-Kclyinator Corpora
ton viii employ 1900 workers AT
IT'S Milwaukee and KcnoSha plants
when The company gets into full
swing war contract production, ac-
COrduC 10 Horace !. Medium, sec
rc!arN The previous all-tme high
employment by Mash Motors was
1900. which included the Racine
plant OF Nash which has hcen sold
10 thr MaS>ey-HMus Company
Racine.
Ma>,ev-Harris farm implement
Will produce army
tanks The building has been IDLE
FOR tive loaIs following Nash halt
ING production on Lafayette cars.
ON the tank contract, the Massey
Harms Company will be the prime
contractors with considerable oi
the work 10 be handled by the J J
Case Company and NaSh-Kekr
tr.4fGF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Mich. Gas Income
Lower During 1941

Tho Michigan Consolidated Gas
Company for the year ended Dec
81, 1871, reports a net income oil
S.. 33Sl3S. after all charges, as
against 81 655 1873 in the previous
year. Total operating revenues
wore up $500 463 10 S24, 733 94-
during the 12-month period. Will
lam G. Voolfolk. president. Statcd
I'D the annual report
Operating expenses and taxes
for the year amounted 10 500. So
100 IN increase OF 5i2 per cent
over 1870.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
J-Year High
Lumber Orders Rocket on
Wartime Demand

WASHINGTON. Feb - War
time demand preponderantly from
government agencies, az the begin
mig OF this month. had forced the
backlog Of untitled orders for lum-
bcr from Pacific Northwestern
mills 10 highest level since Janu-
AIRY 1897 approximately 1900
900 600 board feet Of lumber IS
row Indicated TO have been bought
from the area since Pearl Harbor.
January commitments averaged
19l37iOO0 board feet weekly as
against a revised figure of lS4 39S,-
900 for December which included
one prc-war week at a relatively
low level.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Asks ice Approve
Notes

WASHINGTON, Feb i ms
The Chicago and Eastern I'LL.
mon, Railroad Company today
asked 'ho Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission 10 Is.
sue 100000 in equipment trust
cor ac4's, tor partial payment
for additional rolling stock con.
-,stsg az 500 5O-ton steel box cars
Total cost If the equipment vii
bo 500 600, the petition said
Tho railroad VIII apply for per.
mission 10 soil the ISSUE 10 tho
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
l4u.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Anaconda Follows
Rise in Wire Prices

NV YORK. Feb - Ana.
conda W.rn and Cable Company
has advanced The price OF Weather
proof wire - cents a pound
making the ncw base price IL
cents a pound This action is In
line With the new cope wire
ceiling price, allowed by the of
Gee o. Pucc Administration and
follows ,ulldr prcc advances
announced several days ago ty
competitors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Thompson Products
PAYS Soc on Common

Thompson Products, Inc, has
declared a dividend of 30 cents on
the common, payable March Is, to
stock OF record February %. Pay
mentS in 1911 we're 50 cents each
April ] and July and = cents
each September - and Deem
Der -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Tube Firm Takes No
Action on Dividend

At the meeting Of the board OF
directors of Michigan Steel Tube
Products Company no action was
taken on the question of a cash
dividend for March. due to the
mandatory Stoppage of all passen-
ger car production and also TO fact
that conversion Of the company's
plants to war production will neces-
state heavy cash requirements for
both facilities and inventory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15

that occupied by business man
agemcnt in peace time.
Faced with a two-ocean war;.
federal officials are impatient
10 get production and are re-
Scntful of any influences that
slow up the output of essential
products. Contrast this present
attitude with the tendency 10
Coddlc Shutdown" strikes barely
tive years ago.
Merchandising has been dcS-
crbed as the art OF having
things Of a quality and price
which Will appeal TO persons able
- buy them AT places where
They viii be i'm demand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Metal Markets

'tW YORK Feh il--Cupp'r trt'nt,
were mostly Cautred 20 the yNpatItInE H'
COPPER Iafe consumer, hands Price Was
unchanged ~ ceiling pr,e - - Cvnts a
r.-Jt. delivered Connecticut VALLEY *
p.f. copper VAS quiet ~ II cents a
pDsuf q NeW Nnfk
Iiuc price here was firm ~ ceiling 'eye
~, rs cents pound East ST Louis
Demand Tor lead continues 20 hold N
cNrres ~ available supplies a. 80 cents
pound NtW Nlrk ana o. 30 cents n
pound -. Louis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Santa Re Leads

Santa Re. leader Of The railroad
group. rose nearly a point TO 3i',
Louisville and Nashville regAlncL
the points it lost yesterday
Small advances were noted in New
York Central. Chesapeake and
Ohio. Southern Pacific and Penn
sylvania Railroad
Aiding rails werc estimates that
car loadingS IN the hrSt-iive DAYS
OF Tins Week had made a contra
seasonal gain a. compared with
last week. and favorable earnings
estimates. especially in the case
OF Santa &c
steel shares barely held then
own. CopperS were steady TO firm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Oils Improve

Chty Sler gained 3 and Genera
Motors y point OILS generally
were better with Standard onOhiC
up more than a point Du Pont
rose a point Utilities reid small
advances.
Bonds were firm under lead Of
domestic rails Australian issues
made new lows for the wear or
losses extending 10 = points Cot
ton and wheat were firm an con-
nnnrlIiL..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
The Business Front
Briggs Employment May Hit
$4,000 to Treble Output

~ RIGGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY must triple its
put In normally good automobile year order to ldh
* Its armament obligations
With orders commitments. subject TO completion
~ OF contract negotiations aggregang approximately 800
100000 Briggs within Will reach monthly o!
output equivalent $3000O00O0 annually.
BY Briggs sales Sl0 100000 in 1910 tho
last normal civilian for the while in the two prior
volume lowered $75000000 mark
Most interesting however, the total Of
Briggs with they had December 81
Remember Pearl IIarbor?
This terrific increase prospective business has also brought
problems the Briggs Company though one concerned
with working capital inventories and roll
qfemens Another the dividend policy. because obviously
change capitalization a distinct possibility.
be in bank,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
New Bond Offerings
Treble 1941 Week

NEW YORK. Feb. l4.-New
bond offerings this week totaled
SIS POO 900 as against Sl3,770, 600
last week and S5600,000 in the
corresponding 1871 week, II was
reported TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
'Ex Seat Price Dips

NEW YORK. Feb. Il. - Ar
rangcments had been made today
for the sale of New York Stock
Exchange seat at $4,000. off
$1,000 from the previous transac-
ton
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
u. S. Faces Problem
OF Arms Distribution
Getting Munitions in Needed Spots
Like Law Of Supply and Demand
BY MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER
International News Service Economic Commentator

The posPea striving for fun national unity
government and business more sympathetic m
sight into each others problems.
Certainly business and hnaneers serving at Wash
gathered fresh insight what makes
wheels round government
And that federal government has become the dom-
mar goods services officials have
necessarily been Unanswered
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
20-Cent Dividend
By u. 5. Graphite

L. S. Graphite Company has de-
.clared dividend of 20 cents, pay
able March 10. to stock Of record
March >. The firm paid % cents
on March Is. last wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Forbes Offers
Tips on Trends
In War Times
Calls Advertising
Best Antidote for
Business Adversely

BY u. L. tOhbbS
Rents will rise.
Prediction: Most stocks will be
higher this year.
Another prediction: Donald Mel
son will do thorough job.
A . or 3 per cent sales tax
is preferable to a 15 per cent
seizure of wages.
Temporary RECOMMENDATION here
now will assure defeat OF world
RECOMMENDATION.
Buying defense bonds constitutes
self defense.
Advertising is the best antidoto
for business adversely.
American genius has solved
harder problems than the prophe-
sled rubber famine.
Living as usual will 60 the way
| of business as usual"
Our utility industry is living
lup 10 its name.
The greater our war spending,
the greater the need for non-waf
federal economies.
Far-sighted inventory-bullding
was all right. Hoarding now IS all
wrong.
Motoring Is decreasing gradt,-
ally-hut will steadily decrease
i more.
Workers In out-of-town war
plants must not be deprived a
cars or tires.
How about a ceiling on politics?
!, Salesmen-especially diplomatic
salesmen--willb be needed.
, Will suicide be Hitler's way out !!
: Washington still believes In
economy for other people only.
t Work as much as possible:
: worry as little as possible.
/ Rampant imitation Injuries all.
Our highest-paid executives pay
most of their salary to Uncle Sam
: And worse awaits.
Avoid marginal speculation In
ommodities-either way.
The Russian bear is proving a
bear for punishment-and for In
hicting punishment.
Abnormal difficulties afford
scope for abnormal sales talent.
Why are organized workers and
farmers asked to make fewer sac
] rifices than unorganized citizens?
Could the answer be politics?
To spend billions Is easy. To
, pay off billions of debt isn't.
Why not utilize to the utmost
our mountainous hoard OF silver
to make up shortages in war
metals?
Don't sell America short.
Copyright. 1912, by B. c. Forbes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15

ing several days Of decline which
carried the industrial average o.
near the 1911 low.
Extreme caution of traders re-
duced volume. NaNh-kelylnatoI
with turnover OF a little more
than 1000 shares, was the most
active issue Standard Oh Of Ncv
Jersey was relatively active Zach
had a small gain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Market Firm;
Rails, Motors
Close StronQ
Extreme Caution OF
Traders Cuts Volume
10 6-Month Low
By ELMER &. " AL/ER
United PRES. Financial EDITOR

NEW YORK, Feb. 14-Tradine
on the stock market today was
The hghtc>t for n short session
since last August y. Price were
firm with railroad and automobile
shares strong
The rise, An extension or yes
tcrday'S late recovery, VA, seer
as merely. a technical rally follow,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15

Enforced savings, and
higher corporate and individ-
ual income taxes may be APP
piled this year TO check
initiation, Price Administrator
Henderson warns. He recon-
mends a Withholding tax, too.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Dow-Jones Bonds
Detroit Poultry

Market steady. 40 quotations available
SATURDAY
Eggs Market unsettled Current re.
ceip,s, q &C. undergrades, rs &C.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Montreal Silver

MONTREAL. Feb II SILVER closed
steady and Unchanged, with February
30 Ta b.t so trades
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
New York Cotton

Closings April. 81 nominal. June
~ 80. nominal August 1875 nominal,
september "a so. nominal, November
- Sd nominal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Raw Sugar
nnMINIIC IONIRAI1

10 sales
Ciosinss March. % nh MAJ % hid
luy, : 90 md.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
Unlisted Stocks

ADDITION mate prices ur- shed %. no SO.
l.pna Ass4,iar .n 80 sfo4- Hsf'..
lnt Distinct So
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Feb. l4.-This 10 q bid ana
ask market and the actual sale of sscur-
ties is often subject to negotiations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-15
New York Coffee

MdTket uUFNH0EFT 70 ~ I
RIO CONTRACT
ClOsings--Marrh. s. bid May. SIS bid:
July. s Is. nominal. September. SIS, NOM
inAl
No sales
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Dancer, Three Men Indicted
In New York Hotel Staying

By tht Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l9-The
office of District Attorney Frank S.
Hogan announced today that three
men and a woman had been indicted
on irst-degree murder charges for
the strangulation Staying of Mrs.
Susan Flaro Reich. wealthy Polish
refugee.
The indictment, returned last
night, named Madeline Webb. 28-
year-old model and dancer from
Saltwater, Okla; Eli Shonbrun, 33,
her sweetheart; John D. Cullen, As,
and Murray Hirschl, 40, Shonbrun's
uncle
Until last night Hirschl had been
held in $4,000 bail as a material
witness. He appeared in the police
lineup today and in answer to a
question said he had made a state
ment to the district attorney.
The body of Mrs. Reich, So, wife
of a New Jersey wax professor, was
found in an East Side hotel suite
March S. A valuable diamond ring
and a watch and chain were miss
ing. The room had been engaged
by Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Leopold, which,
police said. was an alias for Miss
Webb and Shonbrun.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Navy Investigates Crash
Of Plane in Anacostia River

Naval authorities are investigat-
ing the crash OF win-engine land
observation plane in the Anacostia
River yesterday. Four men aboard
escaped uninjured.
The craft struck the water about
100 yards from shore between the
Naval Air Station and the Corin-
THAN Yacht Club as it was coming
in for landing. The plane sank
shortly after its occupants climbed
out. A crash boat from the air sta
ton rescued the men swimming in
the channel.
1t Comdr. A. S. Born was pilot Of
the plane. Two Navy enlisted men
aboard were Leslie j. Vivian, avia-
ton machinist's mate (second class
and Earl B. Perce. radioman con-
nected with the Bellevue Research
Laboratory who recently received
the Distinguished Flying Cross for
his work with the Byrd Antarctic
Expedition. The fourth occupant
was a civilian. Frank c. Isely, an
assistant physicist connected with
the Bellevue Laboratory.
The Navy said the plane was on q
routine fight.
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Poles White Book Tells
OF EnsIavement by Nazis
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March ia story
of the systematic enslavement OF
Poland by German invasion forces
is told in the Polish White Book
German Occupation Of Poland" re-
leased yesterday for the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the Polish
government-in-exile.
In charging atrocities to the Ger
mans the paper lists names, dates,
official documents. copies of police
posters and secret circulars. The
paper is an extract of note ad-
dressed to Allied and neutral pow
ers.
The Polish Information Center,
describing the book, said I'VE are
told how 100000 people were mur-
dered in cold blood. how 100000
others were driven from their
homes many instances of
collective rape are reported
countless young women, ordered to
report for agricultural work, were
sent to brothels in Germany"
Here is revealed the fate that
awaits Hitler'S victims" the infor-
nation center said, "the scientific
sapping of the physical strength OF
the people accompanied by the de-
liberate abasement of their morals
through alcoholism, debauchery and
gambling"
Evening star., 1942-03-19
Heroes Of Navy Submarine
Honored al Pearl Harbor
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PEARL HARBOR, T. H., March
19.-The United States Army paid
tribute yesterday to heroes of a Navy
submarine for carrying out of a
hazardous mission In behalf Of the
War Department in enemy-con-
trolled waters of the Far East. Ma
ture of the mission was not disclosed.
In brief ceremonies on the deck
OF an underseas boat, 1t. Gen. Delos
C. Emmons, commander of the Ha-
waiian Department., presented the
Distinguished Service Cross to 1t.
Comdr. Frank w. Fenno Of Will
Transport, Pa.
The award was for extraordinary
heroism in commanding a submarine
with fearlessness. zeal and devotion
to duty in the accomplishment
Of a mission Of greatest service to
the Army
Eighteen members of the sub
marines crew were cited for GAL
lantry in action and were awarded
Silver Stars.
Concluding the ceremonies, Ad-
miral Chester w. Nimitz, COM
mander in chief of the Pacific fleet,
termed the awards evidence Of the
fine cooperation which exists be-
tween the armed services in this
area"
AT no time in our history" he
said, has there been greater need
for such cooperation, which must
take precedence over considerat tions
OF self or service"
An Army band played and group
Of high officials Of both the Army
and the Navy attended.