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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Auto Plates Get
'R Metal Strips

After a conference today win
Secretary OF State Harry F. Kelly,
Herman II. Dignan. secretary of
state elect, announced present su-
tomobile plates will be adapted for
1943 by use Of metal strips similar
to those used for half year plates
this year.
The full year strips are 70 b
manufactured by prison industries
and will have green letters On q
white background. The hslf-yesp
strips viii have black letters On q
yellow background.
Prison industries have suffiefsDt
metal stocks to make thu strips.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
VACANCIES TO WAIT

Although three important va.
cancies will occur in December in
addition TO the unemployment
compensation, commission chair.
manship left open by the death OF
Henry Dattner, Kelly indicated he
will let them all ride until he
takes office.
Terms of Liquor Commissioner
James d. Dotsch. Banking Com
Maurice Eveland and
Civil Service Commissioner John
Beukema will expire next month
The two discussed. but reached
no decisions, on the advisability OF
withdrawing state troops from
bridge and tunnel guard duty
whether or not 10 ask deer hunt
ers to donate hides to be used as
vests by the merchant marine. the
Warren Township water supply
problem. and the general civilian
defense picture,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

like 10 forget
or rather.
it's something
that you wish
didn't exist.
7 wTo .
back 10 her
and said that
not all the
people in De-
troit are like
the nnnS she
describes. But
the more you
think about IL,
the more you
realize that
pointing AT a
barrclo good
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Lehman in Capital,
Nav Succeed Stimson
netrolt Tlme. MashIngton Rureau

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Gov.
Herbert II. Lehman of New York
today was on his way back 10
Albany after having lunched with
President Roosevelt, reviving re-
current reports that he might
soon accept government post.
Governor Lehman's name has
been mentioned in the capital
rumor mill as a possible successor
10 Secretary of War StimSon,
whose early retirement is antici-
pated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

It's Brig. Gen. A. B. Quinton
now.
The chief of the Detroit ord
nance district. largest ordnance
procurement agency in the nation,
was sworn in as brigadier gen.
eral today by the chief of his legal
staff, Maj. Robert J. HeSse, IN the
district offices in the National
Bank Building.
President Roosevelt sent the
generals promotion 10 the Senate
November and it was confirmed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
BY DOROTHY WILLIAMS

II took a war 10 reveal that
there's something about a street
car that's glamorous in the eyes
OF many Detroit women.
This fact was disclosed today as
the DSR prepared TO hire conduc-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Urqes Lust for Battle

WASHINGTON, Nov. II (INS)
1t. Gen. Lesley j. McNair, COM
manding general of the United
States Army ground forces, last
night called for 'lust for battle"
to match the ruthless, intensive
military training of the German
and Italian armies during tho past
two decades. His Armistice Day
address was broadcast to army
ground forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Glamour of Street Car Lures Army of Condu,
MRS. BILLIE Mckee

about how to handle unruly men
passengers.
Among the earliest applicants
was Mrs. Louise Szanye, %, of
1884 Pearl street, who for years
has harbored a secret ambition TO
be a conductor or bus driver.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

people, the works not heavy and
besides it's lots better for the
figure than sitting all day."
Mrs. Marguerite Watson. 1855
Filler street, is the wife of q mo-
torTnan, John Watson.
my husbands been teasing
me about how I'd get along with
men passengers" Mrs. Watson
laughed. "He says II there are
going to be any dates with the
motormsn, he's got to bo the
motorman."
Mrs. Watson would care for
their daughter, Sandra Jean, 8, out
of her pay and put the rest IN war
bonds.
81 do hope they Let Nc weas
Stacks" she unused.
Stacks also get the vote Of Mrs
Billie Mckee, 81, of 1921 Brooks
avenue, who until recently had her
own beauty shop.
81 was wondering where ]
could get . Job with . nice uni
form and now this comes along,~
Mrs. Mckee said. 81 do think
dark blue would be better than
light"
She prefers conductoring to fac
tory work because she believes It
would offer more fresh air and
freedom. Her moneys going into
war bonds.
Another one-tirne beauty shop
owner is Mrs. Geraldine Fravala,
l31, of 1859 Turner avenue. She,
too, has always wanted to drive a
bus and thinks being a conductor
would be the next best thing.
| Miss Myrtle Jackson, 81, of 1888
dubois street, thinks conductors
duties would be far preferable to
those she just quit as a hotel cof-
fee shop waitress.
Besides, my boy friends .
conductor and he tells me the
DSR's d good outfit to work
for" she added.
NOT CLOSE ENOUGH
Running a ready-to-wear dress
shop wasn't close enough to the
war for Miss Aletha Liebzeit, %,
LOT 1460 Farmer street, so she quit.
eff I qualify as n conductor,
I'll be able to fill q mans Job
and help In the war effort" she
said. Besides, I like meeting the
public. My brothers q DsR bus
driver and he's urging me 10
apply"
Mrs. Sally Hilliard, As, of 81
LaBelle avenue, Highland Park, q
conductorette of the last war, was
turned away because she was not
a Detroit resident and was beyond
the 35-year-old age limit.
ENJOYED OLD JOB
| IL wish could get back my
old job" she said. 81 certainly
enjoyed It."
Although she has three children.
Mrs. Beulah Dunn, 81, of 1921
Beaverland avenue, is anxious ia
: help her country by filling a serv.
iceman's job.
Perhaps I can help out . HI
tie, Mrs. Dunn said. "Somehow
i think this would be pleasanfeY
than a factory job. There'd be
more fresh air.
APPLIES WITH MOTHER
Miss Sophie Rozmarynowski. "a.
OF 1915 Vinewood avenue. applied
with her mother, Mrs. John Ceilek,
AZ, of the same address.
I'D like the work because ia
meet lots of different people,
Miss Rozmarynowski said. ssThey
rejected mother because Of her
\ age, but she's hoping they'll ad-
n vance the age limit"
Applicants will continue to reg
lister at the civil service commits
sion until probably 400 to 500 con.
ductorettes are hired, DSR Off
Gals said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

torettes for the duration plus six
months.
To scores of Detroit women the
transfer punching specialists lead
lives fraught with well paying adj
venture. plus the opportunity to
wear a uniform.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
MARGUERITE WATSON

Already mors than $50 women
between 81 and 35 years of age
have applied at the Water Board
Building for the jobs technically
known in civil service parlance as
street car attendants. female"
None admits to any worries
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

Her husband, John. meat depart
ment employe in chain store, ex-
poets 10 be drafted soon.
81 figure I'd better he ready
TO take care of myself. Mrs.
Szanye Said. This should be ex-
citing.
you meet lots of interesting
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
All Is Unity
Time. stan Correspondent

LANSING, Nov. Injecting
for the first time since the cleo
ton, Governor Van Wagner
and his successor, Harry F.
Kelly discovered they will both
be the luncheon guests OF the
Rev. FIR. Hugh O'Donnell. pres
ident of Notre Dame Saturday.
They also discovered they will
occupy the same box at the
Notre Dame-Michigan football
game in the afternoon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Jack Pickering
Here
and
u OW

Among the letters in this
weeks mail is one that stands
out like a hand grenade IN
basket OF tomatoes
IL is from -NaIlEnSS-SAa-
pulls no punches when she tells
what she thinks Of some OF the
people she serves.
Ii isn't flatterlng picture.
It's something that YOU would
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

and when she reminds him of
her three men fighting 10 make
the world safe for "drunks like
him." he sneers. Don't let IL
get you baby. Get drunk and
have fun"
Enlist! Fight! Buy bonds!
Save tin cans! Work overtime!
Save. Work. DO without. Keep
'em rolling. Keep 'em fighting.
And some sot laughs at the
three stars that n waitress
wears. What kind Of American
ism do you call that?
We can imagine how you feel.
Yankee Doodle Lady. We can
understand il when you cry out
in disgust to think that your
husband and your sons are fight
ing to protect wastrelS.
They aren't. They are fight
ing for you and the people like
you.
A million decent Detroiters
will tell you the same thing:
Don't Judge a ship by its bar
nacles. because if you do you
will lose all faith.
We can survive even with bar
nacles; we can't live without
faith.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Wreck Ties Up
D5R Service

Twenty street cars were tied up
for nearly an hour when a truck
loaded with Is Vtons of steel
smashed a safety zone on Grand
River near Oakman boulevard
police said today.
The driver, Victor q. Oresko-
vich. %. of Ass Garland avenue,
was given a ticket for reckless
driving and endangering property,
although he said he had been
forced into the zone by an uniden-
tilted car which had caused him TO
swerve 10 avoid hitting il. N
Four poles OF the zone were
broken. and service was delayed
from $50 TO 6:45 p. m. yesterday
Emergency service was established
by rerouting some of the cars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Do You Blame Herr

Is II any wonder that Yankee
Doodle Lady's room looks empty
10 herr Some punk tries TO date
her up for night Of brawling,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12
Her Letter

Her Letter
Here Is her letter:
Dear Jacks 1 am one Of your
waitress friends and you GER
tainly have many Of us In these
parts. You've done 80 much TO
put our side OF things before the
public.
81 worked Mt one Of our larger
hotels last Saturday night where
one Of our largest factories gave
n stag buffet for some Of Its
employees.
well. Jack. II was n revela-
ton and sure didn't lift the
human race 90 any great heights
In my estimation.
Enough food was wasted to
feed half thousand people.
We carried out trays Of drinks
that were hardly touched. And
a. I looked at these men giutted
with drink and food. I could
only think Of all the hungry
people In the world. and how
many III people that good liquor
would have helped.
zone cute kid took his plate
81 turkey and baptised his pal
they thought IL was very
funny. How can gals like me
expect to 20 on sacrificing,
working for few dollars, COM
Ing home 10 an empty room In
n cheap hotel night after night,
when we see 81 much of this:
zone hilarious boy wanted to
know IL I had date for the
night. showed him my pin
with three stars and told him
I had a date for every night
one son In Iceland. one just re-
turned from Egypt, and daddy
somewhere I'm the SolOmOnS-
all fighting ~ DRINKS like him
could stay home safe 10 insult
me and women like me.
know what his retort was?
Don't let II get YOU, baby. Get
drunk and have fun. Wanna 60
steppin' .
what price glory
YANKEE DOODLE LADY"
I don't know Yankee Doodle
Lady" but like her. and l like
her breed. / like the way she
speaks out. And like tho way
she signed her letter-with her
name and address underneath
the pen name. She's no anony-
nous letter writer.
But that's beside the point.
The important thing IS that she's
sore. Good and sore. And she
has a right TO be. Who's going
to stand up and take her side?
Who's going 10 tell off the
drones and MASTERS. and let
them know what the rest OF the
world thinks of them? y
Throwing away enough food
"to feed a half thousand" Play
fully browning somebody With
a plate Of turkey! And thinking
It's funny!
What kind Of patriotism do
YOU call that? 4 wastcr Is
Stacker In times like these, and
IN anybody wants TO use n
stronger term than Stacker, It's
all right with me.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-12

apples doesn't excuse the pres
ence OF the rotten apples.
Evening star., 1942-03-08

thousands of japanese soldiers were
drowned The planes, thought to have
been P-40 fighters with special bomb
racks, we're commanded by Brig. Gen.
Harold H. George, ace Of World War I.
Their job done, they swung back to their
jungle fields in Bataan intact. Not
one was lost.
The surprise air attack was the second
unexpected move against the Japanese
forces that have been stalled in Luzon
for more than month. A week earlier
the Macarthur forces made thrusts all
along it's line back from to miles and
recovered former positions held by the
American and Filipino leaders. The air
raid started large fires among enemy
stores on docks of Oiangapo and Grande
Island Olangapo is one of the strongest
japanese bases of the occupied areas in
the Philippines.
The Americans made the most Of an
apparent lack of alertness by the Japa-
nese during the lun in the Bataan fight
ing 1t was the first time since the war
began that no Japanese aircraft ap-
peared during an action in the Indies.
1t was understood that most Of the Japa-
nese bombers and fighter planes had
been withdrawn to reinforce their hard
Evening star., 1942-03-08

progressed slowly in its fight against
China The history of the Sino-Japanese
War since 1887 could be repeated in a
general way in Australia end in the con-
tinuing battle for Burma. which could
turn into the battle for India.
There is another place where the Japs
find the going hard-Bataan. Americans
are used to reading of the great defense
there. Last week brought another story
"a great offensive operation. On
Wednesday MacArthur's tiny air force
appeared over Subic Bay a Japanese
naval and shipping base north of Bataan.
Each plane, presumably of the pursuit
type, carried full load of 200 pound
explosive bombs and thermite incendiary
bombs-a large supply of both of which
is kept handy at Corregidor and the
other fortresses guarding Manila Bay.
The airmen saw below them bay filled
with large transports and small motor
launches.
The American visitors dropped their
bombs. Gen. Macarthur reported to the
War Department in
MocArthur's Washington Three
"Bombers" large enemy ships of
10000 tons were de-
stroyed transports loaded with troops,
two motor launches were destroyed.
Evening star., 1942-03-08
ssed air squadrons in the Netherlands

pIeSScO dll SQuduIOIlS III lllc NelIlcIld
Indies.
Out in the Pacific Ocean, to the east
Of the Philippines. there was more action
than that placid sea has
Pocific known for some time. The
Fleet war in the Far East is a war
in part for mastery of the
Pacific. but little happens in the Pacific
proper. Japan is defended from the
operations of great Pacific feet by a
string of islands. Somewhere in these
islands on Tuesday an American naval
task force made an excursion and
knocked out of the sky Is of the 18 Japa-
nese bombers sent out against the
Americans.
A day later the Japanese radio in Toxic
said that 80 American planes had at
tackled the Japanese island of Minamitori
Shima, 1900 miles southeast of Toxic,
killing eight persons and setting build
ing aflre. There was no American con-
1rmation of this reported action. Four
days later japanese planes dropped four
bombs on Honolulu, which had not felt
the impact of war since wars opening
day, December 7.
In another section of the Pacific the
United States made a political move to
Evening star., 1942-03-08
WHAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FACES IN AZ
Present Shortages Beginning Of War Results

cooker equipment can be shared. 1t Is
becoming increasingly difficult to buy
pressure cookers, since scarce metals
such as stainless steel, go into their fab
rication. bulletin of the department,
available from the superintendent of doc
uments, gives careful directions for group
canning projects.
Steel and zinc are being distributed by
ALLEGATION. BY forbidding passenger auto
mobile production, one of the chief civil
ian uses of steel was thereby cut of.
The radio industry, already cut by As per
cent, has military orders that will take
virtually its entire capacity, and as soon
as a change over can be made no more
civilian sets will be manufactured.
Well all pay for the war That is
phase certain to touch rich and poor
of every race. Changes in living stand
ards will be forced, particularly in the
middle-income brackets from 5000 to
$25000 The prediction is made that
taxpayers in this group will pay four
times as much on this years income as
they pay, beginning on March Is, on
the same income last year.
The probability is for a payroll deduc-
ton tax OF anywhere from per cent
up. That will be money you will never
see. Another probability is sales tax
which may or may not exempt food and
work clothing.
Besides the payroll tax, it is possible
that Defense bond purchases may be
made compulsory.
Prices Certain to Rise.
Prices are certain to rise, despite the
price control bill 1t leaves wage and
farm loopholes that make price rises
more or less inevitable. The rise that is
taking place$just now in the cost of
living-at the rate of about l per cent
a month-represents the narrowing mar
gin between wholesale and retail prices
the former having shot up earlier and
faster than the latter because retail
merchants did not mark up prices of the
goods still on their shelves.
The next few months are certain to
see widespread demands for higher wages
from unions and from groups, such as
teachers and policemen, who do not have
union representation. In the face of
rising living costs 1t will be difficult to
resist these demands.
All this does not add up to cheerful
news But officials here take the atti-
tude. that it is best to be prepared for
what is to come. Many Americans they
point out, are still living under the illu-
sion that the past as they have known
is can be preserved in the middle of a
total war. They are due for rude
awakening.
Many Americans have thought that by
boarding they could beat coming Short
ages. The boarding has been vicious
in that it has produced scarcity and
higher prices. And, of course, it can only
avert temporarily and for few the sac
rifices that all must make.
Evening star., 1942-03-08
PRODUCTION NOW IS FIRST GOAL OF U. S
Each Axis Nation sefucient but All Allies Depend America
By Constantine Brown.

war for at least another l8 months with
out outside assistance. This means they
can afford to wait until destruction is re-
paired in the islands of the South Pa
cific, where the forces of the United Ma
tions are carrying out efficiently a
scorched-ea policy. When the repairs
are completed, Japan will have more rub
ber and oil than it can possibly use. She
will also have large quantities of coal,
Ignite, tin, copra and other materials.
With her modern factories and con-
scripted labor the result is obvious.
Thus, while the Nazis and japanese are
militarily and politically interdependent
they are completely independent of each
other as far as war production is con-
cerned. The Japs can fight without
German planes and the Nazis can fight
without japanese tanks.
Britain Dependent on United States.
The situation of the Axis in this re-
spect is in startling contrast to that OF
the United Nations. Britain still pro-
duces a satisfactory quantity OF tanks
and planes, but her factories are almost
wholly dependent on raw materials from
the United States. Since Singapore fell
and the Japanese established their domi-
nation in the Western Pacific this de-
pendence on American sources has be-
come heavier than it was a few months
ago.
If the lines of communication between
America and Britain were cut by the
Nazis, some British factories might have
to suspend all activities in few months.
With these lines still open, as is the case
today, Britain can produce for warfare
which is far from her own doorstep. If
the Nazis were to start another blitz
against the United Kingdom her fac
tories would suffer and the United States
would be called on to make up the defic-
iency in production.
Russia is in still worse position. Her
main industrial and raw material pro-
ducing areas have either been occupied
by the Nazis or laid waste when the Red
Army pushed them back, The fight is
going on as bitterly as ever, and the Rus
slams naturally have not yet had time
to restore their destroyed factories to
production.
Russian Requirements.
The industrial centers which the Rus
slams saved from German devastation
plants and factories behind the Volga
and the Urals-may be able. with avail
able raw materials. to produce sufficient
equipment for an army of million and
a half, but not for the millions the Rus
slams can, and must, put in the field to
counter the next German offensive.
From all this it is evident that our re-
naming fighting Allies rely almost ex-
clusively on the United States for sup
plies. 1t is not a question of providing
a million or two men with weapons we
are required to supply between 100000
and 100000 soldiers with adequate
Evening star., 1942-03-08

The prime concern Of the United
States at this moment in its war effort
against the Axis is not field strategy and
tactics, but production-how to get 100
per cent output from our industrial
man power.
The Observation-Disclosures and collective
of American fighting men on sea and
land, and in the air. will not assure us
victory if on the home front we fail to
extract the maximum in finished war
materials from our productive capacities
1t goes without saying that Americans
can fight and will fight against any
enemy, regardless of his superiority. The
statement some 10 years ago by the
former japanese Ambassador to WASH
ington, Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura,
that the inner spring mattress had soft
ened our people, is as far from the truth
as the Japanese diplomat is from Japan.
Despite likely further setbacks in COM
ing months American forces will be able
to hold off the enemy. But we are at
distinct disadvantage as far as produc-
ton and labor are concerned. The Axis
powers do not depend on one another
for any kind of raw materials or manu-
factured supplies, but America is the
arsenal of the United Nations, and un-
less our factories can deliver military
equipment of all kinds to our associates,
we may one day face the prospect of hav-
ing to fight singlehanded.
The Axis Situation.
AS far as the Axis is concerned the
situation shapes up about as follows:
Germany lacks some raw materials,
particularly oil and rubber. Other ma
terials which enter into the manufacture
of war equipment are available in sat-
isfactory quantities III Europe. Besides
their own excellently equipped work
shops, the Nazis also have those Of
France, Belgium, Holland and Czecho-
slovakia-all highly developed industrial
countries. Italy does not count, either
militarily or industrially.
Thus, Germany is a fairly compact
economic unit, extending from the At
lantic to the Russian border. The oil
she needs so badly must be obtained,
however, either from the Caucasus or
Iraq. Rumania, Poland and Albania
produce some oil. but the quantities are
inadequate for German bitz methods.
Germany's principal associate in this
war is Japan. There is close strategic
collaboration between the two birds of
prey. but Japan needs nothing at the
present time from the factories of Eu-
rope. She is fighting her war on her own
resources and with the stocks she has
collected over a period of at least 10
years. A few thousand specialists and
foremen comprise the only industrial
assistance Berlin has given its associate
in the Far East.
In spite of all the fighting Japanese
armies have done since 1887, they still
have sufficient quantities to carry on the