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Detroit evening times., 1943-07-25
HE'S HUMBLY PROUD

Another was his effort 10 make
the nation independent of The
Far East for its rubber, and the
third was his promotion of hybriC
corn. an experiment started il
1913
~ am humbly proud Of these
things" the vice president con-
-ttnued. because Of the ever
normal granary scheme, this
country and the Allies have
more grain today than would
have been available.
"Our rubber investigation
started in 1888 and through my
efforts we traded 100000 bales
of cotton for 10000 tons of
rubber. That Is four times the
quantity of synthetic rubber
produced here in 1912.
CALLED CRACKPoT AGAIN
They thought l was crack
pot In 1919 when l began pro-
ductiOn of hybrid corn. But
today, 80 per cent of our corn
is hybrid and 10000, 900 acres is
producing what would have
taken $4,000, 900 acres.
This has released 100000
horse hours and man hours a
year.
Here in Detroit live many
men who have contributed more,
perhaps, 10 humanity than have
i. But ! am humbly proud of
what have done. and Of the
contribution have made to the
war effort.
The Board Of Economic War
fare will stand as one of the
most huSiness-like governmental
agencies Of this war. II was
composed Of business men who
contributed unSelfiShly To the
war effort and i am very proud
of them"
NO NAMES MENTIONED
Wallace refused TO identify m
men he classes as America
FaSCiStS.
II had not figured 10 identity
them here" he SAID PERHAPS
never shall. But they will be
identified, have no fear of that. 3"
The tail, lanky vice presiden
called the nations war produc
tlon effort a modern miracle"
Returning 10 the subject q
A m crican FaSctStS. Wallac
argued that he should not b.
listed as an enemy of corpora
tIOn>.
MONEY RIGHTS LAST
NEARLY all of uS work for
corporations i'm one way or an
other" he said Farmers sell
to them, and every citizen buys
from them. They have their
place In the new America. But
in the new era, human rights
will come first and money rights
last
Corporations will he useful
In accomplishing certain ends.
But they will he like the man
Detroit evening times., 1943-07-25
MET BY HENRY FORD

DItdkldNl III w dlldCt llbllOl
at IL a. m. by the AFL and CIO.
MET BY HENRY FORD
Henry Ford met the vice preSi-
dent at the bomber plant and con-
Quoted hin through Inc immense
building on an Cight-car mihia-
ture train.
On a BOA bomber that was
leaving the production line, Wal
lace wrote IN chalk:
Good luck 10 this ship and 10
the men who fly her. Henry A.
Wallace"
Smiling. Mr.. Ford stood at the
vice presidents side while he
wrote.
Wallace talked to one Of the
midgetS who Work on wing as
Sembly, and TO a test pilot who
was preparing to give one of the
huge bombers its final check.
Lunch was served in the plant
restaurant.
From Willow Run Wallace went
10 Pontiac where he inspected a
General Motors plant.
FIRES ANTI-AIRCRAFT Gun
At the Pontiac division Of Cen
eral Motors. Wallace fired 4o0
rounds Of ammunition from 20
millimeter anti-aircraft gun which
had just come from the assembly
line.
"My. oh my" said the amazed
vice president as the bullets
tore a sand bag apart.
He stopped 10 chat with Miss
Joan McGratb, a 20-year-old en-
ploye
II suppose when the war Is
over YOU will bP glad 10 quit
working" Wallace commented.
"No." replied Miss MCGrath,
'most of the girls want Ia con-
iinue working"
Wallace was conducted through
two plants by Harry !. Klingler
vice president Of GM in charge oi
the Pontiac division. lie watched
production Of both anti-airCrafl
guns and aerial torpedoes
Pontiac politicians met the vice
fprcSidcnt AZ the Waldfon Hote'
there and later Wallace held a
press conference while sitting in
his car.
Naturally I am tremendously
Impressed by what I have seen"
ne said But I cant help won
dering how these skilIS are to
he used after the war.
SPEAKS or POSTWAR
Henry Beyster former DPW
commissioner Of Detroit has
been telling me about the
markets which will he opened
after the war i'm India and
China. The figures are fantastic,
hut IL il something for Detroit
10 think about. More than 80O,-
100000 persons can consume a
lot Of goods"
Wallace said he found Henry
Ford optimistic about the future.
He believes nearly all freight
will he transported nv air In the
future Wallace said,
Saturday night the VICE preSi-
dent visited his sister Mrs. An
gus McLaE 7l5 Wimbledon. Bir-
mlnCham.
Order War Stamps delivered
To your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times., 1943-07-25
Mothers Friend

Highly praised by ussrs. many doctors and
nuree. Just ask any druggist for Mothers
Frishd-the skin lubricant Try IL tonight.
Detroit evening times., 1943-07-25
&xpectJnqa&y?
Mothers Friend
helps bring ease
and comfort 10
expectant
mothers.

MO T II r II 8
NI FRIEND. an
exquisitely pre-
pared emollient. Is
useful In all cpDrif-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
Isl Los Angeles
Tram TieupEnds
I'd Strike Voted

los ANGELES. July q (UP)
Street car and bus service on
one Of the Los Angeles areas two
principal transportation lines was
returning 10 normal today after a
2i.how work stoppaee. but opor-
RtogS on tho other system set q
strike for . a. m. sunday.
Confronted with a regional
VLB order 10 return 10 their iohS
Immediately or face government
punitive measures. employees Of
The Affiliated Los Angeles Rail
WAY and Motor Coach Companies
ended their token oac-day work
stoppare at 3 2. m.
More than 300 trolley and
motor operators of The Pacific
Electric Railway System Schcd-
uIed their strike Sunday to protest
the rubug of Economic SlahiliZa-
ton Director NmSon Sla>hlng
wage increases from the 70 cents
an hour agreed so by employers
and a railway emergency board TO
= rants
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
E(Orse Tax Rolls
Raised $4,000

The tax equalization committee
OF thr-W Wayne County board of
supervisors today added $4,000
10 EcorSc city tax rolls 10 make
their assessments comparable to
other Wayne County cities and
townships.
EcorSc township assessment
was boosted 81 O44. 600 because the
township listed only IS per cent
Of appraised valuation on its tax
rolls. Both assessments were APP
proved by the Supervisors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
Ex-EditOr Shoots
Ohio Publisher

CLEVELAND. July q GNS)-
Physicians tried today 10 save the
life Of J. s. McCarrens. 74-year-
old vice president and general
manager of HE Cleveland Plain
Dealer, who was shot and Seri-
ouSly wounded in his office.
HIS assailant. X Herbert l..
kobrak after. shooting McCar-
rens, put the gun to his own head
and fired, dying within a few
minutes at hospital.
Kobrak was identified as a
Hungarian born Clcvelander, for
mer manager Of. a fore ig n
language newspaper publishing
firm
Paul Bellamy. editor Of the
Plain Dealer. said that kobrak
had been calling on McCarrens for
several years and that II was his
understanding he was seeking
financial assistance 10 start IN
the publishing business again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
New Clue
I'm OakeS
KILLING

NASSAU. Bahamas. July q
GNSl-More than one person
may have been involved in the
murder Of Sir Harry Cakes multi
millionaire whose Son-in-law
Count Alfred dc Marigny, is held
for the crime, it was believed
today.
II is believed that Sir Harry.
whose body was found with a
crushed skull in a partly burned
bed on The morning OF July =,
tried 10 escape from more than
one asSailant after he had been
hit aRd his bed set atire.
That he staggered into the hall,
but was dragged back 10 his bed
was indicated by the fact that
smoke marks were found in the
hall and on the stairs OF his
palatial home. WeStbourne.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
Baby Slayer Sentenced

DENVER, July % tUP)-
Bernice Williams. q. unwed bust
ness girl who drowned her three
babies a few moments after their
birth. was sentenced yesterday 10
10 10 ID years on second degree
murder charge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
$4,000 Plan
For Willow Run
Recredtion0.Kd
Ry KEN HAIL

Waync County Council Of De-
Tense has approved a master plan
calling for an expenditure of
S272 900 for Willow Run COM
munITy recreation facilities as rec
commended by its investigating
committee. II also approved a
So. 742 budget for 1894 operat-
ing expenses at its meeting yester-
day,
Tho recreation program calls
for four community buildings with
gNmnaSIumS. assembly rooms and
other facilities in the lnkster,
Garden City. and western Wayne
County sector The cost will he
S6S 600 each with funds 10 be
secured from the FILA.
The plan was mapped after a
study of wartime conditions in
these communities as an aid TO
caring for children of war workers
and 10 prevent abSenteeiSm among
the workers according TO SpokeS-
man Donald Phillips Of the
WCCOD recreation committee.
BUDGET ITEMIZED
The budget for the fiscal year
starting Dec. | includes an item
of S1S.420 for salaries, with in
crcaScS for all employees under the
county plan. $500 for operation
of the Wayne County Citizens De-
tense Corps. 200 for committee
operating costs. $4,000 for
monthly WCCOD publication, and
a contingent fund of $1,000.
Plans to increase existing plant
protection facilities to reduce
major industrial accidents have
been worked out by the OCD
medical leaders and industrial CO.
ordlnatorS This includes medical,
disqualification and fire services.
QUICK FIRE NOTICE
All industrial plants are urged
to notify the fire department i'm
mediatcly in case Of fires of any
sort 10 prevent fires getting a
= Al which ff4teiht tt-eatsc- heavy
damage.
Tonight graduation exercises for
81 OCD messengers will be held
in ST Hcdwig Hall. junction and
Michigan avenues. al 7:30 o'clock.
Speakers will be zone warden
Joseph Nratny. area 2 warden
Mitchell JachimSkI and 1t Bern
ard a Proc chief aif raid warden.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24

All industrial plants are urged
to notify the fire department i'm
mediatcIy in case of fires of any
sort 10 prevent fires getting
- tart ''-ihftttellf-fftfe f4t-eatsc heavy
damage
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-08
SUBMARINE ACE
SINKS JAP ship
David White Puts Torpedo
in Two Others in Night
Honolulu Battle

Honolulu, Feb. 7.-(UP)-(Delay-
ed)-A Japanese fishing fleet proved
no barrier to Lieut.. -Comdr. David
G. White, veteran submarine ace,
when he crossed the wake Of three
enemy cargo ships.
He slipped through the fishermen
In the night, sank one vessel and
put a torpedo In each OF the other
two but was unable to observe re-
suits because Of lurking enemy es-
cort craft.
zone evening just before twilight
the deck officer sighted the three
moving along In a column" said
White. "Our position was such that
1t was impossible for us to fire in
the daylight without inviting attack
so we chased them, converging upon
their course.
1--WE ran partly submerged to es-
cape detection. After dark, how
ever, we surfaced and found many
Japanese fishing boats around us.
We threaded our way through the
boats, always fearful they might see
us and sound the alarm.
"But we got through them okay
and after hours of chase at full
speed, we got close to the stern Of
the last cargo ship in the convoy.
Our first torpedo missed, the second
hit the stern and damned the en-
emy'S rudder.
"As the crippled ship swung
around, it made nice target and
we sank him with a direct hit amid
Continued on Page A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-08
PEACE MOVES VIA
POPE Plus LOOM
CianO Appointment Inter-
preted as Attempt to Sue
for Peace With Allies
BY JOHN A. PARIS
UNITED Press STAFF COrreSpOndent)


London, Feb. 8 CUP0 - Benito
Mussolinis appointment Of his SON.
in-law, Count Galeazzi Ciano, as
ambassador to Vatican City led to
widespread conjecture today that
Italy would make peace moves
through the Pope.
The Swiss press, In better posi-
ton that other neutral observers to
feel the Italian pulse, interpreted
the Ciano appointment and Musso-
lini's cabinet shake-up as a prelude
to an italian attempt to sue for
peace with the Allies.
The tribune De Lausanne COM
mented: "Coinciding with the mo-
ment when the war Is reaching q
decisive phase and when the armies
start feeling the war strain and
the Italian people rs never before
desire peace. Ciano goes 10 the Vat
lean"
The newspaper Suisse of Geneva
said that Diplomats couldn't meet
at q better place for eventual con-
yersationS than IN Vatican City
where all nations Of the world are
represented By responsible diplo-
mats"
Some sources IN Switzerland took
the opposite view, however, One
source suggested that Rafael Quar-.
ieiia, former Italian ambassador e
the Holy See, VITO Is considered one
Of kfuaaoilnl's most capable dlplo.
maas. could have nlaas peace niefe'
g Nell a. Giane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-08
Ex-President Claims War
Can Be Lost at Home By
Lack of Supplies
TRANSFER OF WORKERS
CAN SAVE SITUATION
Furloughing OF Service.
men to Harvest Crops Is N
Strongly Advocated
BY LOUIS SCHAEFLE
United Press staff Correspondent

United Press staff Correspondent
Washington, Feb. 8.-(UP)S
Former President Herbert
Hoover said today that Amer
lea faces an Extremely
grave" shortage Of food
metals and oil unless 1,000,-
900 workers are shifted from
other employment or service
in the armed forces to jobs
in farms, factories and mineS.l
Mr.. Hoover held a press confer
ence following his appearance at a.
closed session Of q Senate Approp-
riations subcommittee investigating
the manpower problem.
He declared that shortage Of.
farm labor, bottleneck In trans
portation and obligation to feed the
fighting forces Of the United Ma
tons and their civilian populations
have combined to produce o crisis.
The former president warned the
subcommittee that wars are not
won or lost exclusively on the bat@
tlefields or in the skies. They may
be lost on the home front by lack
Of supplies, he said. n
Mr.. Hoover, who was accompanied
to the meeting by Hugh Gibson,
former career diplomat who was an
attache In the Belgian legation
when Hoover was food administers
tor, during World War /, estimated
potential labor reserves in the three
critical" industries at 100000.
Nevertheless, he said, the trans
fer Of 100000 persons-young boys
and girls, mature workers and flr-
Laughed soldiers will save the
situation.
He advocated the furloughing Of
soldiers and sailors wherever pos
sible TO help farmers plant and
harvest the crops that must feed
the United States. the Allies, and,
eventually, the s50,0o00o0 persons
In nations overrun by the Nazi
armies.
Referring to his service as food
ssSAAAAAAAAoS hSOA ekAA &SdAOl3CGkl ANAASA
director In the first world conflict,
the former president said large re-
serves Of food must be on hand to
feed the suffering populations of the
warning or conquered nations.
He pointed out the European
armies furloughed troops in the
middle of the last war to guarantee
at least a fractional part of the
normal food supply of their respec-
tive countries. Even with their aid.
supplies were deficient and the Uni-
ted States, in the year following the
arrnistice sent Its food exports
soaring from the normal rate OF A.
100000 tons annually to 100000
tons.
American agriculture can raise
production but 1t cannot operate
without a larger manpower supply"
he continued. And in 1912 there
was lesser call on manpower than
We will have in 1913"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-08

from other parts of Connecticut Or
New York. Washington Officials
have expressed optimism but we
have no grounds to believe that the
situation Is anything but grave.
II have given nearly all Of my
time during the past two weeks to
attempts to see that waterbury gets
Its fair share Of the available sup
ply OF kerosene. believe now that
the problem Is not q local but one
affecting the whole northwestern
section.
governor Baldwin through his
fuel administrator, Wesley A. Stur-
ges, has set up an emergency once
In Waterbury. Because the state
wide picture Is presented to this
ONCE / feel that II should be the
only agency In waterbury to con-
Germ itself with the present erner-
gency. Oftlcials Of the ration board
are In full agreement With me and
they wish me TO emphasize the fact
that they are no longer charged
with responsibility for distribution
Of kerosene.
uHr' Assurance Glven
IT can assure the people Of Wa
terbuTy that an efflcient ONCE has
been set up TO handle the emergen-
cy calls. Volunteer workers are sta
toned in the ONCE to man tele-
phones. But II should be realized
that people calling will frequently
get q busy signal on the phones be-
cause hundreds Of people are calling
all the time trying TO obtain oil. !
feel that all concerned are dong
their best but the best system In the
world will be ineficient so long as
there is no oil.
mfr. Cecil and other members Of
j the Gil committee Of the Civilian
Defense Council have asked me to
state that any plan to open service
stations Is purely tentative and IN
any case would only be an alterna-
tive to the system which has been
put into operation by Mr.. Sturges.
III oil comes into the state, Wa
terbury will get Its share and that
share will be fairly distributed"
Centers Opposed
Opposition has been expressed by
retail dealers to the suggested plan
Of using gasoline stations as centers
Of distribution. Raymond 9. Bedell,
chairman Of the local Fuel Oil asso-
citation, stated the public should not
be forced to carry oil. The proposal
was made by the fuel oil panel OF
the Civilian Defense Council, but
"details have not yet been cleared.
One spokesman pointed out the dis
tribution procedure could not be
,ar, s continued on Page a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-08
Million Workers Must
Shift To Farm, Mine
Jobs To Avert Crisis.
ALLIES BLAST
NAPLES, SICILY
Three Hits Scored on Har.
Dor Ships; Two Enemy
Planes Shot Down
BY, WILLIAM n. DICKINSON
United Press StaR Correspondent

London, Feb. 8.-Allled air FORCES,
with the Americans attacking by
day and the British bombing by
night, pressed their nonstop Of
fensive against Axis detectives today
in a great arc ranging from the
German held coast of France to the
italian mainland, Sicily and Sar-
DINA.
Royal Air Force bombers carried
out the heaviest raid ever made on
the French coast U-boat base at
Lorient last night. An air ministry
communicate said great destruction
was inflicted. Observers agreed the
campaign against undersea raiders
had been stepped up to Its highest
level so far with last nights Lorient
raid.
American Consolidated (B-24)
Liberators based In the Middle East
struck In daylight yesterday OF the
italian port Of Naples, where direct
hits were scored on at least three
vessels In the harbor.
Boeing (B-17 Flying Fortresses
and Martin (B-26) Marauders, In
the first American air action against
the Italian island Of Sardinia, at
lacked the important airdrome and
seaplane base at Cagliari In two day
light raids yesterday.
British Follow Up
British wellington bornbers fol-
lowed up several hours later with
another shattering raid against OBJ
jectives In Sardinia.
Battering the Axis from central
Europe to the central Mediterranean
British planes pounded Germany's
industrial Ruhr again and Middle
East Allied aircraft raided Sicily
once more.
British southeast coast watchers
saw squadrons Of Spitfires crossing
the English Channel again today.
They few in the direction Of Bou-
logne and observers reported they
appeared to be heading for targets
south Of there.
The sustained offensive at both
ends Of the Axis was believed to in
dictate the pattern to be followed by
the Raj and American bombers,
probably preparing for the prom
ised about land attack against the
continent.
Few details were available con.
corning the Lorient raid, the elev-
enth the U-boat base has suffered
this year. The Raj has attacked
eight times and the USAAF bombed
the base three times. Since the start
Of the war, Lorient has had IS raids.
Radio Berlin said British planes
had made a nuisance raid" which
caused insignificant damage"
An American Middle East COM
munique disclosed that two waves
Of Liberators attacked Naples, six
minutes apart. Three merchant
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