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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Night Traffic Deaths Rise
Despite Curtailed TraUel

1941. The New York state COM
missioner OF motor vehicles re-
ported earlier this year that
the increase In fatal night acci-
dents Is the major headache In
the improved accident picture
He was referring to an increase
of 10 per cent In night fatalities
In a period when daylight deaths
had declined almost 30 per cent.
II we view these figures, keeping
the decreased use of motor We
hicles In mind, the contrast is
even more alarming"
A recent study Of night traffic
accidents in dimmed-out New
York City revealed a rise in night
accidents Of 10 per cent. desTe [
reduced speeds and curtale
traffic volume. One New York
claims that there were
more night traffic casualties in ths
city since the Inauguration of the
dim-out than there were losses at
sea. and predicted greater
nightly toll unless more thorough
fare visibility is supplied from
street lights and automo-
bile headlamps which ordinarily
no more than 80 per
cent Of the sky glow that army
are attempting TO re-
duce.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11

Regulations governing the use
OF automobiles today, restricting
both the speed and distance to
which they can be driven, have
given owners something new 10
think about in regard to service
according 10 w. A. Hilman, serv.
ice manager Of Chrysler.
Operating automobiles under
present conditions has intro
duced some problems not here
tofore experienced so frequently
10 such a degree by the owner
and service man." says Hilman.
"The principal one of those Is
dilution of the engine lubricant
and more rapid formation of
carbon i'm the combustion cham
hers of the engine, which reduces
the compression area.
This is chiefly due 10 the en-
gine not being afforded an OPP
portunity OF attaining Its normal
operating temperature for n suf-
ficient length Of time to permit
the development; of sufficient
heat i'm the combustion cham
hers To- burn and dissipate the
carhaR ~ u forms from Com-
bustion.
Prior TO the present re-
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Conservation Jobs
Opened 10 Women

Women will get their first op-
portunity 10 take conservation de-
partmcnt jobs previously reserved
FOR men only when the state
civil service holds examinations
January l6 for FISH culture aide
c. 10 establish an eligible register
Of fish hatchery workers.
In earlier years women have
been employed in she hatcheries
only for such light work as remov-
ing dead eggs from hatchery
troughs. on temporary. seasonal
assignments The new examination
Will open the way for their en-
ployment IS full time workers.
An examination for state park
rangers. also scheduled for Janu.
ary is, Is still restricted 10 men
only. but the conservation depart
ment contemplstes opening other
branches of It's service 10 war.
time work for women later.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Lou Speeds, Less Mileage
Bring Drivers Problems

stricted operating conditions, the
normal expectancy Of carbon re-
mOval, valve touch-ups, etc, was
around 10000 miles. IL Is esti-
mated that this expectancy is
now about half Of that, II we are
To Judge from experience in the
past.
"The lower octane gasOllnes
now being used on account Of
war necessity, combined with
slow speed, cause rapid build
up Of carbon in the combustion
chamb bers which accelerate
spark knock.
'1n these cases, the main and
connecting rod bearings were
being replaced In an effort to
correct the engine knock, but
without results.
Tnvestigation showed that
carbon had built up very rapidly
in the combustion chambers, to
such an extent that the head Of
the piston was coming In actual
contact with II. which produced
a knock in the engine similar 10
that of loose main and connect
ing rod bearings. Proper re-
movaI OF the carbon and n gen
eral tune-up of the engine def
nitely eliminated the condition" !"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Dates for
Sportsmen

January I0-Northern Associ-
alton Of Beagle Clubs semi
annual meeting, Hotel Olds.
Lansing, 10 a. m, 10 decide If
they are TO hold spring derby
trials. Beryl Bishop. secretary.
January ll-l2-Michigan Con-
servauon Commission meeting at
Lansing.
January li-Dctroit Sports
mems Congress Mlnutemen to be
sworn in at X. OF G. Hall. Forest
and Woodward. 8 p. m. PrcSen-
tatlon OF colorS by Sheriff
Andrew Baird. invocation by
Msgr. John Hunt. Don Nichols,
chairman.
January I7-Intcrna tiOnal
Beagle Federation meeting at
Columbus, Q.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Beaver Trapping Up
For Discussion

LANSING. Jan. 9.-Designation
.of the northern Michigan areas 20
be opened 10 beaver trapping this
spring, and the dates on which
trappers may operate will be con-
Sdered by the state conservation
commission here JanuaryAl2. A..
Reports from field men on
beaver populations and field
recommendations for reservation
OF breeding areas are now being
complied Added 20 considerations
OF weather and beaver populations
this season is the wartime decline
IN the number OF trapperS, evident
in the fall trapping period now
ending
In 1911 beaver traprerS took
70T peltN worth SlS5.ou0 Last
March Whom the entire Upper
Peninsula was closed 10 trapping
they took only 2,266 pelts,
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Pontiac Dealers
Scrap Drive al Peak

The continuing scrap and salv-
age drive among Pontiac dealers
hit its biggest 80 days recently,
Verne L. Murray, acting general
sales manager of Pontiac Motor di-
vision, reported. From the COM
pilation of latest returns, Murray
said that Pontiac dealers collected
$50 tons of iron-steel, 25 tons OF
lead. nearly 25 tons Of rubber,
nearly two tons of copper, two
tons Of brass, three tons of tin and
nearly two tons of aluminium.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Did Not Thrive

Whether from confinement. in
adequate food, poaching, or a COM
bination of causes, the animals did
not thrive and in 1918 the rem
nants of the herd was trapped and
released in the Turtle Lake coun-
Try located in Alpena County.
II was generally assumed that
poaching was the chief factor. In
1918 herd of 1S elk were estab-
lished in the Crawford State Game
Refuge. Later when this was
broken up. they were placed in the
Pigeon River State Forest in OF.
Sego County, where Michigan,
present herd has developed from
this beginning. A few people
maintain that some of the Turtle
Lake herd migrated TO the Pigeor
River but reliable information tC
substantiate this is lacking.
The apparent success of thi!
particular herd may be accounted
for by the suitable range feed anC
cover, protection. law enforcement
and law observance.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
4 Films TO Show
P lane Practices

Details Of the production meth
DDS that have been perfected by
the aircraft industry on the West
Coast for the fabrication OF sheet
metal, have been recorded in a
series of motion pictures made
under the supervision Of the bu-
reau Of aeronautics Of the United
States Navy. The Society of Au-
tomotive Engineers have made ar
rangements 10 show four Of these
films as an extra feature of the
annual meeting in the crystal ball
room of the Book-Cadillac Hotel
at 8 p. m Friday.
There will be no registration or
admission fee and nonmembers OF
the sac are welcome. The four
films arc:
Forming Methods" showing
every method employed by aircraft
manufacturers on the West Coast
for forming aluminium and stain
less steel sheets; Bending and
.Curving, - showing methods OF
bending and curving of extruded
sections, hat sections, etc, and
tubing; Banking and Punching.
methods OF blanking and punching
nonferrous sheets, and Aircraft
Riveting,' showing all standards
.of aircraft riveting.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Buick Redesigns
Engine Packing

With trainload shipments OF
IBuick-built bomber engines going
forward daily to the plane makers
and production scheduled for
further heavy increases in 1943,
Buick traffic men. through a rela-
lively simple redesign of packing
cases, devised a 125 per cent in
crease in the effective use of rail
way shipping facilities.
BY more than doubling the use
full shipping space in a box car,
the move has solved shipping prob
lens, according 10 the company.
At the same time critical trans
portation facilities, needed else
where for the movement of war
freight, have been conserved and
substantial savings effected in
Army Air Force freight costs as
well as in time required for load
ing and unloading.
THIS expedient, typical of auto
motive mass production methods,
involved making the engine pack
ing cases one inch narrower and
four inches shorter. Box cars
formerly were loaded in one hour
and IS minutes and are now loaded
with more than double the num-
Der of engines in an hour and a
half. Actual loading costs, accord
ing TO Buick, have been reduced
TO SO cents an engine.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
tst Plating Concern
To Get Army-NdW {.

Among the first, If not the first,
general plating company in Amer
ica to receive the highly coveted
Army-Navy e award IS the Ad-
vance Plating Company l314O
Klnger avenue. Bernard Baur,
president. has received word from
the war department that his plant.
through consistent effort and high
achievement. would be formally
presented with the insignia on
January Is at 3 p. m.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
400 Elk Now

The most complete report avail
able was made in 1889 when War
ren Shapton of the game division
estimated the herd between 300
and 400 head.
Elk COWS reach maturity at
years Of age and males at q. They
usually give birth TO one offspring
although twins are not uncommon
Elk are big slow creatures, and
are easy 10 approach. Persons
who hunt them in the West report
that 1t is like shooting beef cattle
There's the story OF elk in Mich
igan. Now it's up 10 the hunters
whether they want 10 add elk
hunting 10 their big game list.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Checks on Strength

The stress department checks on
the strength, and, consequently
the safety of all parts. This divi-
sion must remain in close touch
with the project from start to
finish, including actual construc-
tion and flight testing. Each
component part is investigated to
make certain that safe margins OF
strength have been allowed.
Once the first model is built, the
flight test department makes GER
tain that flight-requirements are
met and endeavors TO improve
them when possible. 1t also de-
cides whether the proposed new
equipment is acceptable for pro-
Iduction airplanes.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Navy TO Gel Game
Law VioIdtOrs Guns

Sale Of all conhscated firearms
have been halted by the Michigan
Conservation Department. AND arc
now beng & turued\ over 20 the
n8vyA Nv
The department becomes Gus.
todian Of miscellaneous firearms
when the court orders conhScatior
Of gums 10 cases Of conviction oi
game Jaw vlolators. The order re.
serving theSc guns for navy use
apple. 60 an types OF firearms.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Scarcity
Ice Anglers Advised TO Get
Bait in Advance

LANSING, Jan. g.. - Anglers
privileged TO 60 ice fishing this
winter are advised by the state
conservation department to make
arrangements for getting bait vel
IN advance, or carry II right along
with them
Ranks OF bait dealers have beer
.thlnncd IN some areas to-the point
of disappearance, II is reported
Fishermen accustomed TO pickinl
up a supply of wigglerS or min.
nows just before going onto The
ice this season may find the bait
dealers shops shut with the owner
in some distant defense plant, ol
possibly in the armed forces.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Learning New Things

Newman characterized the pres
ent consumer goods market. now
being squeezed" by the needs OF
war production, as going through
a period in which the American
public is being taught 10 do with
out items of merchandise formerly
considered essential. 10 make all
kinds of merchandise last longer,
and is being advised and instructed
ia regard to the use of substitute
materials.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Use Cotton on Planes

Although a navy patrol bomber
is made chiefly of metal, it actu-
ally uses more cotton fabric than
a completely cotton-covered small
plane. The fabric is used on sur
faces where stress IS slight, such
as rear spar. control wing, ailerons
rudder and elevator.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Wood for Warmth

he who cuts his oNn wood is
twice warmed rlr. On I'D saying
and n who burns wood N 4aTtiHe
saves vital transportation.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Sahara Mined Fish

Fresh Gs are mined in the
.a4a.tte ~ ttr Sahara desert 1y
digging into subterranesn streams
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Combat Planes
Typify Genius
Of Engineering
Technical Stats Work
Out Designs. Plus
Speed in Manufacture

From its beginning as a mere
design proposal TO the
day when IL roars out over some
4 r-fl ung battlefront hurling
destruction on the enemy, the
American combat plane represents
"a triumph Of engineering genius.
Each step of its construction is
worked out and carefully watched
by one or more of a dozen major
divisions of the plants engineering
staff.
Primarily. these technical men
are concerned with designing and
building the best airplanes pos
Sible, but ease and speed in manu-
featuring are important factors In
determining such designs.
The project engineer takes
charge of any particular project
Ior contract and it is his duty TO
co-ordinate the work of all en-
gineering groups involved. He
must supervise and synchronize
the work of craftsmen, the
weight control group and stress
analysts, also work with designers
and layout experts in adapting de-
signs for simplicity of production
He must also see to it that ade-
quate material supplies are on
hand or on order before production
lhnpins
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11

Order War Stamps delivered
TO your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Maintain Superiority

New designs are ordinarily
created to fit the desires of the
army or navy so that American
aerial superiority may be main
tanned. They may be merely a
set of roughly-drawn outlines or
they may include the design and
construction of wind tunnel models
and mock-ups 10 permit the be-
ginning of acutal design work.
A mock-up is a full-scale model
of the proposed ship, usually
from wood. sheet metal
and fabric. A majority of the
larger plane building firms have
their own experimental depart
'ments to build such models.
The aerodynamics section, which
is concerned with such items as
areas, shapes and sections of COM
.ponent parts of the plane, is
charged with responsibility for the
flying characteristics. Theory and
wind tunnel tests are correlated
with the performance of the actual
plane by analyzing flight test re-
r,,1fc
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Rubber Surp|uN
Seen as Postwar
Sales Problem
Syntheties Achievement
by 1874 to Guido
Nazis' 3o-Year Effort

Completion OF the country's syn
thetic rubber program as sched-
uled-"probably in 1914, or within
two years"-would be IAN achieve
ment whose magnitude has not
been approached even in Germany,
though Germans have been work.
ing hard 10 make themselves in-
dependent of natural rubber for
over 30 years." the New England
Sales Executive Wartime Confer
ence was told in Boston Saturday.
In assaying the postwar sales
implications of this development,
j. J. Newman. vice president of
the B. F. Goodrich Company. said
the most important single factor
Is that vast quantities Of available
synthetic would be augmented by
the return Of natural rubber TO
world markets. with the resultant
rubber surplus creating "one OF
the biggest OF all foreseeable post
war marketing problems"
Seek New Uses
THE problem will concern not
only those OF us In rubber"
said. "but will have an effect ~
many other industries rs well.
1T will become a combined
problem OF science and sales
management to find, create and
fill new practical uses for tho
additional quantity OF rubber
that will be available. Products
that have never been made OF A..
rubber may then very well be-
come an important part OF your
injustry. no matter what IL
may be-"
Newman pointed out TO the sales
Executives that consumers viii
benefit from this situation, since
synthetic rubber will in time be
competitive in price with natural
rubber. II is already competitive
in quality. This very likely will
mean that we can price our pros
ducts lower, eventually making
them available to a greater num-
ber Of people
Concepts to Change
When victory frees war-born
synthetic, plastic and other sub-
stitute materials and the new
plants manufacturing them for
7 postwar use. Newman points out.
the country's VIII ole concept OF
many raw materials and of quality
+ in merchandise might change.
For generations" he said,
eve have considered the sheep,
the sllkworm and the cotton
plant as the primary sources or
/ fibers for almost all the fabrics
we have. Yet these three are
today being supplanted and sup
plemented by several hundred
synthetic fbers and made from
such unorthOdox commodities as
milk, lime, coal, air and water.
: Statesmen will no longer he
>. able 10 define quality In the old
standby terms such as stating
( that an article II all wool. -
pure silk. or crude rubber. Mo y
i likely, the salesman will place 4
microscope or spectroscope be-
fore the prospective buyer and
say. Just look at that crystal
structure-this dress IL 100 per,
cent pure petroleum or that
suit OF clothes IL 100 per cent
pure limestone and coke"
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-11
Open Season on
Michigan Elk
Seen in Future
By DON GILLIEs

What Is the story OF the Mich
ican elk herd ?
When and where did II origi-
nate? Is II increasing or decreaS-
inc? Are we ever going 10 hunt
elk in this state and II not, what
is wrong?
These and many other questions
never fail 10 deluge the conserva-
tion department following every
deer hurting season.
We asked J. II. Stephenson OF
the departments game division
what his answer TO these questions
were. because he recently made a
complete study Of the states elk
herd.
About all we can do il Offer
general resume of the elk Situ-
alton, and perhaps hazard n look
into the future" Stephenson
said. "Our reply to these ques-
tions. especially the one as 10
whether or not we can ever eN-
pect an open season on elk, must
be, il that most efficient OF all
predatOrs, the man with a gun,
will let them alone for a few
years, we may reasonably hope
10 enjoy a limited amount OF
legal elk hunting in certain
areas of the state. otherwise,
they will always be just an added
scenic thrill for the Northern
Michigan tourist"
Stephenson backed up his state
ment with a little history about
elk and how they happened 10 be
IN Michigan.
Once Native
"It may not be generally re-
allied that elk were originally
native in Michigan. While no
information is available rs to
when the last elk disappeared
from the state, there are au-
thentic records Of its presence"
he explained.
lone has only to read Ia Sale
(16S2) the country between
the lakes of the Illinois (Lake
Michigan) and Lake Erie, for
the space of 100 to 100 leagues
-. There are also some dry
prairies and some very good
lands filed with an incredible
number OF bears, stays (elk,
roes Virginia deer) and wild
turkey" Stephenson quoted.
Turning 10 the present era
Stephenson said that about 1916
the state game department OBJ
tanned a carload of % elk from
the Jackson Hole region of Wyom
ing and placed them in an en-
closure in the Hpughton Lak'
State Forest in Roscommol
County This enclosure contained
about 100 acres of high land anC
coniferous swamp Of questionable
suitability as elk range.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-28
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Detroit news
papers on Thursday printed a
lead story constituting some UNI
official horseplay in this con-
vention as rebuff TO Frank
Y. Martell, president of the
Detroit and Wayne County
Federation of Labor, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-28
Substitute RumI Plan
Seen as Tax Increase
By PAUL MALLON

TTIIS plan or any compromise
requiring any payment on
the back debt in addition 10 pay
ments on current income, is
primarily A tax increase.
And if the war ends any time
within the next 2l2 years, you
Will still be owing the govern
ment some back taxes.
Naturally this side of the mat
ter has not been stressed much
to the taxpayer, who has been
presented generally with the
good features of the plan-the
points that il Will help TO hold
down initiation, that the accom-
panying 20 per cent Withholding
tax soon will enable the govern
ment to get its war money cur
rCntly at the source preventing
evaSionS by workers shifting
about and so on.
THERE IS another good fea-
Il ture which also has not been
mentioned much.
Passage of the bill Is accom-
panied by common UNDER
standing among congressman
that no attempt will be made 10
increase income tax rates until
the end Of 1945.
Corporation taxes may be In
creased. a sales tax levied, etc.
in response 10 Mr.. RooSevelt's
appeal for Sl6.000,000,000 more
taxes, but income rates will be
left as they are, if every one re-
members the unWritten agree
ment.
Obviously. however, it is far
more accurate to call the plan
a "pay-as- you-go' scheme which
Will require increased tax pay
ments for 2ia years more rather
than forgiveness or an
abatement" which is only its
secondary aspect.
Distributed by King Features synd Inc.
Reproduction IN whole OF in part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-28
The World in ReUieIp
War Leaders in Conference 4 '%.
BY MAJ. GEN. DAVID PRESCOTT BARROW

Authority Prs.d of the UnVety California
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-28

alleged TrotskyiSt conspirators
were convicted was unconvinc-
ing and the film version Of the
trials does nothing 10 change
this opinion
Moreover. we note that the
film takes some extraordinary
liberties with recorded fact. For
example, the "Radek trial" OF
January, 1886, and the Blu
kharin trial. of March, 1886,
are telcScoped into one and
Marshal Internationally, who
actually was not arrested and
shot until June of that year. is,
made 10 appear as one of the
accused.
Still worse, he is given lines
10 speak which, properly. ac-
cording 10 Mr.. Davies own
book. belong 10 Muralov.
This casual manipulation Of
history in what is, a priori,
documentary film does not In
spire confidence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-28
Mission to Moscow PeriIs
Unity, The Nation Finds

following editorial the ht Uersion OF Jo'eph
e. reprinted from THE Nationi
the United Nations positively invites the throwing OF
that may be the effect of the film version
exAmbassador Joseph Davies Mission to Moscow which,
the aid of technically brilliant production undertakes
complete excupaton policies in the just pre-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-28


on the purgeS, the Russo
German Pact, and the first Fin
nish war, it offers the straight
party line. This may prove
good propaganda for unsophiStl-
Gated audiences but we suspect
that il will stir up old contro-
versies in a way that can only
damage our re a,tions with
Russia.
While we are allied with the
SovietS in a JOINT struggle
against aggression, it is but good
sense to stress the interests
which bind us together rather
than the ideas that divide US.
But friendship can only be
strained by asking Americans
10 give blanket endorsement 10
all Soviet actions, past and
present.
IN THE matter Of the "purges,
Il the Nation has always held
that the evidence on which the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-28
No FOURTH erm
Hush-Hush
(Reprinted from, New York Daily NeUs)

Reprinted iron, Nero York Daily NetOs)
WYE RECEIVE letters aoe md then in which we
w advised to stop ca'res discussing the Presidents
drive Tor fourth torn th ground that such discus
sion will hurt the war efort4
We think that such discussoa will help the war,
effort and think it should be Kept up Certainly, the
administration is keeping up though indirectly and
subtly since Gov Neeys and Postmaster Gen. Walkers
frank fourth term blasts baokfired
AS one sample Of this indirect fourth term propa-
ganda, we cite Mission 20 Moscow a current motion
picture which plays fast and loose with the truth about
Joseph f. Davies 1878 adventures ambassador in
Russia in order 20 portray Mr. Roosevelt all-wise
fsrseeng Great White Father whom the American people
would be fools ever discharge from has present job.