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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
OVERNIGHT CHANGES

Dec. :, 1871. was a dark day
for many an American firm.
just as surely as the hangers
al Hickman Field IN Hawaii were
bombed out OF existence. so did
the Jap bombs destroy the peace
time products OF many thriving
company
Exactly i'm This category was
the Parkor-Wolverine Co
The Christmas holidays in 1871
were spent committing between
Detroit. Washington and New
York by representatives. of this
company, but they finally sue
ceeded IN obtaining an order on
Jan g.
However. an order for thou
sands upon thousands Of yards Of
camouhaCe netting was only the
I beginning of their troubles. They
couldn't hope 70 ON H.. using the
methods originated by the Eng
iISh.
The netting was made Of a
sheet OF chicken wire on which
steel wool was SprInklcd literally.
In England the steel wool was
put on by hand, and il was q long.
tedious operation
Parker Wolverine production
men went INTO conference with
representatives of the Brlllo
Manufacturing Co. which prior
10 the war turned out metal
securing pads for kitchen use.
WOOL FED TO WIRE
"GiVe III steel wool i'm rolls"
they said. land wen build ma
chinery to put II on the wire"
Today four huge machines are
running off the camOuflage net
ting. Each machine feeds the
steel wool onto the wire from
about 20 rolls and 10 is clipped
10 the netting by automatic
BoSutch clippers
If YOU like figures the COM
pany has produced some 100000
rolls. IS feet long and o feet wide
or about million square
yards
To put ij another way the
six feet WIDE strip would reach
from New York TO san Francisco,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
BY ED BRAND

Disseminated cows shortage of beer and cash. vitamns
and rain today assigned by dozen Macomb County
farmers for the Detroit milk shortage
conducted by The Detroit Times ~ '/tt.
Despite the shortage however production viii be increased
within the 80 days but will probably get much in
January or February, the farmers say.
While each farmer had slightly different slant on the
shortage all agreed production would increase but
that the farmers wanted more money.
If they procure 30 hundred pounds for
their milk both the farmer and the will be much happier
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
rs Blame Milk Shortage OH Disconnected Cows

and milk may be made to flow on the cobblesones.
Here's how it worksGA
Cows according the farmers the prma donnas Of
the pasture.
Food the pastures has been hpped by
frost and isn't palatabe
SO Bossy cuts down her food Her vitality is lowered
milk supply Within 80 days however time has
dmmed memory of pastures and she starts TO eat the
winter food.
But this year, something has been eliminated from the
decacy Bossy likes very much And farmers don't
yet just how Bossy will It's called brewers grain
really mash from breWeries. It's vamin and protein
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

has been the pastoral gee daymen
have been forced their output there
is a shortage of cheerful chow for Bossy.
Likewise because of the continued spring
farmers unable TO plant and those
had far less grain than last year!
John II. Rnke who dairy farm the Thirteen
and Onealf Mile road and secretary
COOPERATIVE Co, said:
III the farmer get 30 cents hundred pounds
for his milk me afford tn gamble lie 90 Canada
buy good purebred stock he afford
high prices for feeds and he certainly produce
milk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
TOLD HOW TO PLEAD

TIN going to keep on fight
ing. I've rot TO for Luella- Ny
life il almost over. Hers il just
beginning. They mustn't do this
90 her.
I'VE never plotted against
Dad. That was Roberts story
10 save himself. Dad didn't want
Luella going out with him.
They just kept telling Luella
she had 10 plead guilty to man
slaughter. Robert thought he'd
get of light If he told such a
story"
The girl interrupted her moth
er'S story. saying
"She'd never LET me 20 out
alone, honest. I've never been i'm
court before, or talked 10
policemen before. / was en-
gagged 90 a boy, Is, when this
happened But now that's all
over. Will they be good TO us
here ."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
REAssURED BY FLYNN

Flynn assured Koehler the only
deals which would be approved
would be those which were legiti-
mate on their face. He said many
distillers were willing to sell
brands to certain of the higher
class saloons to create a perman-
ent market rather than ship small
amounts to the liquor commission.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Negro Educator Gets
Wayne Faculty Post

The appointment Of Or { w.
Bugs of DHlayd University. New
Orleans. as an instructor in bac-
teriology at Wayne University
College of Medicine was confirmed
today by the board of education.
Or. Bugs lis the first Negro To- re-
ceivel FUN time appointment to
the University faculty Wayne
President Bow said that Bugs Is
credited with one OF the most bril-
liant scholastic records ever
achieved at the University OF
Minnesota.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Times Photo

renowned Hooker Scientific Lii
brary. now located in Central Col
lege Mo, was announced today by
David d. Henry, executive vice
president of the university The
Kresge contribution will be
matched by gifts from other or
CARNATIONS, corporations and in
dIVIduafS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Prison Doors
Shut on Mother
And Daughter
By VERA BROWN

For the first time. the doors of
the Detroit House of Correction
have closed today on a mother
and daughter
They are Mrs Harriet Shellen-
berger, IS, and her daughter, IS,
baby Of the family.
Mrs Shcllenberger was SEN
fenced 10 life imprisonment for
plotting the murder of her hus-
hand, James Shellenberger, 81,
Colon. Mich, farmer, the man
whom Luella believed to be her
own father until testimony at the
trial in Coldwater revealed him as
her stepiather
GIRL GETS s., YEARS
The 15-year-old was sentenced
to six and one-half to IS years
after pleading guilty to man.
slaughter.
Robert Manwarren, %, Lueila's
sutton, Is serving a life sentence
for the murder at jackson Prison.
He testified the mother had
promised ne could marry Luella if
Il got rid Of the old man"
Manwarren kept his promise on
July ;. lie assaulted The farmer
in his barn at Colon with maui.
In dying statement, five days
later, Shellenberger told the pros
ecutor that his AVife and daughter
watched and didn't Go a thing
10 help ne
Sitting in Warden A. p. Gillies'
office al the prison. Mrs. Shellen-
berger. a frail woman with white
hair old beyond her years. held
Luella's hand tightly as she said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

One Shipload ~ triple super
phosphate shipped from TINS
country for use on foreign soil
gives results equal 10 three 10 SIX
ShiploadS Of foodsiuns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Firm Here
Hides ar
Secrets
By WARD SCHULTZ
Times Financial EDITOR

Can YOU imagine Detroit COM
pIetely hidden from enemy ar
men the arsenal Of democracy
converted into a gigantic meadow
covering many square miles?
- 9e--rtTrTrtv fTTT1dyTIC-d ana IN Terms
of camoufage 10 would be unde-
Sirablc yet ore company here in
town has turned out enough cam
outage material 20 blanket the
entire city
All this didn't come about BY
accident-no WAS the company
preparing and planning back IN
the 30S for the Job al hand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Kelly Appoints
Air Committee
OF IS NotdbIes

LANSING. oct. 27-An adyis-
DRY committee on aviation 10 the
state planning commission com
posed Of Is members was APP
pointed today by Gov Kelly with
Bruce +. Anderson. Lansing, a
ember of the state board OF aero
nauticS, as chairman
--lf here is n definite nerd on
the part OF the state Ia have "A
strong committee composed Of
air-minded men 10 function a.
am integral part of the planning
commission" the governor SAID.
William 3. Mayo, Detroit, chair
man of the state board OF aero
nautics. Henry Ford II, grandson
Ct Henry Ford; Thomas r. Walsh,
state board OF aeronautlCS mem
Der, Manferd Burlcigh president
of Michigan Greyhound bus lines.
Robert J. Wilson. Grand Rapids,
director -of Pennsylvania Central
Airlines; Kit Clardy representing
the trucking and freight industry;
r. Spencer Weber, highway de
partment expert on airport plan
ming.
William B Stout. Detroit aero
nautical engineer William Mara.
Detroit aircraft executive; Fred
erick Mueller. Grand Rapids air
craft manufacturer. LEROY Smith,
Wayne County road engineer, Don
Walker, representing Detroit City
Airport
J. Lee Barrett. Detroit cnnNcn-
ton and tourist bureau Alenso r.
Bolt, Grand Rapids attorney Earl
l.. bEdeIi, CFIFT ~ vocational cuu-
cation. Detroit schools. :. $.
Stewart Flint. and Jerry Tyler.
Niles private flying enthusiasts.
One Shipload ~ triple super
phosphate shipped from TINS
country for use on foreign soil
gives results equal 10 three TO SIX
ShiploadS of ioodsluns
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

In seven southeastern states
approximately 10000 women are
now engaged in war work or are
working IN critical industries, ex-
Guiding agriculture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Wayne Gets 100000
For Famed Library

a grant of 100000 10 Wayne
University by the KreSge Founda-
ton 10 bring 10 Detroit the world
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
FIFTH OFFENSIVE:
Launched by Reds

To the four Russian offensives
that had Jared the Nazis loose from
thousands of square miles of dearly
won territory was added a fifth that
appeared to be the supreme Red
winter effort. Voronezh - strong
point on the 1,000-mile Soviet line
from Moscow to the Black Sea-
was the springboard of this drive
and it was the German high COM
mand itself which made the first
announcement to the world.
Significance of the Voronezh Of
fenSive was that it faced the al
ready hardpressed Nazis with dou-
bic threat. Red forces from Voro-
nezh could turn due south to join
the other offensives aimed at Ros-
TOW, or could drive westward to-
ward Kursk and Kharkov in the Up
per Ukraine and menace the Nazi
hold on this world-famous granary.
Significant, too, was the fact that
the Russians held the initiative. 1t
was the Germans who were on the
defensive, who must conjecture
where the Reds would strike next
and had costly alternatives thrust
on them.
In all other theaters the Russians
were pressing their newly gained
advantages, reoccupying areas in
the Caucasus, whiting down Ger
man resistance near Stalingrad and
engaging vast NaZi forces in the
lower Don river reaches.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
WAR PRODUCTION:
No 'Self-CongratuLation'

War production and manpower
management have alternately been
subjects for national praise and
blame. The latter was the theme
of report laid before congress by
the Tolan committee, which charged
general maladministration," chap
hazard handling" and failure to use
small industry in the war effort. The
committee had been at work for a
number of months studying war out
put.
Declaring that 1--WE cannot afford
the luxury of self-congratulation on
1912 production levels" declared
that not only have our allies suffered
for lack of lend-lease supplies, but
the equipment of our own forces is
very uneven.
The committee proposed a four
point program of correctives: l.
Create a new office of war mobiliza-
ton; 2Completely reorganize the
national employment service; B.
Provide federal regulation of en-
ployment agencies and tabor con-
tractors; HRevise present social
security measures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
PAY-AS-YOU-GO:
Tax Gets Go-Ahead

It had been clear that official
Washington from Capitol Hill to the
White House had agreed that pay
as-you-go income tax was the most
effective means of raising the multi
billion revenue needed to help de-
fray war costs.
How to apply the levy to the ma
tons 35,000,000 taxpayers and what
yardstick to use had been the sub
ject of numerous recommendations.
The treasury department gave its
support to a bill by Sen. Bennett
Clark for a new 19 per cent with
holding tax. Added to the prevail
ing per cent Victory tax this would
mean a total of "a per cent with
held from payrolls.
Under the Clark program the pay
as-you-go plan would be inaugurated
March Is. The taxpayer would file
his income tax return on that date
and pay his first quarterly 1913 taxes
on the basis of his 1912 income. The
withholding tax would then be effec-
tive on weekly or monthly pay
checks, as well as on income from
interest and dividends.
Persons not on payrolls such as
farmers, independent business men,
professional people and others could
pay their taxes on a monthly or
quarterly basis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
FOOD PRICES:
Index Up 43 Per Cent

Skyrocketing retail prices of fresh
fruits and vegetables, whose cost is
not controlled by the OPA, were
largely responsible for an increase
of 43 per cent in the food cost index
since August, 1899, the month be-
fore World War II began, according
to summary released by Secretary
Of Labor Frances Perkins.
Even since the price control law
began to operate last spring, Mrs.
Perkins said, retail food prices have
gone up because of the increases in
the cost of items still uncontrolled.
The index in December was per
cent above last May'and II per cent
above December, 1941, the month
the United States entered the war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
SMALL BUSINESS:
Total Var Casualty?

Economists had long been aware
Of the wars menacing impact on
American small business, but their
statistical discourses attracted lit
tie public notice. 1t remained for
vocal Secretary of Interior Harold
L. Ickes to dramatic the little bust
ness mans plight when he declared
that the country now faces "the bru-
tai fact that the war can be the final,
crushing blow to small business"
Pointing out that ''the major por-
ton of war production contracts are
going to a few large corporations"
Mr.. Ickes told the senate small bust
ness committee that should the
small business man 60, we all will
CO."
Mr.. Ickes warned that 1--WE must
guard against the loss of our tradi-
tional freedom of enterprise, loss
that would result in creating die
tatorship by a few corporations and
cartelS over our Jobs"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
SULLIVAN BROTHERS:
Il Tale of Heroism

The five Sullivan brothers Of World
War II promised to become as cele-
brated in American annals as the
five Bixby brothers Of the Civil war,
immortalized by Abraham Lincoh's
letter to their mother.
Not yet was it known whether the
Sullivan boys were dead or alive,
but navy communication to their
parents in Waterloo, Iowa, ominous-
ly reported them missing In &C
ton" The brothers joined the navy
to avenge a friend slain at Pearl
Harbor. They were shipmates at
their own request and were believed
casualties of the cruiser Juneau sunk
in the November battle for the Solo
mons.
The Sullivan brothers are George
T., 20, gunner's mate second class;
Francis H., 26, coxswain; Joseph E.,
%, seaman, second class; Madison
A, %, seaman second class; and
Albert L., 80, seaman, second class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
NORTH AFRICA:
Var Us. Politics

AS French forces broke the hull
In North Africa's stalemated war by
capturing a number of passes on
the road to the Tunisian seaport of
Sousse, so, too, it appeared that the
French had moved effectively to end
the political strife that had ham,
pered about action against the Axis.
The Importance of the French
drive toward Sousse was that it
threatened the Axis land supply
routes for operations in central and
southern Tunisia.
On the political front Harold Mac
MILAN, British minister for North
Africa, predicted an agreement be-
tween Gen. Henri Giraud and Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, leader of the
Fighting French, would remove most
of the Objectionable features in the
present administration of North
Africa.
A three-way conflict of interests
had ragged since the American in
vasion. On one side stood the Lib
erals and Republicans, who had well
coined the Americans. On the other
stood the Vichyites and Fascists. In
between were the Royalists, at
tempting to capitalize on the battle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
ROAD TO TOKYO:
Mired by Rains

The road to Tokyo was begged
down by tropical rains that turned
fighting Allied sectors in New Guinea
into swampy mires, but in the air
American and Australian command
ers broadened their air offensive
against the Japanese with raids on
four main bases.
On the Allied air calling list were
Madang and Finschaven on the
northern New Guinea coast. Flying
Fortresses supported by medium
bombers and fighter planes struck
likewise at Lac and Salamau. In
the Lac area l60 miles up the east
ern New Guinea coast from Allied
held Buna, large fires were started
among barges, stores and harbor
installations.
In the Solomons, the plight Of the
Jap garrisons had grown more Sc
rious as efforts to land extensive
supplies had been baked by Ameri-
can air power. The navy depart
ment reported that a three-day Of
fensive on Guadalcanaa island had
progressed satisfactorily, with sew
eral Jap positions isolated and
awaiting destruction. Air raids
were continued against Munda is
land.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
NAVY MAIL:
To Be Speeded

Because the problem of mail de-
iveries to men in the navy, marine
corps and coast guard has been
complicated by the vast increase in
personnel, the navy department an
nounced that two rules would be
placed in effect Immediately to in
sure prompt service:
Parcel post packages must weigh
not more than five pounds and meas
ure not more than Is inches in
length and So inches in length and
girth combined. Inappropriate Sec
ond and third class matter such as
advertising circulars would not be
forwarded to men overseas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28

NEW HAVEN: Yale's historic
campus became place of marching
commands and shouted commands
when the army air force technical
command school established its big
gest cadet training school here for
men who will keep Uncle Sans
planes in condition to fly and do pho
tographic and communications work
necessary to plot their way. 5000 Of
ficer candidates will be CHARTERED.
STOCKHOLM: Faced by increas-
ing demands on their manpower by
developments on the Russian and
Mediterranean fronts, the Nazis
have appealed to Generalissimo
Franco of Spain to aid the Axis,
official German sources here report
ed. Franco has been reminded of
his promise year ago to mobilize
3,OOO,O 900 men against the European
archenemy if it should prove neces-
sary." The same sources reported
that the Germans were calling I'D
16-year-olds for military service.
Most of them belong to the Hitler
Youth organization.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
AIR TEMPO:
Allied POuer Rises

Prophetic of what was yet to come
Allied airplanes continued to ride
the skies and shower destruction on
Axis-held European and Mediterra-
mean areas.
Hitler's armory in the Ruhr val
ley was the target of repeated bomb
ings. Lille, locomotive manufacture
ing center of northern France, ex-
perienced cutting raids. On the
route, also were Abbeville and st.
Omar near the British channel coast
of France.
In the Mediterranean, Allied
bombers were active both on the is
land bases serving Axis troops and
on the African mainland itself. Med
iterranean attacks were made on
Crete, Sicily and Lampedus. Afri-
can raids were made on HONS, near
Tripoli and between Sousee and Sfax.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28

LONDON: King George signed a
proclamation lowering from 20 to 10
the age at which women are liable
to be drafted for national service.
Single women born between July /
and December 81, 1922, will have
the privilege of choosing between
work in war industry and the uni
form services, or they may volun-
teer for nursing before being called
up for national war work.
CHUNGKING: Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-shek, speaking of the trea-
ties with the United States and
Great Britain abolishing special con-
cessions and privileges of those ma
lions in China, told his people,
"henceforth if we are weak, if we
lack self-confdence, the fault will
be ours" Chang said until today
the Chinese could rightly feel their
efforts to build nation were blocked
by the unequal treaties, but that the
United States and Britain have
proved their high ideals and lofty
purpose" He added that "this is our
golden opportunity"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28

WASHINGTON.-A recent survey
of conditions obtaining in the ship
ment of mail to our soldiers over
seas revealed that more than eight
times as much cargo space per man
was utilized in November, 1912, for
mail than in November, 1918, the
war department announces.
The mail forwarded in November,
1912, consumed cargo space equiva-
lent to the total capacity of three
II, 000-ton ships of the Liberty"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
The Answers

1. The masses; the populace.
2. A large turtle found in the
Atlantic ocean.
3. Walla Walla, Wash.
4. The area is 3,O26,789 square
miles, $3.50 of which are water
surface.
5. The pyramid was 481 feet tall.
6. More than a ton to the square
foot.
z. It is a difference of height
from the earth. Fog is cloud on
earth. A cloud is fog in the sky.
8. David Farragut.
9. Holes.
10. There is no prince of Wales.
Only the oldest son of the reigning
king has that title and he loses
that title when he becomes king.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
Overseas Troops Mail Makes New Postal Rules Necessary

class-ships that are vitality needed
to provide food, ammunition, and
the countless items of supply that
are the raw material of victory.
Insofar as the overseas mail con-
sists of letters to soldiers by their
families and personal friends, it has
been welcomed by the army, and
will continue to be welcomed. How
ever, it is clear that waste must
be eliminated in the interest of mill
tary efficiency.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28

The enormous amount of space
consumed by packages, and the fact
that they so frequently contain OBJ
jects that are already supplied by
the army in compact bulk shipments,
have impelled the war department,
in cooperation with the post office
department, to issue new regula-
tons. No package may now be sent
to soldier overseas unless it con-
tains an article that has been re-
quested by the soldier, and the re-
quest has been approved by the
commander of the battalion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
g. e. q. q. g. g. c-e-c. g. 49, q. e. g. g.
Ask ME- y
ANOTHER I
A General Quiz
A General Quiz
The Questions

1. Who are the hoi polloi?
2. What kind of an animal is a
loggerhead?
3. What city in the United States
uses the same name twice?
4. What is the total continental
area of the United States?
S. When intact how tall was the
Great Pyramid of Gizeh?
6. How great is air pressure at
sea level?
z. What is the difference be-
tween fog and a cloud?
8. Who was the first admiral of
the United States navy?
9. What would you fill a barrel
with in order to make it lighter?
10. What is the first name of the
prince of Wales?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-01-28
NAZI HOME MORALE:
Signs of Strain

Volumes had been written by Al
lied commentators about the state Of
the German home front since the
Russ offensives, but two brief state
ments by high Nazi officials revealed
the enormously heartening fact that
Reich morale had at least begun to
creak.
The Nazi officials were DR.. Paul
Joseph Goebbels, propaganda min
lister, and Gen. Kurt Dietmar, a
leading German military critic.
Writing in the magazine Das
Reich, Goebbels denounced civilian
"sluggards" for impeding Nazi war