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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Autos = Aviation Defense
Edited by SIIer Freeman
Useless Car Tool
Becomes Valuable
Cadillac Finds Polisher
Works on Light Tank

Behind the conversion OF an
amazing 20 per cent of Cadillac S
automotive equipme nt 10 the
manufacture of Ms light tanks
are a number of examples OF in
,genuity. One of the best of these,
commented Nicholas DreyStadt,
vice president of General Motors
and general manager of Cadillac,
converted an automatic wheel disc
polisher.
This machine was built ospe-
clally for Cadillac production and
consisted Of a turntable which al
regularly spaced intervals brought
the automobile part against re-
Volving buffer wheels, At the
first analysis of factory machines,
IL appeared utterly useless to war
work.
AT the time Cadillac was cx-
periencing bottleneck In fin
ishing the tank clutch plates Of
transfer units" said DreystaGt,
"our method called for two sets
OF diamond dressed homes. Much
valuable honing equipment was
tied up and the procedure was
extremely slow as well.
"a tool engineer suggested we
try the automobile wheel disc
polishing machine. After ex-
periments on a small scale, we
decided IL would work. The
only change necessary was the
substitution of Tampico wheels
for the buffers and some adjust
ment of the bases on which
clutch plates instead of auto
wheel discs would be placed.
AS a result of the innova-
ton, we have reduced clutch
plate finishing time by more
than 80 per cent per unit which,
Of course, releases much yalu-
able precision equipment for
other important war work"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Huge Presses
Form Forest
In Willow Run
Id-Foof Cast Steel
Sub Bases Used to
Mount Larger Ones

One of the imposing sights at
Ford Willow Run bomber plant is
the forest of presses at the south
end of the manufacturing building.
The setup bears a striking RESENT
blance to the press alignment of
automotive days.
In a sharp departure from air.
craft technique, banking dies are
used instead of a profiler for dural
parts. On other parts, mechanical
presses and expensive metal dies
are used instead of the hydraulic
and rubber dies common to air.
craft manufacture.
Some of the larger presses used
in producing B-24 bombers are
mounted on 16-foot cast steel bus
bases. These are set in concrete
pits so the machines are on the
floor level. This arrangement. de-
veloped by Ford engineers from
long experience in handling heavy
machinery at the Rouge plant, ia
|cilitates setting up and reduces by
Is per cent the cost of rearrang-
ing.
Among the machines are four
1,000-ton hydraulic presses-two
Lake Erie triple action and two
h. p. m. double action, especially
built to Ford specifications. They
are the first streamlined presses of
this type to have their hydraulic
equipment located beneath the
floor, instead of above the ma
Chine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Rocket Power
10 Aid Takeoff

Experiments with small jet mo-
tors, conducted by the American
Rocket Society and other groups
have proven Of sufficient promise
70 warrant consideration of their
use as auxiliary booster motors tc
function during takeoff or at any
other time when a burst of great
( power is need. According to ar
article In the current issue of Avi.
alton magazine, assisted takeoff /.
becoming more and mere inpor.
tant as military necessity fol-
bombing aircraft which must
struggle TO lift tremendous loads
o. destruction for delivery to the
} enemy.
The article, written by ROY
Healy, president of the American
Rocket Society. explains that the
Jet motor is internal combustion
IN its simplest form. usually con.
sistfng of nothing more than Z
| combustion chamber and nozzle
fuels, usually hydrocarbons, anc
liquid oxygen are fed in from Their
respective tanks, under pressure
OF nitrogen contained in a thirC
tank.
Upon ignition. by spark plug Of
other device, the combustion j,
continuous and the products o
combustion issue from the nozzl,
At great velocity. Small Jet mo
tors. designed for use in meteoro
logical sounding rockets, have
already been developed to tn,
point where they may be fired re
peatedly without burning out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Pontiac Named
1st Anti-Airddft
Artillery School
Course 10 Be 8 Weeks;
Build Class Rooms.
Weapon empIaeements

The Pontiac Motor Division
Ordnance School has been selected
by the army TO be the first com
plete anti-aircrsft and artillery
mechanics school in the United
States. Harry j. Klingler, vice
president Of General Motors and
general manager of the division
reported Saturday.
"Selection of Pontiac 10 OPP
crate the only school covering
! the complete range of army anti
aircraft artillery is extremely
gratifying" Klingler said. ut
speaks well. too, for the caliber
Of the hundreds of soldiers who
already have graduated from
our school and for the Pontiac
Motor men who have instructed
them"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Huge Belt
81 Miles Largest Single
Order Ever Written

The largest single order for con-
veyor belt ever written in the his
tory OF the rubber industry,
totaling more than 66 miles. has
been awarded 10 the b. r. Good
rich Company. il is announced by
w. S. Richardson. general man.
ager OF the companyS industrial
products division. y
The belt. part, OF a huge war
order placed recently, will go into
production Immediately in one OF
the company's plants now engaged
IN the manufacture of rubber and
synthetic rubber products for the
armed forces.
1t will require 50 standard rail-
road cars 20 move the big B. r.
Goodrich betting shipment when
completed, according 10 the com
pany official.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
u Mad BIsating... Dizziness
.,.loss OF Annette"

For the past Z years I suffered
terribly from stomach trouble, con-
stipation, and loss Of appetite.
When ] ate, / would have severe
bloating and gas pains. / was In
such agony at times, life didn't seem
worth living. I couldn't sleep ut
night, and had frightfui headaches,
dizziness, and pains in my arms
and legs. read about Gillian and
thought / would try IT. I must say I
was greatly relieved have no more
indigestion, bloating. or gas pains.
Ny bowels are regular and paiss
in my arms and legs are gone. ny
appetite in fine and I can eat any
thing. Gillian Is wonderful meM-
cine and I highly recommend It."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

II you always feel tired and
dragged out" II you have muscu-
lar aches and pains, indigestion.
constipation, or other common ills
due to faulty elimination. read what
this grateful Detroit woman says
about Gillian. Read-then ACT! Go
to any of Cunningham's Drug Stores
in Detroit, get your hrst bottle q
Gillian, the amazing natural. med
icine, and start on the road to VIZ.
ereus health Health From Tia
Good Earth" Here Is Mrs. Aqui-
linas experience:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
Add More Weapons

Pontiac, largest manufacturer
II anti-aircraft weapons in the
united States. has been teaching
maintenance and repair of the
0-mm. and 40-mm. guns il manu-
features. This school was estab-
lished in August, 1912. Under the
expanded program. the 37-mm.,
the Comm. and a heavier weapon
will be added TO the curriculum,
Klinger said.
n Expansion of the present school
quarters already has been begun
and, by March /, a pilot course
should be in operation. This course
will embrace the history of the
guns and their component parts,
maintenance and field rigging.
shop arithmetic and use of tools.
Lengthen Course
To cover the added weapons, the
present Pontiac course will be
heightened from four to eight
weeks and the number of soldiers
trained in each period will be
doubled. Construction of eight
new class rooms and emplace-
ments for the weapons--including
the lotion 90-mm. guns under
way.
Verne L. Murray, acting general
salesmanager. will continue as di-
rector of the expanded school.
Walter Martin is Pontiac's war
production service manager, and
Ottar Dahl. chief instructor. The
teaching personnel will be doubled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
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HEADACHES, GAS PAINS,
ACHES TN ARMS & LEGS
MADE LIFE A TORTURE

Mrs. Bernics Aquilina,
Housewife, of 234z 18th
ST., Detroit, Mich, States
She Was In Such Agony
At Times That Life Didn't
Seem Worth Living-Tells
How Gillian, The "Natu-
raj" Medicine, Brought
Her Glorious Relief!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07
oHian Is DiffsrsRi-:ka6s ei
Natures Norris 'gys<.

Gillian n an advanced medical
compound containing tYlces 8th
II or Natures finest hea3}h1y3fg
herbs. IL Is taken before mo- I'D
mixes with the food in ones Sopm-
ach, thus helping to eliminate the
poisons that foster stomach trou-
bles and to permit the kidneys and
liver to function properly. Qkien
usually acts within 10 MINUTES
to stop gas pains, sourness, boat
and belching. 1t tends to make ydHr
liver more active, clear away the
old bile from your system, ana re-
lieve sluggish kidneys and befk-
ache. IT also aids in relieving a0ppae-
ing pains In the muscles and bints,
Rsiisi-ofssa VIM HFst nsss!
Cntan will help bring out ,gsAes
and impurities lfreQuenkiy. w41h. IL
very Y1RSP DOSES which maGx )
been inside you a long tina oeCP-
ing you many days Of mig9Fys 16d
headaches, dizzy spells, sifin efvP-
tons and that lazy, drowsy. ND
IeetinS. II VIII AAd Bfeapfy M cbo3P
Ing your bowels Gradually -sQQt
drasticaily or severely - thy
were NEVER CLEANsEb T.
FORE. In addition. GILLIAN Wi
help make your stomach, liver, ~.
neys. bowels, moro active. s1d IN
building you up In general IHqan
make you LOOK, ACT and f8&L
like a DIFFERENT NAN or ,wo-
MAN, years younger!
Remember, you don't have 10 take
Just our word for Gillian. Every
merit the makers Of Gillian cistfn
for this remarkable medicine Is sub-
stantiated in enthusiastic reports
from grateful Gillian users.
Gillian IL recommended and sold
by all Cunningham's Drug stores.
Help yourself TO health. Start To-
day by buying q bottle OF Gillian.
One bottle win convince yoa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-29
British
Bias Laid
.TOReuterS
FINES FOR PARENTS

WASHINGTON. Oct. % tUPl
Senator Russell CD OF Georgis
in a report 10 the Senate yester'
day observed that American
troops in British territory are ir.
ritated by the failure Of Reuters
British News Agency to give
fair picture Of the American
war effort.
after having Travelled for
practically a month I'm that
area I can understand how they
feel" he said. "On some days II
would have been difficult from
reading the papers to know
that the United states was par
ticipating In the war at all.
National pride, Of course,
colors our own news. and we
are not slow TO boast about
the accomplishments Of our
armed forces.
However. it seems To me
that on the whole our press
has been much fairer with our
Allies I'm reporting the war than
they have been with us. could
give many illustrations but this
excerpt from n leading paper In
Australia illustrates what I am
talking about. The article was
written on the day that Italy
surrendered. Despite the kind
ness with which our troops have
been received in Australia, II
Is disturbing Ia an American
soldier to read:
"'There Is great JOY In Brit
ain that Itsly's downfall should
so largely he q British empire
affair. Empire forces were re-
sponsible for 90 per cent'of the
battles from the first battle In
East Africa right TO the final
landing on the italian main
land"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-29

Had a Whale of Time Play
Ing Jonah. In All the Adven-
turous History OF Whaling No
Crew Ever Went In for Stranger
Antics Than the Men Who Fran
ticaIIy Hacked Up One Of the
Big Sea Beasts to Save a Man
who Wasn't There. Read This
Exciting and Amusing Story In
The American Weekly, Intri-
guing Magazine Distributed
with This Sundays Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-29

I oil the Michigan PROBATION .anc
Parole Association at the Detroit
Leland Hotel, and the other q
panel discussion on Recreation
and Juvenile Delinquency" at the
Main Library, Woodward anc
Kirby.
FINES FOR PARENTS
Parents of delinquent children
may under a Michigan law, bt
jailed for 90 days and fined al
much as 500 IL they encourage
cause or contribute" TO misbe.
havior on the part Of their off,
spring. Recorders Judge Thomas
NJ. Cotter told the probation
group
Judge Cotter said the law
passed in 1899, had never beer
invoked in juvenile delinquency
cases, az far as he could deter.
mine. He added that he WOULD
)nfer with Prosecutor William T.
Bowling and would be happy II
sign warrants for parents" under
the law.
Use OF foster homes for care oi
delinquent children from poorly.
supervised family groups was ad.
vocated by Millard Prichard. chief
probation officer OF Muskegor
County juvenile court. as a sound
substitute for reform schools
and detention homes.
HOME CONDITIONS
"If a child becomes delinquent
and u IL quite readily apparent
that neglect or unsatisfactory
home treatment has been n
major contributing factor. insti-
tuition detention may he ac-
cepted as I'M just punishment
and delay adjustment ne
declared.
Automobile larceny. incorrigi-
bility, truancy. and sex crimes
were principle offenses OF Musks
gon County's Juveniles who were
placed in foster homes for correc-
ton of their behavior through
proper guidance.
Among the problem boys and
girls. aged II 10 II. given new
start in life through foster homes
Prichard said. were the following
Two boys who had stolen
car near their Chicago home
and ran away, later broke into
n cottage, cleaned out "a mail
boxes and escaped from . de-
tention home.
Zone boy had violated his
terms of probation and within
a few days had stolen nine auto
mobiles. An older boy who had
mutilated a younger child sew
eral years ago and had recently
run away from an institution,
vas another case"
WOMEN IN JOBS
RI housewives with no children
would accept war plant jobs. many
Detroit Juveniles now laborins
under the double burden OF school
and factory work would have
more free time. asserted Mrs
Geraldine Bledsoe, acting chief Of
the War Manpower Commission
minorities group services. She
spoke at the library session.
II know nj some young peo-
pie who work an elght-hour
night shift al a war plant after
attending classes In the day
time. OF course, they must he
reckless about the kind Of rec
reation they get"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-29
Penalty Urged
For Parents Of
Child Criminals

Punish the parent but help the
child.
That double solution TO juvenile
delinquency was given Detroit
yesterday at two meetings-one
Of the Michigan Probation and
Parole Association at the Detroit
Leland Hotel, and the other a
panel discussion on Recreation
and Juvenile Delinquency" at the
Main Library. Woodward and
Kirby.
Evening star., 1943-08-02

fined by our Supreme Court as
slavery inhibited by the Thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States.
If such provision we're made, it
might be used to break a perfectly
justifiable strike and so at one sweep
destroy all the social advance of
our labor system in the last century
All this does not say, however,
that men not under military dis
cipline are free agents in war. The
Government cannot say Work here.
Work there or Work for Mr. A."
But it can Say-as it did say In
1918; Work or Fight"
That principle was barely in
voked, but it was and is capable Of
immense expansion. The Govern
ment can specify classes of employ
ment for which, in emergency. wom-
en-, men without the draft age limits,
and men not fully capacitated for
military service are sufficient. It
can specify whole classes of employ
ment which are not considered es-
sential at all and, as we have seen,
can say, Every man not In military
service - whatever may be his
domestic or other circumstances
warranting deferment or exemp-
tion-must be usefully and faithfully
employed in an occupation essential
to the military purposes of the
Nation"
Public Opinion Operative.
I can 60 much further. I can
say that If man be called and
found unfit for military service but
fit for other work in the essential
lists, he must so employ himself or
be cut from rations, Transportation,
fuel and supplies. Also, in the or
ganization of the Nation here con-
sidered, there is the force of public
opinion more potent than any gov
ernmental compulsion. If our or
ganization for the next war proceeds
from the lesson learned in 1918, our
manpower will be so classified and
organized that no man can shirk
and show his face among his fellows.
The draft of men for industrial
employment is not only impossible.
1t is wholly unnecessary. The work
or fight method Is better way. It
is compatible with our institutions
and far more effective than any
chain-gang or impressment that
could be invented.
There is no doubt that in any
future major emergency there must
be just such a control of human
effort as has here been suggested.
The productive effort of war must
be very much greater than the pro-
ductive effort of peace and it must
be made at time when the very
cream Of the countrys physical
manpower is being Withdrawn by
millions from productive effort.
Such vast demands can be met only
ii everybody goes to work.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-08-02
D. {. Officer Leads
Company in Capture
OF Sicilian Height

Capt. William T. Gordon, 25-year-
old Washington Army officer, and
his company have routed the enemy
after being driven back twice near
the town of Gangi on Sicily's north
ern coast, scene of some of the
bitterest fighting in the campaign,
according to an Associated Press dis
patch from United States 7th Army
headquarters.
A former National Guardsman,
Capt. Gordon was graduated from
Western High School. His wife,
Betty Brown Gordon, lives at 1910
Forty-fturth street NV.
L1e in the afternoon of July
IS (hpt Gordon led his men toward
TN 937, flre-blackened peak near
kangi. They drove many Germans
out of the woods and then fought
their way to the top, but the Ger
mans were strongly intrenched on
the reverse slope.
Driven OFF Second Time.
eff you stuck your head over the
top of that ridge you were gone"
Capt. Gordon told an Associated
Press correspondent. They coun-
terattacked the next day and
showed us of. We fought our way
up again, but they drove us of
second time"
Capt. Gordon reformed his men
and led them up the hill once more
in frontal assault while Company
E, led by Capt. Maurice Belisle, a
Evening star., 1943-08-02
Spanish Press Admits
Nazi Offensive Is Off


MADRID, Aug. 2.-The Spanish
press in tones far different from
those used a few weeks ago is
acknowledging now that Germany
has abandoned all hope of a future
offensive and is saying that the
Nazis now are trying to prepare the
people for defense battle of hard
and disastrous times" 80
The crumbling G. Italy and conse-
ouent tremors in the Balkans have
led official Berlin spokesmen to talk
of a wall of blood" Spanish cor
respondents wrote from Berlin last
night.
Germany, said Berlin correspond
ents for va, is engaged now in "ex-
trema defensa"-a Spanish phrase
which may be interpreted as "a last
stand"
1t Is hard to visualize the impor-
tance of such statements without
digging into newspaper files for early
July. Up to the very dAy of II
Duce's fall, the same correspond
ents were writing OF the coming
German offensives on the eastern
frcnt, of an Axis counteroffensive
in Sicily which will not be long
delayed" and Of approaching Ger
man submarine offensives.
The Berlin correspondent for the
Madrid newspaper ABC said last
night that German newspapers siS
lence on Italian developments had
not prevented the German people
from anxiety visible in all their
reactions" The most optimistic
Germans hoped the Italians and
Germans both would withdraw
northward from the Apennine Pen
insula." Others believed the Ger
mans alone would withdraw to a
line roughly corresponding with the
Po Valley"
Evening star., 1943-08-02

graduate of Rhode Island Univer-
sity, executed fianking move.
Then they laid into u.s." Capt.
Gordon said. Shippers were in the
cup on top of the hill above us with
machine guns, rifles and grenades.
They let us advance part way up the
hill and then opened up. Our for
ward elements were not more than
20 yards apart throwing hand gren-
AIDES at each other.
I'VE finally got up into a draw
and worked around on both sides
while they were firing at us with
mortars. At times we could hear
them talking, and I know they could
hear us, we were so close.
Casualties Heavy on Both Sides.
THAT went on all day, but at 10
o'clock that night we dug in on our
side of the hill and I knew we were
not going to be knocked off again
We consolidated after dark and
Grove on across the top of the ridge
Our casualties were pretty heavy
and from the German bodies lying
around I know we inflicted heavy
casualties on them"
Driving on toward Nicosia the
road winds through small valleys
where there were groups of smoke
blackened houses, burned vehicles
and dead horses in the ditch A
little town lies below Sperlina, and
there the Germans entrenched after
they were driven off Hill 937.
The Germans fought bravely in
that valley. That is why there were
so many dead Germans in the cul-
verts and bitches when American
troops marched by after light tanks
had gone in to clear up that pocket
Of opposition.
Evening star., 1943-08-02
Large U-Boot Reported
DESTROYED at Trondheim
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 2.-The Amer
ican Flying Fortress raid on Trond-
helm July "a destroyed one large
submarine, a 5,000-ton tanker, a
1,50o-ton cargo ship and two tug
boats, badly damaged a destroyer
and broke up banquet of German
officers, the Swedish newspaper
Jaemlands Tidningen disclosed last
night.
Several smaller boats were dam
aged and 300 persons, including
many German officers, were killed
or injured, the newspaper said.
The attack was concentrated on
the Nyhamnen submarine yards.
Seven factory buildings containing
machinery to repair submarines
were ruined and the administration
and storage buildings destroyed by
fire.