davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
Odchod csl. jednotky ma
Ruskou frontu.
Londyn (CTK):

Komunike sovetskeho infor-
mocn1ho 1radu re 4. 1nora O.
znamilo, re ceskoslovenske Jed
notky v Sov6tskem svazu ode
sly ma frontu dine 80. ledna pod
velen1m plukovn1ka Svobody.
U pT1lezitosti odevzdanf prapo-
ru teto jednotce dine 81. ledna,
kdy take ceskoslovensky velvy-
slanec Fierlinger vykonal jejf
pfehl1dku, zaslala csl. vlada v
Londyne plukovnfkovi Pikovi,
veliteli csl. vojenske mise v Ru-
Isku, telegram, v nemz no zada-
la ably tlumocil sovetskym IRA
dun uprfmn6 d1ky csl. vlady
"a to, re je tax skvele vybavil
zbranemi. V zaveru telegram
pravila csl. vlada toto: "Cesko-
slovenska vlada pTijala S RADIOS
tt zpravu O odchodu csl. vojska
ma frontu a je hrda ma to, re to-
muto vojsku Dude poskytnuta
pfflezitost bojovat pc boku mr.
dine rude armady proti nemec-
kym hordam."
Ceskoslovensky rozhlasovy
komentator pravil toto v PROBE
WI vys1lanem z Ruska pro An
gill:
"Sledujeme Sc srdecnou vrou-
cnostf nase vojaky V Rusku, kite
II jmenem mas vsech nastoupili
do boje, ably Sc utkali S odve-
kym nepT1telem ceskoslovenske
no lidu Sc zbranemi v rukou.
Do dnesn1ho dine Sovetsky svaz
mel jedinou armada ma teto W.
chodn1 fronte, ale nyn1 Sc k nj
pfipojily prvn1 spojeneck6 Cd
Oily = ceskoslovenske vojsko.
Je to jedina nezavisla spojenec
ka jednotka, jez bojuje ma W.
chodnf fronte, manifestujfc tax
bratrstv1 We zbrani a pfatelska
spojenecka pouta mezi Cesko-
slovenskem a Sovetskym sva-
zem."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12

krfze vice nezli 100000 darcG
16. ledna tohoto roku pozadaly
vojenske a namoTnf organy
Cerveny kf1z, ably Sc tohoto ro-
ku SNAIL zfskati 100000 pT1-
spevkG darc1 krve, Gill primer
ne 10000 tydne.
Ably Cerveny kr1z mohl dos
tati tGmto pozadavk1m, otevTel
sedm dals1ch dstredf, kde Sc
darcG mohou prihlasiti. Ones
jsou tato 1stredl jiz v jedena-
tficfti mestech. Jsou to:
Boston, Harrisburgh, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Washington
D. c., Atlanta, New Orleans,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Column
bus, Detroit, indianapolis, Chi
cago, Illinois, Milwaukee, Min
neapolis, St. Paul, ST. Louis,
Kansas City, Denver, San An
tonic, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Oakland a Portland.
V akci ma vytvofeni valecne-
no fondu Cerveneho kT1ze zdG-
raznuj1 Sc roku 1913 dive veci,
pokud Sc tyka "Blood Donor
Service. Prvnf je, re jedine
darci krve mohou tuto sluzbu
udrzovati v chodu, a druha, re
bez valecneho fondu neni MOI
no vydrzovati potTebna 1stTedf.
Mnoz1 dobrovoln1ci poskytujf
sve sluzby bezplatne, ale leka-
rum a jinym pracovnik1m je
nutno platiti, stejn6 jake "a
cinzi, Ia vedecke nastroje, "a
prevoz krve do laboratoTi a "a
mnohe jine nezbytnosti.
Chceme-li pTispeti svou hriv-
nou k zachrane zivot1 nasich
SYM, bratrf a milych, musfme
tax ciniti dv6ma zp1soby: da-
rovan1m vlastni krve pfi nej-
blizS1 pf1lezitosti a financnfm
pr1sp6vkem ma valecny fond
Cerveneho kTfze nekdy v brez-
nu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
Csl. %sportovn1 vecer
" Montrealu.
Montreal (CTK):

Dne Is. bTezna uspoTada Cd
bocka csl. narodn1ho sdruzen1
v MOntrealu We velkem stadiu
verdunskem ceskoslovensky
sportovn1 vecer Ia 1casti ka-
nadskych armadnich, leteckych
a namoTnickych boxer1 a "a
pasn1kG. Pripravy ma tento We
Ger jsou jiz proudu a Poole
zajmu, ktery o tento vecer ma
kanadsky tisk i branna moe,
mono jiz dnes usuzovat, re to
Dude velky podnik.
z New Yorku jiz doSly pla-
katy "Czechoslovak Garry On"
ktere jsou vyvesovany pc celem
meste a vzbuzuj1 pozornost. K
MIN je prilepena dolozka, ozna-
muj1c1 tento podnik. Krajan-
ska skupina montrealska Sc w.
datne pricinuje, ably vefejonst
byla seznamena S ceskosloven-
skou vec1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
DR.. Almost Furth zemrel.
New York (CTK):

V techto dnech dosla do A
meriky zprava, re v JIM Fran
eli zemrel pred nekolika tydny
DIR. Almost Furth, byvaly gene
ralnf reditel a spoluzakladatel
sirkaren a lucebn1ch tovaren
Solo v SuSici ma Sumave.
DR.. Furth sc DOLL IT let. Byl
rodakem Sc Susice a zaslouzil
Sc nemalo O svGj rodny kraj.
Move velk6 tovarny, jejichz re-
ditelem byl, vybavil socialnimi
institucemi jeste pred zavede-
MIN socialn1ho zakonodarstvi v
Ceskoslovensku. Mesto Susice
'jej jmenovalo SWIM cestnym
Obcanem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
Masaryk, BeneS a capek zaka.
nj " Chorvatsku.
New York, (CTK.)

"Urad propagandy'' tax IVA
neho nezavisleho Chorvatska
rozeslal vsem knihkupcGm Sc
znam zakazanych knih.
Ma indexu jsou mimo jine
take spisy presidenta Masary-
ka, p~residenta Benese a Karla
Capka. Dale jsou zakazany
spisy vsech zidovskych autord
a nekterych levicovych spisova-
tell britskych, francouzskych a
americkych, jelikoz pry "velmi
obratne siTf otravu."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
HITLER v
P1se Petr L1pa :

Washington, 4. 1nora (ONA)
Nedavna schGzka presidenta
Roosevelta a britskeho minister
skeho predsedy w. Churchilla
v Casablance, j1z sc z1castnili
tez vysoc1 predstavitele britske
a americke branne moci dra-
matickym zpGsobem zaostT1la
svetovou pozornost ma Severn1
Afriku. Tato byla v popTed1
svetoveho zajmu cd lonske lis
topadove kampane spojencG ma
|jejim 1zemf, nell primo cd tie
dolby, kdy Rommeldv Africky
sbor s e zdal ohrozovati Alex
andrii a cely blfzky vychod.
O tom ma Gem Sc dOhOdli spo-
jenecti statnici ma teto historic
Ike sch1zce Sc dozv1me, az nam
to p%rojevf prdbeh valecnych O.
peracf. TAX to ma byt. Hitler
81 jiz stezoval, re nem1ze uhod-
nouti kde uder1me pT1ste, a re
nem1ze pTedpovedet co podnik
meme vojensky. Spojene marc
dy Sc postaraj1, ably stale ha-
dial.
Neni tomu davno, kdy to ha-
DAM bylo ma nasi strane. Hitle-
rovy postupne dtoky, jeho ry-
chile a 1spesne kampane vyvo-
laly DOZEN, re je nepTemozitel-
ny a re NIUE utocit kan a jak
Sc mu zachce.
Pripomente 81 lonske leto,
kdy Hitler byl ma. vrcholu sve
moci, kdy Rommell mel zdanli-
We volne pole Africe a tehdy
nejmocnejsi armady ma svete
byly pred Stalingradem a pred
Kavkazem. Pad Stalingradu
Sc zdal byti otazkou dn1. Naf-
tova pole ma Kavkaze byla Hi
tlerovi ma dosah ruky. V A
frice Anglicane ustoupili do E.
gypta a samotna Kahira byla
ohrozena. Rommel Sc stall po-
pularnim symbolem nemecke
nepremozetelnosti.
Tehdy sc mluvilo = a moz-
ma, re to bylo skutecne nebez-
peel - O obrovskych nemec-
kych klestfch mfT1clch ma biz
ky vychod z Ruska pres Kav-
kaz a z Afriky pres Egypt dale
ma Irak a Iran. Moznost tfetl
ofensivy pres Turecko Sc tez
nevylucovala.
Glen teto obrovske valecne
operace byly naftova pole v L
raku, Iranu a Kavkazu, ovlad-
mutt Stredozemn1ho more a u
skutecnen1 stareho nemeckeho
snu: Nemci kontrolovane zelez-
nicni trait Berlin agdad a po-
zdejsf spojenf s Japonskem ne
kde v ASH.
Nemecke 1spechy zpGsobily
u mnohych lid1 DOZEN, re ne
mecke armady jsou skutecne
~nepremozitelne. To vsak bylo
pTesne to, CO Hitler 81 pral. u
stup sovetskych a britskych ar
mad vyvolal u mnoho lid pre-
svedceni, re spojenci jsou po-
razeni, a nebo pri nejmensim v
nebezpeci zhroucenl. To 81 Hit
Ter tez pral. Spojene narody--
mnozi Tide r1kali = nemaJl
strategii, nejsou jednotne, ne
mali vedouci.
PAX prisla nadherna obrana
Stalingradu = mesta, ktere Hi
tier sliboval dobyt. Nikdy sc
ltak nestalo. PAX pfisla brilliant
nj kampan generala Montgo.
lmeryho proti Rommelove arm5
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
Csl. ministr financi pTijede do
Spoj. StatI.
Londyn, (Reuter)

LOndyn, (Reuter)
Jak bylo oznameno, csl. mi
INSTR finance DIR. Ladislav Feie-
rabend brzy odjede do Spoje-
nych Statd, ably vyjednaval o
pGjcce a najmu a jinych dGle-
zitych vecech.
Jan Masaryk. zahranicnf mi
INSTR csl. vlady v exilu, mluve V
Londyne, uvedl We sve reel ma
cistickou zpravu, v n1z bylo do
znano, re v Polsku ''pohfesuje
Ise" 1,6OO, 900 zidu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
PRfDEL O.
VOCE A ZELENIN BUDE "a
HAJEN 1. BREZNA.
Prodej " malem Dude zastaven
Fl. unora. Zahrnuto jest i SUI
Sene a zmrzle ovoce.

Trad administrators cen a
pT1delG We Washington ozna-
mil, re pTfdel nakladaneho o.
voce a zeleniny, suseneho a
zmrlzeho ovoce vejde v plat
most L. bTezna, a to pc cele re-
mi soucasne. V rozkazu jsou
zahrnuty t6z pol6vky v plechov
kach, ovocne stavy, at v pie
chovkach nebo lahv1ch, ale pTf-
del sc nevztahuje ma donna ma
kladane nebo z~avafovane ovo-
ce a Zeleniny.
Uredn1ci ale predpovfdajl, re
zavedeni prfdelu Dude MONA
o nekolik dnf opozdeno, nebot
jest jeste zapotrebi natisknouti
a rozeslati formulate ma KITE
rych must obchodn1ci udati sve
zasoby, mes1cn1 prodeje, atd.
Prodej veskereho zbozf no
wynn pr1delovym rozkazem po-
stizeneho, poctem asi 200 rGz-
nych artiklG, Dude zastaven v
malem FL. 1nora, ably mohli
malo-obchodn1ci doplniti sve
zasoby a. pTipraviti Sc ma pTi-
delovy prodej. Spotrebovatele
Sc budou pro move pf1delove
kn1zky registrovati We dnech
FL. 1nora do 1. bTezna. Def
nitivnf datum jest ponechano
ma dobrozdanf mfstnfch pride
lovych 1fad1, stejne tax jake
zpGsob provedenf registrace a
vydan1 pTfd6lovych knlzek. V
n6kterych oblastech Dude regi-
strace provadena ucitelkami We
veTejnych skolach,v jinych pT1-
mo V pffdelovych 1Tadovnach,
a v nekterych roztrousenych
sekc1ch poStou.
V Baltimore Dude r~egistrace
asi provadena opet We skolach,
jak tomu bylo S pT1delem GU
kru. Kazdy Dude nucen pred
loziti pf1d6lovou knizku {. 1,
oznamiti, jak velke mnozstvi v
plechovkach nakladaneho ovo-
&c neb zeleniny ma donna a pax
obdrzf kn1zku {. 2. Ma kazdou
osobu v rodine Dude odpocteno
5 plechovek a KIDD Dude NIT vet
81 zasoby nez 5 plechovek ma
osobu, budou mu z pf1delove
kn1zky {. 2 odstraneny die to-
no pT1delove kupony. V hlase-
nj zasob ale nemusi byti zahr-
nuty plechovky osmi uncove
ne obmens1 (vetsinou S detskou
potravou). ami nalozene veci,
kter6 nepodlehaj1 pT1delu, jake
olivy, povidla a pod.
Nasledkem zavedenf pride
lu ovoce a zelenin Dude odsu-
nut prfdel masa asi ma duben,
ale tytez pT1delove kn1zky, KITE
re budou vydany pro pT1del O.
voce a zeleniny, budou pouz1-
vany i pro pT1del masa.
PT1del Dude rozpocten ma "a
klade bodG, a Dude dosti kom-
plikovanym. Rad1me nasim cte-
nafGm, ably bedlive sledovali
kazdou zpravu O prfdelu, tax
ably Sc vyhnuli pozdeji nesna-
zim zavin6nym jejich neporo-
zumeni systemu, ma kterem bu-
de prfdel zalozen.
Podrobnosti O pT1delu budou
uvadeny tax rychle, jak budou
pridelovym 1Tadem vydany.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-02-12
Washington (ONA):

Federalnf poslechove STANCE
americke vlady zachytily zpra-
WI italskeho rozhlasu, re ma
d'arsky podtajemnfk minister
stva narodnf obrany, general
Wilhelm Macy sc podekoval re
sveho uradu.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Join Drive TO Cut
Livestock Losses

EAST LANSING, Dec. ? (UP)
Michigan farm leaders are join
ing a 20-State campaign to cut
livestock losses FRO m disease,
parasites and poor management,
it was announced by +. l.. Ben
ton. livestock extension specialist
at Michigan State College.
The program has been launched
as a wartime move to conserve
feed while obtaining greater live
stock, dairy swine, sheep and
poultry production. Benton eX-
planned. Farmers will be awak-
ened TO problems of cutting stock
losses Try means of posters, circu-
lars and speeches.
Benton said bruises which ami
mails receive in marketing opera
tons cause an annual L. S. loss
of 150.O00000 pounds Of meat,
while, one-seyenth. Of all feed
giten hogs is lost in swine deaths.
Cattle .grubs cost livestock raisers
S50,000,000 annually and Bangs
disease in dairy cattle costs an
estimated S30.000,000 each year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Merger
OF 4 Rails
Proposed

NEW YORK. Dec . Creation
oF railroad system which M
total assets would rank among
thc nations FIVE largest trans
poTt3u0u systems, has been pro-
posed ht boards of directors of
Chesapeake e. Ohio Railway
MCKEE Plate Railway and Perc
Marquette Railway.
Plans for merger of these three
railroads together with that Of
Wheeling a. Lake Erie have been
discussed and subcommittee of
boards have been formed 20 study
values and means of consolidating
properties.
Control Of tho four railroads.
Through interloCkng stock owner
ship rests in Allegheny Corp
which is headed by Robert r,
YOUNG
Announcement was made that
subcommittee would give con-
>.deTation 10 past and future
earnings prospects of the four
roads. past market prices OF their
securities and AN related peril
nent factors They viii il was
said also consider ways and means
30 bring about partial or complete
unIdcaton Of their properties as
wen a> that of Wheeling & Lake
ETC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Livestock Market


cATTIE--700 slaughter steers and
heifers active strong 10 shade higher
cows more active Than late Tuesday nrm
bulls and replacement cattle steady. run
Included four loads shortfed steers these
mostly medium 10 near good grades At
SiiGli6 SIS. latter price for around 600
h. westerners: load Kentucky steers
Sif25. scattered lots shortfed native
steers. xlln1i few medium heifcrs Si2 80
down, good cows eligible 70 Sl1 and
above lacking: hulk common and medium
beer grades IS. 501 10. 80. rather good
showing AZ St0D1 so: Gamers and cut
ters mainly S6,25ns with very broad de
mand for Gamers ~ 81 down few shelly
Gamers. So and below. good heavy bulls
SIT 75U - D. most common and medium
grades. Sl0M II. so cutter nghtweights. 81
as. few down 20 s. %
CALVES 100 steady: bulk good and
choice vealcrs $3.50. odd head strictly
choice. SIS: most medium grade. Sl3n Is;
common vealers 500 Il. culs from SO
down with little under So
Hog receipts 2 500, market not estah-
lished bidding mostly steady on all
weights or Si3 90 down
SHEEP, 500. opening steady on lambs
and sheep. but undertone weak on lambs T.
early sales good and choice wooded native
lambs. Slf 50 ~ 1875. mostly Si4jO: mixed
medium and good lambs S13 sou II %;
most Gull and common ranged s. q 10. few
choice slaughter ewes. $3.50: bulk com
mon 10 choice. SO 50ffs, some culls So
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Must Sell Trucks

The Office Of Price Admins
tration has clamped down on
truck dealers who refuse 10
honor a purchase order by a
prospective buyer. II has made
II mandatory 10 honor certifi-
Gates of transfer or a gov
eminent exemption Il.
providing the prospective pur-
chaser is legally capable of
entering into a contract and
tenders the price in cash or
certified check, or has the
financing arranged.
Dealers are said 10 have been
refusing deals on the grounds
that, the prospective buyer was
not a regular customer or the
dealer was holding the vehicle
for an expected government
order Neither OF these excuses
wiI1 go~wN6 the OPA hereafter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
ofWofId
Oil Resources
Urged by Itkes

WASHINGTON. Dec . up
Americas OH crown is slipping,
Petroleum Administrators Harold
L. lcke> sad today in an article
urging thc VootTuE OF world otf
resources 10 insure future peace.
OH supplies of the world should
be made available 10 all nations
on "A fair and equitable basis, he
said IN the current issue OF Amerl-
can Magazine, bat they should be
denied 10 any nation which vlo-
lateS international law "aS eStab-
lShed al the peace table.
IckeS wrote that the United
States has been supplying up TO
% per cent Of the aviation gaSo-
line used i'm this war by living on
her tat of reserves which VIII
he exhausted in II years at the
present consumption rate. He Sug-
gcsied that this country seek
repayment in kind from the allies.
He said the United States, mon
ENTHUSIASTICALLY should emulate
the British government, which has
been smarter and more fore
handed than wc IN acquiring OIL
reserves all over the world, par
tlcularly in the Near East
Emphasizing the need for &C
tion. lckcS said the United States
Is now crossing the Threshold
from being an oil-eNportlng ma
ton 10 becoming an oil importer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Ohio Edison Co.
Issues

NEW YORK. Dec ohio Edi-
son Co, all OF whose common
stock is owned by Commonwealth
and Southern Corp. today filed
an application with SEC to retire
all of IT'S three highest dividend
rate preferred StorkS outstanding.
These comprise tie 1880 series,
81 series and S72l=s6ries. aggre-
eating Sl0S63,067 par amount,
exclusive of accrued dividends.
II is proposed 10 utilize the
cash IN Ohio Edison's treasury for
The purpose.
The application diScloseS that
Commonwealth and Southern will
amend IT'S pending recapiializa-
ton plan, irrespective of other
amendments. so as to provide for
transfer 10 Ohio Edison of all the
outstanding shares of common
stock of Pennsylvania Power Co,
another G. and S. subsidiary.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Nash KeeIViindt0r
Net Up Slightly;
Vote Dividend

Observation-Disclosures Corp. reports
for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30,
a net profit of Sf,ll5,550, equal
to 96 cents a share as compared
with S3,S2S.755 or SO cents a
share in the previous fiscal year.
Profit before taxes for the past
year was S10.327 203 or almost
100000 more than in 1912, but
an increase in income tax item
of 81 100000 resulted in net profit
increase over previous year Of
only S2S6,000. Taxes for 1913
period totaled $6.211.653.
According To G.. w. Mason,
president, renegotiation proceed
ingS under the War Profits Con-
troll Act for the year ended Sept.
30, 1912, were completed recently
and no refund of profits was re-
quired. Proceedings for the 1913
fiscal year have not been COM
pleted and no estimate of amount
which may be refundable. if any,
can be determined at this time.
However, profits on war contracts
for the year are considered by
company not TO be excessive and
no provision for refund is be-
heVed TO be required.
Directors declared dividend of
1913 cents, payable Dec. 2S TO
stock of record Dec II. Same
amount was paid in previous
quarters
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Asks Tax Law
Changes toSpur
Private Business

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 (UP)-
President Eric A. Johnson of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce said today Congress could
provide a powerful stimulus 10
postwar business by revising tax
laws to encourage private in
vestment and 10 free local gov
ernments from dependence on
federal grants.
He asked Congress TO make IL
clear that:
Private construction in
dustry will be expected 10 care
for its own problems and not
to stabilize our whole econ
omy.
Estates and municipalities
will be expected TO finance
their own public works projects.
3-"The federal government
will correlate its own proper
public works expenditures
through suitable agency" and
eliminate waste.
4-Competitive bidding will
be uSeG for federal projects in
place of hiring day labor or
resorting 10 work relief"
5-The government will not
compete with private industry
in housing construction or in
terfere with the community's
responsibility for enforcement
of minimum housing standards.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Chevrolet Gets Star

The three Buffalo plants Of
Chevrolet today sport a white
star on their Army-Navy f. flag.
The star was awarded 10 the
plants yesterday for maintaining
high standard of Pratt a.
Whitney aircraft engine output
M f.. Coyle, general manager
of Chevrolet. was apprised OF
the second award in six months
10 the plants in a letter from
Robert T.. Patterson, assistant
secretary of war Coyle eX-
planned that although the award
was given specifically 10 the
Buffalo aircraft plants is MAS
really shared by all units in
Michigan which produce parts
and SubasSemblies for the three
New York plants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
BURY Net
To Exceed
100000

NEW YORK. Dec. Earnings
of BURY Biscuit Corp. for the
fiscal year ended Oct. 81, last.
are understood TO have exceeded
100000 This would compare
with Sl73,232 in the preceding
fiscal year.
Sales in the fiscal year just
ended were the largest in the
company's history. being es,i-
mated at around S5.000,000 Cur
rent sales are continuing at peak
levels.
With a view 10 Strengthening
S-peSiAl-7at competitive -posftfur1,
BURY in recent months has en-
barked on an expansion program
in the baking field. Among
recent acquisitions are l.. NJ.
Peterson Co. and Simple Simon
Foods
Further expansion, part OF il
into non-baking lines. is UNDER
stood 10 be planned by the man
agement. which has several posi-
BILE acquisitions under active
consideration.
Stockholders will meet this
month 10 consider a plan Of
recapitalIzatlon which provides
for elimination of dividend ar
rears of $3.50 a share on the
$50 par per cent cumulative
preferred stock. Under the plan
five shares OF new $3.50 par
So convertible prior preferred
would be offered for each share
Of old preferred No dividends
have been paid on the common
since June. 1897.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Oil Refininn
Sets Record

NEW YORK, Dec Refining
division of oil industry was operat-
ing az record levels last week.
This. together with a decline in
demand. caused an almost normal
seasonal increase in gasoline sup
plies.
Demand for residual heavy)
fuel oil, however. was heavy in the
November y week. resulting in a
reduction in inventories. Gas oil
and distllate eight heating oils)
on other hand, were increasing
slightly.
Last weeks demand for gasoline
Appropriated l,650O00 barre 5
daily. against a little higher than
! 500, 600 in the previous week.
With a higher output OF gasoline
and smaller d m an d stocks
throughout country were increased
by 9S4 600 barrels, the largest gain
in many weeks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
BIdtkney Hits 0PA
For Prize Increase

FLINT. Dec. . Rep. w w.
BlaCkney today blameS improper
functoning of the OPA for caus-
ing II per cent average rise in
the price of foods and said that
many people believe that a bill
allowing a consumer subsidies
would be inflationary in itself.
Blackney'S remarks were con-
tanned in a news letter and was
regarded as the answer 10 an
attack made by Jacob Waldo, CIO
political research chairman. who
condemned the congressman for
not supporting subsidies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Proxy Fight Threatens
Sale OF DistiIIery Co.

CHICAGO. Dec . Alternate
proxy SOLICITATIONS for the stock
heAiers' peeunS called by Allied
Nils, Inc, management TO APP
prove sale of Century Distlling
Co. 10 National Distillers Prod
uctS Corp. have obviously Gre
ated confusion and may easily
result I'M no plan ever being
adopted John b. DeHaven, preSi-
dent Of Allied Mills, notified
stockholders today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Willow Run Highway
DeddIine Extended

LANSING, Dec. 2 (UP)-The
WIPE has extended the deadline
for completion of the Detroit
Willow Run EXpreSSway highway
system from Dec. 81 10 June 80.
1911. State Highway Commits
sioner Ziegler said today
The EXpreSsway will be opened
10 Greenfield road for both east
bound and weStbound traffic
Wednesday. Dec. s. The system
nlll he completed fFef44 rs west
Crn end AT WldFd tOad, west or
the bomber plant, TO Greenfield
road next week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
M. S. Rukeyser
Federal Regulation
OFF Travel Opposed

- harrington chief executive officer OF the Rock Island
Railway made strong plea against ederay inspired deterioration
dScouTaging travel
In with this railroad declared
railroads provide public
best possible with available rather
the federal regulation travel
tOrtabeas possible di>couragnr nsNel
Generally the public appreciate fully the tremend
which made railroads
the credit
railroads with doing magnificent hut questionable If
attitude will the railroads permitted
the possible the circumstances and
q avoid needless discomfort whenever he avoided
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-02
Steel Rate


NEW YORK. Dec. 2-Steel in
cot production for the week ended
Nov % is placed at 80 per cent IN
the compilation by Dow Jones q
Co. Inc. This is unchanged from
week and compares with
% per cent two weeks ago
L. s. Steel is estimated al 101.
against 100 per cent in week be-
fore and 96i2 per cent two weeks
ago. Other leading companies are
credited with 90 per cent, against
9S ~ per cent in the two preceding
weeks.