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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-16
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BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor Of Eesnemies. N. Y. Universal

Professor Of Ecenemics, N. Y. Univsrsity
NEW YORK, Nov. Is Two
facts about the stock market
seem to be rather definitely estab-
lished: Cd The reconversion jit-
tiers are nearly over, and ca the
political uncertainty handicap is
reduced.
In the last two weeks a good
many of the so-called war stocks
have shown increased strength;
evidently it is becoming recog-
nized that some of the stocks
which have benefited by war are
also In line to make little money
in times of peace. For example,
the rejuvenation Of Kennecott,
United Aircraft, and Atchison
illustrates this tendency in the
better coppers, aircrafts and rails.
Furthermore, as time passes
the more serious difficulties with
changeovers In equipment and
with surplus stocks OF goods are
being narrowed down to relatively
few cases.
Even more clear is the fact the
election had been pretty we'll dis
counted, and that the fourth term
for Roosevelt is not likely to start
a bear market. The decline in
the popular majority by which he
won, and the smallness and highly
mixed character of that majority,
are highly suggestive of limited
power. They indicate that once
the war is over 1t will not be
difficult to effect a change in
government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-16
What sNew
In Business
Brown Tells Effect
Of Real Price Control
BY WARD SCHULTZ

There were two very interest
ING highlights in the speech
which Prentiss Brown, chairman
of the Detroit Edison Co.. de-
iivered 10 a group OF engineers
the other night.
The first had 70 do with the
cost Of electricity in foreign
countries as compared with the
United States.
The former senator gave il a
aew twist by pointing out that
a Brazilian had 10 work 30
minutes 10 earn the money TO
pay for the electricity used by
20 5e-watt bulbs in one hour.
An Englishman or German
got that much Juice" for only
IS minutes work, but an italian
put in 43 minutes time. An
American pays only the equiya-
lent of ga minutes work.
Even more spectacular was
his illustration of the terrific
job done by OPA-he was once
administrator curling living
costs.
We all know that food prices
have climbed only a fraction.
compared with the last war,
but few realize the stability OF
other materials.
Steel plate was up 1877 per
cent after SO months of war in
1913, hitting a peak OF $50 per
cent at the height Of imitation.
In this war, the arrnor plate for
our battleships costs not one
penny more than before the
war. "
And copper was up 165 per
cent, as against Is per cent in
this war; soft coal, up 81 per
cent, against 80 per cent; an
thracite, or hard coal, UP CTS
per cent. against "a per cent;
lumber, 296. against 60: tin, 224,
against z; coke, SAB. against 20;
plate glass. 271, against o; oil,
367, against Is (which may in
terest those who complain about
oil rationing); wool. 236 per
cent. against only 63 per cent
In this war.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

area Of France directly across the
Channel from Britain indicates
strongly that such massed firing
bases have been built. 1t may be
that this bombing, pursued by as
many as 5000 planes in a single
day, has indefinitely delayed the
opening Of a new barrage against
London.
But the preventive offensive be-
gan long before that. During the
late summer and early fall, United
States precision bombers bore down
on the principal plant believed pro-
ducing rocket elements in Germany
The plant was destroyed. It's loca-
ton was secret and the exact nature
OF its product-it may have beer
explosives or rocket propellants-has
not been disclosed. But it is fact
that the plant was destroyed.
That never has been announced
off1cially, nor has the nature OF
military objectives" which Allied
air forces have been raiding con-
stantly in Northern France. 1t was
only recently that British censor
ship permitted correspondents to
suggest that these objectives might
be rocket-gun emplacements.
Facts Likely Known.
There is little doubt, however, that
If the Germans did install such
guns in France, British and Ameri-
can intelligence services would know
the full facts within a matter of
days. 1t would not be surprising
If the story is ever told-that the
British had maps with every gun
marked plainly.
Meanwhile, London waits, conf
dent but almost imperceptibly nerv-
GUS, for the first shell to fall.
Few mental scars of the blitz re-
main. Even the physical scars on
the ancient face of the empire S
capital have begun to heal, where
once there stood gaunt ruins and
rubble, there now are neat fences
of salvaged brick inclosing clean
excavations-the Easements of de-
parted homes and shops-or large
placid tanks of water for emergency
use by f1reighters.
There are as many laughs now
as heartaches in recollections of the
blitz. Dinner parties roar when
some one recalls the night the root
fell in.
There is pleasant nostalgia in
thoughts Of the evening when no
one will draw the blackout curtains
except from habit and the whole
town will glow in light from 1000, 900
windows.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

Of the front line still grips London
Two people step out into the night
Look at the NOON" says one;
good night for raid"
Don't say that" the other replies
with a mock quaver and crosse,
fingers or taps wood.
Becomes Attack Bastion.
The tension very quickly conveys
itself to the thousands Of Americans
arriving to help Gen. Dwight D
Eisenhower make London at last ar
attack headquarters, as we'll as 6
defense bastion.
A Flying Fortress engineer, tough
Bostone$ and Irish, who flew back
from Britain with me a few day
ago, related how he and his friend.
had gone to London looking for fun
After an evening out they had jus
fallen asleep. Thunderclaps of anti
aircraft fire directly overhead woke
them. A raider bored through the
sky overhead. There was a whistle
and ground-shaking crash as 8
bAoSh-DIAoOCl oplU dbl dpdl Utllcll
asunder a few blocks away. That
was all, but the engineer said, 'W,
left town the next morning."
People in America always ask, "I,
there any truth in the rockt-gur
Storis?"
I am convinced that there is, but
how much truth remains to be seen
This much is true: Responsible
British authorities believe that the
Germans have new though not
necessarily secret weapon.
One scientific opinion Is that
whatever the weapon may be, it CAM
have any effect not already known
in the blitz AS always, the public's
defense must be static-taking cover
from blast and falling debris-ano
prayerful
Opinions differ as to what the
weapon is. The most publicizec
opinion is that it's a gun, probably
fired on the rocket principle.
Another less widely held belief i
that the weapon is refinement o1
the radio directed rocket glide.
bomb mentioned by Prime Minister
Churchill.
Supreme German Head.
| One certainty seems to be that
Germany must try to find weapon
which can devastate London without
risking the Nazi Air Force which is
being SO zealously husbanded to repel
invasion. A shell which could not
be stopped in flight and whose ex-
penditure would represent no i'm
pairment of the continents defenses
might be the answer.
Guns on the French coast already
strafe with ease the English towns
25 miles across the Channel. Firing
gun IS miles more to London is
a technical matter of equipment and
propellants.
Sporadic. scattered firing. like that
which has peppered Dover for nearly
four years would not serve the Ger
mans purpose-to demoralize Lon
don, hamper the coming invasion
and gain a stalemate peace.
London, for the Germans pur-
poses, must be razed like Berlin, Sec
ton by section. Even with the
largest, most destructive rockets
this could be accomplished only with
a mass barrage, wrecking whole areas
of the city in few hours.
Mass destruction of London, then
would mean establishing miles OF
guns on the French coast for simul.
taneous firing.
Raids Suggest Weapon.
The extent and nature of recent
Allied bombing in the Pas de Calais
Evening star., 1944-01-10
By E, C., DANIEL.

Associated Press war Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-London ir
Its fifth year of war is still front.
line city, reprieved from new de-
vastation, perhaps only momentarily
by the sharpshooting bombardiers Of
the United States Army and the
Royal Air Force.
Across the English Channel, 8
willy enemy still crouches, and the
consciousness of lurking sudden
death still pervades the secret
thoughts of the convalescent city.
This awareness Of danger, evoked
by every odd and ominous sound in
the blackened streets, had reached q
new tension when I was last there
at Christmas, because of repeated
stories of impending German rocket
gun attacks.
You could often sense the tension
especially in the dark. 1t was a
thought uncannily communicated
without words.
One night recently, young Amer
lean officer stood on a curb in Lon
don's West End, utterly lost. With
out f1ashlight, he was trying vainly
to whistle up taxi out of the
eternal, internal gloom. You coulc
tell he was American because, in
stead of yelling, Taxi, taxi" he was
crying, Cab, cab"-an American
word that most London cabbies don't
understand.
was standing few feet down the
street, flashing my light on and of
at each passing taxi-the sigma
universally accepted in the black
out. A taxi stopped and I invited
the soldier to share it. We rolled
off behind Buckingham Palace to
deliver him to his hotel.
All Have Common Thoughts.
Not word was said at first. 1t
was raining-a wet and chilling Lon
don drizzle-and the same thought
passed through both our minds.
You know" the soldier suddenly
said, when we had that raid last
night, I was in the bathtub. I
didn't even get out. 7 just stayed
there until it was all over" He said
it proudly, like little boy proclaim
ing that he wasn't afraid of the dark.
1t wasn't much of a raid, actually
one or two or three planes, a few
minutes of slamming antiaircraft
gunfire making the old houses shud-
der, and then silence. Somewhere
a few dozen people were counting
their dead and injured. The rescue
squads were digging in shattered
workers house. And the Germans
had line for their next days COM
munique:
Units Of the Luftwaffe success
fully attacked military objectives in
the London area last night. All our
planes returned"
No, it wasn't much of raid, but
the same thought had crossed that
soldiers mind and mine at the same
moment:
Although the raids are small
sometimes not even noticeable, If
you're in noisy room-the tension
Evening star., 1944-01-10

restrictions became effective around
Christmas. h-
In the school buildings on the
grounds, they said, visitors still will
be required to register and carry
passes. Such precautions are un-
necessary in the hospital buildings
it was pointed out, because the nor
NAL steps taken to safeguard pa
tients are sufficient to cover military
security. +
Complete control over men who
have returned from overseas will
continue to be exercised, it was said
and these men are instructed when
they first arrive at Walter Reed
against giving out restricted infor-
nation to any one.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Walter Reed Visitors Permitted
To Enter Gates Without Passes

Visitors at Walter Reed Hospital
and its annex at Forest Glen may
now wander freely in and out of the
gates as result of recent re-
taxation of security regulations.
Mounted police guards have been
removed from the gates at the hos
pital grounds between 6 am. and
6 pm, and visitors no longer are
required to obtain passes at the
gates, The patrol within the
grounds is still being maintained,
however, and restrictions against
cameras are being enforced as be-
fore.
officials at the Army Medical Gen.
ter explained that the order to take
the hospital out of Zone A military
Evening star., 1944-01-10

SERVICE STATION MANAGERS.
Must have previous experience in opera
slon OF service station: ex-servicemen pre-
ferred; salary. $40 per week, bonus. va Ca
tlon with pay. Call in person. 1925 B air
Evening star., 1944-01-10
HELP MEN CONTINUED J

RADIO REPAIRNfAN, inside or outside
work, ful nod OF part tms plenty Overtime II
NV, INF; Rhodes. Bring certificate Of
SALESMAN, tailoring or clothing expert
nent position. Freenys. I4os II st. NV. :.
SALEsMEN, saIian magazine and specially ex-
MUM deal now being introduced: local and
Southern territory; apply, before 10 am.
NwNoncanceiable health, acci-
two statesmen: members Masonic Order
Mr. Nick: 1106 Earle Bldg, o OF ii am.
slve se downtown dow oy st store. High earnings to
tons Iryinss ss 9th a'ii and permanent Z. posi-
SHIPPING CLERK for lumber department.
audson Supply and Equipment Co..
S2ff!Ff' saIPffNG "a CLERK wholesale dry cleaning
plant plant: mo no experience necessary; 5.day
SHORT oVS oRpER @ Gook schaasp eapefieneed ff nT
Weaver's- Restaurant, 59l4 Georgia ave.
sM SILK Is TiSisMkR Tefk snG days .nosts week
eonditions Phsae as Warteid tSaoeVipf esSo WORKING
and spery osr fs5 sunasy esy vS5f S
Pn PPhnarmacy, n1Sgy, 14th and Colorado ave. NV.
or sssa s sssAss ssHsspsa ss,
TILE SETTER wanted .. s. Tile and
Mafpie at Co, 2o20 Georgia ave. NV. Re-
TIMEKEEPER and order clerk; perma-
good waeas P4slon Calf f9ea carl YofknE Toc
TRUCK DRIVER wanted: 5-day week: ei; "x: ex:
SIit SSelient salary. Apply District Wholesale
dS FRuck S0 DRivERs II 81 AND hw HELPERS. Hudson
Supply SY 2EI;, an and Equipment Co, Rosslyn. Va
., 20 naui rubbish and dirt See Duncan.
vEGETF4BsfiEo Fsf p; CLERK, LEX experienced. other
T1se Ta+so9o 90 not @ apply. 1900 Wisconsin ave-,
WINDOW TRIMMER, part-time evening
grounds; excellent proposition. New York
WANTED stake body trucks to haul coal
WHOLESALE FooD sUPPLY HOUSE has
seeking seeking steady, postwar employment Ap-
phSant must have high school education
ana n posse possess good reference. Banner Bros
WE NEED an experienced radio serviceman
WIZ WIN fsa car Tor our Capehart dept. We will
etsi te faebhoTy nborys NSranng a55o on changer For
TURN YOUR DISABIIITY TY hsVahash to an asset
II I you are partially disabled, the Yale
SILK SCREEN NsK fKoc2ss cHFs sHoF sTf nw Needs man
IoI aA.SrOunQ shop work. 1923 You st
NV. Alpha Process Co
WELL-KNOWN MANUFACTURER of In.
dustrial devices is expanding its sales force
Tor postwar activity and requires chem
ical, electrical and mechanical engineerins
sraouateS Tor sales engineerinR assign
ments at Los Angeles. New York, Charlotte
Houston, Milwaukee and Chicago Re
cling expense basis Write Box BOT, Star
CAR CLEANERS ALSO MEN WITH AUTO.
MOBILE, REFRIGERATION OR ELEC.
TRICAL EXPERIENCE.
ALSO UPHOLSTERERS
Apply to Railroad Retirement Board,
30l G st. NV
Bring this ad with you. Those now in
essential war work must have statement
OF availability.
sEQItIcrc s,rc -
Evening star., 1944-01-10
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for any
debts made by any one other than my
self. Otty Baron, 1919 Fla. ave. ne. II.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE
holders Of the Home Building Association
of the District Of Columbia for the pur-
pose Of electing officers and directors for
the ensuing year and such other business
as ;, may properly come beiors tne meetiing'
zoos Pennsylvania ave. NV. on Tuesday,
January IL, 1914 at half past z O'Clock
Pm JAMES M. WOODWARD, Secretary.
THE I III ANNuAaL MEETING OF THE STOCK
Company for the election Of directors and
the transaction Of any other business that
be held at the Offices of the company,
northeast corner Of 18th st. and New York
ave. NV, on Tuesday. January H.. 1914,
at O'Clock pm. Stock transfer books will
be closed for. ten days before the meeting,
the tenth day being the date Of the
meeting.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
PART-TIME WORK.

Help in the war effort by learning to
operate streetcar or bus or by working
as a streetcar conductor or by helping to
collect fares and load streetcars and buses
in the downtown area in the afternoon.
Experience not necessary. We teach you
be taken during free hours. No Sunday
work. Need men and women able to report
for work weekdays before m and 7:30
m. and then work for several hours
Also those able to report between 3 and 4
p m. and work at least 3 hours at time
ApDly WeekGay Mornings
Evening star., 1944-01-10
CLOTHING
SALESMAN.
statesmen

Permanent position. good opport unity
Apply Mr.. Davis, Grosner of 1925 r st
n
Evening star., 1944-01-10

"MoTHER I'm HURT!' When you
heard that cry (only yesterday, it seems),
you dropped everything and flew to COM
fort him and make it well again.
Would you do less today? Less when he's
lying hurt and in need thousand miles
Evening star., 1944-01-10
HELP WOMEN.

ACCOUNTANTS. junior and senior, in C.
P. AS office; excellent position with good
salary; reply. stating qualifications, expert
ence and age. Box 1916. Star
ADDRESSERS and stenographers by ma
tionally famous information bureau, short
hours, no overtime. permanent employ
RESISTANT Nasf9 hss ps needed
Immediately: 5-day week: congenial sur
roundings; good salary. Write Box 63-G'
Star.
ASST. MGR, ladies' sportswear dept, in
one of Washingtons fastest-growing stores;
excellent opportunity to manage, buy and
sell; dept; store exp; desired, but not es-
sential; give complete info. about self in
flrst letter: Box 237-T, Star.
ASSISTANT MANAGER - Desirable posi-
shop for high school graduate: good salary;
pleasing environment. We will train you.
Apply 1117 G st. NV. H.
BEAUTY OPERATOR, top salary and COM
mission; hours, to O.; no license needed.
Arlington Village Beauty Salon, 2504 Co
lHmbia pike; Telephone Oxford 464s or
BEAUTY ofEEkSAfsoSii, excellent ssiar, with
commission. Adams 1854.
Evening star., 1944-01-10
NEISON III FOSTER. Secretary
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL BANK,
316 PENNSYLVANIA AVE Sc,

The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the National Capital Bank of Wash.
ington for the election Of directors and
the transaction Of any other business, that
may be brought to the attention Of the
January II. 1914. between the hours OF
IL o'clock noon and ] o'clock pm.
ROBERT " MELLEFONT, Cashier
Evening star., 1944-01-10

Portrait Photographer.
ApnpgH wnss sSdsse sSdisen1 1853 st5 sus &. man
Evening star., 1944-01-10

Young lady to train for bookkeepeT
position in bank. Excellent opportunity.
Previous ONCE experience desirable but not
essential Good income during training
period. Give education and age. Boz
Evening star., 1944-01-10
Rocket Gun Rumors
Keep London al
Fronf-Line Tension

(E. c. Daniel has Just returned
from London for his first pisit to
the United States in three years.
Evening star., 1944-01-10

CAPITAL TRANSIT CO.,
36th and Prospect Ave. NV,
OUTSIDE CLERICAL WORK,
FULL OR PART TIME.
Experience Not Necessary.
Training Paid for
Mature Age No Objection
No Rigid Physical Requirements,
Learn to check traffic Work full time
days per week; S130 per month to start,
automatic increases
If you have at least 3 hours at time
tpeen spaf the boaay days week ans %
can work a full day Sundays. we can use
you part time at 65c per hour
Apply Weekday Mornings
CAPITAL TRANSIT CO.
36th and Prospect Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Butter Ration Value
Reduced 10 Z Points,
Lamb, Mutton HaIved
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The Office of Price Admins
tration announced today that
beginning Sunday the ration
cost of butter will be reduced to
IL points a pound, lamb and
mutton values will be halved
and most choice beef cuts will
cost a point more than currently.
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles said that creamery butter
was to be reduced from is points
because the supply available for
civilians was larger than at any
time since last September. Stimuli
taneously, the ration value Of mar
garine was cut four points to two a
pound, while shortening, salad and
cooking oils and lard will remain
point free. Country butter was re-
duced to eight points from IL a
pound. while process butter was cut
to four points from six.
All pork cuts will remain un-
changed with exception of spare
ribs, which will be increased to one
point pound from the current zero
Evening star., 1944-04-27
er-American Farley
For Students Scheduled

The fifth Inter- American Confer
ence for High Schools will be held
tomorrow at George Washington
University to inform delegates from
high schools in Washington and vi
cin!ty about political relations be-
tween the United States, the Ar
gentine Republic and Bolivia.
Alexander w. Weddell, former
Ambassador to Argentina and to
Spain, will open the discussion
Other speakers are Dean Henry
Grattan Doyle, on leave from the
university to direct the Inter-Amer-
ican Training Center; Philip L.
Green. International Agricultural
Relations Division, Co-ordinator,s
Office, and Miss Virginia Prewitt
author of "The Americas and To-
morrow"
The delegates, all honor students,
will be accompanied by teachers in
the field of Latin American history
and Spanish.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

value. There we're no point changes
in veal and cheese.
Beef Demand Stin High.
Values OF choice beef cuts were
raised a point, Mr.. Bowles said. be-
cause the demand for the meat
exceeds supply. Such steaks as
porterhouse, T-bone and club, ke-
ginning Sunday, will cost IL points
pound instead of the current IL
Rib, round and rump roasts like
wise were raised point. An ex-
ception to the beef increase, how
ever, was flank steak, which will be
reduced two points a pound to 10.
A total of 1,414 ,296, 900 pounds of
meats will be available to civilians
in May, compared with 1,233, 900 900
pounds in April. Because the new
rationing period is five weeks, one
week longer than the April period,
the total supply for May on a
weekly basis will be somewhat less
than April.
Lamb and mutton ration point
values were reduced because drought
conditions in pasture lands of the
West make necessary immediate
marketing of the spring crop of
lambs, OPA said, Loin lamb chops
and roasts were cut from 10 points
to six; rib chops and roasts from
seven points to three; leg chops and
steaks, leg and sirloin lamb rossts
were reduced to four points pound
from seven.
Pork Substantially Unchanged.
Pork ration values for May will be
substantially the same as in April,
despite an easing of the recent heavy
flow of hogs to market, OPA said.
II am glad we are able to make
this reduction" Mr.. Bowles said Of
the butter cut. "None OF us in OPA
wanted such a high ration point
value for butter as we have been
forced to maintain since last Octo-
ber, but supplies simply were not
available after filling military needs
to permit lower point value"
Since the beginning Of the sea-
sonal spring increase in butter pro-
duction, Mr.. Bowles said, the supply
situation has been steadily i'm
proving. Approximately 145,000, 900
pounds Of butter have been allo-
Gated for civilian use In May, nearly
10 per cent more than last year.
The amount of margarine to go to
civilians is about the same as last
year.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

goods through regular retail dealers,
he explained, while unsupported
institutions such as hospitals and
schools may make purchases through
their authorized purchasing agents.
Mr.. Clayton described the new
Surplus War Properties Administra-
tion which he heads as q sort of 60
between agency to get the surplus
war goods-largely held by the Army
and Navy, to the four Federal agen-
cies authorized to make sales Of
Government properties to the pub
lie. Those four agencies are the Re-
construction Finance Corp, War
Food Administration, Procurement
Division of the Treasury Depart
ment and the Maritime Commission.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

value. There we're no point changes
in veal and cheese
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Chance for All 10 Buy
Surplus Goods Promised
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
Will Clayton, surplus war proper.
ties administrator, told Texas mem
bers of Congress today that every
one will get a chance to buy the
countless war items which will be
left on the Governments hands
when the war is over.
He emphasized, however, that the
commodities will be moved through
normal trade channels and at prices
aimed at preventing a demoraliza-
ton of the market.
Individuals will have to buy the
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Skeleton of Womon
Uneorthed by Former

By the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Ohio, April 27.--
Digging in his garden yesterday,
Alva Tolle, farmer, unearthed q
wonaan's skeleton. Positions of the
skull and other bones indicated de-
capitation, Coroner c. E. Kinzel re-
ported.
Mr.. Tolle said he had resided for
three years on the property, located
5 miles southwest of Wilmington.