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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-16
Idle Tools
Tie Up Plants
Auto Council Fears
Delay in Conversion

Mountainous piles of now obso-
lete parts, strapped manufacture
ing equipment and idle raw mate
rails combined with a definite
lack Of federal procedure for the
orderly disposal of this material
is a major shortcoming in present
reconversion programs, George
Romney, managing director OF the
Automotive Council for War Pro-
duction, declared Saturday.
"In order TO white down the
time lag between the halting Of
war production and the start of
accomplishment on peacetime
manufacturing, additional pro-
cedures must be developed and
develOpe quickly" said
Romney
URGES FASTER PROGRAM
Faster progress from the
standpoint of legislation and
administrative planning Is nee
essary II We are 10 avoid maze
of last-minute difficulties when
mass cancellations OF war or
ders occur"
Romney's statement came on
the heels OF announcements of
meetings in Washington between
representatives OF the nations
nine big auto manufacturers. who
discussed general reconversion
plans and 2 demand by the Sen
ate's Committee on Small Busi-
ness.
The Senate committee de-
manded that legislation be passed
fostering small business by pre-
venting domination by distribu-
tors and enforcement of anti
monopoly legislation.
The auto manufacturers pro-
posed a plan whereby future bot
tlenecks would be prevented and
cutbacks would be selected with
out interfering with the countrys
war effort.
CLUTTERING PLANTS
Romney pointed out the entire
automotive assembly system is
built around the even flow of
materials and he said materials
no longer needed for war produc-
tion are cluttering the plants and
clogging disable factory space.
He cited one instance in which
a big company had 80 acres of
space clogged with boxed ma
chine tools. jigs and fixtures, pre-
cision gauges and measuring in
Struments no longer disable. On
top of this the company was
| loaded with 1873 tons of high
grade steel valued at $75S,665
that nobody wants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
Could Cleopatra Drink a Pearl
with Stomach Ulcer Pains?

An intriguing story of Cleopatra is the
one where an admirer praised the beauty
OF two of her pearls. whereupon she
dropped one into a glass of wine and
drank it. She would hardly have done
this had she suffered Alternating pains.
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and other conditions caused by excess
acid should try Udga. Get a CSC box of
Udga Tablets from your druggist First
dose must convince or return box to us
and get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK.
At Saunders and drug stores every
where.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
THREE RAILROAD
UNIONS DECLARE
WAGE ROW ENDED
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means of solving the overtime
issue.
The carriers scale, opposed by
the brotherhoods, would grant II
cents an hour to the lowest wage
group and nine cents an hour fol
all others. The brotherhoods con.
tend they already have accepted
increases of four to 10 cents as
correction of substandard condi.
tons. They are asking additional
increases, in lieu of overtime aft.
er 40 hours, which make their
total demands Of II IA to 10 l.;
cents an hour.
After presentation of the car.
riers' formula, the hearing ad.
journed until 2 pm, Monday
when the carriers and brother.
hoods were asked to present de.
tailed figures showing how fa1
apart they were in their suggest
ed solutions to the overtime is.
sue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16

six Of them in what the bomber
crews described as an amazing ex-
hibition of courage.
The tracing of the pilot-who is
being boosted for a congressional
medal by other filters of the Eighth
Air Force-has been made diff
cult by the modest reluctance of
the Mustang pilots to report any
thing but absolute results.
Howard already is credited with
the destruction of two Nazis in
the fight. It is understood he also
had two probable kills and two
damaged-which corresponds with
the fortress gunners report that
they saw half a dozen go down.
Howard, previously had earned
an aces rating-knocking down
six japanese planes over Burma
and China during service in the
Far East and one Nazi fighter
several weeks ago after his trans
fer to this theater.
He got his two known German
victims Tuesday within few min
utes of each other at the height
of a battle with a swarm of rocket
firing enemy fighters.
Breadley, who is in Towards
outfit got his first two Germans in
a violent ten-second skirmish.
II slipped in under two FW-19O's
who were preparing to attack the
bomber formation" he said. AS
closed in from 7 o'clock I opened
up and must have hit one in the
gas tank, for as I passed over
him he blew up, throwing my ship
upon the tail of his mate. l hit
the second FW-190 in the engine
and he burst into flame, rolling
over on his back"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
|BROUCHTON URGES
SUPPORT OF BONDS

RALEIGH, Jan. 15-tR-Gover.
nor Broughton today urged North
Carolinians to dedicate them
selves Fundamentally in a success
full prosecution of the fourth war
loan drive" which begins Jan. 18.
North Cardinals quota in the
drive is $126, 100000 of the national
goal of fourteen billion. The drive
ends Feb. Is.
Asserting that North Carolini-
ans always have responded to ur-
gent pleas issued by state and
federal governments during past
war loan drives" the governor de-
clared in proclamation that:
This is tremendous under
taking. This campaign is a chal-
lenge to the entire nation. The re.
Spouse will indicate the strength
and depth of our national spirit
THE world war in which our
nation has now been engaged for
more than two years is approach
ing its Climax the governor said
"Our highest military authorities
predict complete victory in the Eu.
ropean phase of the conflict this
year, provided the American PEG
pie stand firm and united in thei1
purpose and unstinting in sacri
flee"
A successful conclusion of the
drive, he said, will give our more
than 100000 North Carolinians in
the service further assurance oil
our unfla gging support of their eff.
forts to bring us victory
The governor said that the state
had gone over the top in each of
the first three war loan drives.
Only few counties, he said,
failed to meet their quotas in the
last drive.
He urged civic clubs, education
al, community religious and gov
ernmental agencies in the state to
give the campaign "wholehearted
support
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
Newspapers Win Fight
Over Radio Licenses

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-P)-T.
A. C. Craven, who led a success
full fight within the Federal Com
munications Commission against a
proposal to deny newspapers ap-
pications for radio licenses, today
described the final decision as 'a
notable victory for the newspa-
|pers."
The FEC member declined furth-
err comment, but it was learned
that Norman S. Case, regarded by
his friends as a "stabilizer' in the
commissions recent internal dis
putes, acted as arbiter in bring
ing about the compromise ending
the Fees long investigation OF
newspaper ownership of broadcast
outlets.
The essence of the compromise
! is that the FEC will not deny radio
licenses to newspapers because
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
PERKINS SAYS WAR
JOBS REACH PEAK
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Miss Perkins comments We're in
connection with release of the la
Dor departments monthly statis-
tics on development. These show
I'd 100000 drop in employment in
manufacturing in December, COM
pared with November, although
total employment in non-agricul-
tura1 simultaneously, 335, 900 -
was $4,000 more than in Novem-
Der.
The net increase was largely &C
counted for by a 100000 seasonal
increase in employment in trade,
rejecting principally additional
employment by mercantile estab-
lishments during the Christmas
shopping season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
James Matthews Injured
When Struck By Auto

Fracture of both legs, several
abrasions and flesh wounds and
possibly internal Injuries were suf.
fered by James R. Matthews, SO,
of SIT S. 18th street, early Satur-
day night when he was struck by
hit-and-run driver at 18th and Cas-
tie streets.
Police carried him to James
Walker Memorial hospital where
he was reported in serious con-
dition, late last night. No arrests
have been made and police are
continuing the investigation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
{. L. Bowden Injured
When Struck By Auto

c. L. Bowden, Route 2, Whining
ton, was treated at James Walker
hospital Saturday night for a
fractured right thumb and bruises
received when he was hit by a car
operated by Frank Hines, Jr.,
Winter Park, at Third and Castle
streets.
Hines told police he was travel
inging east on Castle street and
passed Third on a green light
when Bowden walked into the path
of his automobile. He said he did
not see Bowden until too late to
avoid striking him, as headlights
from an approaching car blinded
him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
YUGOSLAV FORCES
DRIVE ON FIUME
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the Germans around Novomesta,
46 miles northeast of Fiume.
Acknowledging a new German
thrust toward Sarajevo after an
advance down the Vrbas river val
ley from Tito's fallen mountain
citadel at Jajce, the Yugoslav war
bulletin reported fresh partisan sue
cess, including the capture of two
towns in eastern Bosnia, Bijelina
and JANA, and Ivanjica in Serbia.
The Communique also cited
heavy casualties inflicted on two
German columns in the Banja
Luka-Jajce sector where the rein
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
CATHCART PRAISES
PAPER COLLECTION
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Importance of this collection 81
demonstrated by the fact that 10(
pounds of waste paper will make
$50 cartons for U. S. Army X ra.
tons, or will go into some other
vital war MATERIAL" he said.
Cathcart added that the national
committee is counting on the
people of Wilmington to make
even greater collections than pre-
viously, because the waste paper
shortage situation is must urg-
ent.''
William Stewart executive secre-
tary of the Brigade Boys club,
said yesterday that the waste pa
per campaign is gathering between
700 and 300 pounds of scrap paper
daily. The drive will continue I'M
til the waste paper shortage has
been relieved" he asserted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16

Maj. James H. Howard, of St.
Louis, Mo-, and 1t. Jack E. Bread
ley. OF Brownwood, Tex.
Alrforce officials were still
checking on the cool performance
OF the lone pilot who plowed into
the enemy formation in scream
ing dive and shot down possibly
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
Identity Of Air Hero Narrows
To Maj. Howard, 1t. Breadley

T. S. FIGHTER BASE IN
npITATN. Jan. 15.-tRI-The identi-
-, of one of the heroes of Tues
Avs epic American raid over
oe3+ral Germany-the Mustang pi-
lot who waded alone into a forma-
ion of 80 German fighters-ap-
narently was narrowed today to
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16

forced Nazis have been riding
roughshod over the outnumbered
partisans.
The Germans were credited with
capturing three towns amid bitter
fighting in central and western
Bosnia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
Sunday, January 16, 1914 SUNDAY STAR-NEWS-5

they are newspapers, but will en-
courage diversification of control
of stations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16

When young, the duck-billed
platyous has teeth, but loses them
before reaching maturity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-16
# Peter Pain makes your child 'olI ochey'
with Colds. Rub in BEN-GAy.. Quick!
Amazingly FAST relief
and here's why:

sScience, for many years, has depended
on two pain-relieving agents = methyl
saicylate and menthol. Every doctor
knows these two precious ingredients.
And >. Ben-Gay contains up to IN
times as much of both than five other
widely offered rub-ins. Actual labora-
tory tests prove this. So insist on the
genuine Ben-Gay next time Peter Pain
strikes! Get Ben-Gay's fast relief!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
Modest Demands

The United Automobile Workers (CIO) have modestly restrained their salary de- mands on General Motors Corporation to an average overall, for men, women and juveniles, of $$4, POO year or $80 week.
 Since this would not be distributed evenly, high school workers would not actually be paid $2 an hour for learning how to perform an assembly line opera tion. Of course, that means that the more skilled workers would receive in eX- cess of 1000 year. And it was federal agent who remarked that it is impossible to discriminate against anybody who earns as much as S5,000 a year" The JAW had better watch out, or it will lose the protection of the law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
Fellow Travellers and Reds

Some who have read our expressed opinion of Communists and fellow travel CTS in this country profess to wonder why we try to differentiate. So far as they are concerned, when we brand anybody as fellow traveler" we are just avoiding trouble that might result from calling him forthrightly Communist This IS not the case. It is not libelous to call man communist. The Communist party is recognized legally, is permitted to put up candidates, and in the rare cases when such candidates win, they are permitted to hold office exactly as though they were Re- publicans, Democrats, Laborites, Social ists. It cannot libel a man to link him with a legal political party. We differ entiate in fairness, because We do not believe that the Communist party is en- titled to the standing that it enjoys.
 The U. s. Civil Service Commission, trying to defend an indefenSible order protecting fellow travellers, makes the clear point that "a member of the Com mhnist Party {. has clearly indicated that he is willing to take orders from political group located in a foreign na-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
Who Is the ''One Man?

Harry L. Hopkins is so universally un- popular that his simplest actions are criticized When he and his wife moved from the White House into their own home all the newspapers and columniStS built up stories filled with conjectureS, ridiculing the Hopkins
 And on top of that some one published and distributed a photostat of a letter supposed to have been written by MT Hopkins naming "One Man-Wendell Wiilkie"-who would win the Republican presidential nomination next year. MT. Hopkins says it was a forgery,
 Other people are naming "One Man F. D. Roosevelt" - as certain to get the Democratic nomination for 1914. Sup posing that neither Willkie nor Roosevelt get the nomination next year? What of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
The Waterbury Way

According to reports on the wording of the absentee ballot bill to be presented to the Connecticut General Assembly later this month it will be possible, if this measure is enacted, for a Registrar of Voters to send the ballot to the home address of the person in service, rather than to the laSt-knoWn military address. This is point that was taken up last fall right here in Waterbury, the result being a ruling from the Attorney Generals office that the local plan would have to be scrapped
 Mayor John S. Monagan prior to last falls election proposed that every person in the armed branches of service be given an equal opportunity to vote. He said that he considered it the right of the proper election official to send applica-
 tions and even ballots to the home ad- dresses of soldiers, sailors, etc, even though they might be thousands of miles distant. This method was questioned here and a ruling asked of the Attorney Gen. eral He ruled as above and Registrars, here as elsewhere, sent ballots only to addresses of a military nature.
 It meant naturally that there were a great many persons in service who never even received ballot applications. Of course this is a different election year, and very important one, as Republicans view it. They are hopeful of taking con- trol of the federal government a year from now. It might be hardly polite to claim that their efforts to do everything possible about the absentee ballot have increased as their chances at the polls waxed, but that certainly seems to be rather obvious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
A Question of Rights

Security in the days to come will be assured if some of the rights" outlined by the President in his message to Con- greSs yesterday form part of our future economic program. The President listed 8 "second bill of rights which would make living bearable for all and Sundry.
 Among these rights, so-called, would be, the right to useful and remunera- tive job in one of the industries, or on farm or working in a mine. One of the rights that will appeal to the average person is this one: "the right of every business man, large or small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopo- lies at home or abroad" The large and small business man may take little cheer from this.
 There were many other rights outlined, such as the right of every family to decent home, the right to good education, and so on. Certainly such rights prom ise security for all.
 Tn his message the President also out lined National Service Law which would draft every able-bodied man and woman, to aid the war production. Such 8 plan as he outlines is aimed "to prevent strikes"
 Among other things discussed was "a realistic tax law. aimed to tax all un- reasonable profits. In regard to the Ma tional Service law he told the working people that it would not mean reduction in wages or loss of retirement and sen iority rights and benefits"
 In his third war time message the Pres ident gives hope and encouragement for a stable future, and summing up ms definition of second bill of rights he concludes with the words, "All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move for ward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happi- ness and well-being".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12

tion, and whose first loyalty is to a for eign government" The commissions unwillingneSS to accept such persons as government employees "doeS not reflect any lack of genuine enthusiasm for the tremendous contribution which the Soviet government and the Soviet people have made to the winning of this war. Such a policy is simply frank recogni- ton of the fact that man cannot serve two masters" A Communist is first of all the willing agent of government other than the American. But fellow traveller or a party-line follower is not, necessarily, a RuSSia-firSter.
 The fellow traveller may be one who SympathizeS with the StaliniSt theology as he conceiveS it to be. He may be an easily influenced person who is deceived by untrustworthy friends into doing things detrimental to American in- tereSts without realizing that those things are sponsored and dictated by foreign government. It is only when person deliberately steps over the line, accepts Servile membership in the Con- muniSt party, pays dues, carries a card, that he demonStrably chooses Moscow in preference to Washington. So, to the best of our ability we seek to distinguish him from the fellow traveller who, we are charitable enough to believe, if the choice had to be made would stand by his own country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12

Animals do not have 1t, at least not in the way humans dol; and any man who lacks love must ac- cept classification with the lower animals. A mothers love for a child, husband and wife for each other, a friend for friend - when We behold these realities we behold Gods greatest gift to human hearts. He who has love and nothing else has all. He who lacks love but has every privilege the world can con- fer on a favorite son. is poverty stricken and clothed in tatters.
 So let us count our riches not in what we have. but in what we are; not by the money we have in the bank, but by the love we have in our hearts.
 All Rights Reserved - Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
COMMUNISM, 1S44 MODEL
(New York Times


 The American Communist party has been through a good deal since it split of from the Socialists a quarter of a century ago. It has been underground and above ground. It has had its martyrs who went to jail. It has had it's bitter factional fights, with "splinters" fly ing in all directions. It has bored from within in many labor unions. It has regarded the present World War, first as a struggle between op- posing forms of capitalistic imper- ialism, then as battle for freedom this last shift corresponding with the Naz attack on Russia. Recent ly it has taken firm stand against strikes in wartime. At all times its line" seemed to be dictated by what it's leaders thought Moscow wanted, though there was evidence that Moscow did not always take the trouble to make its wishes plain. Just now the party is adrift, for Mir. Stalin no longer acknow- ledgeS parenthood.
 Thus comes the most amazing episode in the history of American communism-th decision of the National Committee to go out of business as a party. though contin- uing as an association for politi- cal education" within the frame work of the two-party system tra- ditional in this country" And the new association" is willing to go along with the system of free en- terprise.' What is left of commun- ism? We don't really know, but we would feel more certain that a genuinely American, law-abiding left-wing movement were being born if the party would retire the outstanding leaders who have wrig- gled and wobbled all over the po- litical map. The men who sneered at Britain's agonies in 1940 and called strikes in war industries in l94l can hardly inspire confidence now
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
rnn sire actually become excess baggage.

Lobbyists have even got to the point where they threaten to run candidates against Senator who doesn't vote the way they direct.
 Most brazen instance is the re- cent backstage by-play to force Senator Claude Pepper of Florida to vote for the it.. trance bill or else face a fight for reelection. The insurance lobby's play is to run Ambassador Joe Mission to Moscow Davies against him.
 What happened was that Payne Midyette, an eX-president of the National Association of Insurance Agents, called Pepper from Talla- hassee and asked how he was go- ing to vote on the bill exempting insurance companies from the sherman Antitrust Act. Pepper said he was against the insur- ance companies and against the bill.
 Midyette then became threaten ing. He is an old friend ot Peppers and is especially close to Peppers law partner, now a Circuit Court judge. But he in- dicated, in none too yelled lan- guage, that the insurance lobby was ready to raise $l0,000 each for several different groups and put a strong candidate in the field against PeLser.
 Since then, it has developed that the proposed candidate is Joe Davies, who would also have the support of the Florida Du POnt interests.
 Meanwhile, Pepper is standing pat on his vote. Florida lnSur- ance men thought for a time they had him converted and expect antly awaited his appearance be- fore the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee. This was a closed-door session, with nothing supposed to leak out. Next morning, how ever, Florida insurance men phoned Pepper wanting to know why he hadn't supported their position. They had virtual transcript Of his testimony agalnst them.
 All of which illustrates who is dominating. at times actually running, Capitol Hill today,
 NOTE: Joe Davies is reported not anxious to run against Pep per, and he probably won't. EXIT BOMBSIGHT
 There is every indication that the U. s. bombing to which the Japs will be subjected in 1914 will be without benefit of bombsight.
 The NOrden bOmbsight has been pubIicized as the great se- cret appliance which will help us win the war. It has been successful in the European the ater, but in the Pacific it has