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Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
What S New
In Business
Ohio Cuts Prices
on Overstocked Rum
By WARD SCHULTZ

Prompted by this columns lt-
tie item the other day OF favor
itiSm pracuced in some OF the
state liquor stores, a reader
points out that Michigan rum
drinkers are paying Si.32 for the
identical bottle OF one brand
which sells in Ohio for $3.l5--
and asks for comment on same.
Wei, il so happens that there's
an explanation for il.
The particular brand is mar
keted by one of the largest dis
tillcrs in the country and for
some reason or other - known
onlyTo the state buyers-several
OF the monopoly states, includ-
inc Michigan and Ohio, were far
overSold on this item.
Finding themselves over
stocked, the states involved
screamed TO the distiller who in
turn offered 10 conduct a special
ad campaign to help unload the
merchandise.
In the case Of Ohio, that state
cut the price from the regular
S4.3l IT ordinarily charged TO
S55.f5. As Tor Michigan. the
liquor commission is apparently
trying 10 unload il without a
price cut.
In this instance, the case is
an unusual one and criticism
would have TO be aimed az the
original "overbuying' rather'than
at the price differential.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
0. K. Plant Expansion
For Federal MOQuI

Federal Mogul Corp. has been
given permission by the War Pro-
iuction Board 10 construct an
addition to its Greenville, Mich,
,lant. The addition. amounting TO
sl9i,610, was approved to permit
expansion of manufacture of steel
ileeve type engine bearings,
needed for the truck production
program.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28

Wayne. In d.,
was announced
today by G.. II.
Smith, s e s
manager.
He h a 6 es-
tablished head
quarters h e r Q
and Will direct
NJ a 6 n a V o X
radio phone
graph sales in
all of Michigan
ex pit I h e
northern penin-
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
Skinner Talks

War is thought of usually as
most wasteful but S. Z. Skinner,
general manager of Oldsmobile.
gives you a new slant on II.
Skinner recently spent l6 days
in Europe, touring the front
with a group of industrialists to
find out what about shortages.
The Olds chief told a large
audience at the Fisher Building
yesterday how the army patches
and mends and saves and reuses
equipment. Anything and every
thing from underwear to tanks
are fixed up and sent back TO the
fighting men. he stated. II must
mean millions of dollars in saw
ings to the nation.
Skinner predicted that indus
try would catch up on whatever
shortages there were before the
summer is over. He saw ship-
ping as the only possible rea-
son for the fighting men abroad
to complain of shortages.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28

suIa, and IN Indiana.
Betikofer joined Magnavox in
March, 1888, and served in the
Detroit area from September,
1889. until shortly after suspen-
sion of civilian production of
radios in April. 1912.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
REQ Pays Bonus

The entire employees staff Of
the REQ organization partici-
pated in the distribution OF its
annual bonus which was paid
this year shortly before Christ
mas.
Almost 5000 office and factory
workers shared in the S2S1 ,290
which was paid this year.
The annual bonus paid by the
company has been an established
practice for several years.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
Livestock M arket

Dt lkOll
CATTLE-9Oo; fairly broad and active
demand ati classes, about ha1f dozen loads
steers and yearlings Offered mostly small
lots remainder run COWS: load barely choice
around l,iQ0-lb. steers held above Sl6 so
several small lots medium and good steers
ana yearlings Si2@l5. So bulk common and
medium beef cows S9ml1 so. few better
cows here most Gamers and cutters s6@s,
Si4eagaetsht cutters, so; ouiK all sausage
bulls. SSw12
CALvEs-40o; active firm; top and bulk
good and choice veaicrS. Si7. so: most
common and medium. S13@l6 so; culls, IS
oil
HOGs-i 900: barrow and gilts over lso
lbs firm with Mondays close. all good and
choice. ls0-40o lbs. at Sl4.9o ceiling
steady on all others. few 160-isO lbs.
S14.75@1A 90 and I4o-t60 lbs Sl3 SOC
Il good and choice sows. Si5.50M14.
SHEEP 600 slaughter lambs mostly
steady. although top price soc lower at s15
sheep nrm bulk good and choice native
lambs Sl4.5Onl5 largely SIS common
and medium sl1m13. culls $500 bulk
mixed grade fat ewes S4.SOa6 so: choice
lightweights topped at 81, Gull ewes. 50 so
,a 80.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
Set Trailer Quotas

In addition 10 The over all
truck production figures for next
year. WPB has added p 232
truck trailers of all types. This
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
Sales Head Set
For Mdgndvox

Appointment of Mr.. Robert d,
Betikofer as Detroit district sales
manager of the radio-phonograph
division of the MagnaVoX Co, Fort
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN
uCACO Dee 27 tINSB--CaEh grain.

CHICAGO. Dec. 81 tINS Cash grain;
WliEAT-None.
CORNING, 4 yellow. 81 O9@L10; No 5
yellow. 81 O2a4 4@1 03ia sample. 4ege0sae.
No, white. Sl25.
oATs-No. 4 white. heavy, 73c.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
ANSWERS DETRoITER

A Detruiter writes.
Last month you commented
on the large volume OF new
security issues. What proper
tlon of these were to refund old
issues, and what proportion
were new capital? Were they
all bonds? What do the figures
mean? 30
. Answer: The figures ! gave
were for October. They showed
total of SOP, 100000 of new
issues of bonds and notes mar
keted in the one month. OF these
new bond issues. about SO per
cent were 'refunding"-to replace
old issues already outstanding.
This left about II per cent to
raise new capital.
On top of these bonds and notes.
came about S47,000,000 in stocks.
(All these figures are compiled
by the Commercial and Financial
Chronicle }
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
TOLEDO CASH GRAIN

TOLEDO. o., Dec. q ms Cash gralr
on track.
wHEAT-No. 2 red. S174is
CORN-No 2 yellow, 81 1871; No.
yellow. Si14i5@i Sly.
oATs-No. z white. 76i5@77'sc, No
soYBEAEs-Nc. yellow, S2l2.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
Auto-Graphs
BY sILER FREEMAN

is 6,835 less than the 29,06T
quota set for 1914.
The reduction is mainly in the
general freight type.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28
AGn

CHIcAGO Dec 27 tINs l-HOGS-2i 900:
steady. Top Si475. bulk .si4.5oWl4 7S.
heavy 6Oml47S. medium, Sl4.6Sa
1873. light 5O@14.75. light lights
&l4.25@ IA 60, packing sOws, S13 s5@14.
pigs 11a13
CATTLE-io 600. steady. Calves--I 600.
steady. Beet steers. choice Sl6@l7 so, me.
dium. S13wl6 yearlngs. Sli .S0m17
Butchers heifers 500 Is 50. cows Ssai4.
bulls ss@l3 SO. calves Ssa15.50. feeder
steers, Slow13.5O StockCTS steers, S9d
u . s, cows and heifcrx STni2
1910. common. SlOa13. yearlinRs S116
1925. feeders SllRl3.25, ewes, 81. so
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-28

WINNIPEG GRAIN

WINNIPEG. Dee ~ (INs Rye CLOSED
&C % il4c higher today Dee. 81 2 bid
May. Sl15ss bid. July, s1.l1Lq1.l1S.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

Washingtonian, and greatly beloved for
his philantmopies. His mansion was
on the north side of Lafayette Square,
at the corner where now stands the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Corcoran was then in his 88th
year, and J. A. Wineberger, who re-
corded many facts about early Wash
ington, marshaled the procession on
that day, which included George A.
Bohrer, Robert Ball, j. Goldsborough
Bruff, John Marbury and Messrs
Wright, Amidcn, Payne, Parker, Will
hams, Pilling, Viehmeyer, Higgins, Ent-
wistle, Bagnam, Drew, Henley. Shiles,
Mankins, Mclaughlin, Boron, Douglass.
Jones. Pettibone, Remick, Chark, Davis
and Johnson
Room for Records
Mr.. Corcoran gave the association a
room in the old Corcoran Building. at
Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth
street, in which to keep its records and
to hold its meetings. and they were there
for many years. He did not receive
the oldtimers Of 1887, because Of failing
health and succumbed to infirmities
February "a, 1888.
The association attended the recep-
tions during the administration of Pres
ident Taft. and when Mr.. Wilson called
off the public reception the first year
he became President, the association
paid visit to Secretary of State Will
liam Jennings Bryan at his home. Calu-
met place
After Mr.. Wilson left the White
House the receptions were renewed by
President Harding, and as January /,
1922, fell on Sunday, the following day
was observed, when the President shook
hands with 6,576 persons, including
members Of the Oldest Inhabitants. A
year later Mrs. Harding was not we'll
and for this reason the usual function
was called of. Before another year
had rolled around Mr.. Harding had
passed away and Mr. Coolidge was
President. and he held the usual recep-
ton
The highest temperature on January
l, 1925. was 81 degrees above zero and
the lowest u, but the Oldest Inhabitants
shook hands with Mr.. and Mrs Coolidge
just the same.
Six thousand, three hundred and
eighty persons paid their respects to
the President on New Year Day 1880,
and Mr.. Hoover greeted the public
again in 1881 and 1882. In 1888 he was
In Florida.
President Roosevelt, the present Chief
Executive, has held no public receptions
since entering the White House.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

against dread war plaques such as
typhus, the miracles of plastic surgery,
the wonderful increase in the recovery
rate of the wounded and score of other
lifegiving achievements of the Army
Medical Department have been of pow
erful reinsurance to the families of
soldiers.
Like every other supply or service
agency in the Army Service Forces. the
Medical Department has moved closer
to the front battle lines Medical ad-
ministrative troops are part of every
division. They study the strategy and
the deployment of combat troops to plan
for medical men to be on hand to care
for the wounded as soon as it is humanity
possible. More and more medical at
tention is provided closer to where the
shells are falling in field hospitals imme-
diately behind hte battle lines, occa-
sionally in the very foxholes.
Mobile X-ray, operating and optical
Evening star., 1944-12-31

aid men, the nurses, the dentists, the
veterinarians, the administrative officers,
the sanitary officers and the technicians.
Each has an important part In the
health program.
Like every other branch of the service,
the Medical Department has expanded
greatly for its wartime job. In peace
time its total number Of officers and
enlisted personnel was about $4,000. Now
they number 722000. Women doctors
were commissioned in the Army Medical
Corps for the first time. About 100
women doctors are now serving at home
and overseas.
The Medical Corps supervises so gen.
eral hospitals throughout the United
States with a total capacity of 100000
beds and furnishes attendance at hun
dreds of small hospitals at Army posts
and installations. On its staff are $4,000
doctors, 10000 nurses (nowhere near
enough; $4,000 dentists, 1000 veterina-
rians, 1900 administrative officers, 1000
sanitary officers and 100000 enlisted men
serving as attendants, first aid, litter
bearers and in other capacities.
Reconditioning Plans
A well-balanced physical, educational
and occupational reconditioning pro-
gram for convalescent patients in all
Army hospitals has heen established.
The purpose is to return men to duty or
their homes in the best possible state
of physical and mental fitness. Special
measures have been taken to assist the
blind and the death, the legless and the
armless.
While neuropsychiatIic disorders con-
tinue to be major medical problem,
marked strides were made during the
past fiscal year in lessening their mag
nitude and effect upon the individual.
A large percentage Of combat mental
casualties-for that is what they &C
tually are-were returned to duty as
result of early treatment. Increased
emphasis upon proper job assignment
enabled many individuals with neuro-
psychiatric difficulties to remain In the
Army and render useful service.
The Army and the public, too, is be-
Evening star., 1944-12-31
By Nelson NJ. Shepard.

BY Nelson M. Shepard.
Medical records show this to be the
healthiest Army the United States has
ever produced and strangely enough,
that most of the healthiest places for
CT Joe are outside the United States.
AS the toll of battle casualties con-
tinues to rise, the families Of our fighting
men may take comfort in the indis-
-putable fact that the severely wounded
and manned of this war have a much
better chance of surviving and resuming
peacetime lives of usefulness than their
wounded fathers and relatives had in
1918.
For medical science has made notable
progress in the course of the war and
with the coming of peace some of the
new freedoms from pain and the prom
ises of greater longevity held out by
science as result of war-pressured ex-
perimentation and development, will be
diverted to the benefit Of all humanity.
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, the surgeon
general of the Army, has directed the
mobilization of one-third of the coun-
trys medical personnel and facilities
into caring for the health of nearly
100000 men and women in the Army
Born in Rising Sun, Md. he received
his medical degree from the University
of Maryland and soon after entered the
Army For three decades he followed his
speciality of general Joint and bone
surgery with posts at Corregidor, Manila,
and the Panama Canal Zone. He taught
medical officers in the last war. In this
war he is directing the greatest medical
organization this country has ever
known
Great Medical Achievements
The effectiveness of penicillin the
sulfas and other newly discovered drugs
in preventing or arresting infection; the
highly successful innoculation of soldiers
Evening star., 1944-12-31

calls at the White House on January !
is the Association of the Oldest Inhabi-
tants Of the District of Columbia which
began this practice on New Year Day,
1868, when 1t was but two years old, and
which has continued to pay its respect
to the Chief Executive ever since when
a reception was held there on this day.
Meeting at Willard Hotel
At that time J. Carroll Brent was the
acting secretary, and his minutes of
December 4, 1867, record the following
resolution, offered by J. T. Callan.
That the next meeting of this associa-
ton be held at Wizards Hotel on the
LIST day of January, 1868. for the pur-
pose of paying our respects in a body to
the President of the United States, and
that committee of three be appointed
to notify the President of such intended
visit at such hour as may be agreeable"
Andrew johnson was then President,
and the minutes of the next meeting
show that the association called on the
President of the United States at the
Executive Mansion"
Subsequent to this there were several
lapses, but on January /, 1873, call on
President Grant was made, and the as
sociation did likewise on January |.
1874, when the members also extended
their visit to Alexander r. Shepherd,
who was then Governor of the District
OF Columbia, but who went out of Office
the following June, when the territorial
form Of government was abolished.
The Corcoran Visit
The members attending this reception
included some OF the most representa-
tive citizens OF Washington at that
time and included Dr. John B. Blake,
president; John Carroll Brent, secre-
tary; Jenkins Thomas, Chauncey
Bestor. Samuel Stettinius. William N.
Williams, John w. Martin, Nicholas
Callan, Seraphin Masi Andrew Roth
well. Michael Nash, John G.. Bruff, w.
H. Campbell. Eli Davis, Samuel E. Doug
lass, J. B. Dodson, George Mattingly.
James Kelly, Benjamin Reiss, George
A. Rohrer. George Hill, jr; Robert
Widdicombe, David Hepburn, Paulus
Thyson, F. B. Lord, Benedict Milburn.
Patrick Crowley, James A. Kennedy,
James A. TAFT, John G. Robinson, Pat
rick ODonoghue, Evan Lyons, Lambert
Tree, ]. w. Ross, Thomas C. Mcdonnell,
John E. Neale, Peter M. Pearson, Elijah
Kingman and John McClelland.
In 1886, before calling upon Presi-
dent Cleveland, the association men,
bers paid their respects to their fellow
member, w. w. Corcoran, eminent
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units have been developed to enlarge
the scope of medical care in the field
The use Of blood plasma and whole blood
to save lives at the front has been
revolutionary. BY air and sea, 100, 900
wounded Americans were evacuated
from overseas in 1914 OF the 272 900
Army men wounded in this war as re-
ported on December IA more than one
half of the number have been healed and
returned to active duty
Medical men follow the soldier and
guard his health from the time he is in
Quoted into the Army until he is dis
charged. And even after he returns to
civilian life he is watched and cared for
by other governmental health agencies.
Our armed forces are fighting in every
kind of climate around the world. They
have been exposed to almost every
known disease and have suffered every
type of battle wound.
Yet, in spite of these handicaps, 81
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ginning to take different attitude to.
ward these thousands of unfortunate
cases. Because of widespread public
misunderstanding of psychiatry, and
particularly of the term 'neuropsy-
chiatric," efforts are constantly made to
correct the public's conception of mental
illness. A steady gain is being made
and employers are taught that in the
average discharged nervous" soldier he
may find worker who may react nor
mally to the pursuits of peace.
According to the Surgeon General. re-
conditioning of patients is largely re-
sponsible for the $50 per cent decrease
in Army discharges due to disabilities
of all kinds. Under this program about
5000 men are being returned to duty
each week.
Surgical improvements
Mortality among battle casualties in
this war, in comparison with previous
wars, has been materially reduced
through advances in surgical technique,
CA1C Use VI plOOO pldSlIld dllu W1lOlc UlOOQ
in operations and other developments,
according to the annual report Of the
Army Service Forces. Studies of battle
wounds showed that despite changes in
weapons, little change had occurred in
the distribution of wounds throughout
the various regions of the body. The
extremities-arms and legs-still receive
the most wounds. About 80 per cent Of
wounds in North Africa were caused by
high explosives and about. 20 per cent
by small arms. During the year several
advances were made in the field of neu.
rosurgery, particularly in the repair of
skull defects with tantalum plates and
in the handling of peripheral nerve
injuries.
So much has been written about the
so-called wonder drug-penicillin and
its uses in the Army, that lack of space
forbids further mention here, except to
quote Army officials as saying that it is
not in any sense a cure-all "It has
proved of no value in the treatment of
malaria, for instance, one of the Army's
leading health problems" said the AsF
annual report. But its range of effec-
tiveness makes its value self evident
The potentialities of penicillin have not
yet been fully explored and in the year
ahead even greater achievements may
be realized"
Strides in Dental Care
The new insecticide, DDT Is another
product which may prove as effective
in peacetime against the malaria bearing
mosquito as 1t does in war against CT
Joe's crawling enemies" An individual
may be deloused with it in 80 seconds.
The Army dentist has been just as
effective In his services as the Army
doctor. Dental treatment in the last
war was negligible. Men overseas seldom
ever saw dentist. Now 1T is different.
Since Pearl Harbor more than 1,000, 900
men drafted into the Army with de-
fective teeth have been treated by the
Dental Corps. In the first Ave months
Of 1914, the Army's dentists inserted
100000 filings and made more than
1885, 900 dentures for soldiers. Formerly
men with bad teeth were rejected. Thus
the Dental Corps Is rehabilitating men
to nght and also Will return them home
In improved dental health.
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Army's Medical Progress Opens Door
To New Peacetime Freedom From Pain

This is the eighth OF series of
articles dealing ,Dith the Army Seru-
ice Forces and the all-encompnssing
role 1t Is playing in the logistics OF
total iDnr.
Evening star., 1944-12-31

per cent Of the wounded who reach hos
pitals live, and the disease rate in the
Army is only one-twentieth as high as
it was in the last World War-the low
est ever recorded by the Army-while
the health OF soldiers in the field is gen.
orally better than that of civilians.
Highest Health Rate
AS always in war, disease and non-
battle injuries far outweigh the battle
casualties. Yet the vast improvement
Of Army medical facilities everywhere
has cut the number of soldiers report
ing sick in this war to about one-half
the record of World War in this coun-
try and to slightly less than that over
seas. Early in 1914 for instance, the
non-effectives in Continental United
States were 37.7 per 1000 per day; over
seas they were "a per 1000 per day.
These figures included all who answered
sick call. Many of them had minor in
juries that would have been disregarded
In civilian life. perhaps. The figures
also include the OCCASIONAL malingerer
Surprisingly, fewer non n-effectives from
all causes have been reported from
Alaska, the Central Pacific, the British
Isles and the Caribbean bases, indicat-
ing that it is healthier for our boys in
some overseas areas. The Southwest
and South Pacific areas reported the
highest rate of non-effectives the early
part of 1914, but showed the largest de-
crease in the months that followed,
bringing their rates to about even with
the average for the United States. The
Middle East, Africa and the Asiatic
bases stood at the top of the list
Disease Control
The deliberate policy, inaugurated
late in l942, of inducing into the Army
men with uncomplicated and tractable
forms of venereal diseases resulted in
a large number of non-effectives from
this abuse, the disease having been ac-
quired before induction. Despite this,
however, morbidity from venereal dis
eases is markedly lower in this war than
1t was in the last
Similarly, by comparison with the
Army's peacetime experience, the rate
of all diseases and injuries rose sharply
during the 1901 period due to the in
clusion into the ranks of many nom
conditioned men. During the next two
years the increase was cut by about
half, and the decline continued in 1914
until the rate approached the pre-war
level.
Maintenance and conservation of the
health of the Army is accomplished
largely through prevention and control
OF infectious diseases and by the elimi-
nation of sanitary, occupational and
other health hazards. No better testi-
mony to the efficiency of the Army
Medical Department could be offered
than the current death rate from dis
ease-which is only 0.6 per 1000 inen
per year, or about one-third of the
rate among civilians of similar and
color composition as the Army.
Effective PROGRAM
This Is not matter of chance, Army
health officials say. It is the result Of
an effective program Of military medi-
cine participated In by each Of the
various services Of the Medical Depart
ment-the medical officers, the medical
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Iowa Chairman Predicts
Wallace on Second Ballot
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, July 18.-Jake More.
Iowa Democratic State chairman
and one of Vice President Wallace's
managers for denomination, predicts
it will be Mr.. Wallace on the second
ballot.
The Roosevelt letter was better
than We had thought" it might be
Mr.. More said. adding:
Some delegates who were a little
uncertain before are satisfied now
that the President wants Wallace.
The letter was strong enough to
swing the delegations that are
strongly" supporting the President
over to Wallace. We are getting
favorable reaction to it,
Favorite-son voting will prevent
a flrst-ballot vice presidential nomi-
nation, Mr.. More said. ---
Mr.. More expects the Vice Presi-
dent to arrive here by tomorrow,
although he said this could be al
tered by circumstances. The Vice
Presidents Motel reservations have
not been Cancelled.
The Iowa delegation. of which
Mr.. Wallace is chairman. caucuses
late today. but Mr.. Wallace is not
expected to be on hand. Today's
meeting is for routine organizatio
and the committeeman selection
probably will go over until to-
morrow.