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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Retail Volume
Holds Steady

SURVEYS indicated no radical
change in the trend Of retail trade
i'm the Detroit area last week.
While large numbers OF factory
workers are unemployed as a re-
suit of the General Motors strike,
local merchants generally do not
anticipate that the holiday trade
will be materially influenced by
this situation.
Department stores reported a
slight drop from 1914 volume but
little change from the previous
week. Christmas purchasing has
increased about normally for the
period and there has been consid-
cradle promotion of items suitable
for gifts. Inventories of wanted
merchandise are lower than al
this time last year.
Specially shops had difficulty in
meeting last years figures be-
cause of shortage of lingerie,
hosiery, gloves. and other acces-
Sories, but through promotion OF
dresses, furs, costume jewelry
toilet articles, and cosmetics, have
been able TO keep totals close tc
1914 figures.
Returns from mems apparel
stores indicate a further reduc'
ItIOn- Inventories especially -ol
clothing and better grade furnish
ings. A few units are maintaining
last years totals. but others have
taken losses because Of low stock
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Auto
Graphs
Steel Man Traces
Bumper S Development
BY sILER FREEMAN

The troubles encountered in
making bumpers for the 1916
ears appear motto t1t- re~'-te
the industry. In a column last
week. we pointed out one of
the headaches in making the
bumper 10 curve around the
tenders was the high per cent
age OF breakage in bending the
metal.
But c. W. Laufle, manager
of the NsA-X Alloy division Of
Great Lakes Steel. points out
that automobile StylstS have
always made trouble for the
bumper m anufaCturer. He
writes:
"In 1910. the trend indicated
severe design of bumpers which
took the bumper out OF the
former class. which was that
OF a spring leaf and placed IL
into the category Of massive
push bar, which, by the true
nature of It's design. was rigid
and of high structural strength.
When these first designs were
presented te the bumper manu-
facturers. they continued to
produce them using the spring
type steel. or SAE-l085, and,
by necessity, had To hot form,
which operation was most un-
desirable In the irregular de-
signed bumpers, such as the
1911 Oldsmabllc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Controllers Set
Retail Forum

The annual retail forum OF the
controllers group of the Detroit
Retail Merchants Association at
the University of Michigan is to
be held on the Ann Arbor campus
next Wednesday afternoon and
evening, according to r. II. Steh-
fest, of the J. l.. Hudson Co.,
secretary.
The program opens with regis
tration at the Rackham Building
ON the am pus at 2.30 p. m.
Scheduled speakers include +. II,
Gault, u. Of M. professor Of mar
keting; w. 3, Manchester, Crow
ley. Miner & Co.; Vance l.. DeS-
mond, Detroit Trust Co. and Curt
II. Wills, William Goodyear & Co,
Ann Abor.
A panel discussion on Expense
Problems and Their Control" viii
be headed by A. w Wray Of
Himelhoch's. and participated in
by G. A. Kramer OF Siegels; T.
c. Sperry Of Lamson Bros, To-
ledo; William Morhoof OF Sans
Inc. and Fred Logan of Kroger
Grocery.
Dinner is scheduled at $50
p. m. with William A. Patton, pro-
lessor of accounting, speaker.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Farmers Market

FRUTTs-lppleS. Jonathan, No. J 50 81
AID bu. kcIntoEh. No. !, S4.sl f5-lb py
Rhode Island Creenings. No 4, 50 81 fS..h
10. j 81 81 45-lb. bu Wof River. no. /
vEeETABiE GREEHs-casssre. No sC
e65e bu ColiErds No 4, yl.25al 50 bu
Mustard rreeni. No. 23@i so ou
~ S''ip i 7s%ssc ssss Sg. Sg l. '4si i''O O-' nae
LETTUCE AND SALAD GREESs-ceier,
ssboAgs No sl2ael 80 op Lnd,y.
role fsncy No /, 81 "
VEGETABLES MISC - sss's. egngge,a
iSppst 10 / sisi SO bu Broeeon. NJ /
SfaI25 a bu Cabbage, No. J., soar g
bu red. 10 / 75caSf bu curly No
6oe75c. Carrots, egaehed. - 4 75ss5'
CO.. behs TOPPED 70 !. : z5el 50 su
So celery, fancy s. 25eI.7s doE behs.
No ]. 75cat1. celery Root No ], 81 a
IS doz bchS Feunei. fancy, SAYS doz
bchs Nc J. 32a250
Horsersdish No J. s. use 2 IS pecE pas
oaions fancy. 81 q sob saes no 1
81 sO@7l0 Pauley curly, No . 75css
erz bcAk PErkley root NJ 40 ~ ~ d.'f
behs PsrEnips. Nc J. &i1sel 80 . ~
potatoes fancy. s. 7s 100 10 tacE ~ J.
81 ssa2 25o Punpsias. 10 Z soes' be
bossS bsssi' No sisia as b sgus,a. HUBBARD
fancy, 81 b. n. !. 81 75a ) as Deiciout
fancy. 50 bu No I si25at 7s Tsbl'
queen. fancy 81 b No 81 7se IS
NO on I eoesli topped i,nS, $50 hg
No !. si@i2s Vegetable oysters. No
Si7s do1 bchI
ESScs-E1irs i,rg'. tlsos so-ooL case.
hlFs. sI7.SS. neGign. sls.s5,
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Re educe Thickness

"The current trend in bumper
design seems To be toward the
reduction OF metal thickness,
compensating for this reduction
In thickness by design so that
the bumpers Of the future viii
be most decorative and, at the
same time, very serviceable,
having "A minimum weight. Com
bined with cold formability,
these bumpers will be good and
will be manufactured more
economically even though the
cost of the material going into
the bumpers is approximately
twice that OF the older type
Nbumpe- spring steel,
"Nhile reference Is made only
60 the main bumper bars, NAN
high tensile Il finding its way
into the vertical bars, or bump
erettes." Here again through
the use Of this steel, extreme
designs are made possible and
manufacturing costs greatly
reduced
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Stock Leaders
Show Upturn

NEW YORK. Nov. 26 (UP)-
Stocks advanced over a broad
front today after an irregular
opening. .J
Railroads took a prominent po-
Sition with Santa Re up more
than 2 points nd New York Cen
T rTat UP more a point. Cn1On Pa
cific. which did not sell after its
opening, was down 3 points al
IA. a factor that restrained the
rise in the carrier average.
Pressure lifted from the auto
mobile section where gains of
more than a point were noted in
ChrySler and General Motors.
Steels joined the rise with u. 5.
Steel up more than a point.
Utilities firmed and their pre-
ferredS in some instances had
gains of more than point.
AmuSementS moved ahead under
the lead of Kadio-keith-Orpheum
issues where advances ranged to
more than 3 points in the pre-
ferred. Allied Chemical rose nearly
3 points in the chemicals.
Schenley led the liquors higher.
II sold at 907s, up As. National
DiStillerS was at 67&, up pa
Distillers Corporation Seagrams
76, up Ia, and American Distill-
ing 48l2, up ia. Special stocks
had gains running 10 5 points.
The rise was ascribed to tech
nical factors.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
10 New Firms
File With State

LANSING Nov. 26 (UP) -
Articles of Incorporation have
been filed with the Michigan Corp.
and Securities Commission by the
following new firms;
Ace Recreation Co. Detroit;
David L Berris, Gladys M. Stromp
and David Lieberman, to operate
bowling alleys; $4,000 common
stock.
Atom Products Co.. Ferndale:
Leon J. Simon and Geraldine
Simon, to manufacture IN e a ]
products; $4,000 common stock.
Michigan Screw Products Co.,
Detroit: Elwood and Jose h
Kukes. and Morris Leon. 10 OPP
crate general manufacturing buSi-
ness; $l50,0 900 common stock.
Monopower Corp, De tro / /:
Frank Kuhn, A. w. Wallace, and
p. r. Bierer, TO manufacture and
sell devices used in motor driven
vehicles; $4,000 preferred and
S250.000 common stock.
PreStyle Manufacturing Co, De-
troit: Harry Docks and Allen
Saltz. TO manufacture tools, dies
and jigs; $4,000 common stock.
Alberts Associates, Inc, Grand
Rapids: Albert-Lands. Inc, Grand
Rapids, TO deal in real estate;
$50. 900 common stock.
Flint Tool and Manufacturing
Co, Fenton: David Pence and
James Oxley, Fenton, 10 manu-
facture carbide tools; $50, 900 COM
mon stock.
Kalamazoo Community Hotel
Corp: Donald S Gilmore, II F.
McCaffie, and Richard c. Staebler,
to operate hotel; $1,000 900
common stock.
Pierson Dawson Lumber Co,
Detroit: Walter G.. Pierson, How
ard Davidson, and Hugh Cunning
ham. 20 deal in building materials;
Sl50000 common stock.
Straayer Industries, Inc, Grand
Rapids: NJ. j.. Jack and Robert
Straayer. Grand Rapids. 10 OPP
crate general manufacturing busi-
ness
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Radical Designs

Great Lakes anticipated the
trend toward these type bump
ers on other makes OF cars and
n lot of work was done on this
subject. The designs of I h
bumpers OF postwar cars are
even more radical than eX-
pected, some of the bars being
very extreme i'm design and diff
ficuIt to manufacture, even by
the cold stamping process. The
aforementioned difficulties, in
some Of the earlier designs OF
the bumper manufacturers In
trying to make these bumpers
by hot forming SAE-1085, have
been multiplied tremendously
and the trend seems to he
toward even greater difficult
ties with future designs.
"Mr. Freeman mentioned that
Oldsmoblle eliminated I he r
trouble by going to a three-piece
bumper. This il not altogether
the facts. The styling Of the
OldsmObiIe bumper could be
made cold from MAX high
tensile as one-piece. However,
like numerous other products,
the economies of manufacturing
were involved and considering
everything with respect to the
size Of dies and presses, the
awkwardness of handling the
material and finished parts, the
problem of handling the parts
through preliminary buffing and
subsequent plating operations,
prompted this three-piece job.
"Other one-piece bumpers for
other makes of cars that have
not responded to the hot form
ing operation. are being success
fully manufactured with Max
high tensile cold rolled sheets,
and the trend seems In be to-
ward the use of this steel in
these parts. Other types of high
tensile Steels have been tried In
the cold stamped bumpers. not
successfully.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
DETROIT


HOGS-1 900: steady Barrows and gifts
mostly at SIS ceiling, most sows. S14.lo and
S1425. stays mostly Sl4.
CATTLE 600 Fresh receipts augmented
by moderate carryover' most classes opened
steady trade fairly active for steers and year
ngS, spotty on cows With weaker undertone.
country demand narrow for replacement stock.
cows pomprise around 30 per cent OF receipts;
most sales good and choice steers and year
lings. S16m17 some held higher but we'll
finished kinds very scarce. common and me
dium native steers yearlinES and heiierS, $40
91S: load lots good western mixed yearlings
TO Sl575, bulk common and medium beef
cows 500 1 1 So few better cows. S12 and
above. with good around s13 quite scarce,
Gamers and cutters Sc Sod so early sales
medium and good sausage bulls. $40, 5O@l2.
common lghtwcightS around 50.
CALvES-55O. Fully steady. most good and
choice vealers, SIT, few strictly choice
Sl7.5o, the top common and medium throw
outs. Si3a1S culls s7dio, few common 20
good heavy calves S10@14
sHEEP--3 600. Firm. good and choice native
lambs mostly SIS. few Just good around
STA so medium and rood. 81 5os4i4; com
mon and medium. S1oRl2; culls. t6as. most
good and choice fat ewes. s6H6.S0. common
and medium 81 5O@s so. culls mainly So.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Would Lift Prices

Asked by Mill and Factory
how much Of an increase in
prices would be necessary 70
keep their business profitable in
the face OF wage increases, the
manufacturers answered as fol-
lows:
"a s per cent wage boost
would mean an average % per
cent increase in prices.
. If wages were raised 10 per
cent, the average price increase
would be 81 per cent.
A wage boost of Is per cent
would require a rs per cent
price rise.
. Average increase OF % per
cent would up prices ia per
cent.
. Average price increase based
on a wage rate increase Of 30
per cent would be II per cent.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Note Slight Decline
In Canadian toddinqs

OTTAWA. Nov. 26 - Loadings
Of Canadian railroads during the
week ended Nov. II totaled 1903
cars against Is 3O4 in the previous
week and II .646 last year, accord
ing 10 the Dominion Bureau Of
Statistics. Loading for the year
10 Nov. II totaled 3.2iS.895
against 3,260,03S in the like 1914
ppriOd
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Hand Operation

zone difficulty encountered
in hot stamping these types of
bumpers was that scale en-
bedded into the surface, result
ing i'm high surface preparation
costs prior To plating, which
could not be done in all cases
on automatic equipment, due to
the irreguIarity of the bumper
design, but had to be done by
hand.
another difficulty encoun-
tered in hot forming these
shape bumpers was the warpage
of the bar cooling from the
hot forming temperature which
meant either a poor fit or
added costs OF Strengthening.
During these earlier expert
ences OF the bumper manufac-
turerS with the new style
bumper bars, Great Lakes dis
cussed with the Oldsmobile en-
gineers the advisability of us
ing our Max high tensile steel
for this part. Due to the fact
that this material, furnished in
the cold rolled condition, had
n relatively high degree of
hardness, with good cold form
ability, these new shape bars
could be cold stamped from this
material. thereby eliminating a
lot of the metal finishing Reees-
sary on the hot stamped ma
terial, eliminating the irregu-
Iarities OF contour and shape,
from bumper to bumper, effect
ing greater production of stamp
ings by cold stamping versus
hot pressing plus the fact that
the resulting bumper was
tougher while not as hard.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Stock Split
Vote Calvin

CHICAGO, Nov. 26--DirectorS
of the Calvin Manufacturing Corp.
have voted to increase the stated
capital from 81 ,080 900 to S2,160,-
900 and 10 split the outstanding
stock one two-for-one basis. An
additional share will be issued
for each share presently outstand-
ing to stockholders Of record Nov.
30, 1915.
Certificates for the additional
shares Will be issued Dec. IS.
When effected. the number of
shares outstanding will increase
from 100000 to 10000 shares OF
So par common.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Biggest Problem

II is obvious that these manu-
facturers believe that labor cost
constitutes roughly about 50
per cent Of the total cost OF
their products.
OF vital importance-and cor
roboratinG an assertion made in
this column recently that labor
efficiency is industry's real num-
ber one problem-roughly 70 per
cent of the manufacturers feel
that labor efficiency is below
prewar levels. Only 9 per cent
saw an improvement, with q
per cent reporting it unchanged.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Paper Output
Shows Drop

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 - The
ratio of U. S. paper production to
mill capacity for the week ended
Nov. II, as reported by the Amer
lean Paper and Pulp Association.
was 96.4 per cent, against 81 per
cent for the preceding week and
90.3 per cent a year ago.
Paperboard production was IS
per cent, against 81 per cent and
90 per cent, respectively. ~.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Lack of Interest

Interesting to me was the fact
that only 80 per cent blamed
union activities fer the slump
while 70 per cent said IL was
just plain lack of interest in
work. In this instance some em-
ployers checked two or more
factors, accounting for the per-
-eentages over 100. About "a per
cent said the drop was due 10
their skilled employees being in
the service, while % per cent
checked off postwar letdown. "
l think that il is evident that
these industrialiSts were giving
honest opinions and not letting
prejudice sway their feelings
which, of course, adds 10 the
value Of the survey.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
, What 'sNew
In Business
Industry Favors
10 Pet. Waoe Boost
By WARD SCHULTZ

The magazine Mil and Fac
tory poled a number Of manu-
featuring companies on the
question. Can Industry Raise
Wages Without Raising Prices
and the answers offer several
distinct surprises,
No surprise though was the
opinion OF 95 per cent Of those
polled that labor S current wage
demands are excessive.
Yet il is interesting 10 note
that three out OF four manufac-
turers favor some wage increase!
a majority Of those who
would boost wages at this time
think hat about 10 per cent rs
fair-in fact S3 per cent so
voted. Only IS per cent would
give less. while y per cent
suggested 12ig 10 IS per cent
and another 5 per cent were
even more generous
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Pittsburgh Steel Rate
Schedules ! Pt. Gain

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 26-Steel
ingot production in this district
is scheduled 10 start today at 1915
per cent, gain of p point
over last week rate. The rate
a month ago was a per cent and
a year ago 70 per cent.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Canadian Export Tax
On Oats Unchanged

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 - The
Canadian wheat board has an
nounced that the export tax on
oats and mixed feed oats, in effect
today on shipment eastward or
westward Of Ft. William, will con-
tinue unchanged from Saturdays
levels.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
ECorse- Lincoln Park
Bank Votes Dividend

The Fcorse. Lincoln Park Bank
has declared a 6 per cent divi-
dend on the capital stock, payable
Dec. 5 10 shareholders Of record,
Nov. 20.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Hits New Dealers
Defedtist Gospel
BY LEWIS HANEY

Profrstor cf Teonnmirs. ses York University
The other day. at Atlantic City
I addressed the 43d fall meeting
Of the Steel Founders Society of
America. in part as follows;
The New Dealers and social
planners in our midst are making
a last ditch stand. 1t is their
claim that nobody knows" When
YOU tell them what good money
is. they say nobody knows. II you
predict initiation, they say you are
wrong that there may be defla-
tion. then they proceed TO advise
businessmen 20 prepare both for
initiation and for deflation. Why.
I ask, prepare at all, if YOU don't
know what to prepare for?
Being convicted OF error, their
recourse is 10 say that there is
no truth. When confronted by one
who knows the laws OF economies
they say. there is no economies" "
SOUNDS CHALLENGE
OF course. this is gospel OF
defeatism. These fellows are all
tarred with the same stick. The
only thing they know is that they
want to run things, and when no
body knows how, the only. way 10
run things is dictatorship
Back IN 1928 and 1929 l was
repeatedly on record in the col
thnns of the Hearst papers, in
Iron Age. in the Textile World,
and in the North American Re
view. TO the effect that great in
fiation existed in real estate and
in the stock market | repeatedly
and publicly predicted a great re-
cesSion.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Midwest Refineries
Votes Usual 5 Cents

Midwest Refneries, Inc, has
declared the usual quarter divi-
dend OF 5 cents a share on the
common stock, payable Dec. - TO
holders of record Nov. 80.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
OPPOSITE OF 1888

Again in 1888, at the bottom of
the depression when the New
Dealers were beginning their
campaign to raise prices to the
1926 level, / predicted that, de-
spite infationary potentials, de-
mand and supply conditions were
such that prices could not rise
much.
There is a forecast, proving a
sound analysis. 1t applies today,
exactly in reverse. Conditions IN
1945 are nearly the opposite OF
those in 1888. Prices did not rise
much then. They will rise more
now. Today, the demand is not
weak; it is strong. Desires are
not less intense; they are more
intense. Purchasing power is not
down; it is UP. Costs of -produc-
tion are not declining, they are
rising. Industry is not in a weak
ened- financial position but in a
strong one. And the circulation
Of money is just beginning to
emerge from the shadow Of fear
into a state of optimism.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
NO END TO INITIATION

Now / am again making pre-
dictionS in the light OF economic
law. Not long ago at the Boston
conference on distribution l ven
tured the following statement:
For another month or so, a con-
tinuation of the current minor
reaction in business, which re-
suits from the termination of war
contracts. The further recession.
l expect to be mild and short, as
the pickup of civilian demand has
been very rapid, while reconver-
sion difficulties have been rela-
lively slight. Thereafter, l expect
a boom.
Indeed, If II were not for
strikes. l would predict a rise
forthwith. OF course, during this
intermediate period prices will be
irregular or mixed / am sure
there will be no end TO the in
fiation until the prevalent notions
about national income as a con-
trolling cause of economic condi-
tions, about parity farm prices,
about wages paid TO create pur-
chasing power, and about the
duty Of government to give Jobs
to all, are exploded and aban-
doned.
Economic laws are complex and
sometimes difficult TO formulate,
but there are no exceptions TO
them, and they cannot be violated.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-27
Detroit Stocks
Dividends

Dividends In the foregoing thble are
amounts declared or paid 80 Tar this }
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-03
ROTARIANS HEAR
ADDRESS BY VIM
cOMMANDER-ELEcT OF LE-
'e' CIoN TALKS ON WORK, .,
PROBLEM AFTER WAR

Commander elect John +,
VIM of the Arthur Sawyer Post
of the American Legion, was the
chief speaker today at the lunch
con of the Key West Rotary
Club, and he devoted his address
TO the problem Of providing work
for Key WeSters as they return
from the war.
He said that IT'S had already
returned and that the total num-
Der would be 1900, for whom
jobs would have to be provided.
In efforts to find ways and means
to- provide those jobs, Comman-
der VIM declared, he had called
a meeting to be held 10 O'Clock
Tuesday morning and requested
all Key WeStcrS who possible
could to attend the meeting.
1T is a condition we must
meet" M. VIM said, and l
think we have little time to lose
before making arrangements to
determine on adequate means to
cope with the situation"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-03
City Of RangOOn Captured
Today By British Forces
CORONER's JURY
REPORTED TODAY
REPORTS FINDINGS IN i IN,
vEsTIcATIoN OF DEATH
OF. ED THOMPSON

The coroncr's jury that inves-
tigated the death of Edward
Thompson, whose drowned body
was found floating off Marathon
last Sunday morning, concluded
its inquest in Judge Lords office
this morning, and reached the
following conclusion:
Deceased came to his death
by some unknown cause"
When Thompson's body was
found, it appeared to be a clear
case of drowning, but the fact
that his body was floating a few
hours after he had been last seen
alive led Judge Lord to believe
that he had died in some other
way, as the body of person who
browns does not float for 40 to ~
hours.
Judge Lord said Thompson's
face and. neck were a blush
black, and the judge was inform
ed that that condition could have
been CAUSED either BY heart at
tack or a cerebral hemorrhage.
The jury comprised J. Winfield
Russell, Willard B. Gibson, S.
Francis Barry, Charles Curtis,
Kerr and Charles Archer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-03

Perez, Jean and Eugene Sanchez,
Argelia and Oscar Molina, Char
les Garcia, Jr., Jessie Allen Biggs,
Matilda Vargas, Manuel Acevedo,
Soma Fernandez. Richie Sevia,
Juan AEila, Martha Acosta,
George Roberts, Reinaldo AL
varez, Anola and Dolores Yebar-
ma, Grace and Lydia Orapazo.
Mrs. Leroy Biggs, Mrs. Chas.
Garcia, Mrs. James Craft, Mrs.
Rosario Garcia, Mrs. Pablo Ora
pazo, Mrs. Domigo Martinez.
Mrs. Farland Guzwitch, Mrs.
Jack Delaney, Mrs. Ralph Con
zalcz, Mrs. Fedilo Hernandez,
Mrs. Rene Alvarez, Mrs. Ida
Gelabcrt, Mrs, Pepin Garcia, Mrs.
Antonio EStenoz, Mrs. Lydia
Campo, Mrs. Albert Monticino,
Mrs. Jennie Barcello, Mrs. Man
uel Acosta, Mrs. Joe Mira, Mrs.
Paul Marrero, Mrs. Manuel Ace
vedo, Mrs. lydia Lopez, Mrs.
Adclia, Salinero, Mrs. Margaret
Burchell, Mrs. Leduvina Molina,
Mrs. Felicia Molina, Mrs. Maria
Eercz, Mrs. Albert Acevedo, Mrs.
Olga Vargas, Mrs. Alice Murray,
Mrs. Frances Ramirez.