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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
.0PA Outlook
For Pork Hit
Feed Prices, Ceilings
Blamed for Shortage

Farmers and the OPA are not
agreeing on the causes and the
probable duration of the m e. a I
shortage, in the opinion of one
veteran meat producer.
Bruce Collins, a member OF the
Michigan SwineherdeFs AsSocla-
ton and authority on pig raising,
takes exception to the improve
ment in the m mea [ picture. pre-
dicted for July by Patrick V. Nc
Namara, acting district director
OF OPA.
AS far as pork is concerned,
Collins said, an increased con-
sumner supply in July is Impossible.
Mature can't be rushed" Coll
lins declared. "Pigs normally
farrOw from March Ia MAY and
from Oct tober 10 December.
Then II takes six m o n hs to
fatten the little pigs for the
market.
NORMALLY IN 1916
"Of course, there IL always a
trlcLie In July, but the pig sup
ply will not approach normal
until the fall of 1916"
Collins blamed a variety Of rea-
sons for the shortage. Ceiling
prices on corn have forced farm
crs TO withhold il, and black mar
ket prices are sometimes pFehib-
itive for the average pig raiser
The abnormal weather Of April
and early May took It's toll among
-yeHne pigs Collins said-BAI ore
Of the principal causes of short
ages was laid IN the OPA ceiling
on hogs sold on the market 10
slaughterers.
SELL FOR BREEDING
These low prices have led farm
ers 10 the widespread practice OF
iing the animals individually for
sngnd t.hEeediHggz purposes a .e.zfSz .Sz..
Selling the pigs As animals, the
farmer is not bound by the price
restriction and can Get from $50
10 500 for a pig weighing from
DDS 10 800 pounds, Collins ex-
planned. Sold on the market at
ceiling price. the same m !
would bring only about S35
The practice = HOI confined 70
pigs alane=Ihe 9pA ff-;f,srf-t x ;tfitsrt +; rat
some Detroit butchers 70 escape
ceilings on chickens now are Of
fering the fowl for breeding Pur.
noses orly."
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
BATTLE SCARS

But even against the var
sity teams of the Nips, the City
of Detroit like its namesake
has always come through with
the goods"
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
WANT QUICK VICTORY

I'VE hope the arsenal of de-
mOcracy will continue TO back
us both i'm bonds and spirit in
An aii-etit- effort to ehd-tite
fracas so that we can soon re-
turn 10 our native city"
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26
SELL FOR BREEDING

These low prices have led farm.
rs 10 the widespread practice Of
Htiry thrr- animals Individuality for
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-26

"Our raids on these cities did
more 80 disrupt japanese pro-
ductiOn than any other strike
against any enemy by our air
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Mystery Burns
Kill Mrs. Sefk

Mrs Charles Selik. a., wife Of
the owner Of OLarry's Bar, which
figured prominently in the Hooper
murder case. died early today in
Receiving Hospital OF burns re-
ceived at her home early Tuesday.
She was found by her husband
in their home AT 1900 Clajrmount.
The bed clothes were smoldering
and she suffered severe burns on
the chest. Origin of the burns
has not been explained.
Selik told police that the waste
basket in the kitchen was in
flames and he believed that his
wife's clothing might have caught
fire in the kitchen and that she
then attempted 10 extinguish the
flames by smothering them in the
bedclothes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Slash Butter
Points Sunday
INTERNATIONAL Bound Photc

WASHINGTON, Oct. g 1NS1
The OPA announced today that
ration values for butter, narga-
rine. lard. shortening and oils will
be cut four points Sunday.
Rarbecued pork will be reduced
two points but values for beef,
veal. lamb and lean pork cuts will
renaia-aAeAangeA dstr,ng EcXeuc.
Der. Point values for six fatty
pork cuts, including fat backs and
jowls, will be reduced three and
four points.
Five more stamps, each worth
10 points. Will he validated Nov.
/ They are red stamps WI. X1.
" and II and green stamps Ms
in ration book 4.
Canned milk and all cheeSes.
which were reduced 10 zero point
value on Sept 2 and Sept. u. re-
spectively. Will officially be re-
moved from rationing tomorrow.
Civilians will receive u per cent
more butter than in October. due
chiefly 10 military cutbacks, while
the lard supply is expected 10 in
crease about 80 per cent.
The total meat supply In No
vember will remain at the Octo-
Der level. OPA Chief BowleS said
that beef ALLEGATIONS would drop
Ii per cent and veal and lamb
supplies would decline sharply hut
pork stocks would increase about
al per cent.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Chest
Failure
Feared

Calling on Detroit TO give TO
the limit. Walter c. Laidlaw,
War Chest campaign manager,
predicted today that the drive
would fall short Of the $S,970,-
421 quota by at least one million.
This, he said, was inevitable
unless every man. woman and
child rededicates himself 10 the
support OF our allies, our armed
forces and our community"
Blaming economic conditions
and the end OF the war. he said
contributions from employees Of
four large concerns were $3.50 900
less than last year.
With only six days remaining,
donations yesterday brought the
total TO $3.50 ,946, or 43.7 per
cent of the quota.
Nine. Denise Davey. American
relief director in Paris, pleaded
at yesterdays luncheon for con-
tinued aid 20 France and TO
American soldiers overseas.
-rE have----r your ouys;- sire
said, idle and homesick, think
Ing OF the boys who are already
NJ home and at work again"
Speaker at today's luncheon,
given by the Michigan Bell Tele-
phone Co, will be Col. II. r.
Spicer. commander of the 357th
Fighter Group.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
oh. Daddy!
6-Ye eer-Old Iowan
Fathers 8-Lb. Girl

DES MONIES, Ia. Oct. Is
QNS)-Luis Carrizales OF Des
Moines. today was father at the
age of Sc.
A girl. weighing s pounds 21s
ounces. was born to Carrizales'
2l-year-old wife last night. Carri-
zales, half Cherokee Indian and
half Spanish, is the father Of
seven other children by previous
marriage.
Carrizales said he keeps in con-
dition by daily routine of chin
ming himself 40 times, chopping
wood and skipping rope.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

Hrty. William Coombs, repre-
senting the owners, insisted that
the place was losing $500 a day
under the suspension.
Ted Lewis, current entertain
ment star gets 81 500 a week and
other entertainers are paid total
of SIS, 900, Coombs said.
"Who will reimburse the own
ers II IL Is shown that the COM
mission Is wrong" Coombs
asked.
-0ur investigation thus far
shows we are entirely justified"
said Chairman John p. Aaron.
I'VE have decided that the order
stands"
Ted Lewis recently was re-
ported to have introduced Sam
Bernstein, alleged racketeer, as
owner of the place.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Chicago TO Welcome
Chilean President

CHICAGO. Oct. % GNS)-Chi-
cago put the finishing touches to-
day on plans for a two-day recep-
tlon for ChileS president, Juan
Antonio Rios.
Rios and y Chilean leaders
touring the United States AT the
invitation Of President Truman
are due here later in the day. 10
be met al the airport my Mayor
Edward j. Kelly. p
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Union Demand Ends
NBC FM Broadcast

NEW YORK. Oct. * UNS)-
NBC announced today that. effec-
tive next Monday. il would dis
continue broadcasting music from
regular transmitters on its fire.
quency modulation outlets.
The ban was in answer TO the
demand by American Federation
Of Musicians president James c.
Petrillo that duplication of broad
casts would necessitate hiring
twice as many musicians, although
half would be idle.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Rouge MPs
At SeIfridge

The 72sth Military Police bat
talon, which has been stationed
at River Rouge Park since April
of 1912, today moved into new
quarters At SClfridge Field.
A complement Of 20 men will
remain AT River Rouge until the
installation. declared unessential
by the war department. has been
dismantled. Besides policing the
Detroit area, the battalion has
trained thousands for overseas
duty.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
BOY. II. Wins
Dirty Ears Oh.

CHICAGO. oct. 25 uNS)-A
small boys inalienable right TO
dirty cars received official court
sanction today.
Nineteen-ycar-old Eleanor Mai
ola, recently divorced asked Judge
Elmer J. Schnackenberg TO give
her custody Of her son Robert.
His ears were dirty, Mrs Maiola
testified.
UnwaShed cars. the court ruled,
do not constitute neglect. RE AL
lowed Robert 10 remain with his
grandparents.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
French Socialists
To Back De GauIIe

PARIS, Oct. IS CUP) Pros
poets for new coalition govern
ment under President De Gaulle
appeared brighter toda'.
The steering committee Of the
Socialist party announced that il
was willing 10 collaborate with
"all the Republicans" in recon
Structing France.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

u. S., Franco
Break Likely

WASHINGTON, Oct % QNS)-German sci
entists are conducting research in atomic energy
and rocket bombs in Spain under protection of
Generalissimo Franco, Prof. Albert Einsten and a
group Of American scientists have been informed.
The startling disclosure made today by Rep Coffee Cd
of Washington who said that the information had given
President Truman who said be preparing
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Observation-Disclosures
He's After ZeiIer Job

making up speeches TO be deliv~
cred al testimonial banquets for
the popular leader of the Detroit
world champions. O'Neill will be
feted at Scranton, Pa. Nov. ]
and here Nov. IA.
Stanley tBucky) Harris is in
line 10 be general manager of the
Tigers, succeeding Jack Zeller,
who is resigning Dec. 81. accord
ing 10 word reaching Cleveland.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
FORM GUARD UNIT

MADRID, Oct. 25 GNS)-A
centuries old unit Of civilian
armed guards was re-established
throughout Spain today under the
supervision of the interior minis
try.
The armed groups. known In
Catalonia as "Somates," were
created originally TO help police
authorities fight bandits.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Chicago Elevated
WaIkOuf Ends

CHICAGO. oct. IS QNS}
Service 'on the Chicago elevated
lines was back TO normal today
after two-hour stoppage called
yesterday by the ALL Amalga-
mated Association of Street Elec-
tric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees as protest against de-
lay in retroactive wage increases.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

316th Ordnance Ammunition Co.
Cause OF the explosion was not
determined Immediately.
Exploding shells shot across
Tokyo Bay and damaged DWELL
ings on the opposite banks. More
than 3 tons Of explosives near q
wharf where an American Negro
ordnance battalion was working
went UP in the first espiosi6u
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
special To I'M DL1RoIr INNS

CLEVELAND. oct. 25-Steve
ONeill today said he knew
nothing about being a candidate
for general manager OF the Ii
gers. as reported in Detroit.
II haven't talked 10 anybody
about IT," the Tiger manager
explained.
To the contrary. ONeiH II busy
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Jap Munitions Blast
Rocks Tokyo Bay Area

TOKYO, Oct. 25 CUPJ-Eight
hundred TO l 200 tons OF Japanese
mines. shells and torpedoeS bAsw
up on the Kurihama peninsula
below Tokyo today. causing wide
spread damage and possibly heavy
casualties.
The ammunition wrS being
moved by japanese from storage
caves 10 wharves for disposal un-
der supervision of the American
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Aiir[iineS Strike
Halls Flights
Detroit

American Airlines service was
halted here today as Is ground
and service men walked out in
sympathy with striking UAW-CIo
mechanics in Chicago and New
York, where operations are also
al a standstili.
Although JAW officials were
predicting that the entire system
throughout the country would be
paralyzed by nightfall, Jack
Tompkins, district traffic man.
ager here. said he was hopeful
service would be resumed with Q
late fight to Chicago today.
STARTED IN NEW YORK
The strike started yesterday In
New York when SIT maintenance
workers employed by American
Export transatlantic subsidiary
of American Airlines. quit work.
fte fte.rransport-Workerx-union
(CIO) in New York charged that
the strike was called by the UAW
TO interfere with an election which
is to determine the bargaining
agent for the mechanics.
Minor skirmishes were reported
between pickets and nonstrikers
in New York.
Thenty-six flights out of Detroit
and Chicago have already been
cancelled by American Airlines.
Tompkins said, however, that fu-
ture flights would not be Cancelled
until the very last minute.
ASK 80. PCT. RAISE
Travellers holding reservation on
flights will be notified in time TO
make other reservations in the
event flight is cancelled. Tomp-
'kins stated.
The maintenance workers are
asking 30 per cent wage increases
and seniority provisions. The
strike is the first ever called
against American Airlines in this
country and is expected to be ex-
tended to Burbank, Cal, ST. Louis,
Fort Worth and Dallas. Tex.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Mrs. W. ). Smith
Is Found Dead

Mrs Helen Smith. AZ, wife Of
William s. Smith. was found dead
to-day in the. Whittier Hotel, po-
lice were told by her physician,
DR.. Sidney 6. Burke Burke said
she had taken an overdose Of
sleeping tablets.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Bus Drivers Vote Strike

CLEVELAND, Oct IS (UP)-
William G.. Murray. L.. S. concili-
ator, said today that Greyhound
drivers, maintenance and terminal
employees east OF the Rockies
have voted TO strike midnight
Oct. 81.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
AirmaiI by Ships

PARIS. Oct. 25 QNS)--U. 9.
army postal authorities said today
that nearly five million airmail
letters had been sent across ths
Atlantic by fast ships in the FIRST
two weeks of October because OF
a shortage OF airplane space.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
NEED NO MAJORITY

The law. however. fails 10 spe-
city that the strike proposal must
receive a majority vote. 1t states
merely that before aLahorL Lunian
can call legal strike il must first
file strike notice with the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board. wait
&C days and then vote on the
issue.
Attorneys for management, the
unions and the NLRB agree that
all the unionists could vote against
the strike and the union could
still call a legal walkout.
The only way, under the law.
that the strike would not be legal
is for no one TO vote.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
HIRE CHECKERS

To carry out the ineffective pro-
vision Of the Smith-Connally Act.
the NLRB is required 10 print
more than $4,000 ballots for GM,
Chrysler and Ford elections. rent
pieces for voting booths, staff the
booths with extra hired help from
the outside, count the ballots and
record them.
According TO Bow il was
necessary to employ $50 outside
workers and bring in 80 extra
helpers from West Coast regions
10 conduct the GM and Chrysler
elections in Detroit.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

denouncing the Franco regime.
Some members of the foreign
diplomatic corps said they had
asked the Chief Executive to take
such a step and were confident
he would do so.
II was predicted by them that
other nations, particularly Latin
countries, would follow
in line with a u. S. declaration
against the Franco regime.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Bar Kept
Closed

The state liquor commission
curtly refused today 10 lift sus-
pension ordered at Lee n Eddie s
night club -a231 Woodward,
pending an investigation of owner
shin
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
AWAIT STATEMENT

prominent foreign Diplomat
who recently conferred with Mr..
Truman. said he believed the
President would issue a state
ment implementing the Potsdam
declaration on Franco and the
policy laid down by the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt toward the present
Spanish government.
The big Three" declaration at
Potsdam charged that Franco had
been an ally of Fascist Italy and
Nazi Germany during the war.
The group of American scientists,
members of the American COM
mittee on Spanish freedom. was
said by Coffee TO be in contact
with anti-Franco Spanish exiles.
He said that they are seeking
proof that Franco is harboring
the German scientists.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Turk'SBar
PenaIiZeai

Turks Music Bar. 1899 Gris-
void. already closed pending a
gang investigation. was given q
15-day suspension by the state
liquor commission today for serv-
Ing ls-year-old girl whisky.
The proprietor. Herman Pruian-
sky. also known as Herman the
Turk, entered a plea OF guilty
before Commissioner Felix II. II.
Flynn. The suspension is eifec=
uve-r0-Urr0w.
Before the plea was entered.
police and a relative Of the girl
testified they had seen her drink
InE in the place
The affairs OF the night spot
and Herman the Turk have
been given public notice ever since
his wife, Cynthia, denied that the
singer. Martha Rave. be sum-
moned as a witness in a pending
divorce case.
Next her attorney, Jerome
Rothenberg. charged that Turk $
Bar was partly owned by Sam
Bernstein. a police character. a
few days later Rothenberg was
killed in an automobile accident
u n d er suspicious circumstances
and his death is being investi-
gated The. bar was closed pend
ing an investigation OF its owner
ship. Rothenberg claimed the
place was a hangout for gunner.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
GERMANS IN SPAIN

The congressman stated that
Eipstein and others had sent a
telegram TO Dean II. +. Bent of
the University of Missouri. citing
reports that German scientists
were now in Spain, and calling
for million signatures to a
petition urging that the United
States sever diplomatic relations
with Spain.
President Trum an conferred
today with Secretary of War
Robert p. Patterson and j. Robert
Oppenheimer, one of the scientists
who worked on the atomic bomb.
Neither Patterson nor Open
heimer would comment on the
nature Of their conference as they
left the White House.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
In the Times TODAY

pyrpOrrrPs KNOW FOR PERSONAL LOANS
Irdur,risi Ns'l0na BANK Is iht place 70 80
sr,...s -st.. OfltrF trrrirr Adv
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
GIN Workers
For Striikeby
40-1 Margin

Early reports from the National
Labor Relations Board national
strike poll among $4,000 Cen
eral Motors workers indicate GM
workers favor the labor blockade
by a margin of 40 TO !, NLRB
officials announced today.
The GM ballots were being
.tabulsted as the NLRB conducted
"A poll among $4,000 Chrysler
Corp employees today.
Whether they vote 10 strike or
not to strike will make no legal
difference in the ultimate decision
of the UAW-CIO 10 stage its
threatened labor blockade, NLRB
officials admit.
VOTING Is LIGHT
While GM voting generally was
light. union officials explained the
apparent lack of interest was due
10 tf1r workers knowiedge that
the NLRB poll is meaningless.
Tabulation of GIN votes in the
Detroit area will not be available
until late today and no announce
ment will be made until all votes
are counted. Frank Bowen, re-
gional NLRB director, said.
Count Of votes in five Buffalo
Lockport and Syracuse, n. Y,
plants showed a 5-to-l margin for
the strike. Final tally for the
FIVE plants. according 10 the NLRB,
was: For, BOSS; against, $50
At the South Gate. Cal. GM
plant. the workers voted 531 TO 5
for a strike.
VOTE IN ST. LOUIS
Chevrolet and Fisher Body
plants in St. Louis voted 1899 TO
81 for the walkout.
Other results: Cleveland. 2.24S
10 94 Bristol, Conn. 1924 10
S39; Memphis. 1877 10 s; Linden,
n. j., 664 10 40: Albany. 500 20
46; North Tarrytown, n. Y, 1.226
to 1s4, and Atlanta, Ga. 719
10 %.
Tabulation Of GM strike votes
in Louisville, Ky. Cincinnati, Van
dalia and Dayton, o., showed
l,756 to 395.
Voting booths for the Chrysler
workers were opened in union
halls. empty stores and other
places Al 6 a. m. They will remain
open until s tonight.
Voting was light as the polls
opened but was expected TO in
crease.
An ineffective clause in the
Smith-Connally Act makes il man.
datory for the strike vote to be
taken.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
HAS 70 POINTS

Ayres who has acquired 70 dis
charge points. wore rumpled dun
garees and clung tightly 10 pair
of wooleH army gloves From the
transport Cape MeareS. which re-
turned ] l,764 servicenen, Ayres
went 10 Camp Stoneman for
clearance 10 Fort Macarthur.
After his discharge. he will visit
his mother and stcpfather Mr.
and Mrs. w. j. Gilmour, at La
JoIla. Cal, but he frankly admits:
IL don't know what ] am
going 10 do with my future.
II may go back 10 pictures.
may study for the ministry.
don't know. But my problems
are those Of any other GI."
In April. 1912, after the actor
had declared himself a conScien-
tious ebIcctor bis movie employer
Nicholas Schenck Of M.G-M, said:
"He II washed up with Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer"
AZ the same time movie dis
tributors all over the country
banned his movies
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
THE WEATHER
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

Inc sun viH wf s7e N ,odsv ,rs
rise tomorrow - sSss m
Ihe moon WI rise a. ag7 r m todav
and set tomorr6w a. o. D M
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26

m ,. q TooLE, DENTIST
Bsn. Rsurc a-G. rsL q ssssy-Adv
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
SEES WORLD CRISIS

"The world faces great
risis," he told reporters "and
Where j. great deal 10 ne
done toward making an ever
lasting peace, but what can do
20 help Is something l cant
answer yet"
The former star whose views
on war once drew the ire Of bis
many movie fans, said his opinion,
9TH hold, but with modifica-
tionS."
Asked n he would favor com
pulsory military training for mer
between lS and II, Ayres said:
Eyes, II " means they WOULD
be taught something useful.
still am opposed to the military,
but certainly a year away from
home can serve to make men
more Appreciaitye of others, less
selfish"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-26
Ayres Casts
Eye on Future

SAN FRANCISCO, -0et. q
GNS)--A grayed and tanned Sgt.
Lew Ayres, no longer the image
ot the dspper DR.. Kildare he por-
trayed in the movies, prepared
today 10 face the problems OF
HYY OThcr GI
Ayres. the first prominent
American 10 refuse 10 bear arms
IN tt7iy -wsr. arrived m San Fran
eisco after three and one-hali
years Of ministrations 10 the
wounded in Pacific battles.
The 39-year-old sergeant, who
distinguished himself AS a medi-
cal corpsman in such campaigns
as Lcytc. Luzon and New Guinea.
appeared solemn and preocclIpicd
with the problems Of the world.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-09
CARVER CENTER


The executive board of Carver
Center would like to clarity any
previous unofficial statements made
in regards to its administrative
policies and the action tal,en by
the boarG at its last meeting.
II was decided by the board that
t. director be give a 81 day no.
tice of the termination of his ser.
vices rendered to Carver Center.
1t was the opinion of the ma 'ority
of the members that his prog am
for the past year did not mea- ure
up their expectations and had not
met the necessary requirements TO
merit him a continuation OF his
duties.
The executive board expresses
no idea OF relinquishing its pres
ent building facilities. We are
hopeful of securing a quail ed
worker to carry on oyr .p~og am
\ committee gas appointed by the
president to interview apnlicau'
for the position. The annual reet.
ing of Carver Association was set
for January IL, 1915 at which time
members of the executive board
and officers will be elected.
HERBERT w. FRANCOIS