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Evening star., 1950-05-07
u. S. Methods Impress British Industry
Visiting Groups Soy
Much to Be Guined
From Our 'Know-How'
By WiIIiom McGoffin

LONDON.-The English, swal.
lowing their pride, have gone tc
America to learn American know
how on the spot.
The aim is to up British eff
cheney to a point where Britain
can make its way in the COM
petitive world market when the
Marshall Plan ends and when the
old German and japanese COM
Ipetitors, already stirring alarm
ingly, have regained their prewa1
vigor.
To date. however, only small
number of British industries have
taken advantage of the scheme
paid for by Marshal Plan dollars
and promoted under the Joint
auspices of ECA and the Anglo
American Council on Produc-
tivity.
During the past IL months IL
teams made up of workers and
bosses from different British in
dustrieS have visited American
factories.
A few days ago the leaders of
these IL teams published a letter
in the London Times telling their
fellow industrialists in effect that
they should "all come on in-for
the water is fine"
Plants Visited
Here are some excerpts from
the letter describing their par
ticlpation in this unique adven-
ture of friendship:
1--WE found American indus
trialists willing and more than
willing to show us their processes,
methods and achievements.
Their welcome was echoed by
the American man-in-the-street
The teams have learned les
sons not confined to the tech
niques of productive processes val
liable enough though these are
Managers, technicians and
floor workers, we have been face
to face with enthusiasm in apply
ing knowledge, an outlook on in
dustrial productivity and way OF
life which constitutes challenge tc
the whole world.
Much gain should come from
dissemination of our joint find
ings at all levels of our industries
Only uncertainty of benefits to be
derived can explain the failure OF
many industries to use this gen.
erous form of Marshall aid.
This letter is designed to re-
move all doubt. We urge every
industrialist to insure that each
industry sends to the United
States the best team which car
be selected. There are great prizes
to be won. :"
Five teams have so far pub
lished reports. The latest is by O
team from the drop-forging in
dustry which visited many United
States forge companies.
One of the things the team says
it found out is that an American
forge will produce up to 400 pei
cent more forging an hour than
a corresponding British forge"
Higher productivity is promoted
Evening star., 1950-05-07

ing at the American pace for a
few years."
The team said it was impressed
by the fact that all workers were
industrious until the bell sounded
for their break and that, within
two minutes of bell sounding for
work to be resumed, they were all
working at full capacity.
THE management conformed
to the same conditions by arriv-
ing with the workers"
The team also found that the
American worker accepts innova-
tions or changes of method en-
abling him to turn out more pieces
or a better product in his work.
ing day and that "the higher
levels of management are much
more familiar with problems of
production and difficulties en-
countered in force shops than is
often the case in Britain.
Due to this, management
usually COInmanQeQ nlgn respect
from the manual worker espe-
cially as it appeared that a large
proportion of practical men
gained executive posts"
Attitude of Press
The team found that the man
in the shop in America was fire.
quently informed of the cost of
the tools he was using and of
running overheads of his machine,
so that he took interest in trying
out new ideas to reduce costs. The
worker felt he was part and par
Gel of the firm and had confidence
that any ideas which increased
productivity would ultimately re-
fleet favorably on his own earn
ings.
One American hammer man
Evening star., 1950-05-07
Suruiuor Vud Recalls Lusitana Torpedoing 35 Ago

in those waters; and that trav-
elers sailing in the war zone of
Great Britain or her allies do so
at their own risk"
Then came another more def
mite hint. Many flrSt-claSS pas
sengers received kilograms
signed either John Brown" or
George Smith," warning them
to cancel their trips. These tele-
grams were more specific. Have
it on definite authority Lusi-
tania is to be torpedoed. You
had better cancel passage i'm
mediately." Can there be more
convincing evidence that this
tragedy was a premeditated act?
The Lusitania was magnif1-
cent vessel, built in 1906 and
785 feet long. When she sailed
majestically down river. past the
Narrows, out of New York, she
carried some 1000 people
aboard. many the wives and
children of Canadians serving in
the war. who were going to join
their menfolk in Britain. The
sea was calm and the voyage
uneventful, as the days passed
IN quiet enjoyment. But the
idea of our possibly being tor
pedoed was never far from our
minds. and we used to discuss
the thought smilingly.
Then, on Friday, May 7, there
was a special thrill - far off
against the horizon, almost hid
den by haze, lay the dark line
of the Irish coast - there lay
land, and safety and an end to
the forebodings that not even
the stanchest could entirely
suppress. But we had already
been sighted by an unseen
menace beneath the waters
whose surface heaved so calm
ly and unbroken.
That morning. reminded Of
the approaching landing, many
Of us sat down to write dur
ing the voyage" cards and let
Evening star., 1950-05-07
By Mott Freemon

NEW YORK.-We had been
warned, the Germans said
later. And there was a warning
of sorts given out through the
press as we packed our bags for
the trip to warning Europe. But
the warning only underlines in
retrospect the premeditation of
the Hun.
Today the 4O.O00-ton Cunar-
der lies fathoms deep off the
Old Head of Kinsale, near
Queenstown, Ireland-sunk on
orders of the German Admiralty.
The first inkling any here
might have had of the impend-
ing tragedy would be in a coded
telegram to the imperial Ger
man Embassy in Washington to
warn LuSitania passengers
through press not voyage across
Atlantic" And, accordingly, the
German Embassy published the
following warning: b
In Sight of Land
Travellers intending to en-
bark on Atlantic voyages are re-
minded that a state of war exists
between Germany and her allies
and Great Britain and her
allies: that the zone Of war in
cludes the waters adjacent to the
British Isles: that. in accord
ance with formal notice given by
the imperial German govern
ment. vessels flying the flag Of
Great Britain or any Of her
allies are liable to destruction
Evening star., 1950-05-07

told the team he was earning
regularly up to $125 weekly
working five days of nine hours
each. Yet the price per piece
this hammer man earned was
about one-half of that received
by his opposite number in Brit
ain for making a similar part.
Most of the Englishmen didn't t
believe American industrial work
ers worked only 40 hours weekly
until they went and saw for
themselves. They found the
American worker is "a fine fellow
keen on earning money for things
which money will buy, keen on
improving the standard of living
for his family and himself, and
this makes him keen on his job. ~
The team found that "appren-
ticeship as served in England is
uncommon in America and the
fact that a man has served his
apprenticeship in one trade does
not preclude changing to an
other"
Here in England the Commu-
nists make a lot of noise about
how Negroes are exploited" in
America. But the English team
found that "the same conditions
and wages apply to colored work.
ers, there being no differentia-
tion in works between them and
white workers."
The London Times said in an
editorial:
"All the reports imply that it Is
vital for British industrial sur
vival in the competitive world to
learn much from American expe-
rience."
Copyright Chicago Daily News
Foreign SerVice.)
Evening star., 1950-05-07

in America, the team found, "by
means Of incentives to the worker,
who knows that if he increases
production he will gain in pur-
chasing power. The fear of re-
placement if he does not reach the
accepted standard is an indirect
incentive.
THE key to the situation is
the purchasing power of wages
and in Britain this is limited by
scarcity of goods in the shops
high prices. the purchase tax and
the high income tax. Serious at
tention should be given to these
disincentives."
Impressed by Incentives
The team coming from the
country where labor and manage
ment operate under a sort OF
armed truce found that relations
between employers and employees
in America were good-the profit
motive was viewed without suspi-
cion-wage settlements were re-
garded as a fair bargain between
equals. Greater confidence be-
tween management and workers
at all levels should be encouraged
in this country by every possible
means"
Unions in Britain encourage
feather bedding but in America the
team discovered that the unions
had no support for the worker
who did not pull his weight. The
American worker did not regard
himself as overworked, and the
fact that the average of hammer
men in one very large forge was
So years dispelled the belief that
a man was played out after work.
Evening star., 1950-05-07

cupants were cascaded into the
water.
Officers and crew were won-
derfully disciplined and they ac-
complished miracles of order
and calm. But 1t was heart
rending as husbands rushed
about looking for wives or chill
dren, wives screamed for their
loved ones. The situation was
becoming desperate. that was
obvious. The ship was sinking
rapidly.
I knew that if I stayed on
board, the suction would pull me
below. Just at that moment,
the order was given: Every
man for himself" There was
no time to get a lifebelt, so I
just dived over.
I had dived from a height of
about so feet. I struck a cap
sized lifeboat. (The scar is
with me to this day. I came
to the surface half stunned. I
swan around for a while. trying
to regain my senses. The sea
was covered with boats. Some
were jammed. Others were cap
sized. with people clinging to
them in clusters. Heads dotted
the water as far as I could see.
Finally Rescued
All about me were struggles.
shriekS, death. The liner had
disappeared. 1t plunged to the
bottom just % minutes after
the first torpedo struck.
A man grabbed me, eyes
bulging with fear. He pulled
me under. but I managed to get
away. A little later. found a
floating keg and managed to
har" to that to save my
Soon I had five other
n Iging on, too. Even
tua.-$ d lifeboat came along and
took them In, but there was no
room for me. And then ! lost
the keg and had to resume
swimming. Luckily the sea was
calm and the sun brilliant.
Evening star., 1950-05-07
By Edwin B. GreenwoId

lister of Education under Ataturk,
pulled out of the Democratic
Party during a dispute over policy.
Marshal Fevzi Chakmak, Turkeys
late great revolutionary hero, be-
came it's guiding light.
The party has drawn around it
important elements of students
organizations and religious fana-
tics 1t supports separation OF
state and church by granting self
government to Moslem communl-
ties without interference from the
state. Religion, which Ataturk
did away with, could become one
of the most important issues. The
riots that followed Chakmak's S
death and the huge crowds at his
funeral strongly underline that.
Policy Not Involved
The Peoples Party has made
some concessions on religion. It
now permits teaching of religion
in schools and the establishment
of special schools for the training
of Moslem clerics.
One of the Peoples Party's
strongest campaign issues has
been its advocacy of an amended
constitution to separate legislative
and executive powers and reduce
Evening star., 1950-05-07

(The lDriter WdS one of 45O
rescued when the torpedoed
LuSitdniG Uent doWn May 7,
1915, 1Oith the loss of 1893 liUeS.
Matt Freeman, a former borer,
DGS returning to London from
Net0 York, Dhere he had man.
aged the affairs OF Er-Light-
1Oeight mpion Matthew
Wells. Here he recounts those
dreadful hourS.)
Evening star., 1950-05-07
Diplomats and Generals
Bump Heads on Strategy
MiIitoy Leaders Dissatisfied With Theory
Thot Russio Is Not Capable of Reo War
Effort Now, or Thot She Lacks Oil
By Constantine Brown

Of military both in this country
when cold will and the shoot
present military still overshadowed
diplomatic that threaten
capable of military effort
Evening star., 1950-05-07
Communists Again Serious
Problem in Latin Nations
Observers Believe Moseow's Strategy Is to Keep
Up Agitation and Moneuver Into Position to
Cause industrial Strikes at Right Time
By Edword TomIinson

Confronted as we with the Russian peril in Asia and Europe
the and confusion possible
Government overlooking
possibility the active America
While Of officials brush aside all suggestions
in the other nations Of this hemisphere
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
CAY Crashes In Sea

TOKYO, R-A CAT military transport plane with 26 persons aboard-believed to include four war correspondents-plunged into the sea yesterday 10 miles south of Japan's Oshima Island.
 General MacArthur's headquar- ters announcement of the ditching said one survivor was picked up and others are being sought.
 The four war correspondents left the Tokyo Correspondents Club for Korea early Thursday. They were identified in an unof- ficial list as:
 James O. Supple, Chicago Sun Times; Maximilien Philonenko, Agence France Presse; Stephen Simmons, Hilton Press and Lon don Picture Post; and Albert Hin ton, who represented the Norfolk Journal and several other Negro newspapers.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
Friday. July 28. 1850
Canada Can't Send Troops And Be Left Undefended

CHICAGO, R-The Canadian president-elect of Kiwanis Inter- national said yesterday Canada fighter planes must be kept in Canada to guard against any pos sible attack via Alaska and the Northwest Territories"
 Don H. Murdock of Winnipeg, i na talk prepared for the Kiwanis Club of Chicago, said "it would be folly" for all free nations to send troops to Korea" He said he has reason to believe this view is shared by Lester B. Pearson, Ca nadian foreign minister.
 ''We are in the front line if a surprise attack comes from Rus sia," he said.
 Canada could not send troops to Korea and leave herself wide open for possible Russian air at- tacks across Alaska and the Northwest Territories"
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
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loaded car. The bulk of the car hid the elderly, but active, man from the view of the brakeman, Martin said.
 The timekeeper said there were no witnesses to the accident but that the brakeman's scream when he saw Lathrop's body on the tracks brought him running from the mine office.
 Martin said he could find no pulse and telephoned Fairbanks for a doctor.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
Memorial Services
 For Capt. Lathrop To Be Held Sunday

FAIRBANKS, R-Final rites were being arranged today for Austin E. Capt" Lathrop.
 Memorial services for the mill lionaire businessman and indus trailst, who was struck down Wednesday by loaded coal car at his Healy River mine, will be held here Sunday in the Empress Theater, one of five show places which he owned in the Territory.
 Burial will be in the Forest Lawn Cemetery at Seattle Thurs day, following services at Bonney Watson Funeral Home. AS stipu- lated in his will, Lathrop will be inferred alongside his father, mother and two sisters.
 The body will be flown to Seat tie.
 Meanwhile, as telegrams from friends poured into the local of- fices of the Lathrop Co.,, coron- CTS jury sitting at the scene of Wednesdays tragedy returned verdict of accidental death.
 The inquest had been called by U. s. Commissioner Margaret Sul- livan of Nenana.
 William E. Martin, timekeeper at the mine, 112 miles south of here, said Lathrop either tripped or fell under the wheels of the
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
Pilot Killed I'm
 Fall From Plane

POWELL RIVER, B. C., R-A Dioette Airways pilot was killed yesterday when thrown from his plane into the water three min utes after taking off from Las queti Island, IS miles west of here.
 Mrs. Marion Cooke, B, the lone passenger in the single engined plane, suffered broken leg. Res cued by a passing fish boat, she was brought to a hospital here.
 An eyewitness said the pilot, Ray Sims, B, of Powell River, was seen to fall from the plane before it struck the water.
 The witness, Charles Williams, said the plane fell into the water from an altitude of 300 feet.
 The engine did not cut out," he said. "She just rolled over on her side and fell in."
 Mrs. Cooke was enroute here to visit her husband who has been hospitalized for six weeks, also with a broken leg.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28

If a ship is too stable, that is, too little inclined to roll with the seas, the result is a short, quick roll often uncomfortable to pas sengers.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28
Capt. A. E.. Lathrop Meets Tragic Death


 1865, Lathrop came west to Seat tie in June, 1889, a few days af- ter the Seattle fire razed much of the city.
 He pitched a tent, set himself up as a contractor, and began raz- ing old buildings and excavating for new. Within a year he was known throughout the Pacific Northwest as the Boy contrac- tor"
 He contracted to build an cleo tric railroad from Anacortes, Wash, to Fidalgo, on Fidalgo Is land, but the railroad collapsed in the 1893 financial panic.
 Undiscouraged, he leased Pro- lection Island, off Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, setting up one of the northwest's first modernized poultry ranches. It was there that he entertained Benjamin Harri- son, former President of the United States.
 Lathrop acquired the title of Captain in 1896 when he bought a half interest in the 110-foot steam schooner L. J. Perry and piloted it carrying gold-seekers from port to port in Alaska.
 He set up a draying business at Valdez and hauled supplies over the rugged trails to the interior copper mines. With the start of constructio non the Copper River Northwestern Railroad, Lathrop moved to Cordova, the rail ter minus, an contracted to haul all supplies from the docks to the railroad working areas.
 It was at Cordova, Lathrop ire quently said later, that he got his start. He subsequently, became a director and president of the Bank of Cordova, bought the Cor dova Commercial Company and his first theater.
 Naturally, he has been vital figure in the Territory's politics. A staunch Republican, he served as the party's national committee man during ex-President Hoover's term and was recently renamed to the post. He was opposed to Terri torial Governor Ernest Gruening and to statehood for Alaska. He served in the Alaska Legislature in 1921 as a representative from the Third Division.
 Survivors include stepdaugh- ter, Mrs. Cleo Boyce of Seattle; two nephews, Austin c. Cooley, head of the New York Times photo section, and Frank E. Rich ardson, Klamath Falls, Ore; and two nieces, Mrs. Ward Green, Kent, Wash, and Mrs. Fred L.. Smith, Seattle.
 When construction of the Alas ka Railroad began in 1914, Latin rop moved to Anchorage and set up a transfer business there. He also bought a theater and built an apartment house.
 With completion of the railroad in 1922, he headed northward to Fairbanks, where he bought an- other theater.
 In 1926 he rebuilt the theater, making 1t of concrete. It was the first building of that type and size in northern Alaska.
 People thought I was crazy" he used to comment.
The Nome nugget., 1950-07-28

Even with oxygen equipment, lack of oxygen begins to affect fiers above c37, 500 feet.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-09-16
Jerry L Dixon Ally.
lao Blaine Avenue

State of Michigan. Cc-1y o.
Wayne. Ss-3Sl -649-At , SESSION
Of the Probate Cour. salu
County Of WAYNE. he's q shs
Probate Court Room IN the CH
OF Detroit on the Seventeenth
day Of AuTust. in the year on.
thousand nine hundred ard my
Present Hicks G. g INNS.
JLcge of Probate. hi tire Ms''.'
of the Estate of Albert Oiss'
born Baker. deceased.
On reading and films we Pe~
ton Of Elnora Baker Troupe IN ~,
son praying that adm.n.s'ta.' ~.
of said estate be granted - no r.
self or some other suiiap4e Pc
son:
1t is ordered. That the i%.h. y
Fifth day Of September. mex, T.
en- o'clock in the forenoon a. sa' sar
Court Room be appoin'eu "
hearing said petition. That
An il is further Orderec.', Nd
a copy of this order be puo't.ih"ree
once in each week for 'n't -
weeks consecutively previous 10.
said time of hearing. in me mt
troit Tribune, a newspape 'nrty
ed and circulated in SAID 0oa
of Wayne. ,..ass Of
Hicks G.. Griffiths. jugs
Probate.
CA True copy n.nasv
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Probate Register
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-09-16
Order of Publication

present: Honorable Frank 3
e -guson- Circuit Judge
IL appearing that the defendant
IS resident of this State and that
process for his appearance has
been duly issued. and the same
could not be served BY reason Of
MS absence from. or concealment
within the State. and BY reason
OF his continued absence from his
last known address:
1t Is Ordered that the defendant
franklin Berry. enter his appear
ance N this cause on or before
three t3) months from the date Of
this Order or said Bill will be TAX
en- as confessed:
i Is Further Ordered that a
copy Of this Order be sent by re-
gistered mail TO said defendant
10 1000 Mckay, Detroit Michi-
gan. MS last known address. and
II not received personally bv said
defendant at least twenty COO
days before the time prescribed
Tor appearance that this Order be
published as required by law.
Frank 3. Ferguson.
Circuit Judge
a true Copy
Edgar VI. Braniein
b Ed Maurawski. Deputy Clerk
A
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-09-16
Ne. 4s5s53
Order cf Publication

NO. tc-cSS
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C.-cu.. JUICE
= tbs -s1ss = appearing t~or-
ne sfl6sv1. hereto stts = e tia.
t-s Defendant herein cannot II
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dent Of ire state OF wiscorSin
living at rs address II $50 West
Cherry stree, n the civ r M.
ws-kee = sac state OF W.sccn-
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THEREFORE On motion e AL
frec + Casey attorney for Plan
IT IS ORDERED that TIE ,a.
,enos-t. Homer Gin-.ght. cause
MS appearance % be en.e-eS
nefe.n WITH three months from
the date Of tbs order or that said
D-1 o. conpls mt Kill De taken AZ
confessed ~ ne said defendant
snc nat : TIE copy Of this order
D sent 70 the defendant by reg
-s,ess-c rsl. ar6 4 not received.
that the sane De published ~
Any rse7~Spsper circulating With
ne county = Wayne, accord ne
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Arthur Webster.
Csrc9.. Judge
Edgar n Brsrigin.
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-09-16
NO. 49, ses
Order OF Publica.o-

OxoSx o. f0o0c1E--
=, session Of said c held
n the Court House ln ~ 0,
De.-o.t. OF the is CAY gls'
AID. 1850
Present The Hon GAEL NJ
WEIDEMAN C-rc1., J--z
Upon reading snZ t.l.-E ne al
fidavIs Of Mamie Bel le the
plaintiff II the above entitled
cause. from which il app ar: that
il cannot be acce-taire : what
state or country the CT. rian..
Phillip Lee. resides. ant ;1. ms
last known address was -'55
Springhll- InkSter. M.cLiS1n
On Motion OF He-be-. : Dud-
ley. attorney for the plaintiff,
!. Is Ordered tia, he appear
and answer the Bill Of Cor plant
filed in the above cause within
three 90 months from tn cate OF
this order. or said Bill w. 9e tax.
en- as confessed. and tia; : copy
Of this order BE sen. e ne de.
PENDANT Phillip Lee. by -esister'
&C mail ., his last know 1-ess'
70 vii. 2735 Springhill lakster'
Michigan. and IN case 70 sSster-
ed return receipt s:grsi az me
defendant Is receivec- :-1. ms
order be published as res --sed oy
Law.
Carl VI We.ien.sn
C:rcui, J -s
a True Copy
Edgar ". Branig;n. C,sS
BY Arthur J.. Jones.
Deputy Clerk 81 ~.