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World Hears
Vandenberg
Senator Acclaim ed
for Foreign Policy
WASHINGTON. Jan. (INS)
—The OWI last night described
Senator Vandenberg s foreign pel-,
lev proposal* —set forth in his
Senate speech Wednesday as
revs which creates confidence in
America among other nations
OWI lauded the address after
deciding to broadcast parts of it.
to the world suggesting that the j
speech had won at least basic np- ■
proval from President Roosevelt, j
OWI EXPLANATION
“It Is news.** declared OWI
director Elmer Paws, when he
was asked why his agency had
taken its action.
Another OWI spokesman de
clared that the address was bring
broadcast in part, •'because any
such statement builds up confi
dence in the I'nited States *ith;
other nations regarding our will
ingness to accept responsibility in
International matters in the post
war world."
OWI. w hich already has pumped
resumes and excerpts of the ad
dress to the globe in 22 languages
and tw’o dialects, recorded parts
of the speech for re broadcast j
from London today.
PLEA FOR CHARTER
Portions selected were the
Michigan Republican's plea for a
redediration to the Atlantic Char
ter and a renewal of thf self-de
termination pledge to liberated
nations.
OWI also selected Vandenberg a
atatement that a United Nations
organization was necesaarv to
obtain world security, and hi*
appeal for whole-hearted co-oper
ation among the Allies in the
conduct of the war and planning
of the peace.
Sees Pilot-Son
In Death Crash
MORGANTOWN. W. Va. f Jan
13 (UP> —Capt. L. V. Keek HI.
23, who flew 50 combat missions
In the China-Burma-India theater
without injury, crashed to death
In a B-23 bomber a l the edge of
hi* home town airport here yes
terday while his mother looked on.
Three others were killed in the
crash. Two were injured and two
escaped injury.
Capt. Keck's mother. Mrs. L.
V. Keck, was at the airport await
ing her son's arrival. He had noti
fied her that he was coming from
the Greenville (S. C.) air base
to visit his father, who is ill in
the Veterans’ Hospital at Aspin
waJl, Pa.
Husband
Kills Self
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 13 (UP)
—Mrs. Louise Peete Judson. con
victed of one murder and sus
pected of another, said today she
nad a premonition of the fate of
her mild-mannered husband, who
leaped to his death from the ninth
floor of a downtown building.
Lee Borden Judson. 67. a bank
messenger who marned the
plump housekeeper last May, took
nis fatal plunge >esterday, less
than 24 hours after he had been
absolved of complicity in the
murder of Mrs. Margaret Logan.
•0, his wife’s employer. -
M I knew It would happen.**
Mrs. Judson said. "I hud a pre
monition. He Just couldn't face
dishonor and disgrace. A* long
as I was with him he was a
marked man.”
Judson left no notes He went
quietly to the ninth floor of the
Spring Arcade Building in the
city's financial district with which
he was familiar from years of
work for the hank. No one no
ticed the little man until his body
landed at the bottom of a stair
well.
Mrs. Logan was instrumental in
obtaining a parole for Mr*. Jud
son after she had served 18 years
of a life sentence for the 1920
•laying of Jacob Denton, wealthy
western miner, who had engaged
her as his housekeeper.
Head of Philippines
Asks U. 5. for Relief
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 (INS)
—President Sergio Osmena of the
Philippines has arrived in this
country to confer with officials
concerning relief and rehabilita
tion measures for his people
The war department said
Osmena was now at Jacksonville.
Fla., and that he would undergo a
physical checkup hefore coming
to ’Washington.
Baxter of Williams
Heads U. 5. Colleges
ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 13
TUP)—Dr James P Baxter, head
of Williams College, Williams
towm. Mass, was the new presi
dent or the Association of Ameri
can Colleges today, succeeding Dr
Frances P. Gaines, president of
Washington and Lee University,
Lexington. Va.
Order tfce United Hltin Vtir
Savings fttamps from your I>e
trolt Time* carrier. He'll de
liver them to yoar borne.
Sift Hooper
Story for Claes
(Continued from Pngn One)
and Commiaaioner dander made a hurried trip to Detroit last
night.
They made several telephone calls from the Grand River
state police post, where officer* were Inveatigating a Lansing
motorist's tip that a car containing three men and bearing a
license number that was traced to Detroit waa aeen racing from
the scene shortly after the senator waa alain.
Sigler Reports New Leads
From Detroit, the special prosecutor and the commissioner
went to Lansing, returning to Jackson today. When ha retired
early this morning. Sigler said he had “uncovered a couple of
leads which may or may not be important.”
“The leads we found in Detroit require further Investiga
tion,” Sigler added.
Beside Commissioner dander, the special prosecutor was
accompanied on the night-time trip to Detroit by several state
policemen under Sgt. Loo Van Conant, who is in charge of the
state police detail assigned to Judge Carr and tha grand jury.
Although McKay was in Detroit yeaterday conferring with
his attorneys, Milton J. Hauser of New* York and William Henry
Gallagher, Sigler said he did not talk with the indicted Republi
can leader.
Promoter Denies Hooper Friendship
Fitzsimmons, in Detroit similarly for a conference with at
torneys. said he had “only a nodding acquaintance” with the
murdered senator and “never associated with him either in busi
ness or socially.”
“1 don’t know what Senator Hooper could have aaid about
me," the promoter declared.
The police search for clues to the slayer had three main
phases:
1— An attempt to determine whether a getaway car followed
the sedan in which Hooper was shot.
2 A hunt for the death weapon, determined by ballistics
experts to have been a 38-caliber police special revolver, prob
ably a Colt.
3 Minute investigation of the death car for fingerprint evi
dence or other tangible clues to the killer's identity.
Prosecutor Murl K. Atrgn of Jackson County and Sigler
planned to interview today more persons who were in the vicinity
at the time of the killing. They talked yesterday with the three
men who were first to arrive at the scene and removed Hooper’s
charred body from the death car.
Finders of Body Interviewed
The three are Floyd Modjeska. owner of the Spnngport Ele
vator, first on the scene and the man who notified state police;
Kyle Van Auker, Eaton Rapids salesman, and Mervyn Howard,
passenger agent for a bus line.
Through these three witnesses.
It was established that the smol
dering car containing Hoopers
body was found at 5:30 p. m. In
vestigators said that was approx
imately an hour and a haif after
Hooper was last seen in Lansing.
The senator was executive sec
retary of the Michigan Association
of Osteopathic Physicians and Sur
geons.
HAD BEEN THREATENED
When he was in Lansing, his
widow disclosed, he stayed in a
room at the McLaughlin Osteo
pathic Hospital because he be
lieved he w’ould be safe there from
any attempt to fulfill threats on
his life.
He left the hospital at 3:50
p. m. and drove to the Porter
apartment hotel, w’here he stopped
briefly to make reservations for a
group of osteopaths who planned
to meet there today. He was last
seen at the Porter.
Chief of State Police Detectives
Harold MuJbar is directing the ex
amination of the death car at the
state crime laboratory in East
Lansing.
FINGERPRINTS SOUGHT
Fingerprint tests, delayed be
cause snow thrown into the car to
extinguish the flames left the in
terior damp, were to be taken
today by Detectives Wesley Jones
iand Lawrence Stackable.
Chief of State Police Detectives
Harold Mulbar sought to deter
mine whether Hooper himself
ever carried a revolver or whether
the killer provided his own death
weapon. Details combed the vi
cinity of the slaying for the gun.
on the theory the killer may have
discarded it in his flight.
State police believe a passen
ger riding with Hooper fired the
fatal bullet*.
BELIEVE KILLER IN < AR
“Although it’s Impossible to
tell exactly what happened
tills is on<> of the most difficult
eases I’ve ever had to recon
-1 struct we believe that the
i killer was riding in Hooper's
' car," Mulbar explained.
“The skid marks indicate that
the car was stopped hurriedly,
hut that It was under control.
There are no indications that
it was forced to the side of the
highway by another vehicle.
However, there I* the possibil
ity that a second car followed
Hooper’s car to the scene and
picked up the killer or killers
after the crime was committed.
SECOND CAR CONSIDERED
“The slaver may have been
riding in (hat other car In I-an
alng and transferred to
Hooper’* car after shouting
from one vehicle to the other
that he wanted to talk with
Hooper,”
Mulbar said friends and rela
tive* told him Hooper was not in
the habit of picking up hitch
hikers and gave weight to the
fact that Hncjicr was shot
through the side of the head, and
that his body was facing forward
in the car when discovered.
NOT IN DRIVER'S SEAT
“Normally,** Mulbar said,
“when two person* sit together
in the seat of an automobile
and talk they turn toward each
j other. I believe that the killer
had hi* gun trained on Hooper
as they sat there and told him
to keep looking straight ahead.
“It's atra ng e, too. that
Hooper was not In the driver's
seat. If he had plrk«l up some
one he knew nr a hitchhiker,
I Hooper would have been In the
driver's seat.
“The angle at which fbr bul-
lets entered Hoooer’s hwil in
dicate that the first was fired
squarely Into the side of his
head and the second and third
were fired as Hooper’s body
slumped toward his slayer.”
Funeral services for the mur
dered senator will be held at 2
p. m. Monday. Central War Time,
in St. James Episcopal Church.
Albion. Fred I. Chase, secretary
of the Senate, designated Sena
tors Murl H. Defoe of Charlotte.
G. Elwood Bonine of Vandalia
and Haskell L. Nichols of Jack
son as a committee to represent
the Senate at the rites.
Foreign
Policy Up
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (INS)
—Bipartisan proposals for adop
tion of a new Senate resolution
on foreign policy were abandoned
today.
At the same time, friends and
foes of the administration foreign
policy suggestions of
Senator Connally (D) of Texas,
chairman of the foreign relations
committee, for a moratorium on
Senate debate.
WHEELER TO SPEAK
Coincident with these develop
ments Senator Wheeler (D) of
Montana, administration critic,
announced that he would make a
speech next week on foreign
policy.
Proposals for adoption of a
resolution declaring for imme
diate formation of a United Na
tions council and for a statement
of American aim* has been dis-
CUSSSd for two weeks by a bi
partisan group headed by Senators
Hatch (EM of New Mexico and
Ball (R) of Minnesota.
“In view of the anticipated
meeting of President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill and
Marshal Stalin, I do not think
there would be time to adopt
a resolution,” said Hatch.
Ball said “the group apparently
is convinced that there is not time
to get action by Congress before
the conference.”
Both Ball and Hatch —strong
advocates of international colla
boration-rejected the suggestions
of a self-imposed Senate silence.
Crash Victims' Bodies
Being Sent to City
The bodies of Mrs. Margaret
Williams, 28, and her two daugh
ters. Julia, 4. and Patricia. 2. who
Were killed in the Pan-American
Clipper crash at Port Au Spain.
Trinidad, last Monday, are being
shipped to Detroit today for bur
ial.
The father. Charle* lv>nald Wi
lliams. 29. and another daughter,
Nancy Lou, 7. are hospitalized in
Port Au Spain with injuries suf
fered in the crash. Mrs. Williams
was the daughter of Mrs. Ber
nard Fuller, <6OO Steadman
Widow May Ask
Ike to Spare Killer
LONDON, Jan. 13 (UP)—The
Attlebridge correspondent of the
London Daily Express said today
Lady Teichman might ask Gen.
Eisenhower to pardon Pvt. George
F. Smith of Pittsburgh, under
court-martial sentence to he
I hanged for the murder of her hus
, band. Sir Erie Teichman.
Labor Dratt
War Mapped
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (INS)
—CIO President Philip Murray
called his union lieutenants into
conference today on the next step
in an all-out labor drive to kill any
form of work-or-fight legislation
and substitute an administrative
solution to the critical manpower
problem.
The CIO leader’s stand against
what he termed “hysteria’' and
enactment of ’'unworkable" pend
ing legislation endorsed by five
government agencies gave Con
gress its first big battle of the
new session.
MANPOWER PARLEY
Murray’s request for James F.
Byrnes, war mobilizer, to summon
a manpower conference of labor,
industry, agriculture and govern
ment leaders came as the House
military committee hacked away
from using army induction as a
jienalty against unwilling workers.
The committee will hear Mur
ray Tuesday, following testimony
Monday by the AFL, which is also
expected to oppose the pending
bill of Rep. May (D) of Kentucky.
House military chairman.
Even without labor’s expressed
opposition, however, a majority of
the House committee has indi
cated a determination to substi
tute the civil penalty of fine or
imprisonment for an “or fight”
alternative.
KNUDSK.VB OPINION
Lt. Gen. Knudsen. army produc
tion trouble-shooter, told the com
m.ttee yesterday that it would be
“better to leave the army out of
it." But. like other witnesses, he
agreed that pressure was neces
sary to force 700.000 men Into
war jobs in the next six months.
Although the Senate was mark
ing time on the manpower prob
lem. Senator Johnson iD) of
Colorado, a former opponent of
national service legislation, an
nounced that he was “ready to let
them have it now."
When the May bill comes to the
Senate, he predicted, someone will
offer a national service bill to
draft all men and women up to
65. Johnson said he would sup
port such a move.
46 Jap Ships Hit
On Way to Luzon
(Continued from Page One)
a night patrol west of Katangas.
Jap air activity in the afea was
negligible. Two planes, described
as “itinerants" we shot down over
Lingayen.
Meanwhile, under the protec
tion of this strong air cover, Mac-
Art hur’s doughboys continued to
push their way toward Manila,
now some 100 miles to the south.
Along the way, they took the
towns of San Carlos and Malasi
qul, and pointed their drive to
ward the village of Bavamhang,
about 14 miles from the Lingayen
I beachhead.
At the same time. Yanks ran
into sharp fighting along the east
ern flank of the Luzon line, and
in the hills to the north of the
Manaoag-Pozorubbio road.
“Increasing enemy contacts
on the east,” MacArthur's com
munique declared, “Indicate our
forward units are entering a
rone of enemy concentration.”
With the overall situation still
much in MacArthur’s favor on the
fifth day of the Luzon campaign,
army and navy planes lashed Jap
held areas far In advance of the
fighting fronts.
AIRDROME BOMBED
Four-motored Liberators
I heavily hit the Grace Park air
drome, just outside Manila, plow
ing up airstrips with heavy bombs
and destroying a number of
parked planes.
Manila itself, seat of Yama
shita's headquarters, was also
pounded.
However, America's fighting in
fantrymen had pushed through
the Luzon corridor to within 28
‘miles of Clark airfield, midway
! between Lingayen and Manila.
This drive is being heavily sup
ported by tanks and mobile ar
tillery.
On Leyte, mopping-up opera
tions were continuing with an ad
ditional 541 Jap troops being
killed in the last 48 hour*.
f’olleges Fear
Lengthy War
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAn
13 (INS)—Fear that prolongation
of the war through 1946 may
have a disastrous effect on Ameri
can colleges and may possibly
force some to close was expressed
today by Dr. C. H. Marvin, presi
dent of George Washington Uni
versity.
Dr Marvin, chairman of a com
mittee on higher education ap
fointed by the House, held fed
eral aid was -the only solution
which could avert irreparable loss
to both the colleges and the
nation. That aid, he added, must
. come goon.
Boards May Revoke
Licenses of Doctors
LANSING. Jan. 13—Authority
to suspend or revoke the licenses
of either doctors of medicine or
osteopathic physicians convicted
of felonies rests with their respec
tive hoards it was ruled today by
Atty. On Dethmer*.
The question was raised by Dr.
, William DeKleine, state health
I commissioner.
Jury
Spurred
By AL KAUFMAN
LANSING. Jan. 13—Describing
State Senator Hooper’s murder as
“one of the most vicious in Mich
igan crimes.” Grand Jury Judge
Out Mid today he is more de
termined than ever to expose law
lessness and graft in state govern
ment.
“This terrible, terrible thing
cannot stop the work of the
grand Jury," he declared from
his headquarters here while
keeping close watch on develop
ments of the investigation in
Jackson.
“This will only serve to spur
onr people onward and arouse
Michigan's law-abiding citizens."
SILENT ON MOTIVE
L>fce Special Prosecutor Sigler,
the Ingham County jurist declined
to discuss a motive for the Albion
lawmaker's gangster-like murder
Thursday night.
Previously the Sigler-Carr team
had revealed that Hooper was the
nrinci(»al witness against Frank
McKay, former state Republican
party boss, and two others ac
cused of legislative graft.
“All 1 ran say at this time
is that the killers had nothing
to gain,” Carr declared.
He indicated that greater pre
cautions would be taken with
grand jury witnesses, bodyguards
being assigned “for whomever
and whenever we think it is nec
essary."
CARE 18 URGED
As for himself, the judge did
not comment although it was
learned that close friends have
been urging him to accept per
sonal state police protection dur
ing the Lansing investigation.
Carr is an inveterate walker
and travels daily on foot between
his office and home even in the
most severe weather.
Meanwhile in the State Capitol
Building. Hooper’s murder was
the main topic among employes
and state officials, who had known
the legislator during his political
career.
KELLY SPEEDS HUNT
Returning from the Republican
state convention in Grand Rapids
last night, Gov. Kelly said he was
“intensely interested” in develop
ments and would “approve any
thing that will assist in the ap
prehension of Hooper's slayer.”
His statement was given in
answer to Senator Ben Carpen
ter's proposal to have the state
offer SIO,OOO reward for a solu
tion to the murder.
Carpenter’s bill is expected to
; be submitted Monday night when
the Legislature convenes. Senator
Harry Hittle of East Lansing,
president pro-tem predicted
1 speedy adoption.
TeaeherLoses
Citizenship
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Jan. 13
(INS)—Stripped of his American
citizenship by federal court, Ger
man-born Theodore Karl Siegel,
facultv member at the University
of Connecticut for the last 13
years, became technically an
enemy alien today, subject to
possible internment.
Judge Joseph Smith, who pre
sided over a two-week trial,
issued the revocation order de
priving the professor of his citi
zenship for allegedly remaining
i loyal to Germany despite his
naturalization in 193 ft.
Old Dixie Pastime
llecomes a Crime
, SEBRING. Fla., Jan. 13 (INS)
! —Sheriff Doyle Schumacher today
awaited reaction to his one-man
work-or-fight crusade
Sheriff Schumacher’s deputies
arrested 25 Negroes yesterday on
I vagrancy charges, charging them
I with wandering and strolling
about without legal purpose or
i object. He said the campaign
would continue so long as there
was a manpower shortage.
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Where Yank Sixth Army veterans, widening the Lln
gayen beachhead steadily, are driving deeper into Luzon
with Bayambang the next town in their path. First real
contact * with the enemy occurred near San Fabian.
\. Y. Welcomes
1,368 GI Heroes
NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION. Jan. 13 (INS)—
A group of 1,368 battlewi«e American Gls —all highly decorated
—came home today for a well-earned furlough.
Eager eyes strained for a
glimpse of America as a peace
time luxury liner brought them
back home—the home where they
will spend the next 30 days just
drinking in the glories of reunion
with loved ones
For the first time in this war.
the New York port of embarka
tion was thrown open to newsmen
to witness the debarkation of
U. S. troops, and the realization
of what homecoming meant to
battle-hardened youngsters,
most of whom had been decorated
at least twice for injuries or
bravery, or both, suddenly was
felt.
EAT JUICY STEAKS
From the ramps of the vessel
the baggage laden troops filed to
the strains of martial and popular
tunes as played bv an army serv
i ice forces band.
Then to a waiting ferry boat for
a short trip across the Hudson
River to a rail shed, the return
ing, happy Gls marched, and were
taken to* nearby Camp Shanks,
Orangeburg, N. Y., to be proc
essed before leaving for reception
stations throughout the country
for a final check preparatory to
being permitted to go home.
At Camp Shanks, many of the
Yank fighters saw and ate a juicy
steak for the first time in three
I years.
WOUNDED TWICE
To be eligible for this trip, the
1 returning men from the Third
Army had to have been decorated
at least with the Purple Heart
and Oak Leaf Cluster, signifying
they were injured in combat twice
and evacuated for treatment. But
there were other campaign rib
; bons and decorations on the men
—Silver Stars. Bronze Stars and
Distinguished Service Crosses.
No matter how many awards
the soldier wore, the story was
the same "It s marvelous to be
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home;" “How’s the food situa
tion?” “Boy. am I going to 101 l
around and take it easy.”
All the returning men were cer
tain of one thing—the Nazi is not
licked, he's got plenty of fight In
him yet and the home front had
better buckle dow-r> to an all-out
fight to get it over as »oon as
possible
2 I Billion to Farmers
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 (UP)
—The agriculture department re
ports that a record suip of money
rolled into farm pockets m 1944,
with total agriculture cash income
reaching $21,207.000.000.
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BANKjjp
aalisTll
(There are 2f6 Start on the
National Bank of Detroit Service
Flag —Seven are Gold.)
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. . . Thr following information,
Hhich vr believe you will find of
interest, I* taken from tbc annual
report of Walter 9. MeLuea*,
Chairman of the Board, to the
stockholder* of the bank:
Thr hanking business in one
which o|>erates upon a narrow
margin of profit. Aside from cer
tain fees collected for specific serv
ices rendered, the hank’a income
ia derived from the utilisation of
the resources placed in its hands
by dc|*>sitors and stockholder*.
For the vrar 1944 the National
Bank of Detroit derived gross in
come at the annual rate of l.fH'/o
from the employment of its re
sources, while fee* collected
amounted to .<O% on resource*,
making l.?4 < ? over-all. Expense*,
taxes, Preferred stock dividend*
and reserves consumed .89 as
related to resources, leaving .35%
on resources in net profit avail
able for addition* to Capital
account and for the payment of
Common stock dividend*.
The t rend of earnings a* related
to total requires for the entire
j>eriod of the hank's history follow*:
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Taar «a # hmings l*a»ur'**
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1935 ... 316,03*,000 1,130.140.15 0.54
1936 ... 405,165.000 2,447.157*2 060
1937 ... 420,433,000 3,391,360.70 061
1931,,.. 41 *.733,000 3.529,432.47 0.60
1939 .. 45* 219,000 2,374,279 26 056
1940 ... 543,123.000 2,60*.*9*9* 0.4*
1941 ... 666,171,000 2.67*753.24 040
1942 ... 7*0.77*000 2,762,376.7* 033
1943 ... 1.066,33* 000 3.230.433 70 030
1944 ... 1,209,793,000 4,342.3*234 0.35
Loans and Discounts
$140,399,390.44
... This compares with $106,009,-
028.87 reported at December 81,
1949. Approximately 44flS of our
loan total is made up of loans for
the financing of war production.
Commitment* outstandingforwar
production loans are in exceas of
$195,000,000.00.
The hank, throughout its his
tory, has given particular atten
tion to the credit need* of small
Hart to Head
Dies' Group
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (INS]
—A new House committee to In
vestigate un-American activitiei
closely divided between conserva
tive and liberal members ap
peared in prospect today followinj
designation of the chairman an<
five other Democrats who wil
dominate the body.
Rep. Edward J. Hart (D) o!
New Jersey, a recognized admin
Ist rat ion supporter who voter
against continuing the old Diei
committee as a standing commit
tee of the House, was chosen bj
Democratic leaders as chairmar
of the un-American ihvestigatini
group. The three Republican!
who will complete the nine-mem
ber committee are yet to b<
named.
THREAT TO CONFIRMATION
A threat of opposition to con
firming the slate at the Demo
cratic caucus Monday was carrier
In a statement to Rep. Sa
bath (D) of Illinois, dean of th<
House, opposing the inclusion o
Rep. Rankin (D) of Missiasipp
among the new members. It wai
Rankin who led southern Demo
crats and Republicans in thei:
passage of his amendment Jan. I
creating the permanent invest!
gating committee. Sabath bit
terly fought the amendment.
"It was a mistake to put Mr.
Rankin on the committee,” said
Sabath. "He has enough to do
outside of that. This should bo
an Investigation, not a persecu
tion."
COMMITTEE PICKf, 4
Also picked for the committe
by the House Democratic “com
niittee on committees’’ were Rep#
John R. Murdock. Arizona: J. W
Robinson. Utah; Herbert Bonner
North Carolina, and J. Hardii
Peterson, Florida
Republicans, at a conferenci
next week, were expected to nanv
tw-o old members of the specia
committee. Reps. Mundt of Soutl
Dakota and Thomas of New Jer
sey. and select a third GOP mem
ber to fill out their quota.
Daft C'oupon Thief
Delft M-Day Term
Moses Moranian. 21, of 291f*
Ford today will begin serving i
90-day sentence in the Detroi
House of Correction for larcen>
He was found guilty by Record
er’s Judge John P. Scallen of th
theft of gas coupons worth 1.03-
gallons from a truck parked a
10104 Plymouth, Nov. Id.
Divorce for Donna Reed
HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 13 (INS
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer’s stai
Donna Reed, confirmed today tha
she had obtained a Mexican di
vorce from Bill Tuttle, studi
makeup man.
buinm ia our community and
we are giving emphasis to this
phase of lending at the preeent
time. Arrangements are under
way also for a specialised loaa
service devoted to the needs of
the non-bnsiness borrower*. Per
sonal loans, automobile loans,
Title I F. H. A. loans and con
sumer credits in general are to
be embraced in this new depart
ment of our I>oaoing Division,
the farillties of which will be
made available to our eustomer*
through the Main Office and
Branches. I> shall operate this
Department in keeping with our
advocacy of thrift and oar proven
policy of discouraging improvi
dent borrowing.
War Prodifction Loans
and Interim Financing
... I have heretofore described to
you the study and preparation
our lending officers undertook to
order that the bank might parties
pate to the fullest in the war
effort by extending credit to prtw
durers of war materials. Thia
program continues to be a major
activity of the hank and will re
main so while the war is in prog
ress. We are also prepared to
assist war contractors in arrang
ing Tor their financing require
ments during the interim of re
conversion to peacetime produc
tion. The larger lending limit,
now 93,750,000.00 to any one
company, accomplished by the
transfer of 97,500,000.00 from
Undivided Profits to Surplus,
greatly increases our ability to
meet the borrowing needs of our
customers and makes it possible
for ns to render a greater aid
than ever before to our eorre*
spondent banks.
Real Estate Mortgages—
sll,26B,o2s.so
. . . Some further liquidation has
taken place in our Mortgage
Account during the year, due to
restriction* on new building.
We are active participant* In
the real estate mortgage business
in the City of Detroit, and sur
rounding communities and are
fully prepared to make loans
under reasonable terms and at
attractive rates of interest.
New- mortgage* made during
1944 aggregated 93,848,000.38.
while mortgage pavments receive#!
totaled 95,444,103.91.
NATIONAL BANK
OF DETROIT
Complete Wartime Bank
and Trust Service
THIRTY CONVINICNHY LOCATED
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