Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 19

Eyes Lansing in Effort To Find Idle Plant Capacity By MILT DEAN HILL (Journal Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 Uncle Sam wants to know quickly if there is any idle plant capacity in Lansing and other key Michigan cities that could be used for defense production.o government, acting through the defense production administration, is asking local industry for help. At the moment, the DPA wants to screen any idle plant that's worth $1,000,000 or more. When the screening is finished by a special committee, the local plants--together with those turned up in the rest of the nation--will be called to the attention military procurement officials. Tools Included The million dollar price tag, a DPA statement said, should include the cost of machine tools.

The idea, it was explained by a DPA expert familiar with the newly-launched program, is to attempt to divert military contracts to those plants to get their capacities into operation for the defense effort. The same sort of thing will be or part production facilities done plants, that have, had all idled by diversion of scarce materials from civilian to military production. DPA Administrator Clay Bedford, in charge of procurement production, has been put in charge of the operation. He will direct review of facilities that may be turned up in the current survey. Tackle in Charge Olaf Tackle, assistant to the deputy DPA administrator, has been named chairman of the facilities review board, charge of looking for idle plants all over the nation.

A DPA spokesman said: "We are particularly interested in plants in industrial states like Michigan, where production problems are perhaps less than i in other states." He revealed that early next year, DPA plans to launch a series of "production clinics" to spread govment to informations facilities. ernment on procureOne of those clinics, he said, undoubtedly will be held in Michigan, and although the site has not been chosen for it, Lansing or Grand Rapids has been suggested as possible cities where the meeting can be held. Aim to Help U. S. Those regional meetings will be aimed at helping government take advantage of small business facilities in the mobilization effort, and to help small business stay in business with as much defense production as possible.

Tentatively, the Michigan clinic has been scheduled for January. Today's appeal for industry help in locating larger plants is aimed mainly at critically needed steel, copper products and aluminum. Bedford's statement said that "many plants engaged in civilian production now face the prospect of shutting down part of their facilities unless they can get defense contracts." Bedford asked industries in heavy production areas like Landustrial touch immediately with their particular industry division of the national production authority. "We want to know," he said, "the detail about the capacity type of production these idle plants are capable of "It is felt," he said, "that the job of putting idle plant capacity to work on military production can best be accomplished by setting up a single board as the point for this effort on the government. Success of the board's activity will depend, in a large measure, upon the whole- co-operation of industry." GOING BUSINESS OUT of OUR LEASE EXPIRES Everything Must Be Sold -Nothing Reserved Come -Share in the Great Values! Save on Christmas Gifts! Nationally Famous 14.95 Formerly up to $24.25 Styles for Fast action will get you Ladies or the best styles.

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A striking, decorative addition to the room furnished in modera. LANE Use Our Lay-Away Plan The fragrance of Will Deliver When red cedar protects her LANE CHESTS freshly cut as low ps $49.95 Wanted treasured linens, silks and woolens from dust and moths -keeps them clean and lovely as new,) Not sure which is the cutest, Marriage Licenses Norman B. Schoonover, 20. of 332 M. A.

C. and Janet D. Kidman. 20, of 639 M. A.

C. East Lansing. Joseph F. Eckert. 24.

of Detroit and Barbara L. Rainey, 24. of 525 Hillcrest East Lansing. Lebron A. Carver.

33. of 1519 Linval and Helen M. Havens, 27, of 304 Harris st. John R. McCormack.

20. of 215 Evergreen East Lansing. and Beverly I. Greene, 21, of Ferndale. William Rambo.

19, R. 1. Perry, and Martha M. Miller, 17, of 1532 Rosewood st. William H.

McKee, 22. of 507 Jones and Marjorie no: Greskowitz. 19, of 1008 Greenwood st. Thomas M. Behnfield.

21. of 224 W. Michigan and Kathryn M. Seeley. 21, of East Lansing.

Raymond Valasquez. 24. of 1016 N. Cedar and Lupe Manuell. 20.

of 1224 N. Larch st. James C. Smith. 20.

of East Shaw hall. and Clark, 18, of W. Landon hall. East Lansing. Russell Hughes.

20. of East Shaw hall, and Kay D. Sinclair. 18, of West Landon hall. East Lansing.

Emerson W. Peet. 26. of Sarasota. and Sallyann Bien, 24.

ct 225 Strathmore rd. Clarence Kessler, 51. of 214 S. Larch and Maude Kenfield, 56. of 214 S.

Logan st. Thomas A. Hefton. 20. of 826 Tisdale and Viola Reddish, 22, 1134 Kingsley ct.

Daniel Fell. 68, of Clarksville and Allie G. Post. 64. of 203 Leslie ave.

Births GUERRIERO-Born to Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Guerriero 717 N. Francis a son. William Francis.

Nov. 22. at Edward W. Sparrow hospital. Mrs.

Gueris the former Hildegarde Jetke. SPANGLER- to Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Spangler, 3061 Birch Row A son. Clayton Ronald.

Nov. 26, at Edward W. Sparrow hospital. -Born to Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Cook. 321 Kipling a son. Dennis Dale, Nov. 28. at St.

Lawrence hospital. Mrs. Cook is the former Marguerite Kramer. FARR-Born to Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Farr. a son, Wayne Arthur. Nov. 28. at Edward Sparrow hospital.

Mrs. Farr is the former Grace Raymond of Mason. -Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gene H.

Devine. 1720 S. Washington a daughter. Melinda Kay. Nov.

26. at St. Lawrence hospital. Mrs. Devine is the former Jean Blackford.

SHARP- Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Sharp. 218 Center East Lansing. a daughter, Milenda Sue, in St.

Lawrence hosiptal, Dec. 4. Mrs. Sharp is the former Arlene Gillson of St. Johns.

MILLS -Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mills.

Holt. a son. Robert, Dec. 2 at St. Law.

rence hospital. Deaths Mrs. Eda J. Creyts Mrs. Eda J.

Creyts. widow of the late Charles A. Creyts, formerly Lansing. died Saturday In California, where she had resided for the past 41 years. The survivors are two sisters-in-law.

Mrs. Ernest Yerdon of Fenton and Mrs. Ruth Creyts of Lansing. and two brothers-inlaw. E.

S. Crosby and E. L. Clark. both of Lansing.

Funeral services will be held at the Estes- Leadley funeral home at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with interment in Delta Mills cemetery. The body will arrive in Lansing Friday morning. Karl M. Mohrhardt Karl M. Mohrhardt.

58. of 1010 Hickory died at a local hospital Tuesday. He WAS born in Grand Rapids on Dec. 30. 1892.

and had lived in Lansing for the past 40 years. He was a butcher by trade and a veteran of World War I. serving in the navy. Surviving is the mother. Maud Mohrhardt.

Funeral services will be held from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home at 2:30 p. m. Friday. Rev. E.

E. Hoats of Pilgrim Congregational church will officiate. Interment will be in Glendale cemetery. Mrs. Katherine Saxton Mrs.

Katherine Saxton, formerly of 611 Park and now of Albuquerque. died Tuesday, She had been a resident of Lansing for 40 years. until she moved to Albuquerque five years ago. Surviving Distinctive Funeral Floral Pieces BALLAS LANSING FLORAL 1010 E. Mt.

Hope Phone 45385 two-year-old Sarah Warwick looks over part of several hundred dolls dressed by Wellesley college girls. The dolls aren't for Sarah, however, but will be given to Boston children liable to be overlooked at Christmas. Saran is the daughter of faculty member James Warwick and Mrs. Warwick. (AP Wirephoto) Scraping the Bottom SOUTHAMPTON, England (P)- some Contractors dredged five million tons of mud from the approaches to Southampton, making the risk of big liners grounding off the port "extremely remote," the harbor committee stated.

Awkward curves have been ironed from the approach channels where the liner Queen Elizabeth was grounded for 26 hours in 1947. In one place the width of the channel has been increased from 1,650 feet to 500 feet. is one daughter. Mrs. Esther Emmons of Albuquerque and one brother, Jacob Cook of Pewamo.

The body will arrive in Lansing Friday afternoon and will be brought to the Palmer-Bush funeral home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Julia E. Spaun Mrs.

Julia E. Spaun. 74, died at the was home, born 315. at N. Woodhall.

Butler Feb. Tuesday. 2, 1877. and had lived in Lansing for the past 51 years. She is survived by her husband Ira A.

Spaun. (They would have been married 50 years next April) and one son. Rolland Spaun of Lansing. She was a member of the Church of the Resurrection. the Town club, the Altar society and the Auxiliary of of Typographical union.

and the League Catholic Women. She was active in all civic affairs and the Republican party. The body will remain at the Gorsline Runciman funeral home until Thursday morning and will then be taken to the home at 315 N. Butler where it will remain until time for the funeral which will be held from the Church of the Resurrection at 10 a. m.

Friday. Msgr. John A. Gabriels will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Rosary will be said at the home at 8 p. m. Thursday. Funerals Louts H. Wardell Funeral services for Louis H.

Wardell. 19. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wardell of R.

3. Lansing, will be held at St. Casimir's church on W. Barnes Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr.

Wardell died Tuesday morning. The rosary will be recited Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the Estes-Leadley funeral home. Interment will in St. Joseph cemetery. Besides the parents.

he is survived by two brothers, Jene Wardell of Lansing and Jack with the U. S. army in Colorado: two sisters, Mrs. Barbara Cottrell and Mrs. Laura Leonard.

both of Lansing. and the parents. Mrs. William Sursaw of Lansing and Charles DeVent of Grand Ledge. Otis Rush Funeral services for Otis Rush.

86. of 322 N. Chestnut who died Monday, will be held from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home at 2 p. m. Thursday, Rev.

Lester Boyd of Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist church will officiate. Interment will be in Deepdale cemetery. Pallbearers will be David Shellenbarger. Fred Houghton, Guy Hutchins. Dewey Hutchins, Richard Kenyon and George Kenyon.

Arthur E. Reynolds Funeral services for Arthur E. nolds. 81.. of Burchfield who died at a local hospital Tuesday, will be held from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home at 1 p.

m. Friday. Rev. E. E.

Hoats from the Pilgrim Congregational church will officiate. Interment will be in Mt. Hope cemetery. Mrs. Sophia Ovchynnyk Funeral services for Mrs.

Sophia Ovchynnyk. 51. of 283 Gunson East Lansing. who died Monday at a local hospital. will be held Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St.

Thomas Aquinas church. Rev. Fr. Joseph M. Schmondiwk of Detroit will officiate.

Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery, The body will be at the Palmer- -Bush funeral home until the time of the service. Mrs. Eva B. Gibbs Funeral services for Mrs. Eva B.

Gibbs. 75. of 306 Isbell who died Tuesday morning. will be held Thursday noon at the Palmer- Bush funeral home. Rev.

Malcolm Cronk of the South Baptist church will officiate. Interment will be in West Eckford cemetery. Marshall. Honorary pallbearers will be: Fred Rarick. Glen Rarick.

Charles S. Lewis. Harry Dowding. Steve Dowding and Morrey Cook. Active pallbearers will be: Robert Cook.

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Phone 20795 Lansing's TV Headquarters Open Till 9 P.M. 3 Boys Fined For Vandalism Trio Also Sentenced to Sixty Days in Jail LAWTON, Dec. 5 (UP)-Three 17-year-old boys who went on a destructive spree last week-end were fined $100 each Tuesday, given 60 days jail and ordered to make restitution for: Damaging the door of the Lawton high school and an automobile which they shoved against it. Destroying the lights on the Lawton community Christmas tree, Dumping over trays at the Welch Grape Juice company plant, Spilling sand barrels along highway 119, Overturning the children's slide at the St. Mary's Catholic school at Paw Paw.

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We accept that challenge. We give you here and now our promise to continue offering the finest merchandise values, and the very utmost in service and attention, at prices within the financial reach of ALL. This seems like a fitting moment to announce this pelicy, for we have just been notified of our reacceptance as the local member of the Order of the Golden Rule, which insists that its members, regardless of economic conditions, must offer at all times "Service Measured Not by GOLD, but by the GOLDEN RULE." Gorsline-Runciman Co. SERVICE Mich. SERVICE NOT BY NOT TY MEASURED Lansing, MEASURED GOLD COLD BUT BY BUT I THE Reappointed for the 24th Year THE GOLDEN GOLDEN RULE ULE Member THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN RULE.