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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER IS. 1936 Detroit Merchants Look Forward to Big Christmas Season 12 Principals in Detroit's Big Outdoor Show Making Their Final Appearance of Season Years Outlook Best Since J29 5acs Reflect Return of Better Conditions Concert Stars on Air Sunday Will Appear on Ford and CM. Hours Continue from page 9 far as we're concerned Gene haa seen the end of the song plugging trail. His technique is creaky and hia voice haa lost the indefineable something that made him one of the big boys a few years back. We'll never forget his rendition of "Girl of My Dreams." Detroit merchants are I II I 1 I I I' II it I If 'I I -4 II Mil, II I 1 The sponsors of the Community Sing programs starring Milton Berle, Wendell Hall and Jones and Hare, have renewed their contracts and the show will be on the air for some time to come.

ll II "A II ill Jl 41 i ll LflkiM wSt- i Ax JVQ fl-lU fl? -NJf CO.P.ofCounty Vjf Afft TlJlj Spends $120,055 ij VJ IGates of Zoo Close Sunday lll- After Best Season in History But Animal Men Still Have to Worry About Moving Day for Lions and Giraffe forward to the most prosperous i.nnuni snooping season since 1929, a representative group re- ported Saturday. Although the Christmas doesn't ordinarily open in Detroit unui alter the Thanksgiving hnii. day, merchants said that the in. creased prosperity in the automobile industry and the recent bonuses and pay increases are alreailv "Personally, I believe it is litn too early to make any accurate forecast of the volume of Christmas business," B. A.

Van Maarcn president of the Retail Merchant Association, said. "But from what observe I would say that th. coming Christmas season will be very much bigger than last year. Spending Spree Seen "It is my opinion that peonlr are saying, 'We have more mr.nE,. this year let's spend it'," Van Maaren said.

Ernst Kern, president nf th. Kern store, said that he believed the season would be the biggest in the history of his organizaton. nave Just returned from 'u. York," he said, "and virtually everyone I talked with remarked that Detroit was in for a big year New Yorkers are unaueatinniv.i.1 looking toward Detroit as the pace-setter for Christmas hi They all say, 'Detroit is do ins "The bonuses and raises declared by our automobile industry have improved the mental attitude of the general public to marked degree. The spirit is in-fectious and people are feeling better this year whether they received any of the money or not.

Three-Month Increase "Judging from the increase in business in the last three month I would say unhesitatingly that our Christmas business this year will be the biggest in our history Mr. Kern said. "The Christmas rush is on, so far as we're concerned," mid Joseph L. Hickey, president of the Joseph L. Hickey men's clothing store.

Not only are we selling more merchandise than any time sinre 1929, but this year we are seilinr clothing of a higher quality than at any time since the crash. We are selling twice as much formal apparel tuxedoes and fulldress suits than last year. "I believe that Detroit has been experiencing a prosperous period for the last two years and that many people are now clear of their obligations. Past due bills have been paid, not only to but to the butcher, baker ami candlestick maker all of then obligations are behind them. Spurred by Auto Industry "With this money which the automobile industry has been pumping into the city, I believe the merchants of Detroit will experience a surprisingly large Christmas season.

"We are feeling it already. This Is significant when you realize that in former years Christmas shopping didn't begin in earnest until the last of November," Mr. Hickey said. "We are expecting the finest Christmas season in the last five or six years," James B. Jones president and general manager o.

the Crowley-Milner said. "We have shipped out thousand' of Christmas boxes within the pas! two weeks the earliest our Christmas business has begun in years This means that people have more money and are anticipating their wants earlier instead of waiting until the last minute to do their shopping. Our toy department has been packed with children, and that is always a good indicator, he said. Court Dissolves Patent Injunction Circuit Judge Arthur Webster Saturday dissolved a temporary injunction against the Gyro Process which prevented the firm from assigning or disposing of patents or from paying royalties to the Tatent Club, which ov.ns basic patents used in the refining of oil. Consent of Walter Tant.

plain tiff in a suit for against the company and others as given. Hut tne neanng ki solution of a similar injuncnon against the Pure Oil another defendant, was adjourned for one week. Detroiters Wed 50 Years to Celebrate Wednesday Wednesday will mark the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Joseph Lohmann, oi 2144 Hibbard Ave.

They were married in 1886 in St. Joseph) Church, Detroit. Mr. Lohmann was born Nov. 1858, in Balva, Germany, and came to the United States in his early twenties.

He haa lived most of hia life in Michigan. Mrs. Lohmann (nee Anna Grotehoff) was bom in Allendorf, Germany, Aug. 10, island came to this country when sne was 18 years old. They have six children.

M.I.T. and Lehigh Alumni to Meet on Wednesday A joint meeting of alumni of the Massachusetts Institute Technology and Lehigh University will be held Wednesday evening. Following dinner at Jo" stables, 8S00 E. Jefferson Ave- 6 p. the party will be ak on a tour of inspection of Great Lakes Steel Corp.

mill Ecorse. Historic Auto Picture Series Is Purchased by Henry Ford Recently Discovered Drawings Are to Be Shown in the Edison Institute Museum one pint of brandy and a half- Want to know something about radio stars' wives? O. K. Benny's wife, also known as Mary Livingstone, puts most of her dough into diamonds. Jane Ace sinks a great share of her weekly stipend into her wardrobe, one of the swellest in radio.

Mrs. Guy Lombardo usually can be found at the nearest race track; Mrs. Jack Penny prefers the whippets to the horses; Mrs. Lanny Ross used to do her husband's publicity under the name of Olive White, but since her marriage she has been promoted to manager. Phil Baker as a Radio Star Still Retains the Stooge Idea Phil Baker began hia career in show business as a stooge for aspiring amateurs in a Boston theater at the age of 15.

A few years later he was still a stooge, the only difference being that he had risen to the professional ranks. Today Baker hires two stooges of his own to help him entertain you on Sunday nights. Apparently Baker never will relinquish the stooge idea. Being a stooge or hiring one has brought Baker from a tanktown piano played at 50 cents a night to a position as one of America' leading comedians at several thousand dollars a night. Baker has even st for Carl Laemmle; one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry, and later returned to work for Laemmle as a star at several thousand times his weekly salary as a stooge.

When Baker launched i a a trical career he knew three tunes on the piano and couldn't read a note of music. He knows considerably more than three tunes today, but he still can't read the spots. One of his first professional stage jobs was as the lesser half of the vaudeville team of Bernie and Baker. Accompanied the Old MaeMo The Bernie half was the Old Maestro, who also has done all right for himself on the stage. Baker used to accompany Bernie'a fiddle playing on the piano.

Before the team split up Phil had switched to the accordion, but he hadn't spoken a word in public. It wasn't until Phil joined the Navy that he developed his ability to wisecrack. He doesn't know why Joining the Navy had anything to do with his becoming voluble on the stage. But it did. After the war Bernte went Into the orchestra business and Baker went into musical comedy and starred In the "Greenwich Village Follies," VThe Passing Show," "Artists and Models," "Music Box Revue," "A Night in Spain" and "Crazy Quilt." He appeared at the Palace Theater in New York for 12 consecutive weeks, which record established him as the first entertainer in history.

Made Radio Debut In 1933 Phil broke into radio in 19.13 as a steady performer. He had tried it out several times before that as a guest star, but he wanted to make sure that it would be a friendly medium before he spent too much time on it. He is, above all, a business man, and he didn't want to make any foolish investments where his talent and pay check were concerned. That radio has proven friendly to Phil Baker and his stooges is, of course, a matter of record. It was his idea to bring the stooge Into radio in the person of Beetle, the Invisible heckler.

It was his Idea to make the accordion solo an integral part of every program, although even Baker's most avid fan would hesitate before naming Phil as the greatest accordion player in the world. He isn't, although he would like to be. Married to Star of Stage Phil is married to the former Peggy Cartwright whom he met In 1932 when both were appearing in the revue "Americana." The accordion he plays is said to have a special keyboard for his by-ear obligatoes; he shaves himself, but has a barber come to his house or hotel room when he wants a haircut; he used to (and we suppose he still does (carry around a notebook in which he jots down business transactions so he can tell you at any time' of the day or night exactly what he's worth; his most prized possession, outside his family, is a letter written by David Belasco just a few weeks before Belasco died complimenting Phil on his work at the Palace; generally gives his old accordions sway; his favorite comedian is Bert La nr. And that, ladies and gentlemen, Phil Baker. Phil Baker Diphtheria Shots 100 Pet.

Effective Report Analyzes 220 Cases in City The necessity for tests to determine the degree of diphtheria immunization conferred on those who have been given the toxin-antitoxin or toxoid treatment, was stressed in a report analyzing the 220 cases of the disease reported to the Department of Health during 1935. The analysis, issued Saturday, revealed that 139, or 63 per cent, had never been immunized, and 75, or 32.6 per cent, had received the required number of treatments. Six cases had received a part of the treatments. Ten deaths were reported among those not treated, while all others recovered. From the above results, the report pointed out, it is apparent that the degree of immunity conferred by the immunizing agent should be checked by the Shick test, in the course of six months after immunization.

It will be found that many children need further treatments to secure the degree of immunization which will protect them from the infectious agent of diphtheria. The week ended Nov. 7 showed a further marked increase in cases of scarlet fever, when 74 cases were reported. by the Modern Galleries in Philadelphia, the series contained 1,676 drawings presenting a medley of scenes and events ranging from the crucifixion to Poet Foe addressing the raven. Not one of them had seen the light of day before they were discovered last year.

New Name In Art Their discovery was an Important event for collectors and students of Americana. It also introduced a hitherto unknown name into the annals of native American artists. The artist, unrecognized in his lifetime, was the late Joseph Boggs Beale, direct descendant of one of Philadelphia's founding Friends and great-grandnephew of Betsy Ross. Born In Philadelphia 96 years ago, Beale attended the City's most fashionable schools, became an instructor of drawing, fought in the Civil War, and grew a fine set of whiskers that got him the nickname, "The Professor," which served as his name for most of his associates during his lifetime. Few art critics ever heard of him although his best friends were such well-known painters as Thomas Eakins, Albert Rosenthal and William Merritt Chase, and although he was long a member of the Philadelphia Artists' League.

Income Mystified Friends When hard-working Beale died in 1926, he probably had never dreamed that critics would consider his work as art, for he had Committee Has Bills of $21,192 Unpaid The Wayne County Republican Committee spent $120,055 on the campaign and has unpaid bills of $21,192, Harry A. McDonald, Its treasurer, reported Saturday to County Clerk Henry A. Montgomery. Receipts of $138,410 from Hal H. Smith, treasurer of the State I Finance Committee, were $2,836 short of meeting the campaign's commitments.

Billboard printing and poster expenditures aggregated $14,943, newspaper advertising, $8,022, and radio time, $1,467. Large contributors Included Al fred P. Sloan, of New York, Irene Jackson Sloan, New York. Sales Tax Club. Lansing, Walter O.

Briggs, Gov. Fttxgerald, $500; Joseph S. Feneley, Lansing, $500; i-red wclssinger, Lansing, $500; J. Gordon Turnbull, $500; John J. Hara, $500.

Henry M. Butzel, $100; Lee Ed wards, Wyandotte, $500; Franklin Dakleine, Lansing, $500; H. E. smith, Wyandotte, David H. Crowley, $500; Paul G.

Eger, Lansing, $500; Harry H. Jackson, Guardsman's Club, Walter A. Rice, chairman, Lansing, $575; Louis H. F.uckoff, $750, and Louis Bass, $750. ChicagO Fraud Suspect Awaiting Removal Order Herman Salkin, wanted in Chicago for alleged violation of the National Bankruptcy Act, was arraigned before United States Commissioner J.

Stanley Hurd Saturday and placed under $20,000 bond to await signing of an order sfor his removal to Chicago. The order, which must be signed by a Federal judge, will be handed down Monday. Meanwhile, Salkin was in custody of United States Marshal John Bare. Big Program Is Featured in Drive by Jewish Center Featuring a Jewish Community Center membership campaign wiil be a fashion show at 8:30 p. m.

Thursday, two basketball games and a dance Saturday night, and a program of drama, music and dances on Nov. 28. The goal of the drive is 500 new members. What's Doing Today in Detroit PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS Detroit Automobile Show, 11 a. m.

to 11 p. Convention Hall. Detroit Institute of Arts, open 2 to 6. Russell A. Alger House, Grosse Pointe Farms, 1 to 5.

Greenfield Village, Dearborn, 10:30 to 4:30. Detroit Zoological Park, 9 to 6. Chrysanthemum Show, Belle Isle Conservatory, 9 to 6. Grosse Pointe and Eastern Michigan Horticultural Society Chrysanthemum Show, 10 a. m.

to 10 p. 17145 Waterloo Ave. Midwest Canary Exhibition. 8 a. m.

to 10 p. Hotel Detroiter. MISCKLLANKOIS Council of Club, 2 p. Tuller Hotel. Ukrainian Catholic Youth Rally, 2 p.

Division House of Good Shepherds. 3 p. Alpha Omega Fraternity, 3 p. Fort Shelby Hotel. By Christy Borth Readers old enough to recall the time when "Get a horse!" was sure-fire repartee when shouted at the occupants of a stalled automobile, will doubtless find occasion for pleasant recollections in a set of pictures recently purchased by Henry Ford.

Entitled "The First Auto," the Series in Rotogravure Reproductions of Artist Beale's series, "The First Auto," are in the Rotogravure Section of this issue of the Free Press. set was acquired for permanent placement in the Edison Institute Museum. The amusing series Is part of one of the strangest collections of drawings yet unearthed in the realm of Americana. Brought to light just a year ago Looter of Store Killed by Officer Shopkeeper Identifies Stolen Clothing Arthur Haynes, Negro, no home, was shot and killed early Saturday by Patrolman William Lynn, of Petoskey Station, after the Negro had refused to obey the officer's command to halt. Lynn saw Haynes with another Negro, walk from an alley opening on Linsdale Ave.

near Grand River carrying cleaners' clothing bags, he reported. He shouted at them to halt and shot when they dropped the clothing and ran. One shot of the two which the officer fired struck Haynes in the back of the head. The clothing which the two were carrying was identified by Mrs. Louise Mooney, proprietor of the Shamrock Cloning at 8653 Although the gates of the Detroit Zoo will close to the public Sunday until next spring, the work of Theodore Schroeder, head animal custodian, and his staff of men is just beginning.

In the summer months, Schroe-der's work is pretty much routine. The weather is uniform, so he doesn't have to worry about that. He just sees to it that the animals are fed. and they are healthy and happy, and that they don't get into trouble. But when the first gusty winter winds sweep across the zoo, Schroeder and his men dig iff for the busy season.

The South American animals, like the antelope, giraffe and lion, and the rare birds, all have to be moved Indoors for the winter. And that is no easy job. Flamingos, for Instance The long-legged Flamingos, for example, have to be moved from summer to winter quarters with the utmost finesse. Schroeder said that he used to have the men carry the birds under their arms but he had difficulty getting the men to grab the birds without squeezing them. A flamingo, it seems, can't stand even a light squeeze without getting panicky and when he gets panicky he threshes around.

This is bad, Schroeder said, because the legs of a flamingo were never intended for threshing around they break too easily. If a flamingo breaks a leg it's curtains just like a horse he haa to be destroyed. So now Schroeder supervises the flamingo-moving himself. He just stands in front of the flock and waves his arms very gently in the manner of a traffic cop. The birds seem to know what he wants, for he hasn't lost a flamingo by a broken leg for some time.

Chimps Are a Headache The chimpanzees may be amus ing to the public in the summer months, but to Schroeder they are just one headache after another all winter. They are very susceptible to colds they seem to catch them from the spectators and conse quently have to be watched almost constantly ss soon as winter sets in. To help ward off colds, each chimp is given a shot of rum or brandy with his breakfast and plenty of onions with the other meals. Chimps seem to like brandy much better than the onions, although with elephants it's just the other way around. Paulina is a good example of this.

She is an elephant and like most of her species is apt to catch cold in a draft. Two years ago she suffered quite a severe cold and Schroeder was forced to give her a hot toddy. The drink concocted for Paulina consisted of eight quarts of water, pound of sugar. She didn't like it very much but It did the trick. She recovered from her cold very quickly and hasn't had one since.

She is 57 years old, though, and has to be careful. The lions don't cause Schroeder much trouble, winter or summer. The only thing he has to worry about is keeping the temperature of their house at 60 degrees all winter and see to it that the four cubs progress as they should. Emil, the big Siberian tiger. Is just beginning to feel right again.

In the summer he was content to lie around the cae and forget about his exercises. But now that winter is almost here he is beginning to feel chipper again. That's the trouble with Siberian tigers, says Schroeder. They are lazy and torpid when the zoo is open to the public and frisky when the place is closed for the winter. He likes ISmil, though, and considers him one of his favorites.

Snow Must Be Shoveled Not the least of Schroeder's jobs in the winter is shoveling snow out of the moats surrounding the dens. If the snow is not kept clear, it will drift and the animals will be able to walk right out on the drift and over the walls to the great outdoors. This would be an uncomfortable thing, Schroeder admits, for a Siberian tiger in his den is an altogether different creature from a Siberian tiger roaming around the park. Even good-natured Emil wouldn't be any cinch to handle if he should get loose. When the zoo opens next spring Schroeder hopes to have a large snake exhibit, a trout stream, some seals and a polar bear cub or two to show the citizens of Detroit.

In fact, the polar bear cubs ought to be along any day now as both expectant mothers have looked for several weeks as though they'd like to be sewing on tiny garments. Schroeder is one of the few animal men who have been able to raise a polar bear cub born in captivity. The cub, called Joe Boyer, is a perfectly healthy polar bear today (see picture in which he is chewing the bars of his cage if you want proof) and Schroeder hopes to save at least one from the litter to come. The season which closes Sunday has been the most successful in the zoo's history, he said. With the new added attractions, Schroeder is confident that next year will be even better.

Body Found Hanging The body of Casimir Wyczorek, 52 years old, no home, was found hanging from a tree early Saturday morning In the rear of 2231 Medbury where neighbors said that he had once roomed. 'First' Title Held by Detroit Woman She Prosecuted Criminals at Turn of the Century Michigan's "first woman pro secutor," Miss Emilia Schaub of Leelanau County, is not Michigan's first woman prosecutor after all. That distinction belongs to Mrs. Merrie H. Abbott, now of 148 Lawrence who was elected prosecutor in Ogemaw County in 1900, her friends recalled Saturday.

At her home, Mrs. Abbott was modest about the whole thing. "I don't think that's of much interest," she said. "I was elected because some local groups thought that I would be fair and honest and efficient. "At that time, of course, women did not have a vote.

I was a practicing attorney, as all prosecutors must be. My opponents brought quo warranto proceedings against me after the election. "The Michigan Supreme Court finally ruled that I could not serve because I was not an elector, being a woman, and the State constitution says that officials must be electors. I served almost the full two year term before the de cision came, hwover, and all the convictions which I obtained were jupheld." done most of his work for a buyer who provided him with such a steady revenue that Beale's most intimate friends were mystified. The secret of the Beale income was not revealed until the drawings mysteriously appeared last year.

Then it was learned that in 1874, Beale had been approached by his patron who asked him to do a series of drawings to Illustrate Pilgrim's Progress. That patron was a manufacturer of lantern-slides. Beale worked for him steadily from 1880 to 1900, producing his drawings for around i cn ana aenving rrom ims About two years ago, the retired slide-maker approached the officials of the Modern Galleries with a set of pictures illustrating the life of Lincoln. The officials were interested, and, visiting the slide-maker's home in Germantown, were shown trunks full of Beale drawings, none of which had seen lignt ot day for 35 years. Today those Beale drawings are collector's items.

Grand River as having regular income oi De I tu'on mil tin ualr tween $35 and $40 a week. lakon rrom tier snop. Assistant Asam took Prosecutor Leonard a statement from Lynn. Police laboratories Saturday were checking Lynn's gun to see why it jammed after firing the two shots. No blame attaches to Lynn, Chief of Detectives Henry W.

Piel said. "In fact, he may get a citation," the chief said..