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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • Page 8

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DEAL AVERTS CLOSING DETROIT FRfeE PRESS Wednesday. Aug- 18. 1948 We Congratulate a 1 You'll have more tma there for Kaiser-Fraser Leases Iron Works in Cleveland jss or pleasure if you busiru WITH SIX STATE SPEECHES LISTED Hamtramck to Hear President Labor Day The plant has a capacity of tons of pig iron and 382,000 tons of coke a year. LEASE OF THE blast furnace tn Kaiser-Frazer will improve the From Our Washington Bnrean WASHINGTON The Kaiser-Fraser Corp. will lease a huge Government-owned coke and pig iron plant in Cleveland once sought by the Tucker of Chicago, the War Assets Administration announced.

WAY fJIST ST' it 'V I -f i a -1 in THE Willow Run plant's competitive Sight your target education, business, travel, security, a home then let a growing savings account at SURETY help you hit a bullseye. Open an Insured account now by mail, if you wish. To! London. Ontario Toronto Ottai Mo.trtal Th. M.ritlmM CaU ISewf.uadla-d all major eltlea I- Call Cherry 4444 trov.l aaant after making arrangements for Truman's Michigan appearances.

Gibson said Truman will speak at Grand Rapids in the Central Square, about two blocks from the railroad station. He will speak at about 11:15 a.m. from the back platform of his special train at the Pere Marquette station in Lansing. After his Cadillac Square appearance in Detroit, the President will travel by automobile to Hamtramck for a brief appearance. Gibson said the place of the Hamtramck stop has not vet been decided.

B. JAMES M. IIASWELL, Of Oar Washington Bureau WASHINGTON President Truman will deliver six speeches in Michigan on Labor Day. opening in Grand Rapids at 9:30 a.m., (Detroit Time) and closing at Flint about 6 p.m. He will visit Lansing, Hamtramck and Pontiac.

His major address will be at Cadillac Square in Detroit, where he will speak at 1:30 p.m. over national hookup. His address will take 20 minutes, and will be his first full-dress talk of the 1948 campaign. JOHN W. assistant Secretary of Labor, of Detroit, returned to Washington Tuesday CURRENT RATE TCA lick offlta.

Book Towor Buildine 1253 Wothinoton ioulayard SAVI 10 -BUT A ROUND TIP hjfiUx3As situation, sources in me auio industry said. The transfer also may prove an irreparable blow to the Tucker Corp. -In Cleveland, Republic Steel released a statement saying that WAA had turned down "all of our offers and in turn has made propositions to us which in our opinion are ridiculous." WE HAVE HAD no choice but to reject their proposals," said Republic. "In the event operation of the furnace is awarded to other than Republic Steel we will promptly remove al iron ore and other raw materials, all of which ar-s the property of Republic Steel, from the Government property, since these materials are badly needed in our other operations." The auto company will take the plant Sept. 1 under an interim agreement to pay the Government $1.50 a ton for pig iron and coke produced until a purchase arrangement has been worked out.

THE PLANT cost the Government $28,000,000 and has been appraised at about $18,000,000, WAA said. The lease arrangement was made as the plant was about to close. The Republic Steel which had been operating it, informed WAA that it would quit operations Aug. SI. WAA officials said the Kaiser-Frazer deal would be "the basis for a satisfactory permanent disposal of the plant." Continuing by automobile, the President will speak at p.m.

President will speaK at p.m. AND LOAN ASSOCIATION SURETY 1230 GRISWOLD WOedward 2-2715 l. t.j I ASflNOIRS Alt MAIl Alt IXMISS Mynard C. McBrayne, of 869 Longfellow, who will observe his 77th birthday Thursday. He was a catcher in the Canadian League from 1888 to 1S93 for such famous pitchers as Rube Waddell, Jack Quinn, Doc Sheppard and Roy Miller.

After practicing law in Chatham, he came to Detroit in 1900 and entered the real estate business. He will observe the day with a small party at his home. Insurance Corporation f-i at Pontiac at City Park, where a Labor Day celebration will be in progress. Around 5 p.m., the President will speak in the Flint City Park. AT FLINT HE will board his train for the return journey to Washington, where he will arrive T'VIWII II IIMI iiamui; I rMNAFLA.

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TKmple 1-I3SI Buy and Sell Through rt. I Free Press Want Ads WmiilwariJ nrar Warren 1 Tuesday morning. President Truman win leave Washington for this one-day Michigan tour late Sunday, Sept. 5, and travel by Pennsylvania Railroad via Fort Wayne and.Kal- amazoo to Grand Rapids. Truman plans to leave Friday on a nine-day cruise to rest and work on plans for a countrywide campaign for the presidency.

Mr. Truman will board the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg Friday afternoon. He will be accompanied only by members of his staff. vr X- '4, FOOT TEST i HE WILL CRUISE down the Potomac, into Chesapeake Bay, through the Chesapeake-Delaware Ship Canal into Delaware Bay. The President plans no public appearances or trips ashore, his secretary, Charles G.

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Black filed the petition. He wants nearly $3,000 to reimburse an engineering company for a survey. The lawsuit, scheduled for Aug. 26, will be heard in Harrisville. Black is seeking to void a deal in which the State Highway Department exchanged lake frontage for right-of-way.

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