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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
First $4,000 DrafteeS to
be Sent to Camp in
November
COMPROMISE VERSIONS
APPROVED BY HOUSE
President Given Power to
Take Over Industrial
Plants

Washington. Sept. l4-AP
Peace time draft legislation, re-
quiring registration of approximate
ly l6.5OO,0O0 men 21 to 35 Tor mill
-taEy- training finally approx.
ed by Congress today and sent to
the white House.
The Presidents signature enact
ing 1t into law Is expected to bs
affixed early newt week. setting in
motion machinery which viii send
the first $4,000 draftees to camp in
November.
The House took the final legisla-
tive step this afternoon when II
approved the compromise between
the Senate and House versions OF
the CONSUMPTION measure a short
time after the Senate gave its con-
sent by a 47-25 vote.
The final version included pro-
visions for the president to take
over industrial plants, on rental
basis, when necessary to get de-
tense orders filled expeditlously.
Senate vote Friday on the plant
seizure controversy came on mo-
ton by Senator Nicely (D-WVa)
10 send the entire bill back to the
conference committee with In
structions to the Senate conferees
TO substitute the industrial pro-
vision voted by the House for a
compromise OF original Senate and
House provisions which the COM
mittee had recommended.
Adopted Provision
The IL senators and representa-
tives quickly gathered In a nearby
committee room and adopted the
House provision.
BY this time, however the Sen
ate had quit for the night, and the
House, which had been waiting In
recess for several hours for the
Senate 10 pass the legislation In
time for final action about mid
night, had adjourned.
The 600-word section which the
committee accepted on Senate in
structions and which thereupon be-
came a part OF the bill provided, IN
principle, that once the President
had placed defense order. the
manufacturer should accept II at a
price declared to be reasonable
by the Secretary OF War or the Sec
fetary OF Navy.
II the manufacturer declined to
give the government preference on
this order, or refused to fill 1t, the
government could step In and
operate the plant. paying fair and
Just" compensation. The manu-
facturer would be subject to maxi
mum penalties OF three years i'm
prlsonment and $50, 900 fine.
This provision contrasted with
the committees compromise ver-
sion which opponents assailed as
vague" and uncomfortable" That
would have authorized the govern.
ment to take over plants only IL
the Secretary OF War or the Sec
rotary OF Navy certified that the
public necessity was immediate
and there was no other source Of
supply.
Senator Russell tD-Ga.). co-au-
thor with Senator Overton (D-La.)
OF the original Senate section dis
carded by the conferees, led the
| tight which resulted In the Senate
vote.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
RESTRICTIONS At
YARD T|CHTENED
PRISONER HAD OBTAINED
ENTRANCE ON ANOTH ER's
IDENTIFICATION CARD

Philadelphia Sept. li-AP-The
Philadelphia Navy yard ,-a-key
point in the accelerated national
defense program, frightened restric-
tlons today against intruders after
disclosure that for three months
an outsider had been gaining ad-
mittance on another mans identi-
fication card.
L. S. Commissioner Norman j.
Griffin held the man in $500 bail
as numbers writer Friday and
commented:
This prisoner does not even
slightly resemble the man whose
picture is on the pass. I would
suggest that closer attention be
given to passes and pictures on
them This man. Of course. is just
a numbers writer but there might
be others with different ideas try
Ing to get inside. There have been
two big powder explosions recent
ly."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
SCAL|SE GUILTY
ON FIVE COUNTS
FORMER UNION PRESIDENT
FACES MAXIMUM TERM
OF FIFTEEN YEARS

NV AFgociated Prfss1
New York. Sept. 1i-AP-George
scalise. former Employees Inter-
Building Service Employees Inter.
national Union (AFL). was con-
victed early today on FIVE countA OF
an Indictment accusing him OF steal
ing S9.66227 OF the unions funds.
A general sessions court jury.
after celebrating for II and three
quarters hours. reported convic-
tons on four counts OF third de-
gree forgery and on one count OF
grand larceny. The jury could not
agree on FIVE remaining counts OF
grand larceny.
Scalise faces a maximum SEN
tence OF Ave years on each forgery
count and ten years on the grand
larceny charge.
Originality tift-4Haietment- con-
tanned 50 counts. but the number
was reduced TO 10 during the trial.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
W|LLK|E SWINGS
INTO CORN BELT
EXPRESSES PLEASURE OVER
RECEPTION GIVEN HIM
IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Sept. 14-AP-Wendell
l.. Willkie, his voice husky from
rapid-fire speechmaking. today fol-
lowed up an eight hour campaign
tour OF Chicago's teeming streets
with a swing into the heart OF the
corn belt
In contrast to his Appearances
Friday before steel and stoekyard
workers and a noisy. confetti
throwing crowd downtown. the Re
publican presidential nominee's
week end schedule called for brief
train stops in downstate Illinois
and southeastern Iowa.
He was expected, however, to
reiterate generally the theme OF
his talks here~-a pledge OF more
Jobs through economic improve
ment, a demand for a strong de.
Tense program. and opposition to
political bosses.
At the end Of a 70 mile auto trip
through the industrial sections OF
the nations second largest city.
Willkie expressed pleasure Friday
night over HIS reception,
A Million Citizens
Estimating that he had seen al
most a million citizens" he said
friends had told him that more
people were jammed into the Loop
district than at any time since
the welcome for Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh after his transatlantic
flight IN 1927.
A shower Of ticker tape and
torn telephone books greeted the
candidate in tho business district
where crowds broke through police
lines and repeatedly stopped his
40.car procession Mrs. WHlkie,
standing beside her husband,
tossed roses TO the surglng crowd
from two big bouquets.
Willkie wore broad smile and
waved both arms during his city
tour but his face was serious when
be gave his imprOmptu talks. The
last OF these came at dusk TO a
gathering In negro ball park.
on Page 1wo)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
STATE HOSPITAL
BUDGET PASSED
STATE COMMISSION GIVES
FIRST APPROVAL ON FUNDS
FOR LOCAL HOSPITAL

A two year budget for the Ypsi-
lanti State Hospital TO begin opera
lions Jnly !. 1871 has been APP
proved by the state hospital com
mission and will go to the office
OF the state budget director for
final approval and then be com
bined with budgets OF other state
institutions and submitted to the
state legislature for action Jan. J..
The total budget for the two
year period is $3,0S6,9S2 including
$1.524560 for the first year and
81 ,562.422 for the second year. In
cluded in the first year budget is
$4,000 which will be used for
the erection of chapel, an add
ton to the receiving hospital.
garage, carpenter shop and i'm
provements to the water supply
system and the dairy barns. For
the second year $4,000 will be
utilized for the erection OF a tn.
berculosis and contagious disease
unit. remodeling OF the present din
ing room and a physicians house.
Personal service expenses each
year are S545.334, miscellaneous
supplies every year, S453,12S, con
tracted services for repairs. insur-
ance, etc, S43.6f4. equipment re-
placement the first year, Sl3,9Sl,
for the second year, S13,452.
Included In the first year budget
N S16,914 with which furniture
VIII be purchaset TO furnish wards
in a new building completed last
year This addition will accom-.
modate 200 patients. Farm operat-
ing eXprHSg- for tire f ~-it-5ie.s.4-- tn-
tails S32,559 and second year,
S31 1854.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
ENGLAND DEFIANT TO.
new GERMAN WARNING
NaziS Say Surrender or
Die; Fog, Rain Now
Aiding Air Force
ITALIANS MASSED ON
ROUTE TO SUEZ CANAL
Time Bomb Damages Grille
at Buckingham Palace
Gates
BY Joe Alex Morris

CUP Foreign News Editor)
Great Britain fought on -stardiiy
and defiantly today arier week Of
unprecedented aerial bombardment
climaxed by a surrender or die
warning from Berlin.
London now has a chance to
save itself" said spokesman in
Germany, denouncing the govern
ment of British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill.
Britain, described In London dis
patches as united, angered and pre-
pared as never before. was replying
with a vast barrage of shrapnel
against sporadic Nazi war planes
even as the Nazi offer" was dis
closed at the German capital.
Fog, Rain Help
The Nazi statement, which as
serte that fog and rain were now
working in favor OF the German
air force, was credited in Berlin
dispatches to well informed sourc-
es," WIFI h meant that It represent
ed the most authoritative official
viewpoint.
The German warning to London
came as Nazi planes returned to
sporadic thrusts at the battered
but still defiant British capital and
as Italian armed forces massed in
North Africa, espe tally on the
Egyptian route to the Suez Canal,
either for a general offensive or in
an effort to strengthen their own
defense positions.
In any event, there were many
indications that the attack of the
axis powers against the British
empire from Scotland to the Red
Sea was moving toward climax
in which all of the strength OF Ger
many and Italy might be unleashed
at once in an rffort to strike q
knockout blow.
Morale Continues High
At London, 1t was said that Brit
ish morale continued high and that
defenses along the coast and in the
air were creating an increasing
feeling of confidence despite the
fact that erman bombs blasted at
Buckingham Palace. Downing
Street, Parliament, Westminster
Abbey (where a great stained glass
window overlooking the tomb OF the
unknown soldier was pierced by
fragments) and countless office,
factory and residential areas.
Grille Damaged
This mornings air raid alarms In
the capital, however, we're brief
and interrupted business only for
brief periods following all night
bombardment of considerable in
tensity which was made compare
lively ineffective by London's new
type barrage. Time bombs dropped
by the German raiders were still
going off occasionally and one e.,-
ploded at the gates of Buckingham
Palace, smashing an iron grille.
In Rome, the Italian high COM
mand- said that Fascist forces had
intensified accommodating actiy-
ity along the Egyptlan-Libyan from
tier, but officials still declined TO
confirm reports that a general Of
fensive against Egypt had been in
progress for a day or two. There
was sharp fighting along a 200-mile
front in Kenya Colony, however.
with the British claiming they had
inflicted considerable casualties on
the Italians.
Italian airplanes were reported to
have bombed British ship conveys
in The Mediterranean and 70 nave
blasted British encampments in the
See ENGLAND-Pape
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
CONGRESS TODAY
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Senate
Schedules final action on com.
promise peacetime CONSUMPTION bill.
(11 a. m. Eastern Standard Time).
Considers amendments to excess
profits tax bill.
House
Awaits Senate action on conscrip-
ton bill conference report.
FRIDAY
Senate sent CONSUMPTION bill back
10 conference for revision OF draft
industry" section.
Senate heard criticism Of excesz
profits tax bill as Intellectual.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
Citizenship Day Plans Made
by County Representatives

tiac were shown by w. Rogers
zinn, University of Michigan staff
member and chairman OF the edu-
cational committee for the Wash
tenaw County plan.
Rev. Howard {. Busching, West
See CITIZENSHTP-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

Meeting in Cleveland for their
s2nd annual convention, members
OF the American Dental associa-
ton chose DR.. Oren A. Oliver Of
Nashville, Tenn. as president.
elect. He will take ONCE next
year,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
TODAY IN LAST WAR

tBy AssocInted press1
Sept. IL. l9l5-Artillery duels
waged day and r.Est along most OF
western front: Allied cruisers and
torpedo boats shell Turkish posi-
ton in Gallipoli.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

ts4 PymOuths Display today Whiting. w. Michigan,
MeDsrs Hoen, IS Washington, H. Thompson Inc, 20
ETA
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER.: Sunday:
Cloudy, Warmer

THE WEATHER.: Sunday:
Cloudy, Warmer
HAVANA-INS-The lower house
OF the Cuban legislature. by a vote
OF IS TO is, today went on record
as approving a measure for a COM
pulsory military training program.
Conscripts will serve for two years
under the bill.
SHANGHAI INS-For the sec
ond time in as many months, it was
disclosed today. the japanese navy
has seized, the tugboat Estelle,
which flies the American flag. The
vessel was held Tor five days at
Iikong after running the Wenchow
blockade and taking on a miscellan-
eous cargo, the skipper said. after
arriving at Shanghai with ship and
cargo intact
BARCELONA. Spain ms -
After spending the night at Sitges,
of Rumania and members OF his
suite, including Nine. Magda Lu-
pescu, today were expected to con-
tlnue their journey to Lisbon. Por-
tugal, aboard the ex-monarchs
bullet-scarred special train.
NEW YORK-INS- Lieut.-C
Brehon b. Somervell. local Works
Progress administrator, announced
today that a member of the Ger.
man-American Bund had been GUST
ed from the WPA payroll under
terms OF the congressional act
barring members of un-American
organizations from WPA jobs. AL
though 12S persons previously had
been suspended from WPA jobs
as Communists this was the first
Bund member expelled.
SANTA FE n. M UP New
Mexico held its first direct primary
today featured by a wide-open fight
for the Democratic senatorial nom.
ination. Sen. Dennis Chavez faced
stiff battle for denomination
against the challenge of Rep. John
j. Dempsey.
MEXICO CITY-AP-Th Petrol
cum Workers Unions executive
committee announced today that en-
ployes in the industry's central
zone, embracing administrative and
refinery workers in the Mexico
City area, had voted to strike in
protest against economy moves in
the goYernment-contro industry
A committee member said the eff.
fective date of the strike would be
fixed after the committee consulted
workers in other zones in an effort
to obtain their support.
PINE CITY. Minn.-INS- Rail
officials today investigated the de-
railment of eight cars of a North
ern Pacific train here Friday,
which resulted in injuries to Is
persons and caused damage esti-
mated at 100000 The cars were
loaded with gasoline. fuel oil and
coal, and half an hour after the
accident one of the fuel cars ex-
ploded, scattering an estimated
eco onlookers The depot and all
but one of the cars were destroyed
In the blaze that followed.
NEW YORK-AP-Dr. Charles
F. Bove. 50 year old American
surgeon just returned from 25 years
residence in Paris, says several
unsuccessful attempts have been
made to land German armed fore
es on Britain's shores.
NEW YORK-INS- Stories of
atrocities allegedly committed by
Rumanian troops in Pennsylvania
were related In a broadcast by the
government controlled Hungarian
radio picked up in New York today
by the Columbia broadeasting sys-
TEN.
BERLlN-AP-Bri warplanes
dropped bombs at several points
in Holland and northern France
during the night but were beaten
off by strong anti-aircraft defenses
In attempted raids over Germany.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

WANTED-lst class tool and die
maker. Plymouth Stamping Co.
Plymouth. ADV 914
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

VICHY- UP-British naval units
cruising the English Channel have
shelled concentrations of German
shipping assembled possible
Invasion Of the British isles. and
the Royal Air Force has severely
damaged French channel ports,
ffrrrrtr suurrrz- Esrfrf trrinr.---
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

BERLIN INS-A delayed action
bomb exploded in the Dorotheen.
strasse near the office OF Interna-
tional News Service and the chan
celery this afternoon. Bales of
straw piled on top OF the bomb to
minimize its defamation were hurled
high in the air and over the roof
tops of nearby buildings.
TOKYO-INS--A dummy" bomb
dropped by mistake from a Japan
csc naval plane during exercises off
Oshima Island in Tokyo Bay slight
ly damaged the 16.909-ton 'anadian
Pacific liner Empress OF Asia. the
navy announced in special com-
munique today.
BUCHAREST APP Youthful
King Mihai travelled eastward to
the Yugoslav frontier today to well
come his mother. Princess Helen
Of Greece. home from a ten-year
exile. Princess Helen divorced wife
of the now-deposed Rumanian ruler.
Carol II. was speedins we tward
from Ter villa in Florence. Italy, at
the invitation OF General Ion Anton
escu. Rumanias military dictator.
who was accompanying Mai.
BERLIN AP-Franz Potr, %. n
Czech. was beheaded today for the
Staying OF German Police Sergeant
Wilhelm Knlest on June Z, 1889, at
Kladno. Bohemia. Petr was convict
ed OF high treason by the peoples
court. Jul II. 1910. which found he
had participated in the killing with
an unbound accomplice. The Incl
dent brought virtual martial law
down on the Kladno Industrial area.
Karl Doepkin and Helmut Kremin
also we're beheaded for reasonable
activity.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

NEW YORK-INS- Stories of
atrocities allegedly committed by
Rumanian troops in Pennsylvania
were related In broadcast by the
government controlled Hungarian
radio picked up in New York today
by the Columbia broadeasting sys-
TEN.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

DECENTRALIZATION warplanes
dropped bombs at several points
in Holland and northern France
during the night but were beaten
off by strong anti-aircraft defenses
In attempted raids over Germany,
informed sources reported today.
BERtfN-tiP- Nazi govern.
ment intends after the war to di.
vide all wages into two parts,
free" and tied" the tied" part
TO- be disable only to purchase such
things as the government-spon-
sored peoples car" homes and
other state-dictated products, 1t was
disclosed today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

HAVANA-INS-The lower house
OF the Cuban legislature. by vote
OF IS to is, today went on record
as approving a measure for a com
pulsory military training program.
Conscripts will serve for two years
under the bill.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

NEW YORK-AP-Dr. Charles
F. Bove, So year old American
surgeon just returned from 25 years
residence in Paris, says several
unsuccessful attempts have been
made to land German armed fore
es on Britain's shores.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

SANTA FE. n. NJ UP New
Mexico held its first direct primary
today featured by wide-open fight
for the Democratic senatorial nom.
ination. Sen. Dennis Chavez faced
a stiff battle for denomination
against the challenge of Rep. John
j. Dempsey.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

-tcnnAnued on Page lwol
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-14

SHANGHAI INS-For the sec
ond time in as many months, it was
disclosed today. the Japanese navy
has seized, the tugboat Estelle,
which flies the American flag. The
vessel was held Tor five days at
likong after running the Wenchow
blockade and taking on miscellan-
eous cargo, the skipper said. after
arriving at Shanghai with ship and
cargo intact
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-14
Catholic Wemen
Hsld Bsnefit Tsa

The home Of Mrs. Anna Melody, Su-
periOr boulevard. was the scene of the
silver benefit tea given by the League
of Catholic Women on Wednesday
afternoon and evening The house was
beautifully adorned with vases of
peonieS. and on the lace covered tea
table. the centerpiece was orchid and
white iris in crystal bowl. thanked by
ivory tIperS in crystal holders.
Alternately presiding ut the tea
table were Mrs Frank FOsarty of 'fren-
ton: Mrs. Richard Reno. of River
Rouge: Mrs. Anna GaS>. Mrs. Freder-
lex J. RaubOlt. Mrs. John L. Sullivan,
Mrs {. Il. Bailey and Ms. \. |. Bur
demo.
Receiving the guests were Mrs Anna
Melody, Mrs. John &. Cahalan. Mrs.
Frank Burke Mrs. r. l.. Roach. Mrs.
Gerald Ga>S. Ms. NJ. C. C0nnorS, Mrs.
Edward Girrbach Of River Rouge. Mrs.
Edward Fury. Mrs. Har V Tucker. Mrs.
Delbert Broughton. Mrs. James DOlan,
Mrs. Stanley KwaSibOrSki, Miss Laura
DOlan.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-14
t r. Linsenmeyer
I alked TO Graduates

ON Tuesday night the eighth grade
OF st. JOSeph'S school held its gradual
ing exercises in ST. JoSeph'S church.
The graduates. CARRIED in white and
the altar. banked with flowers. made
an inspiring sight. Rev. FIR. Iin$enmey
er gave the address and his words
were timely in this age. He told the
graduates that they should love and
respect their parents. and every one
in authOrity-that they should not be
selfish. but that unSelfishneSS should
play prominent part in their lives.
That the world today needs men and
women of unselfiSh devotion, that the
cause Of the worlds great problems il
the aftermath of selfishness.
If the young minds will only grasp
the many good and wholesome thoughts
FIR. LinSenmeyer endeavOred to inStill
into them, they will be better fitted
for the long and tedious grind that
lies before them
Benedh-tiOn IF the blessed sacrament
concluded the service.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-06-14
INDUSTRIES ARE
ASKED TOEMPLOY
RESIDENTS ONLY

The city Council. at it> meeting
Tuesday night, passed the following
resolution. in an effort 10 forc>tall any
influx of n"n-.e>idrHt> seeking employ
ment in local industries The govern
mcit'> armament AMI drfrl~, program
i expected IL benpfit some. local IN
du>tri,~, which are equipped 10 manu-
facIurc war materials. The resolution.
similar To one passed lay the Detroit
city Council. follows:
Resolved by the city Council Of the
city of Wyandotte.
Whereas. il appears that the federal
government armament program will
greatly benefit the community by in
& pqlSpd employment. and
Whereas. WyandOttp at the present
time has large number OF welfare
families a> well "a a great number Of
people employed Oh WI'A projects and
Whereas. the removal Of these peO-
Pile from welfare rolls and WPA to
productive employment would decrease
the burden on the taxpayers of the
city and county. therefore be ii
Resolved, that his honor, the mayor.
D. and is hereby requested to con
tact the heads Of the industrial con
Germs in this area and :eque>t them,
after they have recalled their old en-
ploye>. L. cooperate with the city of
WyIndotte 10y employing, - far a>
possible. people on Relief and WPA
y 1icct>. thu hrucfitinS all concerned.
aud further.
RESOLVED. that the manufacturers be
requested L. r,rluirc all people employ
cd to show their voting registration
aud unemployment registrations cards
- proof of their citizenship.