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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
MAY OBlIGE HIM

Traverse City, Mich. Oct. 26-AP
-Tyore Johnson, "a. was held in
county Jail today after friends re-
ported he boosted that he had not
registered for selective military SER
vice. State police, who arrested
Johnson. quoted him as saying he
. would rather spend five years Ia
jail than in the army Local Of
ficers have asked federal officials at
Grand Rapids what disposal to
make OF the case.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
Oakvllle
CANCER REMOVED

Oakville. Mich. oct 26-Charles
Burget Friday had a cancer on his
face burned out at Monroe Hos
pital. 1t has been on his face for
over a year.
Charles Barnsdale and son Rob
ert spent Thursday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Proctor, Manchester.
Mr.. and Mrs Hubert Church ann
son Melvin, Detroit, we're guests
Wednesday evening at the home Il
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Williams.
Nj. and Mrs. Charles Barnsdale
we're Saturday evening guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hedrlck,
Wayne. and with their sons
were SUNDAY guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Proctor, Wayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harland Smith AMI
children were Sunday guests at
the home OF her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Thurlow Heath.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Newman and
sons. Maybee. spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Lille Grams. Miss
Gladys Grams. Detroit. spent the
week end with her mother and her
brother. ST. Clair Grams and daugh-
ter Vera. and son willard. They
took her back 10 Detroit Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Barnsda''
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Vivian
attended p supper at the Lambert
Vile Methodist Church Friday eve
ming.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
Residents Here at
COldWater Affair

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Staeb. Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. G. Day and w. C..
Hollands, Ann Arbor, visited Cold
water Chapter Order OF Eastern
Star for their Friendship Night, Fri
day evening in the Coldwater Ma
sonic Temple.
The initiation ceremonies were
exemplified by Grand and Past
Grand officers. Mrs. Staeb, past
Grand Ruth. filled the station Of
Ruth. Mr. Hollands is past Grand
Patron and Grand Historian.
A large crowd was present repre-
senting chapters in the vicinity Of
Coldwater.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
Family Party Sunday

Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7. Feldkamp and
Miss Betty Feldkamp will spend
Sunday in Okolona. O.. where Mrs.
Feldkamps mother. Mrs. Amelia
Latin lives with Mr. and Mrs
Buell. Cline and where there will be
A family party. There will be Mr.
and Mrs. Miles Latin, south Of
Ypsilanti. Mr.. and Mrs Don Laflin
Belleville. and Mrs. Amelia Laflin's
children. Horace Latin and daugh
ter-in-law. and Mrs. Fred Davies and
son-in-law, Akron.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
PoWWoW OPENS TODAY

Lansing. Oct. gap - State
Welfare Committee OF the Veterans
OF Foreign Wars met here Friday
night for closed session prelim-
mary to the opening today OF the
organization Michigan Powwow.
DR.. Joseph Mendendenz. New Or
leans. the organization national
commander in chief, is to be a guest
at the conference.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

leadership OF Mrs. Florence L. Ly-
man, the college social director is
now completing plans for the nfst
semi-formal party OF the year. 10
be held Nov. s. and TO be called
the Fall FURRY. The annual
cabaret party will be later than IN
previous years. Jan, "a is the ten
tatiVa date
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
W:R.C. Junior Club
Observes Birthdays

Birthdays of Dorothy Johnson
and Nancy Patterson were celebrat-
ed after the business meeting OF the
Ainsley-Merenes IS Junior Club OF the
Women's Relief Corps, Friday after
noon in GAR. Hall
Dorothy presided at the brief
business meeting when plans were
made for drills.
The girls enjoyed a social time
and were served light refreshments.
The next meeting will be Nov.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
Hostesses at Supper

Miss Frances Young and Miss
Betty Elzinga were hostesses at a
delightful supper given for the Cen
tral Grade teachers and supervisors
al the Woodland Beach cub bH
tween Detroit and Monroe. II was
an oyster supper With cards follow,
ing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
All College Dance
Enjoyed by Students

Another in a series OF all-college
parties sponsored by the social
committee OF the Michigan State
Normal College was enjoyed by
the students Friday evening In
the Fred Green Ballroom of the
Charles McKenny Hall.
The social committee. under the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
THIRD DEFEAT

Davenport Ia, Oct. 26-AP-De.
troit Tech was handed its third de-
feat of the season Friday night as
st. Ambrose College ran its victory
string to six straight with q TO
O win before $500 fans at Municipal
Stadium.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

Girl Scout Council members will
be guests at the Scouts Own meeting
Sunday afternoon at Starkweather
Hall at 3: 30. The Scouts are to come
In uniform II possible
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

Mrs. Arthur Elliott. state presi-
dent Of the Council OF Church Won
en-. will meet at McKcnny Hall
Tuesday noon with officers Of the
board.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
1T is NOT GUESSING

FHoUGHTLESS players guess
frequently as to the way a partic-
ular suit should be played. There
are times when even the best must
do this. but they do not occur oft
en-. Nearly always there is some in
dication regarding the likely loca-
ton of missing cards. When there
are none, there still is the good old
standby, probability, to serve as a
guide. When there are no counter
indications, il is better TO have
probability on your side, rather
than against you.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
Your Weekend Lesson

Do you understand the type of
lead throwing end-play on which
an opponent is obliged to make a
return which enables you to dis
card loser from your hand or
dummy while ruffing in the other
hand? Can you set up an example
Of 1T
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

Mrs. Elmer Halter. Milan, was
the guest Of her sister. Mrs. ]. A.
Geddis, Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Earl will
entertain Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Schmidt. and Mrs. Earl's
father. John kalmbach. Chelsea.
Mrs. Harry Haug, Eau Claire,
Wis, is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter P. Brown. She returned with
the Browns when they visited Mr.
and Mrs. Haug.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle c. Johnson,
500 Vreeland Rdo are parents OF a
son born Friday evening in Boyer
Hospital. The baby weighed seven
pounds, one ounce.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
NORMAL NEWS
College Calendar
TODAY
Sorority Preference Dinners
SUNDAY

Sorority Preference Dinners
SUNDAY
$50 p. m.-weseyan Guild Methodist Church
500 p. m.-Wesminser League, Presbyterian Church
m-Epscopa Peoples Group, ST. Lukes
1900 mChrsan Fellowship Dr. Preston soson speaker
Starkweaher Hall.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26
Miss Spence Honored

Mrs Frank D Smith entertained
forty friends Friday evening at a
bridal shower for Miss Katie B.
Spence. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Seth Spence who is soon to be
married To Noble St. Clair. Re
freshments were served and then
games were played with prizes
being awarded to Mr.. and Mrs.
Seth Spence. Miss Spence. Mrs.
Grace Fletcher. Mrs. Harriet Mon
crieff. Warren Moncrieff. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Dahm and Frank D. Smith.
Miss Spence received many beau
tiiul and useful gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferdelman and
son. William. have moved to De
troit where Mr.. Ferdelman has a
position in the Lincoln Motor Co.
Mr.. and Mrs, John w. Wolfe and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Cline are at
tending the football game in Ann
Arbor today.
Mrs. Michael Lombard. after Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Connolly,
went to New York to visit the fair.
She will return for the week end
and then will probably start back
to her home in Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaylord Marshall
are moving back to Saline to live
with Mrs. Marshall's mother, Mrs.
Burke, but both will continue their
business in Ypsilanti.
A Ii
a trip. through Virginia and other
southern points.
Master Duane Flanagan. Detroit
is spending a few days with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Flanagan His parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Flanagan, will spend
Sunday here and he will return
home with them.
Miss Erma Gouin, Big Rapids
arrived late Friday night to spend
the week end with Miss Barbara
Geddis.
Mr.. and Mrs. r NJ. Pickell, North
Vile, spent Friday evening will
the Misses Emma and Mary c
Thumm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Halsey, thei
niece. Miss Helen Halsey. ant
guest, Miss Georgia Woerst. Bryan
o., are spending today in Jackson
Charles O'Connor. WHO was roI
years trainmaster Of the Boston
and Albany Railroad at Springfield
Mass. and has now retired. is maxi
ing an indefinite stay with his sis
ter. Mrs. Ross Spencer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

Mrs. Frank Begole spent Thurs
day in Lansing with her sister.
Mrs Emelia Eedy. They visited
places Of interest about the city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-26

SUNDAY
Week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
Rule By Force

The European conflagration is now be- yond control.
 Germany famed the flames with her typical invasion of neutral nations - Norway and Denmark.
 All Europe totters on the brink of con- flict that will make the last World War seem like mock warfare.
 Here in the United States we can feel only pity for the Scandinavian peoples. Peace-loving and industrious they have maintained an independent solidarity for years. The pinch is on now, however. Russia applied it from one side; Germany and the Allies bring pressure to bear from the other.
 Nazi invasion of Norway and Denmark and, perhaps, ultimately Sweden is based the Germans claim, on desire to protect themselves from attack and also to guarantee freedom of the coastal waters which the English and French are at this late date seeking to close off to traffic. The obvious course of action to War-lords is to fight it out, but preferably on soil far removed from the homeland.
 Doubtless the entire Scandinavian peninsula will be ravaged before this lat est episode has been brought to a close. It may even be enough to throw the war into the Balkans. England and France may themselves bring the war to Ger many from southeastern Europe along another of those vital lines of strength that Germany so ruthlessly protects to- day.
 This, then, is the price of neutrality. Invasion and occupation, forceful if nec- essary. Doughty little Finland tried to swerve the Red juggernaut from it's course. With England and France prom ising aid for Norway and Denmark and Germany preparing to make garrison of these countries what may their peoples expect to be their fate. If the big powers do get up courage enough for test on the battlefield it will mean the end of the ScandanavianS.
 Every action taken in Europe should be directed towards peace, but instead fans the flames of hatred. The world right now is shaken as it seldom has been in it's civilized history. If this nation is a world power and is as all-Wise and influen- tial as is often said now is the time for its resourcefulness, it's diplomacy, it's strength to be manifested. We must pit ourselves with the neutrals of Europe in the blood- less war to restore sanity among rulers, to instill in all belligerents true humility that may sue for peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
William Faversham

William FaverSham was one of our dis tinguiShed actors whose efforts in his pro- fession brought satisfying results. He was good box office and he represented type of actor who could handle wide range of roles in stage plays from Julius Caesar" to "The Squaw Man." and from ''The Hawk" to "The Prince and the Pauper." During the height of his career he was known as matinee idol''. He no doubt was matinee idol but he was every bit as much an evening perform ance favorite. FaverSham had many suc- cessful acting roles to his credit before he won his way to young feminine hearts by way of "The Squaw Man..
 The passing of William Faversham gives the older generation feeling of regret. This celebrated actor passed at the age of seventy-tWo. He leaves numer- ous contemporaries, but as these notables of the stage pass on we come to a realization that too few of them are left. They have done their bit for the profes- sion, have carried on according to the best standards of acting, and too soon be- come passe, others coming along to take their places. Many of them as they ap- proach the upper years fit in nicely in clever bits in the moving pictures. Faver- sham did not do very much in the pic lures. He was a legitimate stage man, first and last. His great deeds in heroic parts have been appreciated by theater lovers since he first came to this country from England in the late 1880's. He clicked immediately with American audi ences and continued to click until recent years when declining health interfered and his age was not advantageous for the sort of parts he was accustomed to play.
 Faversham had style that was pecu- liarly Faversham. His diction was ad- mirable and the quality of his voice dis tinctive He was suave and polished, and could handle scene with ease and grace. Doubtless if one could have seen Faver- sham do ''The Squaw Man" in 1940 as he did it in 1905 he would find the show a dull piece. Thus do actors outgroW plays, and thus do audiences outgroW tastes which enabled them to appreciate Will liam Faversham when he was one of our great men of the stage. Memories of this appealing actor will be treasured by those who are familiar with his many roles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

The current fiscal year of the State of Connecticut will end on June 30, but already there are indications that tax receipts for this period are going to show a remarkable upturn. State Tax Con- missioner Charles J, Mclaughlin has just issued report from the three-quarters mark which reveals that for the nine months income is $2,0O0,000 greater than at the same point year ago. The state collected in nine months just ended over $11 ,000,000 Whether or not this pace can be maintained until the end of the year remains in doubt. Last year in April in- heritance taxes scared because there were two large estates to be settled. But there's a large estate being settled. But there's Bristol and if this total goes in on the 1939-40 figures this branch of tax income should not suffer very much. With the state doing such fine healthy business private business and industry should feel encouraged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
Fifty Years of Progress

Waterbury may well be proud of the fifty years of progress that the we'll known department store - Rowland Hughes is now celebrating. Men and women have grown up, married, and seen their own children grow up and raise families since the foundation for this establishment was laid here. At the half century mark Rowland Hughes is still the same progressive and friendly empor- ium that it was when it's doors first were opened to the general public back in 1890
 Were we to attempt to trace the his tory of this store down through this half century of change and advancement we would have to trace much of the history of Waterbury, for store like Rowland Hughes is as much part of the con- munity life as the home itself. It shares in our tribulationS; it has part in our successes. Fifty years is not an old age for a well-founded establishment. It really marks the beginning of fuller life which we know is to come.
 The Democrat is happy to congratulate Rowland Hughes on its birthday. And may we at the same time extend felicita- tions and continued good health to trio of 5O-year celebrants in the firm itself John R. Hughes, William Wallace, and Albert E. Woods. Everyone knows these sterling gentlemen, dreams of the mer- cantile field; everyone respects them for their proven ability in their field of endeavor and for the fact that, good citizens as they are, they have given themselves whole -heartedly to the suc- cess of the company to which they have remained faithful through half a century of endeavor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

Talk about records listen to this one! A wave of brush and grass fires swept Fair field county this past weekend. Authori- ties started to check up and discovered that there were officially 290 fires of this type reported. There may have been more, too as no doubt many went un- reported and were put out by those re- sponsible. But 29O demanded services of fire departments and volunteers. Care lessnesS causes all such fires; there is no other excuse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
Selected Poem
THE HELMSMAN

By Matthew Gregory Lewis in the Boston PostD Hark, the bell! it sounds midnight! all hail, thou
 new heaven
 How soft sleep the stars their bosom of
 night; While OCT the full moon they gently driven Slowly floating, the clouds bathe their heeces in
 light The warm feeble breeze scarcely nipples the ocean, And all seems so hushed, all 50 happy to feel; So smooth gldes the bark, l perceive not her
 motion,
 While low sings the sailor who watches the
 wheel. T is so sad, t is so sweet, and tones so
 swelling,
 So right from the heart, and so pure to the ear, That sure at this moment his thoughts must be
 dwelling
 On one who is absent most kind and most dear. O. may she who now dictates that ballad so tender, Diffuse OCT your days the hearts solace and
 ease, As yon lovely moon, with gleam of mild splendor, Pure, tranquil, and bright, over-silvers the seas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

With talk of prohibition again in the air every so often we wonder just what substitute the states would find for the liquor taxes they now collect in such large amounts. Connecticut, for example, takes a generous amount in this form of levy and in the recent tax report this form of taxation had the largest gain over year ago, this gain being well over one million dollars This is quite an item in the state budget and if this state together with others was to join in movement to end liquor manufacture and sales, it would find this loss of revenue hard to replace in these daVS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
Current Comment

l look upon the sheriff as a banker of souls.
 Sheriff John A. Miller of Contra
 Costa county, Calif., testifying
 before LaFollette civil liberties
 committee.
 Unless we are ready to accept complete totalitarianiSm, I believe that an American health program should operate from the periphery toward the center. -Dr. Nathan B. Van Etten, presi-
 dent-elect. American Medical
 Association.
 We are not so far from Europe as to be able to trust the destinies of a wise neutrality policy to the old concepts of isolation. -Dr. Gabriel Turbay, Colombian
 ambassador to U. s.
 It's no disgrace to be broke; it's only disgrace to stay broke. Sally Rand, fan dancer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
Press Comment
A NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN
 STARTS LIFE AFRESH
(New York sun)

(New York Sun)
 When the residents of Hill, New Hampshire, were ordered to vacate their townsite to make way for a flood control reservoir on the Pemi- gewasset River, they had an op- portunity such as never comes to the individual who starts so many conversations with '1f I had my life to live over again." With the aid of the State Planning and De- velopment Commission, the desidents of Hill will start community life over again in a new site, in ac- cordance with a plan which the New England News Letter describes as stemming from "the best principles of community design" The plan, re- produced in the News Letter, takes in, seventy homes, three stores, a garage, a town hall, a school, 8 library, several churches post of- flee two small woodworking plants and several recreation fields. The new town Is laid out in the form of a horseshoe, with the business district at one end and community buildings in the center. The Daniel Webster Highway, which passes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

ding picture without a kiss?" ob-
 jected cameraman. "Say,
 wonder how you ever got such
 reputation as a heart breaker =
 with the Washington gals. You
 sure have changed"
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Despite the alleged new deal ill the Justice Department, that out fit has just permitted the resigna- ton of James Hoffa, the man who already had collected half mil lion of back taxes from big alco- hol companies which Judged on. taxes during Prohibition days. .. . Powerful friends of the al- cohol companies have been at work for long time to get these dropped. A lot more remain to be collected -- but probably they won't. Jim Farley's green ink is contagious. Ambitious young political organizations, among them the Roosevelt Clubs, Inc, of Southwest Missouri, now use it for signing all correspondence. Hard-hitting Sam Jones, socn to be the reform Governor of Louis jana, probably will circumvent the Huey Long Senators in Washing ton by having his own men keep an eye on things here. Slated for an important part in this set-up is Harry Costello, who had a lot to do with the upset of the Huey Long machine. r'...e CHARLEY DAWES
 Ex-Vice Presid mt Charley,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

Dawes, who from his retreat in Evanston, Ill, growls about his ambition to come back ana bal ance the budget, used to have al- most everyone in Washington ter rified -- with one notable excep- ton.
 She was Mrs. Eugene Meyer, wife of the publisher of The Washington Post, whose husband once was associated with Dawes on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Meyer was then Gov } ernor. of the Federal Reserve Board, and as such, sat in as a REC director.
 He and Dawes never got along well, and their feud extended to Mrs. Meyer. Once, seated beside Mrs. Meyer at dinner, Charley Dawes was giving her this line:
 "If I just had the brains and background your husband has, Mrs. Meyer. l" he began.
 "You wouldn't know what to do with them, General" shot back his dinner partner.
 NOTE = During one REC dir ectors' meeting, General Dawes was pounding the table, delivering harangue to his associates, when Eugene Meyer interrupted: "The public is not present, General" :. Copyright, 1940, by United Feature
 Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. What is another name for AprI Fools Day? -
 2. What are the official languages of the League of Nations? .
 3. After graduating from the U. s Military Academy, are Filipinos. commissioned second lieutenantS ins the U. s. Army? ,-
 4. Name the three great divisions of the U. s. Government.
 5. What scholastic degree is des-, ignated by the letters D. c. L.? '. +
 6. Does an electric storage bat. tery deliver a direct or an alternat-- ing current? a"
 2. How much short of eight year' will President Roosevelt have serv. ed when his term expires in Jan. uary, 1941? u
 8. Is a person who greatly ad:~ mires or favors England and Eng fish institutions called an Anglo phile or an Anglophobe?
 g. Does a woman citizen of the U. s. lose her citizenship if she marries an alien?
 10. Who wrote "The Song of Ma-. rion's Men?" r~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

New York's World Fair is rapidly being brushed into shape for what it's promo ters hope will be bigger season than 1889. We doubt very much if the first success can be surpassed, if even dupli- cated. We'd like to see the fair a bigger and better success and hope that more people will get down to it from our own state, but huge spectacles like this lose some of their glamor after the gloss has been worn off. Maybe this one is too big to suffer much, though.