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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
To Fill Capsules

Washington. Oct Gap An
assembly line" goes into opera.
ton today at national selective
service headquarters 10 fiji thou
sands OF capsules with the draft
numbers which Will be drawn in
Tuesdays national lottery.
A system OF loading the capsules
has been contrived that will be
triple checked all the way through
in effort to avoid any repetition Of
what happened IN 1917 when an
empty capsule was drawn In the
first World War draft lottery.
Four girls viii make up capsule.
filling crew Several crews Will
work in shifts at the long and tedi-
Gus Job. Officials estimate that IT
will take 80 hours to load the
non-transparent, blue capsules.
The filled capsules will be placed
in a large box, which viii be sealed
and kept under lock until they are
dumped into the big glass crock
in the lnterdepartmental Auditort
um for the drawing Tuesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
ROOSEVELT WILL
SERVE OUT FULL
TERM IF CHOSEN
Statement Sets at Rest
Reports President Had
Planned to Resign

fBY international News SerNiceJ
Washington, Oct 25-INS-Pres-
ident Roosevelt stated fatty to-
day that If reelected for a third
term he would serve out his full
four years. God willing.
This statement set at rest per-
sistent reports that the chief exc
cutive planned to resign should the
international situation ease suf-
ficiently during the next four years
A reporter at today's press con-
ference asked Mr. Roosevelt the
following question:
In your Philadelphia speech. you
said. We are determined during
the next four years TO make our
objective job for every young
man and woman in America liv-
ing fact Does this mean that II
reelected you will, God willing,
serve the full four year term ?"
"Of course" replied the Presi-
dent Then he laughed and told
his questioner: I'm glad you put
in the Cod willing"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
INDUSTRY, LABOR
BOTH OBJECT To
STATE PROPOSAL
Labor Peace Plan lnyades
Liberties Spokesman
Assert

Lansing. Oct. PAPA group
OF spokesmen for industry and or.
ganlzed labor discarded as imprac-
teal Thursday the state admins
trations suggestions for averting
serious labor disputes.
From Frank Rising. OF Detroit.
one of industry's spokesman, came
a warning 10 his group and to the
unions. however. that they must
be prepared TO sacrifice some OF
our. rights and Liberties" to the
need for speed in national defense.
How many rights and Liberties
we lose, and how fast we lose
them he said, ARE hidden from
us. By quick settlement Of our
disputes We can preserve many
o. them II we stand fast. We
VIII lose more Of them more quick
ly'
Rising, general manager Of the
Automobile Parts Manufacturers
Association. then Joined his fellow
conferecs in the point-bypolnt re-
lection OF suggestions which came
from the state labor mediation
board az the meeting called by
Governor Dickinson.
The conference proceeded amic-
ably after delegations representing
the Congress Of Industrial Organi-
cations. the United Automobile
Workers Union -ClO. and the Ne
chanics Educational Society Of
America. had walked out, charging
that Dickinson and the labor board
sought 10 use the meeting as a
1cnnllnnnd- On Pc rl.hn
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
Community Fund Dinner, Rally Tonight
Complete List of Workers
For General Solicitation
Announced Today

James E. Gheen. New York City
humorist and philosopher, will ad-
dress Community Fund workers at
a civic rally and dinner this eve
ming at $50 in the Masonic Tenn
pie. The affair is being sponsored
by the Board OF Commerce.
With announcement today of the
complete list Of majors, captains
and team workers, final prepard-
tons are being made for the gen
eral solicitation which begins next
Monday morning. The drive will
close Wednesday evening with
final report dinner in the Huron
Hotel.
The special gifts solicitation
headed by Leroy Bush and Owen
]. Cleary meeting today in the HUI
ron Hotel reported $5,s06 pledged
of which S1,7S3 is cash.
Community Fund workers will
include:
Kiwanis - Major, A. ]. He,-
frich: Team No. Captain, Alfred
DeOtte. Richard Bisbee, Robert
Lee, Or. Charles Wolf, Frank
Blaha, Leroy Bush; Team No. 2
Captain Fred Mckay, Carl Arvin,
C. Tuley Waiting, Fred Gorton,
Bert Peet. Dan Muntean.
Team No. 3 - Captain Hugh
Adams, A. f. Weber. Albert Koch,
Larry Schaffer, Rev. William Shaw,
Noble Garrison: Team No. 4 -
Captain Basil Wheeler. Bert Har-i-
son, Harold Stevens, Peter Wander
lind. Paul Ehman, William De-
Ham.
Team No. captain Simon Fag-
erstrom. Dan Brooks, Ralph South
ard, Lee Haviland, Arnold Wizard
Ted Weber; Team No. Captain
Rev. Gordon Speer, Ross X. Bow
er. Lynn Schaffer. Clare Hewens,
Don Smith, Mathew Sinkule
Team No. captain Phelps
Grouse, Harold Beadle, George
Becker. Carl Augustus, Jay VIE
liams, Melvin j. Lewis.
Rotary-Major L. NJ Thomas;
Team No Captain Richard Eek
ert, Charles Lamb. Maynard Rich
ardson, Carl Lindegren. Nelson
VanWegen, Walter Sturm; Team
No. captain william McCand-
less, T. II. Bird. Harold Benner.
Emil Bachelor, Lester Miller Eu-
gene Bostrom.
Team No. captain, c. s. Man.
ming, Fred Cain, o. c. Eckley. J. D.
LaRue, Ralph Matthews, Robert
Luedemann; Team No. captain
Jack Willoughby, William Waidnef,
Hazen Johnston, Fred Greenstreef.
Dr. James P. Warren. Fred Lind.
Team No captain E. H. Chap
ellie. Fred Nissly. H. z. WILDER, Rev
II. Colburn, DR.. Leo Whitmire, Ro-
land Hughes. --
American Legion-Major. Lorenz
Nlsor; Team No. 1--Captaiu Brit
Eddings. Scott Sturteyant, Albert
Rumberger. James Warner. Alex
Longnecker; Team No. captain
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
DRAFT NUMBERS
BEING PREPARED
CAPSULES BEING FILLED FOR
NATIONAL DRAWING
NEXT TUESDAY

Work is progressing rapidly here
on the sorting and preparation for
numbering names OF registrants for
the peace time conscriptlon. A
force OF workers is working. gratis.
this week in the basement OF the
Ypsilanti Savings Bank.
The work is under the general
direction Of John p. Kirk, chairman
OF the draft board. Other members
of the board are Carl Curtis. Saline,
and Dr.. Faye Palmer. Chelsea.
The committee expect TO have the
lists posted early next week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
THIRD UNION IN
STRIKE ON COAST
DEFENSE PLANS AFFECTED BY
TIE.UP: PERKINS PEACE
PROPOSAL REJECTED

San Francisco. oct. PAP A
third maritime union joined the
Pacific Coast steam schooner
strike today after the San Francisco
locals Of the original two rejected
a peace proposal By Secretary Per-
klns and employers charged the
tle-up was adversely affecting the
national defense program.
The Marine Engineers Beneficial
Association at a special meeting
declared a strike. effective imme-
diately. against the schooner opera
tors % enforce pay increase and
other demands. The engineers took
no cognizance OF Secretary Perkins
proposal.
San Francisco locals Of the strik-
ing marine firemen and the cooks
and stewards announced rejection
OF the peace proposal and issued
statement saying 10 lists heavily
toward the side OF the shipowners.'
The San Francisco Employers
Council entered the dispute with
statement by its president. Almon
Z. Roth. who said the strike was
interfering with the commerce OF
the entire United States and ad-
versely affecting the national de-
tense program.
Complaints Of lumber shortages
ar pouring INTO washington. BE-
from many widely scattered points.
Arizona copper mines have COM
plants they cannot get sorely need
ed mine timbers Contractors on
cantonments in eastern states are
anxious about needed supplies OF
West Coast lumber.
Secretary Perkins proposed that
all vessels-more than 40 coastal
freighters. mostly lumber carriers
be put into operation Immediately;
that negotiations for a new con-
tract continue for 30 days. that dur
ing this period. the old contract be
revived and govern all operations.
FITZGERALD IN v. S. SENATE
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

through June. and October through
November.
The activities at Woodruff school
run five nights a week and con-
sist Of Kids Night for young boys.
Boy Scout meeting and sports,
older boys night, Girl Scout ac-
tivities, interschool contests. Cub
Scouts night. girls tap dancing.
community night, and social dane
ing.
Al Harriet the program consisted
OF two boys basketball teams
(iunior and senior). one girls has
ketball team, a group Of girls, boys,
and adults using class room for
singing (the group is called the
Gospel Heralds). The program
also included community night and
social dancing
On Saturday mornings through
ovt the winter four senior and
eight junior church basketball
.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
Terrific Air Blo1Us Against
London Resumed, Eyes of
World on French Capital
Idea BIitzkrieg Has Shot
Its Bolt SqueIched
This Morning
PETAlN DUE BACK TO
CONFER WITH ADVISERS
Reaction to German offer
May Become Known
Next Week

CIV International News service)
While terrific new air attacks on
London squelched any idea that the
Nazi sky "blitzkrieg" has shot its
bolt. the eyes OF the world turned
to Vichy today to await the Petain
regimes decision on its future rela-
lions with the Axis
Aged, grim-faced Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain who conferred with
Chancellor Hitler. Thursday, was
due back at Vichy this afternoon
Tor round or consultations with
his colleagues. After that. his cab
met will meet formally to exam
Inc the full import OF the Hitler
Petain discussion.
Not Yet Binding
The final decision is expected
during the coming week. Meanwhile,
reports from Vichy indicated, ne
gotiations between France and Ger
many have not yet reached the
stage OF a binding signature.
A report from Washington ex-
planned one reason why the French
may hesitst' to tie themselves to
Berlin and Rome.
This, according to a well informed
diplomatic source, is pointed
warning to Vichy from the United
States not 10 expect American aid
in the event Of famine II France
makes an allegiance with, or other
arrangements helpful to. the cause
OF Germany.
May Take Custody
At the same time the United
States and other Pan American
nations we're reported ready to
establish custody over French New
World possessions II there is any
likelihood that Vichy might turn
them over TO the Reich.
Reports In London indicated that
Chancellor Hitler offered Marshal
Petain lenient peace terms in ex.
change for sweeping naval. military
and economic concessions, which
would include German and Italian
use OF French naval bases, particu.
larry in the Mediterranean.
In London, after quiet night.
three new air raid alarms sounded
today and more than dozen bombs
fell on the city. killing and injuring
a number OF persons and causing
considerable damage.
Furious Air Battles
Furious air battles developed
over the outskirts OF London as Brit
ish fighters battled to hold three
waves OF Nazi raiders from the
center OF the city.
The raids were in retaliation for
an Raj attack during the night
on Berlin. whlch started several
fires, and on other targets in Ger
many and Nazi.occupied territory.
Meanwhile, preparations went
forward at Bucharest for a meeting
OF the Danube River commission in
which Russia will participate with
Germany, Italy. and Rumanla.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

cribing benefits received IN 1psilanU
through community fund invest
ment
The Board OF Education, the
Community Fund, the WP.A., and
the City Council Jointly supported
the Ypsilanti Recreation program.
The recreation work is divided
into a4winter and summer program.
The winter program consists OF
recreation centers operated at the
High School, at Woodruff and at
Harriet Schools.
The activities in the High School
run four nights a week and con-
sist OF an eight team recreational
basketball league which meets
every Monday and Wednesday
nights. December through March
general recreation night for
men and women which consists Of
gymnasium work. games and swim
ming every Tuesday night Ocio-
Der through April a city wide Boy
Scout swimming night also meet
ing on Tuesday; Kiwanis recrca-
ton night every Monday, March
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
DIES OF INJURIES

Hancock. oct. 25--AP-R Richard
Fountain. Six, died OF injuries re-
ceived Thursday when truck
struck him lie was the son %
Mr.. and Mrs. Jehery Fountain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

CHUNGKING-UP- Forty two
japanese planes heavily bombed
the already devastated downtown
section OF Chungking. Generalissi-
mo Chang Kai-Shek's capital, to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

ROME Up Resumption OF
the Italian offensive against Egypt
is imminent. the newspaper II Te-
we're asserted today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

CAIRO up Fifty Italian
soldiers were killed and 400 others
wounded in a clash between tia
liam and British border patrols in
the Anglo.Egyptian Sudan, Bril-
fish military headquarters said to-
day. They said there were no Bri-
fish casualties.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

WASHINGTON up Soviet
American relations, watched close
ly during the last three months be-
cause OF the tense far eastern sit
uation, We're reported to be con-
tinuing amicably today but yir-
tually confined to commercial prob
lens between the two countries.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
See REcREATIoN-Page s

Townsend Club. GAR. Hall Sat
5 p. m Turkey-Trimmings soc.
Adv. 1025S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25
See COMMUNITY FUND-Page s
City Recreation Activities
Have Community Fund Help

EDITORS NOTE: This Is the
eighth In series OF articles des-
cribing benefits received in Ypsilsnti
through community fund invest
ment
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

FITZGERALD IN v. S. SENATE
race says Total Defense is Peace"
ADV. l026S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

VALLEJO, Calf APP - Mare
Island Navy Yard, one of the West
Coasts most important naval cen
tiers, will ignore Navy Day Sunday.
Rear Admiral David w. Bagley.
commandant. said all of the yard 5
$4,000 employees would be too busy
with national defense program &C
tivities.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

WASHINGTON-UP-- Congress
authorized S13.106.227. 930.3S in
in commitments and direct ap-
preparations for national defense
during the current session which
set a peace time spending record.
an official tabulation OF the House
Appropriations Committee showed
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

LA JUNTA. Colo.-AP-Jesse C.
Carson, q. grandson OF Indian
Scout Kit Carson, who was arrang-
ing to go to Finland when the
Russo-Finnish war ended, has vol
unteered for immediate selective
military service.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

American Legion-Major, Lorenz
Nlsor; Team No. Captain Brit
Eddings. Scott Sturtevant, Albert
Rumberger. James Warner. Alex
Longnecker; Team No. captain
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

SAN FRANCISCO up - The
Soviet tanker Batumi locked here
Thursday night from Vladivostok
with $S,O0O.000 in gold bullion
consigned to the United States
mint The shipment brought the
six weeks total Of Russian gold
exported to the United States to
$23,000,0O0. The Batumi will
leave with a cargo of $4,000 bar
rels of oil.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

INTERNATIONALLY federal
grand jury is investigating the &C.
tivities of Manfred Zapp and the
"Transocean News Service, which
Justice Department officials said
he headed. Attorney General Jack
son said Thursday that the jury
was directed to investigate posi-
BILE violations of the federal agents
registration act OF 1898" by Zapp.
the agency and others whom he
did not name.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

LONDON-AP-A Reuters Brit
fish news agency dispatch from
Tokyo said the loss OF the jap
anese submarine 1851 was dis
closed today. II said the vessel
was lost Aug. % while engaged in
maneuvers south Of Tokyo Bay.
LONDON -AP-A Reuters Brit
ish news agency dispatch from
Melbourne. Australia. today said
the Australian wheat conference
had agreed upon a sterilization
plan under which the common
wealth and state governments
would acquire or take control OF
all wheat grown.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-AP- James
Buckner Brown. ", a small town
boy who came to the city and in
26 spectacular years built himself
a S50,000,000 Kentucky financial
empire. is dead. Brown. who in
his day was a bank president, po-
litician, sportsman and newspa.
per publisher. died after a Satur-
day heart attack. He never reco'.
cred.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

VICHY, France ms - May
nard B. Barnes, American charge
d affaires in Paris. was seized by
German soldiers FOR speaking
English" and was held for TWO
hours last Monday, according to
reports reaching here today from
the former French capital
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

NEW ORLEANS-AP-The Mis-.
sissippi River Commission today
studied a proposal to build a dam
near the mouth of the mighty
stream to prevent salty water from
backing up to New Orleans and pol
luting the city's water supply.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

WASHINGTON-AP - Senator
Vannuys (D-lnd), who supported
revision of the Neutrality Act to
permit the cash and carry" sale
of arms, said today he would op-
pose proposals to extend credit to
Great Britain for the purchase of
military supplies in this country.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

CONTINUED on Page Ei-hO
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

LISBON, Portugal-AP- Joseph
P. Kennedy, United States ambas-
sador TO England, was among 21
passengers who left by trans-Atlan-
tic plane this morning for New
York. Kennedy said he planned
10 90 to Washington Immediately
after his arrival. provided Presi-
dent Roosevelt was at the capital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-25

AUBURN, ME.-AP-An uniden-
tihed woman was killed. IL persons
were rescued over aerial ladders
from the fifth and sixth floor win
dows and about 60 other guests fled
today as a before-dawn fire destroy
ed the Hotel Whitehall.
Evening star., 1940-02-08
Residents Will Get
First GreenbeIt
Dividend Soon
$4,000 to Be Credited
ToConsumers in Form
Of Payments on Stock

Residents of Greenbelt, Md, soon
will receive their first dividend from
Greenbelt Consumer Services, Inc,
the new holding company which re-
Gently took over the operation of all
business establishments in that COM
munity.
Members of the thriving Coop
erative. now completely controlled
by residents of the town that was
developed as Federal housing prof.
ect, last night voted to set aside 81
900 of the 1889 profits to be dis
tributed as stock dividend among
patrons of Greenbelts shops.
The consumers will receive no
actual cash from the first dividend,
DR.. Joe w. Still, secretary to the
holding company, explained today
but the money will be credited to
them in the form of payments upon
stock they hold in the cooperative.
Board to Direct Distribution.
The $4,000 will be apportioned
among the consumers on the basis
of the total purchases they made
at Greenbelt establishments during
1889. In some cases, Dr. Still said,
it will be applied as payment upon
stock on, which money is still owed
by the stockholders, while in others
it will be credited against new stock
purchases.
The secretary added that non-
stockholders who come in and de-
clare their intentions to purchase
stock during 1910 also will share
in the dividend
Distribution of the $4,000 will be
placed in the hands of the CO.
operatives Board of Directors.
DR.. Still said that approximately
TOO shares of stock at $40 a share
have been sold to residents of
Greenbelt. More than half of this
amount has been paid for, he added
Residents Assume Control.
Prior to last month the enterprises
in Greenbelt were supervised by the
Consumer Distribution Corp, a non-
profit agency set up under the will
of Edward A. Filene, Boston mer-
chant, to aid consumer operatives
When Greenbelt residents met the
requirement that they purchase at
least so per cent of the stock in the
cooperative they came into actual
control of the towns business estab-
lishments last month.
The holding company owns the
grocery store, drug store, gasoline
filling station, valet shop, barber
shop, beauty shop and motion pic
ture theater.
1t was voted at last nights meet
ing to affiliate with Eastern Cor
poration Wholesalers in order to
effect further savings on supplies.
Evening star., 1940-02-08
By the Associated Press.

PAWTUCKET, R. l., Feb. S.-City
Council of Pawtucket voted Mayor
Thomas p. Mccoy, Democrat, the
power last night to establish a
newspaper and support it if neces-
sary with municipal funds.
The resolution passed by the
council authorizes a committee COM
prised of the Mayor and the presi-
dents of the Common Council and
aldermen Ito furnish to the citi-
zens and taxpayers facts and in
formation concerning the municipal
government Of the city and af-
fecting the welfare of said citizens
and taxpayers"
To do this, the resolution en-
powers the three-man committee II
present such facts in newspaper
form" or through the radio, OF
both.
If newspaper is to be used, the
resolution stated, it can publish paic
advertisements, ETC., to defray costs
land if such revenue is not suffi-
cient the committee is hereby
authorized and empowered to ex-
pend such sum or sums as shall
be necessary to defray such eX-
penses, such sum or sums to be
taken from the contingency fund
of the city of PaWtucket."
Mayor Mccoy, in recommending
the action, sharply criticised the
Providence Journal and Evening
Bulletin and the PaWtucket Times
He cited especially a recent front.
page editorial in the Pawtucke1
Times in which the city govern.
Evening star., 1940-02-08
Russian
Continued From First Page.)

Justice It does not deal with these
latter disclosures at all. The cumu-
lative cases, brought down to date,
would seem to multiply the reasons
for wondering why the United
States should be the only American
republic in two hemispheres MAIN
tanning diplomatic relations with
Moscow.
The idea that there is some ad-
vantage to us in maintaining con-
facts in Russia, for purposes Of
information and protest, despite
these violated obligations, Is sus-
tanned by the State Department
with a few minor exhibits, but it
would seem to be rather spectacu-
larly denied by the recent ex-
perience of the department and its
Ambassador in the case of the City
OF Flint. continue to believe that
the original act of recognition was
mistake and, in the light of the
subsequent record, that it ought to
be corrected"
Feeling over the Finnish Russian
hostilities precipitated House fight
yesterday and came within three
votes of forcing a step toward
severance of diplomatic relations
with the Moscow government.
Considering the annual appropria-
tion bill for the State, Commerce
and Justice Departments, the House
defeated by only 108 to los a