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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

Stony Creek. Mich, oct. FL
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Rowe and
son William, Ypsilanti, were sun
day dinner and supper guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Blame Powell and
daughter, Miss Thelma. and Mr..
and Mrs. Rae Powell and daughter.
Kay. In the afternoon, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Charles Pranke and son Law
renee, Detroit, visited at the Powell
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Faust en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hyzer and Clint Faust, Milan, for
Sunday dinner. Afternoon and sup.
per guests at the Faust home were
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Faust and
children. Willis.
Mrs. c. w. Marker and daugh-
ter. Miss Thelma. Saline, Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Leonard. and Misses
Flora Mae and Mary Goldsmith,
Milan, were Sunday dinner guests
OF the latters parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Goldsmith and family.
Sunday visitors at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Chic and fam
lily were Miss Jerry and Miss Do
lores Cotton. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Horvatch. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Csatari and Joseph Csatari and
son Alexander, all Of Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Cranson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Parsons
visited the Peace Tower at Belle
Isle. Sunday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. Clifton Hoffman,
Willis. spent Tuesday evening with
Mr., and Mrs Floyd Dysinger and
family and mother Mrs. Henrietta
Schrader.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Stevens, De
troit. were Monday evening visi'
tors OF Mr.. and Mrs. Don McCrone
and son Forsyth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gunder and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Gunder, Dundee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Ganong at
tended a party Saturday evening
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A
j. Turner, Mooreville, in honor OF
the latter's twentieth wedding an
niversary.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Stony Creek News

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Dysinger and
son Eldon and mother, Mrs. Hen
rletta Schrader. spent Sunday az
ternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schrader and son, London.
Gerald Nanegos spent Sunda.
with friends in Milan.
Mrs. George Monforton, Mrs
George Belevidge. Wayne, and Mrs
Edward Martin, Crosse Isle, were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Smith and family, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. We're Schupp and
daughter Kay and Mrs. Freda Mich
OILS and children were entertained
for Sunday dinner at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fralick and
family. Toledo. When they re-
turned home their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Schupp. who had been
visiting for several days at the
Fralick home, returned home with
them.
Miss Matte Pittman. Manhattan,
Kan, a former schoolmate OF Mrs.
Don McCrone, spent Sunday after
noon at the McCrone home, SUI
prising Mrs. McCrone with her
visit.
Mrs. Nick Babo. Detroit, spent
Sunday and Monday at the home
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Chic and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hammond
visited Mr. and Mrs. William Full
Ter, Cone. Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Davis and
son Larry and mother. Mrs. c. b
Davis, entertained Mr. and Mrs
Ernest Sweet and son and Mrs
Cora Davis, Royal Oak. for Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Schneider
and family, Ypsilanti, were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Guy Splitter and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Austin spen
the week end with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James Miller, Mon
roe.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley King ant
family spent the week end witt
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barr, Flint.
Mrs. Herman Gerstler and daugh
ter Edith. Ann Arbor. and Arthu
blanchard. Detroit. were Sunda!
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

way little behind the man In the
tweed suit, who was Just receiving
ticket from the window Of a
glass and mahogany affair that
looked rather like a theater box
office.
The carpet In the hall was a
thick-pile affair. and Guns tread
on it could have made no sound.
But the man in the tweed suit
must have sensed his approach.
for he turned sharply and gave
him a quick glance which Gun
read instantly-a look that Gun
had seen too often in his life. 1t
was the wary, half-apprehensive
look Of man who has something
to conceal!
There was plenty OF Snowman
ship about the Ray-Baths of
Messrs. Sleichtner. The walls of
the hallway were covered with
oriental hangings, and in one cor
ner a mummy case was propped.
The young lady in the pay box,
too, wore eastern costume, the
tower part her face concealed
by a heavy silken veil.
Gun passed over a note and a
sixpence, and took a blue ticket,
mechanically answering as he did
so the challenge in her eyes. A
gentleman with a scimitar, who
might or might not have been a
eunuch, opened the lattice swing
doors for him. and he passed into
an inner room.
Here was the same thick-pile
carpet, and attendants In eastern
dress, with flavor of the late Mr..
Clarkson about them.
He was relieved Of his travelling
coat and grip and escorted to a
counter, where a gentleman re-
sembling a pasha inquired:
Have you any valuables you
would care to leave here, sir ?"
You will be provided with a locker
inside. but we accept no RESPONSE
bility for anything not left here
and signed forr
What" said Gun. isn't this
an honest world?" He handed in
his watch, cigaret case and light
err, together with four fve-pound
notes.
Gun glanced around the inner
chamber with some amusement.
There was a property sarcophagus
in the center OF the room, and
Egyptian hierglyphic paintings on
the walls.
He was accustomed to the more
orthodox Hamman Baths which he
had used for years. Men are re-
faithful to their Turkish
baths. but Gun had never been a
creature OF rigid habit and he was
always ready TO try any place
once.
Have you any cameh to ride,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

by any CHANGER" he asked the
pasha.
The man looked at him gravelyl
and shook his head.
Afraid not, sir-no camels!"
How very remiss." Gun re-
marked laconically. as he took his
ticket and allowed himself to be
bowed and salaamed through an
other pair Of folding doors.
A large room, this time, with an
imitation marble floor, and a cir
cular fountain playing in the CEN
ter From behind curtains in one
corner a radio dispensed eastern
music. The rest OF the walls were
occupied by rows OF small doors
evidently dressing rooms. The at
mosphere was trifle over warm,
and heavy with what were sup
posed to be eastern perfumes, Gun
supposed.
There's certainly plenty Of at
mospherew Gun remarked to the
attendant who approached him,
and who vas, apparently. sup
posed to be a jjanlssarY.
Yes, sir, plenty Of atmosphere!
This your first visit here. sir ?"
"Yesm
81 expect you'll come again. sir,
Most Of our clients do"
He showed GsIn to d cubicle,
with the eastern atmosphere con-
fired to an electric bulb inside a
pseudo oriental lamp, the shape Of
the door. and Turkish rug on the
floor.
There was a printed card OF In
structions on the wall, and in ac-
-cordance with them Gun stripped
and assumed pair Of soft linen
shorts. There was a full-length
wardrobe locker built into a cor
ner Of the cubiele, allowing ones
clothes to be hung without folding
or crushing, and in this hung
sort Of bathrobe OF white mate
rial. Gun assumed this. and hung
illo NlDlhtS III Nit lDNhtts ne ildh
already assured himself that
everything was spotlessly clean
The card of instructions direct.
ed him TO: when disrobed, kind
ly lock locker and door Of dress
ing room. attaching keys to your
wrist with tape provided"
Gun complied with this direc-
ton, and as he locked the door OF
the cubicle the "janissary" TO
whom he had spoken before came
up to him.
you'll find the elevator through
that door, sir, and along the pas
sage to the right"
So he nodded, and passed
through the door indicated, which
was held open for him by another
attendant
TO Be Contlnued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
CHAPTER TWO

THE TAXI bore a cursing Gun
away, through the park and the
sunlight.
Reaction from the strain Of the
past week had set In as Cotton
proceeded in his cab and for the
time being he could only lie back
ON the cushions. without enough
energy to give the driver fresh
directions.
But opposite the National gal
lery he stopped and dismissed
him He walked. rather aimlessly.
up to Leicester square.
For a moment he stood, unde-
clded which way to go. and stared
around him. He was thinking:
MY Lord, how are the mighty
fallen! Leicester square-for years
tie center Of Theaterland, and
now not a single theater in it,!
What would the Washers OF the
naughty nIneties think Of that"
He stared around rather gloom
lily. Days a picture house-the
Empire a picture house, the Lei
cester Square theater . His eyes
paused and rested on a pseudo
oriental portico, glittering in gold
and bright blue, with an Egyptian
flag flying all over it, and a gor-
geously uniformed gentleman with
a scarlet fez on his head In at
tendance at the doors.
And above them the legend:
"SLEICHTNER'S EGYPTIAN
RAY-BATHS"
"Confound it," said Gun to him
self. The damned place is haunt
ing me Elis morning"
He walked halfway round the
square. idly. to have closer look
at il.
Then a taxi slid to the curb and
claimed the doormans attention.
and the individual who alighted
from it, for no particular reason
that he could assign. also claimed
Guns.
He was a tall man, well built
and muscular, wearing a rough
tweed suit. And Gun said to him
self
That's good hand-me-dUwu
that he's bought in a hurry. And
he got. rough tweed TO hide the
fact that 1t vas never made for
him. ="
Paying Off the cab, the man
turned toward Gun, so that the
latter got a sight OF his face. 1t
was tanned-the face Of a man
who had lived a lot in the open
air. 1t was also an ugly face, with
pale blue eyes set too close to the
nose. 1t was a thick nose with
wide nostrils. and tho lips below
1t were also thick and blubbery,
and partly hidden by stiff. bris-
ting mustache.
For some reason Gun was inter-
ested in the man, and watched as
he entered the portico Of Sleicht-
ner's Baths. He certainly didn't
look as though he was steking
health or rejuvenation; nor as
though he had been o. q Jag the
night before. But Gun had noticed
that the commissioner saluted
him as though he knew him, and
the man spoke word to him in
a cultural. foreign sounding voice
as he passed through the portals
OF the baths.
Guns next action was mainly
due TO impulse, though It Is true
that there flashed through his
mind the realization that Toni
would, by this time. probably be
out, and the fat cold. empty and
cherries without her. She was
not expecting him. becau he had !
had no opportunity OF notifying
her Of his return. Also he felt |
dirty, and these COMPOUNDED baths |
would probably do him good, be-
fore he had a sleep. anyway.
Gun walked through the door
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
Before The Blitzkrieg
by Rupert GraySOn
READ THIS FIRST:

Gun Cotton. famous agent OF Scotland
Yard. arrives in London and delivers a
mysterious small packet TO his superior.
known as X. despite several attempts
which have been made to take it from
him. Tired and worn from his nerve
wracking assignment, he takes a taxi
to Sleichtner's Egyptian Ray Baths.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21
In America Hearts Dictate

While much of
the world has
come under the
infLuen nee of
dictatorS, We
still b e Lieue
that the hearts
of Americans
UiLI do what
debating is
going to b e
done. Hearts
of many of our
local citizens
are debating
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Junior Class Play
Poisoned Until
December IL, Is

Scheduled for presentation to.
night and tomorrow night, the
Coolidge Union high school junior
play, Comm Thru the Rye" has
been postponed because of illness
in the cast, and will be presented
next Thursday and Friday eve
nings, Dec. IL and 13.
Tickets purchased for tonight
will be good for next Thursday
night and tickets purchased for
the performance tomorrow night
can be used Friday night, Dec. 13
If those who purchased tickets
wish to change from the Thursday
TO Friday night perforance, or vice
versa, it will be possible to do sc
before next Thursday, Miss Eu
gene Brandon, play coach an
nounces.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Phoenix Lodge To
Confer Degree Of
Masonry Tonight

The degree team from Silver
Trowel Lodge No. 29, Phoenix
will confer the third degree OF
Masonry for Pima Lodge No. SO,
at o'clock tonight (Thurs.). All
Masons in this Jurisdiction are in
vited to attend Invitations to the
Florence and Casa Grande lodges
have also been sent out
There will be a pot-luck dinner
at the hall at $50 and immediate
ly after the dinner the lodge will
be convened for work. j. J. Jones
and Jack Roberts have charge OF
the refreshments, and all members
of Pima lodge and their families
will attend with covered dishes, sc
that all visiting Masons will be
supplied with an abundance oi
good eats at the dinner.
Last Thursday night the Eastern
Star and Masons gathered at the
Masonic Temple for another one
Of their pot-luck supper meetings
preceding lodge. About 20 persons
were in attendance.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Earl ". Robinson
Instantly Killed
In Head.0n Crash
Funeral Services Conducted
Sunday for Tucson
Boy

Earl w Robinson, %, Of Tucson,
was killed instantly last Thursday
night when his car crashed head
On into a truck driven by w. w.
Clark Of Blythe, Calf, on highway
ST about 12 miles south of here.
The truck pulled out on the
shoulder Of the road and had come
to a near stop when the automo-
bile driven by Robinson swerved
directly into the truck from the
opposite side Of the road.
The impact of the crash threw
the motor Of the car more than 40
feet and completely demolished
the machine and also damaged the
front Of the large truck consider
ably, although CLARK. the driver of
the truck. was uninjured.
Mr. Robinson, who formerly
lived in Coolidge, was employed by
the Southern Pacific railroad
company in Tucson.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon at the Coo
lidge Baptist church, where the
deceased was a member, by the
Rev. c. F. Frazier Pail bearers
were fellow railroad workmen, and
the body was shipped to McAlister,
Okla, for interment there in the
family cemetery.
The deceased, who was born In
Hominy, Okla, June 4, 1918, is
survived by his parents; his
widow, Helen Of Tucson; four
sisters, Mrs. Jenece Dobbs Of
Carlsbad, N. M; Miss Geraldine
Robinson OF Chicago; Miss Vivian
and Miss Dorothy Jane Robinson
of McAlister; and three brothers,
Bruce Of Carlsbad, and John
Arthur and Phillip of McAlister.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Retail Dealers
Discuss Problems
Here Tuesda,

Retail beer dealers from Coo
lldge, Casa Grande and Florence
met at Bob's Place Tuesday after
noon to hear a discussion Of the
brewing industry's self-regulation
program by Ford Jennings, state
director of the Brewers and Beer
Distributors Committee Of Arizona
Attending the meeting were:
Jess B. Hill, Casa Grande, county
chairman for the Arizona Retail
Liquor Dealers Associations; Leo
Bloch, Florence; Jack McAlister,
Florence; Lyle Rogers, Coolidge;
Bob Foy, Coolidge; Earl McEuen,
Coolidge and Heinie Schewell, in,
spector for the state department
of liquor licenses and control.
Mr.. Jennings explained the in
dustry's "Clean Up or Close Up
program to the dealers and urged
their cooperation in the campaign
to eliminate the small minority of
law-breakers from the industry.
Other speakers included E. S.
Shoecraft Of Stafford, district
chairman for the Brewers and
Beer Distributors Committee, who
came here especially for the meet
ing, and William A. Kurtz, Casa
Grande distributor, who is a mem.
ber of the state committee. Earlier
the retailers discussed problems
to be presented at the annual
state association convention at
Tucson this week.
The Brewers and Beer Distri-
butors Committee, Of which Mr..
Jennings is director, was organic
ed last July by the United Brewers
Industrial Foundation to admin
ster the industry's "Clean UP or
Close Up" program in Arizona.
Similar programs now are in
operation in 13 other states.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Second Annual
c. of c. Banquet
Here Monday
Hamilton Keddie of Tucson
Principal Speaker
On Program

Program arrangements have
been completed and plans are un-
derway for the second annual
boosters banquet to be given by
the Coolidge Chamber Of Com
merce at the Coolidge Union high
school gymnasium next Monday
evening at 7 o'clock.
Mr.. Hamilton Keddie, ex-sec-
tary of the Tucson Sunshine
Climate club will be present as
the main speaker on the program,
according to Mr.. Fred Slater,
chairman of the entertainment
committee. Also on the program
will be U. S. Senator-elect E. w.
Mcfarland of Florence.
The complete program is as
follows:
Invocation, Rev. A. A. Kidd;
GOD Bless America" audience;
address of welcome, R. J. Jones,
president of the Coolidge Chamber
of Commerce; response, Blanche
K. Murray, secretary of the Chan
dler Chamber Of Commerce; toast
master, Virgil Chandler; chamber
booster song, led by Arnold Kelm,
Virginia Urton and Coralane
Sewell, accompanied at the piano
by Mrs. B. L. Steward.
Introduction of guests from
Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa and Gilbert;
vocal trio, Misses Myrtle Yohn.
Patricia Tweed and Nancy Baker;
continuation Of introduction of
guests from Superior, Tucson.
Casa Grande, Florence and Chan
dler; secretary's annual report,
Paul L. Loucks; dancing, Nancy
Baker and Patricia Tweed with
Myrtle Yohn at the piano; re-
marks, Mr.. Mcfarland; address,
"The Relation of the Community
Toward It's Chamber of Com
merce," Mr.. Keddie.
The local organization wishes to
call particular attention to the fact
that the banquet is open to all
who care to attend at 81 a plate.
Tickets are On sale at the Cham
ber of Commerce office, Slater
Auto Supply, Moag Motor Co. and
Mandell and Harris department
store.
The Ladies' auxiliary Of the
Community church has promised a
turkey dinner with all the trim
mings. To accommodate this or
ganization so they will know how
many plates to prepare, all those
who can are urged to procure
their tickets by Saturday If pos
sible.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Local Musicians
Selected For All
State Band Group

Three Coolidge Union high
school band members will play in
Arizona's first all-state band con-
cert as the guests of the Uni
versity Of Arizona at Tucson on
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and
IA, 1t has been announced. Mem
bers chosen from Coolidge include
Ben Arnold, first alto saxophone;
Raymond Dunaway, second clari-
net, and Everette Peters, bass.
Arnold Kelm is director Of the
local organization.
The group will include 100 boys
and girls from II high schools
throughout the state, and the pro-
gram was arranged by George c.
Wilson, director of band and or
chestra at the University of Ari-
zona.
Glen Cliff Bainum, director of
the Northwestern university band,
will lead the state high school
band. He will conduct rehearsals
starting at 10 am. Friday and
lasting throughout Saturday until
that evening when the major con,
cert will be played in the state
uniyersity's auditorium.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Lions Club Plans
Football Banquet

The Lions club held a meeting
last Wednesday night and made
plans for the banquet that will be
given the football team On Dec.
II.
Several OF the members made
impromptu speeches, having drawn
instruction cards. Those on the
program were Herman Libkind,
George McLain, A. P. Whitehead
and Waldo Christy. Mr.. White
head spoke On the subject, "Why
Do We Have Bachelors" This
was illustrated by the three bache-
lors, ]. Beauchamp. Kenyon Har.
ris and Herman Libkind
Guests Of the club were Deputy
District Governor Waldo Christy
of Casa Grande, Mr. Hoisington, a
teacher in the Casa Grande
schools, and Mr.. Payson, who was
the guest Of Mr.. McLain.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Cotton Loans
Dependent On
Referendum Sat.

Whether or not cotton loans
made by the commodity credit
corporation will be available to
cotton growers in 1941 is depend
ent on the outcome of the cotton
referendum. All cotton counties
in Arizona will join the rest Of
the nations cotton growing coun-
ties on Saturday to vote on
whether or not they favor market
ing quotas for 1941.
eff marketing quotas are not ap.
proved in the referendum on
Saturday the cotton loan program
will have to cease at the time re-
suits of the referendum are an
nounced, and they will not again
be available until Aug. 1, 1912"
said ]. R. Storey, chairman of the
Pinal county AAA committee.
He pointed out that, through
Nov. IS, growers in the cotton-belt
states has received $92,744,521 for
1,921,514 bales of cotton placed
under loan with the commodity
credit corporation, while Arizona
growers have received loans to
the extent $1,058,000 on 21,921
bales.
''If quotas are approved and if
loans are made available, growers
who plant within their acreage
allotments are eligible for loans
on all cotton they produce in 1872"
stated Storey. "Those who over
plant their allotment are eligible
for loans only On cotton produced
in excess of their marketing
quotas, and then at only 60 per
cent of the loan rate for cooperat-
ing producers"
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
Coolidge Bears
Drop Final Game
To Casa Grande
Win Valley and East Cen
trail Titles In Success
full Season

With Upton Killingsworth, Casa
Grande end, scoring both touch
downs on end around plays, the
Coolidge Union high school Bears
dropped their last football game
Of the season to the Cougars at
Casa Grande last Friday night by
a score of IL to 6.
Coolidge scored first in the third
period after a scoreless first half,
marching from midfield with Half
back Art Mode slipping over the
goal line. A pass attempt for the
extra point failed.
Late in the third quarter, the
Cougars tied up the score with
Henry Armenia putting his team
in scoring position after 80 yard
sprint. Killingsworth streaked
down the sidelines for the score.
Backed up to their own two
yard line by a penalty, the Bears
got off poor punt to the 10, and
Casa Grande came back for its
second counter with Killingsworth
again streaking around end to give
Casa Grande the winning score.
The Bears finished their most
successful season in local football
history, winning eight games be-
fore losing the lone contest to
Casa Grande. In spite Of the
loss in the final game Coolidge
won the Valley conference cham
pionship and tied for first with
the Cougars for the East Central
conference title.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-05
District Rotary
Club Governor At
Today's Meeting

With C. B. Wilson of Holbrook,
the district governor, On the pro.
gram in his annual visit, members
of the Coolidge Rotary club will
meet in their weekly luncheon
session at the Community Presby-
terian church basement this noon.
The entire program will be
given over to Mr.. Wilson, who
also will meet with the members
tonight in an assembly to answer
questions pertaining to the club.
David A. Rogers of the us.
soil conservation service in Phoe.
nix spoke to the group at last
weeks meeting On "Soil Conser-
vation and the Coolidge Vicinity -
Mr.. Warren Turner, director of
the service at Phoenix, was also
present and spoke On the origin
of the soil conservation program.
Mr.. K. K. Henness, county ag.
ricultural agent, and Mr.. Robert
M. Springfield, local high school
agriculture instructor, were guests
at the meeting. Introduced by
Phil Claridge as Junior Rotarian
was Lawrence Mccullough.
Included on the program were
two impersonations given by Miss
Alice Loucks. The general pro-
gram was under the direction of
Paul w. Loucks and President
Matt Dodge presided over the
meeting.