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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
TOWNS REFLECT
YULET|OE SPIRIT
NORTH POLE. MIMI. TO PUSH
SANTA CLAUS. IND. FOR
MAIL QUANTITY

Chicago. Dec. 24-UP-The spirit
OF Christmas, as the nearest map
or atlas will attest. has Influenced
the naming OF several cities and
towns In the United States.
Most we'll known OF all is the
town OF Santa Claus. Ind. where
the post office literally is showed
under each December with letters
and postcards for Santa Claus.
Most recent town 10 catch the
Santa Claus tradition is the newly
incorporated village OF North Pole.
MINI. Citizens OF hamlet five
miles north OF Bemidji. MINI,
voted to adopt the name OF North
Pole recently and expect to push
Santa Claus, Ind. for Christmas
mail quantity this month on the
basis that everyone knows Santa
lives at the North Pole. II also fire.
quently is the coolest spot in the
nation.
Other Christmas-fiavored town
names include: Star City, Ark;
Hollywood, Cal; Holly Hill. Fla:
Mount Holly. N. c.; Evergreen,
Ala. and Holidays Cove. w. Va.
In an evident attempt to con-
fuse the climate and induce
white Christmas. westerners some
time ago founded the town OF
Snowflake. Ariz.. while in florida.
civic pride burst forth with Frost.
proof, Fla.
California. however. despite its
numerous Sans and Santas. Is stu
sans a Santa Claus, which re-
mains back home in Indiana.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

department Sunday morning. Mrs.
Esther Deering. Mrs. Beatrice
Born, Mrs. Helen Otter and Mrs.
Nellie Van Wormer have had the
training OF the children's groups.
In the evening the Epworth
League group of young people met
at $3.50 and at ! o'clock the older
children OF the primary and junior
league groups presented their por-
ton OF the Christmas program. No
sermon was given, the entire day
being given over TO choirs and
child program groups.
Rev. Eddy announced that Dec.
20 DR.. Walter r. Fruit, Detroit, will
give the message at the morning
service at IL o'clock. The Epworth
League group will meet at the usual
$3.50 hour on the 29th.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Sunday night Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Schaerer visited the form.
er's nephew who underwent an
appendectomy at University Hos
pital, Ann Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Coleman
and Laurel Dawn will spend
Christmas Day at the home OF Their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Smith, Willis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Lund' grandson OF Englands Lord
Nelson.
Lund has great faith in Britain
ultimate victory. lie sees success
because OF the sea power which his
ancestor built TO greatness.
Father OF 20 children. Lund oper-
ates a sheep ranch near the Allan
tic Ocean, Lund says the blood Of
bis grandfather must run very
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
News From BeIIeVilIe

given over to a Christmas Canta-
ia. presented by the chancel choir.
Fathers and mothers OF the chill
dren OF the primary department
were welcomed to Christmas pro-
gram presented by the younger
group OF primary children OF the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Lord Nelson's Grandson
Quiet Resident OF Maine

Dennysyille, Ne. Dec 2t-UP-
In this quiet town 5000 miles from
Europe an S0-year-old man eager
ly watches for news or the war.
His concern is deeper than most
Americans, He Is Horatio Nelson
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
INFANT DAUGHTER OF
MR., MRS. ToTAN DIES

The infant daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Totan, 119 High St,
Belleville, born December IS,
passed away December 10.
Funeral services were held in
the Roberts Funeral Chapel Fri
day, Dec. 20. lnterment was made
in the Roman Catholic Cemetery,
New Boston.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
BOYS LIBRARY INGENIOUS

Peoria, H.. Dec. "a UP-With
tfpee years Of work. but without
any money, Donald Tomlin, IL,
has built a new type library for
himself He covered 100 penny
match boxes to resemble books he
had read and enclosed a summary
in each.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
strongly In his veins because all hls
life he has lived near the sea.
hot STOVE" THIEF HUNTED

Bakersfield. Cal. Dec. "a up
The man who took a steam trap
valued at SIS from the vesta Pc
troleum company plant In the
Mountain View oilfield did the
very next thing to stealing a hot
stove. sheriff's officers said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
HOLIDAY PROGRAMS GIVEN
Az GROUp OF call DREN

Belleville. Mich, Dec. 24-Sun.
day School in Belleville Methodist
Church was at the usual hour OF 10
o'clock Sunday morning. The regu-
lar church hour OF IL O'Clock was
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
First CouIee Power Bid
From Tiny Community

Grand Coulee Dam, Wash. Dec
24-UP-The tiny community OF
Nespelem. Is miles from here. prob
ably will become the first electric
power customer OF the multi.mil-
lion dollar Grand Coulee dam.
Officials OF the Bonneville Grand
Coulee authority have approved a
contract with the Nespelem rural
electrification district to buy Coulee
power when available. The district
Is building a 46-mile powerline from
the damsite to various parts Of the
Nespelem valley.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Carolers Rehearse

Community Church and school
carolers and chorus groups are IN
the midst of rehearsals for Christ
mas Eve caroling in the village
streets and at various other places.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Christmas Trees Appear

Student class parties are varied,
and all OF the lower grades are
excited as Christmas trees are
decorated in tinsel, pop corn
strings, paper chains, colored balls.
and stars.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the
fleet air arm have bombed the
Italian islands OF Rhodes. Stampa.
liza and Scarpanto in the Dodeca-
nese group OFF the Turkish coast,
the admiralty announced today.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

ron was said to be blockading MUIR
mansk, key Russian port. In Lon
don the admiralty would neither
confirm nor deny the report, but
such blockade was understands
BILE. German ships, which hereto
fore have used Norwegian territorial
waters in carrying war supplies to
and from Murmansk, will thus be
cut off. It was also a pointed no
tice to Norway that Nazi ships had
best be shooed away.
Both Adolf Hitler and Neville
Chamberlain made name-calling
speeches which cancelled each 9TH
er off. Mr.. Chamberlain listed, for
the umpteenth time, Britain's ''war
aims" which include a new German
government, and liberation Of
Czechs and Poles. Herr Hitler va
ried it, stating his "pre-war aims"
namely, living space and return Of
German colonies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
WESTINGHOUSE TIMES

Washington is increasingly being
appealed to as an authority. Yet
somebody said recently that his
times were nearer to julius Gaze
sar's than to Franklin Roosevelt's.
This referred, of course, to the
tremendous increase in human
knowledge and conveniences since
our beginnings compared with the
whole Of history before. This kind
of statement is usually preface to
an argument that, since conditions
are so different the leaders of our
earliest days can't be too much re-
lied upon now.
To the extent that modern gov
eminent and laws must conform to
modern conditions, that is undoubt-
eddy true.
Nobody more clearly recognized
that than Washington.
That was the way he got his big
start and changed the whole sys-
tenn of law and government to a
new one by revolution.
But the principal reason for his
unmatched success was that he al
ways kept his feet on the ground.
His was not the quarterback theory
of government.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

war to become an ambassador,
Woodring replied:
mo, not that job, Mr.. President.
] don't want to 60 to Rome. But I
would be interested in going to
the court of st. James"
The President pointed out that
that post was not open.
"Yes, I know that" said Mr..
Woodring, "but you and I know that
Joe Joseph P. Kennedy, now am
bassador to Great Brittany never
stays long at any one job. He'll be
leaving there soon. And meanwhile
don't mind waiting"
Whereupon, Mr.. Roosevelt's ge-
NAL and tenacious secretary of war
got up and departed, leaving the
President half amused, half fab
bergasted.
Volatile Ambassador Kennedy.
For the President knew that Har-
ry Woodring was right; Joe Kennedy
does not remain too long at any one
job. In fact, just few weeks after
this conversation took place, Secre-
tary Woodring almost got the very
wish he had expressed.
For after the appointment of Sum-
ner Welles as peace envoy to Eu-
rope, the British announced that all
their files would be placed at the
disposal of Mr.. Welles; he could
read everything they had; nothing
would be kept secret. This set off
the fireworks.
''Now just where does that put
me?" roared the explosive Ambas-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

Cartoon by Burck in Chicago Times.
be fair comment on events and
actions in general-hasn't any bust
ness tying up with any favorite to
the exclusion Of any contrary COM
ment, at least until the issues are
drawn and there is no. other thing
to say except ''yea" or may"
In this view it is neither defeat
ism" nor treason" to say that I
believe Mr.. Roosevelt will be our
next President-if that is my opin-
ion-which it is.
AS to his nomination-does a
majority of the Democratic party
desire it? Decidedly not.
In Dixie there are curses not loud
but deep. Southern democracy has
been the stepchild of the New Deal.
It threatens white political suprem-
acy. It has taken the South's two
third rule away from the nomina-
ton.
It's farm policy is running the for
eign market for cotton.
The South has received the lowest
per capita handout for recovery
and relief"
They are now only a minority
without a veto in the convention.
They must get on any band wagon
that really starts to roll, or read
themselves into the outer dark. In
the election, the South will vote
Democratic as usual.
What do politicos like Frank
Hague in New Jersey and Chicago's
Boss Nash care about Mr.. Roose-
welt and his New Deal?
They care principally for its hand
outs-but that is enough.
Less powerful politicians are
somewhat in the same category.
You could count the really con-
WINGED and jealous New Dealers in
the senate on the fingers of one
hand.
If you were Siamese twins you
could count all there are in both
houses of congress on your fingers
and toes.
But here again the vast New
Deal political and patronage ma
chine controls political attitudes If
not political thinking.
These are the gents who decide
on the delegates and pick men Of
their own type. Whether or not he
raises finger, or even permits his
name to be used, most of these men
will not vote against Mr.. Roose-
welt.
Some boy orator will arise at
sometime in the convention with a
cross of gold and crown of thorns
speech and it will be all over except
the shouting-which will last for two
hours.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
N A M E S
In the neUS +.

Released after spending three
years as a Spanish prisoner of war,
U. S. Aviator Harold Dahl left hap
PLY for home, planning to join his
platinum blonde wife in night club
work.
Died in Jasper, Ala: Hope, sister
of Faith, Charity and Franklin, the
other three Short bankruptcies.
Defeated by Sam Houston Jones
for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination (tantamount to election) !,
Louisiana's Earl X. Long had HIM
self named candidate for secretary
of state by a flame duck" Demo-
cratic state central committee.
Born to Italy's Crown Princess
Marie Jose and Crown Prince Um-
berto was a daughter, their third
child. To celebrate, King Victor
Emmanuel granted amnesty to sew
eral thousand prisoners.
Back to his post in London went
u. S. Ambassador Joseph p. Ken
nedy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

opened its hearings last year. Final
" the flames reached the senate
floor. Iowa's Sen. Guy Gillette said
he had received information Of meet
ings of insurance policyholders who
expressed fear that their policies
might be endangered by the hear
ings. Someone else told how the
American Life convention, a Mid
west insurance group, had charged
TNEC was considering federal reg
ulation of insurance. An insurance
publication had pointed out that Sem
ator O'Mahoney had never prom
ised there would not be regulatory
legislation.
Answered Mr.. O'Mahoney: "The
purpose Of the committee has never
been to take anything away from
any company. It's purpose has been
to investigate how the great assets
of these companies might be best in
vested to promote this econo-
my of ours"
Still, observers noted, there was
no assurance that regulatory legis-
lation is not anticipated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
U. S. AND THE WAR:
First Trair, to Berlin

Arriving at Rome, Assistant Sec
rotary Of State Sumner Welles began
his duties as Franklin Roosevelt's
special peace emissary to Europe.
He called on Italian Foreign Minis
ter Count Galeazzo Ciano, next on
Premier Benito Mussolini. Then, un-
expectedly, he packed his bags and
hiked off for Berlin to talk with Adolf
Hitler and Foreign Minister Joachim
Won Ribbentrop. Noting this unex-
pected development, observers won
dered if II Duce had whispered Der
Fuehrer's peace terms into the ear
of Envoy Welles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
POLITICS.:
Another Martha

Stamping up and down the land in
late February was politicians
wife whose campaigning was more
effective than her husbands. She
was Mrs. Robert A. Taft, who for
the moment came back to her ma
tive Minnesota to be introduced as
another Martha from the White
House." Growing in stature much
faster than her able, though slow
moving husband, Mrs. Taft served
notice that the exciting type of First
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

Ladyship founded by Eleanor Roose-
welt will not be forfeited if the U. S.
names Bob Taft as it's next Presi-
dent.
Other political news:
q. Presidential primaries were prov
ing a disappointment to both par
ties. Democrats found that Frank
lin Roosevelt's reluctance to an
nounce his third term intentions was
keeping other candidates out of the
primary contests. Republicans were
grumbling because leading candi-
dates were reluctant to enter de-
cisive candidates. Only exception:
Wisconsin, where Candidates Taft,
Dewey and Vandenberg will fight it
out.
q G. o. P. National Committee
man Joseph Martin resigned, thus
intimating he has no presidential
ambitions. Reason: His duties as
G. o. P. house minority leader re-
quire his full attention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

X e In e dy re-
marked to some of his friends. And
he did almost as well when he
talked to the President. Roosevelt,
however, Gained him down; said
that he was indispensable in Lon
don. So Woodring will not get the
Job of ambassador to st. James,
at least not yet.
Note-Real fact is that Ambassa-
dor Kennedy does have access to
British secrets. In fact Chamber
lain is extremely frank with him,
and the general consensus in the
Roosevelt administration is that the
United States seldom has been more
capably represented in London.
Roosevelt is most anxious that
Kennedy continue.
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SOCIAL SECURITY vAGARIES
If congress would take time out
from its political antics to examine
the hundreds of letters pouring into
the social security board, it would
uncover some extraordinary facts
about the much-toated old-age PEN
sion system.
It would learn, for example, that
while the complicated social securi-
ty law is barring tens of thousands
Of needy oldsters from pensions, it
is also putting a premium on de-
ception and dishonest pensions.
The system requires that aged
persons should have earned $50 in
wages in half the quarters since
January, 1887, before they can re-
ceive a pension. Since most work.
ers near IS have been unemployed
and cannot get work, they are auto
matically precluded from pensions;
in other words, from the very pur-
pose for which the law was passed.
But while honest oldsters are left
out in the cold, smart or crooked
ones find no trouble in getting PEN
gions.
BY the simple process of having
a relative or friend give them fic-
titious job, they make themselves
eligible for an annuity.
Here is one case of this kind
which came to the attention of the
board. An oldster went to friend
" employer and ION the promise to
pay the required taxes got the en-
ployer to certify him as a worker.
For a total payment of SO since
1897, he thus became eligible on
january ] for SIS month pension
Tor the remainder of his life.
Another case was that of re-
tired millionaire, living in Florida,
who was, put on the payroll of the
family firm as a vice president and
will soon begin drawing monthly
pension of over $50.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

Thus, leniency will be substituted
for strict banking procedure in cases
where borrowers are deemed to have
a fair chance of eventually paying
their debts. While Mr.. Black was
pointing out how FCA is now taking
"the broad social view," severalof its
executives (including General Coun-
sci Peyton Evans) were resigning.
F.. Meanwhile another credit setup,
the farm security administration,
announced five-point program to
help down-and-out sharecroppers get
a new start.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
GEN ( RAJ
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wNu s.rn
ROOsEvELT's THIRD TERM

ROOSEVELTS THIRD TERM
/ believe that Mr.. Roosevelt will
be nominated and elected for third
term. / have said this more thar
once here and elsewhere
Every time / say it publicly, ! gel
a lot Of indignant fan letters from
people who agree with meat least
in being very much opposed to g
third term for any man. The COM
plant is that this is "defeatism"-
almost treason
In the first place, to be either q
''defeatist'' or traitor" you have
to owe somebody an allegiance for
which you are fighting. shall fight
as hard as / can against third
term for Mr.. Roosevelt, but ] be-
ieve that a column that tries
sometimes not very successfully to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
AVIATION:
Bermuda Tempest
II think that's a hell OF a note"

IL think that's hell Of note"
Thus exploded Missouri's Sen.
Harry S. Truman when he heard
about American mail seizures at
Bermuda. Said the unofficial story:
A Pan-American clipper captain
had been ordered at gunpoint to sur
render European-bound U. S. mail
to British censors.
Overnight huge storm swept
over congress. Missouris Sen. Ben
nett Champ Clark fathered a bill to
stop clippers from landing at Ber-
muda. Other senators predicted that
any more such incidents would ali
enate U. S. sympathy for the British
cause.
Within the next two days Britain
moved swiftly to appease American
wrath. Not entirely diplomatic, Brit
ish Ambassador Lord Lothian
branded the incident as complete
eyewash." London denied it, and so,
finally, did the state department.
Just when everyone was forget
ting, Pan-American announced that
after March IS its airships would
fly nonstop from New York to the
Azores, completely skipping Bermu-
da. Searching frantically for tie
UP between this announcement and
the airmail rift, observers COM
pletely forgot that Pan-American
was merely meeting competition:
On March Is, American Export air.
lines will also begin flying nonstop
from New York to the Azores.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
FINANCE:
Insurance Probe

Early this year U. S. insurance
companies were spotlighted before
the temporary national economic
committee of Sen. Joseph c. O'Ma-
honey. Aided by a securities and
exchange commission report pre-
scented by Leon Henderson, the COM
mittee showed how most life insur-
ance is controlled by 26 companies,
how insurance companies income far
exceeds their payments, how in the
past decade their multi-billion dol
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
AGRICULTURE:
LOOsened Credit

Last December came an explosion
in the multi-billion dollar, highly
conservative farm credit admins
tration. Reason: Secretary of Ag-
riculture Henry Wallace wanted to
loosen credit restrictions. FCA Pres
ident F. c. Hill, fearful lest FCA
investors be jeopardized, protested
and finally resigned. A few days
later FCA fell under Henry Wal
lace's sway. AS new chief he in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

stalled A. G.
Black, VIII
announced
r e C e n t ly
what FCA's
n e W pro-
gram would
be:
Major aim
is to keep
farmer debt
ors on the
I q m q n d
protect them
against fore
lns ilraS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
CONGRESS-:
BattLe's End

For three months the administra-
ton had held its breath over the
greatest congressional battle Frank
lin Roosevelt ever anticipated. When
it came, the battle turned out to be
a dud. Passed 216-168 by the house
was a resolution to extend for three
years Secretary of State Cordell
Hulrs reciprocal trade program.
The resolution was then forwarded
to the senate, where victory was
generally predicted. Western sena-
tors would certainly fight to regain
ratification power over the treaties,
but observers gave them no chance
for success.
Also in congress:
q The house banking and currency
committee okayed 500, 1000, 900
boost in the Export-Import Bank s
capital, providing funds for non-mil-
itary loans to China and Finland.
Inserted were amendments ID per-
hitting loans for purchase of COM
mercial (non-military) planes, and
(2) denying loans to any nation in
default of debts to the u. S.
q The senate refused overwhelm-
ingly an effort sponsored by Mas
sachusetts' Henry Cabot Lodge to
withhold funds for the U. S. en-
bassy at Moscow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

Deal record at Side
stepping a resigna-
ton from the cabi-
net. But the time
may soon come
when he will get the
substitute job which
he wants.
The last time
R COS e Welt ap-
preached Harry
with the idea that
he might want to
trade his present
:1h ~ co0roforry ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
EUROPE:
Pressure on the Neutrdls

OF all the lesser European states
whose princes and presidents were
straddling fences, none was buster
than Rumania's King Carol. The
Rumanian pendulum, which for six
months has swung from pro-Nazi
to pro-ally and back again, took a
definite swing to the allies again.
But it was all a result Of pressure.
First Carol had levied Is per
cent export tax on oil. When Ger
many had disapproved, Carol had
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08
In the North: Death

A fierce struggle for Viipuri, key
city on the Karelian isthmus,
seemed ending when the invading
Russians captured Koivisto island
fortress, guardian to Viipuri bay.
Meanwhile what was described as
the wars biggest battle was re-
ported developing in the far-north
Petsamo region.
Fighting game but losing battle
in the south, the Firms were NOW
ing down $500 to 5000 Reds a day.
Not announced were their own
losses, which, because they were de-
Tending instead of attacking, prob
ably were not so great.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

sador Kennedy,
while on vacation
in the United
S t a t e S. "Y o u
would think I had
just been pouring
tea over there in
stead of working
my head off. If
they think they
need a special
ambassador over
there to get all
the British Sc
crets I failed to
get, they can
count me out.
Th;C xxyoc xxyhof
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-08

lar invest
ments h ad
given them
"afrstmort-
gage'' on U.
S. business.
This w as
bad publici-
ty snacking
of the witch
hunt" which
S e n a t o r
ON ahoney
had taken
pains to deny