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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
PLAN
FOR BUSY YEAR.
NEW STUDENT WORKER GIVEN
WELCOME BY BAPTiSTS,
CONGREGATIONALISTS

r. Ypsilanti churches are preparing
for an unusually active year An
important feature is the merger OF
college student work in the Baptist
and congregational Churches. Miss
Kathleen Shannon. Durant, Okla.
will be full-time worker, and will
be introduced this evening at din
ner given by Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Studt. At tea given Sunday after
noon at o'clock by Mrs. Perry
Brundage and Mrs. Harvey l..
Turner. she was given a cordial well
come by Representatives from both
churches.
A retreat consisting of the Off.
GERS Of both college student groups
will take place at Portage Lake, the
members leaving Thursday morning
at 9 o'clock from the Paul Tower
residence and returning Saturday
afternoon. The boys will stay at Let
ter-Inn and the girls at Strang Cot
tage, Fox Point.
Student work as developed by the
Congregational and Baptist church
groups of college work will be thor
oughly discussed and plans made
as to character of work, time and
place of meeting. The advisory
board will be responsible for this
new merger.
The session of the First Presby-
terrain Church met at the Manse
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock with
Rev. r. B. Bair, when 1t was decided
to establish a church night each
month at which time all executive
committees shall meet for dinner
and conduct their business follow
ing the meal, thus eliminating meet
nj Dan Gu
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Continued on Page Six)
LAIRD SELECTED
BY REPUBLICANS
TO BE CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY
AcpMMITTEE; MEMBERS TO
AE ANNOUNCED LATER

he Republican county candi-
dates at their meeting Saturday N
Ann Arbor elected william VI.
Laird. Ann Arbor city attorney. as
chairman OF the Washienaw Coun-
ty Republican Committee.
They also chose several men and
women from each OF the &c pre-
cincts OF the county 10 serve Is
the county committee, subject 10
the consent Of these TO serve. This
committee 2ill- meet come leNenInz
this week TO elect a vice chairman
OF the county committee. and
chairman for each Of eight zones
into which the county Is divided.
They will also elect p campaign
manager The zone chairmen will
also serve as the executive com
mittee for the campaign.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
OsBURN CHOSEN
COUNTY SHERIFF
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY
COMMITTEE TO FILL
UNExPiREO TERM

In Pursuance OF the statutes, Pro
bate Judge Jay G.. Pray. County
Clerk Luella NJ. Smith and Prose
cutting Attorney Albert J. Rapp
this morning unanimously APPROX
ed the choice OF John l.. Osburn,
undersheriff. TO act as sheriff until
December 81. He will MI the unex-
pired term OF the late Sheriff
Jacob y. Andres.
In respect to the late sheriff, II
was recommended that Mr. Osburn
retain Mrs Andres as matron and
that she be-Rranted the right 10
occupy the residence OF the sheriff.
-IH-makins -the=anpoIntment. tho
committee held the qualifications
OF Mr.. Osburn as very high and
expressed the opinion that the
late sheriff wou'1 have wanted Mr.
Osburn in his place.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
De Tristan Boy Rescued
Unframed From Kidnaper
DIR. {. c. WORDEN
PASSES IN EAST
NATIVE OF YPSlLANTI WAS
LEADER IN cELLULOSE
CHEMISTRY FIELD

Word has been received here OF
the death Sunday at his home in
Milburn, N. j., OF DR.. Edward
Chauncey Worden, head OF the
Worden Chemical Laboratory and
Library and leader In the cellu-
lose chemistry field, DR.. Worden.
native OF Ypsilanti, was born
April II, 1875, the son OF Chauu-
cey and Elvira Mabel Worden.
DIR. Worden was graduated from
the School OF Pharmacy In the
University of Michigan and served
as chemist for the Clark Thread
Company OF Newark.
During the World War he head
ed the chemical program OF the
United States Aviation Corps. He
was chief OF the airplane wing
coating section OF the Bureau Of
Aeronautics, Washington, ID. c.,
during 1916 to 1918. crossing the
Atlantic ii times for the United
States Government. After the
armistice he submitted to the Sec
rotary OF War a ten volume, $4,000
page report OF his work.
Funeral services for DR.. Worden
will be Tuesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Blast Occurs as Workmen
Take Apart Fuses From
Old Shells
OFFICIALS DECLARE NO
HINTS OF SABOTAGE
Protective Screen Aids in
Cutting Down Loss
of Life
CRY International News service)

Cry International News service)
Dover n. j.. Sept. 23-INS-Two
men were killed and II others were
injured. none seriously. when an
explosion rocked the u. s. Army
Arsenal at nearby Picatinny today.
The dead were Elias Lawrence,
40, Route 6. Rockaway, and John
Goodwin, 20. Towaco.
Sabotage apparently played no
part In the blast. The explosion
occurred as arsenal workers were
taking apart fuses OF shells manu-
featured during the World War.
This work Is recognized as a
dangerous job" said Col. A. s.
Buyers.
One OF the workers was killed
instantly. Colonel Buyers added.
the other dying enroute to a hos
pital. or those injured. most suf-
fered only minor scratches and
were given first aid treatment at
the arsenal dispensary.
The building In which the ex-
plosion let go was damaged. but
il definitely was not wrecked" Col
onel Buyers said.
Under normal conditions the men
who take the ammunition work
behind a heavy metal screen. II
was this screen which resulted in
the small loss OF life.
The blast occurred in building
al. one OF a number OF small iron
structures, constructed separately
to localize explosions.
The arsenal is stocked with hun
dreds OF thousands OF World War
shells. some more than a foot in
diameter II is one of the armys
biggest arsenals.
FBI agents have been in the
vicinity investigating the posi-
bility or sabotage az the cause of
the recent Hercules powder .blast
nearby. II is assumed that they
will extend their probe to Plea
tinny.
Sheriff Denton Quick OF nearby
Sussex County said federal authori-
ties have been checking the move
ments OF two arsenal employees
who had frequented German-Ameri-
can Bund rallies at Camp Nord-
land, N. J.
A list OF arsenal employees who
had attended the rallies was turn
ed over to agents OF the Federal
Bureau OF Investigation by the
sheriff several months ago.
The blast was the second In an
explosives plant in this area within
a fortnight. A terrific explosion at
the Kenvil plant of the Hercules
Powder Company which took so
lives RACED a smokeless powder
line September ~.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Woodsmen Capture Abductor
to Bring Happy Ending
to Case
CONFESSION SIGNED BY
GERMAN ALIEN KIDNAPER
Badly Beaten Prisoner to
Face Probable Life
Sentence
Sentence
(By United Press)

NbI 0nANGQ 4 lNeNf
Hillsborough, Calf, Sept. 23-
CP-Three-year-old Marc De iris
tan, Jr., rescued unframed from
a kidnaper by two woodsmen IN
the Sierra foothills, romped across
the estate of his nobleman father
again today. bringing to a happy
ending one of the most spectacular
abductions since the Lindbergh
case.
The kidnaper, repeatedly given
the beating Of his life by Noun
tain Town lumberjacks before he
was turned over to the Federal Blu
reau of Investigation, was ident..
fed as Wilhelm Jakob Mullen.
broich, 40, German alien. Omen
held him at an undisclosed place,
investigating his background to
learn If he were literate enough to
have written the scholarly, 800
word note demanding 100000 ran
som from the Child's family, or
whether he had sccomplices.
Signed Confession
FBI men said they had obtained
a signed confession from Mullen
broich who, like Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, kidnaper-slayer Of
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.. was an
alien from Germany. Muhlenbroich
entered this country in 1885.
For the deliberately plotted and
boldly executed crime. the kidnap-
er got no 100000 but he got a
black eye, a gashed head, bruised
body. and he faces almost certain
Imprisonment for life. The lum-
bermen, Cecil Wetzel and Ellis
Woods, of Eldorado County man
handled him when they found him
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

(By International News Service)
The long-expected thrust by
Japanese troops into Indo-China
swung attention away from the
European backgrounds today but
considerable confusion surrounded
the circumstances.
Outright aggression, a mistake
in signals and approval by the
French authorities at fichy all
were cited from various capitals.
But it appeared there was at least
one bloody clash between the in
vading Japanese and resisting
French colonials at Dong Dang, In
Tongking province.
New air raids on London and a
violent series of dog-fights along
the English channel in which a
score of Nazi ships went to their
doom failed TO displace the tori
pedoing of a British refugee snip
with the loss of "a child and 210
adult lives as the chief topic OF
indignant conversation.
Disclams Responsibility
AS survivors trickled back to
England with heart wringing tales
of struggle against frigid wea-
Their and mighty seas which took
this heavy toll Of non-combatant
lite. Berlin flatly disclaimed re-
sponsibility. The Nazis charged a
British plot to arouse American
sympathies, was responsible.
Meanwhile, the far eastern
situation was high-lighted further
by Tokyo charges that moves 10
give the United States a naval
base at Singapore represented an
Anglo-American attempt to cir
Gle Japan with a ring of steel"
As two brief new air raid
alarms sounded in London, an of
fetal announcement said at least
five Nazi planes had been brought
down in the southeast coast areas,
but individual correspondents
placed the toll at twenty.
During the night attack on the
capital over 80 different areas in
the city we're struck by bombs.
Incendiary bombs fell on one Lon.
don hospital causing minor dana.
ges but no casualties. Bombs in
other parts of London, however,
killed several persons.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Convention Launched
by Michigan Democrats

Grand Rapids. Mich. Sept. %
APP Michigan Democrats assembled
IN force here today 10 launch the
party's state nominating conyen-
ton. with controversy hanging
heavy IN the air.,
Wide open contests we're In prog
ress for the nominations for secres
tary OF state and attorney general,
with a fun day and night OF trades
and deals ahead before COuvUus
ton leaders could hope to agree on
a slate OF candidates designed TO
sendA majority OF the delegates
home contenteG.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Daughter Born TO Young
Paralysis Victim, Wife

Chicago. Sept % Up There
was a new member In the family
OF Fred p. Snite. Jr.. the Boiler
Kid" today-an eight-pound, six
ounce baby daughter.
The baby was born TO the
young infantile paralysis victim
and his pretty wife Sunday at
Chicago Lying-In Hospital and at.
tendants said both the child and
the mother we're doing fine" az
ter the caesarlan section delivery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
CONGRESS TODAY

tBy Associated Press)
Senate
Attempt TO force consideration OF
Logan Walter bill threatened.
meets noon EST.
House
Debates s150.000.O00 deficiency
appropriation bill (noon).
Senate-House conferees discuss
compromise on excess profits tax
bill 90 a. nj
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
TORPEOOED SHIP
SURVIVORS TELL
TALE OF HORROR
Hundred Twelve Saved Out
OF 406 Aboard Child
Refugee Liner

At a northern British port. Sept
23-UP-Twenty.four hours OF hor-
ror were described today by sur
viyors OF child refugee liner
which was torpedoed without warn
ing in a stormy sea at 10 O'Clock
at night 500 miles from land.
The ship sank within % minutes.
Some OF those aboard were killed
by the torpedo Some went over
board trying to get on life-boats.
Some drowned when boats they
had taken were swamped by heavy
waves. Many died OF exposure in
the boats before warship ar
rived.
In all 112 persons were saved
out OF 406 aboard Out OF 80 refu-
gee children. seven were saved.
or eight. other children aboard. six
were saved. Seven OF the nine
women who were caring for the
children persisted. or the total If
l2l passengers. IS women and IS
men were saved, OF the crew OF
2l5. IS were saved.
Among those who died were Ave
children OF single family. whose
mother and father are refugees in
London because their home has
been destroyed by German bombs.
Among the grown-ups who died
were Col. j. Baldwin Webb, mem
Der OF the House OF Commons; a
DR.. Gallinski. on his way to Wash.
ington to be charge d'affairs OF the
Polish embassy, Rudolf Olden. pre-
Hitler publisher OF the then fam
Gus newspaper Tageblatt, and Mrs.
Olden. '-''---'--
Survivors told how, in the moon.
light which prevailed at first after
the torpedoing. they could see the
bodies of dead babies thrown
about by the angry sea- They told
how their life-boats capsized and
they chung to the upturned boats
They told how women and children
died as the boats fought through
the storm. and how OF the 80 peo-
pie in one boat, eight were living
when the rescle warship arrived
Four OF these were children, OF
whom two died aboard the war
ship.
A London publisher held a dead
baby girl in his arms for hours and
pretended to feed II from its nurs-
ing bottle, so its mother would
think II living. She and her son OF
IA died in the lifeboat and like
Qpnrae NJ cthara THAR hndfoa MARA
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Confusion Reigns in Far
East; Dong Dang
Scene Of Fight
NEW RAIDS ON ENGLISH
COAST CONTINUE TODAY
Responsibility For Loss of
Ship Disclaimed by
Berlin

NBy ASSOCIATED PreSS)
Dakar, Sept. 23-AP-Great
Britain and France verped on
open warfare as the British
fleet began Smelling Dakar.
French East African port and
the French cabinet In Viehy
declared that France would
reply to force with force. II
was announced that six French
warships which recently ar.
rived at Dakar had been pre-.
vented by British warshlps
. from leaving. The order to fire
on Dakar was reported to have
been given by General Charles
DeGauIle, leader Of the French
government opposing Marshal
Petaln from a British wsrshlp.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
TODAY IN LAST WAR

CIV Associated Press,
Sept. 23. i9i5-Great Allied Of.
fensive in Champagne begins.
NEW YORK-INS-A ship giving
the New Zealand code designation
"Zlog. at 1l:10 a. m. EST today
reported sighting a Submarine at
3S:44 north latitude. 1886 west
longitude, a position approximately
400 miles east of the coast Of Della
ware.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Two Killed, II Injured as
Explosion Rocks Army
Arsenal in Picatinny, N. J.
Political Calendar
CBy Associated Press)
FRIDAY

New York-Repuhlican state con-
yention. selects candidates for L. S.
senator. and two L. 5. representa-
tiyes.at-isrge,
Rhode lsland-Republican state
convention dominates candidates
for L. $. senator. governor and
other state offices.
SATURDAY
Rhode Island Democratic state
convention selects candidates for
L. S. senator. governor and other
state offices.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

Private Roy Bruch of Co. C. 10th
infantry, shows how a typical con-
scriptee will look under full pack
and carrying his gun. Pack in
cludes messkit. helmet gas mask,
first aid kit, raincoat, bayonet,
shovel and mosquito bar. Private
Bruch's demonstration was feature
Of army relief day at Governors
Island, New York. \
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

ATLANTA. Ga.-UP-The chief
inspectors office OF the Civil Aero
nautics Authority said today that an
army plane had crashed near Fair
field. KY. killing Lieutenant
Massie. The body was reported
turned over TO army authorities at
Fort Knox.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

ROME UP-A high command
communique said today that an Ital.
ian freight steamship had been
sunk by a British submarine In the
southern Tyrrhenian Sea.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

ROME-NS- Italian bombing
planes have raided an airdrome on
the British island OF Malta and car.
ried out heavy attacks on enemy
positions in North Africa. the Ita.
Ian high command claimed today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

CUMBERLAND, Md.-UP- A
"back-to-work" movement was re-
ported in progress today at the
strike-bound Celanese Corporation
OF America here following the
company's reie,tio OF a Clio I'M
ion proposal to compromise a dis
pute over DISCHARGE OF two work
men.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

LANSING UP-Col. E. NJ. Ros-
encrantz. adjutant general Of Mich.
igan, today was named director OF
selective service in Michigan, as the
U. S. War Department published
the list of duty assignments OF army
personnel for CONSUMPTION in the
state.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

CAIRO-INS-- Slipping down the
African coast from the naval base
az Alexandria. British warships
shelled Marshal Rodolfo Graziani's
Italian army entrenched in desert
positions in western Egypt. the
middle east command reported to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

BERLIN-INS- The authorita'
tive Berlin newspaper Montag to-
day voiced a yelled warning that
Greece faces the same fate as Nor
way unless she sewers connections
with Britain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

SINGAPORE UP-Four Of six
Japanese detained by British au-
thorities over the week end were
released today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

NEW YORK-UP-The Weather
Bureau warned today that a small
tropical storm "of considerable in
tensity" was moving inland in the
vicinity of Port O'Connor. Tex,
ATTENDED by damaging, shifting
gales"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

BERLIN up A Nazi inform
ant asserted today that the German
air force had dropped more than
50,000,000 pounds of bombs on Great
Britain since August 10, and that
devastating damage had been done
to military detectives" In 1000
separate attacks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

ISTANBUL up - Selim Ra-
gip, Turkeys ambassador to
Rome. arrived today en- route to
Ankara to report on Italian moves
IN the near east as high Tur-
kish source warned against any
attempt by Italy to take over Sy-
ria
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

DOVER, England UP-A Jew
fish army lieutenant, NJ. E. Jacobs,
plunged into the sea today and res
cued the wounded pilot of downed
German Messerschmitt fighting
plane. The pilot was FREDERICK
Dilthay.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23
Flashes Of
Late News
THE WEATHER; Tuesday;
Cloudy, Warmer

CAIRO Up Martial law was
declared in all Egypt today by
Premier Hasan Sabry Pasha.
ToKYO-UP-The imperial
Japanese army headquarters
reported today that French
forces which had resisted In
Indo-chbna mad surrendered
and had been disarmed by the
Japanese command.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador-UP -
Newspapers reported from Cuenca
today that a Peruvian detachment
had set up headquarters on the
banks OF the Sinipa River. in terri
tory over which Ecuador and Peru
have been disputing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

Continued on Page siI)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

VIcHY, France -INS-Herbert
Pell. United States Minister TO
Portugal, and his wife were slight
" injured today in an automo-
bile accident near Chambery when
their car collided with a truck.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

NEW YORK UP-Elliott Roose-
welt. 30, one of the presidents sons,
today confirmed reports that he
had been commissioned as a cap
tain in the specialists reserve in the
army air corps Saturday. He said
he would report to general head
quarters OF the Air Corps in Wash
ington this afternoon to receive his
assignment to active duty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

LONDON ms - A new air
raid alarm. the city's 115th-was
sounded in London during the
morning. There was no immediate
unusual air activity. however.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

ST. LOUIS up - Federal
District Judge John c. Collet to.
day sentenced John P. Nick and
Clyde A. Weston. former leaders
of the motion picture operators
union, to five years in prison and
fined them $4,000 for violation
of federal anti-racketeering law
OF 1884.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-AP-
L. S. Senator Prentiss NJ. Brown
told the Democratic state conven-
tion today the United States posi-
tons from a national defense
standpoint was far stronger than
some persons represented, and
added: 81 think we are safe from
attack"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

BERLIN-INS-A two-hour and
Commute air raid alarm that end
ed at 2:15 a. m. today tS:15 p. m.
EDIT Sunday sent Berlin residents
TO shelters for the first time in
more than a week. Heavy anti-air-
craft fire apparently kept the raid
ers from the center of the German
capital. -v'7-'-----
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-04-11

There never was a time in the
history of the country when the
temptation was so great to convert
all ones property into non-taxable
securities. Every taxpayer must
support with his labors several who
live off the fruits of his toll. The
demands of many of these are con-
stantly becoming greater and great
er. The larger they become the
more money 1t requires to meet the
demands and the more money it re-
Quires the heavier the tax load is
laid on. It has reached a point in
many instances where many on re-
lief are receiving larger income,
hours of labor and investment of
capital considered, than the tax
payers themselves. Such a condi-
ton will never encourage invest
ment i'm industry or employment
giving enterprises. The burden robs
the venture of all its recompense.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-04-11

Study any man who is a failure
and the reason for it may be easily
found. He may be lacking in energy,
purpose, vision, a definite goal. He
may be q careless or sloppy worker,
never doing anything thoroughly or
well. Whatever the reason he will
seek an alibi. He will lay his fail
ure to some cause outside himself.
Here Hes his greatest weakness. He
should look the facts in the fact,
admit that the fault Is with himself
and proceed to put his own house in
order by correcting one faut at a
time. ANY man who will look the
facts in the face and correct one
fault at a time can change his lot
from futile failure to purpoSeful,
and worthwhile, and satisfying ac-
complishment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-04-11

The unemployment that exists in
this country is a symptom that
something is wrong in our social
and economic set-up. It is not a
disease. It is thing that can be
corrected by intelligent application
of correct principles of government.
Unemployment did not happen all
at once. It is the result of a long
continued wrong policy of manage
ment in this country. It will never
be corrected by surface applications
of temporary palliatives. When it is
corrected the remedy must be ap-
piled deeply upon the source Of the
trouble. Unless this is done, any
recovery that may come will be but
temporary. The same faults that
caused the present depression and
unemployment will, if permitted to
continue, cause another and an
other.