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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10
Church to Provide
Outstanding Talks
Everybody'S College Will
Have Unusually Fine
Program
LIGHT AMID GLOOM TO
BE THEME FOR PASTOR
Bishop Wade Will be First
Speaker; to be Here
January 81

An unusually attractive pro-
gram of speakers for Everybody's
College TO be conducted January
y TO February 25 in the First
Methodist Church was announced
today. The committee in charge
Of the college will be Principal
Ben NandenBelt. Arthur ]. Hell
frich, Basil Wheeler. Fred Green
street, Mrs. Joseph Warner. Mrs.
Richard Weir and Mrs. Lloyd
Barnes.
The program will begin Tues
day, January 2l and will continue
weekly through Tuesday, Febru-
airy 25. The program as prepared
by the committee consists Of
dinner which will be served at
$50. This will be followed by de-
yotions at 7:15 to be led by the
minister Of the church, Rev. Wal
ter b. Heyler. The general theme
for the devotions will be Light
Amid the Encircling Gloom The
lectures will be in the auditorium
at 7;45.
The. program of lectures is as
follows;
Bishop to Speak
January 21. Bishop Raymond j.
Wade, resident bishop in charge
of the Detroit area, will be the
speaker Bishop Wade spent 15
years in Europe in charge of the
Stockholm area of the Methodist
Church. He returned to the Unit
ed States hast May for the general
conference of the church. Bishop
Wade has first hand information
on conditions in northern Europe
and his subject for the evening
will be Some Impressions of Eur
ope."
Pictures Of Holy Land
January 2S the speaker will be
President Samuel j. Harrison, OF
Adrian College. From 1880 to
1910, DR.. Harrison occupied the
chair OF Bible and religion at Al
bion College. This fall he was in
augurated president OF Adrian
College. He will speak on the
theme Through the Land of Our
Lord. This is a lecture and mo-
ton picture which presents visits
10 Jerusalem and the Holy Land
DR.. Harrison took the pictures
himself on a visit to the Holy
Land several years ago.
To Discuss Economics.
The speaker on February A will
be Prof. Dudley NJ. Phelps, OF the
University OF Michigan. Prof.
Phelps is an associate professor
of marketing in the school of bust
ness administration and has writ
ten text book Economics in
South America His subject here
will be The Economic Develop
ment of South America" In con-
nection with his lecture. he Will
use a motion picture, AN Argeu-
tine Argosy."
Color Photographed
February II the speaker will
be Dennis Glenn Cooper. color
photographer and travel lecturer.
Mr.. Cooper has lectured in Detroit
stores and the Detroit Institute OF
Arts. His subject in Ypsilanti will
be Across the Great Lakes to Isle
Royal" This is a lecture which
combines natural color slides and
motion pictures. The pictures
show a round trip to Isle Royal
on the steamer Alabama" and
a detailed study OF the island it.
self, showing scenery, lodges, wild
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

Cairo. Dec. 10 ms - Mech.
anized British troops advanced
steadily along a 30-mile front In
the parched wastes Of northwest
ern Egypt today. driving back the
Fascist army Of Marshal Rodolfo
Graziani and capturing hundreds
Of Italian prisoners.
British warships shelled Italian
positions from the Mediterranean
and Royal Air Force bombers
pounded the Italian lines with eX-
plosiyes as the ground forces surg
ed forward, inflicting the heaviest
blows Italy has absorbed since
her armies were driven from
Greece.
Outnumbered more than two to
one. Britain's armOred desert
fighters already have captured
some l,i00 Italians. Military in
formation in Cairo indicated the.
British drive has threatened the
entire northern Fascist flank in
the Siil barrdni area.
The Italian position was regard
ed as particularly perllous along
the strategically important coast
al road east Of Sollum.
End susx Hopes
So sudden was the British Of
fensiYe that Graziani's forces ap-
parently were caught mapping. It
ended the three-month stalemate
in the Western desert and SEEM
ingly smashed Italian hopes for a
speedy drive against Alexandria
and the Suez Canal
British military quarters called
the attack big raid rather
than general offensive. Appar-
entity II was timed to coincide with
Italy's reverses inNAlbania and
the major shake-up OF the Italian
high command
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

LONDON-UP-The British
cruiser Diomede intercepted the
German merchant vessel
ldarwald but prize crew was
unable TO prevent the ldarwald
from sinking, il was announced
officially today. The As men
Of the ldarwald's crew are
prisoners aboard the Olomede,
the announcement said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

VTCHY, France APT he Of
ficial ESench journal published a
decree today depriying Gen. Char
les de Gaulle. Free French lead
er. and five of his followers OF
their French citizenship.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

HAVANA - AP - President
Ful-encio Batista appealed today
90 The cuban people through Min.
lister of State Jose Manuel Eortina,
to have confidence in negotiations
now underway Boz the United States
for S50.0OO.OO0 loan
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

Berlin. Dec. 10 ms - In a
scathing attack upon Democratic
nations. Chancellor Adolf Hitler
today declared that the present
European conflict is a struggle
between two worlds" and between
two opposite points OF view.
1T Is struggle between the
aristocracy OF wealth on the one
hand, and the aristocracy OF labor
on the other" the fuehrer de-
clared.
Predicting that Germany will
win the war because n has realiz-
cd the necessity OF a united ef.
fort and united discipline" Hit
Ter attacked Britain's control over
stretches OF territory which he
declared vastly exceeded British
requirements
He, also mentioned the United
States as one OF the nations con-
trolling the surface Of the earth,
and assailed Britain for grabbing
great empire" when Germans
we're having difficulty gaining a
livelihood
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

Addressing meeting At TINS
labor building in Berlin In ths
presence Of Gen. Wilhelm Won
Keitel chief OF staff. propaganda
Minister Joseph Goebbels and
other dighitaries. Hitler declared
"Eighty-fiye million Germans
are facing nation Of Engllshmen
who control stretch OF territory
vastly superior in surface to that
required by them
During the past this unequal
distribution Of territory had TO be
accepted, because Germany was
not united and was unable 10 OBJ
lect.
Let me ask you upon what the
distribution OF the worlds territ-
Org is based It's based upon the
requirements Of the people who
inhabit the world.
And the thing which people ex-
pect 70 obtaip/from the earth Is
what thHy'~can wiring from It by
tho sweat Of their brow"
Has there ever been anybody
who permitted England 10 tell
the rest ~ the world how much
territory the Individual nations
should occupy he demanded.
Let me illustrate my point by
saying 10 you that there are l2O
Germans now living on one square
kilometer, while In the rest OF the
world there is just one person liv-.
ing on each square kilometer.'
Hitler declared that Germany IL
in the midst OF a war which
"means more than the victory OF
one country over another.
Stressing that crelatively few
Englishmen control a large por-
tlon Of the earth, be reviewed the
historical disunity Of the German
states and the difficulties he said
many Germans encountered In
trying 70 gain living while Brl-
tain grabbed a great empire
Notes Disparity
Then. turning 10 the disparity
SEQ WORLDS AT WAR-paze s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

ABOARD L. $. S. MAYRANT
AT SEA CAP by Radio) With
two patches Of White House mail
to occupy, his spare attention. the
President continued his Caribbean
defense inspection cruise today. So
far. the three Navy vessels max
ing up the party-the cruiser Tus-
caloosa. with the President
aboard this destroyer and the
destroyer Trippe have visited
many Of the newly-acquired U. 5.
bases in the Caribbean since II
left miami week ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

MIDDLETOWN, Ind -AP -
Hich school students proclaiming
loyalty 10 Superintendent Wilbur
shirley were out on strike today to
protest his custer by the sclool
board in a dispute that split this
little hoosier town into two host
lie camps They walked out after
Shirey. who is also a high school
English and public speaking
teacher. was served with a dis
missal notice by Sheriff Cash Ro-
binson and board member J. d.
Grecnlee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

WASHINGTON-UP- Republi-
can isolationists in the Senate 10
day planned another. drive in the
new Congress for passage Of con-
stitutional amendment which would
make a national referendum man
datory on declaration of foreign
war. Sen. Gerald p Nye, R, n. D..
will be one of the leaders of the
fight for the legislation which has
repeatedly been opposed by the
Administration.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

See WORLDS AT WAR-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

BERN. Switzerland -AP- Both
chief of State .Petain and Vice
Premier Laval left Nichy this
morning, heading toward Paris,
according to diplomatic reports
received here. The reports said
they may continue on to Berlin
for talks with German government
officials.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

LANSING -AP - The National
Youth Administration will in
crease its employment Of out-of-
school youths from l2,493 to 90
900 by January IS. Grin W. Kaye,
state NYA administrator, said to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

HANOI French Indo-China -AP
- Seemingly reliable reports in
dicated today the Japanese were
concentrating troops on storm Tor
Spratly) island, midway between
North Borneo and the French In
do-China naval base at Cam-Ranh
Bay,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

LONDON-UP-Police and air
raid wardens warned Londoners to-
day against a new. deadly German
bomb which resembles a gas mask
container and explodes In the
hands Of anyone who picks 1t up.
Bombs Of this type were scattered
about London during the ferocious
all-nfght German raid Sunday
night and Monday morning.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay - AP
49, British sailors rushed repair
work on the battle damaged aux
iliary cruiser Carnarvon Castle
today so she could be ready to
leave before $50 p. m. tonight
t4:30 .. m. EST, the deadline
set by the Uruguayan government.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

LONDON-INS During the
week ending Dec. IL. Britain lost
nine ships totalling 1880 tons rs
a result Of enemy action, the ad-
mralty announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

S CONCERT UNDER FREDERICK
Dec. 10. .. 10 Tickets Csc. Pease.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-10

OKLAHOMA CITY-UP- Alan
Shaw. %, faced 10 years in the
penitentiary today because he was
secretary OF the Oklahoma City
Communist party and county at
torneys said that his conviction
will outlaw the party in the state.
The conviction, brought by a jury
Of small business men and clerks,
followed by several weeks the sen
fencing of Robert Wood, state par
ty secretary on a similar charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06
FINDS GERMAN REPORT FALSE

The right of belligerents to conceal
losses is readily acknowledged and to some
extent a similar recognition is granted to
exaggerated claims as to losses inflictcI
upon the enemy.
Whether the policies involved are wise
or foolish depends upon subsequent re-
suits It often happens that the people of
nation respond better to the truth and
longer retain faith in the statements of
their governments
The British government has a much
better general reputation for truth in its
war reports than that enjoyed by Ger
mary. NOnetheleSs, it is confusing to Am
orleans, who have seen press services and
experts give almost equal creGence to the
contendirg war offices. to seek accurate
information from the welter of claims and
denials.
Some weeks ago the British reported
extensive damage to the docks and ship
ping facilities of Hamburg. The report
was denied in Berlin ard German officials
took newspaper representatives upon an
extended tour TO demonstrate the falsity of
the British claims. It was notable, how
ever, that the correspondents were kept in
a group and taken to special areas, with
out being allowed to investigate ION their
own
Not many days ago Germany reported
that important coastal area in England had
been virtually destroyed, that shipping was
halted and the usefulness of the port had
disappeared as a result of successive bomb
ing attacks.
Mallory Browne, staff correspondent
of the Christian Science Monitor, takes up
this report and says that he has Just re-
turned from trip" in an area which Ger
many has claimed to have bombed with
complete success" and after a thorough
and unrestricted inspection of the vast
docks he finds that nothing could be
further from the truth
This visit" he concludes, proving
bevond question that in one instance at
least German claims bore almost no revela-
ton to the truth. throws revealing light on
the worth of their claims generally. It also
tends to confirm that the British claims of
slight damage done seems to be reliable
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06
SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS!

Id rather be 1--we coward than
dead hero.
Can any Of our readers imagine that
there are in our midst young men lacking
in national patriotism and a sense of ones
duty to ones country who would dare to
express themselves in such a manner?
And yet, we are told by the recruiting
officer for the local National Guard bat
terry that exactly that expression was used
by more than one person in Key West when
approached on the subject of joining that
unit for patriotic duty.
Proof enough Is offered in that the
battery is finding it hard to find enlist
ments to fill its ranks, that there is lack
ing of patriotism in this city. But, if the
young men here are choosing to think of
this World crisis in such extreme terms of
rank traitorism to our country, it's high
time an investigation of the problem be in
stituted.
As pointed out before in the news
columns of The Citizen, enlistment in the
National Guard now would preclude any
chance of being drafted under terms of the
CONSUMPTION bill soon to be a law of the
land Not that the training would be any
the less strenuous, but it does seem much
more credtable for those who would be
eligible for the draft. TO not wait for that
forced duty" and enlist now in the guard
battery.
Key West young men should not fool
themselves into belief that this war bust
ness is anything to be taken lightly, as it
has been alleged some of them are doing.
The future true enough, is quite uncertain,
but there is nothing in it certainly that
would indicate any tendency towards
slackening CT preparedness measures
throughout the nation.
Dislike for war is quite natural, but
the interests of our country and of
our loved ones will not be at all
well served by a lakadaisical view on
the number one topic of national defense.
They concern all of us. and we are quite
sure that, in the final analysis, Key West
ers will prove up with the rest of the nation
in sincere desire to help the government
in its proclaimed effort to preserve demo-
cracy.
Patriotism should be the order of the
day among all of us, young or old. The
crisis now holding demands at least that.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06

One expression attributed to Ed
Flynn. the new chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, succeeding Jim
Farley. tells one just the kind of individual
he IS. When Flynn learned that Farley
was eager to get out of politics and enter
business because he needed money to pay
his debts, he was heard to say. in great
surprise: Why, in his position he ought
30 be able to make plenty of money" Sure
Farley could have made plenty of money
III the position he has just vacated, were
he crook Now we will be eager to see
how well Flynn will be doing financially
as the new chairman of the Democratic
National Committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06
Today S Birthdays

Joseph p Kennedy, Ambassa-
dor TO England. born in Boston,
So years ago.
John Rust. one of the two
Memphis. Tenn, brother inven-
tors Of the mechanical cotton
picker, born in Texas, 48 years
ago.
Governor John W. Bricker of
Ohio, born IL Madison Co, o., Il
years ago.
john Powell Of Virginia.
pianist-composer, born al Rich
mond, SO years ago.
Arthur Train of New York,
novelist-lawyer, born IN Boston,
% years ago.
Boardman Robinson of Colo
-ado Springs, Colo, artist-car-
toonist. born in Nova Scotia.
Henry Seidel Candy of New
York. editOr-author, born Al
Wilmington, Del, 81 years ago.
William B. Greeley Of Seattle
ex-U. S. forest service chief
born in Oswego, N Y, 81 years
ago
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06

In Congress recently Senator Pepper,
an OutspOken and uncOmprising New
Dealer, defended his plan to give the Presi-
dent wartime powers for cOnscripting in
dustry and labor. Naturally this led to a
spirited discussion of the question whether
the coHscriptiOn was only the first move to
make President Roosevelt a dictator As
yet thi disposition is in the hands of the
electorate which can maintain its powers
through It's decision next November Let
this writer reiterate once again that eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
always fight tor progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by Individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06

theatres, dances, etc, go on as
ever"
You spoke of Flag Days, they
ale similar to our Tag Days. We
only have one Flag Day, a nation
al flag day. June l4th Our Tag
Days are generally small tags
printed Il tell you what you are
giving your money to, such as
Visiting Nurses, Red Cross, etc,
and if you don't wear your tag
you get tagged again, at your ex-
pense. They won't take no for
an answer"
Even as now, when our am
billions for women to take active
pant in defense work is strong,
we, at that time, evidently be-
lieved women should do some
thing besides knit. Our girls
are not doing mems work yet
but when more of the men go
away know there will be lots of
girls taking their places
AS we hold those letters in
our hands we think. If they
could only talk. They have
crossed the ocean twice. once
during wartime in which they
ESCAPED German submarines.
! They were taken from London
to Liverpool after frequent air
. bombings in the neighbOrhOod-
They have survived two Flor
ida hurricanes. What next?
And speaking about letters.
they hold a great potentcy for
wealth or woe
After twenty-three years, we
are about ready to start all over
again About the only advant-
age we have over % years ago
is that we won't have to learn to
knit, and we have learned to
drive truck
T Knit two. purl two. OF shall
it be. Go over to Base Hospital
No 2 and bring back two cases
of ether?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06
roday's Horoscope

Today gives . joyous nature
and a calm. ObligIng cnaracfer
which, while il may not be force
hul Is Yet Of much influence III
a very effective way The ldc
is fortunate anc the ideas lofty
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06

President Roosevelt is panning all
those sO-called apostates who are leaving
the Democratic party on account of the
third term menace and joining up with
Wiilkie. but he is getting tit for tat from
all those he attacks. Recently he said that
Senator johnson of California is not a
liberal anymore. The Senator replied
caustically: MY real acquaintance with
Mr.. Roosevelt began when l fought for
him in 1882. Had l followed him in his
attempted packing of the Supreme Court
and his yelled and un-American deeds
leading us down tn road to war and dicta-
torship l would ave been a perfect lib
eral and progressive, and what glory
would be mine!' This is just the same old
purge; the same old sham expressions of
regard and affection, the same old still
etto."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06

a naval expert says the L. S. Navy
could blow the Japanese fleet out of exist
cnce in three weeks. Maybe it wouldn't
be bad idea
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/ Water and Sewerage
, More Hotels and Apartments
3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
I. AirportS-Land and Sea.
). Consolidation % County and City Gov
cInmcntS.
8 a Modern Guy Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06
MOVIE STARS CAN'T
LOOK SKINNY

No woman can afford TO. If
you have unloveIY haggard hol-
lows and are thin. you may need
the Vitamin B Complex and Iron
IN Vinol- Vinol has helped thou
sands.
ORIENTAL PHARMACY
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06

note from lady is most always well
come unless it is from the landlady.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-06

The Gulf Strecm is so miles
vide at its narrOwest point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-28
Undergraduate Club Dance Attracts Large Attendance

One of the most popular and largely attended of the holiday dances was held last night at the Hotel Elton under the sponsorship of the Holy Cross Undergraduate club. Both Students and Alumni of the college darced to Cliff Skaters orchestra.
 Among those present were: Will liam B. Lyons, Miss Judy Ann Blue stone; Edmund Daly III, Miss En- ilie Fitzpatrick; John Solon, Miss Mary Lou Parsons; Francis Gra- quinto, Miss Marie Coatta, Francis B. Feeley, Miss Arlene A. Chatfield Jim McGrath, Jr., Miss Betty Col nnS; Thomas E. McGrath, Miss Marie Togden; John J. Bria, Jr., Miss Anne Lawlor; Robert McDon- aid, Miss Mary L. Maloney; Tim Luddy, Miss Splain; James Carroll, Miss Polly Fleming; Donald Kast, Miss Mary Russell; Alfred Henebry Miss Edna Blanc; George Storn Miss Regina Tanning; Neil Doyle. Miss Evelyn Greene; William Deadly, Miss Shirley Balise; Richard A. Schaefer, Miss Barbara A. Bar low; Robert L. Schaefer, Miss Cath erine Sullivan; Gene Upton, Miss Peggy Driscoll; Frank McGrath, Miss Kay Kelly, George Hathaway, Miss Jane O'Donnell; William P. Gumpper, Miss Marshia Dzubrey; William Donahue, Miss Patricia Shanlley; Edward F. Bradley, Miss Kathleen O'Cornor; John J. Neagle, Miss Marion Laverdiere; Charles