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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14

reached the state where I feel I
must 90 myself.
The sailboat method appeals to
me most-but q steamship seems
to be my only way out In all I
have read, however, the roundtrip
fare to Tahiti was only $50 or
5000. Now that have begun to
inquire / find IL II double that.
do you know Of anyone who Is
sailboating that way and would
like to take a passenger
Il want to 90 30 much I would
put myself into a crate and go as
freight IL I thought 1t could be
done that way. Or do you know
anyone who In going TO Hawaii
and would be willing to take along
= dog II the dog paid his own
fare? q have learned a dogs fare
on q steamer il only So and I'm
sure / wouldn't eat more than a
st. Bernard. and besides, the way
lots Of dogs are treated believe
would prefer q dogs life to my
own, anyway
And II you think I'm just be-
ing facetious In the above, find
someone who will take me up on
it,"
And this department is still
stuck. Darned II we know Of any
one who wants a passenger when
sailing. They want sailors instead,
we think.
As for going with the dogs. we
don't know about that. You might
get In touch with US. though, II
you ever want to go TO the dogs.
We suppose some alert steam
ship agent will founder you with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14
BY BYRON TAyEs

boNDoS-This II city OF
hitch-hikers now.
A shortage Of buses. street
ears, taxis and trains has created
an emergency TRANSFORMATION sv.-
TEN overnight.
Actually. It is q matter Of truck
Jumping. Experts at IT consider
the crooked thumb high sign be-
meath their dignity. They have
learned to transfer from one truck
to another at q red light without
touching the ground.
Old clothes and lots Of agility
are the best assets. The feat IA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14

pretty pamphlets. And we warn
you about these romantic tramp
steamer voyages = good story
book stuff but actually scsrcer
than porpoise feathers and no bar
gain at that Like:
Whenever wake IN the morning
And the smell Of the sea Il
strong.
Ny heart becomes filled with
yearning
As my soul becomes filled with
song.
And it's all / can do to prevent
me
Going down to the docks right
away
And boarding the very first
salt-splattered freighter,
That's sailing for ports far to
westward
And II heading for down-the-
bay.
Sounds wonderful! But "civiliza-
ton" has done II In and it's mighty
nigh impossible to put 1t into
practice.
So we're not much help at all,
huh!
Blight Dept
We have another nomination for
extinction. It's q sign-painter's
handiwork familiar to all water.
fronters-and causes a unanimous
shudder every day of its existence.
That describes nothing other
than the decoration on the forward
part Of Tacoma Marine Supply
company's truck. piloted sndlessly
hither and thither by Capt. Dave
Hansen.
Dave swears up and down that
said decoration tughD is supposed
to be ships steering wheel"
We just as stoutly maintain it's
simply a picture of a donut with
a half-dozen warts sprouting. And
we're willing to compromise. Wen
agree that it's anything-except a
ships wheel. It's horrible!
Hint Dept
In request for even greater ex-
pansion of our merchant marine
and closer coordination with navy
operations. high naval officials de-
clared this week that they will
need 1000 merchant ships totalling
at least 5000, 900 tons to serve the
battle feet Of the Pacific in
transoceanic expedition" Suppose
they have something in mind?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14
BY DR. GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute
of Public Opinion

PRINCETON. N. Franklin
d. Roosevelt In the presidential
choice at this time of a large ma
jority of labor union members
polled throughout the country. but
there has been a sharp drop in
his popularity among labor union
groups since 1886.
The poll, conducted by the In
stitute, reached a cross-section of
labor union members throughout
the country. putting this question
to them:
IF the Presidential election
were held today, would you vote
for Roosevelt or Willkie
Each voter was also asked how
he voted in 1895. A comparison
follows:
Labor Union Members
1896
For Roosevelt ........ soss
For Iandon ........... 20
Today
For Roosevelt ......... s4ss
For Willl<ie ........... IS
Approximately one in every
eight (12 per cent? said he, was
undecided at this time.
The greatest detection from the
New Deal has come in the ranks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14
Hitch-Hiking Is Growing
Popular in City Of London

not % much in being able 10 board
q passing truck. but in being able
to get of when the truck turns
off your route.
At first. hisch-hikers polite
" asked the driver uhere he
was going. Now they just
jump aboard and when he
starts going the wrong direc-
ton for them they hop off and
wait for the next truck
A spirit Of fellowship has sprung
up among the riders The first
truck I boarded Was loaded with
slabs Of cement. The other riders
asked me solioitously. Where you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14

John A. Ross of Puyallup
writes a letter asking for
more heIp than we can give.
But because we see exactly eve
to eye with him in his desires. we
pass along portions in the hope
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14

visit with their son. Prank
me Camsra club vii meet II
the home Of Mira :. Erickson
Tuesday at 5 ,. m. There viii BE
talk D Clifford Bloom On
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14

Newspaper Photography" Tiers
also VII b an open discussion Of
the pictures exhibited At the PEN
insula far. All interested in pho
tography are invited
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14

that somebody
viii offer him
a suggestion.
"A tn o ugh
I'm very inter-
ested in reading
OF her peoples
stories alb ut
the South Seas
like Chester
d e ey' . ad-
ventures in the
oreg on Web
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14
Labor Union Vote Favors
F.D.R., Despite Drop Since So

Of the A. F. of l., the poll indi-
Gates. Although John L. Lewis of
the c. I. o. has been critical Of
the administration and opposed a
third term, the c. I. o. members
reached in the survey were more
for Roosevelt than the A. F. of l..
members.
Roosevelt Willlxie
A. r. L Members 62@o $50
G. 1. o. Members IS rs
A comparison with the 1896 vote
shows an 1s-point drop in Roose-
velt's strength among A. F. of L.
members included in the poll. and
a drop Of only 10 points among
c. /. o. members.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14
WILKES PROBLEM:
THE LOW INCOME VOTE

1t must be remembered that the
poll results reflect sentiment only
as Of today. The Willkie campaign
has not yet swung into full action.
and, in addition, future events in
Europe may operate to change
opinion one way or the other.
II is apparent at this writing
however, that Roosevelt still re-
tsins much OF his strength with
the laboring classes, in spite Of
the detection since 1886.
One of Wilkes main prob
lens In how to Increase the
Republican vote not only In
the labor union groups. but In
the lower and middle income
levels generally.
A recent Institute study of poll
teal sentiment by income groups
indicates that whereas Willkie
leads Roosevelt by a large margin
in the upper income level. he trails
far behind in the lower level.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14
Get Year Leaves
For Guard Duty

Leaves OF absence for = year
were granted By the school board
Thursday afternoon TO two TIA
coma high school teachers who
have been called TO the colors
under the national defense pro
gram.
Given year leaves were Myron l.
Carr. biology teacher At Lincoln.
and c. A. Arpke. mathematics
teacher at Stadium, both Of whom
are national guard officers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-14

going. mate?" I told them and
they said. You'll probably be o<ay
a. far as the Kings Anna
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Attack on Labor Board
Is Renewed by Green
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-William
Green, president Of the American
Federation of Labor, renewed his
attack today on the National Labor
Relations Board, charging that the
board had attempted to control and
decide the form and character and
structure Of labor unions"
Mr. Green spoke before the Satur-
day Discussions Committee of the
National Republican Club in New
York City. In prepared address,
distributed beforehand, he declared
that while the Federation was "ad-
herring to its traditional non-par-
tisan political, activity" it would
Judge the fitness of this years can
didates ION their attitude toward
such legislation as the National
Labor Relations Act"
On delivery, however, Mr.. Green
deleted this section Of his speech.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
VT. ". Auxi|iary's
Essay Contest 10
Close Thursday
District Winners
To Be Entered in
National Judging

Students in District public. pri-
vate and parochial high schools have
only until midnight Thursday to
mail compositions for the NTH ma
tional essay contest sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Mrs. Edith Whitcraft,
essay chairman for the District,
warned yesterday.
Prizes totaling $1,000 will be
awarded the national winners. Es-
says should be sent to Mrs. Whit.
craft at 10 Bayly avenue, Hyatts-
vile, Md. Those postmarked before
the Thursday night deadline will be
eligible.
The subject for the contest is
THE Benefits Of Democracy" Es-
says must be limited to between 500
and 1000 words and must be orig
inal. Amdavits to that effect will
be required from the students and
their faculty advisers.
First and second prize winners
in the local contest will receive med
ais and their essays will be entered
in competition with those Of State
winners for the national prizes.
First prize will be $1,000; second,
$500: third, $3.50, and fourth, 500. In
addition, there will be ten $40 prizes,
ten IS prizes and medals. The essays
will be judged on the following basis:
Literary construction, so per cent;
interpretative views. IS per cent,
and patriotic inspiration, Is per cent.
Manuscripts must be typed. double
spaced, one original and two copies
furnished, on plain paper measur-
ing 81a by II inches.
There are no entry fees or other
expense. Mrs. Whitcraft has fur
nished copies of the rules to more
than 800 students.
Mrs. Whitcraft said the commit
tee Of judges for the local contest
has not yet been selected, but will
be announced in the near future.
Dean Frank L. Martin of the Uni
versity of Missouri School of Jour-
nalism is chairman of the National
Committee of Judges.
Winners in the District and the
States will be announced not later
than April ~, and al the competing
essays will have been transmitted
to the auxiliary's national head
quartrs for final judging by May is.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

from the Army reservation Ut North
port, N. Y.
Born In Albany, N. Y, 1t. Camp
ion described himself ~ Z 45-year-
old "soldier-farmer," former legis-
lative and foreign correspondent and
q personal friend for more than two
decades of the Duke Of Windsor.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

ner Of the Citizens Advisory Board
and staff Of the Salvation Army at
7 pm. February 26 at the Raleigh
Hotel. Sidney F. Tauaferro, board
chairman, will preside. Music by
the 260th Coast Artillery Anti-Air-
craft Band.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
THE SUNDAY 1eM-PART ONE
Washington Kin Seeks
Senator Hollis S Scot
~ the Associated Press.

~ tht Ao9oeIAted FIeb4.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. II.
AN Army oficer who claims direct
kinship with Col. Samuel Washing
ton, brother Of George Washington,
today filed petitions for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Senator.
He Is 1t. Washington Gusts Lee
Campion and seeks the seat now
held by Rush p. Holt. Democrat.
1t. Campion listed his legal resi-
dence as Charles Town, w. Va, in
his certificate Of candidacy mailed
Evening star., 1940-02-18
Salvation Army Dinner Set

Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
and 1t. Commissioner William G.
Arnold Of the Salvation Army will
be guest speakers at the annual din
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Regional Conference Of
Red Cross TO be held in
Ann Arbor on October "a

Ann Arbor. Mich, Oct. .2-Pre-
parations are being made for the
regiona conference of the Ameri-
can Red Cross which will be on
Quoted in Ann Arbor Oct. "a.
Arrangements are being made by
the Washtenaw County executive
committee whose members include
Gilbert Fletcher, Ira NJ. Smith,
Mrs. Ray Spokes, Joseph Hooper,
Mrs. r. T. Dobson, Jr, and Louis
E. Ayres.
Leaders from 81 counties will be
invited, the discussion to center
on plans and responsibilities Of ma
tional defense. With CONSUMPTION
coming soon, the leaders point out
that there will be new problems
for workers to solve. aiding the
draftees with their social and eco
nomic adjustments.
In addition the Red Cross is aid
ing in enrolment of medical tech
nologist. for war emergency ser
vice and in the establishment OF
blood banks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Local Educators to Have
Part in Detroit Meeting

Representatives OF the Ypsilanti
schools. located IN region six OF
the Michigan Educational Associa-
ton, will attend a regional meet
ing in Detroit Oct. II and is. En-
rollment will be taken at the gym
nasium in Cass archaeological
school and headquarters will be
at Room 1924 Statler Hotel.
Miss Wilma Byers. this city
will speak on Serving Tea at Fac
ulty Meetings" at a sectional home
economics meeting in the ballroom
at the Wardell Hotel Oct. IS at
5000. m. Charles N Hill. Ypsi-
lanti High School staff member.
will speak on the values in Decis-
ION Debates" at the sectional speech
meeting in the blue room of the
Fort Wayne Hotel at the same
time.
Principal Ben II. Vandenbelt Of
Roosevelt School Is a member Of
the resolutions committee of re-
gion six.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02

Local Boy Scout groups are re-
suming their fall activities.
Plans for changing the meeting
night from Tuesday TO Monday
were discussed by Boy Scouts of
OF Woodruff School at their regu-
lar session Tuesday evening. The.
change will further be discussed
at the dinner meeting for Assist
ant Scoutmasters and senior pa
troll leaders next Monday evening
at the home of Scoutmaster Floyd
Smith. The change is believed ad-
visable to eliminate conflicts with
other activities.
1t was announced that IA boys
and two leaders would usher at
the football game in Ann Arbor
Saturday. 1t is planned this year
to meet first at Ypsilanti High
School for assignment to aisles
and rows. Then the local group
will check in at the stadium as
one delegation. The former policy
of first helping new boys in the
ushering duties will be continued.
All leaders but one are planning
to attend the Scouters meeting in
Waldenwoods. near Hartland.
Boy Scouts Of Troop 3 held
their second meeting Of the year
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Mr., Mrs. FiIiplak to
Make Home in Ann ArboT

Ann Arbor. Mich. Oct. Fol
lowing a motor trip South, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen Jan Filiplak, who
were married Tuesday, will be at
home in the Washtenaw apart
ments after Oct s.
Mrs. Filiplak is the former Ruth
Winifred Head and her marriage
TO Mr.. Filipl&k took place in the
St. Mary's Student Chapel. Ann
Arbor. Rev. Clare Berry officiat-
ed.
Miss Genevieve Haner, Ann Ar
Dor, was maid OF honor and Ed
ward C. n. Filiplak. East Chicago,
Ind, was the best man. Ushers
were Joseph Sawaski and John
Pencil, both of Ann Arbor
Following the ceremony. a recep-
ton for 65 guests was enjoyed in
the Mary B. Henderson room Of
the Michigan League.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Hundred Enrolled in
Night School Glasses

Enrolment at the Ypsilanti
Adult School reached 100 Tues
day, according to Edward Hey.
man OF the high school staff. exc
cutive night school secretary
Registrations will still be received
until the opening of school Oct.
I.
Adult classes will definitely be
held in hygiene. first aid, short
hand. machine shop. mechanical
drawing, ballroom dancing. typing,
elementary bookkeeping and moth
ersingers. The balance OF the
classes previously scheduled for
the school are to be dependent on
enrolment. said Mr.. Heymon.
Machine shop and typing courses
have the largest enrolment with
II pupils in each. Shorthand class
es have an enrolment OF nine;
mechanical drawing. five; and ele-
mentary bookkeeping ten. The
rest OF the courses have varying
registrations OF much smaller fig
ures.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Youths Captured After
Car Theft, Burglary

Ann Arbor. Mich. Oct. 2-Albert
Shaw, l6. this city, Is on his way
back to the State Industrial School
in Lansing. and his companion,
Charles Moore. is on probation as
the result of their confessing to
the theft OF DR.. G. Hunts car Tues
day night.
The boys admitted taking the car
from Catherine and Clark SITS. po-
lice said, and driving it to Horse
shoe Lake where they knocked in
the door of a cottage belonging 10
William Brown and stole several
articles including a radio. The
property has been returned. The
boys were arrested by police who
saw them on n. Main st. They
fed, leaving the car. but police
gave chase and caught them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02

Complete plans and specifications
for the house may be had for 81,
GLIDING cardboard cut-out
model, INTELLECTUALLY drawn to
scale together with floor plans,
elevations and detail drawings.
Specifications as written by Mr..
Wills are included.
This model may be colored in
conformity with the paint schemes
you have in mind, enabling you to
visualize the completed house. Ad-
dress requests for plans and model
blouse Pattern No. 1860 to the
Ipsilanti Daily Press, Ypsilanti
Michigan.
II interested in remodelling a
house a three-cent stamp will bring
you Check List No. 1908. which will
be helpful in deciding just what
should be done.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Conforming to the best American

Conforming to the best American
tradition and increasingly popular
for Fall building is this translation
Of a Cape Cod house into modern
terms. 1t is the work of Royal Bar
ny Wills, one OF the best Colonial
style architects.
Two exposures in every room,
laundry adjoining kitchen and an
attractive fireplace corner in the
living-room are some OF its features.
For future expansion, provision is
made for two bedrooms and a bath
on the second floor.
For Identification and authentica-
ton of the architecture, pure white
lead paint is suggested, particularly
for its known durability. 1t keeps
an even surface throughout its long
lifetime and may be had in tints
for any color scheme desired.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
On STAGE
and
SCREEN

Hollywood. Oct. 2-UP-A bronze
memorial today marks the spot
where Hollywood's first motion pic
ture studio was founded back in
the days when there was a city
ordinance against herding sheep
down Hollywood Blvd.
The studio was the old Nestor
lot, established ny David and viii
liam Horsley on oct q, 1911.
Those were the days when the
movies were called the flickers"
because they looked that way
when pie-throwing was tops in
comedy, and a full-length drama
. was usually some sort of a race,
over house tops, off moving trains,
onto rising airplanes.
Some OF Hollywood "old timers"
participated in the dedication. here.
They Included Dorothy Dav-
export, William Farnum, Maurice
Costello, Clara Kimball Young, and
Paul Panzer. william OF the early
epic serial, "Perils of Pauline.
Margaret SULLIVAN, James Stew
art and Frank Morgan participat-
ed as representatives OF the newer
stars.
Actress Binnie Barnes was back
at work today and had to put off
her honeymoon with Mike Frankie
vich, radio sports announcer and
former college football hero.
The English stal and Frankovich
were married a few minutes after
his divorce from Mrs. Georgiana
Frankoyich became final at mid
night Saturday. A California d.
vorce requires a year to become
final.
Miss Barnes was divorced In
1886 from Samuel Joseph, London
| art dealer and book publisher.
Frankoyich played football at the
University Of California at Los An
geles.
Movie Actress Mary Francis
mother, the former Mrs. Ethel
Burkes Francis, was honeymoon.
ing today with Robert Durham OF
Hollywood. They eloped to Yuma,
Ariz.. Saturday, accompanied by
Miss Francis and her husband,
Clayton Moore. A month ago the
mother and Durham had accom-.
panied the actress and Moore on
their elopement to Las Vegas, New.
Ginger Rogers. red-haired movie
/ actress. no sooner was rid of a
young film fan who wanted her TO
pay the mortgage on his fathers
hotel than Eddie Cherkose. a song.
writer, asked her for $4,000.
Last Tuesday, William Senior OF
Reading, Pa, tired to locate Miss
Rogers and ask her for money TO
help pay off a $4,000 lien on his
fathers hotel. Police jailed him on
suspicion OF robbery because he
was carrying a gun.
Cherkose charged that she and a
publisher had infringed upon his
rights to the song SILLY Dilly".
Lillian Roth, stage and screen
actress. and Eugene Joseph Vein
er. salesman. have filed intention
to be married Miss Roth. 80, has
been married twice. Weiner, 49,.
said this would be his third mar.
riage also.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Rites in Minneapolis
For Wilbur A. Brown

Funeral services for Wilbur A;
Brown, 50. brother OF ElmT
Brown, this city, and also brother
OF the late Arthur Brown, Ann
Arbor, were held Tuesday after
noon in Minneapolis where he pas
sed away Saturday morning fol-
lowing a stroke. He was buried IN
that city by the side Of his wiD1H
A son and daughter survive.
Mr.. Brown visited his brother
Elmer once a year and had many
friends in this city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Fall Activities Resumed
by Boy Scout Organization

Tuesday evening and seven boys
were assigned to usher at the foot
ball game in Ann Arbor Saturday.
The boys plan to meet each Tues
day evening and William Womack,
of the vocational guidance depart
ment in the Ypsilanti High School,
will assist Principal Eugene Beatty.
who is Scoutmaster. Assignments
were made for work in order that
several boys will be eligible for
the first court Of honor.
Preceding the meetings the boys
played basketball.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
CALL L. WITNESSES

Hastings, Mich, Oct. 2 -AP -
Approximately IS more witnesses
were expected to take the sta'ST
for the prosecution today In the
trial of Calvin Wagner, tenant
farmer charged with the murder
Of his landlady, Mrs. Emma Ira
Wis Miller of Kalamazoo. Prosecu-
tor Archie D. Mcdonald Tuesday
called five witnesses who detailed
the search for Mrs. Miller, the To-,
eating Of her body and the results
Of the autopsy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-02
Rites This Afternoon
For Mrs. Alice Draper

Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. 2-Fu-
neral services were TO be conduct
ed this afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the Muehlig Chapel for Mrs. Alice
4. Draper. who succumbed Monday
afternoon. DR.. William P. Lemon
will oficiate and burial will be in
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Mrs Draper was a resident of
Ann Arbor since 1900. coming here
from Pontiac. She was the widow
OF J. B. Draper, superintendent of
the University Hospital before his
death in 1915.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs.
Lenore Johns. Ann Arbor, and
three grandchildren ]. Bradford,
Marjorie and Theodore Johns.