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step placement and follow-up.
These last four steps are most i'm
portant. Here is what happened in
the lives of four c. G. c. boys
Michael's father, a longshoreman
in East Boston, worked only half
time. Money was scarce. Michael
hated to study. He flunked twice
in grade school. His mother pun
ished him often by making him stay
indoors afternoons to study. Michael
enjoyed making connections with
wires and sockets at home but failed
in an electricity course at school.
At II he joined the G. c. c. He
showed no interest in any of the
educational activities. His work on
the project was classified as fair"
His I. @. was only IS.
The educational adviser in camp
had an interview with Michael. He
discovered the boy once took a short
course In woodworking. Michael
said it hadn't been so bad"
Michael's mother would have a
birthday anniversary in two months.
Would he like to make her a pres
ent? He decided to make her a
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ing the week end he talked with
printer who promised him employ
ment at the completion of this
trade school course.
John at 10 had been in a c. c. c.
camp for a year. His father, a
carpenter, was physically unable to
work. The $25 month John sent
home for his work in c. c. c. and
what his sister contributed sup
ported the parents and two younger
children.
Three years before John entered
c. C. C. he had suffered a serious
head injury which caused a partial
loss of memory for more than a
year.
Before John received any indi-
vidual guidance he was a successful
C. c. c. enrollee. He made an ex-
cellent record as an operator and
caretaker of machinery. However a
haunting fear possessed John that
his head injury still made him
mentally inferior. He would not
submit to any form of mental test
At the advisers suggestion John
finally submitted to the Terman
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would be hurt and how the planting
job was handled.
This seemingly casual reception
was the second step in carefully
planned guidance program-a pro-
cedure designed to orient Sam into
camp life.
Guidance for Each Boy.
And then comes the third step
counseling. Sam has an interview
with his educational adviser. Dur
ing the conservation they talk about
Sans interests, his family, his am
bitions-if any. BY the time Sam
reaches the fourth step-assignment
he understands the camp situation
and has an idea what he wants to
do. Through the encouragement of
his adviser, Sam enrolls in classes.
After two or three months comes
the fifth step evaluation - and
Sans abilities, interests and pro-
gress are tested and considered by
the Camp Committee on Education.
Sam gets a job and leaves the C. C.
c. Three months after his dis
charge from the camp he receives
letter from his adviser-the sixth
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sonality. He has purpose now In
everything he does. He has def
mite goal in mind. He is no longer
Indifferent. He is alive and vitally
interested in improving himself He
is well on his way to step 6-place-
ment.
Unable to Get Work.
Howard's father was postman in
town in Central Massachusetts,.
Howard fell behind in his studies
and finally left school. Unable to
find work and needing money he
drifted into the C. C. c. because,
as he said, II thought I might like
forestry"
Howards mental test showed an
I. @. of 103, which would indicate
that his school failures were not
caused by lack of mental ability.
He was quite unconcerned. Dur
ing the first interview with his ad-
wiser in camp, Howard acquiesced
to his advisers suggestion to browse
among the ibrary's occupational in
formation books. Arrangements
were made for another interview in
one week. During the week the ad-
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table lamp. He set to work in the
camp shop at nights. He worked
slowly, but he was genuinely inter-
ested in what he was doing.
When pictures of the educational
program were taken for a COM
munity newspaper, the adviser care
fully included Michael; then saw to
it that Michael received a copy to
send home to his mother. Michael
was placed on a work project re-
quiring carpentry instead of for
estry. CThis was step 4assign-
ment) The foremen reported
Michael's field work much improved
(Step 5-evaluation0 He showed
great interest, though he still lacked
skill.
With interest at a high pitch,
Michael joined a group receiving
job information. He felt his edu-
cational deficiencies were a handi-
cap, so he concentrated on arith-
metic, English and spelling as they
came up in his carpentry work.
The most outstanding result of in
dividual guidance in Michaels case
is the awakening of his entire per-
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could not be removed safely to base
hospitals farther behind the lines.
Col. Smith often helped warm the
sufferers with hot chocolate, served
by candlelight.
On one occasion, battery of 82d
Division men. fresh from the rear,
parked in the open behind "Y"
supply room where Col. Smith
worked. The. next day the battery
was subjected to heavy German
shelling. The first shells dropped in
the area where the men we're having
their evening meal. Several men and
horses were killed, and, many others
were wounded.
Col. Smith borrowed several litters
and organized squad to take the
wounded off the field, while shells
still fell. The wounded were rushed
to a dressing station. This incident
was related by Maj. J. E. Tunstall Of
the Regular Army, now in the Phil
ippines.
Sidelights in Food.
Rationing of food in France Of
fered many interesting sidelights of
the war. "You had to get your own
loaf Of bread" Col. Smith said, "and
carry it with you every time you
went to a restaurant. Grocers were
allowed 50 many loaves of bread a
week from government bakeries, and
could sell only so much to people
who had bread tickets. No bread was
served at eating places.
I'm the restaurants, we Americans
usually had our own wine bottles
and kept them in a box on the wall
We were issued napkins once a week.
and kept our napkins tied around
the necks of the wine bottles when
we weren't there"
One of Col. Smiths friends in
France was the famous Father Fran
els ]. Duffy, Brooklyn priest who was
chaplain of the Fighting 69th"
from New York. -.
Father Duffy was between As and
so years old at the time" Col. Smith
recalled, "and we often called on
each other. Everybody loved him.
He was . mans man and Q soldier
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wiser saw Howard in the library
several times reading various sug-
gested books.
At the second interview Howard
was willing to consider his problem.
The adviser realized he was begin
ming to make headway. Howard re-
ported that he liked some CONNER
cial law he read. Together he and
the adviser analyzed this and agreed
that, for his case, commercial law
did not seem to lead anywhere
They talked more of Howard's past
and hit upon an almost forgotten
interest at IA years of age. Howard
had spent his spare time helping to
publish a little community news
paper, and then had tried to enter
the printing class of a trade school
but had been unable to do so.
The adviser told Howard about
printing class for c. C. c. boys at
a trade school nearby. Howard
willingly joined (assignment and
maintained perfect attendance
(evaluation). His progress was
among the best in the class.
Reading, which previously had
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all the way through. visited him
at his church in Brooklyn after the
war;"
Father Duffy died June 26. 1882.
His memory has been perpetuated by
his own book of memoirs, by a
statue in New York and by the re-
Gently released motion picture, 1.-THE
Fighting Sixty Ninth" in which Pat
O'Brien plays the part of Father
Duffy.
When soldiers played games be-
hind the front lines, they could
never anticipate the outcome. "The
tank unit Of an Alabama infantry
regiment was playing ball on the
edge of little French town one
day." said Col. Smith. when the
Germans opened up with a big gun
near Metz. We heard it cut loose
and the game stopped. Everybody
found hole in the ground and dug
IN. The sound always preceded the
shell. Later, we captured the gun
and had a flrst-hand look at It,"
Col. Smith was gassed shortly be-
fore the armistice was signed He
had helped bring several gas victims
into a hospital room. Gas fumes
circulated as their clothing thawed
out and he was overcome. He was
sent to q hospital In Southern
France to recover. In February,
1919, he was sent to st. Nazaire to
take charge of Y. M. c. A. port work
in connection with sending troops
home.
A short time later he returned to
the United States but not for long,
because the International Commit
tee of the "Y" persuaded him to go
back to France to aid American sea-
men in conjunction with the United
States Shipping Board.
During the war, he wrote frequent
letters to his family in Washington.
These letters were saved and today
they give a ringside account of the
conflict. One paragraph, written
from Brussels on May 13, 1919, tells
of the funeral of Nurse Edith Cavell
who was killed by the Germans Is q
British spy. .:.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
By Robert A. Er,cin.


In the summer Of. 1911, the Sd
Field Artillery. U. S. A.. was train
ing at Tobyhanna. Pa. under the
mobilization ordered by President
Taft.
A young Y. M. c. A. military well
fare worker from Washington,
Arthur Lewis Smith, presented him.
self to Maj. Charles P. Summerall
for assignment to duty with the SOL
diers.
The major gave MIR. Smith the
once over and then commented:
"Well, Mr.. Smith. I'll do every
thing possible to make these SOL
diers miserable. Your job will be
to make IT,. nappy"
"Yes, sir" replied Mr.. Smith, "Ill
do that" He was busy tightening
the mental lot of soldiers for the
next 10 years, and as "Y" worker
and later chaplain and commits
stoned officer, saw much of the hu-
man side of military life.
The meeting at Tobyhanna was
the beginning of long and friendly
association. Maj. Summerall later
became World War commander Of
the Rainbow Division. full general
and chief Of staff Of the Army. Mr..
Smith. then a young Spanish War
veteran, saw service with Gen. Sum-
neral as captain and chaplain Of
the Sd District of Columbia Infantry
on the Mexican border and later as
a "Y" worker in France.
Now a retired chaplain Of the
121st Engineers, District National
Guard, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, Arthur Smith lives at 1924
Seventeenth street NV, in the
apartment house he manages, while
Gen. Summerall is president of the
Citadel, South Carolina military
college at Charleston.
Service With Army.
Col. Smith can pull true war anec-
dotes out of the bag one after the
other. Likewise he can tell some
really sad stories of life and death
on the battlefield. He retired from
the District Guard last year at the
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resigned his commission at the re-
quest of William Knowles Cooper.
then general secretary of the "Y"
for the Washington area, in order
to help with organization and opera
ton of welfare work for soldiers
here.
After supervising construction of
several buildings for the housing of
soldiers-one of them where the
Apex building now stands-Col.
Smith was sent to France and
assigned to the Rainbow Division.
He was walking down the aisle of
an Army hospital at Vaux when
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soldier reached out from a bed to
tug at his leg.
Col. Smith looked down. The
soldier exclaimed, Il know you" He
was a former corporal of the 18th
Cavalry. stationed at Fort Myer, Va,
and had attended movies and other
entertainments arranged by Col.
Smith. His broken leg had not yet
received medical attention. The
blood of his wound had dried on his
clothing. His gun was still strapped
about the waist.
German shelling was so heavy in
the area that men in the hospital
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Seventh Anniversary
Is Time for Revealing
What Corps Is Creating
Metropolitan Area to Join
With !, 500 Units Maintained
Elsewhere for Celebration

even! The pictures you saw in the
mess hall were made here"
The next day Sam and the other
new enrollees were taken on q trip
to the project where crew from
the camp was busy planting trees.
The foreman showed Sam how tools
were carried on the trucks so no one
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been limited to a few pulp maga-
zines, now became much more ex-
tensive. He had begun a definite
reading course laid out by his ad-
wiser.
While Howard was at home dur
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
Quick Enactment Of Consumption Likely
Draft Bill Provisions


12-AP-The peacetme CONSUMPTION Dill ap-
Committee for submission to the
bodies their final action provides for
on aliens who have reached
birthday but have passed their
thirty a registration day to be fixed. ~
members OF Tie armed forces diplomatic
legislative executive and judiciary officers would
excepted)
Liability years all citizens aliens who
citizens this
regardless all
from Is to "a years old. inclusive
Limitation number of to be train
ing the Army period in peaceime.
the western hemis
phere, American possessions the Philippine Islands
Regular Amys basic being
increased from $21 to $50 month.
after his years service is compet
subsequent retaining periods
additional service National
Guard Army.
impartial basis with fixed
male population basis
Deferrmen ordained ministers theological
employed essential industrial agricultural jobs
national
health interest; and with dependents.
provision they
previously provided for congressional appropriations.
u Unemployment service unless the
employers rehiring impossible
unreasonable Court action provided against employers who refuse
rehre tainee with back worker ordered
his job
years Imprisonment draft
dodgers" other violators of
IA Appointment by the President director of ece service
at salary of $4,000 yearly.
IS Operation of the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
DETR0|TERs HELD
AF TER CHARGE OF
TRICK GAMBLING
Trap Proves Successful;
Men Placed Under
$1,000 Bonds

Four Detroit men. two with al
legged police records as professions
al gamblers and card sharks" were
arrested here Wednesday on a COM
plant Of a local business man that
they tried to swindle him out OF
$1,000 In a poker game.
The prisoners, Louis Denoff, for
mer proprietor OF shoe shining
stand here. George Nichols, Charles
Marcoff. and Emil II. Resnik stood
mute when arraigned before JUS
tice A. VI Vandersall, and were
taken to county jail in lieu Of 81 500
bond placed for each. Their exam
nation Is scheduled for Sept. 10.
Resnik and Nichols are said 10
have Detroit police records, howey-
or, Resnik declares he should be
excused from tho present charges
as he was not in the room with the
others at the time the game was in
progress
Capture OF the men resulted from
cooperation OF the supposed Ypsi-
lantl sucker" With police following
a previous experience with Denoff.
Two OF the men had asked the
Ypsilanti player TO help swindle a
supposedly wealthy California auto
mobile dealer who was IN reality.
Nichols. The Ypsilanti man fell in
with the plan but informed police
and Prosecutor Albert j Rapp OF
the situation Thus when he started
playing with the men in room
rented here for the purpose. he
soon found himself losing heavily
and asked TO be excused 10 obtain
money from the bank His oppon-
ents were convinced Of his good
faith when he showed them deposit
slips Indicating he had available
81 800. One OF the men accOmpan-
led him 10 obtain the funds but he
contriyed by a pre-arranged plan
to inform Sergeant Cyril Ray OF the
situation and the arrests followed
Money taken in the raid revealed
an apparent attempt at an addi-
tional swindle. Packets labeled $500
in actually contained only about
$50. Outside bills were $50 and dol
lar bills filled the inside.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
NOMINEES WILL
PLAN CAMP IGNs
TWO NON PARTISAN, FIVE
PARTISAN CONTESTS
IN COUNTY

With election returns complete
today, Washtenaw County nominees
we're turning their attention TO
their campaigns for the November
5 election. There will be five party
contests and two non-partisan con
tests.
On the non-partisan ticket. j.
Don Lawrence, Lee n. Brown, both
OF this city. and Albert W. Hooper
wifi be seeking the two offices,
with the two highest winning.
Judge Jay G. Pray, incumbent in
the office of probate judge. will be
opposed by Lewis g. Chrlstman.
George Meader. who defeated Al
bert j. Rapp, incumbent for the Re
publican nomination for the office
of prosecutor. will be opposed on
the Democratic slate by John p.
Keusch.
Mrs. Luella NJ. Smith. incumbent
Republican county clerk. is opposed
by Franklin r. Ely. Democrat;
Clyde d. Fleming. Republican nomi-
nee for county treasurer is opposed
ny ME. JANE IT VI Hntff wi btiihn W .
Tuomy, Republican drain commits
sioner, by Writ NJ. Masten. Demo-
crat and Edwin c. Ganzhorn and
bradley VI. Harris. Republican nom
inees for coroner by William L.
Schumacher, Democrat.
Sheriff Jacob B. Andres and Mrs.
Katherine w. Skau, register Of
deeds, are unopposed.
Plans No Sucker
Prosecutor Albert J. Rapp said
today he had no intention OF run
ming as a sticker candidate for re-
election in the coming election Nov.
5. although many OF his friends are
urging him TO do so.
Although HIS plans are not def
mite. Mr.. Rapp said he might CON
slider returning to Ypsilanti TO prac-
tice law. I've always liked Ypsf'
lanti and thought Of It as my home, p"
he stated. Il will do all can to
clear up all pending cases before
1leave office" Mr.. Rapp said, and
will then turn over my files and
unfinished cases to my successor"
u am happy to have had the op-
portunity TO serve Washtenaw
County as prosecutor for the last
ten years" Mr.. Rapp continued
"and will now devote my time and
energies to private law practice"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
Send Cigars Writes British
Friend of Local Resident

sted writes, 1.-THE three boys are
serving in the Army and are all
well situated. One Is a officer and
another expects to be shortly The
two girls, OF course, are now quite
grown up. one OF them being just
over 16 and the other just over
u. am certain that they them
selves would very much enjoy
staying with you in America but
just how such trip could be ar
ranged at the present moment I
do not know"
Mr.. Binsted is the publisher Of
several magazines and says Of
copies sent to Mr. Pelanden that
they are rather small owing TO
the war, but. when peace arrives
once more we shall soon get
them back to their old stand
ards"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
SCHOOL NURSERY
To OPEN MONDAY
ENROLLMENTS IN TWO WPA
UNITS EXPECTED TO
REACH FIFTY

Enrolment at Ypsilanu WPA
nursery school at Woodruff School
will reach approximately 80 when
the work is begun Monday. accord
ing to Mrs. Charles Lamb, Ypsi-
lanti. county supervisor
Held the last three years for un-
derpriyileged children from two
10 four years old tbr hour OF play,
study, rest and fyhch are from $3.50
a. m. to 3 p. rR each week day *
cept SatnrdayNand Sunday.
In charge are staff Of five
teachers. Mechanics George Cults,
1863 +. Michigan Ave, Paul g.
Stachlewitz. 227 n. Grove St.
George +. Daley. ~ S. Washing
ton ST.. Ardella Purcell. city. and
Miss Dorothy Bell. 1l9 ~ Adams
St. In the Kitchen are Mesdames
Lee Freeman, 403 5. Hamilton St..
and OSBORN r Raymond, 1923 Ma
plewood Ave William Parks, 42S
y. Washington St. is assistant car
penter.
The past two weeks Mrs. Lamb
and the teaching staff have attend
ed state training conference at
Ann Arbor.
The nursery school is open
throughout the year except during
the conference period Children
chosen 20 attend the school are Sc
lected by the city nurse and social
worker from families where the
need Is greatest for play rooms out
side the home Two rooms have
been equipped for play at the Wood.
ruff School and another is used
as the sleeping room.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
VOTE To BRING
FEW Ne VI FACES
IN LEGISLATURE
Virtually Complete Returns
Indicate IncumbentS
Have Safe Margins


Possibility of an influx OF new
members in the state legislature ap-
peared slight today as virtually
complete returns Indicated that in.
cumbents held safe margins over
most of their opponents in both
parties.
Returns from 80 state senatorial
districts favored no less than >23
Republican incumbents. white re-
turns from s. OF the states SO coun-
ties gave all but two house incum-
bents comparatively safe margins.
Four senators failed to win re-
nomination, including three Detroit
ers. They were Senator Clyde V.
Fenner (R) of the 18th district,
who lost to Clarence w. Reid; Sen.
ator Carl w. Bischoff Cd Of the
LIST district, who lost to Rep. Ernest
G.. Nagel. who also won renomina-
ton to the house and will have to
decide which job he prefers, and
Senator William VI. Bradley of the
5th district, who was defeated by
Charles S. Blondy, a Democrat.
Callaghan Ousted
Outside the Detroit area. the vet
eran senator from the 2Sth district,
Miles NJ. Callaghan OF Reid city.
was ousted by Ben Carpenter OF
Harrison. Callaghan has served six
terms in the senate, Carpenter has
served three.
House casualties were Rep. Stan
ton Welsh OF st. Clair Shores, who
Continued on Page Two)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
Letter Reveals British Get
Plenty Of Everything in
Spite of War

IT. you can find a few cigars
TO send me" at Christmas time
that. of course. would be rather
an acceptable gift in present
times. but quite frankly. we get
sufficient Of everything writes
Arthur T. +. Binsted, London. TO
Alfred Pelanden. 10 f. Michigan
Ave, after the latter made a re.
cent inquiry as to the health Of
his friend and offered TO care for
children of his friend during the
balance of the war.
I'VE get plenty Of sugar and
coffee, although, Of course. sugar
is -rationed --.-. Stories regard.
ing food shortage in England is
just German propaganda. You can
test this by talking to any Amer.
lean who has returned from the
Old country lately" stated Mr..
Binsted.
I'VE certainly have had many
big changes taking place in
our country, but | can definitely
assure you that We are not in
need OF food, and certainly the
Germans have not invaded our
country. and frankly. we have
such belief in our defense ser
vices. that we are sure when Hit.
Ter does try to invade us he will
get rare headache. and that
when Il Is all over Master Hitler
will sustain a nervous breakdown -
Speaking OF his family Mr.. Bin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
Will Affect Men From 81 to
35 if Agreement Reached
by Committee Accepted

fBY ASSOCIATED ITeSSJ
Washington, Sept 12- AP -
enactment OF peacetime conscrip-
ton for men from 81 through S5
was believed near today as joint
Senate and House committee met
to draft its report on a compro-
mise compulsory military training
bill.
The report will go to both
houses for final action, and the
congressional consensus was that
it would be promptly accepted
perhaps before the week end.
Scuttling a House provision for a
60-day delay in the draft, and COM
promising differences on the vital
question of age limits, the six sena-
tors and five House members
reached an agreement last night
on a common version of the legis-
lation which both branches of
Congress previously approved in
different forms.
Reach Compromise
The Senate had fixed the age
bracket at from 81 through 80, the
house from 81 through a. At the
suggestion OF Senator Thomas ID
Utah) the conferees made the maxi
mum age 80.
Thus, when and IL the bill finally
becomes law, approximately 49,
100000 men will be called upon to
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