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ccc QUARTERS DESTROYED

Sault Ste. Marie. Dec. 10 Fire
OF undetermined origin Sunday
morning destroyed the Upper Pen
insula CCC headquarters building
at Fort Brady. The fire started In
the heating section OF the 30e-foot
one story frame building and filled
the building with gas. which ex-
ploded. Offices. equipment and rec
ords we're destroyed or seriously
damaged.
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MONDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1910
SHALL WE STAND OR FALL?

American industry is asking the
government TO tell whether or not
this country faces involvement in
war.
Not until this question is an
swered. declares H. W. Prentis, Jr.,
president of the National Associa-
ton OF Manufacturers. can the ma
TONS productive apparatus fill its
defense role with maximum eff
cheney.
What do we intend to protect?
ITO what extent is the govern
ment proposing ultimately TO reach
out beyond those physical areas in
which our national interests are di-
rectly at stake?"
These are questions industry
wants answered, because industry
could do more II we are, in the opin-
ion OF government, actually faced
with emergency war production.
How fast industry diverts its ef-
forts from production for normal
needs 70 armament depends upon
how seriously government regards
the immediate future. Whether pro-
duction for Great Britain, or produc-
ton for our own defense is the
more important, Is for government
TO decide. y
Whether the urgency is such as
TO demand industrial output on a
e4-hour 7-day basis, and the remov.
al OF all restrictive factors to the
fullest possible armament produc-
ton, only the government can say.
American manufacturers say they
will do their full part under any
and every circumstance, but they
express concern over the failure OF
government 10 take more rapid
steps for capacity production.
A prime necessity cited is decen-
tralization OF authority TO expedite
the determination by responsible
military and naval agencies OF their
respective defense needs --
Warning that sacrifices will be
demanded OF everybody and that
the financial burden will be "enor-
nous, manufacturers urge that the
ordinary expenses Of federal, state
and local governments be curbed at
every possible point, that sound pro-
vision be made for new revenues
for defense purposes. that every
feasible step be taken to encourage
the use OF private capital in defense
industries. that development OF new
pescetime enterprises be encour.
aged to guard against the inevitable
aftermath Of the present armament
boom. that codifieation and simpliti.
cation OF tax laws be started at once
to establish a permanent system OF
taxes based on a foundation on
which business can rely.
War profiteering should be avoid
ed. Upward spiraling Of prices
leads to initiation and economic de-
preston. We must have uninterrupt-
ed production.
France failed TO produce. France
fell.
We are not yet producing as We
should. but We shall not follow the
lead Of France. We shall wake W
TO our needs, once We are sufficient
ly aroused to action. and we shall
be the last TO abandon the standards
OF free living. Eyentually we may
fall, but not soon.
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very large sum
Of money were
TO ash a friend
to loan II 10
h. n. a n d I h e
friend let him
have II.
And suppose
that the bor-
rover, the worst
If his difficult
ties over. failed
to make even
a n y instalment
repayments. I'M
til finally the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
Best Method

These films are unquesticnably
the best method Of detecting and
eliminating cases of tuberculosis
in the routine examination of
large groups of people. Before the
days of the X-ray we developed a
fairly able technic by the use Of
the stethoscope. In the hands Of
those who are very skillful this
will uncover many cases but the
percentage of error is about 25
per cent in group examinations
even when performed by the most
sEllful and experienced men. The
use Of the X-ray Horoscope, that
is to say, the screen which is used
without taking a permanent pho
tographic plate, shows an error
of about 13 per cent as against the
plate method.
The X-ray plate detects all
kinds Of cases-,active, closed and
inactive, and after this plate is
examined other examinations will
have to be made to see whether
the case is active or inactive.
Cost of Disease in Last War
To come down to the question
of the ultimate cost, it can be said
that the elimination Of every ac-
tive case of tuberculosis in drafted
men would result in the saving Of
untold millions of dollars. The
figures from the last war are
staggering. Men were allowed to
be indicted into the army with
active tuberculosis. In the course
Of time they got sick and there
was no way to prove they did not
acquire the tuberculosis in serv-
ice: Under any circumstances,
since the Government accepted
them, the Government was liable
for compensation and for care.
The operating cost of tubercu-
losis hospitals was sometimes, as
in the year 1926, nearly $l1, 000,-
900. In 1910, twenty years after
the war was over, it was over
: $6,e00,000. In 1922 there were
over 10000 tuberculous veterans
in hospitals at the end Of the
fiscal year. In 1889 there were
nearly 5000. 1t is estimated that
the total cost Of tuberculosis dur
ing and after the World War in
compensation, disqualification, in
surance and vocational training
has been $3.50, 100000.
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Free Methodist Church

Wednesday, 1870 p. NAT the
church, the Christmas service, pre-
sented by the Sunday School, wi
be held. Mrs. Mae Smith IS char
man OF the program committee.
Thursday. 1880 p. m.- Prayer
meeting for everyone.
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son Observation-Disclosures
Hints on Etlquette

II Is quite all night to enclose
an engraved calling card In a box
OF fowers sent TO a friend. but a
personal message should be writ
ten on Il In longhand.
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Church OF the Nazarcne

Thursday, p. m.-The Sunday
School will present Christmas
program. A Christmas Eve play,
'Inasmuch as Ye Have Done It."
will be presented during the eve.
ming.
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IodAy's Horoscope

Those who have birthdays to-
day will during the next year.
win promotion and receive i'm
portant help from an elder. Some
difficulty will be encountered in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
First Presbyterian Church

Tuesday. I p. m.-Choir meets
for final practice for Chr stmas
music at church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16

versity OF Detroit student. was kill
ed in an automobile accident early
Saturday just over the Wayne
County line in Oakland County.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16

First Church OF Christ. Scientist
"a "wednesday. evening service
which includes testimonials OF heal
Ing is held az 100.
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Half-F Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
81 tbs: An eight pound william Jrr to Mr. and Mrs
William Polling daughter Mr. and Mrs Ray Hasey Akron
o. Mrs Halsey was formerly Miss Ethel Geer
OF Commerce banquet the Hawkins House.
H Nssy Lynch Pontiac, who his
views the commission form OF government.
well demonstrated
schools in Ypslan the past week Children in the city have
gifts dolls description doll furniture
puzzles picture books scrapbooks awaiting dis
buton Miss nez Graves. the social director will make
them in YpslanL
Matilda Vail we'll known in Ypsianti of
Mrs H Scovl She struck by automobile in Detroit
Fifty Years Ago
Death December 15Mrs Fred Pttsfield Township;
Alexander Cleveland
typhoid funeral here the home of her grandfather
w.
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Tuesday

II 10 rep nam flSn on w ar
Debts"
Tuesday
The War-CBS s, Q a. m. s:45 D.
m; NBC a. m, 1:45 D. m; MBS
10, II, 1870 a. M, 1915, 2 p. m.
NBC-1:15 Tony Wons scrap.
book:
3:l5-Ma Perkins;
6:30-Teachers College Chorus.
CBS-9:15 a. m. west 230 p.
NJ School OF the Air;
3:i5-Children Also Are People;
5:S0-Accent on Music.
NBC-12 :30-Farm and Home
Hour;
Barnard College Christmas
program:
5:30-Air Trophy award.
MBS-l2:30- Tobacco Growers
Christmas party;
1-Recording OF opening OLA er.
lean Eagle Club, London:
6:l5-Navy Plays Santa.
Short waves: DJD DUB Berlin
6:l5-Philharmonic concert;
JZK Tokyo S:05-Choral Selec.
tons.
PRO Rome s:4O-symphony Or.
chestra;
Csc esd GsL London-1O-
Within the Fortress.
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Words OF Wisdom

A timid person is frightened
before danger. a coward during
the time. and a courageous per.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16

geon Generals department to
prepare a candid camera which
will make small X-ray photo
graphs during physical examina-
tons for the draft; the plates will
be about four by five inches. The
public may wish TO understand
why such an apparently expen-
sive method is necessary.
In the first place, it is not par
ticularly expensive. In this mod
ern way Of doing it, the four by
five plate film is arranged on an
X-ray machine much like the film
on a camera, and which costs
about 10 cents.
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Church Briefs
The Church OF God
(4S1 Monroe ST.

Tuesday, 1880 p. m.-Prayer
Meeting.
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Sterilization Fund
Center of Conjecture
on British Needs
Pv Charles ?. Stewart

SUPPOSE. congressional critics
OF our governments fnanciering'
are suggestiLg-suppos that some
individual. in desperate need OF
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their business. which they wfll
overcome. Happy romance and
marriage are predicted. a child
born on this date will be active,
persistent and ambitious. Out
standing success in naval or
military career is presaged. espe-
cially II the child Ia born little
after noon.
One-Nfinute Test Answers
l. Yes. nothing in the consu-
tuition forbids H.
g. The Irish sea.
3. Twenty-one.
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Tonight
The War-NBC 7:15; CHS s:55.
10:45 East; NBC $50; MBS 10,
NBC IL.
NBC-S-James Melton concert;
8 30-Richard crooks. tenor;
9-k O. Quiz;
9:30-Showboat:
10-Contented Concert.
CHS 49, 1880 West l030) -
Blonde:
S-Those We Love.
s30--Fields & Hall;
9-Ginger Rogers in Fifth Ave
nue. Girl;
l0.S0-William Green on Labor
and Defense.
NBC-7:30 - Salvation Army
Christmas program;
81 Love a Mystery;
s:30-True or False;
S-You're In the Army Now;
Heavyweight fight, Joe Louis
VS.. Al Mccoy.
MBS-7.l5-H Here's Morgan,
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Your Health
Ray Best Method of
Finding tuberculosis,
to be Used by Army

Bv Logan Clendening. NJ. d.
CAS- an integral part of the phys
ical examination Of recruits for
the new conscript army, it is
highly desirable, and even may
be said TO be necessary to have an
X-ray plate Of the chest taken in
order to determine whether or not
there is tuberculosis. Press dis
patches tell US that the General
Electric X-ray Corporation has
been commissioned by the Sur
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National srosdca.,lno Company

National 6rosdesstlne Company
WV. 800; WXYZ, 1910; WLW.
ZOO. WSPD. 1870; WTAM, 1870;
WGN, 100; WMAQ. $40, WIS, $40.
Columbia sroadeastlns System
WJR. $50; WOWO. 1850. WBBM.
40.
Mutual erosdesstIna system -
CKLW, 100; WLW, zee: and WGN,
720.
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STUDENT KILLED

Detroit. Dec. 16--INS-Breyton
D. Jones, Jr., 2l-year-old Uni
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-16
Pick of the Air Today

s:45-Song Spinners;
1l-New Chicagoland Concert
series.
ll:i5-Rep Ham Fish on War
Debts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
Defenders EncircIed,
Soma|iIand Fight Won,
Italian Army Says
&c.
Many Prisoners Token
In Five-Doy Bottle for
Pass, Rome Reports
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Aug. 1.-THE battle for
British Somaliland has been won,
the Italian high command claimed
tonight, as Fascist Spokesman
warned pro-British Greece that she
must now recognize italian demands
'or suffer the consequences"
The fighting in Somaliland-a
British protectorate along the Cult
of Alden, which adjoins the Fascist
East African empire-was declared
substantially over A military COM
munique announced that the de-
Tending force had been encircled
both its wings driven in, and hao
abandoned on lost battlefield
hundreds" of Rhodesian and native
Indian dead.
Many prisoners were taken. the
communique added. as we'll as great
stores OF war materials and food,
and British warships anchored in
the Port of Berbera, Somalilanu.
were badly" damaged by aerial
attack.
Fighting at Jerato Pass.
The main ground fighting, which
had ragged for five days, was at Je-
ratio Pass, in the vicinity of Adadleh,
some IS miles from Berbera, the cap
ital and chief port, and the high
command reported Fascist troops
were "inflexibly" continuing the
march on that key town, to which it
was said the defenders had re-
treated.
1t was acknowledged that the Brit
cao S0NEAT TTANn paoe A5)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
Nozi WorpIones Renew Attack
As British Blast French Coast
Bombers Rour Over South and MidIonds
After Mysterious AII-Doy lull

which continued up to dawn Satur-
day.
The Air Ministry reported Friday
night raids by British bombers on
German targets and enumerated
assaults on important military tar
gets.
widespread successful attacks"
one communique said, included the
Messerschmitt aircraft plant at
Augsburg, the Junkers assembly
plant at Bernberg, railroads in the
Ruhr, the Zeiss military precision
instrument plants at Jena and a
German anti-aircraft ship in Stav-
anger Fjord, Norway.
Air-Fuel Plant Raided.
An earlier Air Ministry report
said very large damage" also had
been inflicted on the great synthetic
fuel plant at Leuna, near Leipzig,
where coal Is transformed into gaso-
line.
A hundred bombs set off a chain
of fires marking almost the entire
area of the more than mile-long
main plant which normally pro-
duceS 100000 metric tons Of syn
thetic oil annually" it said.
In the face of Germany's proc
lamation of a total blockade of the
British Isles, Britain intimated that
her own blockade of Germany had
been intensified.
The Admiralty warned that the
English Channel and the Bay of
Biscay-possible commerce lanes be-
tween Germany and the Western
Atlantic-were dangerous for navi-
CATION without routing instructions
from British officers.
Bombardment of Italy's Libyan
ports of Bardia and Fort Capuzzo,
as we'll as other detectives Satur-
tSee LONDON, Page A-10D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
Cheering Thousands
Welcome Windsor
To Bahamas Post
Duke Pledges Efforts
To Help Islands Meet
Wartime Problems
BY the Associated Press.


NASSAU, Bahamas. Aug. IL
Amid the greatest welcome ever
given a Governor of the Bahama
Islands, the Duke of Windsor pledged
his efforts today to help the colony
meet its wartime problems.
Thousands turned out in the
tropical heat to cheer Edward and
his born Duchess - for
whom he gave up the English throne
as they stepped of the camou-
tagged vessel that brought them
from Bermuda.
The first real smile lighted the
Dukes perspiring face when the
several scores of privileged persons
tanning the legislative council
chambers for the induction cere-
mony gave a spontaneous cheer, led
by w. c. B. Johnson, speaker OF the
Assembly.
There was a tremendous ovation
as the Duke and Duchess stepped
out on a balcony of the council to
acknowledge the acclaim OF those
who waited in the square outside
while the new Governor pledged his
allegiance to the brother who sue
ceeded him on the English throne.
1t was steaming hot day. Seated
on a dais during the 50-minute cere-
mony, the Duke. wearing major
generals uniform, frequently mopped
his brow.
The Understanding pink
dress under royal blue wool
redingote and a tiny turban OF
pearly beads-appeared cooler than
(See WINDSORS, Page A-4D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
American BobsIed Ace Is Killed
In R. A. F. Fight With Bombers

cane fighter against German bomb
ers Friday. was a recognized ace
of the worlds bobsledders and cap
tain of two victorious United States
Olympic teams in that sport.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
M. L. Fiske and a native of Chicago.
the 2s-year-old sportsman was a
Cambridge University graduate and
one of the first United States citi-
zens to join the r. A. F. at the outset
of European hostilitieS.
His father, head of the Paris
branch Of Dillon, Read Il Co., in
vestment bankers, returned to New
York last week from Spain. to which
he fed when Germany invaded
France.
Again Named Captain in 1887.
Only yesterday the father received
a cable from his son, in which he
said, Don't believe everything you
hear from Berlin. British reports,
If anything, understate it. Every
thing fine"
In 1928 he captained the United
States olympic team that won the
bobsled title on the speedy run at
st. Moritz, Switzerland. and again
In 1882 he led the Starr and Stripes
90 TTGYE Pn0e Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18


LONDON. Aug. Is (Sunday) -
German warbirds, as if reused from
their roost by British attacks on
France, bombarded Southwest Eng
land early today and roared over
the Midlands following mysterious
all -day holiday" Saturday.
The Royal Air Force, capitalizing
on this interim. visited the German
positions on the French coast late
last night and staged a brilliant
fireworks show of their own.
Rambling explosions reverberated
across the Channel. and watchers
on Englands bomb-pocked shore
saw the sheet lightning of bomb
bursts on the continent, along with
the flare of Nazi flaming onion
anti-aircraft projectiles and the ra-
pier thrusts of searchlights.
The Germans, who had laid off
Britain from dawn past dark Satur-
day, sent a few planes over late last
night. and returned to the attack
on an undisclosed scale today.
Bombs Dropped Over Wide Area.
Bombs were dropped over wide
area in the Midlands, but first re-
ports said damage was compare
lively slight. with no casualties.
Incendiary bombs fell near a
railway line in one Midland coun-
ty, three high explosive bombs fell on
a row of houses in one town, and
works were hit in two small villages.
In the suburb of another town
residents said they saw parachuteS
drifting to the ground in the light
of searchlight beams.
Assault Lull Unexplained.
There was no explanation why
the Nazis sent over only scouting
planes during the daylight after six
consecutive days of heavy attack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
Ship Cancels Voyage
To Escape Russians
BY the Associated Press.


CALLAO, Peru. Aug. 17-Port
authorities detained the 4,l38-ton
Latvian steamer, Hercogs Jacobs,
today at the request of her Latvian-
American owners. as the vessel was
about to sail for Puerto Chicama
to take on a load Of sugar for
Vladivostok.
The owners, apparently anxious
lest the ship fall into Soviet Russian
hands. posted a bond of $4,000 and
said they would send representa-
tive here by plane Immediately.
The Hercogs Jacobs arrived here
from Bahia Blanca August 9 with
a cargo of Argentine wheat.
The Hercogs Jacobs insugurated
the first regular Latvian steamship
service to the United States in 1889,
arriving in Baltimore on its maiden
voyage May 80 Of that year. Latvia
recently was admitted to member
ship in the Soviet UnionJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 17.-Pilot Omcer
william Mead Lindsey FiSke, Sd,
%, son of William Fiske, New York
banker, died today of injuries suf-
fered in a fight with a German
bomber yesterday.
Mr.. Fiske, an American Olympic
team bobSled captain, serving In q
fighter squadron, had been In q
number of combats before yesterday
and was reported to have destroyed
several enemy aircraft. He Joined
the Royal Air Force just after the
outbreak of the war
His squadron yesterday engaged a
mass formation of German bombers
which was attacking the squadron
airdrome, it was announced, and
after successful conclusion of the
combat Tiske brought his craft back
to the landing ground. He was
found to be severely injured and
died later in hospital"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
Oil Tester Seeks ST., 900
For Broken Nose

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-John Burke
values his nose at s25 ,000-especially
for oil-smelling purposes.
Papers on file in Richmond County
Court TODAY revealed Mr.. Burke as
plaintiff in a $4,000 damage suit
against his golf partner, Edward F..
kerns. whom he claims hit a ball
that subsequently struck and broke
his rose.
Mr.. Burke identified himself as an
oil tester and said delicate sense
Of smell was essential to his job. His
sense of smell. he said, was impaired
by his broken nose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
Chemical Works BIust
KiIIs4 Chicago Firemen
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 17.-Four fire.
men were killed and seven others
were burned today in an explosion
which followed a fire at the Van
Setback Bros. Chemical Works.
They were cleaning up debris in
an areaway between two sections
of the plant when 700-gallon tank,
partly filled with benzol, blew up.
spraying them with flaming fluid.
. The four who died from burns
were Its. James J. Mulcahy and
william Schmidt and Firemen Ray
mond Carroll and Alfred Schilling.
Fire Marshal Michael j. Corrigan
estimated the fire and explosion
caused 90, 100 damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-18
Reich Warns NeutraIs
Britain Is Under
Total Blockade
Three Ships Reported
Sunk or Damaged by
Newly Sown Mines
DI4pLnIa
(Tert OF German Blockade
Statement on Page As.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tNS ESSOClulCu
BERLIN, Aug. 17-Germany for
mally proclaimed today q total
blockade of the sea around Britain,
undermining her announcement with
the disclosure that newly sown Ger
man mines already had sunk or
damaged three big ships near the
Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.
Every neutral vessel sailing into
this region in the future is running
the risk of being destroyed, said
an official statement.
Authorized sources explained this
meant unlimited sea warfare by
the German air force and navy all
around England, with the excep-
ton of Irish territorial waters.
The blockade was announced on
the only day of the week in which
there were no great massed daylights
raids or bitter aerial combatS over
England.
DNB, official German news agency,
said Nazi raiders limited their TO-
rays today to early morning attacks
on ports along the British West
Coast and to scouting flights over
the English Channel, North Sea and
the British interior.
The Berlin radio said the paucity
of air battles was because the
British fighters have slowed up"
Ships Not Identified.
The news of the ship sinkings was
related by DNB shortly after the
blockade had been announced. Two
of the ships sank. the agency said;
the third moved away. listing badly.
They were not identified.
The damage was done by mines
laid "over great radius" by the
German air force last night, DNB
explained. 1t said that where mines
previously were laid principally in
English harbors and river mouths.
they now have been strewn in the
steamer lanes of the open sea, all
around England. including the Irish
Sea and st. Georges Channel.
Earlier, a single submarine was
declared to have sunk 25,70O tons
of British merchant shipping in
guarded convoy.
The blockade decision was COM
municated in notes to all neutrals
(See BLOCKADE, Page A-3D