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Evening star., 1940-09-16
Blum Is 'Interned'
By Vichy Chiefs in
War Guilt Probe
Former Premier Accused
Of Arms Output Drop
Through 40-Hour Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, Sept. 16.-Leon
Blum, former Socialist Premier of
France, was held in administrative
internment" today in Chateau Cha
zeron, a feudal castle near Riom,
where four other pre- -armiStice
French leaders are locked up in the
War-guilt investigation.
M. Blum, who came to power in
1886 and who now is being blamed
by the Petain government for a
large share of responsibility for the
war, faces possibility of trial before
the Riom war blame court-as do
former Premiers Daladier and Rey-
Maud, Gen. Maurice GuStave Came
lin and former Interior Minister
Georges Mandel.
Russian Policy Held Error.
The Vichy government maintains
that social reforms-such as the 40
hour Week-pushed through by the
Blum administration resulted in a
precipitate drop in French produc-
ton, especially in armaments. The
government also contends M. Blum s
policy of cooperation with Russia
was grave error and one of the
principal responsibilities of pre-war
French statesmen.
(In this connection, however, a
French Russian military alliance
was negotiated in 1885 by Pierre
Laval, then foreign minister and
now vice premier and q prime
Evening star., 1940-09-16

mover in the Vichy government.
The pact came into effect In
March. 1896, three months be-
fore M. Blum became Premier.)
M. Blum also was attacked for his
attitude during the Spanish civil
war when France sided with the
Spanish Republicans, although it
did not intervene openly.
In addition the Blum government
is being blamed for the alignment
with Britain, which now is assailed
as a grievous mistake.
AS Jew, M. Blum was often the
butt of remarks-even when he was
PremIer-bearing on his race, both
in the press and in the Chamber of
Deputies.
The government did not state
when M. Blum was taken into
custody, but the term "administra-
tive internment" used for his de-
tention indicates that no formal
charges have been filed against him
as yet.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

On this night in Paris, Carol,
without word to his aides, rose and
strobe down the train car aisle . {.
out into the crowded station. ..
An Associated Press dispatch, un-
der a Paris ate-line, gave the first
veiled news.
Grown Prince Carol" it said, "is
giving his mother, Queen Marie,
much concern.
His failure to return to Bucharest
after attending the funeral of Dow
ager Queen Alexandra at London,
Paris society hears, is due to new
love affair."
The dispatch said Carol had been
discovered under the languorous
skies of Italy, and that the name
of a prominent italian society wom-
an" was being coupled with his.
The royal palace at Bucharest i'm
mediately instructed Italian banks
not to advance Prince Carol any
money beyond first-class fare home
to single" including
sleeper.
Spurns Queens Pleas.
But it remained for the Milan
newspaper Corriere Della Dera to
disclose the true identity of Carols
flame. Reporting his arrival in Mi
Ian, the newspaper said he was
quickly joined by IAN elegant young
woman calling herself Princess Lu-
pesco."
This was "Bibi"
This was Magda Lupescu, who
had appeared outside Carols train
window in Paris-a white, anxious
face in the station gloom-and led
to his disappearance.
Angrily, when the news came out,
Queen Marie sent royal couriers to
Milan, commanding Carol to return
But the crown prince refused. With
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Costu Rico Ex-President
Offered u. 5. Cocos Base
BY the AS. ociated Press.

BY the AS: ociated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16.-Leon
CorteS, former President of Costa
Rica, said in an interview yesterday
that before retiring several months
ago he offered to grant the United
States permission to establish naval
bases on Cocos Islands, of the Pa
cific entrance to the Panama Canal.
He said his successor, DR.. Rafael
Anger Calderon Guardia, was pur-
suing a similar policy of promoting
close cooperation with the United
States in Western Hemisphere de-
fense.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
BY ROGER D. GREENE,
Associated Press Stan WHter
First OF a Series OF Four Articles. }

BY ROGER D. GREENE,
Associated Press Stan WAter.
Driven into exile, Shorn of part of
his great wealth, ex-King Carol II
of Rumania and his flame -tresSed
companion, Magda Lupescu, live to-
day under constant threat of aSSas-
sination as they begin new chap
ter in their love idyll.
A blast of Iron GuardiSts' bullets
sped their flight from Rumania.
And when they left their brief
haven in Lugano, Switzerland, the
fallen monarch and Nine. Lupescu
slipped furtively out the back door
of their hotel before daybreak.
Always, wherever they go, the
shadow of danger will be there.
Spiced with Graustarkian intrigue,
bloodshed, fantastic plots and coun-
terplots-all woven around the fig
ure of a moneylender's daughter
the romance that has made world
headlines for Is years first blazed
into the open, appropriately enough,
with the champagne flip of New
Year Eve mystery.
1t was on December 81, 1925, that
the handsome young Crown Prince
Carol "dLsappeared' in Paris
simply vanished from the train that
bore him homeward to Bucharest
from London. where he had duti-
fully marched in the funeral pro-
cession of Britains dowager Queen
Alexandra, widow of King Ed
ward VII.
Four Women in Life.
One moment he was glancing
darkly out the snow-f1ecked window
while the train chuffed in the sta
tion. The next he was gone.
And for five years thereafter Carol
never set foot on Rumanian soil.
Today. as then. it is the copper
headed woman who has won out in
the Amazonian battle of four women
who sought to rule Carol-Marie,
"Zizi," Helen and "Bibi."
Marie was his dynasty minded
queen mother - ambitious. clever,
hard, yet intensely human amid the
bitterness of defeat.
Hes my SON. I hope he'll come
back some day she said wistfully OF
the hot-headed prince.
'Zid" was his morganatic first
wife. Jeanne Lambrino-dark-eyed
daughter of a Rumanian army col
onel, whose love spurred Carol to
leave his regiment during the World
War and made him renounce his
rights to the throne of his Hohen-
zollern ancestry; whose love-scorned
fury eventually led her to picket
Carl's villa in France and have their
small son scream endlesSly before
the gate, Papa! Papa! Papa -
Helen Embittered.
Helen was Princess Elena OF
Greece-the pale, embittered moth
er of Carols second son, 18-year-old
King Mihai V, who assembled the
Rumanian throne September for a
second time after a three-year reign
as the world famed hoy king
during Carols exile in the late
1920's.
And "Bibi" :.
It was sullen, gloom ridden Caro-
who stared out the train window
that New Year eve in Paris in
1925.
Once again his madcap pursuit
of commoners daughter had
clashed with the stern will of his
mother, Queen Marie. His affair
with the voluptuous Magda Lupescu
had become the scandal of Bu-
charest.
After three years of toeing the
mark, married to Princess Elena Of
Greece, the crown prince had open
ly pursued the daughter of hum
BILE Moldavian Jew. who first at
tracted his attention by tossing 6
bouquet into his motorcar in tht
streets of Bucharest. And Queer
Marie, to break up the romance, hac
sent him packing off to London Il
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Rice Prices Jump

Commerce Department advices
from Shanghai report that. due
largely to uncertain shipping con-
ditions, speculative activities pushed
rice prices on September to the
highest point of record
Evening star., 1940-09-16

"Bibi," as he affectionately called
Nine. Lupescu, he fled to Ravenna,
Turin, Venice and thence to the
valley of the Orne, in France.
And at home, the tears of three
women fell. the tears of Marie, Helen
and "Zizi." ..
Evening star., 1940-09-16

More than 500 Indians are men,
bers of the Oklahoma National
Guard.
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Wilson Is Nominated
For Commerce Post

President Roosevelt today nomi-
mated Carroll L. Wilson to be assist
ant director of the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce.
A native of Massachusetts and
graduate of Harvard University
Mr.. Wilson had been an executive
assistant to the director of the bu-
reau and. in the year ending June
30, he was special assistant to the
Secretary of Commerce.
Prior to entering the Government
service Mr.. Wilson was an engineer
for the Western Electric Co. in East
Pittsburgh, Pa, and in Detroit; an
industrial adviser for the Investment
Research Corp. in Detroit, and di-
rector of policy and research for the
Boston firm of Scudder, Stevens &
Clark
President Roosevelt also nomi-
mated Russell S. Hummel to be Work
Projects administrator for Virginia
Evening star., 1940-08-22
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reports that Nazi flyers had used
aerial torpedoes" against Great
Britain developed today that the
Patent Once has at least five such
devices on file.
Ofiicials would not say how prac-
tical any Of the American designs
were, or what their reception had
been at the Army or Navy.
On Berlin, observers said che
reported aerial torpedoes" were
probably large bombs with fins
on the tail and a barrel-shaped
fan behind the fins to steady de-
scent)
The first patent was filed in 1911
by Paul E. Chamberlain. Although
the airplane was still in it's infant
stages at that time, Mr.. Chamber
lain conceived a miniature airplane
that could be loaded with explosives
and released from a man-sized air
craft.
Later research in aerial torpedoes
was undertaken by some of the best
known inventors in the country
Evening star., 1940-08-22

Patents Issued in u. S. for
AT Least 5 Aerial 1orpedoes

The latest patent, in 1927. was
granted to DR.. Charles F. Kettering,
research head of General Motors, and
chairman Of the newly created Ma
tional Inventors Council Of the
Commerce Department, whose job Is
to clear potential military devices to
the Army or Navy.
One torpedo was designed during
the World War by Emil Berliner
and another after the war by Law
renee B. Sperry and his brother, E.
A. Sperry. The brothers manufac-
ture gyroscopes and other important
aviation equipment.
One of the most unusual aerial
torpedoes was the 1919 creation OF
w. j. Murdock. This torpedo was
equipped with microphones which
were supposed to aim the missile at
the source of loud noises such as en-
emy artillery fire.
Sketches of the American patents
all resemble miniature airplanes,
rather than naval torpedoes
Evening star., 1940-08-22
U. 5. Asks High Court
70 Hear World War
Ship Profit Cases
Seeks Bethlehem Suits
Review as Matter of
National Concern
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
. The Government asked the Su-
preme Court today to review two
decisions involving alleged excess
profits on World War shipbuilding
as a matter of immediate national
concern"
The cases, involving the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corp, were filed In
1925 and 1926. In one, the com.
pany sued the Government for ST.
100000 profits not paid to it, while
In the other the Government sued
the corporation for recovery of al.
legedly excessive profits already
paid. About sl3,365,OOO is involved
in the suits. The Government lost
both in District Court and is appeal
ing from a decision of the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals which up
held the lower court
Solicitor General Francis Biddle
In a petition filed with the Supreme
SOult, COlltCIloCo GIlC
had had no choice but to deal with
Bethlehem at It's terms, and added
I'm times of national emergency
the men charged with preparing the
Nations defenSes have no time fol
haggling with a contractor who re-
fuses to perform his indispensable
function unless he be assured ar
exorbitant profit.
Wants Early Ruling.
THE Government is now engaged
In program of military and nava
armament comparable to or greater
than that undertaken in 1917 ano
1918. 1t is, therefore. of immediate
national concern that there should
be an authoritative determination
of the extent to which the country's
need should place the Government,
at the mercy of its contractors"
Mr.. Biddle commented that while
q lower court had described Bethle-
hens actions as daylight robbery
and as indicating IAN attitude o1
commercial greed but little diluted
with patriotic feeling" the court
nevertheless had refused to "hold
the results of enforcing the con.
tracts unconscionable."
There was nothing in the tria,
records, the solicitor general said
to show that Bethlehem's estimates
were inflated or to indicate the "ex-
orbitant profits it would make.
Grossness of Extortion.
'In any case" he continued, "the
criterion is not the extent of the
delusion but rather the grossness o1
the extortion. We cannot agree
that the law sanctions, as obtained
in good conscience. profits amount
ing to more than 27 per cent of the
cost of constructing the vessels un-
der the contracts, when those profits
were secured without the slightest
risk of loss, provided an assured
gain of about 10 per cent OF the
estimated cost, and were coerced by
the threat of withholding an essen
tial service from the Government
in wartime"
Mr.. Biddle declared the Govern
ment did not understand that un'
considerable profits became accept
able to a court of equity because
the necessity of the Government
led to repeated instead of sporadic
extortion."
Evening star., 1940-08-22
Primute of Spain Dyinq

MADRID, Aug. % (P.-Isidoro
Cardinal Coma Y Tomas. primate
of Spain, who has been i'll several
months, was reported by his doctors
to be dying today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
FALL FESTIVAL

Continued from Page One)
from Detroit. A band from the
University of Michigan campus will
play for a street dance.
Michigan Ave will be closed
from Adams to Huro SITS. at s p.
m. to allow the Guardsmen to
move in motorized equipment with
which they will go to camp.
Westbound traffic on US-l12 will
be rerouted TO Pearl st. and east
bound travel to Ferris St Park
ing along one side OF these streets
will be eliminated. A wooden plat
form was erected Thursday and
will be decorated with flags and
bunting today Lights and loud
speaking equipment will be in
stalled
At $50 p. m Saturday merchan-
disc given by city merchants will
be distributed to Ypsilanti resi-
dents at the Washington st. and
Michigan Ave. corner.
d. H. Moffett is in charge OF an
auto show on Michigan Ave. be-
tween Washington and Adams st.
A Gopenhelm Wolf sailing plane
will be exhibited east OF the Huron
st. on Michigan Ave. from to 10
p. m. Mrs lola Fritch. Beverly
Fritch and Lyman Wizard will be
at the ship to explain the mechan-
ism.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
Draft Board Members
to Organize Saturday

Ypsilanti draft board members
will meet Saturday night in the
Allenel Hotel in Ann Arbor to elect
a president and secretary and to
designate a meeting hall for the
group work. Members of the local
committee are John P. Kirk. Carl
Curtis. Saline. and Dr. Faye Palmer
Chelsea.
General Kirk procured the board
oaths OF office, signed waivers OF
pay and signed aeceptances OF APP
pointments Thursday to send to
the selective service director, Ian
sing.
At Ann Arbor Thursday Colonel
A c. Pack was named chairman
Of the county board in that area
Harold Colds was chosen secretary
and Clarence Schaler employed as
clerk. Ann Arbor men who did not
register Wednesday under the selen-
tive service plan must file a writ
ten statement explaining their rea-
son for not registering with Mr..
Colds at the temporary board head
quarters in the Armory.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
THE WEATHER

Ypsilanti and vicinity: Consid-
cradle cloudiness and warmer to-
night and Saturday. moderate to
fresh northerly winds, diminishing
and becoming southeast and south
Saturday, according to the L. {.
Department OF Commerce Weather
Bureau, Detroit.
Highest temperature this date in
last IS years SO in 1888; lowest IS
In 1901.
Highest temperature Thursday
so: lowest ~: mean 81; lowest
last night Sc.
Relative humidity Thursday az
1880 a. m. 72et; 1870 p. m. 5sfc;
1880 p. m. 1850; 1870 a. m. today
91ee.
Temperature at a. m. IS; al
a. m. 81; at S a. m. So; at 3
a. m. 80: at 10 a. N. A.
Barometer at 80 a. m. today,
station. 1002.0 millibars CESS IN
chess; sea.level: 1928 millibarg
COPS inches) ,:
The sun sets today at 546 and
rises Saturday at 6:49
The moon rises tonight at 7:1s
D. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18

Adah Donavan. five years old,
is i'll with scarlet fever. The
family resides on Ideal ST.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Robertson,
Erwin, Tenn. are guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Har-
Ian. Mrs. Harlan and Mrs. Ro-
bertson are sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith
and small son Gary, Detroit, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
X. Smith.
Mrs. Bertha Condo. Detroit.
was a guest Sunday OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Merrill Condo.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
Seven Years Under New
Deal Reviewed Here by
State Committee Woman

Seven years under the New Deal
were reviewed by Mrs. Elizabeth
Belen. Lansing. state vice chair
man Of the Democratic state central
committee. who spoke before an
enthusiastic audience In Ypsilanti
High School Thursday night.
Mrs. Belen made survey of the
present presidential administration
and told the part it had played in
the local community. She told the
amount OF money that had been
spent for new buildings, on N.Y.A.,
on the farm program. conservation
program. housing administration,
and loans to small businesses.
In speaking of the size of the ma
tional debt. Mrs. Belen contended
that while 1t had risen, the national
earnings for the past seven years
had also climbed seven-fold
The speaker was introduced by
Mrs. John Muyskens, Ann Arbor,
new vice chairman for Washtenaw
County. who told OF the work OF the
women's organizations throughout
the nation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
Stony Creek
RALLY DAY PROGRAM
GIVEN AT METHODIST CHURCH

Stony Creek, Mich, Oct. lS-Sun'
day was Rally DAY at the Stony
Greek Methodist Church and there
was very good attendance. The
program was In charge OF Floyd
Dysinger.
The Bible Class was represent
ed with a reading by Mrs E. Sander
son. Happy Hustlers Class. with
Miss Mildred McDougal as their
representative, gave an account OF
the future Sunday School lessons.
The Primary Glass in charge OF Mrs.
Robert VANITY, told OF Scrolls that
they had been studying. following
which the "I'll Try" group sang a
song that they composed. The Will
ing Workers and W.M.B. (Young
Married People, Joined in giving a
discussion on reasons for going TO
church and Sunday School. Conclud-
ing the program. Busy Bee Sunday
School Glass entertained their audi
ence with Man on the Street"
program.
New Bibles were given to Ileen
Lathers. Robert Hollowell, Jr., Ken.
nard Dysinger. Shirley Exelby, Ev-
elyn Armstrong and William James.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18

Guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Goodhall. Sunday. were Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Taylor. Flint. and Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor Goodhall and
little son, Flat Rock.
Miss Florence Roof. Woodville,
o.. Is caring for Mrs. Frank Ley
who has been Ill at her home for
several weeks. Mrs. Ley is able
now to be up each day.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gooding and
sons Jimmy and Hugh. Auburn
Heights. are spending this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Forsy-
the and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Gooding.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
WELFARE GROUP
SEEKS INCREASE
IN APPROP RATION

Continued from Page Onel
sons, compared with about 7i,004at
present.
The commission agreed TO ask
SO. 60S,l25 for the states share OF
the old age assistance costs in
l941-42. compared with s7,650,000 in
the current fiscal year.
1t likewise was agreed TO seek to
increase aid to dependent children
in families OF one or two children,
by raising the monthly budgets from
$24 to $50 and from $50 TO s35, re-
spectiyely.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18

NEW YORK-AP- The marble
bust Of King Leopold III which
was hauled down from its pedestal
in the Worlds Fair Belgian pa
vilion last May after he capitulated
To the Germans will be restored
with proper ceremonies tonight
DR.. Joseph Gevaret. Belgian com
missioner 10 the fair. who made
the announcement. said an official
explanation OF the surrender would
be made during the ceremonies by
II. F. Van Cauwelaert. minister OF
state and speaker OF the House OF
representatives OF Belgium.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
S.W. Augusta
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, 7,
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY

S. w. Augusta. Mich. Oct. 1s-A
group of relatives and friends
gathered at the Imhoff home Sat
urday to celebrate the seventh
birthday Of their grandson, William
Johnston, Milan.
Those present besides William
and his sisters. Sally and Marjor-
lie, and his mother were James,
Betty and Peggy Pickett and their
mother. Nancy and Eddie Szabo
and their mother, James Boyd,
Yvonne. Jack and Larry Burns,
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Imhoff and
John.
Various games were played and
after William opened his many
nice gifts a lunch including a
lovely birthday cake decorated and
with candles and candy. en- orange
drink and pop corn were served.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
Ypsilanti Briefs
Wins Award

Miss Ruth Gaabo, Ypsilanti State
Hospital employe, IS winner OF the
local award in a state wide contest
for writing the best % word ex-
PLANTATION of why she prefers a radio
phonograph combination, according
TO officials at the Grinnell Brothers
store who conducted the Ypsilanti
contest. Miss Gaabo Will receive a
radio-phonograph as her award.
other prizes awarded in the state
totaled 90. ---------
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18
MR., MRS. LOREN DICKS
HONORED BY DINNER

Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Dicks and
daughter, Lorna. were honored with
a farewell dinner and supper. Sun
day at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Theuer and family, Garden
City. Mr.. and Mrs. Dicks and daugh-
ter are leaving with their trailer
home for Louisiana. with group of
National Guards from Ypsilanti,
the last of this week. Mr.. Dicks be-
gins his years training with the
Ypsilanti group.
Those present for the farewell
dinner anu supper were Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Parrish. Dearborn I;
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Urbanek and
son, Garden City; Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Murdoch. Wayne; Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Riggs. Dixboro;- and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Book and fam
lily. Stony Greek.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-18

Miss Bernith Heath, Oakville,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Ora Heath and family and was
dinner guest
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Szabo and
children were visitors in Detroit
Monday evening and in Monroe
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Elsa VANITY spent Tuesday
evening with her daughter Ella,
in Ann Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. f. Vedder. Whit
taker, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ora
Heath and children Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. lnez Burns, Ann Arbor,
spent from, Tuesday afternoon to
Wednesday evening with her chill
dren at the lmhoff home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl. Y. VANITY and
children visited their uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Seaman,
Detroit, Friday evening.
Mrs. Alfred Briggs spent from
Monday evening to Wednesday
evening with her daughter and SON
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Haughn near Upton.
Ora Heath spent Monday all day
at the home of his uncle, Ira Full
Ter. near Ypsilanti.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Hess and sons
were Sunday dinner guests OF Mrs.
Mary Hess and family, Milan.
Mrs. Stella Imhoff was a yisl-
tor in Ann Arbor Saturday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Willoughby
and family, Detroit, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Kempher and
family Sunday and were dinner
guests.
Mr.. and MrsVN William VANITY.
Milan, accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry VANITY TO Wayaneka, Sun
day where they visited their sis
ter. Miss Nellie VANITY. They
took her for ride and also took
her cut to dinner. Miss VANITY is
in good health.