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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
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AP THE STORY OF THE
NEWS Brings Outstanding
Account OF News Gathering
and Writing

AP-THE STORY OF THE NEWS
by Oliver Granting and William \.
Kinney, Farrar and Rhine aart. 1870.
The story OF news gathering and
distribution from the days OF pong
express and carrier pigeon service
furnishes a new and important
contribution TO current literature.
AP- THE STORY OF THE
NEWS recounts for the first time
the actual first-hand experiences
of a procession OF reporters from
the beginning of news gathering
to the rise of the present-day As
ISOLATED Press OF which the Ypsi-
lanti Daily Press is a member.
The story begins with the origin
OF systematic news gathering in
Boston harbor in 1911 Ominous
events were shaping the destiny
OF the recently born United States.
The War of 1912 was in the of.
fling. yet the people had no way
OF obtaining fresh news. The tay-
ern or the coffee house, rather
than the so-called newspapers OF
the day, was the best place to
find out what was going on and
Boston was the trading center OF
the New World
Into this setting appeared
young Bostonian, Samuel Topliff,
who went into the harbor by row
boat to obtain news from the In
coming schooners. He gathered
what information he could wheedie
from the merchantmen Of the
world and recorded 1t In news
book at Boston's famed Exchange
Coffee House where merchants
and patrons came to read.
This enterprise marked the real
beginning of news gathering and
out of Topliff's efforts came the
newspaper practice OF obtaining
and printing daily news.
The story is more than a re-
cital OF the evolution of one news
organization. Great names in
newspaper history fill the pages
of the book, which Is primarily
concerned with recounting the
first-hand experiences of report
ers on the scene Of world events
from the War OF tStz to the pre-
sent day.
The book tells of the high-col-
Jared reporters who covered the
Civil War; OF Lawrence Gobright
who wrote the story Of Lincoln $
assassination; OF Mark Kellogg
who trotted to death beside Gus
ter: of the men who covered the
famous Johnstown flood: OF Kiril-
off who strapped himself on a
horse after being shot In the lung
and rode across the strewn battle
fields TO report the Russo-Japan-
csc war; of the men who covered
the first World War and of those
now on assignment in the war
torn areas Of Europe and the Far
East.
AP-THE STORY OF NEWS
also relates the development of
communications systems by
which the news is sped. as we'll
as the perfection Of the modern
miracle" of newspaper science by
which a mechanism called Wire
photo speeds news across CONT
nents within minutes after they are
snapped. 10 be printed side by
side with the stories they Illus
trate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

VATICAN CITY UP Pope
Plus XII granted private audience
today to Monsignor Gaetano Cicog-
mani apostolic nuncio to Spain.
who returned to Vatican City Weds
nesday It was understood in welli
Informed ecclesiastical quarters
that Cicognani reported at length
to the Pontiff on the situation OF
the church in Spain and the possi-
bility OF concluding new con-
cordat between Spain and the Holy
See.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

Is ! sec by the papers that the Gallup
poll shows one out Of every three
i---ts.;-7 -i7ss--,II, i7-y ----r7ri
whether 20 vote four years for Willke
or nine. ten, eleven and Twelve years
for Roosevelt.
wei. If I we're a veteran. I'd re-
member that Wilkie volunteered
within "a hours after we got into the
last war He won his csptaincy b.
overseas service on the front line not
by White House pull. He didn't warm
= swivel seat ~ Washington, either
"ffIwefe d mother I'd surely want
90 know how far the Brain Trust has
involved US down q costly and bloody
road 70 war Who and where are those
100000 American boys gong TO
fight, anyway France again, or
Japan2
"HIWere . lsborfne man. I'd want
a steady Job with good pay and rea.
sonablc hours. can trust msn Ike
Willkie, who rose humbiy as worker
himself 10 responsibility as an en-
ployer Of thousands Of folks He
served even rs legal counsel for labor
unions, wants 20 preserve and extend
our social security laws, end other
wise give the worker real deal. I'd
believe 10 a man who proved during
the depression that IL could be done
lowering consumer costs and putting
more men 10 work. both at the same
tmei After all. you've got 70 have
sob first before you can bargain with
anyone.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
BAckAcHE.
IT'S NATURES WARNINGl

Something is wrong. Act quick
ly. MAI This i-Day Test. Back
ache. getting up nights. burning.
scanty or frequent flow may result
IL kidneys do not regularly elimi-
nate excess acids and other waste.
Get a 4day test box OF BCKETS.
The kidney evacuant. from any drug.
gis' Locally at Haig Pharmacy.
adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
Speciality Employees Hold
Election at Plant Today

A representative of the National
Labor Relations board was conduct
ing an ERECTION Central Spe.
cialty Company today to determine
II majority Of the employees favor
American Federation of Labor col
lective bargaining in the plant. The
election will end at p. m. tonight
Designations are made on ballots
marked yes or mo" by workers
from each department as they leave
or begin a shift At least 500 votes
are expected to be cast.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

General John p. Kirk member OF
the local area committee under the
seloDi.e service legislation now IN
effect received Wednesday Tour
pamphlets cXp,ainiue administra-
zion of the new federal defense pro-
gram Thr books deal eith ORGAN
izatlou administration. registration
classification. selection and finance.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

BOG6TA,-columbia-UP- An
official declaration said today that
Columbia, not Costa RIGA. owns
the Cocos Islands and IL American
officials wish to use the islands for
defense Of the Panama Canal. they
must negotiate with Columbia.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

ROME UP-The newspaper Cor
riere Padano OF Ferrara. owned by
the family OF the late Air Marshal
Italo Balbo. attacked the Turkish
press for its alleged pro-British
stand today and said that the Brit
ish we're doing their best to drag
the Turks into the war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
In Wall Street
MARKET IRREGULARlY
HIGHER AT OPENING

New York. Oct. Tins The
stock market ruled Irregular: .
higher at the opening today for it,
third straight rise. Trading was
slower. however, and most changes
were OF modest proportions.
Steels were leaders on the up
side, with Bethlehem showing an
overnight gain OF 81. L. S. Steel
and Youngstown Sheet & Tube
each moved up about a half.poirt.
General Motors, American SmelSO
ing, n. Y. Central. Santa Fe, Con.
solidated Edison. Lockheed. Inter.
national Harvester and Deere were
others to start behind plus signs.
Minor declines included those in
Sears RUebuck, Anaconda, Texas
Corp. L s. Rubber and American
Telephone. Several issues wero
unchanged, as Montgomery Warty'
Pennsylvania r. r.. Glenn L. Mar
tin and Eastman Kodak.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

the Oakyille-M Milan Rd Wednesday
night. and Ypsilanti state police
maintained a safety patrol at the
scene throughout the night as the
road was flooded with the oil and
serious damage might have resulted
had it been ignited. By morning
enough had seeped into the ground
and been drained or swept away TO
make IL safe for through travel
The truck was piloted by William
Sevecal. Toledo
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

SYRACUSE. ". Y.-UP- Japan.
csc bombs have destroyed five Of
IL buildings on the Syracuse-in-C hi-
ma Campus al Chungking. Dr.. Ches.
ter Bertram Rape, college adviser.
said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

MANILA. p. up japanese
business men we're reported today
70 be buying up all available scrap
metal in an attempt TO offset the
new American embargo.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

MADRID UP Ramon Serrano
Suner. minister Of interior. was
named foreign minister today to
succeed Col Juan Beigbeder Atien-
"a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

WASHINGTON ms A can
Torment to house 50 600 troops Is to
he constructed in Decatur and
Wayne Counties in the vicinity of
Woodland. Ia. the War Department
announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
TODAY IN LAST WAR

tRv Associated Pressl
Oct II. 1915 Italy declares war
on Bulgaria Austro-Germans and
Bulgarians oyerrun Serbia.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
EUROPEAN WAR

Cont ued from Page One)
Black Sea fleet has sailed from
Odessa TO take up positions off the
Soviet Unions rich oil fields at
Batum.
Russian warships also we're re-
ported pstrolling the waters off the
Rumanian coast.
7orfticrf- rrrt,arr ~ ff1fittt srrvft-+-rt.-
lations with Britain hit a new snag
as Britain refused TO permit 30 or
40 former Estonisn. I.atvian and
Lithuanian ships now in British
ports TO proceed to Soviet ports
Russian circles in London were pes
simistic regarding future London
Moscow relations and said Britain
had seized the ships for duration
OF the war.
Suner Named
At Madrid. Ramon Serrano Suner
was appointed SPANS new foreign
minister. A brother-in.law OF Gen
eralissimo Francisco Franco. Ser.
rano Suner recently returned from
visits to Berlin and Rome. It
NSeAitu hNfly ludt MS appointment
would hasten SPANS drift into the
arms Of the Axis powers.
And In India, Mohandas x.
Gandhi's campaign of individual dis
obedience was launched in pro-
test against British refusal 20 grant
India immediate independence.
After a night Of bombing residen-
tlal areas in and around London,
German raiders returned to the
British capital today. causing two
new aig raid alarms But IL ap.
pearod that few if any bombs had
been dropped upon the capital since
dawn.
A London announcement said that
British bombers had dashed the
Reich and German-occupied terri
tory during the night. attacking an
important oil target in central Ger
many as well as invasion bases on
the French coast.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
Daily Market Reports

BUTTER-Best creamery in tubs.
29G soc.
EGGS - Current. receipts. lS'aci
dirties. l5i2c; checks, l4Ac'
Poultry
Detroit. Mich, Oct. IL Poultry
Market steady Hens. average
run. Ice. leghorn hens. llc,
cocks. "a lOc: rock springers, ~
up. 17c leghorn spring 5, lSt'
hen turkeys. 10 lbs up. 2oc; tom
turkeys. Is lbs up. ljc. No unload
ing Of poultry before : a. m. or
after p. m. Saturdays no unload
ing
Detroit. Mich, oct. Ii
WHEAT-No req. In esrlo's'
- lc
BARLEY - 30 feeding. soc; new
mailing. 55G5ec
Vegetables
Detroit. Mich. oct Il
DEETS No. /. -5u3Uc doz. bun.
POTATOES New. No. l. 75q 9%
n.
ONIONS Green, 80 a soc dOz.
'buncHes.
CELERY No. /. 2opSOc doz. bchA
PARSLEY 2OQ25c doz. bcbs.
SPTNACH-fto 30150c bu.
PEAS Blacb.s-e. - l.S5 bu.
RADISH F,S--25r ~ dCz. bchs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
OLD BILL says
Here's what | think

"HI we're business man, I'd GER
tainly remember the staggering debt
q % OITr0Hs sperIr III me past seVcr
and half years, the mounting burden
Of taxes, and the un. American melting
Of class against class. Let's give bust.
ness a chance
IF I we're farmer, I'd think twice
about todsy's low farm prices, our
threatening national bankruptcy, and
I'd support this next door Hoosier
Just because II makes good horse
sense Here's 2 man who owns his own
farms. You can't 20 wrong with
Willke.
N was Churchill, few years ago,
who said Roosevelt had failed 10 solve
the depression here and was hurting
world recovery. What did the British
do when Chamberlain got them into
the middle Of the stream, even after
war was declared Why, they turned
10 this man Churchill
u feel we're in the same TX now. It's
q high time We turned 10 our American
Churchill, Mr.-Wendell L. Willkie.
while there is still time for US TO keep
out of war
Yes, they threw rotten eggs at him
IN some of fhe automobile towns.
Well, some radical agitators threw
more Than that At the good name Of
Michigan in 1887. and you remember
what We folks did in November. two
years ago' We made no mistake then.
"IsFs finish the Job on Nov. 81"
contributed by friends Of
[. WiiIke
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

Pays For Speeding
Charles CHM. Detroit. paid s.
iu municipal court today for speed
ing in Npsilanu.
Strange Curiosity
-.A-AlIanGG- curiosity rs a radish
formed i'm the shape of a hand which
was found by Thomas Boatwright
on his farm on Joy Rd. The radish
is on display in the Daily Press
window
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17

Trailer Overturos
8 luuHg gallon sasohae ianh
trailer overturned near OakFllle on
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
Fruit

Detroit. Mich. OCT. IL
APPLES Mcintosh. No. l, Sl..JG
$50 bu7
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
"Lef's finish the Job on Nov. 5i''

Political advertisement contributed by friends OF
Wendell l. WiIkie
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-17
Grain

Grain
Detroit. Mich. oct IL
WHEAT-No req. In CARROTS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04

Continued from Page y
ed the plane was 10 minutes over
due.
Heard Plane
Residents of Salt Lake Valley re-
ported they heard the sound Of a
planes motors at 6 a. m. EST Hal
berg believed this was the missing
plane. It was possible Fey decided to
fly on east, hoping to reach Denver,
rather than hazard landing on the
Salt Lake Airport, where runways
were covered with several inches OF
snow.
When In mid-morning no further
word had come from the plane, Hal
berg conferred with United Air Lines
officials in Chicago by telephone and
organized a search.
Flying weather was extremely diff
ficult. Visibility In Salt Lake Valley
was less than a mile. Snow was still
falling. Temperatures at high alti-
tudes were considerably below freez-
ing.
The plane carried enough gasoline
to cruise until noon EST, but as
that hour approached--and passed.
airline officials rapidly lost hope
that the ship was in the air.
Snow Storm Ragged
The snow storm blanketed Utah
from Salt Lake City west to Wend-
over, a distance of 100 miles. The
plane made regular stops at Sac
rarnento, Reno, New, and Elko, New.
The terrain over which the plane
was flying is exceptionally desolate
and wild.
From Salt Lake City to Wendover
are Salt Flats, unbroken except by
slight hummocks. Great Salt Lake
is directly under the line of flight
South of the regular route are the
west" mountains that rim the west
ern side of Salt Lake Valley. From
Wendover to Elko are rugged noun
tains.
II the plane overshot the Salt
Lake Airport it would be in terri
tory even more dangerous than that
west Of Salt Lake City.
The Wasatch Mountains rise abb
ruptly from Salt Lake Valley and
east Of the Wasatch range are the
foothills Of the rockies.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04
Early Selling Kept
List From Any Jump
Short Covering Brought ReCOveries From Lows Near
ClOse-SeIeCtive Buying in Some Special Issues

Savage Arms and Interchemical
Corporation.
on the upsics were Norfolk e.
Western and Union Pacific, the for
mer 2 points higher and the latter
up more than point. American
Can preferred and Ingersoll- Rand
gained points.
Douglas Aircraft lost 2 IA points
to 81 IA and then came back
point. Most motor shares were
easier. American Telephone held a
small gain. Allied Chemical made
up a one-point loss. Sears Roebuck
firmed while Montgomery Ward
eased.
Domestic Corporate Bonds made
an irregular decline. Foreign Loans
were firm and U. s. Governments
mixed. Wheat gained ga cent to
/ 1-2 cents bushel. Small gains
were noted in cotton.
A feature Of copper metal trading
today was a report that China had
bought 1900 tons Of copper at
around 10 1-2 cents pound.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04

legislation too numerous to mem
ton that we have received during
Roosevelt's administration.
Now here are the qualifications
that Wendell Willkie comes before
us with in his effort to become
President of the United States:
AS President of Holding Com
pany he bucked the United States
Governments r. v. A. projects.
For the information of the
Worker that agency was created
by the government TO afford
cheaper power rate for those
people in those sparsely inhabited
areas whose only luxurious in life
were those that could be had
through modern electrical devices.
With these people the large COM
panies who control Public Utilities
were free to charge any rate they
saw fit to insure an enormous
profit to their stockholders. 1t was
to combat this evil that the IVA
was formed and 1t was this that
Wendell Willkie opposed.
The above paragraph constitutes
Wendell WILKES qualifications for
president, with the exception that
he is big Public Utility Mogul
and member OF the National Man
ufacturer's Association, (the bane
OF Labor.
After the above enlightening
facts is 1t a wonder that labor has
listened and will continue to list
en- to Wendell Wilkes Medicine
Show promises with its tongue in
its cheek.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04
Labor Union Ending
Drive This Evening
Reelection of Roosevelt Urged-SOund Truck to Con-
tinue Appeal Until Polling Places Close Tomorrow

tries to analyse what he has to
offer in contrast to what PreSt-
dent Roosevelt has already done.
We know that President Roose-
welt has given us the following
things:
Social Security which has taken
the fear from the workers of this
country so that they know now
that when their working days are
over they will be taken care Of
through O funds which was created
through the taxation OF both en-
ployer and employees and they
know that when old age overtakes
them they can maintain their in
dependence and not be subjected
to dependency upon their families
and the poor houses in their COM
munities.
Unemployment com p e n sation
guarantees the worker that at least
he will receive some compenSa-
ton while he is unemployed and
in quest of employment.
Civilian Conservation Camps
which have taken the youth OF our
country of the streets of our cities
and gave them the training which
equipped them to come back to
society with strong bodies and
minds and showed them that they
were not forgotten men without
employment who came out of their
school days into a country in the
depths of a depression which pre-
vious administrations could not or
did not care to cope with
The Wagner Act, Labor's Magma
Carta which gave the labor the
right to bargain collectively and
form unions of their own choice
and protected the workers from
the persecution of the rugged in
diVidualist element of this country
who fired a man for joining
union and then through their own
employers unions successfully de-
priVed the unfortunate union man
of a right to earn a living for his
family through a very effective
Blackball system, which some OF
our holier-than thou industrialists
claim never existed.
The law prohibiting the i'm
portation Of strikebreakers from
one state to another took a power
full weapon out of the hands of
the rugged individualists who
through their unions of industri-
alists patronized strike breaking
agencies which upon demand
would forward to the afflicted
areas q we'll organized group of
thugs and underworld characters
to defeat the honest demands OF
American workers. These agencies,
through the research Of National
committees, have been found to
have stopped just short Of murder
to break q strike.
There has been other beneficial
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04

The Central Labor Union of Wa
terbury will bring its spirited cam
paign for the reelection OF Pres
ident Roosevelt to a close this even
ing although arrangements have
been made TO appeal to the voters
of Waterbury to cast their ballots
early tomorrow A sound truck,
which has been touring the city will
continue its appeal on behalf of la
Dor until the polling places are
closed.
Last week the c. L. U. sponsored
a huge rally in Temple hall, Robert
A. Hurley, Democratic candidate
for governor, Mayor Vincent A..
Scully, Atwood E. Caswell, president
and Rudolph Tata, chairman, adj
dressed the big gathering.
Today through its publicity COM
mittee the G. L. U. issued its final
statement to the public. 1t reads as
follows:
Labor listens with its tongue in
its cheek to all the beautiful
promises made by Utilities Cham
pion Wendell Willkie ard then
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04
BY ELMER c. WALLER


New York, Nov. A. CUP = The
stock market fluctuated erratically
today as traders evened up commit
rnents for over the election holiday.
Trading was active, sales again
topping the million share mark.
Early selling brought the list down
after firm opening. Toward the
close, short covering brought re-
coveries from the lows. Selective
buying went ahead In some special
issues.
Heavy turnover came into COM
monwealth g. Southern Common.
The issue opened on a block of
5000 shares, and later blocks rang
ing upward to $4,000 shares APP
peared. The price ranged between a
high Of l SO and low Of 10,
the latter unchanged.
Steel shares were active and
lower. U. s. Steel touched So 3-8
of 1-2 and Bethlehem So 1-2
off 2 3-8. These had fair recovery
from the lows late In the session.
U. 8. Gypsum lost 3 points and
Du Pont 2. Declines Of more than
a point were noted in ] I. Case, Co.
dorado Fuel, Crucible Steel issues,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04
DRAFT OFFICIALS
STUDYING LISTS
QuestiOnnaires May Be
Sent to LOw.Number
Registrars Friday

Questionnaires for draft regis
trants with low order numbers will
begin going out late this week, mem
bers of the four local draft boards
said today.
Board members and clerks are
now engaged in copying master
lists, but plan to begin sending out
40 questionnaires day on Thurs
day or Friday. After each board has
sent the forms to about 10 per cent
of the men registered IN its district,
the sending will be halted while the
information on the returned ques-
tionnaires is being tabulated and
the registrants being classified.
More inquiries about voluntary
enlistment are being received daily,
and 1t appears that no local regis
trants will have to be drafted for
service until after the first Of the
year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04
Union Forming

A meeting of local restaurant
workers was held yesterday
under the auspices Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, with
plans for further union organic
alton being outlined. Among the
speakers were John J. Corbett.
state organizer for the A. F. Of
L., John J. Hafey, Of Meriden,
and Ralph Tata and w. p. pu-
cham Of the Central Labor
Union.
Present were cooks, bartend-
erS, walters, mattresses, and
cOuntermen. william Reilly,
temporary president, acted as
chairman, and announced that
the next meeting will be held
the 18th.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-04
THREE-CAR CRASH
BLAMED ON SEERY

An accident occurred on West
Main street, near French street, Sat-
urday afternoon and three auto
mobiles were damaged slightly.
Motor Patrolman John Deeley said
Pequabuck, was in the line Of traf-
fic on West Main street when a
machine driven by John F. Seery,
10, OF 81 Downes street struck the
rear of his car.
Seery, the officer reported, faied
to apply his brakes when he alight-
ed from the car and the machine
rolled back into another car driven
by Thomas H. Feedo, 26, Of Dale
avenue, Wolcott.
Pending the completion OF the
police investigation, Officer Deeley
said, there was no arrest made.