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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24

RAMEY oEclsloNEn

Newark. y Sept. Pap -
firing badly after the nrst Ave
rounds Of an eightround feature
bout Wesley Hamey. 1856. veteran
Iightweight from Grand Rapids.
Mich was decisioned Monday
night by Billy Beauhuld. l39 Of
Jersey CITY In Meadow brook Bowl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24
PUSH INVESTIGATION

Holland. Sept. "a Police Mon
day pushed an investigation into
the death of Bernard Keefer. Sr.,
IS. whose body was found in his
burning cottage 10 miles north
east OF here. Coroner John X.
Winter reported that an autopsy
showed traces OF carbon mono
xide in Keefer's lungs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24
Boxing Results

Ihl International News ser,icel
AZ WASHINGTON. n Co. Henry
Arm ,rong If6. NelttrN eight
champion Knocked OUT Phil Furr.
Ia. WASHINGTON 90.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24
TO PURCHASE SITE

Bay CITY Sept a City Com
mission ended a long controversy
over a site for a sewage disposal
plant Monday night by voting 70
purchase 1f3 acres for Sl2.566.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24
GOES ON TRIAL

Flint sept % Fred Rossi.
%. Detroit, went on trial Monday
before jury IN Circuit Judge
clifford A Bishops Court charged
with conspiracy 10 dcfraud Ham
ady Bros. grocery chain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24
NATIONAL IEAouE

Games behind leader.
Monday S Results
Pittsburgh 70. Cincinnati Q
Brooklyn 3. New York .
Philadelphia 90. Boston rs.
Chicago 10, st Louis o.
Todsy's Games
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
New York at Brooklyn
Cincinnati al 81. Louis ~.
Only games scheduled.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24
FEATURING NEW l94I MODELS

FEATURING NEW lo4I MODELS
Trade in the headaches and backaches OF
your out-of-date stove for Magic Chefs
ease, speed, and convenience that will give
you undreamed Of leisure and freedom
from kitchen drudgery. Don't miss this
great chance to own genuine Magic Chef
at real saving! There's a model for
every purse and every purpose.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09

goods now in process of manu-.
facture are completed, we shall
have more information as to how
much actually has been consumed
or how much remains in hands
of producers, distributors or re-
tailerS. If, as some insist, inven-
tories have not been built up, the
present slowing down will put
industry in better position to move
forward. If there are inventories.
as others strongly suspect, the
present contraction is also sound
movement. 1t will enable in
dustrialiSts to make necessary re-
pairs and adjustments to their
plant equipment which were not
possible in many cases when
customer demand for deliveries
was as pressing as it was in the
fourth quarter
Forecasts for the year point to
net gain over 1889, but recess
sion from the unusually high rate
that was attained in late 1899.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09
Gone With The Wind" at Maryland all Next Week
PICTURE ENTAILED
MILLION MAN HOURS
Much Human Labor In
Picture, "GOne With
The Wind'

One million man hours is the
approximate amount of human la
Dor involved in the Technicolor
production of Gone With the
Wind" filmizatiOn of the celebrat-
ed novel by Margaret Mitchlel,
which opens Monday at the Mary
land Theatre
ManpOWer. of course, isn't me-
tered out like mechanical horse
power, and the estimate of a mil
lion man-hOurs doesn't mean that
a million men-and women
could have made the picture in
an hour.
Nor does it signify that Producer
David O. Selznick. working alone.
eight hours a day, 80 days a year
could have made the picture in
400 years. But it does give an
idea of the magnitude of what is,
in many respects. the most tremen
dOus single production task ever
attempted in the motion picture
industry.
The figure of a million man.
hours was reached by adding to-
gether the total time for all per.
sons employed on the picture, in
Guiding the stars, Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard and
Olivia de Havilland; the director
Victor Fleming and nearly 5000
other persons who have worked
since the picture began.
Gone With the Wind" will be
shown all next week at the Mary
land Theatre with two shows daily
one at 100 and Oen at 7:45-
with all seats reserved. Seats are
still available for all performances
it was annOuncend today by Man
ager Payette.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09
INVISIBLE STRIPES
WITH GEORGE RAFT
Being Shown at Academy
Theatre Yet Today
and Tomorrow

Starring George Raft. Jane Bry
an and William Holden. invisible
Stripes" will continue at the
Theatre on Friday.
The story is OF a man just re-
leased from Sing Sing who is de-
termined to lead an honest life,
but the obstacles he encounters
as a parole make it next to i'm
possible.
George Raft, who reneged on
his announcement that he would
never play gangster again, plays
the title role, but explained his
action by saying 1.-The unusual as
poets of such a roel convinced me
that this was just not another
gangster part but one in which
there is Justification
The suave actor, who won fame
years ago in "Scarface." has come
a long way since that suspicious
film debut. Born in New York's
famed Hell's Kitchen, Raft step
ped rapidly through such careers
as electricians helper, boxer. pro-
fessional baseball player and dan
Ger.
1t was as a dancer that Raft
found fame.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09
TRADE CARRIED OVER
INTO THE NEW YEAR
Increase Is - Per Cent.
Over Last Year, Says
"Trade Winds"

The following business review
is given by the Maryland Trust
Company Of Baltimore in it's Feb
ruary letter. Trade Trends:
Much of the momentum general
ed in the industrial field in the
fourth quarter of 1889 has carried
over into the new year and is en-
aiding it to start at rate which
is approximately 25 per cent above
last year at this time. Large
orders for goods, especially metal
products, were placed soon after
declaration of war. In an effort
to supply these, many plants step
ped up operations to as close to
capacity as possible, but orders
were not all filled by the year-end.
These backlogs, however. are now
being worked down quite rapidly,
according to reports, as the rate
of incoming orders is much below
the current high level of shin
ments. Actual operations, though
showing signs of contracting, were
holding up quite we'll considering
tie high level of output in recent
weeks and the many uncertain and
disturbing factors in the general
picture.
At the close of the year in
duNtrial production, measured by
indexes not corrected for pOpula
ton changes was at the highest
level ever recorded. With a sub
stantial part of our population
still unemployed, with our national
income not up to 1897, with a
large portion of individual and cor
porate incomes required for various
taxes and with our present foreign
markets very restricted, con-
tinuation of production at the
rate of the fourth quarter prob
ably would lead to a situation re-
curing serious adjustments at
some future time.
Consumption of goods. particu-
larly steel, has increased in recent
months, but the gain has not been
sufficient to Prevent some &C.
emulation of inventories. The
present slackening viii permit a
much better appraisal of the en-
tire situation, including an esti-
mate of potential requirements,
both domestic and foreign, than
was possible three months ago
when war hysteria was distorting
our judgments in some cases. AS
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09
TANK EXPLODES

An explosion apparently caused
by air, occasioned considerable
damage when a pressure tank
blew up in the cellar at the COM
bined store and dwelling house of
Shaffer Bailey, at Rocky Ridge
1t is believed that a valve that
controls the amount of pressure
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09
AN EARLY "BLACK LEGION

ON TREES were posted mysterl-
~ Gus squares of paper, black, or
white or red, summoning men to
midnight meetings. At these meet
ings there were oathS and grips
and passwords.
That was more than three-quar-
tiers of a century ago, but mem
berS of the BLACK Legion" who |
created such a furore early in 1886,
would have felt pretty much at
home in those meetings back in the
forties and fifties. There they
would have fraternized with mem
bers of THE Supreme Order OF
the Star-Spangled Banner a Sc
cret society which grew into po-
litical party, the Native Americans,
with a platform of opposition to
foreigners, the papacy, intidellty
and socialism.
Later they became known as the
Know Nothings because, when a
member was questioned about the
order, he invariably answered Il
don't know" In New York and
Pennsylvania they elected several
men to congress and in 1847 they
! held a national convention at Phil
adelphia. There they nominated
Gen. Henry Dearborn for vice-pres-
ident and recommended, but did
not formally nominate, Gen. Zach
airy Taylor for President. Taylor
and Willard Fillmore, the Wing
candidates, were elected in 1848.
In 1854-55 the Know Nothings car
ried Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire,
Kentucky and California and looked
forward to the election of 1856 with
high hopes. Soon the party threw
off it's secret character and it be-
came apparent that they were
mostly Wings. In February they
held another convention in Phlladel-
phia at which they formally re-
named their party the American
party. They nominated for Press
dent Willard Fillmore, the Whig
vice-president who had served al
but one month of the term to which
Zachary Taylor had been elected
and gave him for a running mate
Andrew Donelson of Tennessee, the
ward of ''Cld Hickory" Jackson
Fillmore carried only one state ir
the election which sent James Bu
chanan, the Democratic candidate
to the White House and the Know
Nothings passed out of the politlca
picture soon afterwards.
G. Western Newspa per Union.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09

Jackie Coogan, the actor, was
recently the victim of a strange
case of hard luck. At New Or
leans he gave a supposed book
maker $500 to bet on a long shot,
King Cotton. The pretended
bo2kie skipped with the money,
and King Cotton won, paying
$12.40 for 81.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09

in the 60-gallon tank, used to cir
culate water. failed to release and
that the motor continued to pump
into the tank until it broke loose
from it's base. Floor boards were
torn loose and furniture upset.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-02-09

1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE GLOBE
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
The Census Taker

When That Man tor woman
comes to your door and begins
asking lot OF questions, you d
better answer them. That is, if
you want to stay out of jail
You may feel that he's a little
noScr. buttDc into Your affairs
and wanting to know a lot OF
SILL thjrgS. bl;t that's the lob of
the ccnSu5 takcr finding out how
Americans live If you don't ans
wer hlS questions. YOU may DC fined
Sl00 or sent TO Jail for TO days.
II Eou give him Intentionally in
correct information the ante may
be raised 10 $500 or one year in
the jug.
Business men who refuse TO sub
NIT r"DOrt' fOr their firms may
be fined $500 or sentenced to co
days; and II they give inaccurate
information, the fine may be $4,000
or thc sentence. one year.
Even though the questions may
not make much sense TO you, the
government will probably collect a
lot of valuable information. Uncle
Sam isn't worried about people
getting defiant Only rarely. dur
ing The past $50 years, has 1t
been necessary TO bring charges.
CensuS-takcrs will probably find,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
Olson Springs Surprise Agenda for
Special Session beqinninq Monday

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 81.
! (UP)-Gov. Culbcrt Olson today
convoked the legislature into Spe-
cial session Monday and uncXpect-
cdly included the Central Valley
power system revenue bonds in an
agenda of 81 subjects.
The legislature will convene at
10 am. Monday and Governor o.
son will deliver his legislative mes
sage at 1890 pm. before both
houses in Joint session. A stormy
session lasting from four 10 eight
weeks was predicted
In addition 10 rcviving the Cen
tral Valley proposal in his proclaim
alton. the governor surprised capi-
tol observers with severance tax
on oil and gas. no limit on the
scope of ncw revenue bills, right
Of the state to drill for oil or gas
on any state lands, removal of
more than half OF California'S hos
pitfalls from inclusion in a 1889 act
against diploma mills" and other
less vital new bills.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
DEBTS AND PREPARATIONS
\cW York Herald -Tribune)

1t was reparations which brought on
the French occupation of the Ruhr. pre-
cipitated German initiation, gave Adolf
Hitler and his Nazis their first real step
to power and sapped the foundation of
the Weimar Republic. 1t was debts and
reparations which divided the Allies.
weakened their hold on the development
of the postwar world and helped isolate
the United States . Without debts and
reparations the Weimar Republic might
have lived. the Locarno conciliation might
have conciliated, the disaster of 1929
might have been checked in time. Hitler
might have remained an inconseQuential
BaVarian editor and spellbinder, and the
postwar world might not again have
dissolved in war
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
Famous Sayings

/ WASHINGTON. Jan. 81. tUP)-
Sen. George w Norris. Ind, Ncb.
/ close friend of the New Deal, an
nounccd today that Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler, D.. Mont, was his choice
for the presidency if President
Roosevelt docs not seek a third
term.
If President Roosevelt isn't the
Democratic candidate and Wheeler
is, Id support him." Norris said
Ill an interview. Il think Wheeler
has made a wonderfully fine record
sncc he's served in the senate He
is fully qualified to be president .
Norris previously had announced
his belief that Mr.. Roosevelt should
seek third term if an interna-
tional crisis threatens the peace of
this country.
Norris endorsement of Wheeler
came after the Montana senator
was taken under the political wing
of President John l.. Lewis of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tionS. and after indications that
high American Federation of Labor
officials and the railroad brother
hoods. independent unions. might
support him for the Democratic
nomination
Wheeler addressed delegates at
Lewis United Mine Workers con-
vention at Columbus, O.. yesterday.
He said then that he was a candl-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
Norris Backs Wheeler for Bourbon
Nomination # FDR Does Not Run

date for reelection to the senate
He did not mention the presidential
race.
The Norris statement was his
second during the past week ON
potential presidential candidates
In the first he praised the appoint
mcnt of Robert II. Jackson as at
torney general and said that Jack
son possesses qualifications not only
for the cabinet post but for any
other within the gift Of the Amcri-
can people"
Despite the warmth OF that cn-
dorsement, friends of Norris said
it was not aimed necessarily Al
projecting Jackson into the fore
front Of the 1910 campaign. Norris
is said to believe that Jackson could
run a stronger race in 1914
Wheeler, whose arrival at the
miners convention was greeted by
a band and much fanfare, kept the
political pot boiling after his ad-
dress by telling reporters that for
the sake OF the Democratic party
Mr. Roosevelt should announce his
third-term intentions now.
Previously, Wheeler had said he
did not believe Mr.. Roosevelt would
seek reelection and that. regardless
of personal popularity, it would be
extremely difficult" to elect any
one on a third-term ticket.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
THE DIM-WIT DANGER
{ Riverside PreSs)

No. that weird bunch of II numbskullS
and crack-pots rounded up by the G.
man and plunked into jail under heavy
bond, wouldn't grab the government. The
public gets from their weapons and their
mentality, az impression that they prob
ably belong IN home for feeble-ninded.
rather than in prison There was, and
is. no need to get excited about this silly
business. That group of crack-potS have
ut intestinal fortitudc enough to do any
thing serious.
Nevertheless, at the same time, it must
be remembered that ust such dim-wit
as some Of these fellows seem to be shot
President Mckinley and also that mod
ern chemistry put into the hands of the
dull and the bright alike the instruments
of destruction which might easily kill
thousands Of people or destroy factories
bridges and buildings worth millions of
dollars.
Power for mischief in these times goes
far beyond anything heretofore known
in the world. And in land like ours it
may be more necessary to guard the fur
tive work of dull and unba lanced minds,
than critics Of our government or social
systems.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
CITIZENSHIP STATUS
FOR Mr.. ERICKSON

Oscar Adolf Erickson wants Governor
Culbert l.. Olson to grant him a COM
pletc pardon, restoring his civil status
as a United States citizen and return
ing TO INN he privileges Of citizen
Oscars name migh' mean nothing 10
you
If YOU remember what happened in
Imperial Valley in 1920, however, it does
mean something 10 Nou.
Oscar was one OF I; group which plan
ned-and admitted on rhe witness stand
that 1t had pianneu-to start bloody
revolution in Imperial Valley that would
spread all over the United States.
He was one Of n group which lerated
the American constitution, attempted to
degrade the American flag. and hooted
ridiculc at American democracy.
Oscar was one Of the gronp that be
lieved only horror and blOodshed would
wipe out the capitalistic American gov
crnmpnt.
Oscar. along with some others, was
convicted Of criminal syndicalsm, which
means plotting the overthrow Of the
government.
He was sentenced to San Quentin.
Now he wants pardon
SO, probably, did the man who killed
Abraham Lincohl-and with lust about
as much reason.
IL Oscar gets his pardon. thu American
flag over the Imperial county court
house should fly at half mast for one
day-in mourning for justice.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
NfENIRER
OLSON'S SRA REFORMS
WOULD INCREASE COSTS

Government cannot SET up multludi-
nous new aECnc!"> and still bring about
economy.
Governor (u.9ert l. Olson auuounc-
my a program he SAID would effect dras-
tic reforms and cut costs in the State
Relief Administration. proposed at least
four new agencies or new duties for oN-
isting agencies. duties which would MAKE
necessary increased personnel.
II is moi shown in the history of poll
tics that any saving has ever been made
through creation Of new department
to supplement existing departments.
If GOV. Olson wants to cut costs in
relief, he had better steer clear of Great
ing new agencies and new departments.
He proposed 20 set up a personnel
board for SRA. More salaries. Doubt
full results.
He proposes a clearing house index
for all persons on relief More clerks
thus more salaries No direct promise
such AN index Will pay for itself.
He proposes a spot check by the de-
partment of finance on all relief cases
in all counties. independent of existing
county SRA directors. More inveStiga-
tors needed, more salaries. Again, doubt
full results.
He proposes adequate >taffing and
training programs for case workers.
Instructors needed. More expense
What SRA needs is not check on its
present Setup by new and independent
agencies or officers 1t needs to be pull
ed up by the roots, thrown out the win
dow, and have a new organization plant
ed in its stead.
SRA is beyond tinkering. Baling wire
will not hold it tog ether.
Economy and reform will be effected
when the whole setup is overhauled,
revised, re-creatod and reincarnated
1t is one tree that cannot be pruned
from the top. The whole thing needs
rehabilitation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

the total cost of the Cancellation
Service, for salaries and expenses,
ran slightly under 100000 The
service handled 354l cases involv-
ing l,636,543 Workcrs-an average
cost Of $1l0 per case
The Labor Board, meanwhile. cost
S2.800,00O. II handled $3.50 cases
involving l,028,959 workers, at an
average cost per case of $433.
That comparison isn't made to
show that the Labor Board is too
expensive. In the nature of things,
its work costs more. Point is that
the government is spending, for the
adjustment of disputes. only about
one-Sevcnth of the money it is
spending to enforce the Wagner
act.
When he signed the Wagner act.
President Roosevelt wrote:
The function Of mediation re-
mains. under this act, the duty Of
tho Secretary OF Labor and OF the
Cancellation Service This
act. defining rights tho enforce
Incilt VI WIlcii ~ IctoBlllItu Dy Lilc
Congress to be necessary aS both
an act of common justice and Geo.
nomic advance. must not be mis-
interpreted. 1t may eventually
eliminate one major cause of labor
disputes. but it will not stop all
labor disputes
And it is precisely all the other
disputes which don't come under
the "onc major cause" referred to
By the President, which fall in the
Cancellation Services lap.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-28

WASHINGTON N.-IncreaSing SEN
timent for more government concil-
alton in labor disputes is develop
ing as the wranglc over the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board con-
tlnueS.
The Smith committee work lld3
had the back handed effect of
reminding legislators that there
exists in the Labor Department an
unsung outfit called the U. S
Cancellation Service, which doesn't
cost much money, keeps lot Of
trouble from happening, and hasn't
yet brought any business men down
here protesting against govern
ment interference,
No direct comparison Of Con-
citation Service and Labor Board
Is far, because the two organiza-
TONS have entirely different iob5
looking dt--and more people here
are wondering If the service ought
not get more emphasis.
During the past two years. &C
c"rding TO The report Of Director
John Steelmcn, the Cancellation
Service prevented more than $50
threatened strikes involving, in all.
ecme 100000 WorkcrS-from turning
into actual StoppagcS Of work In
tcrcstlngly enough, the character Of
Ith work is changing.
Steelman notes definite trend
array from the settlement OF ac-
tua strikes and lOckouts. and to-
ward their prevention. Fewer people
arc calling on the conciliatOrS TO
come in and stop trouble; more
people are asking them TO come IN
and keep trouble from starting. A
htlle bIt Of WORK goes a long way.
sometimes, IN one case. for in
stance, one conference between a
labor leader and plant manager
arranged by cOnclIIator, prevented
q @trIKc which would have InvolyeQ
10000 workers.
Furthermore there Is an IN
Crcdalng tendency 10 LOOK far ahead
to peaceful settlement of dispute.
More than 80 per cent or the labor
agreements, signed in cases where
the Cancellation Service has Deen
called, provide for the arbitra-
ton of grievances. More than 10
per cent provide that no strike Or
lockout may take place until the
case has been laid before the con-
clifton Service.
The government isn't payne