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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12
Honored by Shower

Approximately 125 neighbors and
friends from Adrian, Saline, Milan,
and Stony Creek attended the
shower for Mr.. and Mrs. theodore
. Stroup at the Stony Creek Grange
Hall. Saturday evening. Mrs. Will
liam Myers acted as hostess for
the evening. Following an eve
ming Of dancing. refreshments of
ice cream and cake were served.
The couple were presented with a
purse OF silver as a gift from the
group.
Generation Picture Taken
Saturday afternoon a four gen.
GRAFTON picture was taken including
B. B. Bennett, daughter, Mrs. Harry
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
People in
The News

George Bernard Shaw said at
London that Adolf Hitler had made
the awful blunder" Of frighten-
ing the British. Now that we're
thoroughly frightened. he said.
wen be all right. Until the Eng
lish are frightened. they never do
anything but play cricket, football.
hopscotch and tennis Hitler Is
going 10 find out what we're like
when were frightened" -.
DIR. Lincoln Huteh inson, ~.
economist. teacher, and associate
Of Herbert Hoover in European re-
lief activities. died in a San Fran
cisco hospital -.
Buster keaton. dead pan COM
sdian, has filed notice Of intention
10 marry Eleanor Ruth Norris. a.
year-old dancer. II will be the 49,
year-old Keaton's third marriage.
II viii be his brides first
A German officer said at Schev-
eningen, the Netherlands, that
Former Kaiser Wilhelm has re-
jected a British offer to move him
and his family to Britain The
officer said the kaiser had replied
10 the offer with the assertion that
he would go TO Britain only in the
sense that his thoughts would be
with the German troops when they
invaded the British Isles- German
authorities said the kaiser proba-
bly, would remain al has estate
near Doom
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
THE GERMAN REPORT

German troops are driving for
Calais and carrying the battle ever
closer To England. the official DNB
news agency reported today at
Berlin.
The agency said attacks
along the TANKS Of the Ger
man corridor across France
had been repulsed. with heavy
losses 10 the allies. but warned
that the allied army IN north
ern France and Belgium stiii
L. powerful and win not b.
broken without heavy battles.
The strongest allied force. DSB
indicated, Ii in the neighborbood Of
Valenciennes along the Belgian
French border.
DNB said attempts By strong
allied forces 70 break through the
German ring between Cambria and
vsienciennes scored slight local
successes which. however. we're
nunined BY the bloody enemy
loaSss
The sn.my's ff7IitleSs attacks
will weaken ms resistance In The
long run, DNB asserted. since.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Governor Dodges
Candidacy Quiz

SPOKANE The stale II Wash
lnetons own "third.tsfm" issue
Involving ,hs posssbis candidacy ~
GOV. ciAfehcs y. Martin has as.
ssiopsd iBio = situation 81 uneleaf
a. mat ln ths white House. q ap,
psared today
Martin sldsaiepped question -
70 whistler he would sssk fe~sisc-
ton BY observing.
4 base so-sdd engagements
M esmmssosmeBt exercises
aad other s,eeiiags dgfisg tss
aesf few weeks. After thsy
are over, I sill ~ IN . bstisf
posliiDn 70 know what The pse-
pss ~aHs as 10 90"
On the q. 4. senatorial situation,
be Wa more explicit
Asked II he Intended 10 appoint
a soeesnsor 10 Sen. lewis n.
sehNsilsnbaeh. who Nas named 10
tbs eastern Washington federal
bench. Martin sasd be hoped
genwsilsDbscb would remain N tbs
senate until the foreign situation
mas cleared sehwellsnbacb. the
governor aid. Was needed BY
Roosevelt 70 AID passage
u Ma defense program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
COP Planks
Being Studied

To advocate . labor plank. pro-
posing public employees be given
the right 10 organize in unions,
William Taylor. presidept of thu
State Federation Of Labor lAFLl,
appeared Thursday before this plat
form committee ~ the stats Re.
publican convention. meeting at
Hotel Winthrop.
The session was prelude To the
state convention. which viii con-
ysns at 10 3 m. Saturday At the
armory.
Thirty Of the states 80 counties
were represented as the platform
committee gathered. Prosecutor
Thor Tollefson IL the Pierce county
member Of the committee
A proposal ef Hamlet Dodd.
Seattle. that the national COR
convention be postponed. be-
cause Of the international sit
uation. until sept. 3. sss re-
ferred 10 subcommittee.
There appeared 10 be little
committee sentiment fsr the
plan.
should the suggestion h. put
forth on the floor of the sat-
urday convention. " usdoubi-
eddy would inspire . vigorous
battle.
Taylor alao proposed addition
Of two members 10 the NLRB.
criticized present administration
Of the states industrial insurance
act. asked changes In II. and asked
that private Insurance companies
be not allowed TO take over such
business, az has been suggested In
some quarters.
A representative Of business ap-
pssred. asking that tho convention
advocate better bialnsss.iator fela-
tlons. and that the government b.
taken "off the neck Of business
and give encouragement 10 Dsisi.
sss.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

Or the eve Of the parfys state
conventions here Friday and Sat
urday. Thursday was 10 be Young
Republican night Al ths Active
clubs dinner meeting Tacoma no
tel. s:f5 p m
r. (BfD schloSstsin. Seattle.
state president Of Young Repubii-
cans. and other COP leaders win
be speakers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Roosevelt TO Talk
On Radio Sunday

ASHIN GTON President
Roosevelt will outline all phases Of
his national defense policies in a
"fireside" chat on the radio Sun
day night at $50 psf.
White House Secretary stephen
7. Early. announcing the talk to-
day. said it will be in a nature
Of a report TO the American
people" and will touch on points
previously outlined-such as pre-
vention of excessive war profits
and labor disputes, and mainten-
ance of social gains Of the past
seven years.
ut will be all embracing
and all inclusive" Early said,
relating TO commodities, agri-
cultural products. prices and
wages The fireside chat
will be the first by the presi-
dent since sept. 5. just after
outbreak Of the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

DAWSON CITY. y T. The
YukOnia kOtsi. hOms o. Inc fiofa-
dora giFls when they invaded the
gold belt Ia 80. WAS burned u
the ground Thursday IA . fire
which Eazsd = tbeatsr. restaurant
and two smaller buildings az veil
The YukOnia gas one " The
YukOn's most famous spots during
the gold rush At the turn Of The
century.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Pro-Cernnans
Warned by
Cardenas
Mexicon President
Spedks: Agitation
Noted in Republic
MEXICO

President Larado Cardenas said
today that any elements, internal
or foreign, attempting to endanger
Mexico's absolute neutrality
would be dealt with strongly
His statement conceded with
reports Of an increase in the num-
Der of Germans arriving in Mex
leo.
The German influx was said
TO have resulted In a govern
ment investigation Of possible
fifth column" activities In
Mexico, scene Of vigorous
agitation against the allies
during the World war.
Cardenas refused TO comment
on the reports, other than to state
that general conditions in the
country were absolutely salts
factory"
Foreign sources here said that
so to so Germans had entered
Mexico since the middle Of April
from Latin America and the
United States.
In addition. II was said. a much
larger number Of persons with
German names. but claiming citi-
zenship in various Central Ameri-
can countries. have been arriv-
ing here, ostensibly on business.
Mexico's norm a | German
population Is estimated at
$500, half Of whom live in
the capital. where a branch
of the Mani party was formed
In 1894.
AT the start of the Euro
pean war membership In the
party was estimated at 400,
comprising chiefly weli-to-do
Germans and the local Nazi
''intelligentsia." led by Arthur
Dietrich, press attache Of the
German legation.
Recently another organization,
the Deutsche Volksmeinschaft,
said to be a Nazi party subsidiary.
was formed here, and most of
Mexico City Germans were be-
lieved to be members.
A recent propaganda poster dis
played here proposed neutrality
like under Carranza." and observ-
ers recalled that during the World
war the then President Venustiano
Carranza and Mexican public
opinion were intensely pro-Ger-
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

The major emphasis for a week
has been upon a national defense
program. now being rushed through
congress and which may cost the
taxpayers close to $4,000 ,000. 900.
But. as congress led the way
toward preparedness. reports APP
peared from all parts OF the coun-
try indicating the average citizen
is more concerned over the ma
tons defense and future than at
any tim since the last World war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Situation Is
Grave Says
Churchill
Ndzi Column Only
l8 Miles From
Port of Culuis
GREAT BRITAIN

Prime Minister Winston Church
III told commons today that Ger
man forces have reached the i'm
portant channel port of Boulogne
and heavy fighting in and around
the city now is going on.
Boulogne is only about 30 miles
from the British coast and is but
is miles from Calais. the nearest
French channel port TO England
only % miles from Dover.
tBoulogne's population is about
100000
II was said that loss Of
Boulogne would be a terrific
blow to the allies and prob
ably would quickly make Ca
lais untenable, thus endanger-
ing any attempt to evacuate
the allied army In northern
France.
German ored columns.
Churchill revealed, have cut around
behind the allied army in Belgium
and are seeking to interrupt COM
munications lines.
Churchill declared the latest
developments carried implications
of "a serious character" although
1t was yet too early to determine
what outcApe of the fighting along
the French channel coast would be.
Gen. Maxine Weygand.
Churchill revealed, IL In full
command Of allied operations,
both north and south of the
German corridor across
France, and now Is conducting
operations In the hope of re-
storing n common front for
the divided forces.
If the Germans can hold Bou-
logne, it was noted, they can util-
lie long range artillery for the
bombardment of British channel
ports, such as Dover, Folkestone
and Deal. Boulogne is the second
nearest of the French channel
ports. 1t also would give the Ger
mans a potential air base only a
few minutes bomber-flying time
from Britain.
Churchills remarks to commons
he spoke only two minutes-con-
firmed the earlier warnings Of
British military spokesman, who
described the position of the allied
army in Flanders and north France
as very grave" in view of the
thrust of the German armored
column to the channel and with
the ports and roads leading to
them under incessant German air
bombardment. Communica tons to
Britain. it was noted, were in peril.
THE Germans estimate that
British, French and Belgium
forces north OF the corridor
number more than 100000
men,
II was denied In London that
Dover had been bombed but
spokesmen said of the French
channel ports only that they
had not been bombed so Sc
verely as TO be ''untenable."
Spokesman in London warned
that it would take more than the
British counterattacks in the
Arras-Dousi sector TO relieve the
situation. and emphasized that
there We're no reports of any large
scale allied counter offensive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Sheep rlocks on Move

oTHELiJO, Wash.-One hundred
thousand sheep Vere en- route 10
their summer feeding ground from
here today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Sir Oswald
MoseleY in
British Jail
English Foscist
Leader Arrested:
Empire Aroused

MOON Great britain
launched = campaign to secure
the homo front Thursday and ar
rested sir Oswald hnseley. chief
az the British Union Of f'aseists.
and many others. including Capt
Archibald w. N. Ramsay. eonssr.
vatlve member Of parliament
Al least II persons were ~.
rested in the sudden application Of
drastic regulations under the 1899
defense act. including John
Beckett. former member u parlla-
msnt and recently associated with
the pacifist peoples party
Others taken into custody In.
cluded eight members Of Moselsy's
group, IN addition To himself. They
were A. Racen Thomson. ~.
Francis Hawkins. v. ". ssurdett.
a. NJ. ksohie. Capt. U. A Kick. G.
" Watts. q. Bfuning and Mrs.
Daore Fox.
Action u N~tft
Bntons had given 40 today, In
a historic civil mobilization. rights
for which they had fought loo
years.
In is3 minutes Wednesday the
house of commons had passed
through all its stages an "emsr.
gency powers fdefsnse) set" Thu
house Of lords had passed u Al
once. and King George had given
u his royal assent
II meant Britain had declared
total war on the home front, con-
scriptsd lts man power. its wealth.
Can Ceasesipt Al
Effective Thursday. every man.
woman and child In Great Britain.
All labor. all industry. eli wealth.
had come within the range Of the
implicitly dictatDflai powers bin
gave Prime Minister Winston
Churchill aud hlE government.
To get moTe PLACES. more tanks.
mors munitions ~ quickly as pos
slbls. 10 beat the German billxs
krieg, Britain now had gone the
limit limit 10 which u never
dreamed Of going IN the las, war
No Protest Heard
conesiyabiy. under the hill.
clerks. sales girls. professional
men and women earning large
salaries, may b. sonseriptsd.
trained and sent 10 munitions
factories. Farmers may be- shifted
from one end of the country to
another. LabofsTs may be ordered
into coal pits.
Banks will BE- controlled. War
profits will be eliminated. Fac-
tories may be- conscfiptsd, closed.
even destroyed In tbs war interest.
Al this VAS dome. ard reesiysd
by the public. without = muffnur
u dissent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
WEATHER FORECAST

Pair tonight. saturday. lem
perafures: High. IS: low. 81 sun
rises, 4:2S; sets, I:is.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
by UNITED PRESS

United becoming increasingly
She is that her
by brute sdent Byrnes
S C., address Wednesday
Charles
that stop chatter calamity
the
foreign policy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
England Our Goal. Military
Spokesman Say at Berlin
Nozi Speedboot Sinks Destroyer. One
Report: Advances Cloimed

after certain preliminary successes
he has suffered heavy setbaoks. %
The high command oommDn-
Continued on Page 4. Column -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24

GRAND COULEE. Wash. =
Possibility of sabotage At Grand
Coulee dam h very REMOTE"
acting Resident Engineer James
v. Miner said today. following
reports Boulder dam officials
were conducting an inquiry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Nation Growing Increasingly
Conscious Of Defense Need
Senator Byrnes Tolks Back to Indy:
Texons Eject "Nozi Agents"

wAsHINGTONThe voting billions for national defense
at break-n Thursday Sit735b612s
preparation wsrshp expand
Passage 10 nothing Only late wedne.
the had unanimously ss2ss5a7st
for rapid the than "a the
Ss.ss1, oosa5s for defense.
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These dispatches showed the
Continued on Page 4. Column y
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
Relief Expenses Drop

OLfMPIA-Reiisf coats in the
state during April were IS per
cent lower than the amount ia
March. Social Security Director
Charles =. Ernst reported today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE
ssw York. zo0 00e sg0--z . !
Detroit -. roo ses eei--S J q
ROffng and Dieksy. Nswsom
ana Sullivan
Boston at Cleveland. postponed.
rain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
sAuosAI LEAGUE

Cincinnati Al New York, post-
poned, rain. cold. wet grounds.
Pittsburgh At Brooklyn. past
ponsd. Threatening weather.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-24
BANK TRANSACTIONS

Tseoma .............ss.lz0 600
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TeIevision
Continued From First Page.)

months before the station will be
ready for operation.
Plans now call for installation of
a 1,000-watt transmitter, for broad
cast of both image and sound.
Chief reliance for program ma
terial here will be placed on gov
ernmental activities, with a mobile
television unit to pick up events of
interest outside the studio.
I'VE chose Washington as the
site of our second experimental tele-
vision station for several reasons,
said Niles Trammell, president of
the National Broadcasting Co. I'm
broadcasting we find the Capital to
be of vital Importance in our serv-
ice to listeners. 1t is reasonable to
assume Washington will be an i'm
portant source of interesting ma
terial for tomorrow's Nationwide
television network.
Tri-City Hookup Planned.
I'VE hope to make Washington
the originating point of a television
service that will link the National
Capital with Philadelphia and New
York City. An automatic relay de.
veloped by the Radio Corp. of Amer
lea promises to provide a satisfac-
tory means Of interconnection
When such relays are established
we will be able to experiment with
the problems Of television program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-03
S141,320,610 Order
Nearly Completes
Plane Contracts
Parachute Battalion
To Be Trained at
Fort Bennine
Continued From First Page.)

costs of production Is per cent.
This was accounted for in part, he
said, because as many as f1ve men
were being placed at work on one
piece of machinery at time Sc that
one could teach the other four how
to operate 1t.
Organization Plans Guarded.
Mr.. Stimson said the new para
chute battalion will start training
at once to furnish highly skilled
personnel to be used in connection
with the forming OF additional para
chute units later on.
Organization plans for the new
parachute force are being closely
guarded by the general staff. Mr.
Stimson refused to disclose what
types of airplanes the Army would
equip the unit with. the types of
arms the parachutists would use and
declined even to state whether the
men would wear a distinctive uni
form, such as the German forces
use
''All these questions and any other
details cannot be disclosed now" the
Secretary said.
Referring to the use of parachutes
during the European war, Mr.. Slim
son said that there seemed to be
a consensus of evidence that the
Germans used them very effectively
and successfully TO disorganize the
headquarters of opposing divisions.
Results Justify Losses.
German parachutiSts would be
sent over the lines after the loca-
tons of headquarters had been
ascertained through the espionage
system. They would land in the
immediate neighborhood of these
headquarters, rush them at once on
all sides and cut the headquarters
off from communications.
In one instance. you may recall
German parachutists captured a
French commander at his head
quarters"
Mr.. Stimson said it was very
proper to refer to these men as
suicide squads" because of their
enormous losses but he added that
the effect on undermining enemy
morale and disorganizing enemy
forces by surprise attacks were well
worth the losses.
THE parachutiStS have become
elements of modern warfare with
which any army, like our own Army,
must be equipped" the Secretary
said.
Hints Large Force.
Mr.. Stimson also referred to the
effectiveness of German parachutists
used in Rotterdam to take posses
sion of an important airdrome and
also to capture strategic bridge
head in Holland, possession of which
served to dominate the campaign
against that country
Additional enlisted men will. be
procured from various Regular
Army infantry regiments within
the continental limits of the United
States. Mr.. Stimson said these
men will be chosen from selected
volunteers with special aualifica-
tons.
| Mr.. Stimson pointed out that the
very dangerous mission of para
chutists necessitated the selection
of the best possible men and care
full training. He did not state how
many additional battalions would be
formed, but gave the impression
that these parachutists would form
a considerable element in the four
field armies.
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syndication. Then 1t will be DOS
sible for televiewers in Washington,
Philadelphia and New York to see
events from any of the three cities.
For the immediate future, how
ever, we must content ourselves with
carrying forward experimental work
here in Washington, laying particu-
lar emphasis on the artistic and
technical problems involved in tele-
vising programs of governmental
and national affairs"
The contract for the use of the
Wardman Hotel property was signed
by Mr.. Trammel on behalf of the
broadcasting company and Thomas
D. Carson, president of Washington
Properties, Inc, in the presence of
Alfred H. Morton. vice president OF
N. B. c. in charge of television and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-03
Knots Declines
Post of Chief Judae

BY The Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 3.-Selec-
ton of new chief Judge for the
second judicial circuit was up to
Gov. O'Conor again today after As
ISOLATED Judge J. Owen Knots de-
clined the appointment.
Judge Knots, offered the post
following the recent death Of the
late Chief Judge w. Mason Shehan,
said he would be unable to accept
because of certain personal consid-
eratiOnS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-03

trial, but was convicted Of killing
crippled Rafaele Caruso.
The same two-judge court con-
demned to life Imprisonment Mrs.
Charles Favato, 45-year-old room
ing house keeper, who confessed
poisoning three men, including her
common law husband and his son.
DR.. Horace Perlman, who ad-
mitted poisoning a patient, Mrs.
Jennie Pine, won postponement of
sentencing when he told the court
he had discharged his attorney, Ed
ward A. Kelly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-03
Two Sentenced to Die
In Insurance Murders
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3-Two
self confessed leaders in Philadel-
phia's murder for insurance ring
were under sentence today, but a
third won a temporary respite with
plea for q new attorney.
Death in the electric chair was
decreed for dapper Herman Petrillo,
46-year-old former spaghetti sales
man, who admitted making love to
married women and engineering
their husbands deaths.
Once sentenced to die for the
murder of Ferdinand Alfonsi, a
w. P. A. worker, Petrillo won a new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-03

Demand for munitions workers in
Japan are attracting workers from
farms with resulting shortage of
labor on nearly every farm in the
country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-03

Frank Mullen, vice president and
General manager Of the broadcast
| ing company,
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MARYLAND
CENTRAL RADIO co.

SkNIkAL kaDiO ".
MechanicsUilie, Md.
CENTRAL SERVICE STATION
MsehanicsUiiis, Md.
DAMASCUS ELECTRIC co.
Damascus, Md.
HUGHESvILLE GARAGE
HushesUilie, Md.
INDIAN HEAD ElEc. co.
Indian Head, Md.
MITCHELL MOTOR co.
La Plata, Md.
MoRELAkD MOTOR CO.
Waldorf. Md.
SEITZ 8 BURNS
Oxon Hill, Md.
WARD APPLIANCE co.
Silver Spring, Md.
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FRANK MIcHELBAcH
814 King ST..
Alexandra. Va.
MILLER & ANDERSON
Winchester and
Front Royal, Va.
e. e. NICHOLS
PurcellUille, Va.
REMINGTON DRUG co.
Remington, Va.
ScHEWEL FURNITURE co.
Harrisonburg and
New Market, Va.
STAR RADIO
90I King ST.,
Alexandra, Va.
STRIcKLER HOWE. co.
Shenandoah, Va.
TAPPY BROS.
Orange, Va.
VIRGINIA APP.
6 SERVICE co.
9f7 King ST., Alex. Va.
WARREkToN SUPPLY co.
Wdrrsnton, Va.
VENDORS DEPT. STORE
Woodstock and
Mt. jackson, Va.
GEORGE IA. YEATMAN
& SONS
1921 Wilson RlUd.,
Arlington, Va.