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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
Luther League Will
Compete in Contest

Plans to attend Luther League
Bible contest were made and Wis
iting committee was appointed at
the meeting OF the Senior Luther
League of the Lutheran Church.
Thursday evening at the church
The visiting committee consists
Of Miss Vera Clark. Miss Martha
Jane Drake, Miss Helen Rohde.
Charles Roehrs and Ferdinand
Herbst Jr. Volunteers responded to
a call to visit other leagues in the
Central Michigan Federation.
Teams were selected for the pre-
lminary Bible contest to be in
Chelsea. Jan. 26. the main contest
to be in Ann Arbor, Feb. Is at the
annual Federation banquet. The
three divisions of the contest are,
Bible passage memorizing; Bible
finding; and facts about Mark. The
award for contest winner viii be
plaque with the champion league
name engraved on it.
The business meeting was opened
with the responsive reading OF
Psalms 1872 followed by the Lords
Prayer and the Apostles Greed.
Refreshments OF gingerbread
topped with whipped cream and
cherries, and coffee, were served by
the committee, Miss Vera Clark and
Miss Alice Schultz.
Mrs D. f. Gum has returned
from a four weeks visit with Mrs.
J. j. Dolan and Mrs. Leon Edell,
Chicago.
Ernest Zahn, Saline. was In the
city Thursday on business.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
GAME POSTPONED

The basketball game which Gle.
airy College was to have played
with Highland Park Junior College
reserves today has been postpon-
ed until after Christmas vacation.
Ferris Institute has been added to
the Commercials schedule for a
February game.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
Attend Cape Nluht

Mr.. and Mrs. Norris G. Wiltse
and children, Patricia Lou and Jack,
attended Cape Night at the Mercy
College OF Nursing, Detroit, Thurs
day evening. Their daughter. Betty
Jane, who is attending there, re-
ceiyed her cape.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
Calendar of Social Events
TODAY


Fellowship class p m election, Baptist
Group three OF Presbyterian WOmen Union Christmas
change OF 10 gifts, Mrs. William
Npsian Ccmmandery number Templar dinner $3.50
followed by annual inspection Temple lodge
AinsleyMe Junior Club WRC o'clock GAR. Hail.
Red Cross sewing and knitting Wech Hall
o'clock
Ypsan Aee Fratenal Order O'Clock hall 7la n
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
In Phi Kappa Phi

Robert R. Peterson. this city. was
one OF So University students in
itiated into Phi Kappa Phi. national
honorary society Thursday evening
in the Michigan League. Ann Ar
Dor. Six Ann Arbor students includ-
ing Kenneth Mathews. Betty May
Nixon. Donald Van Hook, Elizabeth
Karshner, Herbert Hamilton. and
Charles Wellington. also received
the honor. Mr.. Peterson is in the
engineering college.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude n. Jaqua
irand Rapids. were guests of their
laughter, Mrs. James r. Breakey
Jr.. Thursday and attended the Nor.
NAL Choir concert.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
Fine Points in Bridge
Nv SHEPARD BARCLAY
BEATING A TRUMP COUP So he

SO he trumped the club X, led
to the spade K, finessed the ] and
learned that his reading was cor
rect, East still having the guarded
Q. With a shortage Of entries to
dummy. he had to count on a bit
of help from West. He took In the
heart A and led the 10 to the K.
West without delay returned the
club A. and the contract was as
sured. South was able to ruff this
trick with the 8. leaving him only
the A-l0 as a tenace over East's
OF He led then to the dummys
diamond A and ran hearts. Ruffing
any Of these by East would set up
the South hand by means Of an
over-ruff. so East kept discarding
clubs and South hearts until the
last two tricks. when East had to
play from his trump holding be-
fore declarer did.
II West on the sixth trick had
led a diamond to knock the A out
OF dummy. South would have been
unable to shorten his trumps first
and then get to dummy later.
which was necessary to the sue
cess Of his campaign.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13
Al Senior PLAY

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W. Bibbins and
Miss Marion Stowe went TO Rock.
wood for the senior play. Don't
Darken My Door" Wednesday
night Mrs. Morgan l.. J. Gibbs,
who teaches in the lockwood High
School. directed the play. Proceeds
will go TO defray expenses OF trip
TO Washington. d. c.. which the
seniors will make in the spring.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-13

Malcolm Chubb attended a dinner
IN honor of Francis Davis. Farm
ington, given in Detroit by King
Ruhrly. Wednesday evening
Miss Mildred Hughes, Detroit.
spent Thursday with Mrs. ]. T.
Hughes.
Miss Grace Fuller. Wilmington,
III. is the guest OF Mrs. II. B.
Lewis. She will return home Satur.
day.
Mrs. Flora Jones, Washington. D.
c.. is visiting relatives in Ypsilanti.
Kenneth Hiliker. lonia. Is a guest
at the Walter Campbell home.
MrG Merle Hogan, daughter, Mrs
Paul German, and granddaughter,
Patricia German. Detroit, spent
Thursday with Mrs. Z. D. Moore
and daughter. Miss Grace.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Camp
6efi and M: and Mrs, Jsek-MeCand.
less spent Thursday in Detroit.
Prof. Russell Gee, Cleveland. O.,
came TO attend the Normal Choir
concert Thursday night. and visited
his parents, Prof. and Mrs. f. F.
Gee.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
Must State Ingredients

Since the first of the New Year all
foods, drugs and cosmetics, moving IN
interstate commerce, have been required
to bear labels listing all the ingredients
they contain.
The contents" must be stated in plain
English that the average housewife can
understand. If any habit-forming drug
is included a warning must be printed
on the package.
The revised regulations as to foods
and drugs are necessary in the interest
Of the public. They may lead to wiser
buying and they should result in the
purchaser getting more for his, or her,
money.
There will be those to denounce the
regulations as an infraction upon the
individual right Of every American to
buy what he pleases.
The real objection will come from
those who want to sell cheap stuff at
fancy price and under a different
name.
From now on, lots of merchandise
will have more valuable" ingredients.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
Happy Days (?)

The Low Down On The Higher Ups
in Monday ackson Daily News had the
average mar feeling pretty good until
he read the closing sentence of nine
little words. This is what it said:
Happy days are here again! No
more sales tax tokens y. No more poll
tax receipts to show at the polls
No taxes Of any kind on homesteads :.
No more than five per cent interest if
you want to make a loan Free
hospitals for the sick :. Free school
books Three dollar auto tags
Old age pensions at a dollar day s.
Sounds like Utopia !. But whointhehell
is going to pay for it all?"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

One local philosopher says he has fig
ured this thing out and decided that the
poor enjoy the same privileges as the
rich. Said he: 81 even enjoy an air-con-
ditioned we'll ll-heated home. In summer
my small house is plenty hot. In winter
it is plenty cold. The rich may be able
to keep theirs cool in summer with an
air-conditioning system and warm in
winter with steam heat, but they have
nothing on me, just a difference in the
time of the year."
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
Up Or Down

If you philosophize, be circumspect
before you generalize; exception are al
ways bobbing up to riddle rules.
Although probably not acceptable as a
a universal truth, there is a kernel of
wisdom in this observation by business
man:
"The world usually pushes man the
way he makes up his mind to go. If he
is going up, other people push him up;
if going down, gravitation, however,
making the speed greater on the de-
cline"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

thinks there is no place like home, the
haven of rest, prefers the company of
his family to that of any one else, never
sits up nights to poultice his conscience,
believes in the doctrine of live and let
live, and when he encounters one of the
needy he doesn't stutter with his pocket
book. The plain man is happy to be sat
isfied and does not spend the rest of his
life yearning for things four sizes too
large for him."
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
Jottings
BY MARTHA RHYME

Appropriate headlines for The Ad-
yertiser this week would be Lexington
Freezes Over."-For such has been the
case since Thursday morning when a
cold wave spread over the state that
has not either moderated nor relinquish-
ed its icy grip even today (Monday.
Water pipes froze and, in some cases,
burst, leaving in their wake shortage
Of water, an employment squirt beyond
control for the few plumbers in these
parts, and innumerable onslaughts OF
bad temper and uncomfortableness
Water was by no means the only victim
of the culprit Winter, gas systems ana
heating plants also being damaged be-
yond use without repairs. Cars and de-
livery trudks for business establish
ments were on their very worst behavior
spree and delay was caused In almost
every line of endeavor and public SER
vice. A little snow and sleet fell Thurs
day afternoon and promptly froze over,
the atmosphere being too cold for a
heavy snowfall-which was indeed for
tunate. All of which has firmly con-
vinced me that if / ever get rich
think I'll spend my winters in the South
Sea Islands or some other such tropi-
cal climate where in January | can keep
all sides warm at once and where my
feet and hands don't feel like human
flesh nodded into ice cakes.
The cold wave not only caused physi-
cal discomfort and hardship but ag-
pravated an influenza epidemic that has
spread relentlessly throughout the com
IT,
some colds and illnesses that seem mere
trifles, the seriousness of some OF the
influenza cases has been recognized. Inc
real "flu" has much danger lurking IN
the depths of it's clutches and being
careful and most attentive to 1T usually
pays in the long run. Doctors ADVISE,
above all things, few days in bed ana
| if it's possible for one to reiinqulsh one S
duties and give up for few days, the
chances are the suffering will be les
sened a great deal Having a case of
what is usually termed walking flu" is
certainly nothing to boast about for in
iniuring your own health by remaining
at your post, you are also exposing
someone else to your own ailments and
infections. The common cold and in
fluenza are too widespread to be lg-
nored-be careful with your own health
and with someone else's health.
Blue Mountain College students Peggy
Chastain and Doris Tidwell are home
for an indefinite stay due to disas-
trous fire that destroyed in part the
laundry and the power plant at that
institution the latter part of last week.
1,v xyit /
that she's glad to be home but the
thought of having to make up the time
in the sultry heat of June doesn't seem
particularly inviting. But some good
luck comes with the worst of the work
ings of fate and we're all glad to see
tho girls home for while, anyway.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
Good Old Dixie

Despite the memories Of our recent
cold wave, we are blessed with milder
climate than many other sections Of
our great country. The advantage
prompted the McComb Enterprise to edi-
torially comment on the fact that Will
be appreciated by most OF US. 1t foi-
lows: !,
SNOW do you belive that there is real
value in an ideal climate?
with a sheet Of ice everywhere, the
first in several years, our people can see
the advantage in living in sunny
southland. The contrast of what we or
dinariiy enjoy with the cold grip OF to-
day makes the usual weather an acknow-
lodged asset.
"The weather outside is a novelty
TO our people and an Inconvenience.
Cars are parked along the roadways and
hydrants are frozen. The automobile
mechanics and the plumber are in great
demand this morning. 1t is even dif-
ficult to thaw out the fingers so that
they can manipulate the keys OF the
typewriter.
"Some people get the idea at times
that Chambers of Commerce are dealing
in the abstract when they talk about
golden sunshine. The truth is that the
weather of the South is a golden asset.
Imagine experiencing weather every
winter, and at long periods at time,
such as we are having today. Ihe
novelty of today's wintry sheet makes
1t fascinating :. but without the nov
city angle to it is pain. Many a fei-
low who usually walks or rides to his
work slid to his work this morning
God was certainly good to Dixie when
ua ant the dial ON tho weather meter. !.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

The Wall Street Journal says: "The
South is on the way up" The Journal
further comments: Progress is being
made. Capital is being invested; plants
are being built; crops are being diversi-
fled; the groundwork for higher farm
income is being laid and conservation
of natural resources is being fostered;
Industry is moving southwark; the buy
ing power in the south is moving upward
and will continue to progress"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Wednesday, I'll leave for Mary Hardin
Baylor College, Bolton, Tex. Everybody's
best wishes have been simply swell, es-
pecially the one from The Advertiser
last week. OF course, it's a long way
from home and Mothers wing, but it's
an opportunity that every girl doesn't
get. So with a lump in my throat and
lots of ambition under my scalp, I'm
off to school once more! Thirty and
thanks.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
A Happy Man

From the Rotary International Maga-
zine comes the following well conceived
description of happy man:
"The happiest man in the world is the
common, everyday chap who makes his
own living, has little money as he
goes along, but doesn't strive to get a
corner on the local output, and is a
slave to neither ambition nor society.
He loves his God and his fellowmen,
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Says the South Dakota Press and
Print Shop; Newspaper editors have
reason to grow old before their time. A
Kansas widow is said to be suing a
newspaper for saying in an obituary
notice that her husband had gone to a
happier home"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
Year Round Home Garden,."

This bulletin reveals that there are
68,7 ,787 farms in Mississippi without
gardens. Packed with the most helpful
information, this bulletin will be inval-
liable to the 242,s96 Mississippi farm
families who have gardens and to those
who do not have, but plan to have home
gardens this year.
The bulletin covers such important
subjects as location, size and shape CT
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Edgar Harris mentions a grave nat
ional problem which needs immediate
attention. He says in his West Point
Daily Times-Leader: what this country
needs is a catsup bottle that will give
up some of its contents on the same
day we buy our sandwich"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

mustard inside the frankfurter. One
who dislikes mustard withdraws the
tube without squeezing. An electric iron
with fan built in the handle so as
to keep the hand of the person ironing
cool.
A sanitary drinking cup provided with
roll of paper so that the edge may
be covered with fresh piece of paper
between drinks.
A bed with built-in fan that blows
air over the head of the sleeper through
hole in the head of the bed.
How whole loaf of sliced bread may
be toasted all at once is shown in
another patent.
A rubber like collar to fit over the
top of the shoe to prevent polish from
getting on the sock.
They are some ow the 93S patents
granted in the second week in January
The Severest Spell of Weather since
1899, according to those who have ac-
curate memories, makes it pretty hard
for birds and animals, wild as well as
domestic. Not only is all the usual
food supply covered with snow but water
is not TO De ndu--uHlesS tHcg hhSW nv"
to eat snow. So Game Warden III. K.
Diggs is urging everybody to put out
feed where birds can find it--along
badge rows, under evergreens, along
bare, south sloping banks. Oats, crack
ed corn, chick feed, ground meat, suet,
peas, flower seed, weed seed-anything
bird can eat. Birds spend all their
walking hours searching for food, nine
tenths of it either waste or directly
detrimental to man. In the spring, sum-
mer, fall, it's bugs; in the winter waste
grain, weed seed They are distinct
benefit to the farmer. Then too, War
den Diggs says quail will lose flesh
very quickly in such a time as this with
snow covering all sources of feed, so
he urges that they be not hunted any
more this season. Many will not pull
/ through anyway and it is essential that
| as much seed quail as possible be saved
| for next falls crop. Teachers who will
can do much good by reminding their
pupils Of the need of the wild things
and Warden Diggs especially requests
that they will tell the children. He also
reminds US that the duck shooting sea
son is over and that the Federal regu-
! lations will get a duck shooter in a
lot of trouble if he insists on violations
A lot of people have been feeding the
birds already. To them Warden Diggs
says, thank you"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Birney lines has created a word. He
refers to the political promising of the
"Old Ring" of New Orleans as "Bullos-
ophy." He may have something there.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

OFF THE RECORD: Jackson marches
forward again with the announcement of
plans of the Tri-State Transit Company
to erect highly modernized structure
as bus terminal at South Lamar and
Pascagoula streets. Fred Sullens
has been made an honorary member of
the Mississippi Poetry Society. Well,
we'll ..
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Feeding the nation may be a glorious
calling but the farmers are anxious for
adequate cash returns.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

In New York City it is against the
law to open or close an umbrella in the
presence of horse
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Anthony G. Klein of San Deigo, Calf.
was fined So for driving too slowly and
causing traffic jam.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Speaking Of colleges Gas | invariably
am doing, there's an article on the ex-
detrimental kitchen for girls at Stephens
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

When the dinner bell rings even lazy
men stir themselves,
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
INvEsTMENTH WAsHINCToN.D.c e.
SoUTHERN pr11cE. MORTGAGE GUARANTEES BII(

the garden, soil
seed-bed prepal
tions, cultivatio
duction, hotbeds d
of vegetable varietie
growing important vd
Every farm family shl
of this bulletin which M
upon request to the cod
home agent or to the Missi
sion Service at Statet Collie
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25
Make Your Plans
For 1910 Garden

One Of the first and the most impor-
tant things every farm family can and
should do in 1910 is to plan for a good
year round home garden. The extension
horticulturist Of the Mississippi Exten-
sion Service states that q good home
garden for an average family Of five
people is worth approximately $175 a
year. No other plat of land on the farm
will begin to return such high value.
And a good home garden will not only
provide delicious food and better diet
but it will help to maintain better
health. Studies reveal that an average
Of over II percent more illness occurs
in families having an income Of $1,000
or less per year than in families with
larger incomes. This fact, connected
with the low income Of most Mississippi
farms and the relation of the home
garden to good health, emphasize the
vital Importance of farm gardens, says
r. o. Monosmith, extension horticultu-
rist. in Extension Bulletin No. lot, THE
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

The clone wolf from the west," Sen
ator William E. Borah from Idaho is
dead at the age of seventy-four
years, thirty-three of which were spent
in the Senate. The fire and spirit OF
the veteran "dean" of the Senate will
not soon be forgotten and the biting
and thought provoking quality of his
sensible arguments will haunt the
chamber as ghost for long time to
come. dyed-in-the- wool Republican,
Borah fought the New Deal when he
thought they were wrong and stuck right
with them when he knew they were
right His secret of success was not
made unnecessarily public--he made
himself necessary in every endeayor he
undertook. Who will replace Borah?
The answer is of course, mo one"
he is the type of person who is ire
placeable. The life of Borah is IA
miliar and helpful signpost on the road
to "life, liberty, and the preservation of
democracy"
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

College in Columbia, Missouri in the
February American Magazine that fully
explains the sometimes deemed "goofy"
ideas of Daddy" Woods, president OF
Stephens. In the article, Woods tells
us how he considers the importance Of
discussing current situations inteiiig-
emily and applying lipstick correctly to
be parallel in signifance. Reading OF
his modern ideas and the way he goes
about them will comprise worthwhile
and thought provoking fifteen minutes
of your time.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-01-25

Some Novel Patents Recently Granted.
A frankfurter with the mustard sealed
in tube inserted in the middle of the
product. When the frankfurter is to be
eaten the tube is withdrawn and squeez-
ed at the same time, this squirts the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-02-02
THE WARS:
Britain Grofus Bold

Each one hopes that II he feeds the
crocodile enough, the crocodile sUiU eat
him last"
Thus warned Britain's Winston
Churchill in radio address urging
Europe's neutrals to join the allies
in united action" against Germany.
It came when dark clouds floated
over Scandinavia, the Lowlands and
Balkans. But Winston Churchill
missed the boat. Commented a
Brussels paper: Belgium does not
feed the crocodile, and is ready to
defend herself against invasion"
(ChurchiH's admiralty sUas not doing so
soeN either. Chalked up tOas Britain,s
ttUenty-6rst acknowledged naval loss, the
ASTON fotilla leader CrenuilIe.)
All Scandinavia was meanwhile
going overheard for the sake of Fin
land, but that did not mean Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark wanted
to gang up with the allies against
Joe Stain and Adolf Hitler. Nor
did Italy wax enthusiastic about
British-French overtures designed
to encourage II Duce's formation of
a strong neutral bloc in the Balkans.
Of these latter states only Rumania,
which has the most to lose in a
war, hoped for strong alliance to
ward off attacks.
(Runrania had another soorry. Several
German divisions Were stacked against her
northern frontier in the Russian section
of Poland, ostensibly to police the Ger
man. umanian railroad. This, plus reports
that German technicians Uere operating
oil sOells in Russian Poland, gaze founda-
ton to rumors that Poland may again be
partitioned, giving southern lands to the
Reich.)
While the western front remained
stalemated, while R. A. F. f1iers
struck at Sylt and Helgoland air
bases, the British lion showed I'M
mistakable signs of renewed bold
ness. Heaped atop Churchill's
speech and the curt rejection of
American notes (See DOMESTIC)
came seizure of 81 Nazi seamen
from Japanese boat in the Pacific.
Finland's war enjoyed only tenn
porary respite before the Russians
launched sudden five-front attack
which (according to the Finn high
command) was repulsed readily
with several thousand Russian casu-
alties. On land they were still tri-
umphant, but the Firms lacked
power to combat the Soviet's most
effective weapon-bombing raids.