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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
TRAIN To MAKE
RUN AS SANTA
FOR 18th YEAR
Engineer Will Drop Gifts
at Huts Along Right
OF Way

Cleburne. Tex. Dec. Cup
Engineer Joe Gerard. the Santa Fe
Santa Claus, has laid In supply
OF presents for the seth annual
Christmas run" from Cleburne TO
Purcell, Okla.
At 70. the oldest engineer EN-
ployed in the Santa Fe system.
Gerard plans TO drop more than
two score of packages along the
tracks to Purcell
For almost 40 years he has been
the only Santa Claus these people
have ever known.
Gerard is a rudy man with blue
eyes He started the trip TO Pur-
cell IN 1901. He says he knows
every curve. every bump on the
road. and every tie as Well. lie
now makes IL trips a month, con
Stunning % days.
Christmas morning he will don
his Santa suit pile his toys. candy
and clothes TO be distributed 10 the
needy children. in the cab, and
"highball" out with old No. $3.50.
Never Slows Train
Without slowing his train. Ger
ard makes accurate shots into the
yards OF persons he has chosen
TO give presents. Tiny children
and adults alike stand along the
right-of-way TO wave the IL year
old Santa Claus along his way.
Christmas is the only day Ger
ard wears a Santa Claus suit. But
his benefactions spread through
out the entire year. On each run
he distributes comics, magazines
and frequently clothes to the chill
dren along the Santa Fe tracks.
He spends several hours every
day gathering old magazines and
newspapers from newsstands and
agencies. His wife complained
that she couldn't keep a magazine
in the house.
Il throw them to the poor peo-
pie who live In tents and dugouts
along the road" the engineer said.
They never see anything and they
get a kick out OF the comics and
the magazines"
since Gerard started his run. FIRE.
quently some grown person will
approach him and say: you don't
remember me. but I'm the little
blonde headed girl who lived two
miles north OF the Red River and
you used to bring candy and maya
zines"
He gets many Fan letters" as
he calls them, after Christmas.
There are no names on the tags
tied to the packages he drops, only
mile post numbers.
Santa Suit Nearly New
This year Gerard will wear his
new Santa Claus suit for the sec.
ond time. Last year the GAINESVILLE
Community Circus gave him a new
one after his old costume-with
flowing cotton whiskers and cotton
trimmings had been condemned
as a fire trap.
There was danger that the suit
would catch fire when the fireman
stocked the boilers.
The aging railroader said that
his greatest thrill came when he
threw new cotton dress-with a
zipper-to little girl who lived
along the roadbed several years
ago.
"She stood by the tracks waving
at me-" he said. "her little dress
was ragged and torn. so | decided
to buy her a new one. Well. sir.
after | had thrown it to her she
just waited for the next trip and
then stood there waving. She was
proud as punch
Gerard doesn't know when he'll
retire. Still hale and hearty he
said. He does hope. however, that
his successor will carry on the ira
dition of the Santa Fe Santa
Claus"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Daily Market Report
Vegetables

Detroit Mich. Dec. a.
CARRoTs-No. I. $50 4bc dor. bun.
CABBAGE-No. /. 75a40c bu.
BEETS-No. ]. iod65c bu
POTATOES-New. No. l.. 75Q9Oc
bu9
oNIoNs-Dry. 500 zoe 50 lbs.
CELERY-No. /. 259S5c don. bchs.
PARSLEY-35-45e doE. punches.
SPINACH-No. /. 50475c bu.
PEAS-Black eye. $lGI.S5 bu.
CAULIFLOWER - No. /, Use %
90c. bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Lansing. Dec. 23- George NJ
Weleh. president OF the Michigan
Bell Telephone Company. today an
nounced plans for s25. 400. 900
gross plant improvement and ex-
pansion program for 1871
The projected l94l telephone pro
gram is the largest since the com
pany's 1929 program OF more than
$27. 100000 and will top the 1910
program by % per cent, or
100000.
The presidents announcement
was made as the Michigan Public
Service Commission approved the
company's petition for permission
to increase its authorized capital
stock by Sl5.000.000, OF which the
company proposes to issue $1,000
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

HAMILTON. Bermuda-UP-The
eight passengers Of the Pan.Amer.
lean Always Yankee Clipper. in
Guiding II. G., Wells, the British
novelist, were transferred Monday
night to the American steamer tx.
calibur on orders OF Pan.American
officials. The plane had been de.
tanned here six days by bad wealth
er when the company announced
that no passengers could proceed
OF Lisbon. Portugal. on 1t. Only
mail will be carried on to Europe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Law Practice Covers
100 Years For Family

Sunbury. Pa. Dec. 24-UP- The
Jackson family OF Berwick has been
practicing law for one full century.
Morrison +. Jackson was the first
lawyer He was admitted 10 the bar
In 1910.
He was followed by Charles B.,
admitted in 1875. and Alex Jackson,
grandson OF Morrison.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
LAW LET'S INSANE VOTE

Lansing. Mich. Dec. "a up
Michisan's attorney general. Tho
mas Read. has ruled that insane
and feeble-minded persons cannot
be disenfranchised without an
amendment to the state constitu.
tion. He held that the 1899 legis-
lature amended election laws to
include inmates within the de-
finition OF an absent voter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

LONDON-INS-A German air
raider today machine-gunned a train
as 1t was passing through a village
near town in eastern England.
Two coaches and the engine were
riddled with bullets but there were
no Casualties
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
PONT|FF SUBMITS
PLAN FOR PEACE
CONTINUED from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
have real meaning" the pope said.
Pain often teaches more than
easy success" he added. 1T Is
stated by some that new forces
must create a healthy new order
OF Europe. We say that peace
must conform TO the principles OF
justiee...we hope that the men who
create the new order are sufficient
ly mature and capable OF basing a
new order upon Justice"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

LONDON UP The distin-
suished flying cross was awarded
today to Douglas Bader, a legless
squadron leader, who has shot
down 10 German air raiders and
damaged several more. lie lost both
legs in an accident in 1881, He al
ready has his Wings" and though
he was invaded out of the flying
service. he learned TO manipulate
metal legs so skillfully that he was
readmitted in November. 1889
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Attend Funeral

Relatives and friends from Cdt Of
town who came to attend the funer-
al service for Mrs. BENJAMIN 5.
Boyce, Monday. were Mir. and Mrs.
Philip Boyce. Lansing; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey ]. Harris, Battle
Greek; Mrs. Ora WoodW orth. De-
troit: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Farmer.
Dearb born: Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer
Day, Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Day
Mrs. Eta Day. Arthur Day, Miss
June Fuller, Mrs Clarence Kelley,
all OF Hudson; Clarence stevens.
Plymouth: J. Burton Boyce and
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley GOodell, Bir-
mingham; Mr. and Mrs Roy Kilt
redge. Royal Oak: Mr.. and Mrs.
Barrett Lyons, Ann Arbor; and
Mrs, Mae Woodland. Wayne.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Ypsilanti Briefs
Escapes Hospital

George Wisner. patient at lpsi-
lanti State Hospital, escaped from
a second story window Monday
morning. DR.. o. r. Yoder announced
today. The patient. who has periods
OF amnesia. was expected to go 10
his home In Detroit Mr.. Wisner
cleans in the surgery corridors and
pushed out a window screen 10 ef'
feet an escape.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Driver Assessed

William Beasley, Whitaker, was
assessed $50 fine and s. costs in
Wayne justice court Monday for
driving while intoxicated. lie was
involved in an accident on US-l12
near Sheldon Rd. Driver of the
other vehicle in the collision was
Cecil Dennison, 300 S. Huron St.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
WITHpRAWs OBJECTIONS

Lansing. Dec. % -AP- State
Public Debt Commission withdrew
Monday its objections TO a s2l0.-
600 bond refunding program by
the City % Mt Clemens
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
In The Sick Room

Mrs. f. B. Hewitt is confined to
her home with nervous trouble Her
husband is suffering with carbun-
Giles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Bicycles Reeovered

Two stolen bicycles were recov-
cred by city police Monday. \ BIZ
cycle taken from y. Washington
st. early Monday was found in
front of the Post Office in the after
noon and returned to the owner,
Robert Meyer, $40 Cross ST \
vehicle owned by Mrs. Robert
Chandler. 93S Sheridan Ave was
returned Monday afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Blind Salesman at So
on Road For AZ Years

Whately. Mass. Dec. 24-UP-
Carl Fay. 64year-old Boston native.
became blind at the age OF 10, yet
his travels exceed 100000 miles.
Wandering through the United
States, Great Britain. ireland and
Scotland, Fay has earned his way
since he was l7-selling shoe.
strings.
Fay travels mostly on foot and
Is not afraid of automobiles be-
cause he cannot see them. For n
man who has no access to news
papers and periodicals. he keeps
well abreast OF the times.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Force Augmented

Force Augmented
During the Christmas mailing
season at the Post Office IA men
have been placed on parcel post
department work and truck deliv-
cry service The additions to the
postal force are approximately the
same as last season.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

HOLLYWOOD-INS Margaret
Roach. beautiful young daughter Of
Hal Roach. prominent film produc-
er. believed the engagement ring
she wore today was her best
Christmas present" II came from
George Steele. British army reserv.
list and son OF the wealthy Mrs
Margaret St Clair Campbell, con
tinental society leader.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

FRANKFORT. Ky.-UP - Four
coal miners convicted and sentenced
to the state penitentiary several
years ago for slayings in the tattle
of Evarts in 1881 today were de-
MED Christmas pardons by Gov
Keen Johnson. The miners are
James. Reynolds. Chester Poore, AL
Benson and w. b. Jones.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

LONDON-INS = Inhabitants OF
the Kent coastal region were awak.
ened shortly before daybreak today
by a series of heavy explosions.
The reports were believed TO have
been caused by British guns firing
across the mist-shroudcd English
Channel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Detroit, Mich, Dec. "a
No. I. 1880
$50 bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Livestock

Detroit Mich, Dec. 24-Cattle-
Monday receipts. 1900. Choice
10 prime yearlinEs. dry fed.
Ni-5oGi3. good 10 choice year.
linss. dry fed. $40 5Ofll.5O. choice
to prime heavy steers. dry fed.
Nl.b0gls good 10 choice heavy
steers. dry FED. si0.50Uli.50, short
fed Steers. ss.So0s.50: fair TO good
grass steers and heifers. $3.50 q
I.So: best cows. IS o $50. fair
TO good beef cows. t5b0Q6: can
ner and cutter cows. S4G s rs.
old rims. s. so down: best light but.
cher bulls. s675G725: best heavy
bologna bulls. Ss7S672S; medium
weight bologna bulls, s6sbd6.T5.
light common bulls. sJa6; stock
bulls. sS.S036So; good choice
stockers and feeders IS q 1880:
common TO fair stockers aud feed
ers. ssd7.S0; mixers and springers
SS0dSo
Calves Monday receipts. 500
Beat. {lS; fair TO good, tll a
1850; seconds. tsSO0lO: culls and
sos
Sheep and lambs Monday re-
eeipts. 1900. Best lambs, ss.50G
s,7S; fair TO good. ts.50ds25; sec.
onds. slGS25. best sheep. tl6f425:
heavy fat sheep. $25On35O: culls
and common. t2Q25o.
Hogs Monday receipts, 1900:
good and choice 230.250 lbs sass:
good and choice s5N270 lbs, $3.50:
good and choice 20O.230 lbs, $3.50;
good and choice 270.3QD lbs, $3.50.
good and choice 10000 lbs, $3.50:
heayies, S00-32S lbs. $40: heavies.
35o-40o lbs. ss.2S; extreme hesvies,
36.lS; rouEhs, t525; lights. $500
SIS; pigs sS.2S; stays, St25.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Butter and EGGS

Butter and EGGS
Detroit, Mich, Dec. a.
BUTTER-Best creamery In tubs
33is a34itc.
EGGS - Current receipts. 22c;
dirties, l9c; checks, l6Qlsc.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Poultry
Detroit, Mich, Dec. 20 Poultry.
market steady Hens, 8 lbs. up. l5c.
under 5 lbs. l2c; ieEnorn hens. 8
lbs. up. lie; cocks. s4l0c; rock
springers. ice; leghorn springers.
l0c; hen turkeys. 10 lbs up. Ale;
tom turkeys, is lbs up. l6c. ducks,
white, S lbs up. l3c; geese. l2c:
No unloading OF poultry before
I a. m. or after p. m. No unload.
ing Saturdays.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Grain
Detroit Mich. Dec. "a
WHEAT-No. 3 REQ. IN CARROTS.
93c.
BARLEY-No. / feeding. 52c; new
mailing. 57ds2c.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28
wh|kie, Roosevelt Go Into Stretch
With Prospects indicating Closest
Race Since Wi|son-Huqhes Contest

of the nation for defense and
economic advancement.
Glass and racial voting blocs are
judged TO be acutely important. La
Dor is split wide open with Pres
ident John L. Lewis of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations back
ing Willkie and some of his own
followers and most of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor high COM
mand either openly endorsing Mr..
Roosevelt or obviously leaning to-
ward him.
Nc recent presidential campaign
is comparable to this one for week.
before-election day indications of
a close popular vote. Mr.. Roosevelt
swamped ALT M. Landon four years
ago by 27.476,000 votes to 16.679. 900
and in 1882 polled 22,821 900 to
5,76l 600 for Herbert C. Hoover.
Mr. Hoover gave Alfred E. Smith
classic beating in 1923, 1882 600
to 15,016,000. John w. Davis lost
cause in 1924 polled 1885 900 votes
to 15,725 900 for Calvin Coolidge
and the 1920 count was: Harding
l6,152 600: Cox, 9,147 900.
But "a years ago it was a horse
race: Wilson, 9,119,O00 and Hughes
1888 900. 1t was not until a full day
after the polls closed that belated
returns from California shifted
that state from Hughes to Wilson
giving the former the election by
227 electoral votes to 254,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28
Coast bund Leader Loses
Battle for Citizenship

WASHINGTON, Oct %. CUP)-
The United States supreme court
today ordered cancellation of the
American citizenship of Hermann
Schwinn, Los Angeles, German
born Pacific coast leader of the
German American Bund.
The supreme court ruling uphold
ing the action of lower court in
cancelling Schwinn's citizenship, was
based on the grounds "the certifi-
cate of citizenship was procured
Illegally.
Schwinn, who faces deportation
as result of the court rulings, came
to the United States from Ger
many in 1924, applied for naturali-
cation in Los Angeles in 1882, and
obtained citizenship in 1888.
Revocation proceedings were start
ed in 1889 on grounds that two
witnesses who swore to Schwinn's
residence and character had not
known him the required five years
SchWinn, admitted Lieutenant OF
Fritz Kuhn, German American
Bund leader in the United States
until his conviction in New York
on embezzlement charges, replied
that the fraud was "unintentional"
He contended that the witnesses
had known him only a few months
less than the statutory period.
The district court and the circuit
court of appeals overruled his pleas
however, and the U. S. supreme
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28
BY LYLE G. WILSON

WASHINGTON, Oct 28. CUP)-
Franklin d. Roosevelt and Wendell
l.. Willkie hit their campaign
peaks today as they entered the
stretch period of the hardest fought
presidential contest since 1916. In
that year Woodrow Wilson defeat
ed Charles Evans Hughes by the
margin of a few late returns from
California.
Coincident with the campaign
windup. the capital is preparing
for the grim business of another
draft for military training, the first
in our peace time history. The
resignation of 100000 young men
for military service. however, did
not become campaign issue be-
cause both President Roosevelt
and Willkie endorsed compulsory
service. The draft lottery takes
place here tomorrow.
But the nation is flaming from
coast to coast with dispute whether
one or the other Of the candidates
would be less likely to lead the
country into war. The third term
is another tremendous issue along
with questions of more or less gov
ernment regulation of business,
spending, and the comparative
ability OF the two candidates to
administer the vast business OF
government and 10 unity the effort
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28
Fletcher Wins Majority Endorsement
0fNewspapers, Campaigns on Plan
To Eliminate Anti.Subversive Units

SAN DIEGO, Oct. %. (SpeciaD
Thirty five of the 40 newspapers
in San Diego county, and 10 of
the II newspapers in Imperial
county, have editorially indorsed
Sen. Ed Fletcher's candidacy for
congress, it is disclosed in a sur
vey made by the committee direct
ing his campaign.
This is declared to be the great
est aggregate of newspaper sup
port ever given congressional can
didate in this county, and is viewed
by impartial observers as accurate
ly reflecting the sentiments of vot-
ers in both counties. The signifi-
canoe of the trend, it is pointed
out. is that Fletcher has amassed
this support in the face of the
fact that his opponent is the in
cumbent congressman.
All of the six newspapers which
have not committed themselves
to either candidate have editorial
policies of taking no sides in politi-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28
Chinese
Scrap p!

WASHINGTON Oct. %. OUp-
THE U. S. supreme court ruled to-
day that the Chinese government
is entitled to the 2,100 tons of SCRAP
iron held aboard the steamer
Kwang Yuan in San Francisco Bay
for the last three years While the
Chinese government and a Japanese
bank disputed ownership,
To legal and diplomatic authori-
ties the supreme court ruling was
taken as an important precedent
on the status of vessels belonging
to nations engaged in "undeclared
wars"
But to three Chinese, forming the
crew of the Kwang Yuan as the
ship and its cargo slowly rusted
during the long legal fight, the
decision opened the way for their
return to northern China homes.
Ever since the Chinese govern
nent seized the 2.000-ton schoon-
er and its scrap iron cargo in 1887
the three-Capt Chau Tsu-Ming,
Hue Tsi Chow and Wang Fee Kok
have been keeping lonesome and
monotonous vigil aboard the YES
sci, maintaining formal possession.
Members of San Francisco S
large Chinese colony did their best
to make the vigil as easy as pos
sible for Chau and his crew. Each
Monday shrimp fishermen brought
them the choice of their catch and
other Chinese viands. Chinatown
merchants sent them baskets OF
| Oriental delicacies.
one of them had to be aboaro
all the time and Hue and Wang
took turns. Capt. Chau came anc
went as he pleased but nights ht
generally was aboard his com.
mand."
SO to those the ruling mean
eventual release from days. weeks
months and then years of doins
nothing but gazig over the rail O
the schooner.
To Chinese generally it meant {
victory over the Japanese in th,
matter of face, something which
means more than life to Orientals
To lawyers, diplomats and re
spective governments, the decision
which denied the Yokohama Specie
Bank, ltd, of Japan a review o
legal proceedings which upheld
Chinese claims, set precedent.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28
Flynn Loyal to Tammany
While # PAID --PIenfy
By 5. BURTON HEATH
NEA Special Correspondent

NEW YORK CITY. Oct. %. -
Edward j. Flynn is one Tammany
boy who has made good
He started en- the lowest rung
OF the political ladder. He was
modest, energetic, asSiduous,
thoughtful. foresighted and ambi-
tious. Above all, from the very
beginning he modelled his political
career upon the often ignored tru-
ism that he who would command
must first learn to obey.
Twenty years ago bashful Ed
Flynn was a mere assemblyman.
Eight years ago he was chairman
of the Democratic organization in
the metropolis stepchild county,
the Bronx.
Today he is political boss of New
York City, national chairman OF
the Democratic party, campaign
manager for his buddy, the Presi-
dent-and, judging only from his
known earnings and the style in
which he lives. a very, very pros
porous man.
Politics have been good to Boss
Flynn. because Ed Flynn has been
good to politics. He inherited q
tight. efficient hard-hitting or
SANITATION. He streamlined il TO
championship caliber. Ed Flynn
worked for the organization, and
the organization produced for Ed
Flynn and his brothers and his
sisters and his nephews and his
in-laWS
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28
Adair Wins Again
In Pistol Shoot

Once again Norman Adair of
Yuma took the grand aggregate
trophy at a Desert Revolver club
shoot, this time at Ell Centro Sun
day.
Dee Keesee was second and Herb
Holt third. In Class B James Bax-
ter was first and Tillman Daley
second. In the Glass A 90 aggregate
Fuzzy Davis was high, D. w. Wur-
man was second, and Bert Holt
third. In Glass B, l.. W. Lewis was
high. Herb Holt was high in the
slow fire, Keesee in the national
course, and Baxter in the police
course.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-28

cal campaigns.
Sen. Fletcher has conducted his
campaign on clear-cut program
calling for 100 per cent American
ism; for removal of all isms from
positions of authority in our gov
ernment; for eradication of all sub
versive elements, and for an ade-
quate national defense" the Fletch-
er committee stated AT the same
time he made voters conscious of
his opponents votes on three vital
measures in congress. These we're
the incumbent congressman's votes
against the Dies committee on un-
American activities, against the
Hatch clean politics bill, and
against the deportation of Harry
Bridges.
'Sen. Fletcher led his opponent
by 10000 votes in the primary. We
interpret this as evidence of voters
dlsapproval of the present con-
gressman's record in Washington,
and as pointing to Sen. Fletcher's
election next Tuesday"