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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
WHEN EoGs COME

II Lord Lothian, British am
bassador TO the United States, is
right in his deductions the battle
Of Britain is won"
He explains that Adolf Hitler's
bombers, despite their attacks in
waves Of hundreds. definitely have
been unable to smash British air
power TO pave the way for an in.
vasion this fall
Germany has only fortnight
more he says. then 1t will be too
late.
BY that he means that the
stormy waters OF the English
Channel. shrouded In fog after
about September IS. will become
an almost impossible moat for
an army Of invasion.
Meanwhile. Lord Lothian says,
British BON bers have been attack
ing German military and industrial
centers almost nightly in waves Of
$50 or more. These raids, he says,
have not been publicized to the ex-
tent Of the Nazi BON bing attacks
on Great Britain. but they have
been most effective in destroying
German production centers.
British preparations for a mass
German invasion are becoming
stronger. There are more than
100000 men under arms. 1t
is estimated that the most Ger
many could hope to land, even
II defenses of the English Channel
fleet and air corps are overcome.
would be 100000 or 100000, and
that they would be faced with an
army many times their size.
Lord Lothian and others who
agree with him may be right, but
il seems as though the invasion
by sea and land idea is being
overstressed. Before there can be
such an invasion the defense OF
Great Britain must be broken by
air and by heavy long range fire.
The big question is not so much
the invasion as II is the ability OF
England 10 Withstand the hammer
ing OF preparatory raids.
The outlook Is favorable for
England, providing full German
strength has been brought into
recent operations. II Germany has
really made the big drive that was
so much talked of, II has been a
failure. II, on the other hand the
big drive is yet 10 come and II
recent attacks have been only
tests as claimed, then II is too
early TO draw conclusions.
Germany's most pressing need Is
no doubt an improved device for
more accurate marksmanship in
the air and a way TO find desired
targets at night Flying in fog
will be more uncertain than Or
binary night flying, butt II is en-.
tirely possible that ways may be
discovered 20 locate bomb targets
despite heavy fog. In such an
event the defense would be most
difficult and the strongest and
most aggressive attacking force
would eventually win.
England has shown surprising
strength surprising 10 Herr
Hitler and his people. England
may yet maintain the supremacy
that Germany seeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

L. S. SOD Is undulant fever
acquired only from the milk Of
the infected animal, or does it
come also from the flesh, as, for
instance, from rare beef? (2) Are
any individuals so strong and in
such good condition that they do
not catch it, even when subjected
to the bacteria in milk or meat?
(3) Is it transmissible from one
person in a family to another?"
Answer-(D Undulant fever
has occurred in a rather high pro-
portion in packing house en-
ployees so apparently it may be
acquired directly from raw flesh,
but know of no cases in which it
has followed the ingestion of rare
beef as rather small amounts of
heat will destroy the germ. (2)
Undoubtedly there are many peo-
pie who have immunity to undul-
ant fever. (3) 1t is not transmits
sible directly from human being
to human being.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

the upper con-
gres ST o n a
chamber.
7 h e N e "
Dealers, TO be
sure, generally
were on con-
scription's side,
and the New
Deal usually Is
considered very
liberal indeed.
However, m
trying to dis
ting uish be-
tween this COM
naratiYelY mod
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

out q new record for Labor Day
Monday when tt4.s5e persons en-
tered the fair grounds. Previous
record was set In 1887. when the
Labor Day crowd totaled l05,04S
persons.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
DIE IN COLLISION

Traverse City, Sept. 4 -AP -
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fry Of Empire
were killed Monday night in a
collision with a car driven by o.
w. Goodman of Lansing on M-109.
five miles north Of Empire.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Hints on Et.,.;Iette

Do not address f,physician's
wife as Mrs. DR.. Blank" The
wife does not share her husbands
title in this case. II she. too, Is
a physician, she Is called Or.
Blank" professionally. Mrs.
Blank" socially.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Words OF Wisdom

WOTdS OF WIsuOHI
We face the future with a
weapon in our hands that was not
given TO earlier rulers Of the
world mean scientific knowl-
edge. and the capacity for in
creasing II indefinitely by SCI
entifc researoh.-Sir James Jeans.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
KILLED BY TRAIN

Detroit. Sept. 4 -AP--Seventy-
two-year-old Joseph Balmucki was
killed Monday when he stepped In
front Of a Wabash switch engine.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
FORMER ENGINEER PASSES

FORMER ENGINEER PASSES
Grand Rapids. Sept. 4 -AP-
Wilbur D. Tucker. As. former
state highway department engin-
eer in Lansing, died here Tuesday
at his home. He was chief engin-
eer for a national creamery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
One-Aflnute Test

I. What was the population OF
ancient Rome?
2 What is the longest canal in
the world?.
3. What measurement is hairs
breadth?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
MONKEY SCRATCHES CHILD

Detroit. Mich, Sept. One of
the Belle Isle monkeys Tuesday
evening scratched five-year-old
Donald Lee Donaldson. Detroit. as
It was being fed peanuts. The boy
was taken 10 Receiving Hospital
for first aid and sent to Herman
Kiefer Hospital for serum injec-
ton.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

IWenty Years ago
About thus Ear set by the
which reached the of Pearl and
Ballard Streets and is still going further west
Mrs Albert Worch OF
St formerly Webster been
sold Worthwhile His family consists
Caermoe and daughters Miss Ruth who will enter
the Normal College and Helen
sma will into his quarters at the northwest
Occidental conduct tailoring business
exclusively business will be taken by Edward
his bothenaw Charles Nepodal who will continue
business along the same lines formerly.
Wedding: Edna Cole Drake c. S. Wlckens the
Lutheran
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Pick of the Air Today

Submarine Band.
MBS-4:45-Erskine Butterheld.
plano:
s:00-Fulton Lewis. IT.:
7:00-Where are You From?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
CRASH INJURIES SLIGHT

Lapeer. Sept. -AP- Three
persons suffered slight bruises
Monday when the motor OF their
airplane failed. They were Jack
MCGUIRE, Madge Martin and Rich
ard Rohrer, all OF Pontiac. A wing
was torn from the plane as It land
ed on the James Vernon Estate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Today's Horoscope

Much domestic happiness viii
be experienced in the next twelve
months by the one who is cele-
orating a birthday today He or
she win also make progress in his
or her business affairs and gain
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

George P. Skouras, who with his
two brothers runs one of the ma
tons largest theatre chains, has
been indicted in New York federal
court on bribery charges. Federal
Judge Manton, now in federal pris-,
on, figures,in the case.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Fifty Years Ago

school meeting school district No city and
township Ypsian election district officers o
Charles Woodruff whose Of office expired
reelected lively election. held the City Hall
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

tons foremost prepayment. Today
he's just as prominent as az army
man as he was in the drys' lead
ership then.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

National Broadeastins Company
WWJ, 800: WXYZ, 1910; WLW,
700: WSPD. 1870: WTAM. 1870;
WON. 100: WMAQ, $40; WIS. $40.
Columbia Brosdessting System
wJftt, , TT55A,;;-w0NO, 1160.- MBBM,
40.
Mutual 5rosdeasting system
CKLW, 1870; WLW, 700; and WGN.
100.
Tonight
Europe NBC 7:15 p. m. CHS
1920 p. m MBS 1915. 1890.
1880 p. m.
wEAFNBC-5:45- Paul Dou-
glas, Sports:
6:00-Fred Waring.
7.00-HollywOCd Playhouse;
s;00-Abbott and Costello.
9:00-Kay Kyser's College.
CHS Chain ) as World To-day;
7:00-Question Bee.
Elmer Davis. News.
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a. m.
WJZ-NBC-s. Mr.. Keen.
s 30--Easy Does II.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04
Health
Illumination For
Diphtheria Good
Health Program

by Logan Cfenuenlns, W u
aIAM sometimes chided for writ
ing every year about this time IN
favor Of diphtheria immunization
for the child who is entering school
for the first time. II is argued that
in many cities such immunization
is practically compulsory and that
my arguments are pointless and
unnecessary. But Lido not desist
because / think it is the highest
duty that a column like this can
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

RECORD FAIR CROWD
Detroit, Sept. -AP- Michi-
gan State Fair turnstiies clicked
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

Old Time Liberals
Vote in Minority
Against Draft

THE 81 SENATORS who voted
in a minority by a 27-ballot mar
gin, against the Burke-Wadsworth
CONSUMPTION bill included all The
outstanding old-tlme liberals In
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

One-Mlnute Test Answers
/. At her height, Rome had a
population OF about 100000 In
habitants.
2. The Grand canal In China,
which is 1000 miles long.
3. One forty-eighth Of an inch
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

promotion. Care should be eyer
cised as to documents, however.
A child born on this same date
will be well-balanced, and Of an
an1iable, affable disposition. Such
a person would be successful in
the legal profession, 1t Is indi-
Gated.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-04

Mutual 6rosdeasting System
CKLW, 1870; WLW, 700; and WGN,
100.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Blue And Gray Game
Teams Continue Work

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 23-R
Northern and Southern all-star
football forces who'll meet in the
third Blue and Gray game here Sat-
urday smashed, passed and ran
through two long drills today.
Five Cornell stars stepped prompt.
ly into the North lineup, because
their own coach, Carl Snavely, and
Northwestern's Lynn Waldorf had
given the Blues" a set of plays. with
which they were familiar.
Hardly had the players worked out
the train-ride kinks than they were
thrown into a rough and tumble
scrimmage, the first for the invad-
ing Yankees" 1t featured passes
and tricky reverses, as well as power.
plunges by Cornell's Mort Lands
berg.
Across the city, the South perfect
ed passing and running maneuvers.
Railbirds were taken back as Owen
Goodnight, a 190-pounder from Har-
din-Simmons outshone North Caro-
lina's famed Jim Lalanne at passing
and held his own with such speed
sters as Richmond's Art Jones and
Wake Forests Tony Gallovich.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
PERSONS HURT
In AUTO COLLISION
Continued From Page One)

and the car operated by Mintz and
occupied by the four other boys col
lided in the intersection of the three
streets.
The auto driven by Mintz was pro-
ceeding northwardly on Wrightsville
avenue and the truck, which belong
ed to the Rose Ice company, was
headed east on Orange when the
smash occurred, with heavy damages
to both machines resulting, police
said.
Officers said the front of the truck
and the left rea side of the car
were the points of impact, which
caused the a operated by Mintz to
overturn three times and stop 147
feet north of the point of collision,
and exactly crossways of Wrights-
vile avenue.
The car driven by Mintz, was de-
molished and the trucks front fen
der and bumper were damaged.
The four men, stationed at Fort
Jackson, were home on leave for the
Christmas holidays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Southwestern Plans To
D~e-Emphasize Grid Game

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 23.-LR-
Starting in 1941, Southwestern will
de-emphasize football as well as other
sports under a new policy that will
eliminate subsidization of athletics by
1914, the college executive committee
announced today.
There will be no recruiting of foot
ball players for next season although
all present commitments-including
tuition or other assistance-wilI be
discharged as pledged, a spokesman
said.
Southwestern with an enrolment
of between $50 and 500 students has
had an ambitious football program in
recent years, playing such teams as
Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and
Clemson and turning out among
others Gaylon Smith, now of the
Cleveland professionally Rams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Connie. Mack Not To
Trade Any Key Men

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-R-
Connie Mack cut his 18th birthday
cake today with the declaration he
will not trade any Of his key
Players on the athletics.
Honor guest at an annual lunch
con given by Philadelphia base
ball writer's, baseball's Grand Old
Gentleman was asked if he would
First Baseman Dick Siebert
for say, Babe Dahlgren and Frank
lie Crosetti of the Yankees.
mo" Connie replied. II don't
think I would. Pm not trading any
of my key players. Except for
pitching and shortstop I'm salts
fled with my team"
Surrounded by writer's, photo
graphers and newsreel camera
men, Connie took a deep breath
and in one puff blew out all the
70 candles on the cake. By some
traditions, that is supposed to full
fill the honored ones wish. Connie
didn't disclose his wish, but the
Athletics have been in last place
a long time. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Leahy Takes To Bed
But Eagles Work On

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss, Dec. %.
-R-Coach Frank Leahy of the
Boston college Eagles went to bed
with a cold today while his as
sistants put the squad through a
long workout for the New Years
Day Sugar Bowl game with Ten
nessee.
The assistant coaches took the
third team into the St. Stanislaus
gymnasium in the morning and
drilled it in execution of Tennes-
see plays.
These plays were shot at the
varsity during a two and a half
hour drill in the afternoon out
doors. In spite of a cold drizzle
and a wet field, the Athletes work
ed with enthusiasm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
WILL
MAKE TALK SUNDAY
CONTINUED From Page One)

Continued From rage One)
the United States lease or lend war
materials to Great Britain, to he re-
turned or replaced when the present
conflict is over.
There has been speculation, too,
that the President might ask the
new congress to alter the neutrality
law and permit American ships to
carry arms to Britain. The possibility
of taking over some of the foreign
ships in American ports and event
ually making them available to the
British is understood to be another
question which the administration is
studying.
Whether or not the administration
raises the issue of amending the
neutrality law, it appears certain 70
come up in congress. A block of SEN
ators already favors it, among them
Senator Austin of Vermont, the act
ing republican leader, who said today
that he thought American vessels
should be permitted to carry war
supplies to the British isles at the
owners risks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Galento Wants One More
Crack At Champ Joe Louis
BY JOE SULLIVAN

A N. j., Dec. 23.-p
Tony Galento, apologizing for H..
showing against Max Baer. tod n'
dared Joe Louis to give h%s'
another crack at the Worla sll.
heavyweight boxing championsbir
Two-ton Tony, who has been f..
forgotten fistic man since Bsa.
stopped him in eight rounds y.
July 2, complains that Louis IL,
meeting a 'lot of setups" and
lodging real competition" ~'
"They call Joe a great cham.
pion," Galento continued. The,
why is he meeting McCoy's, Bur'
mans, Simon's and Dorazio's"
Quickly answering his own oles.
ton, Tony said Louis is afraid n
a puncher and I'll bet him Sin NM
I'll knock him out if l meet him
again"
II looked like a bum againe,
Baer, but don't forget I'm the orIy
guy to floor Louis since he he,
came champion and the only os
to knock out Lou Nova"
Far from the boastful, wiss.
cracking Galento of other DAYS
the battle-scarred veteran was Al
business as he paced on the floor
of his new night club and pleaded
for a chance to redeem myself"
mo one ruled Baer, Louis or
many others out after knockout de.
feats, SO why am I refused an.
other chance?" He asked.
IT am sorry for what happened
in the Baer fight. l realize | have
no one to blame but myself.
took Max cheaply and didn't train,
1 let my friends down. I'm Sorry,
but I'll guarantee it'll never hap.
pen again"
Tony had high praise for Billy
Conn, but asked whats Billy gon.
ma lick Louis with? He can't break
an egg"
He dismissed AL Mccoy, a recent
Louis victim, Red Burman, Abe
Simon and Gus Dorazio, all signed
to meet the champion soon, as
''just a bunch of buns who cant
fight a lick"
Back in training for the first
time since the Baer knockout,
Tony said he had reduced his
poundage from 265 to 252 after two
weeks Of gym and roadwork.
He expects to. be down to 26
pounds, his "best fighting weight"
in six weeks and says he'll be
ready and waiting to knock Louis
out if given a chance" 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Cats, Fayetteville To
Play First Loop Game

CHAPEL HILL, Dec. %. - Will
mington and Fayetteville will inau-
gurate play in the North Carolina
High School Athletic associations
9th annual state high school bas-
ketball program by playing at Fay
etteville on Friday, January 8.
A total of 80 schools, representing
more than 1900 boys, will take part
in this winters contests. For the
third consecutive year competition
will be in three divisions-Class A.,
B, and c.
The 1910 champions were Durham,
Class A; Walnut Cove, Class B; and
Green Hope, Class C. R%unners-up
were High Point, Class A; Cary.
Class B; and Rock Springs, Class C.
The Western Class A conference
schedule will get under way Janu-
airy IA with High Points defending
champions entertaining Salisbury.
Other early contests are between
Winston.Salem - Salisbury, High
Point-Gastonia, and Greensboro
High Point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
War interpretive
Continued from Page One)

crumble the whole Italian army in
Albania and force it to flight or
surrender.
Air Tight Blockade
Coupled with Italian disasters in
Egypt and Libya that have already
gone far to make good Churchill's
threat to tear Italy's African en-
pire ito shreds and tatters" if she
stays in the war, the developments
in Albania illustrate graphically
Mussolini's plight. Marshal Grail
ami, explaining the defeat tn t
hurled his shattered army back in
to Libya, acknowledged that the
British Mediterranean blockade
was air tight. It throttled his
forces, exposed them to the dis
aster that has befallen them.
That blockade has now been car
ried virtually into Italy's own wa
tiers, into the Ionian and even the
Adriatic seas. There was a broad
implication in Churchil1's plea to
the Italians to overthrow Mussolini
that British experts fresh from
contact with Italian war prisoners
trace fascist disasters to just one
major circumstance: low morale
in the armies on all fronts.
Surely the Italian army which
has fought so bravely On so many
occasions past, but now evidently
has no heart for the job, should
take some care of the life and
future of Italy," Churchill said.
British hopes of precipitating an
internal crisis in Italy to knock her
quickly out of the war may be
premature. There can be little
doubt, however, that impending
British assault on Bardia in Libya
and the fall of Chimara to the
Greeks in Albania make II Duce's
situation grave on both fronts.
Opens Coastal Route ..
Chimara's fall opens the coastal
route to Valona. Aside from its
prime function, already lost, as ar
Italian debarkation bridgehead
that port is the road hub for the
whole. southern end of the Italian
defense line in Albania. The only
primary roads for supplying and
reinforcing fascist troops on a so
mile front center there. -.
They r also the only route fol
La fascist retreat from the strong,
mountainous positions running
from Chimara through the Tepe
leni-Klisura bastion a score Of
miles further inland. The Greeks
are already within big gun rang.
of those roads far in the rear O.
forces holding the Tepeleni-Klisur
ten-mile strong point, itself totter+
ing under Greek thrusts.
With the Chimara flank turned
the whole southern sector of the
Italian defensive line is up in thu
air. If Churchil's estimate of Ital
Ian army morale is sound, a com.
plete Italian collapse in Albania
lresultlng in a desperate attempt
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
new Mile KING
TO Be DECIDED
BEST Milers In America To.
day To Compete For Gun
ningham's Crown

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.-(R-
Americas best active milers will
race around the track in the Sugar
Bowl meet here next Sunday, start
ing a campaign to decide who will
fill the vacant thrones of "King'
Glenn Cunningham and Grown
Prince Archie Romani.
The entry list looks a little barren
without either of these names, al
though Lorenzo di Benedetto, Ma
tional A. A. U. president and Sugar
Bowl track chairman, declares he has
rounded up "the best milers running
in America today"
Cunningham set the local record
two years ago at four minutes seven
seconds. 1T was the fastest mile run
in America during the 1889 season
Last year, which Cunningham de-
clared was his last, the great one did
not win a major race.
San Romani won the metric mile
here a year ago, but had compal :
lively little luck during the, rest of
the season as Chuck Fenske, for
mer Wisconsin runner, dominated
the distance.
cunningham is teaching at Cor
nell college in Iowa and although I
think he has some fine races left in
him it's doubtful if he'll compete
any more" di Bendetto said. "San
Romani, 1 understand, has gone in
for music. He's a fine trumpeter and
might be leading a big name band
before you know it.
"But we have Fenske, Walter Mehl
and John Munski in the mile. The
only other active miller to compare
with them is Leslie MacMitchell OF
New York university, and he's run
ming in the halfmile here instead"
-"Mehl, who won the two-mile here
last year, took the 1900 -meter run
in the National A. A. U. meet In
3:47.9, a tenth of a second off JACK
Loyelock's world record. Munski is
national intercollegiate champion
and a real conner. Both are just a
year out of college, Mehl from Wis
consin and Munski from Missouri.
"This meet starts the 1941 cam
paign. The boys go from here to the
big eastern indoor meets. AND
Fenske, Mehl, Munski and MacMit
| thell-all young men-will be figh
ing it out for the recognition as sue
cessor to Cunningham as the coun
try's best miller"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
S. o.. S.

GREENVILLE, S. c., Dec.
3.-R-Ty is hog-tied to coun-
try sausage.
The onetime ballplayer- Ty
Cobb expressed his desire to-
day for 80 pounds of Carolina
country sausage that he might
show his friends on the Pacific
coast at a Christmas party
what the south enjoys in the
way of ''good v%ittles."
Cobb sent his SOS. send
u sausage-in a letter pub
lished today in Carter Scoop
Latimer's sports column in the
Greenville News.
The retired millionaire ball
player wanted to buy the meat
to be sent to his home at Men
10 Park, Calf, and the sau-
sage, together with Cuttings.
and corn meal, is on the way.
Cobb. naturally, was raised
in the south.