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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
BANK ACCOUNTS
OF DRAF TEES TO
Be INVESTIGATED
Draft Dodging Would be
LeSSened; Wide Powers
to be Allowed
fRv Tnternationai News servicel

(Bv International News service)
Washington. Sept. 81 ms
Local draft boards to be set up
under the compulsory military con
scription law will be given power
to examine bank accounts Of con-
scripts to prevent draft lodging.
It was learned today.
Lawyers at national draft head
quarters said that the local boards
will have wide powers to check
statements OF men seeking defer
ment under the CONSUMPTION law.
This will include examination OF
bank accounts, II was said. II that
step is necessary to establish the
true status Of conscripts.
The powers OF draft boards will
be set forth in a series OF regula-
lions to be issued after President
Roosevelt names the head OF the
national draft board and issues an
executive order setting up the Of
lltldl IldCHlutll W uhAAAhioNNA NHN
selective service act.
The regulations also will provide
for deferment or exemption" from
service OF workers In vital national
defense industries. 1t. Col. Lewis
b. Hershey, executive officer OF
the joint Army and Navy Selective
Service Committee assured the
y. s. conference OF mayors at New
York Friday that there would be
no dislocations in industry because
of the draft.
Hershey is directing the draw
ing of regulations governing so
called necessary occupations,
such as work in shipbuilding
yards. armament factories and on
farms.
Drawn to prevent a repetition OF
World War scandals, the regula-
lions will provide that the cases
OF men seeking determent because
OF vital occupation will be handled
individually by the local draft
boards
There will be no blanket "exemp-
tions as in the World War when
workers OF an entire industry were
deferred from service because
their occupation was listed a. nee
essary The World War scandals
centering around the shipbuilding
industry during the last war are
still fresh in the minds Of draft
experts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
POLICEMEN RAID
PRIVATE HOME
MONROE STREET MAN FACES
CHARGE OF VIOLATING
STATE LIQUOR LAWS

Leroy McDaniels, 4O7 Monroe
st., is in county Jail today await
ing charges OF selling liquor at
his residence in violation Of the
state liquor laws. McDanieIs who
allegedly had no liquor permit,
was arrested with three custo-
mers in a raid led b. Sgt. Emil
Susterka on the establishment
about 1920 this morning.
Plans for the raid had been
made by Acting Chief Cyril J.
Ray earlier in the week. and we're
eliminated today. Officers Don
aid Ruddick. Edmund Block, and
Herman Oltersdorf assisted Sgt
Susterka.
Justice a. " Vanderssll this
morning adjourned the examina.
ton 10 Sept. "a.
The arrested patrons we're OIL
yer Reed. so Frederick st: George
Walters. 207 McGregor St. and
Adam Ford. 4O7 f. Cross St. They
are charged with disorderiy con
duct. but have been released with
out bond until Sept q.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
Ransom, of 100000 Ready
For Kidnaper of Son of
Titled California Couple
WORLD SUM MARY
eBy Associated Press,


Air War
Nazi raiders complete second
week OF nightly forays over Lon.
don. return TO southeast coast by
daylight. casualties fewer than in
recent attacks. British say: Raj
again bombards Invasion bases"
on German-held French coast:
British planes driving toward Ber-
lin and Hamburg turned back by
defenses. Germans report.
Far East
Crisis over Japanese demands
for military facilities In French
Indo-China averted as French and
Japanese officials resume confer
ences. Japan reported ready to at.
tempt seizure OF lndo-China II
requests are denied.
Balkans
Bulgarian troops march into
southern Dorhuja, given back by
weakened Rumania.
Axis Diplomacy
Axis statesmen believed TO have
decided in Rome parley on how
Spain may help prosecute war
against Britain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
MRS. ROOSEVELT,
IS, CELEBRATES
PRESIDENT RETURNS HOME
AFTER TALK ON FREE
ELECTIONS

Hyde Park, N. Y. Sept. 81 -
AP - President Roosevelt and
members of his family gathered
today at his boyhood home for
an informal observance of the
S6th birthday of his mother, Mrs.
Sara Delano Roosevelt.
The matriarch Of Hyde Park
house was on the front portico
when her son arrived last night
from Philadelphia, where he had
pointed to free elections as a
guarantee of "the complete and
enduring safety OF our form Of
government"
"As long as periodic free cleo
tions survive" he said in an ad.
dress at the University OF PENN
sylvania. mo set OF people can
permanently control government.
No dictator in history has ever
dared to run the gauntlet OF a
really free election"
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke at exer-
cises at which the university OBJ
served its 20Oth birth and award
ed him an honorary degree OF
Doctor OF Laws.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
Delivers Major Address on
Foreign Affairs. Tonight
an San Francisco

San Francisco. Sept. 21-UP 49,
Republican Presidential Nominee
Wendell L. Willkie, cracking at his
"timid pussy-footer advisors" who
warned him against attacking Pres
ident Roosevelt. said today
he would continue to assail
without let-up the President and
the accomplishments OF the Roose-
welt administration -----
In half-dozen extemporaneoua
talks In the San Francisco Bay area
from Chinatown to the Hills of
Berkeley, he laid down the founda.
ton for his major address on for.
eign affairs which he delivers at
$3.50 p. m. psf 02:30 a. m. EDIT
tonight in Civic Auditorium.
A third term for Mr.. Roosevelt.
Willkie said. would lead to bank.
ruptcy and loss of liberty.
He rode Friday through the fruit.
vegetable and cotton area depicted
in John Steinbeck's novel Grapes
of Wrath" and told several audienc-
es which included migratory work
ers from the Democratic South that
he, would put the 100000 unem.
ployed back to work. thereby In.
creasing the farmers MARKETS..
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
j. s. MAY SEIZE
OIL PROPERTIES
MOVE WOULD BOLSTER FUEL
SUPPLY FOR NATIONAL
DEFENSE

(By International News Servicel
Washington, Sept. 81 INS-The
United States Navy shortly will
seize control of five private oil prop
critics In California worth many mil
lions OF dollars in a move to protect
the governments petroleum re-
sources.
The plan, as revealed by high
naval officials today. is aimed TO
prevent drainage OF oil by private
interests from the navys petroleum
lands near Bakersfield and TO boil
ster the supply. OF fuel for the ma
tional defense.
Control OF these private proper.
ties will be obtained by the navy
through:
/. Termination Of oil leases OBJ
tanned by four companies 20 years
ago from Albert Fall. secretary OF
the Interior in the Harding Admin.
istration and central figure In the
Teapot Dome oil scandal. and,
2 Acquisition OF Standard OIL
Company holdings in the area
through purchase or exchange. or
II necessary through condemna-
tion
The navy's oil lands In this region
cover approximately $4,000 acres.
Unofficial estimates place the oil
resources within this territory at
600,000.000 barrels.
Twenty years ago. Secretary Fall
granted four private companies the
right to drill for oil in the eastern
fringe OF the naval lands. These
leases had no connection with the
Teapot Dome transactions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
PAVEMENT To Be
DEDICATED LATER
EVENT SET FOR OCT. 10 TO
ENABLE VAN WAGNER
TO BE HERE

Because Democratic guberna-
torial candidate Murray ID. Van
Wagner will be in the Upper
Peninsula on the week previously
planned for the Fall Festival and
Michigan Ave. Pavement Dedica-
ton, the committee in charge, who
had asked State Highway Com
missioner Van Wagner TO be
speaker at the ceremonies, have
decided to hold the services on
Oct. IS when Mr.. Van Wagner
will be in the county and avail
able for. the services here. The
later date will also allow the con-
struction company to complete their
contract plans.
The executive committee direct
ing the dedication affair are Gen.
eral Chairman Basil Wheeler,
Board of Commerce Secretary Paul
Ungrodt and Mayor Ross X. Bower.
The latter two extended invitations
to the speaker, for the ceremonies,
earlier this week at Lansing.
The festivities will open oct. II
WIN liiOAiOii BAAlhA at NAAE AANaA
College auditorium at p. m. for
retailers and their employees.
State Highway officials and
members of the Ann Arbor Con-
struction Company will be guests
of the city officers and the Board
of Commerce at a 6 80 p. m. dinner
in the Huron Hotel Oct. Is. The
dinner will be public in so far as
the crowd can be served, said Mr..
Ungrodt. At p. m, on a platform
in the street, band concert will
be heard and at s p. m. dedication
ceremonies will be held. The XII
wants Clowns will perform at $50
and a street dance. will climax the
ceremonies. Dancing will begin at
900.
Michigan Ave. between Huron
and Adams SITS. will be blocked off
during the festivities and traffic
on US-112 will be rerouted. Auto
dealers OF the city are being in
vited to use the blocked of space
for automobile displays.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
HOME GUARDS IN
STATES OPPOSED
SENATOR SAYS THEY WOULD
BE USED AS POLITICAL
FOOTBALLS
(Rv Assoclated Pressl

Washington, Sept. 21-AP-Sen-
ator Johnson (D-Colo) asserted to-
day that a plan approved by the
War Department to set up state
home guard" units might permit
governors TO use such organiza.
lions as political footballs.
The proposed units would be
organized in states from which
the National Guard has been called
to active federal duty.
Johnson voiced his objections to
reporters after he was said 10
have protested to the Senate Mil
itary Committee that a bill au-
thorizing the home guard units
gave almost unlimited authority
to governors to establish armed
groups which might be used for
almost any purpose.
The Military Committee subse-
quently reconsidered its previous
action approving the measure.
Chairman Sheppard (D-Tex.)
said that John l.. lewis, CIo lead
er. had protested to the committee
against what Lewis called 'inde-
pendent state armies.
Lewis, Sheppard said. urged that
additional units be set up within
the framework OF the National
Guard and that their use be sub
jected to present guard regulations,
As approved by the War Depart
ment and the House Military Com
mittee. the legislation before the
committee would permit the Sec
rotary OF War to furnish arms and
equipment for the home guards but
control OF the troops would rest
solely with the states.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
Housing Real Problem; Big
Parade Tuesday Will be
Convention Highlight
(By Associated Pressl

Boston, Sept. 21-AP-This city
OF almost 100000 population en-
countered a spare room" prob
lem today as 1t welcomed throngs
o. American Legionnaires arriving
for their second national conven-
tion here since 1880.
Legion officials said they expect
ed an attendance of 300, 000-World
War veterans and their families
fer the three day session starting
Monday.
With hotels and lodging houses
enjoying capacity business, reser'
vations for the overflow were
booked at points as distant as Wor-
cester, 40 miles west, and Ply
mouth. equally far away.
Tourist camps for miles around
were called into service. Some
visitors planned to sleep at the
homes Of local Legionnaires. some
in. Sleeping trains and others on
a steamship tied up here for the
occasion.
The big event of the convention
lat least from the general public S
viewpoint-will be the Legion's
END annual parade next Tuesday.
Convention officials said 1t would
take approximately IL hours tC
pass a given point. with an esti
mated 10000 marchers and 40(
bands or other musical units.
They predicted 100000 persons
from throughout New England
would line the route OF march
Stores will be closed and traffic
barred from the city's center. dur
ing the colorful procession.
Though the convention opening
was two days away. Boston's
winding streets were gaily bedeck
ed in red, white and blue bunting
and from time to time the blare Of
newly arriving bands could b.
heard.
While carnival spirit prevailed
Legion leaders heralded the con
vention as the most important In
the organizations history. largely
because OF issues raised by warfare
abroad. "Americanism" will be the
keynote.
Ten Legionnaires have announc
ed their candidacy for the post Of
national commander, now held by
Raymond J. Kelly, of Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
CITIZENSHIP DAY
PARADE PLANNED
PLANS ABANDONED IN REGARD
TO PAGEANT; COMMITTEE
TO DRAFT IDEAS

Due to the inability 10 finance
and secure a director 10 take charge
Of a historical pageant the Wash
tenaw County citizenship Day pag-
eant-parade committee at "A meet
ing Friday afternoon in the Michi-
gan Union decided 10. abandon the
pageant plans and hold only a
parade.
A committee composed Of e. X.
Isbell. OF the history department
OF Michigan State Normal College.
w. p. Halstead. OF the dramatlcs
department OF the University OF
Michigan. and Arthur w. Wright.
OF the Ann Arbor public schools.
will meet Sunday to draft a set OF
parade ideas for floats and march
ing corps. The plans made will
be drawn IN pencil sketches by
the art departments Of Ypsilan.i
and Ann Arbor schools and made
available 10 community commit.
tees for the entrance OF floats and
bands.
The recommendation TO the exc
cutives committee by the county
parade group will be made, accord.
ing TO plans formulated al the FRI
day meeting. that the parade
through the Ann Arbor streets on
Citizenship Day will terminate at
Hill Auditorium instead OF the
Yost Field House as previously
planned. The latter is considered
too large by the parade commit
tee and the entrances and exits d.
not work efficiently for the pro-
posed parade plans. The audien e
will be made more comfortable in
the auditorium. said Paul Ungrodt,
parade chairman and secretary Of
the Ypsilanu Board OF Commerce.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
WiHkie to Continue Attacks;
MNdry Hits at Farm Program
Ills of Agriculture Made
Chronic Says Senator in
First Major Address

Aurora. Ill. Sept 21-AP-Sen-
ator Charles L. McNary. In his
first major campaign address.
charged today that the New Deal
found agriculture III Of function
al disorder" and made the dis.
order chronic.
The Oregon Senator and Repub-
lican nominee for Vice President
spoke to a party rally in Exposi-
ion-P ark-on- the outskirts OF Au.
rora and TO a national radio tCBS)
audience
Announcing that he was speak
ing as a farmer who worked since
childhood on the land his grand
father homesteaded almost cen
fury ago. McNary declared that the
farmer had been frozen into a
dependence on the government
and added:
THE New Deal. It is true, has
kept the farm population of the
breadllnes. That is not my idea
Of success. In the seven new deal
years. average farm income per
farm has been only Sl.i2f-includ-
ing benefit payments. in the seven
preceding years. It was Sl432.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
CONGRESS TODAY
CBy Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Senate and House In recess.
Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee considers proposed investi-
cation OF German control over de-
tense industries and patents (10:30
a. m. EST.
House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee hears Army officials on ST.
900. 100000 bill to finance draft
and other defense measures. 00;3O
a. m. EST.
Friday
Senate finally approved $780,
100000 increase In RFC borrowing
power for defense purposes and
Latin American loans.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
Mems GIee Club to Have
First Rehearsal Monday

The first reheai sal Of the newly
organized Ypsilanti Meas Glee
Club will be held In the lunchroom
OF Ypsilanti High School Monday
evening at p. m. Carl Lindegren.
Michigan State Normal College
stan member. ho-returned Thurs
day from several weeks in Pot
land. Ore. will direct the group.
At the organization meeting Mon
day. II attended. The club will
meet every Monday night
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
GE RMAN ATTACKS
FALTER AS R.A.F.
GOES INTO ACTION
German BattIementS on
Channel Pounded
During Night

(By International News Service)
German raiders staged two more
attacks on London during the
night and early this morning but
reports from London indicated that
the assaults had faltered in the
face OF heavy anti.aircraft fire and
that Londoners optimistically
think the Nazi raids are petering
out.
Two German bombers were
blown to pieces by direct anti-air-
craft hits during the second a.
tack and fires started in the Lon
don region by incendiary bombs
were quickly cxtinguished.
This morning bomb was drop
ped near a southeastern English
town but caused no casualties. On
the whole there was little daylight
aerial activity. This possibly was
due to murky weather. mist and
rain, which shrouded the Straits
Of Dover.
Pound BattIements
During the night Raj. bomb
ers pounded German battlements
across the English Channel. CON
centrating particularly on Calais
and long-range German guns
mounted at Cap Griz Nez. -s
simultaneously it was revealed
that a Norwegian tanker carrying
precious cargo of whale oil, vital
for lubricating intricate machinery
and gun mechanisms, was sunk at
the German port of Hamburg by
Raj bombers. g.e.,.
Jubilant British sources termed
this stroke a more damaging blow
to the German war machine than
all the military damage inflicted
upon England during recent Nazi
air attacks.
At Berlin authorities said Ger
man bombers heavily attacked
London during the night At the
same time they claimed that Brit
ish attempts to raid the German
capital and Hamburg had been re-
pulsed.
An official announcement added
that German submarines last week
sank 140,350 tons Of British mer-
chant ships, while Nazi bombers
sank another $4,000 tons and heayi.
ly damaged 10 other British YES
sells.
At Cairo 1t was announced that
Raj. and British naval bombers
had heavily attacked and wrought
damage at the Italian Libyan port
Of Benghazi.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
Legion Gathers in Boston For Meeting
Negro From Alabama
Claims to be Alien

Long Beach, n. Y. Sept. FLAP
Jack Kearns, 20 year old negro.
walked into the local post office
and announced that he wanted to
register as an alien.
'1n what country were you
born?" asked Postmaster Fannie
Schwartz.
Alabama" said Kearns.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
COURT JURORS
CHOSEN TODAY
WILL SERVE DURING OCTOBER
TERM IN WASHTENAW
CIRCUIT COURT

Jurors for the October term Of
Washtenaw Circuit Court were
drawn this morning by County
Clerk Luella Smith. Justices Jay II.
Payne and Arthur VI V.ndersall.
Those drawn are:
Milton Augustus and Charles
Alban, Ypsilanti; Grant Wilson.
Ypsilanti Township. Otto BREEDER
nitz, Lodi; Mrs. Mary Walls. Scio;
Mrs. Lottie Nicholson York; An
gus Heeney. Salem; Edward Schu-
man. Augustus; Jacob Baries, Syl-
van; Edward Traub Freedom: Ira
Continued on page TwoJ
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
BLINDED DRIVER
KILLED, ANOTHER.
INJURED IN CRASH
Wilson W. Schroen Loses
Life, Chester Rutkowski
Badly Hurt

One driver was killed and his
passenger seriously injured in a
crash on Hannah Rd.. near Ecorse
Rd.. Friday evening.
Dead Wilson W. Schroen. 2e,
Route /, Milan.
Injured: Chester Rutkowski, 90.
Route 2. Belleville.
The two men were en- route 10
Garden City about 7:45 p. m.
Rutkowski told police when
Schroen was blinded by approach
ing headlights as he neared mar
row bridge. He swerved to the
right to be certain TO avoid a col
lision, Rutkowski said. and his car
sideswiped the bridge railing. send
ing the vehicle into a spin. II came
to rest in a ditch some distance
away after rolling over four times.
Both men were thrown clear OF
the car by the impact. and Schroen
was killed almost instantly. A post
norton examination was ordered
today to determine the exact in
juries which caused his death.
Rutkowski was removed 10
Wayne General Hospital where his
condition today Ii described as ser
ious.
The body OF Schroen was re.
moved to the Wayne County
morgue and will be taken 10 the
Milan StevensBush Funeral Home
today. ~
He was born March 9. 1914, and
was the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. WI
liam Schroen. They survive as
do a sister. Mrs Maude Yaeger,
Saline Township.
Given Ticket
Walter Szwajkski, 40, Belleyille,
was given a ticket charging him
with driving while intoxicated Fri.
day evening after his car crash I'd
into the rear OF parked truck Of
Harold p. McQuillin. 20, Romulus,
on Goddard Rd.
McQuillin. who was unloading
the rear OF his truck, narrowly as
capped injury as the Szwajkski car
crashed into the left rear OF the
vehicle. police said Szwajk ski
was locked in Wayne city Jail over
night and is to be arraigned before
Justice Italy Vining in that city
today.
Two Collisions
A car driven by Carl Davis, 1922
~ River St, struck an auto operat-
ed by William r. Hawthorne. GOT
Grant St. as thu latter stopped on
Summit St Friday afternoon 10
make a left turn on Grant st.
Automobiles driven by Marie
Olson. $40 North st, and Edgar
w. Hardy. Willis. collided az the
Park ST. and Michigan Ave. inter
section Friday night,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
Wealthy Step-Grandfather
Has Funds For Payment
Immediately
INFANT SNATCHED FROM
NURSE; LEAVES NOTE
Law Enforcement Officers
Withdraw to Permit
Negotiations
CBy International News service)

(By International News Service)
Hillsbcrough, Cal, Sept. 81 -
ms One hundred thousand dol
lars ransom. demanded by the
kidnaper of IL year old Marc
De Tristan. was made ready to-
day for immediate payment by the
child's wealthy stepgrandfathers
Louis S. Cates- New York and
Utah copper magnate.
In the fashionable but not over
ly pretentious home OF the child's
grief stricken parents. Count and
Countess Marc De Tristan. the
money was sorted in IS, $40 and
500 bills, as the kidnaper direc-
ted
Its delivery awaited only the
kidnaper's second note, which was
expected to name the place for
the payment.
The swarthy, middle-aged kid
naper was informed this morning
that the De Tristans were ready
to meet each and every one OF
his demands. outlined in a 500
word. typewriter note. which he
left behind when he snatched the
blond, curly-haired infant at noon
Friday from the baby's nurse.
In compliance with the abduc-
tors carefully worted instrtfe-
lions. the titled parents of the
little victim communicated with
the kidnaper through the medium
OF a want ad published In a San
Francisco paper.
Officers Withdraw
To show further their conscien-
tious effort to comply with every
demand of the kidnaper, the par
ents requested all law enforce
ment officers TO withdraw from
the case to permit a free hand in
the ransom negotiations.
Police and Omen, working UNI
der the personal direction OF as
sistant director Earl ]. Connelley
Of the FBI, Immediately halted
their work. After the ransom is
paid and the child is returned,
they will again swing into action.
In his ransom note, thrown at
the feet OF the gray-haired nurse
maid Mary Foley. from whom the
child was snatched. the kidnap-
err had written:
AS soon as ad appears you
will receive further Instructions
DO not attempt to communicate
with us by other channels walt
until you have received our next
letter"
The note was signed "uncon-
ventional eccentrics." Although
the kidnaper grabbed the boy
single handed, It was believed he
had accomplices awaiting him at
his "hldeout."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21

WASHINGTON ms Friends
81 Elliott Roosevelt second son Of
the President. reported today he
Is seeking a captains commission
In the army air corps reserve.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21
TODAY IN LAST WAR

Sept. 81, -AP-G Germans at.
tack Serbs near Belgrade; Russians
withdraw from Kiey.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-21

WHITE G1RL-for general house.
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