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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
Historic Buildings Today
no More Than Quilted
Shells
ST. PAUL CATHEDRAL
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Business Goes on as Usual
in Spite of Charred
Surroundings
CAV intsrnatiOnnSSl Nsw. servic.l

CIV international News Service)
London. Dec. 30 -lNS-The great
heart OF Britain's sorely tried cap
ital still beat strongly today after
the greatest German fire-rsising
raid OF the war failed to still IL.
But II would be idle to deny that
this terrific raid left deep scars.
Historic buildings. including the
beautiful guildhall which survived
the great fire OF London centuries
ago in 1866 and at least one
church designed by the great arch
itect Sir Christopher Wren, this
morning were no more than gut
ted shells.
With dawn il was possible TO
see the real extent OF the wounds
sustained by the city In the most
night-marish three hours within
living memory.
These wounds on London are
deep. But by no stretch of imagi-
nation could they be called fatal.
1t was symbolic OF the whole at
titude OF Londoners toward this
war that this morning business Of
fees opened up at the usual hour
sometimes In rooms still filled with
acrid smoke, In many instances
without windows and here and
there with water poured on near
by fires seeping across the floors.
But the point is that the offices
were opened and work went for
ward
Thousands OF workers. refusing
to let anything stand Ia the way
Cf their tasks picked their precar-
ious courses over miles OF house
pipes and floundered through
pools OF water and heaps OF
smashed glass and charred rubble.
There were few smiling faces.
Instead on all sides there we're
grimmer expressions than most
Londoners usually wear.
Old 81. Paurs Cathedral still
stood proudly atop Ludgata Hill
with several charred buildings
around 1t testifyinR to It's astound-
ing escape.
A shower OF incendiaries fell on
the roof OF the cathedral and some
penetrated the lead roofing but the
cathedrals air raid precautiou
staff doused the bombs before they
could set the woodwork ablaze.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
FRENCH MINIMIZE
CHAT SIGNIFICANCE

Vichy, France, Dec. 30 AP-
Official French comment on Pres
ident Roosevelts fireside chat
tended today to minimize its sig
nificance with assertions that he
failed to give statistics on United
States defense production to prove
that Americas bite would equal
her bark" The broadcast was the
main topic of conversation In
French political circles and reac-
ton generally was favorable.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
ProWIer Makes Return
Call at Jones Home

Footprints in the snow on the
roof Of the l.. G. Jones residence.
127 y Normal St. gave evidence
today that a prowler had again Wis,
tied the house. Several weeks ago a
roomer in the house surprised
window pepper as he lay full length
on the porch floor.
No one living at. the address
heard any disturbance in the night.
Sergeant Cyril J. Ray. who invest
igated. said today The tracks
left by the prowler. had filled with
snow indicating that he had visited
the house early in the evening.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

Cairo. Egypt, Dec. 30-AP-Brit-
ish gun crews have been pumping
shell after shell into the besieged
Libyan port OF Bardia, British
sources reported today. In contin-
ued preparation for q final assault
on the Italian stronghold which
has held out for two weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

ROME -AP- Italian defense
repulsed a British attack on the
Jarabub Oasis, southernmost ltal-
ian outpost on the Egyptian Liby-
an frontier. the Italian high COM
mand reported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
Heart of British Capital
Still Beats Strong After
Terrific Purchasing Raid
Greek Troops She'll Italian
Last Stand Defense Lines

a heavy snow which piled in drifts
six feet deep in the mountains.
Italians were said to be clinging
TO some heights in the vicinity OF
Tepeleni. road junction town IN
the way north to Valona. hut the
Greeks said the road beyond Tepe-
leni was under their machine-gun
FIRE.
At Klisura. which commands n
parallel road ~ to Is miles east
OF Tepeleni, the Italians were re.
ported driven from important hill
500 CREEKS pnnn
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

Here is the latest portrait Of Gen.
eral Ugo Cavallero, who recently
was named chief Of the Italian
army's general staff. succeeding
Marshal Pietro Badoglio. The lat
ter resigned when the Italian ad-
vance into Greece went into reverse.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

Rome. Dec. 30--TNS-Seven per-
sons were killed. and several others
were injured, when British bomb
ing planes attacked Naples in two
successive waves during the night.
the italian high command announ.
ced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
WHAT COUNTRY NEEDS
SAYS SEN. AUSTIN

Sen. Warren K. Austin, R., Vt
The address was a remarkably
fine presentation of the situation
1t was just what the country need
ed and what the rest of the world
wanted to hear from US"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
CLARIFIES DETECTIVES
BARKLEY ASSERTS

Senate Democratic Leader Alben
w. Barkley-"It was magnificent
address that certainly clarifies the
detectives OF the American peo-
pie
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

WASHINGTON-AP- The De-
Tense Commission reported today
that the nations arms output was
up TO 2,400 aircraft engines. zoo
planes, more than 10000 semi-auto-
matte rifles and 100 tanks a month.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

London. Dec. 30-INS-Attacking
despite bad weather, Raj. bomb
ers during the night raided an un-
specified target in Germany and
also bombed invasion ports and air
dromes in Nazi held territory.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

C.P. Phonephofo
Seaman William Strang was one Of
forty members Of the American
crew Of the Charles Pratt reported
saved as the tanker was mysteri-
ously sunk of the coast Of British
West Africa. Two men are said TO
have died. Above photo was taken
at Fort Lauderdale, Fla, after
Strang was saved from the sinking
steamer E. J. Bullock in 1888.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
TODAY in LAST WAR

Dec. 30 1si5-British steamer
Persia sunk by submarine in the
Mediterranean.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30
Flashes Of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tuesday:
Light Shows

BERLIN ms A gasoline
fed fire Quilted the baggage room
OF the east wing OF the Anhalter
Railroad station early today. The
blaze, according to an official
announcement. was caused when
a shortcircuited wire set some
stored gasoline drums on fire. The
sound of the exploding gasoline
at first led to the belief that
bombs had been secreted in the
check'room of the big terminal.
DUBLIN ms Anti-aircraft
guns. mounted in the vicinity OF
Dublin and the northern coastal
fertilization of Fire. sunday fired
on unidentified" foreign war
planes. the Fire government an
nounced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

BERLIN AP e. Five persons
we're killed and many injured today
when a freight train crashed into
the rear OF special train carrying
troops on furlough near Rathenow.
The accident was attributed to
faulty operation Of a block signal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

BUDAPEST. Hungary -AP-
Balkan tension increased today as
the advance guard OF a mighty Ger
man expeditionary force moving
across southeastern Europe rolled
through Rumania up TO the Bull
garian frontier. Estimates OF the
Nazi troops moving across Hun
gary into Rumania mounted from
800, 600 originally to 100000 and
Hungary's minister of agriculture,
Michael Teleki. resigned because
OF a reported difference with his
government over the mass move
ment of German soldiery through
his nation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

ROME-INS Official consulta-
tions are under way between Rome
and Berlin on the question OF
whether a reply shall be sent to
President Roosevelt in response to
his radio address Sunday night. It
was understood on reliable author
ity today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

FORT WAYNE. Ind - UP-Thir-
ty-two hundred workers at the Inter
national Harvester Co. walk out to-
day to enforce their demands for
a contract with the United Automo-
bile Workers OF America (ClO). A
strike deadline was set in union
vote Saturday. Only last-minute
agreement-sought by David G.
Roadley. L. S. Department of Labor
conciliator-could avert the strike,
officials said. Roadley arrived Sun
day and announced after a confer
ence with union and company rep
resentatives that negotiations are
progressing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

LANSING-AP- A requirement
of smaller amount of matching
funds for farm organizations to OBJ
tain state money to advertise their
produce was recommended today
by the marketing bureau OF the
Michigan Agriculture Department.
The 1889 legislature specified that
horticultural. poultry. dairying and
agricultural groups each had to put
up $4,000 to get $4,000 earmarked
for their respective advertising cam
paigns in each of the last two
years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

SEATTLE-AP- An official OF
the AFL Aeronautical Mechanics
Union was acquitted" today, by
vote OF the union membership, of
four charges. one of which involv-
ed Communist activity. An official
OF a union publication, who had
made the original charges against
the union officer, was convicted"
by the membership vote of exceed
ing his authority.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

EASTON. ME.-INS-Five sis.
tiers and a maid were burned 70
death when fire destroyed a gen
eral store above which they lived.
The dead Doreen Smith 10; Maria
seven: Caroline five: Irma fou-:
Linda Smith. is months. and Mrs.
Ralph Davenport. 10.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

CONTINUED on Page Eight
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

WASHINGTON-AP- Congress
learned today that 10000 compan-
ies and persons received a total of
$3S,422 .6S5 in agricultural adjust
ment payments of $1,000 or more
during 1888 On the list were nine
insurance companies which collect
ed $1,97S,653 between them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

TOKYO-INS-An S,000-ton Ger
man cruiser of the Emden class IS
taking a heavy toll OF British mer-
chant shipping in the South Pacific
and Indian Ocean according to re-
ports OF the crew OF the japanese
liner Kitanomaru. which locked al
Kobe today. The crew members,
who have just completed a run
from Sydney, reported that four
British transports were lost near
Australia while three others were
sunk in the Indian Ocean.
BERL1N-INS - German long
range guns, firing from positions
along the channel coast. scored III.
rect shell hits last night on a
British warship. it was officially an
nounced today. The vessel, which
was badly battered by the heavy
calibre shells. was believed to have
sunk, the announcement said.
EASTON. ME.-INS-Five sis.
tiers and a maid were burned -
death mbov fro daotrovod = 80,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-30

ROME-AP-An Italian subma-
rine operating in the Atlantic was
credited today by the Italian high
command with shooting down a
British bombing plane.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-07

March said, smiling, too. every,
Gran"
She looked at Brent, but his ex-
preston was guarded, unfathomable.
Abigail brought in the percolator,
set it beside March. "I'm going over
to the Lodge for while. Goodness
knows, Jane and Lou ought to be able
to manage simple thing like break
fast, but they're such scatterbrains.
You can tell me about the party lat
err"
Brent got to his feet, too.
But March said quickly, 81 want to
talk to you, Brent. If you're not too
busy?"
He sat down again and the screen
door clapped shut behind Abigail.
Sunlight fell in a gloden bar across
the little table March made no move
to touch her food. Constraint lay
heavily between them.
1t was Brent who broke the length
ening silence. He said with difficult
ty, "I'm sorry about last night ;"
March glanced up at him and then
down at her plate again. He was
only sorry; he didn't think that he
was in the wrong. She asked, turn
ing her glass of orange juice absently
in her fingers, "But you still feel as
you did-about the money!"
EYES," There was no hesitancy in
his tone.
After a moment March asked quiet
ly, "Then you don't care how spend
it,"
mo"
She looked up again and her eyes
were pleading. He could no more re-
sist the entreaty in her eyes than he
could have failed her if she cried out
for help. He got up and went around
the table swiftly. He dropped on his
knees beside her chair and his arms
went around her :. Brent could feel
MARGINS lips against his hair, her
warm arms holding him. But after
moment she put him from her and
sat there, her hands on his shoulders,
looking into his eyes.
She said, Brent, there are things
we must get straight between us.
Such important things, darling;
things that make or break a mar
rage. She went on quickly before
he could speak, "This-physical urge
that draws US back together, no mat
ter how angry or unwilling we are
it isn't enough. It's a part of mar
riage, an important part, but it isn't
all. It mustn't be! Understanding is
important, too, and trust. We're diff
ferent, Brent. We don't see things a.
like. But we know that when we
married. I though our love was big
enough to make us tolerant. 1--we
tried, darling, truly L have :"
Brent said, 81 know, March. You've
been swell, coming here, giving up
your job"
But you must believe me when
tell you Griff Morgan means nothing
to me. Nothing more than-than
Sara Gregory means to you. We're
friends, that's all. Just as you and
Sara are friends. z like him. He
amuses me. Is there anything in
that to quarrel over?"
Brent shook his head. But March
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-07

Griff Morgan's money. It's all yours.
Out of the torturing doubts that beat
in his brain he demanded, "What are
you doing with him tomorrow? ]
heard you, you know"
March said DULY, feeling his dis
trust, his condemnation, closing in a
round her, "He wanted US to ride with
him, both of US. 1 said I'd ask you
and let him know"
In the glow of the little lamp, she
could see Brent's lip curl. He didn't
believe her. Blindly she turned off
the light and got up. She wouldn't
cry. She stood for moment, her
hands clenched so tightly she could
feel the bite of her nails into soft
flesh. Presently, saying no word, she
slipped out of her clothes, and donned
.pajamas. And still Brent didn't
speak. March lay down on the ex-
treme edge of the bed, the thought of
even accidental contact with his body
arousing in her sharp distaste. She
lay very still and taut, staring up
into darkness, waiting. Brent lay
quietly, too. After time his steady
breathing told her he slept.
Incredulously March listened. Des-
pair welled up in her. That this was
the sleep Of utter physical exhaustion,
she didn't realize. She only knew he
slept beside her with anger and doubt
in his heart, this man she loved, in
whose arms she had known ectasy.
A sob caught in March's throat. But
Brent didn't hear it. Brent was a.
sleep.
How different men and women
were ....
Lying there in the crowding dark,
so close to Brent and yet so infinitely
removed from him, March reached a
decision. And, after time, she slept.
She awakened in the morning feeling
dull and unrested, the burden of
Brent's anger and distrust still heavy
on her heart. But her course of &C
ton was clear now, as clear as it had
been in the lonely night.
Brent was already up when she
awakened. He hadn't aroused her for
their usual swim before breakfast
whether because of anger or consid-
Grafton for the late hour when she
retired, March couldn't be sure. Dress
ing, she perfected the details of her
plan. The money she had won the
night before lay in a careless heap on
the chest of drawers. March gath
cred it up and put it in her purse. 1t
was her money, Brent had said. He
wanted no part of it. If that was the
way he felt, that was the way it
should be.
Brent and his grandmother were
just finishing breakfast when March
came into the dining-room.
Abigail rose, her old face bright
ening. II kept the coffee hot for you
child. Did you have a nice time last
night"
1t was obvious Brent had told her
nothing.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-07

could see he was remembering last
night and the money she had won
with money Griff loaned her.
She said, facing the issue staunch-
ly, "That money 1 WON'T will both
er you till it. gone. And so Pm going
to spend it, foolishly perhaps, as
quickly as possible. Pm going to
Chicago to see Conchita and all my
other friends there. I've missed them,
darling, more than you know. I'm
going to have fun and buy a lot of
new clothes and be gay and extrava-
giant. And then Pm coming back to
you. It'll be good for both of us
you'll see. I'll miss you frightfully
during the week or ten days or how
ever long can bear to stay away and
when come back things will be diff
ferent. Well be different, Brent. 1t
will be like it was when I first fol-
lowed you up here Remember?
Rather surprisingly, Abigail approx
ed of March's plan. Helping her pack
she said firmly. eff more married
couples had a little vacation from
each other now and then it would be
good thing for the institution of
matrimony. No matter how fine a
painting is, if body gets too close
to it, lot of flaws show up. But
when you back up and study it from a
reasonable distance, it looks beauti-
full. Marriage is like that, too. Only
too many folks spend their lives with
their noses glued against it and the
flaws STOW up so plain they can't see
the beauty"
March Rugged her, exclaiming,
"Why, Gran, you're a philosopher!
And never mind putting in that black
net dress. This is a spree I'm going
on, an orgy of extravaganza. Seven
hundred dollars worth, to be exact"
"You offered it to Brent first, I'll
bet," Gran accused shrewdly. "And
his pride wouldn't let him take it."
March went on folding lingerie,
tucking stockings into the corners of
her suitcase. ut seemed more sensi-
BILE to get rid of it quickly than to
leave it lying around, a perpetual
bone of contention. Brent thought
so, too"
She remembered the tentative date
she had made with Griff Morgan,
and phoned to break it. She explain
ed, "I'm going to Chicago for week
or So"
"Chicago? ?" Griff repeated incred
ulously. "You mean you're leaving
today? But isn't it rather sudden 2"
cit is, rather" MARGINS tone was
serene. Perhaps we can ride anoth-
er time. Goodbye Griff."
Continued next week
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-07
II BELONG TO YOU By b bS 9ASSiR

ing the door softly behind her. Did
she thing he hadn't heard? But she
was crossing toward the bed swiftly,
a slim wrath in the darkness, she
was sitting beside him, her hand Gag
err and insistent on his shoulder.
She said, Brent. Brent, are you
awake?"
The touch of her scared his flesh,
so that the quick blood pounded in his
ears. He said, through the anger
that shook him, "I'm awake, all
right"
She didn't just at first sense that
anger. She asked, "But why didn't
you come, darling? What happened ?"
Nothing happened, more than I
told you" His tone was Jelly con-
trolled. "The car broke down and /
had to wait for repair man. 1t
was around eleven when / got home
and I went straight on to the Nor
gans'. No one was there"
"But we left message. We told
a servant to tell you"
"That you'd gone in town to San
dy's", Brent finished for her. He
hadn't felt in any mood to go chas-
ing in to Sandy's or any place else
for that matter. He'd been tired and
exasperated. That nonchalant mes
sage had been the final straw. $50,
since the idea of going to Sandy's
didn't appeal to me, I came home"
He left it at that.
March said blithely, intent only on
her own good fortune, Darling, I
know it's horribly late-but we were
having such fun" She was a little
incoherent with joy and excitement.
II had the most astounding luck
you'll scarcely believe it, Brent.
won seven hundred dollars at rou-
lette.'
The words lay in the darkness be-
tween them for a moment. Incredu-
lous at his silence, March reached
out and switched on the little bed
side lamp. Not until then did she see
the set fury in his face. Slowly he
raised himself on one elbow. His
eyes blazed at her.
He said scathingly, "You won-but
where on earth did you get the money
to gamble with? They don't play
for small change at Sandy's."
"Griff gave me some chips. II
had no idea at first what they a.
mounted to. He gave me fifty dol
lars worth, I realized later. But !
paid him back, Brent. I paid him
back out Of my winnings. I-won
from the very first"
"And what if you'd lost?" His
voice lashed out at her, so that she
cringed little. "How would you
have paid him them"
March had to speak. She had to
stop Brent. Before his anger drove
him to say unforgivable things to
her, harsh, doubling words that must
never be said between them. She
laid her hand on his arm, but he
shook it off.
She tried to explain, But, Brent
you don't understand. II wasn't as
though he--he loaned me money. 1t
was just a little stack Of chips and
then"
ga little tack of chips! A woman's
code of honor is a queer thing"
Perhaps it is. Because it seems
to Inc that so long as / paid him back,
I've nothing to be ashamed of, moth
ing to hide" Her voice altered, grew
softly pleading, "And, darling, think
of all the things we can do with sew
en- hundred dollars"
"You-not me. 1 wouldn't touch
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-07

Rubber gloves protect the hands
when liquid polishes are to be used,
and old cotton gloves should be kept
for use with dry pastes and polishes.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-07

Brent was in bed when March got
home, but he wasn't sleeping. Thru
the open window he had heard the
wheels of Griff Morgan's car on the
drive, had caught March laughing,
Goodnight, Griff. 1t was all mar
velous," and Griff's answering, "You
were marvellous. And don't forget
tomorrow" March had said then, "I'll
let you know about that" and her
light step had sounded on the stairs
and Griff's car had purred off and
the night was still again.
Now March was in the room, clos