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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08
Merchandise
Household Furnishings

Household FURNISHINGS
FURNACE boiler and stove re-
pairs. Buy CRATES and fire pots now
We save YOU money East Side
Furniture shop, S26 r. Michigan
Ave Phone 1879
6i5 PEARi.--wasHtug machine. kel-
Ninator. gas range. bed. complete.
etc.
Wearing Apparel
SUITS for men. women and child
rem. Very reasonable t05 ". Mlchl-
gan Ave. Phone i33N-M
Farm Products, Equipment
OW1NG-disking, yards graded
well rotted manure, general truck
ing. Cliff Button. 1910 r. Cross St
Phone ISL
CONCORD GRAPES Frank Romin-
ski, lit3 Ellis Rd.
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Business Services

Business Services Offered
ROOFING-New applied or old re-
paired, Fave trough. furnace work.
Shauan Roofing 9. p. 924-M.
MOTORS-repairs. rewinds. Electric
Motor shop. 10 5. Huron.
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SIX ROOM modern house. hot
water heat. furnished or unfurn-
ished. .. c. Schofield. cor. Oak
lawn and MAplewood
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Stretch Your Dollar BY Shopping From The Daily Casfeds
Business Services

Business Services
Florist
FUNERAL SPRAYS and potted
plants. Depot Greenhouse. Norris
and short oak. Phone si6-J.
Beauty Shops
PERMANENTS-s2 70 So. shampoo
and flngerwaVe 35c all week
Eleen's. 3l2 Perrin. Phone 1871.
Upnoisterers
FURNITURE UPHOLSTERING -
Also rugs and CARPET Reuders,
303s Washtenaw. miles west
UPHOLSTERING REPAIRING -
Quality fabrics. Expert workman
ship W. &. Wilson 40 y. Huron
Phone 1888 or 1871.
Electricians
MORE PLUGS will make your
wiring safer. A. +. Smith, So $
Summit. Phone 252.
CALL OUR ADTARER at 40 for
Classified advertising service
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Mrs Dale Noble. MorgsntoSn.
". Va. visited her mother for a few
days while her husband was at
tending convention in Cleveland,
o.
Mr. and Mrs Willhlo Kelley and
sons spent the week end with her
parents In Jackson.
George Parsons Washington, D.
C., visited bis brother. g. L. Par
sons Sunday. accompanied by Rob-
ert Parsons. Royal Oak
Mrs Hattie Rouse and daughter
Mrs Burke. Chicago. we're guests
Tuesday OF Miss Minnie Ruckman
and other friends
Mr.. and Mrs Donald Ford and
family spent the week end with
her sister. Mrs. r. & Hall and Mr..
Hall AT. Clark's Lake.
Mr. and Mrs Ralph Gooding, Gin
cinnau. o.. were sunday guests OF
Mr. and Mrs Lewis Ernst
Mrs Edward Muir for many
years resident OF Saline. has gone
10 make her home IN California,
She has been spending some time
with her daughter in Dexter, and
relatives In Ypsilanii.
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Merchandise
Musical Equipmsnt
Msrenanu Specials

FOR SALk-Piano Accordion. Rea-
sonahle. SIS Lowell 81.
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For Rent Real Estate
Houses

S ROOM-furnish house. block
from Campus 1f5. 226 n. Summit
st Phone S72-W.
FIVE ROOM brick. an modern.
close In. SIS month. 81 y. Huron.
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FURNISHED two. three and four
room apartments Inquire 206 n
WaAifngtOn
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LARGE sTOCK-of used tires, D
siEes, all prices Thorno Tire O.
300 =. Michigan. Phone 53G
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UNFINISHED four room apart
ment, heated. az Emmett ST. Phone
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Automotive
Automobiles For sale
Auto Dcce8sorles

1897 Ford Tudor Touring iis5
1896 Ford Tudor Touring lG5
r. @. WIEDMAN AUTO co
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THREE OOM-unfurnished apart
ment, private bath, stoker beat.
garage lli7 Pearl. Ph. i60S-M.
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INSURANCE of all kinds in honor.
able stock Companies.
REAL HOME-for sale, corner lot
with extra lot and double garage.
Stoker. Would be very good in
come for right party Sacrifice.
Box DIT. care Daily Press
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Announcements
Employment
Help Mantea-Femals


STUDENT wishes any kind Of
steady work on Saturdays. Write
Boy D-NO rare Pros
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LOTS 1915 Eligible FOR FILA Pin
anclng. Call Williams. Kealtor.
Huron Homes. Phone 1879
TWO LOTS FOR sale on Douglas 81.
between Cross and WaHhtenaW.
Inquire 3lgs r. Michigan Ave.
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ISHED-plessant four room
apt. dining alcove. bedrooms.
Inquire s65 w Cross ST.
Evening star., 1940-04-08

printed in pamphlet form in 1892
when it said:
The bulk Of these (apportioned)
positions are clerical, paying an
initial salary usually of $3.50
per annum, and subclerical, paying
less. The low salaries paid, COM
pared with those obtainable IN the
industries, do not attract eligibles
from distance, but the absence of
industrial enterprise In Washing
ton makes 1t easy to recruit from
the immediate vicinity in filling
these positions.
The depression, Of course, has
created a greater demand for Gov
ernment jobs, but the commission
still experiences difnculty in numer-
Gus instances in obtaining eligibles
from the under-quota States for GER
tain positions.
Another angle disclosed as the ap-
portionment issue has recurred In
the last few years is that a great
many employees listed as residents
Of the District of Columbia could
have claimed residence elsewhere
when they took up employment at
wartime, but did not think that
particular point important. They,
therefore, registered as from the
District Of Columbia then and their
status now Is frozen"
Evening star., 1940-04-08


few moments before the shooting.
Both men signed written statements
In connection with the shooting, but
police said there are several con-
fiicts in their versions. saxs
Mr.. Webley was shot through the
stomach, and died on the way to
Georgetown Hospital in the Hern-
don Rescue Squad ambulance. The
shooting occurred within hearing
of q darge throng of Saturday eve
ming shoppers. Several persons saw
Mr.. Webley dash into the alley in
pursuit of two colored men, one Of
whom was said to have hurled an
epithet at him. but. no one actually
saw the shooting.
The men held we're taken into Gus
tody yesterday by Policemen James
Mahoney. Grafton Wells and Town
Sergt. Vernon Cockerille, following
an all-night search. One Of them
was at the home of his father, po-
lice said, but hed the first time they
came to the house. The oficers left,
but circled the house and captured
the man about an hour later. He
gave the name OF the other man
and police arrested him at the farm
where he was employed.
Mr.. Wells stated one man said.
as soon as the officers came up to
him, II know what you want; here's
the gun" He turned over q .32-
caliber automatic pistol.
Feeling ran high in the town late
at night as police searched for the
two colored men. Two cartridges
were recovered in the alley.
Evening star., 1940-04-08

States with missions in the Pacific
archipelago.
The conference opens Tuesday
evening with q fellowship dinner.
DR.. Daniel A. Polling, president Of
the Christian Endeavor Union Of
America; DR.. Jorge Boeobo, secre-
tary Of the Department of Public
Instruction Of the Philippines and
president Of the Philippine AFedera-
ton of Evangelical Churches, are
to speak. DR.. A. L. Warnshuis,
secretary OF the international Mis-
sion Council, will remark briefly.
Three sessions q day are sched-
uled during the conference, the last
being held Saturday afternoon Sum
day visiting ministers will speak
from local pulpits.
President of the special committee
in charge of the conference is DR..
Charles T.. Leber. secretary of the
Presbyterian Mission Board. DR.. E.
K. Higdon, secretary Of missions for
the Church. of the Disciples, Il
secretary Of the committee.
Evening star., 1940-04-08
Old Library Of Congress Unit
Fire Hazard, Cited by BurkIey

The old Library Of Congress Build
ing, one Of the main sightseeing at
fractions Of the Capital, Is exposed
to ire hazards, Majority Leader
Barley told the Senate today short
ly before 1t passed the $23, ,705, ,72O
Legislative appropriation bill, which
includes the funds for upkeep Of
the library.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, Of
Maryland. in charge Of the bill, said
the conditions referred to by the
majority leader were not brought to
the attention Of the Appropriations
COMMITTEES while 1t was drafting the
pending measure. AS the bill was
ready for final passage, Senator
Tydings suggested that any i'm
provements deemed necessary to
eliminate the danger could be con-
sidered In q deficiency bill before
Congress Adjotlrns.
Senator Barkiey, who Is chairman
OF the Joint Congressional Library
Evening star., 1940-04-08
Mrs. Whitney, in Reno
For Divorce, Seeks
\
Ranch for Home
Property Settlement
Made Three Months
Ago. She Reveals
By the Associated Press.

6y tue ASSOC4htco fIebB.
RENO, New, April 8.-Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Altemus Whitney, accom-
panied BY three terriers and . Ger
man shepherd dog, settled down In
a fashionable hotel hare today with
plans to divorce Sportsman John
Hay Whitney Of New York, when
residence requirements are COM
pleted.
Mrs. Whitney announced through
her attorneys that her marriage to
the wealthy New Yorker was on the
rocks, that they had made a prop
erty settlement and that she would
file for divorce at the end Of the six
week residential period.
II might bring up q couple Of
horses II I can find q small ranch
to live on" said Mrs. Whitney in
discussing possible plans after the
divorce. @
She and Mr.. Whitney married In
Philadelphia September 23, 1881.
.'Mr. Whitney and I have sep
arated and in due course I expect to
AIlStAtuCe pIUCccOAlSS AOI q ulVNCc,
she said in a statement.
More than three months ago We
entered into an agreement settling
all property rights between us. I
have nothing further to say either
at this time or any other time in
regard to any of these matters,
which I consider purely personal"
Mrs. Whitney said she motored
here from Hollywood, Calf, arriv-
ing Saturday night.
Evening star., 1940-04-08

Committee, did not go into details,
but said information had come
from the District Fire Department
that there are certain definite
fire hazards" in the original build
ing. A new library annex recently
was completed just east Of the old
building.
The Senate made q net reduction
Of $200, 900 in the total allowed by
the House for the expenses Of Con-
gress, the Government Printing
Once and the library during the
next fiscal year. A number Of small
increases were allowed, Offset by
the striking out Of $350,O00 the
House had granted the architect Of
the Capitol to repair the terrace
sections OF the Capitol Building.
Senator Barkley said the informa-
ton came to him only few days
ago from Librarian Archibald Mac
Leish. too late for him to take 1t
up with the Appropriations Com
mittee m ttis bfl.
Evening star., 1940-04-08
R. c. LoughIin Dies;
Advertising Director
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, April 8.-Rich-
ard G. Laughlin, advertising direc-
tor of the Philadelphia Record, died
today after a brief illness. He was
80.
Born In Anderson, s. c., Mr.
Laughlin was graduated from Union
College. Schenectady, N. Y, in 1926
He began his newspaper work on the
Albany IN. " Tines Union. Later
he became advertising manager OF
the Baltimore News and still later OF
the Philadelphia Inquirer. He had
been with the Record about six
years.
Evening star., 1940-04-08
Operating Engineers
0pen 21st Convention

Marking an upturn In the build
ing industry. the international
Union Of Operating Engineers
opened their 21st convention, the
first since 1928, at the Raleigh
Hotel today.
Three hundred delegates, repre-
senting $4,000 members scattered
from Alaska to the Panama Canal,
and 500 guests heard the welcoming
address from John A. Locher, presi-
dent of the Central Labor Union of
Washington, vino presented q gavel
to John Possehl, general president
Of the A. F. L. union.
Following the checking of Gre
dentials this morning, the 800 per-
sons were to take a bus trip to
Mount Vernon and Arlington Gene
terry, where John j. Shields, busi-
ness agent of Local II of Washing
ton, was to place a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A. F. of L. President William
Green will speak tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1940-04-08

ACbudIly, appointments are only
made from the over-Quota points
when the Civil Service Commission
is not able to procure eligibles else
where and this is the policy that
has been followed invariably-except
in the World WARRIOR 81 years.
There are limited exceptions: The
quota provisions do not apply to vet
Grams and the Civil Service Commits
sion has waived it "in the interest of
good administration" in instances
when highly skilled positions were
to be filled, and an applicant from
an over-quota State had demon
strated clear superiority over other
competitors in an examination. Fur
ther, quota employment for the Dis
trict. Maryland and Virginia has
been declining in the last few years
Affected by War Emergency.
Entitled to 1872 positions as the
administration changed in March,
1888. District residents occupied
10,778. On March 80 last the quota
was 205 and positions held, 1878, q
drop of 1905.
Virginia fell from 2,273 in the
same period to 2,052, although the
quota rose from $50 to 1,02O, and
Maryland showed decrease of 2,112
to 2,093, while its quota advanced
from 444 to 687.
AS has been said, World War
emergency needs really threw ap-
portionment out of line.
Civil Service Commission figures
for 1917 show that Virginia, en-
titled to 31S positions here. had 500:
Maryland, with a quota of 200, had
$50, and the District, with a quota
Of 81, held 1,433.
Were Temporary Positions.
What happened then was well put
by Representative Woodrum, Demo-
crat. of Virginia-a believer in the
quota system, incidentally-in q
speech to the House when the Kel-
ler-Nichols amendment was under
debate:
This situation has been ex-
planned many times by the Civil
Service Commission, which Is now
trying as best 1t can to put into
effect the quota provisions Of the
civil service law.
"The great over-quota status of the
States Of Virginia and MARYLAND,
and the District Of Columbia, arose
out Of the fact that during the
World War period, when it became
necessary for the Government over
night to recruit people into the Fed
eral service, many Of them in low
priced positions and many in the
purest temporary status, when they
were advertising and begging people
to come and take these jobs neces-
sary to run the war, they were glad
to get people from the District Of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia,
who could live In the adjoining
counties of Virginia and Maryland
and work In Washington cheaply.
these people were glad to have
these jobs Your constituents in
far distances were not interested in
coming to Washington and taking
these positions which could not be
guaranteed for longer than month
or two"
Nearby Persons Attracted.
More light was thrown on the
subject Of quotas by the Civil serv-
ice Commission In its report for
l927-the same material wss re-
Evening star., 1940-04-08

week at calvary
Baptist Church,
lasting from to-
morrow through
Sunday.
he confer =
ence, e n TIT led
81 acing the
Future With the
Philippines" is
to be held under
the auspices of a
special commit
tee appointed by
the missi IN
boar d S. of the
various churches
in the limited
Evening star., 1940-04-08
Maid Of Cotton Here
On Tour Of Nation

Miss Mary Nell Porter. Memphis
debutante. now making q 15,000-mile
tour as the Maid of Cotton for
1940," arrived at Washington Air
port yesterday aboard an Eastern
Air Lines plane.
Selected for the honor of reigning
over this years Memphis Cotton
Carnival, May IA to 18, Miss Porter
will visit metropolitan cities.
She Is sponsored by the National
Evening star., 1940-04-08

Cotton Council, the Cotton Exchange
of Memphis, New Orleans and New
York and the Memphis Cotton Car
nival.
Miss Porter was met by a con-
gressional delegation composed Of
Senators Stewart and McKellar.
Tennessee; Senator Smith, South
Carolina, and Representatives Davis
and Cooper, Tennessee, and Gath
ings, Arkansas. Also on the Well
coming Committee were Grover
Mills, Undersecretary of Agriculture,
and Maj. H. M. Cunningham, Ford
Motor Co. executive from Alexandria,
Va.
Included on the program arranged
for Miss Porter was q luncheon
today with Senator McKellar in the
Senate Restaurant. She will be in
Washington until Wednesday,
Evening star., 1940-04-08
Suburban Virginia
Expects Aid From
1910 Census
Nearby Area Sees
Chonce for Added
Legislative Power

One probable effect Of the 1910
census now In progress will be to
increase the representation Of near
by Virginia in the General Assembly.
A special commission to study re-
districting of House and Senatorial
districts was authorized at the re-
cent session of the Legislature, and
has been instructed to make a sur
vey and recommendations for the
1912 Assembly.
Exact figures are lacking on the
expansion of Arlington, Fairfax
Counties and Alexandria, but the
unusually high construction rate re-
fleets great increase in population
in recent years.
An effort to redistrict the State
during the session which ended last
month, was defeated by those who
desired more accurate population in
formation on the basis of the 1910
census. Some of the lawmakers felt
that legislative action on redistrict-
ing at this time would be premature,
because any decision would be out
of date as soon as the figures were
revealed.
Reason for Delay.
Arlington, Fairfax and Alexan-
dria each have one member of the
House Of Delegates while all three.
plus Prince William County are
Represented y the Senate BY one
man.
Some Northern Virginia -legisla-
tors expressed a conviction that the
delay in action by the Assembly,
and the figures revealed by the 1910
census, will result in more represen-
tation for the area near Washing
ton. New population figures may
give Arlington and Alexandria, or
Arlington nd Fairfax County one
Senator, and Arlington two dele
gates, or one delegate and another
who would represent 1t and Alexan-
dria, or Fairfax County.
william A. c. Petit, eighth dis
trict supervisor of the census, with
headquarters in Alexandria, said
yesterday the survey is progressing
we'll, with only about l per cent of
those called upon refusing or hesi-
tating to answer all of the ques-
tions.
185 Enumerators Employed.
There are 1876 enumerators en-
ployed in the eighth district, which
embraces Is counties and Char
lottesville and Alexandria. There
are about rs enumerators employed
in the Arlington n-Alexandria and
Fairfax area alone, he said.
Enumeration started last Tuesday
and estimates are that the work
will be complete in the towns in
two weeks and in the counties
within 80 days.
Among the places to be counted
in the nearby Washington area are
the District Of Columbia penal in
stitution at Lorton, Fort Myer, Fort
Belvoir and several Civilian Con-
servation Corps camps.
Gen. Ray L. Huff Of the penal
institution is probably the head of
the largest family" In Virginia
There are approximately 3,100 in
mates in the three prison depart
ments under the superintendent who
maintain their residence" there
plus about IA families living on the
institution grounds and several res
ident staff members living in bar
racks.
The penal enumeration is being
conducted by Miss Mary E. Thur
man, who was appointed by the
Census Bureau at the suggestion of
prison officials.
Evening star., 1940-04-08
Federal Court Suits
By District Citizens
Now Up 10 Senate
judiciary Committee
Votes Favorable
Report on Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee
voted . favorable report today on
the bill already passed by the House
to enable residents Of the District
to file suits in Federal courts
throughout the country on the same
basis as citizens of the States. 1t
has the same effect also for residents
Of Hawaii and Alaska.
An old Supreme Court decision,
in the days Of Chief Justice
Marshall, held that a citizen of the
District could not maintain an ac-
ton against a citizen of Virginia in
the Federal courts of Virginia, be-
cause a citizen of the District was
not q citizen of a State within the
meaning of the Constitution.
In recommending the bill early
last month, the House Judiciary
Committee described it as q reason
able exercise of the constitutional
power Of Congress to legislate for
the District of Columbia and for
the territories.
1T should be borne in mind" the
House committee stated, that the
citizens of the District of Columbia
and of the Territories are citizens
Of the United States. They are sub
ject to the burdens and obligations
Of such citizenship just as are the
citizens Of the 48 States. Simple
Justice requires that they should
share the rights and privileges Of
such citizenship insofar as Congress
has authority to confer 1t upon
them. This is the real intent Of the
Constitution"
The favorable report of the Sen
ate group will be filed by Senator
Nicely, Democrat, of West Virginia
and probably will be taken up the
next time the Senate calls the
unanimous consent calendar.
Evening star., 1940-04-08
Sailor Transferred to China,
Police Adjust Parking Ticket

Henry B. Longaker, United States
sailor now on his way to China,
can rest easier. That ticket he re-
ceived for parking car too close
to a corner has been changed to q
mere warning notice. @
The change was made when q
friend told the Police Trafic Bureau
of the sailors transfer.
In all. 81 traffic violation tickets
were changed to warnings or cam
celled last week, police reported to-
day.
One of the 13 cancellations was In
the case of Jack H. Reiner of Balti-
more 1t developed that Mr.. Rel
ner's car had been moved In front
of a fire plug by thieves attempting
to steal the machine.
Walter r. Klein, 116 Twelfth
Evening star., 1940-04-08

street Sc, received a warning for
parking in q restricted area. Po-
lice said the no-parking signs on
trees in q school zone had teen
removed along with the trees at the
time Mr.. Klein parked and, as q
newcomer from Milwaukee, he did
not know about District regulations
covering school areas.
Marvin M. Balderson, 435 Six
teenth street Sc, tagged for park
ing in a commercial zone, got OH
with a warning on request Of Rep
.esentative Patton, Democrat, Of
Texas.
The number Of diplomatic corps
tickets cancelled or shifted to
warning status set low mark for :
single week, with only four being
handled.