davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
STATE PLANNING
ROTARY SUBJECT
CLUB MEN TOLD or EFFORTS
BEING MADE IN STATE TO
IMPROVE HOUSING

Rotarians today were given a
brief outline OF what the Michigan
State Planning Commission Is at
tempting 10 do for improvement
Of residence districts. particularly
those being developed in rural
areas. The speaker was Prof. {.
B. S Benson. Ann Arbor.
Citing new subdivision plans
which have been recommended TO
replace the old gridiron layout Of
square blocks. Prof Benson en-
larged upon the idea OF beautifica-
ton. quiet and convenience.
The question Of sanitation was
raised and for districts where water
Is scarce. II was pointed out that
there are sure 10 be health haz-
ards. With that thought IN mind
the Planning Commission Is at
tempting TO restrict new develop
ment 10 desirable locations. In
this respect the FILA. has been
a great help, the speaker said
A beautiful centerpiece Of flow
ers attracted attention OF the club.
Rev. Harvey C. Colburn explained
that the flowers were the gift OF
Prof Carl Pray. who has been in
III health for some time. To send
flowers TO the sick is a valuable
privilege. DR. Colburn said. but
To receive flowers from the sick
IS unusual and In this instance re-
mindful OF a grand man whose
thoughts are ever with his many
friends OF the community even
though his health will not permit
his presence al their gatherings.
Members OF the club were advised
that Prof Pray is able 10 see
friends for a few minutes and APP
preciates their calls.
Guests today were W. J. Hobbs.
Traverse City. II. J. Kimmel.
Pittsburgh. Pa: r. " Duane. Ply
mouth; Orlo G. Roberts. Belleville;
Prof c. B. s. Benson. John Osborn.
Ann Arbor; Ross X. Bower, Ypsi-
lanti.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

almost 50 per cent greater than
the S9.537.000. 900 Of the 1880 fis-
cal year which set the previous
peacetime record. The 1889 spend.
ing VIE IS. ee-5jssi rs, g. 33aiss, :, f-i-e..- -
In an effort to keep pace with
the new appropriations at least
10 some extent-Congress twice
passed revenue bills Counting In
the returns from the newly-enacted
excess profits tax. the revenues
this fiscal year are now being es-
timated at about $5.542,000. 900
A total surpassed only IN fiscal
1920 when the richest Of the World
War taxes we're collected. Approx
imateiy $4,000. 900 OF this will
come from the tax law Of June
which added 10 per cent 20 nearly
every kind 81 tax from the one on
incomes to that on club dues. The
rev excess profits act IL slated
% add only about $4,000 900 more
this year. although retroactive 70
1870 corporation earnings. Both
o. the new tax laws we're expect
Cd 70 have much richer yields in
subsequent years
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
WORLD SUM MARY

(By Associated Press)
War for Empire
British defenders fight Nazi
planes raiding London after Sunday
night lull caused by bad weather:
stormbound channel clearing; Brit
ain hopes for success OF master
plan" OF air counter.offensive pre-
ceding land push to roll Germans
back into their original frontiers:
government reveals Westminster
Abbey badly damaged by large
bomb; Germans say raids on Brit
ain continuing with destructive ef-
feet
italian Speedup7
Italian commentators predict new
axis activity will result from Bren-
ner conversations Of II Duce and
Der Fuearer; Mussolini makes
swift flights to review troops; high
command reports bonn 5ing OF Mat.
rub. sinking OF two British sub
marines.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
DIRECTOR NEED
OF DRAFT BOARD
PRESIDENT LIKELY TO DELAY
APPOINTMENT UNTIL
AFTER ELECTION

Washington. Oct. ZAP With
conscriptlon registration day rap
idly drawing near. selective service
officials privately expressed con
Germ today over reports that Presi-
dent Roosevelt might delay ap-
pointnent OF draft director until
after the November election.
Although the machinery is vir-
tually ready for the registration OF
some 16,500,000 men on Oct. is,
officials said lack OF a director
with full power to make decisions
was hampering them somewhat.
Some decisions are reached by
exhaustion" one official OF the
Joint ArmyNavy selectiye service
committee said. when one side or
the other in controversy gives
in"
1t. Col Lewis -. Hershey, mem
Der OF the committee. has been
assigned by the President 10 exer-
else the functions OF the director,
but he does not have even the
title OF acting director. Friends
Of Hershey had been advocating
that he be placed In full charge
Of the conscription program be
cause Of his familiarity with all as
poets OF the work. born OF several
years study and service as mem
Der Of the joint committee
Others in the War Department
have been urging that the posts
be given 70 Maj. Gen. Edward Gul-
lion, who had prominent part in
supervision OF the World War draft
and who ranks Hershey. Gullion
Is now Judge Advocate General.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
Expenditures Set New Record

the huge defense program ma
teriallzed
The $4,000. OOO.O 900 spending es-
innate was predicted on actual
cash disbursements on the more
than $50 600. 100000 which THIS
Congress either appropriated or au-
thorlzed IN the form Of esntract
obligations.
The $1,000. 000 900 margin be-
tween the authorized total and
the estimated carryoyer 10 the next
fiscal year which might set new
records.
President Rooseyelt's requests for
defense money last January total
ed only S1.539.445.l60 Now cur
rent estimates on actual eXpendi.
lures for that purpose run around
s5.750.00O.000. including the cost
OF conscription. This compares
with less than $4,000. 100000 spent
in the first year Of the World War
and Is surpassed only by the Sll,-
600 10000 in the last year OF the
war.
Up so Per Cent
The looked for si3Q00000 600
outlay in the 1891 fiscal year Is
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
s0L0NS EXPECT
To RETURN HOME
TODAY, TUESDAY
Decision on ReCesSeS to
be Reached by Votes
in Both Houses

Washington. oct. up The
third session OF the 10th Congress
the national defense congress
Is ready for its campaign lay off
and probably will go home Tuesday
or next day.
Democratic leaders propose a re-
cess until Nov. IS. Republicans
want a series OF three day recesses
beyond election day during which
skeleton crew would 90 through
momentary noon time motions of
meeting and recessing a couple OF
times a week.
The decision will be taken by
the votes Of both houses Either
way the business Of Congress would
be suspended until after the Nov
5 polling, barring unforeseen omer-
gencies.
After the elections one Of the
acute questions before Congress
will be that OF financial aid 10
Great Britain, according TO Sen
Walter f. George. D., Ga. Legisla-
ton suspending the Johnson Act
10 allow loans to Britain has been
introduced by Sen. William II.
King D.. Utah. but administration
leaders have shown no disposition
to support II on the grounds that
Great Britain does not need such
aid Immediately.
Before taking a vacation. the
House must act on a conference re.
port on the Ramspeck civil service
bill which would allow the Presl.
dent to extend civil service status
to several thousand federal work.
ers, and the Senate and House must
J ft.cnffnuad on paqa grA
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
Anticipated Total to be
Second Highest, World
War Year Higher

fBy Associated Press)
Washington, Oct. 7-AP- The
Treasury expects the current fis-
cal year 10 produce a peace time
spendingo record Of $4,000. 000. 900
and a deficit Of about $3.50. 100000
The anticipated total expenditure
would be the second highest in ali
American history. yielding only 10
the World War fiscal year in 1919
when the outlay reached slS,522.-
s95, 900. The expected deficit would
he exceeded only by the figures in
the 1918 and 1919 fiscal years.
Contrast Budget
As Congress neared the end Of
the unprecedented appropriations
for the government bookkeeping
year which will end next June 30.
officials 'contrasted the new out.
look with the sS.424.19f570 spend
Ing budget that President Roose.
welt submitted In January. before
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
.[ATHERS FARM
BUILDINGS BURN
BARN. SlLO, MILK HOUSE,
STRAW STACK. FEED
DESTROYED

Especial 10 The Ypsilanti Press
Stony Creek. Mich. oct. Fire
caused considerable damage Sun
day at the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Lathers. stony Greek Rd..
when their barn, silo. milk house.
% ton straw stack, and part OF
the barn yard fence were destroyed
One thousand pounds OF ground
feed, and Is tons Of hay were also
burned as was part Of milking
machine
The fire started al o'clock and
burned for a couple OF hours Fire
departments were called from the
Ypsilanti State Hospital and Milan
and were able 10 save a tool shed
The property was partially covered
b. insurance. Cause Of the fire Is
unknown
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
Candidate Declares no One
Man Should Have Control
of Governmental Unit

Jersey city, n ]. Oct. 7-AP--
Declaring that no one man should
be able TO control a city" Wendell
l.. Willkie today described preser-
walton OF civil liberties as a prI-
mary phase OF American defense.
The Republican presidential
nominee chose TO open a one-day
campaign through northern New
Jersey with talk in this city.
whose mayor, Frank Hague, he
repeatedly has termed a Democrat
tic boss"
In prepared excerpt OF his
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
Cincinnati Hopes
Put in Hands
of Walters
Fans go Wild as
Home Team
Tallies

Cincinnati. o.. Oct Cincinnati
Reds ,ored two runs in the first
inning OF the "all or nothing game
Of the World Series in Crosley Field
today.
Leading three games to two. the
Detroit Tigers had Schoolboy Rowe
In the box while the Buckeyes
pinned their hopes on the bowlegged
right handedlBIcky Walters. master
OF the sinker ball and victor in the
second game OF the series.
Brilliant skies, cool breezes and a
gay throng made the game a brill
liant event and fans went Wild as
the home team stung the horsehide
for the opening runs OF the game.
Rowe was Knocked out OF the
pitchers box in the first inning and
Corsica took over the mound.
First Inning
Detroit-Bartell flied out to left.
Mccosky. touled out to third. Gehr-
niger flied out to left. No runs, no
hits. no errors.
Werber doubled 10
left. NJ. Mccormick sacrificed, send
ing Werber TO third. Goodman sim
gled, scoring Werber with first run
Of game. F. Mccormick singled to
left, sending Goodman to second.
Ripple singled TO right. Goodman
scoring and Mccormick reaching
third. Corsica replaced Rowe on the
mound. Wilson struck out. Joost
forced Ripple at second. TWO runs,
four hits, no errors.
Second Inning
Detroit Greenberg struck out.
York flied to right. Campbell
walked. Higgins singled to left.
Campbell pulling up at second. Teb-
belts grounded out, pitcher to first.
No runs. one hit. no errors.
Myers struck out.
Walters grounded out. pitcher 10
first. Werber singled through the
box NJ Mccormick grounded out.
No runs. one hit, no errors.
Third Inning
Detroit-Gorsica flied out to cen.
ter. Bartell doubled to left. McCos-
Co. UynDfn CEpTEC-paga
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

Frances war time minister Of edu-
cation, Jean Gay, tried by a mill
tary court at Clermont-Ferrand,
France, was found guilty Of desert
ing the French army. He was the
first prominent figure to be found
guilty in the Vichy governments
Efforts 10 place responsibility for
the rout Of France.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
Damage Hero

OdWd9c 1tT6
The rain and electric storm which
descended on Ypsilanti at 7 o'clock
Sunday night damaged four tele-
phone company cables, SO lines and
So stations. There were four poles
broken.
City police placed red lanterns
and barrier on a washout at the
Michigan Ave. River Bridge and
construction company officials we're
notified.
They also placed lanterns TO
warn pedestrians and motorists Of
utility poles down on limerick st.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
TODAY IN LAST WAR

CIV Associated Press
Oct. :. l9l5-King Vittordio En-
anuele OF Italy nearly hit by Aus
TRAN shell while at front. French
gain against Germans at Artois.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
CONGRESS TODAY

(By Associated Press)
Senate
Considers minor legislation
meets noon).
House
Considers recess resolution and
minor legislation meets noon).
SATURDAY
Both houses in recess.
CHICKEN SUPPER 80 Lutheran
Church, Tues, oct. S. 60c. Adv. 1901
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
WORLD SERIES SCORE BY INNINGS
2 8 4 5 = 8 9 10 r H E
II U U 10 UEU EW EN n
ID ID N M u N d ii 81 u u II M
Lineups

Umpires - ormsby (AL.), at
plate; 6aIlanfant (N.L.). at first
base; Basil (A;Lo, at second
base; KLEIN (N.L), at third base.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
Rowe Knocked Out of Box,
Corsica on Tiger Mound
Willkie Sees Preservation
of Liberty Primary Defense

speech. willkie said European
countries would not have gone
down in the black despair OF dicta-
torship" II their people had tress-
ured and fought for their civil
rights.
IAN the military defense on
earth" he said, won't do us any
good II we don't have civil defense
moral defense-the defense OF
militant American consclences-
FIRST Of all. Defense begins at
home right here in Journal
Square-with the civil liberties OF
every citizen of this community"
Saying that Jersey City residents
would fight for their civil rights III
any foreigner muscled in here"
Willk!e continued:
you don't want to be one kind
OF American everywhere else and
some other kind here at home. Any
person or force that deprives you
OF the exercise of your civil liber-
ties according to the bill OF rights
should be treated like the enemy
he is.
"No One Man"
III you believe this. you will
agree with me thaR no one man
should be able to control a city.
II can't be done without infringe,
ment on somebody's civil liberties.
Americans don't want those In
Engagements in their communities.
Americans don't want TO be dictat-
ed to--even benevolently. Ameri-
cans don't need TO be given local
permission for free assemblage-
their Constitution guarantees 1t 20
them"
Willkie said he understood that
See WITJ.KIT--P Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

NEW YORK-INS- The $500.
ton tanker. British General, today
sent out a radio distress signal
reporting that she had been tor.
pedoed In the North Atlantic.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

NORTHWOOD, lap Sena-
tor Charles McNary declared today
that although he would not total
ly condemn" the Agricultural Act,
1t needed Strengthening" to at
tain the goal of the old McNary-
Haugen farm bill-the payment OF
parity prices for that portion of
crops domestically consumed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

CANTON, O.-AP-Employes Of
seven Brush-Moore newspapers
and two affiliated radio stations
who enlist or are conscripted will
receive half. pay from the firm
during one year of military service,
the management announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

WASHINGTON-AP-The Agri-
culture Department forecast today
a difficult food situation in Europe
this winter. particularly in Belgium.
France and former Poland. Ger
many. Austria and former Czecho-
slovakia apparently have sufficient
food on hand or in sight to supply
such quantities as consumers will
be permitted to purchase under ex-
listing rationing regulations, a
foreign agricultural relations state
ment said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

WASHINGTON -AP - Litiga-
ton involving national defense
problems and constitutionality OF
the wage hour law occupied major
positions today as the supreme
court reassembled to open its 1870
Al term. Ending a four month
summer recess. the justices were
confronted at the start by approx
imately 500 cases, 80 more than
last years total.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

LONDON-AP-- The Archbishop
of Canterbury disclosed in a speech
at a diocesan conference today that
he had been bombed out OF his
home at Lambeth by German raid
ers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

LONDON UP-British bombing
planes made daylight attacks Sun
day on the ports OF Ostend, Calais,
and Boulogne and on barge concen-
trations on the Netherlands coast,
the air ministry announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

ROME Up Premier Benito
Mussolini will make an important
speech Thursday on decisions taken
at his Bremen Pass Conference with
Adolf Hitler, it was reported to-
day
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

BERLIN-AP-Germany Is in
dead earnest about the guarantee
she extended Rumanis at the con-
clusion of the Vienna agreement
Aug. 80 and hence she has sent
armed contingents precautionary
ly." into the diminished Balkan
kingdom, authorized sources said
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

LONDON - -Well-informed
British circles said today the Ru-
manian governments explanation
OF mistreatment Of British subjects
was mot satisfactory and there
fore representations are being
maintained"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

ROME APP Italys naval cas-
ualties during September were list
ed officially today as So Italian Off
GERS and sailors and five Askari
(African native) sailors and two
civilian workers killed. Sixty were
reported wounded and 116 missing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

HYDE PARK. N. zap De-
tense inspection trip number T.,
an arsenal at Watervliet, N. Y,
which is stepping up production
OF guns for the Army and Navy.
topped President Roosevelt's pro-
gram today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

ROME INS-A British submar-
Inc shelled the Italian port of Savo-
ma on the Gulf OF Genoa. according
to reports reaching Rome today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07
Flashes Of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tuesday:
Fair, Cooler

WASHINGTON-AP- Employees
starting a work week that COM
mences before midnight Oct. %
may work AZ hours without over
time pay. Wage-hour Administrator
Philip Fleming has ruled. How
ever, II the work week starts after
midnight Oct. %, the maximum
hours-without overtime pay-must
be reduced from AZ to 40.
WASHINGTON-AP-Navy and
Marine reservists. ordered TO
stand by in a mobilization order
affecting $4,000 men. were expect
ed to be notified OF their assign
ments and reporting dates in the
next few days.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

ROME-UP-Responsible Italian
quarters denied reports today that
Italian troops were being sent to
Rumania and said that while the
Italians could speak only for them
selves II was stated authoritatively
that it was not believed that any
German troops were being sent.
1t was added that such reports were
believed to be British propaganda
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

SHANGHAI - ms -- Another
rumor OF a forthcoming Sino-Japan.
ese peace settlement cropped up
in Shanghai today. It was based
upon information received by usu-
ally well-informed Chinese circles
here TO the effect that Madame
Chang Kai-Shek. head OF the Chi.
nese air force and her husbands
principal adviser, had arrived in
Hong Kong,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

CONTINUED on Page SKI
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

LONDON INS-U. s. Ambassa-
dor Joseph P. Kennedy has request
ed Washington to dispatch another
ship to evacuate Americans from
England. according to reports cur
rent in London today. Kennedy also
was said to have insisted that sew
eral members Of the American en-
bassy and consulate staffs be grant
ed expensepaid leaves OF absence
TO ,recuperate from the strain OF
wartime service in London.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

KEY WEST. Fla.-UP- Carl
Tanzler Won Cosel. 20. in whose bed
police found the ummified body
OF Elena Hoyo who died in 1881 at
the age Of %, was to be arraigned
today on charge OF mutilating
vault. The body. police said. had
been in his bed for seven years and
he had slept beside It every night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

The looked for $4,000. 900 900
outlay in the 1891 fiscal year Is
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-07

CONTINUED on PAGE SKI .
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-07-31

nod feline paiienoe Bobnune in Der
Stoot sefunoeu. Sd tueroe mid aber
nun ieIbit nit barum bemiiben. soll.
te fie Biz gu meinem 8eaeang nod
ni6t nm5ieben fonner, oann muB idb
obuebin BEL Sbnen nod fir iie bitten"
"9as lit nidt notie, snaoises
5raulein, i6 babe es tpabrlid nidt
I'M Sder3 eeiaet, oaB Sic oas Sous
als oas Sbre betradten ioIlen, iolan.
ee Sic tuolen. ltno ser abfdieb miro
Sbnen 10 idmer tperoen bon 8ura.
tperben. @an5 trourie iino sic ge.
tporSen, uno Sbre Mueen boben einen
triiben Sdleier befommen.
sic er5tpang ein 2ddeln nno id5iit-
telte oen &opf. Ser 8unid, ibr gu
belfen, erregte i'm. gr iab iie eiaen.
tiimlih foribeno an. Sic roffte ii6
ouf nno blidte i'm an. Seine Muaen
le11ften iid tief uno frageno in oie
ibren. Sic eridrad uno tpuroe I'M.
iiber.
Isle tpiiien ia, oab id gopas Grab
bier anriidlaiie. ltno 8uretperbeu lit
10 ein berrlides Stiid groe. Da aebt
man natiirlid nidt germ fort. aber
einnal mub es oo6 iein."
ST eriff nod ibrer Sano uno belt
tie felt in ser ieinen. @r fiiblte, Dob
tie Ieiie bebte.
"sein, epa Wsarie, es mub nidt
iein. 8leiben sic bier, tperoen sic
neine 5rou. 2iebe @pa 0eorie, nun
babe id sic eridredt - nein, loileu
Ste mir Sbre &ano, loufen sic mir
n1bt oapon, oenni6 fann sbuen ia
ni6t folgen.''
Sic uar iab erblaBt uno oanu oun-
telrot eetporben. Nun lebnte lie froft.
log bor Sdreden an ieinem 1eniter.
nno ibre Iueen iaben bong uno I'M.
elaubig in iein @eiidt.
(Sortietung foIet)
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-07-31
Die xeltberuehmte
St. Benedict Wund-Salbe

Erprobtes Heilmittel gegen allie Arten Won
alien und frischen Wunden, Geschwueren,
Gewaechsen, Btsswunden, Karbunkeln usv.
schicken. Keine Stemps. 60 Cents dla
schachtel. bel: J. L. STAAB, 172e9 VaIleYs
view Avenue, Cleveland. Ohio.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1940-07-31
@eidenfe

"Nfein 8erlobter bat mir elm
@l''dsidtuein 5um @eburtstas ee.
idenft!"
"Dos iiebt ibm abnlid."
"Wieio> baben Sic es fdon aeie-
benz"