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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-02
NEGOTIATIONS BEo,i.

Jackson, Mich, Nov. PAP Ne
gotiation for a contract with the
Consumers Power Co. was started
Friday by representative of Local
SIG. International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers. (AFL). which
was recently declared sole bargain
ing agency by the National Labor
Relations Board. Following the con-
ferences both sides issued a joint
statement that negotiations are
progressing satisfactorily.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-02
University Students
Give WiIlkie Big Lead

Ann Arbor, Mich. Nov Uni
versity Of Michigan students gave
Wendell L. Willkie 1859 votes 10
ssh for President Roosevelt in i
straw vote held in conjunction with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-02
Beginning New House

John Iwanick has the frame up
for a new house to replace the
one burned the first part of the
summer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-02

ors voted Friday 70 purchase the
90-acre Owosso Airport for $4,000
from Joseph Marsik.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-02
TO PURCHASE AIRPORT

Owosso, Nov. 2-AP-The Shia-
wassee County Board OF Supervis-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

final desperation. she leaves her
husband and. with her unwsnted
child, sets sail for the old land
and the old gods She resolves TO
die and, broken hearted. she
drinks a poison TO end il all.
AS she kneels to utter her last
prayer TO her old gods Of blood and
hate. she cries out. He came too
soon, this Christ of peace. Men
are not ready yet
Not Ready Yet.
And our world OF today might
prompt the same cry, He came
too soon. Men are not ready yet
Not ready for Christmas Not
ready for Christ Not ready for
Saviour. Not ready for the
best.
No. and never will be until
faith lays hold on Him, and. like
the wise men from the East, men
fan down before Him and own
Him as a Saviour, which is Christ
the Lord.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Rev. Macoskey Said:
lContlnued Prom Page one

Continued Prom Page onel
ago heralced the birth OF the Christ
Chud. IN Bethlehem.
The world. then as now was
under dark cloud. Physical
might vas the dominating force.
and ne peace that prevailed came
not from the peace in the hearts
Of men. but Was imposed BY the
power q arms.
But hearts. hungering for a
better way Of life. caught the sig
nificsnee Of the occasion. To them
there appeared the Prince o.
Peace. Graded in a crude manger.
attended By no regal splendor Yet
the star brought together the sim
pie and the wise. the humble and
the sffluent.
Here was common ground
for men OF all classes and
races, and, wrapped up In new
life. Was the true dignity Of
man. A greater hope was born
that Was not 70 pass with the
years, but 70 remain eternal
"; here wac born a new joy,
deeper than any JOY hereto
fore known TO man. And this
star has remained through the
ages to be beacon OF man
kind.
Our world again has been
plunged into sbysmal darkness.
Hope seems 10 be crushed in the
hearts OF men and Joy has all but
departed. And how can it be other
wise. when men cannot look
beyond the stars of their own
creation
All the pagan forces have been
unleashed in their devastating
fury, and civilization il tottering
on the brink OF it's own de.truc-
ton.
But the Star Of Bethlehem
cannot be extinguished by the
inhumanity Of man. because
he did not create IL. IL il Gods
Eift-eternal, fixed in the heart
of the universe. and IL alone
shines clearly In our troubled
times.
1T speaks of brotherhood, and
love. and forgiveness. II beckons
To the dLsllusioned and the dis
eouraged; 1t bears its witness to
the fact OF God who is mans
Saviour; 1t calls upon men TO look
above and beyond the seething
cauldron OF the hour to the Eter-
nal Christ; it brings a secure hope
and an abiding JOY which the
world cannot understand.
IL dares men TO believe that
this day of travail and pain Is
but the prelude to a better
day, when men shall weary OF
the futile, man-insplred ef-
forts. and put their trust in
God who loves them.
Thus in this Christmas Of 1910,
let us return in simple faith to the
manger scene of 1000 years ago.
TO bring there our alteration and
devotion, and exemplify in our
lives the divine truth incarnated
in the Babe of Bethlehem"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Sent His Son

But. IN the face OF all that
vas going on in the hearts Of
men and in their lives. God sent
for men His only begotten Son.
the Lord Jesus Christ. 10 satisfy
what He knows 10 be the greatest
Iced Of our present world-a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
England Raids
F aial TO 1850
$500 Also Hurt
During November

LoNDoN-The air and hon.
security ministries said TODAY th.,
ass civilians had been killed ana
6 .202 injured sufficiently to reoui,.
hospital treatment in German Al,
raids on all parts OF the Unl,,d
Kingdom during November.
The period reported included IN.
Inauguration Of German utter d.
struetion" raids which began with
an attempt 10 reduce the citv a,
Coventry TO rubble and which VA.
followed by all-out attacks on such
major centers as Birmingham
Bristol. Southampton and Ports
mouth.
The home security ministry
said that the dead included
2.2s9 men. l,s06 women and
49S children under Is. Injured
included s.49s men, s,,5I
women and ass children under
IS.
The number Of casualties 70,
November was a sharp decrease
from October. when 6,334 were
killed and s.6e5 were wounded.
The air raid casualties an
nounced today brought the total
since June Is to a grand total Of
1q.545 killed and 27,620 wounded
The month Of greatest CASUAL
ties was September, when 6.o5l
were killed and 10,615 were
wounded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Peace Reilly Among
Students Foils

BERKELEY. Calf. - Efforts n
the Peace Committee OF the Asso-
ciated Students of the University
Of California TO promote their
cause by holding a public meeting
did not meet with success. Seven
out OF ten speakers invited to ad-
dress the meeting declined 10
speak and the three who accepted
failed to reach the meeting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24

PUILMAN-Whsther II 10 short
or long. It appears that the present
European war will be more likely
TO intensity our agricultural prob
lens than to offer . solution for
them, says DR.. Edwin p. Dunn
meier, professor of economies
here. A long continued war pre-
SCENTS the possibilities OF extreme
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Offer Style Guidance
AT Hunter COLLEGE,

NEW YORK-Hunter College
has new weekly fashion guidance
hour for Freshmen where the
dos" and don't Of style are
discussed. With "the whole of
New York az campus" the
problem OF choosing college clothes
Is met with the mind" not
money"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
7-Day Factory
Week Studied
Auto Industry
PROPOSED Revealed

DETRofT-The sutomo;ive in
dustry viii adopt a ,even-dsy fac
tory week for national defense
production on two conditions. rep
resentstives Of the industry said
TODAY.
Factory and shop production
s1ll be pushed to the limit 10
fulfill production Chief William s.
knudsen's plea for speed and more
speed. automotive leaders said. N
the government resdjusts contracts
10 allow for the added cost. and
II unions permit extensive over
time work.
Longer working hours would
speed production In lAgging
machine tool and die shops
Which are the principal bottle
secks, hut the workers them
selves must make the decision.
Ford r. Lamb. executive secre-
tAry Of the Americas Society
~ Tool Engiaeers. said.
Lamb said II would BE- irnpos-
abls 10 place the machine tool in
dustry on . 2t-hour. three-shift
day. seven-dsy week because OF
the shortage in skilled mechanics
and tool and die makers.
He disclosed that the 81 society
chapters throughout the country
soon would submit TO local school
boards . program for training
skilled workers in high schools and
colleges. but added 1t was Of such
long range II would not help in the
present emergency.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
MoY Make Body Seal
Mascot For School

observation-disclosures at the Farm
and Trades School on Thompson $
island released Oscar, a baby seal,
after feeding it one week. but the
mammal followed their boat back
TO the island. Oscar may become
the schools mascot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
Agriculture 10 Feel Effects Of War

monetary initiation. the final ef-
fects Of which are detrimental to
trade.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
TO DISTRIBUTE BASKETS

Bellarmine high school students
will distribute baskets Of food TO
IS needy families before Christ
mas. They were prepared under
auspices OF the sodality.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-24
DAHLGREN Is BIDDER

Charles DahlEren. Tacoma. sub
nitted the low bid Of s1ss. si4 for
constructing q cold storage plant
st Fort Levin.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

Hepburn streaks by. He's ahead of
me. No, he isn't though. My weary
brain tells me I'm still one lap to the
good. But | can't let him pass me
again. Fuel shortage or no, I'm going
to gun it.
Were down through two layers
of cords" Jigger reports.
That rear tire it's going fast. And
my leg is one great throbbing pain
Last lap!
The blue flag is waved in front of us
as we shoot across the line. And Hep
burn is coming up like Man o War
in the stretch. Tire or no tire. we've
got to jam that throttle down to the
floor We race through the northwest
turn and head for the finish line.
Down comes the chcckered flag of VIC
Evening star., 1940-05-26
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
KEEP EN-
ALIVE
Continued from poge four

tons of animal dynamite. But the
tracks of the smaller showed that she
q didn't of course know then that 1t
was she" i only hoped) was
young. still following in her mothers
footsteps. and probably weighing as
yet no more than ton. Just baby.
For what seemed hot, bllsterlng
eternity we followed those rhino tracks
through the jungle. And then. at
length | saw a strange thing. The
rhino calls tracks went on alone - the
mothers branched off into the deep
forest And intermixed in the mud
with the tracks of the young one were
the unmistakable pug marks OF
tiger!
Why that mother left her baby do
not know. Perhaps she went OFT in a
different direction to feed. thinking
her baby was safely hidden in the
heavy brush. At any rate the young
rhlno's tracks led on, followed by
those of the tiger
Evening star., 1940-05-26
IIE!l5Y3IE!5QI] i! g g ;I;::;::| q;
This Means You"

California. | call him Bud" be-
cause nearly everybody out in
his district calls him that. eX-
pect the other 4OO-odd boys and
gals in the House of Representa-
tives are pretty much like these
three.
And maybe if the voters and
the bureaus and the departments
and the lobbies and the blOcs and
the unions and the rest would let
'em alone they'd stumble onto
lot of right answers.
If was a Congressman I'd go
get me one Of those signs out OF a
streetcar which reads:
PLEASE DON'T TALK TO THE
MOTORMAN AND THE CON-
DUCrOR. THEY ARE BUSY.
And I'd add This means you
and nail it right on my oiflce
door.
But, heck. guess if did that
wouldn't be a congressman,
come November.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
NO TIME FOR TERROR
Continued from poae six
Continued from pose six

tory and less than two seconds
behind comes Hepburn. Talk about
your photofnishes,
Losing by such a slender margin
might give anyone cause for bitter
ness. Yet, the next night at the Speed
way dinner when Colonel Eddie Rick
enbacker rendered me the identical
checkered flag that Starter Seth Klein
had welded to flag my car home,
Hepburn turned to me and chuckled.
Give it here second, Wilbur"
| did. He scribbled across its surface.
Il saw it as soon as you did" Then
he signed his name and passed it back
to me with grin.
Sure, know auto racing is screwy
game. But there are lots of game guys
in 1t.
$40 40
Evening star., 1940-05-26

it from the farmers of Long Island by
the dozen bales.
Which batch of hay did the mean
trick | will never know. But 1t must
have been old, wet and moldy. A care
less keeper, in the dusk of an evening,
pitchforked some OF it into the pen of
my rhino.
Next morning | was called. During
the night the poison hay she had eaten
had swollen her huge stomach to twice
its natural size Had | been called be-
fore dawn might have saved her. But
it was too late My baby rhino. one Of
the rarest women" who has ever
reached our shores. was dead.
shall always remember this sweet
girl rhino whose life | saved - and
lost! - and think of what sensation
she might have been in the St. Louis
Zoo had she not succumbed to those
few mouthfuls of bad grass.
You think it's easy to bring EN- back
alive? Try keeping 'em alive awhile!
Evening star., 1940-05-26

George Nierheller at the ST. Louis loo.
naturally wanted to get back some OF
my "shoestring' for the expedition.
but the best offer could get was
$1,000. This was because my baby
had only one ear, and geological gar
dens are particularly careful to select
only perfect specimens. With two good
ears she would easily have brought
$4,000!
For few weeks longer debated
whether would part with her or not.
By now she was pet - for all her
rapidly increasing weight - and would
take bananas from my hand as docllely
as my smallest monkey.
And then, while still debating. it
happened -.
At this time had in my collection
at AmityvilIe seven huge elephants.
over two dozen antelope OF various
species, as well as several water buffalo
and other hay-eating animals. The lot
of them ate tons of hay, and | bought
Evening star., 1940-05-26
The Long Trip Home

STEAMsHIP ten thousand miles to San
Francisco, three thousand miles over
land in special express car to New
York, then thirty miles by truck to my
Jungle camp at Amityville - and my
baby was home! Her tigertorn hide
was patched by this time, her stump
of an ear healed; she was as healthy
young rhino as have ever seen, and
was mighty proud of my surgery and
long months of nursing
For five months in Amityvllle kept
that rhino, and then got in touch with
Evening star., 1940-05-26

p GUESS you know a lot more
about Democrats and Repub-
licans than | do. But after |
stand back here behind this
counter for few months during
an election year | get up to my
ears in politics. Now, l don't
know what's right and what's
wrong in politics - or with 'em.
But | know what's wrong with
Congress. Too many back-seat
drivers.
Congressman Barton - the one
from that high-hat New York
district - is a friend of nine.
That is, he calls me "Wally."
even though l call him MIR.
Barton" Congressman Boren -
the one from down in Oklahoma
- is a relative of mine. That is,
he's a sort of a cousin. about
three generations back. MIR.
Barton is a Republican and my
relative is Democrat. Both are
kind of smart and popular with
the home folks.
Oh, yes, | know another one,
too. Congressman Gearhart from
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Primitive Sight

Primitive Stghf
! FASTENED my own pace and that OF
my boys. knew that a young rhlno
would be fair prey for hungry tiger,
just as is even huge water buffalo.
When finally sighted the calf in
clearing, it was not moment too soon.
For not far behind her was the tiger.
And before even had time to collect
myself, the beast was within striking
distance OF the baby and began charg-
ing 1t was one of the most primitive
sights | have ever seen in my life.
There was the baby rhino. frightened
and terrified. numbering away for her
life - and right behind her the striped
Bengal, loping easily, gracefully. and
closing the distance in long powerful
strides!
whipped my rifle to my shoulder
and. just as the tiger sprang for the
rhlno, pumped three quick bullets at
him!
His charge carried him to the little
rhinoceros. With fang and claw he
ripped into the ton of baby flesh. But
the lead had done its work. After chew
ing and clawing frantically second.
the tiger dropped to earth. The rhino
dropped with him.
For moment | thought had two
dead animals on my hands. But l
found that while the tiger was dead.
the rhino calf was merely nsensible
from shock of the tigers charge and
the chewing she had received.
Still living, she was nevertheless in
bad way. She had been fearfully
clawed, and one of her ears had been
almost entirely torn off saw at once
that she was the female | had hoped
for, and rare prize. But now came
the problem of keeping her alive.
wounded as she was.
Before she regained consciousness
hastily lashed her two front legs to-
gether with rattan strips, so that If she
came to before we could get her cor
rallied, she would not be able to get to
her feet. Then | amputated the re-
mains of her ear and doused the
wound with whisky, which was the
only thing available that might act as
an antiseptic Conscious now, she be-
gan struggling to get up, SO had my
boys construct a sort of corral of
logs close around her to prevent her
from breaking free from US by sheer
weight.
Once she was Gagged. had the prob
lem of getting her from Assam to my
compound in Singapore - matter of
two thousand miles by oxcart, primi-
tive railway and steamship. Added to
all this was the problem of food for
MY wounded rhino - fresh grass and
vegetables, and leaves of certain trees
and shrubs; for baby rhino is just as
particular as an orangutan about what
she eats.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

Oh, ssyl When rolled up the door, Ma squeaked.
There was our bus with the most high powered
dazzle you ever clapped an eye on. Goodness
Bill" she gasped, don't tell me you still feel like
dancing after all that work." ''What work."
said mo. Polish makes car-poishing so easy
invented new step while l was doing it, Look
Evening star., 1940-05-26
&uzg num-. n...M%
kuu !h;t toN./"

Ms's soss was really tapping. "Didn't
you promise your father" she began.
stopped her. Yes, was fully aware of
the car-polishing situation, l said, but
when a guys gotta go to hop, he's
gotta go.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, Jan. l7-Discrimi-
mating selections hoisted few is
sues in today's stock market, but,
as a rule, price changes were mar
row and uneven.
The opening was quiet and pre-
dicted surely the slow session that
followed. Near the final hour some
stocks held gains of fractions TO
point or more, but most of the list
showed only small advances or
losses.
Transfers were at the rate Of
about 100000 shares.
Brokers blamed the failure to
move one way or another on tech
nical' reasons, which means buyers,
looking at the position of prices,
don't want to extend themselves
and sellers were holding onto their
equities, at least at this stage of the
game.
Resistant-some of them gave
ground-were Bethlehem, General
Motors, Chrysler, United States
Rubber, American Telephone, Doug
las Aircraft. United Aircraft, Chesa-
peake & Ohio, Phelps Dodge, Philip
Morris and United States Gypsum.
Backward most of the time were
Du Pont, Union Carbide and Allied
Chemical
In the curb. Aluminium Co.,
Fruehauf Trailer and Hazeltine
posted modest advances.
On the big board, Cluett Peabody,
up more than point at one time,
touched a new 1939-40 high.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Overcoming
frequent outbusts of selling. wheat
prices today struck a strong upward
course which in the final hour
lifted quotations 2 cents a bushel
or more to the best level in almost
a week.
Buying came from houses with
Eastern and Southwestern connec-
tions and may have originated with
mill or cash grain handlers. pit
brokers said There was evidence
of some reinstatement of lines sold
out recently possibly because of hope
of enlarged domestic demand in
the near future. The cold wave
may retard country wheat move.
ment, grain men said.
Wheat closed lss -2ls higher than
yesterday; May, 1.ol-1oll4: July.
98as-l2; corn, ls-l4 up: May. 5S1s.
a; July, 5Sas; oats 's-'s higher.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
II Pet. Rise Forecast
For Quarters Shipping
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IA net
increase Of IL per cent in total ship
ments for the first quarter of 1910
over the corresponding period last
year was forecast today in a report
to the Atlantic States Shippers Ad-
visory Board, meeting here.
Estimated shipments were placed
at 555 848 carloads, compared to
502,86S actual carloads in the first
quarter of 1899.
The forecast included an increase
of 38 per cent in iron and steel
shipments. Al per cent in machinery
and boilers, Is per cent in flour,
meal and other mill products.
Coal and coke shipments during
the first quarter of this year were
estimated at 275,455 cars, an in
crease of 10 per cent. and iron and
steel shipments at 46,l07 cars, COM
pared to 33,4l1.
Evening star., 1940-01-17

Ildlll, WEST bIOS. humphrey LioNu
Brick Co.; w. J. Mileham, Shade
Shop. Inc; E. S. RoWzee, Edmonds
Art Stone Co. Inc; w. A. Bowman,
E. G. Schafer Co. E. A. Eldred,
MayfoWer Hotel Corp, and r. T.
Morris, R. P. Andrews Paper Co.
The election of officers conceded
with the Inauguration Of new
program of expanded activities, de-
signed 10 augment the services which
the association renders to the WASH
ington business community and
which are aimed at further reduction
of credit losses. The association. one
of the oldest business organizations
in the city, is an affiliated unit of
the National Association of Credit
Men, one of the Nations oldest and
largest business groups.
Thorn Heads Trust Company
Corcoran Thorn was reelected
president of the American Secur-
lty & Trust Co. late yesterday,
when the directors elected officers
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Dark-Fired,
Receives Promotion

NEW YORK, Jan. II R.-
Findlay S. Douglas, widely known
in golfing circles, has been appoint
ed assistant to the president Of
Universal Atlas Cement Co., a SUBJ
sidiary of United States Steel Corp.
He was formerly a special repre-
sentative at New York.
Mr.. Douglas won the United
States amateur golf championship
in 1898, year after coming to
America from his native Scotland,
and served as president of the
United States Golf Association in
1929-30. He is now president of the
United States Seniors Golf Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Cotton fu-
lures opened to II lower.
Initial cotton prices sagged in
sympathy with easiness in Bonn
bay and Alexandria as we'll as
pressure of selling by Bombay
brokers'
Later. however. the list recov-
cred several points from the lows
in quiet trading on buying by To-
Gals, co-operatives and New Or
leans.
Around the end of the first hour
prices held to lower; January
(old), 1901; March (old), 1898;
July (old). 1887.
Prices recovered to within l to 5
points from the previous close in
forenoon dealings on a fair trade
demand, Local and New Orleans
buying offset scattered hedge of
ferings and selling by a leading
spot interest. Eleven of the thirteen
January notices issued were re-
ported stopped
hI Hlluudy lle uSJ was un.
changed to points down: March
told), 1l.0l; July tolO, l0.41; De-
cember, $40.
COttOnSeed Oil.
NEW YORK, Jan. II F.-
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures
ruled quietly firm today.
Prices firmed early in the session
on covering induced by strength in
outside markets, particularly lard.
Offerings on the advance represent
ed profit taking. The list held gains
of to 10 points at noon. March
7.0l, May TIA, July 722, Septem-
Der 729.
Crude oil in the Southeast and
Valley was quoted SO cents bid, Of
fered at 6. Texas was 5a4 cents bid.