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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20
Boy Scouts Organizing For Emergency

2. II. Chapeue. presideu; OF the
Wa .tenaw Livingston Council OF
Boy Scouts IS announcing a number
Of events already planned during
i1i2 by the Council and lis various
dis riots and committees. Height
cned by many calls for assistance
in the national emergency. Scout
troops are organizing themselves to
operate al top efficiency.
Events listed include.
Monday evening. January 5 --
Ypsilanti District Scout Leaders
Round Tale at the principals Of.
flee at the Ypsilanti High school;
Thursday evening. January $ - a
meetlrg Of the committee on camp
ing. community service and activi.
Ties. Monday. January II bunch
irE the hook collection campaign in
hich the BOY Scouts OF America
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

are cooperating in collecting 5000
600 books for me use Of the armed
forces.
Tuesday. January IS Annual
meeting OF the Council. Discussion
groups at p. m, dinner session at
f:l5 p. m: Wednesday evening.
January lis p m, lpsilauu Dis
trict potiuck dinner for Scouts and
Cubs and their parents at the Ypsi.
lanti High School gymnasium Dis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20
Major Cleary
in .HigEler Rank

Major owen ]. Cleary OF the local
Michigan State Troops has been
advanced TO the rating Of Lieutenant
colonel by order of the adjutant
generals Office. recommendations
have been made for advancement
Of others In the local unit, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Cleary said.
A number of other honors have
come this year TO Lieutenant Col
onel Cleary. He was elected presi-
dent Of Cleary College to succeed
his father, p. r. Cleary, and was
chosen president Of the Board Of
Commerce. He is active in defense
programs in Ypsilanti.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20
Bill Now Awaiting
Signature of
President

Washington. Dec 90 UP Con
gressional legislation exempting
teen-age youths from compulsory
military service but creating a
potential army OF 100000 men
between 20 and "a, inclusive.
awaited President Roosayclts sig
nature today.
Designed TO mobilize the nation $
manpower for the all out war
against the Axis powers. the bill
calls for the ultimate registration
Of all men from Is through 6i. But
only those in the 2O-4i age bracket
would be liable for military serv-
ice.
Final action came yesterday on
approval by both chambers Of a
Scnate-House conference report
compromising differences on the
draft age limitations.
The House had insisted on de
laying induction Of youths until
they reached their 2iet birthdays
despite urgent appeals by Mr.
Roosevelt. Gen. George G. Marshall.
chief of staff. and other Army ol.
ficials for Inclusion OF younoe"
men The Senate supported the
lg year floor recommended by
the administration
Conferees battled over the b.
sue most Of the morning. ooch side
refusing TO hudga Administration
leaders arranged the comuromi-e
% year minimum during the noon
recess and tho leE Station was
whipped through the Sou9tH and
House without a record vote.
LOST Black & white Fox Terrier
Bird Dog, short tail Reward 1862
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20
AWARDED DAMAGES

Detroit. Mich. Dec. 20--lNS-As
compen alton for injuries suffered
when struck by an land Trans
portation Company truck IN Au.
gust 1880. Ms. Clair Adams, A..
keego Har.or, today was awarded
$4,000 damages by a circuit court
jury The woman asked S35 600
damages
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20
WANTS METERS

Detroit, Dec. 2g-lNs Traffic
Engineer u. Grant Mickle said to-
dag that disrespeet for downtown
parking regulations has reached
such proportions that law violators
outnumber legal parkers. Among
other things. Mickle recommend
cd that parking meters be Install
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

VlcHY. Frsnee-lNs- The
government OF French lndo-
China has assumed control over
all American, British and Dutch
properties In French lndo-
China, an authorized Viehy
spokesman disclosed today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

LONDON-INS A German
Swedish pact for one year has been
signed by which the scandinavian
country agrees to provide large
quantities OF ore and machinery in
return for 100000 tons Of coal,
Reuters said in a Stockholm dis
patch today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

Rent Rooms e. POS lakewood.
ADJ. 1921
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

Los ANGELES -CP-Tfa Free
Netherlands radio hr0lfrtstinr
from London and picked MP here by
NBC said TODAY evacuated British
women and chiF c1 reaching Bate
via from po~ras f.fanH r.as ted
the i'rul city OF Victoria "smok.
ins ruin
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

NEW YOPK-rNs- Mayor F. Il.
i9Gu1rdia plunged into the work
Of placing the CITY 70 New 70 K
on war basis today and brushed
a-.te questions concerning reports
he planned 10 give up either hts Job
as the cifys CHIEF executive or "a
national head Of civilian defense.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20
Flashes of
Late News
TIE WEATHER: Tonight:
Cloudy, Colder

NEW YORK-lNS - Standard
Identification tags for all OF New
York Citys public and parochial
school children will be considered
today by the board OF education
The tags would be worn by all OF
the 800 900 school children at all
times and would replace temporary
cardboard tags pinned on the small
er children during the recent air
raid alarms.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

LOST Black & white Fox Terrier
Bird Dog. short tail Reward 1862
Davis s.. Adv. lg2Os
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

LONDON-lNS-Portugal prop
ably will take no other action
against Anglo-Dutch occupation Of
Timor in the South Pacific than
the writing OF notes Of objection.
the Daily Sketch said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

RATtVIN-lNS Dutch-British
cmissar'cs advised the governor ~
Timor ir advance that the portu.
euesc ISLAND would be- occupied to
foresall % Japanese invasion. auth.
critics in Batavia said todov. Tho
governor protested. but the land
ines We're carried cut anyway. and
without q .sordor. they said jap
anese nationals We're rounded up
quickly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

KELLY FIELD TeX-lNS -
Lastminute changes in War De.
Tartmcnt plans will send Capt FL
lott Roosevelt. son OF The Presi-
dent. TO duty with a reconnaissance
SQUADRON IN California. following
l's graduation from the aerial nayi-
g1tors' school ar kelly Field today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-INS- More
than 5000 Illinois state employees
today received pay checks for the
first time since early November,
thanks 10 the Illinois Supreme
Court. The high court held late
Friday that the Cook County Cir
cult Court acted without authori-
" when it issued an injunction
against payment of salaries to EN-
ployes holding temporary civil SER
vice appointments. All the checks
were TO be issued within "a hours.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

PATERSON. y. J.-INS- Pro-
duction OF airplane engines at five
Wright Aeronautical Corporation.
New Jersey plants continued on n
full time basis today following a
brief work stoppage over "efiicien-
cy bonuses"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

BERLlN-(By Official German
eless)-INS-The German ra-
do reported from Shanghai today
that the government Of British In
dia proclaimed Thailand to be terri
tory occupied by the enemy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

CHICAGO-INS - Freedom 10
volunteer for the nations forces
should be withheld, lest it disrupt
the plan of universal selective ser
vice, President Robert VI. Hutchins
of the University OF Chicago main
tanned today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-20

WASHINGTON ms - Sen.
Wheeler Cd Mont, today declared
that the people are entitled to
know American war aims and that
freedom of speech and press must
be preserved during the war except
when il might aid the enemy. The
Montana senator, who has declared
his full support Of the President
in the war. emphasized his belief
that rigid censorship must not be
allowed TO stifle freedom of press
and radio, and reserved the right
OF constructive criticism Of the war
effort.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08
Press

(Contlnueo from rage ~
German radio and DNB, German
official news agency.
Declaring that despite the
American efforts felt here, with
all certainty the consolidation OF
the New Order will continue in
Europe" Dienst Aus Deutschland
said the alleged Roosevelt De-
marche" to Yugoslavia "is d.
rectly opposed to the principles
Of the Monroe Doctrine as well
as Roosevelt's own promise to
the voters to keep America away
from war;" -t
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08
Letter


vaded by the Italians.
The statement was printed
midst Greek claims of new sue
cesses on the Central Albanian
warfront, including the capture
Of 1850 Italians. These claims
conceded with unconArmed re-
ports Of another shakeup in the
Italian High Command - the
fourth since the campaign began
last Oct. 20.
Foreign sources said General
Ugo Cavallero, chief of the Ital-
ian General Staff, who has been
personally directing the Albania
campaign, had been superseded
by General Carolo Gelloso, 18th
army commander.
ct was not clear whether the
report meant that Gelloso had
been named chief of staff or
merely placed in charge Of Ease
ist forces in Albania.)
The Greek High Command
said the Italians had been driven
back from strong and efficiently
organized positions" on the Cen
trail Albanian front yesterday.
Yesterday, for the Arst time,
the Greeks used front line loud
speakers to lombard Italian in
fantrymen with propaganda.
A Greek officer read 1000
word criticism of Fascism with
the recurring query of "Why are
you fighting Greece?"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08

ANxw HAvEN-Ora A. Smith,
20, Of 320o Arnold road, dis4
late yesterday 1t st. Joseph's
hoepital following . six months
illness. es
Mr.. Smith was born 1t Frank
fork. Ont. and subsequently,
liver It 'Watertown. N. Y. and
Detroit before coming 70 New
Haven In 1870.
Surviving besides the widow,
Ruby, are nix sisters, Mrs. Ro-
bert Elliott, Of Detroit, end Mrs.
Wesley Howard. Mrs. Charlos
Canning. Mrs. rMahalie Wana-
maker, Mrs. william Turner ana
Mrs. Beatrice Revoy, all Of Can
ada; and six brothers. Philip, d
WATERFOWL, and Arthur. Waltof.
George, rAsia and Gordon, oil @
Canada. a. q
The remains will lie q The
home from Saturday evening I'M
til 10 am. Monday.
Funeral services win b hsld
from the VIII Funeral Home
Monday at 1:30 pm. with the
Rev. B. A. Warren. pastor os
New haven Congregational
church. officiating. Burial Win
be in Acacia Park Cemetery In
Birmingham. $780,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08
MIS- pIu(iIlski
Dies Al Romeo


oAriss Virginia Plucinski. age
q. passed away late Friday at
the Wehenkel Sanitarium, Ro-
meo, following m illness Of two
years.
Virginia was born In Detroit,
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Plucinslxi. She attended st.
Peters school In Mount Glenn
ems. Later she was employed by
the Mount Clemens Pottery UNI
til i'll health forced her into con-
valescence.
She Il survived by het par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Plucin-
ski; four brothers, Raymond,
Joseph, Edward and Arthur; and
one sister. Dorothy.
Services will be conducted
from the parents home. Tues
day, March IL, at $50 and ,
o'clock at st. Lawrence church,
Rev. E.:,j. DeKeyser officiating.
Burial will be in the st. Law
renee cemetery.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08

lleict ~ The Army Air Corps
pro1rod ~ volunteer orunnlxu-
don q wardens and assistanes.
'S6attle," he said, has ut m
example for the whole country
Of which Il can Justly be proud.
80 Even after learning how
thoroughly the whole expert
ment had been planned, ] didn't
dream that the blackout would
be O. nearly total as II was. That
can be due to only one thing
the line. patriotic spirit Of the
vast majority Of the people who
co-operated 80 thoroughly"
A newspaperman who flew
over the city along with army
airplanes during the test, said
he could zee no lights other than
those Of the shipyards, airplane
factory, harbor and airways.
illegal and national defense con-
siderations made the extinguish-
Ing Of these impracticable.)
Forgotten lights proyi q 9. d
most OF the theoretical trouble
for wardens who were organ
lied on q precinct basis and in.
cluded war veterans and Boy
Scouts. A few stores neglected
to make arrangements for dous-
ine window lights, but one eli
night drug. store closed for The
first time In so years. 1he store
manager had to secure : special
paddock for the lockless door.
BY error, even the police ra-
dio station was "blacked out"
when q master switch In the
buildings electric circuit was
thrown.
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Aid

CONTINUED from Page ~
change was more or less techni-
cal.
At least one major controversy
remained to be settled today. 1t
was over an amendment by Sen
ator Walsh (D-Mass) VIII 1 c h
Walsh said would prohibit "giv-
ing away the navy"
There was q possibility, too,
that Senator Taft (R-Ohio)
would seek q showdown on his
substitute proposal to lend
Britain, Canada and Greece .
total Of not more. than $4,000
600, 900. Taft commended q loan
program would be simple way
to aid warning "democracies"
without comforting extraordi-
nary powers on the President.
The Walsh amendment would
forbid the transfer to another ma
tional of any naval vessel or air
craft which could not be re-
placed "by better or more salts
factory craft within q period of
three months"
Democratic Leader Barkley
predicted the Walsh proposal
would meet the fate Of other op-
position amendments.
"You might as well forget the
bill entirely Is to adopt that
amendment" Barley declared.
"I'm confident it will be de-
feated." :
The. majority leader said he
was delighted with yesterdays
succession Of administration vic
tories, and he reiterated his pre-
diction Of Anal passage by . 2
70 1 vote. ~~r @"-- z -
Other administration Senators
appeared equally certain Of the
outcome, and even some men,
beers Of the opposition conceded
that passage of the bill was rs
sured by tonight. Senator Clark
(D-Mo), however. declared en-
phatically that "there will be no
vote this week-there Is not .
chance on earth"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
A letter appeared in this
column q few days ago concern
ing some beautiful collie dogs,
and the way, they contracted dis
temper and how all the dogs at
the Macomb county dog pound
ere rnistreated and underfed.
Now ! personally want to set the
peoples minds at rest about this
matter. The one who wrote that
letter doesn't know anything
about the pound, in fact, he
never has been there.
There are no distempered
dogs at the pound and there are
no dogs, entered there that have
any sisnauxof- thia ,diseasA The
dogs are fed and watered twice
daily, regular dog food IS. given
all the dogs, and there II con-
slant heat day and night,
and the dogs have all clean bed
ding answered q call to pick
up those collie dogs. They were
half starved and nearly frozen,
and they hadn't had any care
for quite a few days.
Everything was done to save
the dogs. The one already had
pneumonia and was too weak
to stand the treatment given
him. The others are at the
pound. They really are beauti..
full dogs. Anyone concerned may
see the dogs at the hours the
pound is open. If one can't write
the truth, why bother to write
at all?
F. c. DUNCAN.
County Dog Warden
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08

U1sSs - w. US1
To the Editors
Senator psentiee ~ Brown ~
Gently GfnAod - h1o SpooGlr u Shs
United otatu 9enote = aSpport-
ing tha GondsI ,eaDa MI Sxhe y
sue \ not war Or peaco. We may
pass The bill and stu have war
or peace. We may reject e and
still have war or peaoo. The
question r. which course will
tend to keep war from Vie Unit
ed Statssf Defeat q Britain 4
more likely to mean trouble for
w than Il victory for Britain. A
victorious Hitler Is . menace 10
my country. "A victorious. Chur-
chill 10 not"
Senator Brown b one gentle
man, I believe. who knows
whereof he speaks. and the sum-
mary he gave in re61suring the
people Of the United States =
worthy Of reprintins. He offered
the following points:
Before the draft law went
into effect: First. We had moro
than 1000, 900 men Of military
age, with first-class military
training. Second. We have TO-
600 airplane pilots outside the
armed services of the United
States.
Third. Three million men
have gone through the C.c.C.
camps and have received excel
lent training in discipline, In
camp life, in road building. In
driving heavy trucks, I'D tractors,
and n machinery repair.
Fourth. The population Of
the United States Il greater
than that Of any two countries of
Europe combined, with the ex-
ception Of Russia.
Fifth. We have 5000, 900
farms which II is said-and
want this fact to sink ,in-6,-
100000 farms will produce half
Of the food crops produced on
earth, with only 7 per cent OF the
population and 5 per cent Of the
tillable acreage Of the world.
Sixth. Sixty per cent Of all
minerals extracted from this
planet Is taken out Of the land
lying within the borders of con-
tinental United States"
Marion A. White.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08
Drain Determination
Meeting Is Called

"a board of determination
meeting to consider the cleaning,
deepning and widening Of the
Red Rum Drain from the IL Mile
Campbell intersection five miles
ia IN easterly direction will. be
held on March 10. County Drain
Commissioner Arnold Rocken-
suess said today.
The meeting will be held at
the intersection, Rockensueas
said. While the drain services
Oakland county, the prUposed
improvements would prevent
sewage from backing into the
county. ..x
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08
LAST TIME TODAY
VIRGINIA" ]
In, Tschnicolor with
MADELEI1iE CARROLL
FRED MAC MURRAY
Repeal

Continued from Page ~
adopted. proponents Of the mea-
sure said, for the protection Of
church services.
The bill, introduced by Rep.
Robert H. Richards. Jr.. was Wiz
tually' identical with one which
the House Of Representatives de-
feated Feb. ~. The defeat was
interpreted by Morford ~ q
mandate" for strict enforcement
of the blue laws adopted In the
18th century by Delaware's
Swedish and Dutch settlers.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08

On Z Lesser ucele. ~ nperin-
t6ndsnt Of Schools ~ ~ Fast
has alreAdy ~ z that
Mount CleuAens ~ ~ schools
cannot abeoeb mons ! - 100 ID
ditional trade soh6o1 ~ ~ ana
II uttersly lnpeol}a 20 ~
sumo more higiT 6e11o enroll
ments. Lack o&. sehoo1epom IA
cilities has already croGtod . To-
cal problem quite asi1o nom the
effects Of defenAe activities.
Secretary of War atlinson and
James Forrestal. Acting Score
tary Of the Navy, advised the
Senate In communication made
public today that "the federal
government must assume respon-
sibility" since most school dis
tricts would b unable 70 care for
the numerous extra students OF
pay for required new buildings,
transportation and additional
teachers.
They suggested these emer-
gency school costs could be han
died In connection with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.s recent request
for an $50, 600, 000, aHUrgpria-
ton to provide community ia
cilities in areas affected by the
defense program
The federal Office Of education
recommended that state and
local school officials apply to II
for funds and submit plans for
control and Operations Of school
facilities. It said that the war and
navy departments and division
Of defense housing coordination
could cooperate in determining
needs.
Warren and Fraser public
school systems have already pc
titioned ne Federal government
for funds to increase school ia
cilities and an estimated total OF
81, 1888. 900 may be required to
expand school activities through
out the South Macomb area as q
whole. In Warren 1t least 500
new pupils are expected by Sep
TENDER while in all Of the sur
rounding communities lesser d.
rect results Of the defense pro-
gram are anticipated.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-08
LAST TIME TO-DAY
Iti.I Il ne ylgllsniss
BOYS Of nElIY

intimated that offers Of machin-
cry, locomotives and other eco
nomic Inducements were being
held out IN m effort 70 persuade
Turkey to relinQuish her ties
with Britain.
Despite the belligerent anti
Maxi tone Of Turkeys press and
her defense precautions, there
still was no indication she would
hack up Greece's vow Of fighting
should the Germans strike to-
ward the Aegean.
German sources professed to
believe neither Turkey nor
Greece would challenge German
arms.
The German press commented
sharply today on President Roos-
evelt's foreign policy after circu-
lating q report that he had
sought to keep Yugoslavia from
the Axis.
State Department officials at
Washington yesterday said they
had never heard" Of any u. S.
efforts in that direction.
The German press, which
printed the Yugoslav story from
. Budapest newspaper, took the
tone that any such attempt to
influence Germany's neighbors
was q violation of the Monroe
Doctrine.
The air war in the west slack
ed off overnight with little Maxi
activity reported over England
AT Tokyo, informed quarters
predicted that . peace treaty set
thing the Thailand-French lndo-
China frontier dispute would be
signed provisionally tomorrow.