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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-23

Hear From Son
Mr.. and Mrs Ferdinand Herbst
received a telephone message from
their son. Edward sunday morning
saying that he was well and that
so Ear rumors that his regiment
Is 10 80 al once 10 the Philippines
had not mster!alized. He is at Camp
Mcdowell, San Francisco. Friends
here have also received a message
from Robert Borusch, who is also in
san + ancisco but at a different
camp. That he is we'll is about all
the censors will allow TO be said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs Kenneth Hathaway
end family Pleasant Lake, and
Mr. and MISS. Neil Hathaway Pom
tiac. will be with Mr.. and Mrs.
Leon @. Hathaway Christmas.
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Cox and
family and Mrs. Cox's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. julius Oelke, Augusta
Township, wiz spend Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles b. Cox.
Milan.
Mrs. Lawrence Randolph. Port
Huron. was a guest at the week end
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
komosinski
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy c. Kennedy,
Miss Jane and John Kennedy are
leaving Wednesday morning for
Camp Grant Rockford, H., to
spend Christmas with Yates Ken
nedy, who is in the Medical Corps
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lister and
daughter. Roberta Ann, and broth
er. Martin Hensley will leave today
for Calumet to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Listers mother, Mrs. john
Hensley. who has been i'll for sew
eral weeks Mrs. Lister and baby
will remain there for some time.
Accompanying them on the trip
will be August Parisot, who will
visit relatives in Calumet and Miss
Dorothy Piche, Lansing, who will
visit relatives at Lake Linden.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-23
News Briefs

WASHlNGTON-INS-The CLOS
United Automobile Workers Union
today launched a drive TO sell $50.
600 900 worth Of defense bonds
among It's 100000 members.
WASHINGTON -INS-Some 100.
600 former L. :. Army officers Will
return to military duty. the War De-
partment estimated today. The
Army invited all officers who served
in the last World War and others
who had retired from service TO ap-
ply for reinstatement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-23

The condition OF Frank Augustus,
sol W. Michigan Ave, who was
taken to Boyer Memorial. Hospital
Friday suffering with serious at
tack OF pneumonia. was reported
unchanged.
Evening star., 1941-09-07
(I2!!5YSIE!91II :::E;:: ::
Nothing to Worry About

well, about two years before
you opened this beanery. ! Bumps
and another truck driver on this
route used to hate each others
CUTS. | don't know what caused
it to start, but it was a lulu of a
feud. They used to fight each
other with ten-ton trucks.
"One night the other guy tries
to go around Bumps, cut in on
him an run him into the ditch.
But something happened to his
own steerin' gear an he skidded
an turned over an his truck
caught fire.
Bumps never hesitated min
ute. He grabbed a crowbar out
of his tool-box, rushed straight
into that blazin' truck. broke
open the door, dragged his
enemy out, rolled him in the
sand-an' then spent a month in
the same hospital with him while
they both got over their burns.
After Bumps was out. l asked
him why he didn't let the guy fry.
'Shucks,' says Bumps, you can't
let brother truck driver down
so don't worry. Wally. that
youngster has just enough fight
in his makeup so he won't see
anything unusual in not lettin'
us fellow truck drivers down,
either"
Evening star., 1941-09-07
WATER GIRL
Coniinvsd from poss eight

ing, was depending too much upon
sheer good looks ever to become a
finished player. The part was that
of Ellie May in Tobacco Road"
In this non-fattering role she wore
only a cotton dress of primitive
design, patched and frayed. her hair
was tangled. and in place of the usual
expert Hollywood makeup, some plain
California dirt was rubbed we'll into
Evening star., 1941-09-07

q KID was in here last night
A who had just got drafted.
4 u II like the u. S. okay,"
said the boy. "but there's sure a
whole lot of guys tn the u. S.
that | wouldn't lift a little finger
to save from gettin' blown plumb
over the Rocky Mountains"
such as who?" asks him.
well" he says, II worked for
a big stuffed shirt last summer
who fired me to give my job to
one of his half-witted relations.
That's one. Another one is my
high-school chemistry teacher
who flunked me because one of
his pets copied my examination
paper an l got blamed for havin,.
the same answers"
That all the enemies you
got?" | want to know. "Out of a
hundred an thirty million popu-
lation?"
mo. SIR" he goes on. II don't
like lot of these foreigners we.
got. An millionaires. An crabby
old fuddy-duddies that is always
buttin' into other peoples busi-
ness"
The kid goes out an Bushy
Barnes looks up from his paper
an grins.
"Bushy," tell him, I'm
afraid that young fellow amt
goin' to be very good soldier"
Bushy says. "Wally, you ever
notice that bad burn scar on
Bumps Rafferty's arm and neck?
Evening star., 1941-09-07

pened to think of testing Miss Tierney.
Miss Tierney got it.
And now, at the moment of writing,
she is finishing another feminine lead,
this time Shutdown" for Walter
Wanger, who borrowed her from
Twentieth Century-Fox for the job.
She plays the part of Zia, half-caste
Arabic tradeswoman, and, according
to reports, is knocking them for row.
Evening star., 1941-09-07

Our heroine is
one of the most
beautiful girls in
pictures today,
and if she really
comes through in
this present part,
admittedly a very
difficult one, she
will be set up as
one of the main
attractions OF the
Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox studios.
/ had coffee
with Miss Tier
n e y a n d h er
mother at her
small Hollywood
home the other
day. 1t was good
coffee. l spilled
part of my cup,
because | tried to
pick it up with
out taking my
eyes off our sub
ject. I'm not so
dumb.
The End
9-7-4I
Evening star., 1941-09-07

her epidermis.
The critics said
she was okay in
the part.
Th en- am e
Belle Starr"
The producers
had been at a
loss to find the
right girl to play
the title role. 1t
was hard. Belle
Starr was a his
toric character of
the Old w est:
first the daugh-
ter of a Missouri
judge, but later
an outlaw, the
talented head of
a gang of bank
robbers, and a
bad sister with
the gun on her
own account.
They tested a lot
of people and
made some false
s ar S, W h en-
somebody hap
Evening star., 1941-09-07

THE modern housewife gets real thrill
l. out of cooking! On top of your stove
sparkling "Pyrex" Flameware utensils turn
out tastier food in less time and with less
trouble than old style utensils. In the oven,
clear "Pyrex" Ovenware saves fuel and
browns foods quicker. "Pyrex" ware washes
more easily; never absorbs odors. And every
smart attractive all-glass dish does triple
duty-for cooking, serving and storing. See
these items at thrifty prices at your NA
favorite store today!
Evening star., 1941-10-12

RENOWNED for decides as one Of the top fiaht
smol-m mouth boss streoms Of the Notion the
Potomoe hos come book from the disastrous flood
Of 1896. Today the river offers the finest smoIl-
mouth fishing in the Eost and this year bass fishing
hos been at its peck
The sporty smoll mouth is not motive to the Poto-
moe. with its broken voter, swift runs ond rock
bound stretches. booked by magnificent scenery In
the middle 80s Of the 18th century Baltimore 6
Ohio engineer corried in his voter tonk some smol-
mouth boss from their motive home in the Middle
West ond ponted them in the river From thot
meo9er beginning the river hos become one Of the
mojor boss streams Of the Eost ond hos even served
os breeding ground for tronspIontine to other
rivers.
Long stretches Of eIeor, sunny weother this year
hove brought joy to the souls Of oneIes From
obove Little FoIs CumberIond the river teens with
small mouth. inch for inch and pound for pound the
eomest fish thot swims"
The esthetie fly fishermen with his dointy and
light equipment. the plug eoster fiekng lure into
the broken woter below rocks and the deep pools,
ond the potent bolt fishermen huddIed in O boat
voting for the boss to come TO their heqromtes or
worms. oil fish the Potomac with success.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05

through the generations.
Thus 1t is that a lubber can be
recognized the very minute he
opens his ZIP. He'll try to imi-
tate the sailorman's salty word
age-and then there results a
gable that neither seaman nor
landsman can understand.
We once had a school teacher
who persisted in scraping his
fingernails on a blackboard. We
ground our teeth and broke into
a cold sweat every time.
That same awful feeling over
takes us as We read the printed
scribhlings of guys who don't
know the difference between fact
and error. right or wrong. up
from down. the main sheet from
the bed sheet-yet foolishly
make feeble efforts to create
the impression they personally
are the Ancient Mariner. Bah,
Worst and most offensive are
those mugs who think, for in
stance. that bark" is simply
slang or a shortcut for "barken-
tine"
YOU'D think a Boston news
paper would know the difference
on that one, wouldn't you? Or
is the end of memory regarding
squareriggers really at hand y
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions Turn to the
Woman's page for the answers.
/. If you receive 81 a line for
writing a sonnet, how much will
you have?
2. A cyclotron is an atom
smashing machine. a type of BIZ
cycle or a term of years
g. The expectation of life for
white males in the United States
is 5e.12, 4s.34 or 60.4 years?
4. Where is Fraser's statue,
THE End of the Trail?
5. What word is the name of
a bird and also signifies having
a jolly time?
6. Cognac is a malt tonic.
brandy or a type of whisky?
Z. Name the governor of ILL.,
inois.
s. The capital of California is
San Francisco, Sacramento or
Los Angeles?
Q. From which state was the
father of Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh member of congress
10. Did Benjamin Franklin
sign the constitution of the
United states?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05
Mental Preparedness

The time for this has not yet But it may come
and ID not aarmst in Mrs Roosevelt to suggest that
begin getting into the mental frame of mind to ride
with it If it comes.
In general have felt in the United States that
could have both guns and butter. The industrial
Of the country great that in general this
should be But there may be exceptions Aluminium
for instance Suppose the pressure for planes and
planes rises, and there shortage of aluminium that
it can't be used for cooking utensils When the
ment points the need should be ready postpone
buying such materials laying aside the money instead to
buy them after the emergency Then such
purchase will help the strain of transfer back to
peacetime production
As stocks of goods hand this does not of course
apply II may apply But il is just well to face
not against
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05
Mr.. FIXIT
He Fixes THINGS

70 rtcriws attention In this eoi-
INN lsttcra muzI slFs name and
ad1Fess 81 writer Only inltlaIs
81 Ds publishe1 shsn requested.
Mr.. f1xit: Where would one
write 10 obtain an FLA loan for
= new house How long do YOU
get . loan for Can one get on
social security after he - past
III years old or must they be
IA To the day. A. L.
For an FLA loan you must
deal with a bank OF savings and
loan association or similar
agency which arrsnges FLA
loans. Someone at your nearest
bank will advise you. The period
Of the loan varies In different
cases. You'll have 10 determine
that with the agency. also. Any
person who is employed Is en-
titled to a Social Security num-
Der. The question is not OF age
but Of being employed. Even
the baby stars Of Hollywood
have Social Security registra-
ton numbers.
Mr.. Fixit: Are there any
schools In Tacoma that teach
old time Dances X. w. Is.
Don't recall any school: how
ever the park board and WPA
conduct dance classes from to
S O'Clock Tuesday evenings for
adults and Friday evenings,
same hour. for high school stu
dents IS to 81 years old. Under
stand old time dances are taught
but major emphasis is on
modern dances
Mr.. Fixit: Can yon tell me
the names Of all the living wives
Of ex-presidcnts of the 4. s.:
I understand there are seven,
but Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Wilson
are the only ones | can get.
Il. NJ. X.
Such references as have
available indicate seven are liv-
ing. as follows: Mrs. Herbert
Roover. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge,
the second Mrs. Woodrow Will
son, the second Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt; Mrs. William II.
Taft: the second Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison who in 1921 married
James Blaine Walker jr., and
Mrs Grover Cleveland, who in
1913 became Mrs. Thomas Jex
Preston jr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05
CITY Had No Alternative

City council members have definitely killed the proposal
for proposed field south of 9th and east of
the Narows The proposed federal WPA grant of 220
600 if accepted would have obligated the city to raise
proxmatey 500 for purchase of the Site provide funds
for hangers and other buildings and then undertake the
task of annual upeep 1t just wasn't in the cards for the
city dads to raise the money.
Past experience has shown that municipal airpors do
pay their way. Pierce county its white ele
plant" Lakevew to the federal government with the
resultant establishment of McChord Field where the L. S.
is spending millions The federal administration spend
millions where local governments can't raise ncke for such
ventures
Tacoma may possibly need municipal airport for future
development but just with the country deense-mnded
and taxes being what they il impractical TO
the the city to raise for the purpose
City dads have acted wisely, at least for the present
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05
Shuttle Service Is Welcome

Tacoma Pierce county and Ktsap county residents will
hail with delight Inauguration Tuesday of shuttle 24hour)
service the ferry the Narrows Establishment of
such by the will tend in large degree
the loss and inconvenience occasoned by the loss OF
the Narrows bridge, which collapsed Nov. T.
Gig Harbor residents feel dshearened at the a5an
donment of the Gig HarborP Defiance ferry service but
residents soon will adjust themselves To the setup
especially since the frequent service will speed
traffic in every direction 1t Of greater good for
the greater number
Incidentally residents of this also will welcome the
position of Gov Arthur B. Lange and other members of
the state toll bridge authority in making claim for full
reparaton for the Narrows bridge loss The insurance
companies may be justified in part in insisting the claim
for total justified Meanwhile plans for
bridge should and must be continued at the greatest speed
possible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05
PULSE OF
THE PU BLIC
OPPOSES LEASE
LEND MEASURE

Editor The Times Our nation
was launched upon this world by
heroic men OF vision. They and
their fathers had suffered under
British and other tyrannical
rulers of their day having first
hand knowledge Of the corrup-
ton and cruelties of the rich and
powerful. Controlling the arm
ed forces these latter could and
did order millions of innocents
to torture, Jail, exile and gibbet.
Our founding fathers, therefore,
when creating a congress and
the courts. took into account the
frailties of humans of whatever
station and of the potential
evils somehow inherent in every
child of the race, peasant, king
or pope.
Today Germany is totalitar-
ian power. and has been de-
scribed by Roosevelt in this. to
be more efficient than democ-
racies" Efficiency being first
essential in war operations FDR
now that ne and his yes
men" have taken us so far
toward open conflict-demon-
strates. in seeking the lease-lend
all out power. a very plain
working respect for the one man
Hitler authority.
Would not our fore-fathers
weep tears of blood could they
trace the undemocratic back
stepping in this aid to Britain"
innovation
The spirit of the constitution
implies the advantages and
greater safety in spreading
government authority. This is
basic in real democracy. Gen.
eral "get-together." reasoning,
curbs and checks rather than
any phase of autocratic power
in one politician. For every situ-
alton suggested by the give
lesse-lenders" q mixed commits
sion in ito collective mental
scope is most desirable. Truly.
were a president eliminated.
democratic processes would func-
ton unimpsried. Such in q
government by the people.
c. w. RANSOM.
South Tacoma. Box 2s6.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05

pletely destroy all marine life
considering the neutralizing
powers of the salt water
A. for congratulating our
Senator Barney Jackson for in
PRODUCING this bill IS B 2sO I
am wondering If he has the vel
fare of the poor fish at heart
or the hundreds of families that
would be affected by such
move. The state has continually
cried about the large relief rolls,
yet our worthy senator can
think of nothing better than
Riding our city of a large por-
ton of its payrolls. Is this
constructive
Perhaps it has not been real
lied just how many branches
of industry such a move would
affect. II would not only be
the pulp mill workers but would
take in its scope loggers. ship
pers and various retail trades
men: not to mention the City of
Tacoma itself. The st. Regis
Kraft Co. alone now uses one
half of the city's water supply
in addition To which is the Ray
onier plant which also uses a
large quantity.
Tacoma has progressed admir-
ably in the past decade and we
are proud OF her growth. but let
US continue the good work and
invite more industry TO settle
here instead Of trying to stran-
gle them with nuisance laws.
Do we hear any cries from
Chicago. Omaha. or Kansas City
about the smell from the stock
yards or their methods of waste
disposal? II any Of the few who
find the pulp mills obnoxious TO
their comfort or destructive 10
their recreation will note any Of
the larger cities in the L. S.
they viii undoubtedly find they
are supported by numerous and
varied industries which have
various methods Of disposal for
their waste matter.
II is only foolishness and IN
thinking on the part OF anyone
TO ask for the impossible and
once again I say. Let's Make
Tacoma Grow
:. r. MARTIN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05
in
ChiIe's First Oictotor
Wos Irishnon. O'Hieeins

Chile's First Oictotor
Wos lrishmon. O'Hieoins
ONE OF the leaders in Chiles
- fight for independence was the
Irish-Chilean Bernado Origins.
pictured on Chile's stamp above
He was the son OF Anbrosio
O'Higgins, governor Of Chile and
viceroy of Peru.
After completing his education
in Spain and England, Bernsdo
returned 10 Chile in 1902, joined
the revolutionist party in 1910.
Three years later. ne was named
commander Of the patriot forces
After the defeat of nationalist
armies IN 1914, O'Higgins fed
with most Of the patriots across
the Andes. joined San Martin.
After the victory Of Chacabuco,
where O'Higgins' cavalry charge
decided the battle, ne was made
administrator of Chile, aided San
Martins campaign IN Peru
Defeat Of Spanish forces as
sured Chilean Independence.
brought demands for a constitu-
tional government O'Higgins
called a congress which adopted
a constitution, gave MN dictstorial
powers Discomfort continued.
however. and in 1923 Origins
resigned. retired 20 his estate IN
Peru. Chile restored ms honorS
and military rank before his
death "a 1872
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05


Internal sabotage, by New
Deal extremists anxious TO OBJ
tain control of the rearmament
programme make 1t a cloak for
radical totalitarianism-a
for knudsens establishment.
The latest and subtlest attack
on him involved one of his per-
sonal friends and aides-a dis
tinguished Detroit aircraft en-
gineer.
A New Deal roster within the
defense commission gave out the
story that this man was serv-
ing the u. S. for 81 a year, but
WAS drawing $1,000 a month on
the side. Actually, that sum is
being paid to three engineers
whom the victims company has
loaned to the British purchasing
commission.
Other attempts to discredit
businessmen and industrialists
around knudsen are scheduled.
with. apparent design to reflect
on him. There now appears 10
be a definite movement to brand
members OF the knudsen group
as failures. as a prelude to plac-
ing none but radical reformers in
command.
In long night session late
last week. knudsen's friends
urged him "a to resign and give
his reasons in blunt language
that may shock the American
people and congress, or Cd to
hold tight and force the borers-
from-within TO show their con-
spiratorial hands. The latter, of
course, do not intend to disclose
their scheme until after the
lease-lend bill becomes law. The
public reaction, they realize,
might be so bitter as to defeat
the measure.
President Roosevelt has not
lifted a finger to checkmate his
palace politicians, although their
activities were called to his at
teution recently. knudsen. how
ever. refuses TO believe that the
chief executive-who calls him
Bill" -countenances this ssbo-
tage OF himself and national de-
Tense preparations.
Roosevelt has shown indiffer-
ence TO the fate OF his chosen
rearmers. When a newsman in
quired about reports that GER
tain Sl-a-year officials were
profiteering on their jobs, FDR
did not rush TO his assistants
defense. He suggested blandly
that the questioner lay such
charges before the proper senate
investigating committee.
Naturally, no matter what the
president had IN mind. his atti-
tude gave encouragement 10 the
trouble makers down below.
They Immediately renewed and
intensified their vendetta, also
peddling the story that Harry
Hopkins soon will be named as
top defense boss.
knudsen and his friends are
helpless in the face Of these
senni-orientsl wiles. As business
men. they are unsccustomed 20
political lesso0sies and intrigue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-03-05

They cannot reconcile them
selves to unfavorable publicity
which depicts them as chiselers
wrapped in the American flag.
They don't know how to fight
back. And they don't have poll
ticians impenetrable hides.
Confidential advices out of
Germany now supply an answer
to the question which has
puzzled military men as well as
the public everywhere-that is:
Why has Hitler delayed his
threatened air invasion of Bril-
tain for so long They explain
also why American production
of airplsnes still lags about 80
percent behind schedule.
When der fuehrer staged his
fierce September air raids over
England. his superiority was
only numerical. His planes
mounted only four machine guns
because. like Mussolini. he had
built his fleet with his mind on
volume rather than perform
snce. The British craft carried
two .50-caliber machine guns.
four 80 .caliber. with one in the
tail. and also -millimeter
cannon. With this heavier fir
ing power. the outnumbered
Raj. was able to down oppos-
ing planes in the ratio of 10 l.
Except for sporadic attacks.
Hitler called off his grand on
slaught while he rebuilt his
planes TO conform to the Brit
ish type. II meant virtual re-
construction. because adding
new guns necessitated a COM
plete redistribution of weight.
Now he is supposed 10 have
modernized his $4,000 first-line
planes and to be ready to de-
liver the real thing in bhtz-
kriegs any day.
The L. s. has had TO make
the same changeover. with the
result that redesigned planes
only now are beginning to reach
volume production. Most Of
those 1000 recently mentioned
by Secretary Stimson as COM
posing our air force are COM
paratively obsolete.
Two powerful political groups
which have fought in F.D.R.s
corner since he first ran for
governor of New York-labor
and the fsrmers-now are TAX
ing sly pokes at him. They sus-
pect that his obsession with
foreign affairs has tended TO
rob him Of interest in the
troubles which still beset them.
Labor is not at all happy over
the hole assigned 10 II in the
defense setup. Believe il or
not. both AFL and CIO spokes-
men are coming to regard Co
ordinator Sidney J. Hillmsn as
too conservative. although they
cannot convince certain manu-
facturers Of that Labor insists
on the right to strickland is
striking in the face OF evidences
OF administration disssusfac-
ton.
Agricultural discomfort has
reached such q peak that Ed