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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29

Dor battalions, and the army train.
ing. and GeeEiHg' aiF-cerps- Yaa
deadly serious by 1886 when the
German legions marched into the
Rhineland. Then Austria, and
Munich, and Czecho-sloyakia, and
Poland and a bright day In May
in 1870. when somebody laughed
last. Security. yes. very amusing
Pleads for Security
Throughout the Peace conference
in 1888 France pleaded for Sc
curity. Above all Sic wanted a
separate Rhineland State, a dis.
memberment of Germany so that
no such army could ever be gather
ed again. The RhiHelsnd would
serve as a buffer state, just as Bel.
GUM had done for so many years
CA cynic would probably say a
battle-ground" instead OF a buffer
state. but even So could France ne
blamed for wanting a homeland.
home schedule?) But finally elem.
enceau let himself be talked out Of
the separate state. and he receive
two gilt.edged concessions for his
remuneration.
First there was created the
League OF Nations. a creation OF
Mr. wilson's. The much debated
section XVI on sanctions was the
key TO the whole arrangement in
sofar as the French we're concern
ed. They believed unquestionably
that the article specified that any
aggressor nation refusing to abide
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29

torium. From then on things be.
gan to crumble.
The second factor (which We
couldn't understand was the French
demand for security after the
World War. II was screamingly
funny. The cartoonists had regu.
lar feld-days mocBing her demand.
Germany was down and out. for
good: France had won a war. Why
should she worry? oh. It was fun
ny. very funny until 1888. II even
made us mad. Poor Germany,
weak. sick. wounded unto the death.
But France had been through that
before. the northern provinces
hadn't forgotten the ring OF matted
feet and the four years occupation.
France knew that Germany would
rise again. and wanted insurance
against such a contingency. She
wanted security.
And we all had a good laugh.
We all laughed until 1929 and
then we began tv understand that
word security which in the fabu
lous twenties had been so silly.
Today the FIRST thing that we all
want is security. 1t isn't funny
any more.
II wasn't funny In the spring
OF 1888 when Hitler was ushered
into the presence Of the dotard
Hindenburg by that bird OF ill-omen.
Won Papen. 1t wasn't funny when
people began 10 read Mem
Kampf', and to hear about the la
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29

about IA. And the prices didn't
change.
Rather Funny
II was rather funny over here
perhaps when the script.tease' sub
sided. and everybody kidded about
the rubber dollar. and worried
about taking that piece out of the
gold dollar which nobody was al
lowed to have. But it wasn't any
joke for an American abroad, and
most OF them came home. And
that didn't help the tourist trade
or the foreign trade budget. And
when the budget coesn't balance in
France the government resigns.
Here we reflect it for four more
years.
So France had taken a bad fnan-
cial beating for years. The first
big devaluation had cut her unit
OF currency to one-ffth its previous
value and prices had changed az.
cordingly. Your thousand dollar
life insurance policy was now worth
only two hundred dollars. Her
whole northern industry had to he
rebuilt. not so much on German
promises but on French sweat.
She had lost three million men.
But she plowed in and made good.
Blood, Sweat, Tears
Blood and sweat and tears. BY
1929 France was back on the road
TO prosperity when her two calaml-
ties occurred: the American de-
preston, and the German mora.
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A french lesson EOr Hmeflcdns

Editors Note: This Is the second
of a series Of articles prepared by
Or. J. Henry Owens in response to
requests following an address which
he delivered before the Ypsilanti
Rotary club. Or. Owens is professor
of modern languages at the Michigan
State Normal college and was in
France at the time the European
war was starting.
From the time OF the armistIce
France had balanced her budget on
her tourist business. American
millions poured in when the steam
ship lines invented tourist-third
class We learned how to drink
wine and carry canes and look
at cathedrals. And we left our
money there. 1t was much surer
than the export trade, for It was
all cash and carry.
Then one fine day. for no reason
at all. something popped in New
York and the next summer the
boats we're almost empty and the
French budget wouldn't balance.
In March 1888 It got even worse.
There were about twenty-five thou.
sand Americans still living in
Paris. The dollar was devalued.
and the next month there were only
about a third OF them left
know what happened. was there.
One day your dollar bought "a
francs, and the next day 1t bought
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Ten More Will
Serve Country

Ten men and three alternates
were named today by the Selective
Service Board for Washtenaw, ex-
elusive of Ann Arbor, to report for
induction for military training
Sept. 20.
The selectees are: Alfred Went
worth Adams, Jr., Glen Martin Dus-
biber. Ypsilanti; j. Oliver Bennett,
Milan; Stanley ]. Czinski, Belle
Vile; John Thomas Dasho. Dexter;
Alan Matthew Mathison, Manche 5
ter; Harold Kenneth Lemon, Whit
more Lake: James Edward Smells,
William Hanselman, Thomas Jo-
seph O'Neill, RID Ann Arbor.
The alternates are: Stanley Paul
Humberger, Joseph Valentine Mo
kowski. Macmillan Eaton, all Of
Ypsilanti.
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7alinn Falls, Important
City in Ukraine Captured,
Big DnieperD Dam DESTROYED
Serious, Deaf
Also Critical
Speedy Trial For
Assassin Seen

Nichy France. Aug 9s-UP -
Pierre Laval. wounded by Al as
sassin at Versailles Wednesday.
took a sudden turn for the worse
today and surgeons al a bedside
conference at the Versailles civil
Hospital. considered the sf- l-abili.
~ OF removing a pistol bullet
lodged one inch beneath his heart.
Marcel Deaf. Lavals collabo-a-
Zionist aide. whose abdominal wall
was puuctuved by a bullet. vas In
even worse condition.
Both were denied visitors today
after surgeons had reexamined
them.
Surgeons admitted that Il would
be most difficult 10 remove the
bullet from Laval. The bullet which
wounded Deaf had been extracted.
Here, where Frances republican
parliament has risen from the grave
dug for it by the Vichy government
to organize united opposition 10 the
regime. an official decree was pro
mulgated today ordering all menu
bers OF the senate and chamber ot
deputies TO leave Vichy and mako
their headquarters al the noun
tainside resort OF Chatel Guyon, IS
miles away.
Vichy government police swept
into provincial cities OF occupied
and unoccupied France seeking
new suspects in their purge OF anti
Vichy elements.
" vichy authorities in Paris ar
ranged a speedy trial for PAU
Colette, who shot Laval and Deaf
because he opposed collaboration
with Germany.
Fernand de-. Brtnon, chief tfchy
envoy to occupied territory, All.
nounced that Colette would be pat
on trial next week, and as the new
special courts already had sen
fenced three men to death. on less
serious charges. It was assumed
that Colette would die.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Palm Leaf Club Annual
Session at Goodman Home

The Palm Leaf Club held their
annual garden party Wednesday
on the lawn OF Mrs. George Good
mans home. Mrs. Goodman is
the president. There were about
so women present, several from
out of the city. Mrs. Emma Upthe-
grove, former member. came from
Lorain, o., and Mrs. Martha Wat
son from Ann Arbor. TIE color
scheme of rose and green was car
ried out in the refreshments and
decorations. Games included Chit
nese checkers, hand ball and lawn
croQuet.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
lindbergh, Wheeler to
Speak in Baseball Lot

Oklahoma City. Okla. Aug. %
UP-Charles A., Lindbergh and
Sen. Burton X. Wheeler. D.. Mont,
address an America First Commit
tee rally. tonight in a .sandlot base.
ball park, and state police and dep
uty sheriffs were asked to attend,
lest an embarrassing incident" oc-
cur.
Lindbergh and Wheeler speak In
a baseball park outside the city lin
its. because the city council denied
them the use OF Municipal Audi
forum. Five organizations, includ-
ing two American Legion posts. pc.
titioned the couHcif-to bar-Eind1
bergh from speaking on public prop
erty.
Twenty policemen and deputy
sheriffs escorted him from the air.
port when he arrived yesterday. and
detectives guarded his hotel room
last night.
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By DR.. J. Henry Owens

by the dictates OF this League
would bs dealt With by armed force
mutually provided by the sigma
tory powers. France believed this
until 1895. BY that time she had
become too cynical and when the
Ethiopian crisis matured. France,
too. or rather Laval, insisted upon
measure OF hair splitting. But
that gets ahead OF the story.
Accepts Concept
France accepted the concept Of
the League according 10 Wilson,
accepted II In good faith and sd-
hered 10 Il. Secondly. she accept
ed in lieu Of the Rhineland State
a tri-party pact whereby Great BIT
tain and the United States jointly
guaranteed the French frontier
with Germany against aggression
The renunciatlon appeared to be a
bargain; Clemanceau had amply
safe-guarded France.
But again the incredible happen
ed Mr. Wilson had come 10 France
very much as a Messiah: he was
the President Of the American
people, he vas all-pov erful. he
voiced their wishes. Many French
men have told me OF their feelings
on that eventful day when Wilson
first arrived in Paris, an almost
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Sex Slayer in
Capital Held

Washington, Aug 29-INS-Po-
lice early today obtained confes-
sions of seven sex slayings from
Jarvis Roosevelt Catoe, 3S-year-old
Washington negro.
The confessions solved deaths Of
Jessie Elizabeth Strict, 23. War
Department clerk. formerly OF Des
Moines. Ia, killed in Washington.
June Is; Mrs. Evelyn Dorothea
Andersen, 26, waitress. killed in the
Bronx, New York. on August 4
Mrs. Rose Abramowitz. formerly OF
Kansas City, killed in the Capital
March s. and the slayings OF four
negro women in Washington. He
also confessed to attacking FIVE 9TH
er Washington women in recent
months.
Catoe was first taken into custo-
dy for questioning in the sex-slay.
ing of Mrs. Andersen. The first
tangible clue which led to his ar.
rest came when New York police
traced a wrist watch stolen from
the waitress to a Harlem pawn
shop and then located the girl who
pawned the watch. She told police
that Catoe had given her the watch
and also a handbag which was
taken from Mrs. Andersen. She
gave them his Washington address.
New York police wired Washing
ton authorities and Catoe was ar
rested. Detectives Andrew NJ
O'Connor and John J. Carroll OF
the Bronx homicide squad. flew to
Washington and Joined in question.
ing the suspect with Washington
detectives and police heads.
Major Edward J. Kelly, superin-
tendent OF Washington police an
nounced the confessions after h
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
KnudSen WURuSh WdrSuppZies
Wallace in Saddle

Washington, Aug. gap -
President Roosevelt, striving
anew to step up arms production,
concentrated the supreme con-
troll of all the nations natural
resources today in a seven-man
board headed by Vice President
Wallace.
This board-a super-minis-
try of supplies-was charged
with the duty of deciding what
proportion of the eeuntry,s ma
terials and productive power
must go for military essentials.
and what may be spared for
civilian needs.
These decisions perforce will
result in some civilian hardships,
the White House stated. but it
reported that the Office OF Pro-
duction Management was seek.
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tBy International News service)
Adolf Hitler's high command to.
day reported that German troops
had captured Tallinn. capital OF
Estonia. after weeks OF siege, and
the Russians acknowledged another
major setback in the fall OF the
great Ukraine city OF Dnieperopet.
rovsk and destruction Of the sl1O,.
100000 Dnieper dam.
A Nazi war bulletin declared
several thousand prisoners were
taken al the ,Tallinn naval base.
along with 10 loaded transports.
six coastal batteries and vast
stores OF booty.
A Soviet destroyer and nine
other warships were sunk in the
harbor, the Germans said, and
other naval vessels we're damaged.
once keystone defense point
% the Gulf Of Finland, with a nor
NAL population OF more than 1885.
600. Tallinn was reported in flames
by Finnish observers two DAYS
ago. and 1t was said that the city's
garrison was preparing to attempt
a mass escape by sea.
Presumably the capture the
ls loaded transports and destruc-
ton OF Soviet warships meant that
the escape was frustrated, at least
in part.
With the fall OF the port, German
troops now held control OF all Bal
tic territory except a few islands.
The great question now was
whether Soviet Marshal Budyenny
would be able 10 hold hts sew de-
tense line on the east side OF the
Dnieper.
Reports from Russia Indicated
he had succeeded in safely with.
drawing a large part Of his Army
across the stream-a feat IN which
the deliberate destruction OF the
great Dnieperstroy dam undoubt-
eddy played a helpful role.
The Russians said their troops
had carried out Stains "Ecorched
earth" policy by destroying all
fNN~ ANNHAA Aoa NffFlDpIlFHL OH
The lower Dnleper.
On the credit side OF the ledger
the Russians and their British al
lies chalked UD establishment OF
a new baektoor supply route for 4.
the C.S.S.R. through Irsn-whlch
capltulat.d yesterday 70 a Joint
invasion 81 the ALLIES in the ith
day OF the campaign
On the air front in the West, the
British remained on tho offensive
~ carrying out new series OF
overnight attacks on Duisburg and
followed these with daylight as
FAULT on the Nazi occupied French
coast The Germans claimed they
dogned 81 British aircraft in ~
hours ending this morning.
Only a few German planes were
reported over England during the
night, though some bombs we're
dropped in East Anglia causing
small number OF casualties.
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ing to ease them as much as pos
sible.
President Roosevelt issued an
executive order last night Great
ing the new body-the supply
priorities and ALLEGATIONS board.
In effect, 1t meant a reorganiza-
ton Of some of the existing de-
Tense machinery, and a limited
reshuffling Of some key defense
personnel,
There has been criticism IN
many quarters for some weeks
over the progress of the arms
production drive. over reported
friction and duplicating func.
tons existing in various defense
agencies, and over the delays in
allocating raw materials to In.
dustry.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Rural Schools
to Open Soon

Washtenaw County's rural chill
dren will begin going back to school
next Monday, although classes for
the majority will not be resumed
until after Labor Day.
County School Commissioner
julius w. Haab announced today
that about ll6 OF the rural schools
will open Tuesday, Sept. 2. About,
seven will open next Monday,
while the others will resume classes
later in September.
This year there will be 1928 rural
schools in operation in Washtenaw
County. One. the Freer School In
Lima Township, closed last year.
will reopen this year because OF
an increase In the number OF pu
pills in the district.
Throughout the county II rural
schools-one less than in l940-4l-
will be closed this year. mainly be.
cause OF an insufficient number of
students in the various districts.
Students in the closed districts
are provided tuition and transpor-
tation to other schools.
The 1928 schools which will hold
classes include two fourroom. four
three.room, three two-room, one
parochial, and lls one-room build
ings. Changes include Plat from
three to four rooms and Rawson-
Vile from two to three rooms
To conduct classes In the 1873
schools, there will be 145 rural
teachers, OF whom 35 are new this
fall.
The teachers will assemble in
the courthouse Saturday morning.
Sept. S, for the annual preimin.
AIRY teachers institute called by
Commissioner Haab. for instrur
tions and supplies New teachers
will return in the afternoon for an
extra session.
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New BoardFormed
to Determine
Priority

Washington, Aug. 29-UP-Wil-
day to take over personal direc-
ton of the production of planes,
tanks and munitions in a new drive
TO speed the defense and British
aid programs.
This was one of the most import
ant developments arising from
President Roosevelt's creation of a
new Supply Priorities and Hlioca-
tons Board-in effect a ministry
of supply"-which will determine
how raw materials shall be ration
ed among the armed forces, the
countries resisting aggression" and
civilian needs.
Knudsen was named a member Of
the new board which is headed by
Vice President Henry A. Wallace,
and he also retained his post as
director general of the Office OF
Production Management. But in
the reshuffling of top executives,
the dictatorship of the OPM's key
production division was left open
Former OPM Production Director
John D. Biggers was appointed by
the President to work in London
with the rank of minister, with w.
Averell Hartman. lend-lease ex-
pediter, as a production expert.
The British had wanted one.
Authoritative sources said Knud-
sen. former president of General
Motors, intended to take Biggers'
old job himself The new set-up,
it was expected. would relieve
Knudsen of many administrative
and supply problems and enable
him to bear down more on the
work he knows best-getting things
made.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Senate Might
Debate Taxes
by Next Week
Committee Hopes
to End Work

Washington. Aug. z9-AP-Coup.
ling its Unprecedented demands on
taxpayers with a call for substan-
tial economies in non defense e1-
! penditures, the Senate Finance
t Gem Fsaittee sought 70 ~ind up con
sidsration OF the t3.sss.S00. 600 tar
bill today and send II on TO the
Senate Tor debate next week.
After adding tz0s. 100. 600 in tar
late yesterday. the committee
asked the Budget Bureau 70
write three new budgets-one pro-
viding a $1,000. 900. 900 cut IN non
defense expenditures for the cur.
rent fiscal year. another making a
81 500 100000 reduction and
third whackinz Of $4,000, 000. 900.
II then approved a resolution by
Senator Byrd (D-VaJ 10 create
special II man committee 10
seek out methods o. eliminating
or reduclng'''expenditures deemed
by the committee 10 be non essen
tial"
The proposed new committee
would be composed OF u members
Of the Senate and House taxing
and approprlating committees. the
Secretary OF the Treasury and the
budget director.
In a statement. Byrd said that
sharp tax increases we're "abso-
lutely necessary IN the teeth o.
the current defense emergency"
but he added that 1T IL little short
Of outrageous to impose the bur
den Of this tax bin upon the cit
liens Of this country without a.
least sincere attempt 10 reduce
federal expenditures outside Of es
sentially emergency Items '''"
After week " drafting and
re-drafting various excise taxes.
the Finance Committee voted late
20 increase three House
approved leYies and 10 add a new
one-a 10 per cent manufacturers
levy on electric light bulbs esti- /
mated to yield s8,000,900 annually.
The committee sought 10 raise
800 600 900 Of additional revenue
BY increasing the House Corpora
lion surfaces from 10 6 per cent
on net income ~ to $4,000 and
See TAXES-Psge 6
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Primary Funds
to Come Soon


Ypsilanti school district will re.
ceive the first portion of the pri-
mary fund from state allotment
about Sept. 1. The amount is
S29,313 and is based on a rate OF
50 for each census child A re-
cent school census totaled 3,257
children of school age in Ypsilanti
Another primary allotment will
be received in December This
amount is based on a rate of about
s3.for each census child.
Primary fund for last year
amounted to $37175.
State aid including tuition. pr
mary supplement and equalization
funds will be received in about six
installments.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Slayer Facing
Death Penalty

Ann Arbor. Mich, Aug 23-Thres
Common Pleas Court Judges IN To.
ledo. o.. Thur day CONVICTED Taom-
as Williams 80. ~ Detroit OF firsz
degree Staying The verdict auto
mstically carries the death penalty.
Williams had wounded Paul Hogan.
Ann Arbor, and was charged with
the fatal shooting n Samuel krno-
Wiz, 81, and Herman Kander Is. on
Aug. / Re said the shooting &c
CURED when Arnoyitz and Kander
refused 10 drive him from Toledo
after he had shot and wounded
Ernest thinner. IS. in a robbery.
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Congress Today

CBY Associated Press)
Senate
Routine business meets noon
EST.
Finance Committee seeks 10
conclude study OF S3.6s8.500. 900
revenue bill 90 a. M
House
In recess
THURSDAY
Senate
Approved sl2.500 appropriation
for gasoline investigating com
mittee.
House perfunctory seven minute
session.
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ELECT DEAN SMITH

Mackinac Island, Aug. Gap
Delegates to Beta Theta ri fra
ternity's 102nd convention here
Thursday reelected Dean G. Her
bert Smith OF Depauw University.
Greencastle. Ind. to his third term
as general secretary. Robert Fra.
zier, Greensboro. n. c.. and Ber-
tram w. Bennett, Chicago, were
elected trustees
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Farmer Wanted

Man and wife to take full charge
Of $50 acre farm. Please state ex-
perience and terms under which
you would prefer to work. Write
Box F-95, Care Daily Press. Adv.
sos
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
COOLING OFF OF
JAP ANESE CRISIS
FORESEEN IN U.S..
President Roosevelt ConferS
With Ambassador
From Nippon
MEETINGS TO CONTINUE
SAYS SECRETARY HULL
Personal Message by Konoye
in Marked Contrast to
Former Tone

iBV International News SerNtcel
Madrid, Aug. 29-lNS-A hint that
Japan may have made some secret
commitments over and above her
alliance with the Rome-5erlln Axis
was voiced by the Falanglst (Fas
eist) newspaper Pueblo today. az Is
beginning to transpIre" the paper
said, that acting outside her con
traetual obligations. Japan may
have contracted with other powers
Washington. Aug. % UP -
Diplomats today foresaw cooling
off" period In troubled japanese
United States relations.
They hesitated to predict the
outcome OF talks begun yesterday
between President Roosevelt and
Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo
Nomura.
They believed yesterdays meet
ing at the White House was ex-
ploratory, designed to find out
whether there is any basis for a
settlement of major questions that
threaten peace in the Pacific,
Secretary OF State Cordell Hull
said the discussions would con-
tinue.
Most informed persons believed
that no attempt would be made
Immediately to reconcile such fun
damental differences between the
two countries as Japan's insistence
on a wide sphere of influence" in
the Pacific or the United States
refusal to recognize transfers Of
territory acquired by force.
Great Importance was attached
to the first conference inasmuch
as Nomura sought II ON instruc-
tions from his government and
carried to Mr.. Roosevelt,a personal
message from prime minister.
Prince Fumimaro Konoye. This
was in marked contrast to tho. bel
ligerent tone OF the Japanese press
Continued on Page Six)
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MODERN HOUSE. s57 ". Cross. for
rent. Vacant September lst Martin
Dawson Co. Adv. s29'
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Today in 1916

tBv Associated PressJ
Aug %. 19l6-Non Hindenburg
becomes chief OF staff OF German
army. Italians take Monte Cauriol