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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Parents Stop Prank of
Boys Who Threatened
Miles st. Residents

Quick parental action today had
stopped children from frightening
residents OF Miles st. with threat
ening notes.
When parents discovered identl-
ty OF the small boys who had been
involved in the difhculty they en-
planned to them how serious the
offense might have been and traced
source OF the note idea to so-called
funny books. The books have
been disposed OF.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
POULTRY
(BazIey's Marketl
IN WALL STREET
BRISK RALLY
ON MARKET

New York. Dec. 2-lNS-- Settle
ment OF the rail wage controversy
brought brisk rally in carrier
shares at the opening today, while
the general stock market respond
ed with gains running to a point.
Trading was active. with large
blocks OF rail shares crossing the
tape. Southern Pacific gained "a
on a sale OF 1900 shares at IL rs.
N. Y. Central, Santa Fe. Illinois
Central and Pennsylvania also
showed fair sized gains.
Allied Chemical. Union Carbide
and American Can were among the
stocks to chalk up initial gains of
a point or more.
U. S. Steel. Bethlehem. Chrys-
Ter, General Motors. Sears Roe
buck, kennecott. Westinghouse
and U. s. Rubber all were above
last nights closing levels.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02

AUGUSTA, Ga.-AP-The way
was paved today for soldiers at the
Augusta air base to re-enter down
town Augusta after differences with
city officials led Army officers TO
declare the area 'out of bounds.
City officials, after comforting with
Army authorities, agreed last night
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
snrlna,s Here!

Mrs. Charles Mcintyre. 1ls N.
Adams St.. reports purple lilac
bushes are budded and dandelions
are in bloom in her yard this morn
ing. Mrs. David Lawrence found her
spring-flowering ounce bush in
blossom, Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Drivers Pay

In municipal court today Glenn
Frank, this city, paid 81 for driv-
ing without an operators license,
and Sc for speeding. Floyd North
rup, Miss Marie Brown, Ypsilanti;
Daniel Burton, Plymouth; Maynard
Hall, Perry; Willis Tate, Belleville,
paid IS each for speeding. Sterling
Dusseau, Temperance, and Bran
don s. Ray, Quincy. paid 1886 each
for driving with expired operators
licenses, and Cletus Stoepfle, this
city. paid the same amount for
parking on the highway. For minor
attractions, Harold Lonsky and
Owen Ward, this city. paid 81 each.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
YpsiIanti Briefs
Leaves Watch

William Spizta, bomber plant en-
ploye living at 2643 Z. Michigan
Rd.. paid IS and left his watch as
security for the remaining 81 OF
a disorderly conduct fine when he
before Justice A. NJ. Van
dersall Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
In The Sick Room

T. Fred Older. city engineer, is
very much improved at st. Joseph s
Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, where
he has been confined by illness. Mr..
Older is now able to take daily
walks. Mrs. Older said, and can see
visitors.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Recover Property

A bicycle reported stolen Friday
and automobile hub caps reported
stolen Saturday were found Mon.
day by their owners. Lawrence
Warner, 10, 5 S. Grove St.. told po-
lice that he found his bicycle, taken
from Ypsilanti High School Friday.
at the school Monday. Bill Swi-
hart, lakewood Ave-, reported to
police that he found in his garage
Monday the hub caps taken from
his automobile Saturday night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Resumes Duties

Sgt. Frank Walker, commander
OF the local state police post, re-
turned today from Detroit where
he has assumed the duties of dis
trict commander for the past three
weeks during the absence OF Capt.
Don Leonard.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02

to drop court charges OF disorderly
conduct against Eve officers and
one enlisted man, arrested by city
police after a disturbance early
Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
THE WEATHER

Weather forecass: Fair tonight
and Wednesday, cooler tonight.
Temperature at a. M, AZ degrees.
Wind direction, northeast; wind
velocity, three miles per hour.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Vegetables

Detroit. Mich. Dec. .
BBETS--No. l. 40G50c doz. bchs
CARRoTS-No. l. 5Od zoe dor. bchs.
CABBAGE-No. 1. 50G75c bu.
CBLBRY-No. l. 40@50c doz. bchs,
POTATOES-Bu. S5cG$1.
PUMPkINS-No. l, 40Q60c bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
In GAR. Hall

Members OF local 674, U.A.W.A,
A. F. of L.. consisting Of employees
OF the American Radiator and
Standard Sanitary Corp, held their
regular monthly business meeting
Monday evening In the GAR. Hall
on Pearl st. Clarence E. Reed,
president, said that the union will
use the GAR. Hall as its regular
meeting place. Previous to Mon.
day nights meeting. the union
had met in various halls.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Butter and Eaas

Detroit, Mich, Dec. =
BUTTER-Best creamery In tubs,
SSiaQS4lsc.
EGGS - Current receipts. 341sc;
dirties. 29lsc; checks. 2Sisc.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02

SINGAPORE-INS-A section OF
the British fleet. including some
heavy units, arrived at the great
British naval base OF Singapore to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Fruits

Detroit, Mich. Dec. q
APPLES-Spies, No. l. bu.. $500
LIS: Jonathans. bu.. No. /, si.25
ml.5O: Delicious. No. /, bu.,
$l.50d1.75.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Tools Stolen

State troopers are investigating
theft OF $500 worth of carpenter
tools and building materials from a
storage shack at the farm home OF
Robert Wade, Curtis Road. Monday
night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Boy Safe

James Woodland, 6. whose failure
to return home from Woodruff
School was reported at about p.
m. Monday by his mother. Mrs.
Arthur Woodland. SO Center ST.. was
found by officers at about $3.50 p. m.
The boy was playing with other
children.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
To Attend

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hochrein
anad Miss Marion Emerson will a.
tend the funeral Wednesday at Mid
land for Mrs. Albert Buck. sister Of
Mrs. Hochrein. She passed away
IN Midland Sunday evening.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Poultry

Detroit. Mich. Dec. f-Poultry:
market steady. Hens, heavy breeds,
lsQ22c ID: leghorns. l7@l9c ID;
broilers. heavy. 2l@2ic h.; ducks,
1902 h.; turkey hens, &c q soc
h.; toms, 25G27c ID.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Girl Missing

Girl Missing
Mrs. Michael McIsaac, Wayne.
asked police to locate q man
thought to be working in a local
service station with whom her step
daughter. Miss Dorothy McIsaac,
10, had left home Saturday night
She failed to return.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
PaYs $50

Charles w. Burns, 511 w. Mich
igan Ave-, bomber plant employee.
paid $50 in Justice John Mokersky's
court, lnkster. Monday, for assault
and battery. He was arrested by
local state police.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
YPSILANTl MARKETS
GRAINS
PRODUCE
WoIfs Grocery
Buying Prices)

PRODUCE
(WoIfs Grocery
Eggs, strictly fresh (doz.) IS 40
Celery stalks (doz. bunches). so
Celery hearts (doz. bunches). rs
Cabbage (buD ............. rs
Cauliflower (bu) .."....... l.50
Potatoes (bu) .......... 80
Apples (bu) ......... S1-1.z5
Carrots (bu) .,.......... lbs
Onions $50 ID. bag ........ l.50
Rutabagas (bu) ........... 1875
Hubbard squash Obj ...... .02
Pepper squash (bu.) ......... 1.25
Turnips tbnO .....,.,... rs
Parsnips (bu) ........... 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-02
Outlet Alteration

Officers quieted family trouble in
the first block Of f. Cross st. at
about p. m. Monday.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
AS Expected

might be CLEANED by the folks of the
country the that the senate committee taxation
did go call out for form of sales tax However &C
cordng reports the committee has recommended
broadening of the income tax base that hundreds OF thou
of of the country will have to
direct federal income taxes people who have had hard
struggle to get along at all on the income from their LABOR
without direct tax levied.
Among those reported testifyng for lowering the
empons ONea national president of the
Farm Federation To anyone familiar with the loose
requirements for membership in this socaed farm organza
tion particularly surprising Generally the national
organizations except the Farmers Unon
will aunchy supporting legislation favored by those
who make business of farming the farmers And why
shouldn't they? The Farmers Union is the only farm organi
cation requiring that members must the major part of
from the farm in order to be eligible for MEM
bershp other farm organizations the banker baker,
miller merchant insurance whatever his business is
welcomed as member. And generally speaking, little bust
influenced by big business is quite natural to
pect the of such farm organizations to be working
for the interests of big business
detailed account of the tax bill it will be pre-
by committee not available yet but predict
that boys will suffer very little by its provision Wanta
bet?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
Wages and Prices

Now the big biz "news" papers busy proving that
advancing costs of living caused by increased to
working people, It's the old idea of trying to
sentiment against labor in its efforts keep high
enough to meet rising costs.
During the first world this writer lived a country
there stockmen who annually shipped
bundles of hides which had
lightning otherwise killed during the Costs
living had skyrocketed Shoes which had previously sold
for 81 SIS priced at $40 to SIS Yet when the stock
shipped their hides that year. instead of receiving the
customary check TO rthem they notified that slight
draft had been drawn against them for to the
freight them The hides not worth the cost of send
them to market The editor wrote piece and published
in his grabbing about profteers who charged
pair of shoes while hides and leather practical
worthless and in reply Immediately received long and
letter from the secretary of the Omaha chamber of
commerce. Indignantly explaining detail that the high price
shoes due entirely to the unreasonable and exorbtant
of organized labor the shoe factories That
very interesting So the editor wrote and
the bureau of statistics in Washington and
great quantity of factua and information
well explicit statement from the bureau of statistics
under the higher scales then the ut
that paid for labor the highest grade of shoes
by high society and big business ycoons
49, while the 81 grade for which folks
paid And in spite of all urging and wheeding, the editor
unable to get another word out of the secretary of the
Omaha chamber of commerce.
Well, 1941 breed of profeers is different from
1918 They still flaun thigh wages" their albi
outrageous prices but the fact that the increase
does not into the pockets of working and
they still have difficulty making their income meet their outgo
the price of his product Prices would
if wages not increased at aor even if they
And neither the workers the retail stores do
anything about it.-Captal Press (Ore)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
Freedom Is Made of Simple Stuff

the archives of broken peace bringing Out
old words and busting them off for again shining Ian
terms to lead through the darkness of another
Words like freedom justice and rutfall of them hard
define, of them used frequently than freedom
You cannot say what freedom u.s. perhaps in single SEN
1t define it. 1t enough to point
to it.
Freedom is lifting gate latch at dusk and sitting
bed.
is the violence of argument outside election poll;
it is the righteous anger of the pulpts
1t is the laughter of girl park bench.
1t the rush of train the continent and the I'M
afraid faces of people looking out the windows.
is all the howdys in the world and all the hellos.
is Westbrook Pegler telling Roosevelt how to raise his
chdren is Roosevelt letting them raise themselves
is Lindberghs appeasng voice raised above thousand
Kisses
Dorothy Thompson asking for war; it is General
Hugh S. Johnson asking her to keep quiet
1t you trying remember the words to The Star Span
gled Banner.
1t is the sea breaking sands somewhere and the
shoulders of a mountain supporting the sky.
1t is the you fill your lungs with and the dirt that is
your garden.
1t is cursing all
1t is the absence of apprehension at the sound of
preaching footsteps outside your closed door.
1t your hot of intrigue the tilt of chin
and the Tightening of your lips sometimes.
1t is all the things you do and want to keep doing
1t is all things you feel and cannot help feeling
Freedom-t is you.-By Hazel Parker in Louisville (Ky)
Courier Journal
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
Roosevelt
Continued from Page Three)

Confined from Page Three)
nations.
"Sixth: After the final destruction
of the nazi tyranny, they hope to see
established a peace which will afford
to all nations the means of dwelling
in safety within their own boundaries,
and which will afford assurance that
out their lives in freedom from fear
and want" 1t may be of definite
significance that the destruction of
nazi tyranny" rather than of the nazi
regime is specified.
Seventh: Such a peace should en-
able all men to traverse the high seas
and oceans without hindrance." OBJ
viously the two greatest maritime
powers will insist on that hoary hoax,
freedom Of the SEAS" In peacetime,
the seas are free for everyone-for
the British as well as the Nicaraguan
merchant marine. In war, there never
has been or will be freedom of the
seas; there Is only the British and /or
the U. S. fleets.
Eighth: Disarmament of aggres-
sors is essentially. Disarmament of
Germany after the war is less extreme
than dismemberment, but it will prob
ably satisfy the racists who maintain
that Germans are congenital brutes.
of Germany would mean
an Allied army of occupation. It
would again make Germany pariah
among nations and an easy prey for
demagogues.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
COURT CoNCURS
With PORTAL TO
PORTAL OPINION

Concurrence of U. S. district court
with the modified portal to portal
opinion on the workweek In iron
mines of March Is, 1871, was called
/ to the attention of the metal mining
industry today by General Philip B.
Fleming, administrator, wage and
hour division, U. S. department OF
labor
The decision was that Of Judge T.
A. Murphree in the suit of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron & Railroad com
pany, the Closs-Sheffield Steel and
Iron Company and the Republic Steel
Corporation for declaratory judg-
ment that the miners workweek does
not include time spent in reaching
their working place after entering the
mine. Defendants in the suit were
three locals of the International Union
of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
| (CIO). The Wage and Hour division
interviewed.
Judge Murphree's decision should
serve as additional notice to the min
ing industry to schedule their shifts
within the 40-hour workweek or ar
range to pay overtime in accordance
with the opinion of the Wage and
Hour division and that of the first
United States Court to adjudicate iron
miners work time" General Fleming
said. Failure of employers, when
to go along with the Wage and Hour
divisions original definition of hours
worked as including all time during
which an employee is required by his
employers to be on duty or to be on
the employers premises or to be at
a prescribed work place. may be
costly in some instances. Newspaper
reports on the suit of the three steel
companies in Alabama placed the
wage differentia1 at issue at $780,
000."
General Fleming called attention to
these paragraphs in Judge Murphree's
opinion. Judge Murphree stated:
1.-THE conclusions here stated have
been reached by examination of the
facts existent in the plaintiffs mines
during the period in which the under
ground ore miners are claiming that
they earned unpaid compensation for
overtime work under the provisions
of the Fair Labor Standards act 1t
may be helpful, however, to observe
that these conclusions are the same
as those announced in the summary
of the so-called modified portal to
portal opinion of the administrator of
the Wage and Hour division of the
United States department Of labor on
March Is, 1941, which summary is as
follows:
The workday in underground
metal mining starts when the miner
reports for duty as required at or
near the collar of the mine, and ends
when he reaches the collar at the end
of the shift.
The workday also includes the
aggregate of the time spent on the
surface in obtaining and returning
lamps, carbide and TOOLS and in check
ing in and out
The workday does not include |
any fixed lunch period Of one-half |
hour or more during which the miner
is relieved of all duties, even though |
the lunch period is spent under
ground
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27

disbursements Of the various govern
ment agencies dealing with defense
have now reached the one-bllliOn
month mark. When it reaches 3 bill
lion, we will be really on the way.
|. :. Senator Barley, majority lead
er, has accused the correspondent CT
the Chicago Tribune of deliberately
classifying, when he reported the
White House conference the president
had with senate and house leaders
on the meeting at sea with Churchill.
Among other things, the senator said
ent's statement that assistance Of
that the Chicago Tribune correspond
vast American expeditionary force
was discussed did not contain an iota
of truth. 1.-THE fact that the reporter
represented the Chicago Tribune"
the irate senator said, probably ex-
plains good deal" -. Senator
Maloney, Conn.,, wants a senatorial
investigation into the causes for
shortages of raw materials and prior
tiles. Senator Byrd's complaint
that the defense program is tagging
badly has a good deal of legitimacy
to it. However, when he recommends
that there must be one head of our
defense program, and this head should
have the power and authority to give
orders and enforce his decisions" he
is thinking that a man like William
Knudsen will be appointed that head
That ic aYapt1v what Wall STRAIT hoe
been wanting right along-a dictator
ship of the fat boys for the duration
of the emergency-a possibly later,
also. This would be one way of
throwing the social gains of recent
years overheard.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
| GAS and OIL
| PRODUCTION
In JULY


Commission Gives Produc-
ton Figures for the Month,
Of Oil and Gas in the Mon
tana Fields.
The production figures on crude oil
and natural gas produced by the fields
In the state of Montana for the month
of July, 1871, are as follows: Crude
oil 639,693.16 barrels and 1858, 469, 900
Gu. TT. of natural gas produced.
The Cut Bank field has 10 compile
tons during July of which II were
commercial oil wells and two were
dry holes One spectacular we'll was
completed by R. c.. Jeffries with an
initial production of LOO barrels the
first "a hours.
The Kelvin Sunburst field had II
competitions of which six were COM
mercial oil wells, two were CONNER
cial gas wells, one was a water well
and two were dry holes. There were
also six exhausted wells plugged and
abandoned.
The crude and natural gas produc-
ton figures for the month of July
are as reported to the Board of Rail-
road and Public Service Commission
ers, composed of Commissioner Aus
tin B. Middleton, Commissioner Hor-
ace F. Casey and Commissioner Paul
T. Smith, and all field operations on
state and patented land are under the
direct supervision of the Board of
Railroad Commissioners as to drilling
methods and plugging supervision.
Operations on government and Indian
lands are under supervision Of the
U. S. Geological Survey, Cooperating
with the Railroad Commission.
The production of fields are as fol-
lows for the month of July, 1871:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Three Little Items

Just in you missed them, they deeply
buried that you failed to get their full sig
nfcance these little items herewith properly grouped
and reprinted
ID New York Tme Predictions Administration
ton would leasend appropriation of $7OOOOoo
the
Roosevelt statement practical legislators look more
the
outlined therein
still nearing
additional
said 1easelend the
available all materials
II ASSOCIATED of
c economic accord providing scale exchange of goods
putting the allies officially
signed and announced Sunday night communiue said Under
England
goods at the rate of go period five
Payment between the regulated clearing basis
Observers said they understand Britain sending rubber tin wool
heac
mum, hemp, flax manganese, glycerin and timber
You will CLEAN from these financial tdbs that the Brit
s although benefitng handsomely from the easeend
tenn haven't caught the habit the sending Those
hardboed get goods for goods and knock down
interest the transaction And isn't it curious that
Uncle Samuel is much friendly the deadbeat to
whom he gives goods than the solvent customer who has the
money and pays cash the Guard
an
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-08-27
639, 693.16 1,55S,469, 900

There is no material change in stor-
age oil figures with the exception of
a small decline. The total in the
state being approximately 1,150,O00.00
barrels.