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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
knowledge Test
By DIR. SABINA III. CONNOLLY


Would il be an insult 10 call
YOU ca ParSimoniouS: tb) an
AdoniS: (cl ambideXtrouS?
What is the first name of: On
A Pulitzer prize winner named
LaFerge. rh1 an American
sculptor named ManStip; tct
a French composer named
Charpcnticr?
What book character: (al
Wouldn't grow up. tbl was
devoured by mice: (cD was
borne away in a swan boat?
What tree ca Has leaves
that trcmble violently in the
wind. (b) Is the chief source
of turpentlnc. tcl is some
times called tamarack?
Name a poem, tai About
an lnnkeeper'S daughter; tb)
about spreading chestnut
tree. tc) about a girl leaning
down from Heaven.
What kind OF a task is (a) A
mammoth one; tb4-a -eHPPle-
mentary one; tcl concrete
one?
What is The country of: (al
Mt Everest: tn Lake Michi-
gan: tc) Isle OF Rhodes >
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Proper Diet
Controls
Weight
BY IDA JEAN KAN

SOMETIMES have to marve'
at how hard it is to sell women
the idea of controlling their
weight the easy way-just by
eating intelligently.
The other noon as luncheI
with smart career woman
who is so thin she worries me.
| couldn't resist giving her bread
and butter plate a little shove
in her direction. Well. you'd
have thought it was horsemeat.
L am off that stuff" she in
formed me with prompt finality.
It's fattening." And there was
an accuSative CLEAN in her eye
as she added the query, DO you
write that column on Shining
and then eat bread and but
tcr?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09

THIS OLD-FASHIONED girl
gives decorative note 10 your
home and helps your accessories
match IN tins flct crochet
design. The chair back pattern
makes loyc+v scarf ends. 100.
Pattern 2763 contains charts and
directions for set. materials re-
quired
Send 10 CENTS in coin for
this pattern 10 the laura
Wheclcf Pattern Department
L'z' Times square Detroit.
Mich Owing % custom, rcgu-
latlonS orders for pattern, Co
canadian destinations cannot bC
filled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Joint Minstrel Show

THE DETROIT girls and
boys who attend Lem Dune
Lodge (lasses) and Ragged
Woods Camp dads over
there on the Canadian side $500.
Are taking part in a joint
Minstrel show this weekend.
Katie Scallen, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. John Scallen
lis one of THE stars along
With Bill Sutherland Ted
Van Loon Patty and Keith
Blake
Marguerite Mclnery is the
)lues singer Of the minstrel
how
Helen and Barbara Risdon
will be the soloists of the
choral group 49,.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
(pache' Set for Race

WITH THE Charles r.
Usher family. summer
.ng on Crosse He) ....
Tommy will race his nifty
Apache this week END In the
Put Inlay classic
Sarah Ann Fisher. who is
slated for a Spring 1912
debut
Will enter Visitation Con
vent in Washington this Fsll.
And sister. Mary with
her great friend. Judy King of
Georgia is off again on
another trip &c..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09

they do The whole place heard
that Mrs. So-and-So wore a wig
and false lasheS and that she
should do something about her
figure.
There was lots Of shushing
but, of course, the lady under
the dryer couldn't hear and
kept right on until tho operator
rushed over and turned her off.
Many OF the salons have
closed booths but one should
avoid all careless conversation.
There is no reason why any one
should be ridiculed for wearing
a wig. or laSheS, or in fact doing
anything she feels may improve
her.
Not Uncommon
Thousands Of women wear
wigs for one reason or another.
II is usually a temporary aid
while their own hair is being
reconditioncd. Others wear them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09

personal shower at her home in
Berkshire road and Mrs A. +.
Norton and several friends were
co-hoSteSscs - q bridge luncheon
and accessory shower at Crosse
lie Country Club.
Mrs. David NJ Whitney ten
dcrcd Miss Aluer a miscellaneous
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Rhumbe Band Plays

A RHUMBA band playe
South American tunes on tho
screened-in porch off the SUI
deck
And the feminine guest
wore leis Of fresh gardenia
those new shaggy iris
which drip in orchid fashion
:. and other bright bios
SONS "
At dinnertime. all thl
crowd went down to the Van
Dyke Club. -. where Jimmy
Cox had waived his hitherto
stringent rule of street clothes
AT LEAST. and the beach
combers were given the free
don of the bar. -.
Some of those present in
GUIDED:
Kay Rice Elwood Kukes
=. .Tubby and Fritzie Adams
Wal De Galen Jerry
Mccarthy =. Lucille, Dick
and Ed Yeats. -.
Polly Amer Bill Wal
bridge. 81. Donna an d Bob
Powell. =. Billie Higgins
Les Jones Norm Ruvell
80. Paul LaFontaine. &C..
Winifred and Colin Camp
bell Lorraine and Bill
Martin of Birmingham DR..
and Mrs. William Iange
Winifred and Bert Weyhinc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Other Beachcombers
AND OTHER beachcomberr

AND OTHER beachcomberr
we're:
Louise Cobb Wallie liver,
OF Birmingham Lee Wa
rick Art and Tooie Vic
dowfield Of Birmingham
Lodia and Forbes Peed. -.
Floss and Don O'Toole.
Pamela Mcdowell and Rain
Bastien Jr., Herb and &C. c."
Henchel of Amherstburg
Elaine Appleton Boil
Lunch. Mr.. and Mrs. Car.
Vernell. Betty Ann Wilson
80. Walter Hagen Jr.
Carl Larson
Paul Oesterle Howard
Dawson Paul Travis
Jimmy Evans and many.
many more
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Balanced Menu

On the other hand, if you
overweights would make it an
inflexible rule to get all the
foods listed in your protective
menus, you would not be getting
too many calories.
If your menus are balanced as
10 the protective foods and the
calories are adjusted to your
needs. your vitality is safe
guarded and your weight practi-
cally takes care of itself
Copyright. 1871 King Features synd., Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Saturday, August 9, 1871

an Alice blue dinner dress and
orchids while her mamma chose
roSe-colored lace and gardenias.
Both the young people at
tended Michigan State twhcre
they first met. we betcha) but
neither will tell us exactly when
the wedding will take place so
You'll have 10 wait.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09

Mr. Aluer has set August %
as the date of her marriage to
Bert L Lindquist of Alter road,
son of +. Lindquist of Fargo
North Dakota.
Miss Florence Eckhart Will
be maid of honor and Mrs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09

Francis H. AIuer will be matron
of honor.
Mr.. LindquiSt has asked Lee
Verne Anseii 10 be his best man
and Francis n. Muer and Joseph
F. Nagel 10 scat the guests.
Miss Virginia Creed recently
honored the bride to be with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
BY DONNA GRACE

GOSSIP MAY be out of style
but alas, there are a few who
Just can't resist the urge to tell
the latest bit Of something about
Mrs. So-and-So
1t is always in bad taste but
just now we feel we should
remind the irrcprcesiblc cncS 20
be careful around the beauty
salons.
just last week. one woman
was embarrassed TO find her
conversation had been overheard
By a sister OF the one being
discussed, and while She meant
no harm, we fear she will not
find it easy to right things.
Be Careful
The dryers make 50 much
"oiSe, those sitting under them
ant hear their own voices
without shouting and shout
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09

shower at her home in Wash
lngton road a few days back
And so they 60
MRS JOSEPH CONLISk has
been stopping at the Hotel
Traymore while in Atlantic
City y. J.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
HOROSCOPE = By irons 55s"ss'

Look IN the Section Yopr Brthdoy Find what
Your OWiook Is, According to the Stars
For SHBday, AaQust 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Your Horoscope

Frances Drake,
The Detroit Times.
1873 Times Square, Detroit. Mich.
PLEASE SIND NY lNDlVID-
UAL HOROSCOPE, PERSONAL
DAILY O UIDE and LUCKY
CALENDAR for the lsSt SIX
months OF l94L
Va, Born
Month Dlv
Sand ljr and Srlj-Addrofsd
Nsmbd Eareiobr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-09
Miss Muer Sets
Marriage Date

MISS DOLORES T. MUER.
daughter of Mrs. Frank J Mucr
Of Yorkshire road and the late
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
sss COURT RETURNs-Pags 6
Gold Braid to
go For Naught
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
Jefferson City, Mo. Jan. 13-UP
Forrest c. Donne,l. Republican,
had expected to De inaugurated
governor of Missouri today. He
had appointed 20 colonies, and they
had spent $40 each on uniforms
and gold braid. Brass bands had
been hired, an artillery salute ar
ranged.
But instead of going to his inau-
duration. Donnell goes before the
state supreme court, asking that
it make the speaker Of the house OF
representative declare him Cover.
nor. while a leg slative committee
investigates charges that he was
fraudulently elected.
II the court granted a writ OF
mandamus, 1t would not be in time
for him to be inaugurated today.
or would it prevent the investiga-
ton.
The house speaker opens and
publishes election returns and ne
has published returns showing that
Donnell was elected by 1913 votes
over Lawrence Mcdaniel. his Dem
ocratic opponent. But. because CT
the investigation, he has not de-
clared Donnell governor. II the
state supreme court forces the
speaker to declare him governor,
he could be inaugurated, bat the
inquiry would continue.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
Directors to
be Selected

Five directors will be chosen from
a list of ten nominees at the annual
meeting of the Community Fund
Tuesday evening in Roosevelt
School auditorium. The nominees in
clude Owen j. Cleary, Gel Id Ehle,
Bert Harrison. Arthur Helfrich,
Mrs. Harold Leverett, Mrs. Leroy
Lewis. Harold Prest, Dan T. Quirk,
Maynard Richardson and Don Silk
worth.
Another feature OF the meeting
will be five minute reports concern
ing activities OF the different agen-
cies who are aided through the
Community Fund. The papers, which
will be read, will present picture
to the audience of the whole activi-
ties Of the Fund and also show an
accounting of funds received.
The meeting starts promptly at
1880 and will be completed by 9 o.
clock. it is planned. Lester Mil er,
retiring president, will preside. and
A. B. Curtis. treasurer, and Paul
Ungrodt, secretary, will give short
reports
Balloting in the election will be
secret.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
NHllkie Fauors Lend, Loan Plan
Preparing to Leave For
Personal Observation Tour
OF London

New York, Jan. 10 -UP-Wen-
dell l.. Willkie. having endorsed
the lendlease bill for aiding
Great Britain. with its grant OF
full power TO President Roosevelt,
prepared today for an inspection
visit to London. He will have no
mission, official or unofficial reF-
resenting only myself"
All NJ. Landon, 1896 Republi-
can presidential candidate, had
declared in a speech at Tulsa.
Okla. Saturday night that he did
not believe future United States
security depended on British
victory, even though he favored
all aid TO Britain short of war. In
his statement Sunday, Willkie
said he 'refuted the statement
that our national security is not
involved in British defeat. The
difference between a British de-
feat or victory is not only mill
tary but economic"
Rep. Kenneth +. Simpson, for
mer chairman of the New York
County Republican. Committee,
said he agreed with wilkes
fine ana ysis OF domestic and in
ternational conditions"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
Tax Deadline
in City Nears

Wednesday is the deadline for
payment without penalty OF city and
school taxes not paid in the sum
mer and county taxes assessed Dec.
!. Unless the city council grants an
extension a one per cent penalty
on the original tax assessment will
be levied beginning Wednesday and
two per cent on the original begin
ming Feb ].
Early in March, the tax rolls Will
be transferred to the county treas
urer's office and delinqIents must
pay penalty Of 4l9 per cent at
Ann Arbor. After March, an increase
OF one-half OF one per cent for each
month will be levied as a penalty
Mrs. Mabel Stadtmiller. city
treasurer. reported today that up
to Saturday S141 ,O6603 of the 1856.
500 OF the city budget taxes for
1910 had been collected, leaving a
balance OF s24,433.97 unpaid.
On the school general taxes S53,.
016sO of the s7s,909 budget has
been paid leaving s25,s9e.20 un.
paid. On the school debt service
S2T,774S0 has been collected on
the s40,Sl5 budget which leaves
s13,040.20 yet TO be collected.
The first 1910 scavenger sale
check for the amount Of $9,171.25
was received TODAY.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
St. Johns Has
Fine Half Year
Report Shows
Well Over $1,000
Received

A favorable semi-annual finan-
cial report OF St Johns Catholic
parish and its societies was sub
mitted Sunday by Father Erwin
Lefebvre.
Total current income during
the period was $l7.493.70 and the
balance from June IL was $4.-
015.14. making the total income
$21.50s.s4. Expenditures we're
$19.467.S6. leaving a balance for
the years beginning OF $1,000
9s.
In the six months period ST.
63S.75 in principal and S2.410 in
interest was paid on the parish
debt
Largest items which provided
revenue were the Sunday and
Holy day collections OF $5.7l3.-
81, seat collections. $3.069.70.
entertainments. S4,242.80. and
requests and donations. $3,120.-
"a. $4,000 OF which was from the
Monaghan estate.
In the expenditures accounts,
aside from the debt principal
items were for salaries for the
pastor. his assistants. extra help,
teachers. organist, choir and mu-
sic. janitors and clerical work OF
s3,896.22 Equipment. furniture
and furnishings cost S57O.55
while repairs and Improvements
amounted to s967.74
The financial report Of the RO-
sary and Altar Society showed re-
celpts Of $i,886.24 and expendi-
lures Of $I729.44. leaving a bal
ance December 81 Of S156.S0.
The st. Vincent dc Paul Society
showed disbursements OF $19i6G
to aid the poor and $409.O7 for
religious papers and books Their
total receipts were $3SA2D and
disbursements Of $73S02, leay-
ing a balance Of $146,37.
Receipts for the League ~
Catholic Women were $272 %
and expenditures were {2l722.
while the financial statement Of
Our Lady's Sodality showed re-
celpts OF SG9369 and disburse-
ments OF s672.G6.
During the year the Altar So
ciety. in addition 10 It's ordinary
See ST. JOHNS Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
FLAMES SNUFFED
OUT As GE RMANS
AGAIN TRY FIRE
British Bombers Strike at
Invasion Ports, North
Italian Cities
GREEK ARMY CAPTURES
TEPELENI REPORTS SAY
British Forces in Libya
Move Cannon Near
Tobruk

German warplanes dashed at Lon
don with another FIRE raid" Sun
day night but thousands OF volun-
teers snuffed out the flames Of in
cendiary bombs ard the attack end
ed in less than four hours.
British bombers struck again at
northern Italy and at Nazi-occupied
invasion ports" and airdromes IN
France, London sources reported.
German raiders also spread their
operations over other parts OF Bri-
tain, attacking southwest town
for several hours and inflictin5
some casualties. Points along the
Thames Estuary also were raided.'
Dispatches from the Yugoslavian
border, unconfirmed by official
Greek sources, said the Greek army
had captured Tepeleni. a strategic
village in central Albania. The
Italians were reported still retreat
ing northward since the fall of X j.
sura, about 10 miles east OF Tepe-
leni.
British Libyan forces still were
hauling guns from the Bardia area
to surrounded Tobruk, 20 miles
away, and putting them into action
against outlying Italian defense
points.
The important Fascist outpost
at Giarbub Oasis, $50 miles south
OF Bardia, was said to have been
cut off by the British.
The Italian high command re-
ported one British cruiser in the
Mediterranean was struck in joint
German-Italian air attack, and that
another cruiser was seen sinking
after an Italian torpedo attack.
Loss of one Italian torpedo boat
was acknowledged b. the high COM
mand which said two British de-
stroyers also were set on fire.
The British government said the
Raj raided Belgian and Dutch
coastal points, Wilhelmshaven,
Germany. and the Italian royal ars-
email at Turin, Italy, during the
week end.
Premier Began Philor of Bull
garia Sunday declared his country
might yet ne swung lulO lue Wdl
but he was certain that Bulgarians
would not forgive anybody who
tried to make Bulgaria National So
cialist (NazD, Communist or Fas-
cist."
lie spoke at Ruse, a town near
the Rumanian frontier where large
numbers of German troops have
been stationed.
Bulgaria is friendly to her big
sister Slavic" neighbor. Russia,
and there has been speculation
whether Germany has asked the
Soviets for approval of an alleged
plan to send German troops into
Bulgaria
The official Russian news agency.
Tass, reported from Moscow how
ever, that Germany never has ask
ed Russia's consent to such a plan.
and that Bulgaria never has sound
ed out Russia regarding such
contingency.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
Legion Makes
Dinner Plans

American Legion post command
ers and Legion Auxiliary presi-
dents from Washtenaw County held
joint meeting at thu Legion Home,
Ann Arbor, Sunday night to pre-.
pare plans for the Countrywide CHI.
1enship dinner to be held at the
Michigan Union Feb. Is. Edward
Arnet and Mrs. Carlton r. Starr
represented Ypsilanti.
National Legion Commander Milo
Warner, Toledo, will deliver the
principal address and will present
DR.. Alexander Grant Ruthven, Uni
versity of Michigan president. with
a citation for his work in educa.
ton and Americanism.
1t Is also planned TO honor six
other Washtenaw residents with
citizenship citations. These per
sons will be chosen from the six
county communities having Legion
posts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
Federal Mediation Suggested For Defense

federal mediation bill until after
conferences with defense chief
tains william s Knudsen and Sid
ney Hillman.
American Federation Of Labor
President william. Green said his
organization would fight any at
tempt 70 restrain by law its right
to strike but will act and has al
ready voluntarily, as a mat
ter Of patriotic policy, 10 avoid d
alb 'ure strikes in order not 70 i'm
pede defense production. "
Congress Of Industrial Organiza-
lions President Philip Murray. also
opposes any laws restricting the
right 10 strike because be consid-
cred them unnecessary and "un.
democratic. and believed that
American labor and management
had demonstrated its ability ~
work out disputes freely without
any restraints
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
Police Battle
Eaton Pickets
tBy United Press)

Saginaw, Mich, Jan. lS-UP-
Fifty police battled with tear gas
today against pickets attempting to
enforce a strike at the WilcoxRich
division OF the Eaton Manufactur'
ing Company. where approximately
one-third of production is on ma
tional defense orders.
Members of the United Automo-
bile Workers Union went on strike
at the plant this morning in COM
pliance with orders for walkouts at
all divisions OF the Eaton Com
pany.
An estimated $50 deployed before
the one main gate to the plant. near
the downtown Saginaw area. an
hour before scheduled opening time.
An estimated 300 workers, not par
See STRIKE-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
Leon Pelton, Wife, TtUo
Children Victims, Home
Burns Early This Morning
Three Apparently Die in Sleep, Body
of One Child Found Near Door,
Passerby Rouses Neighbors
All Efforts to Effect Rescue Futile;
Remains Removed to Wayne
Funeral Parlors

Leon Pelton IS, his wife, Mary, 81. and their two
children Dorothy 10; and Gerald, H. were burned to
death carly today in their home 1910 Sherwood Rd,
four miles east OF Willis Ypsilanti state police
covered the charrcd bodies at 1890 m. today from
the smodering ruins of the two story frame house.
An unidentified young couple woke neighbours Mr..
and Mrs Frank Mill. at l2:l5 a. m. TODAY to inform
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13

bodies, three of which were
visible on the first floor
to the crowd called by the
blaze. Blazing cmbers ig-
nited the Pelton car park
ed about IS feet from the
house. No trace of the fam
lily dog was found but it
was thought he persisted
also.
Police said Mr.. and Mrs.
Pelton left a tavern on
Sumpter Rd., about ll:30
D. m Sunday and returned home
shortly after The children. who
had been roller skating at a roller
dome on Sumpter Corners returned
home about the same time.
The family had recently purchas-
cd an oil burner.
The bodies OF the parents wers
removed from the bed and the body
OF the daughter from her bedroom.
Both bedrooms were located on
the second floor but the furniture
dropped to the ground level during
the blaze. The II year old boys
body was found only few feet
from the front door indicating, said
Investigating officers, that he had
been aroused and attempted 10 es.
cape from the blazing building
Mr.. Pelton was an electrician at
Ford's plant in Flat Rock and
about eight years ago had par
chased a barn to remodel for a
home and land from Sumpter
Township supervisor. John Sher-
wood Previously. the family had
lived In willis. Mr.. Pelton is sur.
viyed by his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Bertham Pelton. waltz. three broth
ers, Lloyd and Thomas. Waltz, and
Bert, willow; and one sister. Mrs.
Flossle Henry. Macon
Mrs. Pelton was an employs at
Elolse Hospital. She Is survived
by her parents, MartInsville Rd,
and three sisters. Mrs. Ann Her.
man. Willow Mrs. Frances Cady,
Waltz, Mrs. Ruth Pollens. Willow
Rd Mrs. Pelton was the former
Mary Collins and had been a resi-
dent Of Wlllis vicinity for a number
OF years.
The two children we're students
at Lincoln Consolidated School.
Dorothy was in the seventh grade
and Gerald In the fifth.
Coroner Foster Knoblock, Belle.
VILE said the fire began probably
about midnight but he was not call
ed until a. m. today. Ypsilanu
state Troopers Jesse Ralph and
Walter Barkell we're on duty at the
fire until 30 a. m. today. Troopers
Douglas Sherwood and John Waite
removed the remains OF the victims
from the ruins this morning
The Cht Funeral Home, Wayne,
rs holding the bodies today pend.
lng funeral arrangements by rela-
lives
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-13
Opposition to
Aid to Britain
Will Organize
Wheeler Chosen to
Collaborate


Washington. Jan. l5-UP-Con.
gressional opponents OF President
Roosevelts bill for about aid -
Great Britain picked Sen. Burton
X. Wheeler, D., Mont. today to be
co-leader OF their bipartisan strate.
gy group.
At meeting planned for early
this week. they viii name a Re
publican-either Sen. Robert }.
Taft OF Ohio or Sen. Arthur 4.
Nandenberg OF Michigan--to help
Wheeler lead the fight against the
bill that they charge Is equal TO
declaration OF war" and a "dicta.
torship for the United States
Their first objective will be to
limit drastically the powers to be
granted the President.
Organization OF the opposition
group is simi ar to the one set up in
1887 to fight Mr. Roosevelt's pre-
posal to reorganize the Supreme
Court. Wheeler directed the strate-
gy then, too.
The opposition's battle line was
formed even before Congress start
ed working on the proposal 10 give
Mr.. Roosevelt blanket powers to
lead or lease war materials to the
anti-Axis nations.
Preliminary debate may come IN
the House today when It votes on a
motion by Chairman Andrew J.
May OF the Military Affairs Com.
mittee to take the bill from the
Foreign Affairs Committee and re-
fer II to his group. But the juris.
dictional dispute does not involve
the merits OF the legislation and