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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13


NEW YORK AP-Director Gen.
eral William S. Knudsen Of the Of
flee OF Production Management pre-
dicted today that. II the nations de
Tense program hit the halfway
mark by January /, 1912, 1--WE
should hit peak production by July
and after that. America can write
its own ticket on war material"
LANSING-INS-The state high
way departments will determine low
bids for contracts on 10 highway
projects on August 20. Commission.
or G. Donald Kennedy announced
today. The projects are expected to
cost 100000.
WASHINGTON-INS- Secretary
OF State Cordell Hull today ar.
ranged a joint meeting at the State
Department with the diplomatic rep
resentatives OF Great Britain, Aus.
tralia and Canada. Alfred Duff
Cooper. former British cabinet min.
lister. who Is en- route to Singapore
as a special British envoy in the
Far East. also was scheduled TO
attend tbs conference.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

WASHINGTON ms Treas
ury balance Aug. IL: $3.50, 204,-
6S4.40; internal revenue $751;
S97,9l0.3S; customs receipts $751;
159,959.76; receipts 1894, ,s32;
expenditures $2,237,692,33o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

WASHINGTON-UP-The White
House today issued an executive
order suspending the eight hour
day for mechanics and laborers EN-.
ployed by the War Department
on construction OF air fields. troop
housing units. Notifications and
similar public works projects.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

WASHINGTON ms Prssi.
dent Roosevelt today issued an
executive order revoking designa-
ton Of Grand Rapids, Mich. as a
customs port of entry. The order
was issued on the recommendation
OF Secretary Of the Treasury
Morgenthau.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

NEW YORK-INS- Food prices
In Britain have not risen nearly
as rapidly as have those in the
United States, Sir Otto Neimyer,
a director of the Bank of England,
said today following his arrival
by Dixie Clipper, Sir Otto esti.
mated that prices in England are
up possibly 90 per cent"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

NEW YORK-INS- Hugh G.
Grant, American minister to Thai
land, will return home shortly to
resign. the Tokyo radio. picked
up in New York by CHS, reported
today from Bangkok. Grant. the
Tokyo broadcast said, will be sue
ceeded by Francis B. Sayre. now
high commissioner in the Philip
pines.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

LONDON-UP- A Russian war
communique asserted today that
the whole OF Rumania had been
cut off from railroad communica-
tion to the sea and that the main
Rumanian oil pipe line to the sea-
coast had been severed by Rus
sia's destruction Of a bridge across
the Danube at Cerna Voda, 80
miles east of Bucharest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

NEW YORK-AP- The British
radio quoted today this summa-
tion of the French situation by
Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express:
"Darlan has become Frances
fuehrer and Petrain his linden
burg.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

TOKYO -AP-American mo-
tion picture companies were no.
titled today that after Septem Der
/ the distribution and showing
OF American and British films
would be prohibited in Korea.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

LONDON -AP- Dame Sidney
Browne. noted British nurse who
served during campaigns In Egypt
and the Sudan before the turn Of
the century. and in the Boer and
World Wars, died today in Chelt-
enham. She was 81 years old.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

HELSINKI. Finland-AP-News-
papers announced today that Fin
lands second billion-markka bond
issue for reconstruction of areas
devastated in the 1939-40 war with
Soviet Russia had been subscrib-
ed within span of three months.
Subscriptions. the press said, dou-
bled in rate after the outbreak of
the current war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-13

DETROIT-CP-A final check
was to be made today to determine
the cause Of the explosion aboard
the Canadian oil tanker Transfer
last Friday which resulted in the
deaths OF two passengers and loss
OF a cargo of 100000 gallons of high
test gasoline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

set up nomination and election machin- cry. Certain laws have to be observed; party regulations have to be followed. All are designed to make the task of pro- viding candidates legal, as well as give everyone right to expression of opinion. For example, locally a primary has to he held by the parties planning to hold nominating conventions This merely provides for election of 8 ticket of dele gates to a convention at which more delegates will be elected to a district convention.
 Such a district convention must be held 21 days prior to the election, And local conventions have to be held at such time that list of delegates elected may be filed ten days prior to the district convention with the Secretary of the State Central Committee And local primary has to be advertised at least eight days prior to holding. And tickets to be voted upon at primary must be sub- mitted four days before the primary. All of which must be common knowledge and understandable, too, among officials concerned with setting up the preliminar- ies to the special election.
 When you actually cast your ballot next January you'll be completing an election process that began more than two months previous and which required careful planning and watching by cleo tion and political organization officials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
Alice Through the Cellophane

Now the use of cellophane is going to be cut down because the chemicals of which it is made are required in the de- fense program. There may be cases in which this restriction will work genuine hardship, but there are other cases in which 1t will be a blessing in disguise. We've seen packages, both the mechan- ically wrapped trade kind and the home wrapped gift variety, in which eel lophane was used not to protect the goods merely, not even purely for decorative effect, but obviously in malign and sim ister plot to baffle the recipient.
 We've seen strong men, after minutes of futile clawing and paving at such a package, tear out their hair by the hand fuls and then just sit down and howl like a banshee. Those who have made Sen- sible use of that highly useful material, cellophane, may be put out by the new restrictions but in some cases little restriction is going to De just a plain relief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
A Thought for Today
Let Us Be Warned

State Insurance Commissioner John c. Hlackall issued timely warning to all Anotor car owners this week that no one should overlook. He pointed out the rise in the number of automobile acci- dents and stated bluntly that as a con- sequence we could look for higher in- gurance costs. A few years ago Connec- ticut battled automobile insurance costs only to learn the sad truth that if motor ists want lower rates they must drive carefully and avoid accidents.
 There was time when Connecticut rates were probably the highest for the nation. And the top scale seemed to be centered right here in the Naugatuck Valley. It took lot of legislative effort and citizen endeavor to break down these scales and to make automobile insurance more appealing to the average car owner on a voluntary basis than it had been for some time to come. One of the reasons cited for the high cost was the number of accidents on which claims were paid.
 Another reason also cited at the time was the higher cost per settlement made in this state. We'll, with rise in auto- mobile accidents there is bound to be rise in the number of settlements and if the average settlement figure moves up- ward there can be but one result-higher insurance rates. AS the Insurance Com missioner said: "The man back of the wheel is the man who makes the rates for insurance coverage. .."
 We might concentrate our efforts from now on, If we are driving an automobile, to eliminating all accidents, however trivial. Be cautious driver and save money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
Piccolos and Drums

What is to be the fate of the small nation in the days to come? Jan Masaryk, foreign minister of the Czech governments exile, says that after the war the small nations of Europe must be reconstructed and play their part in the concert of Europe, even though they play only piccoloS, and never the drums. It's not too early to begin to write score of such a symphony, even though it seems clear that it must be written differently from any political music yet heard in the world. To carry further Masaryk'S sym bolism, it-iS quite all right to let each of the small nations play it's own musical in- Strument in the concert, but it is beconl- ing clear that all must play something like the same selection, and there must be some sort of reference to a leader if there is to be any harmony at all.
 The Nazi conception is not that of concert of different instruments There would be only one big NaZi pipe-organ played by Der Fuehrer, while the rest of the Europe, and eventually the world if the pipe-organ grew large enough, just sweated at pumping the bellows. Con- cert there must be- But you can't have a concert without agreeing on what score to play, and appointing somebody as leader. The effort last time was to ap- point the League of Nations as leader, but the trouble was that nobody felt com pelled to follow, and the resultant dis cords still Shriek across the world. This time we must do better.
 Whoever wins the war is going to be the leader Either Germany wins, abol- ishes concert work entirely, and sets the western world to pumping air for her own pipe-organ, or the British and Rus sians win, decide what tune is to be played, and beat the time. The best hope there is that eventually the rest of the musicians, even the squeaking pie colo-players, may eventually be given chance to vote on what to play, or even occasionally direct a number. Whereas if the Nazis win, the rest of the world has nothing to look forward to but a lifetime or dreary sweating at the pumps
 A Europe playing 40 different national anthems at the same time, however, as the Poles, Czechs Hungarians, Croats, Serbs, Slavs, Rumanians, Bulgarians and Abanians were playing them before 1889, promises little Improvement. No macs trO has yet arisen, however, to propose a tune so universally popular that all seem willing to play it together, nor so mag netic as to suggest that all will follow his baton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

When man has definite convictions and he can stick to them through thick and thin he deserves a lot of credit. So tonight we pay our respects to Represent ative James Shanley of New Haven, the only Connecticut congressman who voted against the changes being made in the Neutrality Act when it came up for vote in the House Thursday afternoon. Repre- sentative Shanley has not been passive figure in the congressional battle over American aid to the warning European nations, and other features of the cur rent international embroglio. He has been outspoken and has never failed to record himself in any voting test on the same. He is opposed to war, presumably because he knows what war is from his experience in the last World War. He is no isolationist, we would say, nor could he be termed pacifist, but he certainly takes strong stand contrary to present American foreign policy and isn't afraid to say so in the fact of strong criticism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
Press Comment
REVOLT IN TANGAGANY
(Hartford Times)

(6artI0r0 TlmeSl
 While the demand of one leade. in Tammany Hall for the resignation of the head of the oryania ion is rot by itself likely to lead to the retire. ment of Christopher D. Sullivan, the fact that the leader who makes the demand Is the former supreme court justice who was the Democratic can- d.date for mayor of New York in 1o37, makes the demand something more than the wall of disgruntled district boss. That othe. leaders are jcining in the demand makes the situation a bit precarious for Tam many management.
 Judge Mahoney even calls for abandonment of the name Tam many, which, he says, is too great Q burden for any Democratic canHi. date to carry. He would have the executive committee meet to act on reform within the organization.
 Three defeats in a row in munich pal elections. scanty patronage from Governor Lehman's office. little or no patronage from Washington, have made Tammany's last nine years very hungry ones. The record of Tammany has ben notorious, a rec ord of refusal to clean up corrup- ton within the party even after 1t had been exposed in investigations and prosecutions in the courts, a reco-d of refusal to recognize that the public no longer will tolerate the methods that made TAmmany's name synonymous with l1lisgoveTn- ment in the past. Judge Mahoney finds the Hall guilty of venality and stupidity, and so does the ma jori.y of the voters of New York City. No wonder 1t can win no elections.
 Democrats concerned about prln- ciples rather than patronage, about good government rather than graft. about social prog ess rather than re- turn of "the good old 6ays." want an organization whose name will not suggest only evil. They appear to be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
Are You Good on Figures?

The job of holdil g a special election is no easy matter. The man who casts the ballot has the easies. time of it, for aIl he has to do is emerge on election day, Vlgit the polling place, and pull the lever TOT his party or candidate. But behind fhig simple act of citizenship lies mass of detail and planning. Election off, cials and political organization leaders sift tsis down to mako the process seem or- nerlv and simple, but it Involves concen- ration and effort with little or no appre- Hlaflon from the muItlkudes.
 In z city like Waterbury, where we will e plunged Into a special eleeflon in Jan
 inning is en now "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
ell. well. if it isn't a bunch of golden

We'll, well, if it isn't a bunch of golden rod for the hay-fever sufferers, it's 8 patch of ragweed by the side of the road. Their troubles only end with cold weather and sometimes not even then. But to add insult to injury the U. S. Army has now taken cognizance of the ailment which afflicts so many thousands of people and causes them such an uncomfortable ex- istence Hay fever sufferers won't be ad- mitted to the Army; henceforth, if off, cerS have their way about it. So many cases came to light in the fall maneuvers that they often disrupted entire divisions Selectees may be sent home if they de- velop hay fever in the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

Next week brings Thanksgiving and the day following Waterburys holiday light ing program goes into effect. That means there will be good full month of joyful anticipation for the Christmas season. It should be a joyful occasion for great many Waterburians for more people are working this year than year ago. It is to be hoped that industrial conditions will remain as good if not better for some time to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

unload and get under cever as quick as you can."
 Taking Clark st his word, Tru- man ordered his battery to dee train in a hurry, even pitching in himself to help with the task. After the battery had sweated frantically to get out of the ''xOns of fire" Clark walked over to Trus man and said with Q grin, That's ls on you. That horse wasn't ls on you. That harse wasn't killed by the Germans. He was shot by . veterinarian"
 Truman didn't think the joke SO funny then, but he laughs about 1t now. He also laughs to hims self about some of Clark's sena. torial antics. He has Q huneh that this time the joke will be on Clark.
 NOTE - Significant of the diG- ference between the two men: Clarks se'f-penned biography in the Congressional Directory takes up nearly three-quarters of Q page of fine print. TruInan,s con- sistS of three lines.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

sible for God to help me just as Lhe Bible declares He can" But these people never get any further than just to acknowledge that the providence of God Is a possibility.
 There Is third group who declare 1t will happen" They look forward to the time when God will strength- en their lives and do many great things in their behalf.
 The best variety of religious faith IS that which declares, Tt as hap- pening. God has promised certain things and I believe He IS leading me and giving me these things every cay. even though I may not he ahis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
Selected Poem
BIRD ON THE RIFLE RANGE


 Daniel Smythe. Hartford Times Reprint) Tn the Ieveled guns uncertain stammer, The bird walks out on windy grass He and his fellows hear their clamor: But stubborn disregard he has. I see him walk in his trim perfection, Scanning from rifle line to pit The blades strung with tke dews reflection Which the early breaking sun has lit. What of the bullets horizontal Streak through the air, as swift as lightI But the bird, unriddled, walks the frontal F1reLne, and stays his thought ot flight. The targets stand with cyclop faces And shake with what the bullets give. A long. lead string the maTksman laces: The bird steps foot by foot-and liyesl I turn aside with some elaton .. This bIrd and hills are my belief. Mysterious as times duration Is the faith that walked here. precious. brief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

in every instance to discern His providence clearly"
 Religious belief means a conviction not just that certain things have happened, or that certain achieve ments can take place. or that certain things may take place to the glory of God at some future date. Re. hgious faith. when it is deep and real, means that the power of God Is working every instant Co the fur- tlIerance Of the divine purpose and the eternal benefit of our lives.
 All Rights Reserved
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

p@S&sNSNSAS @F@S
 They will ask why the govern Tnent should have to pay $l5,66 for repairing an automobile tire, $ls,64 for rebuilding a $500 car- buerator, and $l,S0 for labor t' change the motor oil of a truck,
 The answers, If any, will be giv- en by officials of Ferguson Oman, the contracting company which Is building Q giant ordnance plant near Memphis to be operated by soap makers Proctor & Gamble.
 The senators expect to uncover many other extraordinary things about this defense project. Their sense of smell for making such discoveries mas been well de- veloped. They have been asking embarrassing questions since last spring, when the special commit tee to investigate the national defense program was set up.
 From the very start the com-
 mittee's disclosures have been . series of headline sensations. But one of the most remarkable developments of the committee Is It's chairman, Senator Harry s. Truman of Missouri.
 Slightly built, hespectacled, q lover of Chopin and a summer of the limelight, Truman is one of the last men in Congress who would be considered 6 hard -boiled prober. Tn manner and appear ance he Is anything but the cru- sader.
 PENDERGAST MAN
 Truman came to the Senate in 1885 in the same freshman class with Minton of Indiana, Schwel- lenbach of Washington and Burke of Nebraska. Each one of them quickly made a name for himself, but they are no longer in the Senate.
 Truman kept in the background was known only as a henchman of the notorious Pendergast ma- chine. During the six years of Truman's first term, 70 far as the street was concerned there was only one senator from Missouri Bennett Clark.
 Then came the conviction of Boss Pendergast; and many of his associates took to the tall tim Der. But not Truman. He pulp icly acknowledged his political debt to Pendergast and their long friendship.
 The wise boys wrote it down that 1t was aIl over for Truman. He was . courageous man, but he had cooked his goose. They were wrong. In one of the hot. test campaigns in Missouri his. tory, where fiery elections are an old story, Truman, the Fender gast man, was decisiveIy re- elected.
 He returned to the Senate as quiet and as Incon picuous as be- fore. Since January he has been on his feet only four times, and his remarks could all be printed on three pages of the Congress sional Record.
 Each time he talked about one subject-"S. Res. IT," the re o,u- tion that authorized his investi- gating committee. This probe has been his passion ever since friends back home began writing him about wa te in the construction of Fort Leonard Wood, at Rollo, Mo.
 FARM BOY
 Tn Missouri they say of Tru- man that "he was born and reared between the blow handles of a Jackson County farm" His first job was in a drug store. running errands. dusting bottles and wash- ing windows. Even as a youth he was thrifty. and when he hears of the waste of millions. he rec
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

e. In their native habitat, ds polar bears live on ices
 A. Most polar bears live peruaan, eEltly on foe, often hundreds of miiea from the nearest land.
 e. have . white metal brace. lot from Egypt, and am wondering whether it is valuable. Also. is it possible for metal of this kind to darken the slEinY
 A, White metal is any of the var- ious white alloys, such as pewter, coin silver, and German silver, used for making ornaments and small castings. Any Of the white metals may darken the skin. The value of white metal jewelry depends moss- ly on the ornament aa the metal itself has little actual value.
 e. Has the legal quota Of iuaral. grants permitted to enter the Unit. cd States been exeeededS
 A. No: the legal quota permits the admission Of iSs,7TA imTni- grants annually. Slightly more than half of this number were admitted last year. Tn the years 1881 up to and including i0A0 the total num- Dor admitted was B2e,A33.
 e. What is the value of property that has been destroyed in Great Britian by NaA air raidsp
 A. The estimated loss for the first two years of war was e4e0, 900 600.
 c. What proportion oG the aero. nautical products made in the Unit ed States is being exportedS
 A. During July ie4i, about Se per cent and for the first seven Miontha of is4i, exports apprcRim&ted 4s per cent.
 c. What !s the Mohammedan Fast Ramadan, that is celebrated about this time oe years
 4. It is Q religious ceremony that begins in September that ushers in Ramadan, the 9th month Of the Mohammedan calendar. St lasts un. til the next moon. q period of a Mt. tie more than 20 days, i2 hours. The Mchammedans believe that this h the time of year when the divine doctrines of the Koran were hand. ed down 60 the prophet. During the periods of fasting which last from dawn to dusk. adults must aNstain from all eating, drinking. smoking, and even such pleasures as smell. Ing flowers or perfumes.
 EDITORS NOTE: If you are dcs'roIs Oe sr:u Ing ttls " A's booklet, "HISTCRY OF we ID NO. l." r6srcerd F. M. Kirby, Dept. B-loo, Waterhr-y Dstac -at Service Rrrea1, 1913 T'sirtt ,h
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

ton, COT alone is publicity shy. It has no public re- latlons officer to give statements to the press, other than Don ovan himself, who Is harder to sec than Greta Garho off the screen, and who wants to be alone just about as bad. Donovan hes just moved his headquarters into the old Naval mR aaR lan.- -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15

ave happened thousands of years ago actually did happen.
 ! The second var- iety of religious faith leads people to say, Tt can happen" T h ey read the declara- tons of the Bible and say to them. s selves, "Xes I think ik ia nos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
Daily Almanac
n rises 2::22 a. m

Moon rises 2:22 a. fIi.
 Sun rises 6:3e a. m; sets ASA D. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
 Frost is slowly settling Into the ground. Although these days are not too cold, each successive night brings its layer Of frost and it's working its way into the earth inch by inch.