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Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11


movie business never has shown any
gumption in defending itself against
attacks. Individual studios seldom
hesitate to overpraise their pictures,
but the industry as a whole is al
ways strangely sny snd modest re-
garding its good deeds.
Lately. for instance, 1t has come
in for scattered criticism regarding
it's supposed inactivity in matters
bearing on national defense. No
body of the prominence or lung
power of Rep. Martin Dies has been
hollering this time, nor has there
been charge of anything much
more serious than apathy. More
important is the fact that Holly
wood, without trying to peddle
propaganda in the guise of enter
tainment, ought to be able to par
ticipate vitality in the big, hard and
necessary job of getting this coun-
try ready to defend itself.
Hollywood already is playing such
a part. 1t just isn't taking many
bows. 1t could, II it chose, point
out that the motion picture indus
try is about the only business which
is not making any profit from de-
fense work. In most cases, it pays
for and donates labor and materials,
In other cases. it works on a
straight cost basis.
HIDDEN VIRTUES
You've seen shorts dealing with
the various branches of the armed
services. and with recruiting and
conscription. You've seen short
shorts in which screen stars give
sales talks for government bonds
More directly affecting ourt actual
preparedness, though, are activities
and pictures which the public does
not see Scientific research and de-
velopment is being carried on in
some of the studio laboratories
Army and Navy men are being
trained by Hollywood technicians
and the latter have been regimenteo
for emergency duties.
Hollywood is making films for the
visual education of troops. The
Army Signal Corps and the Re-
search Council of the Motion Pic.
ture Academy began the program
last year. ALI studios are co-operat'
ing. and SO are the best producer
and directors up to and including
Daryl Zanuck and John Ford.
Here are some of the titles o
a new group of training films tina
recently went into production
"Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Bat
terry" Light Machrine Gun Pla
toon," Engineer Corps Equipment
1.-The Comm Mortar" The 240-mm
Howitzer.' All are filmed with cast
of officer experts and crack, non
commissioned groups of men. Holly
wood provides the professional eli
rection, lighting and camera work.
The part that individual stars
comics and cuties are playing i,
camp entertainment and moral
work is something for which tn
motion picture industry as Who'll
gets no credit. Without wishing Il
oetract from their generosity ant
patriotic motives, I still want T.
point out that the studios, ,themsclve
and their committees OF executives
arrange those shows and make TIN
celebrities available.
THEY DO THEIR BIT
In every emergency and ever,
war, whether against armies or dl
sease or starvation, people in shoy
business have been counted on t.
donate their services and they al
ways have responded.
Maybe you were impressed by ac
counts of the huge star-spanglet
jamboree in the Hollywood Bow
recently which raised million o
dollars for the United Service Or
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DON'T FORGET THOSE
VITAMINS

The idea, however isn't exactly
dead. 1t would rise from the grave
in an instant if some of the free
spenders had their way Paul V.
McNutt, head of the Federal Secur-
ity Administration, mentioned the
desirability of having everybody full
of vitamins in war times, and of
course it would be nice even in
peace times or hard times too
A more practical approach to the
problem comes from the people,
some of them high in SMA, who
see in extension of the food stamp
plan the possibility of creating ma
chinery which would cushion the
country against a collapse of the
high-riding defense balloon. Over
night. the food stamp plan, if set u1
to operate in every community,
could be turned to relief use and 70
provide insurance against unemploy-
ment and hunger, should the war
industrialized world go into tail
spin.
Looking ahead to this possibility
Milo Perkins, head of SMA and
father of the stamp plan idea, has
hopes of gradually extending his ad-
ministration even on the reduced ap-
preparation which Congress has
given him for the next year.
Increased employment helps re-
duce the costs in most units, as
man and women going back to gain
ful jobs in private industry leave
relief rolls and drop automatically
from stamp plan participation
SMA estimates now put the number
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Only male crickets chirp
In signing his name, George
Washington always wrote &c.
Washington
ness. =
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Famous Sayings

Remember that what you believe will depend very
much upon what you are.-Noah Porter
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-11
b. Peter Edson.,
The Inside Track in Washington

WASHINGTON, July IL - Con-
greSSional action hacking about S13
million off funds the Surplus Mar
keting Administration will have
available for the food and cotton
stamp plans, school lunches. low
cost milk. and for the distribution
Of free food to reliefers won't nee
eSsarily mean the popular stamp
plan will have to be discontinued
or curtailed during the next y
months. With careful watching, it
may even be able to expand a little
In the last u months, SMA had
S235 million for all its 40-odd pro-
grams. This next year it will have
1922 million-direct appropriations
of 500 million, relief appropriation
of S25 million and 80 per cent Of
the customs receipts, equal to S97
million With this money, SMA can
continue its main relief activities,
which outline about as follows:
l. The stamp plan, covering
about four million people in an
area which takes in half the popula-
ton of the United States.
.. Direct purchase of surplus
commodities for distribution to the
needy in areas not covered by the
stamp plan. This free food is diStrl-
buted by state welfare departments
and reaches nine or ten million
persons.
3. Free school lunches and low
cost milk, now given to five mil
lion out of some nine million needy
youngsters.
There was a time when there
were visions of extending the stamp
plan to the whole country. Before
the defense boom got going, it was
estimated this could be done for a
mere $500 million or maybe $400
million at the outside. With un-
employment and relief, reduced by
the business pickup, the job could
be done for less now, but the ac-
ton of Congress in cutting S13
million off the SMA appropriation
buries any such expansion for the
next year at least.
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MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
Editorial Association. Cali
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
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CURTAILMENT WOULD
BRING HOWLS

Other annoyances are largely po-
litical. The parity gang thinks SMA
should pay parity prices for every
thing. and that idea would reduce
the quantity purchasable if put i'll
TO effect. Another farm bloc thinks
that no Department of Agriculture
expenditures should go for relief
all should go for farm aid, and
relief appropriations should be ex-
ira.
If for any reason at all the food
stamp plan should have to curtail
its activities in any community
you can expect terrible howl from
all concerned. Merchants like 1t
as we'll as their relief customers.
State and city governments like it
because it takes some of the relief
load off their necks. Most farmers
like it because it gives them some
thing for surplus crops. Mostly the
people who don't benefit by 1t dl-
rectly think it's a bum idea,
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Thought for the Day

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have eternal ife.-John SIS.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
nVE~n

No. 27467
In the Matter of the Estate OF
AMELIA c. BRIDGES. Deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE
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of families eligible for stamp plan
participation at 25 per cent fewer
than at peak activity.
1t is ON these facts that Perkins
bases the belief that SMA activi-
les can be gradually increased, even
on its 5 per cent reduced budget.
There are still several rather both
ersome flies in this soup. One is the
cost of foods which SMA can buy.
There are surpluses of most basic
foods which stay at present levels,
okay. If they go up, SMA can't buy
the quantities it has bought for the
Of
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81 Taxation Code
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27
PATTERSON BANQI'ET
HELD IN ST PAIL CHIIc


The annual Patterson banquet
of st. Paul Evangelical Church was
held in the dining room Friday eve.
ming with 125 attending. The decora-
tons were in red, white and blue,
with candles and centerpieces OF
relishes In those colors. A group
from the high school band played
during the serving, with the Wom-
ems Guild and Aid Society cater
ing.
Rev. c. H. Wittbracht made a
few remarks and introduced Ar
thur Hagen as POSTMASTER. Vern
Weber spoke for the sons. and Al
fred Schmid led in assembly sing
ing with Eileen Moehn at the piano
The speaker was Hubert Beai IS.
superintendent, whose subject was
Juvenile Delinquency.
A large bouquet of red, white
and blue carnations was presented
Fred Mayer. the oldest father pres
ent. who recently celebra ed his
goth birthday. The father with the
largest number of sons was Her
man Rentschler and the youngest
son was Garry Armbruster, small
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27
otate tlooyer

ness doodier artist- Give him
pencil and paper and both he and
you forget YOU troubles and FIRST
thing you know De knows all about
what's the matter with you and
what 10 do about o. That is. he
does II you're a iftle boy or little
girl scared 90 death 81 doctors.
lie doesn't make you stick out your
tongue and say Al while he
glarcs down your throat as n he
was nglriug how % cut The whole
works out Nupc. be- iust sits down
and draws the cutcst little pig
you ever Jaw on hir prescription
blanks And by the time he puts
the curly little tail on. who'd be
afraid 10 let h m turn you inside
out II no wanted 10 see what was
on the iusldey Wisracrcs In this
town estimate that Doc has drawn
at least 10000 little pigs In his
career and he's SIN drawing them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27

this area; but large forest reser-
walton would be the best locat on.
However, more important than
the forest itself may well be the
STAFF of foresters in charge. For
they might well have charge not
merely of the existing forests with
their problem of reforestation. but
in connection with the plans 0f
the landscapists of the reforesta-
ton of parts of the lands purchased
for parks. They should have
charge of the trees, the care Of
the trees in the parks, and in con-
nection with tho road commissions,
OF the roadside trees. They shou d
assist cites and schools in laying
out municipal and school forests.
The should work with the farmers
to preserve steep hillsides and the
banks of farm water courses. They
should sponsor conservation lee
lures in the communities and con-
servation teachings in the schools.
This department would require
the services OF & small group of
foresters and one or more research
men,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27

Lent's going to be mighty harl
on MS cracker barrel gossipers. It's
gotten to be second nature to reach
in for an extra snack now and
then and it's gong 10 ne tough 20
quit during lent, But at that
we won't be az badly on as the
mayor. Poor fellow!
II anyone leads hard life It's
public official Why he has re-
duced his noon day meal TO soup
so It will 90 down quickly and
yet he cant get through without
Interruptions. He's averaging four
telephone calls to a bowl now.
There are times when life seems
full OF utilities. There was the
time when Mayor Bower had want
ed to test a sound proofing method.
II did seem a little peculiar. the
method that is, so he told no one
about IL but watched hts chance.
II seems he had been informed
that II two empty. uncorked bot
ties were placed between studs of
a partition. the trick would be
done
His big chance came when II was
necessary to build a partition be
tween his office and the store next
door so he set about gathering bot
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27
Miss Elowene Banner, Robert
Button United in Marriage

Saline. Mich. Feb. 27-The mar
riage of Miss Elowene La Verne
Banner, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Banner, Textile Road,
and Robert Lynn Button, son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Donald V. Button,
Pennington. took place at the Meth
odist Church at 2:30 Saturday ar
ternoon. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. S. Z. Brewster, pas
tor of the Christian Church at
Hicksville. Ohio, who is a great
uncle OF the bride. assisted by Rev.
Fred l.. Lendrum. Saline.
The altar waS9 decorated with
palms and pink and white gladioli
Bridesmaids were Miss Helen
Brown. a senior at Michigan State
College, and Miss Marion Coon,
Flint. The best man was Louis New
lin, Pennington. fraternity broth
er OF the groom, and the ushers
were Paul Button, Pennington. and
Harry Russell. Howell. Mrs. c. F.
Unterkircher played a program OF
organ selections preceding the cere-
mony and Morris Carlson, Cheboy-
gan, sang Until" and Thodd Smith,
Detroit. uncle of the groom. sang
Because"
The bride. who was given in
marriage by her father. wore a
white satin gown with train, made
in high neckline, fitted bodice and
long sleeves, trimmed in tiny but
tons, and carried a lace handker-
chief which her mother had carried
at her own wedding. A fingertip
length veil was fastened with q seed
pearl tiara, and her bouquet was OF
white rosebuds. gardenias and
sweetpeas with satin streamers.
Miss Brown wore pink net floor
length gown with short lace jacket
and Miss Coon wore a gown OF
green MORE taffeta with velvet
Jacket and both carried colonial
bouquets OF pink and white sweet
peas.
One hundred and fifty were pres
en-. at the wedding and a reception
for one hundred was held In the
church parlors where friends OF the
bride, Misses Ida Edwards and Kay
Moore, East Lansing. Claire Mac
Arthur and Betty Harwood. Ann
Arbor, and Jean Fosdick and Paul
inc. Rogers. Saline. presided
The couple left for a weeks mo-
tor trip in the South. and after
March l will be at home at Surrey
Rd., Covington Heights, Detroit.
The brides going away costume
was OF gold color with black fur
jacket and accessories and hat with
long feather.
The bride was in the senior class
at Michigan State College where
the groom graduated from the mill
tary school last June. He was a
member Of Alpha Gamma Rho Fra
ternity. On Friday night Mr.. and
Mrs. Banner entertained IL at re-
hearsal dinner.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27

| ing mister onto Cary's name tust
because she's working for him,
when she's calling the rest Of us
by our front names. We all call
her Nancy; shouldn't she call him
Cary?"
Hayes pertness. as always, won
smile of appreciation from her
grandfather.
Certainly she should" His crisp
answer dispelled my last doubt on
the matter. but the CLEAN in Cary's
gray eyes brought the hot color
into my face. What a fool l was to
allow myself to get into such a
tangle!
I'm going upstairs, want to go
up with me, Kaye? Cary wants to
talk some things over with Nancy"
Certainly, Granddsd." She
sprang up and took his arm. "Pn
be back later" she spoke meaning
ly over her shoulder to me, as she
went out
Cary sat down In the chair she
vacated. / opened a drawer and
took out my shorthand notebook
and pencil.
You won't need these" he said
quietly.
Although surprised. l replaced
the notebook, leaned back in my
chair and waited for him to begin
who Is it you think took the
papers from this desk?"
why do you think / suspect
anyone 2" The .evenness of my tone
matched his own. -
you have very expressive
face"
Then I knew that / had betrayed
myself. Why couldn't school my
face to conceal my thoughts. He
wouldn't like criticism of his aunt,
I wouldn't in his place.
II would prefer not to tell my
thoughts" l returned stiff1y.
why? Aren't you interested In
helping catch the one who did p"
Il may be wrong; 1t may not be
the person l think It is"
There's no harm in discussing
anyone In friendly conversation"
You won't like it."
~Ill take anything you say and
like It."
glanced quickly at him. A smile
curved his lips: a soft light CLEANED
in his eyes. / wriggled uneasily. !
might as well say what thought
The conversation was taking a n
diculous turn
81 think Miss Althea and Horace
Rand are working together"
"Why?" he inquired, after con-
sidering my answer.
Il think there is some paper
among your records they don't
want you or your grandfather to
see"
1T does seem 10 look that way.
But what can it be7 Granddsd's
been over those papers time and
time again.
mot all Of them" I gently cor
rected him.
IAN but the ones in my fathers
sea chest Welt ?"
l had started 20 speak, then
stopped. Cary Essex w might not
be a sea capain. but he had ones
keenness OF eye and brain I'd have
10 carry 1t through
Couldn't that something be
among your fathers papers"
Ito Be Continued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27

army assigned IL me three army
trucks. and two or three times d
week | used to take a hundred
men with a big lunch out 10 spend
the day In one of the regional
forests OF the -rea. The men a.
ways seemed TO enjoy It.
Most of our larger cities have
some sort OF forest area. The
Boston Metropolitan Park Commits
sion has two such areas, Blue Hills
Of $4,000 acres and Middlesex Falls
OF $500. In the forest preserve OF
Cook County there are some $4,000
acres with a probable increase IN
the near future. New York has the
Palisades Interstate Park with
Bear Mountain of perhaps a hun
dred thousand acres. In this area
there are nearly a hundred camps.
innumerable trails. five trail de
museums and ths great Bear Noun
tain Inn The attendance for 1910
is reported 10.500.000. The inn
showed a profit of s12.751 and the
camps a profit Of $4,000.
In the metropolitan plan for the
area lying between, Baltimore
Annapolis and Washington a forest
ed area of 100000 acres is called
for.
Starting Forests
The great disadvantage in estab-
fishing a forest from farm lands is
that forests are slow growing, the
ANra N 20 L. hnk he
is needed, is cheap. and In the
outer area where II should cost not
more than $50 an acre. The COM
m ssion should thus be able to pur-
chase as much as 10000 acres in
one year and pay II from it's regular
millage II any such area should be-
come available. Also the reforesta-
ton of such an area is one OF the
preferred projects of both the
WPA and the CCC. AS the Conser-
walton Department furnishes the
seedlings for community projects at
cost or might in such project as
this donate them, the cost OF re-
forestation should not exceed three
or four dol ars an acre.
The project might we'll be coop
erative between the the National
Parks Service, which might turn
over to the Authority the part OF
the Waterloo Project, which lies
in Washtenaw County. the Conser-
walton Department. which is seek
ing hunting lands in this area, and
the federal government.
A bill before Congress would ap-
propriate S50,000,000 for school
camps. II this bill goes through,
NJ chigan should get about $4,000.
900 and this area about 81 900, 900.
There are some 40 ch!ldren's
camps in the area now. reaching
about $4,000 children each year.
There are at least 10000 children
who should go to camp for a long
er or shorter period each summer
They would REQUIRE about 400
camps, which need not all be in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27
Around The
Cracker Barrel

ties. Even with tho services OF his
unsuspectng friends. however,
there seemed to be DEFINITE short.
age. what to do? simple. he just
went to Hotel Huron where he got
them by the bushcl. sauce bottles,
ketchup bottles, beverage bottles,
perfume bottles. flat bottles. round
bottles, square bottles! by that
time the two by tours were set and
he hustled down TO place the "sound
proofers". hut alas The carpen
ter. thinkinG TO conserve space.
had set tho two by fours flat ways.
reducing the thickness OF the par.
tition and making II impossible TO
insert the bottles.
Boyer Hospital Is having its
troubles too. There are three pa.
tients named Smith and the sup
erinteudent also bears that name.
Every day there il a scramble to
separate the flowers, fruits and
mail into piles for the correct
Smiths.
Speaking OF hospitals leads us to
think OF Or. Breakey. or course
everybody In Ypsi anti knows Or.
Breakey but how many know that
he IL an artist. an honest 70 good
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27
SYNOPSIS

When Nancy Deane moves into the
as secretary to the aged seafarers
grandson. Cary Essex ~. she finds her
self IN a tangle OF anlmosity apparent
ly centerlng on the genealogy being
written by young Cary. Aunt Althea,
the captain eldest daughter. Is caught
in an unsuccessful attempt to burn the
contents OF a sea chest belonging to
young Cary father. whose papers the
grandson Is planning to use in com
piling his book The project also Is OPP
posed by Horace Rand. an intimate.
but not wen-liked friend Of the family.
Nancy discovers that the notes she had
written on the genealogy are missing.
Young Cary says that at least they
have learned two things from the dis
appearance Of the notes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-27
|EhhN% SINISTER SEA CAESI[4s.a
NNEE> SI ELLIOTT FILLION zss2.zA1zkSdM
BYcErRA
SI ELLIOTT FILLION
WRITTEN RELEASED CENTRAL ASSOCIATION -

a phobia engendered by what he
had endured as a child, but would
hate to be the person who was dis
covered playing tricks with him.
Cary Essex Nv was tall, lean and
angular; muscle and bone strung
together with piano wire was the
way sized him up. had seen fenc-
ing foils and boxing gloves In the
basement room he and Mark used
as a gymnasium. ! wouldn't want
to take a beating at his hands. es-
pecially If were the pudgy wudgy
Rand ty e.
"Stick to It, boy You'll win In
the end. It's skunk's trick, wheth-
er Aithea is responsible or not. I
think I'll go out and sit by the fire
for while before going back up
stairs"
The old captain looked very
weary and worn, and trembled per-
ceptibly as Cary assisted him to
his feet and out to the library fire.
Kaye remained sitting by my desk.
l opened a drawer. took out the
list which I had put, for a possible
need, away underneath all the
other papers. and rose to get my
first reference book. Kaye stretched
out her hand and stopped me.
"Sit down. Nancy" she said i'm
periously. Il want to talk to you"
aRrt the notes"
1T isn't your fault that they
were stolen. Cary doesn't expect
you to kill yourself replacing
them"
XIII myself" 1 retorted. Have
you forgotten that I've been out all
morning?"
ut won't hurt you to talk TO me
little" Her tone was so plaintive
that l yielded.
60 ahead" Ny grin restored her
complacency.
Il wish Mark had been here
when we found those notes were
gone" she began. Perhaps he
would have thought of something.
He was the only one who doped out
where the papers were last night"
Il know. but Mr.. Essex" I In
tended to say that Cary had ar
rived at the same conclusion by
thoughtful consideration Of every
angle while Mark had taken a wild
leap in the dark which fortunately
proved to be the right one. She
didn't allow me to finish.
For heavens sake, Nancy, don't
go mastering Cary all over the lot.
He doesn't want you to be 30 for
NAL"
Hes never sad So" I said mis-
srably.
HE never will; he'd be afraid Of
seeming to criticize you. He calls
you Nancy, we all do; and you call
the rest Of us by our given names.
Why should you be so stin with
him ?"
HE is my employer" I said stiff
ly. annoyed at her criticism.
Employer be hanged" In her
earnestness. she raised her voice
trifie. Listen. Nancy, your real
employer Is grandfather. He'd
laugh at"
Whats that gra-. 5father would
laugh att" demanded the captains
shalky voice.
With Cary, he was standing in
the doorway. A quizzical express
sion was on his face His question
didn't feaze Kaye.
"Nancy's being so formal. Tack