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or to come up and ask for cigar
cites.
Each barrack is low structure
accommodating about so men. To
save on lumber in this region where
it is scarce, each of the head-high
buildings is put up over an excava-
ton of about feet.
Prisoners are coming in so fast
that German administra ators have
difficulty in recording them. So
they are registered first by num-
bers. The number is traced with in
delible pencil in figures inches
high on the skin of the prisoners
chest.
When asked to identify himself,
prisoner opens his shirt. The
sergeant then knows Immediately
whether he came today or yesterday
and whether it's his turn TO work
in the field kitchens.
The kitchens are set up almost
entirely of captured Russian equip
ment.
The ration today was liter 105
quart of stew made of barley and
potatoes and possibly suspicion of
meat. The first day. it took three
hours to serve the meal Now, it is
finished in an hour because the
camp director has systematized
things.
Order Not Difficult.
Keeping 5000 men orderly in a
500-acre space closed of by an
eight strand barbed wire fence
would seem a considerable problem
for few hundred guards. But its
simple because all around are ma
chine-gunners on platforms built Is
feet up in the trees. They watch
every move in the camp and could
make short work of any break for
the wheat and fax fields surround
ing it.
Germans say prisoners of various
types should be segregated, and that
just few days experience has
shown it to be wise policy.
Ukrsinians would fight Laplanders.
they say, and Mongolians can't get
along with Russians.
A special section of the camp has
been set aside for Jews. Jews have
proved Of unusual value in the camp
administration because they are the
llnguists of East Europe. and it is
usually possible to find someone in
their quarter of the camp who un-
derStandS any obscure dialect.
The prisoners probably will not
stay in the quarters now provided
the Germans SAID. Those suitable
Tor various occupations may be sent
to the Reich or occupied territories
under conditions covering all pris-
oners of war.
War without Fugitiyes.
Meanwhile, GERMANY eastward
drive against Russia is proving to be
war without fugitives. Armies
dominate the scene and civilian
populations are incidental.
Civilians sit at the doors of their
cottages and watch the war roll by.
In this respect. the war against
Russia is totally different from the
war in Belgium and France, where
every highway was jammed with
civilians aimlessly trying to get here
or there.
But in the east, the stole popula-
ton apparently doesn't care one way
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by some of the heaviest land air
and sea bombardments in this Sy-
rian war. broke through main de-
fenSes Of the Damour line 9 miles
south Of Beirut last night.
"A Jerusalem dispatch last
night said the invaders had cap
tured the village of El Boum in
the thrust north of the Damour
RiverD
The Australians waded across the
Damour River at four points before
dawn. After Is hours of fierce
fighting on difficult terrain, they
broke the French line wide open
by wedge which outf1anked the
main body Of the Vichy defenders
entrenched in the town of Damour
Damour was still in French hands
and the road leading from 1t to
Beirut was open, but both were
under the menace of fire from Aus
trallanS to the west.
Lesser Defenses to North.
The Australian general in com
mand said the question was whether
the French would withdraw OF
whether the attackers would have
to go into the town for a mopup at
close quarters.
North Of the Damour line are
lesser defenses. 3 miles south of
Beirut. to which the French may
choose to fall back. However, Beirut
itself, headquarters of French Gen
Henri Dentz, then would be well
within range of opposing artillery.
The intensity of the Australian
pre-dawn bombardment, which was
confined to the French military
forces and their cannon and tanks
on the Damour line, was necessi-
tated mainly by ruggedness of the
country, which is full of crags.
Walking mile over it in normal
circumstances requires three hours
Australian artillery opened a
uithering fire at lao am. Shortly
after 4 am. the infantry went into
action
High above the battlefield, oppos-
Ing aircraft fought The brief bat
tie ended when one French craft
sank behind the hills, obviously in
diffculty, and R. A. F. polits chased
another out to sea so far that it
may not have been able to return.
Few French Shells Reply.
The British Mediterranean fleet
with an umbrella of aircraft to ward
off possible attack from above, me-
neuvered slowly up and down before
the French defenSes, hurting shells
at them
Only during the naval and air
attacks did the land guns let up
their barrage. The French replied
with few shells in early morning
but after that took the punishment
silently, except for machine gun and
rifle fire at close range.
Looking on Damour from a hill
as shells from the batteries behind
us whistled overhead. we saw Aus
tralians, tiny broWn-clad figures in
the distance, climbing over rocks
with rifles in hand as they ap-
preached the French.
The sector they broke through a
little west of Damour is so rough
that even the defenders had not
been able to get many gun posts set
up there. The few that were there
were knocked out by the attackers
mostly in close combat, while nu-
merous bigger guns of the French
we're put out of action by Australian
shells
British Empire forces also made
further advances in the Litani River
zone to the east.
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Bv JOHN CUDAHY.

The most interesting conversatlo
I had in Germany was with Herr
Joachim Won Ribbentrop. We met
one Sunday morning in the big
ochre- tinted Mansard Building on
Wilhelmstrasse with its writhing
statuary serpents and winged drag
ons. where Field Marshal Paul Won
Hindenburg lived when he was pres
ident.
I met the German foreign secre-
tary in his library. He would not
speak English with any one as long
as the war lasted, I was told, but he
spoke fluent, polished rhetorical
English to me and in the sonorous.
modulated syllables of a trained
actor
1t was a unilateral exchange. I
had been warned that Won Ribben-
trop would sit glum and taciturn
and that I would have to carry the
conversational burden. so I made a
brief Introductory statement and
stopped dead. This brought forth a
food of words which lasted nearly
two hours.
Sublime Confidence in Victory.
I regret that he spoke in con-
fidence, as much that he said would
have been of great interest to the
American people. This much I can
say ethicallv and in good conscience.
The German government. as re-
hected by Won Ribbentrop. has sub
lime confidence in victory. The
Germans intend to intensity air and
submarine attacks aginSt England
and expect military decision in
their favor before October Won
Ribbentrop believes American par
ticipation comes too late and can be
of no effective influence.
I would not say the case of the
German foreign minister in this
monologue was a Well-balanced one.
for he ignored the liability side of
the imposing German war balance
sheets. The most significant liability
is the growing hatred which the
Nazi regime has engendered in
Poland, Czecho- -Slovakia. Yugoslavia,
Holland, Norway and Belgium. but
less in this last named country
because of a humane kommandatur.
There is desperation in some of
these occupied lands and the time
may be approaching when human
endurance will be goaded to the
breaking point, when men will
dare all in a break for freedom even
if freedom means death. I thought
of Ireland and the heroic Irish and
the price they had paid for their
liberty realized after seven centuries.
But Won Ribbentrop was blithefully
unconscious. probably willfully So
of any liabilities in his balance sheet.
Youth Is Best Asset.
If I were asked what was the
most valuable asset in the Nazi bal
ance sheet, would say it was Ger
man youth. From the age of 10
years German children are taught
W HldlNIl anu dIC lllulGdleU WllI
the doctrines of the National Social
ist totalitarian state and the belief
that their Fuehrer is a Messiah, be-
yond reproach and beyond defeat
Everywhere you see boys and girls
in uniform. Hitler Jungvolk, Hitler
Jungend. Jung Medals and Bund
Deutscher Maedchen, living exam
piles of the political credo set forth
in "Mein Kampf," learning during
earliest years sublimation of every
individualistic instinct in the greater
cause of the state.
Most of the soldiers serving today
in the German Army have been
trained from the age of greatest i'm
preston to believe that Hitler is
Germany, that his destiny is mani
fest. In thought and behavior and
Evening star., 1941-07-07
Von Ribbentrop Reflects Nozis'
Sublime Confidence in Victory
German Youths Are Declared Best Asset and
Conquered Nations Liability in Wars Ledger

This Is the second OF flrO ar
ticleS in ,rhich Mr. Cuddhy,
American Ambassador to Bel
GUM in 1939-40, Sums up his
impressions and experiences OF
the Nnsi Reich He recently re-
turned to the United States after
a three month riSit in Germany.
1rhere he interviewed Adolf Hit
Ter and mdnv Germans h'oh IN
the Official and business life OF
the cOuutrU.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

Flaming Plane
Crash Kills Two
Women and Man
BY the Associated Press.

NORTH HAVEN, Conn, July T.
An airplane crashed in flames here
today killing three persons, two of
them women.
Medical Examiner Sterling P. Tay-
lor identified the dead as Harry
Lesnow, 35, shirt manufacturer;
Theresa Cans and Anna Lesnow,
both about 30, and all of New Haven.
Mr.. Lesnow, plotting new cabin
plane, had commuted by air for some
time between the New Haven airport
and East Hampton, Mass, where his
factory is located.
Evening star., 1941-07-07

Panama will penalize government
employees caught using Canal Zone
post Offices.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
Defense Bond Quiz

Q. Why will there be no tenn
porary, intensive campaign for the
sale of Defense Savings Bonds and
Stamps?
A. Because Defense Savings
Bonds and Stamps are presented as
means to enable every citizen to
carry out a consistent and continu-
Gus savings program, to be followed
week by week and month by month,
helping national defense and pro.
viding the saver with money for
use in the future. The program
IS meant TO be an extended savings
effort not short-time money rails
ing campaign.
@. My husband buys a small
Defense Savings Bond every pay
day. Should ! also invest in De-
tense Savings Bonds and Stamps?
a. When. you do your daily
shopping you can buy a few De
Tense Savings Stamps with your
change, and eventually have enough
TO turn in for a Defense Savings
Bond.
Note.-To buy Defense Bonds
and Stamps, 20 to the nearest post
Office. bank. or savings and loan
association or write TO the Treas
urer of the United States, Washing
ton, D. c. Also Stamps are now
on sale at retail stores.
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pens to be what is termed fat"
said her doctor had attributed her
excess weight to organic trouble,
as she certainly is not lazy and
eats very lightly.
Well, | don't want TO hurt any
body's feelings, but the fact re-
mains that people who talk ike
that are kidding themselves. They
may not appear lazy because they
move around in quite lively fash
ion at times. But most Of the
twenty-four hours they are very,
very quiet. They have to be, be-
cause it takes real courage and
effort TO move all those pounds
around.
Their idea that they eat lightly
and do not eat as much as other
people is also faulty observation.
Whether they eat as much as other
people or not, they certainly eat
too much for their own bodies and
the amount Of activity they dis
play.
You really can't get away from
the mathematical fact that fat
comes from food. And if you have
too much fat, it is because you
have eaten too much food. The
obese patient is in what the nu-
tritionists call positive energy
balance. The fundamental reliance
in the treatment of all types Of
obesity is the first law Of thermo-
dynamics"-that is the law of the
conservation of matter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15

Americas progressing Industrial
ization.
The continents enormously rich
In raw materials, but II hasn't
processed 'em, With the exception
of meat, to any extent hitherto
It's exported 'em, still raw, and
subsequently they've come back,
industrialized Now the wars shut
off this source Of factory-handled
supplies from Europe and greatly
limited EN- from the United States
The last war did it also, but the
Latins squirmed through the best
they could. This time they're de-
veloping their own plants locally,
to work over their own minerals
and hides and fbers and grains
into edible and wearable and struc-
tural forms for their own utility.
Of course, this can't be done In
a hurry. due to a lack Of skilled
industrial technicians. They'll have
to be trained, and experts from the
United States already are being
called for from the northern CONT
nent in increasing numbers to do
the educating.
Self-Sufficient Hemisphere
It's a nice thing for the Yankee
technicians. Later on, when the
wars over, Yankee manufacturers
may let out howl, upon discovery
that the Latins no longer are de-
pendent on 'em, being able to proc
ess their own stuff in their own
plants. Nevertheless, .it'n make
this hemisphere as self-sumcient
as it never has been before.
Besides, II locally industrialized,
the Latins will need a lot of our
Yankee skilled labor, for they're
underpopulated. That may take up
deal Of our possible post-emer-
gency unemployment slack.
1t likewise, by mixing us up, will
get us mutually much better &C.
quainted - which is essential, to
make US harmonic.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
Pick of the Air Today

6:25 NBC-Red, 6:45 CHS NBC-
Blue.
NBC-Red-1;15 p. m.-Tony Wons
scrapbook;
4:15-Stella Dallas;
$50 Speaking of Liberty.
CBS--9:15 a. m. School of the
Air;
3:00-Highways to Health;
400 Cincinnati Conservatory
concert
NBC-Bue-12:3O Farm and Home
hour;
Blaufuss orchestra;
4:0O-Club Matinee.
MBS-3:15-Camp Grant Review.
new time.
4:00-Jamaica Race.
SHORT WAVE-GSC esd London
BIS Ships Of the Navy;
HvJ Vatican City 1880 News and
Comment; DID DID DXP Berlin
s:45 Violin program; PRO Rome
10.NeWs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
Staff Members Chosen
For Annual at College

Students at Cleary College chose
Mary Pintek, Flint. who is in her
fourth year at Cleary, TO be manag-
ing editor Of The Clearyan. semi
weekly newspaper, and OF the year
book, which comes out each spring
Glendon Sharpe. Howell a second
year student majoring in account
ing, was selected as business mana
ger OF both publications. Betty
LaFave, Negaunee, a sophomore,
was reelected president OF the
Cleary Dramatic Club. Mildred
Brick, a sophomore from Flat Rock.
was chosen to head the Women's
League for 1912, and Julian Tim
mons, second year student from
Jackson. was elected president Of
the Mems Union.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
Thursday
Fall Activities Under Way
For Ypsilanti Scout Groups

The meeting Of Troop Monday
evening was under the direction of
John Borgerson. and the Wolverine
Patrol. The first part Of the eve
ming was devoted to a business
meeting and later there was a period
OF advancement and board pf re
view in preparation for the court
Of honor In November Herman Kel-
Ter, Sr.. chairman of the troop com
mittee, and other troop committee
men, James Bell, ST., and Dewey
Harmon, served on the board FL
ton Rynearson, committeeman, was
also a guest.
Those approved were, Thomas
Van Sickle and David Fairbanks,
tenderfoot rank; Jerry Gooding and
Gordon Bachman. second class;
Herman Keller. painting and auto
MODELLING merit badges; William
Huff. farm layout, building and
horsemanship; Lawrence Bales
safety; William Worth. fireman.
ship and application for Life Scout;
and Ben Vanden Belt, Jr. appllca-
ton for five year veteran award.
About IL of the boys indicated
that they we're interested in build
ing kyacks and the project will be
started soon under the direction Of
Assistant Scoutmaster Fred Mat
thews. Ben Vanden Belt, Jr. junior
assistant scoutmsster. will sponsor
class on Indian lore. Plans for a
week end camping trip to Newkirk
was announced for Nov. IL and It
was also announced that boys In
uniform will assist at the Roose-
welt Homecoming game with Milan
Friday afternoon
To Meet This Evening
The Prospect Pack. Boy Scout
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SEEK TO EXPAND

Washington, oct Is AP-The
Federal Power Commission was
asked Monday to approve an ap-
plication Of the decentralization
Power Company for authority to ex-
pand public utilities facilities in
Wisconsin and Michigan. Attorneys
said at a hearing that the company
wanted to construct a reservoir and
hydFoelectric power plant on the
Michigamme River in Iron and Die
kinson Counties in Michigans Up
per Peninsula TO meet require
ments OF expanding service.
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Cubs, will hold their first meeting
at The Prospect School this
evening at 1880. They will have on
display the scrapbooks and other
work they have done during the
summer. Scout Executive Walter
MacPeek will talk on III | We're
Cub All parents interested in Cub
work and all cubbers may attend.
Plan For Hike
Plans for a Thursday hike we're
made by Boy Scout Troop 2 at
Ypsilanti High School Monday
night. The troop will leave from the
high school at a. nj. and proceed
along Huron River to Edison Dam.
Dinner will be prepared and out
door advancement work will be
done. The troop will return to the
school about n. m.
Three new patrols from the two
temporary patrols were organized
Leaders are George Gaudy. Robert
Scrivens and Phillip Stokes.
The meeting opened with pledge
Of allegiance TO the flag. Songs
and Scoutmaster's benediction
closed the meeting.
Creston Myers. former Troop 2
scoutmaster. attended the session.
Leads Pledge
The meeting Of Boy Scouts Of
Troop II was opened Monday eve
ming in the Baptist Church by
James Renton, who led In the pledge
OF allegiance 10 the flag and the
Scout oath. The group worked on
signaling and first aid and after
games. the meeting was closed With
the Scoutmaster's benediction.
About Is were present
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
NEED NEW EFFORT

Detroit. Mich. Oct 10 AP-
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son told members Of the Detroit
Club Monday that more
productive energy must be diverted
TO defense II American aid Is 70 de-
feat Hitler. although he national
industrial machine has already
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
Today's Horoscope

A busy. fortunate year is pre-
saged for today's birthday chill
dren. They should push their af-
fairs TO The utmost. but be on
their guard against trickery or
loss through correspondence,
travel or agents The child who
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15

BENDIX. y. J.-INS-Stoning ot
workers by pickets and a flareup
between striker and a policeman
brought three arrests Tuesday out
side the strike bound Air Asso-
ciates plant
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Pain Creek
DINNER
AT BRIT = {

Paint Creek a Oct. 15-Mrs.
Grace Freeman and sister. Miss
Mary Freeman. Ypsilanti, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Freeman and family. Frains Lake,
and helped him celebrate his sev-
enty-fifth birthday. Covers were
laid for 90 A lovely birthday cake
made By his wife was the center
piece. Mr.. Freeman received many
nice presents.
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fellers organi-
Zation of solidi-
fication OF our
New World re-
pu blic's all
around friend
ships, dealing
with the trans
formed S 0 u I h
America now in
process Of crea-
tion by the war
elsewhere.
T h s is tn e
right kind Of
publicity and
we Y a n X e c S
raal - -, go
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15

than our Latin neighbors need 1t
concerning us. They already are a
vast deal better informed as TO
the United States than We are as
to them.
It's true that a good many Of
our neighbors dislike US somewhat
out Of proportion TO our Just de-
serts. We have mannerisms that
CRATE on their senslbilities, and It's
up us to convince 'em that we're
doing our best to overcome such
brusquenesses in our style. That's
a form of missionary work to be
conducted through THEIR press
The fact remains, however, that
they do have some sort of con-
cept of US. and we haven't a bit
OF it as to THEM. Our jobs to
placate EN-. To do it we've got to
educate OURSELVES, and articles
like the one I've referred to in our
Yankee papers are highly educa-
tional.
One thing we ought to learn Is
that Latin is suave and he eX-
poets it from others. Our northern
abruptness makes him sore.
Another thing we should dis
cover Is that Latin's word is bet
ter than his bond. If he gives an
oral promise, he considers himself
bound in honor to strain quite a
few points to keep it. If he's re-
quired to sign on dotted line, he
feels himself entitled to stand pat
for exactly what's specified in the
contract, even If it can be twisted
10 his own advantage.
Compulsory Voting
Several Of the southern rapub-
hcs have voting systems that the
average visiting Yankee doesn't
comprehend, if he happens to be in
one Of 'em on an election day.
Votings compulsory, under PEN
atty for failure to comply. IF a
citizen SO Indifferent as not &c
exercise his franchise light voIun-
tarily, why compel him to do it?"
queries the puzzled Yankee. That
isn't the idea at all. In olden days
1t was customary for employers to
tell their workers how to vote,
firing 'em If they didn't do it as
per orders. To stop this, secret
balloting was legislated. 1t did pre-
vent employers from making GER
tain that their instructions were
complied with. If boss was sus-
picious of some worker. though. he
still could forbid him to cast any
ballot whatever. 1t was to end
that, too, that compulsion was
adopted. The motive was thor
oughly democratic.
A lot Of these peculiar-loolting
wrinkles are worth Yankee inves.
tigation.
The article I've mentioned de-
votes much attention to South
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
One-Minute Test Answers

The paramount control OF
one nation over another
2 A type Of drawbridge which
separates in the center and lifts
into the air
or or pertaining to an uncle
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
One Minute Test

l In international law what Is
a suzerainty?
2 What is a bascule bridge'
3 What does avuncular mean
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can be made healthy. and only by
thought that la Dor can be made
happy: and the two cannot be
separated with impunity Rus
kin
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Many Al Rally Day

Quite a large number OF people
Of the community attended the
Rally Day services Sunday at the
Friends Church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
Hints on Etiquette

Don't talk continually about
your travels Bring them i'm &C.
casionally and casually into your
conversation when circumstance
warrant.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15
SKELETON REPRESEH1S
SOME ANcESIoR

Is born on this date will be full
of Initiative and enterprise. and
will be industrious. resourceful.
self reliant. firm. quick-witted.
generous and very fortunate
throughout life.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-15

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.