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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
No Lumber Blaze

Three fire trucks roared TO the
Hartwick-W Lumber Co.. S.
Lincoln St. Thursday evening when
1t was reported lumber there had
caught fire. On arrival the firemen
found a weed-burner. being used TO
clear the Michigan Central Railroad
tracks nearby. was flaring brightly,
and had apparently alarmed some
one who thought the blaze was at
the lumber yard.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Ypsilanti Briefs

passenger train at the Park ST. in
tersection. The men jumped from
the car when they heard the train
approaching. Nick Fedakis, 3lS Z.
Cross ST., is the crew foreman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Car Recovered

A car reported stolen Tuesday
was recovered by the owner. Layton
Acre, 500 jefferson Ave, Wednes'
day night. The automobile was
taken by a friend from Oakwood
Ave. where it had been parked, Mr.,
Acre told police.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
In The Sick Room

Mrs. D n. Gilmore, who has been
Ill OF high blood pressure since the
first OF July in the home OF her
daughter, Mrs. Ray F. Taber, is
much improved
Mrs. John Graham, accompanied
by Alfred and Lewis Graham. went
10 Vincennes. Ind. Wednesday night
10 see her nephew, Howard Graham
who is i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Cannon and
children took Mrs. Bert Cannon TO
Dearborn. Tuesday, to see her broth
er, Howard Sullivan, Detroit. who
underwent serious operation at
the hospital there, Monday. They
found he had rallied well.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Poultry

Detroit, Mich. Aug. 29-Poultry:
market steady. Hens. average run.
zoe; leghorn hens, lbs up,
Ice; cocks, l0012c; rock spring
ers, average run, zoe, leg
horn broilers, IA lbs. up, lie; No.
unloading of poultry before a.
m or after 3 p. m. Saturdays no
unloading.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Butter and EGGS

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 90
BUTTER-Best creamery in tubs,
35Q36c.
EGGS - Current receipts, 26hc;
dirties, Csc; checks, 241ac.-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Owner Discovered

A new car found on Cherry Hill
Rd by Trooper Clarence Beurle Of
the local state police post Thursday
was found TO have been stolen from
a Detroit motor salesroom. and was
returned there today. The vehicle
had been stripped OF accessories.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
BROWNS IN PIT

Alto, Mich, Aug. 29-AP-Ken.
meth Earl Welton, five, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Welton, near Alto,
drowned Thursday in a water-filled
mari pit-on- his fathers farm
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Escape Injury

Five railroad repair men escaped
injury az a m. today when their
motor rail car on Michigan Central
tracks was struck by an eastbound
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Seek ProWIer

Police are seeking a man report
ed TO have been looking in rear win
dows at a house at 2l5 \. Hamilton
St. Thursday night. Residents Of
the house were unable TO give a de-
scription.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Fruits

Detroit, Mich. Aug. %
APPLES-Duchess, No. 1, 65690c
blu. Wolf River. No. /, 75c41.00
bu.; Wealthies, No. /, 90cGs1.15
bu.
CANTALOUFEs-No. /, s1.5OQ2OO
blu.
PEACHES-No. !. $1Q1.50 bu.
GRAPES-16c lb. basket.
PLUMS-No. /. $1.2561.75 bu.
PEARS-No. !, S1.25Q1.50 bu.
WATERMELO S-90c6S1.25' bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29

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religious veneration OF man who
had come with peace in his heart
to install a new era OF human re-
lations. And then the honeymoon
was over.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Civic Leader, 83, Heads Corps
To Protect Women in Parks

To discourage "hoboes and bri-
gands," who have been attacking
women, and frightening many others
from strolling through District
parks, James F. Duhamel, 83-year-
old civic leader is organizing a Park
Patrol Corps of residents at the
edges of Rock Greek Park.
Admitting his age is a bit against
him, Mr.. Duhamel says he never
the-less is still a vigorous walker
as we'll as a strong believer in the
cause he now champions.
Already I have a number of
volunteers in our neck of the woods,
who are willing to walk often in the
park" declared Mr.. Duhamel,
f1ourishing a sturdy walking stick.
This new Park Patrol Corps will
operate at no expense to the city,
no cost to the taxpayers, has no
constitution, bylaws, rules, regula-
tions or dues. I believe it can be
effectual.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Food Prices Here Rise
0.9 Per Cent in Month

Retail food prices in the Dis
trict increased O9 per cent be-
tween mid-June and mid-July and
are now II per cent above the
level of July. 1910, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported yesterday
Though fruit and vegetable prices
declined IT per cent during the
month, all other items increased.
For the country as a whole re-
tail food costs advanced 0.8 per
cent, and have now reached a level
95 per cent higher than in July,
1910, the bureau announced. They
are still, however, below the 1897
peak.
Prices for nearly all foods, except
bread and fresh vegetables, which
are nearing their seasonal low point,
continued in July the advance OF
the past seven months. Sharp in
creases were reported in prices of
pork, lard, shortening, cheese, cof-
fee, tea, sugar and canned goods.
In 10 cities, fresh milk was higher.
Six cities reported an increase
of more than per cent in food
costs in July. These cities, with
the percentage increases, were as
follows: Savannah, Al; Charleston,
4; Mobile, SO; Jacksonville, "a;
Dallas, 3.3, and New Orleans, 81
Nine cities reported a drop in food
costs during the month. Omaha
reported the greatest decrease, IL
per cent.
In % cities covered by the bu-
reaus surveys, food costs are from
10 to Is per cent higher than a
year ago, and in % cities they have
increased between 6 and 10 per cent
Evening star., 1941-08-10
S931,380 10 Be Asked
For School Projects
In Arlington County
New Junior High Among
Improvements Sought
Under Lunhum Act

Fletcher Kemp, Arlington County
schools superintendent, announced
yesterday an application will be
made to the P. w. A. for grants
amounting to s931.3 $3.50 for school
projects under the Lanham Defense
Act.
The application will ask for funds
as follows:
s426,400 for a new junior high
school, s100,920 for two new primary
schools and for additions to the fol-
lowing schools: 3arcroft School,
$104 100; K. w. Barrett School. $780,
600; Robert E. Lee School, S23 800;
John Marshall School, $23 300: Wal
ter Reed School, $50, 800; Hoffman
Boston (for colored), $4,000; KEN
per for colored, s10,400, and John
Langston dor colored), $4,000.
Classrooms Crowded.
Mr.. Kemp said the request fol-
lowed studies made of school needs
in Arlington County due to the in
f1ux of population brought about by
the national defense program. He
added an increase in school facili-
ties has been made necessary to
cope with overcrowded condition
now existing in county classrooms.
It has been estimated that school
facilities must be provided for more
than 1,500 additional pupils in Ar
lington, this figure being based on
the average of .65 children per fam
lily.
Locations Not Disclosed.
School department officials would
not reveal in which section of the
county it was contemplated to erect
the proposed new Junior high school
and the two primary schools.
On Friday the County Board an
nounced it would ask for grants
amounting to $3,G84,703 under the
Lanham Act. The board sought
funds for water and sewer mains, a
sewage disposal plant, an incinera-
tor. a f1rehouse, fire apparatus, roads
and recreation.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

9 scientist who conducted them. None
OF the gasoline wastage he studied
was of the kind that would make
smoke, he said, and repairs dealt
with were spark plug replacements,
coil requirements and carburetor
adjustments-not costly jobs deal
ing with cylinders, piStons, etc, such
as often are needed to end smoke
1t is Mr.. Bruce's opinion, shared
by other experts referred to, that
probably a majority of heavily
smoking cars do consume a large
amount of oil or gasoline-enough
so that even expensive repairs would
pay for themselves in a few thou
sand miles of driving.
Smoke is of three kinds, the ex-
+ perts say. Gasoline smoke is black.
Oil smoke is yellow, according to
the District vehicle inspectors Cor
blue, according to the Bureau of
Standards. Water condensation
smoke is white.
This last, which appears as a
plume of steam probably results in
no loss of petroleum at all, it is
stated. Officials of the inspection
system say there is no worry about
being rejected for this, because the
watery form of smoke never registers
on the smoke meter.
As one last element of scientific
mystery, the meters designer, 1t.
Mcmillan, says such mist does reg
iSter.
We turn now to the field of legal
mystery. What gives park police the
power to order smoky cars to in
spection stations?
According to park officials, police
have been acting under authority
of section SO of the traffic regula-
tions. This section says:
ANY police officer may at any
time - order the removal from
the roadway. even though it may
display an approved inspection GER
tificate, of any vehicle which is
found to be diversified or in an
unsafe mechanical condition. ."sspt
JUS how a smoky exhaust makes
an auto diversified" or unsafe" Is
not quite clear.
But don't get any rebellious ideas
brother. The traffic code provides q
fine up to $500 and imprisonment ur
to 10 days if you own or operate
a motor vehicle which emitS from
the exhaust or muffler thereof any
prolonged, dense or offensive guam
| tity of smoke. ."
Thus arrests are quite in order
yet no arrests are being made, ac-
cording to Park Official Gartside
There are no refusals to go fol
inspections" he says "All we gel
are letters of appreciation. People
seem glad to find out their car;
are Objectionable.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

Many members already have
promised to patrol the park as often
as possible, and keep an eye out for
suspicious characters who are pre-
venting many of the women of
Washington from enjoying the
charm of our reservation.
"Such en- organization could be
useful at all corners of the big park,
which is fringed by a large popula-
ton. 1t would be pleasure and a
healthy exercise for the men of the
area to take a half hour or more,
stroll along the roads and pathways,
and so afford protection to the
ladies who now are excluded from
fear.
The men not only could give
physical aid in case of emergency
but effect psychological restraint
on the likely attacker."
Mr.. Duhamel, who is an official
OF the Association of Oldest In
habitants, the Society of Natives,
and several other civic organiza-
tions, resides at 4105 Eighteenth
street, NV, near Rock Creek Park.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Daylight Time Starts
AT Midnight in
Most Of Virginia
Gov. Price Will Explain
Action in 20-Minute
Broadcast Tonight
b. the Associated Press

b. the Associated Press.
Daylight saving time will become
effective in virtually every city, town
and hamlet of Virginia at midnight
tonight, while the man who nudged
the clock hands an hour ahead
takes to the radio to explain the
reasons and the benefits expected
to be derived from the move.
In a Commute broadcast over
Station WMBG at Richmond, Gov.
Price will explain his action in issu-
ing the proclamation calling for
adoption of fast time in line with
the Presidents request to Governors
of Southern States.
The Governor will speak right
through that ersatz hour. His talk
will begin at 11:55 pm, Eastern
standard time, and the Commute
program will close at lis am, East
ern daylight time.
At the State capital, business
firms, hospitals and the State and
city governments will operate on
the new time schedule. but buses
and trains, doing interstate busi-
ness, will continue on standard time
Mayor Gordon B. Amber, following
action by Richmonds City Council,
issued the daylight time proclama-
ton for the city yesterday.
Virtually every other population
center in the State-Norfolk, New
port News, Petersburg, Portsmouth,
Danville, Roanoke, Lynchburg and
other cities-responded favorabIy to
the Governors invitation to take
part in the give-60-minutes-daily-
for-defense program Many of the
States 100 counties, through their
boards of supervisors followed suit.
but on the northern neck, in North
cumberland and Lancaster Counties,
no action was taken by the govern
ing boards.
The City of Alexandria, Arlington
County and Fairfax County-feeling
themselves too dependent. on WASH
ington-have declared officially they
will not adopt the new schedule un-
less the District does.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

A mystery story has turned up in
the middle of Harold L. Ickes' big
pretroleum-s saving campaign.
The puzzle is; How much gaso-
line or oil is actually saved by
cracking down" on smoky auto
mobiles?
The question is financially impor-
tant to a number of car owners.
Acting on orders of Secretary Ickes,
park police have been halting what
he calls "oil burner" autos and re-
quiring them to report to a District
inspection station. If the vehicle
inspectors decide the cars exhaust
smoke is excessive" " the owner must
make repairs or stop using his auto
mobile. Frequently the alterations
cannot be made for less than $50.
Does the country get $50 worth of
national defense by stopping one
elderly auto from blowing smoke
rings?
The Interior Department has no
statistics which would determine
this. according to the head of its
press division. No figures are avail
| able there to show whether a pint
or tanker of petroleum would be
! wasted in a thousand miles by a
huffing vehicle.
Park police haul in the smokers,
but park police officials have no
statement on how much gas they
waste.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer is in control of inspections,
| and he says nobody knows" what
quantity of gas or oil an average
smoking car will lose, but he is sure
it is excessive"
The men who slap red stickers on
windshields at the inspection sta
tions examine the cars for smoke,
but they say they could not even
give Wild guess how much pertro-
leum a car is misusing when they
order $50 worth of repairs.
Due to this human ignorance, the
buck is passed to a mechanical
| gadget-a little scientific wonder
worker known as the smoke meter
Whenever a car of suspicious
character is brought in to inspec-
tion station No. /, this instrument
is hitched on to its exhaust pipe,
and the cars motor set racing. While
mist pours through the smoke
meter, every one looks with respect
at the needle on its dial. If the
needle hovers over a red line, the
automobile is rejected. and protest
does no good. There is too much"
smoke and too much" wastage of
| gas or oil.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Bond Concerts Listed
For Current Week
TOMORROW.

TOMORROW.
Navy Band, east front of Capitol,
7:30 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks
bandstand, 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
Army Band, Army War College
band auditorium, pm
Soldiers Home Band, Soldiers
Home bandstand, $50 pm.
Marine Band, Army Medical Gen.
ter, $50 pm.
Navy Band, District World War
Memorial, West Potomac Park, 7:30
pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Marine Band, Capitol, '7:30 pm.
THURSDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks
bandstand, pm.
Navy Band, Naval Hospital, 2:3O
pm.
Soldiers Home Band, Soldiers
Home bandstand, $50 pm.
Army Band, Veterans Hospital, Z
pm.
FRIDAY.
Army Band, st. Elizabeth's Hospi-
tai, 2 pm.
Navy Band, Veterans Hospital,
$50 pm.
Army Band, Capitol, 1880 pm.
~ SATURDAY.
Army Band, Army War College
band auditorium, 10:30 am.
Soldiers Home Band, Soldiers
Home bandstand, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Police Checking Alb
Offered by Suspect
In Park Attack Case
Prisoner tentatively
Identified by Victim;
Coroner Aids Probe

Circumstantial evidence pointing
to a 34-year-old man as the at
tacker of a 15-year- girl in Rock
Greek Park Wednesday was being
collected last night by police who
said they were not satisfied" with
the mans alibi in the case.
The latest piece of evidence re-
ported by police was that Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald had found
blood stains on the man in tests
yesterday.
Tells Conflicting Stories.
1t. Archie Winfree, in charge of
the investigation, said the colored
suspect, whom the girl tentatively
identified by his voice, also had
told number of conflicting stories
about his dress on the day Of the
attack
The man at first denied owning a
sun helmet, 1t. Winfree said, but
later admitted having one. At one
time he said he had thrown it away
last Sunday but later changed this
TO Wednesday, the day the girl was
assaulted. 1t. Winfree quoted him
as saying he threw it away down
town" Wednesday after going to a
house in the 100 block of Rhode
Island avenue NV. to apply for a
janitor's job.
The man gave no reason for dis
posing of the helmet, it was said
He had denied that helmet police
found in the vicinity of the scene
of the attack is his, according to
police
Has Criminal Record.
1t. Winfree said the suspect also
denied owning any brown clothes
but the mans wife revealed that
he was wearing brown trousers and
a brown shirt on the day of the at
tack. The girl has described her at
tacker as having worn brown.
Capt. Ira E. Keck, acting chief of
detectives, revealed late yesterday
that the suspect was involved in a
second criminal assault case besides
serving 10 years for a conviction
previously known about. The Sec
| ond case was in Bluefield, w. Va,
in March, 1910, but the charge
against him was dismissed, Capt
Keck said the Federal Bureau of
Investigation reported.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

The heavier the smoke, the less light
reaches the electric eye, and the diff
ference is registered on a dial.
When the dials arrow hovers over
the red line of rejection, it means
that smoke in the narrow tube cuts
of half of the light that would pass
through clear air. This definition
of what is unsatisfactory was pure
ly arbitrary" and based upon his
belief that this much smoke created
unpleasant dirt and smell, 1t. Nc
MILAN reports. The amount of un-
used petroleum that might be in this
smoke is so variable that it is hard
to pin down." and the designer does
not think any one has ever done
research on the question"
The Bureau of Standards ap-
parently has not studied the
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Youth Council to Hear
Talks on Draft Problems

What Shall We Do for Our
Drafted Youth?" will be discussed
at a meeting sponsored by the Wash
ington Youth Council at pm to-
morrow at the Y. M. G. A.
Speakers will include Edward E.
Strong. executive secretary of the
Southern Negro Youth Conference;
the Rev. Wilbur Wilson, assistant
pastor of the Mt. Vernon Place
Methodist Church, and Craig Vim
cent, secretary of the Washington
Industrial Union Council.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

problem, despite the belief of sub
ordinates of Mr.. Ickes who deal
with the issue.
Frank T. Gartside, assistant
superintendent of National Capital
Parks, for instance, referred a re-
porter to recently publicized tests
conducted by the Bureau of Stand
ards in conjunction with the
American Automobile Association,
which indicated that 147 per cent
of automobile gasoline is wasted
through failure to make inexpensive
adjustments and replacements The
Interior Departments publicity staff
referred to the same study.
Actually, none of these tests had
anything to do with smoke, accord
ing to Automotive Engineer Clar-
ence S. Bruce, Bufeau of Standards
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Sing at Church

Miss Julia Alloway, mezzo soprano,
of Culpeper, Va, will be guest artist
at the IL am. service today at st.
Paurs Methodist Church, Thirteenth
and Crittendon streets NV.
She will appear in concert at
Dahlgren, Va, tonight and will bs
heard in Fredericksburg Sunday,
August ~.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

Yet this conclusion only makes the
smoke meter the central figure Of
mystery in tale of mystery.
According to its designer, 1t. C..
w. Mcmillan, the smoke meter was
not created to measure petroleum
waStage, and does not measure it.
1t. Mcmillan, now in Washington
with the War Department, designed
the crucial instrument about two
years ago in Detroit, where he was
an automotive development engi-
neer. He merely wanted to make
device that would measure density
OF smoke, considered a nuisance.
He produced the smoke meter,
which passes exhaust gases through
a 112-inch glass tube. On one side
of the tube is small light, on the
opposite side is photo-electric cell.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
To Address Motor Corps

Washington I. Cleveland, manager
of the District Division of the
American Automobile Association,
will speak at a luncheon meeting Of
the Arlington County (Va) Red
Cross Motor Corps at 1 pm. tomor-
row at the Washington Golf and
Country Club.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

In August, Beware Of:
l. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosSwalk.
Three of the five pedestrians
killed in traffic in August, 1910.
were fatally injured while COM
mitting this unsafe act.
2. The hours between S and
9 pm. Four persons met death
within this four-hour period
in August last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
BIost Kills Worker

WHITE HALL, Md, Aug. 9 Cp).-
A premature dynamite blast at a
Baltimore County stone pit today
fatally injured Vernon F. Danmeyer,
19-year-old White Hall quarry
worker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16
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DO We HAVE TO DIE?

A strange man in Los Angeles.
known as The Voice of Two
Worlds" reveals the story of a re-
markable system that often leads
to almost unbelievable improve
ment in power of mind. achieve
ment of brilliant business and pro-
fessional success and new happi-
ness. Many report improvement in
health. Others tell of increased
bodily strength, magnetic person
atty, courage and poise.
The man, a well-known explorer
and geographer, tells how he found
these strange methods in far-off
and mysterious Tibet, often called
the land of miracles by the few
travellers permitted to visit it. He
discloses how he learned rare wis
dom and long-hidden practices
closely guarded for three thousand
years by the sages which enabled
many to perform amazing feats.
He maintains that these immense
powers are latent in all of us, and
that methods for using them are
now simplified so that they can be
used by almost any person with
ordinary intelligence.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-16

habit a lonely semi-tropic isle
called Tiburon or Shark Island
located several miles off the coast
of Sonora, Mexico, in the Gulf Of
California. They live in the direst
poverty and subsist on the few
varieties of wild game that the
island affords. These are shared
or shot in a primitive fashion. for
the only weapon known to the
Seris is the bow and arrow. All
flesh is invariably eaten raw,
while the fish. caught in the warm
waters of the Gulf, is only par
TALLY cooked or smoked over the
embers of a smoldering fire.
The tribe rarely comes in con-
tact with American or Mexican
influence, as the members are
credited with being cannibalistic
in their habits, since several
scientific expeditions discovered
numerous human bones scattered
about the island. These Indians
exist under the meanest kind of
shelter. keep countless mongrel