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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
u. S. MAY Ship
Grain to Help
French People
British to Relent
on Blockade

Washington. Mar. rs APP An
arrangement for shipment OF Amer
lean grain TO mnoccupied France IN
der terms acceptable to Great Brit
ain was reported near az hand to-
day.
Informed sources said the agree.
ment probably would follow these
lines: sufficient French funds. now
frozen in this country. would he
released TO purchase the grain u
would be slowed on two French
ships now in New York harbor the
British would relax their blockade
to let the ships through. and tho
supplies would be distributed In UNI
occupied France under supervision
OF the American Red Cross.
Such an agreement was expected
to ease the tension demonstrated
/ in a recent statement by Admiral
Jean Darlan. French vice premier
that conveys might be used unlcsi
sufficient food was permitted 10
PASS the blockade.
+bdoNpll mem ma y u = l'llNl an
bassador. called at the White House
yesterday to discuss. the matter
and Niscount Halifax. British am
bassador. later visited the State De.
partment.
An informed British source indi.
Gated his government would acqui-
esce in the agreement with the
understanding that the supplies
would be distributed in such way
that Germany would not be aided
directly or indirectly
This attitude was in contrast TO
Britain's previous stand which had
restricted shipments TO such sup
plies as milk and yitamin concen-
trates. medicines and children 4
clothing Britain in fact had refused
70 sanction the shipment Of 300
tons OF oatmeal on the SIS Ex-
mouth which left jersey City on a
French mercy mission today Oar
lan's convoy warning followed that
action.
A Red Cross staff in France now
Is distributing a cargo OF children g
supplies received on tho 6 s Cold
Harbor and is standing by for the
Exmouth shipment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

CIV Associated PTess)
Two quick governmental moves
to counterfeit strike delays IN de-
tense industries were expected gen
orally by official Washington today.
Army sources predicted that the
War Department would take a
definite action in connection with
iurisdictional strike which has
stalled work on a S5900,000 Army
air corps expansion program at
Wright Field, Ohio.
In a broader move affecting the
entire defense production program.
President Roosevelt was expected
to name an 1l-member federal
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Incredible PhiIibert'
Dies in French Prison

Nichv. France. Mar IS AP-
THE Incredible Philibert' former
Denute Philibert Hlppolyte Mar
colin Pesson. whose antics during
thc last decade OF the third Repub-
liz were always good for laugh.
died two days ago at Rom pTl1cn
Long a thorn IN the eidc % fol
low politicians. Gendarmee. courts
and process servers. ha wa zen.
fenced 10 his final prison term
while France was in the war. for
refusing 10 obey military rules.
Once a worker In Amet lean slip
Yards. the Incredible Pniiibert." as
the French press called him. was
elected 10 the cIamEe. Df Deputies
IN 1872
He startled his colleagues by
riding TO sessions on bicycle and
wearing. a bright blue straw hat
once. he proposed new form Of
money. the Europe dollar, 10 he
issued on what he called a labor
standard
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Over 20 Dead
in Cold W ave


nv InfernatlSnai News SArvice)
The severe weekend cold wave
which claimed 20 or more lives in
its sweep from the Rocky Noun
tains to the Eastern seaboard was
lifting rapidly today as rising TEN.
peratures we're reported over most
of the nation, hut it still was much
colder than normal.
Continuing cold and hard packed
snowdrifts made slow work OF
searches for persons still missing
in the hardhit states OF North
Dakota and Minnesota, where 6S
deaths were counted. In the north
ern areas OF the two states. center
Of Saturdays unprecedented wind
storm and the aching cold which
came with il. score OF persons
were in hospitals. some OF them
so severely frostbitten they may
die
At LAnse. Mich. most I the 10
persons who were saved from an ice
tloe upon which they drifted for
more than "a hours in storm-swept
Lake Superior were reported re-
covering from their experience. All
were under treatment for frostbite.
shock and exhaustion. Still missing
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph karmanin
OF Pelkie. Mich. who with the 9th
ers were fishing on the ice when
il was broken loose Sunday morn
ing by high winds.
The United States Weather
Bureau reported that yesterday
was one OF the coolest days for
March Il in the nations history.
The average temperature for north.
ern states Of six degrees was 80
degrees below normal for the date
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

ClO representatives. production
started at : 30 and !. expected
10 continue pending the election
ordered by the National Labor
Relations board last Friday.
Willingness or she employees 10
accept the oncg OF the company II
return was voiced By standing
lptc IN mass Injecting held 10 the
auditorium % the Central High
school Monday evening Il vas IN
ORDERLY and veil conducted mefi.
Ing Speakers we're j. \ Morgan.
representing the international In.
ION I AN-CIO. and Benjamin Pro ~
secretary-treasurcr OF the Michigan
union
Mr., Morgan vas introduced b.
Albert Fcdor. president OF the Q.
SLANT CfO union. and after hr.cf
review OF the local strike s!tul
ton. stated that an agreement had
been reached bctB cen representa-
lives OF the union and the manage
ment Of the Stove Company that
would make possible reopening u
the factory on satisfactory terms.
There will be various issues 20
be adjusted. he said. but for the
present Il has been agreed that
work will be resumed on the bass
Of terms stipulated In the All. con
tract under which the company
had been operating with a few
changes. Chief OF these Is the
agreement to raise the beginning
wage scale from so cents TO so
cents an hour.
Other wage scales must be ad-
iusted, Mr. Morgan said and there
will be other adjustments after the
election. but in the meantime a
vote to return 10 work was consid-
cred advisable Discussion OF the
proposal was invited and after sew
eral questions had been answered
by Mr. Morgan. the question was
put to a standing vote The vote
was practically unanimous. about
a dozen indicating their prefer
ence to. remain on strike There
were approximately 500 people IN
the auditorium. all workers with the
exception OF a few interested CHI.
zens who were welcomed by the
officials in charge Of the meeting.
When Mr.. Morgan had completed
his address and announced that
the vote was plainly in favor OF re-
turning 10 work. he assured the
men that negotiations would con
tnue to secure further advances N
wages and to bring about other
adjustments that might be consid-
cred necessary. As he closed his
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Operation For
Captain Minor

San Diego, Calf. Mar. lS-AP- e.
4 minor operation for varicose
vein kept Captain James Roose-
welt. the Presidents oldest son.
confined to bed at the t. :.
Naval Hospital today but medical
officers said he probably would be
back at his duties tomorrow.
Captain Roosevelt has been n
training with the marine corps
here for several months. He was a
marine corp reservist.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

WASHINGTON p-,rAe- Sacur.
titles Commission reported today
that Jesse ". Donahue Of New
York. n director. sold $4,000 shares
Of r. ". Woolworth Company cap.
ital stock slightly more than 10
per cent OF his holdings during
January.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Congress Today

tEv Associated PrcssJ
Senate
IN recess
Begins debate or $1,000 400 900
British and appropriation moon
ESD
Judiciary Committee resumes
study Of defense labor problems
10 2. M
Military Committee continues in
quiry into defense contract letting
G0.30 a M
Monday
Senate
Approved minor bills.
House
Passed minor bills.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
FORMER PRESIDENT KILLED

Caro-. Mar is otto a Zcmke s.
years old formo Caro- village pres
idcnt. was killed sunday when
struck by a car driven by r d.
Hewitt. ~.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Agreement Made BetlUeen
Management, Men; Further
Adjustments Will be Made
Standing Vote at Mass Meeting Shows
Willingness of Employees to
Resume Employment
Production viii be Continued Pending
Results of National Labor
Relations Board Vote

The strike the United Stove Company which has kept
600 and enpo,men during the past month
terminated when work resumed this In keeping
made hy the management and consent OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Nazi Sub Sent to i. S. Waters
Believed TO be Forerunner
of Others Seeking to
Cut Off British Aid

CBN Internal iunal News Service
London, March 19 Inns
British authorities today for
mally denied Washington re-
ports that British Ambassador
Lord Halifax informed the
State Department that a Ger
man U-bost is being sent TO
American waters.
A long.range German submarine
perhaps the forerunner OF others
is heading across the Atlantic to-
day for operations off the Ameri'
can coast in sea lanes which carry
aid TO Britain, the United States
was informed.
The source and the details OF the
governments information were an
official secret Senator Wheeler
D-Mont.) said the tip came from
Britains ambassador. Lord Hall
fax.
Informed sources suggested al
Washington that dispatch OF such
an undersea raider to western A.
lantic waters, where World War
C-boats sank g. vessels. would be
in line with Adolf Hitler's repeated
declarations that American sup
plies for Britain would be sunk.
Inside Zone
A submarine operating in west
ern Atlantic shipping lanes would
be inside the Pan American neI-
trality zone patrolled daily by ri
and surface craft Of the L. 5. At.
iantic fleet
On the other side OF the Atlantic.
British bombers renewed their at
tacks on northwestern Germany
perhaps attempting 10 finish or
the huge north German Lloyd liner
Soc EI-RnpEAN NAp pa1a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Today in 1916

fBv Associated Pressl
March IS. 1916-AP-Dutch liner
Palembang sunk In North Sea.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

NEW YORkAINS-The board Of
education of New York City today
voted to bar any instructor from the
city's colleges who is found TO be
member Of Communist, Nazi, or
Fascist groups.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

acknowledgements
OF three German U-bo It's was
announced by Prime Minister
Winston Churchill today "Only
yesterday" Churchill declared
at luncheon Of the Pilgrims
Society. Il received news OF
the certain destruction Of three
U.boats.'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

DETROIT-UP- A warrant
accusing Common Councilman
John r. Hamilton Of accepting
$4,000 bri5e for his vote
fsvorina concrete construction
In the $4,000, 900 Herman Gar
dsns housing project was re-
turned today by Judge Homer
Ferguson's one-man grand
Jury.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

LONDON UP-The British pub
H. received its first news today
that heavily guarded British con
voys are passing across the cas-
tern Mediterranean and Aegean
Seas between Egypt and Greece
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

LONDON II p John G. Winant.
in his first public speech as new
American Ambassador. denounced
Nazism in uutspoken terms today
and pledged that the United States
would cooperate with free peoples
In establishing a free world.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Wednesday:
Cloudy, Warmer

SYDNEY, Australians - Re
iterating his previous warning that
the Australian Commonwealth is
in grave danger, Acting Premier A.
". Fadden appealed FOR national
unity today. lie declared be be-
lieyed Australia soon will face a
severe, sudden crisis.
WASHINGTON, D. c.-The
War Department today said
the Ford Motor Company had
accepted a letter OF intention
for q sio,ess.6e2 plant at Up
slant, Michigan, for the manu-
faeture OF parts for the Con-
Solidated 8 24o heavy bomber.
LONDON - ms 80 Australian
Prime Minister r. q. Menzies, who
has been touring England's bombed
midlands, announced today he plans
TO visit the United States 10 see
President Roosevelt after comforting
with Prime Minister canon de
Valera Of Fire in Dublin.
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Continued on Page Sl1)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

CANNES. France-INS Funeral
arrangements Nere under way TO-
day for Nicolas Titulescu. who died
last night in a Cannes hotel at the
age OF IS following a brief illness.
As foreign minister in numerous
Bucharest cabinets, he directed Ru-
manian foreign policy for II
years
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

See STOVE FACTORY-Psge s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

BERLIN Up German military
authorities have arrested Jay Al
len. an American. correspondent
for the North American News
paper Alliance. and another Amer
lean newspaper man. unidentified.
who tried to cross the demarcation
line between occupied and unoccu-
pied France without a permit &C
cording to d. n. B., the official
news agency.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

LONDON -AP The food minis
try announced today cheese would
he rationed soon The amount 10
he allowed was not disclosed, but a
statement said farm workers and
miners would receive larger allot-
ments than other groups.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

DCBLIN-INS- The Fire gov
eminent plans to purchase tens
OF thousands OF tons of wheat
the United States to stave off a
threatened serious bread shortage.
Prime Minister canon de Valera
said today in a broadcast TO the
United States.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

VICHY, France AP - A new
traffic code for German-occupied
France today gives all German
troop vehicles right OF way at
crossroads and prohibits drivers
from breaking through marching
troops
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

HONGKONG- AP - Forty-one
new cholera cases were reported
today in this British crown colony.
bringing to $50 the total recorded
since midnight Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

See EUROPEAN WAR Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

TOKYO ms Claiming a quick
German victory is essential TO Jap
ans success in creating a new
order in the Far East; a letter
published by the newspaper Nichi
Nichi today urged the nation to or
ganize volunteer corps TO aid
Germany against Britain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

VICHY. France-AP-Clayton F.
Williams. pastor Of the American
Church in Paris has given 500
worth Of medical equipment to the
French secretary OF health and fam
lily. it was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

ISTANBUL ms Determined
to counter large scale British troop
landings in Greece. Germany is
massing an Overwhelming force
Of 100000 men in Bulgaria. neu-
trail diplomatic source in lstanbul
reported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

BIRMINGHAM. Ala.-AP- d
rector David +. Lilienthal Of the
Tennessee Valley Authority report
Ell today congressional approval OF
a 50 per cent increase in phosphate
production at Twas Muscle Shoals
plant
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-18

WASHINGTON-.INS NJ Eliz-
aide. resident commissioner of the
Philippines, today announced that
the islands will send their annual
quota OF sugar TO the United States,
barring a major emergency in the
Pacific involving Communicating of
ships. 49,
The weekly echo., 1941-05-09

in the most comfortable position
YOU can find and concentrate on e.
axing. Start with your feet, ths1
your legs, and so on all over tss
body, consciously striving to relax
until You feel limp and comfortable.
Finally you will feel very heavy
and perfectly at ease. Warm COLI
presses on the eyes will relax the
muscles around them. Don't do arr
mental gymnastics at this tins.
Try to forget all the trials of tie
day and think only of your bodily
comfort.
This sounds as If it Is a great
effort to relax. It's true. Few per-
sons know how to relax and the job
is worth concentrating on. Once
mastered, it is automatic.
Exercises done with vigor and.
enthusiasm, in addition to stimulatI
ing the process of elimination Of
bodily waste, will make you feel
young and light on your feet. Here
is a splendid exercise to aid you in
preserving firm abdominal muscles
and supple waist line.
Lie fiat on your back on the floor
(sure the bed Is softer, but-)1
hands clasped behind the head or
neck, legs and feet together. Risel
slowly to a sitting position to thal
count Of five. Feel the pull on theI
abdominal muscles. Slowly return
to original position. II this exert
else proves difficult at first and you
have trouble keeping your feet onl
the floor, pin them under a chairi
or bed. Eventually - tn exsRcisay
unaided.
So, In outlining the beauty pre-
gram which you are to foilovL
throughout the year, dent forget H.
the important part relaxation
should play n your daily habits.
And % relax properly. yeu must q. /
sfeiDe-the NEST effective method I
y Numbering tsnsa muscles ana l
IamulasaAg IL process It alinlln- !
lf1eAe . -. : 4. "a Ia -'R,, -
The weekly echo., 1941-05-09

L r B. am deeply worried, NV
mother and mother-in-law both live
with my husband and we aren't happy
My mother-in-law is trying to turn
my husband against me- Should / take
my mother and move out on them?
Ans: Your house isn't large enoug
for three families-but in a case like
yours-I think that you should stick it
out 1t is necessary for your husbands
mother to live with you as well as your
own mothsr Talk things over will,
them and let them krpw they must be
congenial, else they must leave. Don't
break up your own home for the sake
of your mother and mother-in-law
Get the old ladies sociable again and
your problem will be solved.
The weekly echo., 1941-05-09

The text Of today's Sermon" is
Relax by Exercising" A gre;1
number of people today suffer con
tinually from nervous tension. Ex-
ercise will aid materially in remedy
ing this condition. Exercise Dies
two important things: first. il en-
courages relaxation and second. it
speeds up circulation and conse-
Guently elimination. When nerv-
GUS tensions are relaxed the body
I functions normally, provided, of
course, that the individual is free
from any other physical disorder.
A special Interval for relaxation
after the days work is complet cd
will revive dropping spirits and
help US face the evenings program
with some anticipation. The office
worker or housewife will profit by
the addition of this period to her
daily schedule.
A twenty-minute period of per-
feet relaxation after the hustle and
hurry of your everyday business
will virtually give you a new slant
on Hfe-if you work at it. Most
people have very difficult time re-
Taxing, SO give yourself every OPP
portunity to do 1t right. Precede
the rest by q leisurely shower and
4 set of exercises designed to
loosen the nervous tension which
has been gathering bit by bit since
you awOke this morning. Do not
wear binding garments or have your
hair up on curriers'.
All exercises taken to relieve
nervous tension should be per-
formed In an effortless manner.
Any good sGt Of stretching exercises
performed in a lazy way will serve
the purpose. For the hack muscles
Stand with fest wide apart and let
the trunk fall forward Imply, the
head and arms dangling loosely.
Straighten the body and repeat
Glowly several timeR a-sfs.-
Following The exercises H uovn
= 4 ~ y z Suiet unliEhfsd nom
The weekly echo., 1941-05-09

X j T. | have had hard time all my
liza and am tired feeling sorry for
myself. have been married macy
years and try to be sweet with everyone
but l don't Sem to take to no one
people are snobby with me. I'm shoe.
fat, and cannot be popular.
ANS: you can't hope to get rid of this
complex by staying cooped up at home.
Ihls trait can be easily overfome. Get
out and mingle with people in your
community. Make it a point to attend
community affairs. You aren't looke,,
GOWN upon. You will find that wu
are well respected in your neighbor-
hood
The weekly echo., 1941-05-09

collection of families into one state
with the good Of the majority the Olll
of the state Religion throughout the
ags has emphasized the family as .
unit in its striving toward spiritual as
prations The basis Of virtually al
relig ons is the fatherhood Of God and
the motherhood OF man.
The solution of the problems of the
world today will be the task of the
Children who are the men and women
Of tomorrow. The only real aid thai
can be given them for their tremen-
dous task is the finest type Of edu-
cation and instruction that is available
II has been said that the ADVANTAGE
of the American school system is the
habits it has inculcated in the children
Of homes that when they enter the class
room they are on a basis Of equality
with every other child in the ROOM
Protestant Catholic, Jew, Negro, White
or Mongo1ian-that there the only 81.
perprity rs superiority Of brains, a
concentration, of willingness 10 work
They have to learn to get along with
other children-which is the best train.
ing for getting along with people when
they 60 out into the world As in life
If they can't keep up-no matter Whist
the reason-they drop back into another
class Ram or shine they are expected
to be at school in their appointed places
at their appointed time. They learr
f., that there are certain things that one
can't get out of-and they learn thai
alibis do not oount.
| Hate and prejudice are the alibis OF
adults-they must not become a habit
with children. If hatred of any grour
or class is raced back to its, source i.
will prove to be an alibi-for some lack
or neglect or laziness. A child who
has learned to suffer, though it may
lose self-confidence and courage. may
be brought out of its fos-but a child
who has learned to hate Is SCARED OF
life. Hatred is an acid, corrosive, pen
etxating leaving great scars which
never again will be normal.
The great tragedy of the prosecutions
abrpad is not so much what those who
have been physically hurt by thelr
have endured, great as their sufferings
may have beeen, but what the perse-
dutors have done to the prosecutors
How can children trained to hatred, to
betrayal, to calumny from their ear.
lest days ever become honorable men
and women, or citizens of any decent
world? The utter damning of the
children OF the totalitarian states il
not only the greatest tragedy of today
but the greatest m mace to the world
of tomorrow.
The weekly echo., 1941-05-09

M F. A young man came to see me and
asked if / would be his girl friend and
/ havs given him no answer. We go to
movies and dances and he tells every
one that ! am his 'old lady" and ! get
angry. Will I ever find the right m ar
and is this the one?
Ans: No, he isn't the right man fos
you He's grand company to take you
to the nice dances, theatre and othe.
p aces that a girl likes to go and yol
really should prize his friendship. Il
is my suggestion that you treat tn,
young man with respect but don't al
low yourself to be swayed by his nice
manners right now for you are too
young to marry and you know very
well that you do not love him.
The weekly echo., 1941-05-09
The Negroes Loyalty
Continued from page three)

CONTINUED from page thres)
breath and uphold the denial OF demo-
cracy to a tenth of our population az
home at the same time? 1t is my opu-
ion that there are still too many a.
merican people claiming democracy fof
themselves and denying it to theit
fellow man for no reason other than
that there is difference in color"
The summary of the recent Defense
Conference read into the Congressional
Record was that delivered by President
Malcolm S. Maclean of Hampton ln-
stitute at the end of the November
meeting at Hampton.