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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
SENATE VOTE ON
DRAFT EXTENSION
SOUGHT TONIGHT

Continued from Page One)
Ohio. One OF these. Senator Nye
(R-ND). said 1t was the aim OF the
group to force Congress to "swal-
low the whole dose or none"
1--WE are against even one hours
extension OF military service for
these soldiers" he declared, and
we certainly don't want to make
the bill any more palatable."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
BaptiSts to Meet
White Cross Quota

At the August meeting OF the
Baptist Women's Union, Thursday
afternoon at the church, It was de-
cided TO meet the White Cross
quota which includes both the for
eign. and the Christian center in
Detroit. A petition TO Senator Prem
tiss Brown. chairman of the steer
ing committee, requesting that he
use his influence to get the Shep
ard bill $3.50 prohibiting the sale Of
liquor TO men in uniform, on the
floor. was signed. Members also
requested that he do all in his
power TO get the bill passed.
Mrs. Oliver Huston conducted the
business meeting and devotions
were led by Mrs. Leroy Thayer.
After the meeting Mrs. Huston re-
ported on the Baptist house party
she attended IN Kalamazoo In July.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07

TOKYO-UP- A typhoon. the
second to spread destruction in
Japan In a month. caused heavy
damage at Nawa in 0kinawa Pre-
lecture today. the newspaper Asahi
reported from Nawa. The typhoon
caused heavy floods and serious
damage before blowing out into
the China OkinaYa is off Kyu-
shu. the largest OF the southern
Japanese islands. A typhoon last
month struck between Tokyo and
Kobe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
ChiId'S Eye Infected
as Result of Dog Bite

Two-year-old Valerie Zacbarias.
Wayne, is being treated for a sert-
Gus eye infection resulting from a
dog bite received July 2S. The
childs nose and skin near the left
eye were bitten by the animal.
owned by Joseph Shaefer. Van Born
Rd. Mr.. Shaefer says the dog since
has run away.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
We r. Eight Club
Hunts Treasure

Miss Louise Neuman and Mrs.
Matthew Miller we're hostesses to
the We r Eight Club Wednesday
evening. The nature OF the get
together was POT OF Gold Treas
ure Hunt" the trail ending at River
side Park where the members found
bags OF gold Candy and picnic
lunch awaiting them.
The party was also a surprise for
Mrs. Wendell Barnes whose birth
day is Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07

SAN FRANCLSCO-UP- The
$17,O00,000 Japanese liner Asama
Maru. with a 100000 cargo of
raw silk and SO passengers aboard,
was overdue and unreported today.
increasing the belief that she
turned about in mid-ocean and
sailed back home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
Attending Convention

Mr.. and Mrs. John Rist and John,
Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. John Krochmal
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Stan
ley Krochmal left Tuesday eve
ming to motor to st. Louis. Mo. to
attend a convention OF Jehovah's
Witnesses which will be in ses-
sion there all OF this week. A
friend OF the family, Mr.. Miller
will stay at the Rist home while
they are away.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
Calendar of Social Events
TODAY.


Bunco Club a OF Mrs William Fleming Mrs
Claude Walcot. hostess.
City Tent Hive OF Maccabees, 1880, GAR Hall
Ypsianu Order of Eagles o'clock at hall III
n. Huron st.
Red sewing knitting five, WEIGH
o'clock.
Ypsianu Association o'clock, Masonic Temple
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
Al Sunday School Picnic

Miss Doris Eliza attended the st.
Pauls Sunday School picnic at
Huron River Park Thursday after
noon. A potluck dinner and sup
per was served.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
10 Sew ErldaX


ian Sisters number Sc who started
last month to sew one afternoon a
month for the Red Cross at Welch
Hall, will sew again Friday after
noon
Mrs. Fred Lambert went to De
troit this afternoon to be a guest
until Sunday OF Mrs. Fred Ellis.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank c. Fuller and
daughter. Miss Emily. left Wednes
day morning after coming from Los
Angeles Sunday 10 visit their cous-
in. Mrs. Anna NJ. Titus. They had
spent several days in Ann Arbor
and at Portage Lake and also in
Milan, former home OF DR.. Fuller's
parents. They will go east before
returning to Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest H. Ghapelle
will go Saturday to Kalkaska where
they will take a little cottage on
Lake Pickerel.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Lewis and
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Weir plan to 80
to Fife Lake Friday for the week
end.
Constance and Marilyn Reddaway
are in Portland, Mich. visiting their
grandmother, Mrs. Edwin Rowe.
Mrs. Lottie Worden Murray has
sold her home. ll05 N: Huron St,
and with Miss Madge Murray, is
moving to their new home near
Riverside Drive, Detroit. Miss Muir
ray is an art teacher in Detroit.
The home here is one OF the pho
neer residences OF Ypsilanti
Miss Mabel Cross, formerly OF
Ypsilanti and for long time teach
err OF English in one Of the Chicago
high schools. called on YpsilantI
friends, Wednesday, on her way to
Toronto, Ont, by motor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
Attends Reunion

Miss Doris Eliza attended the
annual class Reunion at Lincoln
High School Saturday afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-07
paudhtera Arrive

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Renton, liz
8. Hamilton St, announce the birth
OF a nine pound daughter at Boyer
Memorial Hospital this morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Tedders 800 AT
net St., are the parents of daugh-
ter born this morning at the hos
pital. The baby weighed six pounds
is ounces.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Fanslow
with son and daughter. Robert and
Joann have just returned from a
seven day camping tour OF the state
OF Michigan. They stopped at Tawas
City. Msckinaw City. Manistee and
Muskegon. On the way home they
visited the points of interest in
Battle Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Mead and
family have returned from a two
weeks vacation spent at Gaylord
and Grass Lake.
Rev. and Mrs. Milo ]. Sweet.
Chattanooga. Tenn. were guests OF
Prof. and Mrs. J. Stuart Lathers,
Tuesday. Wednesday the Sweets
and Lsthers drove to Wayland and
spent the day with Rev. and Mrs.
Harley H. Harris The three men
were members OF the class OF 1898
at the Michigan State Normal
School.
Mrs. Agnes Wolter and her son
Edward and daughters, Misses Mar
tina, Evelyn, Marion and Ruth have
returned from Silver Lake where
they spent a few days.
Evening star., 1941-05-02
Walton Named President
OF Virqin Islands Co.

Frederick H. Walton, Washington
engineer, has been elected president
of the Virgin Islands Co., it was
announced today by Secretary of
the Interior Ickes. Mr.. Ickes is
chairman of the Board of Directors
of the government-owned corpo-
ration.
Mr. Walton, who has had extern
sive experience in live stock and
associated industries. entered the
Government service in Montana in
1884. As a member of the Drought
Committee he was in charge OF
processing cattle purchased by the
A. A. A. At present he represents
the. Federal Works Agency on the
Interdepartmental Committee for
Cooperation with the American
Republics.
Leslie F. HUNT. who has been
with the Virgin Islands Co. since
its earliest days, will continue as
vice president The company was
organized to promote the economic
rehabilitation OF the islands and
has concentrated mainly on devel-
opment of the sugar and rum in
dustries.
Evening star., 1941-05-02
Roosevelt Call for More Work
Let No Machine Be Idle, He Says

mum number OF hours each week.
Every effort should be made to
utilize to the very limit those critical
machines; if they be in defense
plants by increased hours of oper-
alton on the work at hand; if in
other plants by finding defense
items or parts for them to make
or, as last resort, by moving the
tools to defense plants where they
may be urgently needed.
Our problem is to see to it that
there is no idle critical machine in
the United States. The goal should
be to work these machines "a hours
day and seven days a week, reliev-
ing the machines only for such time
as is required for overhauling and
repair.
The country should be further
combed for men who have had ex-
perience on these machines. We
should ask them to transfer their
efforts to this operation which is so
essential to our defense. No effort
or justifiable expense should be
spared in speeding this program in
order to obtain the objective which
our national interests require.
Workers and managers will. I be-
lieve, join with you with spirit and
determination in pursuing and
achieving this goal at the earliest
possible moment.
Evening star., 1941-05-02
WiIIkie Asks Ships
And Safe Delivery Of
Cargoes for Britain
Give Until 1t Hurts
He Urges; Destroyers
Included in Request
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May "A plea for
ships, including destroyers, for Brit
ain was made today by Wendell
l.. Willkie. who urged further that
the United States see that the cargo
vessels are loaded with the produc-
ton of American farms and fac
tories and, if necessary, safely de-
livered.
Writing in the current issue of
Golfers, Mr.. Willkie replied to the
non-interventionist viewpoint re-
Gently expounded by Charles A.
Lindbergh in the same magazine.
Furnish to Britain today and
tomorrow and the next day for
her desperate need, ships-the ships
in our docks, the ships in our coast
wise trade-until it hurts, the i'm
pounded ships of other nations, the
ships we are building, Mr.. Willkie
wrote.
He declared that "the capital of
the world tomorrow will be either
Berlin or Washington. I prefer
Washington"
The views of the 1910 Republican
presidential candidate were in
dorsed editorially by Golfers as
wise and right"
Mr.. Willkie asserted that 1--WE will
not have peace merely. because poll
ticians shout peace or as an answer
to our great desire"
Neither your nor I nor the Presi-
dent nor Mr.. Lindbergh will de-
eide the matter" he added. 1.-The
question of peace or war will be
decided by Mr.. Adolf Hitler. and he
will answer that question as suits
his best interests, irrespective of
what We do"
Mr.. Willkie advanced three prin-
cipal reasons for adopting the in
ternational point of view-first, be-
cause America has a profound ef-
feet on the rest of the world; sec
ond, because the rest of the world
has an equally profound effect on
America, so that If Germany wins
Evening star., 1941-05-02

The tert OF President Roose-
pelt's letter on Defense produc-
tion to William A. Knudsen and
Sidney Hillman:
Dear Mr.. Knudsen and Mr.. Hill
man:
My recent discussions with you
have emphasized in my mind the
urgent necessity of expanding and
speeding up the manufacture ano
use of critical machine tools. I have
watched the steady and substantial
growth of the machine tool indus
try during the past months. At the
same time 1 have seen the critical
machines in our defense plants used
in an ever growing number of hours
each week. know that this increase
has been caused by the hard work
of yourselves, of your associates and
cf the men who manage and work in
the plants. throughout the Nation.
But it is not enough. The ever
increasing demands for munitions
planes and ships, caused by the cri-
tical situation which confronts our
Nation. require that they be pro-
duced in even larger quantities and
ahead of the schedules assigned to
them. 1t is essential that industry
continue to increase the number OF
vital machines manufactured and
that every single critical machine IN
the United States be used the maxi
Evening star., 1941-05-02
PadIoeks Face Ocean City
Hotels With Fire Hazards
z, the Associated Press.

y the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, May 2.-Under
threat of being padlocked If they
fail to comply with State safety
laws, resort hotels in Ocean City
will be asked next week to eliminate
fire hazards before the opening OF
the summer tourist season on May
80.
Advised by the State attorney gen.
erals Office he had the power to
govern hazards not covered by local
ordinances, State Fire Marshall John
B. Centrum made arrangements
with Ocean City's Mayor, Clifton P.
Cropper, for discussion of the prob
lens May 7.
Mr.. Centrum said he had been as
sured by the mayor that members
of the town council, the Chamber of
Commerce and owners and operators
of restort hotels would attend the
meeting.
Mr.. Centrum said he hoped to OBJ
tain cooperation of hotel owners in
the campaign against fire hazards
If they do not agree to make recon-
mended Improvements, however, the
closing provision of the law will be
invoked, he asserted.
Evening star., 1941-05-02

NCOnClnueQ fTOm FlTSI HdgeJ
German radio said political quar-
ters were of the opinion that a con-
f1ict in Iraq was inevitable in view
of the British attitude.
Should such conflict arise the
Turkish government appears re-
solved to observe the same neutral
attitude as toward the European
war" said the broadcast. "The
Turkish press still observes absolute
reserve toward developments in
Iraq."
Investment Totals Billion.
Some historians say the Garden
of Eden and the Tower of Babel
were situated in the rich Mesopo-
tamian region of Iraq, but it isn't
antiquity that interests Britain
there.
The British have invested upward
of 81 900 900, 900 in developing the
country and its fabulous oil fields
and If Adolf Hitler could get them
| it would be one of his greatest
achievements Of the current war.
Kaiser Wilhelm's dreams of o
Baghdad- Berlin railroad to tap
these wells constituted one of the
contributing factors to the first
World War.
With the aid Of Texas and Okla
homa oil workers the British since
1888 have quadrupled Iraq's petro-
leum output. This supply, upon
which the British Mediterranean
feet depends, is funneled by way OF
Haifa, Trans-Jordan and Palestine
to the Mediterranean ports.
A second pipeline which ran to
French-governed Syria has been cut
off since the fall of France last
summer.
Iraq, in area somewhat larger
than the State of Arizona Q16.60t
as against 1880 square miles
with a population of $500, 900, got
its present governmental setup after
the World War, in which it wor
freedom from Turkish rule and wa,
placed under British protection.
Army of 2s,o0o in 1888.
In 1888 the country had an army
Of $4,000 officers and men, includ-
ing small air force and q 200-mar
camel corps, and a police force oi
10TH, with 4,o43 of the latter
mounted.
At that time the British had three
bomber squadrons and one bomber
transport squadron, q general recon-
naissance squadron and an armored
l car company.
Evening star., 1941-05-02
Australian Premier
Appeals for U. 5.
Aid on Great Scale
Speaking Trip to America
To Expedite War Help
Announced by Menzies
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, May Prime Minis
ter Robert G. Menzies of Australia
appealed to the United States to-
day for war help ION great scale"
and said I'VE cannot approach this
war in an amateur manner"
Mr.. Menzies told a press confer
ence that American help. If it Is
TO shorten the war effectively, must
be on a great scale"
1--WE are looking hopefully and
confidently to the material help we
need from the United States" he
added, mot help to be given weak
people, but help to be given to a
strong people who need extra
strength if the war is not to last
too long.
Everyone must become profess
sional and treat the war as whole
time business" Mr. MenZies sde-
clared. He had no comment on the
battle of Greece.
Mr.. Menzies said definitely he was
going to the United States and in
dicated he would make some
speeches, stressing that "in the me-
chanical sense we must all work
like beavers in all parts of the Eng
disappearing world"
THE moment we are able to equip
those who fight for us as we'll as
the enemy is equipped, he went on,
"at that moment we will begin a
series of victories eliminating in
final triumph
He said his confidence in the Brit
ish people was great when he ar
rived two months ago, but that it
Is 'immeaSurably greater now"
The Australian chieftain paid
tribute to those who are silent in
their little streets and homes, for
they are the people from whom that
magnificent spirit proceeds"
Evening star., 1941-05-02
Allied Planes Peril Most Feared
In Flight of YugosIov King

The first bombs to fall on Bel
grade, he said, struck the royal
palace, but King Peter was not
there, having moved to another pal
ace outside the capital three days
before On advice of his govern
ment, this source went on, the
King and his suite went to Zvor-
mix. on the Serb Bosnian border.
Two days later he moved on to
the royal residence at Han Pijesak,
and the few days spent there were
said to have been continually dis
turbed by alarms day and night"
But the advance of the Ger
man armies forced him to move a
third time-this time to a small
town in Montenegro, on the Alban-
ian frontier.
Finally the decision was reached
for Peter to leave the country.
Evening star., 1941-05-02

we shall lose our lives as free men
either by outside thrust or inner
necessity; third, If Germany wins
we shall almost surely find ourselves
fighting after all-and by that time
fighting alone"
Mr.. Willkie returned last night to
his home town Of Ellwood, Ind, to
tell an audience there that America
was in a more critical position than
during the Civil War.
Evening star., 1941-05-02
Jewish Army in Palestine
To Aid Britain Is Uroed

Proposals to create q Jewish army
In Palestine to fight with the British
forces have been "sympathetically"
received by the Acting Prime Min
lister Of Australia, A. w. Fadden, it
was announced today by Rabbi
Isadore Breslau, executive director
OF the Zionist Organizat ton Of
America.
Representatives of the Zionist
organizations of New South Wales,
Australia and New Zealand pointed
out to Mr.. Fadden that Jewish
legions already are serving in British
lines in East and North Africa as
well as Europe. Similar proposals
for Jewish military organization
were made to Gen. Jan Christian
Smuts, Prime Minister of South
Africa, it was reported.
Evening star., 1941-05-02
u. ). Officials Watch
Threat Of Clash in
0iI-Rich Iraq Area
Petroleum Expert Doubts
Axis Would Benefit by
Seizure of Fields
BY LLOYD LEHRBAS,
Associated Press Stan Writer.

American officials kept a watchful
eye today on threatening develop
ments in the Kingdom of Iraq where
British-Iraq clash might set the
Moslem Near East af1ame and i'm
peril an area vital to the life of the
British Empire, including the rich
Kirkuk oil fields.
Paul Knabenshue, the United
States Minister-residen at Baghdad,
is keeping the State Department in
formed on developments, and TAX
ing measures for the safety of the
small American colony there, and
American oil interests in Iraq.
While loss of the Iraq fields would
cost the British many thousands of
barrels Of oil day, petroleum ex-
perts here doubt that Germany's
seizure of them, or control through
pro-Nazi government in Iraq,
would benefit the German Army be-
cause of the tremendously difficult
transportation problem.
Engineer Sees No Value to Axis.
E. Degoyler, noted oil engineer,
reported to the National Petroleum
Association that 1T is difficult to
see how oil from this region can be
made available to the Axis powers,
even in event of conquest, if the
pipe lines from Iraq to the Mediter-
ranean are destroyed and unless the
Axis powers can secure some con-
troll of the sea-"
Informed officials here explained
that the threat of a clash in Iraq
resulted from landings of British
troops at Basra, at the head of the
Persian Gulf-landings objected to
by the new Iraq government formed
by Rashid Ali Al Gallant.
In his report to the National
Petroleum Association, Mr.. Degoy-
Ter characterized the Iraq region as
lone OF the greatest potention oil
areas of the world. 1t would not
be improbable. he said, for the
center of gravity of the worlds oil
production to shift to this area
within the next so years"
Iraq oil, Mr.. Degoyler explained,
comes from the mammoth Mosul or
Kirkuk field in the northern part of
great basin extending along the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The
concessions are owned and operated
by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Tin
which the British government owns
controlling INTEREST,", the Dutch
Shell, French company, and q
group OF American companies.
Pipeline System.
The Kirkuk field is connected with
the Mediterranean by a modern
pipeline system, with duplicate lines
and pumping installations, extending
156 miles from Kirkuk to Haditha
on the Euphrates River. From there
one line goes to the British-man-
dated port of Haifa, Palestine "a
total distance of $50 miles, the
other to the French-mandated port
of Tripoli. in Syria, total distance
of $50 miles.
tTripoli, Syria, at the eastern
end OF the Mediterranean. should
not be confused with Tripoli, Lib
va, Axis-held base far to the
west. on the north coast of
Africa)
The pipeline has a daily capacity
of $4,000 barrels. Mr.. Degoyler re-
ported, and before the war the
major portion went to France. Since
the collapse Of France the Tripoh
line has been closed and all produc-
ton has gone to Britain.
Evening star., 1941-05-02
Spending
Continued From First Page)

University, outlined the proposal to
the committee yesterday.
A special national defense tax,
which would fluctuate with a care
fully designed monthly index of
retail prices, formed the basis of
the economists proposal. Also in
cluded was suggestion for COM
pulsory purchasing of defense Sc
curities. This, they claimed, would
divert substantial proportion of
the public's savings, accumulated
under the defense program, from
normal investment channels where
otherwise they would exert po-
tentially inflationary pressure.
AS outlined by DR.. Hart, the flex-
fble tax program should be designed
90 that the bulk of the revenue
could be collected "at the source
by employers. in the same manner
as social security taxes now are
collected.
Would Speed Production.
Such a method would greatly
speed up the collection of the taxes.
q feature which the proponents said
was desirable to get the full anti
imitation benefit of the program.
DR.. Hart expressed belief that
present income tax . exemptions
should be sharply reduced, possibly
to 81 900 for married persons instead
of the present $4,000 figure, and
asserted "we should not be squeam-
ish about the lower income bracket
II the alternative to pushing down
the exemptions would be to give
them a sales tax or excise"
Other suggestions made at the
committees hearings yesterday in
cluded a recommendation by a
group Of moving picture theater
operators that all adult admission
fees, such as those at movie houses,
be subjected to the 10 per cent ad-
mission tax.
Admissions of more than 20 cents
now are taxed and the Treasury
has proposed lowering the exemp-
ton to 9 cents.