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Evening star., 1941-01-12
Dutch Interior
Dutch Interior BIZ Frank oConnor Knopt

deadly serious Irishman writer Of
scale He
small
throughout
sufficiently related make the work novel; real
first children then
adoescen then and women and finally In middle age
pictures presented without comment The reader
the however bitter indictment of Irish life 1t
chldke temperament against
ground ignorance poverty bgoy and Incidence The
demonstration
young originality beauty the
burden Of being Irishman in Ireland
mind than anybody be expected
TO support
work rich mellow quality Though minor thing
-said it Is genuine piece Of writing.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Mine Inheritance
p,,E Nom linn N

historical based the settlement the Sekk
in Canada the early OF the 10Th century The tract
settlement by
essentially benevolent
philanthropy believed
officials hinder the settlers whatever they could
until
finally the settlers persisted just the
time, IS happy gained their point.
of the
active settlements defense with
finally Scotch
thing
another, being and
shopWon books written before it.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
See Purpose as Seizure
OF Richest Territory.

1T is possible for the con
territory in an attempt to shut
several such cases in which !
been asked to enjoin a coop
The main purpose, however,
themselves. This maintains Il
to serve where feasible.
The practical result is t
cares nothing about, are left
service depends on including Il
spite line either disrupts the
in the thinner territory, make
years for such a cooperative t
propagandists can use its strl
failing"
Mr.. Slattery also tells OF
tween farmers and the cons
names Is States which have
ings" by the power compani
to the R. E. A.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
OPM Director
May Quit Job

fBv Associated Press
Washington. May 14-AP-Wil-
liam S. Knudsen was reported to-
day TO be determined TO quit as
director OF the Office OF Production
Management IL his hands we're
tied in the matter OF priorities.
Friends OF the big Danish born
production expert said he reached
this decision as q result OF a
House amendment to the pending
Vinson bill-an amendment estab-
fishing a priorities division sepa-
rate from the OPM, and account
able only to the Army-Navy NUM-
lions Control Board.
Knudsen was said TO have taken
the stand that he could not con.
tinue at the helm OF OPM IL some
one else were TO have the authori.
ty 10 say what materials should be
produced frst. and what orders
should be placed before others.
To avert such a development
the Administration today began
throwing its fill weight behind a
move TO overturn the House vote
and leave the OPM in full charge
OF priorities.
Acting Chairman Reynolds ID
MO- OF the Senate Military Al
fairs Committee said that Secre-
tary OF War Jtimson, Secretary Of
the Navy Knox. Knudsen. Z. T.
Stettinius. OPM director OF priori.
ties. and Leon Henderson. price
See KNUDsEN-Pagee
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14

The new 81 100000 900 program,
in addition TO aircraft expansion,
provides for about 30 new mum
tons factories. three more small
arms ammunition plants. addition
al she'll loading facilities. INT fac
tories and ammunition part factor
les. The War Department expects
work on small arms ammunition
plants At Lake City. Mo. ST. Louis,
Mo. and Denver. Colo, TO be com
pleted by Sept. 80, three months
ahead OF original schedules
Another step In the defense pro
gram was the Army's announce
ment that nine sites have been Sc
lected for camps TO be used u
Congress raises the strength OF the
Army above the current l.4ls.000
man plan. Twenty eight sites will
be picked as a result Of recent sur
yeys. Including the major camps
Guilt already. the new sites would
afford accommodations for ESQ.
900 men.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Major Defeat
For Germany
Bv neMitt MacKenzla

by lew Ut MhChenLle
Cali Rudolf Hess amazing
flight TO Scotland moon-madness
or the act OF a sane man fleeing
from the wrath OF a government
divided against itself. the facts
still remains that It represents a
major defeat for Germany.
This is true even II We con
sder the fanciful possibility that
the Mani deputy was sent TO Bril-
tain as a Trojan horse "a "Tro-
jan Hess one English punster
called him) The scheme has
boomranged already
Were fortune to give Herr Hit
Ter a chance TO exchange his
much sung Balkan conquest for
cancellation OF the Hess adyen-
ture, II isn't unlikely that the
Fuehrer would jump at the deal.
That's how much OF a disaster he
has suffered.
The longer the world rolls the
tale under its tongue, the more
evident II becomes that the roper
cussion at home and abroad IS
great and growing. Germany's
friends can scarcely escape the
fear that there may indeed he
dissension among the Maxi lead
ers. The people Of the fatherland
are shocked and gravely concern
ed. Allied morale has skyrocketed
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Strikes Feared
in Coal Fields,
CM Factories
Officials Trying to
Reopen Yards

tBv Assoc lated PreSsl
Threatened. tie-ups OF the Appsla.
chan soft coal fields and OF Gen.
eral Motors so factories confronted
defense production officials today
even as they attempted 10 reopen
II strike-closed shipysrds on San
Francisco Bay and the important
Colts munitions plant at Hartford,
Conn.
John L. Lewis. president OF the
clio United Mine Workers, said that
unless southern mine operators
reached an agreement this week
with the. union on a new wage con
tract. he would recommend that the
100000 union members withdraw
from the eight-state Appalachian
field, probably by May 2l
Seventy per cent Of the nation =
bituminous coal production was
halted throughout April by a sim.
liar mine stoppage.
Another ClO union, the United
Automobile Workers, has set a dead
line OF a. m. tomorrow for a
strike against General Motors Cor.
poration, unless an agreement is
reached meanwhile on the union 3
demand for wage increases OF 10
cents an hour. Companyq officials
say the current. average scale now
is slightly more than 81 an hour.
The Defense Mediation Board for
the past 10 days has been trying TO
avert the threatened walkout. The
G r-nvyrr ~
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14

and cargo ship production, small
arms ammunition, and anti.aircraft
guns.
War Department officials are de-
veloping plans for immediate ex-
pansion OF facilities 10 produce
four-engined bombers. II was un-
derstood that funds from some
81 SOC. 900 900 available for expan
zion Of munition plant facilities
will be turned into this field 20
get production up TO 500 bombers
per month.
The new program probably will
call for construction OF two new
assembly plants. enlarging current
big bomber assembly establish
ments being built A. r.. Worth
Tex, and Tulsa, Okla and posi-
bly, conversion OF other type air
craft plants. In addition. heavy
expansion OF existing aircraft en-
CINE plants. construction OF several
new ones. and additional aid from
the automobile industry In this
field is understood 70 be planned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Literacy Tests to
be Given Draftees

fBv International News service)
Washington. May Tins The
War Department today prescribed a
minimum literacy test which draf-
tees having less than a fourth grade
education, must pass before Army
induction.
Some OF the questions are Can
you burn water by boiling it,"
Which swims more in water. a
fish or a bird - Can paper be used
TO write on" and Which is larger,
an inch or a FOOT
The department said that the
test viii be used at induction cen.
ters TO determine II a man can
read and write the English Ian.
guage and understand II well
enough 20 enable him TO learn to
be good soldier in a year
The department has devised spe-
cisl quiz traps" for use n Uncle
Sans teachers think the draftees
are stallinE.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
County Health
Unit Approved

After heated debate, the Board
Of County Supervisors passed a mo-
ton Tuesday afternoon to 90 on
record favoring county health unit
for Washtenaw. The vote was 81
yeas and IL nays, with one absent.
The motion was made by Superyis-
or Lloyd Lyke, Npsilanti.
The motion carried with an
amendment that the unit become
effective July l. Many supervisors
expressed doubt that all details
could be cleared by that time.
Supervisor Lyke made the motion
after several petitions and letters
urging adoption of a county health
unit had been read. The committees
on finance and on public health are
TO present complete reports at the
June meeting Of the board. as to
personnel and cost needed for the
unit.
A tentative proposal calls for a
budget OF $4,000 annually and R
staff of seven people From state
and federal sources $4,000 and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Peace Pickets
to Have Peace

Washington, May II 49, Up -
Soldiers, sailors and marines Who
for two nights have attempted TO
break up the American peace
notifications picket line in front
OF the White House were warned
today that the White House
must be respected"
Lieut.. Col. Horace B. Smith
White House military aide, per-
sonally interviewed twice last night
on behalf Of the pickets when they
were threatened by attacks from
groups OF seryicemen.
The pickets have been march
ing since Friday afternoon in what
they describe as a perpetual
peace vigil They protested to
Maj. Gen. Edwin NJ. Watson, pres
idential secretary Tuesday against
an attack Monday night by sold
iers, sailors and marines. and Wat
son promised adequate protection.
See PICK ET-paPe
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
to
Legion Plans
Enthusiastic
Celebration Being
Supported

American Legion and Board OF
Commerce workers today reported
enthusiastic responses to their in
vitations to aid in contributions
for the Fourth OF July Parade and
Pageant fund. Value of such a cele-
bration 10 the community is gen.
orally recognized, Chairman Harold
Augustus stated. and several large
contributions together with a num-
Der of smaller gifts indicate a sue
cessful beginning.
That the importance OF this event
is apparent not only to people OF
the community but to many else
where is indicated by communica.
tions being received from men of
state and national prominence. The
following letter from Senator Ar.
thur n. Nsndenberg is cited by
Major Battele today as an exam
Pile:
Mr. Fred A. Battelle, Chairman
Ypsilanti Post No. 2s2
Ypsilanti, Michigan.
My Dear Mr.. Battelle:
| am greatly interested in the fine
work which your organization has
done-and is preparing again to do
in connection with an old fash.
Toned Fourth OF July celebration
This is a splendid undertaking
and particularly worthwhile in times
like these. | wish you all success
in your fine enterprise.
With warm personal regards and
best wishes,
Cordially and faithfully.
A. H. VANDENBERG.
A good many letters of similar
tone have been received Mr.. Bat
telle commented. and scores o.;
complimentary expressions OF en-
couragement have been received
from both men and women who
have become interested in the elab-
crate plans for the 194l celebration
Answering the question as TO
what would happen in case OF in
clement weather July 4, Lester
Miller stated that provision has
been made for the parade on the
following day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Congress Today

! by Associated Press
Senate
TODAY
Starts debate on Administration
ship seizure bill moon ES.TD
Military Committee starts bear
ings on priorities bill 90 a. NJ
Special Defense Committee hears
". L. Bait OF OPM G0:30).
House
Continues debate on Interior De-
partment appropriation bill (roon).
Coinage Committee considers ex-
tension Of Presidents monetary
powers G0).
Ways and Means Committee COP
tinues hearings on new tax pro
posals l0).
YESTERDAY
Voted TO seat Joseph Roster as
Democratic senator from West Vir.
GINA.
House
Passed and sent to Senate bill
providing for mandatory loans %
IS per cent OF parity on basic farm
crops.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14

Roosevelt and now de-
clared a combat zone BY
Germany-coincided with
efforts here to speed up
the program for aiding the
British shipping problem.
Reliable sources report
ed that American oil ship
ments for Britain soon
may be routed directly into the
Canadian war post of Halifax.
y. s., instead of being transferred
10 British ships at New York and
Philadelphia.
May Build on Lakes
Great Lakes shipbuilders and
Maritime Commission Officials
meet today TO discuss the use of
lakes construction facilities in the
emergency shipping program.
Ships as large as $50 feet and g..
900 TO 10000 tons would be put TO
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
City Topic For
Kiwanis Club

Ypsilantl City Government, its
organization and operation were
the subjects discussed by city Of
iclals for members OF the Kiwanis
Club this noon. The meeting was
sponsored by the Public Affairs
Committee with Bert Harrison as
chairman Speakers were Mayor
Ross X. Bower, CITY Engineer r.
Fred Older and City Assessor Don
ComNock. all members OF the
club. Special guests were Board
OF Public Works Member F. H.
Nlssly. Aldermen z. r. schill, c.
T. waiting. G. NJ. Loesell, William
Jellis and Alfred DeOtte.
Mayor Bower invited members
Of the club 10 attend a council
meeting and get first hand infor-
nation on its operation. He com
pared the council to board Of d.
rectors elected by stockholders.
He stated the council in It's opera
tons does a quarter OF a million
dollar business annually. Refer
ence was made 10 the order 81
business OF a council meeting. its
committees and various commits
slons, city officials and their du-
ties. The mayor stated the coun.
ell receives many requests and
that each must be- weighed against
the ability OF the taxpayers TO meet
the bill Tax collections last year
we're only So per cent delinquent
with all personal taxes paid. With
the advent OF the defense pro-
gram, higher taxation is impera.
tive, he stated. but efforts will be
made TO lower local taxes with the
IL -. - .
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
BRANCH BANKING
MEASURE FACES
HOUSE CHANGES
School Aid Appropriation
Shifts to Senate
Committee
COMPROMISE BY MEA
METROPOLITAN HOPE
Amendments Offered, Voted
Down in Listless
Session

tbY United Press
Lansing, May 14-UP-A house
bloc planned stringent modifica
ton OF the Brake Branch banking
restriction bill today as considera.
ton OF the $4,000, 900 school aid
appropriation shifted 10 the sen
ate education committee.
Metropolitan representatives tenn
porarily ended their fight Tuesday
Ia amend the Smith school aid bill,
sponsored by the Michigan Educs-
ton Association and fsvoring rural
districts, when they listlessly offer
ed amendments which were read
without debate and voted down
without exception. The bill final
ly passed 20 to 81 and was sent to
the senate.
A compromise measure, written
by Superintendent OF Public In
struction Eugene B. Elliott and in
troduced in the senate, was the
remaining hope Of the metropolitan
bloc. whose members predicted
senate death for the Smith bill.
They also pointed to the expressed
intention of Governor Van Wagon
err to veto any $46, 100000 school
bill and the statement by State
Budget Director Leo J. Nowicki
that bills now under consideration
call for spending s1O.O00,00O in ex-
cess OF next biennium's budget
total.
Rep. Maurice z. Post. r., Rock
ford, let the fight for house pass
age OF the Brake amendments pro-
hibiting branch banking except
within % miles OF the parent bank,
and moved to defeat a proposed
amendment TO permit branch bank
ing in all cities except those under
10000 population.
Dead For Session
The biennial Republican attempt
to prevent boss" controi of Wayne
County COP conventions was dead
for the session after the house re-
fused by a IS TO So vote, to over
ride Governor Van Wagoners veto
of the bill. The Democratic blocs
pledged opposition to the measure
won support from eight Republic
ans in rejecting the bill.
Passed and sent 10 the senate
was Governor Van Wagoners bill
TO earmark s12,O00,0O0 in state
revenues TO retire the 1878 def
-iclt- While proposals permitting the
state highway department 10 con-
struct limited access highways.
and a repeal OF the state apple tax
were advanced TO final passage
stage.
May Set Date
The committee may set May p
as the date for a continuance of
the hearing on house bill banning
the Communist party from election
ballots. The hearing opened Tues
day with the Rev. Owen A. Knox.
Detroit, representative OF the
civil rights federation. terming the
bill AN unconstitutional restric-
ton by parties in power" Knox
charged the bill would destroy
Democratic elections by freezing
election rights so that only the two
major parties can appear on the
ballot"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14


Washington. May 14-UP-Na-
tional defense officials have put
long range bombers and their en-
gines virtually at the top OF the
"speed-up' production list, it was
learned today.
A revised listing Of priorities in
the defense and British-sid pro
grsms-compiled on he basis OF
shortages and urgency placed the
big four-engined bombers. and their
motors. in a so-called lib status,
Just behind the top IA rating as
signed machine tools.
Previously. aircraft engines had
&c listing. and planes, generally.
I'D status.
The new listing for bombers
considered vital for British long
range operations over Germany and
needed by our own air force in
western hemisphere defense. puts
them in A class with such things
as facilities for harbor and Panama
Canal defenseS small navy ship
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Staying Probe
Begging Down

Ann Arbor, Mich. May IA
Sheriff John Osborn said today
that investigation into circum-
stances surrounding the disappear
aBee and death OF Miss Hazel
Briggs. IS. Detroit, had apparent
ly made no Roadway in the last "a
hours.
The charred remains of Miss
Briggs body we're found by sons
OF Raymond Troll in a rubbish
heap on the Trolz farm near
Manchester last Friday evening.
Miss Briggs had been missing
from the farm home OF her mother.
Mrs. Stella Briggs, Manchester,
since April 10.
DR.. Robert J. Parsons, Univer-
sity Hospital pathologist. told
Sheriff Osborn late Tuesday he
feared he would be unable 10
determine the cause OF Miss
Briggs death. so disfigured are
the remains. He cannot tell whe-
Their she was dead before the
body was burned or not, he said,
as there are no marks left indica-
ting positively that any other
means Of staying we're used. The
remains we're identified by rela-
tives Of Miss Briggs by means Of
a handbag frame and metal cos
metic accessories and jewelry
found near the body.
Traces indicate the body had
been placed in a barrel. covered
with kerosene. and ignited, inves-
tigators said. Kerosene cans were
so placed that the oil would run
See sLAYING-Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
U. S. to Ignore
Red Sea Zone

fBv international News Ser,lce)
Washington May lf ms
Germanys proclamation Of the
Red Sea as war zone following
President Rooseyelts opening Of
that area 10 American shipping.
today brought the declaration
from spokesman for the
Maritime Commission that we
will pay no attention 10 what Ger
many says
While authoritative circles re-
garded the German move as in
Iecting a grave new note in the
aid-democracies program, most in
formed officials indicated that
Berlins action will be ignored.
John j. Dempsey Maritime Com
missioner. said that the Presi-
dent OF the. United States deter
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14

he may already have dl-
vulged vital German mil$
itary secrets.
British military intelli-
gence officers were report
ed questioning the No. 3
Nazi closely.
simultaneously, the gov
eminent controlled BIC
began a barrage of 10
broadcasts a day to Ger
many on the Hess affair.
The London Daily Mail
said that in preliminary
conversations. Hess had indicated
his personal disgust with the Nazi
party" and told OF mounting ten
sion among Adolf Hitler's party
chieftains.
Authorized quarters in Berlin
said documents left behind by
Hess indicated he planned TO visit
the Duke OF Hamilton in Glasgow
in an effort to bring about peace.
Hess had the fixed idea that he
was a sort OF Messiah by whom a
spectacular individual gesture
could bring about a term nation
OF hostillties," a Nazi spokesman
said.
"A Crazy Motion"
The spokesman declared that
Hess had no intention OF approach.
ing Prime Minister Churchill or
other British government leaders,
but that he had "a crazy notion"
that a Pacihst group could end the
war.
Hess did not flee as a traitor
the spokesman asserted.
Nazi officials had previously de-
clared that Germany would not ac-
cept any peace otfer-except on
German terms.
In the Reich itself. Germans re-
ceiyed an oblique warning against
listening 10 foreign broadcasts on
the strange case.
Even as the British radio flood.
ed the air-wayes with Hess stories
In Czech. Spanish. Norwegian.
French, German and other Ian.
guages. DNB. the official German
news agency, published a list OF
seven recent cases in which per.
sons were sentenced 10 four 10
sixyear terms for tuning-in their
radios on foreign broadcasts.
Only two OF Ave morning pa.
pers in Berlin mentioned Hess
mysterious flight TO the British
camp.
Any priced military information
he may have disclosed since his
parachute descent in Scotland Sat-
urday was kept secret. and a Lon
don spokesman, abiding 20 ths
classic Trojan Horse" trick by
which the ancient Greeks captured
Troy. declared
We want TO be sure we haven't
Trojan Hess on our hands"
Prime Minister Churchill. him.
self, was expected to follow up the
preliminary cues loning or Bri@
tain's No. ] prisoner with a per-
sonal interview.
The British people. eagerly
clutching for facts through the
fog OF conjecture about Hess
flight from Nazdom. hoped that
out OF that conference, through an
expanded report Churchill prom
Ised to the House OF Commons,
they would get at least an inkllng
Of Hess story, and what Il might
mean for Britain.
Not Encouraged
Informed sources In London I'D
not encourage that hope. however.
They declared that whatever infor-
nation about Hitler's military
plans might be CLEANED from the
Fuehrer's erstwhile confidante. Who
See RUDOLPH HESs-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Senate Debate on Conuoys Ships MAY be Hot
Red Sea Placed in Combat Zone by
Germans; Action Seen as
= OminouS Development
s, addressing Hitler youth meeting


Washington, May l4-UP-The Senate begins de
bate today the administrators ship seizure bill
while the convoy question and shipping policies gen
orally headed toward hotter dispute because of official
German threats to sink American vessels in the Red Sea
Ominous Developments around the Red Sea--recent-
" declared safe for United States ships by President
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Radio Asserts Words will
Make High Command Sweat
Vital German Military Secrets. May
be Divulged to Military
Intelligence Officers
Germany Gives People Warning
Against Radio Programs
From Other Nations

Rudolf Hess, the escaped Nazi deputy fuehrer, was
described by the British radio today as talking and
writing words which will make the German high COM
mand sWeat'-the first Semi-offcial intmation that
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14
Today in 1916

nv Associated Pressl
May Il. l916-Turks defeat Rus
sian effort 10 regain positions near
ErIerum.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14

TOKYO-INS- United States
Ambassador Joseph c. Grew and
British Ambassador Sir Robert
Craigie held separate conferences
with japanese Foreign Minister
Aosuhe,- Matsuoka- today. They
were understood to have inquired
regarding Japan's attitude toward
adjustment Of Nippon's relations
with the United States and Great
Britain.