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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
Loiterer Reported

City police searched Wednesday
night for a suspicious looking man
lettering near the Huron Grocery
2l6 y Huron ST. No person, answer
ing the description given by Mrs.
Charles W. Shaw. store clerk, was
found In the vicinity Mrs. Shaw
told police that a man walked in
front Of the store for some time as
She was getting ready to close at
10 o'clock
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
Assists Applicants

Captain Ward NJ. Estes flying
cadet recruiting officer. was at the
Ypsilanti Post Office today from 9
a m. 10 5 p m. and Will be Friday
az the same hours 10 assist appli-
cants who wish 10 enroll as air
cadets.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
Here Next Week

Announcement is being made TO-
day BY Jimmie Hunt that Donald
Sawyer. noted New York dancms
teacher. viii be at his studio nest
Tuesday in connection with mid
west tour which includes Detroit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
Drivers Pay

Drivers Fay
Ray simmons. this city, paid
$685. in municipal court Wednes-
day for making an improper left
turn. and John Woolsey. also Ypsi-
lanu. 81 for double parking. Jus
tice Nandersall today assessed
William knight, Ann Arbor, SIS for
failure 10 stop at through high
way last Monday morning. Knights
car skidded into the intersection
Of Carpenter and Packard Rds,
collidiug with a car driven BY Solo
mon Birman. Milan. The impact
overturned both vehicles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
-Four Alarm

London. Jan So Up German
planes resumed widespread and
sometimes intensive air raids on
the British Isles today and by early
afternoon the London area had had
its fourth daylight alarm.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
Attack Wllhelmshaven

London. Jan. 30-INS-R. A. F.
planes attacked targets at the great
German naval base OF Wilhelmsha-
ven during the nigdt, the British
ar ministry announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
Butter and Eqqs

Detroit. Mich, Jan. SO
BUTTER-Best creamery in tubs
29at d30&ac
EGGS Current receipts, 16i2c,
dirtics. l4&lc; checks. 1li4c.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
RITES CONDUCTED

Funeral services Tor John W.
Duckett we're conducted from the
Second Methodist Church Burial
followed IN Alban Cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
Livestock

Detroit, Mich. Jan. Cattle
Wednesday receipts. 500 Choice
to prime yearlings. Try fed,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-30
POULTRY
(B5zley- Market

Hens, over 5 lbs. ..........S 10
Hens, under 5 lbs. ........ ~
LeShorns Oh) ............. IL
Brolcrs Obj ............. 20
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
US. Hilton Bid
Of Currier Firm

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. "a
President Henry M. Wriston of
Brown University today blasted
the government for failure to en-
force the low bid laws in the De-
troit housing project because it
feared a labor clash.
The noted educator, addressing
Brown undergraduates at a weekly
assembly, took issue with Sidney
Hillman, laobr director of OPM,
who admitted he could not give a
housing contract to the low-bidding
j. p. Currier Company because il
employed Go labor in field in
which ALL predominates. Said
Wriston:
"Mr. Roosevelt In his message
10 Congress in January said
those who would give up essen
tial liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety. deserve
neither liberty nor safety. No.
after that, we have the spectacle
of the government bowling before
an implied threat Of violence"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Boom Town
81 New U. S. Bureaus
Skyroeket Jobs

WASHINGTON, Oct. "a
Thirty-one government bureaus
have been created since the de-
Tense program turned Washington
into one of Americas fastest
growing boom towns, a survey
shows today.
There were 1876. 1872 workers on
the federal pay roll in July of this
year. and they have been stream
ing into town at the rate Of about
1900 a month. Federal employ
ment is now at the 100000 mark
This compares to 130,938 on May
Is. 1910, when President RooSe-
Welt set up the old national de-
Tense advisory commission.
Growth of defense agencies have
since then. The army,
navy and treasury also have been
turned for the most part into de-
Tense agencies. Population of
i'm the 1910 census is
listed as 663, 091, with 244,725 per-
sons living in nearby Virginia and
However, the popula-
ton figures are about as old as
last years calendar.
1t is estimated that the number
of people living in the so-called
metropolitan area which sprawls
over into Maryland and Virginia
is now more than 100000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Miller TO Play
Times Song Hit

Dear Arabella,"1 the new song
chosen by Glenn Miller for future
honors, which will APP
pear complete with words and
music, and piano arrangement in
this Sundays Detroit Times. is TO
be featured by Glenn, Miller, and
his band on their regular Moon
light Serenade" program at 10
p. m. next Tuesday over WJR.
Glenn Miller has this TO say OF
Dear Arabella." the first of a
series of Weekly Song Hits" TO
be presented in the Sunday Times
81 think It's one of the catch
lest tunes I've heard In long
time. It's timely and topical.
and It's the kind of a song the
public will like"
In weeks that follow, the songs
selected by other famous band
Ieaders-Tommy Dorsey, Sammy
Kaye, Guy Lom bardo, Eddie
Duchin, ct al-will also be pub
lished complete j.. ready 10 play
and sing in The Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
AFL Aide Called
In Currier Quiz
internat,cnsI New, setro. wire


WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-Rich-
ard J. Gray, acting president of
the AFL's building trades division
and a member of the OPM's board
Of review, today was called before
the Senate committee investigat-
ing the defense program to testify
on charges that the OPM is show
ing favoritism toward the ALL.
The committee is inquiring into
the case of Patrick ]. Currier,
Detroit. lumberman and manufac.
turer of fabricated houses, who
has charged that his low bid for
defense housing project at Wayne
Mich, was withheld because OF
AF'L pressure.
OPM Labor Chief Sidney Hill.
man yesterday charged that q
Go construction workers unior
entered a deal with the Detroit
builder Gin a deliberate effort tc
destroy" an established AFL union
A. d. Lewis. chairman of the
organizing committee of the ClC
United Construction Workers, &C
cused Hillman of an unlawful
conspiracy" using the government
10 create "a virtual monopoly FOL
the AFL on all defense con
struction."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24

|ment came quickly. Then Il hap.
pened; his band was booked inte
Glen Island Casino for the Sum-
mer of 1899.
The rest Is history. His radio
shots and Victor Bluebird record
ings made him the favorite of the
jitterbugs.
Glenn Miller is eminently quslh
fed to select as a coming song
hit. Dear Arabella." to appear
ready for you to sing and play,
in this Sundays Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Nash Ke|vindtor
Gets Big Job


WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-The
war department late today
awarded a SIS ,503,S7S contract to
the Nash Kelvinator Corporation,
Detroit. for propeller assemblies
and spare parts.
This contract originally was an
nounced in a letter OF intent in
June and was to have amounted to
S21 100000. Today's figure is the
result of actual negotiation of the
contract.
The American Propeller Corpo-
ration, Toledo, was given con-
tract of $12, 1S5 $50 for propeller
blade assemblies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
ViCkers 10 Get NAVY
Excellence Award

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-Sec-
rotary of the Navy Frank Knox
in special ceremony today will
present the navy "E" for excel
lence to VickerS, Inc. 400 Oak
man boulevard, Detroit, for the
firms work in production of vital
war equipment for the feet.
Several other firms will be SIM
ilarly honored. The awards mean
that the firms will be entitled TO
fly the bureau of ordnance flag
while their workers will he given
buttons bearing the "E"' insignia,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24

Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and
Gene Krupa.
Continued his musical studies,
developed into one OF Americas
ace arrangers. Organized Ray
Nobeps first American band in
1885. Evolved the Unusual voicing
for the reed section that became
the identifying mark Of the Miller
style.
BY this time, he had decided to
turn his band-building talents TO
his own advantage. Discourage
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Army Air Corps
May Develop
Northern Bases
BY THEODORE A. HUNTLEY
r,r,,s star Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.--With
conjectures running rampant on
the sire and scope Of the new,
super defense program TO defeat
Hitler In 1943, talk in the nations
capitol now is shifting TO how
America will prepare to put this
ttndreamed-of war effort To work.
II Ia obvious that America has
neither the air bases. naval bases
nor army camps 10 accommodate
what the best information says
will amount 10 125.000 aircraft
and a trebled or quadrupled pro-
duction Of ships. tanks and army
ordnance equipment.
Another factor which enters the
picture is the rapidly-widenlng
geographical nature of the war.
With Siberia. European Russia.
Greenland and Iceland being drawn
into the theater of war. the Amer
ican forces are TO be trained for
possible warfare under climaticI
conditions comparable TO those
found in those regions.
PLAN NORTHERN MANEUVERSI
Surveyors, land scouts. army en-
gineers and officers of the air
force have been moving swiftly
and as secretly as possible through
northern New York state and New
England in the last few days lay
ing the groundwork for govern
ment acquisition of additional huge
areas of land. These are TO be
used in the next series OF land
maneuvers and for expansion of
the present system of northeastern
air bases.
New bases may be established In
northern Michigan. il is believed.
The navy's great operation air
base at Quonsett Point, r. l., and
the army's present air bases at
Hartford, Conn, Portland. Me-,
and Manchester. N. H., are to be
supplemented, according 10 au-
thoritative sources, by new bases
in the same areas and in northern
New York.
From here American air forces
could be sent out to intercept any
foe approaching along the grand
circle steamship lane followed by
ships and planes traversing the
Atlantic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Doctors Formula
Stirs Up Lazy
Liver Bile

Right Way To Relieve Constipation
and Feel 'Tip-Top" In Morningl
II liver bile doesn't flow freely ererv
day into your Neutrality-suspicious.
with its headaches and that "half-alive"
feeling often result. So stir up your liver
bile secretion and zee how much better
you should feeli Just try DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets used 30 successfully for years
by DIR. F. M. Edwards for his patients
with constipation and sluggish bile.
Olive Tablets, being purely ssOetabls.
are wonderful They not only stimulate
bile flow 10 help digest fatty foods bot
also help elimination. Get box TO-DAY.
I5s, SOC, coz. An drugstores.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
$4,000 Fire

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct.
I24.-QNS) Damage was esti-
mated at S150.000 today after a
fire of undetermined origin swept
"a main Salt Lake City business
block last night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Light Truck Cut
Order Continues

International News Service Wire
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Pri-
critics Director Donald NJ. Nelson
today issued an order of continued
curtailment of light truck produc-
ton through December.
Approximately 100000 light
trucks, less than Il tons, may be
produced during the five-month
period, August-December, depend
ing upon availability of materials
a reduction of Ia per cent below
the same period in 1910.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Dear ArabeIIa'
Times Song Hit TO Be Published in Sunday Comic
Seetion-Seleeted by Band Leader Glenn Miller

Irie fires and other droughts. the
Miller family moved TO Grand
City. No., when Glenn was u.
Here a butcher for whom he did
odd jobs presented him with a
battered trombone as part OF his
salary.
Delighted. Glenn practic d
avidly, landed a berth with the
town band. He traded In his old
trombone for a pair Of shoes,
bought a new slip-horn with his
meager earnings. and again the
Millers were on the move :. this
time TO Fort Morgan, Colo. where
Glenn enrolled in high school.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Princess to Speak

Princess Paul Saphieha, Ameri-
can-born wife of a Polish Prince,
will open the Fall season of the
Catholic Forum Sunday evening at
the Art Institute. il was announced
today. The princess. author of
Polish Profile" will speak on
Life in the Conquered Countries"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
GEORGE M. Cohan Improves

NEW YORK. Oct. 24-QNS)-
George NJ. Cohan, veteran actor
and producer. today was reported
resting very comfortably" at the
Fifth Avenue-Flower Hospita |
where he underwent an abdominal
operation last Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24

parents numerous trips TO Euro
pean capitals, she decided 10 learn
nothing else-and con-
quered the difficult language while
still in her teens.
CAN'T SLEEP
Naturally the only diplomette in
Washington and in Russia. even
tually, is thrilled and can't sleep
nights for thinking about her job.
Natafiais duties as attache TO
the Polish embassy in the Soviet
Union will be heavy.
She must not only perform the
regular duties of an attache but
also be in charge of helping hun
dreds OF thouSandssof Polish women
now widely scattered throughout
Russ locate families for the
Polish soldiers now fighting with
the Russian troops and prove her
self an arch-diploniat.
AS the daughter of an arIsto-
cratic Polish lawyer and the step
daughter OF Polands sugar king,
DIR. Karol Sachs. Natalia was sent
TO convent schools in Italy, France
and England, and during vacations
in Warsaw was kept firmly in the
background.
Topping of the long years Of
schooling. Nataiia persuaded her
mother 10 send her 10 the Cnlver-
sity OF Geneva.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
Glamour Diplomacy
Poles Appoint Sugar Kings Beautiful Step Daughter
as Attaehe TO Embassy at Soviet Capital
BY LEE CARSON
Init News Service Stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Oct. "a. - The
war has changed many things. but
the only attractive shift in scenery
we can think Of offhand is credited
the Poles.
For the first time the Poles have
officially and Internationally ap-
pointed a woman--a young and
pretty one at that--to their con-
sular corps.
Twenty-seven-year-old Natalia
AszkenaZy will leave any minute
now for Russia and the position OF
attache at the Polish embassy
wherever the Soviet capital may
be by the time she arrives.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
WORKED IN BEET FACTORY

He worked in a sugar beet fac
tory, swept out aSbarber shop to
earn money for his musical, train
ing. He graduated from high school
at II. a good student, but better
trombonist. Spent two years at
University of Colorado. Then mar
ried. Joined Ben Pollock's great
string band. Met Benny Goodman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24

Band leader of the week; Glenn
Miller, tall bespectacled maestro,
who has selected the first
WEEKLY SONG HIT ;. :. 10 be
published complete with words
and music. ready TO play and sing
in this Sundays issue of The
Detroit, Sunday Times.
Look for this song. Dear Ara
bella" written by Sidney Lipman
and Stan Joseloff, on the back
page Of Puck, The Comic Weekly,
which will come with your Detroit
Sunday Times.
Remember, this song with words
and music and piano arrangement
is song which Miller predicts
the whole country will be singing,
whistling, dancing soon.
SOME FACTS ABOUT HIM
Some facts about Glenn Miller:
Born in Clarinda, Iowa. 81
years ago. Moved to a farm in
Nebraska. His first job: Milking
COWS.
Discouraged by bad crops. prai-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
AWAITS BOY FRIEND

Natalia's departure, curiously
enough, rests on the return Of her
best beau, Jan Drojohowski, who
has been waiting in Lisbon for a
transatlantic clipper. The day
Count Drojohowski shows up at
the Polish embassy here, Natslia
and her vitamin pills, tweed suits,
stout shoes and fur-lined coat will
take of for Russia
One OF the decisive factors in
the choice OF a young girl TO serve
a. sttache IN the hot-spot was
Natsiia's command OF Russian
Born in Moscow on one Of her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
RADIO
DEPART EMIT

Complete stock Of fine, ma
tionslly famous radios. Emer-
son, Zenith, Philco and others.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24

Three complete studios-four
Registered Optometrists-A
physician -oeulist 60 serve you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24
JEWELRY
RemodeIing Dept.

Equipped to tackle any task!
Every type of reinodelins
done quickly, economically!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24

ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-24

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Evening star., 1941-03-24
Senate Reverses Earlier Vote
On ConnedBeefFromA Argentina
Roll Call Corrected to Record Omitted Ballot
For Plan to Permit Purchases by Navy

Senator Adams, Democrat. of Colo
radO. who had opposed the amend
ment, referred briefly to Mr.. Wal
lace'S absence last week.
Senator Adams returned to Mr.
Wallaces luncheon. and under the
mistaken impression that the
amendment had been adopted. had
told the Vice President that the
cause of justice had been defeated" 4"
Then Mr.. Wallace decided TO remain
at the luncheon.
Il am happy that this correction
can be made" Senator Adams de-
clared with a smile, because it veri-
fies and lustlfies the statement
made to the Vice President
After the action. Senator Taft.
Republican. of Ohio said he could
not see how Congress could have
passed the appropriation bill con-
Stltutlonally as members voted on
final passage believing the commit
tees beef amendment had lost
Some members, he said, might
have voted against the bill had they
known OF the error in the vote.
Vice President Wallace replied that
the correction of the journal was
the only point before the chamber
Evening star., 1941-03-24
House Group Takes
Preliminary Steps
For D. T.. 'B|ackout'
National Guard, Legion,
Scouts and Others
Pledge Cooperation
BY JAMES f. CHINN.

Preliminary steps for an expert
mental "blackout' of Washington
Stimulating war conditions were
taken today by the Special Sub
committee on National Defense of
the House District Committee amid
promises of cooperation from the
National Guard, American Legion
Boy Scouts and the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co.
Only one note of disapproval was
injected into the plans. 1t came
from Frank Bane, director of the
division of State and local CO.
operation of the Council of National
Defense, who said he saw no neces-
sity" at present for such a demon
Stration.
The War Department has been
working on plans for all activities
of that kind in connection with air
defense. the erection of bomb shell
terS, etc he declared. Those
plans are far advanced"
Chairman Randolph of the Dis
trict Committee and also head of
the defense subcommittee, who pro-
posed the experimental 'blackout. "
remarked that he realized the plans
to carry it out would have to be
developed by military authorities
in connection with civilian organi-
cations.
Gen. Albert L. Cox commander of
tSee BLACKOUT, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Soviet Reported to Have Banned
Oil for Reich Since March |
Russian Aid Short of War for Turks
Declared Promised in Amty Statement

mean the same aid for Turkey
principally supplies-as Russia
has been supplying China
The declaration, it was said, will
contain these three points:
l. Denial of "rumors spread
abroad that if Turkey enters the
war, Russia will stab her in the
back:
,. Assurance that if Turkey is
obliged to fight, Russia will main
tain benevolent neutrality" toward
her;
3. Reciprocal Turkish assurances
to the Soviet.
According to this information. it
will be based on the Turkish
Russian on-aggression pact of
1926.
Some political sources said it was
negotiated by Soviet Premier and
Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff Mo-
lotoff and Atkay Alihaydar, Turk
ish Ambassador to Moscow They
said the declaration would not be
limited to a signed agreement and
that there were secret clauses SpeCi-
fically mentioning the help TO be
given Turkey by Russia in case of
Turkish conflict with Germany.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Railway Mail Clerk Found
Dead, Rifle by Side

Alfred Sidney Morgan, Al, rail-
way mail clerk, was found shot to
death today in his home at 1928
jackson street NE. A % caliber
rife was found beside him.
Mr.. Morgans body was found
shortly after m. Police said that
his wife, Mrs. Flora Lee Morgan,
heard a shot and rushed into the
second floor bedroom where Mr.
Morgan had slept. There was a
bullet wound in his head.
DR.. William H. Norton of Mount
Rainier, Md was summoned and
pronounced Mr. Morgan dead. Mem
bers of his family told police he had
been highly nervous for some time
Mr.. Morgan, native of Wash
ington, is survived by his parents,
widow ana two young children
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald is
investigating.
Evening star., 1941-03-24

counts about 45OO,OOO inhabitants,
there are more than 100000 regis
tered unemployed. One foresees a
still higher figure for the months
to come. And these terrifying fig
ures do not include the hundreds
of thousands of workers and en-
ployes who work only two or three
days q week to conserve the few
remains of primary material which
the German administration has left
to the disposition of the owners.
In the north of France familiar
system of division of work has given
the following results: Twenty-four
hours per week and per household,
while if the worker wishes to col
laborate" with the German authori-
ties, they offer him at once so hours
of work as an individual.
The unemployed receive about
80 cents day. With 80 cents, in
Evening star., 1941-03-24
PS the Associated Press.

Reversing previous vote, the
Senate approved today a proposal
to permit Navy purchases of canned
Corned beef from Argentina.
The proposal, offered as an amend
ment to the naval supply bill. failed
on a tie vote of 80 TO 80 last week.
Vice President Wallace was enter
tanning at luncheon and thus was
not present TO break the tie.
Without objection, the Senate to-
day approved a motion by Senator
Barkley of Kentucky, the ma jorltv
leader, to correct the roll call to
make the vote 33 TO 80 in favor Of
the amendment The amendment
then was ordered engrossed as a
part of the naval bill.
Senator Barkley made his motion
after Senator Russell. Democrat. of
Georgia, had told the Senate he had
voted for the amendment but that
his vote had not been recorded
Minority Leader McNary agreed
that the roll call and the Senate
journal should conform to the
truth" Senator McNary said he
was satisfied that Senator Russell
actually had voted for the amend
ment.