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mendations regarding government jobs. One recommendation was to exempt legal jobs from civil service in order to make it easy for the government to hire the type of lawyers it wanted
 Frankfurter lso recommended that these government lawyers were to be approved by the Solicitor General. This was the job which Tom Corcoran wanted = Solicitor General. Friends further believe that Frankfurter did not want Cor coran to have this key post where he could select future lawyers for the government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-30
NO ROOMS FOR RENT

A young woman is looking for a bed and a bureau and a place to wash her silk stockings. She has a job but she hasn't a home. She came to Washington, thinking it would be hard to find a job. She was wrong. And easy to find a room. Again wrong.
 Whether she is a blonde from Boston or a brunette from Baton Rouge, she and her civil service sisters are looking for any respect able place that has bed in the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-30
WUU[kN [iluUCIIL ROBERTA LEE

sending card friend who staying at apart should friends be written the 
 this will avoid mistake in the delivery of the card birth of baby? A relatives close friends.
 S a appear in around club while his s posted for membership?
 form the club until he is as a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-30
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS MIsUsED not Such talk makes me tired" Say Such talk annoys me"
 Pronounce fol- seo first o as in OR as in SET second syllable
 MSSPEIIED Guieless; observe the LEL
 Rural rustic pastoral, bucolc
 three times and 1t is yours Let us word day Todays wod OSTENTATOUS pretenou This true phanoph that burles gold builds hospital the human heart..-Harley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-30
Townsend Members Meet Tomorrow for
 Business, Dancing

Members of the local organization of the Townsend Club will hold their regular weekly business meeting to- morrow night at o'clock in the Union Hall The meeting will be followed by several hours of dancing to music furnished by musicians of the club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-30
TANKS FOR BRITAIN

Tanks, the biggest need of the British after airplanes, will soon be rolled off the assembly lines at the rate Of 1000 per month. Even at the present rate of production tanks are beginning to pile up in New York.
 Of these, 800 a month will go to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-30
This Mouse Ran Up
 The Adding Machine

PINEVILLE, Ky, Sept. 30 = A persevering mouse made his home in an adding machine at the WPA commodities office.
 Every time he built a nest some one used the machine and tore il up. Finally the nest clogged the machine so badly that repairmar was called. He blocked hole b, which the mouse had entered, anc .thesmolA.se; WI 2 ptef home. \
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-30
20 YEARS AGO FME Tfn EMPIRE
SEPTEMBER 30, 1921

SEPTEMBER 30 1921
 Judge Wckeham, Mrs L. s. Botsord ana Mrs Scott Bone among guests dinner party given by s. Marshal George D. Beaumont for Judge T. M Reed
 announced by Mfs Marie Secretary Education One was at the other at Kasaan
 McCoskey Richardson was to have charge Railway office here during the Mcei a to the south.
 SommeIs of the Castineau Hotel LOOK complete building, including the cafe Beaumont announced the appoint ment of Joyce aler Federal Jail here killed three injured in hurricane at Chchaso which of Mining Company Weather: High 45; rain.
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|. STERsA to Health with Better | Feet rhone 648. Chiropodist Dl
 Stevess '-----zady:
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mount to be dustry completed Chal Misunderstanding company and turned to u which took place the aPorte the company Shown left to right Lieut. Gov Charles ndiana Max w. Babb president and
 Col Armstrong the Chicago ordnance district
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

(Continued from Page One)
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Weather: High, 50; low, 45; rain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Labor Dispute
Hints Tieup Of
State. Printing
Time. star oorr.possea,

LANSING, Oct. 2l.-Wage nego-
tiationS between the Typographical
union and the Franklin De Kleine
Printing Company today threats
ened TO tie up all state printing.
Union leaders, who are asking
for a 10-cent-an-hour increase in
pay. told the state board of audi
tors they met with stone wall
when their demands were placed
before De Kleine.
Superintendent of public inStruc-
ton Eugene B. Elliott. chairman
OF the board, said De Kleine had
asked the state 10 break its print
ing contract. which runs until
July l, and renew il with a II per
cent increase. Whether the amount
can be increased is expected to be
answered today when Elliott meets
with Budget Director Leo j.
Nowicki.
The De Kleine Company enjoys
the exclusive right 10 do the states
printing, which amounts To about
S250, 900 a year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Strikers
To. Hear
Do;hert.y
CONTINUED from Page Three)

Continued from Page Three
more suspensions, Kincaid charged
that the strike was inspired by
"Nazi agents" and asked that the
FBI investigate the backgrounds
of the Is men.
FBI officials here refused to
comment on the request.
Company spokesman said that
the strike was resulting i'm q
daily production loss of nearly
5000 tons of steel ingots, 1.400
tons of coke and 1000 tons of pig
iron.
In addition, construction of a
plate mill. which was being rushed
for defense contracts, has been
stopped.
Leaders OF the strike charge
that the minimum wage scale paid
by the company is below that for
comparable work in other Detroit
factories.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Rent Control Bill
Would Set Precedent

WASHIN GTON. Oct. IL
QNS)-"Boom town" Washington
will set a national precedent if the
District of Columbia rent-control
bill, unanimously approved by the
House district committee today,
passes House and Senate. II ap-
proved the bill would freeze rents
In the district as of Jan. 1, 1871,
and would terminate Dec. 1, 1915.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21

eOoPAY15c Lintone shades hang at mil
lions of windows today as much for their
beauty as for low price. They wear amaz-
ingIy, too, and don't crack, ravel or
Pinhole.
Now an entirely new kind of Lintone
Shade. has been added to the CLoPAY
line. When the lower end gets soiled,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Sears
.ParIeys
Resume

With Some progress reported
at their first meeting. officials OF
Sears Roebsck & Company and
the United Wholesale and Retail
Employees Union tCIO) were TO
confer again today with State
Labor Mediator Edward NJ Owen
in an effort 10 end the lo-day-old
strike against the company.
The first meeting Of the COM
pany and union was held yesterday
afternoon in the labor board Of
fees. The company contends that
only a small number Of its en-
ployes are on strike. None OF its
three stores has been closed by
the dispute.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21

Increases elastic
ity and resistance
TO tearing; makes
shade hang and
roll straight.
Exclusive with
CLoPAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Urges Neutrality Repeal

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-(INS)-
Calling for complete repeal of the
Neutrality Act. Secretary of the
Interior Harold l.. Ickes today
declared in an address that the
act "can serve no purpose now
other than to hahdicap our efforts
to defeat Hitler"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Es-FeIon Guilty in Girl Case

Albert Thomas, 80, an eX-con-
vict, today was found guilty by
Circuit Judge Guy A. Miller OF
attempted attack upon an 1S-year-
old Wyandotte girl. He will be
sentenced after a report by the
probation department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Hudson Reopens
.As~SteeI Plant
Strike Ends

Out OF work for one week be-
cause of a shortage Of materials
caused by a strike at the Midland
Steel Products Company. Cleve-
land. employees of, the Hudson
Motor Car Company began re-
turning to work today with full
production scheduled for tomor-
row. when 1000 men will be back
on their jobs.
The Midland strike was settled
Saturday and workers in the Hud-
son rear axle department, machin-
ing and gear assembly returned
to their jobs today with all other
employees ordered to report at
their regular start times tomor-
row.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21

The American ship Of State
wtiI never be sunk n we have
enough battleships for defense.
lou can help build them by
making q habit OF buying De-
tense Savings Bonds and Stamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Mines
May Halt
LIN Strike

BIkmlNOftAm, Ala, NCt. Zl.-
A strike of more than 1000 miners
at four Birmingham mines was
expected TO spread TO all captive
and commercial mines I'm the state
today with the possibility that a
total of $4,000 Alabama miners
may be affected.
The strike. outgrcwth OF efforts
of the United Mine Workers tCfO1
to obtain a new contract for state
miners, began last night at the
Flat Top and Lewisburg mines of
the SloSs-Sheffield Steel and Iron
Company and the Mulga and
|Dolomite workings of the Wood
ward Iron Company.
The Go miners have been
working under a temporary agree
ment since last May and are pro-
testing against a delay by the
NDMB in announcing recomnfen-
dations for a new contract.
PACT IN EAST NEAR
WASHINGTON, o C I. 21-
(INS) - Headquarters of the
United Mine Workers today an
nounced the joint scale commit
tee. of the Central Pennsylvania
Coal Producers Association and
VIVA District No. 2 had reached
an agreement except for one
small item" and that the wage
pact will be signed in Altoona,
Pa, tomorrow.
UNIV says the new agreement
will name wage scale changes of
not more than one or two cents
perhour for individual mines
based on local conditions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21

SIR EARL c. q. PAGE
Australians new representa-
tive in Britain's war cabinet
pictured as he stepped from
the Singapore Clipper at San
Francisco en- route to London.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21

A PERSONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM
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* YOUR COUNTRY AND YOU!
-soeRowwrszY- sAvumeulARlY-Bulda
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> MONTHLY consolidating all charge
~ accounts insalnent n one
bank oan u Defense
:. pAYYovR suls-Bonow the money if necessary uaon-
YOUR GOVERNMENT THROUGH encourage.
Tense workers For this 900 available
ADanstore repair remodel rednsnce dance ~
= the attic and sidewalks of your s
and aue Repair and modern1e your heating
G dmetom whene earnings are high
s9ns 'ss y' n next year will b; considerably .st higher
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21

Gen. Hugh 8. Johns n.
"Amoricas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily fo- the Times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21

Gen. Hugh 8. John o n,
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-21
Suicide Laid to III Health

JACKSON, Oct. 81. - Poor
health was blamed by police today
for the shotgun suicide of Marquis
L. Barrett, IA.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06
.On~StQqe
And
Screen

Hollywood. Aug. SUP Paulette
Goddard had the influenza to-
day and postponed the 45-second
kiss she will bestow upon a 40
year-old Hollywood restaurant
owner-if his wife doesn't object.
H. B. Clifford, the restaurant
man, brought in 335 pieces OF
aluminium and won the kiss, first
prize, in a pots and pans derby"
sponsored by Paramount pictures
to aid the national defense drive.
-Mrs-R. Andrews and son Michael,
6. contributed 191 pieces for the
top womans prize of tour
through the studio and the set of
Reap The Wild Wind" Miss
Goddards latest picture.
Paramount said a total OF A.
ISL pieces of scrap aluminium
weighing a ton we're brought in.
Valerie Parks, blonde dancing
star. has found her own way to
bolster morale among the men in
military service. Once a week she
will select three non-commission-
ed men in uniform from the au-
dience of the local theater where
she is appearing and take them
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

home for a real home-cooked
dinner"
Comedian Harold Lloyd today
lost an appeal before the county
board of supervisors to have the
assessed valuation of his Bene-
dict Canyon home reduced by
$130,455. Lloyd claimed the as
sessment of .s279,365 was out Of
proportion to surrounding assess
ments. The county previously had
lowered the valuation $4,000.
ut amt so bad. All you gotta
do is relax"
This is the formula for motion
picture acting developed by Billy
Conn, heavyweight prize fighter,
after two weeks of appearance
before the cameras in The Pitts
burgh Kid" ~
Director Jack Townley said,
however, that Conn was a little
too relaxed and he almost had to
ring a bell to get him to "act."
When Conn first started work at
the studio Tewnley said It-took
10 takes to complete the shoot
ing of each scene. Now Conn has
improved and requires only the
normal three.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06
NkZWNMS W7Hl7
RICHARD HOUGH7OW/

his methods.
"And I'd like board as well as
room," Jones was saying. 1--we
eaten In restaurants so long I'm
willing to pay well for home cook
ing"
"Okay," said Henry. I'VE turn to
the right here. It's about a mile.
Hope you don't mind the waikiki"
Mrs. Potter was surprised to Sc
them.
Even before introducing his
guest, Henry put his wife in a re-
ceptive mood by handing her the
pay check. He announced, "Mr.
Brown Is giving me two weeks va
cation-so can solve the murder!
Ny dear, this is Mr.. John Jones. He
would like to board and room with
us for while"
Mrs. Potter's mouth dropped
open. 1t was the response Henry
had hoped for. She was too startled
to ask questions about the vaca-
ton. He might be able to avoid tell
ing her, for while, that It was
taking the place of his spring va
cation and her trip to Boulder dam.
"Come-in,n2 hreathed Mrs. Pot
ter. She was staring queerly at Mr..
Jones.
Henry and his guest-or guard
shook the water off their clothes
before stepping across the thresh-
old. Henry pointed into the parlor
Make yourself comfortable for a
few minutes. guess my wife and
I had better talk this over"
"Oh, sure!"
The Potters retired % the kitch-
en-. AS soon as the kitchen door
was shut Mrs. Potter demanded,
who is that MANI"
I'm not sure" Henry grinned
with confidence that was new to
him. II think he's a detective"
Henry Potter! Are you crazy?
Bringing him here :"
Il can't be arrested for that.
Wen charge him plenty. Might as
well make money out of the deal"
But you know why he's here
Hes watching you!"
I've nothing to hide. This Is a
good way to convince him had
no connection with the death of
John Ives. Anyway, I'm sure I'm
not being watched any more than
are the other seven who were at
the model railroad club last night"
That's what you think Laur-
ence Hardness was over this morn
ing to borrow a shovel. There was
no one following him. Susan Baker
telephoned. She hidn't say anything
about a detective. Stanley King
drove past in his car. He was all
alone"
Henry began to feel uneasy.
(To Be COntinued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

the little clerk as soon as the storm
shielded the mems voices.
Perhaps" the big man num-
bled, turning his collar up around
his neck again. But how do we
know there isn't something in what
she believes?"
You don't really think :"
mo, I doubt that John Ives will
be at the meeting tonight-but I'm
not sure. None Of us will be sure.
Uncertainty will Turk In our minds.
Suppose it is possible for him to
come back?"
Henry shivered In spite Of him
self.
That father Of hers" observed
Jones. changing the subject, Hes
a little childish? ?"
II wonder that Mr.. King trusts
him. I wouldn't want him around
my place"
What does the old man do for
King?"
HE gardens on the King estate.
It's big place. King got 1t by a
foreclosure years ago-before 1
came to this part Of the country.
1 understand it used to belong to
a large very rich fsmily,".-.s----
'Many live there now?"
king lives all alone-except for
that old man, who's been with him
as long as 1 can remember"
Loyalty" unused Jones, as a
wonderful thing" The men were
watching their steps as they re-
turned down the hill because the
dirt road was slippery with mud.
"I'll have to find a place to stay.
Any boarding house around here ?"
do you expect to remain long ?"
Henry asked with feigned surprise
He knew very well by now that 1t
was the killing that had brought
Mr.. Jones to the village, and that
he wouldn't be leaving until 1t was
cleared up.
"Um-m," replied Jones. ION sec
ond thought-you haven't a spare
room in your house, have you?"
The little Clerk was genuinely
startled. He said nothing for a mo-
ment, then muttered to himself,
why not ?"
What was that you said?"
Nothing. 1 have a habit Of
thinking out loud"
bad habit. You ought to try to
stop It. 1t might be dangerous
some time"
Henry was thinking, silently,
this time, that there would be a
distinct advantage in having a de-
tective as a roomer. Perhaps Henry
could turn the tables by watching
him instead Of being watched. II
there was any chance of getting to
the bottom Of this murder maybe
Detective Jones would show the
way, Henry could at least study
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06
Fish ChaSeS Man up Tree
to Win Him Liars Prize
Central Press So~ndphoto

Livingston, Mont, Aug. SAP
Man-eating trout in Royals River
In Maine got so mad when a Massa-
chusetts fisherman started to fish
with a rod and fly instead OF club
that they chased him up a tree,
then jumped up and down swapping
at his heels.
That reads like lie.
Well, 1t is. But 1t won for John
Gould, Yarmouth. Maine. newspa-
perman, the fish story telling cham
pionship of the Liars Club Of the
Livingston Trout Derby.
In submitting his tale Gould not
ed that the prize was fly rod. For
that he has no use because here
in Yarmouth we go down behind
the office when we want some fish
and we hit them over the head when
they come up on the bank to pick
-hlueheFFies /"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06
SYNOPSIS

Henry Potter starts to walk 20 the
village in the rain for an evening Of
checkers. His umbrella collapses and he
seeks shelter at long-closed wildwood
railroad club is operating its elaborate
train system. A few minutes later John
Ives. member Of tie club. is found shot
to death in the train dispatcher's tiny
room. The next day. accompanied by a
stranger named John Jones. whom
Henry suspects is a policeman assigned
TO the Job OF shadowlng him. Henry
goes to ives house and learns that the
dead man left a letter In which Ives
foretold his own death. Mrs. Willett,
Ives housekeeper. suggests that they
road club. She says Ives. who believed
in Spiritualism, can come back from
death to point out his murderer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

BERLIN UP The Soviet en-
bassy in Paris was equipped with
armor-plated doors, bombs and ma
chine guns and an electric incin-
orator for the disposal of bodies,
an official announcement said to-
day. The announcement said that
after the German government had
been informed of a Russian search
of the German embassy in Moscow
it ordered searches OF the Soviet
embassies in Berlin and Paris.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

Mrs. Ruth Hainer and son Gene.
Ann Arbor. and mother. Mrs. Sarah
buckingham. spent sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Leiiel. Maybee.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Strom and
family spent Sunday a. Whitmore
Lake.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

sponsors for the baptism OF the In
FAINT daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John
Simonds, Wayne, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold NJ. Smith,
Willis, have moved in the Day farm
on Willow Rd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Crankshaw,
Paw Paw. were Monday morning
visitors and breakfast guests at
the r. c. Lamkin home.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. Simonds, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Sasser, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Smith, Mr.. and Mrs,
Alonzo Smith and family and Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Hall spent Satur'
day evening at Huron River Park
Mrs. Leroy Painter visited her
sister-in-law, Mrs. John Bobicz. Jr,,
and infant daughter, Mary Louise
at Boyer Hospital. Saturday.
James Ostrander, Jr, Curtis,
visited his sister and brother-in'
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Strawe last
week. He and Mrs. Strawe spent
Wednesday and Thursday In Cleve'
lanu, w., visiting lTlenus.
Mrs. w. J. Bodley and grand
daughter Elizabeth, returned Satur
day evening from a two week visit
in Cayuga, N. Y.
Ruth Simonds has returned home
from a ten day stay at Lakeside
Park at Brighton.
Mrs. Lottie Linnenkugel and son
were "Wednesday evening visitors al
the Frank Sikorski home.
Ulia Brown, Ann Arbor. spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Brown. =
Sunday guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
Earnest Williams were Mrs./1ottie
Fransworth, Lincoln Park, Mrs
Winnie Richmond, Mesick. Mr., and
Mrs. Fred Griffin, and Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Griffin and family, Ypsi
lanti.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kramer and
Mr.. and Mrs. La Vern Kramer
Mooreville. were Friday evening
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

WASHINGTON UP-When de-
Tense officials imposed priority COR
trolls over such metals as aluminium
and nickel. they urged thar plas-
ties be substituted Tor non-defense
purposes. Now a shortage has de-
yeloped In certain Of the substi-
tutes and the Office Of Price Al
ministration and Civilian supply Is
going 10 ration them 10 civilian US
ers
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

LONDON APP Prime Minis
ter Churchill will not take part
in the forthcoming House of
Commons debate on the progress
OF the war, it was reported Tues
day. Clement Attlee, Lord Privy
Seal and deputy leader of Com
mons. will open the debate.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
will take part If the government
believes he is required.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06
ATTEND FUNERAL

Whitaker. Mich, Aug. g. Mr..
and Mrs. o. f. Vedder attended the
funeral OF Levi Bordlne at the Stew
ems and Bush Funeral Home at
Milan, Saturday afternoon.