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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Change Sought
OH PrObatiOns

Reorganization OF Washtenaw
County probation program is be-
ing suggested to county board Of
supervisors by Probation Officer
C. II. Hemingway.
Recommendation is made that
the probation officer be made a
full time official at salary colu-
mensurate with the number OF pro.
bationers under his supervision #
the probation officer is to continue
as a part time official his salary
should be fixed at that paid in
other counties with comparable
number OF probationers. the Of
ficer explains.
He requests that II IL IS legally
possible a charge should be made
for collection OF restitution. Col
lections should be spent for rehabi-
litation OF the probationer, the Of
fcers suggests.
Where the probation officer holds
another county Office the monthly
probation fees should be abolished
and the costs and fines reduced. Mr..
Hemingway explains.
The number OF probationers has
increased IS per cent this year
There was POI on probation at the
beginning OF the year. The num-
Der on probation Sept. 30 was 2i5.
Law prescribes that each proba-
toner shall be visited on an aver
age of onca a month.
I'm 1870 the receipts we're the
greatest in a decade and totaled
s7,39113. These are divided in
probation feas. s16sf90; costs.
s2,53s97: fines. s1,19247: restitu.
ton. s1.200.39: support. s69340;
miscellaneous. $50. The county re-
ceived fees. costs and fines, to-
falling S5,4l3.3f Restitution was
paid TO those who suffered losses
while support was paid TO proba.
toners departments"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Japs Still Seek
to Talk Peace

Washington. Oct. 1S-UP- The
japanese government has communi-
Gated 10 the United States desire
to continue peace talks" despite
Japan's political upheaval, 1t was
learned today.
The japanese acted to ease ten
sion in the Pacific after world re-
action had coupled collapse of the
Konoye cabinet with possibility
of new thrust by japanese armed
forces. The oyertures were re-
ceived with some skepticism but
max cup OF the new Tokyo govern
ment led obssrv >rs here to a more
optimistic view.
Officials declined comment on the
new japanese cabinet headed by
Lieut.. Gen. Hideki Toto pending
Qualification of its policies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Sale of Scrap
Metal Urged

Collection of scrap iron In Wash.
tenaw County Friday and today was
discussed by county defense coun-
Gil members in Ann Arbor City
Hall Friday night.
In Ypsilanti. Mayor Ross X
Bower asked residents, manufac.
turers and city departments to
take scrap metal to junk dealers
who have arranged to purchase IL.
The proclamation Is a method of
getting metal in the market imme-
diately.
Junk dealers agree to send
trucks to make collections at places
where materials are larger than
can be conveniently brought 70
their yards.
A similar plan OF collection s
followed in Ann Arbor.
In the smaller towns OF the coun-
ty such as Chelsea, Manchester
and Dexter. residents are notifying
junk dealers in Detroit, Ann Arbor
and Ypsilanti.
Federal government need for pig
iron and scrap metals is stressed
through Board OF Commerce
groups, schools and factories. Re-
quest for specific collection dates
came from Michigan Council CT
Defense.
Mrs. Glenn B. Arnold. this city.
vice chairman of the county coun-
Gil, attended the meeting. Mrs.
Fred A. Battelle, this city, was a
guest member.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

sions on IAN Americans Position
in the World Crisis" and Initiation
and Its Effects. hey will be led
by c. j. LaFleur. Wsverly, N. Y,
and by Frank Eisengruber, Bay
Port, Mich.
This evening at Z o'clock 10 Hc
tel Huron, there has been arranged
a banquet for the Cleary alumni
and their friends. Special speaker
will be S. l.. A. Marshall, noted
commentator, who will speak on
The Pan-American Situation and
Its Effect on the United States.
a musical program will be pro.
vided during the banquet by Henry
Morley, orchestra director of Gle
airy College, and there will be
dancing afterward until midnight
at the college. Miss Mildred Walk
err. president Of the Detroit Alumni
Club. will be the banquet toast.
mistress.
Ronald Avery. Jackson, president
of the Fellowship, has been in
charge OF arrangements.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
CHANGE MADE IN
PLANS FOR FORD
BOMBER FACTORY
Paint Department to be at
Angle With East End,
Exit on Airport
BRICKLAYERS WORK ON
NEW SIDE OF BUILDING
Steel Being Erected at
Power Plant South of
Factory Site


Structural plans on the east end
Of the 5000 foot assembly build
ing at Ypsilanti bomber plant have
been changed to include 400 foot
south bay for an airplane paint de
partment.
Originally the plan was to have
the paint shop at the east end OF
the assembly building with planes
going directly from the paint shop
to the airport, east Of Jacksonville
Rd. Now. the paint shop will run
south of the assembly structure
at the extreme east end. The new
department will still allow planes
to be run directly on the field but
will provide a separate department
for paint work. The additional
section will be approximately 80
feet wide.
The 700 foot assembly building
has achieved its full width at the
west end connecting with the man
ufacturing structure.
Bricklayers started work Friday
on the north end of the manufac-
turing building Red brick work is
nearly completed on the west side
of the building and is finished on
the south side where blackout win.
dows have already been set.
Blackout windows have also been
placed on considerable portion
Of the west manufacturing struc-
ture.
AS temporary heating units for
workmen in the machine shop,
three large boilers are being erect
ed at the west end Of the plant.
Pipes run into the section where
men are already employed making
small parts for the B-24 bomber
TO be constructed at the completed
factory.
Another temporary oil heating
unit has been erected north of the
plant to heat wooden office quar-
tiers of contractors, Ford Motor Co.
departments and federal defense
corporation. Radiators have al
ready been attached in office
buildings.
Structural steel at the power
plant south of the bomber site is
being erected.
At the sewage disposal plant,
further south, concrete walls of
the two 2Sfoot circular digesting
tanks have been poured. Concrete
work on the sedimentation and
aerating tanks is nearly finished.
Five large cement mixers are in
use on the S25 acre airport. Crews
start at o'clock in the morning
and work late into the night. The
job is more than IS per cent fin
isbed. The $50 foot east and west
concrete runway through the cen
ter OF the airport has been poured.
A diagonal runway of the same
width from Ecorse and Denton
Rds. to Jacksonville and Tyler
Rds. intersection is also finished.
A shorter and narrower runway in
the same section Is also completed.
Work on the airport is expected to
be completed by Nov. 10.
To service the workers and
fCnpfiuuad On Da1a CtxA
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
SOUTHERN PRONG
Of NAZ| ATTACK
NOW THREATENED
Russians ReCapture Orel,
Slow Other Sections OF
German Drive
NAZI OFFICERS REPORTED
FLEEING IN UNDERWEAR
Important Railroad Station
in Leningrad Area
Also Retaken


Russia asserted today that the
Red army had recaptured the key
city OF Orel, 2lO miles south Of
Moscow, in what appears to be a
threat to the southern prong OF
the ferocious three-point German
drive on the Russian capital.
Further, it asserted that the
other two German spearheads had
been slowed by a combination CT
stubborn resistance and swift, pow
erful counter-attacks and that in
the Leningrad area the Russians
had recaptured an important rail
road station which the Germans
had held fora month.
Radio Moscow. in a broadcast
heard by the United Press listening
post in London, flashed the it,
port of the recapture of Orel. 10
miles south of Tula on the Kharkoy-
Moscow railroad.
II was in the vicinity OF Tula
that the German southern prong
of the Moscow drive was believed
to be thrusting eastward In an at
tempt to effect contact with a
force attacking from northwest of
Moscow and thus envelop the city.
Radio Moscow said the Russians
recaptured Orel in a dramatic night
attack which sent German staff Of
ficers and men of the garrison
fleeing through the streets in their
underclothes.
Orel was recaptured Tuesday
night, it was asserted.
The Germans fought fiercely 10
retake the town, it was said, but
failed to do so and sacrificed 1000
men, $50 tanks, 100 field guns aud
200 trucks in their attempt.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Courage Foils
Raid on Home

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct IS A
daring attempt to raid the home Of
Lewis Osborn. municipal golf pro
fessional residing at 542 Fuller St,
was thwarted by the courage and
teamwork OF Mr. Osborn and his
wife Friday night.
Two armed bandits Jack Wright,
10. this city. and Leonard Jones,
IS, Pinckney. knocked at the Os-
born's front door. Miss Catherine
Osborn answered, and they forced
her back into the living room where
her parents were seated. Wright
ordered Mr.. Osborn upstairs at the
point OF a gun, forced him to lay
face down across bed and started
tearing sheets TO bind him Ms.
Osborn was then ordered up, and
Wright put his gun in his pocket
while he started tearing more
sheets Mr. Osborn saw this, and
lunged a the youth, knocking him
down Mrs Osborn seized a shot
gun. broke II across Wrights head.
and then kicked him downstalrs.
SEQ EDER-page &
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

Wills team I. captain. Betty 10
Needles: Grace Cahours. Ann Win
ter Tnelma Lutz. Lorraine Grip.
pen. Elaine Power; Team II cap
tain, Maebelle Oelke. Phyllis LIE
Clair, Norma Wilson Lois Hopp,
Roberta Tibbitts. Joy Parrish.
Football team. team !. captain
William Rowe. Eugene Palmer.
l.. D. Harmon. Wendell Greenfield.
John Kelly, Clark Woolsey: Team
II, captain. I'd Smith. Pat O'Hara.
Nelson Boik. Fred Wolter. Bud
Meyer. Clyde King
Band team. major Max Peck.
Team ]. captain Gilbert Barnes.
George Regetz. Walter Hochrein.
Robert Tibbltts. Stanley Under
wood Duane Drake: Team II, cap
tain. George Dawson. Vanzetti
Hamilton, Dalphou Hamilton. Bill
Shuttle. Jack Wiltse Robert Court.
Tenth grade team, major. Roger
Kelly. Team l. captain. Duane
Thayer. Preston Tucker. Alice
Groos beck. Mary Fortney. Matthew
soller Robert Bower Team II. cap
tain. Elizabeth Fast. Elizabeth Am
stutz. Normamae Faulkner. Mari
Ign Marsh. Maxine Lutz, Eileen
Dolby: Team III, captain. DeLynn
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
OPM Turns to
Labor, Capital

Washington. Oct. 1s-UP-The
Office of Production Management
was understood today to be pre-
pairing a powerful public appeal TO
labor and industry to submerge
their differences so that arms pro
duction for national defense and
for Axis foes can go ahead unim-
paired during the critical period
ahead.
Usually well-informed officials
said thisowill constitute the action
which President Roosevelt said AT
Hyde Park. y. Y. soon would be
taken by the OPM in connection
with strikes and other work stop
nages on defense contracts
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

DES MONIES. Ia.--INS-A hand
some semi-professional baseball
player who was known here as Ed
Taylor today was sought as Clar-
ence Higginbotham, who escaped
prison after being sentenced for
the staying of William Lambert. %.
OF Birmingham, Ala. Taylor. or Hig-
ginbotham. was reported to have
fled the city shortly after a detec-
tive magazine appeared on the
news-stands with an account OF the
Lambert murder and pictures Of
Higgin botham.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
INJURIES CAUSE DEATH

Chicago. oct. Injuries
suffered Sept. q in an automobile
accident at Iron Mountain, Mich,
caused the death in Michael Reese
Hospital last night Of Vernon Aus
ton. 20, OF Lakeside. Mich. Aus
tin, a student at the Michigan Col.
lege OF Mines and Technology.
IIoughton. suffered broken neck
In the accident He had been
brought 10 the hospital here for
special treatment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
PrOwler Flees
Another Home

That prowler seems to be with
US still.
Attempted entry was made early
Friday night in the home of Mel
vim Lewis. 523 Fairview Circle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis left their
home about D. m, returned at
10 O'Clock and found a screen re-
moved from a basement window.
The window had been jimmied and
the lock broken but inside the
house nothing was disturbed.
Police theorize the intruder was
frightened away by the approach
of the Lewis automobile or by visit.
tors at nearby house who were
driving away at about the same
time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Cleary College Alumni in
psilanti FOR Convention

Cleary College alumni gathered
in Ypsilanti today for the ninth
annual National Cleary Fellowship
Convention.
Business sessions for delegates
were to be this afternoon at $3.50
at the college and were to include
the election OF new national of.
ficers and the reading OF annual
reports. Following the meeting.
there was to be round table discus
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

Lieut.. Gen. Hideki Tojo, above, is
reported attempting to form a
new Japanese cabinet following
the fall Of the Prince konoye gov
eminent. in which TOTO had served
as war minister. The konoye cab
met fell when II was unable TO
speedily conclude negotiations
with the United States for settle
ment Of problems in the Pacific.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Today in 1916

fBy Associated Press)
Russians make strong stand
against Germans on own border:
French complete occupation Of
Sally Saillisel in Somme area
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Congress Today

(By Associated Press)
CBy Associated Pressl
Both chambers in recess.
Friday
Senate IN recess.
House passed legislation 10
amend the Neutrality act to permit
srming OF merchant ships.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

ROME-UP-A high command
communiqus said today that British
planes had killed four persons.
wounded q and damaged buildings
in a raid on Syracuse in Sicily and
had bombed Elmas. near Cagliari in
Sicily, without doing damage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

WASHINGTON-AP- President
Roosevelt has asked Congress to
appropriate $50.000,000 for foreign
war relief in a move interpreted In
some quarters as an answer to
Herbert Hoover's demand that this
country feed the starving peoples of
Nazi-conquered nations.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Sunday:
Cloudy, Showers

HAVANA, Cuba -AP- A decree
signed by President Fulgencio
Batista today placed the 1886 ton
Finnish ship Koura, which the Gu
ban government seized last Aug
2S, at the disposal OF the American
Maritime Commission for service
between Cuba and the United
States. The vessel will fly the
Cuban flag
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

WASHINGTON -AP-The Fed
cral Home Loan Bank board re
ported today that l44,700 mortgages
on urban homes amounting to $42S..
100000 were recorded during Au-
gust. bringing to more than $1,000.
100000 the total of urban home fin
ancing during the first eight months
o. the year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

LOND0N-AP-Reza Kahn Pah'
layi, the former Shah OF Iran, has
been taken temporarily to the Brit
ish colony Of Nautilus owing TO
the war situation the government
announced TODAY.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

VENTURA, Calif-AP-SiK men
we're burned critically and three
others feared killed in an explosion
in a 100000 gallon storage tank OF
Tidewater Associated oil Co. just
before midnight. Police Chief r.
W. Neel said three men we're miss
ing and that u they were trapped
inside the tank. they could not
have survived There was a posi-
bility they escaped and did not
report, he added.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

HONGKONG -AP- The new
japanese cabinet smells of pow
der. Chinese papers in this Brit
ish crown colony said today, EN-
phasizing that Premier Eiki TOTO
belongs TO the kwanstung army
group which long has clamored
for war with Russia.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

SAN FRANCISCO-UP- Tie
Navy today ordered that henceforth
it must approve all commercial sail
ings from san Francisco Harbor.
Similar orders were understood 10
have been issued for San Pedro
and custom officials assumed" that
all Pacific shipping would be
brought under Navy control for the
first time since the World War.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

See HoMECoMING-Pags 8
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

JERSEY CITY, y. J.-lNS-Be-
cause the name Rozmyslaws is difi-
cult to pronounce and spell, the
United States will have seven new
Rooseyelts on Nov. II. Michael
Rozmyslaws, 81. today had Com
mon Pleas Judge James R. Erwin's
approval TO his petition for a legal
change OF his name to Roosevelt.
In addition to Michael the other
new Roosevelts will be his wife and
daughter, Joan: his three brothers;
and a sister-in-law.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

WASHINGTON-AP- Chairman
Steagall DALAI said today that
hearings on a price control bill
will be completed by the House
Banking and Currency Committee
lin a very few days.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

See SUPERvIsoRS-Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

REYKJAVIK. Iceland ms -
Twenty-nine survivors of an uni
IDENTIFIED vessel sunk by a German
submarine west Of Iceland were
safe at Reykjavik today. All were
suffering from exposure when they
landed. They said they passed IA
days in an open boat before being
sighted. by a British patrol plane,
which directed a trawler to their
rescue.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

CANBERRA, Australia-lNS -
Australian Prime Minister John
Curtin summoned a meeting Of the
war cabinet today prior to holding
a full cabinet meeting to discuss
the Far Eastern crisis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

Continued on Page Six)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

CHICAGO-INS - Edward A..
Cudahy. packing magnate who built
one of the Mdwest's greatest for
tunes, died early today. He was
81 years old, and had been in i'll
health for some time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

NEW YORK -AP- John r..
Flynn, spokesman for the America
First Committee and chairman Of
its New York chapter. says the
torpedoing OF the American de-
stroyer Kearny is one of several in
cidents being manufactured for
war making purposes"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

NEW YORK-INS - Finishing
touches were being put on plans to-
day for the New York visit Of the
Duke and Duchess OF Windsor next
week. The Duke and his American
born wife will arrive from Wash
ington early Monday and receive
the press in the morning. The re-
mainder of the day will be spent
relaxing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

NEW YORK -AP- The German
radio, quoting special commun-
ique by the German high command,
said today that Nazi submarines
had attacked a strong. convoy pro
tected by United States vessels
and had sunk seven freighters and
three tankers. The broadcast was
heard here by NBC.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

NEW YORK-AP- Construction
OF an internment camp for aliens
at Camp Upton, Long Island-the
first here since World War days
has been disclosed by the Army.
Acknowledging work on the deten-
ton center was nearly completed,
Brig. Gen. Irving ]. Phillipson. COM
manding general of the Second
Corps area, declined comment on
its function other than TO say 1t
was for the safeguarding Of such
aliens as the War Department may
deem necessary to hold
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-18

See INTRUDER Page 6
Evening star., 1941-09-29
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-22
Cards
Threaten if New
Gas Curb Fails

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Two
plans to enforce rationing of gaso-
line on the eastern seaboard are
being drafted today TO be clamped
down If the present 10 per cent
cut in deliveries to filling stations
fails 10 avert the threatened fuel
shortage.
Wide confusion as 10 how the
100000 filling stations in the East
will pass the 10 per cent cut on 10
motorists is expected to be cleared
up in the next "A hours when
major oil companies will announce
their programs for limiting gas
purchases 10 customers.
Meanwhile, the office Of federal
petroleum administrator Harold l..
lckeS explained that its announce
ment that there is only a Today
reserve Of gasoline on the eastern
coast does not mean that gasoline
supplies would completely dry up
then. Tho supplies are being re-
pleniShed as quickly as possible, it
is said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-22
8 From UNI. Win
In Hopwood Test

ANN ARBOR. Aug. 22.-Eight
University of Michigan students
shared $3.50 awarded today i'm tho
annual Summer Hopwood contest
in creative writing.
Four students from MichigaA
and four from outState were givd
awards in the contest. in which pr
entries were submitted. sc
Clara Laidlaw OF Gladstone,
Mich. and Sister NJ. Edwardine
OConnor of Grand Rapids. were
awarded SIS first prizes in the
fiction and poetry divisions. First
prize of $50 in the essay division
went to Henry Gordon Green of
Ann Arbor
Other winners in the fiction
contest were Margaret Roberts Of
Alma, S25. Darrell Abel, Brook
ings. South Dakota. S25. and
Charles Kenyon, Apponaug, r.
l.. $25.
Ruth HerSchberger, Chicago.
was awarded $50 in the poetry di-
vision and Dorothy Jean Farnan,
South Bend. won S25.
No awards were made in the
drama division
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-22

How Oscar the snake was
mourned and why, is a tale Of
real Americana II awaits you
in The American Weekly Sun
day.
AN UNLUCKY GIRL S hitch
hike with death
Won His 10-Year-Old Bride
by Chopping Wood on Her Mas
Farm
An Unhappy Man and His
Volcanic Hula Bride
These are three interesting
behind-the-scene stories featured
this Sunday.
THE UPWARD SPIRAL in
the cost of living, and the grow
ing shortage OF such materials
as silk. makes timely an article
on How TO Buy Wool, by Mrs.
Christine Frederick.
Mrs. Frederick. authority on
household efficiency, tells you