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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
AIR ROOTS

Agriculture is taking TO the air
with the announcement OF a method
for growing roots on rootless cut
tings by merely hanging them up
in moist air.
The discovery which frees plants
OF all contact with any kind OF soil
TO start their growth. is OF immedi.
ate practical use TO horticulture.
A homemade box is used, with a
rubber curtain dividing the space
into back and front. There are
little holes in the curtain, with lath
shelves in front. The rootless cut.
tings are laid on the shelves. the
bare ends. where roots are de.
sired. sticking through the holes.
Behind this curtain, where the
bare ends project, the air is kept
extremely moist by another sim
pie. cheap and easily homemade
gadget. There is a trough Of water
al the top OF the back-curtain space,
with strips OF absorbent cloth hang
ing down. acting as wicks to spread
the moisture.
In the high moisture thus created
in the air, roots haYe-deHeloped
rapidly on many different plant
cuttings, including begonias. gera-
NUNS, phlox and ivy. Dormant
hardwood cuttings also have pro-
duced successful roots.
All these plants have been trans.
planted 70 soil and continued 10
develop normally. An advantage Of
the method is ease Of seeing,
through a glass blackwell Of the
box. how the roots are developing.
They don't grow where the air is
not moist d.
The new method promises 10 be
useful not only to commercial
growers but 10 amateurs.
The box Mas been named the
Rutgers Asro-Propagstor.
Previously roots have been crown
IN sand. peat and water by adding
plant foods. They also have been
grown in the air by putting suxins.
which comprise A variety Of chemi.
calls. OF plants. An auxin will
cause roots 10 start anywhere. even
on leaves sometimes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
National eroadea,tlno Company

National eroadeastlng Company
Red network, WLW 700, WV
$50, WTAM 100, WMAQ $40; Blue
network. WXYz 1870, WLW 700;
WGN 720.
Columbia Broadeastlne Company
-WJR $50, WBBM $780,. WCKY
1880, WFBM 1860. VICAR 14S0,
WBNS 1850. WOOD 1910; Blue
network, WOWO 1890.
Mutual Broadeastlng Company
Red Network. WLW 700; Blue
network. WLW 700, CKLW 500;
WGN 100.
Tonight
THE WAR-6:15 NBC-Red, 7;55
e. CHS, 900 MBS. s:45 CHS. 11:0O
NBC CHS. 1880 MBS.
NBC-Red-7 90 Lucille Manners
Concert;
7:30-Information Please, Bill
Shirer;
S:30-Uncle Waits Doghouse;
Capitalization Drama:
9:30-Listen America, Vice Pres.
Wallace guest.
CBS-6: 3O-America Cruise;
7:00-Claudia and David:
7:30-Ted Husing In Proudly We
Hail
s:00-Drama Death Takes a
Holiday
9:00-Penthouse Party
NBC-Blue-6:15-Radio Magic.
7:30-Death Valley Days:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

The new method OF making liquid
coal. by which coal is dissolved
more completely than yer before,
may revolutionize household heat
ing.
The new fluid, when 40 per cent
Of II Is mixed with oil. makes a hot
ter fire than either coal or oil alone.
The process was discovered by DR..
Walter VI. Fuchs. professor OF fuel
technology. at Pennsylvania State
College. a l. S. patent has been
assigned by him TO the Pennsyl-
vsnia Research Corporation, an al
filiate Of the college.
The liquid ~coal-oil fuel promises
10 increase the cruising range Of
slips. Although heat from coal gem
orally is cheaper than from oil. 1t is
possible 70 carry more OF the liquid
fuel on shipboard because II per-
mits better use Of bunker space.
The coal-oil mixture can be stored
under a water seal. thus reducing
fire risks. and in event Of fire, ex-
tinguishing by water is possible.
To make the liquid. bituminous
coal is treated with acids. These
extract what chemists sometimes
call the coal substance, which is a
complex mixture OF hundreds OF
chemicals. The extraction gets rid
OF mineral matter and ash. In final
form the coal substance is dissolved
in furfural, an inexpensive chemical
available from agricultural wastes
such as cat bulls, corn cobs. and
bran.
Other commercial possibilities are
use OF the liquid coal in making
resins and plastics. DR.. Fuchs has
an idea that the liquid may be used
TO cheaper the now somewhat ex-
pensive methods Of making gasoline
from coal. This possibility lies in
the hydrogenation process which
adds hydrogen TO coal. under very
high p%ressures and great heat. High
pressures are expensive. Low pres
tures appear possible with the liquid
coal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Defense Bond Quiz

Q. How long will Defense Bonds
and Stamps be on sale?
A. Indefinitely. Secretary Nor.
genthau has emphasized that the
Defense Savings Program is 10 be
a continuing effort Its success
will be measured by the number
Of persons taking part. as well as
by the amount Of money raised.
which is now in excess Of 500.
O00. 1000.
Q. Is the purchase Of Defense
Savings BONDS and Stamps com.
pulsory7
A. Absolutely not. Purchase Of
Bonds and Stamps represents vol.
untary action on your part. When
you buy them you take your
stand in the ranks OF the National
Defense Program. You automati-
cally become a shareholder in
your Government.
Note-To buy Defense Bonds
and Stamps. 90 TO the nearest
post office or bank. or write 10
the Treasurer OF the United States,
Washington, D. C., for an order
FORM.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

anu-BHush re-
org nization,
which, inciden-
tally, W o uld
make II anti
American Some
believe 1t was
more anti Rus
sian than any
other n thing.
though that too
would make II
m or S S
anti-B British and
anti American,
since the Brit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

gested the desirability of segregat-
ing our large Japanese population
Of Hawaii. Years ago, as a visitor
in Honolulu, I asked Governor
Frear, the territory's chief execu-
tive then, If the numbers Of Jap
residents there weren't a worry to
him.
H e c X" said the governor.
These boys came here especially
to get away from Japanese condi-
tons. You couldn't re-Japansss
EN- with q shotgun
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
To the Editor.

To the Editor:
Will someone please enlighten
me as to why a thousand employees
of Central Specially Co. are out Of
work? In the recent articles in
The Press, l gather that the en-
ployes can settle the issue of a la
Dor union whenever they wish by
a Labor Board vote. Are we going
to have a repetition of the Stove
Works strike of five weeks because
no one will take steps to ask for
an election. As an outsider, 1t ap-
pears to me that genuine labor lead
ership is badly needed. Why can't
these people go back to work. as
most Of them want to, and then
settle the issue by an election?
I'm asking for information. a.
Signed:
TAX PAYER,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Boy Shooting Rabbits
Captures Nazi Filters

London, July 25-INs-Great Bril-
tain found a new hero Thursday "a
1s-year-old youth with a penchant
for shooting rabbits.
Early this morning the youngster.
armed with a shot gun, was out
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

London, 9:00-American Eagle
Club; DID DID DXP Berlin.
10:30-News. For Sunday-DJD
DID DXP Berlin, 5:00-Chamber
Music; Csc esd London. $3.50
Sunday Service; JLU4 JLG4 To-
kyo, S:25-Japanese History;
Csc esd London, 10:15-Britain
Speaks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
SAVES BOY IN LAKE

Pontiac. July 25-Hary Math.
ews, Is. neWsboy, rescued Stan.
ley Down, H. Thursday after Stan
ley had slipped through an inner
tube on which he had been floating
In deep water in Lower Straits
Lake, 10 miles southwest Of Pom.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

ly in these midsummer days when
mad dogs are reported TO be prev
alent.
l do not know exactly what the
editors private definition of news
was. / am a journalist only by
adoption and not supposed to have
any views of my own, but ! could
wish that he had been with me
when ! was called into a neigh
boris home the other day on the
occasion Of another neighbours dog
having bitten the offspring, agec
six.
II excitement, activity, violent
differences of opinion, threats, i'm.
precautions, tears and gesticula.
tons constitute the existence OF
news, that dog-biting-man episode
was news.
Difficulties
II is always that way with mad
dog scares, though, and the stu
alton is one of the most difficult
to handle in medical practice.
theoretically it should be easy
and simple. The victim should be
given a prophylactic course Of
anti-rabies vaccine, and the dog
should be confined until dead or
killed and its brain examined for
negri bodies.
The objection is always made
that the course Of vaccine is tedi-
Gus and expensive; many people
are afraid of it. And the owner
of the dog always insists, as he
did in the case mentioned above,
that the dog is not mad, but that
the little boy leased it. AS a mat
ter of fact, it is better to tie the
dog up and keep it under observa-
ton rather than to kill it. If il
has rabies, it will die shortly and
the negri bodies in the brain will
DE easier to find.
The virus of rabies gets in the
saliva of the sick animal and
hence the mouth of a rabid ami
NAL is always full of contagious
matter. But the disease is not
transmitted to man unless there
Is a break in the skin through
which the saliva can enter.
The soldering Of an animal
which leaves saliva on the I'M
broken skin is not dangerous.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

hunting for his favorits quarry in
the wheathelds near Candown in
the Isle of Wight.
Suddenly a Junkers-ss German
bomber crashed into a nearby field.
The OF four German air.
men-two OF whom were armed
with automatics-was subdued and
captured by the boy and his shot
gun.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

Saturday
THE WAR-Morning: 700 NBC
CHS, 1855 NBC-Blue. 500 NBC-
Red CHS, 900 MBS, 1000 CHS
MBS. HOO MBS; Afternoon:
12:45 NBC-Red, 1858 CHS, 300
NBC, 400 MBS, 5:25 NBC, $3.50
CHS NBC-Blue.
NBC-Red-10:30 a. m.-Vaudeville
Theater;
100 p. m.-Bright Idea Club;
4:45-RAF Fighter Pilot, new
series.
CBS-11:00 a. m.-Country jour
nal;
1870 p. m.-Of Men and Books;
4:00-Saturday Matinee.
CBS-S a. m.-Breakfast Club;
11:30-Farmers Union:
$3.50 p. m. (also CHS MBS) -
Empire City Race.
MBS-1 ;00-Arion Choristers:
5:00-Arlington Park Race.
SHORT WAVES-Saturday: Csc
esd London, 6:05-War Com
mentary; HAT4 Budapest. 1880
Humorous Musicale; Csc KSD
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Observations
Japanese Cabinet
Has Washington
in Guessing Act
By Charlie. P. Stewart
By CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press Columnist

JAPAN'S recent cabinet shake
up still is being infinitely studied
in Washington. but it doesn't mean
much yet to American statesmen
Some Of our analysts ire Of the
opinion that II was a pro-Ads and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Public Opinion

Discussion OF any subject Of
general interests invited in
shese columns. Writer'S name
must be given but may be
withheld from print If desired.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
One-Minute Test

1 What was the name OF the
man who killed the Archduke OF
Austria and his wife and started
the first World war?
2. How did the custom Of shak-
ing hands originate?
3. Which has the most food
value-sweet. sour or buttermilk7
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Your Health

Dog Bite Causes Quite
a Commotion, Should
be Easy to Handle
BY Logan Clendenlng, NJ. D.
DOG bites man" may not have
1eemSa like news TO the city editor,
but it certainly becomes news in
the household of the person TO
whom the bite occurred, especial
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

L. Y. S.:-"How do you fumi-
gate with sulphur for bedbugs?"
Answer-Sulphur dioxide may
be burned in a pan on the floor in
the room after it has been sealed.
This produces a heavy gas which
tends to- settle to the floor, but
gradually diffuses. 1t is a good
tumigant, but has some disadvan-
tages. If used on a moist day, it
furnishes metals, rots fabrics and
beaches pigments. If used on a
dry day, the danger is less. Dry
sulphur powder is no use against
bedbugs. Bedbugs live in cracks
IF woodwork in warm places. In
4 wooden bedstead, the best way
to get rid of them is a liberal APP
olication Of benzene or kerosene
introduced into the cracks with
brushes, feathers, or by a spray
gun. Crevices under picture mold
rig or door frames should be like
wise treated. Pullman sleeping
:ars are kept free Of bedbugs by
regular fumigation with hydro
,yanic gas, the most eficacious
and least destructive method, but
this method should be used by an
expert to avoid accident.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
X OWN LIFE

Lansing. July 25-Daniel G..
Flanagan. Sc. ended his life by
shooting himself with a shotgun
Thursday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Fifty Years Ago

Miss Lucy J Palmer, who WAS graduated from the Normal
School this year, has received an appointment as teacher Of Ian
suages in the Flushing High School at &40O a year.
The old Methodist Church property was valued at $4,000. The
56.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Reports indicate that there will be only about a half a potato
crop this year The foliage is good, but the yield small.
There are II charter members in the newly organized Red
ARROW Club of Ypsilsntt They are members OF the 32nd Divt.
sion who gained fame in the World War.
s
According 10 a new ruling no cows may he sold at auction or
exhibited az fairs unless they have been tested for tuberculosis.
County Agent Gregg reports.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Pick of the Air Today

s:00-Ben Bernie Quiz;
s:3O-Happy Birthday, Mary Bo-
land:
19:00-Romance and Rhythm,
MBS-7:00-Douole or Nothing,
S:30-Elisabeth Rethberg Con
cert;
9 30-QuiZ Bowl.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Vaccination Advisable

An animal with rabies always
sooner or later becomes paralyzed
and actual biting is impossible,
but when the owner tries to pet
a sick animal ard saliva contain
mates a cut on the hand, conta-
gion is possible. The disease, how
ever, is not very contagious for
man. In actual cases of bite it is
always advisable to give vaccine
treatment. While some serious
sequelae from the use Of the vac
cine are possible, they are rare.
Usually it causes no d~isagreeable
symptoms whatever.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

tiac. Both boys were attending a
newspaperboy's picnic.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Today's Horoscope

IOuayb ffOrotcOpt
For those who have birthdays
today the pleasant prophesy is
that their financial and business
affairs will prosper greatly in the
near future. However. some sharp
dispute may also arise. Friends.
love and domestic affairs will
cause you concern, so be oircum-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Words of Wisdom

There is not a person we en-
ploy who does not, like ourselves,
desire recognition. praise. gentle
ness. forbearsnoe. patience-H.
w Beecher.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
Hints on Etinuettt

Bread or rolls should never be
cut. but broken into small pieces
and buttered as they are eaten.
Hot breads, however. may be but
tered while they are hot.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25
one-MInute Test Answers

One-Mlnute Test Answers
l.. Prinzip.
2. No one knows for certain.
but II is thought that in early
days the weapon hand wa barred
and held out as a symbol Of peace.
3. They have practically the
same food value.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-25

spect. The infant born today may
look forward to being very lucky
financially during its lifetime. II
may. however, experience disap-
pointment in love or marriage.
Much courage. initiative and re-
sourcefulness are indicated.
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Marines Land Again
Vic McLaglen and Edmund Lowe
Have Situation Well in Hand
BY Marme Ober Peak.

All quiet the Call the Marines at
went for chat with old friends McLagn Edmund
the aterluncheon u Vic taking Eddie his
dressing eephonng
While a
challenge
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Takes Her Physical Culture Seriously
She Can't Be Tomboy and Remain Disni6ed Film Star
But Jane Russell Can Haunt the Gymnasium
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD.
This physical culture business
isn't just stunt for Jane Russell,
the movie starlet. She seems to take
1t seriously.
James 1.-THE figure already has be-
come a part of Hollywood legend.
although her first movie, Howard
Hughes The Outlaw" hasn't been
released yet Cthe Hays Office OBJ
JeCted to some of the revealing
SceneS). She was a model before
Hughes found her.
Almost every day she heads for
the gymnasium for at least a half
hour of exercises.
She also plays tennis, rides, hikes
and sWimS in about the normal
quota for the average girl. Jane is
20. five feet seven and weighs 122
pounds. She was born at Bemidji,
MINI.
Her mother, Mrs. Geraldine Rus
sell, says Jane always was some
thing of tomboy, climbing trees
and fences and playing baseball
with the boys. OF course, such ac-
tivities couldn't be reconciled to
Hollywood dignity, so she had to
give them up
At any rate, James appearance
doesn't quite fit the usual Hollywood
starlet mold She isn't coy, hasn't
pluCked her eyebrows, and at the
last checkup was still washing her
own black, shoulder-length hair.
Evening star., 1941-10-12

a role full of comedy and life. far
cry in casting from anything she's
ever done. But Miss O'Brien is
versatile and takes the opportunity
in stride.
Il probably sing as though I'm
happy" she said. because l am
happy. I was afraid I'd forgotten
how to smile. It's great relief to
discover my fears were unfounded." ;"
She sings one of the hit numbers
of the production, Fresh as a
Daisy"
Miss O'Brien. daughter Of a Los
Angeles deputy district attorney, was
schooled in preparation for the law.
But during the summer before she
was to start her legal training she
thought she'd while away the time
by studying voice
Just Frightened.
She had a naturally sweet voice
and could sing either sweet or hot. -
She studied for couple of months
and then heard that a group Of
Hollywood youngsters had pooled
their talents, and their money, TO
produce a show titled Meet the
People" to be presented by the local
Assistance League
Miss O'Brien auditioned. She was
scared stiff" as she puts it; 50
frightened that she just stood i'm
mobile and sang with frozen
countenance. Much to her amaze
ment her auditors raved. They
thought she was wonderful. They
didn't know she was just scared. 1t
was a new technique. and Miss
OBrien developed it fully, then and
thereafter. The night that Meet
the People" was given its official
premiere was the night Of her pro-
fessional singing debut. She was an
instantaneous hit.
That springboard shot her into
films, into a series of pictures, in
cluding "Hullabaloo," Lady Be
Good" and "Ringside Maisie"; all
dead-pan singing roles.
I'm grateful for the good luck
that accidental type of singing has
brought me-" concluded Miss
O'Brien, "but it feels so good to
smile; like washing your face"
Evening star., 1941-10-12

lights are adjusted and the camera
angles are approved.
Next step in the fight is first team
versus scrubs. Cagney rehearses
with Harvey Parry. Morgan re-
hearses with Red" Breen.
In One Take.
Finally, Cagney and Morgan run
through the fight, timing it, prac-
ticing blows, grazing each others
whiskers with swings that will look
deadly on the screen.
The real fighter what's sup
posed to be real fights likely to
take place hours after Harvey Parry
and Red" Breen first rehearsed it.
BY that time Cagney and Morgan
not only know what they are sup
posed to do, when they are supposed
to turn. how they are supposed to
fall, but they have the feel of the
thing. Their muscles have learned
what to do.
One take usually does the trick,
unless there's an accident. There
usually isn't. Both men are good
boxers, Cagney is probably Holly
woods best actor-fghter. 1t looks
just as good on the sound stage as
it will on the screen.
Evening star., 1941-10-12

Dy the stripes ana decorations on
the chest and sleeves of those coats,
I realized that the battling marines
were at it again-and with a veng-
eance!
Having the same rank, they are in
better position to give us a lustier
type of comedy than when one was
Capt. Flagg and the other Sergt.
Quirk.
As Eddie Lowe put it to me when
he came on the set and slipped into
his coat: We're two tough guys
having a lot of fun. But there's a
heap of drilling and some good stuff
in the picture.
"Vic and I are still rivals in love.
We stick together against the other
fellow, but cut each others throat
where women are concerned. We
have no Spanish girl to fight over
because we're at the marine base in
San Diego. We're anxious to start
travelling. A marine has to behave
at home. but when he's on the loose,
you expect him to get in trouble!
In our radio series we're Capt.
Flagg and Sergt. Quirk. But I'm
trying to cause Victor to lose his
rank on the air. I'm going to do
everything I can to pull him down.
Vic joined the conversation about
this time with-"Sez you!'
The latter takes his role little
more seriously. Although he thinks
group Of men in the Army can
have a lot of fun, he also believes:
Army life will build up young men.
They're bound to come out better
than when they went in. I'd like
to see the boys take it more to heart.
If we have to have soldiers, we
should have good soldiers!'
Victor has war record. AS one
of the fighting Macs of England,
it's in his blood. He plays soldier
on and off the screen. His Victor
McLaglen Sports Centere on River
side drive, is battle arena. where
mounted cavalrymen can be seen
on parade any afternoon. pilots fly
ing up-to-date planes, Boy Scouts
drilling. Red Cross workers in train
ing, etc.
Evening star., 1941-10-12

Next to soldering. his interests
lie in ranching and horse breeding
On his show-place ranch near Fres-
no. he says: Il raise enough to
feed an army-tons of grapes. figs,
almonds, oats and barley. Besides
chickens, cattle and pigs, l have a
dairy.
Vic has private flying field. His
only son. Arthur, 81, is working at
Lockheed.
Eddie Lowe. behind the screen,
rides horseback and plays tennis.
He says he is building a new home
in Brentwood, but denies he is going
to marry Lady Furness.
"Thelma and I are old friends.
he told me. Lilyan and I knew
both Thelma and Gloria in the
East years ago"
In his detective and debonair
roles, Eddie was never the con-
SplcuouS success he was when
teamed with Victor McLaglen. I'VE
played in several pictures after We
broke up. but not as a team" he
said Undoubtedly the national
emergency need for laughter is re-
sponsible for both the screen and
radio offers coming at the same
time.
The opening scene in the pic
ture reunites US in typical fashion.
There's a head-on collision between
truck and limousine. A bull
chested giant leaps down from the
drivers seat, spelling for a fight
with the dapper chauffeur, whom
I portray.
suddenly recognition dawns. Vic
oeglns pummeling me with JOY. We
decide to re-enlist; and from there
on, its Call Out the Marines!"
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