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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09
Royal Air Force Blasts
German Cities in Biggest
Aerial Onslaught of War
Nazis Swarm Over
England During
Night
Germans Lose Il,
British 10,
Planes
(By Associated Pressb
ritAin sent the biggest RIA

bombing. expedition OF the war
against Adolf Hitler's., Reich last
night, the London air ministry
said today, leaving a trail OF de-
struction In Berlin. Hamburg. Bre-
men and Emden, but especially the
shipbuilding centers of Hamburg
and Bremen.
On the home front. swarms of
Raj fighters battled another large.
scale assault by the Luftwaffe from
dusk to dawn - the eighth night OF
stepped-up Nazi attack. g..
Twelve German raiders were re-
ported shot down. while the Brit
ish acknowledged 10 Raj planes
lost In the sweep over Germany
and another by day yesterday.
Hamburg and Bremen bore tha
brunt OF the heaviest attack yet
made by the Raj on Germany"
the British air ministry said.
High explosive bombs caused
widespread destruction. and many
great fires were seen raging in the
shipyards and industrial quarters
OF both cities.
The Berlin and London raids
were noted merely as subsidiary
attacks.
Raider Sunk
simultaneously, the London ad.
miralty announced thai the 10000
ton British cruiser Cornwall sank
a German commerce raider In a
battle In the Indian ocean. rescuing
q British merchant seamen from
the raider and taking prisoner SO
OF the German crew survivors. ?
INNS. Cornwall sustained su.
perficial damage. but her fighting
efficiency was in no way impaired"
the admiralty said briefly.
In another sea battle. Premier
Mussolinis high command report
ed violent attack on a strongly
escorted British convoy somewhere
in the western Mediterranean.
A Fascist war bulletin said that
torpedo and bomb hits were scored
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

TULIPs-Iris. all spring flowers.
Wayne Panek. 565 Towner. adv.509'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

ORCHIDS FOR MOTHERS DAY
SPECIAL $500. DURANT'S.
Adv. 500
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See EUROPEAN Wharfage s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

LISBON. Portugal Up The
newspaper o Seculo reported from
San Vicente. Cape Verde today
that los persons were killed or
drowned when the British ship
Calchas was torpedoed. The
newspaper said that IS persons
, had been rescued and had arrived
In the Cape Verde Islands.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

E WAsHINGTON-AP - Captain
alberto Taborga, military aide to
President Enrique Penaranda OF
Bolivia, was reported lin good con-
EDITION and talking" at a hospital
mere today as authorities prepared
10 investigate the airplane crash
which injured him and killed Cap
tain Suarez Rivas, crack Bolivian
military pilot.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10000
cruiser Cornwall has intercepted
and sunk a German armed mer-
3chant cruiser in the Indian ocean
and rescued q British prisoners
from 1t, the admiralty announced
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

WELLINGTON, New Zealand
UP-Minister of External Affairs
and Lands F. Langstone is to leave
soon for the United States on a
5trade mission preliminary to es.
Ftablishing New Zealand legation
at Washington, it was announced
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

LONDON-UP- British voters
voters turned thumbs down today
on one House of Commons candi-
date who wants to end the war
now by a negotiated peace and
another who wanted an indiscrimin-
\ ate bombing of Germany. They
gtook the middle course and elected
a conservative with an overwhelm-
ing majority. The Pacifst. Stuart
Norris, polled 1,5j2 votes in a by
election for the Kings Norton Di-
vision OF Birmingham: Dr. Alfred
W. Lumsden Smith. the bombing
advocate. 1924 and Capt. Basil
\ Peto, conservative, 2f.573.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

CAIRO. Egypt-UP-Capt. James
Roosevelt OF the United States Ma
rines reports today to Gen. Sir
Archibald Wavell. British com
mander in North Africa, to whose
army he has been assigned as an
observer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Saturday:
Fair, Cool

NEW YORK-INS-A petition,
calling on the [. S. government 10
use its Navy to convoy ships to
britain and signed by 1000 Prince
ton University undergraduates, was
forwarded today to Ralph A. Bard,
Under Secretary OF the Navy. The
petition was drawn up in answer
10 one signed by about the same
number OF Princeton Students last
Monday vigorously opposing con-
Voys.
PARIS-INS-(Nia Berlin Ger
man military authorities today for
babe Jews TO work in wholesale
or retail enterprises, restaurants.
insurance concerns. banks or in
establishments engaged in brok-
ersge, real estate, transportation
or shipping.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

SAN FRANCISCO Up The
Norwegian freighter Stranger is
aground on San Benito Island at
the southern edge of Sebastian Wis
cano Bay, lower California, ac-
cording to an SOS picked up early
today by Mackay Radio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

MARSEILLE. France-UP- Be
tween LOO and 1900 foreigners
many OF them with exit visas from
France and some with steamship
tickets 10 sail for the Western
|Hemisphere-were given medical
examinations aboard the steamer
Massilia, today, preparatory to
their inclusion in North African
labor battalions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-09

MosCow-UP- The foreign Of.
flee has notified the Belgian and
Norwegian legations that it can
5no longer recognize their status
|iin view OF their Toss of sovereign
ty'. Russia, it was said, no long
er maintains representatives at
Oslo and Brussels.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
~-S0SM(~ o. =
lseare4 from an Old "
WASHINGTON DIARY

heights. Federals made in all six
unsuccessful attempts to take hills
about Fredericksburg, their loss was
fearful. Waddy Thompsons His
tory)
Monday, December Is, 1862.
Lindsay's great friend and class
mate, Gen. Bayard, was killed in
the battle of Fredericksburg He
was an only son. Poor fellow
Lindsay will be heart-broken. AL
though fighting with our enemies it
makes no difference in the deep
affection we had for him.
When Bayard was found severely
wounded they carried him to Manns-
field, the home of our relatives, the
Pages.
The papers and reports say that
Fredericksburg and dear old Port
Royal are both in ashes -. Oh,
when will this dreadful war ever
cease.
The latest editions of the papers
say that Burnside and all of his
army have been driven back across
the Rappahsnnock, after sustaining
many losses-that our army is hold
ing its own. God grant that it is
true.
Monday, December ~, 1862.
Cloudy and cold.
Trouble In the cabinet-Mr. Sew
ard, Mr.. Chase and Mr. Blair have
resigned.
Tuesday. December %, 1862.
Weather more agreeable.
The Secretaries have been reio-
stated by the request Of President
Lincoln.
January /, 1868.
Baltimore, Maryland.
New Years Day.
Weather beautiful.
We attended early service this
morning. The church was filled,
one and all offering prayers for
their dear ones in danger.
A large body of cavalry passed
through the city this evening on the
way to Washington.
Saturday. January 3, 1863.
Clear and cold
Report of a great Federal victory
at Murfeesborough, Tenn. 1t is also
said that the iron clad steamer
Evening star., 1941-11-28

Monitor is lost OF Cape Hatteras
which is very probable as she was
never considered very seaworthy
John Bankhead was her COM
mander. She was part of an expedi-
ton fitted out to carry death and
destruction to the South.
Monday, January IL, 1863.
A charming day.
Anne and Julia have gone down
in the city to do some shopping
They have been gone some time, !
feel anxious about them. 1t is gen.
orally known we are Southern In
our sympathies.
Gen. John Magruder has retaken
Galveston. the Harriet Lane and
several other vessels. 1t is dashing
affair and worthy of John.
Mrs. Bayard Smith and Mrs.
Mason came to tea with me. Matte
Poor is staying with us; she is all
kindness even though our families
are divided. Her family fighting for
the North, mine for the South. How
sad it all is.
Sunday, January rs, 1863.
Conflicting accounts of the Army
of the Potomac having crossed the
river Also that Norfolk has been
retaken by the Confederates, but no
confirmation of the news.
I long to be in Washington where
one hears the war news quickly and
correctly.
Tuesday, January 27, 1863.
Still raining and stormy.
The Army of the Potomac will
have more cause than ever to COM
plain of the roads of Virginia.
Burnside has resigned. Hooker
is in command.
The Alabama has sunk the U. S.
transport Hatteras of Galveston.
Pretty bold!
The pavements are now a sheet
of ice. My heart aches for the poor
soldiers contending with the mud
and cold In Virginia.
Saturday, January 81. 1863.
Bright day.
Anne and Julia have gone to take
some food to two wounded Confed-
crates, one very i'll.
Just received a dispatch saying
Lindsay had been ordered to vicks-
burg-my heart is sick with fear
oh God, I implore Thee to spare
and protect the life of my dear boy.
Monday, February 2, 1863.
A dismal day. but any day is
better than the night when ones
thoughts are beyond control and
the pain in ones heart so great that
sleep is impossible
Yesterday Anne and Julia were
arrested as Southern sympathizers.
Evening star., 1941-11-28

we contribute to the support Of our
mother, the widow of gallant ON
Ger of the Army, and we feel our lot
to be one of especial hardship in
our sudden Punishment from home
and friends.
Yours respectfully,
ANNE CORBIN LOMAX,
Copy JULIA L. LOMAX.
Headquarters of Eighteenth Army
Corps,
Department Of Virginia and North
Carolina.
Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
December 6, 1863.
Ladies:
The provost marshal, as was his
duty. submitted to me your COM
nunication asking for reasons there
In stated. that you be permitted to
see the Secretary Of War.
I am obliged to inform you that
it is impossible for me to grant
your request.
I beg to assure you that I have
gone to the very verge of any dis
cretion given me in this behalf in
your favor, in allowing the delay in
the execution of the order which
I have so that Col. Townsend might
apply in your behalf.
That application has been unsuc-
cessfully made.
have no alternative save to COM
ply with the order, the propriety and
justice Of which I am not permitted
to doubt.
have the honor to be.
Your obedient servant.
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER,
Major General Commanding.
To the Misses Lomax
Copy of original order)
Evening star., 1941-11-28

there by his mother and by four of
the daughters.
Vic apparently never forgot her
love for Chandler and never mar
ried. Neither did Julia, Mary or
Virginia despite their beauty, social
graces and popularity before the
outbreak of the war. Only Anne
married as was forecast in the diary
when Thomas Greene asked the
right to propose. Anne and Mr..
Greene made their home in the old
Van Ness House which stood on the
present location of The Pan Ameri-
can Union.
Following are copies of two letters
all dated subsequent to the diary's
last notation and which add bit
more to the information concerning
the further experiences of some of
the family prior to the end Of the
war.
Copy of letter to Gen. Benjamin
F. Butler:
Old Point, Va.
November %, 1863.
Dear Sir:
We, the undersigned, desire to re-
spectfully protest against what we
consider the haSty action in regard
to our arrest, and to make the fol-
lowing statement.
That in the absence of the general
commanding in Baltimore we were
arrested by the order of the provost
marshal and charged with actions
against the Government. As no
proof of our guilt has been shown
we believe ourselves innocent and
therefore ask from the War Depart
ment further investigation.
In reply to a telegram to that
effect we are informed that the Sec
retary of War declined to interfere
with orders originating with the
command in Baltimore.
With the hope that what We say
may not be construed into a petition
for sympathy when We only desire
to ask for justice, we wish to state
that We have never offended against
the laws of the United States, that
Evening star., 1941-11-28
CHAPTER XVII.

Sunday, November 2, 1862.
White frost last night, quite cold.
A fire would be welcome.
The girls have gone to church.
Tom Greene is waiting for Anne to
return. This seems to be his church.
had a letter from Ellen Hunter
today describing the destruction and
desolation on the James River.
Nothing could be more deplored than
the ruin of some of those beautiful
old places Blandfield, the home of
the Beverly family, suffered cruelty
In the hands of the enemy.
Tuesday, November 4, 1862.
Still cold.
This is my dear boys birthday.
had letter from him dated Holly
Springs, Miss, october 26. God
bless him and preserve him from
all evil.
Mr.. Seymour. the Democratic
candidate for Governor of New
York. was elected.
Mrs. Kennon of Tudor Place had
tea with me this afternoon. She
advised me strongly to hold on to my
own house and not be induced to
rent it. but Tom Buckler advocates
our returning to Baltimore and GER
tainly conditions are becoming
more and more desperate for us.
Thursday. November 6, 1862.
Showing.
Ogle Tayloe came today to say
that he had friend who wished to
rent our house, that he would pay
us very good remit did not feel
that I could refuse.
Friday. December IL, 1862.
Cold and dreary.
We have rented our house to the
Millers.
I doubt if they are genteel but
under the circumstances cannot
allow that to influence me.
We will return to Baltimore.
Poor old Fredericksburg in flames
the Federals have crossed the Rap
pahannock and are now in possess
sion. God help us.
Battle of Fredericksburg, Decem-
Der l3, 1862 Federals crossed the
Rappahannock on pontoon bridges
and on December 13, charged the
Evening star., 1941-11-28
South CuroIiniuns to Dance

The South Carolina Society will
open its social season at o'clock
tonight with reception and dance
at the Shoreham Hotel. Among
those in the receiving line will be
j. Austin Latimer, president; Ben
P. Fishburne, first vice president,
and Charles NJ Galloway, chairman
of the Board of Governors.
Evening star., 1941-11-28

sent to Old Point to be imprisoned
in the classmates there-Virginia
was sent to the Old Capitol in WASH
ington. My poor darling, I'm afraid
she will fare badly. We have friends
stationed at Old Point. I feel sure
they will treat my dear Pages
daughters with consideration.
MY God, my God, why hast Thou
forsaken mel"
(The writer at this point be-
came too III to write moreD
Epil0gue.
Apparently Mrs. Elizabeth Lind
say Lomax never recovered her
health sufficiently to resume the
writing of her diary. At any rate, no
further notes were ever discovered
among her papers.
However, 1t was learned from
descendants of Mrs. Lomax that
she finally attained her supreme
ambition, reunion with her son.
Shortly after the last entry in the
diary her daughters Anne and Julia
were confined at Old Point Comfort
as Southern sympathizers. Virginia
was imprisoned in the old Capitol
for the same reason. Apparently
Mrs. Lomax and her daughter Mary
remained unmolested in Baltimore
while Vic remained in the Fred
ericksburg area serving as nurse.
In 1868 Lindsay was promoted to
the rank of brigadier general and
was given command of a brigade
of Virginia and Maryland cavalry,
which did effective work in the
operations of General Fitzhugh Lees
division.
He was made a major general in
1864 and rendered distinguished
service in the Valley campaign un-
der General Early. In 1865 he was
given full command of the Valley
District of the Department OF
Northern Virginia.
When the war was over Lindsay
purchased Bellevue, an estate in
the Warrenton area now owned by
Mrs. Clark Baldwin. He was joined
Evening star., 1941-11-28

Food and clothing material prices
are rising in the Netherlands Indies.
Evening star., 1941-11-28
The End.
TrunsIutors to Elect Officers

Officers for the coming year will
be elected at pm. Monday at the
monthly meeting of the Society of
Federal Translators at the Young
Women'S Christian Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

manse Falcons Lair. and would live with
his spirit"
ITO strangers asserted the actress.
the home would merely have been house.
To me it is a shrine. l will ask for no
other privilege but TO spend the rest Of my
life there. in an atmosphere hallowed by
the spirit of the man l loved so much"
II wasn't long after, that Poa was
steaming across the ocean TO take up resi-
dence in France and 10 make new bid
for slithering glory in French and German
films. Three quarters Of a year after her
poignant grief at the death Of her soul
mate, Pola wed the Georgian Prince, Serge
Mdivani in France
When the tidal wave Of stock market
crash Tapped mp Polas small fortune and
she found it difficult 10 gain foothold IN
continental cinematics, Prince Serge real
lied that he would not be supported in the
style to which ne was accustomed In
March 1881 a Partisan divorce was granted.
He was killed later in a polo accident,
Following her initial and last American
"talkie" the former vamp ventured onto
the legitimate stage in "A Trip TO Press
burg" in which she made a serious effort
to master English But here Polas ink
cropped up again and illness caused her
withdrawal at the end of the first weeks
run.
From her venture in the theatrical
world Pola turned to the protective love Of
Harold r Mccormick. former husband Of
Nine Gamma Walska and the late Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick
Success is not everything" phIoso-
phized Pola. "A woman gets tired of being
alone She longs for a mans protection
and love So quietly we Will be married
There will be no publicity"
Then the story -ripPled across the hemI
sphere but no wedding ensued
The siren has not undulated across Thu
screen here in several years But the fact tina
hundreds OF Ellis Island employees clustere,
around for her autograph IS indisputabl
proof that she stil maintains powerful grl
on the American movic-goers Imagination
movic-goer who would consider the artificial
antics of the screen sirens of ycsteryea
ridiculous today
Il have haG some very bad luck sh
said upon her arrival Il have become yer,
superstitious in the last two years becaus
OF the war If l make a picture now, afte
the great success have made in the past,
want it 20 be something great
And do not say comeback hate tina
word. This Is not comeback. have beef
making pictures all the time, after all
Romance in Hollywood is considered I'M
portant IN glamourizlng the celluloid queen
a vital part OF her Career-the movie mogul
revel in the thought that all the world love
lover and this goes double for the moyi
fan.
There is no doubt no small part Of TIN
seductive ones amours can be attributed &
the publicity balloons sent up by capabl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

NJ a
w heawly-hdded siren were synonymous
w in the days Of the mute movies, sloe
eyed. ravcn-tressed Pola NeEri was the cal
cuatlng temptress who spelled bad luck TO
the susceptible celluloid swain Strangely
enough the sinister skein that threaded her
meteoric screen career has wound through
her own life Of romantic Illustrations
The ink stiff seemed TO be following the
Polish actress no longer a buXom Lorelci
hut a slim and surprisingly youthful woman
despite her a. years when the American
Export liner EXcalibur, steamed into New
York harbor from Lisbon some weeks ago
with the actress among the 212 passengers
fleeing war-tom Europe for the freedom OF
America
The beauty whose tragic loves rcputodly
included Rudolph Valentino and the Inflated
Russ Columbo, had forgotten TO renew her
hye-ycar entry permit when she left America
in 1854 TO emotc in French and German
movies. She was taken TO Ellis Island.
There was n peculiar undercuuent 10 the
Governments action for the reason seemed
trivial. The consensus was that Uncle Sam
was more than mildly interested in her re-
(puted friendship with Der Fuehrer who was
tabled 10 have been so impressed with allur
ing Pola's acting that he sent his sckest
Gestapo agents TO Poland 20 wade through
genealogical charts 10 prove her Aryan.
Ellis Island officials apparently accepted
her protestations that her supposed friendship
with the former house painter was tho Wild
imagining OF a ncWshaWk manufacturing a
"beh t."
After two hearings, they authorized her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-21

tended the Russian Imperial Ballet then
graduated TO the Polish Dramatic Society.
Credited with being the first Polish woman 10
do barefoot Oriental dance IN Russia the
Slavic beauty also wrote set the scenes d.
rected and starred IN her first motion picture.
Poa's FIRST marriage 10 Baron Topper.
engineered by her ambitious mother was
brought 10 an early hnale Her next matri-
monial venture with Count Eugene Domski.
IN 1917 was celebrated with one of the gayest
weddings during the War-torn days IN Berlin.
In "a clash between the Counts determination
that Pola adopt the duties of dcvout ho
wife and the exotic heautys fidelity 90 her
ant the alliance 10 nobility was severed.
In 1922. Polas starring role in Passion
so excited theatre-goers that the great movie
noGuls of America offered her and Ernest
Lubitsch who had directed the film, place
on the American screen. The year that La
Negn invaded the cinema center her first
great romance TO Charlie Chaplin was pub
ucized
Until that great day when Pola met Val
entno her affairs of the heart received COM
paratively feeting notices from the press.
Aside from her presumed alteration of the
"Sheik" and his romantic double the also late,
romantic. Grooming GolHnbo none of the Ne
sri romances cleaned tho notouety engendered
by Hitlcr's alleged choice Of her as his favortte
actress
GIamourous P6la was reputed to have ere
atcd rift between Hitler and LEM Reifen-
stah Pola had supposedly 50 completely
usurpcd the spotlight that Rcifcnstahl threat
cncd to nurture her frustrated ego in some
foreign convent If the man with the timid
mustache continued to interest himself in
Poas career.
The threat followed Adolfs decree that
Fraulein Negr was of Aryan extraction and
therefore eligible for employment in German
pictures.
Few persons with relatives in occupied
countries tell Of the things that happen these
days in Hitler-dominated Europe, for the
tyrannicsl egomaniac has his own effective
methods Of insuring silence. La Negri's
mother. too. is in France a vasssl country
under the Nazi thumb l think il highly
unlikely that the CurvaCeous Pola Will express
any public sentiments concerning her expert
ences with Hitler while the conflict still RACES
on the continent
In 1854 Pola announced she was buy
ing Valentines fabulous Hollywood mountain
q p.