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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

BEYOND SAYING that she
thought they should have "a heart
to-heart talk" Louise wouldn't, or
couldn't, tell Halle why she felt
it was so urgent for her to see her
father before she went to the coast.
Nor did Halle press her. Living
with Eric, she had caught his habit
of pushing off the thing she felt she
did not want to hear. She tried to
tell herself that Louise meant 1t
only because she was going so far
away. Which was perfectly natural
and as 1t should be.
But telling herself that did not
keep down the sharp little arrows
that darted painfully through her
while she waited in Grand Central
for her fathers train to get in.
He was arriving at o'clock In
response to the special delivery she
had sent him, saying merely that
she didn't want to go west without
seeing him.
At FIVE minutes Of four she told
herself the arrows were no more
than little fears for his health. She
had convinced herself Of that when
she saw his stopped figure coming
up the ramp. Then her Joy to see
his face wiped the last echo Of her
fears away. He was stopped and
tired looking, yes, but his voice was
hale and hearty and, when she
begged to know at once II he was
well. he assured her that he was.
He had to go back on the mid
night, but he was glad that she
had wanted to see her old dad be.
fore she went away. He had some
things he wanted to talk about tc
her, too, but he would not say them
until they had tea. They would
have a gala tea at the Biltmore.
VERY gala" she promised, order
ing sweet cakes because she knew
he would expect her to like them
They'd always had them when she
was cSiiOOi bhi diid iic uocu ~
call for her to fetch her home wher
school holidays came. Teas at the
Biltmore. They stretched back ovei
a period Of ten years. 1t seemed Q
terribly long time to her.
Remembering them. looking al
him over the tea cup she handed
him, she saw then how much ht
had aged in ten years. He was 81
but he looked old, looked like q
man In his late, and very tired
sixties. The arrow struck at hel
again, with sharper darting fears
She said, Dad. are you working
too hard7"
Everybody Is working too hard
these days. Halle. And there are
lots Of sick people. Signs are as
dangerous as germs sometimes"
"Sighs?"
People with troubles they can't
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MISS HAYDEN To
MANAGE NEWS

Miss Betty Hayden. Ypsilanti. has
been appointed managing editor OF
the Normal News. Michigan State
Normal College publication. the
Board OF Publications OF the college
has announced.
Miss Hayden is a sophomore. She
has worked one year on the News
besides having training at Roosevelt
High School and the Ypsilanti
Press. She served as assistant to
editor Mills WILDER, Grayling, dur
ing the summer session. She sue
ceeds Miss Betty Baker, who re-
signed the position to take over the
editorship Of the Aurora, college
yearbook.
Announcement OF other advance
ments has also been made. Miss
Marie Turner. Ypsilanti, has been
advanced to an assistant editor. She
is a junior and has had previous
experience on the News staff.
Miss Gladys Norris, Detroit. a
junior, and Miss Dorothy Rahm,
Iron Mountain, sophomore. have
been advanced to news editors.
Miss Phyllis Courtemanche, Pom
tiac, has been advanced to feature
editor. and Russell Parry. Keego
Harbor. new to the News staff. has
been appointed sports editor. Both
Miss Courtemanche and Mr.. Parry
are juniors.
One appointment to the business
staff was made. Miss Mary Louise
Smith, Three Rivers, as secretary.
will assist business manager Robert
LaRue. Ypsilanti. Miss Smith is a
senior.
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A Ride in a Paper Boat

meet. There are a lot of them right
now. Hmmm! Guess I'll try
that fruit tart" He pointed to a
sticky cake on the tray Of French
pastry the waiter brought to their
table. Don't have to look out for
my figure anymore"
The waiter went away and the
doctor tackled the cake with we'll
simulated enthusiasm. Nothing
wrong that this won't right. Like
a bit of sweets, sort Of forbidden
fruit"
Dad" Halle found she could
not eat hers at all. "Shall we have
hair-letting-down talk ?"
The doctor folded his arms and
looked at his daughter. Remember
the day when we sat here and you
said that same thing u That time
you were In trouble. Terrible trou-
ble!" He smiled merrily, but his
eyes on her face we're sharp and
worried. II think 1t was something
about conjugating French verbs.
You had an idea tpat your teach
er ="
"I remember, Dad"
"Hallie!" His voice had changed
to serious note. Are you In trou-
BILE now?"
"Oh, no." she said hurriedly. mo,
II isn't that. It's just that I'm going
rather far away and we mightn't
have a chance to talk. What /
meant about hair letting down
stuff, well, thought If either Of US
had anything to say :"
The doctor pushed his tea cup
aside.
IT have something to tell you,
Halle. It'll be easier to tell you,
knowing that things are all right
with you"
They are, Dad. Eric and I love
each other. I'm not as happy as !
would be II Mummie hadn't :"
II know" her father answered.
But In time you love each
other, EN-? And your marriage is
all that you thought 1t would be 2"
She nodded.
I'm glad, glad, dear. You know,
an only daughter Is a great re-
sponsibility to her father. A son
can always take care Of himself,
but daughter :"
She reached across the table for
his hand and squeezed 1t. You've
done all right by your only cheeild,
Doctor"
II hope So" he said anxiously.
IT did what I could. But II I had
II to do over again, Halle, I would
have brought you up differently"
you don't think you did q good
job7" she asked. giving him a rue
full smile.
I'm proud Of you. my dear. A
Eric Is proud. And your mother.
But when you came into the world.
things were different than they are
now. wish that I had known and
prepared you for 1t.
IF you mean for domesticity.
Dad. you needn't worry. I've be-
come quite q housekeeper and
cook"
There were times when that
was enough for a woman. Today,
my dear. a woman doesn't know
when she'll be called upon to earn
her livelihood. A girl should be
trained to some profession Just the
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By
MARIE
BLIZZARD

same a. q boy"
you forget. Daddy, that have
q husband"
He sighed heavily. Don't misun-
derstand me, Halle. like the boy.
It's enough for me that you love
him. You wouldn't love the wrong
sort of a person. It's only ="
"Only what?"
That every father would like to
see his daughter married to a man
he's sure can take care Of her. ]
wouldn't want Eric to do work he
doesn't like but, In these uncertain
times, with things as they are,
wish that he had some business
where he could lay a little some
thing BY"
Were going to do that" Halle
said with a firmness she didn't
really feel.
That's good. That's fne. I hear
they make pretty good money in
the movies. But save 1t, save 1t!
Although I don't know =" His
voice trailed OF.
Dad" she said hesitantly." ]
guess I didn't mean to tell you this,
but I want your advice. I think
there's something you ought to
know. In my letter I let you think
Eric had definite promise in Hol-
lywood. Well" she finished flatly,
'he hasn't. We're going out to take
our chances"
After a moment, he said, What
are the chances?"
Just what every other good
looking boys chances are. Eric's
Just finished a show. He's attrac-
tive. He can act. And we hear the
movies are looking for actors who
are attractive"
She looked at her father anx-
iously when she finished. Common
sense told her that he would ad-
wise her not to 60.
1t seemed to her that It was .
long time before he answered slow
ly. surprisingly, II think you should
go, Halle. There aren't many
chances here In the East You're
both young and you have courage
and love to face things II they are
tough. I'll always think Of that.
You'll have Eric"
After a pause he said abruptly,
MY dear, that's all you will have"
The way his face looked!
you would have to know some
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NO POST OFFICE SANTA

II must be hard for post office
officials to believe in Santa Claus
as this year brings problems for
which they have no past expe-
rience to draw upon for solution.
With American economy ex-
panding In a defense boom and a
corresponding step-up In Christmas
mailing assured. officials are hav-
ing trouble getting extra employees
to handle the increase.
II is not yet planned to hire
girls, but II might not be a bad
idea.
Adding to the Departments bur
dens will be flood of parcel post
to military centers throughout the
country and overseas mail to the
various island bases.
Foreign mail will probably fall
below last years level with most
CT Europe cut off from parcel post
service with the U. s. but mail to
Britain is expected TO increase.
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Melvin RydbsrE led the song ssrv'
Ice.
II was announced that members
will go to Ann Arbor tomorrow eve
ming for q Christmas party with the
University of Michigan Christion
Fellowship.
The meeting for next week has
been changed to Wednesday at 1880
p. m. In Starkweather Hall. The
regular Bible Hour will be held.
Delicious refreshments were
served.
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Number 13 Not Unlucky
to Chicago City Clerk

Chicago, Dec. s. ms William
Diener, . Chicago city clerk who
swears by the number Is for good
luck. figured his luck should
be twice as good from now on.
For years Diener has obtained
city license number 13 for his auto
mobile, but this year a prior re-
quest for the number made him
switch. So he took 1913.
Diener said his liking for 1S is
not entirely a superstition. He has
never had an accident. and neither
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
THE SUN

The Chicago Sun, new newspaper,
born December 4. with an initial
press run of 100000 copies, and
backed by Marshall Field. III,
grandson OF the founder OF the
famous Chicago mercantile dynasty.
enters the morning field In Chicago
which has been held during the
past two years by the Chicago
Tribune, which is published by Col.
Robert R. Mccormick. OF another
famous Chicago family.
The Sun states its editorial policy
in an editorial headed, "The Sun;
Its Credo." 1t says the best interests
of America "can best be served By
the complete defeat OF Adolf Hitler
and everything he stands for"
The Tribune's editorial policy u
strongly isolationist. II is also an
opponent OF President Roosevelts
domestic policies. The Sun is ex-
pected to be as strongly pro-New
Deal.
Field. who also is publisher OF
Pm, New York City afternoon daily.
pressed the switch that started the
press run on the first OF the pa
per's three editions. He is using the
mechanical equipment OF the Chi
cago Daily News, an afternoon news
paper.
With PM. in New York and the
Sun in Chicago, Mr.. Field will be
in position to give President Roose-
welt material aid In directing pub
lie opinion along the channels IA
vored by the government. 1t is a
rising Sun of helpfulness that the
President is being given in Chicago
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
TAFFY PULLED
BY MUSIC CLUB

Music Club members enjoye4 an
old-fashioned taffy pull Thursday
evening when they met In Stark
weather Hall.
At the business meeting, plans
were discussed for the clubs formal
banquet to be In February.
II was also announced that
Charles Sink, director of the Ann
Arbor Choral Union Society. will
speak to the club Jan. Is.
Worth Mallory. president OF the
organization. presided at the meet
ing.
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CONTRIBUTION Of
STUDENTS TOLD

William Parker. Charleston, and
Erwin Hollitz, Caro-. student men,
bers of the Natural Science Club
which met Thursday evening in the
Science Building, told fellow-mem-
bers that students attending Mich
igan State Normal College have
made contributions to natural sci
ence equipment used at the college.
A variety Of instruments and
plaques made by students were on
exhibit.
The club will have a Christmas
party Dec. Is at the home OF DR..
Clarence Loesell. head OF the nat
ural science department. and the
organizations faculty advisor.
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Awarded Schol olarshlp

Miss Margaret Haas, Ann Arbor.
a Michigan State Normal College
student. has been awarded a fifty
dollar scholarship by the Michigan
State Junior Farm Bureau. 1t is a
part Of the American Youth Com
mission, which was started by the
American Council on Education. a
non-governmental organization COM
posed OF National Educationl Or
ganizations and Institutions. The
project has been sponsored in Vir.
ginia, Ohio, Iowa, Georgia and Mich
igan.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05

nave u CointT
ence Of nations
now. or as soon
as pos 81 b e,
without waiting
for the wars
end, to dope out,
In advance, a
future pea c e.
time world or
der"
There's to be
no thought OF
postwar en-
geance at this
proposed con-
ference, accord
in z to I h Q
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ty well sewed up at present. II the
new world order turns a chunk Of
it over to Germany, there1l be that
much less of 1t left for Uncle Sam
uel and John Bull.
II that new world order, to ap-
pease the Germans out Of inventing
periodical fuehrer. turns over to
them everything they're fighting
for, aren't we, In effect, licked and
looted by them. even though they
do abolish their present Adolf!
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
FAITH SEEN AS
SALVATION KEY

Rev. Howard Sugden. Jackson,
speaking before Huron Christian
Fellowship members Thursday eve
ming at Starkweather Hall, told the
students that Christ was lifted up
on the Cross and II one looks to 1t
and believes, he will be saved. Rev.
Sugden's topic was Look and Live"
and he used as his theme the third
chapter OF John which reads: To
look at the Lord Jesus and receive
life.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

New officers p. RR PRESIDENT Miss
Foley secretary and Miss Gladys Titus treasurer The meeting
at the home of Miss Titus.
amusing paylet Mrs Martin Advertised for Servant
the meeting OF the Baptist Ladies' Aid the home
of Mrs E. Beebe Taking part Mesdames Bennett Jennie
Fletcher Mary Everett Menger McFetridge McCracken r.
Burbank and David Bennett.
The graduates of the Normal High School organizns
alumni association Miss Vinora Bea head OF the Normal
High English Department is in charge.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
MERCURY MOTORS

Discovery of a new mixture that
makes 1t possible for the metallic
steam of mercury to drive loco
motives Is another step OF indus
trial importance.
The new mixture is mercury
with a bit Of two common metals,
titanium and magnesium, the lat
ter the new airplane metal.
When these are heated In an
ordinary boiler. the mercury pro-
duces a hot vapor that drives
turbine, and when through with
that job is still SO hot that 1t
heats a water boiler to make steam
to do more driving.
The metallic mercury steam
has been In use In few power
stations since 1918. but until now
1t had two serious handicaps. One,
the mercury dissolved some of the
boiler iron; two. the familiar trick
Of liquid mercury in forming little
balls interfered With rapid heat
ing.
The titanium and magnesium
cure both these troubles. They
cause the mercury to flow like
water. so that 1t covers the an
tire heating surface OF iron. This
they do by depositing a micros-
scopically-thin film OF titanium on
the surface Of the iron.
Neither metal appears in the
metallic steam. and only a few
parts Of them per million parts OF
mercury are needed.
Studies indicate that mercury
locomotive should operate with
three times the efficiency OF a
steam locomotive. using both mer-
curry vapor and steam.
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FOUR BURNED

Stanton. Mich. Dec. s. ms
Trapped by flames when an oil
stove exploded in their small tar
paper home. a mother and her three
children were dead here. The VIC
tins were Mrs. Lucille Wrisley. -,
and the children. Alice, FIVE, Wilma.
three, and Stanley. six months.
Lester Wrisley. 26. the husband and
father. said the stove had been
defective.
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.THEATER IN j. 8,
LEADING WORLD

Leland Jacobs, English teacher at
Lincoln School. speaking at the Eu-
italia meeting Thursday in Charles
McKenny Hall. said that the Amer
lean theater is the most prominent
and foremost In the world today.
because OF war conditions in other
countries which had previously en-
couraged drama.
Mr.. Jacobs gave short history
OF American drama, pointing out
that at one time 40 years elapsed
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05

TOKYO-AP-Zembei Horikiri.
Japanese ambassador to Rome. con-
ferred Thursday with Italian For
eign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano
and for the first time discussed with
the Italians the United States-Jap-
anese conversations, the newspaper
Asahi reported.
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THEY say

New York-William S. knudsen
explains why he is in favor OF Con
gress outlawing defense strikes:
with our house on fire. we can't
have a strike in the fire department
and refer the dispute to concila-
ton"
Detroit-Henry Ford predicts the
war will result In worldwide fed
Grafton of countries:
I'VE federated because It was the
only way to save ourselves from
ruin. Europe is finding that II can
not-live unfeeerated today"
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SYNOPSIS

S1NOPSlS
Leaving New York for Miami to marry
again,
HALLE SINGLETON. fashion
model, reminisces about the time. six
years before, when she was only 81
years old and had just met
ERIC ADAMS, a young would-be actor.
She remembers how
SHEILA SHERMAN, a chorus girl and
friend Of Eric's. appeared on the
scene.
YESTERDAY: Louise. her best friend.
tells Halle she should see her father.
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Fifty Years Ago

The Atlantis Guitar and Banjo Club musical tour to
Milford Pontiac The club composed OF Prof Carl
Palmer Penne Walter Jr Frank Smith. Jr, Will
Marshall Mr. nveriety Pauline Hewitt and Misses Mccarthy
and Moore.
Death: Jerome A. Stebbins, As.
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Cincinnati-AFL President VII
liam Green contends legislative con-
troll over labor is not necessary:
"The problem OF work stoppages
In defense industries can be handled
by voluntary mediation and concilia-
ton machinery"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only. and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05

did his father before him, VINO
drove with a number 10 license for
Is years.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05

Conference of All
Nations After War
Now Being Discussed

BY Charles p. Stewart
JUST WHO originated the idea
isn't very clear. but the sugges-
tion's floating about Washington
that 1t would be bright notion to
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
Your Health
Public Cooperation
Needed in Treatment
of tuberculosis

BY Logan Ciendening. NJ. d.
The greatest difficulty that the
medical profession has In the
treatment Of tuberculosis IL not as
ISOLATED with the scientific knowl.
edge Of the disease. We know the
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1941-12-05
Normal College Calendar
TODAY

TODAY
m"Yule Drag. Fred Green Ballroom Charles
McKenny Hail.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-14
JEWS IN
SPORTS
b. MoRR1s WE1NER

thing like that slip out they were
speaking through their hats. Fur
thermore, anything said to the To-
cal board is supposed to be of a.
confidential nature. I'm in per-
feet physical condition. I'm single
and I've no dependents. My folks
have enough in the bank to sup
port themselves so what more
need be said? I can't understand
what this fuss is all about. AS
I've told you, if I'm called, I'm
going. Brother, when your num-
ber's up you gotta CO."
First of all, this corner would
like to say that this accusation
OF the Bronx BambinO does not
spring from any anti-Semitic orr
gins. Hank is No. 1 news on the
sports desks throughout the cOun-
try simply because he was voted
the most valuable player in the
American League last year for
the second time in his seven years
of baseball and because he was
undoubtedly the highest-priced
player in either league last year
and stands the best chance in the
world of duplicating his perform
ances-financially and physically
this year. Hanks father was the
first to pOOh-pOOh charges of an
ti-Semitism as ridiculous. "NO-
bOdy's after Hank because he's
Jewish or because there is re-
sentiment against his success.
They're after Hank because he's a
baseball player. Don't forget that
my son is considered top-nOtch in
baseball and he's of an age when
the draft business vitality con-
Germs him. Maybe you forget the
fuss that was raised when MOrrie
ArnOvich was given a requested
deferment by his Wisconsin
board. That's bound to happen to
any of the boys who is in the
hmelight as much as baseball
players are. And, what is more,
you'll hear plenty about it once
the baseball season gets going. AS
for my Hank, he'll go when he's
called. Pm all for this draft bust
ness"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-14
Benjamin Franklin
Forgery

A member of the B'nai Birth
inquiries whether it is true that
Benjamin Franklin hated the
Jews. His question is prompted
by the distribution in his place of
employment, of an alleged state
ment of Benjamin Franklin in
which he is quoted as urging the
exclusion of Jews from America.
The source for this supposedly is
the diary of Charles Pickney of
South Carolina.
Benjamin Franklin did not hate
the Jews; on the contrary, his at
titude toward all minorities was a
very liberal one. In one of his let
tiers he wrote: II hope -. to see
-. our country established in
Freedom, when it will soon become
great and glorious by being the
asylum of all the oppressed in Eu-
rope, and the resort of the veal
thy, who love liberty, from all
parts of this continent, to estab-
fish themselves and families
among u.s."
The origin of the statement at
tributed to Franklin was William
Dudley Policy, the notorious lead
er of the Silver Shirts, Fascist
organization, who first published
the document in 1884 in his vio-
lently anti-democratic periodical,
Liberation" Shortly thereafter it
was reprinted by the Nazi press in
Germany and was distributed by
Robert Edward Edmondson, an
other American propaganda for
Nazi Germany.
All of the outstanding Frank
lin authorities emphatically agree
that the document credited to this
beloved American is a forgery.
DR.. Cary Van Doren, biographer of
Franklin, says: 1.-THE forger's au-
thority for his document is nearly
as mythical as could be imagined.
He cites a manuscript which does
not exist, a printed book or panph-
let which nobody has seen, a Jour-
nal which has been lost for more
than a hundred years. There is
no evidence of the slightest value
that Franklin ever made the al
legged speech or ever said or
thought anything of the kind
about the Jews"
Alfred Ringing, librarian of the
Franklin Institute in Philadelphia,
states: 'The document said to be
an abstract from the Journal of
Charles Pickney of South Caro-
lima does not exist. Neither the
original, nor any copy of it, is in
the possession of the Franklin In
stitute. Historians and historical
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-03-14
TANK GREENBERG WILL GO
WHEN CALLED

Hank Greenberg, the Bronx
pomhinO and without any ques-
+ion the highest paid man in base
hoII during the 1910 season, is once
ocain headline news. But this time
ne a horse of another color. Two
months ago he was hailed by the
snorting fraternity throughout
the land as the ''mOst valuable
nTaver in the American League. :"
Today, this same outfit is clubbing
hank "the nations number one
draft dOdger."
But Greenberg, just returned
from a vacation trip to Hawaii, is
adamant in his statement that he
is not trying to get out of any
thing. IF I'm called, I'm going" "
he told this reporter soon after
he landed at La Guardia Field in
New York after a flight from
the West. whats all this bust
ness about asking for deferments
and special favors Of the draft
board?" he countered to baseball
scribes who were on hand to
greet him. IF the board let any,