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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Couple Take Two Years to
Build Home, Then Marry

Dallas, Tex, Feb. 4-Weldon
Gibbs and Sue Lawson went to
high school together and were
sweethearts. They wanted to get
married, but they first wanted a
home OF their own.
Gibbs, a husky boy of 10 when
he was graduated from high
school, got a Job as a printer. He
could only work evenings. Sue,
pretty brunette, helped him.
While Gibbs hacked away at a
hill chosen as domestic. Sue
made sandwiches and boiled cof-
fee over a campfire. They started
work at p. m. and Q0it when
they got tired.
1t took two years, but Gibbs
now literally has moved a small
hill, using a pick and wheelbar.
row, and has built four-room and
bath home of red Millsap rock.
The fireplace, Gibbs master
piece, is made of red stone and is
a spacious woodburner. Part Of
the woodwork is knotty pine.
The only work which Gibbs did
not DO was the wallpapering.
When the house was completed
on a five-evenings a week work
plan, Weldon and Sue were mar
ried.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Salt Lake City Pioneer
in Step With Progress

Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 4-UP
"A lot Of people are dy ng around
81, but not many over 90" muses.
W. B. Richards, Sr., as he sweeps
the snow off his front S dewG k.
He himself is older than the city
in which he lives.
Richards, the son of one OF the
men who accompanied Brigham
Young when he first viewed tn
valley, was born in 1S47 in a Ne.
braska settlement-Winter Quar-
ters-where the Mormons camped
until spring.
He was year and a half old
when he followed his father, Will
lard RichardsAsecond counselor in
the L. D. S. Church TO Brigham
Young-into the then small but
thriving community.
r chards has kept pace with mod.
ern developments which have
come to the Utah capital 81 like to
drive car" says the spry nonagen.
arian. However, he hastens to add.
he hasn't driven for a long time"
not since he was so.
Furthermore, he doesn't attempt
to advise youth on how they should
live. He merely passes it off and
says, When l was young, | didn't
get a chance to see any fast living"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Scout Troop at Frains Lake
Hosts at Supper, Program

Frains Lake, Mich, Feb. 4-Boy
Scouts OF troop No. 81 we're hosts
at a get together meeting Friday
night in Dixbpro Church dining
room for their parents, former
Scouts, and friends. A potuck sup
per was enjoyed by about 40, more
coming in for the program later.
Clarence King, as master OF cere-
monies, in the absence OF Scout
master Richard Leslie, told some
thing Of the history Of the troop
which was started in 1924 by Rev.
Ralph Harper He spoke glowingly
of past scoutmasters, Glen Free
man and John Haas, whose work
and effort were outstanding since
that time. Rev. Wilson then gave
great praise to Mr. King for his
excellent work as scoutmaster be-
fore moving to Detroit and the ac-
tive interest he still maintains
in the troop.
Walter MacPeek, scout executive
in a short talk, presented the
church and community with a chart,
to be hung in ;he church, on which
may be kept a record Of each ac-
complishment Of a goal set by the
troop as a whole Some Of the
Scouts presented a skit, given as
a radio program. over the loud
speaker. 1t was entitled These
Fathers" and was a take Off on
the fathers who take little or no in
serest in their sons Scout actiyi-
ties. Melvin Shumaker as a final
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Eagles Fight Over Fish
But Forget to Eat it

Muskegon, Mich, Feb 4-UP-
Witnesses here watched three
eagles engage in aerial combat
for a small fish they forgot final.
ly to eat.
Residents near Bear Lake chan
mel in Muskegon Lake reported
that one bold eagle that often
stopped to eat fish tossed up on
the ice was interrupted by the
arrival Of two others, who power
dived upon him.
The three fought for time
near a fish the first eagle had not
yet dislodged from the ice, and
then took off. still fighting, with
out their quarry
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Mrs. Wendell Willkie
Plans Debut on Radio

New York, Feb. 4-AP - Mrs.
Wendell L. Willkie. wife OF the 1910
Republican presidential nominee,
will make her radio>debut next Sat
urday.
She will appear on a program
titled calling all Citizens spon-
sored by the new y-formed Active
Citizens League and des gned to
educate women in the active tech.
niques OF citizenship. The program
will be broadcast by CHS from 2:90
to 3 p. m. (EST).
Sharing the program with her
will be Paul V. McNutt, Federal Sc
curity administrator; Kate Smith,
radio singer; May Donlon, a mem
Der of the executive committee of
the New York State Republican
Committee, and Dorothy Strauss, a
member OF the New York State
Democratic Comm ttee.
Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, who directed
the women's campaign for Presl-
dent Roosevelt in the 1910 elef-
ton. is a member Of the leagues
sponsoring comm. ttee. N-, ---'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
On StdQe
And
Screen

Hollywood, Feb. 4-UP- RKO-
Radio Studio today restored 10 to
so per cent pay cuts instituted IN
1889 when the Nazis were marching
into Poland and producers thought
war would knock the bottom out
OF motion pictures.
RKO-Rado said war had not
quite caused the slump 1t had fear
ed, although the continental mar
ket was gone. Much OF the damage
was onset by tightening operations
and effecting other economies.
Stars under contract were not
cut. Other employees took reduc-
ton OF 10 per cent IL they earned
$4,000 or more a year, and so
per cent II their pay checks were
$4,000 or above.
The ashes OF Clara Rabbit Price
IS. stage star OF the $4,000 era in
New York and Boston. will be
buried in Kensico Cemetery. West
chester County. n. Y. Her hus-
band, Mark Price, stage star, IS
buried there.
Mrs. Price died OF complications
from a leg fracture she suffered
three months ago. She was born
in Boston and was starred with the
Boston Theater Company. Augustin
DAILY In New York. and Robert
Mantel!. She retired in 1890 and
had been living here with her son,
Alonzo.
Shirley Temples big brother,
Jack, and his bride, Miriam Ellis.
worth of Los Altos, Calf, were
honeymooning today.
The couple, who had planned a
formal church wedding at Del
Monte in March, changed their
minds and flew to Reno where they
were married by the Rev. Warren
l.. Botkin in the Trinity Episcopal
Church. They will live in Palo
Alto.
The Cagney brothers adjourned
Their reunion to Queen OF Angels
Hospital today. James. the actor;
William, the producer, and Dr..
Edward Cagney, a New York ply
slcian, were talking over old times
yesterday when William became
violently Ill. He was rushed to the
hospital, where Brother Edward
diagnosed his trouble as acute ap
pendicitis.
DR.. Cagney said William would
be kept under observation several
days before he decides whether 70
operate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Three Sent to Jail
by Justice Reading

Ann Arbor. Mich, Feb Aus
tice Harry W. Reading sentenced
three people TO county jail when
they ia led to pay alternative fines
Monday.
Miss Reva Solberg, Chelsea, and
George a. Marshal. Lansing, ad-
mitted disorderly conduct charges
placed against them by Deputy
Harold Craven, Chelsea Miss Sol
bert is to serve Is days and Mr.,
Marshall ten days.
Ernest Wiegant, Twin Lake.
pleaded gu lty 10 being intoxicated
and disorde.ly, and was sentenced
TO ten days. He was originally
CHARGED with attempting TO drive
away a car belonging TO Kari
Lach er, this city, but insisted he
was intoxicated at the time and
did not know what he was doing
when he got in the car and looked
for ignition keys.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Doctor Says Odds Favor
Lonuer Life For Women

Detroit, Feb. 4-tP-Do- men
live longer than women?
Dr.. Arthur B. Elliott, Chicago,
says no. Scotching the age-old the
DRY about the survival OF the
sexes" Dr. Elliott told members o.
the Mich gan State Medical Society
at a convention here that women
are less emotionally intense than
men and. consequently. have bet.
ter chance of survival.
Women live longer and a higher
percentage die OF causes not con-
nected with their blood pressure"
said DR.. Elliott.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

Mr.. and Mrs. John Dee Gold
smith and son, Jerry spent Sun
day with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Brown, Ridgeway.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walther
and son, Glen spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Wolfe and
Ira Wineland, Toledo. Mr.. Wine
land has been very i'll but he is
now improving.
Mrs. Grace Jacobs and sons,
Clyde, Carl, and Guy and daugh-
ter, Doris have moved from the
Sayre Reeves farm TO the house
formerly occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Rhoades- in Saline
township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Sanford, OF
the State Hospital staff spent
Monday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Walther and son,
Glen.
NJ. and Mrs. Clifford Wolfe, To-
ledo, spent -.."sday with Mr.
and Mrs. George Walther and
son. Glen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Grams spent
Monday at Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Odd ingenuity Reveals
Body Lost in River

Phoenixville, Pa, Feb. 4-uP-
Burgess Thomas OF Phoenixville re-
membered some Tom Sawyer In
genuity and recovered the body OF
Benjamin Pogozelski from Schuyl'
kill River after police efforts fai' ed.
Thomas dropped q loaf OF bread
covered with lard into the water
and said, when that bread stops
and turns around. that's where the
body is"
Sure enough, when the bread
twisted around several times police
discovered Pogozelskis body.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
ADMITS DETROIT sLAYlNtI

Pontiac. Mich, Feb. 4-AP-D.s.
trict Attorney General ]. Cation
Loser Of Nashville, Tenn. way on
his way here today with extradhio1
papers for Wi liam Ernest Brown,
41-year-old ex-convict. while De
troit authorities checked Browns
reported confession of an 11-yea;-
old holdup-murder Of a Woodward
Ave. restaurant proprietor. Sheriff
Spencer c. Howarth, who said
Brown confessed to him the De-
troit killing, indicated that the ex-
convicts would be turned over to
Losers custody If Detroit officers
decided not to bring murder
charges against him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
SHE LOSS no la PRoREp

Toronto, Feb. 4-AP-The de.
partment OF transport will hold
formal invest cations Feb. 1919
into the loss Of the steamships
Anna c. Minch and Novadoc in the
Lake Michigan Armistice Day gale.
it wasrannounced here Monday. +.
II. Barlow. master of the supreme
court, will preside over the public
hear ngs. Capts. Henry King and
G. d. Frewer will be assessors and
Frank Wilkinson will be counsel
for the INVESTIGATING comm. ssion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Ann Arbor Neu1s
IN CIRCUIT COURT

Ann Arbor. Mich, Feb. 4 -
Judge George w. Sample Monday
at an extradition hearing released
Kenneth Mckinley to custody Of
NJ. ssour officers where he is want
ed as an alleged parole Violate q.
McKin ey had been detained by
sheriff's officers Monday on his re-
lease from the Federal PenitentiaIy
near Milan where h had been serv-
ing time for forgery.
Judge sample also ordered Orbln
and Arnold Patton, Chelsea, TO re-
turn $4,000 obtained by fraudulent
m srepresentat ons from Mrs. Anne
liza Van Ripper and Miss Florence
Van Ripper, that village. The money
was obtained in a junkyard promo
ton scheme.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
COMEDIAN MARRIEs

Cincinnati, Feb 4-AP-Anthony
Rosinski, 24-year-old three-foot
eight inch comedian with the
"Hellzapopp n" road company. mar
ried Miss Eleanor Glaza, Detroit. in
nearby Newport, Ky, yesterday.
Rosinski's bride, also "a, is FIVE
feet, Z inches tall The coined ans
brother. Mi ton, playing in the same
show, said the couple were child
hood playmates in Detroit. Rosi.
nski is known on the stage as Tony
Ross.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Germans Claim Fog New
Feature of War Fighting

New York. Feb. 4-lNS-Colum.
bia Broadcasting System released
today an intercepted Nazi short
wave broadcast telling of a new
German secret weapon"-impene.
trable waves of artificial fog.
The German announcer. as re-
ported by CHS. went on to tell en-
Enthusiastically of how the enemy
troops either become so .ost in the
dense fog that they surrender in
disgust or succeed In getting out o.
it only to form perfect silhouettes
for Nazi sharpshooters.
Nothing was said Of the possibili-
ty that a wind blowing the wrong
way might envelop the Nazi troops
in their own fog.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Funeral to be Wednesday
For Miss Amelia Fleur

Ann Arbor, Mich, Feb. FLU
neral services will be Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock in St. Tho
mas Church for Miss Amelia Fleur,
who passed away Monday after a
brief illness. Burial will be in
ST. John Cemetery. Jackson.
Miss Fleur was born in Ypsi-
lanti and was the daughter Of the
late Andrew and Eve Flench
Fieur. Later she resided In Jack
son and went to Ann Arbor about
1915.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Frances Ryan. Ann Arbor, with
whom she resided, and Mrs. Teresa
Rob nson. Battle Creek, and sew
eral nieces and nephews.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Last Rites Wednesday
For Miss Lena Bauer

Ann Arbo, Mich. Feb. LAST
rites will be Wednesday afternoon
at 1850 in the Muehlig Chapel and
at ESQ in thre ST. John Church,
Bridgewater, for Miss Lena VI.
Bauer, who passed away Monday.
Rev. Martin Phil ps will offic.-
ate and burial will be in st. John
Cemetery, Bridgewater.
Miss Bauer was born in Freedom
Township, December l, 1885, and
was a daughter of the late John
and Mary Bauer.
Surviving ar two sisters, Mrs
William Nilen. Bridgewater. and
Mrs. Reuben Kaercher. Lima Town
ship: two brothers, Jacob, Bridge
water, and Charles, Freedom
Township.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
New York to Experiment
in Religious Education

New York, Feb. Ans New
York City's schools were prepared
today to begin an experiment in
religious education.
Effective tomorrow. pupils in Is
schools in New York City's five
boroughs will be given an hour of
each day for religious study. Tho
Protestant Catholic and Jewish re-
ligions will be represented.
One Of the common principles 10
he taught will be tolerance for ad.
herents OF other religious faiths.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Mrs. Stratton Brooks,
Normal Graduate, Dies

Prof. II. z. WILDER has received a
letter from Stratton D. Brooks, Nor
NAL 80, Kansas City. Mo-. stating
that his wife passed away Jan. II.
She is survived by her husband,
four daughters and II grandchil-
dren. Mrs. Brooks was Miss Mar
cia Stuart and was graduated from
the Michigan State Normal School
in 1889. DR.. Brooks is now exc
cutive director OF the Order OF
DeMolay.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Intefment- in Saginaw For
Mrs. Cora Smith FurgaSOn

Ann Arbor, Mich. Feb. i-Inter-
ment took place n Saginaw follow
ing services this morning in the
Muehlig Chapel for Mrs. Cora
Smith Furgason, who passed away
Sunday.
Mrs. Furgason was born in Yer
mont. November y, 1915. She was
graduated from Syracuse Unlversi-
ty and taught art in Saginaw be-
fore her MARI age 10 Charles Fur.
eason in 1928.
Her husband, one niece and one
nephew survive.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
DIVORCE DEGREES GRANTED

Blanche Pearl Howell, from Gale
A. Howell. non-support.
May d. Grossman, from Wa de-
mar j. Grossman; cruelty.
Bertha Gilman, from Manly Gill
man: non-suppors and cruelty.
Maxine Bats. from Albert Bats,
cruelty and non-support.
Dorcas Z. Vorce Schroeder, from
Charles X. Schroeder; cruelty.
Evelyn r. Flournoy, from Ralph
V. Flournoy; cruelty and non-sup-
port.
Walter A. Rice, from Helen Fin
ger Rice: cruelty
Michael Heron, from Amanda
Heron; cruelty.
Mary j. Kluwe, from Harvey J.
Kluwe, cruelty.
Marion Brooks. from Harold
Brooks. cruelty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
INVESTIGATE OWNERSHIP

Ann Arbor, VI ch., Feb, I =
Sher.f's officers are investigating
ownership of a badly wrecked cal
found on Dexter Rd. near Mercy
wood Sanitorium Monday evening.
The vehicle, which apparently had
skidded of the road, bore plates
registered 10 Peter Malonaken, TIE
cumseh. The officers ordered the
car removed to a local garage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

NEW KENSINGTON. Pains
George n. Spencer. manager Of a
local tire firm, has patented a
new-type incendiary bomb. with
old rubber tires and a petroleum
compound as the basic components.
it was learned today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Total of S1.763 Received
in Paralysis Fund Drive

Ann Arbor. Mich, Feb. "A to-
tai Of s1763.60 has been received to
date in the dri e for funds to aid
MANTLE paralysis sufferers. Mrs.
+. II. Yost, Jv. and Mrs. VI. \.
Waldron, campaign co-cha-rmen,
announce.
- The sum OF 1928 was raised from
tag day. Saturday, while special
gifts totaled S468, coin col ection
boxes in schools. S131.32; coin
boxes in stores, SS3.14 and con.
tr.buting memberships were S9710.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
LAST RITES TODAY

Ann Arbor, Mich. Feb. 4-Last
rites were conducted this after.
noon for Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Tay-
lor. SO, Who passed away Saturday
Rev. Henry Lewis officiated and
bur al was in Chelsea.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
INFANT DAUGHTER BURIED

Ann Arbor Mich. Feb. 4-Inter.
ment was in Forest Hill Cemetery
Monday afternoon for Mary Jean,
infant daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Shaw. The child IS survived
by her parents. her father being the
basketball coach in Ann Arbor High
School, and her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Davis, Dearborn,
and Nh and Mrs. John Shaw, De-
tro.t
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Carter and
baby are staying at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rhan a few days
before going 70 their home in Platt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Youngs en-
tertained over the week end. their
nephew, Howard Lynch, who is in
training at Camp Custer.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. {. Partridge, De-
troit, were Sunday guests OF Mr..
ana Mrs. Charles Freeman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

WASHINGTON-UP - The re-
mains Of the late William Gibbs
McAdoo, World War Secretary of
the Treasury and former senator
from California, were buried in
Arlington National Cemetery Mon
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
York News
ATTEND WEDDING

York, Mich, Feb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gust Grams and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dee Goldsmith and son.
Jerry, attended the wedding OF
Miss Stella Sobiegraj and Jesse
Olds, Saturday evening. at the
latter's home near Cone
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Women Serve Supper

Mooreville Ladies Aid served
supper Thursday, at the York Hall
and proceeds were $500.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Attend Weddinu

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Youngs at
tended the wedding Saturday night
o: their granddau 3hter, Dorothea
Wetherby to Theodore Reisman in
In Calvary Methodist Church, Red
ford
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Al Enneral Bites

Mrs. Earl Rhan was in Saline
Wednesday for the funeral services
Of Mrs. Emil Mickey who passed
away suddenly in the car while on
the way TO town.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
Attends 3e'ers Partyy

Mrs. Anna Freeman attended a
Parry given by the 39'ers Club at
the home of Mrs. Paul Wesenberg,
Geddes, Wednesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04
MARRIAGE LICENCES

Maynard II Leach, 81, route /,
Chelsea. Lila NJ Toelle, l9, route /,
Manchester
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

number. showed motion pictures on
Scouting, and other educational
subjects.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Arend will
entertain the Saline Grange, We'd
nesday evening.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12

The shooting of former Premier
Pierre Laval, Nazi collaboration, is
believed to be but one instance of
widespread opposition in France to
the Petain-Hitler program.
Dakar were struggled into the U. S.
in the gasoline tank of an automo-
bile shipped to Hoboken from Lon
don and on a Greek steamer.
The plans presumably were turned
over to the Vichy government by
agents here, The story, evidently
the result of long and careful inves-
tigation by the writer for his news
paper, named more than a dozen
names, including that of the am
bassador himself, and created pro-
found sensation, certain to bring re-
percussicns.
1t was charged, among other
things, that secret French police
agent had been sent here and had
established the .undercover organiza-
ton. ssi'
At the same time that Laval and
OGdt WC1C k1Cdk 0GQSAA AAOAA4 eAA~AA
wounds as sort of elimination of
French unrest and sabotage against
the pro-Nazis, it was reported from
Stockholm, mine of information
about conditions in Norway, that
Quisling himself had tried suicide
by taking sleeping pills.
The report stated that the nervous
puppet Nazi leader in conquered
Norway had been found unconscious
and that prompt medical attention
saved his life. aA
The Swedish sources stated in
passing that their country, as well
as Switzerland and Portugal, the
only three European nations not en-
gagged in the struggle one way OF
another, were being strongly propa-
gandized by Germany on taking
sides, with considerable "advice" as
to which side to take.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-09-12
The AnssUers

1. Formal fighting terminated
around 1841 in the second Seminole
war, but the war has not yet ended
technically, since no peace treaty
has been signed.
2. Amber, "gem of the ages"
8. Charles I, in 1649.
4. Approximately $4,000, 900.
5. Thirty years old.
6. Italy.
Z. Yes, by "a years.
8. Arizona and New Mexico "a
strip of territory adjoining these
states was purchased from Mexico
for $10,00O,OOO).
9. France.
10. The New England states are
the six in the most northern part
of the United States: Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, and Con-
necticut.