davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Borden Spent S5,438

NORFOLK. Va, Sept. (P).-Col-
gate w. Darden, jr., who won the
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of Virginia in the primary
August 5, yesterday filed an account
of his campaign expenses with w. L
Prieur, jr., clerk of the Corporation
Court of the City of Norfolk, show
ing expenditures totaling s5,438.30.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Sept. ) L4'l.--Noon foreign
exchange rates follow (Great Britain in
dollars. others in cents)
Canada: Official Canadian Control
Board rates for United States dollars;
buying, 10 per cent premium; selling, IL
rer cent premium, equivalent to discounts
on Canadian dollars in New York of buy
ing, 9.91 per cent: selling, 500 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, 101a per cent discount or $500 United
States cents, down .06I4.
Europe Great Britain, official tBankers'
Foreign Exchange Committee rates) buy
ing, 4 90; selling, .04 open market. Gables,
4.0324, up "a cent.
Latin America: Argentina. official, 2a77:
free, 27.75, UP .05 cent; Brazil, official,
6.06n; free, 5.l0n Mexico, 20.70n.
5.55.
indicatedO Nominal.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Cessna Aircraft
Votes Dividend
OF S7.25 a Share
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. Cessna
Aircraft Co. directors today declared
a dividend of $1.25 a share on the
common stock, payable September
26 to stockholders of record Sep
tember 16. Cessna paid an initial
dividend of 10 cents July 25.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Potomac Electric Power 81 pfd.-
l at 1l6l2.
Washington Gas pfd.-l0 at 1861;
at 106ls; at l06.
Capital Transit Co.'S at 16l4.
Capital Traction 1st 5s-S1 900 at
105lo
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Excess Bank Reserves
Drop 13O Millions
During Week
Increases in Circulation
And Treasury Cash
Listed as Factors
3y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Lendable excess reserves in men,
ber banks of the Federal Reserve
System declined by $130,0O0,O0o last
week to approximately s4,860,0O0, 900,
the board reported today.
Reductions in member bank re-
serves were attributable to increases
of $l35, 100000 in money in circula-
ton and s22, 100000 in Treasury cash
and a decrease of 4O,OOO,OO0 in Re-
serve bank credit. but that this was
partly offset by others factors, in
Guiding a decrease of S64 900. 900 IN
Treasury deposits with Federal Re-
serve banks.
The boards statement said:
During the week ended Septem-
ber 3 member bank reserve balances
decreased Sll4000,000 Reductions
in member bank reserves arose from
increase of $135000,00O in money
in circulation and S22000.000 in
Treasury cash and a decrease of
S40000,000 in Reserve Bank credit.
offset in part by increases of
S6000,000 in gold stock and $4,000
900 in Treasury currency, and de-
creaseS of S640O0,0O0 in Treasury
deposits with Federal Reserve banks
and S10000,000 in non-member de-
posits anu other Federal Reserve
Der banks on September were
estimated to be approximately s4,-
860,000,000, decrease of $780,
100000 for the week
Changes in member bank reserve
balances and related items during
the week and the year ended Sep
tenn 3, l941, were reported as fol-
lows:
Sept. 3. Aug. -, Sept 4.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Reserve Board RepOrtS.

Department store sales, based on
reports to the Federal Reserve
Board, we're % per cent higher last
week than in the corresponding
week a year ago, the board reported
today. Some of the increase has
been attributed by officials to in
creased purchasing during the final
week of unregulated installment
buying before the boards restric-
tons went into effect on Septem-
Der l.
In the previous week sales also
were % per cent higher than in the
corresponding 1910 week, and for
the four weeks ended August 30
they were IS per cent higher than
in the similar period last year.
The increases reported by Federal
Reserve districts included: Boston,
%; New York, 81; Philadelphia, 26;
Cleveland, 81; Richmond, 81: At
lanta. SO; Chicago, 30; ST.. Louis. 81;
Kansas City. 25; Dallas, AZ, and San
Francisco, 36.
No figures was available for the
Minneapolis district.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

Also extra or extras
Declared or paid so far this year.
e Paid last year
Quotations furnished by National Asso-
clation of Securities Dealers, Inc. which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transa ctions firm bids or offers, bu,
should indicate approximate prices.
Evening star., 1941-09-05

Quotations furnished by National Asso-
citation of Securities Dealers, Inc, which
states they do not necessarily reflect actual
transactions or firm bids or offers, but
should indicate approximate prices and
unless otherwise indicated are as quoted
by the sponsors or issuers
Not quoted by sponsors or issuers.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Store Sales Climb
q 10 2S Per Cent
Above Year Ago
Demand Brisk in Most
Lines at Opening
OF Fail Season
Rx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5-Buylng IN
retail stores entered the fall selling
season this week with vigorous de-
mand for most all lines Of merchan-
disc and sales value averaged %
to 28 per cent above a year ago for
the country as a whole, Dun q
Bradstreet reported today.
Most stores found business gains
over year ago we'll maintained
despite the fact that at this time
last year there was strong up
turn.
Trade apparently took in its
stride the new credit curbs affecting
25 classes of consumers goods" the
agency said. In the first few days
after the regulation became effec-
tive, appliance sales experienced no
perceptible letdown
Furniture volume declined, but
by no more than the expected
amount. as promotional emphasis
shifted from August sales of home
furnishings to fall style goods. y > :
In womens approval, furs con-
tinued far in the lead, with coats
and suits also moving we'll and dress
sales beginning to pick up more
briskly."
In the wholesale business, out-of-
town buyers began to return to
central markets to write new orders
and to attempt to expedite delivery
on the old. Christmas goods and
fiIl-ins were in most demand. A
number of upward revisions il prices
were announced during the week. A
leading maker of mems summer suits
posted an increase of 6 per cent over
q year ago. Some shirt prices held,
others advanced 10 per cent. Felt
hats were marked up again, with
increases ranging from rs cents to
So a dozen. First prices on 1912
automobiles made public showed
rises on most models of Is to 20 per
cent. Glassware was generally ad-
Vanced 10 per cent. A line of rayon
blankets was moved up 4 to per
cent. Southern canned tomatoes
rose to the highest levels in 10 years.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
London Tin Prices

LONDON. Sept. 3 (P1,-Tin steady; spot,
1856 bid, 1855 5s asked; future, 1868 bid
f25q 10A asked.
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Vote on Tax Bill
How Senators Bolloted
On Cut in Exemptions

By the Associated Press.
Here is the vote by which the
Senate voted yesterday to reduce in
come tax exemptions from $4,000
to $500 for married persons and
from $500 to $3.50 for single indi-
viduals
Evening star., 1941-09-05
London Bar Silver

LONDON, Sept 3 LP1.-Bar silver, 23Ed;
unchanged. Equivalent, AZ So centsJ
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Investing Companies

NEW YORK. Sept. < lP-Nation As
sociatlon Securities Dealers. Inc:
CLOSING QuotatiorsO
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Federal lund Bunks

NEW YORK, Sept. OP.-Federal Land
Evening star., 1941-09-05
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK. Sert. ! lP.-National As
sociation Securities Dealers Inc:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

would get us in big city That danger signal
flashed through my mind
Maybe these funny-looking women were China
men wives! Maybe they were even Cinnamon
themselves. was too frightened to answer
grabbed up my bag and ran out of the place.
ieaVlng my food untouched the laughter Of these
strange denizens of the city wilderness ringing in
my ears.
My stomach was empty-but I still had my
thlrty-tVe cents. On an impulse to do something
get anywhere, jumped onto a street-car paid my
fare and sat down
| rode and rode. Crowds piled on and crowds
piled off / couldn't see anything but faces more
people than dreamed were in all the world.
1t began getting dark The lights came on.
still sat huddled in my seat, too frightened to move
not knowing what TO do Why the conductor
didn't put me off don't know but he didn't.
Finally, at midnight, a-voiee called out:
Everybody off End of the line. We're goin'
to the barn"
My decision was made for me I couldn't sit
and ride on the friendly street-car any longer
had to take the next step no matter where it
led me-
looked around, There was one other person
on the car, a kindly-looking man I thought his
nose-glasses were funny, but, bless his heart I'll
never forget him. He was my first friend in
New York and one of my kindlest advisers
Tears were streaming down my face Nv eyes
were as red as my hair from crying
You're in trouble, little girl" the man said.
Are you LOST"
Moo" / sobbed live nowhere to go"
well, don't cry" he said, and put an arm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

gently around my shoulder, "TI take you Al a.
home with me- w
l looked up at him. He didn't look like ="
what l imagined a Chinaman would be. But 50
by that time it didn't matter much w
/ didn't realize it then but / already was
caught in the vortex OF New York life. Little
did dream that night where that chance meeting
on street-car at midnight would lead me.
you come along with me and everything will
be all right" The mans voice treasured me- Be
sides didn't know enough about the ways of the
city-and men-to be suspicious.
We took a taxi to his home The man stopped
at a doorway and rang the bell. A sweet-faced
lady answered
Look what I've found" the man laughed
we stepped inside Just what I've been looking
for all over New York Isn't she a beauty
His words startled me l still didn't see any
Chnamen-but / wondered what he wanted with
me- And that woman who let us in--was she
really his wife or one of the kind l had heard
mentioned vaguely in whispers?
That night it didn't matter. was too tired to
care. The lady fixed me something TO eat, then
led me to a nice clean room and tucked me in. l
was safe so far. The morrow would have to n
care of itself.
That man who took me into his home was
Arthur William Brown, the noted illustrator and
artist. l never will be able to repay him for his
kindness
The next morning | got up early and slipped
into my clothes, intending TO get out before my
benefactor discovered ] gone His remarks
about being lust what I've been looking for still
puzzled me. didn't know who he was.
Just as opened the door Mr. Brown heard me.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

That was my role when l first set foot in
New York
l walked wde-eyed through the ostling crowds
of the Grand Central Station nervously lingering
my nickels and dimes. They added up to exactly
thirty-five cents l didn't know a soul had no
place to go
was as green as 13-year-old girl just out of
a convent could be.
The next day l was standing partly without
clothing beside an artists easel 1t was the first
time in my sheltered life that anyone had seen me
that way. | wasn't greatly embarrassed. Perhaps
was too much of a child TO be.
In my hand was fifty-doar bill my paw for
a couple of hours posing
II was more money than ever had seen before
in my life!
Many more such days as a model followed
closely. There were many more bills, with the
clothes and finery they could buy TO replace the
harsh sombre attire l always had known
In a few short weeks / heard myself acclaimed
miss America, chosen for the title not from
bevy of bathing beauties at Atlantic City. but
selected by the vote of the greatest artists in
America TO represent the embodiment of all that
American girlhood should stand for, physically
morally, and spiritually.
1t was too high pedestal
Therefore, when the first of the tragic events
IN my life toppled me from my lofty throne the
spotlight of the country was focused on me to
hlghlght my disaster in bold relief
BY the time those first short Kaleidoscope
weeks flashed by found myself behind the foot
lights one flower in the worlds greatest garden
of feminine beauty, the Ziegfeld Folies
Yes you may say, / took New York overnight
But New York took me- too
Perhaps I've paid dearly for the success that
swept me 20 the pinnacle of fame and dropped me
just as quickly but with all the anguish that went
with it there were luminous moments that even
the darkest days of later dope-ridden years
couldn't take from me
Most wildly my life with Frank Tinney the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

famous comedian, stands out Is
l cherish those memories and seek no
pity. Some may say | am the victim of
my own folly-but I've always wondered
why life seems to expect.so much more of
beautiful woman than it does Of her less-favored
sisters What life usually does is to give them
much IN the beginning, fame, success, alteration
then crushes them with heartaches and tragedy
Only who lived on the Cav White Wav as
Broadway OF New York used TO be called in those
hystercal days of the early twenties can sense
the thrills OF the life of Follies girl the nightly
round OF fabulous parties showers of Jewels mil
ionaires scrambling for a smile and a kiss
It's of those days that want to tell. and of
the gamourous figures who stalked through them
some to lasting fame-others to squaor and
friendless death.
doubt if anyone ever was more terrified than
was the day walked out into the busting streets
of New York The roar of traffic the incessant
humble of voices, the swish of the crowds all left
me bewidered
A strange spectacle I must have been, if New
York had taken pause to look NY plain blue
serge suit and square little school cap must have
made me conspicuous
But no noticed me. I almost wished some
body out of the sea of faces would speak-and
probably would have tainted if anyone had
was alone in the midst of millions of people and
scared to death.
l saw a policeman and was frightened had
been told a man in police uniform actually might
not be policeman at all.
| scurried into little white front cafe think
ing / would eat while l tried TO decide what l
should do next.
Two women were seated near me- chattering
like magpes When they spied me they began to
laugh.
Hello Rosebud when did you get in ?" one Of
them asked me. Her voice was coarse unlike the
soft tones OF the sisters in the convent / never
had heard anything like it before Her painted
face startled me- Rouge and lip-stick were some
thing new.
The nuns always had told US that Cinnamon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

ON THESE pages today begins the life story of
~ Imogene CBubbles') Wilson, one of Broad
ways most famous beauties known today Mary
Nolan
1t is told forathe first time in most intimate de-
tail by Miss Nolan herself. In its chapters she
bares, unreservedly, all hitherto undscosed details
OF her career from the day she suddenly trans
planted when only thirteen years old, from
Southern into the night life of New York
during its gayest era
Here revealed drama and tragedy of an UNI
sophisticated girl upon whom sudden success and
fame were thrust, only 20 be followed by love
slavery, heart-break, dsillusionment drugs and
finally the desperation Of trying TO rehabtate
career which Fate had most cruelty shattered
Read here the first chapter of Real-Life Foes
by one of the most famous - and frankest - Foles
Girls.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
1871 by American Weekly Rights Reserved
BY MARY NOLAN,
The Former Imogene Wilson, Miss America" of the
Ziegfed FOies
CHAPTER /.

The little country girl in the Big City
That was my role when first set foot ir
New York
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
LONG WAR

Among interesting interpreta.
tions put on Hitler's Sunday speech
is that invasion OF England has
again been postponed.
There seems 10 be definite
trend in der Feuhrer's recent
talks TO prepare the German peo-
pie for a long war. This time he
said IF the German soldier already
possesses the best weapons in the
world, he will receive still better
ones this year and the next" That
remark does not seem 10 indicate
that Hitler expects or even homes
that the war will be over soon. He
knows Britain must fall before
he can gain his ultimate victory.
the victory which he has been
promising the German people since
his rise to popular acclaim.
II he is implying that the war
will not be soon over, then hopes
for Britain are bright. With every
delay. help from the Americas
comes nearer. and when the full
food OF war materials begins to
cross the Atlantic, II may indeed
become long war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06

Bell on Defense Financing;
p. m.-Music Week Concert
from Peru,
3:15-Welcome to Latin.Ameri
can Naval Chiefs;
5:00-Dixie Handicap at Pimlico.
MBS-l2 noon Hour OF Serials;
$3.50 p. m.-Johnson Family.
SHORT WAVES-DJD Berlin, 6:45
Master Concert; Csc esd GSL
London, 7:45--News and Views;
TGWA Guatemala. 10:00-Opera
Aida: Csc esd GSL. London
IFS Britain Speaks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
Home Flower Gardeners
viii Meet in BelIeville

Home flower gardeners OF this
vicinity will have an opportunity to
attend a one-day school of flower
culture Friday. May Is at the Belle
Vile High School, Belleville.
The school will start at p. m.
and will Include an evening meet.
ing at p. m.
In the afternoon Paul Krone, ex-
tension specialist in Horticulture,
Michigan State College. will dis.
cuss Soils and their Preparation"
and Choice Towering Plants for
Michigan Gardens.
In the evening Professor c. ".
Barr, assistant professor OF Land
Scape designing. Michigan State
College. will discuss Planning the
Home Grounds.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
NEW HIGH RECORD

Marquette, May s. APP - An
s7-degree maximum Sunday at 1
p. m. established a new high in
weather bureau records Sunday,
exceeding by one degree the pre-
vious May high recorded in
1850. Within 90 minutes, however.
the mercury dropped % degrees
in the late afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
BODY RECOVERED

Battle Creek. May g. APP This
body OF Pvt. Morley Mosley. %.
a native Of Dony. KY, attached to
anti-tank company. 10th infantry.
was recovered from Eagle Lake at
Fort Custer Sunday. He dived
over the side OF rowboat and
his body failed to return 10 the
surface.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06

those Latin Americans are as Fifth
Columnized as the alarmists think
and I spent six years in their
midst, in the newspaper business.
I've a daughter and two grandchil-
dren who were born on that east
coast. and I ought to be a fair
guesser.
There are some German colonies
there. and they are a triAe bother
some. like our bunds, but they are
kept tolerably effectively depressed.
And Latin America has got some
iictators, but they want to do their
own dictating-not to be dictated
% from Berlin.
Let the Germans try to get sassy
with them. and. If they need Yam
qui" help to put stop to II, III
venture that they'll welcome us
with open arms-so long as we
don't try TO get sassy. too.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
CONFERENCE OPENS

Albion. May s -AP-The an
nual conference OF the Michigan
Council OF Churches and Religious
Education opened here Monday.
Principal speaker at the two-day
meeting Ia ]. Quinter Miller Of
New York, associate secretary OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
Pick of the Air Today

s0o-We the People:
s:30-Invitation TO Learning:
9:00-Glenn Miller Orchestra.
NBC -Blue-7:00-Lillian Cornell
song:
7:S0-Question Bee:
S:00-Grand Central Station,
S:45-Ted Steele and Orchestra
9:00-Music Week Concert
MBS-7:30-Ned Jordon. drama:
SS0-Defense in Action, Ord
nance:
915-Defense Reporter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06

pose our navy
pr ofe SIGNALS
have an inkling
of the fact. but
our news COM
mentators, most
OF them never
h a vim g b e e n
south of the Rio
Grande, appar-
entity don't I'M
d erst a n d 1t.
Their thesis is
that. II Ger
many gets con-
troll Of the west
African cOntl-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
Wednesda y

Wednesday
WAR SCHEDULE-Mornirlg: 7:3C
NBC CHS. 7:55 NBC-Blue, 500
NBC.Red CHS, 900 NBC.Bluc
MBS, 1000 MBS. 1915 MBS;
Afternoon: 12:45 NBC, 1900 MBS
1855 CHS. 1855 NBC-Blue, 400
MBS. 5:25 NBC-Red. 5,45 NBC.
Blue CHS.
NBC-Red Ill a. mn. F. Converse
on Savings and Defense;
1900 on-University Women
Convention;
2:i5 p. m.-Ni. and SADIE.
CBS-2:45-Children Also are Peo-
pie;
3.f5-Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt -
dedication Negro Art Center,
Chicago;
5:15-Hedda Hopper.
NBC-Blue-10 a. m. Daniel W.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06

the Federal Council of Churches

A crude form Of hockey was
probably known TO the Greeks 900
B. c. About 1875 game resem-
bling the modern hockey began ~
be played. In 1856 the Hockey As
sociation was formed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06

One-Mlnute Test
l.. What is meant by cloture.
Is applied to politics?
2. What kind Of paper is used
IS wrapping for cigarets7
3. Does each member OF con-
.ress have page?
Words OF Wisdom
Times and occasions and provo
ations will teach their own les
IONS. But with or without right,
revolution will be the very last
resource Of the thinking and the
yood.-Burke.
Hints on Etiquette
Conversation in n orotIn or AVIAN
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
IAtRt Is MORE TAAN ONE WAY
10 1Eli A 6ooo E6G - rfTAE
yolK sTANps RiGA WHEN NE EGG
IS BROKEN GENERALLY
II Is FRESH
BY n. J. SCOTT

between two people. should be
reciprocal. not a monopoly. Say
what you have to say as interest
ingly as possible. then listen re-
sponsivsly and sttentively to what
your companion or companions
say.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
Today's Horoscope

Todsy's Horoscope
The year ahead OF those having
birthdays today will be one Of
Joy and sorrow. Domestic affairs,
business and travel will play an
important part in your lives. Good
fortune comes. but II is accom-
panied by extravaganza or some
loss or disagreement, II Is fore
seen "A child born on this date
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06

will have a nature that is thought
ful, far-seeing, good-natured, ar
tistic. literary and philosophical.
He or she will, however. also be
somewhat eXtravagant. sharp
tempered and erratic. The for
tune will be mainly good, but sub
Ject 10 fluctuations.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
Tonight

iOnl8Ilt
EVENING WAR SCHEDULE -
Sis -NBC-Red. 6:45 NBC-Red.
1855 CHS. $3.50 NBC-Blue, 11;O0
NBC CHS. $50 MBS, 700 MBS,
Sis MBS, 9:45 CHS, 1870 MBS.
TALKS-NBC-Blue MBS $50 49,
Sec. of War Stimson's pronounce
ment on "NauonaI Defense;
NBCRed 10:l5-M. L. Sweeney
on Conveys.
NBC-Red :00-Johnny Presents;
8:00-Battle of Sexes;
s:30-Fibber MCGEE and Molly;
S:00-Bob Hope Variety;
9:30-College Humor
CBS-7:00-Court OF Missing
Heirs:
7:30-First Nighter:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-06
MEMBER OF
X AEEOrT ATED pRiTES

7 III A0NVNI 4 ID NI-oS
The Associated Press is entitled
to the use for republication of all
news dispatches credited to II or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein. All rights Of republication OF
special dispatches herein are also
reserved