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Evening star., 1941-10-22

marine, he volunteered, or one of
ours, or an Argentine submarine, or
a French submarine.
Where were these submarines in
the South Atlantic coming from?
Some were operating from bases
IN occupied France, Mr.. Roosevelt
said, and some were being refueled
at sea by tankers from the same
relative area. The trouble was that
the refueling spot varied and was
difficult to locate.
The President was asked if the
Lehigh was the type ship that would
be armed if the Neutrality Act is
modified to permit the mounting of
guns.
Yes, said Mr.. Roosevelt, he sup
posed so.
He added that from the way things
were going now We might have to
arm ships even going to Cuba. be-
cause We didn't know where they
were safe.
Joint Operations Discussed.
The President also indicated to
his conference yesterday that the
American and Canadian Navies. in
event OF an attack on this hemi-
sphere, probably would use Atlantic
ports Jointly.
Asked specifically whether the
American Navy had taken command
of the Canadian port of Halifax. Mr..
Roosevelt said he had seen some
thing to that effect in Canadian
paper, but that there was nothing
to it.
While there is no prospect of any
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sharply to face his ouestioner.
1T was on the seven seas" he said
with noticeable sternness. as If to
make clear that the location made
no difference.
Another inquiry: Was 1t outside
the blockade zone?
Whose blockade zone? The Presi-
dent wanted to know.
The so-called German blockade
zone" he was told.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that it was,
commenting on the necessity of so
called" to describe the zone.
A little later the Chief Executive,
shirt-sleeved because of the balmy
autumn afternoon, asserted that
Secretary of State Hull was dead
right in calling such action piracy.
Second Sinking Announced.
The Presidents press conference
had scarcely dispersed before the
Bold Venture joined the Lehigh on
the days sinking list. The first re-
ports originated in New York mari
time circles and later the State De-
partment confirmed that this
freighter had gone to the bottom en-
route from Baltimore to England
with cargo of cotton, steel, copper
and general merchandise.
The 3,222-ton Bold Venture was
the former Danish freightsr Alssund,
taken over by the Maritime Com
mission and operated by the Water
man Steamship Co. The Lehigh was
registered at 4,983 tons.
News of the two sinkings aroused
ardent administration supporters in
Congress, and at least one critic,
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio,
said that the Lehigh's case. judging
by available facts, appeared with
out justification or any excuse"
To Chairman Connally of the
Senate Foreign Relations commit
tee the Lehigh's case was proof
that "the Germans will sink our
ships whenever they can get to
them-they don't respect combat
zones or anything else"
Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida, wanted the Navy given
orders to sink two German boats
to every American vessel"
However, Mr.. Roosevelt told his
press conference that you've got to
see something before you can shoot
at it.
The President advised the; con-
ference to use the process of
elimination to arrive at the nation
ality Of the attacking submarine.
1t certainly wasn't a British SUBJ
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Navy Officer Urges
Even WarIike Moves
To Guard U. 5. Ships
American Neutrality
Gone With the Wind
Marine PorIey Told

Pointing out that American neu-
trality has gone with the wine, 3"
Comdr. Richard S. Field, director of
the Bureau of Marine Inspection
and Navigation, in an address be-
fore the American Merchant Ma
rine Conference at San Francisco
today, urged that the United States
take all possible measures, even
Warllke measures" to protect Ameri-
can merchant ships on the high
seas
We have committed ourselves to
give all possible aid to the enemies
OF Hltlerism, and lately our naval
forces have been instructed to pro-
tect our merchant vessels in the de-
livery to our foreign friends of the
materials We have undertaken to
send them" Comdr. Fields told the
conference.
Escorts for Cargoes Urged.
we are now considering the
arming of our merchant vessels for
such protection as may provide
against attack at sea. One or tWo
guns on merchant vessel is punv
defense, however. against the bombs,
torpedoes and gunf1re which. they
may meet on the ocean.
I'VE should not adopt half meas
ures. We have the means with
which to protect our merchant
vessels, and, in the face of the
threat which has already taken the
shape OF attack and actual sink
ingS, we should provide them with
enectlVe naval escort on such
routes and to such distances from
our ports as the availability of our
naval forces will permit, 10 the end
that our ships in the delivery of
their vital cargoes will never be for
long outside the range of naval
guns and planes.
Full Protection Asked.
Although this war found us we'll
along on a Shipbuilding program.
and although since the war began
this program has been tripled, we
have not and will not have during
this emergency enough vessels to
justify us in failing TO take all pos
slble measures, even Warlke meas
ures, to give full protection to those
ships against all risks which they
may encounter"
Comdr. Field emphasized the i'm
portance during the present emer-
gency Of maintaining standards of
marine safety that will assure the
efficient operation of American
merchant vessels with minimum
losses and casualties.
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in 1899. he was sent to Japan as a
missionary the same year. From
1902 to 1912 he was president Of St.
Paul's College in Toxic; from 1912
to 1928 he was bishop of Kyoto.
Elected bishop coadjutor of Vir-
ginia in 1926, he was elevated to
bishop of that diocese In 1927. His
home Is in Richmond.
The Right Rev. Hunter Wyatt
Brown, Bishop of Harrisburg. is
president of the synod. Olher high
attending are: Right
Rev. Frank William Sterrett, B5hop
of Bethlehem: Right Rev. Arthur
Raymond McKinstry. Bishop of Del
aware; Right Rev. William McClel-
land, Bishop of Easton; Right Rev.
John Chamberlain Ward, Bishop of
Erie; Right Rev. Noble c. Powell,
Bishop Coadjutor of Maryland;
Right Rev William Ambrose Brown,
Bishop of Southern Virginia; Right
Rev. Henry Disbrow Phillips, Bishop
of Southwestern Virginia. and Right
Rev. Robert Carter Jett, former
president of the province of WASH
tngton.
Evening star., 1941-10-22
Crew of Keorny
Called Vessel
'8-BoH Ship
BY the Associated Press.


NEWARK, N. j., Oct. %. - The
destroyer Kearny, torpedoed in the
Atlantic. was known as the eight
ball ship" among crew members who
had match folder covers made with
black cat perched atop the black
billiard ball of i'll omen.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix A Bitter of this
city told today how one of the de-
stroyer's missing sailors, Sidney G.
Lsrrivere of Lafayette, La, who
kept his civilian clothes and per-
sonal effects with them, was won't
to tell about the bad luck of the ves-
sci
They said the match covers bore
the slogan, First to come, last to-
60" presumably referring to the
commissioning on Friday, Septem-
ber 13, 1910, six months after the
launching and after several mishaps
on her test cruise.
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Sea War
Continued From First Page)

was no doubt he regarded it as ad-
ditional argument for putting guns
on American merchantmen.
The Lehigh, he said. had dis
charged a cargo at Bilbao, Spain,
and was proceeding southwark
empty, without cargo, on a trading
voyage to the Gold Coast. She was
sunk just north of the Equator be-
tween South America and Africa,
he said, but nearer to the southern
end of the bulge of Africa. She was
flying the Stars and Stripes.
After reporting that one lifeboat
had been picked up. Mr.. Roosevelt
indicated he thought the facts of
the incident were eloquent enough.
He took the trouble, however, to
stress a second time that the Amer
lean merchantmen carried no cargo,
and informed sources said later that
this fact was important for it elm
mated any question of contraband
as an attempted excuse for the tor
pedoing.
One newsman sought to locate the
sinking with relation to the Western
Hemisphere.
"On what side was it?" he asked
Mr.. Roosevelt,
The President turned almost
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Evening star., 1941-10-22
Presiding Bishop 3 Years.

Itcsihs blSnop 5 1cdfs.
Bishop Tucker became Presiding
Bishop in 1888. He is a native of
Warsaw, Va. born July Is, 1874, and
was edu"ated at the University of
Virginia Pnd the Theological Semi
nary OF VirC'0i'. Ordained a priest
Evening star., 1941-10-22
US. Again Queries Nozis
On Exchanging Wounded
BY the Associated Press

BY the ASSOclatPd PreSs.
BERLIN, Oct. 22.-Authoritativ
sources stated today that the United
States Embassy had re-approached
the German government regarding
the exchange Of seriously wounded
British and German prisoners Of
war.
The German government replied
that it was interested in principle
in such an exchange.
Evening star., 1941-10-22
Lehigh Roid DiscIoses
News of Son TO Mother

BY The ASsoclated Press.
HADDONFIELD, N. J., Oct. 22-
Torpedoing of the freighter Lehigh
brought to Mrs. Olive Hazlett the
first news in years of her SON
whereaboutS-and today she doesn't
know whether he is alive or dead.
The list Of officers and crew of
the sunken vessel carried the name
of Richard L. Grice, jr., 81.
Evening star., 1941-10-22

thing being done Immediately, Mr..
Roosevelt said that of course the
joint Canadian-American Defense
Board had been considering joint
use of defense facilities in the event
of an attack. He said he supposed
the board had mentioned Halifax
and Toronto and he knew they had
discussed Chicago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Copper Kettle, Old Gun Feature Collection


A battered copner kettle traded
by white fur dealers to Indians
near Otsego Lake over a hundred
years ago is included in a collec-
ton OF articles Of yester-year owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Weaver.
1543 Russell st.
The ancient kettle is patched In
several places and the uneven sur
face shows that II has been used
for a number OF household pur-
poses.
This, with a great variety OF
glass, brass, firearms and walking
sticks we're recently acquired by
Mrs. Weaver from the estate Of her
uncle, Frank a. Jackson, Detroit.
Mr.. Jackson. a former Ypsilanti
resident and member OF the fre
department. was the manager OF
stage properties at the Detroit Ma
sonic Temple for II years and was
acting in this capacity at the time
OF his death in 1888.
Each summer he made his home
at Otsego Lake near Gaylord ana
during later years began making
collection OF odd bits OF dishes,
lamps and religious publications.
Relatives and friends learning Of
his hobby brought him unusual OBJ.
jects. One OF these is ball and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Justice Kept Busy by
Variety OF Cases Today

on examination in municipal
court this morning Wesley l..
Hanna, this city, was found guilty
OF larceny Of gasoline and was fined
S25 and ordered to serve 50 days
in county jail by Justice A. VI.
Vandersall. The sentence may be
reduced to 30 days on prompt pay
ment OF the fine.
Two OF Hanna's accomphces n
the theft, Robert SehegFer and Rob.
ert McGarry. were given similar
sentences Thursday.
Hearing on reckless driving
charges against Patrick Conroy,
Ypsilanti. has been adjourned It'll
Sept. 4.
James Kirk, Willis farmland.
waived examination on charges Of
stealing a car belonging to his en-
ployer, Marvin 5mith, and was
bound TO circuit court. He is held
in county jail in lieu OF $1,000 bond.
The examination Of Earl Will
liams. charged with a statutory Of
tense. has been adjourned until
Aug. Is.
Witnesses In the cases OF George
Sherrard and Willie Morgan. both
charged with assault. were not
available today and Justice Van
dersall has postponed the e1amina-
lions till Aug. rs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Seuenteen HundredBusy at Fords
Hundred Forty Two Register
For Defense Training Class

increased before the course is
opened.
Twenty-seven are registered for
the blue print reading class.
Factory men in classes conduct
ed now have their choice of re-
naming in the sections to learn
greater proficiency in their trade
or they can voluntarily drop the
course, Mr.. Sc mel said.
In the summary statistics for the
national defense training school
released by the state board of con-
troll for vocational education for
July; t94f, fpsifantfis project has
given training to 243.
In the pre-employment courses
of machine shop, nine workmen re-
ceived training.
For supplementary courses In
blue print reading, 4S were trained:
machine layout, 81; machine shop
practice, 81; machine drafting, 16;
welding, SIS; aircraft welding. 80.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Denies Charge

Chicago. Aug. Gap A
court martial OF the Veterans
OF Foreign Wars today was
drafting its verdict in the case
Of Earl Southland, suspended
Illinois commander. who den
led a charge that his work IN
behalf OF an anti-war group
violated the WV. code.
The first major hearing IN
the 42-year history OF the We
terans group ended last night
after a day OF tension. climax
ed by a fistic attack on the
commander OF Southard's CHI
cago Post which brought the
charges against him.
Southland. who testified he
was wounded 10 times during
overseas war service. is secre-
tary Of the Citizens Keep
America Out OF War Commit
tee. His post charged the ap-
pearance OF his name on COM
mittee pamphlet advocating
mo obedience" OF lease-lend act
constituted a violation OF the
veterans constitution and by.
laws demanding loyalty to the
United States.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
LEN|NGRAD WILL
Be DEFENDED BY
PEOPLE 5 ARMY
German Columns Pressing
on Ancient City From Three
Directions
TROOPS BATTLE TO
RETAIN N0VG0R0D
New Theater of War on
Verge of Opening in Oil
Fields of Iran

Thousands OF Leningrad civilians
were reported volunteering for an
"opolchenie" or peoples army to-
day as German siege columns press
ed on the city from three directions
and threatened to blast the old
CZarist capital to ruins II defend
ed.
All through the night. a Soviet
bulletin said, Red army troops bat
tied in late summer transforms 10
check the main Maxi drives around
Novgorod. 100 miles south OF Len
ingrad. and Kingisepp. 70 miles to
the southwest.
From the north, other German
Finnish forces were knitting down
the Karelian Isthmus, only SIS miles
away.
Amid this critical hour in the
62-day-old struggle. a new theater
Of war appeared on the verge of
opening in the oil kingdom OF Iran
(Persial. London dispatches, indi-
Gated that Great Britain was ready
to send troops into the country I'M
less Ria Khan Pahlevi's govern
ment complies with a British-Rus-
sian demand for the ousting of
5000 Germans.
Authoritative quarters in Lon
don announced at noon that mo
operations have begun" but It was
apparent they felt that British pa.
thence was reaching its limit. Brit
ish and Russian troops were re.
ported poised on Trans frontier,
ready to march.
As the Russo-German war enter.
ed its third month. with Hitler's
Wehrmacht overrunning 300
mile-deep strip OF Soviet territory
and still advancing. the Russians
acknowledged they had withdrawn
from Gomel. on the central front,
midway between Smolensk and
Kiev.
However, the Soyiets declared
they had fallen back in a strategic
maneuyer to keep the Red army
intact, after inflicting bloody
losses on the Germans. and said
the fight was continuing in that
area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Time Set For
Fall Festival

Board OF Commerce retail com
mittee will join the national retail
organization in sponsoring a dem
onstration for national defense and
the annual fall festival the week
of Sept. Is.
Contest and entertainment fea-
lures will be planned and a drive
for sale Of defense stamps and
bonds will be made. Details will
be discussed Tuesday at 7:15 p. m.
in the Board OF Commerce office
A committee to arrange details
is composed Of Bert Harrison
chairman of the retail committee;
Ronald Nissly, William d. Stevens,
Carl Augustus. Basil Wheeler and
William Hilbert.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22

One hundred forty-two factory
men are registered for national de-
tense classes to be open the frst
week in September in the shop sec
ton of Ypsilanti High School.
Equipment for the aircraft rivet-
ing course has not been received
but the wash room in the shop
section of the high school is being
cleared to house machines. Glasses
! will open as soon as materials ar
rive. Forty persons are registered
for the course. This class will be
closed and other registrations will
be placed on a waiting list. In
structor for the riveting and drill
ing course has not been secured.
Aircraft welding courses are now
being held in the high school lum.
Der room. Machines are accommo-
dating 81 men. Registrations for
the new courses beginning next
month total %.
Welding instructor Is Ernest Hib-
blen, Wayne, a former resident OF
Ypsilanti.
General welding classes now have
"a pupils and the new registrations
have added two more. Machine
drafting has IL students and now
has five additional members for the
September class.
Machine shop practice has so
enrolled and the registrations of
the past week caused rs to be
placed on the waiting list.
For the beginning course Of ma.
chine layout, II persons signed
applications. Twelve men are now
working on advanced machine lay
out.
Only seven are enrolled in the
aircraft blue print reading class.
This is new course, Frank
Schimel. program director, ex-
planned and has not been discussed
with the men. Enrolment will be
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22

Detroit. Aug. 22-UP-UnionIsts
battling for jurisdiction over NUM-
cipal transit workers massed theii
affiliated unions today and the situa-
ton seemed to be growing more
ominous.
Not a bus or a trolley car moved
for the third consecutive day and
the approximately 500, 200 persons,
high proportion OF them workers
in Detroit's many defense indus
tries, again had to get to work by
whatever means they could.
Tracy VI. DOLL. director OF the
CLIO Wayne County (Detroip In
dustrial Council to which the city's
172 CLIO unions belong notified
Mayor Edward Jerries that their
300. 900 members had been pledged
to back the state. county. and
municipal workers (CIo) by "hnsn-
cial and physical" means.
Dolls statement clearly implied
fighting in the streets against po-
lice and rival unionlsts. Wednes-
day. when the strike began, Frank
X. Martel, president OF the Wayne
County Federation Of Labor. an or
ganization OF ALL unions, the Indus
trial Councils rival, had threaten
ed to marshall 10000 ALL teams
tiers, building tradesmen. and ho-
tel and restaurant workers In sup
port OF the Amalgamated Associa-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Want to Know

Washington, Aug. % -AP-
Rep. Shafer (R-Mich.) intro
duced two resolutions yesterday
Oh. Res. 299 and R. Res 300)
directing the Secretaries OF
War and Navy to inform the
House II their departments
have planned compulsory cen
.sorship of press and radio.
Rep. Shafer also asked II
there existed a report by a
censorship committee Of the
joint Army-Navy board concern
ing a plan OF compulsory cen
sorship of press. magazine. book
publishing. radio broadcast or
Photographic agencies which
would call for creation Of a
censorship director and a staff.
He requested that II such a
report existed. its contents be
made known to Congress.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Whitmore Lake Firm Has
Low Bid For CauseWay

The t61s.1s0.10 bid OF Johnson
and Greene. contracting firm OF
Whitmore Lake was low for the
causeway TO be constructed at the
Straits OF Mackinac. The contract
roi-a dtyt bsme tstbeael nea 8
is to be let by the state admins
tratiYe board September 2.
The causeway is to be wide
enough for ~ foot road and is
TO be constructed OF 10 ton stones
with rock and earth fill. The
causeway will cut the ferry mile
age across the straits from nine
TO three miles. II will increase the
capacities Of ferries an estimated
90 per cent and the causeway will
serve as an approach to a Straits
bridge, II and when one is con-
structed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Willow Run Youths Earn
Right to Clerk Positions

Willow Run Camp Legion youths
waiting on customers at the vege-
table and fruit stand on Ecorse
Rid. have earned their positions as
CLERKS.
The practice OF the camp has
been to have the best workers IN
the fields each week transferred
to the stand. The boys enjoy this
work as they have a chance to meet
people and show the public what
the Willow Run boys do.
The stand opens at 8 o'clock in
the morning and closes at 10 p m.
Youths work in two shifts during
the day, five on each shift.
Financial returns at the stand
this year have averaged about 800
week. This is three times higher
than last year, said Homer Rich
ards, camp foreman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-22
Ten Year Sentence Given
to Unwilling SeIectee

Fort Bragg. N. c., Aug. Pup
Private John Habinyak, 26. a
selectee from New York City.
faced 10 years and nine months in
the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga,
today for five instances OF insubor.
dination.
The charges Of which he was
convicted were that he had will
fully" disobeyed an order to clean
his mess kit. an order to pick up
pieces Of broken concrete near
the regimental guardhouse. and to
clean the floor around and under
his bed, and that he did wrong.
fully expectorate on the floor OF
the mess hall and disobeyed or
ders OF a sergeant TO wipe up
saliva expectorated by the said
Private Habinyak."