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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

Washington. Oct. 22-UP- Ad-
ministration supporters appealed
today for quick enactment OF the
armed ship resolution ito give our
ships a chance" as the toll OF Amer
Incorporated ships lost in this war
rose to 10-half the number SUNK
before the United States entered
the World War.
Twenty American ships were
sunk between Jan. Is, 1915 and
April 6, 1917. when we declared war
on Germany. The ninth and tenth
sinkings of American-owned ships
since Sept. 1889 were announced
yesterday-the Lehigh. an Amer
igan flag ship, and the Bold Ven
ture, flying the Panamanian flag.
The Lehigh and Bold Venture
sinkings brought demands from
Administration sources for quick
retaliation against Germany whose
submarines, the Administration in
dicated, had torpedoed the two
boats.
Two ships for every American
ship lost, demanded Sen. Claude
Pepper. D., Fla.
An armed ship has a chance; an
unarmed ship has none" said Chair
man Tom Connally, D.. Tex. OF the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Maxi Blood Hows Freely
on Snow Covered Russian
Front; Small Gains Made
What to do

Don't move.
Screaming, turning ON light
dashing for the telephone and
other obvious warnings that
prowler is known 90 be In the
house. Is not helpful in aiding
his capture as il gives him an
excellent chance 10 escape be-
fore anything constructive can
be done.
Don't move suddenly should
YOU awaken and md him in
your bedroom lie will not pay
any attention to you as long as
he thinks you are sleeping. Al.
low your eyes to become accus-
toned TO the darkness and plan
carefully what you are going to
do before you make any leaps
or let out any screams
Should you see him prowling
around the outside OF the house.
so quietly TO the telephone and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Cold Winter Wind
Howling Across
Steppes
Snow Piled High
on Roads, in
Forests
CRy Associated Press,

SOVIET Dispatches pictured Adolf
Hitler's invasion armies as suffer-
ing enormous losses on the Moscow
front today. with literally every me-
ter OF ground covered with the bod
les OF Fascist soldiers and officers"
as the Germans drove toward the
Russian capital from the Mozhaisk
sector. only 81 miles away.
Tass, the official Soviet news
agency. said the Germans hurled
tanks, motorized infantry and avia.
ton into the assault which devel-
oped into hand-to-hand fighting.
The news agency said Marshal
Semeon Timoshenkos Red troops
fell back TO new lines only where
the Germans were able TO concea-
trate numerical superiority. Tho
depth of the withdrawal was not
disclosed.
Bitter Weather ..
Winters first snow fell over the
Mozhaisk region and a bitter wind
howled over Tie steppes. piling snow
on roads and in forests.
Hitler's field headquarters. silent
on any new advance in the opera
tons before Moscow. declared that
Axis troops driving into the Donets
River industrial basin In the Tx
ralne had scored further advances.
In the Bry1hsk sector. 200 miles
south OF Moscow. the high COM
mand said hopping UP operations
had led to tho capture of 5000 more
prisoners and Sc guns.
In the war in the air. five success
slye waves OF Raj bombers at
tackled Naples, Italy, for five hours
during the night in the heaviest
raid there since Italy entered the
war, June 10. 1910.
Premier Mussolini's high com.
mand. acknowledging huge dam
age to dwellings" listed II killed
and u wounded as the RAF dropped
hundreds OF incendiary and explo-
sIye bombs on the maritime and in
dustrisl city Of 925.000. II was the
second raid on Naples In less than
week, a British attack last Thurs.
day night having killed IL and in
jured 81.
No the Russian campaign en-
tered It's fifth month, Red Army
bulletin broadcast by the Moscow
radio said all-night fighting ragged
in the sectors Of Mozhaisk; Maloy-
arosiaYets. s. miles southwest OF
Moscow; and Kalinin. IS miles
northwest OF the capitalize sans
areas mentioned for the past two
days.
Adylces reaching London said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Michigan Not
to Add Seat

Washington. oct Gap The
Senate yesterday approved with
amendments the House bill CHR
1860 which would permit Arkansas
TO retain its seven seats in the
House OF Representatives and pre-
vent an addition TO Michizan's II
member dele cation under automatic
eapportionment.
The bill, which was sent back
to the House. extended tho equal
proportions" rule to all future reap.
portionments OF House seats and
eliminated the major fractions"
method from future consideration.
Conferees said the measure w1s
expected to pass the House with
the Senate changes
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

call the police. 1885. without
turning on your lights This Is
important as light switched on
Immediately drives him away
from the vicinity and gives him
plenty OF time 10 escape before
police can arrive. The prowler
is smart. but he can be out
witted by an alert citizenry.
II he has been in your house.
don't touch anything. EXpor-
fenced investigators can find
clues where the unpracticed
might think nothing has been
revealed.
should your main interest be
in keeping him away from your
place altogether. install flood
lights in your back yard. garage.
and side windows and entrances.
The prowler does not go where
there are no protecting shadows
in which to hide and disappear.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
WaltOns Plan
Thursday Tour

Huron Valley Chapter, Izaak Wal.
ton League members will precede
their banquet in Charles McKenny
Hall Thursday evening by a tour
of industrial and sports spots in
Ypsilanti vicinity.
Guests of the evening will be
Kenneth A. Reid, general manager
of the Izaac Walton League OF
America, who is known nationally
as an active leader against stream
pollution and has been instrument
tai in the passage of recent bills
against further pollution OF the
countries waters.
Accompanying Mr.. Reid will be
Judge Harry Jewell, Grand Rapids,
Mich. state president Of the Izaak
Walton League, who will also
speak.
Izaak Walton League has ar
ranged the tour at 4:30 p. m. TO
permit showing the distinguished
visitors the industries particularly
interesting. them and the projects
recently engaging the League. The
men will meet at Hotel Huron and
make trip to the recently pur-
chased and constructed 1zaak Wal
ton Park. The new Ypsilanti Bomb
er Plant and the Ford Ypsilanti
plant will then be visited.
The party will view the Walton
Bluegill rearing ponds near the
Huron River. This enterprise Is ex-
pected to yield maximum produc-
ton from last years bluegill plant
ings.
Ralph Blanchard. chapter presi-
dent, will have charge of the pro
gram.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Registration
up i'll School

Enrolment at lpsilanti High
School has upped almost so pupils
since the beginning of school this
fall and now totals 1902.
The registration includes 100
negro students Of As boys and 72
girls This enrolment, almost II
per cent Of the total registration.
Is about two per cent higher than
last year. According to grades the
negro registration is 40 in the sew
enth, 25. eighth. -. ninth; 81,
tenth; 10. eleventh; and II,
twelfth.
The senior class this year is the
largest in the schools history.
There are 140 students. The aver
age in this group is about l25.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
(Rv Associated Pressl

Production OF defense-vital coal,
already crippled by wildcat strikes
that closed nine captive mines in
the Birmingl am, Ala, area, was
further menaced today by threat
ened walkout OF $4,000 CLIO United
Mine Workers in three other states
at midnight Saturday.
In the Alabama dispute. 900 CIO
United Mine Workers voted to re-
turn to work last night at the Sloss-
Sheffield Steel and Iron Co., pre-
pairing the way for resumption Of
production today at the companys
gas by-products plant. partially sup
plying Birmingham and its indus
trial environs.
Shutdown OF the gas plant, which
cut off MALT the city's supply and
forced 35 industrial plants to close,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Minimum Wage Set For
Furniture Industries

Washington. Oct. 22-AP-The
signing OF minimum wage orders for
the lumber and wood furniture in.
dustries was announced yesterday
by the Wage-hour Administration
which at the same time provided
for demarcatlon line between the
two industries.
The wage orders signed by Ad.
mlnistrator Phllip Fleming call for
base rate OF 35 cents an hour in
lumber and 40 cents in furniture.
effective Nov. 3. Most Of the work.
ers benefited aye employed in the
South.
Fleming placed the manufacture
OF dimension stock within the lum-
Der industry and the manufacture
Of furniture parts within the furni-
ture industry.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Hound Dog Kills Baby,
Shot to Death For Act

Willoughby. o.. Oct 22-1NS- A
black and tan hound that killed
Merla Jane Murphy. 2la-yelr-old
daughter Of its master at nearby
Kirkland, today paid the penalty for
its crime and was shot TO death.
Merle Murphy, %, had bought the
dog for a bunting trip. lie said the
dog was five years old and very
gentle"
According 10 Coroner James G.
Powell. the child crawlei over TO
the animal and disturbed him as
he was resting outside OF It's ken
mel near the garage. The animal a.
tackled her. mangling her head spd
throat TIE body Of the child wac
found by Der mother. Althea Muir
ply.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Differences Nav
be Solved Tonight

Differences between city officials
and city employees union are ex.
pected to be ironed out tonight AT
1880 in the city hall.
Union representatives a dele
gate OF the state mediation board.
city ways and means committee.
Commissioner +. II. Missy. City
Attorney John P. Kirk. Mayor Ross
X Bower, City Engineer 7. Fred
Older and City Clerk Harvey g.
Holmes are to attend.
Original contract was filed with
the state mediation board calling
for a strike OF city employees Oct.
IS. Contract changes necessitated
filing of a second copy with the
city officials who asked more time
for consideration of problems pre-.
C0pfoT
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Staying Suspected in
Death OF CaretakeT

Ludington Mich. oct. cap
The death OF Ora Bunton. 80. Of
Laporte. Ind, Wa investigated
here by police and sheriffs officers
who reported finding his body in a
cottage at Long Lake Tuesday.
Coroner Llovd Stephens OF Scott
vile, who said he did not believe
n is a case Of suicide" declared
Bunton had been shot through the
body from behind. An autopsy vas
scheduled for today.
Bunton was caretaker at the
cottage
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
HEADS ASSOCIATION

Traverse City. Mich. DC. 22-AP
DR. Earl l.. Baker. Traverse city
was elected president Of the Mich.
isan Cabin Camp Association here
Tuesday. other officers are. W !
Hicks, Traverse City. and n S.
Cornell, Cadillac. vice presidents
Mrs H. a. VanderploeKg Holland
seer tary. and Verne Miller. Lud
iugton. and Gay Walker. Traverse
iCty. directors.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

Anticipated every year by Ups
lantians and residents Of the sur
rounding communities. is the an
nual Kiwanis rummage sale which
will be Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday in the Joseph H. Thompson
garage, 90 f. Michigan Ave
For the sale. there will be a
wide assortment OF clothing for
men. women, and children, shoes.
furniture rugs. electric sppli-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
YOUTH NOT PRIMARY

Niagara Falls, \. =, OCT. Flap
A report urging educational ef.
forts by all ministers to overcome
"the present oyer-emphasis upon
youth as a primary qualification for
pastorate' was adopted Tuesday
by the Presbyterian Synod OF New
York. The report was sumbitted to
the Synod's 59th annual meeting by
the Committee on Ministerial Rela-
films
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Lorraine Miller Day
Legal Holiday in Flint

Hollywood, Oct. 22-UP-Lor-
raine Miller, 19-year-old film star
let, was en- route to Flint, Mich,
today to take part in the city's
Lorraine Miller Day" on Friday,
a legal holiday for Flint.
The Flint City Commission set
aside Friday in honor of Miss Mil
Ter. first home town" girl to make
her way in the movies.
The starlet left by train and will
transfer to a plane at Chicago TO
fly to Lansing, Mich. for an official
welcome by the governor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Improved Traffic Accident
Report System lnaugurated

and also under the location OF the
accident Full particulars are re-
corded including what injuries may
have been sustained, where the In
iured parties we're taken. where
the vehicles we're taken II they
could not be removed under theu
own power. what traffic tickets. -
any. we're issued
In addition 70 bringing these rec.
ords up 10 date. Officer Ruddick is
keeping spot map OF accidents
In the city 10 snow where the dan
ger spots are. and 10 aid in ade-
quate traffic control and accident
prevention work by the department
az a whole.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

An improved system Of recording
and filing traffic accidents 81 Ypsi-
Iani has been Instituted under IN.
structiou OF traffic experts Of the
Automobile Club Of Michigan in
The local police department traffic
bureau.
officer Donald Ruddick IS IN
charge OF tce records and worked
for several days with William Potts
OF the motor clu1. The files are now
being brought IN ~ dato beginning
with Jan ! Of this year Prior to
this time the records were scanty
and inadequate. and were filed
only b. da'a Of their Occurrence.
Now the accidents are filed under
che name ~ each driver involved
Rufus Rose Acknowledgment
comedy. n. S. Aud. Tonight. Oct
Adults 35c plus tax, or Adults s.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
AUCTION CALENDAR

SATURDAY. November at 1880
o'clock. Mrs. Jay Knapp, Pro-
prietor, 500 Ellis Road. 2 miles
west OF Ypsilsnti on U. S. ft2.
mile south on Ellis Rd. Earl
Wright. Auetloneer; o. E. Vedder.
Clerk. Adv. 1881
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
TWO MORE SHIPS
LOST, ACTION ON
AIMING SPEEDED
Lehigh. Bold Venture Last
Victims OF Warfare
in Atlantic
TWO FOR ONE DEMAND
MADE BY SEN. PEPPER
Latest Incidents Unlikely
to Change Vote on
Neutrality Act

(Bv International NsVs service)
New York, Oct. 22-lNS-The
United States Lines today said
they had been Informed that
all members OF the crew OF the
American freiohter lehlgh had
been rescued. The steamship
company said news OF the
crews rescue had been given
them by official Washington
sources.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

Keeping alive the faint flicker or
hope, Mrs. Lloyd LaFleur, above,
sits in her Philadelphia home,
awaiting word Of the fate Of her
husband, who was a pharmacists
mate aboard the torpedoed United
States destroyer Kearny. La
Fleur's name is among the IL re-
ported missing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

VlcHY, Franee-UP-Terror-
lists shot and killed a German
officer at 7:45 p. m, yesterday
in the Boulevard St. George at
Bordeaux, adViees said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

BERLIN-AP-A DNB dispatch
from Bucharest, Rumsnia, said to-
day a Rumanian court martial at
Chisinau announced the execution
of IS members OF an alleged Boil
Sheyist terrorist group.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Today in 1916
~ As.oeIated Pressl

fBy Associated Press1
Germans occupy Rumanian port
OF Constanta. German plane drops
four bombs on Sheerness, England.
Cleaners Rummage Sale Thurs.
Fri. Sat. BIS Z Mich. near Park ST.
ADV. 1929
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Thursday:
Occasional Rain

HoLLYWooD-AP-A daughter
Jerilynn. was born this morning tc
Lois Andrews Jessel in Cedars Of
Lebanon Hospital. Comedian George
Jessel. who married the showgirI
April 10. 1910. in Detroit, will fly
out to see his daughter after hi:
Saturday night show in New York
WAsHlNoToN-lNs - De.
elsring that strikes are the
"srestest help the s9sressors"
In Europe can get. the oPM to-
day issued q lons-awalted state
ment OF policy which disclosed
that all parties engaged In pro-
duetion OF national defense ma.
terlals, including labor. must
take no action impeding arms
production.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

MEXICO CITY-AP- Another
link between Great Britain and the
Western Hemisphere was restored
today by the decision OF Britain and
Mexico 10 resume diplomatic rela-
lions after a lapse OF more than
three years. Bridging of the break
which resulted from the Cardenas
administration appropriation Of
foreign-owned oil properties was
acclaimed by Mexican authorities
as symbolizing the united front of
our two democracies in the present
crisis"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

Rip Van Wrinkle" rip-roaring
8 ?. N. Children 15c plus tax.
plus tax. ADV. 1922.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

Continued on Page Six)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

LOS ANGELES UP-The presi.
dents committee on fair employ
ment practices In defense industry
said today IL had "A clear case Of
discrimination against negroes by
the AL international Association
OF Machinists Mark Ethridge.
Louisville newspaper publisher and
committee chairman. ordered Har-
vey Brown. International repre-
sentative OF the union. to appear
before the committee at its next
session IN Washington. No date
was set for the meeting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

ANKARA, Turkey-(Delayed)-
AP-The council of ministers or
dered today that all travellers pass
ing through border defense zones
be escorted and instituted a wide
variety OF other measures to pro-
tect Turkey against espionage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

TOPEKA, AP-More rain
fell on Central Kansas today,
threatening TO send already over
flowing streams to new high water
marks in a two-month series of re-
curing floods.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

BERLIN - APP - Authoritative
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 Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

Los ANGELES-UP-Two CT
the strongest earth tremors since
the 1883 disaster in Long Beach
shook a portion Of Southern Cali
fornia late last night, causing scat
tered minor damage but no injuries.
The quakes we're felt few seconds
apart between 1888 and 1883
p. m. psf. They we're Of about
the same intensity
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

KANSAS CITY. Mo.-UP- Ac-
tress Bette Davis awaited clearing
skies today to resume her flying
trip to the side of her seriously Ill,
pneumonia stricken husband. Arth-
ur Farnsworth. in Minneapolis
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

LONDON-lNS- Reuters (Brit-
ish) news agency reported today
that French Chief of State Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain In a radio
broadcast appealed to Frenchmen
TO cease shooting Germans"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

LONDON-AP-The British gov
eminent has approached the United
State on formation Of a large-scale
road and railway-making organiza-
ton OF American engineers, an
authoritative source said today. He
said the aim would be to give the
Allies a construction force com
parable to the great Todt organiza.
ton which constructed Germany's
mammoth Notifications on the
western front and the military
highway system,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-22

STOCKHOLM-INS-SiX Com
munist members of the Finnish
Riksdag Parliament have been
arrested, according to reports re-
ceived in Stockholm today.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

ago Her first public appearance was In that city as
concert pianist At the University OF California Los
Angeles Eileen maored in dramatcs, WORKING IN her
snare time with little theater groups in Westwood
and Pasadena Then she tried the MOVIES MADE
test for Warmers and waited in vain Tor contract.
Like many girls before her. Eileen put away dreams
for the reality of john this case, pounding type
writer in a downtown newspaper office. An executive
at Columbia saw the Warner test and transformed
the girl from stenographer to leading lady. She
has appeared in Richest Man in Town. and "lhe
Medico Rides"
Patti McCarty was secretary to Dorothy Lamour
and all Dotys boy friends tried to date the attractive
brunei 1t got so that Dotty in desperation suggested
that she should become a movie actress in her own
right Columbia signed her to contract and the first
thing Patti said was, 81 don't want secretary.
Patti is cute bundle, feet 2a inches. She is round
and eminenty suitable for "leg art but hopes the
studio will raise her soon from that blind alley.
One of the Distinguished
Hollywood High Alumni
Patricia Dane was born In. Jacksonville, Fla. Both
the lady and her studio-Metro-ars coy on age de-
tails But she looks about IS. She has been married
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Graham
Continued From First Page }

and it is reported receives $3.50 week In alimony
At the moment. she is getting rush from Ceorlc
Gibbons, ex-husband of Dolores Del Rio. Pat was
fired from her first film, "zegfeld Girl for arriving
too late for the studio but later was rehed for the
new Andy Hardy film The studio is putting out big
starring campaign on her behalf.
Sheila Ryan is graduate of the HOLLYWOOD High
School. Other distinguished alumnae include Carole
Lombard and Lana Turner. And goth Century-Fox
who has the Irish girl under contract. are hoping
that lightning strikes three times in the same place
She is 90 started as teevisor actress played small
part in Paramount's What Life, and is now lead
ing lady to Alan Curtis in "We Go Fast
Carol Bruce, starring in Frank Lloyds This Girl Is
Mine" was born on Long Island N. Y and came to
Hollywood a month ago long-term contract for
Universal She is beautiful, soprano and has husky
speaking voice. Likes Hollywood and vice versa
Maria Montez leader of the local sweater set and
also has the faculty of corraing publicity For girl
who has made five "B" films only Maria receives tre-
mendous attention from reporters and cameramen-
particularly the latter If her acting measures up to
her sex appeal Maria, who was born in the Dominican
Republic should have quite q Aim career
CRsisassd b. ths North American Newspaper Alliance aneo
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Outdoor Amusements

GLEN ECHO PARK The
Capitals popular free-admis-
sion amusement resort boasts
more than so attractions
among its midway diversions
and resort devices. There is
dancing nightly. except Sum-
days, in the Spanish Garden
Ballroom with music by Paul
Kain's Orchestra. There also
is swimming daily in the
Crystal Pool.
Will SON LINE-There is dane
ing nightly on the moonlight
cruise" down the Potomac to
music by Davey MacWilliams'
Orchestra. The S. S. Mount
Vernon sails at $3.50 O'Clock,
In addition to making two
daily trips to Mount Vernon
at 10 am. and 2 pm.
POTOMAC RIVER LINE-The
S. S. Potomac sails nightly
at 8.45 o'clock for moonlight
dancing. on the river. Ralph
Hawkins Orchestra PROVIDES
music on the boat.