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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Injuries Mark
Traffic Squirt

There we're several accidents in
this area Friday IN spite OF in.
creased traffic patrol as a prelude
to the heavy volume OF traffic for
the sell-out Michigan-M Minnesota
game today.
Three were injured on Whit
more Lake Rd. near DhuVarren
I'd. Friday evening, as cars driven
by Fr Francis O'Reardon, North.
neld Township; Kemp Keena, Ere
donia and Rex Lyle Warren. Whit
more Lake, collided in a three.way
pile-up. FIR. O'Reardon was taken
to ST. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann
Arbor. suffering from a compound
fracture of the left knee and right
leg. and head decorations
With Mr.. Keena was Miss Patri-
cia Nixon, 10. University student,
who was taken to University Hos
pital with decorations on legs and
forehead Mr. kenna suffered lac
erations on head and knee, and
also was taken TO University Hos
pital. Robert Jones, Whtmore
Lake, riding with Mr.. Warren, was
treated by a Whitmore Lake ply.
stefan for minor decorations and
bruises.
cyelist Squeezed
John Munson, 90, a University
student, was taken to the Health
Service there early today when
bicycle he was riding became sand
wiched between a parked car be-
longing to Wilson Koch, 27j S.
Wallace Blvd, and a car driven by
Miss Virginia Davis. Ann Arbor,
in the cookbook Of S. State St..
in that city
Driver Arrested
When a car driven by Ivan
Smith Waltz sideswiped one
driven by Paul Richards. Detroit.
on Ecorse I'd near the bomber
plant about 4:3O a. m today state
police arrested Smith on charges
Of driving while intoxicated He
is to be arraigned al city court
here today
Locked In Jail
Similar charges nave been plac-
ed against Paul Brossia Jackson,
found on US-lf2 near lnkster lie
was locked in Jail there overnight.
Two unoccupied cars collided
with each other Friday nigtt on
limerick St. when one. owned by
Earl II. RicharI. 612ia ;. Huron
St. slid across Ecorse Bd from a
parking place in front Of Idle Hour
Tavern and struck another vehicle
owned by Florence f. Smith 1854
Ecorse I'd.
To Supervise Traffic
Sgt. Frank Walker. commander
OF the local post is to super, ise
traffic control OF IS state police
troopers in Ann Arbor this after
noon. Roads surrounding the city
will be parolled by 65 other troop
ers. and eheriffs officers.
All barbados have been re-
moved from Washtenaw I'd for
this afternoon The highway has
been completely black-topped ex-
oept for a stretch on the south lane
from Ypsilanti city limits TO the
Bingham Inn.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

ed. They have only the eiemen airy
grades in soma rooms. but t1ere
arc bout six thai are IN the eighth
grade They DO lcgula- schoolHork.
Thes have arithmetic. spelling, Eng
lish. general science. social science.
music ard ar The Community
Fund boug1 them a lamp FOR treat
ing tte children. They also have a
swimming pool with moving rails
Tor Tho children Tlcse who cannot
walk 40 the abr can Whe1 they're
In the pool
so you see. this Community Fund
fs really a wonderful thing Give all
you can and help these c1ildren.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Carver Community Center
10 Benefit From Program

Carver Community center viii
be benefited by a program sun
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock in
Browns s. ". p Church The n
tertainment is sponsored by the
Palm Leaf Club.
The Kentucky Wonders Club has
already donated s2025.
10 is planned 20 obtain 500 mem
beers for tho Center and 10 have
meetings each second and fourth
Thursday Of the month in the a.
VI. L Church
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
CANYON ATTRACTS MORE

GRAND CANYON. Ariz.-UP go
More visitors than ever before
visited the Grand Canyon National
Park. AZ the close OF the 1851
travel season. a total OF 431Sf6
had visited the lark. This figure IS
a 9.6 per cent increase over the
previous high IN 1885 and l62
per cent over the 1910 marx.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
JUDGE eRRs AS DEFENDANT

ST. LOUIS-UP-Fed sraI Judge
Charles B. Davis was arrested for
speeding. Instead OF appearing in
police court he sent his secretary
to plead nolo contendere Such a
plea is not possible in police court
Police Judge Joseph b. Cotanzaro
smiled on the error, accepted # as
a plea Of guilty. and fined Judge
Davis S5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
AUCTION CALENDAR

November lat 1900
o'clock. Mrs. Jay Knapp, Pro-
prietor. 800 Ellis Road. 2 miles
west OF Ypsilsntl on v. S. ti2,
mile south on Ellis Rd. Earl
Wright. Aue,ioneer; o. E. Veddsr.
Clerk. Adv. 1881
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Today in 1916

tBy Associated Press)
French light of German counter.
attacks near Haudromon' aud Doua-
mont. Germans capture vulcan
! aas In push into Rumania.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Sunday:
Cloudy, Warmer

KANSAS CITY Kans.-UP-The
canned food and soap department at
tn Swift Packing Company operat
ed normally today with the pres
|, ence OF Willie and Floyd Mayweath'
er. negro brothers and heirs appar'
ent to some s3.5OO.0O0 each. They
learned that an Oklahoma Judge had
awarded them half of their late UNI
cle's estatc--a l60-acre Indian
grant tract near Drumright, Okla
the is producing wells and. the
100000 gasoline refinery OF the
Sinclair Company that are on it
but they reported TO work today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

81 RoME-AP-Premier Mus
solinl transferred or replaced
90 officers OF his Fascist cor.
porations or guilds today In
the most sweeping shake-uP In
years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

OFFICE GIRI,-Typine. cashier ex-
perience. chance for Advancement
Dixie SHOP f2j W Michigan
AZ. l925.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Congress Today


by Associated Press)
Senate and House IN recess.
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee considers neutrality revision
GO:3O q m. EST)
YESTERDAY
Both chambers IN recess.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
UnderprWleged Aided by Conn7unityFund

EDITOR S NOTE. Juanita Badger
and Elizabeth Burtis students .n
Npsilanu High School have prepared
the following article on services or
the Community Fund II describe
how funds are expended and for
what purposes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

BY Juanits Badger. elizabeth 5urtis
Or course. all OF YOU know that
the Community Fund givos six hun.
dred dollars 10 the Undcrprivi-
legged Children Fund but do YOU
know Row IL Is spent2 No? Then ]
shall tell You First, Of this amount
two hundred dollars go to the Mich
ieau Society FOR Crippled Children.
This society gives aid TO crippled
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

RIO RICO. Mexico-AP-Danger
70 the International Bridge here
mounted hourly today as a raging
current from the flooding Rio
Grande ate into a small patch Of
dry land supporting the Mexican
side Of the structure.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

LONDON M The London
Daily Mirror repoked from lstanbul
today that 10000 wounded Ger.
mans from the central and northern
Russian fronts are arriving in War
sa daily. The report said an en-
tire street containing IS blocks Of
apartments has been converted into
a hospital 70 care FOR them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

LONDON-INS-A cholera cpl
demic has broken on in Greece. &C
coriing TO reports reaching lstan-
bul. the London News Chronicle
said today The epidemic wac said
10 h7ye conferred tn Athens and the
Piraeus
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

SACRAMENTO, Calif-AP -
Five Army pursuit planes, missing
overnight in fog and stormy wealth
err, were hunted in widely spaced
parts of California and Nevada to-
day. The Army received a report
that at least one Of the FIVE miss
ing pilots, Lieut. J II. Pease, para
chuted 10 safety IN the Techachapi
Mountains Of south-central Cslifor-
MIA.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS born in
1913 were summoned to register
for war work today as the govern
ment pressed its program to en-.
roll all those up TO the age Of 81
before the end Of the year. The
auxiliary territorial service. the
womens branch Of the army.
wants TO increase its personnel by
1900 Immediately. and informed
sources estimated that 500 900
more women would be needed for
the munitions industry before sum
mcr.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

RENO. Nev.-UP Episcopal
Bishop Thomas Jenkins of Reno
today cited an increasing divorce
rate here and concluded that pros
perity and the defense boom imperil
the American home. The increasing
national income means trouble he
said, and pointed TO the 2SS divorce
cases filed here last month, the
largest number for a single month
in two and a half years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

SAN FRANCISCO-AP ~ The
Propeller Club Of the United States
today called on the Maritime Com
mission 10 Join with the shipping
Industry IN planning postwar mei-
chant marine policies. As a
means Of developing the program
the club suggested that a commit
tee be formed of representatives
appointed by both the commission
and the private operators Its
membership would be such as to
speak for all branches Of marine
enterprise.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

TOKYO-AP-The foreign Office
announced today that the NYK
liner Hiye Maru sailed Thursday
from Mombasa, kenya Colony, for
Japan with 60 japanese nationals
removed from Iranian, Egyptian
and East African ports.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

MEXICO ClTY-AP--Both Brit
ain and Mexico have appointed
ministers for the resumption Of
diplomatic relations which were
severed in 1888 in a dispute Over
the appropriation Of British OIL
holdings in Mexico.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

HONGKoNG-al'- Sharp fight
ing southwest OF the port of Swa-
tow. in northeast Kwangtung prov
ince. was reported today by Japa-
nese military authorities, who said
their troops had attacked a force
Of about 5000 Chinese occupying
positions in the hills.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

OKLAHOMA C1TY-AP-A wild
oil well-Oklahoma City's first in
five yeaTs-vas haTuessEd carfy-to=
day after It had sprayed three
block residential area with oil
and gasoline during the night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

name because of the scarcity Of rocks, In
fact, stones of all sizes from pebbles TO quar-
ries are so numerous as TO constitute plague.
To get rid Of them, the farmers built stone
walls and more stone walls until it seemed
that eventually there wouldn't be any ground
left showing between the stone walls.
So, the Catskill villagers read Rips quips
and rocked with mirth-that is, everyone but
Or. Hasbrouck who preserved a stony silence
through it all.
However the doctor did file a bill Of
particulars stating that the missing stone
wall was 431 feet long four feet wide and four
feet high.
Quite a pocketfuls agreed Rip-in the village
tavern that night II also developed in this
bill of particulars that. although the missing
stone wall had disappeared some dozen years
before this time, the doctor hadn't missed it
until he missed his days hunting.
The day OF the trial promised 90 be the
most memorable in Stone Ridges history since
the original Rip Van Wrinkle came down from
his mountain hdeout in tatters after his 20
year-snooze. Rip the Stone Wall Sorcerer, had
rounded up all the village ne'er-do-wells and
odd characters as his private cacque and had
coached them on how to get the most out of
the humorous opportunities opened up by the
trial
But. alas, The trial nzzlcd, At the
tltNeIlln nouit III ttdSiIbutk instructed Ills
counsel to withdraw the case. The stone wall
still missing, but something said
about the statute of limitations and the town
courts jurisdiction over a matter of such far
reaching consequences was also questioned
SO the case was dropped, along with the jaws
of the severe! hundred spectators
But Rip remedied the latter presently.
Trial or no trial, he wasn't going to see his
neghbors die of thirst so he rolled out the
barrel even as the dwarfs had done for his
illustrious ancestor, and let everyone drown
his sorrow over the abrupt ending Of the Cat
stills cause celebre, in copious draughts of
hard cider.
Rip paid for the cider and Dr. Hasbrouck
had to settle for the cost of the stone wall
case. which amounted 60 S1475. And the
stone wall was still missing mind you
Put Dr. Hasbrouck, with stone wall tenac-
ity shortly thereafter started a foreclosure
action against Van Wrinkle based on an agree
ment entered into between them when Rip
bought a 10-acre tract from him in 1925.
The doctor claimed that Rip agreed 10 build
a house worth not less than s. 600 on the land
within ten years or pay $1,000 for the tract
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

instead Of $500 which would be the price If
the dwelling was erected
This is the case that had dragged its
way through the courts until the Appellate
Division disposed Of it recently with a 4-to-1
verdict in favor of the doctor. Because the
court made its decision on the law and facts,
indications are that the case is not appeaabe
TO a higher court
This is sad news to Rip Van Wrinkles
neighbors because the case of the Missing
Stone Wall and its offshoots has given them
many abdominal guffaw in the past FIVE
years
And the original mystery is still left I'M
solved. Nobody knows what happened to
the stone wall. Did living hands remove it. or
did old Rips dwarfs, Hendrix Hudsons merry
men, take it away and chip the stones into
new bowling balls?
Besides furnishing comic relief for the
farmers Of Stone Ridge the Hasbrouck-Van
Wrinkle litigation has turned up a fund of
lore that should interest Washington Irving
students vitality. Brushing up for the law
suits, it became necessary for the modern
Rip Van Wrinkle to deve deep into the rec
ords and legends of his family and the Town
Of Stone Ridge, and the deeper he dug the
more interesting things he found,
He insists that his illustrious namesake
Washington ITving's immortal character
WASH HCtltlOuS character at all but
neer-do-wel great, great grandfather of his.
who often disappeared from home for long
stretches and lived with an Indian hermit
named Habbraka, who dwet in a cave at the
head of Watson Hollow. The early records
of the village mention Habbraka often His
cave is still visited by mixers and picnickers.
The New York State Guide, in its chapter
on the Stone Ridge country, states
Howard Van Winkle lives in the original
homestead described in Washington Irving's
famous legend and in it are still preserved the
old family heirooms including the stone
Dutch oven in which the sharp-tongued Dame
Wrinkle baked loaves for her disappearing
irresponsible husband"
Many a Winter night in his boyhood Rip
down the Stone WalD Van Wrinkle sat by
that same Dutch oven and listened wide-eyed
and opcn-mouthed, while his grandmother told
him stories that she had heard from the lips
OF her own grandmother who would be Wash
ington Irving's Rips sharp-tongued spouse
II the stone wall htigant has reckoned right.
My grandmother told me that Wash
Continued ON Page 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

about Van Wnklcs facetious treatment of his
bill when he heard about the post office in
cident Nor did il mellow his frame of mind
when he received a telephone call from Rip.
asking him to come over Ia his farm and take
his pick of any stone walls that caught his
fancy.
My place is over-rIn with the darned
things" said Rip as the doctor hung up on
him
The next day, Or. Hasbruck instituted suit
for 500 damages against Rip for causing the
stone wall to- fade silently into the night,
words TO that effect.
Entering into the spirit of the thing Pip
decided TO put on a good show for the Stone
Ridgers so he hired lawyer noted for his
drollery, demanded a trial by jury engaged
the fire house in nearby High Falls TO ac-
Commodate all who might want to come and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
BY DAN PARKER.
Famous Sports Writer and Collector Of Odd
Characters.

-HAT a stonewall which had been stand
ing since Colonial times should vanish
U overnight without leaving trace was an
occurrence odd enough even for the neighbor-
hood from which Rip Van Wrinkle disappeared
with his faithful hunting dog to take his 20
year stretch Of shuteye
But when genial wcl-hkcd vllager
named Rip Van Wrinkle accused by his
ncighbor Of having caused the wall 20 dis
appear and countered with the charge that the
plaintiff brought the suit against him right
after he had refused 10 loan him his faithful
hunting dog. Peg. the good folk OF Stone
Ridge. sleepy village in the foothills ~ tho
Catsklls had 60 rub their eyes to see whether
they were reading their daily newspapers
or sequel TO Washington Irvdngs classic tale
For a time IL looked as II the train Of
litigation set in motion by Rips refusal 10
loan his Pointer 20 his lifelong friend and
neighbor would be stretched out over period
as long as the original Rips marathon catnap.
But the Strange Case OF the Missing Stone
Wall or Who Made the Rent in Rip Van
Wrinkles Boundary Line came 10 an end IN the
Appellate Division Court in Albany recently
when a decision in favor Of Or. j Roswell
Hasbrouck reversing the Ulster County
Supreme Courts verdict in favor Of Howard
f. (Rip) Van Wrinkle. wrote fnis 10 the
cause celebrc, after five years
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Or Hasbrouck didn't get his missing
stone wall back but he did get judgment TO
foreclnse mortgage a 10-acre tract he
had sold to Van Wrinkle a decade before the
fateful day on which Rip refused IN let his
good dog, Peg, point the dentists pheasants.
This modern Catskill sketch 10 which only
the pen of a Washington Irving could do
justice had beginning on fine October
day in 1888 The hunting season was 20 open
on the morrow and Or. Hasbrouck. wealthy,
retired New York dentist who owned the
farm next 70 Rip Van Wrinkles grooming apple
orchards decided that a-hunting he would go
SO. he stepped over into Rips backyard
and said 20 his old friend, Rip with whom he
had fshcd and hunted since Van Wrinkle was
a boy;
IN need your dog tomorrow, Rip. I'm
going hunting"
Rip Nmunching on one Of his luscious Nc
Intoshes looked up from the chair in which
ne had been indulgng in the old Van Wrinkle
trait Of loafing in the sun, and replied
DOC I'm sorry. But I'm using Peg my
self tomorrow Some friends of mine are
coming up from the city and we're going TO
try 10 knock over few pheasants."
II was the first time In his life that Rip
had said NO" TO his old friend, the doctor
And the doctor looked at Rip for moment
hardly able TO believe his ears. then turned
heel and strobe briskly back 10 his own house
The next day. Rip got several pheasants
and also a registered letter. The latter was
from DR. Hasbrouck and contained a bill for
500 for a stone wall which, the doctor said,
Van Wrinkle had caused to disappear from
between their properties a dozen years
previously.
Being OF humorous turn of mind Van
Wrinkle showed a twinkle in his eye when he
read the bill The next day, everyone in
Stone Ridge was talking about the notice Rip
had posted on the bulletin board in the Post
office It was Dr. Hasbroucks bill. on the
bottom of which. Van Wrinkle had written in
large letters Whoever removed this Wall
please return II or pay this bill"
Or Hasbrouck didn't see anything funny
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

The DiStin-
guished Artist
Arthur Rack
hams Interpre-
tation Of the
Company Of
Odd-lOoklng Per-
sons Playing nj
Nine Pins" Who
IMred Rip Into
Ills Famous
Long distance
SIumber.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

flooded the coun-
try ST q Q W 1t h
handbills, inviting
everyone TO the
unfolding of the
Mystery Of the
NJ Kissing Stone
Wall.
q n @ V @ T V
sccon d tree in
stone Ridge and
surrounding vii
lagos, Rip tackled
posters offering a
reward Of 500
for the return of
Or. Hasbrouck's
missing stone
wall.
To appreciate
the humor Of this,
one m u st have
lived in Stone
Ridge. which
didn't get its
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Dan Parker Mourns
That Probably Now
Nobody Will Ever
Get the Answer to
the Strange Case Of
the Missing Stone
w all. Or Know
VII ether Hum a n
Hands Moved Ii. Or
Whether the DWorfs
G q m Down From
the Hills and Used
It's Stones for Bowl
ing Balls
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Continued on Page 40
Evening star., 1941-07-12
'Yoo-Hooing' Soldiers
Defend Gen. Leor's Action
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 12.-Men
of the 10th (Yoo-Hoo) Battalion
feel they can take it, and are
indignant over adverse reaction to
punishment given them for "yoo-
hooing" at shorts-clad girls here, a
I'd Army spokesman said last
night on his return from Camp
Robinson, Ark, where the unit is
stationed.
The morale of the men has never
been so high" the officer declared.
They are aggrieved that they should
be thought such sissies and weak
lings that they can't take it. They
feel they well deserved their punish
ment."
The puniShment-having to return
to Memphis and then hike Is of the
$50 miles back to camp-was or
dered by 1t. Gen. Ben Lear who
was playing golf in civilian garb as
the soldiers passed the links and
whistled and yelled at the girls.
The I'd Army spokesman said
the soldiers considered circulating a
round robin" asking that members
of Congress and others who have
criticized the general "lay off" They
abandoned the idea, however, when
told this would be a breach of mill
tary discipline, the officer declared.