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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28

The Montana senator. comment
ing on JapanS attitude toward
American aid 10 Russia, declared
that shipments OF war materials 10
Russia. should furnish no excuse
for Japan declaring war on
America.
Nor, he said. is fear Of America
being cut off from tin and rubber
supplies a sufficient excuse. Who
ever owns the tin and rubber. he
said. will seek 10 sell 10 America.
The offer by New Zealand of an
American base. ne said, shows a
desire by Australia and New Yea
land TO have the United States
police their part Of the world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-28
ARRIEC eWheeIer'S New Fear
War in Far East Nearer Than Battle With Hitler
He Believes, Carrying Warming to Midwest
BY GEO. ROTHWELL BROWN
snrclal 20 III DETROIT IIMEs

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2SLThe
hrmneSS of Secretary
lIluifs tone toward Japan and in
dicatonS of an approaching issue
II IN the Pacific. have turned the at
itcntion of the nOnlnteTventionlStS
in Congress for the present rather
10 the Far East than toward
Europe.
Senator Burton * Wheeler
leader Of the nonpartlSan Senate
group opposed 10 American in
Movement in war In either ocean,
said today ne is now more fearful
.of the United States going TO war
with Japan and being drawn into
the conflict indirectly with Hitler
Declaring that ne was opposed
TO war in either the Atlantic or
the Pacific. Senator Wheeler left
-tn-carrY the argument in favor of
staying out 10 the people in the
Midwest, through Illinois and Ok
.lahoma.
FEARS PACIFIC WAR
81 have for some time been
more fearful that we would get
In war with Japan than in
Europe" said Senator Wheeler.
There are those within the adj
miniStratiOn who are anxious
for war with Japan.
II never have been able To
agree with that philosophy. The
Churchill speech indicated to me
quite clearly that he expects
h0stilitieS- 10 break out between
The United States and Japan.
III is England that has doml-
mated Shanghai for years. 1t Is
England that controls the Chi
nese city Of HOngkong. IL Is
England that has vital interests
In the Malay States. II is Eng
land that has 400. 200. 900 people
In India. the most poverty
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Altman Jumps
to Set Record

Chicago. Oct zap world
record jump from an airplane a
IAN OF five and a half miles be
fore opening a paraohute-was &C
claimed by scientists and the jun
per today rs Of zinc itimable alue
to aviation, especially military fly.
ing"
The jump from 3l.fOO feet above
sea level was made yesterday by
Arthur Starnes, So year old bust
ness man and former transforming
pilot
His only 10 effect was q bite on
his lower lip, inflicted. lpe believed.
20 the jolt Of his chute opening
500 feet from the ground. jerking
him out Of 100 mile an lour tall
Northwestern University and
University Of Chicago scientists
conducting the research IN free
falls said the jump proved that
except for a "blackout" OF one or
two seconds man could fall from
great heights without losing con
sclousness. .
Starnes' "blSko occurred
when his parachute checked his
plunge He was on his feet \ half
minute after landing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Miners Might
Quit Despite
Plea to Lewis
President Asks
Cancellation

President Roosevelt t1Gay await
ed John L. Lewis reply TO a White
House request for cancellation oi
a strike call affecting 5000 work
ers IN captive coal mines owned
by steel companies in pennsylyan-
Ia, West Virginia, Kentucky and
ALBANIA.
lewis rf''-si tieat-ef t4e-CIO
United Mine Workers. gave no i'm
mediate indication OF his course Of
action after tho Presidents re.
quest was made public last night.
Should the walkout occur at mid
night tonight. as scheduled. there
we're fears that fuel shortage
might affect important defense
production and even eventually tie
up steel plants.
But as the captive mine dispute
approached a showdown. defense
officials welcomed word OF settle
ment OF a longstanding strike at
tho BendiX, n J., plant of Air As.
sociates. Inc High federal officials
announced that the plant manage
ment had agreed 10 return striking
employees 10 the payroll Monday.
The only issue in the captive
mine controversy was the United
Mine Workers inslstence upon a
union shop contract-that is. a re-
qUlrement that any miner employ
ed in the steel companies coal
mines Join the UNIV after a pro
stationary period
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Plans Enlarged For Bomber Plant
Navy Day Will be Observed
by Legionnaires, Residents

Monday Is Navy Day throughout
the nation
Ypsilanti residents and Legion
naires will do their part in cele-
brating the day set aside for hon.
cring men who have and are sery-
ing in the naval departments Of
the United States.
Householders and merchants are
asked by tegtOunaires to observe
Navy Day by displaying the Unit
ed States flag in prominent places
on their homes and business estab-
lishments.
At the Legion Home, observances
OF the day will be eliminated by a
$50 p. m. dinner after which Lieu
tenant ID. G. Shea. recruiting Of
ficer at the Naval Armory. Detroit.
will be guest speaker. Lieutenant
Shea was retired two years ago
but in May was recalled to active
service. Besides explaining the
work OF naval service schools in
Detroit and the two ocean navy,
the speaker will tell Of his expert
ences in service.
. Lieutenant Shea will speak TO
Rotarians Monday noon at Hotel
Huron.
In the city high school social
studies groups, teachers Monday
will present material on the his
tory OF the United States Navy.
The librarian OF the school has
furnished material for class stTi-
les.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Kiwanis Ending
Rummage Sale

Today is the final day OF the an.
nual kiwanis rummage sale at 20
+. Michigan Ave.
A constant stream OF customers
have poured into the sale since
Thursday buying suits, sweaters,
fur and cloth coats, dresses, hats
and shoes. a large selection Of
furniture including beds. phono-
graphs, cabinets and tables are
on display.
Besides the wearing apparel and
household furnishings, salesm n.
all Kiwanians. are offering canned
goods. books, toilet articles, peck
etbooks. belts and jewelry. Even
gadgets for automobiles can be
purchased.
Wives OF Kiwaniaus are doing
their part by providing home cook
ed dishes for the noon and night
dinners. Mrs Herbert Bisbee to-
days lunch chairman, offered this
noon baked ham with horseradish
sauce. escalloped potatoes. nodded
salad, baked beans. rolls and choice
OF beverages and desserts. To-
night the menu will include spare
ribs and sauerkraut, beans, es-
calloped potatoes, vegetable salad
and the usual rolls. desserts and
beverages. Pea soup will be serv-
ed throughout the day.
Proceeds from the sale OF goods
and dinners will be used to aid
underprivileged children.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
County Budget
Cut Approved

A reduction OF Sl739499 In the
years budget was approved by
Washtenaw County supervisors
Friday The total budget set was
$332.24355
Cuts were made possible becau Q
Of reduction In budgets Of mum.
Der OF departments. sheriff. board
Of auditors INDECENT adult hospl-
tallzation. INDECENT insane hospi-
talizatlon. quarterly state settle
ments for care Of county residents
in Institutions, disease control and
the welfare. They were possible
In some departments because ex-
penditures last year fell below
amounts allotted
Budgets Of seyeral departments
showed increases. but these were
mostly for salaries voted by the
board at their Wednesday meeting
Members Of the finance commit
tee recommended Friday use Of
$4,000 surplus IN the general fund
TO reduce the tax rate
. At the session Thursday after
noon. the supervisors approved the
addition Of another deputy TO thu
sherins department The new d q
putty VIII be Thomas 4. FitzGerald,
who has been serving as relief Of.
fetal during the vacation period
with The new addition to the
force. e is planned TO keep the
Office open q hours a day, three
men working on the office duty
shift Previously the of1c has
been closed at H. O'Clock each day.
The board also approved an al
lowance OF ono cent more per meal
for preparation OF food for jail
prisoners
Tho original budget figure was
revised 20 include an approprit-
ton Of s3.Gj2s1 for the Huron-Clin.
ton valley Parkway Authority.
This revision OF tho budget was
made late Friday
Just before closing th. Friday
session, and with H. the uine-daY
annual meeting. 10 was decided 20
instruct the health committee 20
draw up sanitary regulations 20
govern conditions in Washtsnaw
The board Of supervisors may SO
regulate -aVtat'on in a county ua-
der new legislation This will -e-
l.eye the committee drafting The
new county coming ordinance II
including sanitary measures in
their rulings Both committees
are 10 report TO the board az the
next meeting Nov. r.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Pepper Seeks
Jap Blockade

Washington. Oct. 25-AP-An I'm.
mediate American blockade o.
Japan was proposed today by Sena-
tor Pepper D-Fla) as an answer
to Tokyo's expansion plans-plans
that Secretary OF the Navy Knox
said might lead to a collision in
the Far East.
Agreeing with KnoXs statement
that the situation in the Pacific
was extremely strained Pepper
told reporters he believed the time
had come to institute blockade
cutting off all war supplies that
might be consigned to Japan from
any source
we ought TO see 10 It, Pepper
declared, that Janan gets no ma
terials from outside sources tha.
will fltien her for further con
quests
This could be accomplished. he
predicted, by hating all exports to
japan. closing the Panama Canal
to ships Wound for Japanese ports.
and launching naval patrol Of the
Pacific sea lanes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
DESTRUCTION OF
HITLER SEEN AS
REAL j. s. COAL
President Roosevelt Makes
Formal Statement ~
of Policy
RESPONSIBILITY GREAT
AS OF OTHER NATIONS
I'VE Seek no Gain at The
Expense Of Others"
Says President

New York, Oct. 25-AP- Presi-
dent Roosevelt said today that the
real end, the unacceptable end" OF
American foreign policy is the de-
struction OF the Hitler menace"
In achieving that end" he said
in a message read to the Foreign
Policy Association, "our RESPONSE
bility is fully as great as that OF the
peoples who are fighting and dying
tor it. know that our country will
not shrink from that responsibility
nor quail before whatever sacritic-
es 1t may demand
His message keynoted a report on
the nations foreign policy presented
by political and defense officials be-
fore the associations forum at the
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria.
Every school child knows what
our foreign policy is" the President
wrote. at is to defend the honor,
the freedom, the rights. the inter-
ests and the well-being Of the Amer
lean people. We seek no gain at the
expense Of others. We threaten no
one, nor do we tolerate threats from
others. No nation is more deeply
dedicated TO the ways of peace; no
nation is fundamentally stronger to
res''t aggression"
Ii is in line with this policy, he
said, that our people have decid
cd and thev ora copufap.Iv hacoyn
ing moro determined. that Hitler's
threat to everything for which We
stand must be struck down.
The Presidents statement at
tackled the few persons in this
country vino seek TO tutt us into 4
false sense Of security, to tell US
that We are not threatened. that all
we need do to avoid the storm is to
sit idly by-and to submit supinely
II necessary"
The course OF submission, the
President wrote. already has been
rejected by the nation because the
American people are not easily
fooled; they are hard-headed real
lists and they fear no one"
Ne no not Jake Ofuers as 10
what we shall think" Mr.. Roose-
welt said. 1--WE Judge the facts for
ourselves and decide what course
we must follow. A free people with
free press makes up its own mind.
We reach grave decisions slowly,
but when they are made they are
backed by the determination Of
r30,000,000 free Americans and are
inexora BILE"
Senator Ebert D. Thomas ID
Utah, chairman OF the Senate
Committee on Education and Labor
declared in an address that in a
world aflame. American foreign pol
Icy and our first line OF defense be
come one from the standpoint OF
Congress"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Flames Rage
in DrvdOcks of
BROOKLYN Yard
Fire Fails to Burn
\ essels

New York. oct. eS-AP-A three
alarm FIRE raged through two
docks OF the huge Robins dry
dock in Brooklyn today and threat
ened two ships n American.own.
ed tanker and a British freighter
which We're undergoing repairs
The Robins Company holds
millions OF dollars in defense con.
tracts.
The ships, neither OF which WAS
reported seriously damaged, were
identified as the British merchant
man Empire Coral and the 1910
ton tanker. +. W. Abrams. operated
out OF Wilmington. Del. and own
ed. by the STANDARD oil Company
OF New Jersey.
Fire officials said damage appear
ed extensive to Robins docks mum
Der four and six, but that the
flames never reached the ships.
Their sides were blistered from IN,
intense heat despite streams of
water played by 10 engine com
panies and three fireboats 10 keep
the fire from spreading.
The fire was discovered at 9.5S
a. m. and was brought under. con.
troll an hour later.
The big plant. scene OF recent
strike. is a valuable and defense
vital part OF the American ship
ping industry. II was reported IN
be currently quartering or over
hauling 80 vessels.
Heavily guarded around the
clock, its gates we're barred imme
ffatety aftrr-the- outbreak eZths
fire to all but firemen and police
Even ambulauces-it turned out
none we're needed-were kept out.
side the gates.
One workman expressed belief
the fire had been started by sparks
from welding equipment, hut FIRE
officials declined to express an opin-
ion on the fire cause or to est
mate the damage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Police Probing
Three Thefts

Three thef,s reported to police
Friday and Saturday are under in
vestigation.
Thomas T. Oyler. Cincinnati. told
Officers this morning that between
: and 8 p. m. Friday a brown suit
and a light tan top coat were re-
moved from his car parked in the
driveway at 900 S Huron ST.
4 spare wheel and tire we're re
moved from a truck owned by r. j.
Esler, 900 Wallace Blvd. The theft
occurred Friday either az the home
Of the owner or while he was al
work.
4 wrist watch with a black leath.
er strap. valued at SOS and a foun-
tain pen we're removed from the
room Of Raymond Byrnes. 405 ".
Michigan Ave, police were informed
Friday night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Moscow Claims Attacks
Beaten off But Berlin
Talks About Zero Hour
Youth in Difficulty
Over Theft OF Gun

Ralph Clemens. IS. seq Miles 81
was locked in jail late Friday after
waving examination on charges
Of breaking and entering in munl
cipal court here. Justice A. NJ.
Nandersall placed his bond at
$1,000 which was being. arranged
this morning
Complaint against Clemens was
made by his uncle. Ralph Moran.
who said that sometime during the
night Thursday the youth entered
a downstairs bedroom in the Moran
home. 656 ~ lyanhoe St. aud took
a shotgun. The gun was later
found by state police in Clemon's
possession. Mr. Moran had just
sold the rifle TO a friend for $l4
the day before It's disappearance
State police said clemens told
them he entered the house while
there was no-one a home via rear
door which had been left unlocked.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Winter Factor in
Fighting in
North
War Machines in
Mud, Freeze
Needed
tBy Associated PreSD
III. ...IllA IIL

perrin military ulspatchHs spoke
today OF Moscow's zero hour. but
Soviet Russia announced officially
that new German attacks in the
capital sector were beaten off with
heavy losses for the enemy"
Two weeks after the German high
command declared that the last
fully,effectiye Russian armies re.
naming on the eastern front were
fatally encircled. German newsps-
per reports from the front claimed
only that Adolf Hltler's forces had
%battled further onward"
They did not mention the names
OF any places captured In this sd-
vance.
The Soviet information bureau 10
fact apparently scooped German
news sources on one Axis gain on
the southern 'front.' a thrust toward
the coal mining town OF Makeevs.
ia the Donets hiver basin ~ miles
east OF the manufacturing center
OF Stauilo.
This apparently Was one phsse
OF a pincer operation aimed at Ros-
toy. = key city on tue Don River.
Makeevka and the Azoy sea port
OF Taganrog, alleady captured by
the Germans and their allies, were
among the lighting zones yesterday.
a Russian commuuique said.
This emphasis on southern opera
tion5-in which the Russians seek
TO protect a vast industrial area and
guard CAUCASIAN Oil-lndicated that
general winter was a factor in
lighting TO the north.
a Berlin spokesman said winter
and frozen ground would be helpful
to get war machines out of the mud,
but the effect OF winter conditions
upon troops was not brought out.
Even the Ukraine Is subject TO
violent Arctic winds and snow
storms.
Resistance Tenacious
The Russians tenacious resist
ance before Moscow figured prom.
inently In German dispatches. Their
positions were described as we'll
constructed and deeply staggered.
The Moscow radio said tens o.
thousands OF Moscow civilians were
adding 10 the defenses. working In
an autumnal fog TO throw up around
the city "a colossal ring Of fortifi'
catious.'
Germany and Britain exchanged
aerial thrusts. Germans said the
British fliers bombed a wide area
In western and southern Germany,
but did little damage. Nazi bases
along the French coast also we're
the objects Of attack The British
acknowledged some
casualties from scattered German
raids.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Posse Hunting
Missing Child

Fitchburg, Mass, Oct GAP
/ A posse OF 400 volunteers attempt
ed today 10 find two-month-old Ken
meth a. Mclean, Jr, kidnapped from
his carriage outside a department
store yesterday by woman de-
scribed by police as "deranged with
a mother fixatlon."
Two witnesses have told police
Of seeing a woman carry away the
child clad In white sweater and
bonnet and wrapped IN blue blan-
ket while the mother was in the
store.
Expressing fear that the kidnaper
might abandon the child on real
izing what she had done. Police
Chief Thomas J Cooley ordered A
search Of vacant lots and other $50
lated places Temperatures were
near freezing.
On the chance that she still had
the boy. DR.. Herbert Tuck. the Nc
Lean family physician. announced
he should be fed a formula Of six
ounces OF milk and corn syrup ey-
cry three HOuIh-
Any possibility that the kidnap.
ing was for ransom appeared ruled
out by the modest circumstances Of
the McLeans. wig have been mar.
ried a year and a half Mclean IS
employed as a machinist'a helper
in a defense plant
The chef said the police theory
that the Fidnapcr was . woman
with a mother fiYation was support
"a by a story Of Mrs Rose LeMieux
that a woman had attempted 10
seize her child from a carriage q
week ago.
MIS-. lie Mieux related that when
she remoas rated with the woman.
the latter replied: ITS only my
mother instinct
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25
Contract Let For
Line to Water
Softener

Ypsilanti bomber plant construc-
tion plans are being enlarged
again.
Contract has already been let to
a Grand Rapids firm for "a inch
pipe line which will run south two
miles TO the site of water soften
err plant near Huron River Drive.
Bids for this job, estimated to be
well over the cost of the 100000
sewage disposal plant, are already
being considered.
Sewage and power plant progress
is we'll underway. Concrete walls
for the IS foot high circular digest
ing tanks have been poured. Work
men are progressing on wall and
inner chamber construction OF the
IA foot high square aerating and
sedimentation tanks.
At the power plant, north OF the
sewage disposal structure site, iron
work and one of the four boilers
have been erected. Another boiler
is being erected and order is in
for two others which will be set
Immediately on arrival. The build
ing will be about 100 feet high.
Starting Tues day, workmen be-
gan laying hard wood block floor
ing in the south end of the man
ufacturing building and west side
of the assembly line structure.
Pitch forms the base of the wooden
floor and as a covering for the
floor when laid. Blocks are about
six inches long. three inches wide
and two and one half inches thick.
Company officials say this type
OF flooring is easy for employees to
walk on and facilitates movement
Of machinery. When destroyed by
machinery or other means, wood
en- blocks are easily replaced at
a nominal cost.
Four boilers are housed on the
west side Of the bomber plant in
a temporary heating unit for g.
men engaged in familiarizing them
selves with machinery and tools
which will be used in B-2i bomber
plane construction. These men are
employed in temporary wooden
quarters in the central portion OF
the manufacturing building
Another temporary heating unit,
now operating, is at the north side
OF the bomber plant. This unit
heats wooden office quarters OF
contractors on the same side Of
the plant. For scattered offices
and shelters, oil burners are being
used.
Windows. sometimes called
blackout windows, which let sun
light in but hold out sun heat rays,
are being installed on the south
side OF the assembly line building.
Brick work Is also keeping pace
with iron construction on the same
side OF the structure.
Besides runways in the mile
square air port east of the bomber
plant, runway, approximately
5000 feet long and 100 feet wide.
is being laid. Concrete is almost
poured the entire length OF this
runway. planned about 200 feet
south of Tyler Rd. and running par
allel to IL. An automatic revolving
turntable will be installed at the
east end.
Workmen we're pouring tar be
tween cement strips on runways
in the mile square field Friday.
Most of fhaga rim Ways arc 16O
feet wide and converge in the cen
ter in turn table on which planes
can turn under their own power.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

children all over the state OF Mich.
igan. Perhaps you may remember
that last year the upper part OF
Michigan had an infantile paralysis
cris'a This society helped them Dy
buying iron lungs for emergency
cases.
The remainder OF the money In
the fund goes to buy milk AMI
lunches for children who cannot
afford them IN all schools Of Ypsi-
lanu But enough OF these facts.
Let me tell you OF the visit my
friend and ! made 10 the Rackham
Building where some OF this fund
goes for aid 70 crippled children
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-25

As We went in We noticed how
light and airy the building was.
Zach room had open windows and
was veryl light in color It wasn't
lighted By electric lights ci'aer Il
was pure sunlight. 10 ibis building
there are about fifty children. some
are deaf aard Of hearing. mentally
retarded or partially blind. Twelve
Of these fifty are on the o-thopedi,
class That means that t3ey arc
crippled. We visited each % the
rooms and some OF the dormitorie5
where children from out o. this area
can stay while they'rs being treat