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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Over Seven Hundred Dollars
Cost of Holiday Decorations

Chamber OF Commerce coni.lbu-
ton for masks, Sli13.
The public affairs committee of
the Board OF Commerce will be
asked to send representation TO
the tax payers hearing before the
senate finance and house ways
and means committees az Ian
sing, Feb. s.
Directors. agreed Tuesday that
civic meetings will be held by the
group only when an explanation TO
the public is required. The action
was taken because Of conflicting
dates which have resulted on
nights OF meetings scheduled by
the Board OF Commerce.
Upon receipt Of telegram from
the Detroit Chamber Of Commerce.
approval was given by the direct
ors 20 the St Lawrence Seaway
progect. Mr. Ungrodt was asked to
notify representatives in Wash
ington of the action.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
MRS. |. DICKSON
TAKEN BY DEATH
BURIAL WILL BE IN ROYAL
OAK, OAkVIEW
CEMETERY

Especial to Ypsilanti Daily Press
Denton. Mich. Jan. 22-Remains
of Mrs. Phoebe Dickson, 10. who
died Monday will be at the home of
her son. Leonard, 22345 Mona Ave,
Dearborn. until Thursday noon. Flu
neral services will be conducted
Thursday at p. m. from the En-
manuel Baptist Church. Fort st.
and Dragon Ave, Detroit. Burial
will be in Oakview Cemetery, Royal
Oak.
Mrs. Dickson died at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. William G.
Spur. Inkster, with whom she had
lived the past three months. She
was born Feb. 10, 1861, at Thames
ford, Ont, and was the daughter OF
James and Orpha O'Bryan. She
married Leonard II. Dickson Nov.
II. 1879 at Holbrook, Ont. The
couple lived at Holbrook until
moving to Detroit in 1899. They
moved to Denton in November, 1921
to live with a daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Kidder. Mr. Dickson died June
80. 1850.
Mrs. Dickson was active in the
Emmanuel Baptist Church for so
years and a member of the Gar
den City Baptist Church, Reliable
Sunday School class and Mission
Circle of Denton Methodist Church.
Surviving besides the son and two
daughters are one other son, DE-.
Herbert Dickson, Mexico, Mo; IL
grandchildren and one great grand
child two sisters, Mrs. Emma
Lempke. Detroit, and Mrs. George
Knapp, Royal Oak.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
THE WEATHER

lpsilsuti and vicinity Rain to-
day. cloudy with occasional light
snow and considerably colder to-
night and Thursday. with lowest to-
night about 20 degrees; moderate
to fresh southwest winds shifting
10 northwest by night.
Temperature at 1870 a. m. today,
So Normal temperature today. "a.
Temperature Tuesday: Highest,
80. lowest, IS: mean. 2s.
Temperatures one year ago to-
day: Highest 26; lowest. 10; mean
%.
Temperatures this date in past
SIS years Highest, SO, in 1906; low
est. .. in 1924.
Relative humidity Tuesday: 1870
a; N, $50: 1880 a. m, SIG: 1870
?. m. SOC 1904 D. m, 1870.
Barometric pressure at 1880 a.
m. today: Station, 1885 inches;
sea-level 30.40 inches.
Precipitation in last IS hours end
ing at 1870 a m today, 600.
The sun sets today at 5.S4 p. IN.
and rises Thursday at 1853 a. m.
The moon sets today at 1880 q.
m. and rises Thursday at Ala Il.
m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Rites to be in Ohio
For A. Frank Smith,
Native of YpSiIanti

Funeral services will be Thurs
day afternoon at o'clock in Mid
dletown. O., for \. Frank Smith,
a native OF Ypsilanti, who passed
away suddenly Monday morning IN
Middletowu.
Mr.. Smith was borp in this city
and was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Smith. He started work in
the old Cornwell paper mill, situat-
ed where the Ford Motor Company
is now. Later he went East and
worked in paper mills IN Boston.
His last position was in the Sorg
Paper Company plant in Middle
town.
Surviving are his wife, a brother,
Fred Smith, and a nephew, Russell
Smith, both of this city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22

Disbursements for the Christ
mas decorations and parade dur
ing the December holidays totaled
1851 SO, Board of Commerce Sec
rotary Paul Ungrodt told directors
at a luncheon meeting Tuesday
noon In the Hotel Huron.
The itemized report included
for street decoration materials
1885. city allowance of labor Of
city employees worth $3.50, electric
current. sl25.2S. lamps, 1850.
wire and Irvine, 1857, Christmas
tree. IS; parade refreshments and
torches, s257S; Santa Claus and
masks. $3.50; festooning. s176.13;
Christmas music equipment. s9l..
80; stars, sign. cigars TO police
men, treasure hunt cards and ad-
vertising, S47.55.
Receipts included a balance on
hand from the fall festival event
of s24sl; merchants assessments,
s44O.i Board Of Commerce APP
preparation. s132.35; and Junior
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Detroit Woman Awarded
Damages of $500 in
Suit AGAINST MCMuIIen

Damages of $4,000 were award.
ed Mrs. Mamie Durcan, Detroit.
Tuesday against Henry <. McMul-
len, operator OF resort and
beach at Edison Lake, near Belle
vile. Mrs. Duncan testified that
her daughter. Anna, then 10. and
son, Bernard, Jr.. six, drowned
Aug. 20. 1887. when they stepped
off six foot drop at the beach.
She charged that McMullen was
negligent in not posting warning
signs or providing a lfeguard.
She had sought damages Of 500.
900.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Missing Girl Reunited
With Her Father Today

Seattle. Jan. 22-AP-Carol Falk,
Is. who disappeared Saturday from
an exclusive boarding school in
nearby Tacoma, is reunited with
her father.
Dr. Ralph Falk, prominent Boise.
Idaho, physician. said Carol was
found asleep in a hotel room here
Tuesday night after he had re-
ceived an anonymous telephone call
at Tacoma from a man who named
the hotel where she might be
found.
Carol was suffering a bit from
fatigue possibly from lack
OF sufficient food-Dr. Falk said.
She was taken to a hospital for
overnight observation.
Carol told her father she had
hitch-hiked here in search OF work.
She had seen newspaper accounts
OF the search for her, and told her
father she had planned to write
him as soon as she found a lob.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
DEFICIT

Continued from Page Onel
by the agricultural committee Tues
day for reorganization of the State
Department of Agriculture.
The bill, introduced by Rep.
Maurice f. Post. r., Rockford, was
adopted by the committee in prefer
ence to a proposal introduced with
backing.
Posts bill proposed vesting the
State Board of Agriculture with the
power to pick a commissioner of
agriculture, while the administra-
tion legislation would have him
chosen by a non-partisan commits
sion selected by the governor
The house also was TO discuss a
bill introduced by Rep. Joseph
Warner. R.. Ypsilanti, which would
provide pensions for non-teaching
school employees. The bill Tuesday
had been approved by the house
committee on agriculture.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
OLIVE BRANCH

Continued from Page One)
In this game OF winning over
Moscow to the Democratic cause,
or at least keeping the Soviet
Union neutral in the conflict, the
State Department hopes to suc-
coed where British diplomacy has
failed. 80
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
EFFORTS To CUT
DOWN POWER Of
PRESIDENT FAIL.

Continued from Page One)
ton in war and urged Congress
not to abdicate in an emergency.
Kennedy opposed conveying OF
British supply ships by the Amer
lean Navy, later. President Roose-
welt declared that there is no in
tention of turning the Navy into a
convoy or to transfer additional
destroyers to the British. Sugges-
tions that British or neutral ships
be conveyed to some relay point
half way across the Atlantic and
the cargoes transferred TO English
boats, are in the Mother Hubbard
Class, he said
Many members said that Ken
needy was not specific enough in
his testimony to satisfy them.
"Kennedy's testimony helped our
cause" declared Rep. Bloom Cd
\. y. chairman Of the House Com
mittee. III he is the star witness
Of the opposition they are in a
bad way. He said more in favor
OF the bill than against II. He IS
80 per cent in favor OF the bill and
couldn't say how his objections to
the one per cent could be met"
Rep. Fish (R) N. Y. declared that
Ambassador Kennedy showed the
danger OF the bill involving US in
war and the necessity Of avoiding
grant Of dictatorial power"
Fears Dictatorship
Rep. Eaton (Rl n. j. who favors
the detectives Of the bill but is
fearful OF granting dictatorial
power. said that Mr.. Kennedy's
testimony on the whole strength
ened chances of passing the hill.
Il think some of his suggestions
will be added" said Eaton ne
was a most excellent witness
Fish was hopeful OF winning sup
port OF Republicans and dissident
Democrats for his own substitute
bill authorizing Jesse II. Jones,
federal loan administrator, to pro-
vide s2,000,000.000 in credits for
Great Britain. Under this plan
he said, Great Britain could buy
planes, munitions and ships but
there would be no dictatorial
grant Of power and the federal
government would have no author
ity over British purchases.
He also urged amendments pro-
bibiting giving away Of part of the
Navy, prohibition against convoy
ing ships, a time limit and pro-
hibiting repair of British warships
in American Navy yards.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Daily Market Report

good and choice 27O-30O lbs. $3.50;
heavies. 30O-S25 lbs. $40; heayies,
395.35O lbs. $3.50; heavies, 35o-4oV
lbs. $3.50: heayies. i00-i50 lbs,
$40; roughs. s6.5OQ675; lights,
s7.25u750; pigs. 81; stays, S5.15g
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
IN WALL STREET
STOCK MARKET
OPENING IRREGULAR

OF6NING INN G6OIAh
New York. Jan. 22-INS- The
stock market opened irregular and
quiet today with many OF the lead
ers trailing minus signs.
Railroad issues. which were indie
pendently firm in Tuesdays weak
market, edged forward fractionally
in first sales.
Chrysler and General Motors
were behind \ minus signs. Beth
lehem Steel and L. S. Steel started
lower. the former losing 3. Chem
icals were mixed with Union Car
bide firm and du Pout easier.
One OF the features was a point
gain in American Air Lines. Com
monwealth Edison and Anaconda
picked up Is. Woolworth dropped
Il. Aviations tended higher, Doe
ing and United Aircraft advancing
small fractions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22

ROME-INS- The Turin news
paper Gassetta Del Popolo today
charged that the United states was
sending men as we'll as material to
aid Britain in the fight against
the Axis powers while on the
defensive against Germany, Eng
land is furiously attacking Italy"
the newspaper said. Material and
men, coming from America. also
are participating in the attack"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22

LONDON-AP-The daily meat
ration OF British troops at home
was reduced from 10 to eight
ounces Jan 6. War Minister H. D.
R. Margesson disclosed today. The
soldiers bread ration will be cut
from 12 10 10 ounces and flour
from two and one half TO two
ounces daily effective Feb. /, Mar
gesson said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Pine overheated

Firemen guarded a bot stoyepipe
at the residence OF Mrs. d. MarsA'
"a y. River Blvd, this morning IN
III it cooled to the point where II
was no longer dangerous Mrs.
Marsk became alarmed about TINS
morning when. she said. the pipe
was red hot
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Plan Community Observance

Community observance Of WASH
ingtou's birthday will be planned
by the defense committee Oh tne
Board of Commerce Friday at p.
m. in the office OF the secretary
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
YpsiIanti Briefs
Loses Wheel

While driving a truck on E. Mich
igan Ave. early today, Alfred T.
Leider. Cleveland. o.. lost a right
rear duo wheel from his vehicle.
The wheel rolled against lighted
sign OF the Austin Oil Company sta
ton, resulting in s25 damages.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Vegetables

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 22-
CARROTS-No. I, 709S0c doz. bun,
CABBAGE-No, l. 60075c bu.
BEETS-No. |. 40@65c bu.
POTATOES-New. No. l.. 75d90c
bu.
ONIONS-No, l, dry, 60Q75c SO lbs.
CELERY-No. l. 25035c doz. bchs.
PARSLEY-35-45ce doz. punches.
SPINACH-No. l. 50G75c bu.
PEAS-Black.eye. SlQ1.S5 bu.
CAULIFLOWER - No. l. 75c O
90c. bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
To Attend Meeting

Rev. W. +. Harrison, Rev. Wafer
b. Heyler. Supt. Ernest II. Chapeiie
and Norris q. Wiltse plan to attena
the meeting Friday morning al ~
o clock of the Missionary Emerseh'
cy Rally in Central Church Pontiac
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22

Local state police today escorted
a l30.truck supply convoy rom
Fort Wayne Detroit to Chelsea
The convoy, bound for Fort custer
was loaded With supplies for the
training center there, Fort Wayne
being the quartermaster supply de
pot for this area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22

Traffic assessments Of 81 each
we're paid in municipal court Tues
dav BY Frederick Taylor, Burton
Ames. Cloyce Glenn. Ypsilanti;
Eugene Scott. Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Fruit

Detroit. Mich, Jan. %
Mcintosh. No. 1. 81. ESQ
1.50 bu. Delicious, No. l. s1.409
1.75 bu., Jonathans, No. /. coca
sl.25 bu.; Northern Spies, No. /,
$150Ql.75 bu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
10 Make Restitution

To Make RestltutIon
Frank Nordman. 1902 Packard
St, Ann Arbor was ordered by jus
tice \. NJ. Vandersali TO make resti-
tuition and pay SO costs for bad
check for Sl2 he cashed at local
restaurant Christmas Eve.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Poultry

Poultry
Detroit. Mich, Jan. 22-Poultry:
market steady. Hens. average runs
lSc; leghorn hens. lbs up, l5c;
cocks, 10q12c: stays, Ice; rock
springers up TO 51s lbs, zoe; cock
broilers up TO 2is lbs. zoe; hen tur-
keys zoe; tom turkeys. Ice: ducks,
white, lbs up. Ice; geese, lac;
rabbits, lie; capons, Z lbs up, 2Sc;
under lbs. 2lc.
No unloading of poultry before 7
a. m. or after p. m. Saturdays, no
unloading.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Grain

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 22-
WHEAT-No. 2 RED. IN carlots.
9ic.
BARLEY-No. /, feeding, 55c; new
mailing, .60q64c.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-22
Butter and Eggs

Detroit. Mich, Jan. ~
BUrTER-B Best creamery in tubs.
29Sa a 3034c.
EGGS Current receipts, lie;
dirties. loo; checks, l5c.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09

Woodrow Wilson: This intoler-
able thing. this menace of intrigue
and force. which we now see so
clearly as the German power:
thing without conscience, or honor
or capacity for covenanted peace,
must be crushed"
The German psychology and
habit of thought has not changed
since the respective leaders of the
two great American parties, quar-
ter of a century ago, used these
words - which, in effect, are the
same as the expressions of the two
leaders of today.
So there will be no real partizan
trouble about the tax bill and
little, if any, applause.
Its burdens are simply a part of
the necessities of an occasion when
the country faces the gravest peril
in its history. 1t is part of the
price we pay for eminence among
the world powers, and more par
ticularly for the high standard of
living that eminence brought with
it. We are not only great and
strong, but We are, likewise. the
biggest prize that ever made
buccaneering regimes mouth
, water. The buccaneer may realize
that he cannot march in and hold
us up for our wealth. but if he can
take away our trade, kill our com
merce by himself monopolizing the,
purchasing power Of countries now
our customers, or by other means
shut us off from the world markets
our wealth would pass to the ag-
/ greSSOr. just the same.
We have no choice in the wea-
pOnS we require to maintain our
status. 1t is idle to talk about a
negotiated peace, or any other form
of appeasement. We are confront
/ ca ny a pO"CI CIIol l6SdI US SNSI
/ treaty as a scrap of paper"
The diplomatic books are clut.
tered with nOn-aggression pacts;
trade agreements, commercial and
amity accords, a world cOurt-in
fact, all the technical machinery
! that could be devised for the avoid
ance Of war. All the countries that
have fallen under the heels of the
pirate powers had these compacts
which the Axis outfit jettisoned
off-hand.
So we are up against the higher
taXes-and no man can say how
much besides
The Nation realizes it, which
accounts for the general absence
of grumbling about the pending tax
! bill.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09
"Of All Sad Words"-


"Of All Sad Words
If our two-ocean navy were an
actuality and not merely a doubling
or our ship strength in course of
construction for example, we would
not now be watching Japan, won
dering if she was going to go after
the British and Dutch possessions
that represent her empire expan-
sion projects. Japan would, in all
probability never have joined the
Hitler axis had we not abandoned
the idea of constant martial pre-.
paredness.
But twenty years ago the whole
world dreamed of long period of
peace. The nations had subscribed
to anti-aggression pacts; war was
OutlaWed, theoretically and diplO-
matically. The people of our cOun-
| try, like those of England. France
and the smaller countries, were
weary of strife, and doubly weary
Of war taxes. Their governments
followed the popular ambition and
disarmament seemed the realistic
and economic course So the world
slept while Germany was nursing
her wounds and building up the
most complete war engine ever
conceived.
, So we find ourselves today do
ing in haste what we had we
had superhuman foresight - could
have done at leisure, arming
against the aspirants for world
domination, and praying that we
can build tanks, airplanes and
ships fast enough to get them to
England and the other nations who
are fighting against the enslave
ment that overlook a dozen fine,
cultured peaceable nations that
have been overwhelmed by the
Nazi juggernaut, before they too
are added to the loot of the dicta-
! tors.
The tax bill will go through in
the ordinary course of events
Doubtless there will be opposition
by the same group that has oppos-
ed practically every stage of the
defense program - not because
they are against it, but because it
is an Administration measure.
A Futile Alternative
Fortunately. there are not many
on the minority side who adhere
to this policy and their number is
dWindling constantly. The Isola
tiOnists continue to talk of a negO
tiated peace. Another Roosevelt
speaking of those addicted to this
line of thought, said: There is
but one way to get righteous and
lasting peace, and that is to beat
Germany to her knees"
True, we were at open and de-
clared war with Germany when
Theodore Roosevelt used this Ian.
guage. He was praising his party
for IT'S loyalty to the then Presi
dents policy.
In the same speech he quoted
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09

first tax bill of the defense era.
1t is purposed to raise three and a
half billion dollars by the new lev
les, program made necessary to
avoid any greater increase in the
National debt than we have to
make.
Naturally, nobody is happy at
the prospect of heavier taxes, but
it is pleasant to relate that there
are comparatively few fault-finders
over the prospective obligations
The people realize that this coun-
try is up against a situation in
which what has to be spent is Of
small Importance, compared with
what our failure to meet that situa-
ton involves.
OF course, the man of small in
come thinks that the burden
should be borne by the people who
have more than he has. Obviously
the ten or twenty-thOusand-a-year
individual, accustomed to living on
commensurate scale, thinks he is
being afflicted unduly, and the top
notch income receivers feel that
they are already Over-taXed. AS a
matter of fact, it is doubtful if a
tax measure of any sort won univer-
sal approval, but now the grim re-
quirement of the general sacrifice
the prospective bill demands is be-
ing met rather cheerfully.
AS to the excise taxes - who
would worry if one fewer cigarette
went into a package? An extra
penny on a soft drink certainly
calls for no great distress and as
for the man who drinks the strong
potions - what deep sorrow figures
in an additional dollar gallon on
whiskey? Actually. we are paying
the bill for our own sins Of Omis-
sion - like the rest Of the world.
We were we'll on our way to a
twO-Ocean navy twenty years ago.
Had we kept to that design. that
was interrupted by the Washington
Disarmament Conference. we
we would not now have to be fever
ishly building up a great defense
machine. Had we followed the
example of nearly every other ma
ton and adopted a policy of mill
tary training for our boys, we
would not now be carrying on a
of the printing press, the flying
feet kept time with the fiddler's
merry tune. 1t is said that there is
but one step from the sublime to
the ridiculous; but in this case ii
was from the intellectual TO the
sensual" - Evening Globe. April
10, 1879.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09
HORSE AND BUGGY
. . DAYS /.
BY the Old Lamp Lighter

gathered In front of F. Wyand's
store. Investigating, ne found one
man in gloves up to his shoulders,
who informed us that he wanted a
little assistance to get a piano in a
neighboring residence. In a short
time the captain gave the word and
all started for the scene OF action.
When we arrived Captain Plum
mer gave orders to take hold and
q men obeyed while II looked on.
The little machine was put in or
crowd then dispersed, one man
der in about four hours. The
leaving a finger nail with the
piano" The writer also told of
Mrs. Kate E. Wyand and Miss Anna
Deaner. milliners returning from
the city with their stock of goods.
Shannon and Seidenstricker Op-
ened a confectionery store on n
Potomac street, opposite the Mar
ket House
GaSSman and Bro. erected a new
sign in front Of their store on the
corner of Center Square and North
Potomac street.
The following is an item taken
from the Globe of May IS. 1893
fOrty-eight years ago. the paper be-
ing published by Ira w. Hays: The
marriage of DR.. Leslie Beard and
Miss Frances Stricken was solemn
lied at the residence of the brides
parents in this city at 4:30 Sab
bath morning. April 80. by Rev II.
c. HaithcOX and the happy pair de-
parted on the morning train for
Chicago (Ogle County Press,
Polo, III. The Globe added: The
groom is a rising young physician
of the west, having studied at the
renowned medical universities in
Prague. Bohemia and other institu-
tons of continental Europe. He is
we'll known in Washington county
and is the son of Solomon Beard,
formerly resident of this county
(Chewsville) but now one of the
Wealthiest citizens Of Ogle county.
The groom has many friends and
relatives here who join in congrat-
ulatiOns."
The following was under the cap
ton: Ball in the Old Guard Of
flee. Last night number of
our colored citizens Of both sexes
held a grand ball in the Yoeman's
Guard office, that was. alas, ''how
art the mighty fallen" Where
once the pen of the editor traced
the glowing words of thoughts that
hum and tho oliol of tho ooponoci