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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22

tains with Joel Randall. Boy how
they worked
The cabin had been unoccupied
for over two years, and there were
endless things TO be done. The roof
needed patching. the lean-to kitch-
en- had lost several bricks, and the
front porch floor had rotted in sew
eral places. And the dirt, dust, cob
webs and dirt-daubers' nests which
had taken possession of the inte-
rior Of the cabin had to be done
away with.
Bill, wearing only a pair OF soiled
tennis Stacks and beach sandals,
was now down on the floor scrub
bling. Joel, clothed only in a pair
Of shorts, was standing on a make
shift ladder, scraping the remains
of a dirt-dauber's nest from the
ceiling.
Listen. YOU" said Bill, pausing
to mop his face. who do you think
you are, anyway. Joel-a Carolina
Dictator?"
Don't talk like an ass" said
Joel. I'VE couldn't live in this place
without fixing 1t up"
II suppose not But you don't
have to rebuild it, and be so cock
eyed fussy about how it looks.
Darned If you aren't worse than a
fussy housewife"
Il like things ship-shape," said
Joel He scraped the last Of the
dry. pale dirt from the ceiling
boards and came down the ladder
Uncle John and l always kept
them that way. Uncle John
said II he had the money, he'd buy
a boat, and be a captain, with me
the first mate. So we used to pre-
tend the cabin was a boat, and
we'd scrub and clean like real sea-
men"
You and Uncle John" said Bill,
YEARLY. "Darned If can see what
you two got out Of working like
a pair Of galley slaves" He sloshed
a rag into the pail of water with
a savage sort OF move. you act as
though you were settling down
here permanently"
I'm going to stay at least a
MONTH" said Joel. Unless I'm
called back to the mills. brought
a lot OF reports from the different
departments to go over-sugges-
tons from workers. ideas that may
be helpful. The Randall Mills have
never had labor troubled of any
sort because we've always listened
to suggestions the workers make.
I'm going on with it-and I may
stay even longer than a month"
Bill got up. He groaned and
rubbed his back.
I'm probably have attack OF
knee before you get
through with me-" he said.
Quit grouching," Joel said. Pm
going to do some outside work now,
while the suns bright"
I'm that get-up?"
why not?" said Joel There
are no women about"
MOI Don't forget the lipstick
found. said Bill
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
State Department
Considers Conveys

Washington, Apr. 70 ms The
State Department has started active
consideration Of the question OF the
United States Navy conveying Am
erican merchant ships on the high
seas, 1t was learned from an I'm.
Improbable source here.
This is the first time since the
outbreak Of the European war that
the State Department, or any other
government department except the
Navy, has given serious considera-
ton to this fateful and controversial
question.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
TUESDAY, APRIL %, 1s41
PLUGGING THE GAP

Modelling vast shipbuilding IA
clities TO produce more vessels for
the bridge of ships" to Britain, the
United States moves swiftly to plug
the growing gap in Britain's war
riddled merchant marine. The Mari
time Commission awards contracts
for emergency cargo vessels that
will be turned over TO the British
under the lend-lease program, and
the convoy issue fades into the back.
ground.
Orders for these cargo ships and
~ high-speed, 16,000-ton tankers,
leave only 26 more ships to be con-
tracted for under the second emer-
gency program for 212 ships an
nounced only a short time ago by
President Roosevelt. The commits
sion has ordered the 200 ugly duck
ling" cargo craft under the first
emergency program.
The new ships for Britain also
will be of the ugly duckling" type
OF standard design and about 10000
tons apiece-and will cost about
$1s4, 100000 for 112.
The two emergency programs and
ship construction already ordered
or contemplated under a regular
long-range, peacetime project call
for total OF about $50 merchant
men at a cost OF approximately
S2,000,000,000.
While the Administration rec
ord-breaking shipbuilding program
moves forward swiftly, Sen. Charles
W. Tobey, r., n. H., charges that
L. S. naval craft have been convoy
ing British materials. Administra-
ton leaders promptly denied this,
but Tcbey, Senate spearhead OF the
anti.convoy drive, says he will speak
out on the convoy question when
ever the situation warrants II. He
points ont that his anti-convoy reso-
luton is pending in the Senate For
eign Relations Committee, but Sen
ate isoiationists say they do not
expect early action on the proposal
despite his appeal Ito keep this
country out OF war
Sen. Gerald P. Nye, R, n. D., an
other isolationist leader. proposes
a compromise measure that would
require Mr.. Roosevelt to obtain con-
gressional approval before ordering
conveys.
The 112 ships ordered for Brit
ain are scheduled to be completed
within two years. Not more than
six OF these craft we're expected TO
slide down the ways this year
In view OF the rate of British
shipping losses-estimated by Com
mission Chairman Emory S. Land ut
about 100000 tons a year-steps
have been taken TO plug the gaps
as swiftly as possible.
The Senate convoy debate reached
a high pitch when Tobey charged
that conveying by American war
ships began about a month ago.
Democratic Leader Alben w. Bark
ley denied emphatically that such
a step has been taken or author
ized.~
II seems. however, TO be merely
a matter OF time. Let's see what
the Foreign Relations COMMITTEES
recommends when it meets April
80.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22

ton. There's a
fine assortment
Of that, how
ever. It's got
plenty Of vari-
ETY., it hits in
every direction
and some Of it's
amusing.
For instance.
word came the
other day from
Rome that a
ardon ha d
been granted to
George E h re I
@
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
CHAPTER ELEVEN

I'D BE WILLING to bet," said
Bill, that the Swiss family Rob-
inson didn't have as much junk as
we've got here. One would think
you were planning to spend the
rest Of your life up here"
"Yes?" said Joel.
Yes" said Bill. "And haven't
you gotten that door open yet?"
mo. The keys bent"
Then straighten it. We can't
stand out here all night"
Hand me that hammer"
Bill did so. And soon Joel was
pounding on the bent key. As he
did this, Bill walked to the edge
Of the clearing. He stood gazing of
over the valley.
s. GOSH" he cried suddenly.
What now?" Joel wanted to
know.
II saw car-down on that strip
Of highway we can see from here"
We'll, what of it,"
II thought you said there
weren't any women for miles
around"
Il did. So WHAT"
But there was a woman in the
car :"
Your imagination WORK / n &
again"
my Imagination, nothing. &.
got a quick glimpse OF the car,
an old-looking roadster, and I could
swear a girl was driving it,"
"There!' said Joel. The keys
straight at last"
Bill walked back to the cabin.
There was a puzzled look upon his
face.
Maybe the mountain girls have
gone in for cars this year" he said.
If so, it'll be easier for me to find
a model for my heroine"
Forget that heroine of yours"
said Joel. And give me a hand
with this door. I've got it unlocked,
but it seems to be stuck"
Both men pushed. The door
opened.
There was a musty smell about
the room beyond them-the smell
Of room long shut up.
Joel walked in. He struck a
match and held it up. There was a
lamp upon the mantel. Joel lit 1t,
and then turned to speak to Bill.
But Bill was standing staring at
something he held in his hand.
We'll, I'll be darned" he said.
What Is it?" Joel asked.
Look" said Bill. He held out
the object to Joel, the small some
thing at which he had been staring.
so this is an Eveless Eden! Like
fun it is"
1t was now Joel's turn to stare.
For the object Bill was holding out
to him was a lipstick.
Where in heckv did you get
that?" he demanded.
Il picked II up on the porch, Just
outside the door," said Bill. Gosh,
Joel, imagine finding anything as
civilized as lipstick up here on
top OF Uncle Johns womanless
mountain"
Some curious. prying tourist,
probably" said joel. annoyed.
mo, I'll bet it belongs to that
girl"
What girl?"
That girl / heard singing"
II don't think you heard any girl
singing"
"Oh. yes. did-the one driving
the old roadster"
Nonsense"
Nonsense, my eye" said Bill.
He dropped the lipstick into his
side pocket. You know, Joel. old
thing. think I'm going to like 1t
up here"
And. smiling. he picked I'D a
couple Of suitcases and walked into
the cabin.
AS one busy day followed close
upon the heels OF another. Bill La
than began to have his doubts
about liking It there 10 the noun
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
ASSUMES DUTIES

Lansing, Apr, 22-.William Geag-
ley, chief chemist OF the State De-
partment OF Agriculture. assumed
his responsibilities Monday as act
ing commissioner, in place OF FL
mer A. Beamer, resigned. Geag-
ley's temporary direction will con-
tinue until the senate acts on the
nomination OF Leo V. Card. Hills
dale
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
YOUTH SENTENCED

Detroit, Apr. 22-Fred Unger. 90
member OF the so-called Myrtle
Street Gang, was sentenced Mon
day to serve from or2 to FIVE years
in prison for stealing an auto.
Unger was arrested Sept. 90. 1910.
following a chase in a stolen car
during which his companion, Alex
McGurk, IS. was wounded fatally by
Patrolman Seward Medbury.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
STAB WOUNDS SERIOUS

Traverse City. Apr 22-John
Burning, As. Detroit, is in a local
hospital with serious stab wounds
and state police are seeking Jo-
seph Schoelssman, his wife Myrtle
and John Casey, all OF Detroit.
Burning said they threw him from
a car near here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Juniors OF Ypslanu High School will give their Jop this
evening in the Normal gym.
The baseball between Ypanu High School and Wayne
In Prospect Park was a victory for Ypsianti, 10 to g.
Report OF the plant of $4,000
for six months.
Those who will be and the Red Cross
Charity Ball Mr. and Mrs A. G Erickson Mr. and Mrs W. d.
Croker Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaefer. Mi Mrs Charles
Mckenny Mr. and Mrs A. r. McAndrew Mr. and Mrs
G. Handy Mr. and Mrs H. f. Van de Walker. Mr.. and John
G. Lamb Mr. and Mrs John p Kirk Mr. Oln Eckey
Mr. and Mrs G. Wiedman Mr. and Mrs f. G. Hutton,
Mrs o. A Hankinson, Mr.. and Mrs H. A. Gilmore Mr.
Arnold Wizard. Mr. and Mrs Deyo Leland Mr.. and Mrs H. h.
Bron Mr. and Mrs d. b. South Mr. and Mrs Ray
and Mrs A. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs p r. Ceary Mr. Mrs.
John J. Cooney, Mr. and Mrs f. D. Matthews, Mr.
G. V. Brown.
Fifty Years Ago
MI and Mrs Clinton Elder sailed steamer Majestic"
ior Europe today where they will remain three months
Mrs Kithe Gilbert 10 Ssppho Club.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
DIES OF INJURIES

Traverse City. Apr. 22- James
Mccormick, &c, died Monday OF IN.
juries received when he was struck
by a car near the Municipal Air
port. Walter Lants, driver of the
car, was exonerated.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
G3EvELE>\,,!E[;p[,!El;es

SYNOPSIS
BILL LATHAM. young novelist. has
been Tilted only seconds before he
was to have gone to The altar. For
the first time,
JOEL RANDALL. his older cousin. sees
Bilis usual suavity and urbanity
broken.
YESTERDAY: The cousins start 10 un-
pack their baggage from the car at
their mountain cabin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22

ROME-UP-Paolo Cortese. form
er Italian embassy counselor at
Washington, was appointed minister
plenipotentiary TO the new state OF
Croatia Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
Your Health

Red Blood Cells Most
Numerous, Important
in Preserving Health
u" lo-au CIendepipg NJ, -.
Ell have a doctor friend-who,
because Of his aversion to publ
city shall be nameless-who long
ago fell in love with a cell. He
fell in love with it for the same
reason we all fall in love with
anything - because of its beauty
in his eyes, Of its constant fasci-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
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WBNS 1860. WOOD 1910; Blue
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Mutual Brosdeastina Company
Red Letwork. WLW zoo: Blue
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Tonight
THE WAR-MBS 1880, s. 10, II,
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NBC u.
TALKS-MBS- $50 Viscount
Halifax at Red Cross Dinner:
CBS-l0:15 Sen. Harry F. Byrd
on Behalf of Bundles for Britain:
CBS-1O:30-E. r. Beckwith on
Free Legal Advice for Sol
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NBC-Red - 500 - Johnny Pre-
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9:00-Battle of Sexes
9:30-Fibber MCGEE and Molly;
10:00-Bob Hope;
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CHS 500 - Court of Missing
Heirs:
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9.30-lnvitation to Learning.
.Blue-S:00-Lillian Cornell,
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Wednesday
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22

Reactions in Dictator
Influenced Countries
Somewhat Humorous
BY Charles P. Stewart

EXCEPT A LITTLE purely local
stun here and there, there's no
news now outside the war, defense
and aid-the-demoeracies classical
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
Replacing Red Cells

Replacing Red Cells
A great many Of them get dam
aged and worn out in the process.
So they have to be replaced. The
manufacturing plant for this es-
sential defense industry is the
marrow Of the bones. Here the
red blood cells are born and ma
ture, until they are ready to be
thrust out into the bustling life Of
the circulation. And they must be
manufactured in quantity.
One trillion red blood cells must
be manufactured in the bone mar
row every day.
One billion cells a minute. That
Is the rate at which this factory
must produce them.
They last in the circulation
about thirty days then they are
worn out and go to the scrap
heap. Part of the raw materials
Of which they are composed Is used
again for requirements of new
cells. The important raw material
of blood cells is iron, which is a.
necessary ingredient Of the curl
Gus chemical substance hemoglo-
bin which does all the work Of the
red blood cells.
Iron Very Important
About s5 per cent of the iron Of
the old cells is used again: Is per
cent, which is wasted. must be re-
placed in our food. This is about
Is milligrams a day and most Of
our diets are close to the daily
lower limit on this. Iron is the raw
material for blood cells and, just
as in our defense program, is the
real bottleneck Of production. The
foods which contain iron in most
abundance are egg yolk, oatmeal,
whole wheat bread. beans, peas,
spinach, prunes and nuts.
In this industry of blood cell
making, a driving force is also
needed - an executive, somebody
to keep the wheels turning. This
is furnished by a chemical manu-
featured in the wall Of the stomach
and stored in the liver. It is known
to the medical profession as
EMF. To you, as liver extract.
1t is easy to distinguish an
anemia which is due to lack of iron
from one due to lack of EMF.
and the treatment for each is self
evident - to supply the missing
ingredient. In cases where liver
extract rs used it is advised to give
also a liver cocktail: equal parts
raw Tor broiled) liver and tomato
juice, with a teaspoonful Of yeast
extract added.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
R.: as a surgical operation the
only method Of relief Of hemor-
.rhoids ?"
Answer = No; the injection
treatment is very satisfactory.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22

nation, its many changing aspects.
For thirty years, he has been a
slave to this passion and one must
admit the object Of his affections
has justified him, because as time
has gone on, he has made discov-
cry after discovery, and always
the cell has revealed more and
more secrets about itself.
The cell is the red cell Of the
human blood. My friend says it is
the most interesting cell in the
animal body. 1t is the most nu-
merous, in the first place, and
probably the most necessary. As
you see them in the circulating
blood, these tiny, shining little
messengers 60 scurrying along to
all the other cells Of the body,
bringing oxygen from the lungs,
taking up poison from the tissues
and carrying these poisons back to
the lungs to be excreted in the ex-
pired breath.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
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Wednesday

THE WAR-CBS s. 9 a. m, 1855.
$50 p. m: NBC s a. m, 1:45
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-22
Fifty Years Ago

Mrs. Kittie Gilbert was hostess 10 the Sappho Club
Evening star., 1941-03-25

the pilot in pulling out of dives or
maneuvering The centrifugal forces
applied along the length of the
pilots body in the conventional
seated position force the blood out
of his brain. With the pilot in a
prone position, the effects of such
forces are minimized and the pilot
is far less subject to the loss of con-
sciousness which is the "blaCkout.'
In his armored, pressurized, easily
heated tube, the pilot would receive
maximum protection against enemy
fire, against the effects of high
altitude flying and against the
black-out, it is contended.
His head would be in the front
end of the tube, which would be Of
Windshield material used in the con-
ventlOnal pursuit airplane, giving
him excellent visibility in all direc-
tions except the awkward but vital
angle above and behind the airplane
This angle probably would have to
be covered by use of a rear-view
mirror arrangement, which is not
unique.
Such an airplane probably would
carry wing guns and might even
carry small cannon. mounted in the
wings and projecting backward, if
necessary, into the two "booms" car
rying the tail assembly. The pilot
would sight them, as he does now in
Evening star., 1941-03-25

Over 100000 900 pounds of in
oustrlal molasses was extracted
from sugar beets in Italy last wear
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Green Seeks Elimination
OF Defense Fee Abuses
py The Associated Press.

Py The Associated Press
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor told
Senator Norris, independent, of Ne
braska yesterday that he had ap-
pealed to A. F. L. unions to "elimi-
nate abuses" in connection with
fees assessed against defense
workers.
Mr. Green wrote to Senator Nor
ris after the latter had urged both
A. F. L. and c. I. o. to prevent local
unions from charging what he
called perfectly outrageous" fees.
Il am strenuously endeayoring,
Mr.. Green wrote, Ito prevail upon
local organizations to collect only a
nominal fee from non-union mem
bers who secure employment and
work in defense production indus
tries"
Mr.. Green said, however, that 1t
was difficult to argue that a local
union should admit non-union
workers without collecting an initi-
alton fee. Labor unions, the A. F. L.
leader asserted, always have charged
new members a fee, and the money
goes into the local treasury to
finance benefits for union members.
Local unions confronted by COM
plants about initiation fees. he de-
clared, answer that the old men,
bers of the union paid the same
fees when they joined, and "sacri-
feed much while fighting for the
establishment of decent wages and
working conditions during period
Of many years"
Australia's defense program is
forcing many of it's secondary in
dustries to expand.
Evening star., 1941-03-25

To match the "all-out' military
effort of the 13 Colonies in the
Revolutionary War it would be
necessary for the United States, on
the basis of 1910 population figures,
to raise an army of more than H.
0,OGO men, according to a compu-
tation made by Census Bureau ex-
pertS today.
The population of the l3 Colonies
was about 2,50O,0OO. Estimates of
the number of soldiers mustered
into Washington'S armies range
from 250,0O0 to 396 900 Taking the
midpoint of these figures-approxi-
mately 325000-census experts esti-
mate that 13 per cent Of the popu-
lation of the Colonies served in the
Continental Army.
To equal this percentage, on the
paSis of the 1910 population of
1872 100000, would require an army
of more than 100000. BY July
|, including regulars and selectees,
the Army expects to have strength
Of 100000, or lis per cent of the
population of the United States.
During the Civil War, the North
Evening star., 1941-03-25
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