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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Rotary Told
of First Aid

Explaining how industry is meet
ing its responsibility for the care
OF the health OF employees, w. S.
Perkins. personnel director OF
Nash Kelvinator Corp. told of
trends in first aid work in a talk
before the Rotary Club this noon.
Il want to emphasize as a true
fact that moral responsibility
should guide the policies Of any
plant" said Mr.. Perkins. Work
mems Compensation laws in Michi-
gan date from 1912. he said. Occu-
pational disease legislation recent
ly passed covers selective diseases
but. in the opinion OF the speaker,
It will soon BE- all embracive.
Mr.. Perkins told OF the first aid
staff OF his own company who. IN
der the direction OF the company
physician, care for minor injuries
and also a visiting nurse who con-
ducts Investigations Of employees
who are kept at home by illness.
Proper medical care and frst
aid work brings large cash dtvi-
dends. according to Mr.. Perkins, In
the savings OF insurance. The
speaker was introduced by Olin c.
Eckley as a feature OF the program
TO present problems before manu-
facturers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Many Attend
Scout Event

Two hundred attended the SOL
emn installation ceremonies for
St. John Boy Scout troop Sunday
afternoon in the church.
The first portion OF the program
was in the church. After each
Scout had knelt at the altar and
repeated the Scout oath, necker-
chiefs were presented. Following
the boys repetition OF their Scout
laws, all went to the auditorium
where the boys were given their
badges. Short talks were given by
Walter MacPeek, Scout executive,
Supt. E. H. Chapelle. president OF
the Observation-Disclosures Scout
Council and DR.. Harry l.. Smith,
president OF the Ypsilanti Scout
district. Billy" Scruggs. of st.
Monica's parish favored with sew
eral vocal solos including God
Bless America.
Scouts and their parents from
four parishes in the Detroit area
were here for the installation.
Those represented were st. Mon
ica's. Our Lady Gate of Heaven, st.
Scholastica's, and Christ the King.
Scoutmaster George Shore, OF
Christ the King parish troop. was
in charge OF ceremonies in the au-
ditorium and Scoutmaster Joseph
Farrell. OF st. Scholastica's parish
troop, was in charge OF the cere-
mony in the church. Acting Scout.
master Clayton Seeley was In
charge OF the st. John troop.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Winant Task
Will be Sane
Peace Policy
Loser Would be
Considered

NV International News Service)
Washington, Feb. 10-INS- Con
version OF Great Britain's leaders
to adoption OF a sane policy Of last
ing peace after the war is over is
the lnCmentous mission with which
President Roosevelt has entrusted
John G.. Winant as Americas new
ambassador TO the Court Of St
James. informed quarters disclosed
kpdays
The peace plan which the Amer.
lean government has in mind EN-.
Iisaees establishment Of an inter
national society OF mankind based
on economic democracy al well as
political democracy. 1t calls for
social justice and economic Sc
ourity for the vanquished as well
as the victor nations of this war.
The State Department already
has started tentative studies with
a view to the drafting OF the plan.
When completed. the proposal will
represent Americas alternative to
the relationships new world or
der based on the doctrine OF to.
taliarianism.
1t will offer the citizen OF every
nation which joins the interna
tional society Of mankind economic
society, freedom OF religion and
freedom of speech as against the
loss OF individual liberties under
totalitarianism. II envisages vast
public works programs in the van
pushed as well as the victor ma.
tions to take up the unemployment
slack following rehabilitation OF
the armies.
The plan also calls for the restor.
alton OF an international scale OF
Secretary OF State Cordell Hull's
reciprocal trade program. the shar-
ing OF raw materials and the in
ternational exploitation Of colonial
empires In the common interest OF
mankind rather than for the ben.
eft OF any one nation or group OF
nations.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Harry Hopkins
Returns Home

(By international News Service)
London, Feb. 10-INS- Harry
Hopkins, President Roosevelt's per-
sonal envoy, has concluded his mis-
sion in England and has returned
to the United States" the Ameri-
can embassy in London announced
today.
Editors Note: Juan T. Trippe,
president OF Pan American Air.
ways, said yesterday that Hopkins
probably would leave Lisbon for
New York today aboard the Yankee
Clipper. Trippe said Hopkins had
been expected to arrive in Lisbon
late yesterday afternoon.)
Hopkins was known to have been
in London last Friday. II was as
sumed he departed from the British
capital some time Saturday or Sun
day.
Some London quarters thought
he might reach the United States
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Death Takes
Howard Heinz


Philadelphia. Feb. 10-AP -
Howard Heinz. able OF an
enterprising father who built an
international industry on a Jar OF
horse-radish. is dead from a cere-
bral hemorrhage.
The gray-haired, 6~3-year-old Pitts
burgh industrialist, trained from
boyhood to assume administration
Of the II. j. Heinz Company, came to
Jefferson Hospital here before
Christmas for an operation.
Convalescence had appeared sat.
i~sfactory until he suffered a relapse
yesterday at Z a. m. DR.. Henry X.
Mohler. who diagnosed the attack
as a cerebral hemorrhage. an
nounced 16 hours later that the end
had come.
At the bedside we're Mrs. Heinz
and the couples only surviving
child. Henry J. (Jack) Heinz, who
like his father has spent his adult
life in preparing for an executive
ship in the vast multLmillion dollar
preserved food business known by
its "57 varieties"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
HOUSE To START
OVER
]. {. DEBT LIMIT
Sixty Five Billion Figure
Chosen as Ceiling For
National Bonds
TAXATION OF FUTURE
SECURITIES INCLUDED
Passage Tonight Expected
Senate Considering
Lend, Lease Bill
tBy United Press>

Washington. Feb. 10-UP- The
House, having completed action on
the British aid bill. begins debate
today on the second most impor-
tant bill before it at this session
expansion OF the national debt
limit to SIS, 200. 900, 900 and legal
ization of taxation of future gov
eminent securities. Passage is ex-
pected late today.
Republicans planned to fight the
proposal to boost the deot NM,
that much above the present top
of $40. 900, 600. 90. They lost an at
temp in the Ways and Means Com
nlittee to keep it under 100000, 000,'
600.
Debate has been limited to three
hours and Chairman Robert L.
Doughton, D., N. c., Of the Ways
and Means Committee said be
hoped to pass the bill before night.
Administration officials empha-
sized the Importance OF speedy ap.
prevail of the measure in order to
facilitate the Treasury Depart
ments refunding of approximately
$1,000. 900, 900 of bonds next month.
1t was also brought out in com
mittee hearings that the govern
ment would face an acute finan-
cial crisis next May unless the
borrowing authority is further in.
creased to meet the costs of the
gigantic defense programs. BY
then, Secretary Of Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., said, appropria-
tons will exceed the cash resources
of the Treasury and unused borrow.
ing authority of the government.
Morgenthau estimated that an
increase OF the national debt to
$685. 00. 900. 900 would meet finan,
cial requirements up TO June Of
1s42s
The bill also authorizes federal
taxation Of the income from future
issues of government securities
permits the issuance of savings
certificates and opens the way for
a Treasury campaign to sell the
public the new securities to finance
national defense.
Offer Modification
Washington, Feb. IONS Ad-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
University of
Life to Open

'Ypsilanti University of Life
(copyrighted), primarily a Youth
Movement, will be started in this
city and will run from March 2 to
April 6, the six Sunday night serv-
ices all taking place in st. Luke
Episcopal Church and parish house,
although the introduction to the
movement will be Thursday.
The University Of Life is TO be
given under the auspices Of the
Ypsilanti Ministerial Association in
cooperation with Ypsilanti and
Roosevelt High Schools.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
Superintendent of Schools N. j.
Quickstad, Royal Oak. will address
the assembly in Ypsilanti High
School. and at IL o'clock he will
speak at the Roosevelt assembly, on
both occasions presenting to the
high school students the story Of
the University OF Life, which has
operated the past five years In
Royal Oak. Mr.. Quickstad will cir
culate a QUESTIONABLE among the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Willkie Says
Aid to Britain
Best For 1. S.
Stand on Bill Still
Unchanged

(Rv international News Servicel
New York, Feb. 10-INS-Tak.
ing the opposite. viewpoint OF elder
leaders OF his party. Wendell VIII.
kie was convinced today that only
by aiding Britain has the United
States a chance OF avoiding war.
Willkie, who returned yesterday
from London over an experimental
Pan,Americap Always route, vas
working today on a statement to be
read before the Senate Foreign AZ
fairs Committee on Tuesday and
which will explain his position on
the lease-lend bill.
That statement probably will:
/. Recommend passage OF the
bill with a time limit or the presi-
Dental powers.
2. Oppose use OF American ships
for transfer or convoy Of war sup
plies.
3. Oppose transfer Of any arma-
ment or materials already In use
by the United States forces.
g. Recommend speeding up o.
arms and materials with possibly
some new designs based on British
standards. Canada is now the only
supplier OF Bren guns outside Of
Brittany
Wilkes position today on the
lend-lease bill is little changed
from the position he took just be-
fore he went to London. He de-
scribes it himself as only "modi-
fled"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Sweep
Lansing Store

NV International News service)
Lansing, Mich, Feb. 10 ms
A stubborn fire which was being
fought by six fire companies roar
ed through the F. w. Woolworth
store in downtown Lansing today
and threatened to spread to nearby
buildings. The fire broke out at
1855 a. m. and was still burning
four hours later. 1t is estimated
the flames have already caused
damage in excess of 100000.
Freezing temperatures handi-
capped firemen but a huge crowd
gathered despite the cold.
The Woolworth store Is in a
three-story building directly be-
hind the city hall. The second
floor collapsed at 7 I'm. and the
top floor was near collapse.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10

to Speak Here

- Dennis Glenn Cooper. color
photographer and travel lecturer,
will be the speaker at the fourth
session Of Everybody's College at
First Methodist Church Tuesday
evening. The lecture and motion
picture Across the Great Lakes to
Isle Royal" will be presented at
7:45 p. m. following the regular
cooperative dinner at $3.50.
The motion picture includes a
round trip to the island on the
S. S. Alabama, and a study OF
scenery, lodges, wild flowers,
moose. fishing, forest fires, pre-his'
toric mine sites and gorgeous sun
set and moonlight scenes.
Mr. Cooper, by profession head OF
the science department Of the
Sherrard intermediate School, is
often referred to as "Michigan's
Halliburton. He spenas his sum
mers dashing around the country
photographing in colored, still and
motion pictures, places OF great in
terest or scenic beauty. which he
then carefully combines to pro-
duce a unique travel picture.
Mr.. Cooper has lectured before
many audiences throughout the
country. His name also appears
frequently on the programs Of such
organizations as the Michigan
Academy OF Science. Michigan
Education Association. Detroit Cen.
trail Methodist Church. Metropol-
itan Methodist Church, and the
f.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. OF Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Democrats of
County Favor
]. ID. Kennedy
Delegates to State
Meeting Named

J.. Donald Kennedy. state high.
way commissioner. was endorsed
for reelection and delegates and
alternates to the state Democrat
convention were chosen at the
Washtenaw County Democratic
convention Saturday evening In
the court house In Ann Arbor. The
state meeting will be in Grand Rap
Ids February 10 and 20.
Delegates include William l..
Walz, Louis f. Burke. Redmond NJ,
Burr. Leonard c. Sauer. Mrs. e.
Staebler. william Kolander. Mrs.
John Muyskens. Hubert Thompson
and Max Krutsch, Ann Arbor;
Lloyd Lyke, Ypsilanti: Mrs. Chris
tine Mcdonald Huston, Pittsfeld
Township: James Hendley. Man.
chester: and Oswald Koch. Scio
Township.
A~lternates will be Edward c.
Welch. Mortified Township; Leslie
A. Wikel. Russell Vial. Mrs. Dean
w. Myers. Albert J. Parker. Gerald
Davis, Fred Norris and Don Ander.
son, Ann Arbor: Albert c. Lewis,
Mrs. Gertrude Hayden, Ypsilant.;
Mrs. Mable O'Neil, Saline. Paul
Niehaus. Chelsea; and Walter
Luckhart, Manchester.
Associate Professor John II.
Muyskens, University Of Michigan
faculty member, was the main
speaker OF the convention and en-
dorsed the aid to Britain policy OF
the President. Approval was
voiced by the speaker OF the att.
tude OF the federal and state Of
ftcials in present defense measures.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Boy Scout Hero,
Dies For Friend

(Ry international Nsws servie.l
Bethpage, n. Y. Feb.10-QNS)-
Francis Fox, 13-year-old boy scout.
died a hero and he will be buried
as one.
A police inspectors funeral will
be given tomorrow for the lad
who was drowned last Saturday
in attempting to save the life Of
his friend. Edward Okula. s, who
fell into Is feet OF water under a
culvert. Okula was rescued.
County Police Commissioner Alb
ram Skidmore announced that 200
police officers and other members
Of the department would attend
the funeral. led BY Z police band.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Darlan Seeks
New Cabinet
to End Crisis
Laval Will Not be
Member
By International News

(By International News Service)
Vichy, France, Feb. IONS -
Admiral Jean Darlan sought to form
a new French cabinet today to term.
mate the French political crisis af-
ter he was appointed vice premier
and foreign minister by Premier
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain.
Darlan, who became Frances
first vice premier since Dec. 10,
when Petain dismissed Pierre Laval
from that office, was expected to
announce his new government today
or tomorrow.
Prior to Darlan's new appoint
ment, Laval had rejected an offer
from Petain to re-enter the Vichy
regime as minister Of state aud
member of a government trium-
virate.
In assuming the portfolio OF for
eign minister, Darlan replaced
Pierre-Etienne Flandin. who re.
signed, apparently as a direct re-
suit Of the campaign waged against
him by newspapers in N~azi-con-
trolled Paris. Authoritative sources
said the Germans opposed Flandin
on political gounds, despite the fact
he favored French economic CO.
operation with the Reich.
Editors Note: In addition to
Flandin, various other ministers
will disappear from the Vichy gov.
eminent, according to the Vichy
correspondent of the Geneva news
paper Suisse. This dispatch said
the departing ministers will include
Interior Minister Marcel Peyroutin.
described as the last adversary of
Laval"
aside from Petain and Darlan,
the only ministers to remain will be
War Minister Gen. Charles Hunt
Tiger and Justice Minister Louis
Barthelemy. according to this yer.
sion. 1t said Darlan would await
reactions" from Berlin before an
n%ouncing the new cabinet list.
Otherwise, within the limits Of
the Franco-German armistice agree
ment to which Petain has chung
stesdfastly, Darlan now is expected
to pursue the Franco-German COL
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Pastor Opens Soft
Drink Night Club

Fort Devens, Mass. Feb. 10-AP
A Baptist minister served notice
today to hot night spots near this
military camp that they can expect
competition in the near future.
He plans a soft drink night club,
catering especially to trainees and
their girl friends, 10 be operated on
a non profit basis.
The floor show will be snappy
enough, promises the Rev. Roy
Traitor, OF the Leominster Baptist
Church, but lemon and lime and
orangeade will substitute for the
more potent cocktails.
The Rev. Traitor Is no amateur
10 the entertainment field. lie said
that show business helped him pay
his own way through the University
Of Maine and through theological
school.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Congress Today

(By Associated Press)
Senate
Routine business (meets noon,
Z. s. IT,
Foreign Relations Committee
hears witnesses opposing British
Aid Bill 90 a. M
House
Debates resolution TO continue
Dies Committee (noon).
Takes up bill to extend Federal
debt limit to SOS, 900, 900. 900.
Appropriations Committee meets
10 approve Treasury-Post Office
Supply Bill 90 a. M
SATURDAY
Senate
In Recess
House
Passed the British Aid Bill by a
vote Of $50 TO 1865 and sent II ia
the Senate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
STATE SENATE TO
BATTLE CHANGES
ON AGRICULTURE
Reorganization of State
Department Passes
House
WOULD TAKE POWER
FROM G~OVERN0RSHlP
Non Partisan Commission
Had Been Offered by
Van Wagner
tBy United Press)

Lansing, Feb. 10-UP-The Re-
publican bill to reorganize the
state department OF agriculture.
passed in the house over an ad-
ministration-endorsed measure, to-
day headed for a stormy senate
battle.
Introduced in the house by Rep.
Maurice z. Post, Republican speak
err pro TEN from Rockford, the
measure would give to the state
board Of agriculture the power,
10Y neld by the governor, to ap-
point a commissioner OF agricul-
ture. 1t passed the house over a
bill endorsed by Governor Van
Wagner which would place ad-
ministratlon OF the department in
the hands of a five-man non-parti-
san commission OF agriculture, its
members appointed by the COVER
nor to staggered six.year terms.
Sen. Elmer r. Porter, Blissheld
Republican and chairman OF the
agricultural committee, freely pre-
dicted passage of the post bill. He
said he had received endorsements
OF the measure from Grange
groups. farm bureaus and other
agricultural representatives. He
was to meet today with them and
said he would call a meeting OF his
committee Immediately upon con-
vening Of the legislature tonight.
In other quarters, however. Port
er's optimism over passage OF the
bill was di~scredited by a COM
paratively healthy opposition. The
Democratic minority was certain
to vote against 1t, and there was a
likelihood that the Dissenting bloc
would win some Republican sup
port.
Several Republican senator's ca
pressed o~ff-the-record objections TO
the bill. Consensus OF dissent was
that the post bill gave too much
power to a board primarily con-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Army Reaches
New Strength

tBy Associated HFesSJ
Washington. Feb. 10-AP- The
Army of the United States reached
a record peace time strength OF
800. 900 officers and men today but
still Jagged behind the original ten
tative schedules for modifying and
housing a total force OF l,41S, 900.
Despite camp construction delays,
which Secretary Stimson has at.
tributed TO bad weather and other
factors beyond the War Depart
ment's control. the high command
reported these signs OF progress:
Virtually ait OF the immense hous'
ing program will be completed
during March, the last OF II by
May /. Whereas only a third OF
the projects were on time two
months ago. About half are now
on schedule.
The Army Air Corps is meeting
a current goal Of 1000 new pI
a year and has sufficient qualified
candidates in sight to fill larger
classes in March. when the goal
rises to 10000 annually.
a start mas Deen maze, varying
from initial conferences with oper-
ating companies TO months OF &C
tual construction work. on 81, 200
900. 600 worth Of new plants or ad-
ditions 10 manufacture guns. shells,
tanks. planes and other munitions.
Work is on time or slightly ahead
at some OF the major projects.
among them the $4,000. 900 Chrys'
Ter tank plant at Detroit. the s7f..
600, 900 podwer plant to be operated
by du Pont at Charlestown. Ind
and the $4,000. 900 Hercules pow.
der plant at Radford. Va.
Everything points TO attainment
OF the present manpower goal. ].
AIS. 900. by late June as original.
ly planned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10

Give Us Tools'
Give US the tools and we will
finish the job"
That was the burden OF British
Prime Minister Winston Church.
Ills radio address yesterday, and
likewise IL formed a background
for most Of the news coming from
London today.
In Africa against the ~retresting
l~talians-in defiance of London's
armchair experts-and In the air
against Germany, the British were
stu pounding away with the she'll
ing OF Genoa. a continued push
westward from Bengazi and new
night air attacks on the Reich.
Troops Not Needed
ChurchilPs speech, stating Britain
does not need American troops %
defeat the Axis and charging that
German troops already have en-
tered Bulgaria, conceded with the
British Admiralty announcement OF
the heavy and highly successful
naval shelling OF the Italian port
VI OeuOd.
The British prime minister hint.
ed this attack may have frustrated
German plans for an invasion of
French North Africa.
He called upon the United States,
not for an expeditionary force, but
for ships and material aid.
Give us the tools and we will fin.
ish the job"
Greatest Issue
He warned that the peril OF a
German invasion OF Britain remains
the greatest issue" and warned his
people TO prepare to meet gas at.
tacks, parachute attacks and glider
attacks" from the Reich. Italy's
military power in Africa, he said,
is broken.
Italy's high command admitted
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Former Senator
Reed Smoot Dies

(By international News Service)
st. Petersburg, Fla, Feb. 10
INS-Final funeral plans for for
mer Senator Reed Smoot OF Utah,
who died in st. Petersburg, yester-
day at the age OF 10. were held in
allegiance today pending return OF
his body to his home city Of Provo,
near Salt Lake City.
The body was to begin its home
ward journey at / p. m. today. and
funeral services will be held at
Provo later this week.
Smoot. a Republican. spent 30
years in the L. S. Senate. from
1908 to 1888, during which time he
became a tariff expert. He helped
frame the Payne-Aldrich bill In
1910. and the Fordney McCumber
law Of 1923. but was best known as
co-author OF the Smoot.Hawley
Tariff Act which became law in
1880.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
School Funds
Fight Will be
Kept Covered
Solons Waiting For
Election

Lansing, Feb. 10-AP-Members
Of the house OF representatives
said today a fight surrounding pub
lie school financing would be kept
smothered until after the April
election.
None of the partisans seemed
eager TO provoke an open combat
before election day, lest the con-
troversy have repercussions at the
polls. The Michigan Education As
sjciation has introduced its $46,-
100000 school apr o~priation bill.
which is vigorously opposed by
metropolitan area school districts,
but Rep. Edison V. Root, Republi-
can, Paw Paw, chairman OF the
house committee on education, said
lie expected the introduction Of
rival school aid bills would be de
layed.
His committee, he said, would
wait until the last Of four expect
ed school aid bills was in its hands
before starting serious considera-
ton OF any Of them. He said II
was possible the committee finally
would write its own measure,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-10
Court Upholds
NLRB Ruling

CBy International News service)
Washington, ms - The Su-
preme Court today upheld an un-
fair labor practices order issued
by the National Labor Relations
Board against the Ford Motor
Company in the first major Wag-
ner Act case involving the big
company to reach the tribunal.
The order. which was upheld by
the denial OF Ford's petition for
review, requires the company TO
post notices that it would tease
violating the Wagner Act.