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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
See EUROPEAN wAR-psge s
Balkan Status
Told to Club

The Balkan Situation Today was
discussed for the kiwsnis Club this
noon by Prof. Robert II. Mcdowell
OF the University OF Michigan who
addressed the club on January 70
on the general war situation aud
who was invited TO return again In
a month or six weeks TO interpret
events In the European conflict
between now and then,
Rumanis. while occupied By the
Germans, contains a strong anti
German element and requires a
large army OF occupation Bulgaria
is decidedly snti-German but has
an army OF only 100000 men al
though they are strong, sturdy peo-
pie. Yugo-Slayia, likewise, ID anti
German and is the strongest OF the
Balkan countries with a first line
army OF 100000 and an equal
number OF reserves.
Greece has an army OF 10000
with about 100000 men In reserve.
Turkey, the leader and organizer
OF the Balkans, has an army OF
see eoe-witfi at least that many
more In reserve. They have pro-
yided economic, political and mill.
tary leadership for this group OF
countries. With the exception or
Turkey, all Of these countries need
planes, tanks and anti-aircratt ar.
tillery. At present the equipment OF
some Is from Italy. others from
Germany. some from France vita
the more recent equipment coming
from the British.
Prof. Mcdowell outlined the
various points OF attack the Ger
mans might attempt, but in his
opinion they are only fighting
defensive war in this area TO pro-
hIbit the British from establishing
a front there. Difficulty In con-
Quoting a military campaign In the
Balkans by the Germans was at
tributed TO the mountainous area,
the lack OF communication facill'
ties and the need for large army
to protect supply lines from sabo'
tage. He contended the recently
signed Turkish.Bulgarian non:as'
erosion pact as OF no effect upon
the war. Points In which the Brit
ish might attack or at which they
might resist a German thrust were
explained There was a brief period
OF questions and answers relative
to the whole European var situa-
ton. Prof. S. f. Fagerstrom intro
duced the speaker.
Cigars we're furnished members
by Floyd Smith In celebration OF the
arrival OF a new son at his house.
Prot J. Stuart Eatiers announced
that Kiwanians thus far had con-
tributed $64.50 towards the J.
Milton Hover scholarship iund.
Edward Thompson. Ypsilanti. was q
guest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
Fire RACES in
Chicago Loop

Chicago, Feb. 26-INS-A. eli
fire ragged out Of control In Chlca-
COS busy Loop District today and
the city's fire equipment
Flames VIII 'pped through all Ave
floors OF one Office building. spread
TO the premises OF paint company
next door and threatened for d
time 10 leap across an alley 10 a
building which houses the Board
OF Education.
Traffic on a nearby line was
hs ted. play .ng havoc With rush
hour crowds.
Cause OF the FIRE was not imme-
diately known. No injuries were
reported.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
State Farm Bill Awaits Vote
Intangibles Tax Penalties
May Not be Severe For
Mass Failure to Pay

Pg 0hiNGN
Lansing, Feb. 26 UP The
much abused post agricultural
bill still awaited senate discus
sion today and legislative rail-
birds continued to speculate on
the moves that forced its post
ponement Tuesday.
Slated for debate on general
orders and postponed twice pre-
viously, the bill that has the Re-
publican majority apprehensive
over its passage was kicked
around Tuesday in short floor
farce.
Brake Bill Up
The Brake Bill permitting state
policemen and .'other peace Of
ficers" to aid in disbursing riots
and other unlawful assem- blies
without being summoned by local
authorities, was ready for discus
sion in the house today. The mea-
sure was passed in the senate
over objections that the- proposal
conferred powers on officials
uObt uuN4GS hClS hOb OSAAASO ~
law.
House and senate finance lead
ers were to confer TO plau ioiEt
committee meetings on the ad-
ministratiol approved deficiency
appropriation bill which the lower
chamber returned 10 the senate
and refused to concur In the
senate amendments which would
have added $4,000 for the Great
Lakes Tidewater Commission.
$4,000 for the Civil Service Com
mission, $6S,S63 for, state armor-
les, $75,600 for the Michigan pri-
son industries. and deducted
S161.000 for old age assistaoce
tackled on by the house.
Hope for Taxpayers
Taxpayers harassed by the new
intapsibles tax act, for which re-
turns must be filed by Friday.
midnight, received some hope IN
the statement of Sen. George p.
McCallum. Ann Arbor Republi-
can. and chairman OF the taxa
ton committee, that mass viola
tions of the act will bar severe
penalties for delinquent pay
ments.' =
During debate on McCallumS
bill clarifying language Of the act,
the veteran tax expert said there
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
Congress Today
tBy As.oeiava prsssj

(By AseociHcef tressl
Senate
continues debate on British a d
bill moon. EST.
Monopoly Committee hears La
Dor Department recommendations
for final report 90 a. M.
House
Debates i.2000y0,0O0 bill for
emergency Army and Navy needs
moon.
Merchant Marine Committee
hears Joseph Curran. clio maritime
leader. discuss subversiye activ.-
lies in shipping 90 a. M.
Appropr atoms Committee con
slders deficiency defense estimates
10 M
Rules Committee cont nues In
quiry into necessity for s250,000,o0O
more for defense housing (l0:SO
a. M.
TUESDAY
Senate
Debated British aid bill.
HOUSE
Passed ss4.OOO.000 naval publ c
works bill and bill TO remove hard
ships In excess PROFITS law
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

on that island. which now bars au-
tomobiles. Trucks are needed at
the bases, one military source
said. and Il was added: what do
the English want us TO do. use a
horse and buggy to transport NUM-
ttnraS"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
mIlLWRIGHT KILLED

Newberry, Mich. Feb. 26-INS--
Charles L. Shoecraft. 63.year.old
nlllwr ght, was xii ed instantly
Tuesday when his clothing caught
IN a line shaft.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
Today in 1916

(By Associated Press)
Feb. %. 19i6-French transport
Province II sunk in Mediterranean
with heavy loss Of life.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
Ann Arbor Educator Gives War Resume
at Concluding Session of
Everybody's College

Germany alone responsible for starting this Septem
Der 1852 said Prof James X. Pollock OF the University Of
Michigan when he spoke the concluding session Of Eyerybod
College Tuesday evening the Methodist Church His subject
The European Situation Review Pryiew lie said that
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
Germany ALONE Responsible Says Pollock

Ter followed this disaster he could
have invaded England at that time
as she was poverless TO resis'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

LOST: Collie Dog. brown & white.
Answers to name Russ" Liberal
Reward. Phone l44L Adv. 226'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

However, Instead OF following thi
UP Hitler chose 10 clean up alons
an easier line and mop up France.
In the meantime England has beel
See CHURCH coLLEGE-Page I
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Thursday;
Cloudy, Gold

NEW YoRK-AP-A sharp rise
by spring in the price OF imported
woolens and an increase in the out
put and use OF Americanmade
cloth were forecast today in the
mems wear industry as ii took an
other OF many looks at the war and
its effects upon the business Of
dressing the male.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

CLEVELAND ms Thad-
deus II. tThad) Brown, 81. a lead.
er In Republican circles, was dead
today OF an attack Of peritonitis
from q perforation Of the bowel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

BERllN-lNs-Nothln1 was
known officially In Berlin to-
day regarding reports that Jap
snese Foreign Minister Yosuke
Matsuoka might visit the Ger
man capital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

MOSCOW APP a tentative
Soviet Russian budget for 1871
which would increase the income
tax on farmers and allot one-thifd
OF unprecedented expenditures TO
national defense went to the two
houses OF the supreme Soviet to
day for debate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

LONDON-AP - One hundred
and 66 members OF the House Of
Lords and IS members OF Com
mons are serving in Britaiu's arm
cd forces, a government white pa
per disclosed today.
HONOLULU-AP - Launching
hosp. tality week" for service men,
Mayor Lester Petrie OF Honolulu IN
yited IS men in military uniform
TO be guests al his home this az.
ternoon. He said his wife would
cook the dinner.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

Continued on Page six)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

See LEGlSLATURE-Page 6
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

BRISTOW, Okla. - AP - A
raging inferno OF thousands OF
gallons Of gasoline, ignited as
four huge storage tanks exploded
one by one was brought under
control by firemen here after a
five hour battle with steam and
chemicals.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

MEXICO CITY-INS- Mexico's
chamber of deputies was still ex-
cited today over a demand that this
country take advantage Of appar
ent United States preoccupation
with the European war TO demand
cession Of a section of the Texas
City Of San Antonio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

ROME up Former King AL.
fopso Of Spain fingered near death
today from another in a long series
OF heart attacks. Hypodermics had
kept him sleeping fitfully through
out the night and his family and
physicians remained in adjoining
rooms in the Grand Hotel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-AP -
Forrest c. Donnell, at long last,
becomes governor OF Missouri 10.
day moon, CST) TO the accompaui-
ment OF a IS gun salute. That's
just a tipoff to the firing he faces
from a frankly hostile legislature
and his rival for the office. The
leg. stature, overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic, refused to seat Donnel.. "A
st. Louis Republican. on schedule
six weeks ago. voting instead 20
investigate charges OF November
election Irregularities filed by the
Democratic state committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
$I2,OOO.OOO Order

That week junior with his ex-
press wagon could have delivered
the plants production. But to-
day. less than three months later,
box cars from the nearby siding
leave weekly. tActual figures are
prohibited)
The Kelsey.Hayes Wheel Com.
pany. with a $4,000 900 govern
ment machine gun order, added
the magic Of automotive mass pro-
duction TO the gunsmith's art.
I'VE will be in full production
by January J." Manager Joseph
Mahannah explained. by then
over 1000 workers will be en-
ployed."
The plant. one of the largest and
most modern in the country de-
voted TO the manufacture of ma
chine guns, covers $4,000 square
feet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Night Mayor
Faces GriIing

Defense counsel who have been
waiting for months to cross
examine Ulysses Boykin, who gave
damaging testimony against for
|mer Mayor Richard w. Reading
LAT his trial. will have their chance
Monday when Boykin resumes the
stand.
Boykin repeated at the trial of
Reading, who is accused with 65
others of conspiring TO operate
numbers and policy houses. that
he took $3.400 from Everett L
Watson, a defendant and alleged
policy house operator, TO Reading
in the City Hall.
Boykin was a close friend of the
mayor, so much so that he was
known as 1.-The night mayor of De-
itroit."
When the defense Is through
with Boykin. Special Prosecutor
Chester p. O'Hara will summon
former Police Inspector Raymond
w. Boettscher, who testified at
the examination of Reading that
he collected and handed SIS. zoo
in graft TO Reading and $40, 500 to
Richard w. Reading Jr.. son and
former secretary of the mayor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

AS We toured the plant we could
hear the continual hoarse. throaty
bark OF the guns being test-fired
on the range behind the main
building
The guns were getting the final
o. X. before being boxed for de-
livery. On this range only spe-
cially selected testers and work
ers are permitted.
The so caliber 60-pound Brown
ing gun. il was explained BY Army
Ordnance Lieuts. julius Z. Foris
and Peter J. Jensen. is basic OF
all-purpose machine gun. II car
easily be converted TO many uses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Entry Difficult

We found II difficult to gain ad-
mittance to this plant although we
had permission from the army ord
nance division and had an army
lieutenant with US. Even so we
went through what seemed endless
pass writing and interviewing by
guards and army officers before
we were finally admitted.
The photographer complained:
Its easier for q 1ifer' to get
out Of jackson prison than to get
I'm here"
Inside We saw the latest mass
production methods applied to the
manufacture Of guns. In most
cases new methods meant new and
specially designed machines 10 do
the job. Mahannah said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
.UAW-C|0 Asks
Canada Meeting

Employees OF the Ford Motor
Company of Canada have been
asked by the UAW-CIO to meet
at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Windsor
Market on Pitt street as result
of labor dispute that threatens
TO close many departments in the
plant.
Leaders OF the Go union have
protested that proposed refer
endum will not submit 10 the
workers the question OF whether
they prefer the JAW as a bar
gaining agency.
Wallace r. Campbell, president
of the company. has asked the
Canadian Department OF Labor TO
hold an election and he proposed
Saturday that the only question
should be whether the majority
of the 10.500 workers want a
C m p an y-sponsored bargaining
plan. or no plan at all.
Answering a JAW demand for
a ballot giving the employees the
right TO choose between a COM
pany union or the Go. Campbell
said Saturday that this request
adds nothing new or constructive
to the question"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Britain 10 Go On
With Summer Time
cspw'shs BY Detroit TI~ss. An rIssss rsssrsss

LONDON. Nov. 8. - (INS) -
British Summer time is to be con-
tinued throughout the Winter. All
clocks will be one hour IN advances
of Greenwich mean time.
BY November, Londoners will be
experiencing more than IS hours
of black-out each night. The pc
riod starts at 5:22 p. m. and fin
ishes at S:31 a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
GrinneN Hits Airport
On Eight-MiIe Road

Lloyd G. Grinnell. president of
the Wayne-Oakland Civic Asso-
citation, protested Saturday that
the proposed airport on Eight
Mile road would convert nearby
residential areas into war zones
IL Germany sends bombers to De-
troit.
zone OF the first detectives
OF foreign bombers would be the
airports," Grinnell said. Every
home In the area would be I'm
danger"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson.
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Theater Audience
To Open Flag Week

The pledge OF allegiance 10 the
flag will be recited in the Broad
way-Capitol Theater Sunday in
ceremonies 10 be broadcast as the
first event of Flag Pledge Observ-
ance Week. sponsored by the Ford
Motor Post of the American
Legion. .
All Detroit radio stations will
broadcast the pledge several times
a day this week and the Ford
post urges that all schools, clubs
and public assemblies recite the
pledge at their meetings. Flag
Pledge Observance Week has been
proclaimed by Mayor Jeffries and
Mayor John L. Carey of Dear.
born.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

owrkrp rdug
Mine Hearings Resist
Lewis Speed Demands

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-(INS)
-Undisturbed by prods from John
L. Lewis, the National Defense
Mediation Board today prolonged
its hearings over the union shop
dispute between Lewis United
Mine Workers and steel companies
owning coal mines.
The Mine Workers. ehieftaiH has
set November IS as the deadline
for another strike if his union is
not granted a union shop.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Strike PeriIs Army's
She'll Loading Plant

RAVENNA, o., Nov. SIMS
of production at
the $54,0O0,Oo shell-loading plant
of the arnys at Ravenna hinged
today upon governmental action in
a threatened strike next Thursday
of 100 production, maintenance
and transportation workers at the
arsenal.
The strike was called for mex
Thursday at s a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

Detroit's most colorful ARMS
tice Day observance since World
War / will be held next Tuesday,
with the largest number of uni
formed organizations parading, de-
spite the absence of Michigan Ma
tional Guard units and other
military groups now away on
active duty.
Starting with the dedication OF
the international Peace Monu-
ment at IL a. m, on Belle Isle,
by Jay Pierrepont Moffat. Ameri-
can minister TO Canada, and
Leighton Mccarthy. Canadian
minister TO the United States. the
days celebration will close with
numerous parties and dinners held
by various veterans organizations
and auxiliary groups.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Western High Program

A patriotic panorama entitled
Let Freedom Ring will be pre-.
sented Monday evening by the stu
dent council of Western High
School. as part of National Educa
ton Week. The program will pre-
sent patriotic American music.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

This detachment of the Fifth
Division will include one battalion
of the End Infantry; batteries OF
the 50th and 1S4th Field Artillery
regiments: section of recon.
Nuisance troops; a detachment oil
the 7th Engineers Battalion eight
pontoon): 46th Ordnance Com
pany; the anti-tank company oi
the End Infantry, and an ambu.
lance platoon of the 5th Medical
Battalion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Parade Starts at 2 p. M.

The annual parade. starting at
2 p. m, will follow the usual
route from Temple street down
Woodward avenue 10 jefferson
avenue. East on jefferson 10
Hastings. and North TO Larned
street for disarmament.
Judge Joseph A. ellis will be
parade marshal, Harold Harvey
chief Of staff. Mike Whalen chief
of aides, and Robert G. Mathieson
parade adjutant. On the review
ing stand fronting City Hall. also
will be Mayor Jeffries. members
of Common Council. and leaders
Of participating military organi.
cations.
In addition TO local troops, r
o. T. c. cadets, and veterans
marching and musical organiza.
tons, this years parade will fea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Peaceful Town
Hears Barkof
Test Firings
4 100000 Square Feet
Factory Space; See
Capacity in January
BY s. SCOTT wIGLE

Near the peaceful little town of
Plymouth. Mich, work is nearing
peak production on one of the
most deadly weapons of modern
warfare.
On. Eckles road, where cattle
grazed last January. now stands
the Kelsey-Hayes United States
Army ordnance machine gun
plant, where 1.400 workers today
produce .50-caliber Browning ma
chine guns.
The first gun was carried from
the production line August -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Adaptable Guns

At the moment most OF the guns
manufactured at the Plymouth
plant are delivered for installation
In fighter airplanes. But the gun
is so designed that II can be used
in the field by infantry troops OF
for naval purposes.
Bullet and jacket used in the
gun weigh approximately one.
third of a pound. The gun fires al
a rate better than 600. rounds q
minute and has an effective range
of 500 yards (about four miles,
Lieutenant Jensen said.
Each gun has six barrels all In.
Interchangeable and is designed tc
feed bullets from either side. Thi:
permits installation in either the
right or left wing of plane. il
was explained Some planes carry
as many as nine guns, one in the
nose and four in each wing.
The extreme wear caused by the
super-speed firing makes IL neces
sary to supply each gun with the
six barrels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
COlOrful Parade to Mark
ArnliStice Observance

ture a motorized detachment of
63 officers and 1,500 enlisted men
from Fort Custer, which will
leave the army post early Tues
day morning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-08

balming between covers, a ter
rifle test of humor.
Phillips is a toiler in the flint
lest vineyard known TO the
newspaper profession. which is
turning out a humorous column
every day dealing. not with one
subject. which is the COMPARE
lively easy method, but with a
dozen different topics. This,
brethren, is the hard way.
1T IS not difficult TO take
L long windup and then jog
through six of eight hundred or
a thousand words. whatever the
daily stint, on a single thought.
When you have to show a change
of pace on every pitch. when
you have TO mix EN- up. il takes
on the aspect of hard work. We
believe that Franklin p Adams
of the Post and radio 'Informa-
ton Please" is the only other
newspaper humoriSt in New
York City who writes that par
ticular type of column and we
doubt that there are more than
a very few others elsewhere in
the land.
Sometimes Phillips. like most
humoriSts. turns from humor TO
seriousness and the result. in
this case, has been some of the
most beautiful things in our
language.
One of our most treasured
clippings, Just a Dog" which
we find reprinted in his books,
tells with heart-rending pathos
of Poppy, the little dog that kept
searching for its beloved mis-
treSs not understanding that she
had gone forever from the house.
1t is a beautiful thing And in
turning from his ELMER witch
ell" a rare character, and his
other humor. Phillips has here
lately written some of the great
est messages on patriotism that
have sprung from any mind in
this country.
He is a poet, too. Lest some
of our readers suspect that we
are bringing this out in the ma
ture of a toadsticker in the vel
vet glove. let us state that he
has put some of his poetry in his
book. Obviously he will not
mind our revelation.
Copyright 1891. King Features synd.. Inc
Distributed hy International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-08
Connolly Answers

1-ta) Resurrection of Christ:
tb) visit of Magi to Jesus at
Bethlehem; tc) entrance of
Christ into Jerusalem.
2-ta) Shop; OBJ parted, (c)
thoughts.
3-ta) Upton Sinclair; OBJ
Ellen GLASGOW; tcD Irwin
Cobb.
la When he is vicious and
unbroken: tb) five years of
age or older: tc) necked with
small white clouds.
5-ta) Laying stone walls and
bricks; (b) making casts and
molds. tcl to preserve eggs.
Sal Prince Otto Won Bis
marck: Oh jefferson Davis;
tcD Jenny Lind.
Turkey. Russia. Rumania,
Bulgaria.