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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16
Parents Of Daunhter

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Manuel Krull. Jan. u, at
Boyer Hospital, Npsllsnti. The baby
weighed seven pounds, ~ ounces.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shrader
spent Saturday with their daughter
and son-n-law, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Mosher, South Ypsilanti
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence King. De
troit, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. II. Freeman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Whan have
gone on motor trip to Florida.
Mrs. Nora Holmes and daughter
Ada. Ypsilanti. were Sunday after
noon guests at the Staebler home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16
Home Nearly Completed

The new house being built by Mr..
and Mrs. William Schill on Plym-
outh Rd is nearing completion. A
large chicken house has been erect
ed also.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16
Whitaker

AID HAS FIRST MEETING
IN NEW CHURCH BASEMEN
Whitaker. Mich. Jan. "a The
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16

TOO MANY SUNDAY ISLANDS
Calherra. Australia. Jan. i6-UP
Australia Is encumbered with
two sunday islands. one Is Oft
Queensland and the other on the
Western Australian coast.
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ENrERrAlNs AT SHOWER

S. z. Augusta, Mich, Jan. 10
Mrs. Anthony Koss entertained
about % women al shower at her
home Thursday evening. II was
given in honor OF Mrs. Derwood
Lanlt, Monroe. Many lovely gifts
were received. A lunch was sery-
ed after the game baby was
played.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16
Parents Of Daughter

Parents Of Daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Morawski,
larry Rd.. are announcing the birth
of a nine pound and one eighth
ounce baby girl born Saturday
morning.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hearn, De-
troit, visited Mr.. and Mrs. John
Yelinek and family Sunday.
Miss Helen Schechter, Ann
Arbor, was a week end guest OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Schechter.
Miss Doris Elka spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Quinnith Spicer
and son David, Maybee, and Mr..
and Mrs. Vincent Doty, Monroe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cox, Ypsilan-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16

Buy any Kroger brand
item. Like u a. well 80
or better than any 9TH
~, or return unused
portion in original con-
tainer. and We will re-
place u. absolutely
FREE with the same
item In any brand We
sell regardless Of price.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Defense Activity Boosts
Power Needs Sharply
Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatCh 10 Inc star.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The in
crease in business activity, which
has accompanied the national de-
fense program, the placing of foreign
war orders and the buying by private
business for inventory purposes, has
been reflected in a considerably en-
larged demand for electricity.
Sales of industrial power in 1910
were l612 per cent above the pre-
viouS year. Retail commercial sales
were up 7 per cent. and sales for
residential service were up 10 per
cent The total power output was
up II per cent.
For the year as a whole for this
industry, the consumer received
more service than ever before, at
the lowest prices on record; the en-
ploye worked sharter hours. at the
highest hourly wages; the taxing
bodies made the largest levies in his
tory; and the investor received a
rate of return on his investment
lower than at any time since the
bottom years OF the depression.
Genera ting capacity proved ample
to supply the highest peak loads Of
the year and the large new installa-
tionS under way, as mentioned be-
low, give assurance for the future
of an adequate power supply, except
perhaps in isolated locations.
New Army cantonmentS. camps
and air bases and new munitions
factories, wherever they have been
located throughout the country,
practically without exception, have
been found to be reasonably within
reach of existing power lines which
have provided an adequate and de-
pendable electric power supply as
required.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
1941 Home BuiIdinq
Expected TO Help
Hardware Trade
Some Manufacturing
Facilities Taxed by
Defense Orders
BY CHARLES J. HEALE,

The hardware industry outlook for
1941 is extremely encouraging. For
the last four or five months great
many manufacturers in our field
have obtained either direct or in
direct defense contracts which have
in some cases taxed their production
capacities.
Practically all manufacturers in
our field are manufacturing neces-
sites and at all times the need for
their products is even more acute
under defense program and is en-
larged. in its possibilities, by the de-
sire to cooperate with Great
Britain in furnishing her war needs.
Buying Power Raised.
There has been very little defense
program purchasing through what
might be termed trade channels, lie,
wholesalers or retailers, but it is
generally accepted that an increased
volume among manufacturers. not
only in hardware but also in all
other lines, will enhance the buying
power of consumers generally and
will cause more buying power money,
which will trickle through to all re-
tail stores.
This particular trend is more
marked in communities where de-
fense production has really gotten
under way and it is felt that the
benefits of defense production will
cover almost the entire United
States during the year 1941.
Giving full consideration to the
needs of the defense program and
the shortages that will be faced, We
enter the new year believing that
shortags may be expected in many
basic lines of interest to hardware
wholesalers and retailers.
Price Boosts Orderly.
We still find that price advances
in the hardware field have been
most orderly and in most cases can
not be considered excessive. Most
wholesalers have increased their in
ventory during the last six months
to be prepared to face shortage con-
ditions due to defense measures and
so the hardware trade Is cheerful
in its appraisal of 1941.
Every indication points to a big
building year. 1t is private
home building which gives hardware
stores, and their wholesale sources
of supply, considerable volume of
business. There is every reason to
believe that private home building
in 194l will be a tremendous fac
tor giving both hardware whole
salers and retailers a sizable extra
volume of business as compared with
recent years.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

depends entirely on the duration
of hostilities and the terms of the
final settlement. 1t seems reason
able, however, that the United
States, barring the possibility OF
entrance into the fracas, will be Eu-
ropes larder regardless of who has
to provide the funds. On this basis,
the only surplus which is now really
troublesome is that of cotton; others
could be quickly wiped out in salts
faction of real needs.
With respect to hemisphere de-
fense, the agriculturalist is directly
interested because every device is
now being employed to increase the
volume of trade with America.
Products of most South American
countries are agricultural; increased
trade implies letting down some i'm
port bars. A partial offset is the
proposal to develop Brazil and
Bolivia as sources of products now
obtained from islands of the South
western Pacific.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

scared. In November it was the
largest for the month on record. Hog
slaughter. the greatest since 1924,
with the possible exception of 1928
showed an increase of more than
20 per cent compared with 1899.
Cattle and sheep slaughter increased
slightly.
John G.. Mccarthy. president of
the Chicago Board of Trade, said
it appears reasonable to expect that
the great stimulation that will be
afforded industry and domestic COM
merce by vast defense preparations
will have favorable reactions on the
grain trade.
The farming community will
benefit from the defense program" ="
he said, and the grain exchanges
which service the flow of farm prod
ucts TO the consumer should share
also in the increasing prosperity Of
the country"
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Business Conditions
Described as Hectic
In War Nations
Germony Shows Less
Stroin Thon Italy
Or England
By Cambridge Associates.

by Cambrldge ASSoclat teS.
In wartime, the usual interna-
tional business indexes lose their
Slgnlfiance, and reliance must be
placed on such figures as employ
ment, foreign trade, cost of living,
taxation schedules, and the cost of
materials. BY these measurements
as sketchily reported, Germany
shows less strain at the end of Is
months of warfare than England.
Italy, however, is struggling with
unprecedented shortages of raw
materials, and France is trying to
meet the hopeless tangle OF her
affairs by government control over
all business.
According to reports, the cost OF
living in Germany has risen only 5
per cent in the last year, although
the government debt has increased
by 70 per cent, money in circulation
by IS per cent, and taxes by 20
per cent. The "ersatz" Cself-suffi-
cheney through Synthetics) pro-
gram has been extended for an
other four years. and consolidation
of industrial resources of con-
quered countries is envisioned. Steel
production capacity under German
control has been approximately
doubled since the territorial expan-
sion program began.
Early Start Responsible.
The German war effort, of course,
began soon after Hitlers accession
to power in 1888, and by 1896 it was
in full swing. Consequently that
country had plenty of time to de-
velop the controls which would as
sure as little disturbance to normal
life as possible during actual hos
tlntleS, and the conversion of indus
| trial production to military uses had
been accomplished long before Sep
tember, 1889 Conditions, therefore
have been changed less in the last
y months only because the large
changes took place earlier.
In Great Britain since the be-
ginning of the war, wholesale
/ prices are reported to have risen as
/ per cent, ana the familiar war pat
| tern Of rising costs and wages is
/ beginning to be quite evioent. En-
ports in the first l3 months actu-
| ally rose 10 per cent, but imports
| increased by 20 per cent the same
period. Government control over
industry has been extended only ir
a general way, with reliance placed
on voluntary cooperation. Priori-
ties have been established for es-
sential commodities. and some de.
gree of price control has been eX-
erted. A purchase tax has been
applied which has affected retail
prices Of many essentials, and rail-
road fares have been advanced.
Closer Control Ready.
On the whole, however. Britain
was much better prepared to meet
the crisis than in 1914, and the
machinery for extensive control over
industry and trade are in readiness
DISCRIMINATION of industry is fata
to war effort, but tends to grow as
the tempo of hostilities increases
II crisis should arise. Britain viii
have another ace in the hole. buI
German industry, already dominated
by the government, must make the
present system work, or else.
IN Italy, cotton mills have slowed
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Standard Gas System
To Spend S53,8O7,229
By the Assoclated Press.

q
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-Public utilltv
operating companies in the Stand
ard Gas and Electric COMPANY svs-
tenn have announced preliminary
and tentative construction budget
for 1941 of S53807,229.
This sum included s23 TOP OF.
which it was estimated would be
carried over from the 1910 construc-
ton budget on projects not CON-
pIeted during the year.
The system said there was a
possibility that further additions IN
the 1941 budget might be made, II
conditions warranted.
Included in the preliminary bud
get were eight major projects.
Duquesne Light Company-comple-
ton of a $4,000 kilowatt capacity
unit in the James H. Reed Staten
at Pittsburgh; new generating s.a-
ton of 10000 kilowatt inItia. ca
pacity at Wireton.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Farm Income Expected Remain Near 1887 Levels Next Year

down to a virtual standStin for
want Of raw material. Domestic
production is sufficient for only
about 7 per cent Of normal manu-
featuring needs, and while an en-
barge on exports of finished goods
was applied when the war began,
this measure was not enough
Natural gas production has re-
sponded to the efforts Of the gov
eminent TO stimulate exploitation
of natural resources. and the num-
Der of motor vehicles equipped to
use natural gas is steadily lncreas-
ing. as are distribution points.
Nickel coins are being replaced by
nickel-steel, and a drive is being
made to increase production OF mer-
curry, iron ore and Ignite coal.
Managed Economy in France.
AS might be expected, the scene
in France is rather bleak. ReStrlc-
tions on transportation, communl-
cation and exchange of goods be-
tween occupied and unoccupied sec
tlO0S nave dCCCu 40 a NCPA A''''44O'
steel coal and textile industries in
the unoccupied sections are now
under strict government control
which includes distribution as we'll
as production. Employers assocla-
tions and labor organizations have
been dissolved in many instances as
inimical to public welfare.
ALLEGATION of food supplies has
been undertaken and control Is
exercised over both wholesale and
retail prices of agricultural products
All these measures have been die
tated by necessity following an al
most complete breakdown OF the
system of individual enterprise.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Puper Bottles Accepted

CHICAGO, Jan. (SpeciaD -
Paper milk containers, legalized in
this city only month ago, are now
being used for more than fourth
of the 100000 to 100000 quarts Of
milk sold daily in local retail stores,
Business Week magazine reports.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Small Farms Get Share

NEW YORK, Jan. l tSpeciaD -
Small businesses are getting an even
break with larger companies in the
matter of Government armament
orders, according to the Research
Institute of America, which reports
that half of the 10000 companies
on the allocated list for wartime
production have less than 100 en-
ployes
Evening star., 1941-01-01
MiIIionth Mile of Cable

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Jan
l (SpeciaD The 1000 000th mile of
aluminium cable, steel reinforced, in
the United States has been strung
on the Southern California Edison
Co.'S Boulder Dam Chino transmits
sion line, now under construction
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Commodity Range
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-The fol-
lowing table of approximate
prices, for comparative purposes
only, shows the extreme range
of farm commodity prices on
Chicago markets during 1910.
Prices of most active futures
contracts on the Board of
Trade were used in compiling
the grain range. Approximate
average prices of hogs, beef
cattle and native lambs were
used in the livestock figures.
Best quality spot butter and
eggs were used in showing the
range of produce prices.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

Aborigines of New Zealand are
sending gift boxes containing shark,
eels and crayfish to aborigine SOL
dierS serving overseas.
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this many men from their regular
jobs"
Major Edmonds spoke, when 1t
was obvious that Brooks, at pres
ent, was beyond any such effort
What the devil Is the meaning
Of all this ?" barked the major like
cocky little wire-haired terrier
ferociously questioning a bulldog
much bigger and more powerful.
This island is private property
and you are trespassing."
The stranger grinned as though
he thought that was rather anus
ing. He bowed with unexpected
gallantry and said politely, Sorry
about that-but the truth is we
didn't have much choice. When our
ship went down, we took to the
small boats-and your island was
the first place we could reach"
Then II you are shipwrecked,
there's no reason for your behaving
like this" snorted the major. I'VE
are perfectly aware Of our duty to-
ward ship-wrecked men. Put down
that gun and we'll see what can be
done for you"
The mans amusement deepened.
That won't be necessary" he an
swered coolly. Were doing what's
to be done, and we are being picked
up by our own people. All we want
you to do is mind your own bust
ness. and forget that you know
anything about tonight"
Where's my wife 2" Brooks de-
manded now, having cleared his
stunned brain, having forced HIM
self to semblance Of composure
that made 1t possible for him to
speak.
The strangers eyes slued to
Brooks, and there was a look In
them that made every man In the
room ache to get his fingers around
the strangers thick neck.
You mean the Jane In white
pants?" he asked coolly. and both
Bill and Donald caught Brooks as
he would have lunged forward.
She's quite dish, isn't she? Well,
she's all right. Behave yourself and
you'll have her back completely I'M
harmed as soon as our men are off
the island"
"My-my husband?" stammered
Betsy.
Hes okay, too, II he doesn't get
too boisterous," said the stranger
grimly. "Of course, our people are
in a hurry. The Coast Guard Is so
lively these days that you have to
work like lightning IL you want to
avoid them. But If your husband
behaves himself, he'll be all right"
Brooks jerked himself free Of the
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troit. visited Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Sherman Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Smith
visited their parents Mr.. and
Mrs. George Coleman. Belleville,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Petri and
sons spent Sunday at Huron River
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoyt. Carl.
eton spent Monday evening al
the Clarence Smith home.
Clarence Smith, Jr-. and Reva
Egbert. Ypsilanti, accompanied by
his grand parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Coleman. Benevilie. spent
Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Robbins,
Nashville. Tenn, were guests Sun
day OF their grandmother. Mrs,
Arthur Collins.
Rev. and Mrs. Clifton Hoffman
left Saturday for their new home
at Franklin.
Miss Jacqueline Simon accom-
panied Mrs. Lille Petri and daugh'
ter Anna to Ypsilanti Monday on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Staebler
visited Mr.. Staebler's cousin, Ed
win Braun and family, Mortified
Sunday evening.
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Elderly News Vendor
RetireS, Children Sad

Cartersvills, Ca. July - UP -
Little hearts are sad along the rail-
road tracks in the mountains north
OF Gainesville. k. d. Quinn has re-
tired after SO years of service.
Many children are wondering
what happened to the smiling little
Irishman who used to toss comics
from the cab of his Nashville. Chat
tanooga and St. Louis locomotive as
II chugged its way northward from
Atlanta.
The children live on farms along
Isolated stretches of the track. and
the comic sections which Quinn
tossed to them were the only ones
they ever saw.
Quinn used to visit Atlanta news
paper offices and gather up the sur.
plus and discarded papers to dis
tribute among the mountain chill
dren.
And when the Dixie Limited s
whistle gave a certain wall that
echoed through the valley the chill,
dren ran down to the tracks to pick
up the papers Quinn had brought
them.
Quinn started his .railroading, ca
reer plotting a little steam engine
that pulled two and three-car trains
through Atlanta streets before cleo,
trio trolleys came into use.
Quinn transferred to the Atlanta
and Florida Railroad, and later went
to the Nashville. Chattanooga & St
Louis, where he remained until he
retired. ~
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CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
BROOKS AND the other men re-
turned from their foraging expedi-
ton, and amid considerable slightly
hysterical hilarity dinner was pre-
pared. They were almost ready to
sit down before Brooks said sharp
~, where's Natalie ?"
The others looked about as
though they suspected her of hid
ing behind the furniture or beneath
sofa cushion.
"Why, / don't remember seeing
her for the last Is or 20 minutes"
contributed Terry.
Mrs. Edmonds said, her face
sharp with remembering sudden
fact, Il haven't seen her since she
stepped through that door onto the
terrace for a breath of air."
Brooks caught the woman's arm
and shook her savagely. why did
you let her go out there alone :?
You fool"
Major Edmonds cut in sharply,
"Steady, Marchbanks. Let my
wife's arm 60. Pull yourself to-
gether."
Brooks dropped the woman's
arm as though it had burned him.
He put shaking hand to his fore
head and turned to the French
door, stumbling toward it, calling
Natalie's name.
Betsy looked about and her face
went gray. Tom ?" she stam-
mered and put out shaking hands.
q "Where-has anybody seen Tom ?"
Nobody had, and Betsy chung to
a chair, her knees shaking beneath
her. Outside, the pitch-black night,
warm and languorous and some
how almost evil in it's very black
ness, seemed to crouch like a great
beast ready to pounce If they so
much as dared leave for an instant
that lighted room.
Brooks had reachsd the French
door and was half way through it,
still calling Natalie, when suddenly
man doomed ahead Of him. A man
who was short, stocky, clad like a
sailor, a seaman's cap at a cocky
angle above a face that was burned
brown as old leather. And in the
mans hand was short, ugly-look-
ing automatic.
Get back in there, buddy. unless
you want me to let daylight
through you with little Susie here"
the man was saying with a decep-
tive and unconvincing mildness as
he forced Brooks backward. The
rest of you people better be sensi-
Bile, too. We've got the whole joint
surrounded. Devil of lot of both
-, too, for we really can't spare
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other two mems restraining hold
and lunged toward the stranger, a
murderous CLEAN in his eye. The
stranger side-stepped neatly and
brought the butt Of his automatic
down with merciless' force on
Brooks head. Somebody screamed.
Brooks wavered a little, his knees
sagged, and he fell heavily.
That" said the. stranger, all
trace Of pleasantness vanishing
from his manner, Twill give you a
rough idea Of what will happen II
the rest Of you get out of line. Don't
get the impression don't mean
it.
why, you numbering hound"
cried Bill, unable to restrain him.
self any longer, hurting himself to-
ward the man, even as Terry.
screamed.
There was crash, the smell Of
burned powder, and Bill went down
beside Brooks, a foolish, startled
look on his face. Terry screamed
and made a move toward Bill, but
the stranger warned her curtly:
Stand back. You can take care
Of him after I've gone"
you go to blazes!" ragged Terry,
running to Bill. kneeling beside
him. raising his head to rest
against her breast.
For a moment the stranger
seemed about to shoot her, too.
Then he looked at the others.
shrugged, and said as though
ashamed, Guess I'm just softie.
I hate to shoot a dame-unless I
absolutely have to-"
Mrs. Edmonds was kneeling be-
side Brooks now and the other
women followed, while the stranger
looked on curiously. as though he
never had seen such spectacle be-
fore. There were basins of water,
swift attention to the wounded,
and the man lounged in the door,
watchful, instantly alert If one Of
the men moved, but suffering the
women to do what they could for
the men who were hurt
1t was a mad, utterly fantastic
hour, and they all had the feeling
that they were moving in a night
mare, that they were watching
some incredibly bad movie; because
things didn't happen like this in
real life. They had all been happy
here; 1t had seemed an idyllic spot.
quiet, peaceful, remote. Now hor-
ror and death and destruction
stalked into their very breathing,
and the stunned mind refused to
take it in.
(To Be Continued)
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day morning AZ the wedding Of
Geraldine Perrins and Norman
wissnburger. Miss Perrine has
spent the past ten summers al the
Binicki home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles BArnsdAle
attended the graduation exercises
al Wayne Thursday evening. Their
friend. George Hedrick. was
once OF the graduates.
Mrs. Stanley Blnioki and Stanley.
Jr.. we're IN Milan Saturday fore
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles RArnSdale
and sons. Robert. James and Nor
man. attended a family reunion OF
the Barnsdale family At Wamplers