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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14

bottom OF pan.
Cook for about 20
minutes, turning
occasionally, I'M
til water has
evaporated and
sausageS are ten
der and brown.
Drain corn and
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green pepper, to-
matoes, sugar,
and salt. Cook I'M
til green pepper
is tender. Make
the sausage into
small balls and
roll in the I'M
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14
ST,.JOSEPH
Aw WORLDS LARGEST SELLER Ml01
UASPTRIn9
Who Is Rich?

Who Is Rich?
He that is proud of riches is q
fool. For if he be exalted above
his neighbors because he hath
more gold, how much inferior il
he to a gold mine! - Jeremy
Taylor.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14

Deceiving First Sight
Things are not always what they
seem; the first appearance de-
ceives many; the intelligence of
few perceives what has been care
fully hidden in the recesses of the
mind.-Phaedrus.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14

a LCHEMY brought on chemistry
= astrology led to astronomy and
now the forked hazel twig to
"dowse" ground leads to the discoy.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14

old man that has something Of
the youth. He that follows this
rule may be old in body, but can
never be 80 in mind.-Cicero.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14

tConsolidated Fcatures-WNU Servicel
NJ EW YORK-Robert A. Lovett,
' New York banker and World
war flying ace, gets the news spot
lirht as q nnSSihle aviation pro-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14

The Wall Street battalions OF
youth provide evidence of the many
tributaries of specialized skill and
experience feeding into democratic
defense effort.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-03-14

cry by one of
the world
most distin-
guished geo.
D by s icists
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28
LoveAcross theFoot|i8hts
Robbiin8t heSta8e,
eftsB0a1l1'@
BY LOUIS SOBOL

N ONG before the days when Il Love My
WIFE But on You Kid" was brash
A-- idion the Floradora Sextet with en-
phasis on Dough-Ray founced pertly onstage
and smoked the celluloid collars Of the grand
daddies Until recently no other group of
dancing dolls has held a mazda on the
Kaleidoscope Artery 20 the undying fame in
the romance department that was theirs
F0rtv-onc years have been nicked from
the calendar since the pretty madons OF the
sextet kicked their way INTO the hearts of the
milliouaircS and lords and set a matrimonial
record that Threatened 10 remain unequalled
30 The annals OF the Tmseled Thoroaghfare
The domestic bouauzas struck by these
darlings al the turn Of the century may look
like chicken feed these days for another
group az WoudrOus hoDcvs IS threatening the
record and for this observers dough may
outstrp the Floradorables high water mark
for perfect catches
I'm referring 10 the American Beauty
octet Of George Jessels High Kickers
the Jesselovcles whose shapely ranks are
being bHtzcd and BLESSED by Cupid as fast
the winged imp can find eligible bachelors
In one short week the nonChalant kid
moved down Six Of the Iessel cuties Should
the love bug bite in comparable manner for
the next few months and the show continues
and the glamour gal requirements and eligible
bachelors hold out the total may roll up as
impressycly as lend-icase figure from
Washington
There was waiting hst Of 500 prettics
who wanted go make capital Of their looks
au the matrimonial market when The Flora
dcicctahlo, We're grabbing off their Well
miu,cd mates ANA Jcs-.l should have little or
no trolte coralinl at least BIKE number
las SECOND lne 81 defense
The JcsseTs play VIII probably lo down
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28

The golden race FOR ermincd bliss. In Flora
dora days blondes were a drug un the markct
and managers posted these requirements 10.
tally ignoring far-trcssed fcmmcs for scxtct
aspirants
"A girl must weigh $50 pounds. be feet
4 inches TAN, be- long wasted and Of willow
build. pronounced brunette or else real
rcdhc7d Pure blondes with short waists ar.
plentiful enough hut we don't want them
The bright rcd-hcad,d girl is the hardest o.
find We don't care whether or not the.
daute We can teach thdm that. bat 81
Irfas' tn color them"
Gentlemen perhaps didn't prefer b.ua
mo that time for two brunette Florsdofa .4
paremeHts stepped into wedlock with rahlut.
Camille Clifford married son of Lord Az
dare Horny Lyulhurst Bruce while Frances
Belmont became reIy Ashhtto.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28

the demand Of public and
suitors.
Like the feted beauties of
the current octet, the origi-
nal Floradorables had the
golden touch in matrimony
Almost every one of the
charming cuties, Marie
Wilson, Agnes Wayburn,
Marjorie Relyea, Vaughn
Texsmith, Daisy Green and
Margaret Walker, married
dashing MIR Moneybags,
became the fine ladies OF
landed estates and lived
happily ever after Almost
all but Margaret Walker.
who struck a belated bo-
nanZa only three years ago
when a husband she had
divorced IL years before,
prior TO joining the seXtct
left her a surprise inhcu-
lance Of $4,000.
I'm tho gay 1QO0's
the Flotadohghtfuls We're
CARRIED modesuv from head
10 toe with ruffles. bustlcs
and laccs and when the
palpitating Romeos IN Bald
Head Row spotted a trim
ankle well. IL was some
thing 10 tell the boys about
back in the corner barber
shop The strcamlined ST.
rCns of the American
Beauty octet leave con-
siderably less to the imagl-
nation, stutting gracefully
about I'm spangles, bras and
a bit of willowy gauzo
Yes times do change in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28

Bonita Edwards
Further Depleted the
Chorus Line of the
Broadway Revue,
When She Eloped
With the Oft-NIarried
Tommy NIanviIle,
But Now She MAY
BE Back i'm the
Eligible Ranks
Because She and
Tommy Have
Separated After
Giving Their
Marriage "A
Seventeen DaN Trial.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
Church Community Night
at Whitaker Sept. 10

Whitaker. Mich. Sept. IL
Church Community Night will be
revived again at the Zion Evangel-
zeal Church at Whitaker. after
having been discontinued for the
summer months. Muskmelon
filled with ice cream will be served
at the first program to be held
Thursday evening, September Is.
Serving, which is under the di
rection of the Mems Bible Class
will begin at p. m. AS an added
feature of the evening. Thurlow
Bodley, Milan, will show motion
pictures of his recent trip through
the Southwest.
The purpose OF the evening is
two fold. That those of the com
munity might learn to know their
reighbors better through the Chris
tian fellowship Of an old fashion
ed Church Social. and that the
Building Fund might be swelled
through the proceeds OF the so
cial as a free-will offering will be
taken.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

Rev. B. Hearl, Coleman, was a
guest at the r. c. Lamkin home
Monday morning.
Mrs. Ethel Garrod and grandson,
Edward Boyd, attended the Losee
reunion in Ann Arbor Sunday after.
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Griffin, near
Ypsilanti. and Mrs. Fred Griffin,
Ypsilanti, were Friday dinner
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Will
liams. The occasion was their
daughter Wilmas 18th birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Turnbull, Lin
coin District, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. o. E. Vedder were in Dun
dee and Petersburg Sunday after.
noon and were Sunday evening
guests at the Vedder home.
Donna Williams spent the week
with her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Griffin, Ypsi-
lanti.
Mrs. Joseph Stehna returned
home from Boyer Hospital Sunday.
She is progressing satisfactorily.
Rev. and Mrs. Bernard Hearl,
Coleman, Mich, were overnight
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gar
rod Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Wallace, To-
ledo, were Sunday supper guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brown.
]. H. Ostrander and son James,
Curtis, Mich, have been visiting
their daughter and sister. Mrs. Rex
Strawe.
Mrs. E. A. Duane spent Wednes-
day in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Crandall had
for Sunday guests Mr.. and Mrs
d. F. Wilwarth Cleveland, O., and
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Crandall, De.
troit, o.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Z. Vedder were
in Monroe Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl buckingham
and sons, Jerry and Douglas, and
Mrs. Anna Springer, Detroit, were
Saturday evening guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas buckingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Curtiss
spent the past week with friends
and relatives in Cleveland and
gainesville, o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Horton spent
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Charles
Lynds, Garden City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Williams
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
NeiUs From Whitaker

and family visited Mr.. and Mrs
Griffin, Ypsilanti. Sunday.
Mrs. lie Roy Painter visited Mrs
Joseph Stetina at Boyer Hospital
Saturday evening.
Mrs. John Bobicz, Jr., visited Mrs
John Simmonds, Wayne, Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. George Osborn and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Dysinger and
daughters visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Osborn, Garden City, sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold hurry, near
Milan. visited her mother. Mrs,
Cora Wilbur. Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Boyd,
Wayne. spent Saturday evening
with their son and daughter-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Boyd and son.
Robert Sasser Is spending sew
eral days at Fostoria. o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus Santure,
Ypsilanti. visited his sister, Mrs.
Annie Merritt.
Dean Bodley, Milan, visited his
grandmother, Mrs. w. j. Bodley,
Saturday.
Visitors at the home OF Barlow
Simonds and family Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs. William Simonds and
little Joyce Anne, Ypsilanti, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Sasser, Whit
taker, and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Chessman, Detroit.
MIR. and Mrs. Eugene Mettert and
son, Junior, Jackson, enjoyed Sun
day dinner with Mrs. Mathe Cheev-
er and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Dysinger,
Hackancite, n. j., were Saturday
supper guests of his brother and
sister.in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Dysinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Memo Schmaus,
Ann Arbor, were Sunday guests of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. e. w.
Schmaus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Bodley
and family visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Richards and Mr.. and Mrs.
Nick Ellie, Ypsilanti. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wager,
Monroe, and n. and Mrs. Vincent
Wager spent Saturday with Mrs.
Annie Merritt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Brown, Ypsi.
lanti, attended the Ladies' Aid
supper which was held at the Whit
taker Evangelical Church and after
supper spent the evening with M.
and Mrs. Robert Sasser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hawker and
family, Ann Arbor. visited at the
A. j.. Lamkin home Sunday after
noon.
Misses Donna and Doris Garrod
and friend. Judd Rd.. and Miss
Marjorie Garrod. Whitaker Rd.,
and Claud Wilbur, Ypsilanti, were
Sunday dinner guests OF Mrs. Cora
Wilbur.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest williams
and family visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Griffin and family. near
Milan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Curtiss and
son are now staying with her moth
er. Mrs. Vern Anderson. while
their father spends a few weeks in
Canyon city. Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Squires. Nj
and Mrs. Glen SaHiFes Ar AHA
Mrs. Karl Phillips and Mrs. Emma
Nugent, all OF Npsilsnti. we're sun
day guests OF Mr.. and " ....
mas buckingham
Mrs. John BobicE. Talladay I'd
visited Mrs. +. \. Duane Tuesday
Miss Laura Perkins. Garden
City. and Edward Brown. Detroit
spent Sunday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Brown.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

VICHY. Unoccupied France-AP
The Petain government an
nounced here that some state EN-
ployes had been dismissed for black
market operations TO supply extra
food for communal restaurants run
for their own benefit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

Rouge plant OF the Ford Motor Co.
Evidence indicates that a vast
number OF parts and accessories
have been carried out OF the Rouge
plant in dinner pals and by other
means" the prosecutor said. Some
the stolen property has been
transported across state lines"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

VATICAN CITY-AP-Luig! Car
dinal Maglione. papal secretary OF
state, interrupted a vacation in
southern Italy and returned here
this morning especially to talk with
Myron c. Taylor. President Roose-
velt's personal envoy to the Vati-
can.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

SSELS. Belgium - UP -
Via Berlini- Bread was not avail
able In some Belgian localities for
several days during August. Au-
thorities are trying to cut down the
period between the harvest and de
livery OF grain to mills.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
ASK F5I AID

Detroit. Sept. 1l-AP-Federal
Bureau OF Investigation agents
were called Tuesday by Wayne
County Prosecutor William l..
Bowling to join the investigation OF
automobile parts thefts from the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11


Dexter, where she taught last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cunningham
and daughter Carolyn, Ypsilanti,
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Alden Day.
Carol Day is visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Harpst,
Maybee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Rose, Romu-
lus, spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Harpst and
family. Msybee, and Mr.. and Mrs.
AFRO Day were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Day.
Mrs. Elmer Cent?. New Boston,
spent Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Leonard Nudge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Steiniger,
Detroit. and Mrs. Hattie Swihart
and son William, Ypsilanti, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Lena
Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Eaton Roberts and
family Npsilanti, spent Sunday af-
ternoon with his mother, Mrs. Glen
Roberts.
Mrs Mae Liss has returned TO
, home in New York after visit
"a. Mr.. and Mrs. Gray Jarvis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
Rural Events
TODAY
London

TODAY
London
London Woman's Society OF Chris
tian Service will meet at the church.
Election OF officers will be held.
Prayer meeting with Mrs. Ada
Angel.
SEPTEMBER IL
Saline
o f. S. annual picnic at Saline
Park. Potluck dinner at noon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
PAYROLL DELAYED

Chebovgan. Sept. ia payroll
q $4,520.66 for August was still I'M
paid by the County Road Commits
sion Wednesday. About 40 workers
must wait until funds due from the
state are received.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
SISTER succuMes

Monroe, Sept. 1i-AP- Sister
Mary Alacoque, a member OF the
Sisters, Servants OF the lmmacu-
late Heart OF Mary for the last 81
years, died here Wednesday She
taught music in Detroit parochial
schools for many years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
DETROlTER KILLED

Detroit. Mich. Sept. IL Peter
Casserly. 81. Detroit. was killed
and his passenger, Miss Blanche
Dewolfe. Detroit, was injured
critically Wednesday when the car
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Barlow Simonds an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter. Phyllis, to Jack Chessman,
Detroit. Saturday evening.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

We have secured the
services Of Madam Mar
lette, nationally known
authority on short meth
DDS in sewing. she will
instruct and advise you
on your sewing prob
lens, absolutely free to
everyone, regardless OF
the kind or make of the
sewing machine YOU are
now using. Madam
Marlette comes to lis di-
rect from the Depart
ment of Domestic Art of
the estinghouse
Sewing Machine Com
pany of Rockford, Ill
inois. Come and learn
the remarkable things
that can be done on a
sewing machine. Madam
Marlette will advise you
as to the colors and
STYLES that will be the
most becoming to your
own personal Individual
ity Remember the date
SATURDAY., September
18th. Everybody vel
come, no obligation.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

in which they were riding struck
freight truck trailer near Pontiac.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

The truck driver, Douglas Hunter
10, Mayville, was uninjured.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

Mrs. lie Roy Painter entertained
the Altar Society at her home,
Thursday afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
Attend Shower

ATTEND shower
Mrs. o. E. Vedder attended a
shower for Mrs Jack Beard Satur-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Jennings Campbell, Lincoln Dis
trict.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11
Eaton Mills

RESUMES TEACHING DUTIES
Eaton Mills, Mich, Sept. IL
Miss Doris Day has resumed her
duties as a school teacher near
Dexter, where she taught last year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-11

Mrs Mae Liss has returned TO
p home in New York after visit
-. Mr.. and Mrs. Gray Jarvis.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-29

full occupation by British and Rus
sian forces was announced officially
in London where it was stated that
the invading troops continued their
steady march into strategic oil and
transport zones TO Illustrate possible
Nazi sabotage.
The occupation. with Russians
approaching from both sides of the
Caspian Sea to make a junction
with the British, has now become
a routine maneuver and was re-
garded b. the British as assuring
supply lines to the Red army and
bolStering the Turkish stand against
threats of a new German thrust
this winter toward the southeast
Hitler was reported to have de-
manded Turkish cooperation, in
cluding use Of Turkish waters such
as the Bosphorus and the Black
Sea coast, presumably for a sup
Elementary drive against the Rus
sian Caucasus oil fields. Important
German trade delegations also were
arriving in Turkey, perhaps to in
crease Nazi action in that zone
when winter closes down on the
eastern front.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-29
Gen. Lear Warns
Of Foreign Agents

HOPE. Ark, Aug. % CUP) =
Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear, commander
of the second army, last night
warned his men that foreign agents
are trying to spread dissatisfaction,
suspicion and beWilderment in the
nations armed forces.
THAT is an old game of those
who fear us he said. They have
done it in other countries. In the
armies of other countries they have
succeeded. Great armies have been
destroyed and the will of peoples
has been shattered by this war from
within to kill the spirits of men,"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-29
VFW DiscipIines
State Commander

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 90. up
Earl Southard, suspended as COM
mander of the department of Ill
inois for alleged subversive acti-
vities, was restored TO his former
status today by the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars.
Southard was court-martialed be-
cause of his activities as secretary
Of the Keep AMERICA Out of War
committee. The credentials COM
mittee's report refusing to seat him
promoted a near-riot at yester-
days sessions of the 42nd nation
al VIEW. encampment.
He was reinstated and seated as
delegate today after being re-
primanded publicly by National
Commander Joseph c. Menendez
Of New Orleans.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-29
Suspect Confesses
Rapist-Murder Of
Women in East

Continued From Page One)
EVELYN D. Anderson, %, OF New
York in the Bronx on Aug. 4.
A few hours later Washington
police revealed that they had OBJ
tanned the confession of the rape
murder of Betty Strieff, pretty 23-
year-old war department clerk from
Des Moines, Ia, last June Is.
Kelly then announced that all the
recent slayings in Washington had
been admitted by Catoe. In addi-
ton to the Anderson and Strieff
cases, he listed the following cases
as solved:
Mrs. Rose Simsons Abramowitz,
25- -year-old bride of social securi-
ty board lawyer, raped and slain
last March 8.
Ada Puller, Negro, last Jan. %.
Lucy Kidwell Negro, last Sept.
%.
Matte Steward, Negro, 81, last
Nov. %.
Josephine Robinson, Negro, "a
Dec. l, 1889.
Police said Catoe had given a
complete oral confession of the sew
en- crimes.
Mrs. Anderson's body was founo
on street in the Bronx, N. Y.
where it apparently had been thrown
from an automobile By the slayer
Jewelry had been stripped from hel
body and her purse was missing
Police found the watch later in &
New York pawnshop and learned
that it had been given to another
woman by Catoe.
He was seized at the request O.
the New York police yesterday morn
ing at his home in the same neigh.
borhood where most of the rape.
slayings occurred. At the police
lineup he was identified by fou
Negro women who were recently
raped and by two others who haC
fought off a Would-be rapist
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-29

board said, was the basis of Pre-
mier Prince Fumimaro Konoye's
message to President Roosevelt de-
livered by Ambassador Admiral Kic-
hisaburo Nomura.
1t was said that Konoye's mes
sage outlined the attitude OF the
Imperial government toward the
Pacific situation and attempts to
analyze the cause of tension be-
tween Japan and the United States.
The cabinet studied the Konoyc
message.
In additions to the full cabinet.
the following we're present:
Maj. Gen. Akira Muto, director OF
the military affairs bureau of the
war office; Rear Admiral Takasumi
Okla, director of the naval affairs
bureau and Taro Terasaki, director
of the American bureau of the
foreign office.
Newspapers featured Prcmier
Prince Fumimaro Konoye's mes
sage to President Roosevelt through
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, am
bassador in Washington, and pub
lished photographs of Prince kon-
oye and Mr.. Roosevelt.
The cabinet approved a program
to mobilize labor on a war footing
lin order to meet the impending
situation Idle persons will be mo-
bili5ed and the distribution OF
workers will be readjusted in order
to case a labor shortage. The cabi-
net also approved its planning
boards revised l941-42 productivity
cxpa.y lion plan for accelerating
self sufficiency and the acquisition
of vital national defense goods.
The governments information
board said Prince Konoye's mes
sage to President Roosevelt at
tempts ito examine the causes
of trouble in the delicate situation
between j Japan and the United
| States.
Domei, the official news agency,
said Terasaki started the meeting
by discussing Japanese American
relations, with particular reference
to "the important meeting be-
tween President Roosevelt and AM
bassador Admiral Kichisaburo No
mura at Washington yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-29
DMB Asks End to
Defense WoIkout

to investigate the issues in dispute
between the company and union.
The investigator will report to the
board about Oct. l, after which
findings of fact and recommended
tions for the settlement of the dis
pute will be formulated.
The board said it had denied the
union request for a maSter-agree-
ment covering the II struck plants
and suggested the company and
union send representative to Wash
ington for direct negotiations un-
der board auspices. The union ac-
ceptcd the board request, but it was
refused by the company.
Questions of general wage in
creaSes, vacations, arbitration of
grievances and union security will
be reviewed by the investigator.
The strike halted work on 40 per
cent of the nations production of
Gypsum, plaster and wall board
necessary to the defense and con-
Struction programs.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-29
Fire Hits Lumber
Docks at Seattle:
Inquiry Launched

SEATTLE. Wash, Aug. % up
Fire today swept waterfront lumber
yards of the Blackstock Lumber
company and the Lumber Supply
and Warehouse company before it
was controlled, with loss estimated
at s35O,000.
Cause Of the fire was not de-
termined. Fire Chief William Fitz-
gerald and State Insurance Com
missioner Willam Sullivan said
an investigation would be started
later today.
The fire Ces;royeu most of s345,-
900 worth Of stacked lumber, build
ings valued at s24,O0O and two box
cars on a spur track Twenty
three pieces of equipment, includ-
ing fireboat, managed TO subdue
the flames after a three-hour bat
tie.