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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26

A MERRY CHRISTMAS to the
readers Of this column and
hoping that Santa Claus will drop
plenty Of happiness in the stocking
of each and every one The
filthy luere is floating around
and the boys are packing in large
slabs to buy new coats for the
Riddles A Christmas card
comes from the Edward Sisters
who are now at SmalPs Paradise in
New York signed by their
pater, Jay Eddie Edwards E.
Theodore Mitchell manager Of
Club Congo, rushed over to Toledo
last Monday and was united in
marriage to Miss Francis Ancie
and the two left Monday for
Saulsberry, N C., for brief honey
moon Mrs. Mitchell was one
of the nurses who cared for the late
Slim Jones. uncle of Mitchell,
during the illness Of Jones &.
Andrew Sneed, genial and affable
owner OF Club 666, is seen in Para
disc Bowl often. but Sneed never
takes a chance with the big balls
And Humphrey Patton is
seriously i'll in Veteran Hospital in
Dearborn His son, Humphrey
Jr., came on from Washington.
where he's a senior in Howard uni
versity, to see his pater :. but
mad to return this week
Those two new chorines at Club
Congo are mamie Radford and Jes-
sic Shepard very easy on the
eyes Which reminds me that
Mae Williams will do toe dance
in Larry Steele's new show, Music
Maestro Please, which opens on
Thursday night 2 Louise Black
mon, formerly city editor OF the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26
The Blackout
By RUSS !. coWANs

Michigan Chronicle and more re-
Gently with the WAACs at Des
Moines, Iowa, is back in the city
Uley Boykir Is beating the
drums Of publicity for Club zombie
ID. Eunice Greer is doing good
Job Of swapping pictures The
flrst Christmas card came from the
little girl with the captivating
smile-Grayce L. Sadler These
weekly trips to Chicago are as bad
as hammering tough football
line Although Brother East
man has urged a halt on all un-
necessary travel, there are more
travellers now than ever You
meet plenty of young fellows re-
turning home before induction into
the army and women with
children I'm pulling for the
members OF the Horseshoe Bar
bowling team because they con-
tinue to fight agains' overwhelming
odds Keep up gang, perhaps
the tide will soon turn.
THE BRIDGEDAIRES CLUB held
their farewell party at Club Zom-
bic last week and those at
tending were Eula Williams, Ger
trude Smith, John W. Smith, Dor
othy Masses, Annie Edmanson
Dare, Mr.. and Mrs Pack. Manuel
Ferguson, John Richardson, Betty
Taylor, Jack Davis, Paul Stone
street, William A. johnson. J. l.
Gibson, Henderson Null, L. B
Myler. Mickey Tensly. Arthur ia
son Ned Myler, Louvepia OVERLY
Clara Whitlow, Sarah Walker, Lee
Craig, James Barrett, Willie Mae
McNeise, Ann Naylor, Evelyn Stat
ford, Edward Stafford. Albert vii
liams, and Jenny Myler.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26
Officers
Continued from page 10

Coot;nuod frou, maze II
-
opened before they leave the ter
rltory."
CErr,roR's NOTE: Steps have
been t,ken to prcyent censor,ug Of
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man ~ 'il1 Wv " -,
tory. The War Department no long
er censors mail from soldiers but
al incoming and outgoing mail is
o,,sorad bv arofher censorinq de.
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per'men'' 9ee noSNe Val 'e'' Ds
cember l6).
Patterson said several attempts
have been made to get stories
through to Negro newspapers, but
each time the stories have either
been destroyed or sent back to the
sender with a censor's note. "In
most Of these stories we tried TO
let the people know that we need
books, games end hundred other
things that would make life a little
more pleasant in that far off coun-
try" Patterson declared, "but the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26
TREATED FINE.
TILL NAILS
Came, He Says
Entertainer Tells Of
Experience In
Germany
By LARRY CHISM


a was treated swell in Germany
They were wonderful TO me
But in 1881 when the Nszis started
to get control Of the country,
could see a change in the people"
Baron Lee. told this reporter in an
exclusice interview this week.
Baron Lee is now appearing with
his partner, Troy Brown at National
Burlesk theatre. along with Louise
MCGEE as part Of the black and
white show revue.
Toured Germany In 1890
Troy Brown. hefty comedian pro-
vides the laugh getting lines on cues
fed to him by Baron Lee in two
skits which were well received by
the patrons. In the fir. skit scene
Brown and Lee work up to a eli
max OF mirth getting, aided by the
torso dancing of Louise MCGEE.
Telling Of ot-.er days when he led
a band which toured foreign coun-
tries and visited in Germany. Italy.
Wales and Scotland, Baron Lee re-
piled he was well received by the
atre goers in Germany. But that
was before the Nazis came into
power" Baron Lee said.
He added that he had made rec
ords for necca and Victor, The
most popular tunes recorded by his
, band were white He;" and Jazz
Martini" 81 also broa icasted from
New York's Cotton Club in 1892.
and 1888" he said.
Further. he had played in Palace
theatre in London for IA mo- rs
in the production Virginia" and
was in Germany and Italy as late
as 1880.
Il expect TO have a black ard
white revue for the circ''' sometime
in July and will start the tour at
Union City, New Jersey" Lee said
Pix star on Stage
His partn Troy Brown, has
made several pictures II Hollywood
and has appeared in films with such
stars as Tyrone Power and Loretta
Young in Second Honeymoon"
and with Carole lombard and Fred
erich March N Nothing Sacred,
and with Jane Withers in Can This
be Dixie?"
Walk with Music" the Broadway
production was filled With the per-
iOrmances Of both Brown and Lee,
=
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26

A new floor show opens at Club
Congo Christmas Eve night and
Una Mae Carlisle, the famed singer
and composer, will be headlining
the show just as she has done in the
last three weeks.
Producer Larry Steele's new
show is Music, Maestro Please"
and the young fellow has concocted
some new themes to Join in with the
Christmas spirit.
Miss Carlisle, a brilliant COM
poser, has been attracting capacity
crowds during the preceding three
weeks Of her engagement, and in-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-12-26

the papers were clipped before the
Negroes received Them.
Patterson said some Of the boys
lad made trips to Edmundson, AL
1erta, but most Of them have been
staying in the camps ever since
May. "You don't know how glad
| am to get to the states, even Il l
do have TO spend Is OF my IS days
leave travelling. I'd rather be in
Africa where the fighting is than
go back to Alaska" he said.
Evening star., 1942-04-10

and India, narrowly missed IN en-
emy aircraft carrier with bombs
and shot down four planes during
an engagement with . japanese
squadron. the British reported to-
day.
~ - Our bombers 's' scored
near misses on one aircraft car
rier." communique declared.
Some of our aircraft are missing"
The total bag Of japanese planes
accounted for in the communique
was 18 destroyed or damaged. II Of
them from large force Of bombers
and fighters which attacked Trim
GONZALEZ, British naval base on Cey-
Ion, for the first time yesterday.
The communique said six jap
anese planes were destroyed for cer-
tain. six others probably destroyed
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Women Sew to Hide Worries
Over Soldiers at Botuon

meeting and talking Of our boys"
said Mrs. Kent Hughes, ST., whose
son, Kent, jr., is the youngest
soldier from this community in the
Philippines.
II knew If I hadn't come I would
be crying all evening"" said another
mother. Now I feel much better
and I know can carry on"
Typical of the women's spirit was
the tabling Of a proposed COM
munication to President Roosevelt
and Congress asking why mo re-
Inducements and aid had been sent
our boys in the Philippines"
Several communications from 1t.
John Bushaw, whose wife gave birth
to a baby girl, were read. A radio
gram from 1t. Marcia Gates, the
only girl from this community who
is a nurse In the Philippines, also
was read.
There were 106 soldiers from this
community originally in Bataan.
Two were killed and seven wounded
early in the fight.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
By the Associated Press.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, April 10
Brave smiles hid many a heavy
and worried heart in GAINESVILLE to-
day as mothers, sisters, wives and
sweethearts Of soldiers in Bataan
carried on as they awaited word Of
the safety or death of their men.
Stunned by the news that their
menfolk were being overwhelmed by
surging hordes of japanese troops,
more than 100 members of the Tank
Company Auxiliary nevertheless
gathered last night and sewed for
the Red Cross.
The women formed the auxiliary
to exchange messages from their
soldiers and do their bit In the war
effort.
"We had to meet last night" said
Mrs. Fred Bruni, auxiliary vice.
president and wife of a captain Of
tank company in Bataan. Our
men are soldiers. We have to be,
too, and face what we must"
I'VE found solace and comfort in
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Next Three Months
Held Crucial Period
For Allied Navies
Desperate Bottle Foced
To Stop Axis From Tokins
Key Buses Over World
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press War Correspondent.


LONDON, April 10.-The United
States and Great Britain face a
desperate battle in the next
three months to maintain do
minion of the seas because of
steady Axis progress in picking
of key bases throughout the
world, an informed naval OBJ
server said today.
Bataans conquest fits into the
Axis pattern since it raises the i'm
minent possibility that Manila Bay
will be opened up 10 aid Japan's
lunge toward India and the threat
ened junction with Germany some
where in the Near East, this source
declared.
1--WE must face the facts" he said
gravely. The Japanese, German
and Italian fleets are nearing nu-
merical superiority, if they have not
yet achieved it.
Every Allied loss, such as the
sinkings of the British cruisers Dor
setshire and Cornwall in the Bay of
Bengal, cuts whatever edge we have
IN guns and ships.
THE great naval bases on which
Anglo American sea supremacy
rests either have been captured, at
tackled, or are continually menaced
by the adroit Axis use of combined
air and sea power"
Called TOO Good to Miss"
The Axis opportunity to take over
the French feet was described by
this source as too good to miss" 3"
He believed it would be seized and
combined with the Italian navy to
support an Axis offensive against
Egypt and points east, and thus pre-
pare the way for a blow at Russia S
Caucasian flank.
Air power, "the cheapest form of
attack" has been used wherever
possible by the Axis to sink isolated
declared, and added:
"The great surface units of the
Nazis, the battleship Tirpitz and the
battle cruisers Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau, the Italian battle squad
ron, and the entire japanese first
battle line are being husbanded
carefully against the day when the
Axis forces major sea battles in
both the Pacific and Atlantic"
The Axis, he said, counts on vic
tory in these forthcoming battles
because of greater air power, fresh
crews, and the time factor in Ameri-
can armament production.
Learned Lessons in War.
Victory would mean the virtual
closing of all the important mari
time communications among Russia
and the United Nations across the
Atlantic, through the Indian Ocean
and around the North Cape.
The Germans learned a lot Of
lessons from the First World War.
Not the least was at Jutland They
believe that the battle there de-
cided the fate of the old German
empire, but that the new Jutland,
to be fought of Norway, New York
or Calcutta, will defeat the British
Empire and confine the American
war effort to North America"
Axis world strategy, up to now, he
continued, has been based on the
Nazi idea of geopolitics. This held
that land power, plus cir power
could conquer Europe and nullify
American and British sea power
But Nazi reverses in Russia, the
Evening star., 1942-04-10

and two damaged In the Trincoma-
lee action.
The Japanese damaged harbor and
airdrone buildings In the raid, 1t
was said.
There were few casualties among
the dockyard civil and naval person.
mel" the communiQue said. There
were no civilian casualties and no
damage to the town itself"
Beyond the brief reference In the
communique to the attack on the
enemy squadron, the British gave no
details Of that action.
It Is possible the squadron under
attack WAS the same from which
planes flew to sink two British cruis-
ers In the Indian Ocean.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Farm Families Urged
To Suve for Leon Years
Ey the Associated Press.


HARRIsONBURG, Va, April 10.
Farm families may look forward to
greater income during the war but
should take this opportunity to re-
tire debts and to set aside funds for
leaner years, DR.. Lucille w. Reyn-
olds, chief Of the family credit sec
ton, Farm Credit Administration,
told 800 delegates to the annual
meeting of the northern district,
Virginia Federation Of Home DEM
onstration Clubs, here yesterday.
Mrs. d. Hinton Ralston Of. Rock
ingham County was elected presi-
dent Of the newly organized Shen-
andoah Valley section Of the north
western district, and Mrs. Jesse Hin
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Swedish Navy Building
includes Two Cruisers

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, April 1o.-The
Swedish government presented to
the Riksdag yesterday a five-year
defense budget totaling $500, ,000, 900
kronor (about S950,000, ,00O).
The naval building program in
cludes two cruisers, several destroy
ers, coastal submarines and torpedo
boats.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Drunken Cycling Choreed

ST. LOUIS P.-With the bicycle
coming to the forefront again as 4
means Of transportation, something
like this could have been expected:
A man was fined sos and sentenced
to Is days in the city workhouse to-
day for riding . bicycle while in
toxicated.
Evening star., 1942-04-10

ter Of Monterey. secretary. The
district reelected Mrs. T. NJ. Kitch-
ner Of Madison, president and Mrs.
j. c. Myers of Rockingham, secre-
tary.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
Jap Aircraft Carrier
Missed in
Fight, British Say
Four Enemy WurpIones
Declared Shot Down in
Bottle With Squadron
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLOMBO, Ceylon, April TO-
British planes. roaring over the In
dian Ocean in q determined hunt
for the floating lair of Japanese
bombers which have raided Ceylon
Evening star., 1942-04-10

About IS per cent Of the worlds
rice grows In Asia; China produces
the greatest amount, but not enough
for its own needs.
Evening star., 1942-04-10

constant stream Of Allied troops to
Australia, the Near East and Brit
ain and the prodigious scale Of Al
lied material aid to Russia, have
demonstrated that sea power is a
necessary adjunct to any plan for
world conquest.
Cutting Of Lines Is Goal
Increased German preoccupation
with supplies to Russia around the
North Cape is an obvious sign that
they realize the Soviets cannot be
defeated decisiveIy unless their lines
of communications with Britain and
the United States are cut" the OBJ
servers said.
He pointed out, too, that the Japa-
nese are striking across the Indian
Ocean to cut the supply lines
through Mozambique Channel which
lead to India, the Near East and
Southern Russia.
The British loss of the Prince Of
Wales, the Repuse and now two
heavy cruisers under Japanese air
attacks, he asserted. brings the Nip
poneSe blockade of this East African
channel within the scope Of the
imminent developments Of the war
at sea-
1.-THE ultimate objective Of the
German U-boat campaign OF the
Eastern United States coast" he
--fI ss- - y~ty, lArf~NuANG
and cruisers in home waters, thus
depriving important conveys to
Britain of these escorts"
The observer expressed belief that
interference with American coastal
trade is only limited objective"
of the undersea campaign.
Recapitulates Strategy.
He recapitulated the world ocean
strategy thus:
Japan commands the Asiatic
coast and now is plunging toward
India; Germany controls the west
European coast with Britain re-
manning the vital springboard for
an Allied European counterstroke.
Italy still carefully shields her main
naval strength, relying on airplanes
and submarines in the Mediterra-
mean. But that is enough to force
Britains conveys around the tip
Of Africa, losing precious time.
Gibraltar. Malta, Murmansk, Sc
vastopol, Alexandria and Pearl Har-
Dor all have been attacked but still
hold. They must hold to speed the
hoped-for Allied counter offensives
around the world.
The use of Vladivostok or other
Siberian bases In Russia Is denied
to the United States thus far be-
between Japan and Russia.
Blows at Merchantmen.
1.-The sooner we realize the Axis
is not engaged in a haphazard war
at sea, the better it will be for U.s."
this source said.
THE American naval expert Ma
han once told us that the greatest
and most vulnerable basis OF sea-
power was the merchant feet.
well, today the Axis Is striking
at Allied merchantmen all over the
world and, meanwhile, builds up its
warship strength for a final blow at
the Allied battle f1eet-the last OBJ
stacle between the Axis and total
destruction of the merchant fleets
and interallied communications.
Requirements in British and
American navies will make up for
all losses through April but not
until the end of this year. So the
next three months is our critical
period"
Evening star., 1942-04-10

For best results: buy Defense
bonds and stamps.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
Milk Deliveries to be
on Every Other Day Basis

Ann Arbor, Mich. May ls-By
May 25 milk deliyer!es-to- house
hold customers will be on an every
other day basis. Change is order
ed by the once of Defense Trans
portation 10 reduce delivery mile
age by at least rs per cent. The
new plan will conserve gasoline,
tires and equipment.
Deliveries on one route over the
base two weeks period will be made
Sunday. Tuesday. Thursday. Satug-
day. Monday. Wednesday. Friday
and Sunday. Another route for the
same period will have deliveries
Monday. Wednesday. Friday, Sun
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day.
Daily deliveries will be made TO
wholesale milk deliveries but spe-
cial deliveries to restaurants and
groceries and csll-backs and spe-
cial deliveries 10 household custo-
mers will be discontinued.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
Ann Arbor Ne1Os
Special Defense Course
Will Be Open To Women

Ann Arbor, Mich, May IS -
Courses in surveying, topographic
mapping. and photogrammetry will
be opened TO women during the Is
week summer session, at the Uni
versity under the sponsorship OF
the Engineering Science and Man
agement Defense Training program
of the United states ONCE OF Edu'
cation.
Sta ling July 6, this course is de-
signed 10 supply personnel trained
In the principles Of making maps
from aerial photographs. in the
operation Of stereoscopic machines,
and the related principles OF sur
veying and topographic mapping.
The persons completing it will be
available for employment in the
National Mapping program. direct
ed by the [. ). Corps Of Engineers
and carried out by five federal
agencies.
College training in varying de-
grees is required Tor admittance
according to the amount OF mathe-
MATES, geology and related fields
The tuition will be paid by the
government and textbooks and 9th
er equipment must be purchased
by the student.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
U. of Michigan Graduates
Wed, to Live in Nashville

Ann Arbor, Mich. May 1s-Mr.
and Mrs. George Weesner, who
were married Friday in Michigan
League chapel. will make their
home in Nashville, Tenn. Both are
University of Michigan graduates.
Mrs. Weesner, formerly Eliza
beth Shaw ana daughter OF Mrs.
Fred F. Shaw. Sault Ste. Marie. and
the late Mr.. Shaw, resided at
Martha Cook Building during her
University enrolment She was
night editor OF the Michigan Daily,
member of the Varsity debate team,
Of the Wonan's Athletic Associa.-
ton board. and OF Delta Sigma
Rho. speech society.
Mr. Weesner was editor.in.chief
of Michigan Technic, member OF
Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity,
OF Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi and
Phi Eta Sigma, honor societies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
Vocal Recital in RaCknam
Assembly Hall Tonight

Ann Arbor, Mich. May 1s-To-
night at $50 in Rackham assembly
hall Miriam Leaflang, mezzo-sopra-
no. with William Schottstaedt, ac-
companist, will present public re-
cital in partial fulfllment of re-
quirements for the masters degree
in music.
Miss Leaflang earned her bache-
Tor degree in music at University
OF Michigan in 1910 and is now a
student of Prof. Arthur Hackett
and a member of Sigma Alpha Iota
sorority. She was formerly a
teacher at Worcester and Lowell
Teachers College, Worcester,
Mass.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18

National Broadeastlna Company
Red network. WLW 700. WWJ
go, WHAM 100. WMAQ go. Blue
network, WXYZ 1870. WLW 700.
WGN 100.
Columbia Broadeasting Company
1890.
Mutual Broadeastlnp Company
network. WLW 700. CKLW 500
-WJR 100. wBBM $50. WCKY
1880, WFBM 1875, VICAR 1880,
WBNS 1850. WOOD 1910, WoWO
Tonight
NBC-s:00 Claudette Colbert in
Remember the Day
$50 Richard Crooks. tenor
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
WORK RESUMED

Jackon, Mich. May 1S-Work was
resumed over the week end at the
Thorrez and Macs Manufacturing
Co.. operating 100 per cent on war
work, after its second strike in
three months. The plant was closed
Saturday by 4 walkout OF several
hundred employees. all Of whom re-
turned to work. Negotiations over
wages will continue with a Federal
Labor Conciliator.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
Two County Draft Boards
Move to New Quarters

Ann Arbor, Mich. May 1S-To-
day the two county draft boards
opened for business in the VOL
VERNE building. A change Of To-
cation from the Tuomy Building
had been made because of a need
for larger quarters.
Board No. l for Ann Arbor city
has rooms on the fourth floor and
are using room 40S for reception
room. Board 2 for the balance of
Washtenaw County has quarters
on the sixth floor and use 6O7 for
a reception room.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18

dale's mother, Mrs. Edna Barns
dale. Trenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Helzerman
and Friedrich were Dundee visitors
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Alice Zorns and Mrs. Ber-
nice Zawacki were Monroe visitors
Friday afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
DRIVER KILLED

st. Johns, Mich, May 1S-Funeral
services will be Tuesday for Donald
Green Essex Township farm youth
who was killed when he fell asleep
at the wheel, and the car turned
over In ditch. A companion, Rob
ert Devereaux, 81, ST. Johns. is in
Clinton Memorial Hospital with cuts
and bruises received in the same
crash.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
Pick of the Air T oday

900 Donald Voorhees, Concert,
Lansing Hatfield. bass-baritine
$3.50 l. Q. Quiz
1000 Contented Concert
CBS-7:SO (West 1O:3O) Blonde
500 Vox Pop
$50 Gay Nineties
900 Lionel Barrymore in -
Man to Remember"
1000 Freddy Martin Orchestra
BLU-S:00 Love a Mystery
$3.50 True or False
900 Radio Forum, Rep Andrew
Edminston on Dependents Of
the Men in Service"
$50 Your Blind Date
1000 New Drama Series, Count
err Spy"
MESSED Music for America
$3.50 the Better Half. Quiz
1890 Music that Endures
HOO Russian War Relief Dinner,
various stars
Tuesday
NBC 1880, BLU las, MBS $3.50 p.
m, Women's Radio Committee
Annual Program Awards
NBC-12 noon Words and Music
2:45 Hymns OF All Churches
$50 Ted STEELE Club
Greek Way
AIS p. m. Living History
$50 Vera Barton and Song
BLII-l2.30 Farm and Hama PRO
gram
400 Time is Your Life, dramatic
sketch
$50 Lum and Abner
MBS-10:15 a. m. First Aid in Ac-
ton
1890 Air Training Conference,
Canadian Prime Minister King
and others
AIS p. m. Belmont Race
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-18
RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS

Ann Arbor. Mich. May 1s-Cor-
nelius Donovan Scholarships OF
$500 each have been awarded to
Richard l. and Robert L. Strick-
land. sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
Strickland. $40 S. Forest Ave. Both
are engineering students in Uni
versity Of Michigan.