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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
up
in Township

Npsilanti Township building per-
NIT valuations jumped from $500
in February to S60,2OU during
March. The total number of per.
mits issued during February was
four and the total for the past
month, Is.
Included in the March list were 20
housing construction permits.
These were issued TO Lee d. Fred.
erick, Whitaker Rd.. $4,000: Hu.
ron Homes. Pearl St. $4,000. Hayes
Blvd. East Park $1,000 Walter J.
Whitman and John c. Gerken. En-
erson St, Grove Park Subdivision,
two houses each. $1,000 each: Don.
aid Denton, Carol St. Golden Rule
Subdivision, $4,000; Leon Hatha.
way. W. Michigan Ave, Firwood
Subdivision, $500; Andrew Ander.
son, Ford Blvd, East Park Subdi.
vision, $1,000; Harley Preston,
Centennial Greetings Little Orch.
ard Subdivision. $1,000; Jesse
Wooten. Centennial, Greetings Lit.
tie Orchard Subdivision, $1,000
Fred G. Atherson, Bemis Rd.. $4,000;
Howard a. Curtis, Hayes Blvd.
East Park Subdivision, $4,000: W.
c. Oliver, Harris Rd.. East Park
Subdivision, $1,000; Gerald W. Rob-
erts, Harris Rd., East Park Sub
division, $4,000: w. Lindstrom,
Martz Rd $4,000: Ralph Smallidge,
Grand Blvd, East Park Subdivl.
sion. two permits. each $4,000: RIOS
well X. Hanlon. Harris Rd.. East
Park Subdivision. $500.
Walter J. Wizard and Son. Mer.
rift Rd. was issued a permit for
construction OF cider mill. 5000.
Alterations and repairs permits
we're given 10 John LaBarge 1881
Whitaker Rd $500, Peter Ange-
lus. $3.50 Stony Greek Rd.. 500.
Mort Crittenden. 1881 W. Michigan
Ave. $500: Ira Alexander. 1850
Chase Rd.. $500.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
Sucker Candidates Expected
to EnIiven Spring Election

Sticker candidates in both the
Ypsilanti and Township elections
today enlivened the political pic
ture as spring election, Monday,
draws near.
1t appears that the most heated
contest in the general elections will
be for the Office of justice OF the
peace following an announcement
this morning that Alfred T. DeOtte
will oppose on a sticker, Judge
Arthur NJ. Vandersall.
Mr.. DeOtte said his decision to
run was made after he had been
approached by various groups and
individuals requesting him to seek
the Office. Judge Vandersall de-
feated Mr.. DeOtte in the primaries.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
Single Rooms
in Abundance

Sleeping rooms are in abund-
ance in Ypsilanti according to
Federal Homes Registration Office
authorities who have l25 rooms
listed for referrals in their office.
Unfurnished and furnished apart
ments and houses are in the minori-
ty Owners OF these types OF liv.
ing quarters are asked to register
their available places with the
registration office. 204 North ST.
Persons renting apartments and
rooms without notifying the regis
tration office are hindering correct
government reports from being
made out in Ypsilanti, office heads
explain. The federal government
is asking for available house and
rental price surveys in defense
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
See TROOPS RIoT-Page s
Triple Slayer
Back i'm Prison

Jackson, Mich, Apr. Sins
Twenty year old Dominick Pic
cone was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment after confessing the
killing Of three men and the kid
mapping OF fourth man today
was assigned No. 53043 at Jack
son prison from where he was re-
leased March II after serving a
term for felonious assault.
When Piccone, who heard a
Pontiac Judge tell him he must
spend the rest of his days at hard
labor. arrived at the prison late
yesterday. Prison Clerk Ronald
wilkins asked him you here
againH"
Yep" was the reply from Pic
cone, as he hung his head and
looked away.
rs liquor TO blame for all this
trouble" Wilkins asked.
no"
drudge"
yes"
men, wear lilS lue SAME CIOtHlHs
furnished him when he was re-
leased from Jackson prison on the
previous charge, Piccone was fin
gerprinted before being sent to
quarantine and the classification
board.
During a so hour Odyssey OF
crime. Dominick fatally shot Cas-
sius Barber 70 year old Oakland
County farmer: c. Romaine Pot.
ter, rs, BARRIERS cousin, and Carl
Mackenzie. as, of near Jackson.
Mackenzie was shot down in
cold blood when he attempted to
write down the license number OF
the automobile in which Piccone
and Ray Thorpe, war plant
worker, who had been kidnapped
by Piconne aud forced TO act as
chauffeur, had parked near Jack
son.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
+ air Grounds
FmeCauses
BigDanage
War Plant Burns
at Akron, O.

Detroit, Mich, Apr SINS Fire
today destroyed two buildings at
the State Fair Grounds. threatened
two other buildings and caused an
estimated $4,000 damage before
being brought under control by fire
men who responded TO a five-alarm
call.
Destroyed were the electrical and
Ford buildings. is year old struc
lures. Burning embeis were snuffed
out on the poultry building and on
the Chrysler building in the imme.
date neighborhood of the two de.
stroyed buildings
Barney Youngblood, fair manager.
said cause OF the blaze has not yef
been determined but that the fire
started in the electrical building
where the N.YA. maintains a paint
shop.
Akron. O.. Apr. Sins Invest.
igators today were probing the
cause OF a 100000 fire which de-
stroved a plant engaged in wa
work and seriously damaged anoth-
er as high winds whipped the blaze
into almost uncomfortable dimen
sions.
The blaze. believed to have start
ed in the blacksmith forge OF the
Century Heating and Nentllating
Co.. spread rapidly to an adjoining
building leased by the German Engi-
neering Corp.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
Tons of Bombs
Dropped on
Towns
Dover Heavily Hit,
Portland Also
Target

fRv International News Service
The long-expected spring aerial
duel between the Royal Air Force
and the German Lpftwaffe began
in earnest today
Nazi filters. sweeping out in ven
geance raids in retaliation for VOL
ent British onslaughts against war
factories and vital military objec-
tiyes in Germany and, occupied ter
rltories, dropped tons Of bombs on
two southeastern England coastal
towns and at one unidentified spot
in Wales.
A German broadcast said that
harried Dover. regarded by mill
tary strategists as the most likely
place for an invasion thrust, was
heavily hit. Portland. site OF
naval base. also was bombed.
Casualties Heavy
Britain counted heavy civilian
casualties in the raid but insisted
that military damage was negligi-
BILE. On the other hand. according
10 reports received by the air min
istry, the huge Matford Works at
Poissy near Paris. which manufac-
lures trucks for The German army,
was badly damaged by British
planes. a.
From the Far East came good
news and bad.
No Landing
British authorities in New Del
hi and in London as well said there
was absolutely no truth in an an
nouncement issued at Chungking
yesterday that Japanese forces
have effected a landing at Akysb.
Burma, an important harbor on the
Bay OF Bengal only 100 miles from
the frontier OF India itself
There was no immediate explans.
ton as TO how such an erroneous
announcement could have been
made OF a. coup certain TO have
definite effect upon the whole i'm
mediate war strategy.
New Triumph
Melbourne announced another
triumph for the indefatisable fight.
ers OF the United States Army Air
Force. A single pursuit squadron.
a spokesman said. bagged 80 Japa.
nese bonn bling planes and Cero fight
ers for certain in the course OF the
Java campaign and probably down.
ed 2s others for a very respecta bic
total OF S..
Admit Withdrawals
British military authorities sd-
mitted a withdrawal from advanced
positions around Prone on tho
road 10 Burma's oil wells. willis
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
Nazis Start Spring Aerial Duel
SlOeep OOer Britain
in Vengeance Raids
Frame Buildings
Held Too Costly

Washington Apr 8 ms -
Members Of the House Military
Affairs Committee declared todae
that we won't stop until We find
out Just why" temporary frame
az an Army ordnance plant
cost about as much per
unit as the marhled supreme Court
Building and other massive struc-
lures In the Nations capital
The pledge came as the investi-
eating subcommittee headed by
Rep. Thomason Cd Tex. recon
Vened for further testimony into
costs az the S2I000.00O plant, To-
Gated az MlndeR. La
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

EASTER RABBITS sec. Pm. 1906 W
ADV. iofS'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
Flashes of
Late News
THH WEATHER: Tonight:
Continued Cold

NEW YORK-lNS-The lnterna-
tional Board OF Associated Actors
and Artists Of America--parent bo-
dy OF all entertainm ent unions
will meet Monday TO consider re-
organization OF the American
Guild OF Variety Artists.
WEST GREENWICH r. L.
lNS-An sirplane, tentatively
identified as an Army bomber,
crashed today on Hopkins Hill
and five airnen were reported
killed. The crash was attend
ed by tremendous explosion,
heard throughout the PawtuN-
ct Valley.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

NEW YORK ms Funeral
services will be held tomorrow at
Calvary Church for John Russell
Hastings. one Of the nations lead
inc newtpaner executives and for
years associated with tho manage
nent OF the Hearst newspapers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

LONDON-INS-The British ad-
miralty announced today that the
destroyer Heythrop has been sunk.
Editors Note The Heythrop is
not listed among war vessels in
James fighting ships. hence pre-
sumably was a new ship launched
after start Of the war;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

CHICAG0-INS- Lawrence J..
O'Connell, former chief security
supervisor of the Illinois Industrial
Commission, asserted today he did
not believe there was a shortage of
S54,073 in his accounts as charged
by Alfred ]. Borah, chairman OF the
commission.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

See WAR Page Z
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

HONOLULU, T. H.-INS- The
military government of the Ha-
waiian Islands today put into eff
feet a drastic labor control order
designed to prevent bargaining be-
tween workers and employers and
to hold wages at their present lev
els.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

HAVANA-INS- An American
freighter, carrying 10000 bags of
sugar, has been torpedoed and is
believed to have been sunk be-
tween Key West and Havana in
the Florida Straits, it was report
ed today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

DETROIT-lNS-A new type OF
all-welded tank, 80 tons of fighting
power, has been completed in only
AZ days. offering tangible proof that
Fisher Body work on this project is
seven months ahead OF schedule,
the division of General Motors an
nounced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

RIO DE JANEIRo-INs pic.
turesque note was inserted in to.
days news Of police activities
against fifth columnists. with the
arrest Of an alleged Japanese spy.
who FOR the last five years had
been incorporating in womens
clothes. The male Mata Hari"
was working as a cook in homes
OF higE Sac Paulo officials
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

A PORT IN PANAMA-UP-Ap-
proximately 600 enemy aliens have
sailed on an American Army
transport for the United States
where they will be interned for
the duration, the Army announced
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

See ELECTION Page 8
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

HUNTINGDON. Pains State
motor police refused to elaborate
today on a report that a balloon
believed TO be the one that broke
away from its moorings at Wing
foot Lake. Ohio. had settled on
Tussey Mountain at nearby Peters.
burg.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

See RECREATIoN-Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Alder.
man John l.. (Bathhouse john
Coughlin. coloriul Chicago politi-
clan who was supposed to be a near
millionaire when he died in 1898.
left an estate of only S25.654-and
there were claims Of S42,195 against
that-it was disclosed today in a
final accounting in probate court.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

WASHINGTON-AP-- The SEN
ate Defense Investigating Commit
tee inquired today into circum-
stances under which Standard Oil
interests in Brazil supplied petro-
leum early in 1871 to an Italian
airline operating between South
America and Africa.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

WAsHINGTON-INS- All but
vehicles must be stop.
ped during an afr raid the Office
OF Civilian Defense warned today
I'm outlining a war traffic control
program"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

Sec AIR CORPS Page 8
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03

SAN FRANCISCO-INS - The
government started a breakdown
campaign today on Northern Cali
fornia draft law violators. APP
proximately 1000 warrants were
out, according to the Federal Blu
reau OF Investigation, having been
issued in san Francisco, Oakland,
Sacramento. Santa Rosa, Stockton
and other towns and cities.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-03
Admit WithdrawaIa

British military authorities al.
mitted a withdrawal from advanced
positions around Prone on tho
road 10 Burmas oil wells. willis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-24
PRICES FRIDAY THRU THURSDAY APRIL 1870
Subject tos Me rket Chonse
Visit Tacoma S Newest SdfeWay
E,r1..!1Zzz,:yz..1 18th and TX" SITS.
Opened Last Friday

tinued store one block SOUTH you'll find TINS
de luxe food store one of the finest in the Nor,"
west :. f1uorescent lighting, senuiauhK Ss
tenn asphalt-tile flooring large ana
roomy free parking.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-24

Drink More Juices!
TOMATO JUICE, z tall 1Se
suns. Dawn Fancy, Is-cs. TAN tins.
TOMATO JUICE, z tall 1Se
Libhy's fancy. bes. tall tins.
TOMATO JUICE, 8-oz. tin Sc
IIbby's fancy Gentle Press.
TOMATO JUICE, tin :. .19e
Sunny Dawn fancy, ts-es tin.
TOMATO JUICE, tin :. zoe
Libhy's fancy. 4s-os. tin.
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, en-. Sc
Iibbs's fancy. 1s-oanee tin.
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, ca. 21e
Iibby's fancy. ts-op. tin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-04-24
See Our Second Newest .to

Baby Week Features
Gerber Baby Foods, 3 Tor 19e
Pull lin. Gerber's sshy Foods
Gerber Jun'r Foods, 3 for 19e
Pull line Junior Foods.
Heinz Baby Foods, .3IZOe
Popular Heinr line 4is-cs. tins.
Heinz Junior Foods, .3I25e
Pull line Of Junior feods. sis-oH. TINS.
Libby Baby Foods, 3 for 19e
straight cornbnation varieties
Gerber Dry Cereal, z pkg. 27e
Pre-eooked baby cereal. s-or. psEs
GERBER OATMEAL, pkg. 13e
New eat baby cereal. s-cs. rkgs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08

Secretary Morgenthau, says every
doorbell in the country will be rung
at least once in the drive to sell
war bonds. The trouble is that they
have been rung so often for various
purposes that most Of 'em are out
of order.
''Bombers Set Back at Stadium 8
to 2."--Headline.
We always said those baseball
fans wouldn't stand for any nom
sense from Tokyo or Berlin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
WIVES End

An old woman who had asked q
policeman the best way to get to her
destination was advised to take the
412 bus.
Later in the day the policeman
found her still standing in the same
place.
What. haven't you got your bus
yeti" he asked.
''It's al right, constable" said
the cheerful old soul. "This one is
the four hlndredth, 20 It win only
be twelve buses from now"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08

Confusing
''But why do you always look
puzzled when ] say I'm self
made mani"
II just can't decide whether
you're Dragging or apologizing."
There's one fellow who can fool
all the women all the time. He's
the one who changes the fashions.
His Trouble
my advice to you, colonel, Is to 80
through the movements OF driving sCith-
out using the ball." said the golf in
struct0r.
"My dear felIoic," anssoered the
colonel, that's precisely ,Uhat I'm try
ing to orercOme!"
Hard to Raise
Brown-Why has Jones carried
that mortgage on his house so
long?
Smith-Because he can't lift 1t,
! guess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
UNvARNIsHED TRUTH

Teacher-Tommy can you name
the chief product Of the European
countries?
Tommy-Yes'm. Trouble, and
plenty Of i ct the present time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
INARTICULATE

why, didn't you make q speech
at the club dinner last night when
they asked your"
II couldn't old man. ] was toe
full for utterance."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08

THE covering Of many chintz
a chairs today is hand sewn to
the chair padding. Such covers
have trim lines and may be ripped
off easily for cleaning or washing.
The sketch at the lower left shows
how covered cord welting is bast-
ed and stitched to outside pieces
Of the cover which have been cut
on the chair with an accurate
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-08
IN NEW IDEAS N%N>
INN fos s4one-Ds0heslNM)
y AN By RUTH WYETH SPEARS N

seam allowance. When the seam
edges have been pressed back the
piece is pinned on and sewn with
matching heavy duty thread, as at
the lower right.
NOTE: Clip and keep this article 90
this sketch Is not in any Of the homemak.
ing booklets prepared by Mrs. Spears for
our readers. But Book contains direc.
lions for making the chair frame as wen
as 30 other things TO make from what the
average household has on hand. or from
inexpensive new materials. Send your or.
der To-: s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-06
FRIDAYS TIDES
Cars Overturned
AS Trains Crash

OGDEN. Utah-Two freight and
coal cars were overturned and a
locomotive was derailed Thursday
when a Union Pacific passenger
train collided with a Denver & Rio
Grande Western freight in the og-
den yards.
Officials of the Union Pacific
railroad said that no one was in
jured. The passenger train was
re-routed and no delay resulted.
The Union Pacific train, No. so
from Butte, Mont. TO Salt Lake
City. collided with two d. & r. G.
w. freight cars on a crossing at
right angles to the U. p. tracks,
officials said.
The passenger and mail train
was travelling from 10 to Is miles
an hour at the time. but the col
lision overturned a car loaded with
canned goods and another loaded
with coal on the freight and derail-
ed the passenger trains locomo-
tive,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-06
Chile Expels
IL as Spies
IL Are Germuns
And ! Ituliun

SANTIAGO. Chile-The govern
ment, having ordered II Germans
and Italians expelled from Chile
for spying, redoubled Thursday its
efforts to smash the organization
to which they belonged.
A dispatch from Valparaiso said
seven of the agents, including one
woman, Catharina werg Hart
mann. were In prison there.
Minister of Interior Paul
Morales announced the govern
ment had issued a decree expelling
them. Eleven are Germans, and
one is an Italian.
They were accused of Grimes Of
espionage for the totalitarian gov
ernments." and Morales said the
hunt for their accomplices was
being pressed, because the Chill
can government wishes to exer-
else all diligence in establishing all
connections and ramifications of
every nature Of the spy ring"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-06

.&;;cen5ey

Marriage licenses applications
were received by the county au-
ditor Thursday from the following
couples:
John Hoilyoak. Of COLT So.
Warner 81. and Cenevieve May
Hicks. 5f7e So. Tacoma ave;
Arthur 5. Forsberg. 30. Of ASH Ea-
r st.. and Alice s. Wood. -. Of
43z Fawcett ave: Lee Allen How
ard. 10. Of s4o1 Mckinley ave, and
Doris Mae Defsousse. II. Of 361s
Ia. / ST: william John Cross. Il.
OF z210 No. 9th st. and Char
lotte Carietts. 20. OF 312tl So. I
St: Warren Raymond Hsmm. 10.
and Frances Elaine Nichols. %.
both Of Auburn
Raymond Lawrence Maynard.
20, Fort Lewis. and Beatrice
Castle, 81. Hollywood. Calf: John
T. Rushton. 2s. BlytheviIIe. Ark.
and Frances Young. n, Tacoma
country club: Peddie Earle Young.
FL. Fort Lewis. and Doris Mae
Morgan, IS. Tourist hotel; Riley
Barber wsldin. IS. Fort Lewis.
and Audrey Betty sCstie, Is. Of
500 Fawcett ave: Robert Level
lyn shaffer. 20. of 7040 So. Cakes
ST., and Beverly Joyce Miner, II,
OF s2is No. It'll ST.
Frank Demerse, IS. Of 1905 So.
L st., and Marie NJ. Cameron, So.
Rt. 8. Box 2s4-A; Benjamin sey-
mour Wettsnstein. 20. Detroit.
Mich. and Roselyn Solomon, "a.
Bronz. ". Y: Burgon Dickerson
wesler. Il. Of 4310 No. It'll St. and
Violet Grace Palmer. n. Of 1909
SO. zoth ST: Robby II. Mcdonald.
81, and Ann Marie samuelson. 35,
both Of Astoria; Frank Steven
Tubridy, IS. Fort Lewis. and
Marion Henderson. 20, Of 1921
Broadway: Clarence Leo Miller
Jr., Fl. Camp Roberts. Calf, and
Gloria Jane Hooker. 10. Of 3722
Pacific ave-; Richard Leviton. rs.
Fort Eewis. and Margaret vir-
ginia Jenkins. rs. Nashville. Tenn:
Joseph Walter Barrett 80. and
Martha Barrier. 80. both
Of 6114 So. J st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-06
Deferments for Farmers
Recommended by Wickard

workers have left the farms and
that further depletions would cut
considerably the agricultural out
put.
He said that because Of the large
number of laborers going into war
plants and into the armed serv-
ices, farmers are being forced to
rely largely on Older and less
capable workers"
Wickard refused to endorse or
criticize any Of the pending bills,
but told the committee that he
favored deferment for all farm
workers, particularly those now
in classification ga because of
dependents.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-06
California Governor ELECT
Outlines 8-Point Program

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. ELECT
Earl Warren. in his first press con-
ference since winning the guber-
Material election from Gov. gilbert
l.. Olson, outlined an eight-point
program which he win seek to put
into effect when he takes office
Jan. /, 1e43.
II make no bones about being a
Republican" Warren said. but I
do intend to operate a non-parti-
san administration"
Warren included on his list of
legislative aims:
/. Legislation TO amend state
laws 10 conform TO President
Roosevelt's 35-mile-an-hour speed
limit and to give law enforcing
bodies In the state powers TO en-
force.
2. A streamlined budget.
3. Early meetings with the fl
nance committee OF the state SEN
ate and the ways and means COM
mittee of the state assembly be-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-11-06

WASHINGTON - Secretary of
Agriculture Claude r. Wickard
Thursday recommended before the
senate military affairs committee
that all farm workers be given
oceupational draft deferments and
that war plants having govern
ment contracts be prevented from
hiring such persons.
Appearing before the commit
tee which is considering four bills
designed to grant President
Roosevelt broad powers over the
nations man and woman power,
wickard revealed that during the
past year more than 1900, 900