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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-09
Jack Sweet Marries
Miss Phyllis l.. Torrey

pie left for a motor trip 10 Chicago
and returned 10 the home OF their
parents, Monday evening. Mrs
Sweet plans TO return TO Caro-. Tues
day 10 resume her position as teach
err. for the remainder of the school
year. Mr.. Sweet will return 10 Ypsi
lanti 10 complete two year course
at Cleary College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sweet were grad
yates OF Milan High School in 1884
Mrs. Sweet graduated from Mich
igan State Normal College in 1885
and has a Bachelor of Science De
gree. For the past three years she
has been teaching In Caro-.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-09
W.S.C.S. To Meet

April 16 the Woman's Society OF
Christian Service win hold their
meeting at the home OF Mrs. len.
nings Campbell Following the af-
ternoon meeting, the hostess and
her committee will serve refresh
ments. The committee is Mrs. f,
Sanderson, Mrs. L. F. Searles, Mrs.
L. S. Swaninger Mrs. Ford Crsnson,
Mrs. Ralph Parsons and Mrs. Guy
Splitter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-09
Club Meets

The I'll Boys Club met Wednes-
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Null. Mark Lathers is
club leader for this year. The dis
trict club leader H. J. Hart, was
present to help organize the new
club.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Missing Persons

Those hdping information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
NTH the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Ma
t1onal 4O00
Michael Rivnyah. 20, feet, 180
pounds, wearing white shirt, blue
trousers: missing from 2 Hanover
street NV. since Wednesday.
Helen Suggs, 16, feet inches,
l25 pounds, brown eyes and hair,
wearing brown and white striped
dress, brown and white oxfords
and tan socks; missing from 1920
First street Sc. since Friday.
Willie Gibbs, colored, 8, average
height and weight. wearing a navy
blue and light blue sweat shirt,
barefooted, missing from 1853 Ver-
non street NV, since yesterday.
Doris Knighton, colored, Is feet
3 inches, 1872 pounds. medium brown
skin; missing from 2l11 Twelfth
street NV. since yesterday.
William French Francis, jr.. colored,
16, 5 feet 6 inches, $50 pounds, wear
ing white shirt with green stripes,
gray cap and black tennis shoes;
missing from 1l46 Twenty third
street NV. since Sunday
Stagger Carraway, colored, 10.
average weight and height, dark
brown skin, wearing white sweater,
brown and white pants and brown
and white shoes. missing from "A l.
street NV. since Saturday.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Navy Lists 268 Casualties;
Capital Ensign Included

Casualties of United States naval
forces during the period June 1S-
30. inclusive. totaled 268, including
the death in a plane crash at sea
Of Ensign Beach Peirce. 27. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl S. Peirce, 1888
Huntington street NV. Kenneth
Hugh Brannon. pharmacists mate,
first class. was reported missing
His wife lives at Stafford. Va. route
/. For short time she resided
at 1887 Columbia road NV.
The casualty list announced to-
day by the Navy Department con-
sisted of 40 dead. 7 wounded and
2l2 missing. AS in previous an
nouncements. the Navy held out
hope to relatives of missing per-
sons by saying some of those un-
der the classification of missing
may have been rescued at sea and
landed at isolated spots or other
wise made their way to safety places
from which they have had no op-
portuniy to communicate with
United States naval authorities.
Ensign Peirce was one of four
brothers in naval service. He took
his flight training at Pensacola and
Miami, Fla. He was graduate Of
the University of Michigan. His
three brothers in service are Earl
Peirce. jr.. Is; Dudley Peirce. %.
and Peter Peirce. 81. Their father
is in the Agriculture Department
Forestry Service. The Peirce family
has lived here for six years. En-
sign Peirce's death, previously was
reported in The Star on June IS.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Ceremonies Dedicate
Howard u. Park Area s
Civil Defense Base
Bolles Heads Guests at
Mott School Program;
500 Residents Attend

Civilian defense headquarters for
the Howard University Park area
in the Lucretis Mott School, Fourth
End w streets NV, were dedicated
last night in ceremonies attended
by about 500 residents of the COM
munity.
Col. Lemuel Bolles, civilian de-
fense director for the District,
headed the list of guests who par
ticipated in the affair He pointed
out the Importance of Co -ordinated.
cooperative defense groups as a
vital cog in the victory effort.
The day when We can regard
civilian defense organizations
merely as agencies for the protec-
ton Of civilians as such is definitely
over" Col Bolles said. Their
chief function today is TO safeguard
production to back UP the armed
forces
Other speakers were Police Supt.
Edward J. Kelly Fire Chief Ste
phen T. Porter. Chief Air-Raid War
den William J. Mileham, Mrs. Gif-
ford Pinchot of the Office of Civil
ian Defense Feeding and Housing
Services; William l.. A. Tancil,
chairman of the Howard Park
areas Civilian Defense Committee;
Rama Rannada Gibson, business
manager of the committee. and
Francis A. Ridgley, deputy warden
for the area
Several rooms in the Mott School
have been taken over by the de-
/ fense ganizations in the area.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Staggered Hours,
Transit Shifts Save
10,400, 1000 Miles
Bus TroveI TO Show Goin
Of IS Pct. in Mileage,
Streetcur Is Pet.

Conservation measures taken by
the Capital Transit Co. and the ac-
ticn OF Government bureaus and
private firms in staggering the work
ing hours of their employees will re-
suit III savings of 100000 bus miles
and $4,000 street car miles during
1912, the transit company estimated
yesterday in a report to the Once OF
Defense Transportation.
Actua, mileage this year. accord
ing to the company's figures. will be
considerably greater than it was IN
l941-in all, 27.500,000 bus miles, an
increase of IS per cent. and 24000,-
900 streetcar miles. gain OF 25 per
cent-but these figures would be
even higher if steps had not been
taken t. save gasoline and tires.
Chiefly responsible for the added
burden. transit officials conceded
were the growth in population ano
the shift from private automobiles
to public conveyances. Some OF the
problems now confronting the COM
pany could be alleviated however
according 10 OTIlCldlS, IL tne Capltdl
system of traffic lights and signals
were moderniZed.
According to the report, Transit
Co. buses and streetcars are carrying
So per cent more passengers now
| than they were a year ago.
Most of the mileage savings were
effected by eliminating superfluous
stops. starting buses away from the
usual terminal points and parking
buses downtown at night to avoid
] 'deadhead' trips.
/ The ODT last week requested all
transportation companies though
out the country to report on meas
ures that had been taken to save
rubber and fuel.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Pants for a fat mana 1885, pound
shipworker at San Pedro. Calf
finally will be provided after an
appeal he made direct to President
Roosevelt.
Voted for you three times
wired M. r. Wolfkeil to the Presi-
dent as he pondered the troubles
he was having over the oversize
overalls he couldn't get. Asked
no favors. Need favor now. Need
overans badly. I am slightly over
size. 1886 pounds. Very busy building
ships California shipyard. Do not
wish to become California Mahatma
Gandhi. Please instruct Leon Hen
derson to send me priority for cloth
and set price ceiling for pants
Rush! Need for pants is urgent
From the White House the letter
was turned over to Jack E. Doron.
chief of the work clothes unit OF
the War Production Board.
I'VE certainly don't want to keep
vou from building ships" Mr.. Doron
replied, and would like to see every
one of those 386 pounds OF yours
devoted to the building of ships.
I'VE also would dislike very much
to have you building ships In
half-naked condition or looking ike
Mahatma Gandhi. Tipping the
scales at 386 pounds, you Woulo
hardly look like him.
But seriously, if you are having
real difficulty in obtaining overalls
or pants to work in and II you Will
send us your measurements, namely,
your waist size and your inseam. L
am quite sure that we can mo
some one to properly clothe you
and at fair price
Quickly Mir. Wolfkeil replied:
you ask If ! need work clothes.
Brother. sure do. ! am pretty
well air Conditioned at the present
time. ard what I need is q new
work outf1t. ! don't care if the
pants have cuffs. All care is that
nv parrs have a front and back
in thero, and no holes in the stern
sheets.
II am sending you a few meas
urements. or sounding as we
say aboard ship, namely: Fifty
nine inches around superstructure
Chest, 81 inches around midships
fwaist); 81 from the center Of
gravity 20 keel Gnseam length OF
pants.
"Inclcsed find some more details
of total tonnage and displacements.
I need shirts. pants, namely Army
twill pants and shirts, also dungarees
and jumpers. Let me know at once
when l can he fitted out, and what
the price VII be"
Arrangements have been made to
have the clothes made to order by
big mail order house
In Hazel on, Pa. Mr.. Wolfkeils
stepbrother, Frank Hill. said:
I'm glad to hear that shipbuild-
ing is AGREEING with Marty He
weighed 42o pounds on his last visit
to HaZeiton'
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Wickard Approves
Migration Of Mexican
Harvest Workers
Detoi|s Being Negotiated
With Government
Of Thot Country
Fy the Associated Press.

F, the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, July l4-Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Claude r, Wick
ard said YESTERDAY he approved. in
principle, the supervised migration
of Mexican workers to the United
States to meet the pressing shortage
of harvest hands there, particularly
in California. and added that the
matter was now under negotiation
with the Mexican government.
Mr.. Wickard, who heads the
United States delega ton to the Sec
ond Inter American Agricultural
Conference, said he had answered
to that general effect telegram
from California Gov. Cuthbert l.,
Olson urging immediate arrange
ments be made for Mexicans to en-
ter the United States to prevent loss
of fruit and vegetable crops due to
the wartime lack of pickers,
Many Stranded at Border.
1t was learned the American En-
passy here Is exploring the entire
problem with Mexico. The matter
is complex because transportation,
wages, repatriation. health and ac-
cident security and other phases
must be ironed out to protect the
workers and insure that they re-
turn to Mexico satisfied.
The promise of high wages in the
United States has already lured
many workers to the border. where
they are iamming immigration
points after refusal of permission to
cross, Senator Leon Garcia reported.
He telegraphed the Interior Min
istry recommending that the work
ers officially be discouraged from
such excursions until some arrange
ment has been evolved which will
prevent their being stranded on the
frontier far from home and with
money exhausted.
Rubber Project Approved.
A project providing for intensive
cultivation of fast-bearing rubber
plants wherever possible in Latin
America was unanimously approved
by the conference.
The project also provided that ex-
isting plants be made to give the
maximum yield possible without
damaging them so that consider
able quantities Of rubber may be OBJ
tained in 1943, 1914 and 1945."
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Committee Is Asked
To Rush Soldier Vote
Measure 10 House
Opportunity TO Cost
Ballots in November
Elections Sought
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Rules Committee was
asked today to decide quickly on a
bill giving eligible soldiers and SAIL
ors a chance to vote for Congress
members in the November elections.
Representative Ramsey. Democrat
of West Virginia. the bills sponsor.
urged the committee to send the
measure to the House floor ahead
of the war tax Bill, which will come
up for debate Thursday. Chairman
SABBATH had warned that opposition
of some committee members
might keep the measure locked in
the ruleSrOom.
The bill would provide absentee
voting privileges for all fighting men
stationed within the continental
United States. Balloting would be
administered by secretaries of the
States in which the men are 10
Gated. They would be given 81 days
in which to return their ballots.
Some committee opposition ap-
reared to have developed over the
fact that many States already have
approved franchises for their fight
ing men, and the members feared
the measure would complicate vot-
ing procedure and impair States
rights. Mr. Ramsey insisted. how
ever. that his bill would supple
ment, rather than supersede" such
existing State laws,
AT the same time. it would give
men from States which have no abb
sentee balloting provisions, or whose
laws are too complicated for opera
tion, a chance to vote on Federal
Offices at least" he said
Mr.. Ramsey said he believed the
House would approve the bill once
it came to a vote. He asked the
Rules Committee to limit floor de-
bate to two hours. with Democrats
and Republicans dividing the time.
There was little chance for SOL
diers and sailors overseas to vote,
Mr.. Ramsey said, because the Army
would have to handle such ballot
ing in the absence of any State or
Federal authorities-and the Army
has enough TO do without fooling
around with an election"
Evening star., 1942-07-14
WPA Race Track Labor
Called Health Activity
Pr tho Associated Press,

P1 the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. J.. July l4.-Edward
Hamilton, State WPA administrator,
said yesterday all WPA construction
at the new s2,000.00o Camden race
track had been done as part of a
community health and sanitation
project"
Mr.. Hamilton replied to charge
made by the Rev. Carl McIntire
that WpA laborers fabricated and
installed nine outbuildings for the
park several DAYS after the War
Production Boards deadline on
amusement center construction.
In Washington WPA officials said
Evening star., 1942-07-14

they were asking the New Jersey
Office to make report on the
charges. A WPA spokesman emphs-
sized. however, that the request did
not constitute an investigation and
was made only after the charges
had come to the officials attention
through newspapers.
Mr.. Hamilton said 40 lavatories
had been constructed at the stables
a mile from the track, under the
sponsorship of the New Jersey State
Board of Health. The track con-
tractor supplied the material and
WPA the labor he said, adding;
we have built hundreds of these
small buildings for church grounds
meeting places. Boy Scout
camps and State fair grounds"
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Mrs. Mary F. Seccombe
Dies in New Haven

Word has been received here of
the death Sunday in New Haven,
Conn, OF Mrs. Mary Fowler Sec
combe, former resident of Wash
ington. Mrs. Seccombe was buried
today in Newburyport, Mass, fol-
lowing services yesterday at Dwight
Chapel Yale University
She was employed by the National
Recovery Administration and other
Federal agencies for several years
before moving to New Haven At
the time of her death. Mrs. Sec
combe was assistant to the chair
man Of the Connecticut State De-
fense Councils Consumer Com
mittee.
Mrs. Seccombe is survived by two
sons, 1t. William T. Seccombe,
U. S. A.. and the Rev. Alfred Sec
combe of New Haven.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Bakery Workers End
Strike at Sun Dieqo
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SAN DIEGO. Calf, July 14.-AFL
bakery workers agreed to return to
work today at the five major bak-
cries where they walked out Friday
IN support of wage increase de-
mands
Dan Conway, international repre-
sentative of the Bakery and Con-
lection Workers Union, announced
the return to work plan last night
pending further wage negotiations
He added that the bread supply.
diminished during the dispute, would
be normal by tomorrow.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Jan Struther's Husband
Axis Prisoner in Africa
BN tie Associated Press

BN tie Associated Press.
ATLANTA, July 14-Jan Struther,
author Of the best selling novel and
movie hit, Mrs. Miniver," said today
she had received word that her
husband, 1t Anthony MaXtone-
Graham Of the British Army. has
been taken prisoner by Field Mar
shal Rommels forces in North
Africa.
"As long As he's alive, that's all
that matters she said
Miss Struther said she last heard
from her husband in June, and
speculated apparently he was
caught in the great push h-back"
A few days before July 4-their
wedding anniversiary-she had
cabled him: please pommel Rom
mel good hard"
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Legion to Stoee Show
At Quontico Toniqht

A group of 10 entertainers and
guests will leave by buses for Guam
tico at pm. today for show to be
staged at Quantico, Va, tonight by
the District Department of the
American Legion. Two perform
ances will be given.
The buses will leave 716 Seven
teenth street NV. Charles Cohen.
chairman of the event. said guests
would include Watson B. Miller. as
sistant administrator of the Federal
Security Agency Haywood Saun-
ders, commander of the District
Legion: J. Monroe johnson, member
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission: Brig. Gen. Frank Lowe of
the War Department and James B.
Fitzgerald, past national vice COM
mander of the American Legion.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
1t. Wertmon, Nebraska
Gridder, Dies in Crosh

F. he AgSoclsted Press
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. July IA
Second 1t, Burdette l.. Wertman. %.
wss killed yesterday in the crash of
his Army pursuit plane at Sniffens
Point. Stratford, after taking off
from Bridgeport Municipal Airport
The ship burst into flames, and
operators from the Vought- Sikorsky
Co pulled the pilot from the cockpit
Of the ship and rushed him TO hos
pital in this city, where he died
Stratford firemen were called but
were unable to extinguish the flames
before the plane was destroyed.
1t. Wertman. son OF Mrs. Dorothy
n Wertman. David City. Nehr., was
member of the Nebraska Unjver-
ritv football team which played
Stanford In the Rose Bowl In la4l.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Worlds Record Set
By 8-Mon Rivet Teum
p, the Arsnciated Press.

p The Associated Press
NEW YORK, July l+.-AveraginE
rivet every eight seconds. an
eight-man team at the Erie BASIN
plant OF the Todd Shipyards Corp.
Yesterday set worlds record for
setting ship rivets,
The group set 1929 rivets in ~
hours, or AS an hour, to better
the marx OF 1854 made at the Todd
South PR and. Me, yard on July 2.
The record was set in competition
with a second team. which also
surpassed the old mark with 3.069
total. Each team set more than
a ton g r:vets
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Claiming he. contracted dermatitis
from the band of hat bought OF
Gideon Baird, halter. In Belfast,
Northern Ireland, Robert Hart has
sued Mr.. Baird for damages.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Firemun Is Hero

When a stream traWler recently
ran aground off dangerous coast
of England, a fireman slid down a
rope into a heavy sea, swan ashore
and ran miles barefooted to a
shepherds cottage for help, thus
saving seven lives.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

limiting II
i sin eat sresponm TO o oil it's pd
S.aboard uhere oil ration
dans.rto Victory By tn. United Nations
oil dtnnfh
deathto the ecirhn population on the Senbond
Of
OIL indusv exist on oil.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Ten per cent Of your income for
War bonds Is the way to measure
your obligation.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

AN EAST COAST PORT-TRIANGLE OF JOY-Not years
had Manuel Lagos Bayonne N j. dock aborer his wife
BaSlsa and his Manuel 49, Yesterday the dreams and
work of decade realized His wife and
the % United States bound refugee
The liner the other Spanards
its 243 discharged the u sbond travellers yester
day A. P, Photo
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Tune in tonight on VOL,
22oM, 1850 KC on your
dial, at l0:45 EST. or any
station on the Mutual
Hookup.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Hear Congressman Arnold
and Allen K. Swami at lo:45
P. IA. tonight on VOL on
The Oil Shortage in the
East"
Evening star., 1942-07-14

"A Srpere censorship has all but
Choked IndiG's channels OF com
ruriCnfion NTH the outside
Uorld for the time being. Dis
patches nnd radio brondCnStS are
r,oidlv curtniled and deldDed in
clearance for transmission.
"A, T. Steele's story beloT mdS
Tritten Sunday for use early
Monday, but nrriUed only today.
II retains its Ddlue for the light
it sheds on the AN-IndiG Con-
oreSS deliberations Which threat
en- TO rally Indians in a nation
Dide agitation TO 1Cring immedi-
ate independence from Britdin.)
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-30
WIkie Is Wonderful Man, Says Young
Woman Who Formerly Worked For Him,
Now Employed in Libby-Loves the West

1.-THE lights on Mineral Avenue
are brighter than those on Broad
way" declared Miss Helen Senter,
business woman from New York,
who came to Libby the first of July
to visit her father, Fletcher Senter,
and feIf IN fove with the country 50
much that she decided to stay per-
manently.
Miss Senter had been employed
in the law firm of Wilke, Owen,
Otis, Farr & Gallagher, while in
New York, where she had worked
for about six years. She said that
Wendell Wilkie came into the firm
as senior partner just two years
ago. While working there, she was
in personal contact with THE form
er Republican candidate several
times.
= Wendell Wilkie is really a grand
person with marvellous PERSONAL
'ty,' Miss Senter enthused, when
asked her opinion concerning the
noted man of the nation. And he
is just as natural and unaffected
in reality as he appears on the
screen or radio" she continued,
Even with the important part
which he has played in American
politics, he still retains that warm
touch of humanity which so many
famous people seem to lose along
the way
Born and raised in Nebraska,
Miss Senter made her first trip to
Libby just three years ago. She
fell in love with the town and coun-
try then, and has returned for a
visit every year since, until this
summer, she determined to make it
her permanent home if she succeed
ed in finding employment. She
went to work in the office of the
j. Neils Lumber Co July is, so
now intends to remain here Al
though now staying with her cousin,
Mrs. Marshall Warrington, she
stated that she is going to get a
little place of her own, only close
enough to someone she knows so
that the bears won't bother mel"
Miss Senter reported that the peo-
pie in the east have been extreme
ly War-conSclouS for a long time,
much longer probably than the peo-
pie out here, because they are much
closer to the actual scenes of the
war.
1.-THE lights on Broadway. have
been dimmed for several months
she replied when asked about the
Great White Way. This is abso-
lutely necessary, because the glow
of the huge neon signs against the
sky, silhouetted ships in the har-
Dor, so that they could be plainly
seen by the enemy. All office win
dows above the 18th floor of build
ings are also required to be covered
with black-out curtains"
She laughingly concluded with,
$50 / can safely assure you without
the slightest doubt, that your Min
eral Avenue shines brighter today
than the Great White Wayl"