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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Massed Orchestra
Festival Planned

Ann Arbor, Mich, oct. 27-Ten-
tative plans and program have
been drawn up for the l943 mass
ed civic orchestra festival, sche-
duled for Sunday, May ?, by the
Michigan Civic Orchestra Assoc!a-
ton
The program is planned as an
An Nations" program with com
posers included from United Ma
lions now at war
Members here also voted TO con-
tinue the organization OF the Michi-
gan Civic Orchestra Association,
recommending as opportunity per-
mits the establishment of a con-
stitution. rules, bylaws, and provi-
sions for governing officers and
elections
At present the board is CON-
prised OF Philip o. Potts, manager
OF the Ann Arbor Civic Orchestra,
acting president; William w. Nor
ton, director OF the Flint Symph-
ony Orchestra, Joseph f. Maddy,
director OF the Ann Arbor Civic
Orchestra, Charles ". Shipman. d.
rector OF the Monroe symphony or.
chestra, and Percy Guest OF Grin
nell Brothers, Detroit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
WARNS CRITICS

Grand Rapids, Mich. Oct. ZAP
- Americans "self-appointed doc
tors OF public morale" in their criti-
cism of the nations war effort are
a comfort to fifth Columnists who
glory in the tactics OF confusion
and disagreement" warns the Rev.
J. Hugh O'Donnell. c. S. c., presi.
dent OF the University of Notre
Dame. Addressing the State Fed
Grafton OF Catholic Alumnae here
Saturday, President O'Donnell sug.
gested that "if the quibblers want
to perform a real service let them
declare moratorium on Their
name-calling and get down to fun
damental issues"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Silhouette Of Early
U. President Given

Ann Arbor. Mich. Oct. 81 4
silhouette of Henry Philip Tappah,
first president OF the University
Of Michigan who served from 1852
until 1868, has been presented to
the University by Mrs. John d.
Coles Tappan of Glencoe, Long
Island, and is now on exhibit in
the Michigan Historical collection
in the Rackham Building.
This is the earliest portrait of
DR.. Tappan at the University, and
was made and signed by the visit
ing French artist, August Edouart,
before Dr.. Tappan came to Michi-
gan. It is full length picture
against a autographed scenic back.
ground, and shows Dr. Tappan n
profile, without his beard.
Mrs. Tappan is the wife OF DR..
Tappan's granddaughter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Military Training
BEING Given Pigeons

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. q -
Pigeons are reentering military
training on the University campus
with ROTC students going in fJr
bird-raising for the Army in big
way.
Eight pigeons are the beginning
OF the business, although 1t is ex-
pected there will be more soon.
The students plan to take the
young birds out in a basket, re-
lease them outside Ann Arbor, and
let them fly home.
The birds are homing pigeons
and are used by the Army to carry
messages. Pigeons have to be
trained just like draftees, and the
duty is undertaken now by the
University ROTC unit for the first
time. After the young pigeons ger
used 10 the idea of flying home,
the birds are taken farther away
from the base to increase their fly
ing distance. Some pigeons have
tackled up records Of 500 miles or
more. il is stated. and they have
proven themselves excellent mess
engers for the Army.
Old pigeons cant be used for
training work here. because they
can't forget their old home, asd il
released would head for II, but
the young ones, to whom the cam
pus is Alma Mater, can be counted
on to wing their way back to the
loft in the West Engineering An.
mex.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Woman Will
Train FGers

KANSAS CITY. Mo.-UP-When
Miss Margaret Singleton recently
stepped into the cockpit OF stubby
device resembling an airplane to
fly on instruments" to a nearby
landing field, she embarked on en-
airline career which heretofore has
been in the men only" category.
Eventually she will train new pi-
lots for Transcontinental and West
ern Air in instrument flying, pro-
fessionally known as Link train
err instructor. Although the M
chanical device does not leave the
ground, 1t Stimulates every maneu-
yer OF plane in flight.
Miss Singleton, daughter OF an
electrical engineer, spent most of
her childhood in Chile, where her
father operated a copper mine In
the Andes above Rancagua. When
she returned to the United States
she entered an art school in Boston
to prepare for a career in costume
design and scenic painting. But in
1888 she made her initial plane
fight and promptly tossed her art
career overheard to enroll in a fly
ing school.
She obtained pilots license.
studied meteorology, navigation
and civilian regulations, finally be-
coming ground Instructor for pri-
vate students. Her first job with
commercial airline was with TWO
in New York as flight control clerk.
The link-trainer course, cover.
Ing a three-months period, requires
80 hours in the cockpit OF the Link
device. The machine, mounted on
universal joint, can simulate div.
ing, climbing, turning and bank.
ing.
When operating the device, Mss
singleton attaches earphone, closes
the hood overhead, darkening the
interior OF the cockpit except for
the lighted instrument panel. which
contains virtually every device in.
stalled in the cockpit OF an airline. =.
A few feet from the Link trainer.
an instructor sits at a desk with
another set OF instruments. plus a
riicrophone through which he talks
TO the pilot just as the airport
radio operator talks to a fiier aloft.
Also. in front OF the instructor is
an automatic recorder which traces
or sheet OF paper the course the
pilot is flying" Thus, the Link pi-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

Ann Arbor. Mich, Oct 27-The
18th annual meeting OF the Uni
iersity Press Club Of Michigan
will be in session at the Michigan
Union for three days starting
Thursday, Nov. 5. \ series o.
talks a theater party. and a foot
ball game VIII be the highlights OF
the meeting.
Elmo Scott Watson, editor OF the
Publishers Auxiliary. will talk on
THE Country Press Goes to Wa
ar 30 Thursday, following regi
traton which will be held at 10000
Thursday morning at the Union.
At the press club banquet Thurs
day night. Harvey Merker. director
OF manufacturing al Parke. Davis
and Co. viii talk on Chemistry
for War. after which club mem
bers will be guests at the Ora
torical Association lecture given
by Jay Allen and Louis Fischer.
other speakers will be William
Haber, director Of the planning d..
vision Of the Federal Security Ad-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
FooIhardy For Nazis to
Use Gas, Says General

SALT LAKE CITY-INS- In
the opinion OF the chief OF Amer.
cas- chemical warfare service, Ger.
many would be foolish to resort
TO poison gas warfare.
III they start It, We will finish
IT," said Maj. Gen. William n
Porter in recent visit to Salt
Lake City. The officer said the
United States gas defenses are ex-
cellent and that the nations chem
ical warfare IS the best in the
world. Every soldier has a gas
mask and every soldier has one in
reserve, he pointed out
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
CONDITION CRITICAL

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 27-Mel-
win Fry, %, w Liberty Rd., today
remains in a critical condition at
DR.. Neil Gates Private Hospital.
following hunting accident SAT
urday afternoon in which his neck
and right leg We're broken. Fry
fell out OF a high tree on Scio
Rd. near the intersection OF Leeb
Rd.. which he had climbed in order
to recover a squirrel. shot by him.
which had lodged in one Of the
trees crotches. Fry slipped from
the crotch and fell to the ground
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. 27-Mar-
riage license applications.
Donald w Moore, 20, 21O n.
River St, Ypsilanti. and Alice En-
sign. is, 129 n. Wizard Rd., Ypsi-
lanti.
Clair Smith. 26, Decatur, Mich.
and Margaret +. Merritt, p, 1902
Grant St, Ypsilanti.
Charles f. Quarles, SO. Milan,
and Lucy Gaines, IS, Milan.
Harold l.. Ferguson, 10. is n.
Hamilton St, Ypsilanti, and Esther
G. Ward. 10, 416 Emmett St, Yp-
SLANT.
Paul A. Weinlander, %, los Elm
st, Ypsilanti, and Vera Shutz, "a,
Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Two Injured When
Driver Falls Asleep

Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. 27-Linns
kniffer Ann Arbor, driver. and
Anthony Colatruglio, Ann Arbor.
his passenger, suffered nose and
leg bruises respectively early to-
day when the car in which they
were riding collided on US-12 with
truck driven by Frederick J.
Wolfe, Toledo, O.
Kniffer believes that he fell
asleep just before his car struck
The rear OF Volts truck.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27

in Port Huron November q to the
80. An announcement was also
made Of the choir practice Wed.
nesday at the church at 6:45 sharp
for the purpose of organizing a
new high school choir. The next
meeting will be at the church with
the Rev. Melvin Rienburg as guest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
Ann Arbor Ne1us
University Press Club Plans
Twenty Fifth Annual Session

ministration; Joseph p Junosza,
late Of the Polytechnical Institute
OF Warsaw. Prof. Essen NJ. Gale.
who has recently returned from a
government mission to China.
Wolfgang II. Graus, Dr. Alexander
G.. Ruthven. and Or. James ID.
Bruce, chairman OF the division Of
eXtra-mural services.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
succEEns CLEMENT

Ann Arbor, Mich Oct. 27-Lewis
c. Reimann, former president Of
the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club and
past district governor, has been
named secretary-treasurer OF the
Michigan Kiwanis district. succeed l.
ing Forney W. Clement, who died
Oct. IL
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
ALGEBRA BECOMES POPULAR

EUGENE, Ore.-UP-University
OF Oregon mathematic heads are
faced with the largest enrolment
in elements of algebra for many a
year. The need for technical knowl.
edge for wartime jobs and in offi.
GERS training is believed to &C
count for the great rise.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-27
REV. GEORGE p. JEROME
GUEST SPEAKER OF THE
0AnTIc- NnIrH rEtt nAAIc

At Baptist Youth Fellowship
meeting Sunday night at he
church. Rev. George Jerome spoke
to the group on observance of the
Sabbath. After the devotional ser
vice Lawrence Koppin directed a
Take it or Leave It. program
Refreshments of ice cream and
cookies were served.
Announcement was made OF the
Baptist Youth Convention TO be
lots course can be checked on Il
theoretical cross-country flight on
instruments.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Large Ship Sunk l6O Miles From Shore of N. A.

An East Coast Canadian Port 'P) - A large steamship was tor pedoed and sunk 160 miles off the Nova Scotia coast within the past 36 hours. Survivors reaching here estimated that 94 lives were lost and 89 saving in the sink ing, nearer to the North Ameri- can continent than any other hitherto reported Those rescued were 66 Chinese and 23 whites. Four white crewmen and 90 Chin ese crewmen and passengers were lost. Most of those lost were victims of near-zero wea- ther, afloat on rafts and in small boats.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14

Soviet troops are described as now battering heavily against the German defenses of Moz- haisk itself, where a Nazi garri- son of 100000 men still held out, d-sp;te danger of being trapped by Russian pincers closing in on the north and south.
 German military quarters ack- noWledged htat the Russians had broken the Mozhaisk lines Sun day, but a serted they were dis lodged by counterattack which cost the Russians 300 dead.
 On the North African front, the British noted increasing AXig aerial activity but reported the adVacne of Imperial troops, driV ing forward in pursuit of Gen. R0mmels retreating army, south to Flagheila, 90 miles southwest o' 'he old battle sector of Age dabia.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Russian Armies Within 100 Miles Of Hitler's Winter Headqu quarters
 Nazis Lose 2OO,OOO Since Nov. 10

UNDATED, Jan. II (A1 - Rus sian troops are reported advanc- ing within a hundred miles of Hitler's winter headquarters at Smo .ersk, while in the south, Red Army forces are pictured stormirg the outer gates of Khar kov, Russia's "Pittsburgh.' In the Ukraine, Soviet military dis patches said the collapse of the German wig defnding the flank on the Moscow-Moshask high way, knocked the Germans ou' of the last zone of pos;tional warfare,' before Moscow, and the whole front is now in mo- tion.'
 The Russians declared that Hit lers reel;ng armies lost 100000 killed between November Is and Ja uary 6. 20.O00 were slain ir recent fehting in the Donets Ri yer industrial basin.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
British Capture Salum' Squeeze Axis Forces

CAIRO, Jan. l3 .l4l - The cap ture of Salum and tightening Of the British encirclement on hold out Axis troops in the Halfaya sector was announced by the Brif ish as Imperial vanguards, more than 300 miles to the west, press cd on the retreating enemy'e heels. Between seven and e:ght thousand Axis troops are believ- ed isolated in the area near the Egyptian-Libyan frontier.
 A British military commentat- or said the loss of Salum cost the AXs garrison at Halfaya a valuable source of water supply. The garrison is reported suffering serious food and water shortag- es.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Wavell Starts Action Against Japs
Gen. Wayell Arrives In Dutch Indies And Launches Series Of
 CounterbIows Against Invaders

UNDATED, Jan. 14 (P) - Gen eral Wavell, commander of the new A lied Far East Command, arrived in the Dutch East Indies and already launched a series Of dynamic counterbloWs against Japanese invasion forces. Mill tary dispatches said Dutch troops are reported moving into action on the border of the kingdom cf SaraWak where Japanese troops seized the capital, Kuching. l is the most northern territory on the island.
 Wavelrs second in command, Lieut.. Gen. George Brett, form CT chief of the U. s. Army Air Corps, arrived at the same time to he p direct the strategy of the Indies fighting defense.
 A Netherlands East Indies com munique said Is Japanese were killed in preliminary skirmishes on the Sarawak frontier with a loss of only one Dutch soldier. Dutch Indies soldiers were also reported battling hand-to-hand with the Japanese invaders near Lake Tondano at the northeast
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Alaska Game Commission Meeting Discuss Demand Soldiers, Sailors
 For $l Resident Hunting Licenses

WASHINGTON, Jan. l3 lP) - The Alaska Game Commission in it's annual meeting here, discuss ed with Dimond one of its most veXing problems; the demand by soldiers and sailors in the Terri tory that they be permitted to obtain dollar resident licenses ra ther than pay $50 for non-resi- dent permits. Delegate Dimond said that the commission mem berS expressed the opinion that legislation might be needed to
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
US. and Filipino Artillery Prove Superior to Japs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 l4) - American and Filipino artillery batteries "proved definitely su perior" to the Japanese, the War Department said. announcing that columns of enemy tanks and other armored units and infan- try "Were dispersed,' in a 24- hour battle. Eleven Japanese bat teries were silenced and others were forced to fall back under relentless smelling by American and Filipino guns in defense po- sitions on Batan Peninusla west of Manila Bay, the Department said.
 A usual artillery battery ir the worlds armies consists of 1 guns. On this basis, the report from the Philippines would cred it the defenders with Wiping out A field guns, a considerable mea sure of fire power in a compara- lively small area. The Japanese losses were called heavy while the defenders labeled theirs as relatively slight"
 Japanese dive bombers support ed the enemy artillery fire but
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Alaskans in Charge At Panama Canal

Colonel Joe Mehaffey, chief en gineer of the Alaska Road Com mission, succeeding Edgerton in 1915, has been appointed Engin- ger of Maintenance in the section of the Canal Zone where the third locks are being built, Me haffey also designed the Douglas Island bridge. With Brig. Gen. Glen E. Edgerton as Governor of Panama, Mehaffey as chief engineer, Gen. James Gordon Steese as assistant engineer of maintenance, three Alaskans in top succession, there is 100 per cent efficiency for Americans at this strategic spot.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
,Japs Capture
 Tarakan, Oil-Rich Dutch Indies Is.

BATAVIA, Jan. Is (P) - Jap anese invaders captured the lit lie oil producing island of Tara kan off northeast Borneo, but the stubbornly fighting little Dutch garrison held them off UT u the oil fields and all equip ment were thoroughly demolish- ed, it was announced officially late tonight. Only then, the An eta News agency said, did the garrison's survivors surrender.
 Large numbers of Japanese poured into Tarakan, literally y overrunning it, the con7mun'que said. Only remnants of the garr- ison escaped to the mainland. This is the first Japanese con- quest in Dutch Fest Indies terri tory, however it was made very costly to the invader"
 Dutch and Allied air forces are continuing 10 pound Japanese transports and the fleet lying off the is and, it was announced.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Prohibit Japanese From Fishing In Canadian Waters


 OTTAWA, Jan. 13 tE9 - The Canadian government issued an order 10 prohibit persons of Jap anese origin from fishing in Can adian waters or serving on Can adian fishing boats. Some 25,00O live in Canada, nearly all in British Columbia. Many of them made their living by 
 Finance Minister Ilsley an nounced that Canada's second vic tory oan of the war, $600,000,00O will be placed before the public next month.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14

tip of Celebes island.
 A Tokyo broadcast said yester day that Japanese forces captur- cd Kakas airdrome and Menad Q chief port on Minahasha Penin- sula on Celebes Island across the Cslebes Sea from Borneo
 Simu taaneously Dutch war planes b-mbed the Japanese-oc- cupied Tarakan Island eff the coast of Dutch North Borneo, and JapaneSe base in the southern Phil.ppinss. This base was pre- sumably Davao, on Mindanao Is land, 500 miles south of Manila, which the Japanese are believed to be using as a jumping of D ace for the invasion of the Dutch Indies.
 |. S. B0mbers In Action
 A U. 5. Army bulletin said 3 American bombers, fighting with the Dutch Indies forces, attacked Japanese warships near Tarakan and destroyed at least two en- eny lighters. The American plan es returned undamaged to an un- disclosed base, the communique said.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Nelson Made Head Of Nations War Production Effort

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 tP) - President Roosevelt created one man control over Americas vast war production effort tonight, with all power concentrated ir Donald M. Nelson as generalis- simo of supply. The surprise an nouncement was given out two houre before Wendell L. Willkie
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14

permit readjustment of hunting regulations. Because of the heavy influx of population, largely ser vicement 1t may be necessary to restrict hunting of moose, cari- bou and big horn sheep to pre- vent their extinction.
 Recommend Changes to Ickes
 The CommiSson will recom- mend changes in the game laws to Secretary Ickes, who must ap prove of them before they can become effective.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
OPM Extends Ban On Sales Of New Cars To Feb. ?

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 l49 - The Office of Production Man agement tonight extended until Feb. ?, the ban on sales of new passenger automobile and trucks pending completion of detail of the rationing program
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14

there was no enemy bombing at tackS on the Notifications on the southern tip of Batan or on Cor reg.der Island.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14

was to go on the air with a de mand that a one-man control be set up to end the debating so- ciety" methods.
 Nelson, aged B. came to the government as a dollar-a-year man, from the vice-presidency of ears Roebuck.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
s. s. CleyedOn Destroyed By Fire In Alaska Port
WASHINGTON. Jan. l2 lF, -

WASHINGTON. Jan. l2 lP, ~
 The destruction by fire of the Army transport Clevedon in AL askan waters was reported by the War Department. The ship, a combination passenger an d freight vessel of 1900 tons, was said to be a total loss but all personnel was saved. The cause of the fire IS being investigated, the War Department said, but without indicating whether it was believed to have resulted from enemy action. The loss was reported in late day commun- ique which failed to mention de velopments in the Philippines.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14
Canada To Move Japanese From Defense Zones

OTTAWA, Jan. II (P) - The government announced that all enemy aliens will be removed from defense areas in British Col umbia, where some 25.000 Jap anese reside. The only exceptions will be those holding police per mitS to remain.
The Nome nugget., 1942-01-14

Buy Defense Bonds and Stamp.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08

what nightmare wakes me up
in the night sweating, I'm so
scared?"
Myra shook her head sympa-
thetically.
You wouldn't" said Badly.
It's glamor girls, glamor girls,
hundreds of EN-, smiling at me
in my sleep with hunks of white
teeth, perfect teeth, and blue
eyes, black eyes, sweet as su-
gar, and jump up screaming in
the middle Of the night"
said Myra. That
certainly is a point of view
1t certainly is" said Badly.
And believe me the time is
coming, sure as blondes follow
brunette and vicey-vcrsa,
when a girl with a pan like
yours will get up on a floor and
knock en- cold
You leave my face alone, '
said Myra. Look at the land
Scapc instead
Badly glanced around at the
serenity Of the tree bounded
lake in the sunlit morning. Il
wouldn't give you two cents
for this in a picture postcard,
said Badly. Give me a smoke
fog over Pittsburgh in a nasty
rain in winter. That's beauty,
that is
Myra glanced over Badly
beautifully tailored play suit,
painstakingly immaculate, the
collar pressed carefully open al
the throat and even the short
sleeves knitted with a sharp
crease.
You don't look as though you
dress 20 your beliefs
Badly gave a grunt OF dis
gust. That's show business.
You got to put on a front -
splash Il on. Wear a pair of
pants twice and the boys think
you're on the way out and after
a touch, and you can't get near
EN-.
With a snap Of his fingers
Ba dy jumped to his feet. "Sor-
~, sister. ! got TO be going You
are a nice kid, you are. Wish
there was more like you Where
is that kid sister of yours, with
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-08
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with pretty faces when you've
seen EN- coming and going like
me i'm show business - just a
bunch Of bugs around d street
light T e face that gives a
movie fan a thump in the tick
er gives me pain in the con
tract
And that's why ! like you
honest to goodness, plain down
right homely."
Myra looked at him with "a
doubtful expression. Easy on
the compliments, brother"
"Them's not compliments,
them's facts If Id kept out of
show business maybe Id have
married a nice homely girl like
you, maybe Id have had a nice
coy job and a home and a
couple Of kids,
His voice drifted off with the
suspicion Of a break IN it, but
he recovered himself,
But no, ! 90 into show bust
ness. ] marry a pretty girl and
what does she do? As soon as
she gets the contract TO love,
honor and obey, she walks out
on me, and that's the way with
all Of en-"
All OF them said Myra
How many have you married.
Don't get me wrong, sister.
After the third Try ] quit But ]
got a talent for managing tai
ent and that's what ! mean.
They're all the same, get a con-
tract and they change their
minds. / shoulda bought a ball
team 49, they got no minds 10
change. But no, pick on girls
and they got TO be pretty girls
and there amt a doll in this
world who wouldn't give 60
per cent cut TO be managed by
me. make 'em, see. | build EN-
up, ! put EN- on the top of the
heap and keep EN- there and
believe me, sister, do you know