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Evening star., 1942-02-08
Brazil Calls for u. S. Help
In Amazon Rubber Prourom
Assurance of Market for Product
During and After War Sought

duce enough rubber to fill all Ameri-
can needs during the war.
The whole of Latin America, as
we'll as London and Batavia, is
deeply concerned with the success
of the Costa mission because
American agreement to provide
Brazil with a large-scale postwar
rubber market would indicate that
the United States was going to sat-
isfy its rubber needs in the New
World. Other Latin American
countries, with Washington's help.
have begun to develop rubber plan
tationS.
Policy Problem Raised.
The Brazilian request raises prob
lens for Americas international
policy tina. could have far-reach-
ing effects in the postwar world,
based on the assumption that the
japanese will by then have lost
their eastern conquests.
Rubber is one of the chief eco
nomic foundations of two United
States allies, Great Britain and the
Netherlands, whose rubber planta-
tions are in Malaga and the Dutch
Indies. and the United States takes
more than half their production in
normal times.
Our purchases from the Far East
have averaged about 100000 long
tons of crude rubber, but the rubber
growers have been able to profit
only by a strict production and
price agreement since the cultivated
Far Eastern trees produce far be-
yond the worlds needs.
Rubber was as high as As cents
a pound in New York in 1926. 1t
fell to II cents by 1885. In 1910
it was 10 cents. Now it has been
frozen at 21.1 cents. The entrance
of the Brazilian trees into this
highly competitive market, with an
American promise to buy. would be
calculated to damage the Indies and
the Malay economies.
However, DR.. Costa is in a posi-
ton to point out to the United
States the merits of having source
of rubber that is always available
no matter what military and eco
nomic disturbances shake Asia and
Europe. The Agriculture Depart
ment. in fact, has been following
a policy of experimenting in grow
ing cultivated rubber groves in u
countries of South and Central
America during the past two years.
Accessibility Promised.
Dr. Costa is said to be pointing
out that the newly planted trees
will not produce fer 7 or 10 years
a fact we'll recognized by this Gov
ernment. which also has considered
the Brazilian jungle trees useless
on the ground that they are in
accessible. Now Brazil brings plans
to demonstrate they can be reached
within a short time and that their
product soon could be on the way
to the United States.
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
reported that by l947 the United
States might be able to obtain all
its rubber needs from the recent
paintings in Latin America, in
Brazil as well as Costa Rica, Domin-
ican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras. Mexico and Nicaragua.
This fact alone would cause a
revolution in the rubber market and
the economy of the colonial Far
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Possible Axis Attack
Is Faced by Brazil,
Vargas Declares
Raid Shelters Ordered;
Nationwide CiviIiun
Defense Pfonned
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. Brazil
faces a possible Axis attack, Presi-
dent Getulio Vargas acknowledged
implicitly tonight in issuing decree
ordering construction of air raid
shelters and establishment Of a
nationwide civilian defense Or
ganization.
Must Aid in Spain.
Brazil severed relations with Ger
many, Japan and Italy. January a.
at the close of the Pan American
Conference, after Axis diplomats
had made veiled threats against
this far flung republic.
The decree, effective Immediately,
orders all men between l6 to- 81
years Of age and between As and 60
and all women between 16 and 40
to perform any civilian air defense
tasks assigned to them. All men
between 81 and As not serving in
the armed forces also are included
Brazil followed up its seizure Of
a powerful German shortwave radio
station in the Nazi Embassy with a
raid on the home of a member Of
the prohibited Fascist Integralist
Organization in suburban Petropolis.
Four persons were arrested, some
small arms were seized along with
some green shirts worn by the
agency adherents.
Shelters Ordered Built.
Under the Vargas decree, owners
of buildings five or more stories high
were required to build air-raid
shelters. Employers were ordered
to supply workers with defense
equipment, including gas masks.
Federal, state and municipal gov
ernments were required to construct
shelters for the general public.
Air defense precautions were
similar to those in effect in Britain
and other countries under attack.
Tonight President Vargas issued a
decree authorizing the War Ministry
to seize materials belonging to the
Condor Airlines for the transmission
of aerial photographs. The director
of the army's geographic and his
toric services was authorized to
employ technical and civilian per-
sonnel OF Condor's aerophotographic
department.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

East, which supplied us with SO per
cent Of our rubber imports until the
war made the supply uncertain.
The new paintings in those Latin
American countries are Of seeds de-
veloped for their disease-resistant
properties. Although Latin America
was the worlds original rubber pro-
ducer, the cultivated hevea trees
there succumbed to leaf-blight in
festation. Transplantations from
the Americas have flourished in
Malaga and the Indies.
Since labor costs in the Americas
exceed the Far Eastern costs, the
United States and the interested
Latin American governments de-
veloped seedlings from which would
grow trees of high latex production,
so that they could compete against
the Eastern growers.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
First V. M. !. Man Killed
In War Is Honored
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, Va, Feb. 7.-V. M.
I. paid tribute to First 1t. George
Ben Johnston Handy of Richmond
at memorial services conducted here
today for the institute graduate
who was killed in action in the
Philippines. January 23
1t. Handy was the first v. M. I.
graduate reported killed in the
present war. -4as
The Right Rev. BeverlyD. Tucker.
Episcopal bishop of Ohio, conducted
the services, and 1t Gen. Charles
E. Kilbourne, superintendent of v.
M. l.. read resolution paying
tribute to 1t. Handy, which was
passed by both houses of the Cen
eral Assembly.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Soldier Held Victim
Of His Own Rifle
B. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
MEDIA, Pa, Feb. THE Arm.
maintained wartime silence today
on the death Of Pvt. John w. Bay
nard, 26, OF Easton, Md, whose body
was found on a guard post near the
Suburban Water Co.'S reservoir dam
Pvt. Baynard was on active duty
guarding the dam at the time of his
death. Ofiicials said only that a
bullet from his own rifle caused
death.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

formed from the augmented forces
provided by extending the service
OF the 1920 class Of recruits another
year. This step Is expected to give
Argentina q standing army of ap-
proximately 81, 900 men, about dou-
bic It's normal size.
The Patagonian force will be sta
toned at Rio Grande on TERRA del
Fuego at the entrance to the
Straits Of Magellan. The present
aouthernmost garrison is at Como
doro Rivadavia, more than 400 miles
from the strategic straits through
the tip Of South America.
Army engineers and air corps Of
f1cers already are stationed in the
bleak territory preparing canton
ments, air bases and emergency
landing fields.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

DOG. black and tan. lost in vic.
Hill, Nd. Phone Spruce O426-w.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

WRIST WATCH, Bulova, lady's yellow gold
gLn matching band; lost in downtown vic.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
By BLAIR BOLLES.

The United States Government
yesterday was strongly urged, in the
interest of Allied victory and the
practical working of the good-neigh-
Dor policy, to grant Brazil the as
surances of economic help that
would encourage the South Ameri-
can country to solve our wartime
military and civilian rubber prob
lem by tapping the 100000 wild
hevea rubber trees in the Amazon
jungle.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau, lunching with DR.. Souza
Costa. visiting Brazilian Finance
Minister, heard that Brazil could
build in a few months the roads
needed to make the trees, deep in
the wilds, economically useful. pro-
vided the country was convinced the
United States would guarantee to
buy Brazilian rubber not only now
but also after the war at a salts
factory price.
The proposal has disturbing impli-
cations for the English and Dutch,
long the masters of the rubber
world.
Brazil is understood also to be
asking for technical assistance in ex-
panding the Brizilian rubber manu-
featuring facilities. which are rep
resented now by a few tire-making
industries. The scheme brought here
by DR.. Costa raises problems OF
SHINING which he nlanS to discuss
with American officials during his
proposed two-week stay in the
United States.
May Seek Lease-Lend Funds.
Brazil seeks no loan. it is UNDER
stood, but it is expected that DR..
Costa will press for some lease-lend
assistance in connection with the
proposed road building to the rub
Der trees and the expansion of the
Brazilian rubber industry. He in
tends also to explore with American
Agriculture Department and War
Production Board the part Brazilian
cotton can play in the conduct OF
the war against the Axis.
A general Latin-American hope
that the United States will abandon
the plan recently announced by
Federal Loan Administrator Jones
for a Government-sponsored syn
thetic rubber program was factor
in DR.. Costa's visit to the United
States. The mature Brazilian trees,
if they can be reached, would pro-
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Argentina to Form Corps
For Protection of Coast
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. Feb. THE
Argentina War Department an
nounced plans tonight for the for
nation of an army corps to be desig-
mated the "Patagonian detachment"
to protect the Atlantic Coast and
Straits Of Magellan.
Patagonia, the Southernmost part
of Argentina, once figured in
charges that German elements in
the population planned to set up a
separate Axis-dominated state there
The new detachment will be
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Conservation of Poper

Every citizen is called upon
to see that not a pound of paper
is wasted. Demand from every
clerk that any unnecessary
wrapping of packages or un-
necessary use of paper bags be
dispensed with.
Waste paper for paperboard
is vital to the packaging of a
great quantity Of war equip
ment.
Do not burn newspapers, but,
when you have saved enough
for a bundle, give them to the
school children who are CO.
operating in the defense pro-
gram with the parent-teacher
organization in The Stars
campaign for reclaiming old
newspapers.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

There are no~rookie" dollars. Send
yours to the front! Buy United
States Defense savings bonds and
stamps.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17
Ws.c.s. Auxiliary Meets

Mrs. Clarence Richardson enter
tanned the women Of the Auxiliary.
W.S.C.S., at her home Wednesday
evening. They discussed plans and
projects for the coming year. They
elected officers: Mrs. Clarence
Richardson, president: Mrs. Doris
Day, secretary and treasurer; Mrs.
Doris Throne, chaplain; Mrs. Milton
Frisbie, librarian: Mrs. Helen
Cornwell. flower committee.
After the meeting. Mrs. Richard
son served refreshments and Christ
mas gifts were exchanged.
The next meeting will he al the
home OF Mrs Harold Hammond,
January q, at 1880 p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17
Stony Creek NelUs

had luncheon with their sister. Mrs.
Eleanor Sanderson, Paint Greek.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Before are en-
Pertaining Mr.. Belore's father, \.
Before, Ironwood.
Mrs. c. II. Cornwell and daugh.
ter Janice spent Saturday in Detroit
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs S. J.
Lambertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oryal Throne and
children were Sunday night supper
guests OF Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mack. Milan.
spent Saturday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Armstrong and
family.
Dale Armstrong. Robert Carter
and Gerald Null were Milan bust
ness visitors Wednesday evening.
Kenneth and Russell VANITY en-
tertained the Epworth League sun
day evening. Robert and Miss Ruth
Hollowell, Misses Esther and Eve
? Ign Armstrong. Miss Nancy and
James Beal and Miss Eileen Lath-
ers attended from Stony Creek.
Mr., and Mrs. Alonzo Cady are
entertaining Byron English, Kent
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chic spent
Sunday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Finch. Milan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Lathers>spent
Saturday in Ypsilsnti.
Dale and Esther Armstrong at
tended the Senior High School class
party Friday evening. at Lincoln
School.
John Hargraves called AT the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Arm
strong Saturday.
Mrs. o. r. Beal spent Sunday
with her relatives in Richmond,
Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden Bemis spent
Sunday with relatives in Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. G. Richards and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Richards visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Richards, Saline.
Loren Douglas Riggs. infant son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Riggs.
came home from st. Joseph Hos
pital Sunday, He is still very weak
from pneumonia
George Fleury and Nellis Carrier
Npsilanti visited at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Fleury, sun
day
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ~ Armstrong
visited Mrs Charles Campbell,
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Frisbie and
daughter. Plymouth. were Sunday
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton FRS
bic and children
Mfr. and Mrs. Clifford Richards.
Willow Road were Sunday visitors
OF Mr.. and Mrs. ?. 6 Richards
Mrs. Joseph Fleury was an Ypsi-
lanti visitor Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17
LOSES RATION BOOK

Detroit. Dec. Tins Following
his conviction on a reckless dri1-
ing charge, Benny F. Fras, 2S-yea,-
old war worker here had lost his
gasoline ration book and was under
30 day Jail sentence or $3.50 fine.
. Fras, the second person to have
his ration book lifted for traffic VIC
lation. also had his driving license
suspended for a year by Traffic
Judge George T Murphy. who
warned: AN fragrant violators wiz
lose their gas ration books as well
as their operators license.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Stony Creek. Mich, Dec. 1.-THE
annual Christmas program will be
held at the Stony Greek Church
Tuesday evening, December %. at
s O'Clock. The primary"department
have a program planned and the
choir. under the leadership Of Mrs.
Doris Day, have special music and
a Christmas play, planned for the
evening.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17
HELLO KID" RESPECTABLE

Lansing. Mich. Dec IL ms
Atty-Gen. Herbert J. Rushton In an
opinion sent the National Sheriff
Association, here, held tina. the re-
mark Hello, Kid, directed az "A
soldier on the street by a woman
does not necessarily mean any
thing "out-of the.way" Rusnton
explained the state supreme court
has ruled more tangible evidence
than mere salutation is necessary
before a woman can be arrested on
a vice charge without a warrant
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17

hiking rents. three landlords await
4 .r!al On federal court today. They
we're William Heut,er and his sis
a-. Florence and Julius Boone.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17
Rural Events
TO-DAY
Southwest YpsIlsnti

Southwest Ypsiianti
Riverside study Club Will have
their Christmas party az the home
OF Mrs Harvey Holmes.
RaWsonville
Ladies' Helping Hand Society
meeting
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17
birthday Dinner

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Clark enter
tanned Mr.. Clarks brother and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Clark, Super
ior. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Clark.
Ann Arbor. and Miss Monica
WEIGH. Milan. in honor OF Mr..
Clark's birthday. Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-17

Miss Alice Lowden. Detroit, is
spending the week with her sister,
Mrs. Harriet Collins Monday they
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12

BOSTON, Nov. IL - Up -
The Go will consider today .
resolution declaring that labor's
gains must be maintained and
extended in the interests Of ma
tional unity and the winning of
the war.
Other resolutions to be plac-
ed before the national conven-
ton called for international la
Dor unity and the destruction
of the main Nazi forces on the
European continent"
Unity requires the mainten-
ance and extension of gains that
the CLIO has won for the work
ers through industrial organiza-
ton in the basic war production
industries" said the resolution
dealing with national unity.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12
Go to Ask that Gains be Maintained and Exfend2
Coll for Destruction
Of Maxi Forces in Europe
Urge Speedy Two Front Attoek'
and Complete Destruction Of Noxis

Sacrifices Of these gains would
aid the enemy, since victory de-
ponds on the strength Of organ
lied labor. - Unity should
assure that all forms and prac-
tises Of racial discrimination
within unions be abolished"
The resolution dealing with
international unity propose d
that the CLIO continue to take
all necessary steps to establish
international labor cooperation
with direct participation by the
British and Soviet Unions, the
AFL, the CLIO and Railway La
Dor, and the unions of the other
United Nations.
There are approximately 5000
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-12

There are approximately 5000
bees to the pound.
Evening star., 1942-07-02

shooting in the 70s with . consist
ency that disturbs fellows like Bing
Crosby, Bob Hope, ETC., who hate
to lose money to casual players who
weigh only 135-140 pounds. More
over, he shoots that kind Of golf
after Is years of leg use which goes
back to Bobby Jones crazy kid days.
Back, too to the time Babe Ruth
was southpaw pitcher being con-
verted into an outf1elder.
Astaire also is one of the better
tennis players in the f1lm colony,
a fellow whose agility is astounding
and whose coordination is perfec-
ton itself. He has been playing
that game, too. for many years and
playing 1t always well.
So far as Mr.. Sandrich or any
one else, including Astaire, can see,
his legs are just as sound today as
ever.
If they ever should go back on
him, which seems impossible, he
ought to pick up a nice job telling
baseball players, pugilists, trackmen,
football players and supposedly
tougher people how really to be
tough.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Baldy, the Horse,
Triunphs Again

They led Baldy of the set and
back to the ranch the other day, his
chores ended in George Washing
ton Slept Here" the latest role in
the more than 1000 he has to his
credit.
Baldy is q horse, IS years old. and
as camera wise as many of the
human actors who surround him..
Rudolph Valentino once rode him
and SO have Clark Cable. Enrol
Flynn and many other stars.
His salary ranges from $25 q day
upward. depending upon how many
tricks he's called on to perform.
In George Washington Slept Here"
Baldy wanders through the ancient
house in the country which Ann
Sheridan and Jack Benny have just
purchased, adding to their misery.
That role was easy for Baldy, 50
he worked for his minimum.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Tickets on Sale for
Pride of Yankees

Tickets for the special showing
July 20 Of Pride of the Yankees
at Keith's Theater are on sale now
at the box of1ice. Inaugurated as a
means Of sparing the film faithful
the ordeal Of standing in line for
premiere tickets, the plan calls for
sale of theater capacity only. all
seats being reserved. All tickets are
$1.10, including Federal tax.
Pride of the Yankees" is the
MGM story of the life of Lou
Gehrig, with Gary Cooper as the
great 'Larruping Lou"
Evening star., 1942-07-02

are an irony conceived by nature
to prevent one more heartbreaking
sports obituary. j..
II the athletes, their coaches.
their Boswels and fans would like
really some day to read about a
famous pair of legs that did not 60
bad, those of Fred Astaire are a
couple to keep in mind. The agile
Astaire has been using his legs as
no athlete ever did, endless hours
almost daily for IS years. And,
whatever his secret, which appears
to have eluded the department OF
muscles, he Is faster and lighter
and more durable on his feet than
ever. Skeptics are invited to see
the eight numbers, solo and tandem,
which are his most important con-
tribution to Holiday Inn" They
will learn something about who's
a-sissy that they never could expect
to learn sticking strictly to their
own trade.
Director Mark Sandrich, who was
boss Of Astaire's latest picture,
thinks Astaire unquestionably is the
greatest single consumer of shoe
leather In the world. Mr.. Sandrich,
IN town on business, can take time
out from 1t any time to discuss the
wonder of the Astaire physique
He is virtually awed by 1t as any
one might well be who has watched
Astaire from his first Hollywood
dance through his latest one.
Hes amazing" says Mr.. Sand
rich. II never knew any one to work
30 hard. Months and months, sew
eral hours every day, 60 into each
Of those dances which occupy so
relatively short a time in a picture
Astaire will work three months, for
instance, rehearsing his steps which
he always insists shall be new. Then
he will spend endless hours of an
other couple Of months dancing
them In front of a camera. There
Is never anything casual, or indif-
ferent, about his work. He demands
perfection Of himself and his part
ner and will settle for nothing less.
After he has made picture, he will
80 back and tap out q sound track
to 60 with 1t until there is absolute
coordination between the sight and
sound.
Its amazing, I tell you"
X X ~ :
While the legs Of center fielders
are disintegrating between pop flies.
oe those Of prize fighters are COL
lApsing while the pug waits around
for his next engagement, Astaire is
always using his-which may ex-
plain why they never have let him
down as have those Of supposedly
more rugged athletes. He is always
dancing, creating something new
from one picture to the next.
And, when he is not dancing, he
Is being remarkably good at the.
very games which quickly destroy
the legs Of professional athletes.
He Is a truly fine amateur golfer,
Evening star., 1942-07-02
To Direct Enrol

Lewis Milestone, who started his
directoral career at Warner Bros,
has been assigned by that studio to
direct Edge Of Darkness" film
adaptation of the best-selling novel
by william Woods. The assignment
is his first under the long-term
contract he recently signed with
Warmers.
Enrol Flynn and Ann Sheridan
have been set as the stars for the
production, which is slated to start
as soon as Flynn finishes Gentle
man jim" The screen play is be-
ing written by Robert Rossen.
Evening star., 1942-07-02
Economy Move
HOLLYWOOD:

Producer director Tim Whelan
moved his Sweet or Hot" troupe
from RKO Radios Hollywood studio
to the Columbia Broadcasting stu
dios for half day of camera work
for the purpose of reproducing 1.-THE
Court of Missing Heirs" program.
The young Chicago announcer
Charles Victor conducted the pro-
gram.
Besides contributing to the pic
lures verisimilitude, this move elm
mated the need Of building special
sets, thus conforming with the war
conservation pledges Of the motion
picture industry.
Evening star., 1942-07-02

old legs and It Is used to walk out
Of the linelight. That breaks the
hearts Of those who have to write