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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
A Maid In Manhattan

grateful for, since it's made It pos
sible for you to see the things you
wanted to see. Boats, water, the
Statue OF Liberty"
Susan turned her eyes toward
3edloe's island.
"A lady with a lamp" she said
softly. How wonderful it would be
II she could really light the whole
world to freedom and liberty. She
must look lovely when she's all
lighted up"
I'VE Il see her that way on our
way back" Roy said. IL prefer her
when she's lighted by the sun only.
She looks bit garish when all her
electric trimmings are turned or"
Susan took Roy's arm.
Lets take walk around the
deck" she said. I've always want
ed to do that on a huge ocean liner.
Ill probably never have the oppor-
tunity, so now Wen make the
American Legion do"
i've never been abroad either"
said Roy, as they fell into step.
But I've often taken this trip
like it Especially at dusk, when
you can see the lights Of lower
Manhattan through a silvery veil
of mist or fog"
do you suppose" said Susan,
that folk will ever again be able to
sail for France, England-fascinat-
ing places across the seal
Let's hope go" Roy answered.
Meanwhile, they'll have a chance
to see their own country. It's not at
all a bad place, you know!"
Il should say not" Susan said.
I'm seeing it now, thanks to
Dainty Diana Dairies." She looked
up at Roy. Tell me about the town
you came from. l tried TO get you
to do 1t back In that little restau-
rant where we had dinner-but you
kept changing the subject"
That" said Roy, was because
l wanted to hear you talk. And
dancing with you was so nice-I
didn't want to spoil 1t by talking
about myself. Did you like dining
there?"
Il should say sol" Susan told
him. 1t made me feel that / was
really in New York. I've often read
about those quaint little places in
stories"
"A lot OF them are Just fakes"
Roy said. But the one we visited
does seem to have something. oft.
en- get advertising Ideas when l 20
there"
Susan laughed softly. There you
go, trying to change the subject |
again." she accused. Now. about
this small town where you used to |
i've"
ut was like thousands Of other
small towns. l imagine" Roy be-
gan Wide. tree-shaded streets
hat are dusty on a hot summer
lfternoon-places where kids like
was could dig their toes Whip
in the evening - still. !
black nights. And boys and girls
ireamtng Of what they wanted to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
VOICE STUDENTS
PLAN PROGRAM

Pupils from the class OF Carl Lin
degren viii be presented IN a re
cital In Pease Auditorium sunday
afternoon az 4 o'clock. Mrs. Clara
B McAndrew will be the accom-
PIANIST. The College Girls SeNtet will
sing group OF selections accom-
panied by Miss Marilynn Sternberg.
Oxford
The following singers will appeal:
Miss Nyonne Bremer. Fennyille,
Miss Maryruth Barlow Detroit.
George Birch, Muskegon. Miss
Betty Callsen. Detroit Miss Marie
Darlington. Bay Port Miss Verla
Cook, Hartford. Miss Patricia du
Pont Wayne, Miss Betty Fatchett.
Blissfield, Miss Betty Giles. Ypsi
lanti
Miss Phyllis Guggs. Pontiac.
John Huffman, Jerome, Miss Dollye
McGary, Royal Oak. Miss Charlotte
Mac Mullen. Garden City. Miss Eli
nor Page. Marshall Miss Viola
Reitsma, Dearborn. Miss Joan
Schrepper. Npsilanti. and Miss Mary
Margaret Scott, Detroit.
The public may attend.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
By
ALLEN
EPPES

be-" He stopped speaking for mo-
ment. But it was Grandmother's
farm l especially loved"
What was it like ?" Susan
asked.
mot a large one" said Roy.
Nothing like the Farmer planta-
ton. But plenty big enough to i'm
press boy in his teens. l used to
tell my grandmother that when I'd
made my fortune I'd come back
and take care Of both the farm and
her"
rs that still your plan?"
"No Grandmother died the year
after ! came to New York and the
farm had to be sold"
"Oh, I'm sorryw
But I'm hoping to rent or buy
place in Connecticut" Roy con-
tinued. "A place where I can plant
things and raise chickens. Maybe
we'll get a chance to drive up
there"
I'D love TO see IT," Susan said.
And then: 1T seems odd that you
should have gone into the adver-
Using business, when you seem so
fond Of the country and farms"
81 had to make a living" said
Roy. And soon after / got a Job
with Dainty Diana Diaries, / sort
Of drifted into advertising. I'm glad
now that l did" He looked down
into Susan's eyes. THE combina-
ton OF farm background and adj
vertising is responsible for the con-
test which you've won. But what
pleases me more than anything
else Is that seeing you, meeting
you and hearing you talk, con-
vinces me that there still are girls
in the world who are natural and
aren't trying to pretend to be some
thing they are not"
Susan tried to think Of some
thing to say, and couldn't. But her
heart sank. II there ever was a
pretender, she was IT, Not that she
wasn't really a farmers daughter.
No, not that. But she was putting
on an act There was no getting
around that And she felt a little
sick about 1t, now that she realized
how completely Roy Leonard had
fallen for the line she had adopted.
For a brief moment she was tempt
I'd to tell him the truth-beginning
With the evening when she and
Fred Mosher had listened to the
radio In Freds car. She was tempt
ID TO tell him everything-even
about her four-year college course,
when she had won high honors, not
eaving out the part about how she
lad been voted the most sophisti-
,ated girl in her class. She was
wen tempted to start speaking 10
Roy in French. or italian, or Span
sh. She knew that deep down in
tide Of her she was an essentially
ionest person-and all OF a sudden
was hard for her not to open UP
Ter heart and make a complete
But she couldn't
(Io Be Continued
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tuftx

1t was a Grand Rapids man
Charles Forrest Palmer-who first
sprang the idea that all parasites"
should leave wsr-crowded Washing
ton.
Palmer, as coordinator of defense
housing, popped his bombshell be-
fore the House Public Grounds
Committee. The NEXT day. President
Roosevelt in his press conference
not only backed up Coordinator
Palmer but added a plea that per-
sons not engaged In the war effort
should evacuate.
So far, 1t is on a "self-determin-
ing" basis. says the fortnight hous-
Ing expert. Washingtonians should
consult their consciences and find
their own answer, says he.
That the parasite" idea struck
q responsive chord is obvious from
the amount OF witty and otherwise
comment heard here and there and
everywhere in Washington. Lobby
lists almost blush. Phoney represent
stives OF companies seeking lush
contracts. who should blush. Society
hostesses who linger here just for
the feverish wartime excitement.
OF course, 1t is just possible that
there will be no housing shortage
said the candid Mr.. Palmer, who
certainly Is breaking his neck to
prevent one in the capital.
1T remains to be seen whether
the present building and the Other
housing facilities already planned
will relieve the strain" said the
co-ordinator, adding that a total
of $4,000 new units will be con
structed this year. That's lot of
houses.
So at present the so-called para
sites are on a self-determ!ping basis
but by next fall they may be
asked TO leave.
"Chuck" Palmer. as his friends
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
MoToRIsT SENTENCED

ID troit, Feb ms For the
first time in the history OF the De
troit traffic court. today. a motor
list was under a nine months sen
tence composed OF three success
sive 80 day terms. Arthur l..
Goldsberry, so. begins a 90 day
term for alleged drunk driving.
Upon completion OF this sentence,
he begins another term for con-
viction on reckless driving charges,
and after serving that time, he
starts his third 80 day term for
speeding charge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

Ct1Af- LIN ! W EN- % W.
SUSAN went into the bedroom
leaving Roy and Irene alone after
telling that young man how Do
pendable he was.
Dependable, my eye" said
Irene.
Don't start all over again." Roy
warned. This is no place for per-
sonalities"
"Only those Miss Typical Farm
er's Daughter pulls, suppose, "
said Irene. And what's this about
you going TO Staten Island?"
Were going 10 Staten Island,
Susan and that's ALL" Roy re-
Piled Susan wants glimpse Of
the water and the boats and the
skyline"
while you" said Irene, feast
your eyes upon her"
Now listen, Irene, you"
"Oh, come on. let's get out of
here" Irene said GROSSLY. Il can't
stand much more of this Dumb
Dora, farmers daughter stuff. It's
got me down" She walked out into
the hall. Il only pray she doesn't
overdo it on the air, and make her
listeners little ill.,"
what do you mean, overdo II ?"
said Roy. "The girls only being
herself"
Il wonder" said Irene.
Roy, frowning, watched her dis
appear down the hall.
Sometimes Irene was too cryptic
for him, he admitted. And at times
she was also unreasonable and un-
manageable. She even made him
feel bit scared and uncertain at
times-and one Of those times was
right now.
Susan reioined him
do / look all right7 she asked.
Perfect said Roy.
They went out into the hall.
where Irene stood impatiently tap
ping the floor with the toe Of her
shoe.
There followed several hectic
hours during which Susan was
rushed here, and rushed there,
forced to talk herself and listen to
others falkland then she found
herself on board the ferryboat
American Legion as It chug-
chugged across the bay She and
Roy Leonard stood upon the upper
deck. with the wind in their faces.
They were silent for a moment.
watching Staten Island come near
er and nearer.
Well" said Roy. you've GER
tainly seen a lot Of boats"
Haven't II" said Susan. But II
makes me a little sad-seeing those
United States flags painted upon
their sides II brings the war 90
close 20 home"
Yes, it does" Roy agreed. But |
let's not think Of that. Let's think |
about how nice It is that we've got |
daylight saving time He chuckled. /
After all, that is something to be
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
Campus Events
BAND PRESENTS
CONCERT

Michigan State Normal College
Band. under direction OF d Chester
Ryan. presented an excellent con
cert in Pease Auditorium Wednes-
day evening. It was the annual win
ter concert presented by the Band
and was attended by townspeople.
faculty and students.
Melvin Giles, Ypsilanti. a senior
student. was the soloist. He played
a trumpet fantasia Columbia. 20
Robinson, in a superior manner.
The program opened with the
overture to the opera. Raymond,
or "The Queens Secret" Ambrose
Thomas
Following Mr.. Giles selection the
Band played a dream picture THE
Phantom Brigade Middleton: eN
cerpts from Sigmund Romberg's mu
steal comedy. The Blue Paradise ;
and THE Vanished Army" Ken
meth Afford.
After short intermission the
Band played a Spanish suite, La
Feria." Lacome.
Other selections by the Band In
cluded lie There's Gypsy Life,
Emil Waldteufel's Waltz Mill
taire," and Myddleton's by tn,
Swanee River
The program was concluded Will
THE National Emblem" Bagley.
All IN all. the program was hap
PLY characterized by a fine selec
ton OF mu-c icnluding classical
descriptive. patriotic. and American
folk numbers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
PLAN uso DELEGATIONS

Detroit, Feb. Sins Chairman
Wendell Lund Of the Unemploy-
ment compensation division. rep
resenting Gov. Murray d. Van
Wagner, is scheduled to dedicate
three United Service Organization
centers in Warren Township, it
was announced today The club
houses have all been erected by
the federal government.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
DEAF.,.s
NOW HEARS CLOCK TICK

a. ~ Bseiehsnon, Newark. ~. J., ~,ri,s,t
bsfofe using oFotuns tor Drops, . ~as
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Thousands now hard-of hearing would h,a,
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olosged up feeling N ears u mpaoted way
that blocks ear canals and presses on .ensiti,,
ssrdrums was removed. Try Orotune Fsr
Dfops as directed. They are safe and contain
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
Selected Group TO be
Given FIJI Instruction

A selected group Of men who vol
unteered for service as emergency
police officers will meet tonight in
the American Legion Home. John S.
Bugas, Of the Detroit office OF the
Federal Bureau OF Investigation,
will give instruction on the work for
which they have offered their sery-
ices.
Each man has been given a spe-
cial notice to attend and doors will
be guarded to make sure no others
enter the building.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05

with white elephants In pre-
pairing for bazaar for the benefit
Of the Red Cross; leaders of the
organization said a white ele-
liant booth" will be established.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
Examinations Shortened

State Normal College for this first
semester. 1912. have been short
ened. The former two-hour examina.
lions win now be but one hour and
a half long. Three will be given a
day, and all examinations will be
completed by noon. Thursday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-05
CITY SHARE LARGE

Detroit. Feb. 5-lNS-Approxl-
mately 81 per cent OF Wayne Coun.
tvs S4.34O.830 in last years
weight taXes-some .s3,641,17S-to-
day was allocated to the city Of
Detroit, Commission Chairman
Charles L. Wilson announced.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09
John penzein
Passes Away
Resident. Sc,
Widely Known

John Penzien, Sc. of SO Mo-
ross. longtime Mount Clemens
resident, died at Sis p. m. yes
terday at st. Joseph's hospital,
where he had been confined two
weeks.
Born in Waldenburg, the son
CT the late john and Louise Fen
zien, he was married to the for
mer Myrtle Jackson, who sur
wives him. Until illness forced
his retirement two years ago,
he worked for years at Briggs
Manufacturing in Detroit.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by a son. Bert, of East
Detroit; a daughter, Mrs. Har-
vey Pearl, of East Detroit; two
sisters, Mrs. Ella Kuhn, of Tren-
ton, N y. and Mrs. Thomas Her
bert, of Mount Clemens; one
brother, Herman, of Mount
Clemens and four grandchildren.
The body will lie at the Hub
bard Funeral Home where fun
eral services will be held Sat-
urday at 2 p. m. with Rev. ia
cob Whitman. pastor of Zion
Evangelical church, officiating.
Burial will be in Clinton Grove
Cemetery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09
Eight Blackout
Holators Tender
Formal Apologies

With letters of apology re-
ceived yesterday by the local
Civilian Defense Council from
the eight violators of the latest
test blackout here, the case is
closed, Harold Lindsey, Mount
Cl&mens civilian defense coord-
ina tor declared today.
The letters were submitted to
the council yesterday at its regu-
laJ weekly meeting by Lindsey
yho had received them from
City Attorney Bert -. Nunneley.
The city attorney had already
addressed letters to the violators
asking for details in regard to
the violations and received the
apologies in response.
Lindsey said that none of the
violations were serious or flag
rant and consisted mostly of
failures of householders or
building custodians to shut off
basement lights. All promised
that the violations would not &C.
cur again.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09
Old Sea Dog Aids Recruits
and Enjoys His Mew Service
Chief Eleetrieion's Mate on Duty
at jefferson Beech, After Retirement

AS a matter of fact. Simkins
says, he's getting them.
But the biggest kick he gets
out of his job at the Beach.
where he presides over a booth.
built as a replica of a destroyer,
and containing a pictured ocean
carrying models of every type of
vessel in use in the Navy today
is reassuring mothers concerned
about their sons who are on
naval duty.
They come to him with tales
of how their boys are forbidden
by naval censorship to reveal
much about what they are do
ing, the type of ship they are on,
in any great detail. They ex-
plain that they know that their
boys are fighting for their coun-
try, but they don't know just
how.
TELLS THEM HOW
iidt - WllCIi oliilhlIlS SIIlllcS,
as he inquiries what sort of ship
their boys are on, battle-wagon,
carrier, destroyer, cruiser, gun
boat or what not.
Their he points to the replica
or model of that sort of ship that
he has in that booth on that pic
tured ocean.
1.-THE ship your boy is on"
he'll say, "looks like this. Then
after ascertaining the boys rat
ing he goes ahead to tell the
mother just what the sons duties
are.
After all, with 38 years of
service, first on active duty,
then as member of the Fleet
Naval Reserve, then as an inter-
ested veteran on retirement pay
and now back in the recruiting
service, Simkins figures he just
about ought to know.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09
Delay Action
on War-Risk
Insurance

Action on a proposal that the
city buy $4,000 worth of war
risk insurance on its Municipal
Water plant. at an annual cost of
S493.50 was delayed two weeks
by the city commission last night
while City Clerk Joseph Matth-
ews studies the entire insurance
set-up.
Matthews was told to study
the present insurance coverage
on the basis that existing policies
may be drastically reduced and
the savings used to buy the war
risk insurance.
The city now pays S251.45 an
nually for $235,0O0 fire insur-
ance on the plant written on an
80 per cent reinsurance basis.
The rate is reduced 70 per cent
on the fire proof plant for car
rying insurance 80 per cent to
value.
On this basis the city could
carry only slightly more than
100000 on straight insurance
basis, but some of the Commits
sioners believe that even this
amount of insurance is too much.
What could burn couple
of lockers, hammer, a
wrench" Commissioner Edward
j. Dubay wanted to know.
On the other hand, the COM
mission pointed out that the pol
icy on machinery at the plant
costing S2,217.47 each three
years is we'll worth while.
We've already collected more
than the premium in losses"
Mayor Donald r. Westendorf
said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09
WOuldPIa
Prisoners
i'm Uniform

ELMIRA, N. Y, July 9-(R)-
A plea to take men out of their
prison gray uniforms and dress
them in army khaki" came to-
day from the American Prison
Chaplains' Association.
Estimating 100000 men in the
nations prisons are eligible Ito
take their place in the ranks of
the defenders of these United
States" the Rev. Francis j.
Lane, association president, said
in a statement:
"Are these men to be kept
confined because of the one mis-
take in their lives? We say one,
because a large percentage of
them are first offenders =.
We don't say they should be
handed the world in a silver
tray, but we do say these men
should be given the chance to
prove that their mistake was
really a mistake"
The Rev. Lane, chaplain OF
Eimira reformatory, where 4 400
inmates are undergoing military
and industrial training for fu-
ture patriotic service, declared
many former prisoners have en-
tered the armed forces and add
ed:
But why must the rest OF
these men wait until their debt
to society has been paid before
they can volunteer? They
would make excellent soldiers" "
A New York Legislative COM
mittee is investigating means OF
releasing prison inmates for mil
itary service.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09

During 1910, 1918 persons
visited Idaho's CraterS Of the
Moon National Monument.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09
Cupid Does Usual
Banner June Business

June, traditional month for
brides, lived up to its reputation
in Macomb county this year, ii
was revealed at the office of
County Clerk Guy l.. Brown to-
day.
The thirty day period saw Ill
licenses issued to aspiring new
lyweds, to set new high for the
year.
The next highest month was
January.
The war situation had little
to do with the brisk upturn from
the monthly average for the year
which is from 80 to 100 licenses,
it was stated. January's high to-
tai was due in part to the desire
Of young couples to wed, the
man of which was either already
in the service or expected to be
soon.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09
Asserts No Need to Induct
Married Men, Boys 18, -
Militory Affoirs Committee Chief
Boses Prediction on Military Secret

WASHINGTON, July O. up
Predicting the war would end
probably in 1912 and unques-
tionably in 1943," Chairman
May (D-Ky) o; the House mill
tary affairs committee said to-
day there would be no need for
the Army to induct married men
or youths in the ID and 10 year
group.
The information on which he
based the prediction, the Ken
tuckian told reporters. was "a
military secret" obtained since
the recent apparent Russian re-
verses.
The assertion that the draft
ing of married men and boys
under 20 would be unnecessary,
May said, was based on selec-
tive service records. The war de-
partment has not requested that
youths of ID and 10 years be
drafted and May said he would
oppose any such request if it
should be made.
Best estimates based on the re-
cent registration OF ID and 10
year old boys, May said, showed
there were approximately 3,125,-
600 in this group.
with that many yet to be
utilized, and figuring 100000
of them will become twenty
years of age each year and SUBJ
ject to induction, it will not be
necessary to provide. for the in
duction of anyone under twen-
ty," he said, adding:
1T is a safe estimate to say
this group will net the service,
after reflections for all purposes,
approximately 100000 fight
ing men in the next two years,
which is more than the Army
needs"
May expressed the view an
army of 100000 was all the
nation needed. The army has
said it hoped to have 100000
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-09

H. j. Simkins, chief electri-
clans mate, United States Navy
is doing business at the old stand
in different setting, after be-
ing in retirement from 1884 un-
til 194l, when with 5000 other
veterans he was called back to
the colors as recruiting Of
ficer.
But in his latest assignment at
Jefferson Beach, he finds him
self in a new setting and re-
cruiting has changed a lot since
he left his home town of In
dianapolis in 1903 to join the
Navy aboard a receiving ship at
the Norfolk Navy Yard. He re-
ceived his training aboard a
converted United Fruit Line
banana boat, the Ell Sol, re-
christened by the Navy as the
U. S. S. Prairie. In the years
that followed he marched in the
inaugural parade of President
Teddy Roosevelt, served in navy
yards along the Atlantic coast,
helped put the u. S. S. Montana
in commission and did a turn on
a battleship.
The latter was first class
ship of those days, armed with
13-inch guns with range of
about Is miles and around 400
feet in length stubby, Sim
kins calls it. She wouldn't have
compared very favorably with a
modern battlewagon like the
North Carolina, around 600 feet
long and carrying 16-inch guns
with a range of about rs miles.
He also served aboard the
Dolphin, the private yacht that
Detroit's Secretary of the Navy,
Truman H. Newberry, turned
over to Uncle Sam for use as q
war vessel.
In the recruiting service to
which he has now returned the
chief electrician was stationed
first in New York and then in
Washington.
In New York the recruiting
office was located on w. 39th
street, between Eighth and
Ninth avenues, In former
brewery building. In Washing
ton he had charge of the print
ing of all orders issued to Off
GERS and covering the movements
of all vessels, and of circular
letters to every United States
ship and station the world over.
METHODS CHANGE
But, as he says, recruiting has
changed a lot since those days.
At the time that he was serv-
ing in New York the Navy was
chiefly concerned in getting men
who we're physically fit. Educa-
ton didn't count for so much.
Today what Uncle Sam is seek
ing is physically fit men with
good minds and a fair to good
education.