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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03

The Womans study Club was
highly entertained by DIT r clyde
Ford wednesday afternoon at the
Club House.
Mrs. Jack Lockwood, chairman OF
the afternoon, introduced DIT. Ford
AS a world traveller. author. teacher
and expert on indian lore
DT. Ford reminded Ais listeners
that Australia Is 10000 miles from
the United States Of America and
that Hawaii is the halfway mark.
The climate is exactly opposite
ours. The sun shines In their north
windows. 10 Is about 10 degrees
now which is their summer tide
The heat is not particularly objec-
tionable. The population is approx
mately 100000 in a country as
large as the United States.
The people are living along the
fringe Of the continent, the inter
Tor is a semi-iesert and rainy The
birds and animals are marsupial or
pouch animals.
There Is much wealth in Austria
liza. Gold miners have settled there.
Wheat is raised as are sheep and
cattle in abundance.
There are three-hundred yarie-
ties Of the eucalyptus tree brought
from California.
The new capital is CauDe-ra on
the east coast and it is a large and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03
Mrs. Wizard Named
by Pythian Sisters

Mrs. George Wizard was elected
most excellent chief Of Huron Tenn
pie number Sc Pythian Sisters at
the annual election o: officers Of
the temple Wednesday evening at
Knights OF Pythias Hall. The other
officers are Mrs. Lee Backus, past
chief; Mrs. Karl Huston. excellent
senior; Mrs. George Allen, excel
lent junior Mrs. Melvin Peavey,
manager; Mrs. Loren Kenady, mis-.
tress OF records and correspond
ence: Mrs. Francis Carter. mistress
OF finance; Mrs. Gerald Ehle, pro-
tector; Mrs. Benjamin Sanborn,
guard, Mrs. Lester Wright, dele
gate to Grand Temple; Mrs. Cora
Martin. alternate; Mrs. r. r. Bur
bank, pianist: Mrs. Forrest Tefft,
captain OF degree staff; Mrs. Lester
Wright, installing officer; Mrs.
Robert Carter. delegate to district
convention; Mrs. Peavey, alter
nate; Mrs. Alfred Augustus, trus-
tee: Mrs George Allen, press re
porter.
Sons OF Pyuhian Sisters IN serv.
ice in United States are TO be- re
membered for Christmas.
After the meeting, refreshments
were served by the committee, Mrs.
Tefft, Mrs. Jay Moore. Mrs. VIII
liam Orr. Mrs. Otis Tooze and Mrs.
Theodore Chebowski.
Announcement was made OF the
Past Chiefs meeting at 1880 for
dessert luncheon at the home OF
Mrs. Clarence Sanderson, Dec. g..
They will have a Christmas party
and exchange OF 25-cent gifts.
The next meeting Of Pythian Sis
ters will be Dec. Is with exchange
OF ten-cent gifts
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 3-lNS -
The Army-Nayy e for excellence
in production will be awarded to-
morrow to the Eureka Vacuum
Cleaner Co. by Brig. Cen Paul y.
English, chief Of the industrial diri-
sion Of the chemical warfare sery-
ice.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03

John !. Johnson, 200 Miles St.
was indicted into the Army by a
Detroit draft board this week.
Leonard Mesic enlisted in the
Army at Detroit this week.
John F. Haines, POI Wallace Blvd.
husband OF the former Miss Rita
Gronic. who was indicted and
sworn into the army at Kalamazoo,
Nov. 10. left for Camp Grant, Hi
nois, Wednesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03
Entertained at Luncheon

The Welcome Wagon Newcom-
ers Club was entertained for their
December meeting Wednesday with
o'clock luncheon, festiyely dec
GRATED, at the home OF Mrs Phelps
Grouse. There we're 30 present.
Candles were used on the table.
Court whist was played. the prizes
going to Mrs. Frederick Zacharias,
Mrs. Loren Fehrenbaker and Mrs
Clark fowler Mrs. Earle Blakeslee
was chairman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03
BegoIe Club Has
Christmas Meeting

Hostess TO the Begole Child study
Club Wednesday evening was Mrs.
c. X. Hart, Club View Drive. Both
members and their children attend
ed this meeting at which several
Christmas skits by the Girl Scouts
were presented. One OF these skirs
depicted the observance of Christ
mas in other lands.
Santa Claus distributed gifts from
gaily DECORATED tree before re-
freshments were served.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03

DR.. and Mrs. c. c. Lane, Chelsea,
we're dinner guests Wednesday Of
Mrs. Edward Scheppner.
Guests Monday night at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w Smith
were Mrs. Basil F. Brown who was
on her way to visit her husband,
Captain Brown at Camp Debert,
Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Charles
Hoffman on the way TO Montreal
where her husband is lieutenant.
They had left Winnipeg Friday.
Captain Brown is Mrs. Smith
npDhpW
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03

dealer North. East-West vul-
nera bic }
What principle Of play governs
the use by East OF his spade X
and club a against 3-No Trumps
by South on this deal. West hav.
ing opened the spade s?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03

Mrs. J. Lynn Houck has returned
from Albion, where she visited her
mother. Mrs. L. T Cool. She found
her mother, who has been i'll for
some time. much improved.
Mrs. Robert Gay. l3 n. Summit
St. left Wednesday to join her
husband in san Diego. California.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Keller, who
have been in Arizpna for the past
few weeks for Mr. Keller's health,
have gone on to California for a
vacation along the coast before re-
turning home
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03
ATTENTION
CITY SUBSCRIBERS

The Ypsilanu Daily Press
wishes all subscribers 70 re-
ceive their papers regularly
and promptly. In case Of poor
or non-deliyery OF the Daily
Press phone the Press office
at 470 before 8 p. m. or 2 p. m.
Saturday.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03

That could have been the bid
ding OF this deal in rubber
bridge game. or South might
have snapped to 4-Spades after
hearing his partners first bid. but
neither of those things happened.
Actually North passed the /.
Spade and South. a thorough
Craftsman, took ten tricks. but not
a game. because he was not in
one. North, after the hand. ex-
planned that. If South had a mini
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03
omit Dance

American Legion dance for SOL
diers usually given Friday night
will be omitted this week. Next
week Friday a special party is be
ing planned 1t will be In the Rec
reation Hall at the camp.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-03
Normal College Calendar
TODAY

TODAY
7: 90 p m.-Commercial Club, Charles McKenny Hall.
1880 p. m.-Mathematcs Club. 1870 Elm Street.
FRIDAY
Q: 90 p m.-Yule Log Drag, Charles McKenny Hall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
GERMAN PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE
Polish Ambassador to U. S.
Says They Are to Blame
for Hitler

Boston, May a.. = (UP) - Jan
Ciechanowsl1i, Polish ambassador to
the United States, believes the Ger
man people are entirely responsible
for Hitler and that Germany must
be forced to remain disarmed after
the war.
He told the American Unitarian
Association convention here last
night that generating the German
nation from responsibility for its
leaders was "shortsighted" and that
it has been tried out in the past with
"lamentable results for peace"
THE German people" he said,
shave disergarded all warnings and
through their acts have made them
selves fully responsible for Hitler"
He declared that 'only an effec-
lively disarmed Germany, controlled
in regard to her supply Of the raw
materials necessary for war pur-
poses, may hope to regain the con-
fidence Of the community Of civil
lized nations"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

shall not become mere creatures Of
the state"
Mr.. Barnard pointed out that the
USO, whose War Fund Campaign
for $32,0OO,OO0 Is under way, is re-
garded by government officials as
not only Important and indis-
pensable" but as "the better Of the
available choices for the way Of
carrying on this work."
Stresses the Individual
Referring to his conception that
USO is vital expression Of the
Bill of Rights, Mr.. Barnard con-
cluded: IT wonder how long 1t will
be before people realize this, and
If we as a group will make 1t the
highest expression of democracy
based on a spiritual conception Of
the individual, without which it
seems to me it Is impossible to
avoid in the complications of the
future the kind of totalitarianism
which we say we are fighting
against"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Washington
Down Beat

WASTE Paper Salvage for
w Victory campaign has
actually produced q surplus,
but dDn't stop collecting.
idea Is to maintain the sur
plus. . . . Q4V is q new
slogan meaning you should
perform your job Quicker
for Victory" . . Red Cross
has sent . million hypOdermic
needles to Soviet Russia.
. . . Cashew nut oil from
India can no longer be used
I'm brake Innings except for
armed services. . . . StOppage
on manufacture Of bIackhead
saueexers saves 10000 pounds
Of steel. . . . The steel which
used TO 60 into manufacture
Of barber shop and beauty
slaOppe furniture win make 600
Ilght tanks. . . . Hereafter
penciIs-the Outsides, not
the leads can be finished only
in black, white, domestic earth
cOlOrs and blue. No more yell
lows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
FEDERAL FUNDS.
FOR new SCHOOL.
Bids to Be Opened June g
! for Erection Of Addition
at GrOtOn, Conn.

Bids for construction and equip
ment OF q one-story addition to the
Fitch High School in Groton,
Conn.,, and alterations to the exist
ing building win be advertised next
tuesday 70 be opened on June Q in
the office Of s. b. Butler, Superin-
tendent Of Schools, j. A. Mcconnell,
Regional Engineer Of the Federal
Works Agency, announced today.
Approximately $4,000, made up
Iot q Federal grant Of 100000 and
$50, 900 IN School District funds, will
be available for the contracts. War
production Board priority rating
Ehave been obtained.
The project calls for partitions in
the work shop, cafeteria and lunch
room Of the existing school building
to provide six additional classrooms;
construction Of the addition, and q
two-story fire-proofed exit between
the two buildings. q. l.. Bilder-
beck, Of rs Starr Hill Road, Gro
ton, Is the architect.
The new school facilities have
been certified as necessary by the
U. s. Office Of Education for the
children Of industrial workers en-
gagged in the war effort In the Gro
ton district. Other approved FILA
war public war projects In the area
include schools, improvements to
the water and sewer systems and
tire fighting equipment.
Mr.. Mcconnell also announced
today that work on a grade school
at Sidney, N. Y, for which q Fed
eral grant was allotted, will start on
June !. Harold Nelson, Of Oneonta,
N. " has the contract for general
construction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
Civilian Defense Calendar
Notices Defense Meetings Insertion in This Calendar Must Be
Sent to Mayors once at Least Two i'm Advance
TODAY, May ~
First Aid Glasses

TODAY, May n
First Glasses
500 p n-Fae Foundry g. Machine Co.. Dr. william Goodrich
1880 p. Nall Souls church: stan
7:SO m-Duggan school: Charles williams and staH.
7:3O p Mast Farms school: Carlton Chaplin stan.
1880 Charles A. Williams and Stah
7:3O p m.-Medcal building:
730 p Josephs Philomena stan
1880 p. m.-sIocum school: DeBells and Stan
SATURDAY May 2S
200 p Margares school, parkway; Chapma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

rate after an aggregate Of 624 hours.
@. Are there any other excep-
tons to the prescribed minimum
wage?
A. Workers whose earning cap
acity is impaired by physical or
mental disability may be employed
at less than the prescribed minima
upon prior permission from the
Labor Department.
@. Are uniforms or similar facil-
tiles, or the cost of maintaining
them, chargeable against the en-
ploye In computing the minimum
wage?
A. Not If they are required by
the employer as condition Of EN-
ployment.
@. May commissions be counted
in determining the minimum wage?
A. Yes, but only for the week in
which they are earned. They can
not be carried or spread over other
weeks.
@. Are payroll deductions for
employees store purchases, group in
surance or war bonds, allowed in
computing the minimum wage?
A. They are not prohibited II
written consent Of the employee Is
on file for inspection.
@. Is there any variation in the
prescribed minimum wages for
small as against large communities?
A. No. There Is no geographical
differential in the orders, and the
same set of minima apply equally
all over the state.
@. There Is no variation, then,
for different types of stores or for
different occupations within a
store?
A. Correct. There are no such
classifications within the orders.
Hours
Q. What is meant by "the
standard work-week" to which the
SIC full-time minimum applies?
A. It means the number Of hours
regularly established and worked
in the place Of employment as
full weeks work.
Q. What date will the Commits
sioner look to as fixing the "hours
regularly established and worked In
the place Of employment?
A. The week ended April Is
1912, unless that week proves to
have been abnormally short or long.
@. What If, contrary to existing
law, the employer has kept no rec.
ords from which the standard work
week may be determined?
A.. In that event, department In
spectors will undertake to establish
the standard work week by agree
ment between employer and EN-
ployeS. Failing that, the question
is one for the Commissioners de-
termination.
Q. What is a "full-tine" en-
ploye?
A. One employed to work the
standard work-week.
@. AS a regular employee only?
A. Not necessarily. A person
may be a full-time employee If hired
either as a regular for q fixed or
indeterminate time, or as an extra
for particular weeks. Thus, pre-
Christmas extras may be full-time
employees.
@. The standard work-week may
vary from store to store, then?
A. Yes. In a store where a.
hours are established as a full
weeks work, AZ hours is the stand
ard work-week. In another store
where AZ hours are established as
full weeks work, AZ win be the
standard work-week.
Q. May the employer vary 1t
from week to weekP
A. No.
O. Does this mean that the
standard work-week Of any given
establishment is frozen, once the
wage order goes into effect?
A. Yes, unless and until the or
der is modified or set aside.
@. Does the standard work-week
vary as between men and women?
A. Yes, because there are really
| two distinct wage 0rders--one COW
ering women and minors, and the
other covering adult males. Under
The first. women and minors In any
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
REV. MR.. HAGSTROM
TO GIVE FAREWELL

A farewell sermon will be given
at the Swedish Baptist tabernacle
Sunday by Rev. Gotthard HagstroTn.
former pastor. He will be guest Of
honor at special services planned
for May 20. Rev. Carl A. Segerstrom
has succeeded him as pastor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

time without compensation, said
that he regarded the spiritual
aspects" Of the USO program as "of
fundamental Importance"
Think so not only on general
grounds" he added, "but because 1t
also seems to me the most construc-
tive Of all efforts now going on to
see that American men and women
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

Because Of the Importance and the far-reacng effects
pf minimum wage orders for the mercantile trade effective
June the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce has prepared
series of questions and the regulations
The minimum wage ORDERS affecting all retail and whole
places selling food and drink for consumption the
premises, issued by State Labor Commissioner
fyArae IisqcT nono hAr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

New York, May 22.-UsO Is "the
highest expression Of the Bill Of
rights that has occurred in the
United States Of America" Chester
I. Barnard, president Of the New
Jersey Bell Telephone company,
told the board Of directors Of USO,
in accepting the presidency Of the
service organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

Cooperation Of Americans
Calling the USO activities now In
progress "a perfectly amazing CO.
operative effort Of the American
people as well as Of the agencies
which actually carry on and super
wise this wokr," Mr.. Barnard, who
succeeds Harper Sibley as USO pres
ndent and who Is giving his full
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22

&OA 44CAAA0 O0 40A4eS4AC4s
The minimum wage for fllll-time
workers, male or female will bt
815 Q week.
The questions and answers will
be carried over q period Of several
days by The Democrat. The first
instal11nent follows:
COverage
@. What branches Of the trade
are covered by this order?
A. All retail and wholesale SELL
ing Of commodities, except gas sta
lions and the sale Of food or drink
I6or consumption on the premises.
q. Regardless Of size2
A. Correct. Size makes no differ
,ence-provided, Of course, the es-
tablishment has one on more en-
ployee as distinct from owners.
@. Is selling the only end OF
mercantile trade affected?
A. No. Any operation or service
incident to retailing or wholesaling
is covered, such as buying, delivery,
maintenance, repair, ONCE, stock,
and clerical work.
q. Who is an ernploye within the
meaning Of these orderST
A. ANY person, male or female,
employed or permitted to work In
any occupation in the mercantile
trade, unless or until the specific
occupation is covered by another
wage order.
q. Give an example Of an occu-
s1afio1a "coyered by another wage or.
der"
A. p zuty shop operatives, who
are q cred by an order dated
MAJ 3, 194l, and hence are not
sv .ect to the mercantile wage Or
Is.
q. Aren't there any other ex-
/ illusions in the coyerage OF the Or
A. Only one - persons working
exclusively as outside salespeople
who are paid wholly or partly on a
commission basis.
@. What is the status OF cafe
tarias, restaurants or soda fountains
operated by variety or department
stores?
A. Eating or drinking places are
outside the mercantile wage orders
no matter where located, and no
matter whether the establishment Is
exclusively devoted to those pur-
poses or not.
q. suppose an employe Of Q res
tauraut or fountain also performs
some service in the mercantile
trader
A. In that case the employe be-
comes subject to the mercantile
wage order In full.
6, what II an establishment Or
Its employees are, in part at least,
subject to the federal wage-hour
act?
A. The federal act provides that
the state standards shall prevail, II
they are higher.
Base Rates
@. What is the prescribed mini
mum wage for mercantile occupa-
tons?
A. For full-time workers, male or
female, SIG per week.
@. Is there any provision Tor be-
ginners or learners?
A. Minors-an only minors
may be employed full-time at $l4
per week until they have acquired 3
months experience in the trade and
az Si5 per week until they have ac-
U,iired 6 months experience. There
after they must receive the regular
minimum of SIG per week.
q. Who is q minor" within the
meanin. Of this order?
A. A .,erson under Is years Of
q. How about learners over age
A. There is no special provision.
and they must be paid the regular
rate.
have finished the six-months learn
ing period?
A. They, too, must be paid the
416 minimum.
O. what il q store hires a minor
Who has already served . six
months learner period In some other
establishment
A. ne or she may not serve an
ether learner period ct the reduced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-22
"CAMEL0PARnSn

First CRATES taken into Europe
were called camelopards because
they had the form" Of q camel and
the Skin" Of a leopard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
laps TO Send 1900
Back 10 America

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is (INS),
Responsible sources in Washing
ton today said that arrangements
have been virtually completed for
another boatload Of approximately
$500 Americans TO be brought
home from japanese controlled
territory in the Far East.
1t is hoped that this group Of
Americans, including many women
and children. will be home In time
for Christmas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
Failure to0ust
laps Blamed on
Inferior Planes


WASHINGTON, Sept. IS (INS) ].
Senator Mon c. Wallgreen I'D
of Washington charged in the Sen
ate that the navy has been using
war planes IN Alaska SO far in
ierior to Jap planes that they
ARE a joke"
Recently returned from an In
spection tour of Alaskan defenses,
the senator broadened his state
ment to assert that the United
States Is behind the Axis powers
in fighter planes, although this
country Is superior in bombers
and other types.
WANTS SPITFIRES
Wallgren's remarks elected from
Senator George w. Norris Cd OF
Nebraska, a demand that the
United States armed forces manu-
facture British Spitfires, which.
the senator said. are the best
fighter planes in the world.
Norris asked why the United
States had not availed itself OF
the opportunity 10 build Spitfires.
Incidentally, he said, the govern
ment had failed to draw upon
Soviet Russia for information on
how TO manufacture synthetic
rubber. since that country for
years has been making its own
rubber.
"Whenever the navy sends
out ships whose maximum speed
IL 100 miles an hour, something
II wrong" Wallgren interjected.
"The navy Is doing that every
day"
ATTACK ON WASTE
Chairman Harry S. Truman Cd
of Missouri, of the special Senate
committee investigating war prog
ress. precipitated the fare-up over
airplanes when he delivered a
broadside against waste and In
efficiency" in the administration.
scarcely a week now goes
by without some prominent hier
returning to this country and
asking why we can't give the
boys better pursuit planes
Truman said.
After recalling that the Roberts
committee had attributed lack OF
unity OF command as one of the
most important causes OF the
Pearl Harbor disaster, Truman
told the Senate:
"Herc again the public and
tho Congress have been assured
that attention has been given
20 this problem and that unity |
of command has been achieved.
But the confidential report
10 the committee made by the,
senators who recently made q
4.OOO-mile tour OF all the I'M
portant military points In
Alaska indicates that more at
tention should be given I'M
mediately to obtaining
workable unity Of command,
particularly In Alaaka."
ASKS NELSON CRACK DOWN
Truman urged War Production
Board chairman Donald NJ. Nelson
10 get tough" and assert his au-
thority over the war production
program.
He said that although the COM
mittee had made many recon-
mendations and changes had been
made in the program for army
camp construction. Il am sorry
that waste was not eliminated
either in camp construction or In
the construction OF defense
plants"
Truman said he was sure that
there is not a member of Con-
gress who has not received let
tiers from the people back home
referring ito the wasteful and ex-
travagant methods Of construc-
ton"
"Inefficiency," he said. els all
too often rewarded with new
contract"
He praised the Baruch commit
tees report on the rubber situa-
ton, saying the report In calling
for a rubber administrator with
full power TO act, followed recon-
mendations of the Truman COM
nlittee now months old.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

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