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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-01
Council Notes

All members OF city council were
present at the last meeting Of the
fiscal year Thys day night e1cep;
Alderman Edward Block
II was the last meeting for Alder
man who did not sees
reelection His successor Is " c
Durant
Because Of increas ed population
Miles Lsughlin petitioned for 5000
more than is provided in his con.
tract for collection Of garbage. The
petition was received and filed
Mrs Minnie Nicely Of Carver Com
munity Settlement was given per
mission 10 conduct a tag sale May
g.
Petitions for tar surface on West
morelard Rd and on Frederick S..
we're referred 70 the streets and
walks committee
National Negro Youth Counc 81 re
quest to sell tags Saturday was
granted
Six thousand dollars was trans
ferred from the hospital 70 the hos
pitsl building fund. This makes
10000 available for hospital ex-
pansion.
Funds on deposit in city fund,
were reported as water works. So
5is IS. general. s1S93S p. sinking.
s5,96095; AMI bond and coupon &C
count, s1,67467
Approval vas given the final form
for a request 10 the Federal Works
Agency for a 100 per cent grant for
doubling the water and sewage diz.
posal plant and for extending mains
and sewers west Of Ypsiland. Alder
man John Ableson declined 10 vote
on the proposal.
A blackout ordinance will be pre-
sented 10 council Monday night and
II was announced that a milk ordin-
ance Is under way
Council voted SIS monthly salary
FOR clerk IN the welfare office
Attention was drawn 10 the neH
flag pole on the lawn Of city hall
Il was announced that $500 worth
OF mex equipment has-been received
for the clinic IL city hall
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Second Grade Program
Observes May Day Today

May Day. its derivation and col
o.. was observed this morning by
the second grade of Roosevelt
School under the direction OF Miss
Marguerite Hetmansperger in an
assembly program
Proceeding the gay May table
aux the history Of May Day was
read Colorfully costumed the
children danced and played before
the King Thomas Schill Climax
ing the program was the choosing
OF the Queen OF May. Joan Ash
burne by the King and the Kings
placing on her head a wreath Of
flowers
The traditional Maypole dance
was done around a garlanded pole
the dancers weaving pattern
with their pink and blue streamers
Special Invitations were issued
10 faculty members and 10 the
children's mothers May bouquets
we're made for the mothers By the
children
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MA R

Continued from Page One)
the Axis, Russias premier Joseph
Stain painted a contrasting pic
ture OF the present. declaring in
May Day manifesto:
War has brought TO the Ger
man people great disappointment,
millions Of human lives sacrificed
hunger and impoverishment HUI
man reserves are running out
Oil is running out Raw materials
are running out
Stain declared that Russia. now
receiving more and more military
supplies from the United States
and Britain, would smash Hitlers
invasion forces on a surrender-or-
death basis to make 1912 "a year
of final defeat of the German Fas-
cist armies"
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VICTORY BONDS

Continued from Page One)
man, stressed Poppy Days May %
and %. Members of the Auxiliary
will aid in the sale She reported
1856 entries in the Poppy Poster
Contest the unit is sponsoring.
Orlo Gill, art instructor at the
Normal, will be chairman OF judges
OF these posters
Mrs. Alice Snider. Tecumseh.
present al the meeting She re-
ported that the second district
has 100 per cent quota on mem
bership and is the only district in
the state ever to have attained that
distinction
She also spoke Of the Billet at
Otter Lake, partially maintained
by Legion posts and Auxiliaries of
the state. The Billet is a pre-
ventorium where children are
housed whose parents have tuber-
culosis Two new cottages have
gust been opened to take care OF
babies whose fathers were killed
or injured at Pearl Harbor and
Wake Island
Also present at the meeting we're
Mrs Mary Kopka. Ann Arbor
who Is second district vice pres
ident and Mrs Bert Warren. Te-
cumseh, serving chairman of theh
second d district
Mrs Snider was presented with
a gift from the unit
After the business meeting re-
freshments we're served Each
place was marked by red white
and blue cups filled with red white
and blue tiny candy stars Work
ing with Mrs Carl Stanton. chair.
man on this part of the meeting
were Mrs Herman Smith. Mrs
Margaret Putnam Mrs Ralph
Wright Mrs Loren Brown. Mrs
0 p Campbell and Mrs Harold
Curtis
The door prize, a rose bowl and
hand made dolly. were won by
Mrs Margaret Harrington
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Mrs. William SlaterIlne,
0wcSSo, Taken by Death

Mrs William Slaterline. nee
Mabel Crane. SO. of Owosso, died
Wednesday night after a long i'll
ness. at her home Mrs Slsterline
was a resident of Ypsilanti for
many years.
Funeral services will be held at
tho Slaterline home in Owosso at
? p m Saturday
Her husband survives her as
well as her son. Gerald Clark. Yp.
SLANT. and two daughters. Mary
Jean and June Her mother, Mrs.
Fletcher Wright, Durand, Mich
also survives.
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Municipal Court Clerk
Announces April Funds

Mrs lvsh Manning, municipal
court clerk. announces receipts Of
the court for April.
Receipts we're listed as costs.
civil cases, $13475; costs and fines,
city cases, 1857 So; costs in name
OF people, s46l35, bonds posted for
appearance. 1865. received on &C.
counts, S709.9S; restitution. s13176:
oyerpaid costs, s12.S5, officers sery-
ice fees 1880. These total s3.52S.34.
This amount has been discussed
as follows: deposited to the credit OF
city Of Ypsilanti S175230; 10 coun-
~ treasurer, S461.35; bonds re.
deemed. 1865; paid out on accounts.
S709.9s restitution. Sf31.76: over
paid costs returned. $12.35. service
fees paid to officers, $3.50.
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Appointments Made For
New Recreation Program

New appointments to the recrea-
ton program in Ypsilanti and yicin-
ity are announced by Coach Edwin
W Shadford.
Mrs. Mary Schofield has been
placed in charge of children at
Prospect Park, Mrs. Lydia c. Neal,
Carver Center area: Grover Bell.
grounds keeper for ball diamonds;
Mrs. Marion Splitter Recreation
Park; and Mrs. Julia Cook. Gilbert
Park.
Supervisors will be at the desig-
mated places every afternoon Mon
day through Friday. Mrs. Cook will
handle handicraft at Woodruff after
school hours.
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sIeYele Reeovered

A bicycle was reported stolen.
found and claimed, all in about an
|bour this morning Mrs. Paul Nc
lister $50 Ford Dam RdY reported
(he theft Of her son Lynn's bicycle
from Ypsilanti High school Thurs
bay afternoon A few minutes later
bohn Grigsby. COZ Madison Ave
Informed police that a bicycle was
abandoned on lawn IN front OF 32i
RY. Forest Ave Il was brought TO
The station idenuuei as the stolen
bicycle and a short time later was
claimed by its owner
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Ittend Convention

Clyde Budd and Harold Palmer,
re attending the state Junior Cham:
Der OF Commerce convention IN
benton Harbor today The three
lay convention opening today viii
be attended by othe9members OF
he local organization.
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YpsiLanti Briefs
Receives Commission

Receives Commission
Ulrich R. Gress, son Of Mr. and
Mrs Adolf Gress. received his COM
mission as second lieutenant al the
Army Technical School Lowry
Field, Denver. Colo. where he was
trained for photography commander
With the air force. He is now spend
ing a few days with his parents pc
fore leaving for his new station in
the South.
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PRODUCE
Newman Grocery
IN WALL STREET
STOCKS, BONDS
STEADY TO FIRM
Buying Prices)

New York. May Stocks and
bonds we're steady to firm in quiet
opening trade today. Cotton fu-
lures firmed / to 3 points.
Most changes in the stock list
in initial dealings were narrow.
Penn-Dixie Cement preferred. an
exception. dropped 3A points to
new low at SIN.
American Telephone reached a
new high on the recovery. selling
at los. up L On Wednesday the
issue reached a seven.year low at
101 Il
L S. Steel opened at 46A. of II.
but Bethlehem was up Il to ssh.
Republic Steel was up Il to 15%.
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LONDON-AP- Capt Godfrey
Theodore CARAT. s.. author and
former foreign correspondent. has
died while on active service, it
was announced today. No details
We're given
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No circus is complete without
clowns and the big King Bros. Cir.
Gus coming to Ypsilanti Wednes.
day is no exception, having a great
array of funsters who not only
keep the children, but the staid
parents laughing
When this amusement organiza-
ton comes 10 Ypsilanti. aerialists.
acrobats, tumblers, high and slack
wire artists, flying acts will be
seen
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LIVESTOCK

Detroit, Mich. May Good to
best steers, $12S501S.5O; com.
mon, S115O; fat beef cows.
S9.50q 1925; good weiEhty sausage
bulls. $9.5OdlO.25; thin dairy OF.
ferings down 10 S7qS.25; Gamers
and cutters, s65O0Z75.
Calves-Good to choice grades.
$3.50: common and medium
$1,000 q 1850; light culls down to
SIS.
Sheep and lambs Few choice
$l2.35@1275: medium sl1@1l.2j.
slaughter ewes. Sc a $50; ligh,
culls down to IS.
Hogs-lS0-250 lbs. s1410d1420;
250-S5o lbs, s1395q141O; S5o-45O
lbs. 1890; bulk sows. sl3.25 q
1880.
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~ NOTICE ~
Michigan Medical Service Subscribers

oseontnuanee Of payments to doctors medicine
stng WIN mehoan Medical Service, which be effective
WAY J. s4e accord with notice previously HAS BEEN
POSTPONED UNTIL JULY T. 1912
TINS means that present arrangements payments
ICES received as provided Michigan Service
plan vi" be continued without change during next sixty
day period
roster OF doctors Of medicine registered az participating with
Michigan Medical Service not be available before July l. 1912
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Deaths Increase

Deaths for April increased five
over the March total and births de-
creased one. Total April deaths
We're IS including seven women.
five men and three babies In March
ne total deaths were 10, seven WON.
en- and three men. April births
amounted 10 so including 10 girls
anad i boys. In March the total
births were 81 is girls and IS boys
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Assessments Made

Assessments in municipal court
Thursday and this morning were
against Charles Moore, Bruce W.
Carpenter. Wayne, 50, each, passing
on hill Lloyd Grant, 80. Orville
Wright ST. Paul Carver, Ann Ar
Dor. SO, stop street violation. Rose
Crosby Morgan. 81. defective
brakes. Marvin Pearson. Bay City.
81. Glen Everett. 81. double park
ing. Joseph Grady. So Orville stone,
$40 speeding " H Ruyle Detroit,
s.. driving across center line EN-
est Hutchinson. 50, improper park
ing; Maxwell Anders. Detroit, So
passing on curve; Nathan R. Smith.
S5.35. no operators license. and Leo
y Hines. 81, allowing unlicensed
driver TO operate car
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|Benlna work

Webster Kenneth -!adler 10 ".
Michigan Ave BEGAN work as pro
|bationsIy patrolman with the lpsi-
bauu city police department this
morning Patrolmau Lindne- i- %
|Eears old. married. and has been
engaged IN plant protection work u
|the city. He replaces Pauolman
Roma ID DeNries who will leave May
y TO enter militia Y service.
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Aus
tralia-AP- Every United States
Army camp In Australia will soon
have its own canteen. controlled
by an American taft. authorities
sad today.
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EnIists

Leo Blum Detroit has enlisted
IN the engineering division Of the
[ nited States Army and expects u
leave for Chicago Saturday He eX
poets TO be stationed at Camp SUIT
ton in North Carolina
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Cancel Meeting

Lincoln Community League are
cancelins their May 5 meeting and
will not hold sessions until the
opening Of the school year in the
fall
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Child Given Treatment
For Accident Injuries

Calvin Luckhardt. ia S. Hamil.
ton st. y, was treated and re.
leased at Boyer Hospital Thursday
afternoon after he had received
minor injuries on his left leg and
elbow when struck by a car at
the Adams 81 and Michigan Ave.
intersection
Driver Of the car was Melvin
Gokee, 80 S. Huron St. who was
making a left turn The child.
running across Michigan Ave. with
the traffic signal. was reported to
have run into the car.
Car Damaged
The top Of a car owned by Arm.
old Anderson. parked in front OF
his home at 952 Sheridan Ave
vas damaged during the night
when a limb from a tree fell on IL
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Detroit. Mich. May l.
ASPARAGUS-75d soc doz bchs.
BEETS-No. l. 55Q 75c bu.
POTATOES-No. !. s115q125.
CABBAGE-6OQ75o bu
CARROTS-No. l, $125dl50 bu.
ONIONS-Dry. No /, 50 q $50 SO.
Id sack.
GREEN ONIONS-do=. 5unches. IS
40c.
RADISHES-5Oc doz. punches
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Still Have Measles

City Health Physician, DR.. Donald
VI. Martin, reported that in April
there were Sc cases Of measles and
seven OF chickenpoX In March there
were $50 cases of measles and nine
Of chickenpoX
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OXFORD, England AP-Harold
BIN IS year old soldier. was
hanged az Oxford today for t1e
Staying ~ Doreen Joyce Hearne.
), who w2s found strangled
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Fruit

Detroit, Mich. May l.
APPLES - Northern Spies. No I,
$1.756225; Steele's Red, No /,
S1.5062.
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ExtInauIsh sIaze

Firemen we're called Thursday
afternoon to eXtinguish a blaze al
an incinerator in the goo block on
W. Michigan Ave
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Butter ana Edus

Butter ana Eggs
Detroit. Mich, May l.
BUTTER-Best creamery in tubs,
3SiaQS924c.
EGGS -- Current receipts, 2Shc
dirties. 27i2c. checks. PIC.
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Poultry

Detroit, Mich, May Poultry
market steady. Hens, heavy breeds
26629c; legho.ns. 2ld23c, rock
springers. &c; broilers, heavy, 26f
a9c.
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Tukes Army Assignment

BALTIMORE, Feb. a R.-Col
Gabriel 7, Mackenzie, former pro-
lifessor Of military science and TAG
tics at Davidson College, yesterday
assumed the duties of assistant
inspector general Of The Arnly's ID
Corps Area.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

Cohen. Sol Pond, Donald D,
Quckvorth. r.. u Rauofsky. Mortimer
lindlay. Jogeph p. asrsdeld. Orlando L.
/ 0astineau, Robert l.. scott. Francis D., 5r
johnson. Richard ~. Shepard, David =,
Laxton, william G. Solomon, irving j.
Manten. IAYoy II. TcmAres, Philip
Peterson. Hubert II. Wood. Hex g.. k.
Master q Arts in 0svsfnmsnt.
Bonnet, Leo v. Gerber, Albert 3.
fYecdeld, Henry ,. Smith, Henry b.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

Poster EsIph y. 1ickstts. Jcsephtns
Jones, William p. unser, 1lther !.
Lowell, May ]. spencer, Helen ~
LUCAS Allene N.
Bachelor sf scisnee h He0e .1csnsaiss.
Alvather, Helen L. W..
Bachelor d Science n Physical Elsseaisa.
Clarey, John l.. Nugent, Paul r,
Jones, Jack A. Veltri. Louis A.
Master u Arts IN kduestion.
Armes, Ella d. Mcclure, william J,
Baker. Martha T. McCulloch, Edith ].
Reres. Louis b. O'Neiu, Anna N.
Dick, Ruth 3. Pam. Helep ".
HodgSon, Alfred 8. HAmsey, James n
Holochwost, v. G. Reed. Octayta Z.
Hossfeld, Anna <. Rowland, Creelman
Houston. Lucy Z. atrobel Ruth A.
Lassly, Annie W. White. Mary L.
Lenning. Dorothy L. Wtfis, Claude 4, n
Lucas, Ethel N.
Doctor q Eduestion.
Clark. Harold q. Kornitzer, Henriette
Bachelor q Arts in GoveFzmsnt.
Evening star., 1942-02-24


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Evening star., 1942-06-29
N~eA ha1

Read Uncle Ray in The Junior Star
EUeTy Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-06-29

swift darting tongue is busy har-
pooning night cruising insects. A
box turtle is another garden friend
we must not overlook The two get
along famously-by ignoring each
other completely.
Bufo is the common toad east of
the Rocky Mountains from Mexico
to the Great Bear Lake. 1t shares
the Southern States with one cousin.
and Southern New England and
New York with another. The color
of these toadS is so variable that
a color pattern cannot safely be
given. Usually it is yellow brown,
light or dark in shade. with or with
out patches and bands of a lighter
color. There may be a light verti-
cal stripe, and there may be bright
red or yellow on the various as
sortment of warts. There usually
are four irregular spots of deep rich
coloring along each side of the
vertical line The under parts are
light: the throat of Capt. Warts
is bIack-that of his mate and
daughters, light, and they are more
brightly colored in greater variety
of patterns.
In May the ponds and marshes
become Water Gate" meeting
places for the musically inclined
toad clan. 1t is not difficult to 10
cate the singers. Quite. unconscious
Evening star., 1942-06-29
BY Lillian Cox Athey

of our presence, they may be sit
ting erect in the shallow water or
on a partially submerged log, their
throats distended into conspicuous
light-colored sacs, larger than their
heads.
Toads lay their eggs in June in
long strands like black pearls. The
string soon becomes a curling. jelly
mass wrapped about the stems of
the water and becomes invisible.
By the middle of June and until
the middle of July the shallow
water of ponds will be almost
SWarming with toad tadpoles in
every stage of development. In 10
days or two weeks after the ap-
pearance Of the hind legs, the front
ones suddenly appear, fully formed.
Now we have a little toad with a
long tail. But each day the mouth
gets larger and the long tail grows
shorter (absorbed from Within un-
til it is mere stub. Finally it dis
appears altogether and we have a
tiny toad, smooth as satin.
A yen for the road" takes pos
session of these youngsters and you
would be utterly astonished at the
army of toads evacuating the
camp" for more active duty on
the mosquito and gnat battle front.
Rapidly growing toads shed their
outer horny skins every few weeks,
the older ones four times a year.
The thrifty toads always swallow
their discarded robes-Which have
been slipped off in one piece.
Toads live to be very old-20 years
or more. That is why it pays to
introduce toads to your gardens and
of all things be sure and provide
them with moist spots to which
they may 60 for rest and privacy
Toads when held in the hand and
gently stroked will talk to you in
chirping notes that are most
pleasant to hear Try adopting a
toad for your garden this summer.
Insects and slugs are the only pay
theV ask.
Evening star., 1942-06-29

place." said she. "If we can find a
good house 1 think we will stay for
the summer anyway. We haven't
any time to waste, so suppose we
start house hunting right away. 1
believe you said that you have
looked at most of the houses. Just
take me to the best of them and
we will soon decide which one We
want and can move in right away"
So Bully led the way from one
tree to another in the Old orchard
and they inspected every empty
house. Mrs. Bully examined each
one of them very carefully. One was
too. small; she was sure that it
would not hold as much bedding as
she likes. Another was too exposed.
The doorway of another was too
big she was sure the rain would
beat In In bad weather. There was
Evening star., 1942-06-29
Uncle Rays Corner
By RAMON COLEMAN

Among the large islands of the
earth, New Guinea ranks second II
size. Greenland is the only one
which is larger.
New Guinea is not a great dis
tance north of Australia. At one
place the distance between the two
is less than 100 miles. That is from
Cape York, Australia. to point on
the southern coast of New Guinea
Yet New Guinea is so large, and
stretches out so far, that some parts
of it are several hundred miles from
Australia The northwestern end
is 1000 miles from the nearest part
Of the Australian coast.
Most Of the people in New Guinea
ale Papuans They are dark
skinned. almost black. Some eX-
perts class them as "a branch of
the Negro race" but they differ
from African Negroes in several
ways.
When the first white explorers
reached New Guinea a few hundred
years ago. they found the PapuanS
living in the Stone Age. Their AK
blades were made Of stone. and their
knives were sharp-edged shells.
Spears of the early Papuans were
pointed with bones. One kind of
spear was used only in war. Another
kind, with barbed point, was en-
ployed TOR Spearing fish.
Nowadays most PapuanS know
something about iron, and many
have iron axes which they have OBJ
tanned by foreign trade. Other
Papuans. who live some distance
from the coast. still use tools made
of stone and bone
New Guinea is in the torrid zone
and its northern coast almost
Evening star., 1942-06-29

you?' snapped Mrs. Bully. "If I
like one of these, whoever is living
there will simply have to move out,
that's all"
So once more Bully led the way
through the Old orchard. He
stopped first at the home of Win
some Bluebird. 1t just happened
that no one was at home. Mrs. Bully
not only looked in, but she went in.
She examined it just as thoroughly
as she had the empty houses and
acted as if she had perfect right
there.
Its better than any of the others
I have seen, and if we can't find
anything else think it will do" she
announced. Little Chippy Sparrow,
who happened to overhear her, fair
ly gasped.
There's the home Of Drummer