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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-28
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For Sale Real Estate
Houses

Houses
SIS NORTH grows bedroom
home all good sized rooms. IN
very good coalition NIL convert
70 income easily. oak floors. yard
fenced IN large two car garage.
special prise Of $500 Terms
shown BY appointment
SO7 LOWELL ST. larss room one
and one haIf story seue. oak
floors. hot water heat side
hall grade entrance - fll base
ment. three car garage. lot f6N-l4.
Price $500 with 600 down II
interested in any 90 these three
call
Ralph (. Smallidge
$40 Roosevelt Blvd
Broker Paone ESQ Builder
A NEW HOUSE. 5 looms and hata
sass down. balance like rent. IS W.
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ATTRACTIVE Nesldence in Dexter
must be sold 90 settle estate Pm.
tc6l' Dexter
PEARL STREET NEAR NORMAL.
room bungalow 1880 Easy.
terms. See tbs, bargain today Ra-
berts. 80 Ecorse Road Phone
1891
WAsHrENAw Avenue lot well To-
Gated tecS Il Peet. SO y Huron
St Phone 1871
Lake Property
FIVE LOTS. MAUSE AVENUE
Sewer. water bargain an or part.
$3.50 each Terms Roberts. $50
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Farms and Land
I SEVEN ACRES income fruit or
ohard. near North Geddes Road.
close In. 1875. Terms easy n.
II. Peet, 80 North Huron St, Pm.
1871
TWENTY ACRES OR PART-at
Whitaker school bus passes $500
handles Easy terms Roberts, 80
Ecorse Road prone 1891.
Business Property
YPsILANTI CIGAR store. centrally
located. stock and fixtures. only
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Huron street. Phone ISL
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81. near Holmes Road acres
variety fruit Reasonable price
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BLOCK wide property on L. Mich
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-28

Jack Morrow. Of the L % VI
FLYING Club flea 70 Detroit city
Airport on business Sunday Burt
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liam Pomgratz.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-28

BOARD AND ROOM in private home
and laundry. VITA Bath. 97o5 Whit
taker Rd. Ypsi r.
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Civil Defense Work
Helps Win War

Neil Van Steenbergen writes that
he doesn't like this war any more
than any one else does, so he de-
cided to do his part to win it quickly.
I'm a member of the flrst-aid
crew of one of the local high
schools" Neil writes from 26l Ar
gonne avenue, Long Beach, Calf.
Whenever there is an air-raid
warning, it is my duty to report at
once to our community church, which
is serving as the emergency hospital
for our part of town. lam also
serving as chairman of a committee
to represent the church in any
emergency and it is my duty to
unlock the building and see that
the surgical and general hospital
rooms are cleared for use. l have
recently taken over the work of
caretaker for the church to free the
former caretaker for work in the
shipyards.
"On Sunday afternoons I have
been taking an emergency training
course to prepare myself for service
as fire watcher and messenger.
For over year have been saw
ing money for War bonds and
stamps. have already purchased
two Wae bonds"
Evening star., 1942-08-16

OF the foreign stamps my favorite
Is blue one from Bermuda with
a small picture Of king in a cor,
ner. 1t also has a picture Of = boat
sailing My favorite foreign set Is
from French Guinea. 1t is in many
gay colors Another set that ike
is from Costa Rica. Each stamp
in the series is decorated with an
American Eagle.
I do not know which stamp In
my collection is the most valuable,
but I think it is Greek one show
ing Lord Byron and some horsemen
fighting. Another stamp that be-
lieve to be valuable is green one,
also from Greece, with a man on
horseback on it.
I started my collection about
four years ago. but was not much =
interested at first and just kept
them in box. Three years later,
however, there was a stamp club at
my school and every one was get
ting an album, so I got one, too.
In the back was some important in
formation for collectors. I read it
and ever since then have been very
much interested in stamps. Here
is some of the information that in.
terested me most:
The fibers used for making stamps
come from straw linen, cotton, rags,
wood and certain grasses. They are
prepared by bleaching. beating.
grinding and boiling until they be-
come pulp. Then thin coatings Of
this pulp are placed on sievelike
frames and the water is allowed to
run of. Glue and coloring may be
added to the pulp. When dry, it Is
passed between smooth or engraved
rollers under great heat and pres
sure. The frame on which the
paper is first placed determines its
texture.
Paper from China, India and
Japan Is made from rice or silk
flbers. Silk paper is of two kinds,
Of long fibers, designated in cata-
logues as with silk thread" and
of short fibers, simply called silk
paper" To prevent counterfeiting,
the paper is given a sensitive color
or coating of some substance that
will wash of, carrying the design
with it.
Stamps also may be distinguished.
as perforated" or ''imperforated.
In the old days, when there was
no means Of perforating stamps,
they were cut with scissors.
The methods employed in print
ing stamps are six: Engraving, sur
face printing, type printing, litho-
graphing, embossing and rotogra-
yure.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

manner that it helped swerve him
to the boulder, and there he clung
for dear life.
Following close behind him, Bry-
ant shot past, but the rope kept
him from going over the edge OF
the precipice. Both men were
saved.
Carl Sulzer a member OF the
Swiss Alpine Club, tells of curious
experience while he was on another
peak in the Canadian Rockies. He
was making a pencil sketch Of the
scene, and beside him was a single
companion. Black clouds were
rolling toward them, and there were
reports of thunder
Suddenly, two stone slabs be-
side me began to make a humming
noise" Sulzer recalls. THE metal
holder of my pencil buzzed, and my
pick began to crackle. My comrade
was so much alarmed that he could
not utter a sound. I touched the
pick on its metal mount, and felt
a strong shock.
The cause of this was clear
we were in an electric cloud! Most
of the electricity in the cloud had
escaped by lightning and the rest
escaped as it touched the mountain
peak"
No harm came to either of the
men from the electricity, and we
may call them fortunate!
The Canadian Rockies contain
some of the most beautiful peaks
Of the great Rocky Mountain sys-
tenn. They have been compared to
the Alps of Switzerland. Set in
their midst are fair lakes, the most
famous of which is Lake Louise
Among the other sights of the
Canadian Rockies are the glaciers.
Fields of snow and ice last through
summer as well as winter
More than so peaks in the Can
adian Rockies have height greater
than 2 miles. Tallest of them all
is Mount Robson, which is l2,975 feet
above sea level.
Although Mount Robson is the
tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies,
it is not the tallest in Canada.
Mount Logan is more than a mile
and a quarter higher. It is in the
coast range of Western Canada.
Mount Logan is the second highest
peak in North America, Mount Nc
Kinley in Alaska. ranks first among
the mountain peaks of this con-
tinent; it rises almost 4 miles above
sea level.
For TRAVEL or ADVENTURE section
OF your scrapbook
Evening star., 1942-08-16
There Are Plenty of
Comets, Though We
Seldom See Them

Unless you're lucky boy or girl
the chances are you've never seen
a comet. Shooting stars and me-
teors, yes, but no comets. Most
comets are visible only with tele-
scopes, although they are plentiful
in the universe at almost all times
A comet is tremendous mass of
material burning at a temperature
human beings cannot comprehend
Some of it is solid, some LIQUID
some gaseous. Its tail is some
times long enough to reach from
the earth to the sun. One was
estimated at 58l 100000 miles in
length. If you drove from one end
of that tail to the other at 60 miles
an hour, "a hours a day without
stopping, it would take you some
thing around l,l05 years. In other
words, if you had started in the
year 837, just after the time of
Charlemagne, you'd be nearing your
destination now!
A comet near enough to earth to
be seen with the naked eye can be a
terrifying sight and earlier peoples
imagined destruction to our planet
every time one came into view.
There Is slight chance, however,
That comet will ever drop into
your house.
Even II you are frightened to
death every time you see a comet,
you won't have to worry very often.
Many OF them are seen once and
never return, while the others don't
stop by very often. The comet of
1882, for example, won't be around
again until the year 1854.
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Insects Eyes Are
Secret of Their
Canoufa6e

How does an insect camoufiage
itself? The answer, quite often, is
with its eyes.
A large number of insects, particu-
larly the walking sticks" escape
detection by becoming darker or
lighter as their surroundings change
A walking stick" walking into a
dark room from one brilliantly
lighted would change from a very
light color to a very dark one and
be equally hard to see in either
room.
The eyes make the change be-
cause the color of the walking stick
depends on the amount of light re-
f1ected into his eyes. The reflection
stimulates the activity of hormones
which in turn affect the coloring
matter in the insects skin. If the
light hitting the insects eyes is
bright, he gets lighter. If there
isn't much light, he gets darker,
Evening star., 1942-08-16
You Can Do Your
OwnDyeingWith
Soil Products
By l.. r TJJIEEN.

How would you like to dye cloth
just like your grandmother did in
pioneer days?
All you need is a piece of white
cloth, either cotton or wool, an
enamel kettle and a chance to pick
leaves, dig roots or bark trees. Most
plants contain some type of coloring
matter known as vegetable dye.
Whether you get red, brown, blue
or yellow depends on the kind of
plants you use
Your own yard may have some
dandelions. The root of this weed
will give purple dye Dig the roots
and wash off all the dirt Then cut
the clean roots into small pieces
and place them in the kettle. Cover
the root with water and boil the
mixture until you get a dark solu-
ton. Skim out the roots, and then
either place or dip your cloth into
the colored liquid in the kettle.
Allow it to remain there until you
get the shade you desire.
If you have birch tree you can
get many colors. Boiling the outer
bark will give brown dye, the inner
bark will give red dye and the
leaves will produce yellow dye.
You can prepare these different So
lutions by boiling, just as you did the
dandelion roots.
The husks of black walnuts will
give beautiful brown color. To get
H,n
should be picked fresh from the
tree, separated from the nut, and
then mashed to pulp, before they
are boiled in water to make the dye.
Many berries also will produce
dyes. So, too, will common vege-
tables. The outer skins of yellow
onions give a rich yellow dye. Beets
give red dye.
Some vegetable dyes do not want
to attach themselves to the cloth.
If you have trouble with this, dis
solve pinch of powdered alum or
an alum crystal in cup of water
and soak the cloth in this liquid
before you put it in the dye. This
is known as mordanting a cloth.
There are many other plants that
will give dyes. You can develop an
interesting hobby by seeing how
many different colors you can make
from the plants that grow in your
neighborhood.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

Five prizes of 81 each are
awarded in every issue of The
Junior Star for the best original
stories. articles, poems and car
toons by boys and girls Of high
school age or under.
All contributions must bear
the name, age, address, tele-
phone number and school of
the author.
Written contributions must
be on one side of the paper,
and, if typewriter, double
spaced. Drawings must be in
black and white and mailed
fiat.
The editors choice of winners
will be final, and he reserves
the right to use any contribu-
ton in whatever form he may
deem advisable, regardless of
whether 1t is awarded a prize.
Checks will be mailed to win
ners during the week following
publication of their contribu-
tions. No contribution will be
returned.
Writers of stories and articles
which, in the opinion Of the
editor, are of sufficient merit
will be given cards identifying
them as reporters for The Jun
ior Star. The editor reserves
the right, however, to decline to
issue reporters cards or to re-
woke those already issued
whenever such action appears
advisable.
Address contributions to The
Junior Star, 727 Star Building,
Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1942-08-16


and street lights on the corners
The airport is equipped with
flashing beacon and with flood
lights.
Further lighting effects are OBJ
tanned by series of red and blue
lights in back of the mountains,
by which sunrise, sunset and moon
light can be copied
The trains which Fred and his
father build are an important part
of life in Dream City. With seats
and windows, the cars are made to
scale, just like those on real trains.
Along the tracks are tunnels, a
signal bridge, stations, water tank
and all the other things you see
along railroad Fred has 7 pas
senger cars. Is freight cars 3 ca
booses and engines
F'red's train layout won first prize
In l94l as the best of it's kind in the
country, selected by Model Crafts
man Magazine. The prize was a s75
model train engine, which you can
be sure Fred is mighty proud of.
Fred also won two blue ribbons at
the Silver Spring hobby show this
year, one for baggage car he made
and another for one of his freight
trains.
The whole family works on the
city along with Fred and at Christ
mas time, they hold open house,
with the trains as a center of at
traction.
Fred is so interested in his trains
and city that he has no other hobby
except that he does devote some
time - model airplanes.
L like to build models" he SAYS.
so am glad it is hobby that
is getting to be more and more i'm
portant as time goes on"
Evening star., 1942-08-16

The good old-fashioned game of
croquet will be even more of circus
than usual if you replace the wire
wickets and end stakes with these
gay circus characters.
With coping saC and a few
scraps Of wood, plus some cans of
leftover paint, you can easily make
the Wickets and stakes shown here.
Enlarge the patterns by drawing
them on paper that has been ruled
in l-inch squares. Be sure that each
large square contains the same part
of the drawing shown in the cor
responding small square of the illus
tration. This is an easy method of
enlarging drawings and still keeping
the proportions correct.
Cut out the patterns and draw
around the outlines on Y Inch thick
wood. The ends Of fruit crates make
Evening star., 1942-08-16

fine wood for this purpose. Saw out
the figures with jig or coping saw.
Sand all the pieces smooth. The
crosspieces of each wicket, as well
as the stakes that 60 into the ground,
are lengths of small doWel. The
ground stakes should be sharpened
so that they drive into the ground
more easily.
The end stakes are merely sharp
ened for driving into the ground.
Finish the wickets and stakes by
giving each an undercoat of white
paint. The features, clothes, etc,
are painted in colored enamels. If
you wish the stakes and wickets to
be waterproof, give them several
coats of clear shellac over the enam-
els after they have dried. However,
the colors will remain bright much
longer II the pieces are stored In 4
box when not In use.
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Briefitorial
YOUR SENSE OF FAIRNESS

Do you feel angry when some
body playing a game tries to get
away with breaking the rules?
That's because your sense OF
fairness is outraged.
A sense of fairness is an i'm
portant quality for any boy or
girl to have. But the trouble
with most of us is that this
sense never operates quite so
we'll when we ourselves are af-
fected. We want others to OBJ
serve all the rules of the game,
but we'd like to be a little
lenient in applying those same
rules to ourselves.
That kind of sense of fairness
isn't worth much. If we are to
earn the reputation of being
just we must treat ourselves
fair, we must treat ourselves
it is necessary to make a de-
cision which will be to our own
disadvantage we must cheer
fully make that decision If it is
the fair thing to do.
Once you become known as
quare-shooter," as a person
who is always fair, you will
have an enviable reputation,
one that will make everybody
like and trust you more than
ever before. THE EDITOR.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

Catherine Heitmuller. We have large
responsibility on 31-acre farm
where there is no end of work
Since our father is away most of
the day. we assume even the heaviest
jobs-plowing, hoeing and harvest
Ing the various crops.
As my uncle lives nearby, I am
able to borrow a tractor from him.
While my 13-year-old sister helps
mother in the house, plow, disk
and harrow the land needed to
produce new crop. The weeds
grow fast, as you victory gardeners
know, so I am kept busy controlling
them.
On our farm we raise tomatoes,
eggplants, peppers, string beans, Gu
cumbers, sugar corn, okra, white and
yellow squash and Strawberries. The
early strawberries are picked in the
spring, so we are finished with them
now. Our main crop, however,
seems to be okra.
This plant grows mainly in hot.
moist climates, and is therefore most
common in the Southern States. It's
height varies from 6 inches to 5
feet, depending on the soil and also,
of course, on whether it is the dwarf
or giant variety. It has many large
leaves and its fruit is found near
the stem.
The okra is ready for picking
when it reaches a length of 2 or
az inches Sometimes however, it
grows exceptionally long-as, for in
stance, 6 to inches The reason
for this is that it has been allowed
to stand in the fields too long before
being picked.
Within four days after the bloom
has died the okra is ready for pick
ing. Then 1t must be sorted accord
ing to size. 1t is sent to market and
your mother buys it for use in soup.
in combination with tomatoes and
many other recipes
Since okra contains a high per-
centage Of acid, it must be picked
with rubber gloves. Many times,
however. the acid comes through the
weak spots in the rubber and burns
you fingers.
AS result of our work. my sister
and I are called "the two farmer
ettes.' We are proud of this title
because we know that food will help
to win the war.
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Riddles

Careful on that first ridd1e-yours
likely to be fooled. If you are, why
not get even by sending your own
favorite "stumpers" to the Riddle
Man? He'll print them with your
name, remember.
l. II you were offered an old S
bill or new one, which would you
take?-Dorothy Schwarz.
2. When does a chair take the
place of mans head?-Ruth Ras-
misselle.
3. Why is tennis player like q
riveting machine?-Dora Dugan.
4. When does the thread laugh at
the needle?-Howard Hurst.
5. Why does spaghetti seem like
a football game?-Walter Cannon. =
Housewife: Come in and have 4
chair" .
Installment collector: mo thanks,
I'll have the piano"
-CORT STEEN.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

each side of the walk were Red
Cross workers in different uniforms.
Lots of people shook hands with
the Queen and when they had
finished Betty and I presented the
flowers. The Queen shook hands
with us, thanked Betty and wished
me good health.
We were introduced to several
important men and were served
punch and sandwiches by some of
the Red Cross workers.
I liked Queen Wilhelmina. Imagine
being wished good health by a
Queen!
Evening star., 1942-08-16
How to Make Novel
Lapel Ornament
BY MABEL WORTH.

All girls enjoy wearing lapel orna-
ments, and now we have . new and
popular one-the v for victory en-
blem. Let me tell you how to make
your own-it's very simple.
The next time you have a chicken
dinner at home, ask that the wish
bone be saved for you. Carefully
dry it. Then give it a coat of your
favorite pink nail polish, and when
dry, tie very tiny silver ribbon
on it. Sew it carefully with invisible
stitches to your coat lapel, and 10,
something new to raise the morale |!
Or you may cover it carefully and
evenly with gold-colored silk en-
broidery floss. and have a gold V.
Other ideas may come to your mind.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

Deity HOLM. Cross Because
OF the war, there were not a great
many people present-only the
Queens bodyguard, Red Cross work.
ers, nurses from Emergency Hos
pital and service men.
I was filled with excitement. and
also was afraid I would forget to
curtsey or would trip and fall when
backing away from the Queen.
Everything went well, however.
The Queen thanked us for the
flowers and wished us good health.
l hope that the other members of
the Junior Red Gross were pleased
with Edward and me as their rep
resentatives.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

preclplce a n q
were in danger
of falling 600
feet. Steele saw
a boulder several
yards below. If
he could catch
it, and hold on,
he would be
S a v e d from
death; but the
boulder was not
in direct line of
descent. With
a quick flash OF
thought, Steele
swung his ice
1-o ~ c,tob q
Evening star., 1942-08-16
We're Out to Win
By FRANK L. ISEMANN, II

Some people don't know just what
we're fighting for;
It's liberty and justice, and we are
going to win this war.
We're all for one, and one for all !;
United we stand, divided we fall.
So start right now and buy bonds
often
Each one is a nail in Hitlers coffin.
It's tough, we know, but we did it
before.
Let's all help: We're out to win this
war
Evening star., 1942-08-16

Red Cross head
quarters I prac-
ticed bowling and
backing SO I
could do it just
right for the
Queen.
At the cere-
mony in the Red
cross Garden
the Marine Band
played the ma
tional anthem
of the Neither
lands and, of
course, our own
Star Spangled
n - - q y y nn
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Personal Gift

Personal Gift
Wont you give shilling to the
Lord?" said a Salvation Army girl
to an old Scotchman.
How auld are ye, lassie?" he
inquired.
Nineteen sir"
"Ah, weel, I'm past IS. I'll be
seem Him afore you, so I'll hand it
to Him mysef."
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Poser 4nsuers

Poser AnSwers
Simon Legree by Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan
Doyle, Rip Van Wrinkle by Washing
ton Irving. Shylock by Shakespeare
Silas Mariner by George Eliot
Scrooee by Charles Dickens, John
Alden by Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow, Wendy by James Barrie.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

ent answer re-
S u | t ng each
time. Maybe you
work for the Red
Gross, knitting,
ETC.; or you may
be studying first
aid or working
in some occupa-
ton, taking the
place of an adult
who has trans
ferred to a war
pr o d u c tion
plant. My sister
and I have a diff
ferent answer.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

E v e n t n e
smoke is realiS-
tic. That COM
ing out of the
m a n ufacturing
plant is black
and that COM
ing from the
train engine is
white, all made
t ro m cotton.
Fred's Dream
City even has
its own airport,
too.
1t Is a modern
city, with lights
ir oil fka ko,,-na
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Flowers for the Queen
Prize Contribution
BY BETTY HOLLIS, IL,
Puchanop School

On Friday, August 7, I was very
happy in the knowledge that l had
been chosen by the Junior Red
Cross to present a bouquet of Ameri-
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Riddle Ansyers

RiddIe AnSiUerS
l. An old f1ve because it is 81 more
than a new one. 2. When he hangs
his hat on it. 3. He can't do much
without a racquet (racket. 4. When
the needle puts 1t In stitches.
5. There are several yards to 20.