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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

Bywood, Pa, are spending some
time at their cottage at Fenwick's
Island, Md, while Capt. Quillen is
enjoying hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Stephens en-
tertained to dinner Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. William H. Murray of Bayard,
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Derrickson
of Roxana, Mr.. and Mrs. A. M.
Lynch and daughter, Mrs. Miriam
Dukes of Selbyville, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Johnson of Ocean View.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vance Lynch Joined
the guests in the evening.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

dinner last Sunday.
Miss Norma Jones of Georgetown
spent the weekend with her cousin,
Miss Joan Lynch.
Mrs. James Leary is moving this
week to Wilmington, where her
husband and daughter Kathryn, are
employed.
Mrs. Charlie .Tingle has issued
invitations to the members of the
Sunshine Sunday school class to
be her guest for a Christmas party
at her home on Monday evening,
December 81. At this time they will
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

exchange their Christmas gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Wilgus en-
tertained the family to a turkey
dinner and all the fixings last
Saturday.
Mrs. Mamie Daisey spent the
weekend with her son, Francis
Daisey and family, near Frank
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Goodwin and
family of Wilmington. N. c., have
been spending a few days with the
Godwins here.
Capt. and Mrs. Frank Quillen of
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

Better get ready for Mr.. Winter
now, and buy some good seasoned
wood and chunk" stove, if you
can find onel
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

Remember Pearl Harbor! Re-
member II every pay day! Buy U. s.
Defense Swings Bonds and Stamps.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
MARGlE M'LAuGHLlN WEEDS
GERALD ROBERTS. TPSllANTI

Willis. Mich, Jan. 2s-Miss Margie
Mclaughlin, Monroe. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Mclaughlin, De.
troit became the bride OF Gerald
Roberts. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Roberts. Ypsilanti. In a pretty
double wedding ring ceremony Sat
urday afternoon al 4 O'Clock In the
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Ypsi-
lanti. Rev. Hugo Fenker, pastor. Of
ficlated.
The bride was daintlly gowned In
floor length white taffeta and wore
a finger tip veil edged In lace held
in place by a band OF seed pearls,
She wore a string OF pearls, a gift
from the groom, and carried an arm
bouquet OF white carnations. Miss
Helen Schechter. cousin OF the
groom, was bridesmaid. She wore a
floor length peach taffeta and q
head dress OF pink flowers. She
also wore a string OF pearls. a gift
from the bride. Her arm bouque;
was pink carnations.
Homer Mclaughlin. Detroit.
brother OF the bride, was best man.
The men OF the wedding party had
boutonnieres OF white carnations.
The bride was given in marriage by
her cousin. Donald Schechter.
Following the ceremony the bridal
party enjoyed a wedding supper and
later 10 the evening returned TO the
home OF the brides aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schechter.
Willis. for reception.
Eighty guests attended, coming
from Detroit. Wyandotte. Monroe.
Maybee. Ypsilanu, Belleville and
Willis A boutltul lunch consisting
OF sandwiches. salads. pickles. Ice
cream. coffee and a three TERED
wedding cake surmounted by a
miniature bride and groom. The
newly welded couple received many
lovely and useful gifts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
Editor Emissions Union
OF All American Nations

SCHENECTADY, y. Y.-UP-Don
Alberto Rembao. editor OF the South
Amer lean newspaper La Nueya
Democracia. emissions a federal
union OF the Americas. which he
said would be the international eX.
pertinent of the ages"
Abolition Of ell tariffs and OF all
immigration and passport laws and
compulsory study OF Spanish and
Portuguese in the United States, and
of English in South American coun.
tries. are part OF Don Alberto's plan
for Pan'Ameriean union.
Speaking on inter-American rela-
tions at Union College, Don Alberto
said that one OF the simplest things
people OF the United States could
do TO Increase inter-American
friendship would be to give up their
monopoly on the name Americans %
He said the people OF the other
20 American republics are as much
Americans as the people In this
country, and they are referred TO as
Latin Americans, Ibero-Ameri-
cans. etc"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
Directors Elected
by Local Building.
Loan Association

At the annual meeting Of the
Npsilant Building q Loan Assoc
citation Monday al the oifce Of the
Association. 2ll ". Michigan Ave,
directors elected for three year
period are H. 2. WILDER. T W.
MeAndrew and c. b. MeAndrew.
II. F. Shaefer. George b. Norman
and A. r. MeAndrew hold over for
two years and William DeHaan.
{. h. Lamb and T L. Tewner for
a one year period.
The directors reelected the fol
lowing officers for the year. presi.
dent. II. Z. Shseter. vice presi.
dent, c. X. Lamb: seeretary.treas-
urer. T. W. McAndrew; assistant
secretary A. r. Mean
drew: attorney. 7. L. ToWner. as
sistant attorney, William DeHsan.
A dividend al the rate OF eight
per cent per annum was declared
on the installment stock. and at
the rate OF FIVE per cent per snnum
on the advance paid shares.
From Jane 80 1871. 70 Dec. 81.
1871, IS loans We're made. totaling
SSl.635. Three loans were for re-
pairs. $4,000. eight loans for re
financing sl55S5 and four new
construction loans, Sl9lo0
phe auditors report showed as.
sets OF s33S,S5S.4?: legal reserve
S2il4S.62. and undivided profits
Sl6,733.4l.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
Camp Date Announced
For Bow Scout Troop

Phil Harmon. senior patrol lead
er, was in charge OF the regular
meeting OF Boy Scouts Of Troop
at Starkweather Hall Monday eve.
ming.
The date for the camp in the
Irish Hills was announced for Feb
ruary y ard rs. and DADS night was
announced for next Monday night.
The committee in charge will be
" Bud Susterka and the Lion pa.
troll. 1t Is planned to have a talk
by Donald Schultz, Saline, on safety
and craftsmanship.
Following the meeting OF the
Scouts, there was a meeting of the
Scout committee and mem ers dis
cussed opportunities for Scouts In
an emergency%>. Paper collection.
messenger servfcS. first aid. and
help in salvage, were stressed.
Those present were Herman Kel-
Ter, Dewey Harmon. Norvald Bor-
gerson, Leonard Menzi. James Bell,
Elton Rynearson, Kennard Poster,
Assistant Scout Executive Grant
Marshall, Scoutmaster Duane Cham
berlain, and Assistant Scoutmasters
Fred Matthews, Wilbur Davis and
Lester Heddle
Ties Knots
An employe at the Ypsilanti bomb
er plant showed Boy Scouts Monday
night at the Baptist Church how to
tie knots, using both rope and wire
Twenty Scouts were present, and
after the regular color ceremony
and dues collection, first aid was
discussed. The boys are organizing
an emergency patrol.
Following the meeting. a number
OF the boys went to the home
Lyman Tower and helped him cele
brate HIS birthday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28

By mail to any address in Washtenaw County and West
Half Of Wayne County Except Ypsand City,
This offer gives you opportunity to get your avore
newspaper exceptionally low raeless than per DAY
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
NeiUs From Willis

The brides going away dress was
brown with gold accessories.
Mrs. Roberts attended Monroe
High School and was formerly em-
ployed in the Monroe Paper Mil.
Mr.. Roberts is a graduate OF Roose-
welt High School and is employed
at the Ford plant in Ypsilanti. Mr..
and Mrs. Roberts will be st home
10 their friends at $50 Harris Rd..
Ypsllanti.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28

WATERLOO. la.--INS-An Iowa
father and son marched side by
side with the AE.F. IN northern
Ireland They were staff
Sergt. David Meskimen. Sc. and
Supply Sergt. Frank Meskimen.
81, members OF Waterloo unit OF
the Iowa National Guard.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
Breejen, Redfori Township, to
Douglas Stocks, Salem.
Underaoes surgery

Undersoes Surgery
William Benjamin was taken 10
Mt. Carmel Hospital. Detroit. last
Thursday morning. He underwent
an operation for an abscess and
is reported improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Wheeler spent
Monday night in Holly with their
son. William Wheeler and family.
Sunday visitors OF Mrs. Julia Fore
man were Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill
Renwick, Mrs. James Dickie and
Mrs. Harold Foreman. South Lyon.
and Mr.. and Mrs. lack Foster. De
troit.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. johnson were
Sunday evening supper guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stacey.
DR.. and Mrs. F. J. Sober we're
Sunday dinner guests at the A. c.
Wheeler home
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Whitaker Wis
tied relatives in Lansing Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Stanley. Plymouth. &C
companied Mrs. Charles Stacey to
Detroit Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
NeiCs From Salem
SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

Salem, Mich. Jan. 2s-The Honor
foll for the third marking period
4 the Salem Union School include
ighth grade, Spencer Perkins. VIII
am Renner and Patty Waid: sew
nth. Veins Lewis; sixth. Dolores
[ryant; fifth. Jean ans Jessie Hol
ban. fourth. Arnabell sutkowski:
hird, Beverly Lyke. Jane Trap
nd Charleae Waid second. Leor
|olman; first. Robert Wilson. Rose
barrie Dix end Marlene Clement;
eginners, Sharon shuart.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
Raymond Levi. Promoted

Raymond Lewis who is now sta.
toned at Camp Wolters, Tex, has
teen promoted TO the rank OF cor
poral
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
supp.r. Feb. IA

The annual fish supper OF the
FEDERATED Church will be held on
,riday evening. FEB. 10. at the
hurch.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
FlNY At Meeting

Ffty At Meeting
About 30 women attended the
meeting at the Federated Church
last Thursday afternoon when Mrs.
NJ. Sutton. Manchester. spoke ca
Civilian Defense Work. A large
group will study Home Nursing" as
soon as plans can be completed.
Speakers on Nutrition and the Red
Cross were present.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28

Announce Engagement
Announcement is being made OF
the engagement OF Miss WilhelmIna
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-28
Renewal Offer for Present Subscribers

making possible for present mail subscribers avail themselves
this special offer You may your present subscription
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30

second mate fourfive miles away.
Break out the spare boat" ordered the mate
We'll lower again"
"Blo-o-ws! Blows and breaches. big sparm
under our bows"
BY Crikey great sperm was spouting
hundred yards from the ship.
Jump to it, yelled the mate. Hoist and
swing"
The boat crew were franticaly throwing gear
into the spare boat But the beast sounded.
There he blows!"
He preached, dead ahead.
Look out! He's coming for u.s."
The vessel was making about three knots. But
that whale, his fukes thrashing the water to boil
astern of him was coming like destroyer
Hard up the helmi" yelled the mate.
But it was too late The brute heaved his rock
like head out of the water and crashed into the
Essex under the forechains The ship brought up
as though she'd run into the Rock of Gibraltar and
lurched like drunk thing. Loose gear ratified
down from aloft, and all hands heard the scrape
as the whale passed beneath her.
They scrawled to their feet from where they'd
been knocked flat and their faces were yellow
under the burn.
A great section of the keel bobbed up alongside.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30

his head. His long, scssors-ike jaw, armed with
dozens of wicked teeth, FLASHED madly as he
writhed flashing the water to foam for yards and
yards about him.
Frightened to death, the crew watched the
mighty struggle. The brute was mad. he
spouted high, smashed his head down into the
water and whirled in half circle about the sink
ing ship.-He rolled and rocked as If in agony.
The Essex plunged in the seas kicked up by his
struggles.
"Hes crazed," whimpered the cabin boy Hes
workin' hissef up to come at us again. He'll
smash us to flinders"
Twas So That living island of crazed de-
struction flashing himself to boiling fury suddenly
Strengthened out and his head stuck out of the
sea like lighthouse as he pitchpoled, his little
pig eyes searching for the ruined ship. Then =
sounded, his flukes coming up like great, blac.,
iron fan.
But not for long. Up went his head, the long,
sword-like jaw snapping and he surged at the
Essex like the coming of doom. mighty bow
wave steamed out abeam of him until the water
was white for rods They could see right into his
mouth and the great, black mass came on like
batterng ram.
Hard up the Wheel" yelled the mate, desper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30
CHAPTER III.

by Weekly Inc Britain Rights Reserved
UAST WEEK I said I'd spin you a yarn about
the old Essex that's one of the seas widest
- chronicles of mad whales and shpwreck and
months in open boats aye and cannibalism
that fair makes the blood run cold.
One of my hands, when 1 was master of the
Canton, told me the story. His great uncle was
boatsteerer in the Essex back in 1919 when she
hove short and sailed out of New Bedford on her
last cruise.
She was a three boater of $50 TONS The Cap
tain, James Pollard lowered in the starboard boat,
the mate Owen Chase in the waist boat and the
second mate, Matthew Joy, commanded the lar
board boat. There was spare boat on the after
galows, above the wheel. There were only twenty
in the crew, nearly all Nantucketers relatives and
friends on a three-year voy'ge on share basis
Cap'n Pollard knew whales Knew where they
fed, when they made passages, and had his ship on
the grounds when long reefs Of spouts gladdened
the hearts of whalemen.
She cruised the Western Island Grounds then
took several whales off ST. Helena. Tristan da
Cunha, that lonely rock in the South Atlantic, saw
her tops'ls and she rounded the Horn following
the sperm whales passaging from the South.
Well, sir, only year out and the Essex hold
carried thousand barrels of oil. That was half
her cargo, and the crew happy as larks for
that meant short cruise and plenty of cash fer
all of 1ena.-
She put in at Tumbez in the Guayaquil River
LOI WOOu water, IIleil SlOOu OIL IOT the
pages Islands But they didn't raise spouts, so
Cap'n Pollard decided to follow what are now called
the Off-Shore Grounds. That's straight out into
the Pacific just south of the Line.
On November 20th 1920, the watch on deck
was reused by the masthead lookouts.
"Blo-o-ows! There, blows"
"Where away?" yelled Cap'n Pollard jumping
for The shrouds.
Long reef O spouts to leeward, it is. Bout
six miles off,
1t a school of sperm whales blowing and
preaching as if there wasn't harpoon in the
world.
Put the wheel up" ordered Cap'n Pollard.
"Up it is, sir"
That was to get ahead of the school, for they
were all travelling in the same direction. They'd
been feeding squid at the bottom of the ocean
and were returning to the surface to breathe.
Whales aren't fish, you see, they're animals, with
lungs and they got to breathe just the we
have Sometimes, after diving for an hour under
water they'll stay on top for half an hour before
sounding again. So the Essex watched them turn
flukes and steered for the spot where Pollard
thought they'd breach again.
Hoist and swing!" he ordered.
And the three boat crews tumbled into their
craft as they smacked into the water from the
great wooden davits.
Each boat carried six men. That meant there
were only two left aboard as shipkeepers: the
steward and Owen Coffin cabin boy and nephew
of the Capn.
Ny hands great uncle was boatsteerer in the
August 30, 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30


the breaking seas and each one spouted
until the whole ocean
seemed one line of feath- =
cry spray.
Give way" ordered
the mate well take
!. ]" ] E: ! ]:
them head and head" ~
That's the most dan <XMN&l
gerous way of killing, l4M n
for the boat has to slice 4 lMH%SA~
past the eye of the S4yMNSss y -
whale, dart an iron or MISTAKES
two if possible then
swing from the flukes; l~ n
that's what we call the NY > ~
mighty, lashing tail of N -
the beast. But that isn't NM$yN&
all. The whale will tear \S
ahead like as not as soon NJ
he feels the iron and the boat will \ m
be snatched around like chip. So it's "
all hands to trim boat or she'll capslze
and drown her crew. "
The three boats spread out, each
man choosing his whale, and watched those
great heads coming at them like -battleships.
Sometimes one would lift twenty feet out of
the water and there'd be clashing of the long,
slender tooth-studded lower jaw. But there
time to fear that for the whales
on them
The mates boat rocked between two great,
dank smelling heads, and the hands trailed
oars and ducked the spouts wetted them.
The boatsteerer wedged his thigh in the
clum~y ceat and hefted the hickory shaft of
his harpoon, waiting orders from the mate.
"Give it him."
With grunt he darted that iron right to
the bitches in the streaming, black side.
"Stam a!'
The mate heaved on his steering sweep to spir
the boat out of range Of the flashing flukes. But
this was fighting whale
Instead of sounding he whirled like race
horse, kicking and flashing with his tail until he
Crached down the boat and stove her.
Twas a miracle no one was mashed u~del
that tremendous blow. But the boat was filling
and the line running out of the tubs threatening t
tear the heads off anyone it touched
The mate snatched Ratchet and cut the line
That saved them from being dragged under. Some
one grabbed bailer and the rest stuffed theil
jackets into the hole and dashed their oars across
the gunwaies to keep themselves afloat in the
boiling wake Of those whales
The captain and second mate, fast to whales
couldn't see the mates boat they were beinf
towed away at the rate of knots
The steward and cabin boy weren't stronl
enough to swing the yards and bring the Esse1
down to the laundering boat But they did loos,
the topsl, ease the ship out of irons and gaiI
steerage way to where the mates crew held on fo
their lives
They scrambled aboard
Hoist her inboard," the mate said.
But the boat was bad stove
They made sail towards the captain anC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30

mates boat. rhe three of them pulled about half
a mile from the ship and then, like islands rising
from the sea- I. at school of whales
preached
Their mighty heads soused out of
the breaking seas and each one spouted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-30

There he breaches" shouted the
boatsteerer. "'Pears like he's killed
hisself"
Get on those pumps" the mate
shouted. "We're taking water"
The whale lay on the surface a lit
tie way off.
The six men manned the pump
levers and green water cascaded over
the deck. The Essex began to settle
by the head.
"By Crikey, look at that whale,
said someone.
The beast seemed to have gone
mad. He heaved himself out of the
water. blood rushing from wounds in
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-29
Ldrge Savings By
Consolidation Of
ContructsDivision

Toledo, Ohio-L. Metcalfe Walling,
national administrators Of the newly
merged Wage and Hour and Public
Contracts Divisions of the L. S. De
partment Of Labor, in radio inter
view over WTOL announced that cas-
"A result of the consolidation of the two
divisions a half million dollars an
nually will be saved in administrative
costs Of the two acts
Mr.. Walling, "a, the youngest Fed
eral Department OF Labor Admnistra-
tor, is here to address the National
Association Of Cost Accountants ut
Hotel SecOr. He was interviewed by
Miss Grace g. Glascott, regional direc-
tor Of the divisions for Ohio and
Michigan.
Mr.. Walling also pointed out that in
addition to the same inspection force
handling Investigations under both the
| Wage and Hour Act and the Public
Contracts Act, they will continue TO
| make surveys for the government :
emergency war agencies including work
for the War Production Board under
the Production Requirements Plan. AT
present the inspectors are making
audits on stocks of critical war ma
terials such as steel, aluminium and
copper. The purpose Of these audits is
to aid in the equitable distribution of
all critical war materials and to re-
port idle inventories of these materials.
Mr.. Waling explained that in some
instances the Public Contracts Act
sets higher standards than the Wage
and Hour Act since employees work
ing on materials supplied to the gov-
ernment under contracts in excess of
| $4,000 must be paid the prevailing
minimum in particular industries as
determined by the Secretary of Labor
and overtime at time and one-half for
work in excess of eight hours a day
or 40 hours week whichever is higher.
The Public Contracts Act also pro-
vides for the safety and health of
workers. He stated that deaths on the
industrial war front for the first eight
months of the war exceeded all losses
of the Navy in killed, wounded and
missing for the same period. Strong
measures to enforce safety and health
provisions in our plants are therefore
as imperative as precautions to pro-
tect our fighting mems lives
Miss Glascott stated that occupa-
tional deaths on the industrial home
fronts totaled more than 1880 from
December to September l.
The field inspectors of the combined
divisions will now enforce the safety
provisions of the Public Contracts Act
and participate in accident prevention
work.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-29
Average Hourly Earnings
In Factories Increase

Washington, ID. c. ILNS).-Average sc
hourly earnings of wage earners in
manufacturing industries rose 1.5 per
cent between mid-July and mid-August
to S6.2 cents, the Labor Department
reports.
The gain over year ago was 15.1
per cent and reflected overtime prem
iums, increases in basic wage rates and
expanded employment in industries
paying relatively high wages.
In the durable goods industries,
where war production is largely con-
centrated, workers averaged 96.3 cents
an hour in August, an increase of Is
per cent over July and of 1853 over
Augusta 1871.