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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07
Homes OF
All Types

ONLY $500 DOWN. rooms ana
bath. Within sight " Bomber
Plant Nicely decorated inside and
will furnish purchaser with paint
for outside. Unusually attractive
Crane bath fixtures. wired for
electric stove. This home Is not
entirely completed, but needs only
small amount Of work TO be made
liveahle Price only $4,000.
BRICK HOMES: We have Just list
ed three OF the citys finest brick
homes.
"a rooms. ? baths. Close in 70
downtown Easily converted into
> family II desired. Price, $4,000.
(O rooms. On West Cross. Fire
place. breakfast room, . car gar
age. Lot beautifully Handicapped
with evergreens. Price $4,000.
go Brick family Located IN
Fairview circle. one OF city's mic
est residential areas. rooms and
full bath on each floor; Fireplace
In both units. Stoker heat. You
can live in half Of this fine home
a. SSS sect 0:bce hsls % psy tbs
costs OF maintaining II. Price
$4,000.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION: 5 bed
room home. Located on Elm St
with one bedroom on LIST floor. ~
IT, living room with natural fire
place. Hardwood floors both below
above. Nice woodwork suitable for
rooming house or for a large family
This house is vacant and YOU can
move right In as soon as you buy
$1,000 down payment.
INSURANCE DISCOUNT: We hand
lie all kinds OF insurance. and can
save you 90 per cent to one-third on
fire and windstorm insurance, IN a
stock company with Al rating, II
your home is good risk.
Ehmon & Greenstreet
40 w. Michigan. Phone IiS7
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Real Estate
Wanted To Rent

WANTED by Nov. aeud. furnished
or partly Furnished apt. Depend
able young couple Phone 269-M.
ONE ROOM Apt Furnished. or room
hy young Lady, In Npsilant. Box
k-sy, care Press.
THREE or four room furnished apt.
near school Child st. Best OF ref.
BOX 1t care Press.
MODERN room in Protestant home
must ho two blocks from down
town. state price. Write Box LIS
care Press
? OR MORE room furnished apart
ment by quiet responsible couple
Possession immediately, Write
Box LIS care Press
THREE To SIX room apt. or house
Dnfurnished wired for electric
stove. Res ponsible party. Avail
able by Dec. /. Call 2b70-J. after
p. m.
Brokerage Cares
LIST your house. farm or business
with Harry e.. Pvet. over IS years
Real Estate experience. Realtor
50 n Huron st, 1871.
REAL ESTATE - General Insurance.
Ross X Bower, 100 W. Michigan
Phone s6i
T. RODGERS SYLVESTER
Real Estate. Insurance. Mortgages
907 T. Forest Phone tts
Houses For Sale
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07

Two new United States senator's
are Chapman Revercomb, above,
Of Charleston. w. Va, and Ed H
Moore. bottom photo. Of Oklaho-
ma. Both are Republicans. Rever-
comb defeated Gov. N. NJ. Nicely
Cd. and Moore defeated Senator
Josh Lee Cd. who had sponsored
the prohibition amendment to the
1s-1s-year-old draft measure.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07
Lost Alo Found
Personals

WANTED Riders to Bomber. End
shift a. m. to $3.50 p. m. or near
that time. From Ypsilanti. Gail
5S6-R
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07
Employment
Help wantsa-Fsmsls

COLORED MAID for general house
work. Adults only. ais W. Forest
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07

1910 Harley Davidson motorcycle
1900 miles Like new Hudson
Sales n Service 100 T. Cross.
FIVE ". T.. 22O volt. $50 = =. -.
Western Electric motor 2-3O gal
galvanized hot water heaters
practically new. $50 gal. fuel oil
tank $50 gal OH drums ~ S.
Huron St. Phone 1IF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07

(2) rooms. On West Cross. Fire
place. breakfast room, car gar
age Lot beautifully Handicapped
with eyergreens. Price $4,000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07

BRICK HOMES: We have Just list
ed three OF the city's finest brick
homes.
"a rooms. baths. Close in 70
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07
Automobiles For Sale
Livestock
Wanted To Buy

FOR sATE-Pair OF black horses.
WIN cell one or both. Gault Dairy.
Pm $50
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07
Farms For Sale
Wanted To Buy
Merchandise

FOR sALE-Two fur trimmed black
winter coats. size l6, excellent con-
dition. Phone 925.
BLACK Hudson Seal plush coat, size
az. as In. long. 5l5 y. Washington.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07

SPOT CASH
Dead or alive. Horses 1880. Cattle
800, hogs. calves. sheen, according
10 size and conditions. Dead animal
by-products are essential to our
government war sfftrt Call
promptly while carcass r. fresh
ana sound Phone collect 20 Oar
ling a Company Detroit Vinswood
DEAD OR ALIVE!
Farm animals collected promptly.
Horses $50. cows $500. Sunday
service Phone Collect.
CENTRAL DEAD STOCK COMPANY
Ann Arbor 7-22A
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07
Nothing
Is More Necessary

TO CONDUCT A WAR \
THAN THE TELEPHONE
War calls must go through
We need telephone operators,
Experience not necessary
We Will teach you. Apply 20
the Chief Operator.
MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO
200 Pearl st.
SALES GIRL
CAPABLE OF TAKING FULL
CHARGE IN DRESS AND MIL
LINERY STORE $3.50 TO g.
GOOD SALARY. FASHION
MILLINERY. 20 y. WASH.
GENERAL hous ekeeper for tAre,
adults Hours 20 3. five day
weekly. Phone ll29-M.
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CALL OUR ADTAKER at 470 fol
Classified advertising service.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
INITIATING DEFLATION
Editor ASkov American:

Editor Askov American:
With flapping mouths we say "Be-
ware, be on your guard, take warning
of that dangerous, dastardly demon
initiation" In our hearts we say
"Come to our loving arms you dearly
beloved, darling initiation"
The empty-headed (and empty
pocketed) meekly nod when the mon
ey-mongering-mouth-pieces rail at us
over the radio that the big bad wolf
of initiation is ready to jump out and
grab us by the throats. Yet we know,
or ought to know, that certain
amount of initiation (higher farm
prices and higher wages) puts snap,
zip and vitality into our whole econ
omy.
We pretend to hate and fear infla-
ton. Yet we know, or could know
that it was the deflation that fol-
lowed initiation that brought the ma
ton to disaster in the 1930's. Why
do our words 60 one way and our
hearts the other? Are our words de-
pendable, or is experience the best
guide?
Askov American., 1942-02-19
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
(Wadena Pioneer-JournaD

In the English parliament they have
what is known as 'His Majesty's
Loyal Opposition" 1t is the duty
of the opposition to act as brake on
excessive spending and the enact
ment of needless restrictive legisla-
ton that seeks to curb civilian rights.
In wartime there is greater need for
such opposition than when the coun-
try is at peace. When a country is
at war the tendency to waste and ex-
travagance is far greater than in
peacetime, and also is there demand
on the part of bureaucrats to ask
for more and more power. There
are bounds beyond which we can
not safely 60 and the minority in
Congress should constitute itself the
Loyal Opposition during the war for
the purpose of pointing out waste
and opposing the enactment of un-
necessary and restrictive laws that
tend to become permanent.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
WHAT PRICE PEACE?
(Lakeview Times, Duluth)


None doubt the outcome of this
war. We are united in the thought
and the firm belief that our nation
will emerge victorious. But the mere
thought of victory raises grave doubts.
What sort of victory will it be?
Will we witness another Versailles?
Is the world to be torn asunder in
another quarter of century because
of the mistakes of the past? Or will
we live to see those mistakes rectiied
and lasting peace made which will
be enforced to the letter of the law.
Quite naturally we lay the blame
for this war on Hitler, Mussolini and
Japan. That is where it belongs. But
it is also true that France and Eng
land were woefully asleep at the
switch, and to get right down to brass
tacks, this is Britain's war more than
it is ours. If she had listened to her
Askov American., 1942-02-19

But the human mind is a strange
contraption. 1t always has in easy
reach the debacle that followed the
initiation of 1917-1919 but dumbly
forgets that between the debacle and
the initiation there was violent de-
flation. This started in 1920 when
our private money-manipulators de-
stroyed our circulating money to the
tune of billions of dollars by calling
loans. This resulted in a shrinkage
of the bank currency of the nation
from SAL 100000 in 1920 to $20,-
O00,000,OO0 by 1888. Is it any wonder
that our economy was flat on its
back? And we are now planning to
do the same thing, with increased
vengeance, when the present war is
over. One has only to listen to the
money-mongers to be convinced OF
that.
Expansion Ga much better word
than inflation) of the circulating
medium results in increased produc-
ton. If such expansion is properly
distributed it results in greater con-
sumption-and consumption is the
only excuse for production. But tc
hear some people talk you'd think
it best to run your tires flat, whereas
experience and common sense teach
es they should be properly inflated
What is proper" depends on your
load-on your production.
But we are told that because OF
the increased production of war ma
terials there will be decrease in con-
sumer goods. That is questionable
Aside from certain luxuries (things
the masses never have anyway there
is almost certain to be marked
increase of goods. This will result
from full employment of manpower
all machines and all farm lands al
full, not at half or two-thirds capa-
city. - Il,
Of course, over-inflation is fool
ish, but who will say that under-de-
flation is wise? Circulating money
and consumer goods should be kept
in balance. That cannot be with pri-
vate interests at the pump and the
valves.
There should at all times be
enough money in circulation to keep
farm prices at profitable level and
all employables at work. With farm
ers and wage and salary workers
prosperous the nation will be pros
porous.
o. M. THOMSON.
Willernie, MINI.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
LET THE PEOPLE TALK
(Montevideo NeWS)

Why should there be a "morator-
ium on politics" during a war? To
be afraid of political activity is to
lack confidence in the American way
of life. 1t is in support of that way
of living that the war is being fought.
Politics is the open exchange of
ideas; the public statement of differ
ences of opinion; the effort to estab-
lish a policy or plan as right, wise,
practical and timely; or as being mis-
taken, poorly applied, or wastefully
executed; it is exercise of the right
of frank and free discussion which
is a very important part of the
American way of life; politics is an
employment agency for picking men
and women for public jobs where
they work for the rest of us. Why
suspend?
Mel Mas, Minnesota congressman
who was in England last fall, tells
of attending session of the House
of Commons. He heard an opposition
member of the House ask Winston
Churchill some very pointed queS-
tions. The American was surprised,
shocked, by the open display of op-
position to an administration act. He
needn't have been. Englishmen have
learned that, in a time of crisis, it
is especially important to have some
one who will tell the top men about
it when they are wrong. In this in
stance, said the congressman, Church
i'll admitted the mistake and promised
quick correction.
Askov American., 1942-02-19

Facts and Figures-The U. S. De-
partment of Labor has just published
a report on the first two years of the
war (1939-1941) which shows that
in this country the average worker
produced at the end of 1941, 10 per
cent more work every hour, paid six
per cent more for what he bought,
and received only 2.3 per cent more
in his pay envelope than in 1899.
And today consumer prices are even
higher than in 1941.
But-The House Naval Affairs
Committee reports that about 60 per
cent of all completed and uncom-
pleted war contracts studied were
in the hands of ten companies and goes
on to say: "The largest percentage
of profits in this group was reported
by Delco-Remy, Harrison Radiator,
Cleveland Diesel Engine, and the
Fisher Body, all divisions of the Cen
eral Motors Corporation, which re-
ported profits of $3,398,487 on $17,-
292, 2,685 of contracts, amounting to
an average net profit of PAS per cent
of the COST Ask your Senators and
Representatives why the Vinson-
Trammen Act limiting profits on
Askov American., 1942-02-19

arms contracts to z and 8 per cent
was repealed the moment the arms
program began!
And-If anyone tells you that the
Committee also reports huge increases
by the unions, remember that III
unions reported total of $82 ,000, 900
in their treasures. But the report
failed to state that these unions rep
resent 100000 members and thus
have $3.50 per member. Is this an
exorbitant figure with which to con-
duct union affairs, pay strike benefits
if necessary, and participate in COM
munity activities?
Askov American., 1942-02-19

our expense, also the dog tax, is
next in the saving.
What else have we got which isn't
taxed? Next it will be the cat
Andrew Engebo views the So dog
tax as surprise. We farmers should
not be surprised at anything. Not
even if our county board got to-
gether to get tax law through on
air; such an air tax law for each to
pay according to the capacity of their
lungs. l will have to sit my air tax
off in the county Jail for the dog
got my last ST.
It is wonderful to pay a claim up
to $l0O for an old horse. made
blunder last fall when l sold my
old horse for $40. What if some bad
dog would come around now? And
l have no horse for them to kill.
It's like saying goodbye to $90., No
sheep on my farm, and old sheep
at SIS. How handy it could have
been. And talk about an old hen
at So and my hens are to be fenced
in. l see no way where can work
it so the So dog tax comes back but
someone will get the So back even
If they have to give the dog starter.
If the eighth graders in our school
were to make dog law they would
think of their pet dog first and we
would have better dog law than
the one the gentlemen we voted in
made. The next time those office
holders come to give us the next
injection on money saving, don't
take them to seriously. Perhaps by
that time the papers are made out
on the cat and all it needs is to be
signed right after election. We do
the hard work through heavy labor
and human sweat. We made the So
to save the dog, while those in office
give us the figures in black or red.
How easy. If this So dog tax went
to the defense line where. our boys
are fighting, then I would not fight
this dog war, where only 25 per cent
rule to put it over on the majority.
Where do the other rs per cent come
in on your dog war? We have no
voice on this. I think that under
the times we live in today we have
plenty of taxes and licenses to keep
this war defense moving ahead with
out an extra load to carry such as a
dog tax.
M. J. NELSON.
ASkoV, Mimi.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
Your Federal
Income Tax
NUMBER Z

In the event of failure to make and
file an income tax return as required
by law within the prescribed time, a
certain per cent of the amount OF the
tax is required to be added to the tax
unless failure to file the return within
the prescribed time is shown to the
satisfaction of the Commissioner to
be due to reasonable cause and not
to willful neglect:
The amount to be added to the tax
is five per cent if the failure is for
more than thirty days, with an addi-
tional five per cent for each addi-
tional 80 days or fraction thereof
during which failure to file a return
continues, not to exceed 25 per. cent
in the aggregate.
A taxpayer who files tardy return
and wishes to avoid the addition to
the tax for delinquency must make
an affirmative showing of all facts,
alleged as a reasonable cause for
failure to file the return on time, in
the form of an affidavit which should
be attached to the return. Alleged
ignorance of the law does not con-
stitute reasonable cause for delin-
quency.
Taxpayers should make every eff
fort to file their returns within the
time prescribed by law and thus
avoid the possibility of the additions
to the tax for delinquency in filing
returns.
Do not forget that single persons
or married persons not living with
husband or wife, who earn as much
as $14.43 a week for the So weeks
of the year, and married persons iv-
ing together who have aggregate
earnings of as much as $28.85 week
for the year, are required to file
returns.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
Bruno, MINI.
MUST LEARN THE OBVIOUS

The only way for country to con-
duct war is to let the general staff
of the army and navy do all the
planning and run things. If they fail
to get results relieve the responsible
generals and admirals and put others
in their places. The planning is i'm
portant, but once a plan is agreed
on and put into action and the opera
ton put into motion it cannot be
changed. 1t is better to go through
with a poor plan once in action, than
to change the plan while the opera
ton is still in process.
In war faith and hope have no
great value; reason and action super
sedes them. The side with the most
guns wins and the side which wins
writes the history and establishes
itself as being right. The successful
army, which wins in the long run,
is always right-all person has to
do is to study history to observe that
The god of the strong rules the future.
For a person with a logical turn
of mind, it is hard to place any great
significance in the fact that a strong
German unit, escorted by powerful
air fleet was able to run the entire
length of the English channel. The
only way they could have been
stopped was by superior force. The
fact that the English thought they
ruled the channel unchallenged and
had done so for many years is of no
Importance. The important thing is
the present situation. The first reac-
ton to disillusionment is always an
ger. Anybody who has studied these
things, knows that.
No, war cannot be run by a
newspaper poll. The collective opin-
ion of the uniformed amounts to
exactly naught. Most everybody can
understand the obvious, but the catch
is that you have to learn the obvious
at least once. Most anybody can
understand the principles of all the
great scientific inventions, but the
person who perceives the apparent
obvious had to know something.
S. ]. SIMCNSEN.
PeaSe, MINI.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
A PROTEST
Askov, MINI.

Editor ASkov American:
Well, one week has passed as So
called daylight saving time, which
l think is the wrong name as far as
we dairy farmers are concerned
What electricity we save in the eve
ming we have to use up in the morn
ing. From my viewpoint as dairy
farmer, it is one of the worst pieces
of legislation put across in Washing
ton for quite some time, but that
again goes to prove that the farmer
does not have very many real friends
in Washington.
I think it is handicap all around
on the farm at this time of the year,
and it will be more so during the
summer, especially in haying and
harvest time as we can't very well
do any of this early in the morning
And what about school children from
the farm who sometimes have to walk
quite a distance to school bus?
They have to start out long before
daylight at this time of year.
Just now when we farmers are
asked to produce more, which I think
we are all more than willing to do,
why slap us in the face with such
a foolish law, when at the present
time we have trouble enough to get
help on the farm in order to get
the work done. If you have good
willing team of horses that will pull
most any load and some day you
hook them up to a big load, but
at the same time as you say "giddap, -
you slap them in the jaw, don't you
think it is going to be harder for
them to pull this load? It works the
same way with the farmers.
am glad to note that the Michigan
Legislature has recently passed a
law whereby they will 60 back to the
old standard time in the state of
Michigan. It shows that Michigan has
quite few legislators with good COM
mon sense, but the mayor of Detroit
says they will fight it. Naturally,
of course, for whose benefit was this
law mainly created; just for those
that work only from six to eight
hours day, so they could get off
earlier to 60 fishing, golfing or what
not. I doubt if any of we farmers
would object if those fellows got
up an hour earlier and started their
work as long as it did not interfere
with us. AS long as our Congress
does not have the power to change the
rising or setting of the sun they
should not change the time either.
hope when Congress goes to re-
peal their pension law, which I am
sure they will, that they will repeal
this also. If my contention is wrong,
l would like to be shown.
A. p. JENSEN.
Askov, Mimi.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
Norman Township
(From Another Correspondent

kAuOSucT NOITcSpOuuCubI
Mrs. M. Ogilvie, Mrs. Wallace Ogil-
vie, Charlotte and Mary Belle made
a business trip to Sandstone Saturday
evening.
The Norman townships clerk has
sold 81 dog licenses to date.
Ross Naylor took Ted Price to
Pine City recently to report for army
duty.
Mrs. Milton Lehnert and children
of LeSueur, and Miss Lucille Eaton,
who is a student of the Minnesota
Bible University of Minneapolis,
came Friday evening to visit Mrs.
Lehnert's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
E. Wood. They returned home Mon
day.
Miss Enos, who has been employed
in Duluth, has secured government
job in Washington, D. c. She left
last Thursday to take up her new
work.
Mrs. Milton Lehnert, Lucille Eaton,
Mrs. Ann Naylor and Mrs. Art Wood
made business and shopping call in
Moose Lake Saturday afternoon.
Mary Belle Ogilvie, Lylen Folen,
Flora Cook, Edith Flanagan and the
two Ely girls attended Christian
Endeavor rally at the Presbyterian
church at Hinckley last Thursday
evening.
Arthur Wood returned home Tues
day night from his camp. Early
Wednesday morning he made BUSH
ness trip to st. Cloud. He was ac-
companied home by his son Glenn
and Walter Lindorf. They returned
to camp Wednesday afternoon.
Askov American., 1942-02-19
TESTING THE PENSION PLAN

Editor ASkov American:
For several years oldsters have
been begging Congress to provide de-
cent pensions for the aged. During
most of that time our lawmakers have
been making promises and breaking
them. They have spent more time
telling us that such a pension would
be bad for us, and now the Honorable
Robert Ramspeck of Georgia quietly
introduces a bill to pension retired
Congressman. The committee quick
ly reported it out. 1t slid down the
ways like lightning through the sky.
The President, who has been prom
ising better Federal pensions for the
old, signed it without the wink of
an eye.
It is hoped that no one will be
too rough on our Congressman. They
are doing the best they know how.
They have decided to test it out to
see if it will be as bad for them as
they have said it will be for the
oldsters. Now all you have to do
is to wait and see how it affects our
lawmakers. Then when the war is
over they will tell US that We'll have
to wait until the hundred-billion dol
lar debt is paid to the rnoney-changers
which will mean retrenchment again.
But cheer up, you old people, maybe
by the time some of our great-grand-
children are up in the nineties they
will get enough to keep from starv-
ing before old age gets them.
JOHN ERICKSON.