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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

A number OF cross country flights
we're made from Ypsilanti Airport
last week. Miss Murisl Rumsey
flew 10 Akron. o, and back Satur-
day afternoon. and she and Norris
Wiltse. Jr. went 70 Toledo Friday.
Robert Braun took the L. Of VI.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22
Wings

Miss Leil Atkinson. who had
amsssed over so hours OF flying
time before word came from Wash.
ington granting her special permits.
sion to obtain her private pilots
license. soloed Monday night at
McEnnan Airport. She will be able
10 get her private. but will be pro-
hibited from carrying passengers.
according to the stipulation on the
permit.
Ray n Baker. we'll known Detroit
restaurant owner and aviation en-
thusiast. has been named to head
the Michigan Wing OF the Civil
Air Patrol. succeeding Sheldon B.
Steers, who has been commission
ed in the Army Air Corps. Mr.
Steers has been assigned TO &C
tive duty in the CAP headquarters
In Washington Mr. Baker has
been CAP group commander and
al the state wide maneuyers in
Marshall was in charge OF the drill.
Eddy McEnnan and Miss Leil
Atkinson returned Sunday from
Syracuse, y. c.. where they had
taken the "s5' for an engine over.
haul On the return trip, they we're
forced to make landing At an EN-.
Urgency field at Port Erie when
the gas supply ran low because OF
the strong head wind II took five
and a half hours 10 fly to Syracuse,
and ten 10 return.
Edmund Gooding. who didn't
like Texas, returned TO his former
employment at the Ypsilsnti Air
port Monday
New students at the local air.
ports include. Robert Goldinger, De
troit, Dale Minyard r. f. Beaure-
gard. Ann Arbor: Raymond Hin,
Edward schneeberEer, Oryille
Stone. Cecil Freeman Ypsilanti;
Earl Hovater. Belleville. at Ypsi-
lanti Airport: and f l.. Proctor,
Edward Braun, Miss Lucretia Dell,
Ypsilanti. Theodore Tirb, Dexter;
George stillwagner. Detroit; at
McEnnan Airport
The Wings column this week
marks the beginning OF its second
year.
Alfred Greenwood. Toledo. and
Roy Renton. Ypsilanti. former civil.
liam Pilot Training students At the
Ypsilantl Airport, have left for
Iowa City. la. where they will be-
gin training In the Navy Air Corps.
Arthur Williams. Dearborn. and
Walter stampfli, Ann Arbor, have
received word that they successful
ly passed their written exsmins-
lions for their private pilots H.
censes
Verne King has sold his Welch
airplane TO Sam Robbins, Jr z
Michigan Ave, and Mr. Robbins
plans to 20 ahead with the build.
ing OF hangar at the McEnnan
Airport Mr.. King. who had never
Fixed the wing OF the ship. expects
10 enter Army service soon.
Interest is continuing in the Civil
Air Patrol radio class taught BY
Charles Gault each Friday night at
the Ypsilanti High School Last
week approximately 20 we're pres
ent
A number OF cross country flights
we're made from Ypsilanti Airport
last week. Miss Murisl Rumsey
flew 10 Akron. O.. and back Satur-
day afternoon. and she and Norris
Wiltse. Jr. went 10 Toledo Friday
Robert Braun took the L. Of VI
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

Club ship to Cleveland Sunday.
returning Monday, and on Wsdnes-
day went TO Lansing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22
Rural Events

TO-DAY
JULY q
Salem
Federated Church women will
sponsor a penny supper In the din
ing room at 8 o'clock.
Bellevllie
Three-day Homecoming program
will open.
JULY ~
8. W. Ypsllsnt
Special meeting at rhorne school.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

NEAR Prospect Park, level acres
room modern house, fireplace,
double garage. $4,000. Terms II.
Peet. SO y. Huron St Phi. 1871.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

The Wings column this week
marks the beginning OF its second
year
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

Edmund Gooding. who didn't
like Texas. returned TO his former
employment at the YpsilAnti Air
port Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

Interest is continuing in the Ct
Air Patrol radio class taught
Charles Gault each Friday night
the Ypsilanti High School Ia
week approximately 20 were pr
ent.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

WHITAKER RID corner % acres.
beautiful shady lawn. room mo-
dern house, barn. rich level land.
Reasonably Priced. n. Peet, SO y.
Huron st. Phone 1871.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

Mrs. Harry Britton and George
Brewster. Wayne, went to Torou-
to. Can. and back on Friday. Ralph
Camburn and Wendell Wertsnber-
ger flew to Tecumseh Sunday and
V. Blackburn flew TO Marshall
Thursday. Darrell Root and Earl
Knickerbocker went TO Toledo
Wednesday where Mr.. Root pur-
chased new parachute; and on
Saturday Mr.. Root and Charles Mil
Ter. Eaton Rapids. flew TO krist-
Port. Also flying 10 Krist.Port
were Eddy McEnnan and orval
Throne. who went Monday. Leil
Atkinson also went Monday for
her airman's Identification certin.
cate.
Flying 10 Ypsilantl Airport on
cross country flights were Mr.. and
Mrs Kenneth Johnson, Tecumseh:
J. ellis. Instructor at Pontiac Air
port with Max Bookman. Detroit;
and W. Buckner. instructor at Port
Huron who flew In with an Aeron-
ca Charles Van Camp. Ypsilanti.
flew back with him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

DAVIS ST.--corner, room house.
bath. furnace, s2675. H. Peet 50
n. Huron St. Pm. 1874. Excellent
location.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-22

LOG CABIN-bungalow on East
Michigan Ave. wide frontage. $3.50
Terms. II. Peet, SO n. Huron St.
Phone 1871.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Political Gasoline
Shall candidates for political Off

snail candidates for political Office
get extra gasoline for campaigning?
The question was recently discussed
in Boston. YES" said the chairman
OF the Republican State Committee.
The two-party system must con-
tinue, especially for the party in the
cold" NO." said the chairman of
the Democratic State Committee.
There. might be lot of phony can
didates who want only the gasoline"
Now, for years advocates of good
government have been urging John
Smith, voter, to be more active in
politics, and become John Smith,
candidate. Hitherto their cause has
seemed rather hopeless, but the
millennium may have arrived via the
gasoline route. True, it seems rather
roundabout for John to get his gaso-
line by running for Office, but then
all methods of getting extra gas are
roundabout, nowadays, and it is very
little more trouble, If it is going to
be surer, for John to file papers for
dogcatcher than to spend hours
arguing before a hardboiled ration
ing board. OF course, there is the
risk that John might actually get
elected and have to catch few dogs
but he may be willing to take that
chance.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles +. TrnceWeH,

slingshot. anyway, and the result was
exactly the same as II dough had been
propelled to its mark
The swapping rubber bands did it..
They do it yet. have won.
Yours. J. P. Y"
"P. S.-The minute 1 run down my
front walk for the bus, the squirrels
gather en- masse at the feeding station
At least so my wife tells me when she
phones each morning"
Let us hope the slingshot and dough
idea causes no run on rubber.
1t Is an excellent idea.
The irate householder is not always as
good shot as our correspondent
Sometimes he--it is always he-misses
entirely. and then missiles of stone or
metal may do some damage,
Harm to the small animals is seldom
desired. except in flash of anger.
What one wants to do is to drive them
away. Whether they come back soon
Is altogether matter Of persistence.
If the persistence is on the side OF
II the householder is the most per-
sistent, the squirrels remain away-at
least for the day
Dough missiles also might be tried
against pigeons.
These are a great nuisance at bird
feeding stations. While it may be ad-
hot knvy
as any bird, one seldom sees why they
must pick on ones own particular yard.
The city is wide, and pigeons are good
flyers. Let them go someplace else.
This. Of course, is exactly what they
will not do. Once having selected a
particular feeding ground. they fly to it
every day.
Lack OF food there seldom discourages
them. They will perch for hours on a
nearby roof, waiting for handout.
Lack does not discourage them. They
may fly away, but they will be back.
Use OF the garden hose might be sug-
gested.
Neither pigeons nor squirrels like such
dtlcI1JlOH.
Here again it is matter of who Is
the most determined. Hallway meas
ures will not do. Nothing less than
hour -after-hour work will sufIice.
Even then 1t may do little good, in
the long run
AS soon as the creatures see that you
have ceased bothering them. they come
right back, cheerily and as determinedly
as ever.
He who puts out free lunch stand, "
some one has said, cannot be particu-
lar about the guests who come"
Usually it takes long time for an
individual gardner to find out the truth
OF this saying, but when he does, he
discovers that he has just entered into
the real fun Of it all.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Indian Communists

The British regime in India, often
condemned from afar as openly i'm
perialistic, has at present no firmer
backer than the Indian Communist
party, which has history Of de-
nouncing imperialism. The Commu-
nists in India are realistic enough to
understand that action on the Con-
gress party demands for the ex-
pulsion of the 'imperialist' British
now would throw India to the Axis,
strengthen the Axis assault on the
whole Far East and add new problems
for Soviet Russia. This attitude
undoubtedly motivated the gov
ernment of India yesterday when 1t
lifted the ban on the Communist
party In India and on the party's
organs, THE National Front" and
THE New Age" The government
gained an ally against the Gandhi-
Congress campaign to throw out the
British at once.
In 4 recent manifesto, the Indian
Evening star., 1942-07-25

Communist party announced It's dis
agreement with the Congress when
they say that the nation should not
cooperate with existing war efforts
because the present government is
foreign and not national. We think
that such an attitude boils down to
cutting our own throats. It weakens
the defense of the country against
aggressions and makes the task of
the invader easier" The Communist
leader in India is M. N. Roy, a con-
sistent critic Of the Congress party
for its attitude during and after the
Cripps negotiations. Although he
once spent six years in prison for
"waging war against the king" Mr..
Roy in December, 1910, formed the
National Democratic Union to work
for an all-out effort in the war. That
was six months before the Soviet
Union entered the conflict.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Columbus discovered America. New
ton the law Of gravitation, Fulton the
steamboat tmaybe) and Edison the elec-
trio light. But l have discovered the
way to outwit squirrels!
Draw up your chair.
For something over year the rascals
beat me on every idea and device I
could conjure up to keep them out of
my bird feeding station, which is atop
a cedar pole eight feet from the ground,
They not only ate the sunflower seeds,
but also ate into my bird feeding fund I
couldn't afford to keep it up. I was
licked, sunk, annihilated.
"A heavy tin guard made of a craftily
bent potlid, theft of which nearly caused
divorce, baff1ed the squirrels for time,
but a very short time. They climbed a
nearby tree and dropped five feet from
an overhanging branch plop into the
feed box.
II cut off that branch, right big
limb, and another separation threatened,
for my good spouse loves trees.
The squirrels took course in upward
and backward flipnops and got past the
tin guard.
Il threw things out the bathroom
window while shaving, but my success
was but momentary. The squirrels got
to recognize shoes, towels nail brushes
and actually investigated each object
that landed.
II hung pointed sticks down from the
tin guard.
They circumvented that plan by
dragging themselves up on the sticks.
Il yelled at them, barked at them and
seated them. After the first time each
of these efforts was completely ignored.
Il was desperate, frantic. OF that
desperation was born my discovery. My
mind, reverting back to my boyhood,
rested on pronged stick in the shape Of
Y, with rubber bands and leather
sling from which missiles are hurled.
Il made myself a two-rubber Y sling
shot, rolled up dryish bread dough one
night and calmly awaited the dawn
and the squirrels.
~ -
Both arrived.
Il loaded my sling with marble size
missile Of dough.
Il took aim (at the squirrels, not the
dawn.
II let fly.
MY youthful dexterity Of aim was
with me. The rubber bands snapped
loudly. The dough sped through to its
mark.
The squirrel leaped into the air and
hed.
Another squirrel came. Same dose
Same result. And another. BY the time
the last two squirrels appeared my dough
was exhausted. tipped the rubber
Evening star., 1942-07-25
In costs OF covered items between
n1id-May and mid-.Ilne

in costs OF covered items between
mid-May and mid-June.
OF the sixty-five foods included in
the bureaus survey, twenty-four are
not at present subject to price con-
troll. These constitute more than 40
per cent of the average food budget.
Prices Of uncontrolled foods ad-
vanced 4.8 per cent during the month.
This sharp rise more than offset the
decline in the cost of uncontrolled
items, and total food costs, the bureau
reported, rose 1.3 per cent, or about
the same average rate OF increase
recorded during the fourteen month
period before the beginning of price
regulation. Though seasonal and
other factors may have contributed
to the advance, lack of control ap-
pears to have been the principal
cause OF the sharp increase in prices
of foods not subject to price ceilings.
The bureaus index of food, costs
on June Is stood at 1892 per cent of
the l935-1939 average. During the
past year food costs have risen an
proximately Is per cent. Unless Fed
eral controls are extended further.
with more foods being placed under
ceilings, the general level of food
costs probably will continue it's up
ward trend. Federal regulation can
not stabilize food costs of the average
American family as long as uncon-
trolled items constitute nearly half
its purchases.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

4 reader cnn get the ans,Dev 10 any
question OF fact by ,rriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
@. May soldier refuse to accept a
promotion when 1t Is offered to him?-
B. B.
A. The War Department says that
it will depend on the decision of his
commanding officer whether soldier
in the United States Army can reject
a promotion offered him.
O. What are the smallest living things
known?--T. S.
A. Bacteria. They are so minute that
1000 could lie side by side on the head
OF pin.
O. How long does it take To stop a
freight train by means OF an air brake?-
B. B.
A. The action is so rapid that brakes
can be applied throughout the length
of a mile-long train in less than s
seconds.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Inside q Blue Balloon

The town is sealed within a blue
balloon
Expanded NTH an dtr 20 hot and
still
1t seems that every ,ptnd on earth
has died,
And deDtrs breath has caused the
arch to Ill.,
The pavement radiates like an open
floor:
All fo,oers ,oither and the grass is
drying,
The still leaves OF the elms seem
strange green metal.
And in the sunken garden a cotalpa
tree is dying.
Small clouds cling inside the blue
balloon
That is the sky like bits OF cotton
,oool,
The long thin leapes Of Russian
oltus sho,U
Their stlper sides like minnous dead
in a stapnant pool.
That burning glass that Is the sun
above
Must scar the sky itself: no hlm of
blue
Could Jail to melt and break IN
heat like this!
Hot light, make place to let the
rain pour through!
Outside there must be shade and
rain somewhere,
Loud thunder, and the cooling rush
OF nirl
-IRMA WASSAIL.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Retail Food Costs

The disclosure by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics that retail costs of
foods covered by price ceilings showed
an average decline of / per cent be-
tween May IL and June 16 indicates
that Federal price control-to that
extent-has been effective in halting
the rise in food costs. The price CELL
ings went into effect on May ID. In
view Of the continuous advance in
food costs during the past year, there
can be little doubt that price control
Cas mainly responsible for the drop
Evening star., 1942-07-25

@. What are the free cities Of Ger
many?-A. M.
A. There are three, Lubbock, Bremen
and Hamburg. They retain their in
dependence while being members Of
the federation OF the German Empire.
O. Please distinguish between the
use of the words farther" and fur
ther."-M. r. D.
A. Farther refers to distance and fur
ther to time, quantity or degree.
@. How are ping pong balls NADER
v. NJ. B.
A. They are made out Of sheets OF
celluloid. then stamped out in halves
in large mold under heat and pres
sure. The two halves are then cemented
together.
Q. Which are more closely related,
boy and his father or q boy and his
brother?-O. F. G.
A. A boy and his brother are more
closely related than boy and his father.
Biologically father and son have one
half common blood, while brothers have
all common blood.
@. How many quarts Of milk does Il
take to make pound Of butter?-M j..
A. It takes 1917 quarts Of milk to
make one pound of butter.
Q. How much mileage can be obtained
from the tires Of bicycle?-P F. r.
A. The average lifetime OF a bicycle
tire is approximately three years or q
mileage OF from $500 to 5000.
Q. What country publishes the most
books?-P. r. K
A. In normal years Germany leads
the world in number OF books and
pamphlets published, the output being
from 10000 to $4,000 separate items, not
including reprints
Q. Why do Buddhists object to taking
life?-G. F. S.
A. Buddhists believe that the soul
exists over and over again on earth,
at times even in animals or plants
Therefore, they believe In never taking
life in any FORM
Q. When did Brahms compose his
famous 'ReQuiem"?-S. L. D.
A. 1t was composed in memory Of
his mother, who died in 1865.
Q. How long has Brooklyn been Q
part of New York City,. g.
A. Brooklyn became borough OF New
York in 1898. At that time it was the
fourth largest city In the United States.
Q. When did George Washington make
his record trip in his famous white
coach?-R. r. D. -
A. In order to learn the face Of the
country" Washington, in 17o1, made the
longest continuous trip ever undertaken
at that time, through Delaware, Virginia,
the Carolinas and Georgia. He covered
900 miles in IS days, and with an aver
age speed of miles per hour.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
a pseudonyn1 TOR publication is
permissible. The Star reserpes
the right to edit all letters Nth
a pie10 to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-07-25
The Children'x Book - Have you

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Evening star., 1942-07-25

Austria, and = member of the Tyrolian
provincial government was seriously
wounded. But this was only the start.
During the year that followed attacks
were perpetrated against Austrian indi-
viduals and public installations and
attempts were made to terrorize the
entire population. Hundreds of loyal
Austrians fell victims to German made
bombs and firearms, railway centers,
telephone lines, power plants and even
small shops were blown up with German
INT.
In July. 1884, when the Germans con-
sidered that by this time Austria would
be sufnciently "softened," they embarked
upon the easy conquest Of Austria Once
the government of Chancellor Dollfus
was removed Austria would fall of her
self-or so they thought But they were
mistaken. Austria's people we're not only
unshaken by the terror they had endured,
indeed they were fighting mad and ready
to die for their independence. After
battles had been fought in all parts of
Austria and the German troops had to
heroes and mourned her chancellor.
1t took Germany four more years to
realize that Austria could not be con-
quered by f1fth-column work and terror.
So Austria was invaded on March IL.
1898, with all the might Of the German
war machine. Abandoned by the ap-
peaser nations, Austria was no match
mil al oh, lat
to be superior even to that of France.
The memories Of July Is, 1884, and Of
the events that led up to it are full of
significance not only to Austrians but
to all those who are fighting German
ruthlessness and barbarism.
This short historical review goes to
prove two points: First. that Germany's
favorite new weapon, they call it "the
invisible army" has not changed from
the time when it first was used in
Austria until quite recently when
German submarines landed German
trained experts and German-made
weapons on Americas shores. Second
that this ruthless and criminal new
warfare always will fail when met by
the determined will of the people
attacked. FERDINAND A. DE WEISS.
Criticizes Sponsors
OF "Surprise" Blackout.
To the Editor Of The Star:
A great furor has been created by
Civilian Defense Director James M.
Lands and Col Bolles about the fail
ure' OF the surprise" blackout on
July 20.
In my humble opinion, the greatest
failure connected with the test black
outs here has been the failure Of the
aforementioned oficials to keep their
fingers on the pulse of public fatigued
by heat, exhausted by long hours OF
work and battling the horrors OF WASH
ington's transportation system. In the
last four tests the citizens demonstrated
progressive effort toward perfection
and nearly attained 1t. I venture to say
they have reached their maximum state
Of blackout eficiency.
Mr.. Lands statement about the Union
Station area providing a perfect target
guide Is poppycock. Washington pre-
sents a perfect target area even In 4
total blackout on a moonless night, by
virtue of the waterways-the river pro-
files ste, BLACKoUT.
Evening star., 1942-07-25

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herein also are reserved.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-05
Paint Creek NelcS
Friends Church viii meet today
On the basement Of the church

Friends Church viii meet today
IN the basement Of the church
M and Mrs. Sherman pihhle en-
tcrtained Mr. and Mrs Theron
VANITY. Friday evening and on
sunday evening. Mr and Mrs.
John Jones.
Turnhull attended the County
Young Peoples Rally In Ann Ar
hor at the Evangelical Church
sunday afternoon
Fred Garrod spent sunday eve
ring with Fred VANITY and cousin
Mrs Emma Wardeu
Mr. and Mrs Jack Day who have
been making their homo with
their parents Mr. and Mrs J.
Tnrnhull have moved 20 Lyman
ST. Ypsilanti
Mrs. Wayne Draper and chill
dren spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Draper Toledo
O. and Mrs Francis rolhemus
Ann At
George Thompson Is sick With
cold and cough lie received
calls Friday evening from Mr. and
Mrs Ora. Thorn Belleyille. and
reported that George Thompson S
sisters, Mrs. Lima owen. and Mrs
Emma Sterling were just about the
same
Woodrow Jones sang ~ the
A. VI. + Church At Whitaker
Saturday evening Principal p II
Nandenhelt Lincoln School was
tho speaker
Mrs Martin Hearl spent We'd
nesday afternoon with Mrs Don
aid Hearl Howell
Mrs. John Henning spent from
Tuesday till Friday evening IN
Ypsilanti with her sister. Mrs