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Rem IS

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was included in the Toledo, O., de-
Tense rental area.
In a sweeping order, Henderson
formally designated 3O1 groups of
communities in Al states and the
entire island OF Puerto Rico as
defense rental areas. II rents
are not stabilized within the areas
in so days, he said. his office, using
broad federal powers. will step in
and fix maximum rents.
In issuing the order, Henderson
explained:
The control of rents is war
measure. 1t is. an important and
essential part Of the. overall cell.
ing on prices. American families
spend five TO six billion dollars a
year for rent. Next to food, this
is the largest single item In the
family budget. Effective price con.
troll requires rent control
I'm some sections of the country,
rents have gone beyond reasonable
bounds, doubling and TRIPPING in
many individual cases. Thousands
of tenants who could not pay these
increases have been forced out Of
homes without knowing where to
find shelter. These conditions have
slowed the recruitment OF war la
Dor"
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MRS. NJ. EMANS
PASSES TUESDAY
PRAYER SERVICE TONIGHT AT
GEER'S, RITES THURSDAY
IN MATTAWAN

Mrs. Minnie Emans. wife OF the
late William w. Emans, passed
away Tuesday afternoon at 2:35 at
the home OF her daughter. Mrs.
Howard Raymo. after a lingering
illness. Mrs. Emans was born in
Texas Corners. Van Buren, Co, July
/. 1876, the daughter OF Leweliyn
and Minerva Birdsall Wheeler.
Mrs. Emans belonged 10 the First
Methodist Church and the Eastern
Star, Fowlerville. She was mar
ried to Mr.. Emans Nov. J, 1894. His
death took place May Is. 1884.
Surviving Mrs. Emans are her
daughters, Mrs. Arthur Brightman
(Merle), Centerllne. Mrs. George
Lackey (PearD. Sault ste. Marie.
Mrs. Howard Raymo (Grace). this
city. Mrs. Coe Doty (Wilhelmina)
Howell, stepdaughter. Mrs. Harry
Kingsnorth (Ella), Flint; Is grand
children, seven great grandchil.
dren; sister, Mrs. Florence Bar
ringer. Flint; two brothers. Oscar
and James Wheeler, Mattawan.
Mich; a stepsister, Mrs. Stewart
Warner, Detroit.
A prayer-service will be conduct.
ed by Rev. William r. Shaw at the
Geer Funeral Home this evening
at Z o'clock and the remains will
be taken to Mattawan Thursday
morning where services will be at
3 O'Clock with burial following in
Maple Grove Cemetery at Malta.
wan.
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LICENSING

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most impossible to enforce cell
ing prices on these items.
Henderson also froze service
station motor fuel prices through
out the country with the excep-
ton Of II eastern states and the
District OF Columbia. at maximum
retail price levels during March.
In the East Coast area. service sta
tions are allowed to charge the
highest price prevailing during
March, plus Accent per gallon for
gasoline and . cent per gallon
for Diesel fuel.
One of the most startling pro-
visions is the plan for enforce
ment of the order. Henderson said
that every wholesale and retail
firm, from the smallest crossroad
store to the biggest wholesale
house will automatically be llcens-
ed when the ceiling becomes eff
fective next month. Later. the
businesses will be sent registra-
ton forms which they must fill
out and return.
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Eaton Mills

Eaton Mills, Mich, Apr. 29-Jo-
seph -Publiskie, Fort Benning. Ga.
has been recent visitor of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pub
liskie.
Mr.. and Mrs. AFRO Day were Sun
day dinner guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Harpst, Maybee.
Mrs. Lucille Laura and son Ger.
aid. Lincoln Park. Mrs. Ralph Foster
and sons, Donald and Arnold. Yp-
slant. spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Styers.
Mrs. Bert Curtiss. Cadillac. Is
visiting her sister Mrs. Lee Day.
MIR. and Mrs. Herbert Steiniger.
Detroit, were Sunday afternoon
guests of her mother, Mrs. Lena
Day.
Mrs. Retta Chamberlin has re-
turned to her home here after
spending the winter with her sons.
Charles and Clarence Chamberlin.
Detroit.
Mrs. Glen White and son Garth.
Wayne, were Saturday visitors OF
her mother Mrs. Glen Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Cent? and
FAMILY. New Boston. spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Nudge.
Mrs. AFRO Day and Mrs. Alden
Day spent Sunday in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Day. Rose
dale Gardens. Plymouth: Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Day Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lue BIKE and Mrs. Hattie Swihart.
psilanti, were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Day, Sunday afternoon.
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SUGAR RAT|ON|NG

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the parent or guardian should
register for them in their home
towns.
8. War Ration Books cannot be
sent home for the family to use.
The sugar it permits the person
to buy should be used by him or
by the family Of which he is
member Of with whom he lives.
10. Attached to the War Ration
Book are rs War Ration Stamps.
The first four are to be used for
sugar at the rate OF one stamp for
each pound The remaining stamps
are to be used for. such commodi-
ties in such rates as will from
time TO time be announced by the
Federal Price Administration
II. All persons in Ypsilanti
school district should register in
the Ypsilanti public elementary
schools. The four schools equip
ped to register consumers are Cen
trial. Woodruff. Prospect. and Hsr-
riet schools. The Hillcrest School
will not be used for registration.
IL. To avoid congestion. con-
sumers are urged to register dur
ing the day time.
13. Questions on the sugar ration
ing plan may be directed to the
principal OF any elementary school
or the superintendent office. APP
peals may be made to the County
Rationing Board located in the
County Clerks office in the Court
House at Ann Arbor. The tele-
phone number is Ann Arbor 5s13.
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K||VAN|S
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his conquest OF Britain Immediately
after the fall of Dunkirk. The battle
Of Britain is won. II is hard to un.
derstand how people OF Great Brit
ain have withstood the terrible
strain.
Hitler in his speech last Sunday
postponed the zero hour which in
militaristic thinking means a weak.
ness.
The great principles still live on
and are the same. The secondjfront
is in process through bombing at.
tacks. by bombing planes and by
commando raids. The battle OF the
Atlantic still carries on 10 keep
shipping lanes open"
Speaking OF Russia the speaker
said People OF Russia are gallant.
There comes time when we should
forget the past and we should in
thinking OF Russia. God forgets the
past. so why shouldn't WEI"
This is no time for complacency
and every man. woman ard child
must do his utmost and we will
have success concluded the speak
er.
Announcement was made OF the
sixth division annual meeting in
Charles McKenny Hall May I and
the Michiran-Ortario dinner at
Windsor. May &c.
Bert Bulmer. Windsor. was
guest.
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MUSSOL|N|
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for the purpose Of negotiating
peace. the rumors said.
Editors note: There was no
confirmation elsewhere OF the Ar
gentine rumors. although Italy's
King was reported to have confer
red at length Monday with Premier
Mussolini. Count Ciano and Mar.
shall Badoglio, among other officials,
supposedly on Adolf Hitler's speech
Sunday to the German Reichstag.D
(Hitler's speech, widely inter
preted as indicating trouble on the
German home front and falling
to contain the usual promises Of
new victories, was reported to have
generated much additional gloom
among the leaders OF harassed
ltaly.)
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MRS. NJ. MARKEN
IN LAST SLEEP
HAD BEEN IN Ill HEALTH
At HOME OF
DAUGHTER
Especial to The Daily Press)


Milan, Mich. APR. % Mrs
Martha Jane Marker passed away
Tuesday at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Clayton Bissell. 5000 Eos.
dick Rd.. after being in Ill health
for some time.
Mrs. Marker was born January
is. 1865. In Indiana. and was the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George
Livingston. Her marriage to Mark
Marker took place February %.
1881, and shortly after their mar
riage they came TO Michigan and
settled on farm about two miles
north OF Milan. Mrs. Marker lived
there until she went to the home
passed away September 16, 1927.
Surviving besides Mrs. Bissell
is another daughter, Mrs. Ivah
Odds, Jackson.
Funeral services will be Friday
afternoon at o'clock at the Bis.
sell home with Rev. William John
son of the Methodist Church, Of
fioiating. Burial viii be in Marble
Park Cemetery.
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LEGION
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tain as to what 10 do" he report.
ed last night. at is pretty even
ly dlvlded.on the question.
The Legions proposed efforts
to "rehabilitate" the aviation in
dustry after the war won a pledge
of support yesterday from airplane
manufacturers and representatives
OF commercial alrlines.
Harry w; BERTHE, Glendale. Calf.
said In outlining the Legion pro-
posal. somebody has to worry
about the 100000 boys after the
wars over Are they to be dump
ed .on the labor market without
any future? Not If the Legion
can stop It,"
Among suggestions for postwar
development were one that all
first class mail be flown on air
lines and another that every com
munity Of more than 1000 popula-
ton be provided with an airport.
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Three More Called to
Testify For Grand Jury

Washington. Apr % APP -
Subpoenas for three more en-
ployes Of Social Justice magazine
were issued Tuesday by federal
grand jury investigating alleged
seditious activities.
This brought 10 "A the number of
persons called to testify since the
government brought proceedings TO
bar Social Justice from the mails
as allegedly harmful to the nation s
war effort.
Ordered to appear before the
grand jury Friday were Alberta
Ward. listed as acting secretary
treasurer Of Social Justice; Cath.
crime Clinton, filing clerk. and Cath
crime Smith. editorial employe.
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TAKES STAND TO-DAY

Detroit, Apr. 29-INS-What was
expected to he the final govern
ment witness was 10 tax the stand
today in the trial OF Republican
National Committeeman Frank ID.
Mckay and 10 others accused of
using the malls to defraud in con.
nection with an alleged liquor con-
spiracy. The witness today was
TO be John Boyle, an agent for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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High School Seniors to
Hear 1t. George Comte

Seniors OF Ypsilanti, Roosevelt
and Lincoln High Schools will at
tend a special assembly Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock in the Ypsi-
lanti High School auditorium when
the advantages OF joining the
United States Army Air Corps will
be explained.
The speaker will be It. George
Comte, public relations officer of
the Aviation Cadet Travelling Elk
aiming Board, and he will also
show motion pictures of the Air
Corps. the training of members,
and of the history of aviation.
The meeting is being arranged
here by Luman A. Seamans. chair
man of the local unit of the Wash
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In The Sick Room

Mrs. John Yedley is improving
from the effects of her recent Ill.
ness.
Mrs, Herman Kruger is Ill at her
home with influenza
George Renton. who is In Univer-
eity Hospital. Ann Arbor. is making
good progress
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. A. Widman ami
their two children. Flint, who were
called here because of the serious
illness Of Mrs. Widman- father. j.
o. .Kerner, this city, have returned
70 Flint. Mrs. Kelner has pleurisy.
NJ
Mrs. Mary Hewitt, 102 Middle Dr.,
who suffered a stroke about four
weeks ago, was taken Tuesday to
the home of her son, Melbourne
Hewitt, Milford.
James Fitzpatrick. 7c4 Norris St,
underwent a major operation in st.
|Soseph's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Tues
day.
Delbert Taylor, As. Wayiand, an
|employe at the Ypsilanti bomber
plant, was rallyins in Boyer Hos
pital today after critical injuries
received Tuesday afternoon at 3
Il 'clock in an acciden; at the plant
|S4e suffered broken legs. injuries
TO the spine, and crushed chest.
Mrs. H. II. Mcclure has measles.
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tenaw County Air Force Sponsors
Association. and the principals Of
the three schools. Norris Wiltse'
Leonard Menzi and Ben II. Van.
denBelt are cooperating.
The examining board will be To-
Gated at thox University Health
Service building. Ann Arbor. April
80, May |, .. {, and 6. TO inter
view applicants and give the men
tai and physical examinations, The
new mobile unit of the Air Corps
will be stationed in front Of the
Elks Lodge on Main St. Ann Ar.
Dor.
Students over IS years OF age
may join the Air Corps IL they
receive parental permission.
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LIVESTOCK

Bet oft, Mich Apr 29-Good 10
best steers. Sll95 a 1880: com
mon. Sll250ll75; flt beef COWS.
s9.50G 1925. good weighty sausage
bulls. sl025dl05o. thin dairy Of
terings down to S1QS25. Gamers
and cutters. s6.50dT75.
Calves-tiood to choice grades.
il5.50Ql6: common and medium.
slo.S0 q is, light cuns down To
IS.
Sheep and lambs 49, Few choice
Sl9 254l250; medium sll.500I210:
slaughter ewes. S5.75m6.50. light
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IN WALL STREET
STOCK MARKET
DECLINE CONTINUES

New York. Apr 29-lNS-- The
stock market opened irregularly
lower today in continuation Of
its decline.
Trading was very quiet Ameri-
can Telephone and Dow Chemical
also hit a new low in the early
trading. A. r. & T. opened at
1925, Dow at %.
L. S. steel was aided by its OK
cellent earnings report for the first
quarter. made public late Tuesday.
and started "a higher at 45$s.
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ROSARY TONIGHT

Special TO The Daily Press)
Milan. Mich. Apr. 20 The 70.
sary will he said at s o'clock to
night in the Milan Stevens and
Bush Funeral Home for Fabian
Benedict Graveside services will
take place Thursday morning at
10 O'Clock In Marble Park Gene
terry.
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A Gentle Way to
Treat Constipation!

Get up and cheer. constipation
sufferers II you are one OF the
millions OF people with normal
intestines who suffer due 10 lack
OF bulk" In the diet - here's
news Of oentier, pledsdnter way
70 win welcome relief
You see. many medicinal lax
atives prod the intestines into &C
ton or draw moisture into them
from other parts Of the body.
But KELJOGG'S ALL-BRAN. .
crisp. delicious cereal. acts quite
differently. II works principally
on the contents Of your colon.
helping you to have easy and
normal elimination. Eat IL often
and drink plenty OF water.
ALL-BRAN IL made By Kellosgs
IN Battle Greek II your condition
is not helped. by this simple
treatment, see your doctor.
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10 Collect Paper

Three more paper collection days
are scheduled for Lincoln School
this spring. They viii be May i,
May 26 and June Q. The paper col
lection in the Lincoln School area
o. sponsored by the Milan Amer
ican Legion Post 26S and the pro-
ceeds from the sale OF papers are
given 10 the school.
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PROBE nEArI

Detroit. Apr. 29-INS-Police to-
day probed the death Of Thomas r.
Johnson. 30. Of near Richland.
whose body was found in his car
which was parked in the garage at
the home Of his mother in Detroit.
A rubber hose was found leading
from the exhaust to the cars in
terror.
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Rites To Be Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Stamann, mother of Misses Fedora
and Alvena Stamanh this city. will
be Thursday afternoon at 1880 from
the home in Worthwhile and at ,
o'clock from the St. Paul's Luther.
Nn Church, there. Burial will be in
Rural Hill Cemetery.
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AssembIY Postponed

The assembly program scheduled
for Thursday at Ypsilanti High
School has been postponed until
May IA. A patriotic play entitled
youth and Uncle sam" will be
presented.
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OLD BIKE IN GOOD SHAPE

KENNETH NkE, Me.-UP = TO
ease her husbands worries over the
automobile tire shortage. Mrs. Alice
Shoemaker climbed to the attic ami
dug out her 50-year-old bicycle,
still in good condition. 1t cost
500 when new.
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Ypsilanti Briefs
Home Burns

Mrs. ]. o. Kerner and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean Cannon were called TO
Carleton Monday when the HON. of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kramer. parents
OF Mrs. Kerner and Mrs. Cannon.
burned
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Average Rent ss2.s7

Npsilantis average monthly rem
tai of dwellings between 1880 and
1870 was $52.67, according to a sur
Zey by the L. :. Census Bureau.
ANN Arbor's average was SiS.0S and
Detroit's S35.SS.
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To Reach Home

Walter W. Pentecost after a trip
OF pra -tically a year will reach his
home today in Los Angeles where
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Vern
Pentecost, aud his wife and one
child reside. Mrs. Pentecost Is a
sister OF c. NJ. Mohler. Mr.. Pente.
cost Is ground man and in his
trip to Rangoon and Burma was
largely engaged in servicing Allison
engines. this being the engine used
in big bombers.
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,uccunbs

Miss Jennie Smith, 400 Olive St,
succumbed suddenly at her home
this morning following a heart at
tack. The remains will be in Geer
Funeral Home until the funeral
which will be in St. John Catholic
Church.
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LONDON-AP-T The Paris -adio
said today Marshal Petain would ad
dress the workers OF France on Fri
day, which is May Day.
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Meeting Tonight

The second meeting Of the air
raid wardens school will be this
evening at s o'clock in Ypsilanti
High School.
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Violates Probation

Stanford Soldiers. ll6 Factory ST.,
is being held for violation OF proba-
ton. His wife, Gwendlyn and Eddie
Davis. Dearborn, were released af-
ter questioning by Ypsilanti police
regarding charges OF immoral coz
duct.
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[laims Blcyele

Lyle Clause, 513 Pearl St,
claimed a bicycle found abandoned
near PA S. Grove St, early today.
The bicycle had been reported stol-
en- Tuesday evening.
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Butter ara Eqqs

UoTT0IT WI00- An-- u
Bu tfEB-Best creamery IN tubs
2Sd39c.
EGuS Current receipts. 2sc;
dir les. 21i-c. checks, &c.
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Detroit, Mich. Apr 20
AI LES Mcintosh. No. !. $3.50
e.25 Northern Spies. 40. !, $l.75
225. Delicious. No l. sL50G2.
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Detroit Mich, Apr 90
BETS 10. ]. 55u Zoe tu
POTATOES No Sll5Gl25.
CABBAGE G0G15c IN.
CARROTS No. l. s1256l.50 bu.
ONIONS Dry, No. ] SlG $50 90
ID sack.
GREEN ONIONS do. lunches, IS
40e.
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Daily Market Report


cuus down 20 S.,
Hogs lNp-250 lbs. Sli15i4.25:
250-350 lbs. SI3954li-l0: 55045O
lhs 1880. bulk s0ws. Sl3-25 u
1880.
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Firemen called

Firemen called
Firemen were called TO extinguish
fire in a bed at the Dempsey Taylor
residence, 602 First Ave, about
1880 p. m. Tuesday.
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Hub Caps Stolen

Theft OF three hub caps from his
car Parked near l 4. Forest Ave ..
was reported this morning by VIII
liam KoSalewski, Petersburg.
Mich.
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Detroit Mich. Apr. 90 Poultry:
market steady Hens, heavy breeds.
22u2ic. leclorns, 2lc, rock
springers, &c, brIers, heavy, 26c.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

and the Cony, named for Maine
Civil War heroes, will dip into the
Kennebec River from Bath Iron
Works Corp. ways at Bath, IS miles
up the coast from here.
Today the Portsmouth IN. H)
Navy Yard launched its eighth sub
marine this year-the U. s. S.
Shook.
Evening star., 1942-08-16

Secretary of the Navy. had directed
him to treat representatives of his
paper exactly the same as other
newspapermen reporting news Of the
Navy.
Admiral Hepburn, now chairman
of the General Board of the Navy,
was public relations director OF the
Navy until last Tuesday. He said
he noted with concern the Hoffman
charges and added, Il never re-
ceived any order or suggestion from
the Secretary to discriminate in
favor of any particular correspon-
dent or publication"
Admiral Hepburn quoted this
memorandum addressed to him by
Secretary Knox, February S.:
although I am certain this pre-
cautionary suggestion is not neces-
sary, as far as either you or your
senior officers are concerned, never
theless / wish you would take the
necessary steps in the Once of Pub
lie Relations so that under no cir
cumstances will the representatives
of the Chicago Daily News receive
any more favorable treatment than
is received by any similar newspaper
under similar conditions. The staff
members of the Chicago Daily News
should receive the same treatment
and only the same treatment as is
accorded other newspapermen."
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Scores Are Recruited
For Tobacco Harvest
B, the Associated Press.

Ba the Associated Press.
SHELBYVILLE, KY, Aug. 15.-
Scores of men from the mountains
of Eastern Kentucky were brought
here today to work in the tobacco
fields in this bluegrass region.
To relieve serious labor shortage,
ia men were recruited in Hazard,
KY, last week by the United States
Employment Service and 80 noun
tain men recruited at Corbin, KY,
are scheduled to arrive Monday.
Only a few Of the mountaineers
have ever worked in tobacco. They
are being paid $3.50 day plus board
ana lodging. Each farmer pays 81
to help defray transportation costs
and the Shelby County Farm Bu-
leau Federation pays the remainder
The employment agreement runs
through October l, the end of the
tobacco cutting season.
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Launching Of Eight
Ships in Maine Today
Will SET Record
Number Largest in Any
One Stote in One Day
In Nations History
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SOUTH PORTLAND, Me-, Aug.
15.-This old shipbuilding States
mightiest effort to bolster the
United Nations sea fighting and
shipping power will send eight YES
sels-two swift destroyers and six
big merchantmen-into the water
tomorrow.
In pnoclaiming Maine Shipbuild-
ing Day." Gov. Sumner Sewall said
the launchings would be the larg-
est number in any one State
in any one day in the history of the
Nation ="
The greatest single mass launch
ing of World War. II will see five
10,000-ton cargo carriers, built for
Britain, hauled by tugboats from
two huge sunken basins at the
Todd-Bath Shipbuilding Corp. yard,
which less than two years ago was
marshland.
The Maritime Commission's ad-
jacent South Portland Shipbuilding
Corp, will send the 10,500-ton Lib
erty ship Ethan Allen down the
ways into Portland Harbor.
The two destroyers, the Conway
Evening star., 1942-08-16
Tommy Dorsey 10 Play
In War Bond PROGRAM

Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra,
idols OF swingsters, will make an ap-
pearanceson the steps OF the District
Building tomorrow at 1:30 pm. in
the interest of sale of War bonds.
Also on the program, which is
sponsored by the District War Saw
ings Committee. will be performers
of this weeks stage show at the
Capitol Theater.
Station WRC will broadcast the
half-hour program. the first in a
series presented by the War Activi-
ties Committee of local theaters and
the National Broadcasting Co.
According to plans outlined by
Chairman H. L. Rust, jr.. the series