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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Honored by Shower

fNOAlSA 81 W OlONNNi
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldorse Hut bard,
who we're married recently. we're
honored by miscellaneous shower
Saturday evening at the Superior
Town House. y Prospect Rd. Mrs.
Betsy Kempf, sister OF Mrs. Hub
bard, was the hostess Dancing pro-
vided entertainment for rs guests
who came from Detroit, Ferndale,
Plymouth. Mt. Clemens, Toledo,
Whitaker and Ypsilanti. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubbard received many lovely
gifts. At the close Of the evening,
a delicious luncheon was served.
Mark Dicke.son, son OF Mr. and
Mrs. r. R. Dickerson. has been
elected chaplain of the Phi Beta Chi
Literary Society at Bob Jones Col
lege, Cleveland, Tenn. where he Is
majoring in Religion. He was ser
geant-at-arms OF the student body
last year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Entertalns Children

Mrs. Clara Bradley, district depu-
ty OF the Royal Neighbors. organ
lied and entertained Saturday night
a Royal Neighbors Juvenile Camp,
No. 42s9. in GAR. Hall. The chill
dren are from four to ten years
Of age.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
DIES OF INJURIES

Detroit Feb. 10-AP-- Herbert
Dusha. 1s-year-old member Of the
Michigan state Troops. died Mon
day OF injuries suffered when hit
run driver struck him last Friday
night. He was the citys 27th traf-
hc victim of the year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10

The Ypsilanti Daily Press
wishes all subscribers TO re-
ceive their papers regularly
and promptly. In case OF poor
or non.delivery OF the Daily
Press Phone the Press Office
al 40 before 6 p. m. OF 2 p. m.
Saturday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Pilarims Meet

jean Johnston. secretary, presid-
ed al the Good Citizenship Pilgrim
Club. sponsored by the D. A. R..
in the home OF Mrs r. a. Weir.
chapter regent Monday night. Tea
was served after the business meet
ing BY Mrs. Weir.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Parents Of Son

Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Killough,
sos Z. Michigan Ave. are parents
Of son. weighing nine pounds. six
ounces, born Monday in Boyer Hos
pital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Linen Shower Given
Miss Betty Backus

Mrs. Earl Freeman and daughter
Carol were hostesses for a delight
Jul breakfast linen shower for MISS
Betty Backus at the Freeman home.
Sunday morning. The breakfast Ia
lie was prettily decorated with a
red geranium centerpiece and bridal
favors at each OF the Is places. Can
dies and red hearts were at each
end OF the table. After breakfast
Miss Backus opened her many love
ly linen gifts.
Guests from out OF the city were
Mrs. Floyd Poe and Miss Edna May
Poe, Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Charles Smith. Coloma
spent the end OF last week with
Mrs. Robert ]. Stephens while Mr..
Smith attended the hardware con
yention in Detroit.
Miss Charlotte Shaver, Dearborn
Inn. visited Mrs. z. H. Lamb Sun
day.
Hon. Joseph E. Warner went TO
Lansing for a special meeting OF
the legislature Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Sanderson,
Detroit. were Sunday dinner guests
OF Mrs. Ada Sanderson.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10

President Roosevelt has appointed
Admiral William II. STANDBY, ~
(above), to succeed Laurence
Steinhardt as Ambassador to Rus
STA. STANDBY, former U. S. Chief
Of naval operations. was a member
Of the Board Of Inquiry which In
vestigated the blame for the attack
on Hawaii.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10

Clinton Castor went to Lansing
Monday on business.
Mrs. Harry B. Britton flew to
Grand Rapids Monday.
Mrs. Dorothy Russell spent the
week end in Chatham, ont, with
her sister, Mrs ]. A. Mexican, who
Is ILL.,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
FREAKS BEGET FREAKS

If YOU indulge a taste for
queer bidding. landing you in BIZ
zarre contracts. you are likely to
find yourself face to face with gro
tesque playing problems. This is
brought out frequently by strained
efforts Of duplicate players to get
scores different from those OBJ
tanned by the rest OF the competi-
tors. in their desire to shoot for
top scores. The problems Of play
which finally develop may call for
moves you do not expect to see
ordinarily. some OF which are odd
in the extreme.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10

dealer: West North South
vulnerable.)
II East takes the heart lead
switches 10 a club. the J being al
lowed 10 win the 10. a second
heart Is led to the A and the club
8 returned. how should South then
play in an effort to make an extra
trick at 3-No Trumps?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Fine Points in Bridge
BY SHEPARD BARCLAY

whole club story TO South, 30 put
on the 7 and the declarer won with
the @, convinced that West would
not have lea the suit with less
than FIVE cards and that East
therefore probably had the single
ton K left.
Now for some funny play. SUI
perinduced by sound card reading.
Five spades brought from West
discards of two hearts and three
diamonds. That made six tricks.
If the club A we're now played,
dropping the K. West could then
run the setting tricks. So South
deliberately led a low club. letting
the singleton K win. East had to
return a diamond to the dummy,
where three tricks were taken to
make game. The 10 having been
East's lead. he had the Ga left
So the 6 was led to the Q and the
5 scored an extra trick. Just i'm
agine having to let a single
K win Intentionally. and M
an extra trick by doing so.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Announce Birth

Announce Birth -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Lytle. 1874
Pinewood St. are announcing the
birth OF an eigth pound. one ounce
daughter Monday in Boyer Hos
pital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10
Arthur NJ. Vandersall
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
candidate for reelection, has been

CenIIdate lot It-tItDIIOHi UttII
Legally trained
and he has the advantage OF
Extensive experience in this court
Your vote will assure continuation
of existing pol cies of fair and inn
partial consideration in this court.
Primary Election, Monday,
February Is, 1912
Republican ticket
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10

Wnlcn nnaily develop may call Tor
moves you do not expect to see
ordinarily. some OF which are odd
in the extreme.
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South West North East
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South violated an almost sacred
rule of No Trump bidding. to avoid
that declaration when you lack a
couple OF cards Of your partners
suit. but with shoppers In hearts
and clubs. plus the solid spades. he
decided to make a crazy shot. es-
pecially since honors do not count
In match-play duplicates.
West led his heart K and. see
ing his partners J drop. decided
he would not set up the possible
game trick for South by leading
the suit again. He switched to the
surprise lead OF the club J East
did not want 10 advertise the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-10

strike Q blow for imsrIes-
sSy osfsH's Send, esd sts=psi
Evening star., 1942-09-06
slDEllnEs

FREE LABOR WILL WIN. Labor Day
this year has new, important signifi-
canoe. US. Labor is celebrating it as an
answer to the challenge thrown down by
Hitler with his doctrine of slave labor.
Its rallying cry is the slogan officially
adopted by the government - on our
cover.
Labor knows that it is fighting war
of survival. that every machine it turns
is another blow for democracy. And Labor
now. more than ever before, means all
of us.
Every working man and wonan-n
factory, Office, on the farm. behind an
executives desk, in voluntary war work
Evening star., 1942-09-06

- knows that if Americans are to keep
their cherished freedom, the United
Nations must win. Labor - free Labor -
will help them do it.
C0WED. One commentary on the syste-
matte looting of cattle by Nazis in the
occupied countries. is story making the
rounds in Holland. A Dutchman
approaches friend: did you hear about
the COW who chewed up German COM
munication cable?
'eYes," replies the friend. The Cestapo
arrested her. She was shot as saboteu.
And the Germans carried off another fifty
COWS to Germany - as hostages
ROMANTIC NOTE. The other day one
of our editors received this note from an
Army major who must have had a good
time at some recent USO dance: My
dear Miss Mary Winn: You are much too
nice to know for only one evening -.
Could you put me on your list Tor q
Christmas card!
At the bottom of this diplomatic over
ture to further correspondence were the
names and addresses of two other Mary
Winns, evidently culled from the phone
book, with the implied plea that the flrst
to receive it pass the letter on if she didn't
happen to be the right lady.
She isn't, unfortunately, so IN the inter-
est of Cupid and Army morale sne is for
warding the note to Number Two. we
never like to let good man down. 80 Il
your name is Mary Winn. and you re-
Gently spent the evening with charming
major. drop us a line. Well forward It.
asking nothing in return but a piece OF the
wedding cake to sleep on. M.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
mornings committee mf


1887 equivalent of movie
That tiny margin may be the dividing line between success
and failure. And you multiply this margin by the number of
nation the product may be great enough to mark the
difference between and failure in the national defense In
times like these certainly afford even that small slack
ness which, 80 multiplied might disaster THE opposing
forces closely matched correspondent wrote Of
recent battle Libya that of tanks might have
changed the outcome" Why wasn't there? Could the
be lack of that rubber bath mat you forgot to in? Or of the
gasoline you burned that needless aunt Sundy Or the Bonds
you didn't buy? Or the cartridges you didn't make because Of
that careless minor accident? Or because didn't feel quite
well enough to report at the factory?
driver for that tank ready he hadn't left his post The
expensive movie was somewhere behind the front lines
Nelson leading his fleet into action Trafalgar sgnaed from
his flagship Victory England expects every to do his
duty Always but before that is the signal Of
essry victory and mine and that of country
Evening star., 1942-09-06

dents cost America days IN factories last
year enough to build 10000 light tanks And this year that
record threatens to be even worse.
These things read in newspaps but there no record
of the countless instances where lying down has put spike
in the wheel of personal friend Of mine owns small
plant that makes gadgets for radio The put stop to t
and my friend faced the prospect of closing down.
HEN he learned the government wanted his gadgets i
should have taken the night train to Warrington he told me-
but can't sleep seeps left the next morning reached
that office Just after noon and found the contract had gone to
another firm hours before You weren't here the chief sad
and the other fellow when opened the Office That
nights rest cost thousands of dollars but maybe the lesson
worth it. From I'm going to be the man that's wait
ing when the doors OPEN" !.
Evening star., 1942-09-06

Few of us can know how vital our part IN JoO may
prove to be- The historian Edward Claiming wrote that
the force of our Constitution lay chiefly in the modca
tions and amendments made within one single day by
John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. Neither Adams nor
Franklin could have foreseen the importance of that days
work. but the history Of the world might have been
changed and the lives of billions Of its inhabitants John
had decided didn't matter whether he attended that
Evening star., 1942-09-06

WHAT TIME IT Is?

Il may be one minute TO victory
or defeat, 50 keep On your toes
by Claanning Pollock
Evening star., 1942-09-06

NEWSPAPER published at Fort Rosecrans Cal brings to
my desk grim little story. soldier guard there got
tired Of his task he calmly quit and went to movie
The man was tried and sentenced to dshmorabe discharge
total forfeiture of pay and years confinement at hard labor
1T expensive movie the paper comments but It could
have cost the man his life The maximum punishment. in time
Of war; is death"
The bored soldier who found nothing happening at his post
md nothing likely to happen probably feels that what he did
little thing. of importance. The point is that 'ngh
he deem disastrous Nothing happening at Pearl Harbor
yexy early the morning of last December Z When
listening post detected the done of planes and reported the
officer whom the report made ignored it. We were not
even at war few hours later those planes dropping
bombs amazed and unprared fort and feet Nothing
was happening the beach Amagansett Long Island
Evening star., 1942-09-06


when suddenly German saboteus brought their explosives
ashore only be caught through the vigilance of lone M
Coast Guardman. NV
None Of ever be when things will begin hap ~
pening it because of that put at certain posts
given certain jobs to do; and if nobody did them
sometimes only failed to do one particular job
the result might be catastrophe. =.
Az The Fort Roeec1ans Cannon Report says, Your I|1
success or failure does make difference between Victory
and Defeat That is almost true in peace in war.
Forty years ago, managing WAY Down East COM
pany uptown New York also ardent and
lurching one noon with my fancee downtown.
1sT it time you at the theater? the lady asked
but haven't anything really important to do there until
count up the receipts of the matinee" answered.
Still" the lady said you're the manager you should be
On hand"
went Ten minutes after my arrival, smoke from small
blaze alley dred into the playhouse Panic followed was
able to muster the uss and quiet the audience down. IF
hadn't job" fire chief told many lives might
have been lost My downtown luncheon almost expen
movie Almost every day brings its example Of the serious
of momentay lying down on your job" youth
carsy glanced away from his work. and his hand was caught
the machine he operating minor accdet Not for the
YOUTH who permanently disabled. Nor for country
which lost expert workman in vital war factory Such ac
Evening star., 1942-09-06
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
Cover by Mead Moddiek Lownds

Ths soass and dssptens ef a ekueia tIss spss sis
ssess ssoIs and articles II TINS WEEK MAGAZINE
wholly Heess. %ny ef which ksees b tie
fkaf any as dsad. s sssy eeisdsaal
Evening star., 1942-02-20

GERS club after the ceremony. 1t.
Mu1vey and his bride left later for
Evening star., 1942-02-20
WompIer
Continued from Page B-3)

an arm bouquet of pink perfection
roses tied with satin ribbon.
The bridesmaids were Miss Claire
Tackaberry of Washington and Miss
Margaret Belt of Salisbury, N. c.
They were costumed in powder blue
crepe made like the dress Of the
maid of honor and their arm bou-
ouets were of Picardy gladioluses
tied with satin ribbon.
Mr.. Earl Sodeman Of Colmar
Manor, Md, was best man for the
bridegroom and the ushers were
Mr.. Robert Warren of Scranton,
Pa, and Mr.. George Ray Hendren,
formerly of Spencer, N. G.
A reception after the ceremony
was held at the home of the brides
parents at 1910 Peabody street,
which was attractively decorated
with spring flowers. The TERED
wedding cake, rising from a bank
of fern and sweet peas, centered
the brides table, which was further
embellished with low bowls of white
flowers and lighted candles.
After the reception Mr.. and Mrs.
Hobson left for a trip to New York,
the latter wearing suit of moss
green wool with antique and gold
accessories and a corsage of Or
chids. Mr.. Hobson holds a position
with the Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration, and on their return they
will make their home at 4207 Six
teenth street.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Film Stars Attend
'Save.a.Life'
Luncheon

Sylvia Sidney and Victor Jory, CO.
stars in Angel Street." now playing
at the National Theater, were in the
company Of ITS which attended the
"Save-a-Life" luncheon given by the
City of Hope Auxiliary of the Los
Angeles Sanitarium yesterday at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. Jory, who has visited the sani-
tarium, spoke briefly, while Miss
Sidney took a bow.
The principal speaker, 1t. Comdr.
Herman S. Hoffman, asserted that
there was no overlapping in the field
of work in which the sanitarium Is
engaged. No single State, he de-
clared, has sufficient facilities to care
for its tuberculosis patients.
A musical program was offered by
Nine. Gitta Rapooch, formerly with
the Vienna Opera Co.
About Is new members attended
the luncheon, which raised funds
for the work of the sanitarium.
Mrs. Benjamin Brill, the auxiliary
president, also spoke, while Mrs.
Harry Somers was master Of cere-
monies.
Honor guests were secured by Mrs.
Carl w. Linker, whose work in
founding the auxiliary was recog-
nized by the president yesterday in
her remarks.
Defense bonds totaling appr6xi-
mately $4,000 were sold by junior
members from a special booth.
Evening star., 1942-02-20

New Orleans. They viii Be 1t home
ct Oakdale, La.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Miss Ferguson Wed
To MIR. D. 0. Tucker

Miss H. Jayne Ferguson, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Ferguson OF
Chicago, became the bride Of Mr.
Donald o. Tucker, son Of Mrs. d. b
Tucker Of johnson City, Tenn, In a
simple service performed In the par
sonage Of the First Baptist Church
Laurel, Nd, February IA. The
double-ring ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Alfred A. Staples. Only
. few intimate friends and relatives
were present.
The bride was attired In q black
and white costume and wore o cor
sage Of white gardenias. Mrs. La
Trelle Barron was matron Of honor
and Mr.. Joseph Fitzgerald served
Mr.. Tucker as best man. Following
the service . reception was held al
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn j
Tucker. High Bridge, Bowie Md.
Mrs. Tucker is . graduate Of I'LL
nois schools and attended the Uni
versity Of Chicago. She Is q men,
Der Of the Business and professional
Women's Club and Beta Sigma Phi
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Miriam Prettynan
To Wed 1t. Pennell

Mrs. William Burton Prettyman
announces the engagement of her
daughter. Miss Miriam Prettyman'
to 1t. q. g. John Campbell Pennell,
U. 8. N. The Prettyman family has
resided in Washington for the past
nine years.
Miss Prettyman was graduated
from Marjorie Webster School In
Washington. 1t. Pennell. the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Pennell of
Los Angeles, was graduated from the
United States Naval Academy In
1899.
The wedding will take place March
Is at 2 o'clock in the Naval Academy
chapel in Annapolis. Chaplain
Thomas will oficiate.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
DR.. Major to Talk
To d. A. r. Women

George Washington, Fighter for
Freedom" viii be the subject of an
address by DR.. Harold Major Of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce at a Joint Washington's birth
day anniversary celebration to be
held Monday afternoon by the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, the Sons Of the American
Revolution and the Children Of the
American Revolution.
A concert by the Marine Band at
2:30 pm. will precede the address
at 3 pm. There will also be singing
by choir of several hundred voices.
directed by Charles Beachley, choir
leader Of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke, State vice
regent, will be chairman of the Re-
ception Committee. Miss Lillian
Chenoweth, vice president general.
will be in charge of the music and
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig will be
platform chairman.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Women's Club Tea

A program of musical selections
and solos, with marimba accompani-
ment, will be featured by Mrs. Will
lard S. Lines and Miss Elva Clark at
the tea to be given by the Women's
City Club at 4::30 pm. Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph P. Kelley, chairman Of
the Membership Committee, is in
charge of the program. Mrs. Helen
P. Collision, exhibiting artist at the
clubhouse, will pour, assisted by Mrs.
Janice Gould.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Political Study Club
ToHonor DR.. Rowe

DR.. Leo 8. Rowe. director general
Of the Pan-American Union, will pe
among the honor guests attending
the meeting of the Political Study
Club tomorrow afternoon at the
Washington Club. Other honor
guests will include Mrs. John L.
Whitehurst, president Of the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs, and
Mrs. Harry G. Oberholser, State
regent, Daughters Of the American
Revolution.
The guest speaker will be the Mex
lean Ambassador, DR.. Francisco Cas-
tillo Najera.
Those at the tea tables will include
Mrs. Charles H. Leavey, Mrs. Clark
Howell Woodward, Mrs. Harvey
Wiley and Mrs. Sherman Walker.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Weddings
Continued From Page B-3)

U. S. A, son of DR.. and Mrs. Thoma.
J. Mulvey of Wenonah, N. j.. or
Saturday afternoon at Camp Clai.
borne, La. The double ring cere.
mony was performed by Capt
Walter Angelo, a friend Of the
brides father, the late Rev. w. A
Melvin.
The bride, who was escorted by
Col. Phillips Boone, wore a white
satin gown. a finger tip length vel
and carried a bouquet of orchids.
Mrs Merritt Hursh was the matror
of honor and the other attendant.
were Mrs. j. Francis MacSorley anc
Miss Dorothy Mulvey, sisters Of the
bridegroom.
Capt. Merritt Hursh, was best mar
and eight officers Of the Hath In.
fantry, U. S. A., acted as ushers.
A reception was held at the ON.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
DIR. Lonn to Speak

"a Day of Reckoning for Greed
and Aggression" will be the subject
of an address by DR.. Ella Lonn at
the annual midwinter banquet OF
the Goucher Club of washington
at $50 pm. Wednesday at the
A. A. U. w. Clubhouse.
The speaker, who is professor of
history at Goucher College and q
lecturer on contemporary history,
will be introduced by Mrs. Albert
Armstrong, president Of the club,
who will preside. Miss Ruth KIM
ball will be in charge Of arrange
ments.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Y.W.C.A Plans Trip

A Washingtons Birthday week lend
trip to New York, sponsored by the
Y. w. c. A., will include a tour Of
the city, a visit to the Empire State
Building, Radio City and the tele-
vision studios. The girls will also
have an opportunity to attend the
opera or the theater. The group
will leave Washington tomorrow
afternoon and will return Monday.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Writer'S League

Feature articles, in the annual
contest of the Writer'S League OF
Washington. we're submitted at a
meeting of the league last night at
the Mount Pleasant Library. Thomas
A. Simons, president, announced that
guests are welcome to attend the
meetings. Mrs. Nellie Walker Irish
is chairman of contests.
Evening star., 1942-02-20

She Is employed In the legal division
Of the Federal Security Agency. Mr..
Tucker attended Tennessee schools
and is employed by the War Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1942-08-07
Uncle Roy's Corner
ny RAMON COFFMAN.

The hair Of people grows in var.
iosis colors and shades. Chief o1
these are black, dark brown, medium
brown, red or reddish (or auburn
Aaxen, gray and white.
Gray hair and the white hair o1
old age are due to something going
wrong. The pigment, or colorine
matter, is not sent into the hair
from the scalp in the proper man.
ner.
vitamin study during recent years
has shown that one OF the B vita
minis has . great deal to do with the
coloring OF hair. This discovery
probably will save many people from
getting gray hair, at least until ex-
treme old age. Others, no doubt.
will find their hair turning gray
for reasons which have nothing to
do with vitamin supply.
In the animal world we have an
even greater number OF hair colors.
We find all the colors OF the rain
bow in the hair, or fur, of wild ami
mails.
Certain kinds of monkeys and
apes (but not all kinds are brightly
colored. The monkeys of Latin
America belong to number of fam
lilies, and among their colors are
red, black, gray, white, gold and half
q dozen shades of brown.
Aanv animals grow hair which
matches the places in which they