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 gency foods.
 There is "Pootchky" for in stance. This tastes like the finest garden grown celery. but in the ground smells like skunk cab bage, looks like nothing an American ever saw before and is dangerous to eat unless precau- tons are taken. The outer fiber causes skin eruptions similar to that caused by poison ivy, but needs only to be pealed off to reveal the delicious and nutrit- ious inside stalk.
 1" This" says Simeon, lis the only vegetable growth Iknow of that is even mildly poisonous. Other edibles include Petrusky, cowshps, ferns, wild rhubarb. lupine and Indian rice.
 There are plenty of birds too, including ducks, geese and ptarmigsn, but a bare few of them are not very edible, parti- cularly some highly-colored var ieties. "It's all in knowing just what's what"
 Of berries, Simeon grows ex- tremely enthusiastic "To name but few, there are crow berries, blueberries, thimbleber- ries and cranberries. They aren't scarce, or scattered in growth or hard to find, but profuse and luxurlant in growth and rich in quantity and taste. The soldiers in many Aleutian posts have been walking over them for months with put paying any at- tention to what they were."
 In the past, the wild strawber- ry has been popular on western Aleutian islands. It is very rich
Kodiak mirror., 1943-09-18

Tn Vitamin c, at least as much so as citrus fruits.
 For himself, Sgt. Simeon Ol- iver is looking past the days of warfare "The soldiers are look ing and listening and reading and talking Alaska Since the war here began 1n earnest with the ombing of Dutch Harbor, the sales of my book, "Son of the Smoky Sea" have quad- rupled
 Right now many soldiers, of course, are discouraged about their life in Alaska. But after the war, they will remember the rich commercial prospects, the wonderful hunting and fishing. the mining and timber indust- ries, the magnificence of the country itself and the people = plus the freedom from many of the restrictions of modern civil ization = and they will come back. You can take that as de- finite prophecy"
 Ger myself" Simeon gets . wlstful look in his eye, "I'm| quite aware that most of the Aleutian islands comprise the richest and best sheep grazing country in the world. After the war, l may invest in a herd. and If do, and if I come back here to visit, it wouldn't surprise me at all to find some of my soldier friends back in the Aleutians with herds of their own"
Kodiak mirror., 1943-09-18

A daughter, weight 6 1-2 pounds, was born Saturday to MT. and Mrs. Norman Field helm. The new arrival has been named Nancy Lee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty

BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty
Michigan's two native sons in
Statuary Hall-Zachariah Chandler
and Lewis Cass-are getting their
necks washed. The National Capt.
toll is undergoing a major house
cleaning while the congressman are
home.
A corps OF charwomen (both
Democrats and Republicans, no
doubD have the job of wiping up
some of the visible mud that has
been slung in the past two years.
Walls, ceilings, and tons of marble
columns are getting a thorough
overhauling.
Even the most loud-spoken OF the
statutes in Statuary Hall seem will
ing to be bathed. There's Zach
ariiah Chandler, who never was one
to be pushed around back in the
days when he was senator from
Michigan. He did the pushing,
then, according to capitol guides,
who tell sightseers that Senator
Chandler was one OF the greatest
Republican bosses out of the Mid
die West
Then, there's Lewis Cass, the
famous general who did some
straight shooting back in 1872, and
was the second governor Of the
Michigan Territory. Later, Andy
Jackson, a pretty good Indian fight
er himself, put Cass on his cabinet.
These two squarejawed gentle
men are taking the housecleaning
on the chin. They don't complain
and they will come out looking
SINNER than ever.
Besides brushing up the front
page personalities of yesterday.
there is some remodeling. In the
kitchen OF the Senate restaurant.
workmen are ripping out an old
coal stove which took so long to
heat up that its stoker had to
come to work at a, m.
The outside of the building r.
no problem. The fire department
is using its hose TO give the dome
a good shower bath real
treat when the temperature in
Washington hit 9S degrees, the
highest this summer.
The capitol housekeeping Is one
Washington occurrence that has
no objection from anyone . g.
except perhaps. the spiders, who
really shouldn't mind. They've
seen more notahlps mass throu gh
the doors in the past two years
than even the most ambitious spid-
ers ever hope TO see.
Not even the taxpayers have
complained yet. and keeping the
Capitol tidy costs them pretty
penny every year Here are a few
OF the items:
Three hundred cakes OF window
cleaner.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
THEY SA Y

Washington-Col Lewis Sanders.
Senate Military Affairs Committee
analyst: THE growing supremacy
in the air OF the Allies and
the increasing intensity OF bomb
ings OF all critical areas Is steadily
sapping the strength of the enemy,
and the time indicated sthe best
for a combined invasion would be
when all these factors have reached
their maximum-which might be
between the middle and the last
quarter of 1914
New York-Chairman James L.
Fly OF the Federal communications
Com mission: Radio has no cause
for alarm as long as it continues 20
do a decent job in the public inter
est. I'll oppose from beginning to
end any move for the taking over
Of the radio industry. It is vitality
important medium in the preserva.
ton of free speech
New York City, y PLAY
wright Maxwell Anderson. recent
ly returned from a war theater:
There is no longer the slightest
chance Of bombing or invasion
il is obvious now that the
time and effort in manning defense
projects are @asted and We should
not continue 70 waste them any
longer than necessary"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

Two thousand yards of cheese
cloth.
Two gross OF white soap; one
gross OF yellow soap.
And you thought housekeeping
was a headache!
Four Michigan industriaists have
been named to special advisory
committees OF the WPB during the
last week. These committees meet
intermittently in Washington and
advise the WPB on matters pertain.
ing to their industry.
Three OF the four are from De-
troit and are: Emerson Davis, De-
troit Chemical Works, Nitric Acid
Producers Committee; John w.
Batten, Michigan Consolidated Gas
Company, Natural Gas ALLEGATION
Committee; and Jack Gordon. Allen
Industries, Scrap Jute Products
Committee.
Also, there is ]. F. Johnston, OF
Johnston Brothers. in Ferrysburg,
who is on the Steel Boiler Com.
mittee..
Although this is the first congress
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
HOW TO PAY OFF YOUR DEBTS
WITH A LOAN
Here's simple way 10 clean up your old bills
on regular monthly payment plan

are made only for the time you have
the money. At our rate OF go per
month, a SIS loan costs Sl.55 when
repaid in three monthly instruments
of S8.S5 each, but only l8e when re-
paid at the end OF a week. A $50 loan
repaid in four monthly instruments Of
Sl3.46 each costs S3.84-or if repaid
in one month costs Sl.50.
Cash for most any purpose
You may get a Household loan to
clean up old bills, to pay your doctor
or dentist. insurance, taxes. repairs.
union or training fees-for almost any
purpose. Ifa loan can help you, phone,
write or visit Household Finance.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

sional recess in two years. IS Of
the II Michigan congressman are
keeping their Offices open here
while they are gone Congressman
George O'Brien and George Dondero
locked their Washington Offices and
took all the recess worries to De-
troit and Royal Oak, respectively.
Congressman Albert ]. Engel is
closing his Office for one week to
give his force a muchly-needed va.
cation.
AS usual, the senator's Offices are
still doing a flourishing business.
The recess has brought a new food
OF mail.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
Today's Horosoope

If this is the date OF your birth.
you are dependable, honest. tacti.
turn and strong-willed. You are
deliberate and cautious in action
You work hard and have a capac.
ity for detail. You are very con-
siderate Of others and are stead
fast In your affections. Late this
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Yesterday afternoon six counties we're represented at the Tr
County Association meeting held
Floyd Markham in Superior B J. Kindig, Lansing. chief
apary Russell Kelly, MAG peakers
The tenth annual reunion Of Geddes School
teday Island Arbo hundred
Following administrative IN recon
sdering action rejecting all bids and
ing the contract the Ann Abor Asphalt paving
Whitmore Lake road commenced today.
Wedding Miss Helen Alice Collins daughter and Mrs
Henry Collins. Frank Harwood. j. % Mrs
Eaton Critenden Wednesday
brides parents. Harris Dexter and William
Mulholand Ann Arbo quietly married
fist Friends Ypsilanu today
nouncements OF the marriage of Mrs Grace Bhck
dent here Harold Scott Toledo They be home
at AS Floyd st, Toledo.
Birth o Frank Hesel Wash Mrs
Helsell is the former Miss Ellen Brngal. OF this city
Wedding: Miss Marion r o MrGura Triuton
Mo- Colorado Springs connected 18th
the Normal kindergarten for the past four years..-
Fifty Years Ago
Despite the dull times the Jacksonville wooden mill has orders
for months ahead.
Mrs j. Willard Bsbb has been elected delegate to the
womens Relief Corps national convention lndanaDoO Ind
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
One Minute Test Answer.

/ In law IL is one to whom q
legacy is bequeathed.
?. A style IL which scenes and
subjects OF ordinary life are de-
pictsd.
;. one capable OF sensation and
consciousness.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

afternoon you may encounter a
battle Of suspicion, passion and
temper at home or on the road.
Be careful OF traffic hazards and
keep silent in an oral conflict.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
A Cynics Suggestion

I remember vaguely hearing
once of some cynic who was hold
ing forth on the dark aspects Of
life and he was challenged by a
blooming optimist to suggest one
improvement in the best of all pos
sible worlds. He replied instantly
that he would have the weeds as
delicate as the edible vegetables,
and the edible plants as indestruct-
ible as the weeds. Neither memory
nor my array of books of quota
tons throws any light on just who
this was. Perhaps my friend, Mr..
Henry Haskell, Of the Kansas City
Star, will be able to supply the an
swer in his famous Random
Thoughts" column.
At any rate, the spectacle Of the
ragweed certainly points up the
truth Of the cynic's idea. used to
advocate in this column that one
way to relieve-the hay fever men
ace would be to employ bands of
laborers with scythes to cut down
all the ragweed plants about this
time Of year in a ten-mile radius
around any city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

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Any man or woman with job is well
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have many plans to fit our service to
your needs.
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Payments shown in the table below
include principal and interest. Charges
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

bloom right this week. That IS
the ragweed crop, which will soon
be giving about twenty million
Americans hay fever.
1t is an example Of the perverse-
ness, of the cussedness of Nature,
no matter how many examples OF
her beauty you may point to, that
while something useful and deli
cious and desirable-like wheat or
potatoes-has to be coddled along
and treated like Little Lord Faun-
tleroy, no amount of antagonistic
activity or lack of encouragement
can stop the abundance Of that
horrible nuisance, the ragweed
and its relatives.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

observed In this life, ten men have
failed from defect in morals where
one has failed from defect in in
Horace Mann.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
FINDS WHITE BLAcKaERRlEs

MEXICO, Mo.-UP-It sounds
bit gaudy, but F. L. Calkin reports
that white blackberries are grow
ing on Purple Mountain near here.
The soft. sweet white berries were
n a patch surrounded by blacf
blackberries. Calkin reported. He
said that in his So years of berry
picking he had never seen anything
like them before.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
One-Minute Test

1. What is a legatee?
2 In painting. what is genre ,
3. What is a sentient being?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
Hints on Etiouette

When seated at the dining
table and your hands are not in
use, as a general thing keep them
on your lap.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.-INS-An
unauthorized walkout Friday Of two
shifts in the Van Norman Machine
Tool Company, one OF the citys
most important war plants
brought production TO a complete
halt. The plant employs 3,400.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
Impractical Idea

The plant is easy to identify
and the idea seemed to me to be
feasible. But | am informed by an
extremely able botanist that the
desired result would be impossible
Of attainment. The plant grows in
such profusion in so many out OF
the way corners, when it throws
its pollen on the air, it may be car
ried hundred miles on hot, windy
days, and even just little Of the
pollen is enough to make a COM
munity of fifty thousand people
utterly miserable-such are some
of the reasons for the impractical
ity Of my lovely little theory.
What can the sufferers do then!
They are worse off than ever this
year because the state of travel
and gasoline rationing will pre-
vent most Of them from taking
their annual hay fever vacation.
Although | have, so far as | know,
no influence with rationing boards
whatever, | would like again TO
raise my feeble voice and suggest
in all seriousness and with the
most sincere professional convic-
ton that these victims should have
some consideration in the way Of
extra gasoline during the hay
fever season. | happen to have
personal experience in my own
family and can assure all and sun
dry that hay fever is a real emer-
gency.
Failing these measures, how
ever, | will suggest some other
means Of relief in the article to-
morrow.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Mrs. D. S.. Will you please tell
me what is meant by dry birth?
Also whether the water is sup
posed to break before the child is
born, or about the time?
Answer; The amniotic sac is
full Of a rather thick liquid which
surrounds the child and keeps its
temperature level. When labor
begins this fluid helps to open up
the birth canal by hydraulic pres
sure-the best kind of pressure
for this purpose. If the sac breaks
early in labor, it is called a dry
birth-which means rather pro-
longed and exhausting. The sac
usually breaks from pressure
about two hours before the baby
is born. II the baby is born with
the sac intact and the waters I'M
ruptured, it is an infsllible sign
Of lifelong luck to the baby.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only. and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
Worda Of wysdom

restrict myself within bounds
IN saying, that, 80 far as ] have
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16
Observations Your Health
No Poor Crop of
Ragweed For Hay
Fever Sufferers
BY Logan clendennIng, N. o.

WE MAY BE in Tor some dis
appointing ard serious crop fan
ures this year on account OF the
foods and bad weather, but this
department is willing TO bet that
there is one crop that is not gong
10 fail-and it is coming into
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-16

Although this is the frst congress
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
.JEFFRIES To-
INSTALL MID
OFFICERS sun.
Prominent Democrats To
Attend Installation
OF Officers

Prominent leaders OF he demo
cratic party will attend the install
lation service OF the newly elected
officers OF the Michigan Federated
Democratic club at the club house
6l5 East Warren avenue, Friday
night, March &C.
The officers will be installed by
Judge James Jeffries OF the Court
of Common Pleas, who will be as
sisted by State Senator Charles C.
Digs. recognized leader OF Negro
democrats in the state of Michigan
and through whose efforts Emmett
c Cunningham was elected presi-
dent OF the organization.
In statement to the press Mon
day, Tony Vance. campaign man
ager for Senator Digs. stated
with the installation OF Cunning
ham and the other officers, harmony
will again reign in the ranks OF
Negro democrats in Michigan. Our
most form liable opposition was
overcome in the recent election and
Cunningham is DESTROYS of COOP
Grating with all persons working
for the political achievements or
the Race
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Set College
Dean Farley
At Fisk U.

NASHVILLE, Tenn - The Ma.
iional Association OF Collegiate
Deans and Registrars in Negro
scr ools Will hold lis 18th snnua.
meeting on Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday. March 23-24-25. on the
campus of Fisk university here. The
theme OF the forthcoming session is
The College and the War"
Tuesday afternoons business will
be devoted 10 registration Of dele
gates and meeting OF the executive
committee. President and Mrs.
Thomas Elsa Jones of Fisk univer-
sity will honor the delegates with
reception at their home Tuesday
evening.
Among the speakers will be DR..
Rayford Logan, acting dean. How
arc University Graduate jctool: W.
A. Robinson, director OF secondary
study. Association OF Colleges and
Secondary Schools for Negroes: DR..
Charles S. Johnson. Fisk univer-
sity; Dr. Horace Mann Bond. presi-
dent, Fort Valley State college, Fort
w LEY, Ga; DR., Eugene Carstster.
Hampton Institute; DR., B w Doyle,
Louisville Municipal college; DR.
e. NJ Norris. chairman. graduate
study, Prairie View college; and Dr.
Doxie Wilkerson. Howard univer-
sity.
President Thomas N Barrows OF
Lawrence college, Appleton. Wis.
will appear on, the program as the
official representative of the Ameri-
can Council on Education in the at
tempts OF the council TO make known
70 school administrators the work
OF the Armed Forces Institute.
Officers OF the association are J
+. Williams. dean and registrar OF
Kentucky State college. president:
H. Liston. dean OF Knoxville college.
arst vice president; J. b Csde, dean
Of Southern university. secretary:
and E. P. Southhall. dean OF Flor
ia A. and NJ. treasurer.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
St. Louisan
HonoredA
Great Lakes

ST. LOUIS. Mo.-Appren.ice Sea-
man Marian Sylvester Gillespie. son
OF Mrs. Bessie Gillespie. 27l5 S.
Compton Ave. OF this city has been
named honor man of his company
al the Naval Great Lakes Training
station, Il was learned last week.
Through a series of aptitude tests
given the $50 men in his company.
Gillespie has been selected TO at
tend one OF the navy's service
schools for electricians mates.
The honor man graduated from
the Sumner high school n 1912.
While al Sumner he spent three
years on the institutions football
team and was member OF the Hi-Y
club.
He is al present spending a nine
day leave with his mother here.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Qualify As
ShsFpshooteFS

FORT MCCLELLAN. Ala PVT
Walter Garner. husband OF Juanita
Marguerite Ga.n,r. 1921 Dearborn
street Chicago, qualified as a rifle
sharpshooter He was indicted on
December % and is attached 10
Company A. Fourth Battalion.
Pvt Doris Bell. son OF Mrs. Marie
Bell OF Monroe, Ark. qualified as
an expert rifleman here at the
training center. Private Bell scored
l56 points out OF a possiblc lis on
the rifle range. He was indicted on
December % and is attached TO
Company A. 4th Battalion.
Pvt David C. Finney. son OF Mrs.
Beatrice Tut, 4l5S Cottage Grove
avenue. Chicago, scored LAT in a
possible Us 10 qualify as a rifle
sharpshooter:, He was indicted in
the army on Dec. 5.
Pvt. Hercules Ellis. son OF Mrs.
Annie lsley 90S Mcdowell avenue,
Roanoke. Va. qualified as an ex.
pert rIfiemau He was indicted ON
December 5 and is attached 10 Com
psry A, 4ih Battalion.
Pvt. Milton J Hardin, nephew OF
T. J. Bellamy. 47s6 Wabash avenue,
Chicago. qualified as rifle sharp
shooter
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Negroes Cannot
Afford To Lose
FEPC- Randolph

NEW YORK-At the national Of
fees Of the March Washington
Movement in the Theresa building,
New York City. A. Philip Ran
dolph. national director. who has
just returned from a mid-Western
trip. stated that the Negroes cannot
afford to lose the fight TO save
FEPC.
The Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice, con-
tinued Mr. Randolph. is symbol
of the struggle and moral courage
and intelligence of the Negro and
il goes to the root OF the race
question inasmuch as il is concerned
with job getting and job holding.
Mr.. Randolph also pointed out
that the great delay between the
conference called by Paul " Nc
Mutt in Washington. Feb. 10. Of
organizations interested in FEPC
under orders of President Roose-
Welt is dangerous to FEPC. He in
sists that the southern bloc with the
Big Four Brotherhoods and anti
labor eastern business interests are
all conspiring to sabotage and ham
string FEPC which is an inspira-
ton to greater militancy and strug-
gle on the part Of the Negro for
the cause of liberation. Therefore,
all Negro organizations and in
dividuals should get busy and send
kilograms to the President. Paul V.
McNutt and Francis Biddle and
their Congressman and Senators
urging that action be taken TO
hold the railroad hearings and re-
constitute FEPC with more power,
personnel and funds, Immediately
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
Mother Freed In Fatal
Shooting OF Daughter

BIRMINGHAM Mrs. Carrie
Lowe. who last week faced a charge
OF second-degree murder in con-
neciion with the fatal shooting 81
he four-yeaF-old daughter. was &C.
quilted Monday by a Jury in Cir
Judge Robert J. Wheeler's
court :.
The woman who was defended
by Atty. William Conway. testified
ths; the shooting occurred during a
quarrel with her husband and that
IN bullet which fatally injured The
child was intended for her mate.