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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
WON'T DROWN ANY

Detroit, May 20-lNS-A family
in search Of maid today resorted
to their sense OF humor in the face
OF a desperate servant shortage in
the Detroit area, where thousands
of employees are lured into high-pay-
ing war jobs. Here is the want ad
they placed in a local newspaper:
III all you want is money don't
answer this ad, but il you like to
live and work in a new suburban
home and enjoy a sense OF humor,
come ahead. We have two sets of
twins, a little girl, two cocker span
iels, and refuse to drown any. The
wages are good"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
Ann Arbor News
Funeral Rites Friday
For Mrs. Van Buren,

Ann Arbor. May 2O-Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Anna Van Buren,, wi
dow OF Oran Edgar Van Buren,, 22l
W. Washington St, will be Friday
afternoon at o'clock at the Dolph
Funeral Home. with Rev. Florence
Teed officiating Burial will be in
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Mrs: Van Buren,, who was II
years OF age, died in st. Joseph's
Mercy Hospital Monday afternoon
following a lingering illness. She
had been a resident OF Ann Arbor
the past 40 years.
Survivors include FIVE sons, Percy
Wicks, Whitmore Lake; Jewell Van
Buren,, Lansing; Edward 7. Van
Buren,, Inkster; Julian Van Buren,.
Ann Arbor, and Theodore Van
Buren,, Whitmort Lake; two broth
ers, Julian Trojanowski, Ann Ar
Dor: IS grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
PLANS HONORARY DEGREES

Hillsdale, Mich, May 20-Dr. Har-
vey L. Turner, president Of Hills
dale College, disclosed today that
honorary degrees will be awarded
at the colleges ninety-second com.
mencement Sunday. Recipients will
be Ferris d. Stone Of Detroit, a
member Of the Hillsdale College
Board OF Trustees; Ralph Taylor
Andem Of Lansing, for IL years
executive secretary Of the Michigan
Baptist Convention; William II.
Ball. OF Muncie. Ind, member OF
the Board OF Trustees since 1923;
and Mrs George Schermerhorn, OF
Reading, a member OF the women
commissioners at Hillsdale College,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
1-VISIT LOANS

Don't borrow unnecessarily; but IL
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problem, this special service will
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Loans are made on signature. fur
niture or auto without involving
outsiders. Sensible monthly pay
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as men, can readily get a between
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unnecessary rigmarole. No en-
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Request Form" today.
Loans made in nearby towns.
Personal Finance, Co.
OF Ann Arbor
IA n. Washington st.
II. Wittmeyer. Mgr.
Phone 5S2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
KILLED IN AFRICA

lansing, Mich. May 20-AP-
The War Department today report
ed the death Of Capt. Lewis Halsted
Richardson, 26, in the North Africa
area while on a reconnaissance
flight. He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrss. Ard f. Richardson OF Lam
sing, the former once mayor OF
Saginaw and a co.publisher OF the
Lansing State Journal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
Final Examinations
Start at Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, May ga seven-day
period of final examinations began
yesterday and last classes for the
term were Tuesday at the Universe
ty OF Michigan
After the close OF the finals next
Tuesday, graduating seniors will
have a three-day vacation before
commencement on Saturday. May
%. The summer term, which is a
feature OF the new wartime acce-
lerated program will open on June
:.
The regular eight weeks sum-
mer session, which does not pro-
vide full terms work, will open
June IS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
BACK TO WORK

Bay City. Mich, May 20-Striking
members Of the United steel Work
ers OF America CCIO) returned this
morning TO work, ending a strike.
The strike Of 400 workers at Bag
City Shovels. Inc. began Tuesday in
protest against alleged delays b.
the War Labor Board.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
DIPLOMAS AWARDED

Big Rapids, Mich, May 2O-Diplo-
mas were awarded at Ferris Insti-
tute Wednesday to so graduates,
many OF whom will soon enter the
armed services, at exercises ad-
dressed by Frank Sparks, editor OF
the Grand Rapids Herald. and DR..
VI. S. Ward, president OF Ferris In
stitute.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT

Mt. Clemens, Mich, May 20
Warren Township Constable James
Plunkett, accused OF misconduct in
connection with his arrest OF %
year-old mother April II, faces re-
moval from office. Prosecutor Will
bur F. Held Wednesday petitioned
Gov. Kelly TO appoint a judge to
hear custer proceedings against
Plunkett.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
Rural Events


TODAY
Salem
Ladies' Aid meeting OF the Fed
Grated Church at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Manley Clinansmith, Cur
tbs Rd. Potluck at noon.
SATURDAY., MAY %
Willis
Mother-Daughse banquet at
Methodist Church, I O'Clock.
Salem
Union School picnic at Cass Ben
ten Park at II a. m. for potluck.
Auction Sale at Asa Whipple
farm, Base Line Rd.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
LIFE SENTENCE

Flint, Mich, May 20-A life SEN
tenee will be imposed by Circuit
Judge Philip Elliott Friday on the
Rev. James Wilson Lane, a factory
worker and correspondence school
minister, who was convicted late
Tuesday OF first degree murder OF
his wife Nancy on July 7. 1899. Lane
was originally convicted Oct. 4,
1889, but won new trial on re-
yersal by the Supreme Court. The
state charged that Lane killed his
wife with 30 rifle so that he could
carry on love affair with his
housekeeper. Lane contended that
the shooting was accidental.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20

DETROIT-INS- The attorneys
for Max Stephan had made
another last minute attempt to
save the former Detroit tavern
owner from the gallows. They
filed with the federal district
court a reply to the governments
opposition TO a motion for a new
trial The reply. accompanied by
an affidavit from Stephan and
Nichols Salowich. one of the at
torneys. asserted stephan had not
contemplated or committed trea-
son prior TO sos p. NJ. April IS,
1912
Evening star., 1943-05-23
SlDEllNEs

ERROR. A chewing-gum ad ap-
peared recently which showed an
American soldier offering sticks of
gum to two Arabs. One Arab was
pictured reaching for the gum with
his right hand; the other. with his
left. As soon as the first copy of the
ad appeared, the gum company be-
gan getting letters from people who
had read the Army's Pocket Guide
to North Africa" remembered
one strict Arab rule: Mohammedans
can take food only with their right
hands.
The gum executives Immediately
recalled their ad, changed it to con-
form with the Army's facts.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
VICTORY

TWO D0N0ERS left the English
airfeld. One hurtled across the
Atlantic, headed for the US. The
other set its course for Russia. Both
carried the same cargo - one of the
most precious ever to leave Eng
land, because it was calculated to
win new trust, respect and admira-
ton from her allies. The cargo was
an odd one cans of motion
picture film, a gift from Churchill
to two of his partners, Roosevelt
and Stain. The film was a nerve
tingling record of the courage and
skill of the British Eighth Army in
its victory at Ell Alamein last fall.
Titled Desert Victory" experts
call it the finest war movie ever
made. Its maker. 1t. Col. David
Macdonald, was a passenger in the
U.s. bound plane. Once on Ameri-
can soil, his first stop was Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, Washington. That
night, the picture was shown in the
White House before what was prob
ably one of the most distinguished
movie audiences ever assembled:
President Roosevelt, General Mar
shall, Admirals King and Leahy,
Anthony Eden, Lord Halifax.
Ambassador Wmant. Field Marshal
Sir John Dill.
COL. MACDONALD bright
eyed, desert bitten, a compact
foety-ish-is a movie man by trade.
Three years ago, in London, he gave
up a good directorial job and volun-
teered. He was set to work organiz-
ing the Army's film unit. His first
Job was the Commands first, too
the raid on the Lofoten Islands.
Desert Victory" is a complete
record of the campaign on the West
ern Desert. Macdonald and his men
Evening star., 1943-05-23

PRAYER. Mrs. Lillian Bacon,
director of entertainment and hos
pitality for the American Red Cross
Service Club in Melbourne, Aus
tralia, writes us:
II do not imagine that ever in
the history of the world has moth
erhood been so reverenced as it is by
these boys. Mother is their ideal,
their hope, their thought. Many
lad has told me that when he was
in the battlefield and death seemed
50 sure, his mothers prayers had
saved him. l truly believe that out
of this carnage will come a great
Christianity. They have faced death
and have stood so close to their God
that never more can they lose
Him" M.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

Rex Hrshfeid, the wild boy who had lost
the thumb of his right hand in truck.
hitching accident, was noted doctor now;
and Mike O'Brien, the toughest kid on the
block, had been ordained priest.
There wasn't anything out -of-the- -ordi-
nary about my old neighborhood. Spread
throughout the country. in hundreds of
cities, were thousands of blocks like mine
- streets with uninspired wooden or stone
houses, and traffic rumbling by. and
women carrying groceries home.
AND yet, as walked slowly around the
block and let the memories flood back, it
seemed to me that my old neighborhood
was miracle - the greatest miracle that
had ever visited the earth. Here, for the
first time, people came from all the corners
of Europe, the Near East and China - and
lived side by side in close quarters, and
did not cut each others throats. Here
came Italians and Russians and Germans
and Jews and Spaniards. And they lived
side by side, rubbed shoulders in the
streets, and - wonder of wonders! -
managed to get along with each other.
That was my neighborhood's oontribu-
ton to history; that was why my city
became great city, and my country the
greatest country in the world. For some
how, though it had never happened before,
we children and grown-ups of different
races and religions developed a good
natured tolerance toward each other.
instead of narrow, calling hatred. Some
how. while still believing that our religion
was the best, and our customs much nicer
than all others, there was something in the
air we breathed that made US feel maybe
the other fellows beliefs and background
were all right too-
Thought, as wandered back and forth
past the familiar landmarks, that here,
boiled down to its essence, was what we
were fighting for - that here, on this
imperfect street, for all its faults and
limitations, was way of life the whole
world could adopt and profit by. Tolerance
and faith in the dignity of all peoples,
thought, instead of hatred and narrowness
and oontemptuous superiority - and how
different the history books would read!
1t was growing dark as left my old
neighborhood. Men returning from work
were entering their houses. and some kids
were playing their final game of ball
against the curbstone. could almost hear
the distant booming of guns, the desperate
commands of soldiers, and the bewildered
cries of women and children on the road.
But was not afraid for my old neighbor-
hood. knew it would withstand the
hardest blow of the enemy. and grow
stronger in the years to come.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

p WENT back the other day to the old
neighborhood where l was born and
d passed the first fifteen years of my life.
1t was only an hours ride by subway and
trolley car from the section of the city
where l live now, and yet - city folk alone
will understand this II had not been
back for more than twenty years.
On this day oompulsion drew me back
- made me drop my work and take the
subway to the Plaza, and then the old
streetcar marked West Depot" l got off
at Tompkins Avenue corner of Lafayette,
and there was on the street where l had
grown up. played marbles and skin-the-
cat, fallen off the back of a truck and done
ten thousand other crazy things from boy
hood to adolescence.
There were many changes, and there
were many things that had stayed the
same. The old maple tree that had been
first base in our punchball game wasn't
there any more The slabs of slatestone on
the sidewalks over which our roller skates
used to bounce had been replaced by
smooth cement paving. A new apartment
house had gone up. The ancient gurgling
drinking fountain in the park had given
way to a shiny chromium gadget that
spurted water in an even stream.
Tony the Shoemaker was gone, and
Hermann the Butcher, and Mr.. Saperstein
the Grocer; and strange policeman
around the corner told me Flanagan the
Cop had died at least ten years ago.
But my house was still there - the same
four story apartment house with all mod
ern Improvement" that had been the
wonder of the neighborhood when we
moved in almost forty years ago; and the
little free public library was still in the
park; and Browns Ice Cream Parior was
still on the northwest corner where it had
always been, with the same display of
peppermint sticks and chocolate.
AND the children were there too, playing
the same games; the mothers and babies
were there; and the old people summing
themselves in the park on the same broad
green benches.
went into the ice-Ieam parlor, and
there was Mr.. Brown behind the counter
where had eaten hundreds of sundaes in
my day. A gray-haired Mr.. Brown now.
shaking my hand and telling me the news
of the neighborhood. His two sons were in
the Navy, and his daughter was married
and had three children of her own. Old
Mrs. Standish, who lost son in the First
World War, was head of the Red Gross for
the whole district; and little fat Eva
Kawarczyk, the roly-poly kid of the block,
had grown up straight and slim and gone
to Hollywood and become famous actress.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

OF Is cameramen, IL casualties
knew the plan of battle, were in the
van of the advancing tanks and in
fantry. His camzamen carried both
reyolvers and cameras. His instruc-
tons: 'When you get close enough
to use your guns, use your cameras"
The picture shows it. It had a stimuli
taneous premiere in New York and
Moscow. Reaction of both wildly
enthusiastic audiences was the same:
pride in our common ally; pride
in our common goal.
JERRY MASON
Evening star., 1943-05-23
BACK HOME

What makes America strong? This writer
took a trip - and found one answer
by Herbert Clyde Lewis
Evening star., 1943-05-23
THIS ! WEEK y!
- ~ AGAIN e

"TAERE'LL CONE A DAY.. ........
byCoreIiUs Clork
YOUR MONEY il. WORTHLEss7.
BY Albert Goss
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BY Mjekosi Mavsy
by Fronk Riekordsea Plsses
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byClsasetias Rotdfeferd
NOW GIRLS BUILD sUssl .......... Is
BY Lowrsoes N. Colten
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"0vlz En-. 10, BeaUsy...t9
Cover BY Emmett Sekosnbovm
Evening star., 1943-05-23

Names and descriptions of all eharaeters h
fiction stories and semi fiction articles In this
magaxine are wholly imaginary. Any name
which happens to be tho same n that Of any
persons living or dead. u entirely eoincidsntal.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

that freight revenues last north
were . per cent greater than in
August, le42, while passenger rev.
enues were 4s.7 per cent higher.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Back From the Wars
Wounded Man { an tRemember
Being Hit in African Battle
Pvt. Charles Adams
or Capitol Heights
Found in DeIirium

Just how he became a casualty
of war Is still a mystery to Pvt.
Charles Adams, "a, of 6l37 Shady
side avenue. Capitol Heights, Md.
He remembers moving into the
front lines before dawn at Ell Guet-
tar on March 80 He remembers a
chattering German or Italian ma
chine gun far to his left But he
doesn't remember being hit: he re-
members nothing of the surging
tides of war that passed over him
while he lay unconscious on the
battlefield, and he doesn't remember
much of his return from the front
line in jeep, after members of a
reconnaissance patrol found him,
raving deliriously, in the African
sun.
Pvt. Adams was a plumber until
November, 194l, when he enlisted
in the infantry with no idea that
America would be at war within
six weeks. He was trained at Camp
Lee, Va; Camp Croft, S. c.; Camp
Blanding, Fla; Fort Benning, Ca,
and at Indiantown Gap, Pa.
Frightened by Ack-Acks.
II saw great deal of America
before they shipped us to Scotland"
he said, THE trip was uneventful.
We saw no submarines. but I'll
never forget the morning when l
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Sinkings by U-Boats
Hit New Low Mark Of
One Ship in 28 Days
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
A new record low of destruction
by U-boats~ operating in the West
ern Atlantic has been tablished in
the last % days with only one Allied
or neutral merchant ship sinking
announced.
Since the Pearl Harbor attack, u
boats have destroyed 687 neutral
and Allied cargo ships in the West
ern Atlantic.
Last week. as in two of the three
previous weeks, no new sinkings
were announced. bearing out Secre-
tary of Navy Knox's recent COM
ment that the Allies have given the
U-boats a good shellacking."
Marine underwriters took notice
of the improved shipping situation
by announcing reduction of war
risk insurance rates on shipments
between New York and the United
Kingdom, Fire and Northern Ire
land to 4 per cent, lowest quoted
rate since 1940
A year ago the rates on similar
shipments was 10 per cent.
In the first 20 days of September
the Navy announced only one West
ern Atlantic cargo ship loss. Dur
ing September, 1942. 30 non-Axis
merchant ships were reported sunk
in these waters.
Evening star., 1943-09-20

had shrapnel in one lung and had
been struck with shell fragment
in one hand
Il do recall that when I woke up
the sun was up, and members of
reconnaissance battalion were roam
ing over the field looking for sur
vivors of the action of the previous
night. I yelled and they heard me.
I can tell you I wasn't very happy
to discover that while I was un-
conscious some one had stolen my
wrist watch and wallet. and a prayer
book with some pictures that 1 had
carried ever since leaving the United
States. About all they left me was
my pistol. Even my compass was
| gone.
Home on Hospital Ship.
II got out of Africa on a plane. a
train and in an ambulance. An
American hospital ship brought me
back to New York"
Pvt. Adams, who is tall and raw
boned, with a narrow, Drowned face,
says he doesn't know what plans the
Army has for him. He is willing to
return to the European battle fronts
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Dr.. Lyman B. Tibbets
Dies al SibIey Hospital

DR.. Lyman B. Tibbets, 40. of $3.50
Barnaby street NV, died yesterday
at Sibley Hospital after sudden ILL
ness
Dr. TibbetS was admitted Saturday
night to the hospital, where he was
member of the Medical Council
and the Special Surgical Committee.
He had served also at Episcopal Eye.
Ear and Throat, Children's and
Homeopathic Hospitals.
A native of Washington, DR.. Tib-
bets was graduated from George
Washington University and began
practice here in october, 1921.
He left to work in Michigan in 1928
and returned to practice here again
in 1880. In 1941 Dr. Tibbets was
chairman of the District Committee
on Relations With Allied Profess
sions.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Hope Braithwaite Tibbets, and two
children. John William and Mary
Alice Tibbets. Funeral services will
be announced later
Evening star., 1943-09-20

troll over the reported area, 1t.
Wolcott sighted, approximately three
miles distant. hostile submarine
surfacing two points on the port bow
of his plane. Beginning immediate
approach from an altitude of $500
feet, he swept low, released two
depth bombs which exploded di-
rectly beneath the enemy vessel,
then climbed away while the subma-
rine burst clear of the surface, rolled
upside down, and sank in a swirl of
oil slick and air bubbles. His skillful
airmanship and conscientious de-
votion to duty were in keeping with
the highest traditions of the United
| States naval service"
1t Wolcott married Miss Martha
McAfee of Illinois during a 20-day
leave last July after IA months of
active duty in the Pacific. 1t. and
Mrs. Wolcott met at the University
of Wisconsin where they graduated
| in June, 1889
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger
D. Wolcott, reside at the above ad-
dress.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
District Naval Flyer
Awarded Air Medal

1t. Roger S. c. Wolcott. USNR. IS,
485l Reservoir road NV, has been
awarded the Air Medal, the Navy
Department announced today. for
sinking an enemy submarine in the
Solomon Islands area
Two other officers also were
awarded decorations for attacks
against submarines in the South
Pacific. 1t. Comdr. Stephen N.
Tackney, USN, 81, of Coronado,
Calf. was awarded the Navy Cross
and 1t Frank J. HILL USN, 25, Of
Bruceville, Ind, received the Air
Medal.
For meritorious achievement in
aerial flight as pilot of an Inshore
Patrol plane during search for an
enemy submarine in the vicinity of
the Solomon Islands," said the Cita-
ton accompanying the award to 1t.
Wolcott.
After an intensive two-hour pa
Evening star., 1943-09-20

and would, in fact, prefer that fight
ing to the Pacific fighting.
He fails to see any glamour in his
war experiences so far.
ITS the same old story" he said
The same thing-being knocked
out in the first round, I mean-has
happened to many other soldiers in
this war. I'm taking it easy now
but III be back in there again pretty
soon."
Pvt. Adams father and mother
Mr.. and Mrs. George Adams, live
with one brother at the Capitol
Heights address.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Living Quarters Provided
For $4,000, MIA Reports

Conversion of existing houses and
buildings will provide approximately
$4,000 living quarters for war
workers. according to a tabulation
of leases and priorities processed up
to the first of this month, the Ma
tional Housing Agency reported
today. 1t was predicted that ad-
ditional units will be made available
now at an average rate of 5000
month.
The total includes 26.lO9 family
dwelling units to be provided
through properties leased to the
Government for conversion through
Federal financing and 1892 family
units to be provided by private
financing.
MIA officials estimate that $685.
100000 will be saved by the Govern
ment in original costs, as COM
pared with expenditures necessitated
through lew construction.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Roll Operating Revenues
Gain 15.7 Pet. in Year

BY the Associated Press.
The Association OF American Rail-
roads estimates that railroad op-
Grating revenues in August were
l57 per cent more than In the
same month year ago.
A report yesterday, based on in
formation from class l railroads
representing 8l4 per cent of total
operating revenues, also estimated
Evening star., 1943-09-20
IS D. {. Men Report
For Duty Tomorrow

A total of Is District men will
report for active duty in the armed
forces tomorrow
The men. now on their post-induc-
tion furlough. include 38 selectees
going into the Army, inducted
August 81; 81 into the Navy. in
Quoted September IA; four into the
Marine Corps and two into the Coast
Guard. inducted September 7.
The LIST follows.
Evening star., 1943-09-20
Leader Urges Unions
To Boost Advertising
BY the Associated Press.

BY NE ASSOclated Pres.
TORONTO. Sept. Fisherman
H. Dalrymple. president of the
United Rubber Workers of Amer
lea (CIO) urged unions today to ex-
plore the medium of newspaper ad-
vertising more aggressively than in
the past
In his report to the unions eighth
annual convention, Mr. Dalrymple
said advertisements presented with
punch but with dignity" would in
crease the organization prestige.