davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
Production of Food Seen
as Major Problem of War

other equipment. What they might
obtain now would relieve future
capital expenditures at a time when
cash may be tight.
Equipment and transportation
Farmers are the real rugged indi-
yidualists. They are dead against
too much tinkerins with the insti-
tuition OF property They do not
want the moose OF government 10
so tighten that it may lead to die
tatorship and socialism. They are
proud of their independence and
proud Of their ownership of land.
In common with many others, they
still regard it as the only real pro
perty. But they simply cannot I'M
derstand many Of the rules and re-
gulations from Washington that
restrict their purchase of new equip
ment and new parts for old equip
ment
Livestock farmers in particular
are having great trouble in moving
their products. This is not only
true in connection with their own
truck transportation which is rapid
ly wearing out, but also in connec-
ton with rail transportation Rail-
road personnel is. OF course, de-
creasing by reason of men going
into the armed services and in con
nection with their employment in
war industries. Coupled with the
need for hauling great quantities
Of war goods the railroads cannot
be blamed. Adequate farm power
and transportation are vital TO the
operation Of any farm and our
Washington representative should
provide ii.
Farm Requirements and Problems
The United States has some TO-
900, 900 farmers and millions of pro-
ductiye acreage and grazing lands.
By any comparison, agriculture is
l big business. as such it in
wolves certain obligations. Yet,
many farmers are so constituted
that they chafe under red tape re-
strictions and RECOMMENDATION. Ger
tainly. industrial management too
has its labor, material. transpor-
tation and many other problems.
But both groups have buckled down
under the load and done an unpre-
cedented job Of production since
Pearl Harbor.
Farmers resent ceilings on any
kind OF farm crops, particularly
without adequate floors. But under
our present managed economy,
rightly or wrongly. the old rule OF
supply and demand Is out for the
duration. The farmer cannot I'M
derstand this and needs some de-
finite announcement Certainly.
il the rest of us, in view of lend
lease requirements and rationing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
Campus Events
Receiving Of Bids Completes
Sorority Rushing at Normal

sorority rushing tor the second
semester at the Michigan State
Normal College was closed com
pletely with the giving out OF bids.
and ribbon pledging. which was
Thursday
Alpha MI Sigma
Miss Reta kellog, ROYAL OAK. and
Miss Muriel James, Clawson, we're
the new pledges OF the Alpha Nh
sigma Sorority, IN a ribbon pledc-
ing Thursday evening at Charles
McKenny Hall. Ribbons given the
girls we're OF red and white. sorority
colors. Miss Neva Whipple, Yps.-
lantl. is president OF the sorority.
and Miss Edith Schneckenburger Is
the faculty advisor.
Alpha Sigma Tau
Ribbon pledging OF Alpha Sigma
Tau was at the home OF the faculty
advisor Mrs. Wanda Bates Rib
bons Of the sorority colors OF green
and yellow were given the nov
pledges. Miss Kathryn Bates, Mt.
Clemens, and Miss Doris Deuning-
o. River Rouge. Miss Aurabel
Hosman. Ypsilantl, is president OF
the sorority.
Delta Sigma Epsilon
Three new pledges, Miss Jean
Black. 81. Johns. Miss Marjorie
Pieper, Clinton. and Miss Marlyn
Sternberg, were welcomed into
Delta Sigma Epsilon, with ribbon
plcdging at the home of the faculty
advisor. Miss Chloe Todd. Ribbons
OF green and white. the sorority
colors. were presented. Miss Grace
Otto. saginaw, is chapter president
Kappa MI Delta
Kappa Mu Delta ribbon pledging
was in Charles McKenny Hall, un-
der the direction Of the president,
Miss Martha Craig. Charleyoix.
ribbons in the sorority colors. pink
and white, were given the three
new pledges. Miss Janet Cook,
Reading, Miss Juanita Donnor. Big
Rapids. and Miss Linda Klein
schmidt, Webberyille. Miss Gladys
Norris, Detroit, is rushing captain
Pi Kappa Sigma
Miss Glenys Heininger, Saline,
and Miss Anita Cooper, Utica. are
and new pledges OF ri Kappa Sig
ma. and received ribbons OF the
sorority colors OF turquoise blue
and yellow at ribbon pledging at
Charles McKenny Hall. Miss Flea
nor Tyler, Vassar. is rushing cap
tain, Miss Lorraine Valade, Detroit
sorority president, and Miss Virgil
MIA Wielandy. faculty advisor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19


Eleven new pledges we're well
coined into sigma Nu Phi a. the
sorority ribbon piedEnr a. Charles
McKenny Hall Pledges receiving
the ribbons 81 yellow and white.
chapter colors. were. Miss LuC-c-
tia Del, Ypsilaati Miss Gladys Aus
tin. Ferndale. Miss Virginia Bata-
luoco. Belleyiile. Miss Margaret
Kelly. Ypsilanti. Miss Eleanor Lat
inner. Milford. Miss Gladys LidgeN.
Detroit Miss Caroline Prokctns Ann
Arbor Miss Catherine Anslie Mon
roe. Miss Esther Senff. Ypsilnuti.
Miss barbara Rogers. Ferndale. and
Miss Patricia Van Wagner, Pos
tlac. Miss Betty Feldkamp, Npsi.
lanti. ia the sorority president, and
Miss Mary Bdttelle. lpsiluuu. ls
rushing captain. Mrs. Elton Rynear.
son. patroness, was present al the
pledging
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Ribbons OF the sorority colors o.
purple and white were given three
new pledges OF Sigma Sigma Sigma
at ribbon pledging at the sorority
house. Pledges are Miss Beatrice
Bine. Detroit Miss Beverly Bou
tell. Ypsilanti, and Miss jean
Lowell. Dexter. Miss Oramab sim
Elsie. is the president OF the soror
ity, and Miss susan Stinton is the
faculty advisor.
Theta Lambda Sigma
Seven pledges were received Toto
Theta lambda Sigma at their rib
bon pledgiag Thursday evening
and given ribbons OF black and red
The pledges are Miss Jean DeNer
ma. Grass Lake. Miss Betty Jones
Detroit Miss Minerva Allan, Pom
tiac. Miss Pauline Fisher. Wyan
dotte. Miss Virginia Schnoll Gru9d
Rapids. Miss Jean Allaback. Alpcna
and Miss Barbara Schramm, Farm
lngton. Miss Betty Jackson. Bac
Axe. is the>sorority president, Mss
Gcneyleye Fox~$S, the faculty ad
visor. and Miss Mary Ellen NcerinS
Bay city. Is rushing captain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
j. &. Correvant Talks
TO Three Campus Clubs

Work So rehabilitation OF indiyid-
uals in Michigan, and the program
followed along that line Of work.
was discussed for students OF the
Normal College Thursday evening,
when j. Earle Oorreyant, chief OF
the Rehabilitation Division Of the
state Board OF Control for Voca-
tioual Education. addressed COM
biued meeting OF three campus
clubs. the Special Education Club.
the Occupational Therapy Club and
the Association OF Childhood Educa-
ton. at 7:i5 p. m. in Charles Me-
Kenny Hall.
-Four main branches OF the work
outlined by Mr. Correyant included
complete medical report for the
individual. and an attempt 10 re-
store maximum physical condition,
after which Was careful and inten-
siyc training. both IN college ard In
aetna! employment conditions.
Placl,g the Individual in a position
follows his training. Mr.. Coreyant
stated, and the cases are always
followed up" and careful case his
tories kept on each one.
The rehabilitation program will
be exceedingly active after this war.
Mr.. Correyaat stated. IN helping
returned service men tit themselves
to civilian life again. II was very
active during the past war, he
said. and the number OF people
served in Michigan this past year
were over 1000, an Increase ~
approximately 5000 over past re e
ords. IN Michigan there are branch.
, es OF the program in Detroit, Flint.
Grand Rapids, Gaylord, lansing and
Marquette. the speaker stated
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
Girls Find Rushee
Most Undesirable

Berkeley, Cal, Mar. l9--INS ---
The Alpha Delta Pi girls are pretty
select about whom they admit 10
their gEQup. That's why they were
at loss today to explain how n
horse got into their sorority house
on the University OF California
campus.
Hearing noise In the living
room, they paid little attention at
first, thinking perhaps one OF the
girls was practlcing a tap dance
routine II was a girl" all right
"A bay mare-as Mrs. Gladys Hall,
house mother, found when she
pccped In.
Mrs. Hall called the Berkeley
pound master and the "rushee' was
rushed out OF tho house and int
pounded by the city. No one has
claimed the horse.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19

are going TO eat, the farmer ought
to be at least provided with the
tools OF his trade. lie needs little
hog wire, a few tires, gasoline and
repair parts but above everything
else he needs help in terms OF
manpower. The re-classifcation Of
draftees up TO age As may go
long way toward solving the farm
labor problem. II is a welcome
move on the part OF the Manpower
Commission.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
BY Roger W. sabson

Babson Park, Mass Mar. 10
Backed by the drive for Victory
Gardens and as spring draws closer
my thoughts and those OF countless
others turn naturally to the pro-
du.tion of food. England has been
successful in increasing productive
acreage. What she can do, we can
do here. Hence, | advise all who
can TO have a small subsistence gar.
den this year. Place your seed ord
ers now, but don't oyer.buy.
Economics OF Farming
have no concern over the anna
teur gardener He viii do a good
Job on his little home tact. In
the course of the summer he will
raise a good many wholesome yege-
tables to supplement his rationed
food-stuffs. Thus, in writing today
l am more fearful over the plight
of the man who makes his liyeli-
hood from farming.
Whether We like it or not, We are
all intimately wrapped up with
the farmers. | have at times TAX
en- exception to their demands and
have not much use for the farm
blocs. Yet, | recognize that they
have many real troubles. The de-
mand for foodstuffs continues while
some 100000 farm workers have
left 10 go into industry and the
armed services. This alone is a
major headache.
Foodstuffs and Initiation
Unquestionably farmers are In
agreement with wage workers and
others and do not want excessive
initiation. This is being controlled
now to some extent but is still
advancing too rapidly. Farmers
want the haggling over the parity
question by the Administration
stopped and consideration given to
the increase in farm operating ex-
penses. While being asked to pro-
duce more foodstuffs farmers are
mp against the bureau trying to in
crease food production. another
! drafting farm labor and a thiro
stopping production OF farm tools.
A good deal can be said in sym
patty for the current position OF
the farmers. Most of them who
are workers are not looking for sub
sides. What they want is rea-
sonable price for their products
and a small margin after expenses
are deducted. The average farm
err has not been able to build up
much of a financial backlog and
hasn't any money to lose. But
many OF them would be able to
weather the next depression IL
they could make profit now.
Farmers as a rule are careful
ependers for tools, buildings and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19


enough planes and plane carriers
and submarines TO destroy not only
the defenses of Honolulu, but also
to overtake and do away with the
Lorelei and other ships at sea?
Restwick Carnes parked his ex-
pensive coupe. 'Tll go over to the
field, Choppo, and offer my help or
my car or whatever I can do. You
may have to walk back to the ho-
tel"
Choppo grinned. Small detail"
That imitation Of his own eX-
preston brought a grin from the
man. Don't get out Of the car,
Choppo." CHANGING only once to-
ward the hated enemy planes that
were like focks of birds in the
skies, Restwick Carnes walked to-
ward the blazing fury that was
Hickam field.
All the times I've felt rage be-
fore, he thought to himself, were
as nothing. Hot blood seemed to be
bursting from his head. Red Cross
women in uniforms were already
busy, loading dead and wounded
into smbulances and delivery
trucks. Both bombs and incendiary
bombs were falling Everything
seemed to be afire. The noise was
deafening.
Apparently the enemy was at
lacking both Hickam and Wheeler,
the Army fields. Rusty wondered if
they would try to reach the incom-
pleted Navy base at Kanoehe? And
if they did, what about his and Abb
by's houses there?
But it was unimportant, COM
pared with lives and planes and
ships. The people helping victims
into ambulances and fighting fires
did not glance toward the sky fight.
They ignored it. The lamentable
exodus to the hospitals was grow
ing.
Let me take someone" pleaded
Rusty. He did not look at the sky
either. One sight Of those planes,
flying in sneering formation,
swooping to drop bombs, rising
again, still Haunting their IN
touched formation, had been too
much for him. Now he knew-oh,
yes, he knew now-why the Japa-
nese cafe and bar owners had been
so overly hospitable to all soldiers
and sailors the night before. That
claim Of friendship had been at
tempted strategy to lead them into
a Saturday night celebration that
would take more Of toll on Sun
day morning than the ordinary
hangover.
He realized that he was scream
ing over and over Let me take
someone! Let me help! Let me help
someone"
Get your truck over here" a
soldier screamed back. Drive as
close as you can" His face was
grimy with dust and sweat. Il can I
talk to you, bud. I've got to help
get the engines out Of the planes
before they burn up"
ITS not truck" Rusty said.
But the soldier was running to-
ward the burning planes.
Rusty began to run also. To his
car. Choppo had not budged His
body was stiff. His eyes were wide.
Yet all he said was, Dry up. Rusty,
for Pete's sake! This is no time for
blubbering"
The man had not realized he was
weeping. He drove his machine. as
swiftly as possible, right into that
horror. He did not tell Choppo to
get out. The child seemed to know.
Look in the trunk, Choppo.
There are some beach cushions and
some robes. Hurry. Choppo" And
don't look around you" he shouted
in his heart. Don't look at what is
over your head, and all about you.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
Ne,US From York

urday evening, at the home OF Mr..
ad Mrs. Fred Falk. in London
Township,
Diana Lou
Born, Monday, Mar. Is. an eight
pound daughter, Diana Lou, TO Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Hosier.
Sell Farm
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Grams have
sold their farm and will have an
auction March 25.
p. r. c. Charles Kanitz. Toby
hanna, Pennsylvania, and Miss
jeanette Straub. London, We're Sun
day visitors OF Mr.. and Mrs. Loyal
Kanitz and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Sanch and
son Gary, Milan, spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Grams. Afternoon visitors were
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Hinkleman, To
ledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Draper and
son Donald, Ypsilanti, were Sunday
visitors OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burt Draper.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
HELPS HOUSEWIFE

NEW YORK-UP-H Hunter Col
lege now offers a course called Con
sumers' Problems in Wartime to
help the harried housewife. The
scope and operation of the ration
ing program are discussed in add.
ton to the problems Of the home
maker as the purchasing agent for
the family today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
En- b att|ed Love

Don't look at the silly, inadequate
battle put up BY machine guns
dragged off the burning planes.
Don't look at the men caught in
some Of those planes" Yet, while
he worried, he knew Choppo could
stand it all far better than he HIM
self.
He found a wooden box and
quickly poked it between the front
seats and the emergency back seat.
Then he broke the back Of the seat
in which Choppo had been sitting
so that it was fiat against its own
cushion. The two began piling the
robes and canvas beach pillows on
the ingeniously built bed.
Rusty did not have to say again,
Let me help someone" Because
someone was being put into his car.
Rusty took the drivers seat, then
pulled Choppo in on his lap. They
started toward the hospital, merg-
ing with the ever-growing stream
Of ambulances, Red Cross cars and
private vehicles serving as ambu-
lances.
A hideous roar, even more
laundering than all previous roars.
burst against their eardrums.
Rusty did not dare look back.
.Choppo did. Looks like they got
about everything with that one"
| he commented dryly.
Restwick Carnes thought, 80
I'm the guy who was going to make
Choppo happy, make him laugh"
But before he could put his re-
proaches into speech the radio, si-
lent except for vital messages, was
again commanding, "All the fol-
lowing doctors please report with
out delay" A few minutes later
the request for blood donors came
through.
The next radio message stressed
the situation in Pearl Harbor. Rus
ty knew the bombardment on
Hickam field had been mainly
shifted to the Inflated bottle-neck
harbor. After depositing their
wounded passenger at emergency
in the hospital, he headed in the
opposite direction, toward the
water.
Offending the eyes was the same
scene Of destruction, only there IL
was to both planes and the ships
anchored in the bay. The smoke
seemed even worse than at Hickam
| field. Ships had been hit and now
were mountains Of fire. Another
had blown up. Men were founder
ing through burning oil on top Of
the water. Vessels wriggled back
and forth trying not to be hit. Ma
| chine guns made useless attempts
10 protect. For one instant Rest
wick Carnes stood watching this
blow to his beloved Honolulu and
felt his heart break.
Again and again he took a
wounded man into his car. As he
| drove to and from the hospitals,
he saw people being given first aid
as they lay on the ground. For now
the Japs were so fiendishly cock
sure that they did not direct all at
tention toward military detectives.
For their own depraved pleasure,
they we're flying low over civilian
areas, over pedestrians.
While Rusty regretted continu-
ously that Choppo was along,
/ knowing il was no place for a child,
he had TO admit that Choppo was
not the ordinary child. He was so
helpful on the trips. And it was he
who noticed the man in the door,
way OF little shed near the scene
OF disaster. While the boy pointed,
the man pulled a camera from
lunch basket and quickly sncaked
a picture Of section Of the devas-
tated harbor.
II was Jiro.
Ito Be Continuedl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
MISSES aOTh RoeCAT

ASTORIA, ore. up Grizzled
S2year-old Bill Markley reckons
his shooting eye isn't as good as II
once was. He just missed bagging
his Both bobcat this past winter
HI tally sheet Che scorns not1hes
on his gum shows los black Lear
29S bobcats. and he's long sl1ce
forgot to count the number OF buck
deer"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CHOPPO HAD BEEN sitting I'M
comfortably erect when he asked
Rusty If he would be wearing a
uniform. When the man said yes,
the boys small body sank against
the upholstery with what amount
ed TO a sigh Of relief.
"In bet everything will be all
right then, Rusty" Abruptly he sat
up straight again.
Please send ambulances to
Hickam field. Hurry! Hurry" The
radio announcer kept repeating
those words.
Choppo was almost against the
dial. Gee, Rusty, l wish we had
an ambulance. wish we had a
truck. I wish we had a station wa
eon like Denison Wares"
An ashamed spark Of jealousy
shot through Restwick Carnes at
the youngsters mention of Ware.
But mainly he, too, wished he were
in a station wagon.
Il have one at my house" Quick
" he wheeled to the curb and
dashed into a cafe. In no time he
was back. They didn't want to let
me telephone. But one Of the boys
will know enough to take it to
help" He looked at the child beside
him And now you are going back
to the hotel
"Doggone il, Rusty, you stop
threatening me.' The little boy S
face was set, strangely like a
grownup's, at the moment. 60 on
to the air base. Maybe we can pile
someone in here that isn't in too
punk a shape" His stony blue eyes
swept up to Rusty's. I've seen
blood in my day, pal"
Restwick Carnes did not an
swer. He just put down the acceler-
stor. As they drew nearer, they
could see the enemy planes in the
sky. Hideous things OF various
sizes. Dive bombers, high altitude
ibombers. They few in squadrons
of a dozen, insoent and fatal.
Again the man wished he had left
iChoppo at the hotel. But he did not
mention it again. Choppo would
have crucified him with his rage.
Besides, Restwick Carnes found
himself too emotionally choked to
talk.
The rumbling grew louder When
they drew as =Hfckam as he
felt they should, Rusty saw the
procedure the hated Japanese were
Following. They were using their
bombers at very low altitude to
disable utterly the planes lined up
on the ground. Already many of
them were in flames. Although
Pearl Harbor, with its battleships,
destroyers and loaded freighters,
was the real objective, the enemy
first must make sure they had
manned the defense planes.
over the radio came persistent
commands for all civilians not
helping TO stay in their houses.
Rusty cooked an eye toward his
small companion.
Choppo replied by pointing up
ward with his forehnger at the side
OF his nose. Sissy stuff Just then
an unusually loud explosion seemed
10 rock the very island Noisy,
isn't it," he inquired casually.
The mans nerves we're so on edge
That Choppo's control seemed su-
perhuman. He did not know that
The youngster in order TO maintain
his poise and the respect Of his
idol. was pinching himself on the
arm until the blood seeped through.
All Rusty knew was that he never
had seen such a soldier as the little
slley-rat. The idiot-childi
That term. dashlng into his
brain, made him think OF Paige.
What about the Lorelei? Would
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
MOOREVlLLE M. E. CHURCH
HAS DEDICATION SERVICE

York, Mich, Mar. 19--Mooreyille
". Z. Church people held dedica-
ton service at the church Sunday
evening. London Church Choir
was present and sang several songs.
Lee Bird, London, sang Jesus Re
members You. Rev. Bragg sang
Wonderful Love or Jesus Mrs.
Henry Kramer and Mrs. Sherman
stiles sang Everybody Knows.
Songs were sung by the Young
Peoples Glass.
Remarks were made by Rev.
Charles Bragg. DR.. Butt, district
superintendent, was the speaker o.
the evening. An altar carpet, new
furnace, new lights and a service
flag were dedicated. There are
10 stars on the flag for these 10
boys who are serving in the L, s.
Army and Navy: Raymond Musser,
sherman Stiles, Norman Loveland,
James Pennington, Robert Rau-
dolph, Donald Kelsey, Clarence
Turner, Wilbur Wrinkle, Robert
O'Brien and George Kelsey.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19
RATION THIEVES FOOLED

PASADENA, Cal-UP-Hopes OF
years OF high living for thieves
who forced the door of the base
ment OF the Alexander High School
with the evident intent of steal
ing all the ration books No. dis
tributed from there were sent glim-
mering. The books had been re
moved from the school at the close
of the day under strong guard and
placed in a vault for the night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-19

TORONTO UP - The police
morality squad met Wednesday to
decide il Tobacco Road" has been
properly censored. The Broadway
success Is scheduled to open here
next Monday night.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-07-15

Manpower Commission, has an
nounced that there are many
needs for women workers in both
the most essential and less essen
tial industries. She said that,
women can do a great deal toward
winning this war if they will be
willing to do the kind of work that
they are best suited to do. This,
Of course, is not always the job
that carries the most glory, but it
is indeed just as important.
In Montgomery County, there
are needs for men and women for
full time jobs in occupations of
both skilled and unskilled nature.
Also women as well as men are
needed for part time work and
temporary work during vacation
periods in the canneries, TO help
process the food which is, of
course, so vitality necessary.
Those who have not registered.
should do so at once at the United
States Employment Service Office,
located at, 8511 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, Maryland.