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Lost Generations:

Lost Generations:
It was our world and it is not
today,
Pour then the wine and trim the
candles down,
We were the fools who blithely lost
our way
And dumbly played the charlatan
and clown -.
Call for the fiddler name the
lazy waltz
Speak of the fragile beauty that
has flown,
It is too late to lance us of our
faults
We must 60 on unheralded and
alone.
There In the dust of old, enchanted
Inns
We sold the precious heritage of
For rancid wine and unimportant
sins
That stole the theme and purpose
of our plan :.
It was our world and now that world
is dead
And loneliness is all that lies ahead!
d. W.
Colin Mckenzie is a member of
the Merchant Marine Torpe-
doed three times In "a hours!
Down at the Village Barn war
bond rally, he brought a lump to
the Threats of the patrons when he
offered his three ''torpedoed" med
ais to the highest bond bidder
One man bought them, but Mr..
Albert Clear of Wall Street bought
$4,000 worth with the understand
ing that the medals be returned to
him Mckenzie, who has faced
death many times, left the floor cry
ing like a kid
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-06-04

PAY windows are much in vogue
~ again. One reason for this is
that modern methods of hanging
curtains make bay windows more
attractive than they used to be in
the Gay Nineties when they were
feature of SO many houses.
In those old houses the vertical
lines of woodwork and wall show
ing between windows made the
bay seem like coop stuck on the
outside of the house. Many home
owners had the bays removed be-
cause, while they actually added
space, they made rooms seem
small and cluttered.
Today curtains are hung to COW
er both wall and woodwork around
the individual windows in the bay.
This brings the group of windows
together as a unit and makes the
bay seem a broad and spacious
part of the room. The sketch at
the right shows a standard fixture
that allows curtains to extend be-
You'd the window frame; but don't
rush out to buy new rods. The
chances are that your old rods
may be extended over the wall if
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sub-standard quarters in the city.
Electricity is provided at cost.
Although Trailer City at Ports
mouth is the high-point of the FPHA
use of trailers, it is expected to be
followed soon by similar projects in
other severely congested centers.
The government already owns more
than IS, 900 units, situated in nearly
200 parks throughout the country.
Portsmouth Enthusiastic
Portsmouth is enthusiastic about
its infant addition, for the housing
shortage has been its greatest head
ache since the emergency began.
But even more than the speed of its
completion, the projects effect on
the city after the war is appre-
ciated. Residents are glad that when
the need subsidies this emergency
Subdivision" will be moved en-
masse, leaving only the vacant field
it mushroomed from, instead of
"ghost" community.
George F. Miles, president of the
Trailer Coach Manufacturers asso-
citation, whose members supplied the
mobile units for the project, sums
up this aspect:
"This city's birth is spectacular,
its contribution to the war effort
will be noteworthy, and its fate when
the war ends will make dramatic
sequel to the whole tale. For unless
postwar needs exceed expectations,
the whole community is likely to
disappear even faster than it came.
The workers will move on to peace
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80 per cent as much as the low
priced demountable house. Further
important savings are made in man.
power at the site, since four men
can have a trailer ready in a few
minutes, while even a demountable
house requires several hours. Since
war housing is needed in labor
scarce areas, this has made trailers
even more popular.
Employment in the Norfolk Navy
Yard, which is to be served by the
Portsmouth trailer community, is
due to increase about 40 per cent in
the next few months. The speedy
availability of the mobile homes
will make it possible for the navy
to recruit workers long before it
could have if it had to wait for other
types of living units. The effect
on the naval shipping program will
be important to the early completion
of the war.
Trailers Accommodate Families.
OF the $500 units in Trailer City,
2,640 are standard trailers, normal
ly housing two to four persons. The
other $50 are eXpansible mobile
houses, which are transported like
trailers but have wings that are
opened at the site to form extra
rooms. With few quick move
ments these expansibles form four
room homes, comfortably accommo-
dating families of six.
This proportion of two sizes pro-
vides ample quarters for large fam
lilies as well as smaller ones.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-06-04

When you see news photos OF
soldiers off duty in camp or be-
hind the battle-lines-notice how
often you'll see them smoking a
cigarette. There's a good reason
for that. Army officials say that
cigarettes are an appreciate fac
tor in maintaining morale-and
the soldiers themselves add that a
carton of cigarettes from home Is
always welcome. What brandt
Well, sales records in Post Ex-
changes and Canteens show that
Camels are the favorite cigarette
with men in all the services.
Though there are Post Office re-
strictions on packages to overseas
Army men, you can still send
Camels to soldiers in the U. S.,
and to Sailors, Marines, and Coast
Guardsmen wherever they are
Adv.
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tons, have been installed at the
Willow Run bomber plant near De-
troit. BY attaching several of the
units at the expansible sides, COM
plete mobile hospitals, auditoriums,
nurseries, churches, theaters and
other community structures have
been formed.
This flexibility completes the plan
for complete mobility of entire COM
munities which began with the for
nation of trailer towns.
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completed and furnished at mid
western factories, it was a matter
of few minutes for four men to
emplace them and connect electric
lines.
The successful completion of this
project, which is expected to be fully
occupied about July IS, is the high
point of revolutionary change in
housing techniques, motivated by
war necessity.
Deliver Complete Unit.
Completely reversing the centu-
ries-old method of transporting parts
or sections of houses to the site
and then assembling them, the trail
er coach industry has applied as
sembly-line methods to home-con-
struction and delivers complete
units, including essential furnish
ings.
Just as mass production tech
niques have changed automobile
manufacture from small-scale out
put at high prices to million-unit ca
pacity at low cost, this new con-
struction method for homes brings
speed, quantity and economy into
housing at time when all these
factors are imperative for the war
effort.
In manufacture, this method saves
80 per cent on manpower. The mo-
bile houses require less than one
third the ordinary amount of criti-
cal materials, permitting much
greater volume from limited stock
pile. The average trailer coach,
furnished and installed, costs about
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All other needs of this city, larger
than St. Augustine, Fla, are being
provided by the FPHA. Equipped
Fairgrounds dot the 290-acre site,
and two schools have been erected
for the children. A non-denomina-
tional church will be available to all
residents. Four community and rec
reation buildings will provide facili-
ties for stage shows, motion pic
lures, games, meetings and dinner
parties.
Four large play areas, each large
enough for a full-sized baseball field,
will be available for adults, and sew
en- stores will occupy a large COM
mercial building, eliminating the
need for travelling into the city to
shop.
Each trailer has a plot at least
rs by 46 feet. Drainage has made
the soil fertile, and a Victory gar
den usually appears outside each
unit few days after the family
moves in. Some build small picket
fences around their gardens, add
ing the final touch of suburban at
mosphere.
All trailers when delivered were
standard olive drab, but because
camouflage is not important at this
site they are being repainted vari-
Gus hues, to suit the taste Of the
occupants.
FPHA rentals on these furnished
homes range from Sc to SO week,
far lower than prevailing rates for
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Worlds Largest Mobile Community,
Built of $500 Trailer Coaches,
Will House $4,000 Naval Workers
Removal After War Will Leave No Ghost
Expected o tnula FutureUs Migrant Workers.

From wasteland city of $500 homes 46 days!
That's the wartime miracle of Trailer City at Portsmouth,
Va where 900 persons will the worlds largest
mobile community.
When the navy fclnd impossible
the Norfolk yard because housing shortages Federal
Public Housing Authority requested supply accommoda
tons quickly The huge trailer project the FPAs
this request.
Nothing approaching this feat has
ing Through the combined efforts govern
nent officials contractors and local workers. mobile
homes day transported to the site placed
dalton blocks, ready occupancy
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Portable Laun

Complete mobility of part of Ports
mouth, Virginia's, Trailer City is as
sured by the use of portable laun-
dry and toilet units. If the trailers
in this section should be moved to
another site, these utility units could
move along and be ready for use
as soon as the trailers we're re-
occupied.
AS used in scores of government
operated trailer parks, these utility
units are transported like regular
trailers, but have extensions that
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-06-04

open out to form extra rooms when
they are placed on their foundation
blocks. The design is similar to the
expansible mobile houses, which
form four-room homes when opened,
and are made by the same manu-
facturer.
Besides the expansible trailer and
the utility units, the design of the
expansible unit is being used in
many other ways. Duplex mobile
houses, with center partitions sepa-
rating two family-size accommoda-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-06-04
Stopping a Helicopter

While a motorcar travelling at
SO miles an hour requires ITO feet
to come to full stop, a helicopter
flying at the same speed requires
only 100 feet to come to stand
still.
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People You Meet:
Victor Mature, formerly of Holly
wood and Broadway, now Of the
U. S. Coast Guard He fur
loaf'd in the Broadway arena again
the other midnight for the first time
in a long spell Just back
from long convoy duty, and now
gone again >. Proud of his promo
ton and the part he is playing in the
war The other night his huge
hands were weatherbeaten and
tough What" one of US re-
marked. mo manicure?"
"Oh, couldn't have a manicure"
he replied seriously. 1.-THE fellows
on the ship would be in stitches"
. . No squaWks Just one lit
tie one The way they keep
teasing him-about Miss Hayworth.
Anon Carter Prosperous
newspaper publisher from Fort
Worth He and his wife were
divorced about year ago, but they
both patronize the Stork Club lot
l.. . And never interfere with each
others pleasure They simply
do not talk any more The other
night the transatlantic phone opera
tor found him there Friends in
London had word of his son q.
Captured by the Nazis in Tunisia
>. The news was a relief i.
There had been none about the boy
for so long He wanted to share
the news with his ex-wife-but he
didn't know how And so he
waited for someone they both knew
to come in (his daughter) who told
the mother.
Bob Russell, who can't speak q
word of Spanish He wrote the
wordage to three foreign ditties-
Maria Elena" "Frenesi" and
BRAZIL Maria" was the
first song in 16 years to hit the mil.
lion copy division. The words to
"Frenesi" he considers his worst
lyric His words to Brazil" lay
on a publishers shelves for over q
year-they couldn't see it! His
latest lyric is heard at the Versailles
where they feature the song, Ozark
Blue" His newest thrill is max.
ing the Hit Parade last week with a
grand torch called: Don't Gel
Around Much Anymore.
Then there's Bea Vain, whose
voice hardly needs an introduction
to people who buy recordings and
have radio Bea opened al
the Riobamba last night-succeed.
ing Frank Sinatra, whose click was
town talk recently Bea was
oof'ly nervous, mister MOI
only was she taking over the spot
vacated by crowd-puller, but it was
her night club debut, too Nerv.
Gus, it seems, because she was
afraid she wouldn't be good enough!
-. Good enough? She's mere.
ly been featured on the Hit Parade
and Magic Key programs, and her
recording of Deep Purple" solo
2,500,0 900 copies!
The Magazines: The Satevepost's
VIVID pictures about the siege Of
Sevastopol chains your eyes to the
pages Look points out that the
civilization that was saved with blooc
will have to be reconditioned with
brains Ruth Mitcheu's story o.
her life, via American Magazine, is
fine reporting job The motor
about the Japs being incapable O.
fear is such phony it might have
been born on Broadway. Omor
Harris, who spent 40 years among
them, offers some lowdown on the
Japs' alleged courage in Harper:
This Week includes a piece
about city gals on the farms called
1.-The Farmers Step-Daughter." l
sounds like the bluest of the anec
dotes after the Hays censors laun
dered it.
Lost Generations:
1t was our world and it is no
today
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you wire them to hooEs or staples
at the upper corners of the WIN
dow frames.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-06-04

MOTEL you are planning new cur
tains. you will want copy of Mrs. Spears
booklet that illustrates twelve different
styles of curtains with directions for maxi
ing them: including a simple homemade
rigging for draw curtains. Ask for BOOK
!, and enclose Is cents with name and
address to:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-06-04

Heart-Warming
Friendship is a word the very
sight of which in print makes the
heart warm.-Augustine Birreu.
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NO ASPIRIN

can do more for you, so why pay more?
World 'slargestse at 10e 36 tablets 0t.
100 for only $50. Get St. Joseph Aspirin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Real Estate investments

corner centrally located
on Ecorse Road. lots. Living
quarters. Can he remodeled Cor
store Reasonable price. Terms.
1900 down. II. Peet. 80 n. Huron
O. 49,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Farms and Land

50 ACRES level land on Beck Road.
near Van Born. Reasonable price.
Terms. II. Peet. 90 y. Huron ST..
1871.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Fine Points in Bridqe
BY sHErARo BARCLAY

would cover an honor with an
honor"
Sure enough. East did play low.
and the 10 went to the A. Vests
hand was deader than a doornail
now. but he nevertheless led his
diamond 10 to the A. Now South
sent a second club out, which East
won with the X. Having no more
diamonds. he returned the heart 8.
Consequently South scored three
tricks in clubs. two In diamonds,
three In hearts and three In
spades, making two extra tricks.
Following basic principles Of de-
Tense. East should have put his
X on the hrst club lead and fred
back his last diamond. That would
have knocked out Souths last
stopper. When South then led
clubs o second time. West would
have won after his diamonds were
set up, and could have cashed the
two tricks which would have beat.
en- the declarer by one.
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and then the 10, how should South
play this hand to- make 3-No
Trumps?.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
USE YOUR HONOR FIRST

WHEN YOUR partners suit Is
already partly set up, and continu-
ance Of It seems to be the best de-
tense against hostile No Trump
game, your assignment is twofold.
First. you are to help him clear
the suit as soon as possible, by do
ing whatever you can to knock
out the declarers shoppers In II.
Second, you are TO protect his re-
entry or re-entries, to see that the
declarer does not remove his
chance to gain the lead after his
suit Is established.
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West North East South
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Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
South let the diamond Q hold
the opening trick and won the
diamond 10 with the dummy's K.
With eight tricks sure in spades,
hearts and diamonds, he had to
get at least one In clubs to make
his game, and so led the from
dummy This was to tempt East
one Of those who acts largely by
rule-to play second hand low"
II he had led the Q from dummy.
he could have felt sure that East
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26

NEW YORK-UP-The Weather
Bureau has ordered small craft
warnings continued from south OF
Block Island 10 Cape Hatterss. in
Guiding Chesapeake and Delaware
Bays, for fresh TO strong winds.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Announcements

RALLY"
Come Hear State Band OF
Church of God in Christ Sunday
Feb. %, y. m. i36 Hawkins
st. Sponsored by NJ. b. Ander-
son and Church Elder w. A.
Anderson, Pastor
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26

HOLMES ROAD rot with smhil
building near DOrmitories. only
800 Easy terms. II. Peet, 90 y.
Huron ST. 1871
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Business Services Offered

"A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE"
Phone 274s-W. Faily Ruggery for
repairing and expert cleaning OF
oriental and domestic rugs by the
Persian method. Upholstered fur
niture cleaned. Free pickup and
delivery. Remember II is patriotic
to conserve.
RICKENBACKER predicts war TO
last 3 or yrs. VIII your vacuum
cleaner? Parts now rationed. A
few new Hoovers for Hoover users
Service and limited parts for all
makes. Free Inspection. Satisfac-
ton Guaranteed. Phone II. kimmel
l276-W4 or Shaefer's Hardware.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Houseo For Rent
Suburban Property
Lots

LARGE house. bath. furnace. nearly
one acre. $500. Terms. II. Poet,
50 y. Huron. Phone 1871.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
For Sale or Exehanae

SIX ROOM modern house, large sun
porch. bath, also shower, lavatory,
finished room In basement, garage.
East side to exchange for income
property in Ipsilsnti vicinity or
Detroit Box MIL care Press.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Announcements
AUCTION SALE

HAVING RENTED Ny FARM
/ will sell at Public Auction at
the Ralph Elliott Farm, 72l4
Stoney Greek Road "a Miles
South of Ypsilanti, on Thurs day,
MARCH 1ith. l Z. VI. sharp:
Team Of Horses. Double Harness,
Rock Island Corn Planter, Mas
sey Harris Corn Binder. Grain
Binder. Side Delivery Rake and
Manure Spreader. Mccormick
Deering Row Cultivator. Single
Cultiyator, Empire Grain Drill.
3 Section Harrows. Emerson
Mower. oliver Tractor Pillow,
Burch Walking Plow. Land Roll
er. Wagon and Box. Double Discs.
2 Gasoline Engines, Stock Trail
er, Tanning MIL, Drill Press.
Forge, Kerosene Brooder. Small
Tools. Some Furniture. And 9TH
er articles too numerous to men,
tion
MRS. RALPH G. ELLIOTT.
Terms Cash at Sal,
All Goods must be settled for
before removing from premises.
Milford Osburn. Auctioneer.
Ormie Vedder, Clerk
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26

LIST YOUR HOUSES today with us.
Income houses, also residential I.
wanted. BUYERS waiting. over %
years real estate experience. IL.
Poet, 80 North Huron ST. Uealtor.
Phone 1911
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-26
Lost and Found

lLoST-Bnlfold Brown leather. con-
tanning money and papers valuable
10 owner. Reward. Erwin Null
1920 Willis Rd., X. ], fpsilanu.
LOsT-Letter containing $40 worth
Insurance blanks. Reward. $40 >.
Adams. Phone 2764-W.
LOST Gold Wrist Watch In neigh
borhood Of Hamilton and Cross or
Michigan and Washington. Leave
at Press office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-16

...uh ...fv a.,ro trs n,orhr.
r.rn#r.. r4ta I.-rn gvont RIGHT
s,lt 90 his flrd
laa t.v room Identified IN his
solitude TIC Sergeant Major
eart THr.acv i'm ms/room had
.r..r ID. aaH bt ono night he
Gi.-ur.G.Ie te Happine of
h-H vre
}Ie-at candle ana there.
-l------==-4 A.---4a- She l-,u ha
g.. lt.I cam e.. was staring me
.-Ht n ta. f."
r.r other e.reuuty then took
their un ~ laughing uuru. TO
.ttI. the dispute. and a. decide
ho' "'tH. sergeant agreed
10 5'''n rooms H" Too, saw the
staring .. Every sergeant in
l--l-s -----'-- ILL., t4s=st=Hesess4= a4J.l- SIN
the eye staring 1t hm
For some strange roa5kn that
has move, been .r.sftctbriv cv-
planned England G1s Nc rcputa-
tion Of being haunyrd bv moro
ghosts THE s1--rtr- rfrlr tir7r
any other country IN fact. ii
sometimes seems that ghosts pre-
fer ENGLAND
Even So. cvorv nation has IFS
characteristic stories of snerti.qI
visitors such as the fahled I'm
dine sort Of beauty ouoen
among su9afs who was supnosod
To hove, over Austria's Blue Dan.
'tb- Rtvrt-t-qrrv- Spring annear-
ing 20 boatmcn for a brief inter
val and then quickly vanishing
into tho water.
MANY stories are told NJ the
appcaranco Of ghosts in the
United States one of tho
z-r77rrst beng the case ~ tho
Bleeding Gold, which came down
from the Gold Rush days of the
old West
That is the story Of miner
who was murdered for his gold
10y another miner who failed to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-16

concluded ne must boa r,felbor-
NIX visitor He did not reply 10
hcr greeting hut ust looked .l
her u silence AMI wa.E5 ra-.
her mushire Dor anna u.tH h.s
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ne ''i'fN'' bit'la.'F as h' hai
conc on 'ae Ilisl occasion
'7oi''a NJ mr. III S'i7aTF. "7'N57
around lils table. brushed past
h'r. and disappeared from the
room. lie has not boon seen
since Despite press advertise
hcilS and many private lHrc ii-
cations, he passed completely
ont OF her life
Margaret thCrcforc has be
come convinced that she actually
married a ghost.
Then there rs the Sergeant
Majors ghost seen only last
year.
Isolated in the midst of thickly