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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
DRAFT CALL:
Faces Fathers in '43

Evidence mounted that the draft
ing of married men with children
would be under way before the end
of 1913, following the U. S. high
commands announcement that the
nations armed forces would total
10, 42O, 600 this year.
Observers recalled statement
some time ago by Maj. Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey, selective service chief,
indicating that the supply of child
less married men would last only
about 10 months. The statement in
ferred that drafting of men with
children would begin around next
October if 1O,OOO,0O0 or more were
to be called without drafting Is and
10 year olds.
Since General Hershey spoke, the
minimum draft age has been low
cred to include those age brackets,
but the gain thus made in the num-
Der of draft eligibles has been off
set by deferment of all men 38
years or older, apparently reinstat-
ing his forecast.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
HITLER:
Produce or Die

Significant of even sterner meas
ures ahead on the Nazi home front
was Adolf Hitler's decree imposing
compulsory labor service on all Ger
man men from 16 to IS and all
women from II to As and limiting
the death penalty awaited slackers.
Observers who had been puzzled
for weeks over Nazi radio propa-
ganda stressing the seriousness of
the military situation in Russia now
readily saw that, this device had
been employed to prepare the Ger
man people for new sacrifices Of a
most bitter and stringent nature.
Clearly Hitler was trying desper-
ately to solve his manpower prob
lem. Allied military experts esti-
mated Germany must recruit at least
10000 new men to fill the gaps in
her army.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11

That American lend-lease food
shipments have helped the Russian
armies deal their deadly blows to
Hitler's Nazi legions was revealed
by Claude R. Wickard, secretary of
agriculture.
Food shipments to Russia which
rose sharply as the winter offensive
progressed went directly to the Red
army, Wickard disclosed. ''In De-
cember, for the first time" he de-
clared in report to the war council
of the National-American Wholesale
Grocers association in Chicago,
shipments to Russia were larger
than the combined shipments to the
United Kingdom and other British
destinations.
Discussing the 1943 outlook, Mr..
Wickard said that "our armed forces
and those of our Allies will require
almost quarter of all the food we
produce"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
CORN GROWERS:
Reap Big Benefits

Corn belt farmers and western
wheat growers will get the lions
share of the $685., 100000 in benefit
payments to be distributed among
growers for complying with last
years federal crop control pro-
grams, it was indicated in prelim-
mary report of the department of
agriculture on 1912 farm subsidies.
Southern cotton farmers will get
the smallest amount since 1886,
largely because of the improved
price position of this crop.
The departments figures disclosed
that payments to wheat farmers will
total $133, ATT, 900, compared with
$1O7,353 for the 1871 crop. Corn
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
SOUTH PACIFIC:
Jap Casualties Heavy

From New Guinea came Gen.
Douglas Macarthur consoling an
nouncement that American casual
ties in the victorious Papuan cam
paign were less than half the Japa"
nese losses. Previous statements had
said that a Japanese Papuan army
of $4,000 had been wiped out. This
indicated American casualties might
have totaled 1000, including those in
capacitated by sickness.
AS General Macarthur consolidate
ed his forces for the drive to clear
the enemy out of the rest of New
Guinea, military activity was limit
ed to continuous bombing Of enemy
bases. The raids included heavy
concentration on Lac, which is ex-
pected to be the next target Of Mac
Arthur's offensive operations.
The navy department disclosed
that a new Jap air base established
within easy raiding distance of
Guadalcanal in the Solomons had
been strongly attacked by American
bombers. The new Jap airfeld is on
Ballale island, about 300 miles north
west Of Henderson airfield on Quad
alcanal.
The navy likewise announced that
in air action over Wake island, a
number Of Jap Zero planes had been
shot down, while all United States
aircraft had returned safely to their
fields.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
RUBBER PROGRAM:
Green Light on $50

While a house Of representatives
naval committee ordered an investi-
cation Of charges made by Rubber
Administrator William M. letters
that "army and navy loafers" were
interfering with war production,
WPB Chairman Donald M Nelson
disclosed that he had directed that
SIS per cent of the synthetic rubber
program for which Mr.. letters has
been battling vigorously be carried
through "as rapidly as possible"
In testimony before the senate
rubber investigating committee, Mr..
Nelson defended his curtailment of
the rubber administration de-
mands and declared he was aiding
letters as much as possible without
serious interference with other ur-
gent war production.
The SIS per cent rubber plant con-
struction program means that 25
synthetic rubber plants will be COM
pleted as early as possible, the WPB
chairman indicated. Mr. LETTERS had
been demanding right Of way for
IS to 70 per cent Of the original
Baruch program.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11

penditures last October of $51, 000,-
900. He estimated expenditures for
the year would be $40, 900, 900, 900.
Expenditures in North Africa,
Libya and other parts of the world
have now probably taken the place
of rising production at home as the
main factor in determining the rate
of increase in our vote of credit ex-
penditures," he said Parliament
voted favorably on two credit ex-
penditure requests.
MOSCOW: The mystery of Mar
shall Semyon Timoshenko' where
abouts IN the Russian offensives was
cleared up when it was announced
officially that he had been appointed
commander of the northwestern
front. This front covers the area
between Kalinin, 100 miles north,
northwest of Moscow and a point
south of the Leningrad front. limo
shenko was supplanted on the south
ern front last fall after the Germans
had broken through the Russian
lines to Stalingrad. It had been re-
ported that he had since gone to the
northern part Of the Russian front.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
TUNISIA:.
Activity Stepped Up

indications that the long awaited
offensive to drive the Axis out Of
North Africa might be near, were
seen in reports of the recapture Of
several central Tunisian positions
with which the enemy had sought to
form line of protection for the
TANKS of Marshal RommePs army
retreating into Tunisia from Libya.
Conferences of top American and
British military chiefs in Casablanca
even after the departure of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill had emphasized the impor-
lance of the next Allied moves.
Lieut.. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
American forces had driven the Ger
mans back from six to nine miles
in the Ousseltia Valley and had
pressed steadily toward a pass
through which RommePs troops
must pass in their effort to join Ger
man Gen. Won Arnim's army.
RommeFs widely strung out rear
guard had been constantly under at
tack by General Montgomery's Brit
ish Eighth army.
One of the heartening features of
the American activity was that this
drive had recaptured several posi-
tons of tactical importance previ-
ously lost by the French when Ger
man armored units had smashed
through their lines.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
RUSSIA:
Cause for Rejoicing

With President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister ChurchilPs joint note
in his hands promising decisive
blows in the West, "Uncle Joe"
Stain could look with considerable
satisfaction on the state of affairs in
the East.
How well the Russian offensives
were going was indicated by a
steady parade of Soviet commune
ques reporting successes all along
the line. The Red army had driven
forward to within go miles of Rostov,
with the recapture of the railroad
towns of Ataman and Yegorlyk. To
the north, the Ukrainian offensive
westward from captured Voronezh
had pressed on to within 80 miles of
the big Nazi base of Kursk, with the
reoccupation of Gorsehechnoye.
The Russian Stalingrad trap had
closed its jaws on all but few
scattered remnants of the 200 Axis
divisions of 100000 men who had
besieged that industrial stronghold.
The increasingly desperate char
acter of the Nazi's plight in many
areas was indicated by reports that
large units were laying down their
arms" On the Voronezh front alone,
5000 Axis troops surrendered in a
single day. The Russians had pre-
viously reported the capture of more
than $4,000 enemy troops in this Sec
tor.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
Weekly News Analysis
Allied Command Moves Clear Africa and Control Mediterranean

payments will amount to $188, 219,-
900, which is the record for that
crop. Payments on the 1941 crop
totaled $130, 10000.
Cotton payments for 1912 will
amount to about $78, 1893, 900, COM
pared with $184, 957 900 in 1941 and a
peak of $265, 595 900 for the 1888 crop.
Until the 1912 crop year, cotton pay
ments exceeded those for any other
commodity.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
FUEL OIL:
Relief for East

Substantial relief for the fuel oil
and gasoline shortage in the eastern
states was predicted by John j. Pei
ley, president of the American Asso-
citation of Railroads, who told sem
ate committee that deliveries would
be increased Is per cent by March /.
Four factors, he said, will con-
tribute to the anticipated increase:
l. The use of 100000 new steel drums
for the movement of oil in freight
cars; 2. Additional unloading facili
ties; 8. Assignment of additional
tank cars to eastern service; Move
ment of oil by pipeline from Texas
to Norris City, ILL.,, which will free
further cars for the East
Meanwhile, Petroleum Administra-
tor Harold L. Ickes said the new
20-inch pipeline from Beaumont,
Texas, oil fields which will make
available 10000 barrels of petrole-
UNI products daily to the East, will
be finished in time to help satisfy
next winters civilian and military
needs.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11

CANBERRA: Prime Minister John
Curtin told parliament that from the
outbreak of the war to the beginning
of 1943, total Australian battle casu-
alties in all combat theaters were
52,148. The number comprised $685.
killed, 1882 missing, 9,059 known
prisoners and 1881 wounded. Aus
tralian casualties date back to early
1941 when operations in North Africa
under General Waveu engaged
troops from Down Under"
NEW YORK: Pearl Buck, author,
expressed the fear that through
political domination an international
Fascist government may follow this
war and seize the peace in the name
of world order" Speaking at an In
dia independence celebration here,
Miss Buck said: There are men
of many nations who are thinking Of
world organization in terms of world
military power.
LONDON: Chancellor of the Elk
chequer Kingsley Wood, announced
that Great Britain was now spending
$50, 100000 day compared with ex-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11
FEMALE MARINES:
New Commander Chosen

Heading the new Marine Women's
Reserve will be Mrs. Thomas w.
Streeter, Morristown, N. j., lawyer,
according to an announcement by
Gen. Thomas Holcomb, marine
corps commandment.
Relieving leatllernecks for COM
bat duty, the new organization will
be similar III purpose to the WAACs
of the army. the WAVES of the
navy and Coast Guards SPARS. The
feminine marines will have no Off
cial nickname.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-02-11

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
Evening star., 1943-11-01

DO Our Fighters and BOn1bers Fv
on Pure DyndtueI?
No-Sunoco Dynafuel is never used undiluted but is
blended with sasolines that produced by other
methods, in order to step up their quality.
Thereby, Dynafuel also helps make available greater
quantities of aviation fuel that meets highest military
specihcations-he gh-octane fuel which enables the
fighters and bombers of the United Nations to v faster
range farther climb higher than ever before and to
carry heavier loads of bombs
Evening star., 1943-11-01

fhe book of the week is the War
stamp book, 1t spells Victory if
filled in.
Evening star., 1943-11-01

Is DvndfneI Being Produced in Large
Quantities Now?
les-the Dynafuel Process is an important factor in
Sunocos huge production of 1O-octane aviation fuel:
1t utizes those portions of the crude which for.
merly went only into low grade fuels
VIII Dyndfuel Be Available for
Automobiles?
Right now, every drop of Dynauel is reserved for
military But when peace comes the same
and equipment which have contributed so greatly to
the war will bring to motorists new, more powerful
fuel for their automobiles.
Dynafuel was developed by Sunoco without
government aid or subsidy The company
risked its own capital, its own credit, in order
to pay the huge costs of building the plants for
its production.
1t is through such free play of private initiative
that all American progress has been achieved.
Evening star., 1943-11-01
500 more powerful than
L. S. standard lOO-octume test fuel

It's not by chance that United Nations 1iers
have won such complete mastery of the air. Our
men are better trained-their planes are better
armed-aimins devices and bombsiehts are
uneAceIled.
But another factor of tremendous importance
is the fighting fuel that powers our planes
Every week, millions of gallons of high.octane
the battlefronts of the world.
The high quality as we'll as the huge quantity of
our output has been made possible largely by
Dynafuel-an exclusive development of
Sunoco engineers and chemists
What is DnudfuoL2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30

SOME READERS ask, what
can 1 do with a small plot of
ground?" and rs 1t worth while
trying to have a Victory. garden
in a small space
A small Victory garden prop
erly planted and properly cared
for Is, in It's own way, just as
practical as a large one. As the
accompanying Gardsn-Graph
shows, 16 vegetables can be
grown In a 1ox15 Victory garden.
The small Victory garden, like
the large one, must be properly
located as well as properly cult
waited. Choose spot receiving
sunlight at least three-quarters Of
the day. Keep away from large
trees. Tree roots absorb such
large amounts Of food and mois-
ture from the soil as to starve out
a vegetable garden planted over
them.
II the Victory garden Is small
1t requires careful planning and
care to make it productive. Study
the chart in the accompanying
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30
MRS. NANCY FULLER
TO BE 100 MONDAY

Mrs. Nancy Fuller. who made
many friends in Ypsllanti during
the years her daughter Grace was
dean OF women and professor OF
domestic science in the Normal
College, will reach her Tooth birth
day, Monday, and sends the follow.
ing gracious greeting:
TO my Pending Gods
gracious mercy, we plan to keep
open house from 10 noon. Monday.
May 3, TO celebrate my centennial
birthday. May | say in all affection
TO my friends. who have been so
generous TO me already, that
shall be pleased IL, instead OF gift
TO me. they would buy war stamps.
either for ME or for their favorlte
charity"
Mrs. Fuller has kept her interest
in people and events throughout
her life and holds her years in Ypsi.
lanti as a precious memory. She
was especially active here in the
wcrk OF St. Luke's Church. Her last
visit here, when she was we'll into
her nineties, was to hear a Normal
Choir concert.
Her present address is Locust
House, Wilmington, Ill.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30
Small Attendance at
Auxiliary Meeting

The American Legion Auxiliary
met at the Legion Home Thursday
evening with an unusually small al
tendance. The meeting was short
and business was to the point. The
president, Mrs. B. F. Eddings, talked
on bond selling and gave the re-
port. Legislation chairman, Mrs, c.
W. Stokes reported that she has re-
ceiyed word from the legislative
department stressing need for boys
in service to take out government
insurance. war Activities Chairman
Mrs. A. L. Bales. reported that q
boys are in service who are sons or
relatives OF Legion members.
Members were asked TO save
scrap, silk hose and used stamps.
The Auxiliary is sending two
girls, one from the Junior and one
from the Senior Auxiliary TO the
Wolverine Girls state in Ann Ar
Dor. June II to "a. Appointments
have not been made yet.
Members are planning TO hold a
rummage sale the first part OF May
according TO the chairman, Mrs.
Ralph Wright.
Plans were made for the Poppy
Day. May % and 90.
Three members we're reported III,
Mrs. J. G. Waite, Mrs. E. C..
Briggs, and Mrs. Joseph Durham.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30
GAMES, DINNER AT
LUTHERAN MIXER

Games followed the cooperative
dinner and brief business meeting
for the Lutheran Mixer OF the
Lutheran Church. Thursday evening
in the Sunday School rooms OF the
church Prize winners for games
were Nj and Mrs Paul Trautwet'
ter.
Mrs. Glenn Gro0Sbeek presided
at the business meeting which was
followed by a talk by Sister Mar
saret Frye who spoke on the origin
OF the desconess in the Lutheran
Church.
The committee for the mixer,
attended by about q members, was
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Ungrodt and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Wiesenberg. The com.
mittee for the May q party will be
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Wolter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Wolter and Mr.. and Mrs
Miles Wilson.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30

Servinq Their Country

recently commended by visiting
general.
Seaman Second Class, Merle H.
williams, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Williams, has finished Battery and
Gyro School in Submarine Base,
New London, Conn, and has been
sent to Key West, Fla, for ad-
vanced training. His brother, Pvt.
Gerald Williams. was one OF the
guards for President Roosevelt's
car when the President visited In
Camp J. T. Robinson, Ark.
Private Carl f. Harwood, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harwood, 1920
Whitaker Road, Ypsilanti, has
been assigned to the Base Head.
quarters and Air Base Squadron,
Newark Airport. n. j. Previous to
this assignment he was stationed
at Chanute Field, Illinois, where
he attended the Sheet Metal School.
Private Harwood, whose wife and
child reside in Ypsilanti, was en-
ployed as a layout foreman at the
Ford Bomber Plant before joining
the Air Forces last September.
His brother, Private William s..
Harwood, also is in the service.
Seaman Second Glass Keith Petit
was in the city with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul D. Petit over
Easter. He will leave about the Sth
Of May for a new station.
William H. Dusbiber, who was
recently home on a nine-day leave
after completing his boot training
in the Great Lakes Naval Training
School, is now in the torpedo serv.
| ice school at Great Lakes near
/ Chicago.
Mrs. Robert Oltersdort and Mrs
Giles Fox left Thursday noon fol
Roosevelt. New Mexico where Mrs
Oltersdorf will make an indefinite
stay with her husband, Cadet Oh
tersdori, and Mrs. Fox will go TO
Fort Bliss. Tex. where her hus-
band. Lieut. Fox. is stationed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30

Pvt. Melvin e. Stillwagon, hus
band OF Lois Stillwagon, left Apri!
q for San Diego. California where
he will take training in the L. S.
Marine Corps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Youngs. $685.
futile Hill Rd,. have just received
word that their son. Naval Avia-
ton Cadet. Eugene Youngs, U. S.
y. R., has completed his training
at the Nays intermediate School
in Springfield, Illinois. Cadet
Youngs passed the final examina-
ton with the highest honors in his
class and also with one OF the high
est grades ever given at the school.
He expects TO leave Springfield,
Ill, for st. Louis. Mo. where upon
his arrival he will receive further
orders as to where he will continue
his training.
Second Class Seaman Dale Yea
ley has completed his training at
the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station, Chicago, and is spending a
nine-day Through here with his
wife and his parents.
Lieut.. Gerry Hammond, P.3S
pilot. writes home that he is in the
midst OF events In Africa. He says
that il anyone in the United States
is complaining about conditions he
had better come over there: HE
would then appreciate his own coun'
try more and more every day
/ have"
Corporal D. Fuller, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter L. Fuller, 2l9 River St.,
who has been confined 10 the hos
pitsl since Mar. Il, has been re
leased and is recuperatirg at his
home in New Orleans, where he is
stationed.
Lynn A. Porter OF SOP y. Adams
St, who was called into service
Jan. 81 aud is stationed at Laughlin
Army Air Field, Del Rio. Texas
was promoted TO the rank Of cor
poral. April 81. He is supervisor
OF landscsping and his work was
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30
Fine Points in Bridge
BY SHEPARD BARCLAY

up a long diamond for discard OF
a spade. and so wanted as many
chances as he could figure out.
Hence he came TO his hand with
the heart to the A and led to-
ward the diamond X. After the A
killed il. East realized a spade
lead could not hurt his side. az
South would surely hnesse If he
did not have the X. so he sent
forth a spade to kill those entries
as soon as he could.
Dummy. Of course. won Vests
X with the A and a second dia-
mord was called. which East took
with the 0 Then he led a second
spade to the @. The diamond 6
was then ruffed by the heart :.
and the heart led to the X. This
happily dropped both remaining
hostile trumps and made entry for
a fourth diamond lead, ruffed by
the heart g. This set up the dia-
mond s in dummy and the heart
9 to the 10 furnished an entry to
use it for a discard of Souths last
spade The heart J then took the
final trick.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30
GO OVER TOP

Detroit, Apr. 30-INS- Detroit
and Wayne Counties went over the
top in war bond purchases today.
and in doing so led all OF Michigan
over the s362,5OO,OO0 quota that
was assigned to the state. AT
least five million dollars over the
top in Detroit and Wayne County"
was the opinion OF Frank n. Isbey.
chief OF the U. S. Treasury War
Savings Committee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30
A Small, YET Practical Victory Garden
BY DEAN HALLIDAY
Released by Central Press Association

Garden Graph for 1t shows what
can be done in garden plot only
10Xl5 feet in size.
The plants suggested on the
broken lines Of the chart, lettuce,
onions, kohlrabi and peas will be
harvested by the time all the
space is required for the tomatoes.
Swiss chard is suggested in place
Of spinach since 1t can be cropped
all season. When cutting Swiss
chard remove only the outer
leaves for by this method the
young center will continue to
grow and develop. Radishes can
be sown thinly with the carrots.
Radishes come up quickly and
when they are pulled for eating it
will break the surface OF the soil
for the slow growing carrot seed
lings.
Turnips and Chinese cabbage,
both late crops, can follow early
carrots and beets. This should
keep the area producing all sea-
son.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-30
BOY STILL MISSING

Mt. Clemens, Mich. Apr. 30
Thursday police expressed fear for
the safety OF Dannle Lyons. 3hs
years old, who has been missing
since Wednesday noon from the
home OF his parents at s411 Ma
comb. Their anxiety, however. was
overshadowed by that Of the boys
father. William Lyons, 20, and
mother, Dorothy, 27, who were
nearly frantic Thursday attempting
to track down a succession OF
clews, none OF which shed any
light on their sons Whereabouts.