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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-29
Cigarettes Sent
to Boys Overseas

Liggett and Myers Tobacco Com.
pany are doing their part In max.
ing American boys in the armed
forces happy. according to word
from the Newell Emmett Company
OF New York. Liggett and Myers
every week distributes free to 5o.-
600 men a package Of Chesterfield
cigarettes.
Thus a million Chesterhelds sent
to foreign bases '-ere "smokes".
and especially American made
smokes. are hard to get. are main
tanning morale.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-29

smith remained there 10 stay for
sometime.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Kobel and
son David Sinclair and Miss Nina
Thilo. Ypsilanti. spent Saturday
evening at the Z. A. Duane home.
Mr.. and Mrs George Osborn
were Sunday dinner guests OF
tAelE daughter MF-and- Ara Has-
ley Dysinger and daughter.
Mrs. Gladys Fuller spent Fri
day with Mr.. and Mrs Grant Aus
tin and family. Stony Creek.
Mrs. Grace Brown and daughter
lila accompanied Mrs. Alice Berk-
ley. Milan. 10 Toledo. where they
visited Mrs. O. Berkeley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Osborn.
Geddis. were Sunday evening
guests OF their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Osborn.
Mr.. and Mrs. sanford Bodley
and family visited Mr. and Mrs.
| Henry Richards. Ypsilanti. sun.
, day.
Mrs Blanche Ellis and son. Don
aid. Willis. we're dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Barlow Simonds
Easter sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Palmer
Dundee. spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. +. A. Duane.
Mrs. f. L. Squires and Mrs
Erwin Bright. Judd Rd.. called on
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as buckingham, Friday evening
Mrs. Ida Lsmkin spent Tuesday
( afternoon With Mrs. Gertrude
Hainer. Milan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Miller. West
Sumpter. and Mrs. Cora Wilbur
we're Sunday dinner guests OF MIR
and Mrs. Robert Garrod.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Griffin. Up
SLANT. were Sunday dinner guests
OF Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams
! Mr.. and Mrs. Elwyn Bodley and
son Donald and daughter Irene
visited at the home of his mother
Mrs. W. J. Bodley from Thursday
evening until Saturday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bowles
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Del Carter.
Waltz. Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.. vedde. 30
family. Litchfield. spent Easter
with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs
o. f. Vedder and Mr. and Mrs
Albert Elka.
MIR. and Mrs. Lee ]. Talladay
Judd Rd. entertained at a birth
day dinner Sunday honoring theli
mother Mrs. r. c. Lamkin. Guests
were MIR, and Mrs. Lamkin and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Talladay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brown re
ceiyed word that their son Pvt
Robert Brown of Camp Grant
III. is being transferred 10 IN,
University OF Ill, for specia
training.
Mrs. Gladys Fuller attended a
family dinner at the home OF hel
parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Ham
mond, Stony Creek. Easter Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. clifford Cutler
and son Thomas. Detroit. Mr.. ant
Mrs. John Bobicz, Jr.. and family
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Jones and Johr
Lee, Talladay Rd.. Mr.. and Mrs
Leroy Painter and Joan were
I Sunday dinner guests at the HON,
Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
John Bobicz. Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Won Landin, Belle
vile, Mr.. Roy Moore, Ann Arbol
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chic an
family, stony Creek, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Andrew and family. lmla
City, Mrs. Victor Shukait. Talla
day Rd.. were Sunday callers o
Mr.. and Mrs Burl Baer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-29
MRS. c. MILLER GUEST
AT BIRTHDAY PARTY


Whitaker, Mich. Apr. 29-Mrs.
Fred Miller was hostess Saturday
evening to a birthday party IN
honor of her daughter-in.law. Mrs.
Glen Miller. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrod, Mr..
and Mrs. r. c. Lamkin, Mr.. and
Mrs Francis Garrod and daughter,
Marjorie. Mrs. Doris Peck and
Miss Donna Garrod. Mr.. and Mrs,
Leigh Miller. Mrs. Susie Batway
made "a large birthday cake, Fruit
salad and ice cream were served.
Mrs. Miller received many lovely
gifts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-29
Honors Brother at Party

Mrs. Mytral Kinnicutt was hos
tess to a birthday dinner IN honor
of her brother sidney Colby. His
wife. Mrs. Colby and family we're
also there.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
The Price of DeIoy

From the London Sunday Chronicle
In this fifth year OF war we nerve
ourselves for the gigantic climax. At
this moment some thousands of our
youngsters who have fought their way
from Africa are in Naples, and are going
on. At any moment now the smolder-
ing battle fronts of the last war will
burst af1ame, and millions of our flesh
and blood will 60 over the same old top
with the same old deathless valor, to
fight in France and Flanders. 1t is
not fair to these men, or helpful, that
the machines in aircraft factories be
still, or that a mile beneath the Britain
they defend the coal-face should be
undisturbed. We all have our personal
grievances in this war. 1t is because
we are jealous of our freedom. But
freedom without victory is an idle
dream. The quickest way to freedom is
not to slacken in our efforts for the
war, but to accelerate them. Every
day you shorten this war" Mr.. Bevin
said in Lancashire recently, you save
thousands of lives. And if, by virtue of
resolute effort, We can shorten it by a
year and spend that year in recon-
struction instead of destruction, look
what 1t would mean to civilization. :"
1t might mean the difference between
civilization and chaos.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Local Budget SimpIificotion

The District budget has been a
Chinese puzzle to everybody except
the few experts at the Municipal
Building who spent years learning
how to unravel it. The Commits
sioners and Budget Officer Fowler,
with the friendly assistance of the
Federal Bureau of the Budget.
have accomplished something worth
while in simplifying it,
The benefits of this simplification
will extend beyond making the bud
get itself more understandable. For
the Simplif1ed budget, with a
previous total of 215 separate items
reduced to 95, will give a clearer
picture of the present organizat ton
OF the Municipal Government than
has been available in the past. The
grouping of related functions Of
government, the separation of
maintenance from capital outlays
and the inclusion in the local bud
get Of items Of expense to the Dis
trict which hitherto have been
buried in other departmental appro-
priation bills undoubtedly will re-
fleet the need for simpliflcation Of
the municipal organization as we'll
as the municipal budget. It's sub
mission in final form, with Budget
Bureau approval, will be of more
than ordinary interest to the
citizens organizations whose advice
was sought in framing it.
AS for what the budget itself con-
tains, the most interesting recon-
mendation is the plan to set aside
a sum for capital outlay (construc-
tom when priorities are modified
or lifted and building material be-
comes once more available. This is
not strictly postwar planning" for
it is possible that construction for
public, nonwar purposes may be
resumed before the war is over. It
is putting aside a definite sum
$4,000 is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
cally earmarked for public works,
to draw interest in Government
securities until it can be spent. The
same practice is being followed in
many States and municipalities
thus creating a reservoir of employ
ment in needed undertakings to be
tapped when the time comes.
With sum earmarked for public
works and an additional fund-$2,-
,000-applied to debt retirement
which will almost wipe out NUM-
cipal Indebtedness, an important
step is being taken now in preparing
to meet the many accumulated
needs, requiring capital outlay, now
| facing the District.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
To an Absent Son

I cannot rise at night and come to
you
When suddenly the autumn uind
turns chill,
TO bring an ertra couerlet or t,uo
And kiss you in your sleep, O.,
mothers wiu.
No1o, Somewhere, halt a worzd avay
from me
The hour is noon. You may be
safe and 1Darm,
Winging in light aboue the Middle
Sea
While / lie anxious, listening to
the storm.
Strange, ,ohen about my daily tasks
Igo,
Less troubled since the radiant
morning shines,
NighttaH may ,0rap you and the
bitter snoD
In some lost chasm of the Apen-
mines.
I cannot come to you Nth loping
care
By day nor tn the matches of tho
night,
But ceaSeleSsly my heart goes out
in prayer
That all your ,Days be precious IN
His sight.
INEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
To Right q Wronq

Justice Harold M. Stephens of the
United States Court of Appeals for
the District has given powerful sup
port to the Hobbs bill to nullify the
adverse effects of the Supreme Court
decision in the McNabb. case.
That decision, rendered in a
murder case. held that a voluntary
confession can not be used in
evidence if there is delay in ar
raigning the accused person. What
this means, in practical effect, is
that many persons guilty of the
most serious crimes-even murder
will be turned loose to prey again
on the public merely because a
police officer may have delayed a
few hours in taking them into court
for arraignment.
In laying down this proposition
the Supreme Court made its own
law. There was no statute requiring
that the confessions be ruled out.
On the contrary, It had been the
Evening star., 1943-12-02

practice to admit them. But the
court, presumably fearing that
delay in arraignments might lead
to use Of third degree methods in
other cases, held that the voluntary
confessions Of the three defendants
in the McNabb case, who had killed
an officer in cold blood, could not
be used against them. And, curiously
enough, If the confessions actually
had been obtained by third degree
tactics they wo,1ld not have been
admissible in any event, no matter
how prompt the arraignment.
This was correctly described by
Justice Stephens as judicial legis-
lation," which is not supposed to lie
within the province of any court.
But since the court has made this
new legislation" it remains for
Congress (or the court itself to
repeal it, and that is what the Hobbs
bill would do. This measure simply
provides that confessions voluntarily
made and otherwise admissible
shall not be excluded merely on the
technical ground of delay in ar
raignment. AS Justice Stephens
said, ut is a sound bill and it ought
to be passed"
The bill would not deprive an
accused person of any substantial
right. 1t would merely restore to
the public the protection from
criminals which the McNabb deci-
sion has taken away.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Argues Case for Subsidies
Against Background of History.
70 the Editor Of The Star:

70 the Editor Of The Star:
On November % Gould Lincoln was
responsible for one of the rare disap-
pointments I have received from "The
Political Mill" The points he over
looked include:
l. The anti-inflation program has al
ways been broader than any single
phase. Present emphasis on subsidies
arises only because Congress and the
lobbyists have chosen 1T as the whip
ping boy of the moment" Not far be-
hind In congressional minds are the
OPA price and distribution controls that
have been amazingly successful in spite
OF Indifferent public support and ad-
ministrative personnel: the tax pro-
gram that is vital but horribly confused
by institutional thinking in both con-
gressional and administrative circles
wage problems that no one wants to
tackle, and general inefficiency, private
and public, that now is the No. l drag
on the war effort
2. Subsidies were not discovered by
the Democrats in 1893. as an impartial
oD'ei'ei WILL dolilit oll reviewing tdTllI
laws, homestead gifts, railroad land
grants, canal and reclamation appro-
priations, postal deficits, and so on.
3. The present bill probably will re-
tain some Of the worst subsidies of the
past decade.
4. No single group, labor, farm or in
dustry, can find permanent gains by
selfish grabs that must come at the ex-
pense Of other groups so long as the
Nations total product for domestic con-
sumption remains the same
r. C. TETRO.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Grim Reminder

IL COOk our forces only SeVenCy-SlX
hours to wrest Tarawa from the
japanese, but in that brief space of
time and that relatively minute area
OF battle, at least 1925 Americans
laid down their lives and another
2,557 suffered wounds of varying
degrees of seriousness. It was the
bloodiest engagement ever fought in
the entire history of the United
States Marine Corps; it lasted less
than four days, but so concentrated
was its withering violance that al
most as many Marines were lost in it
as were lost in six months of hell on
Guadalcanal.
The price paid for Tarawa-offset
by Japanese losses estimated at close
to 6,O00-was not too high in a mill
tary sense because it bought us a
victory Of first Importance. Yet,
even though the rate Of future cas-
ualties in future advances through
the islands of the Pacific may not
be nearly so high, this one fierce and
bloody battle should serve to sober
all of us, disabusing our minds Of
any too-optimistic ideas about the
kind of war that must still be fought
before our enemies are finally put
down. For Tarawa is representative
of more than the flame-pure, shining
heroiSm of our fighting men. 1t is
more than name to be glorified
in the history books and to be held
up to future generations of Amer
leans as an example of the meaning
OF bravery and sacrifice for love of
country. 1t is an eloquent reminder,
in addition-a grimly eloquent re-
minder-of the peculiar deadliness
of the japanese, of their fanaticiSm,
OF their queer, mystical determina-
ton to fight to the death for their
Emperor and thus win an honored
place among the warrior gods.
Our Western minds may find it
difficult to comprehend such quail
tiles in our Eastern enemy, but they
exist none the less and account in
no small measure for the extremely
bitter character of the war in the
Pacific. Tarawa is simply an out
standing case in point, and there
may be numerous other battles like
it before Japan is battered into the
dust. Its chief meaning to this ex-
tent is that the road to victory is
still long and hard, and we must
steel ourselves to that basic fact,
governing all our efforts accordingly.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Clothing Wanted

"A campaign to salvage discarded
but wearable clothing has been In
progress since November %, but not
every resident of Metropolitan
Washington has been made aware
of it.
The drive, sponsored by local
churches and by the District of
Columbia Salvage Committee as a
branch of the War Production Board,
is aimed to collect much needed
raiment for the use of the peoples
OF war-torn countries overseas. Rags
likewise are wanted for different
military and charitable purposes.
AS explained by Canon w. Curtis
Draper, jr., of Washington Cathe-
dral, a member of the special COM
mittee in charge of the campaign:
Recent accounts Of suffering among
the civilian population of the occupied
countries cannot fail to impress every
American with the real needs of these
oppressed peoples. Once our armed
forces have cleared the way to these
destitute and downtrodden countries,
our important mission and great
privilege will be to minister to the
needs of the men, women and chill
dren whose only hope, under God, is
in us. The magnitude of the task
might seem to some to make it
impossible Of accomplishment, but
through the salvage program we can
meet the needs of this rehabilitation
-. and also provide materials that
are needed in our war effort at home.
Garments and rags should be
carried to churches designated as
collection centers. The telephone
number of the Office of the Salvage
Committee is Republic 8488.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
The Sunqro

~ lew weeks ago JIo average Amer
lean never had heard of the Sangro
River. Now its name is part of the
history of the times. In years to
come 1t will be spoken about as the
Somme and the Marne have been
since 1914-1918. The stream itself
is but detail Of the inclusive mar
rative. It symbolizes a whole terrain,
featured, as the National Geographic
Society explains, by "jumbled, pat
ternless mountains"
The reference is to the classic
Apennines, a chain of short, trans
verse ranges" closely related to the
Alps in Switzerland and the lofty
Atlas hills Of North Africa. Young
IN the judgment of biologists, the
peaks still are rising. Massive lime
stone, schist and slate, marbles like
those of Carrara and Siena are their
elements. Forests of oak, pine and
beech on some Of the slopes give
shelter to wild boars, bears and
wolves. Snow lies on the top ridges
even in summer. The winters are
cruelty cold.
Legend claims for the people of
the neighborhood-the provinces of
Abruzzi and Molise-a great antiu.
uity. Noted for their pride, their
industry and their hospitality" they
"are descended from numerous allied
tribes of mixed origin subdued
by the Romans only after long and
bitter struggle, culminati ting in the
stubborn Italic War or Bellum
Sociale," 1882 BIC. A natural love
OF freedom was characteristic of
them in the days of Marius and
Sulla. and it still prevails in living
generations. Sabine and Samnite
traditions are repeated by father to
son as folk inheritance. The prin-
cipal towns in the vicinity of the
sangro are: Sulmona, the birthplace
OF the poet Ovid; Guardiagrelle,
famous for group of fifteenth CEN
tury goldsmiths never excelled by
later craftsmen; Lanciano, with a
fine cathedral crowned with a beau
tiful belfry; Vasto, the ancestral
home OF the Rossettis, and Pescara,
the seaside resort in which Gabrielle
d'Annunzio began his strange and
curious career.
But the centers Of population with
which British and American troops
presently are acquainted are small
villages. The population OF the
mountains is sparse. Alfedena. in
habited for ages, and Castel di
Sangro, likewise of prehistoric date,
are not nearly as numerously
peopled as they were of old. Above
them scars Mount Greco, seventy
four hundred feet in height and
just as impassive and chilly as might
be expected.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E, TraceDell.

OF the editorial page, and birds, bees,
plants and trees took his place, Rita's
reading of the column became less fire.
quent. The busy days Of war came on
and sometimes 1t was all Rita could do
to scan the headlines.
"She still read the column OCCASION
ally. and SO she knew her reaction was
definitely a minority reaction The
column blossomed forth with letters
from interested readers. There was no
doubt that it was one OF the most en-
chanting nature columns she had ever
read.
But Rita still preferred Mr.. Jones
and his dissertations on the foibles of
himself and his fellow humans. She
missed him greatly.
Then last week there he was. Not T.
Jones, the suburbanite concerned with
the height of a birds house, but good
old Templeton with his very human
reaction toward margarine.
Rita was delighted She hoped that
Mr.. Jones was back to stay. But the
next day he was gone.
I'm his place was the brigand -mur-
derer bluejay. There was something
very familiar about that feathered ty-
rant. Rita expected him to sprout q
little black mustache any moment.
But she still preferred Templeton
Jones.
To-day there was Templeton again,
taking his walk-the walk he takes once
in 10 years
And eating cookies.
"She hoped there would be more Of
him in coming days. 1t would be one
more blessing for which to give thanks" !"
We showed this to Templeton Jones,
who smiled in his well-known way
"A lady of discernment," he said. II
couldn't have done it better myself.
Her enthusiasm reminds me of the
old days, when I ran an elevator up
and down one night just for the fun
of it.
Il had returned to the Office late,
and nobody was around.
The elevator boy-or should I say
man?-had gone to smoke a cigarette
or something.
There was the elevator, nicely
lighted. with wide-open door and that
mysterious handle calling to me.
Il had always wanted to run an eleva-
tor. believed that I could do it, er,
better maybe.
Tonight, then, was the night! This
was it. If was ever to run an elevator,
this was the appointed time.
Without more thought dashed in,
changed the door, and pulled the
handle
up we rose.
mo aviator, on his first solo. could
have been more thrilled. Then came
the awful thought-can stop the
burned thing?
Il had visions Of going on through
the roof, but fortunately handled the
lever correctly, and came to a beautiful
stop.
Then up and down in the shaft I
went, trip after trip. just for the hell
of it All alone there, in the night,
while the elevator boy smoked his Gig
arctic, I rode blissfully through starry
seas to a perfect landing at last on the
seI Ienth floor"
Evening star., 1943-12-02
ELEVENTH STREET Sc.

Dear Sir:
II found myself writing the inclosed
bit Of whimsy after reading your column
today. I hope you will forgive the take
off on your style and remember that
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
II hope, too that you will be amused
and give Rita and me little more of
our friend, Templeton Jones.
Sincerely, P. G."
The inclosure follows:
"Templeton Jones, that very human
gentleman has returned. 1t was with
delight not unmixed with chagrin that
Rita Reader discovered his return one
day last week.
"Perhaps,' she thought as she read
of his experiences with margarine, per-
haps he has been appearing often lately.
The truth is, Rita had not been
watching for him too closely. Recently
with so little time, she had developed the
tendency of skimming over the editorial
page without quite noticing what was in
Mr.. Tracewell's column.
1T had not always been so. A reader
of The Star for many years, Rita used
to look forward to the reading of the
adventures of Mr.. Jones as the high
light OF her daily newspaper perusal.
I'm those days Templeton represented
to her the epitome of human traits and
foibles. She was beguiled by his careful
and philosophical observations of his
fellow bus passengers. She read with
struggle. Mr.. Jones conquered the tech
nique Of conducting laden tray from
the cafeteria counter to the nearest
empty table The trick, she recalled
had consisted of nonchalance.
Just don't think about it, suggested
Templeton Jones, and you will get there
without spilling so much as one drop
Of coffee
"A delightful fellow was Mr.. Jones in
those days. Then something happened
"Of course, Rita could not be sure
what it was.
But she had her suspicious.
"She suspected Mr. Jones-or possibly
Mr.. Tracewell-had moved out into the
suburbs
Gradually Templeton's interests
changed. The race Of walking workers
in the morning was now less intriguing
to him than the ways of the sparrows
and bluebirds
ALSO the guppies. Mr.. Tracewells
guppies seemed almost human. So did
the birds and small animals as they
began to appear on the scene
But almost was not enough for Rita
The study of nature, even when pre-
sented in Mr.. Tracewells charming
style, failed to enchant her in the man.
ner that Templeton Jones experiments
in everyday living had.
Perhaps the trouble was that Rita
lived too close to the heart OF the city.
Few birds found their way to her win
dow. There was no more than a window
box from which she could study nature
She could not tell a bluejay from
bluebird.
And so. as Templeton Jones grad
ually disappeared from the top center
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Orchards His Choice

From the Topeka Capital.
Kansas dairymen have known for q
long time when Secretary Morgenthau
has apparently just found out-that it
takes lot of personal work to make
COWS pay profits. Mr.. Morgenthau has
decided to drop dairying and take up
apple culture for . change.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
Why Try 1t?
From the Newton Kansan

No matter how much anybody. may
talk about the -four freedoms" or any
new freedoms, they cannot replace nor
improve upon those guaranteed in our
national Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Why should any American refrain from
declaring the virtues of our own form
OF government, pure and simple, and
tzy 10 substitute something else?