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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
WILMINGTON MAN
TO BE ON RADIO
lieut.. Marsden Ward To
Describe Experience AT
Pearl Harbor

A hometown boy who had first.
hand experiences of that fatefu,
Dec day is Lieut.. Marsden S.
Ward. Jr., who will be featured
on the nationwide broadcast by
+he Blue network at 1920 p. m.
Thursday, September 30.
Now the commanding officer oil
the 905th Quartermaster Detach.
ment at the Air Depot Training
station. Albuquerque, New Mexico
he is former Star News carrier
bov. and a graduate of New Han.
over High school with the class
nj '3S. He is the son IF M. S. Ward,
ST.. of 1926 North Fourth street.
The first lieutenant wears the
Purple Heart, and the Asiatic-Pa-
cific ribbon on which is star for
Harbor.
During that eventful period he
was PFC. Ward. He had enlisted
in January, 1910 in the Quarter
master Corps, and in May of that
year he was transferred to the
Fort Armstrong Quartermaster
DEPOT at Honolulu. A year passed
and PFC. Ward was transferred
across the island to Hickam Field.
That's where he was on the
morning of Dec. 7. 1941. Il had
inst finished breakfast with three
Of my BUDDHIST was about 7:55
a NJ" Lieutenant Ward said
We had reached the parade
grounds where we were waiting
for a ride into town when we heard
the sound of airplane motors. Since
planes from nearby Wheeler Field
had been coming in regularly each
morning for simulated attack
we paid no particular attention.
But when they got closer we saw
they were not our own, although
we couldn't distinguish the insignia
at that altitude
When the wave of bomhardment
reached Hickam, Lieutenant Ward
and his friends 1nstlnctlVely NIL
the dirt" When the dust had clear
ed away only he was able to rise,
despite several fish wounds-his
three friends were killed.
Still deafencd by the shock
ran to nearby anti-aircraft batter
les. Although I'd never fired one
in my life, I spent the rest of the
morning behind a red-hot so cali.
Der machine gun. We were later
relieved by infantry ana coast ar.
tillerymen After l returned tc
the states I was taken to a hos
pital for an operation for injuries
resulting from bomb conclusion. u
Lieutenant Ward stayed at Hick.
am until April, 1912 when his ap.
plication for officer candidate
school was approved and he re-
turned TO the states for training.
In addition to the Purple Heart
and the Asiatic-P acific ribbon, he
wears the American Defense Rib
bon with a gol7 star for overseas
service before Pearl Harbor. OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29

In March, male and female
sandhill cranes congregate III
clearings and hold nuptial dances.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
Soap Display Booth
Erected At Efirds

Efirds Store is featuring a dis
play booth this week on their first
floor with Miss Lucille Smith in
charge for the purpose of help
ing customers in conserving fab
RIGS in these wartimes through
the proper laundering methods.
Miss Smith gives visitors to
the booth a copy of the "Chart
to Luxury which explains fully
the Lux representatives. sugges-
tons on washing lingerie, gloves,
sweaters, curtains and many other
items that are hard to replace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29

Attroved BY ". P. B. Paid fol-. By Lndasty,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
Worldwide Authority
On Manuscripts Passe.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28-P-Wal'
ter Romeyn Benjamin., 80, re-
tired publisher, collector and
worldwide authority on historical,
manuscripts and letters, died at
his Fifth avenue home TODAY at
ter a long illness.
Benjamin. a native Of Guilford,
Conn, embarked on Journals.
tic career after graduating from
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29

Inauguration of the program will
be set up.
Mrs. H. E. Player served as
chairman for the meeting and in
troduced Mr.. Reynolds. She also
called upon several individuals to
explain recreational activities al
ready in progress at Lake Forest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
BENARES FLOODED

BENARES, India, Sept. 28-(R-
The rainswollen Varuna river to.
day flooded sections of Benares,
the holy city of 300, 900, 900 Hindus.
Fifty houses collapsed in one Sec
ton, but no deaths were report
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-29
ITALIANS DEPORTED
IT THE ISS-ITALIAN FROM

AT THE SWISS-ITALIAN FROM
TIER, Sept. 28-P)-Itallan SOL
diers disarmed by the Germans
have been deported to Germany
where they have been added to
labor ranks working for the Reich,
lit was disclosed today. Official
notification of the procedure, re-
ported frequently since the Ital-
ian capitulation, was given by La
Gazette di VeneZla.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

of the harness webbing and betting for para
chutes Rope made of nylon is by far better
than any other made from other materials
1t is light. strong, and durable, and because
it is very elastic II is used for towing army
gliders carrying supplies and troops
There are many other uses for reclaimed
nylon but the Government doesn't wish TO
tell the enemy what they are.
At the Defense Supplies Corporation plant
nylon stockings i'm whole or in parts segre-
gated and shipped to plant where they are
melted down by new process which is ex-
actly the reverse from the productionNof nylon
chemicals, adpic acid and hexamethylene-
diamine. obtained by an ingenious method
from coal. air and water.
BY placing the nylon stockings or parts
of them into a heated contaner with hy-
drolzing agent, they simply break up into
black powder and reddish brown liquid.
BY another process these two are combined
and forced into forming brand-new nylon
threads to be rewoven into parachute cloth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

japan to make stockings NyIon and other
products now being perfected will replace silk
in stockings
That will be a big blow to the Japanese
silk industry, for 80 per cent of all the silk
imported by us was used in the production
of stockings. The curtailment OF the use OF
silk would be a phenomenal event, for the
silk production is as old known history.
According to Chinese records the strong
and fine filament produced by the silk worm
was first successfully woven by Si-lun-Chin,
the Empress of China in the year 27O0 B. c.
The use of mulberry trees for feeding silk
worms is mentioned in some ancient records
as existing in 1900 B. c.
In all these thousands Of years man tried
to rival the silk worm in producing filament
strong and elastic in fibre like silk The first
rival was rayon or artificial silk, which was
invented by Comte de Charonnct and exhib-
tied for the first time at the Paris Exposition
in 1889.
Rayon is made out Of wood pulp. some
times some cotton mixed in with II. The pulp
is converted into gun-cotton which is dissolved
in a mixture Of alcohol and ether. then filtered
and aged. This aged pulp, forced through
fine holes forms a thread. Rayon has the
lustre and the appearance Of real silk. but
1t lacks in strength and elasticity. However,
some of the rayon stockings manufactured
today can hardly be distinguished from silk
The real rival of silk yarn came to the
fore with the discovery of nylon in the early
1930s by DIR. Wallace Carothers of the f.. !.
du Pont de Nemours Co. Unfortunately. the
inventor died before the original nylon patent
was granted in 1887.
Nylon in many respects is not only as
good but even better than silk. A silk worm
can never produce fament with even thick
ness fact that had caused many headache
to the silk stocking producers. Nylon thread
can be produced in even thickness OF any
desired size
So. ladies' let's have your old stockings at
once, so that our boys out there can knock
out Hitler and Hirohito and you will soon be
able 20 wear stockings made out Of materials
now being concocted in our laboratories that
will be better than any Jap silk.
When your stockings are ready 70 be dis
carded wash them and take them 10 retail
dealer-the Government will do the rest
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

or dozens of other products needed in carrying
on the fight TO victory.
There really should be no shortage in
nylon for it is easily produced from coal, air
and water. But the high pressure equipment
which makes the nylon chemicals is already
working 10 capacity. In order to build
machinery large quantity of strategic metals
would be needed which caIinot be spared under
the present conditions.
For this reason the chemists have devel-
oped the idea of using nylon scrap and con-
verting il into new nylon, a comparatively
simple process that does not require vital
equipment.
On November 10, 1912, campaign was in
stituted to gather all the worn silk and nylon
stockings that would otherwise be discarded
by girls and women.
According TO report received from the
Defense Supplies Corporation, during the
first month Of the campaign 100000 pounds,
or 100000 pairs of old silk stockings were
turned in. Laid end to end, toe TO top, these
n Doea
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

years previous to 1941 1t is obvious, there
fore that there must be a lot more old stock
ings than the 2,sOOOOO turned in during the
first month Of the campaign.
One place to look for old stockings may
be in those rugs that many American women
had fashioned from discarded stockings
There is for instance the news item from
Salt Lake City about little Dolores Oswald
Dolores, only Is, had intended 10 weave rug
of the 7S0 silk stockings she had collected.
When the salvage drive began she turned
in these stockings hoping that they would
weave a web around Toxic with the powder
bags her stockings will produce.
There must be thousands of women in this
country who are saving such ola stockings
for rugs and have forgotten all about them.
or they have finished the rugs, which are now
being kicked around in some neglected corner
Of the house. Well, here is a chance to get
those stockings and those rugs and take them
TO a hosiery dealer for Uncle Sam.
And. by the way, there are still some silk
or nylon stockings available in some stores,
in spite of the freeze order. These stockings
were either stored away or they were recently
manufactured.
All mills that had thrown silk on hand
thrown silk meaning the thread formed by
twisting two or more filaments together
were allowed 10 continue production until they
used up the available quantity.
OF course, there win be no more stockings
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

stockings would cover a distance
of 5000 miles, or from New York
to London with a couple of hum
dred miles to spare. Should the
contents be only half silk this
total would produce 100000 pow
der bags of average size.
This sounds like a lot of silk
stockings and a lot Of powder
bags. But it actually is very
little when compared 70 the num-
Der of silk and nylon stockings
produced every year until 1941
when, on August of that year,
the processing of silk yarn was
stopped.
The National Association of
Hosiery Manufacturers reported
no fewer than 54O.492. 900 pairs of
silk and part silk. nylon and part
nylon stockings manufactured in
the year 1941. This half billion
mark was reached for several
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

made like the pair Alice Faye
wore in the movie version Of LII
ian Russells glamorous career
That pair of embroidered and be-
jeweled stockings was said to have
cost 81, 800. 1t took many days Of
expert workmanship to finish
them.
The day of American lavishness
and waste has passed with this
war. We have to pull in our belts,
roll up our sleeves and roll off our
stockings in order to make sure
that this war is won.
Earl Constantine. the president
Of the National Association Of Hos
iery Manufacturers, recently pre-
dicted that after this war there
will be almost no silk hosiery
manufactured in the United States.
We will import no more silk from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

throw away your silk or nylon stockings
after YOU have worn them down, but WASH
them and take them 10 the nearest airy
goods store where hosiery is solo. Through
the store you donate your worn stockings
10 the Government and thereby contribute
YOUR share towards Victory.
Here's what happens TO your stockings
from leg 10 gun:
You find run in your stocking or
hole in the toes so that you can't wear
them any more. You're sore. But then
your face lights up when you remember
that Uncle Sam can use your worn stock
ings You wash them clean and take them
TO the nearest hosiery merchant.
The retailer collects the stockings until
he has 100 pounds Of them, which means
about $50 pairs Of silk or go pairs of nylon
Then he packs them up and ships them TO
a plant of the Defense Supplies Corpora
ton No one makes money on the trans
action you give your stockings free the
retailers stand all the expenses OF handling
the collection and the packing and the
Defense Supplies Corporation pays the
freight charge
From all corners Of the country these
tha
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14
Your Old
Stockings
NlakeG00dJapS
DEAD ONES!
By JOSEPH CISZEK PETERS

discarded silk stockings and Jap
- the and within
- broad Pacific
Of silk produced by
returned the
by wayo Of a l6-in
Of hold the powder charge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

raw silk but there are
literally hundreds OF
millions of silk stock
ings lying around our
homes, tucked away in
bags or closets, or still
worn on women's legs.
Look around. Any
silk stocking you find.
and can't wear any
more. send TO Uncle
Sam
In case you find ny
lon stockings send them
in too. They'll be pro-
cessed nd rewoven
into parachutes and
other paraphernalia
that will save the life
OF many an American
flier or will drop a
Ranger i'm a Commando
raid 10 make a short
shrift Of Schickelgru-
ber's Nazi strongholds.
In other words. don't
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14


When the gun is ready to shoot, the pow
der bags are placed in the breech. An attached
fuse is ignited which causes the explosion
that expels the she'll
Nothing but silk will do for these bags.
Only silk will burn completely and leave no
hot embers or smolderng fragments in the
bore after the gun is fired This makes pos
sible the recharging of the gun with greater
speed as 1t doesn't have TO be cleaned before
a new charge is inserted. Specially treated
cotton has been used as a substitute but moth
ing can replace Jap silk in carrying destruc-
ton back home TO the enemy
Nylon cannot be used for this purpose at
all For when heat is applied to nylon 1t
turns into a gummy substance which does not
burn completely and messes up the bore of
the gun Heated nylon does not burn but
melts.
But recovered nylon is used for many other
things 1t is used in making parachutes, as
we'll as for the tapes, shroud lines, and some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14


plant. They are all mixed up;
pure silk. pure nylon, and silk or
nvlon mixed with cotton or rayon.
They are all dumped into vat
where by means of a secret pro-
cess close TO a miracle they assert
themselves; the silk, the nylon. the
cotton and the rayon parts and
threads all appear in different and
distinct colors. It's comparatively
simple then 10 separate them from
one another.
The silk parts are then spun
into yarn which Is in turn woven
into an extremely tough pure silk
fabric from which the powder bags
are made.
These bags are filled with smoke
less powder which upon explosion
will expel the shell from the gun.
The filling Of these bags is
careful process Of weighing. a
tiniest fraction OF weight over or
under the necessary charge OF pow
der will cause the difference be-
tween a hit and miss Filled bags
are sealed by sewing and some
times several bags are laced to-
gether 10 form the correct charge
,..l,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-14

Forty; Eight Pairs
Off Your Legs
Help Blast an
Enemy BottIeship
While Your Old
NyIons Turn Into
Pardchufes for
Commands ond
Aviafors
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
Legal Notices

STATE or MICHIGAN. in the Cir
cult Court for the County OF WASH
teuaw.
In Chancery
Atlns Baggett, Juanita Baggett ana
Louis lass Administrator OF the
Estate OF Charles Doss Deceased.
Plaintiffs
Cicero Mulington. Josiah Rundell
Josiah Randall, Mary Rundall, Josiah
Rumble, Mary Rumble, John S. Nc
Dowell, Matthias Clawson, Luther
James, Simeon @. Rowley. Lewis f.
Childs, Charles Scott Rowland. Lucy
Rowland, Frank Rowland, Fanny NJ.
Rowland, Josie NJ. slayton, Fred 5.
slayton. Charles y. Jackson, Chris
tine Jackson, Kathryn X. Bender.
Zema NJ. Messenger. Benjemin r.
Northrup, Thomas Brassor, Tessle
Brassor, Brainard Childs' Harry
Waterman, and their and each OF
their unknown heirs, deyisees, lega-
atees and assigns,
At a session Of said Court contin-
ued and held at the Court House IN
the city OF Ann Arbor. County or
Washtenaw Michigan on the Sth
DAY OF February A. u. 1913.
Present; Hon. George w. Sample
Circuit Judge.
on reading the verified Bill OF
Complaint az the Plaintiffs. u salts
factoriiy appears TO this Court that
the whereabo Of the said Defend
n1tp ard tltlr and each Of their un-
known 1elrs devices lcEatees ana
assigns is unknown.
THEREFORE 1T is HEREBY Or
DERED that the said Defendants ana
their and each Of their unknown
heirs, devisees, legatees and as
signs cause their appearance to be
entered in this cause within three
90 months from the date OF this
order. and that TN default thereof.
said Bill Of Complaint be taken as
confessed
iT is FURTHER ORDERED that
within forty 40b days this order
shall be published in the Ypsilantl
Press newspaper published and
circulated IN said county, and that
such publication be continued therein
at least once each week for six
weeks in success ion. .
GEORGE W. SAMPLE
Circuit Judge
Couutersigned:
IRENE A. SEITI
Deputy County clerk
TO SAID DEFENDANTS:
The above suit involves title to
certain lands and premises and II
brought to quiet title 10 the follow
ing described lands situated in the
Township Of Ypsllanti. Washtenaw
County. Michigan. to-wit:
The south half OF the south east
quarter OF Section 10, Town Three
80 south, Range seven % East.
Npsilauti Township Washtenaw
county Michigan
CARL II. STUHRBERG
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Business Address:
3I5-l6 Ann Arbor Trust Bldg
Ann Arbor. Michigan. Adv 2-323.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
A SIMPLE PROBATION

ORDINARILY a double hHcsse
In a suit can lose two tricks. IL you
are unfortunate enough TO 1nd the
wrong opponent holding both Of
the cards against which you are
playing. But II. at the time yOI
try the first fnesse, your own
hand and the dummy contain no
cards at all excepting that suit
and one or more trumps. and the
defenders are out Of trumps. there
IL no chance at all Of your losing
two tricks. II the hrst nnesse falls.
the opponent will either have to
lead back into the fork Of your re-
naming tenace. or else will be
obliged to shoot you a suit which
you can run In the dummy while
discarding the loser from your
own hand
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE

Battle Creek, Feb. 23-SixY-hve-
year-old Seward II. Wallace, farm
er and former township Supervisor,
committed suicide Monday after
having presided over a family re-
union Sunday. lie had been in i'll
health.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
Fine Points in Bridqe
BY sHETARD BARCLAY

contract for him. and that to do
this he would require two entries
to the dummy. So he ruffed that
first trick with the spade 10. care
fully preserving the 4 and 6. The
spade A settled the two missing
trump., then the 4 10 the 8 gave
him an entry 10 try a fnesse OF
the diamond g. West won with the
and returned the club to the
A. Now the spade to the 7 put
him In dummy again. and the dia-
mond Q was hnessed. losing to the
X and putting him down.
What a cinch this contract real
ly was After ruling the heart
lead and scoring the spade A. he
should have played his three clubs
before going to the dummy for
the try Of the FIRST diamond
nnesse. When West won with the
J. he would have had to lead back
INTO the diamond 40. or else a
heart or club. which could have
been ruffed In dummy while the
diamond Q was being discarded.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
Business Services Offered

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Wall Paper and Paint store
Complete Decorating Service
Opposite Central High School.
Res. ara oak 81. Phone ICES
SEWING MACHINES Repaired.
All makes. Work guaranteed.
Singer Shop. 81 y. Huron ST.
FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES
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Florists
HARDY Northern field grown nurs-
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
Real Estate
Rooms Fer Rent

THEY'RE GOMETHi:;G-mors than
fancles and fads. these powerful
little Classified Ads.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23
Classified Advertising

CLASSIFIED RATES. PAYMENT WITH ORDER
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19
Military Doctors 10 Hold
SYMPOSIUM on War Work

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 19.-In a
welcome to the convention of the
Association of Military Surgeons OF
the United States, to be held here
Thursday through Saturday, DR..
Eugene D. Pendergrass, president OF
the Philadelphia County Medical
Society, said today the sessions
would constitute the greatest SYM
postum ever held on war medicine.
The program. contained in a bull
letin of the county society, includes
such subjects as aviation medicine,
battle fatigue, use of penicillin, res
cue work on hospital ships, organi-
zation of medical units, technique
of representation, treatment of
parachute injuries, war dentistry,
rehabilitation problems, reduction
of venereal infection, care and
training of submarine sailors, war
neurosis,. jungle and desert emer-
gencies, BOBBY trap injuries, evacu-
alton Of wounded by air, use of
dried plssma and conversion of sea
water to drinking water.
Among honored guests will be
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Surgeon
General of the Army; Rear Admiral
Ross T. McIntire, Surgeon General
of the Navy, and Rear Admiral Will
liam L. Mann, president of the asso-
citation.