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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
Braves Suffer One of Worst
Defeats of Season, 20 to II

In one OF their worst games OF
the season. the Ypsilanti High bas-
ketball squad suffered 29'l7
trouncing at the hands OF Wayne
in the Zebra's gymnasium, Friday
night.
II was the second meeting of
these two teams. the Braves win
ming the first held in the local
gymnasium. Dec. II, Is to 10.
Interesting to note, quite dis
heartening perhaps, is the fact that
throughout the entire first half not
a single field goal was made by
the Ypsilanti team and while the
Braves busted themselves missing
nine out OF IL free throws, the
Zebras acquired a 1877 lead.
The second half was no more
encouraging than the first, except
for the fact that the locals succeed.
ed in pushing four field goals
through the hoop, two by Kenneth
Stroll and one apiece by Moffett
and Bulls. Their average of free
throws went even lower. as seven
OF IL attempts missed their mark.
Jim Miller had a comparatively
high free throw average for his
four baskets in seven attempts ac-
counted for nearly half the total
free throws made by the entire
team.
Kenneth Stroll made two OF the
teams four field goals, and also sue
ceeded in making good on two free
throws in five attempts. His six
points were good enough TO make
him high point man for the team,
though Hubble OF Wayne outdld
him for game honors with nine
points.
Ralph Bulls. left guard, sank one
basket and to out Of Ave foul
shots.
On Thursday OF next week. the
Braves Will take on Ecorse in q
home game in honor OF Howard
Trip, an alumnus of Ypsilanti
High, a former basketball star.
now the victim OF infantile para
lysis The EcorSe team is a,
strong one, defeating last years
regional championship team twice
in as many contests. and going 20
the semi-fnsls OF the state tourna.
ment last year before being knock.
ed off.
Only very few members Of last
years team were graduated. and
OF those only one, Vie Metea, was
team SPARK nluP
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
Sports Roundup

Chicago-INs-oho Michigan provide opposition
Illinois
stretch OF basketball race
Ohio Michigan Indiana tonight Monday
York-NSThe schedule adoption meeting of the Information
today, only
Agenda games
starting April 20 and closing
New York-Ns-srs from all OF the United States
presenting SO colleges the seth Mrose A.
tonight Madison
champs from organizations
for cinder glory events
league capitals and from some Of the lowe bushes
what OF
-the annual New York baseball writers
New York-INS-A fight
Twins Of l943 Hartfords Willie Augusta Geogs Reau
March was being oned today probably would
tract record crowd to Madison Garden
soppable
verdict Fre Zvc Pittsburgh 2O fans Friday night
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
Seven Play
For Lincoln

At Dundee Friday Lincoln High
School lads whipped their hosts 20
to II. Using only seven men in
the entire lineup Lincoln went to
bat at the very beginning and scor-
ed six points TO Dundee's 2. The
second period was practically the
same with Lincoln scoring eight
points and Dundee at the end
OF the half. making the score l4-6.
In the third frame, Lincoln made
four more points, Dundee four,
ending the period with 1910. Lin
coin leading all the way. In the
last frame Lincoln scored Ave and
Dundee four, ending the game with
23-l4.
In the other game the smaller
boys in Dundee didn't give the visi-
tors much of a show, walking away
with the game entirely. Although
Lincoln scored the first three
points they didn't get a chance 20
get another point in the first frame,
while the Dundee lads got 10. m
the second frame Dundee wasn't
much kinder. totaling nine more
points to Lincoln's six. making the
score at the end of the half, 1879,
fsvoring Dundee. On and on went
Dundee, chalking up 10 more points
in the next period to Lincolns FIVE,
ending the third quarter with 2S-l4
The last frame was more even with
Dundee getting six points and Lin
coin FIVE, ending the game 81 to ~
in favor of Dundee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
10
Ypsilanti
.Heartbreaker
Contest Lost

Friday night University High
School met Roosevelt High at Ann
Arbor in a very exciting game keep
ing the audience on its toes up TO
the last second OF play. with u.
High being the victors, 1880.
In the first quarter University
started and scored six points 10
Roose yelt's three. In the second
frame Roosevelt shot ahead chalk.
ing up IL figures to University's
six, making the score at the end Of
the half 1912. Roosevelt leading.
In the third period University took
the lead by three points, chalking
up IL markers to Roosevelt's FIVE,
score 1920.
The last frame was when the
real excitement began with the
score being passed first by one
team. then the other. The lead
changed twice in the last ten min
utes OF play. Miller OF Roosevelt
scored, putting RIBS. in the lead
1929. Patton OF University High
scored the last basket with three
seconds left to play. making the
final score $3.50 in favor OF Uni
versity High.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
SERGEANT KILLED IN CRASH

Bay City. Mich, Feb. g. Staff
Sergeant Heiner NJ. Bloch. was one
OF six men killed in routine train.
ing flight near Hill City, Kansas.
Tuesday, when four.mdtored
Army bomber from the Casper.
tWyoO base crashed. 1t was
learned Friday by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter S. Bloch. 200 Tus.
cola Ave. Bloch enlisted in Sep.
TENDER. 1941. in the Air Force.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
TRAFFIC TIED UP

kalamazoo, Mich, Feb 6-Thurs.
day derailmeut of seven cars OF
an sO-car westbound freight train
In Kalamazoo held up passenger
and freight traffic over New York
central lines from lO:45 p. m. until
"a a. m. Friday. Wrecking units to
help clear the tracks were brought
IN from Jackson and Niles. Five box
cars, an empty tank car and load.
ed gondoia left the tracks, although
only one box car overturned. Cause
OF the derailment was not deter
mined.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
ISLANDERS BACK HOME

Beaver Island, Mich. Feb. 6 -
Stranded on the mainland since
early In January. sixteen residents
OF Beaver Island arrived at the
island Friday morning on the tug
Margaret. Also aboard the tug were
several hundred pounds OF mail and
a quantity OF supplies. the first re-
ceived here since Jan. IS. The tug
was the first vessel to make the
crossing since ice conditions In
Lake Michigan forced discontinu.
ance OF boat service three weeks
ago. Strong winds cleared the Ice
bound harbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
Lincoln Wins. Y.H.S.. RIBS. Lose

100 yard back stroke-Won by
Chapman (R), end. owen tT), srd.
Bowers (T). Time: 1885.
100 yard free style-Won by Sus.
terka (R). End. zulkey (T), 3rd.
Wollney TT. Time: i;2.2.
Individual medley - Won by
Bighsm (T). End. Smith (A), 3rd.
wilkins (Tl. Time: 2:06.l0.
Diving-Won by susterka (R),
End. Daniels I'D, 3rd. Richardson
(T).
Medley relay-Won by Roosevelt
(Chipman, Burner, CampbelD 4,
Time: 1887.
Free style relay-Won by Tren-
ton Richardson, Abbot, Wollney,
Labo). No time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
RETURNS FORMER APPoINTEEs

Lansing, Mich. Feb. G. Friday
Gov. Harry Kelly recognized the
State Apple Commission. returning
to the agency four men once an
pointed by former Gov. Luren
Dickinson and whose rejection BIS
former Gov. Van Wagner caused
repercussions in horticultural cir,
cles. A fifth member, w. X. Bris
tol' OF Almont was named to sue,
coed himself.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
SESSION CLOSES

Lansing, Mich, Feb. 6-Friday a
two-day session was closed here by
the Michigan City Managers Asso.
citation, electing william p. Edmon-
son. Pontiac, as president, succeed
ing E. NJ. Shatter. Royal Oak.
Named vice presidents were c. A.
Miller. Traverse City; Clarence Ell.
lott, Plymouth. and Edward Clark,
Kalamazoo. Herbert A. Olson, Ann
Arbor, was reelected secretary
treasurer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
Totals
YpslIantl
NOT suRE oE AGE

Union City. Mich, Feb. "a little
ola lady. Mrs. AbbIe Randolph. OF
Union City, who thinks she is l09
but isn't too sure about It will ceIe.
brate her birthday Saturday. The
family Bible says she was born
in 1850, which would make her SO;
but she was IS when she married,
and was widowed In 1861 so she
thinks the Bible record is wrong.
She married a second time and
mothered nine children, four OF
whom are living. along with II
other descendants.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
Reserves Improve


Although the Reserves were beat.
en- 1924 they improved considerab-
ly over the last few games. and
had they. like the varsity, had a
better free throw average. could
have easily won.
Their average in the free throw
de- artment was Just a shade be
low that OF the varsity. for the
second stringers missed II out OF
20, while the first team missed
only l6
John Wills. who is at last escap-
ing from the rut he has been In an
season, found the hoop for eight
points, though he threw away six
more in the form of missed foul
shots.
Jim Burrell was close behind him
with seven, but Dean OF Wayne far
outdid them both, accounting for
Is points.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-06
MEAT DEALER FINED

Lansing, Mich. Feb. 6-The Rys-
kamp meat market OF Grand Rap.
ids entered a plea OF guilty and was
lined $113.40 in Municipal Court
Friday after it was charged with
selling inferior and adulterated"
sausage meat TO the Boys Voca-
Ybnal School here.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-15

Harness for parachutes
-Inflatable life RATS
-Rubberized r~aincoats
-Smokeless powder
Mattresses for selectees' hospitals
-Plastics for many products
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-15
Cotton Is Americas No. l War G.

the tets under which they sleep, the trucks and jeps they drive, the ahplanes IN
which may save their lives all contain cotton n products of this Fighting fiber"
Cotton lint and cotton inersa are used to make:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-15
Cotton Seed Is Essential, Too!

Cottonseed meal is used for fertilizer to produce more corn, cotton, pea
beans, fruits, vegetables, potatoes, and other food products. It is used +
produce more hogs, cattle, milk, chickens and eggs.
Cottonseed oil is used to make many nutritious food products, including CO
salad oils, and oleomargarine.
The 81 900 tons of cotton seed produced in Mississippi in 1912 represented
pounds of oil equal to the lard produced from about 136555OO hogs.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-15

Clothing for our soldiers and sailors
Tents for our fighting men
Tires for our trucks and jeeps
Surface cover for ~airplane spars and wings
Fabric belts for machine guns
Balloons and aircraft pOnt0ons
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! ANOTHER {
, A General Quiz
Question:
A General Quiz

l. What Is the chemical symbol
for silver?
2. Who defeated Horace Gree
ley when he ran for President on
the Liberal Republican and Demo-
cratic tickets?
3. What is the approximate
weight of a gallon of water?
a. A person with hyperopia is
said to be what?
5. The science of matter and
motion is called what?
6. What is the approximate
width of the Strait of Gibraltar at
its narroWest point?
7. Starting at the equator, how
long does it take the sun to rotate
on its axis?
8. What army award for gallant
ry was originated by George
Washington, and is being given to
U. S. soldiers in this war?
8. When did famous men first
appear on our coins?
10. Approximately how many
pounds of food does the average
American soldier eat daily?
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phenolic resin and also in the manu-
with the cheap labor of other coun-
tries.
The case of castor beans is an
example. Oil from these beans
serves variety of important pur-
poses, as a medicine as we all know,
but also as hydraulic liquid, lubri-
cant, demulsifer, tanner and pre-
server and insecticide.
In 1860, castor beans were grown
commercially in the Midwest. There
was pressing plant for the beans
in Kansas. But when we began i'm
porting castor beans from India
and Brazil, our own industry died
out. The location of India in the
war zone and the shortage of ship
ping to Brazil has led to a bean
shortage that has prompted the
movement for resuming castor bean
cultivation here.
Under the impetus of the depart
ment of agriculture, a castor bean
seed production program has been
designed to build up stockpile of
Approximately three million pounds
VI pun VA AdSlO1 DSdllS III
paintings. Texas, Oklahoma, Kan
sas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky,
Tennessee and Indiana are the eight
states that will share in the pro-
gram.
In recent experiments, DR.. w. l..
Burlison of the agriculture depart
ment of the University of Illinois
liSp0yorn1 foof foiy f,,r of
tor beans would produce profitable
crops when grown in the right soil
and climate. A bean that yielded
ATS pounds per acre in one section
of the state, yielded l,748 pounds in
another section. 1t has been point
ed out that in this country beans
would have to be planted each year
and harvested before frost. In Bra
zil, the plant is a perennial, with
blossoms and mature beans growing
on the stalk at the same time.
Cascara and digitalis are found
in the forests and mountains of the
Northwest Pacific area. Over six
million pounds of cascara bark year.
ly are obtained in Washington and
Oregon. With value of 81 $50, 900,
this crop is gathered from wild
growth and cultivated groves. Digi-
tails leaves are also picked from
native and planted patches in the
same states.
Sage, coriander and anise thrive
in the Northwest, but the large
amount of hand labor needed for
the care of these crops has proven
a discouraging factor. The work
of thinning and wedding these crops
conflicts with the same type of labor
in the sugar beet fields.
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Belladonna Is Medicinal

The Belladonna, whose reddish
bell-shaped flowers and shining
black berries ornament the fields,
contains medicinal properties which
make cultivation of the plant both
useful and profitable.
DR.. Alex Laurie of Ohio State uni
versity points out that Belladonna is
one of a number of plants whose
tops and roots yield alsaloids that
prevent gripping of irritant cathar-
tics, relax muscles and decrease
secretions. One of the alkaloids-
scopolamine-is among the most
satisfactory materials used in child
birth.
According to DR.. Laurie, bella
donna thrives in acid soils. All shade
must be eliminated if the quality
of the plant is to be retained. A
30-inch spacing between rows and IL
inches in the row required 1880
plants and produced as high as l 1000
pounds of dry material per acre in
civilizations at the Ohio Agricultural
Experiment station. 1t was found
that high nitrogen and phosphorus
are necessary to secure higher
yields, but the alkaloid content was
not increased proportionately.
Harvesting and drying demand
knowledge of plant growth and ade-
quate equipment, DR.. Laurie says.
Since usually three crops may be
secured per season, the plants
must not be cut down to the ground.
1t is in the field of plastics that
chemurgy has made such great
strides in utilizing the product of
the farm in industry.
From cotton linters chemurgy has
produced cellulose acetate, a mold
ing and eXtrusion material in the
form of sheets, rods and tubes, and
also ethyl cellulose, an excellent
elastic plastic when used with other
agents.
From skim milk, casein is derived.
Buttons. synthetic wool, felt hats and
bonded plywood are all products of
casein.
Dat hulls, nut shells and corncobs
have a ready use in plastics. When
the war created an acute shortage
of formaldehyde, chemurgists OBJ
tanned furfuraldehyde from oat hulls
and corncobs. Furfural is used in
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enemy planes behind our own lines.
They are usually in the form OF
fountain pens, watches, attractively
colored balls, fat wallets, and SINH
lar objects.
No possibility is overlooked by the
enemy. Even whistle was found
to contain a booby-trap. When the
whistle is blown, the vibrating pea
hits the striker, causing the explo-
sion. The small charge is in the
body of the whistle, and is exploded
by a striker and cap.
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facture Of ,butadiene for synthetic
rubber. Petroleum refineries en-
ploy it as solvent.
Walnut shells act as filters in many
types of plastics. They are used for
the making of large cast molds in
forming or stamping large alumni
mum airplane sections. Appreciate
quantities of walnut shell flour are
filters in various rubber products.
This flour contains "cutin," a wax
like substance of waterproof char
acter.
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ReUiue Castor Planting

Loss of territory and reductions of
shipping have cut off importation of
many products formerly received
from other countries. The impor-
lance of these products to our econ
omy, and the possibility that we
may be deprived of them for sub
stantial periods, has led to move
ment for the cultivation of these
products here at home.
AS a result of these movements,
it has been learned that many of
these products were raised in this
country many years ago, but gradu-
ally were abandoned as domestic
growers found it hard to compete
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MilkrUeed Yields Fiber

According to DR.. Boris Berkman,
milkweed produces two fibers. A
pioneer in milkweed development,
DR.. Berkman says one fiber is tubu-
lar with an air chamber. 1t is SO
per cent alpha cellulose, 20 per cent
lignin and is covered with a vege-
table wax of high melting point.
This fiber is found in the pod.
Known as wildwood floss, the
fiber is buoyant, has a high insula-
ton value and promises to be valu-
able for soundproofing material. DR..
Berkman predicts its use in life pre-
servers; life jackets; aviator suits
combining insulation value for high
atmosphere with buoyancy in case
of landing in water; sleeping bags;
mattresses; pillows; and surgical
dressings.
The other fiber of the milkweed is
found in the outer layer of the stalk.
In different species of the plant, it
represents between 10 and 20 per
cent in weight of the entire stalk.
Known as Bast, this fiber has a
great tensile strength, and the high
alpha cellulose content of 90 per
cent.
DR.. Berkman says that studies
show that Bast fiber ranks second
to manila hemp in breaking and
tensile strength. Running about
three-fourths of an inch in length,
the fiber is soft, pliable and much
finer in texture. 1t has good posi-
bilities for use as textile.
Seventy-two per cent of the milk
weed found growing wild in Michi-
gan was on No. 4 submarginal land.
Approximately IS per cent of milk
weed seed terminates. In expert
ments last year, milkweed pickers
earned from four to seven dollars a
day, and they included women and
children.
The tall, somber cattail that
stands silently in the marshes today
may soon be the base for flourish
ing industry. In experiments con-
Quoted under the direction of c. F.
Burgess, noted chemist, this lowly
plant was found to have high heat
insulating, sound absorption and wa
ter resistant properties.
According to Mr.. Burgess, the floss
of the cattail can be produced at
cost competitive with cotton. About
140 man-hours of labor are needed
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All Weathers on Tap

The army air forces are building
an all-weather room at Wright
Field, Ohio. In it sand direct from
the Sahara desert will blow in
bowling storms, rubber boats will
float on water-covered floor, and
all climates from arctic to equator
will be reproduced, with snow. ice,
rain, fog, and broiling artificial sun
or cold to SO degrees below zero.
The room is designed for testing
equipment, clothing, and human
reactions under all conditions.
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Dandelions, milkweeds and cat
tails-all of these, and many more,
were once considered the useless
and even pestiferous embroidery of
the lonely plains. But today they
have been proven to have real COM
mercial value.
Although American experiments
with the dandelion have not been as
extensive as those in Russia, efforts
are being made here to convert the
latex of this colorful little plant into
rubber. In this field, we were con-
cerned with the guayule shrub, and
although the project later was aban-
doned because of the steady flow of
natural rubber from the Indies, it
has now been revived in the sandy
Southwest.
But if we have Jagged in our de-
velopment of the dandelion, not so
with the milkweed or the cattails.
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ANSWERS

l. Silver's chemical symbol is ag.
2. Grant.
3. Eight pounds.
4. Far-sighted.
5. Physics.
6. Eight and one-half miles.
7. twenty-five days.
8. The Order of the Purple
Heart.
9. In 1909. When George Wash
ington refused the honor, he estab-
lished a precedent that lasted I'M
til Theodore Roosevelt finally per-
suaded the government to place
Lincoln's head on the penny.
10. Five and one-half pounds.
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surprise to army training officers,
for intensive training in boobytrap
detection and destruction has been
part of the basic training program
for many months. However, the
army is making sure that every spe-
cific lesson learned in the front lines
is being hammered home in train
ing.
Booby-traps by the thousand, and
in many different forms, are being
left behind by the retreating Ger
mans. and are being dropped from
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"Soldiers who pick up attractive
looking objects on the battlefield
never make the same mistake
twice."
This grim precept of war is being
strongly re-emphasized in the train
ing of our troops by order of Lieut..
Gen. Lesley J.. McNair, command
ing general of army ground forces.
The news that booby-traps were
being employed extensively by the
enemy in North Africa came as no
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Once Poor Wastelands Now
Yield Profitable Products;
Use Farm Crops in Plastics
Chemurgy Opens Industry to Agriculture; Urge
Production of Many New Plants

The proportion of disable wealth derived
production becoming larger Chemurgy has
utilization of maximum production has insisted that
found to the high we'll the low values of the harvest
the stalk we'll the grain the shell well the kernel
weed as well as the CROP
With those words Wheeler McMlen president the National
Farm Chemurgic Council describes the revolutionary
chemurgy promises to have agriculture With national
chasing support the products of this industry farm
will only be obtaining additional income from standard
but they will derive from the of the SUBJ
marginal lands lying waste
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BOUNDS thinner and inches tall
er-that's what this smart frock
will make you look. 1t was thought
up by a top-fight designer who
wanted her style to be as decep-
tive as it was smart! Just look
at all the good points-the crisp
white vestee, the beautiful ham
ding of the bodice, the slimming
skirt and the attractive styling of
the belt.
Pattern No. 1864 is in sizes Sc. SO, 40,
AZ. "A. 49, 48. so and S. Size 80 takes,
with u sleeves. AS yards 39.inch material.
% yard for contrasting vestee.
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Time Changes Things

1fIIC OHdHSCS INIHSS
Visitor Gin defense planD-Look
at that youngster, the one with
the cropped hair, the cigarette and
trousers on. It's hard to tell
whether it's boy or girl.
War Worker-She's a girl and
she's my daughter.
Visitor-My dear sir, do forgive
me. I would never have been so
outspoken if l had known you were
her father.
War Worker-I'm not her father,
I'm her mother.