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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Well Filled For
Girl Scout Court OF Honor

tess, clothing. housekeeper, handy
woman; Lillian Meter. clothing,
foods. handywoman. first aid,
housekeeper, home health.
Troop 10, Gloria Ashby, Second
Glass; Mary Alice Brown, second
class and cook; Barbara Clark,
Second Glass and design; Marlene
Gonyou. Kay McDermott, Joan
Schmalholz, Mary Ann Stachlewitz,
June Leininger, Second Glass; Eve.
lyn Waller. cook; Sue McDermott,
land animal finder.
Troop IS, Aileen Browning, world
knowledge. homemaking, design,
photography; Gertrude Dundon.
First Glass. housekeeper, interior
decoration, weaving, needlecraft
basketry, Bibliophile; Betty Henne-
Ike, First Glass. wood. needlecraft,
interior decoration, basketry. Bib
liophile; Phyllis Kisor, reader,
glass, photography; Kathleen Rust,
First Glass. needlecraft. photogra-
ply. treeflnder. games. Bibliophile;
Dolores Soderquist, Second Glass,
reader, design. fresh water; Phyl-
lis Warrington, First Glass. leath-
er, needlecraft. bookbinding; Ar,
gyro Caristianos. colorcraft; Bar
bara Wright, life saver.
Troop %, Elaine Holden. print
badge and hostess; Dorothy Houck
print, cook. swimmer; Marlene
Moffet, print, architecture, glass
my country; Doris Schofield. print
Second Class; Inge Heesch, print
cook; Joyce Shadford, Patty Wilt
Sc, Frances Walter, print; Patty
Webb. architecture, needlecraft;
jeanne Townsley, cook; Jean Nc
Cowan. weaving; Marilyn Mitchell
Donna PEBBLES, Mary Scheffler
and Laura Smith, Second Glass.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Farewell Party For
Thomas Abercrombie

The pleasant home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Abercrombie was the
scene Of an informal farewell party
Tuesday evening for their son,
Thomas. who will leave Thursday
for his aviation cadet training In
Miami. Fla. There were IS friends
present. Games were played and
refreshments were served from a
table decorated with red. white and
blue candles and napkins. Tea and
coffee silver services were at eth
err end of the table and Mrs. Aber.
crombie and Mrs. Edward Steere,
Ann ArbOr, poured. over the table
was suspended a large model air-
plane with parachute open be-
meth. labeled Keep Them Fly
ing" Into this the friends dropped
gifts with which to buy a bond for
the new cadet. Martial music was
played on the photograph. Part Of
the decorations and chocolate cake
will be sent to Robert Abercrombie
at Great Lakes, Chicago.
During her husbands absence,
Mrs. Thomas Abercrombie will
stay at the home OF her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Steere on
Packard Rd.
Miss Harryette Kellar will go
Saturday to Cleveland to visit her
sister. Mrs. Wilfred Patmos and
will return Tuesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17

The Ypsllantl High School gym
nasium vas well filled with friends
and parents OF Girl Scouts in the
city for the mid.winter Girl Scout
Court OF Awards. Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Louis Hubbard, leader OF
troop II. was chairman OF the in.
teresting and well arranged pro-
gram, which opened with a flag
ceremony conducted by members
Of troop % and closing with the
singing OF the national snthem.
A presentation OF Girl Scout
marker to be placed in front OF the
Little House. Recreation Park. a
gift from troop %. was presented.
The marker bears the inscription of
Girl Scouts over a trefoil The
troop leaders are Mrs. LaVerne
Howard and Mrs. Donald Stadler.
For the musical part OF the pro-
gram troops five, nine and Il pre-.
scented a Girl Scout Sing with Doro.
thy Lamb as reader.
Mrs. Earl Studt. organization
chairman. introduced the travelling
executive secretary, Miss Jenny
Lind, who gave short talk to the
girls.
The retreat OF the colors by troop
% followed the presentation OF
awards by Mrs. II. de B. Barss, Girl
Geou. ehsirW:n
...s. .a. S., -. led ~ Eoap
singing concluding the program.
Preceding the Court OF Awards
Mrs. Louis Hubbard and her troop
II had supper at Gilbert House
Awards ere:
Badges awarded are; Troop l
Jeanette Sprague, design; Ruth
Lilly. hostess; Joan Weber, cook,
hostess, housekeeper.
Troop 4. Norman Jean Rhine
hart. cook.
Troop Q. Dorothy Davis, Peggy
Yoder Marion Miller. Mary Dus-
biber, Barbara Warner, Mary Chip
man. Joan Thompson. life saver.
Troop II. Joyce Mcdonald. Sec
ond Glass rank.
Troop u, Jean BOrke, child care
Ann Cleary. hostess; Joyce Pos
port. child care, clothing, house
keeper, photography. handywoman
Mary Alice Mcdonald, home
coming: Lillian Schmalhol2. hos
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Dinner Cancelled

The Fathers Night annual dinner,
which had been planned for Feb.
81. by the Prospect Child Study
Club. has been Cancelled because
OF war conditions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Prize Winner

PrlLe winner
Miss Mary S. Palmer, 1902 S. Ham,
ilton St, Ypsilanti, has received
second prize OF $50 in the annual
Hopwood Literary Contests held at
the University OF Michigan. where
she is enrolled in the College OF
Literature, Science and the Arts.
Miss Palmer's prize winning poem
was entitled AT Random"
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Manning,
Dansville, spent the week end with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Manning. Monday Mr.. and Mrs.
Manning went to Detroit with their
guests and spent the day with them
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth SimOns,
New York City, are visiting at the
homes OF l.. X. Morningstar and
other relatives. Mr.. Simons has
Just completed a three year course
in Interior architecture in the New
York Institute OF Design.
Mrs. Roy f. Wise went to East
Lansing Tuesday to visit her daugA-
ter, Mrs. Ward Stowe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
PLEASURE CLUB TO
HELP IN FURNISHING
ROOM FOR SOLDIERS

A. the meeting OF the Industrial
Pleasure Club, Tuesday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. william Horn,
Mrs Harry Stockdale. president, an
pointed a committee consisting OF
Mrs. Horn aud Mrs. Peter Buccos
to Investigate and report at the
next meeting what the club could
best do TO assist in furnishing a
reception room for the use OF sol
diers stationed in East Ypsilanti.
Mrs. X. G. Baker, flower chair
man. Is to send flowers to members
and friends. Mrs. Henry Schneider.
Mrs Leota lounglove. Mrs. l.. T..
Smith, Plymouth, Mrs. Amelia
Koch and James Fitzpatrick.
The hostess served refreshments
at a table prettily decorated for
Valentines Day including Valentine
place cards.
The next meeting, Mar. ,, will be
at the home of Mrs. Baker, with
Mrs. Horn assisting hostess.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Miss Virginia Epson Bird e
Of Corporal Melvin Giles

prominent in musical circles, being
a member Of the college orchestra
and band. was director OF the John
+. Barnhill Memorial Band and was
a member OF the Normal College
Glee Club and choir.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Giles,
daughter Betty, and Mrs. Melvin
Giles expect to start home about
Feb. %.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Candidates Receive

Three candidates received the
Fellowship degree at the special
communication OF Phoenix Lodge
number II. F. and A. NJ, Tuesday
evening in the Masonic Temple
lodge room. Forrest Doerr, worship
full master. presided in the East
and announced that the Entered
Apprentice degree will be conferred
next Tuesday evening.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Princes Participate
in Eveninq Of Games

Wolverine Palace, Princes OF Syr-
acuse, including new and prospec-
titive members. enjoyed their usual
social evening with games Of darts.
ping pong, billiards and cards. in
the knights of Pythias club room,
Tuesday evening About 80 were
present.
Next Tuesday evening at the bust
ness meeting, the newly elected Of
ficers will occupy the chairs and
the new committees will be named.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Sew, Play Games

The Capsule Sisters Club meeting
with Mrs. William Renton. Jr =.
Tuesday evening, participated in
sewing and pencil games with
prizes going to Mrs. Leslie Carl
son. Mrs. Lyman LaChance. Mrs.
Walter Wright and Mrs. Glenn
Spencer. Delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess at the
close of the evening. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Spencer In
two weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17

Miss Gwen Frostic, a member OF
the Wyandotte B. and p. w. Club
who Is in Ypsilanti az the present
time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-17
Observe Birthday

Mrs. Anna l.. Dundon and Mrs
Avis Dundon entertained for Mrs.
Lillian Root Monday night at din
ner with eight covers in observance
of her birthday.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Former A. P. Writer Here
Gets DIE and Purple Hear

Waist Gunner Sergt. Hal r. Coop
er, former Washington Associated
Press writer, has received the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and the
Purple Heart as a member of the
crew of the Flying Fortress Wabbit
Twacks, the Associated Press re-
ported yesterday from England.
Sergt. Cooper and his companions
were awarded total of nine Silver
Stars, seven Distinguished Service
Crosses and five Purple Hearts after
the ship received 500 bullet -and
anti-aircraft holes while shooting
down seven German planes con-
firmed and four "probables" In a
single raid. The crew is one Of the
most-decorated American crews in
the European theater, the report
said.
Sergt. Cooper was i'll when the
plane went on its most spectacular
mission, and his place was taken by
another sergeant who now is listed
as missing in action after a single
mission on another Flying Fortress.
Sergt. Cooper for several years was
desk editor for the Associated
Press in Washington, having come
here from the Chicago bureau. He
entered the service more than a
year ago. He formerly lived at 5740
Colorado avenue.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Romancoke-CIaiborne
Ferry Fares 10 Go Up
b. the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Sept. IS. - Chair
man Ezra B. Whitman OF the
State Roads Commission says that
continuance of the Romancoke-
Claiborne ferry service will neces-
state raising passenger fares by
cents and charges for automobiles
by Is cents.
MIR. Whitman said the increases
would be necessary to meet the high
costs of operation and maintenance
unless the short line Of the Chesa-
peake Bay ferry service is aban-
doned.
Operation Of the Romancoke-
Claiborne ferry was to be suspended
on September is but the commission
and Gov. O'Conor decided to con-
| tinue it indefinitely after Talbot
County leaders had protested
against its stoppage.
Mr.. Whitman asserted that s'the
question facing the. commission is
whether we shall raise the rates to
all for the benefit Of the few who
use the Romancoke ferry" The
ferry was losing money at present,
| he said.
Under a 1941 legislative act and
the bond indenture on State ferry
services. the commission is required
to set any fares deemed necessary
to the maintenance and operation
OF the ferry, and to meet the prin-
cipal and interest payments to
bcndholders. Mr.. Whitman added.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Civic Federation Urges
Lower Truck-Driving Age

The Federation of Civic Associa-
tions last night urged that boys be-
tween the ages of 16 and 10 years ne
allowed to operate trucks during
wartime. The action came at meet
ing last night in the boardroom of
the District Building, DR.. Ed F. Har-
ris, president, announced today.
The federation recommended
stricter control of pedestrian traffic,
particularly at intersections where
there are no signals. These pro-
posals were included in a report of
the Traffic Committee submitted by
Chairman w. T. Bray.
A protest against the withdrawal
of four firemen from No. Fire Sta
ton and their assignment to Gal
linger Hospital as ambulance driv-
ers was adopted. ~
The group moved to petition the
National Housing Authority to cease
demolition work on dwellings until
suitable replacements can be con-
structed. In another action, men,
bers voted to approve Senate bill
878, providing for increased retire.
ment pay for Federal and District
employees.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Editor Reports
| Rabies Scare
Is Overdone

Stating that from 1881 to 1941 not
one case of rabies in man was re-
ported in Delaware, Maryland or
Washington, c. E. HARRISON, kennel
editor of Vogue and House and Gar
den, asserted last night that "the
rabies scare is overdone."
Mr.. HARRISON, who was guest
speaker at a meeting of the Humane
Education Society and the National
Society for Humane Regulation of
Vivisection, at the Lee Sheraton
Hotel. based his discussion on studies
by the late DR.. Leslie T. Webster of
the Rockefeller Foundation.
Compulsory vaccination of ami
mails and humans against rabies
would be unjustified, he said, as an
effective vaccine has not yet been
perfected. This opinion was sup
ported by both Dr. Webster and the
American Veterinary Medical Asso-
citation, he added.
DR.. James G.. Cumming, chief of
the District Bureau of Communi-
cable Diseases, when asked today to
comment on Mr.. Harbison's state
ment. said that in all probability
there would not be recorded case
of rabies In the area mentioned
from 1881 to l94l, as persons bitten
by dogs with rabies are Immediately
given the Pasteur treatment. He
emphasized. however, that he did not
consider the rabies scare ''overdone''
and pointed out that within the past
five months SO rabid dogs had been
reported In the District.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Swiss May Tighten
Restrictions Against
Waves Of Refugees
By the Associated Press.


BERN, Switzerland, Sept. Pa
communiQue announced today that
10000 civil and military refugees
from Nazi-dominated Italy have ar
rived In neutral Switzerland, but
other announcements said immigra-
tion bars now would be strength
ened.
The Swiss newspaper Neue zuer-
cher zeitung reported that the Swiss
Federal Council was opposed to un-
limited entrance Of refugees lest "a
precedent be established for future
waves on other frontiers"
Switzerland, which also adioins
Germany, was said to have warned
Italians, through its consulate In
Milan, that henceforth only those
who possess valid passports and yisas
could cross the border.
Meanwhile. the Italian armament
industry has been placed under Ger
man control
A dispatch said a Maxi director will
be named by the German armament
industry that headquarters will be
set up in Milan and that decree
will be published forbidding sale OF
steel stocks by italian industry.
The dispatch pointed out that
despite all the talk of the new Mus
solini government, Nazi military au-
thorities continue to make all i'm
portant decisions.
The dispatch added that the Nazi
command ordered soldiers to respect
the property of Italians If they re-
main peaceful; warned that every
act of sabotage or active or passive
resistance would call forth reprisals:
forbade increases in wages and
prices, and guaranteed maintenance
of present food rations.
A Chiasso dispatch said that head
quarters for Republican Fascism
would be established at Braschi
Palace in Rome and that women,s
and university units of the party
were to be reorganized.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
lndusfriaIist Asks Probe
OF Navy Price Board
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Investigation of the Navy De-
partment's Price Adjustment Board
was asked of Congress today by
James F. Lincoln, president of the
Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland.
In letter to Chairman Doughton
Of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, Mr.. Lincoln said the board
without any known supportable
reason" has determined that "a pei
cent of the company's 1912 business
Is renegotiable. The penalty" on
this business, as set by the board
is $3, ,250, 600, Mr.. Lincoln added.
The Cleveland industrialist ex-
pressed belief that his company is
the first concern in the country to
refuse to accept the boards decision
on renegotiation.
Unless these whimsical actions
of the Price Adjustment Board are
stopped by quick action of Con.
gress." Mr.. Lincoln declared, "this
uncontrolled bureau will not only
wreck our present economy, but. II
will also greatly lengthen the wal
and our casualty lists"
Evening star., 1943-09-25
President Authorizes
Joint Army-Navy Unit
To Control Production

In a continuing effort to hold
war production closely to strate-
gic needs, thereby conserving
manpower and materials, Presi-
dent Roosevelt has authorized
establishment of a Joint Produc-
ton Survey Committee, COM
posed of Army and Navy officers,
who will keep a constant check
on output to avoid creation of
needless surpluses.
The plan, an outgrowth of the
procurement review boards set up
in number of war agencies by
the Once of War Mobilization sew
eral weeks ago, was announced late
yesterday by War Mobilization Di-
rector Byrnes at a press conference.
At the same time, Mr.. Byrnes
made public statement from Presi-
dent Roosevelt outlining the pro-
gram and declaring that with
critical shortages in material and
manpower, we must see that we
produce only what we need, and
that waste, unavoidably present in
war, is kept to a minimum"
The Survey Committee will be
made up of two officers each from
Army and Navy, designated by the
joint chiefs of stats. In explain
ing that their work will be of a
continuing nature, the President
said constant attention is required
to insure that our military pro-
grams are changed in accordance
with lessons from the battlefields
and the assembly lines"
Mr.. Byrnes pointed out that when
men and materials are devoted to
projects not needed, it means that
something more important must
give way, and it is this that the
Survey Committee will seek to
avoid. T
No big increases in supplies for
civilians are expected from this
close gearing of war production to
the actual requirements of the fight
ing fronts, Mr.. Byrnes said, though
there may be more of some small
items.
The director also told his press
conference that the Army, Navy and
Maritime Commission are getting
away from the cost-plus contracts,
which, he said, make the contractors
indifferent to the number of men
they employ, and are substituting
incentive Sor man-hour contracts,
which permit of economies in which
the contractors share with the Gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Burning Gasoline
FIoWsInto Sewers,
Menocing Homes
y the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
ASHLAND, Ohio, Sept. Is. -
Burning gasoline from two de-
rallied tank cars flowed through
storm sewers of Ashland's East
Side early today as firemen of
nine cities and civilian defense
volunteers fought to control the
spread of flames menacing many
homes in this city of $4,000 pop
ulation.
The fire started late last night
when two derailed tanks cars in
an Erie Railroad freight train ex-
ploded and set eight other cars
ablaze. Blazing gasoline poured in
to the streets and storm sewers.
Police Sergt. L. v. Young said
flames quickly destroyed the nearby
Eagle Rubber Co., the Erie's pas
senger depot and freight station, two
restaurant buildings and six parked
automobiles. Flaming fuel swept
along an East Side creek and dam
aged q YMCA athletic field.
It was not determined immedi-
ately whether any one was injured.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Girl. 70, Wanted Here,
Swallows 7 Safety Pins

Miss Mildred Virginia Dodson, 20,
Of the 2200 block of Utah place, Bal
timore, Md, who is wAnted by WASH
ington police, Is In a serious condi-
ton at Baltimore City Hospital after
she swallowed two open safety pins
in the central police station there
last night.
Miss Dodson, who Is wanted here
on charges Of false pretenses and
bail skipping, was reported by Balti-
more authorities to be in such seri-
GUS condition that surgical opera
ton will be necessary to remove the
pins. 49, -
She told police she is singer but
has been out of work for some time.
She Is native of Charleston, w. Va.
Baltimore police said that she also
was carrying bottle OF iodine.
Detective Sergt. John r. Luskey
of the check and fraud squad here,
was detailed to bring Miss Dodson
to Washington to face charges, but
was informed today that she can
not be moved.
Evening star., 1943-09-25
War Bonds
Continued From First Page :,

mated Association of Street, Electric
Railway and Motor Coach Employees
OF America, and agreed to join in
the program, and as the result the
response has been outstanding.
Meetings are conducted at the
various car barns, bus garages and
general shops. Speakers at these
meetings include Gilbert E. Hyatt,
chief. Labor Section, War Finance
Division; william T. Shuttle and
Francis j. Dillon, labor representa-
tives, War Finance Division; s. E.
Emmons, transportation manager;
E. M. Boyd, superintendent of
transportation; E s. McDougald.
superintendent of maintenance. j.
G. Bigelow, president and business
agent Of Local Division 1868, has at
tended all of the meetings so far.
The company has 5000 employees,
1000 of whom are members of the
union, the other 1000 not being eligi-
BILE as they are in the executive off,
ces and on the management staff.
Little Club Pays for Tank.
A plaque signifying the selling of
SIS 900 in War bonds, or more than
the price of hight tank, was pre-
sented today to Mai. C. Stewart Co.
meaux Of the Army Ordnance De-
partment by Mrs. Esther Rubinstein
| and Mrs. Florence Chaikin, co-chair-
, men of the Little Club of Washing
| ton. The club Is composed of only
so members.
The ceremony took place at the
Ordnance exhibit on the Washing
ton Monument grounds. Mai. Co.
meaux told the bond committee CO.
chairman that "the outstanding ef-
fort made by you and your 48 fell
low club members in raising SIS, 900
should serve as an inspiration to all
American women to Back the At
tack to the last penny. The Ord
nance Department will be proud to
place your plaque on this light tank,
which soon will lead our troops into
battle. May it serve as a reminder
TO our soldiers that the people at
home are soldily behind them all
the timel"
Mrs. Rubinstein handed a check
for $500 bond to Richard Harvey
deputy administrator, District War
Finance Committee, following the
ceremony. 1t had been mailed to
her by a friend who learned of the
Little Clubs efforts through reading
The Star, Mrs. Rubinstein said.
Meanwhile the sum of $l,0l5 was
realized yesterday from an auction
of attic odds and ends held at the
Hub Store, Rockville, Md. Richard
F. Green, president of Farmers
Banking and Trust Co. of Rockville,
served as auctioneer. The sale was
organized by Mrs. Joane GayIor
Gillis of Glen, Md. Among the
items auctioned of was a i00-year-
old milk crock.
Johns-Manyille Corp. yesterday
swelled the District bond fund BY
buying $500, 200 worth OF securities
through the riggs National Bank.
As he handed his company check
Evening star., 1943-09-25
Fortresses Bog ? Nozi Planes,
But Lose Race for RAF Flyers
Star Staf Photo

the ocean drama, the Dornier was
so close to the Raj dighy that the
American gunners were hard put
TO attack the seaplane without en-
dangering the Englishmen. They
managed to shoot the tail of SO
the Dornier went down and the
German crew had to take to their
boat.
When the twin -engined Junkers
escorting the Dornier closed in, the
gunners polished on one. The other
streaked for home, presumably to
get assistance.
The Fortress airmen waved reas-
surance to the floating flyers and
took up the race But the German
rescue bases were closer and when
Raj planes reached the scene the
flyers already had been picked up