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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25

healthful recreation. There is a
thrill in making things grow. Ma
ture, when properly understood,
responds so generously. The COM
mon garden hoe is one OF the most
useful tools invented by man and
bit of the right kind OF fertilizer
is magic powder.
Interest in gardening is being
found this year by many who have
never gardened before. At the
recent Builders Show in Detroit
the garden seed exhibit had con-
slant attention, and the attend
ants had a large job in answering
questions.
One company showed large dia-
gram Of the Victory Garden. ar
ranged to make the most OF the
space allowed. Printed informa-
ton was eagerly sought. Some
said, I'VE have a large lawn, but
are blowing up most OF it for a
Victory Garden.
Many older people recalled ear
lier years on the farm. They said,
ut is a long time since we had a
vegetable garden but we are put
ting one in this year"
II Is the purpose Of the local
committee to bring to the people
Of Ypsilanti information concern.
ing the progress OF Victory Gar
dens in our own city.
In the coming weeks contribu-
tons will come from many sources.
AS the season passes, helpful ana
specific hints will be offered on
preparing the soil, fertilizing. cul-
tivating, insect control and c-rins
for the crop. AS the harvest &C
cumulates the matter Of canning,
drying and storage will receive at.
tention. Ypsilantis best wisdom
on gardening will be made avafl.
able, with reminders of the imme-
date demands OF various crops.
The urgency OF the situation
should not be overlooked. Food
is a vital problem. Galleries and
vitamins will do their part in win
ming the war. II we need stimulus
a seed catalogue is one OF the most
fascinating books in the world.
Spring is at hand. In our minds,
at least, our Victory Garden be.
gins today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25

History, growth and many inter
esting incidents connected with
the Ladies' Literary Club from its
formation in 1873, we're brought
ont in sketch entitled a Wom-
ans Dream, written by Mrs. p, f..
skinner, and presented BY a com
mittee from the club, for the pro-
gram at the club meeting, Wednes-
day afternoon 1t was the 65th an
nlyersary of the founding OF the
organization.
The cast, in a conversation about
a tea table, reviewed the history
of the club and included a talk on
The Trend OF the Programs
Through the Years" by Mrs. b W.
Peet. In discussing the clubs
early days, the fact was brought
to light that the club was organic
ed in 1873 under the direction Of
Mrs. Daniel Putnam. who had re-
Gently moved here from kalama-
700. She became a member of the
Ladies Library Board. which had
been formed a short time previous
" and as president in 1873 appoint
ed a committee TO draw up plans
for a womans club. Seventeen
we're charter members with Mrs.
Putnam as president.
Mrs. B. W. Peet then traced the
growth Of the club through the an
nual printed programs Of the years
1s94-95. lS9s-99. ls99.l900, and each
year since thst time. The pro-
grams show that the original cul-
tural purpose OF the club has been
expanded to meet the trend of the
times. In 1898. Mrs. John Waiting
urged that the club join the Ma
tional Federation OF Women's
Clubs and this was done.
In 1915 the present club house
was purchased after much dis
cussion and trepidation. Atwood
McAndrew gave a donation OF 800
10 make its purchase possible. Lat
er money was raised by members
having bake sales and card par
ties. In 1888 the club house was
changed and refurnished, the COM
mittee keeping in mind its historic
value and Greek type OF architec-
ture. Many lovely furnishings
have been donated to the club from
time to time. one being a painting
Of the Madonna which is copy OF
an original now in Italy. Miss
Francis Strong presented this pic.
ture TO the club upon the death OF
her father. who had purchased it
while abroad.
The cast for the play was Mrs.
P. Z. Skinner. Mrs. B. w. Peet,
Mrs. F. p. WILDER, Mrs. r. A.
Weir, Mrs. W. II. Varney. Miss
Minnie Horner. Mrs. +. S. George,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
We Raise Our Own Food

We Raise Our Own Food
Ypsilanti is organizing for vic
tory on the food front.
Food has become for the Ameri-
can people a matter OF thought,
planning and work. Rationing re-
strictions promise to increase rath-
err than diminish. Accumulated
stocks on our home shelves will
soon be gone and the apportioning
of our points" among our food
necessities will be something more
than a game.
In this situation the Victory Gar.
den offers large relief, not only
through the summer months but
also into the winter. Quantities of
fresh vegetables will be enjoyed
by Ypsilanti people and canned and
dried food stored on the shelves.
The first meeting OF the local
committee on Victory Gardens was
reported in The Press Tuesday
evening. Ben j. SoYey, who so
largely contributed to the program
of last year. is the general chair.
man, and the other members of the
committee are finding deepening
enthusiasm in the tasks assigned.
Available land is TO be discover
ed, blowing and dragging arranged,
plots assigned and every possible
assistance given, especially to in
experienced gardeners. Coopera.
ton is gladly offered by the city,
the schools and many private or
CARNATIONS.
The general plan OF the govern
ment Victory Garden is to be fol.
lowed, though encouragement will
be given those who find II possible
to till larger areas. Plots assign.
ed will be 40 by so feet, a space
that will grow a surprising amount
Of valuable vegetables, and yet not
so large as to prove a burden 10
busy people.
One thing is sure: the Victory
Garden program OF last year must
be greatly enlarged. Gardens will
be needed and will make a stable
contribution towards winning the
war.
The labor involved will be large.
]. compensated, and. for many, will
provide a means of delightful and
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6lk1a
Our Service Men

Mrs. Earle Evans has received
word from her son. Carl Chubb.
chief radio operator on a ship in
the Panama Canal Zone, telling OF
an ocean trip. In Guatemala seven
OF the men took a trip through the
jungle on horseback. In Costa Rica,
they rode in an oxcart with wooden
wheels and for thirty cents apiece
rented a whole car on a train like
the bonneville trolley. In the foot.
hills 1882 feet above sea level they
stayed at a hotel with room and
supper for $l-the meal being ex-
cellen: soup. potatoes, papaya and
more good things, concluding with
the best steak he ever ate. They
also heard a band concert. Back in
Panama they are having a bond
cG.pirai tor everything bought
they get war stamps for their
money. The more we buy the soon.
er We whip those skunks." he says.
Some idea OF what Ypsilanti SOL
diers went through in the New
Guinea campaign is embodied In the
following letter submitted by the
mother OF one OF them. She says,
This is Characteristic OF the fight.
ing heart and courage OF those over
there and makes us dig deeper and
sacrifice as those brave boys have
The letter reads, Dear Nom. Dad
and All:
"a swell surprise today, seventy
letters t70) and a cable yesterday,
three the day before and a Christ
mas box from the Good Fellows OF
Ypsilanti. one from you, dear moth
er, and others. l know there are
many more somewhere. Our New
Guinea mall up and back has caused
this condition.
"Over here there is nothing to
worry about. Nom, as you expressed
some doubt. Our fighting ia all over.
The arrows whipped them but
at a cost Of an awful "thumping"
Gov. Kelly sent congratulations so
back home the story is out at least
in part.
"Ridlng victory wave now and
rumors some OF our boys may re-
turn to the states very soon.
Our brave boys took a terrible
cut for having finished in front, a
cut that is going to take time to
heal. | know there are many back
home praying for this awful war to
end and the lights go on all over
the world
I'VE held memorial services one
night last week for some who will
not come back.
Il remember a curly headed kid
who left one rainy afternoon.
For a year Of training, that was
almost two years ago.
He didn't say much as we looked
out the window Of the train.
but in his mind was recorded
the picture OF someone waving in
the rain.
"Thro' state after state we
uluH l. hHOW HuSlc we NclC SO'As'
II had troubles OF my own, but
his was the same as mine.
ION the jerky quiet Of a pullman
we probably thought the same,
"Of home and the someone wav-
ing in the rain.
so we travelled and we msneu-
vered. we changed stations, then
We shipped.
"He wrote home as did |, parents,
perhaps sweetheart, for knew him
little better than by name.
Serving in a foreign land, wait
ing for the mail that always came
and brought the look upon his face
that revealed It was from some one
waving in the rain.
New Guinea, action-a Geneva
Red Cross-target-now he won't
be back.
somehow I don't think he mind
edit those back home would I'M
derstand.
For his part was worth the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25

zWASHINGTON-UP-The Hsmil-
ton County jail, Cincinnati, today
was black-listed by the Justice De-
partment as the result OF a jail
break of five federal prisoners on
Feb u. Director James V. Bennett
OF the Federal Prisons Bureau an
nounced last night that he had dis
approved the jail for the boarding
OF prisoners and had directed the
L. s. Marshal at Cincinnati to re-
move 80 federal prisoners current
ly held at the Jail and to commit no
more to il.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
SPEED CAN BE COSTLY

MORE CONTRACTS are lost
by quick play Of the declarer on
the first trick than by any other
kind Of mistake you see made at
the bridge table. SO often the first
play seems obvious when 1t IL not.
The best habit you can get in
BRIDGET you are going to have
any fixed habit at all-is to study
the dummy and your own hand
whether you are the declarer or Q
defender-before you play any
card. Decide what is your general
plan for the hand first. and then
make your initial play At into
that plan,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
Ypsilanhs Victory Gardens
WE RAISE OUR OWN FOOD
Garden Land Needed

The Victory Garden committee residents
garden land available seasonland
which they themselves will lot
lots OF ground you
the Victory Garden committee indicate and
location the following to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
West London
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY

West London, Mich, Feb. 25--
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lutz, Mrs.
Vinona Haiden and three children
were Tuesdap dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Campbell, cele-
brating the birthday of Wyman
Campbell, stationed at Washing
ton, d. G.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
Moose Lodge Will Initiate
Seventy Five New Members

Ypsilanti Lodge No. 1872. Loyal
Order OF Moose. announces a civil
ian defense class OF Is new mem.
bers to be initiated March 2, at s
p. m. in the Moose Hall at 10 N.
Adams st. This class will be dedi-
Gated to those men who stand first
in the defense OF families, homes
and vital war industries.
Moose Lodge members believe
that all men shall be forever free OF
tyranny and oppression, to worship
AS their conscience dictates and 10
link mankind into a universal bro
therhood. To this end. they pledge
their full support and gratefully
acknowledge the unselfish efforts
OF all who are helping 10 build an
impregnable defense for this ma
ton and attain victory, so that to-
days children and their children's
children, may inherit better world
in which 10 live.
The guest speaker Of the eve.
ming will be George Eubanks, chief
auditor and chief deputy supreme
secretary of the 10y order oil
Moose.
Following the initiation there will
be an unusually fine program OF
| entertainment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
ATTENTION
CITY SUBSCRIB Frs

The Ypsilani Daily Press
wishes all subscribers 20 re-
ceive their papers regularly
and promptly. In case of poor
or non delivery OF the Daily
Press phone the Press Office
at 40 before 6 .. m. or 2 D. m.
Saturday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
Garden Club Committee
Care OF The Ypsilanti Daily

Care Of The Ypslant Daily Press, Ypsianu
You have OF land totaling about
approximate size) located
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Post office Address Phone
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
Organization History Shown
in Sketch, 'AWomans Dream

Mrs. Paul Samson. They were as.
sisted by new members, Mrs. Mel
son Van Wagen and Mrs. Walter
Sturm.
The meeting was called to order
by the club president, Mrs. Harry
l.. Smith. and the reading OF the
club Collect was by Mrs. Guy
Davis. Mrs. Olin Eckley led in
the salute TO the flag.
Greetings from the State Fedora
ton president. Mrs. John Sweet
man, the District Federation presi-
dent, Mrs. Edgar Gordon. and the
County Federation president. Mrs.
Thomas Shurtz, were read by Mrs
Harry L. Smith.
Honor was given to members Of
III club prior TO 1905. Mrs. w. II.
Sherzer, Mrs. Il. W. Peet, Mrs
f. a. Mellencamp, Mrs. Guy Davis.
Mrs. T. W, Patton and Miss Ida
Clark.
Miss Florence ShulteS paid tri-
ute to the late Miss Mary Putnam.
Miss Lillian Ashby of the Roose-
welt School faculty, favored with
three songs bp stephen Foster,
Some Folks, "Old Folks at
Home" and Beautiful Dreamer.
Mrs. Atwood McAndrew accom-
panied at the piano.
All Joined in singing the old
Scotch Air. Aud Lang Syne" by
Robert Burns.
A beautiful arrangement OF red
carnations. the club flower, and
silver candelabra holding white
tapers provided the cea,erpiece on
the lace spread table, where tea
was served. A three TERED white
birthday cake, and silver coffee and
tea services added TO the picture.
Mrs. McAndrew, Ms Davis, Mrs.
Henry Frnin and Mrs. T. Free
Older poured. Mrs. Sherzer cut
and served the cake.
The committee for the day was
Mrs. Lester Miller and Mrs. j. b.
shepherd, co-chairmen. Mrs. Carl
Erickson and Miss Edith Adams.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
Anniversary honored

Anniversary Honored
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Francis
and children we're Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.. DID
BILE Ridgeway. in honor OF Donald
Francis birthday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25

Afford Roach, who is stationed
at Naval Field, Detroit. spent the
week end with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Roach.
Leo Lopas, who is stationed at
Peru, Ind. spent the deck end with
his mother. Mrs. Cecilia Reume.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Eddington
were guests at the home OF Mr..
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25

Jennings Campbell represented
Alfred Bentall, Lansing, state dlrec-
tor Of state farm insurance COM
panies at the recent insurance con-
ference In Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
Fine Points in Bridqe
nv eAErARp BARCLAY

most without looking, the declarer
put on the .dummy's and his own
8. Right there he was beaten, by
a single play. Noting Immediately
that he had blocked his own club
suit. he struggled the best he
could. He laid down the club A,
the spade A. gave up q spade to
the Q. won the returned diamond
with the X. gave up another spade
to the X. took the third diamond,
cashed two set-up spades, giving
him seven tricks, and then led the
heart X to the A. West set him
then with two more diamonds.
All that South. had to do was put
his own A or X on the diamond
lead. score the club A, lead the
diamond s to the Q. run the clubs
and lead a heart to the Q and A.
That would have enabled him to
collect six tricks In clubs, three in
diamonds and one In each ma jor
for n total OF five-odd
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-25
To Be Speaker

DC opcdNeT
DR.. Clarence Loesell, of the sci.
ence department of the State Nor
NAL College. will be the main speak
er at the annual ladies' night ban
quet of the Zion Lutheran Brother
hood at $50 o'clock Thursday night
in the parish hall at Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Harry B. Britton's niece,
Mrs. Lucius James Knowles. Bos'
ton, arrived Wednesday afternoon
for a brief visit with DR.. and Mrs
Britton. Mrs. Knowles was formerly
Miss Letitia Barbour.
Fred Fox was guest OF his broth
er and sister.in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Alex L. Fox. at dinner Wednesday
night. Mr.. Fox Is an auditor in the
Henry Ford Hospital.
Mrs. D. Franklin has been noti
fled by her mother-in-law, Mrs
Glen Franklin, that she has arrived
at the home OF her son Dell In Call
fornia. Mrs. D. Franklin has been
a guest OF her mother, Mrs. Barbara
Barwick. who lives a few miles
from Ypsilanti.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
TO TRANSFORM THEM

the grain essence run-off to the
yeosting cellars, into the smooth,
creamy, poIotob|e Senate brew
time with small bubble corbono-
tion developing to tang it and
lock in the goodness. Because Of
the demand, you may not always
be able to get Senote-but
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Nozis Plan Special Zone
In Eastern France

BERN. Switzerland. April R.-A
Lyon dispatch to the Tribune de
Geneve yesterday said German oc-
cupation authorities are considering
establishment of a special zone in
Eastern France. running northWard
from the Mediterranean and en-
bracing the entire length of the
Italian and Swiss frontiers.
The new demarcation line, the
dispatch said, would run west from
the Swiss border through the Prov
ince of Ain to the east side of the
Rhone River, then south to the
Mediterranean. This would provide
corridor from Italy and the Med
iterranean directly into Germany.
1t is rumored, the dispatch said,
that the area may be designated a
forbidden zone similar to those the
Nazis have established along the
coast of Northern Europe, or a re-
served zone similar to the Pyrenees
district between France and Spain
which can be entered and left only
by proving residence there.
The new zone probably will go
into effect April IS, the dispatch
said.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Car Pool Drivers Held
Liable in Accidents
Supreme Court in Ohio
Reverses County Decision
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 8.-De-
claring that security for workers
was just as important in the war
effort as saving automobile tires,
the Ohio Supreme Court held yes
terday that car owners having
"share-the-ride" agreements with
fellow workers were liable in case
of their injury
The decision reversed Cuyahoga
County courts. which in declaratory
judgments had held that in such
agreements car owners were relieved
of liability, except in case of wan
ton misconduct" in the operation of
their machines.
Court attaches expressed belief
the decision would, in most cases,
make car owners personally re-
Sponsible, since many insurance
contracts relieve companies of liza
bility when automobiles are oper-
ated for hire.
Noting the 'share-the-ride" pro-
gram was inaugurated as a war
measure to conserve automobile
tires, the court said: TT is just as
important to the war effort to pro-
vide security for the worker as it is
to conserve the tires of the vehicle
in which he is transported"
The decision was given in a test
case from Cleveland in which
Joseph c. Miller and two other
employees of the Standard Oil Co
entered into agreement to share
rides in Miller's car. each paying a
third of operation costs. Miller
brought suit to determine his liza
bility in case Of injury to his pas
sengers.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
|Nozi Raiders
| Rain Steel Darts
Ion u. S. Troops
By the Associated Press.


WITH UNITED STATES ARMY
EAST OF Ell GUITAR, Tunisia,
April g. German night-raiding
bombers, seeking to break the morale
of advancing American troops, have
showered them with steel darts, but
the unimpressed doughboys are
building roofs over their foxholes
to protect them against the new
devils needles"
Since we brought up our big ack-
ack guns and started throwing up
heavy stuff at them, they practical
ly have quit night bombing" said
Corpl. Edgar Silver, "a, of Pitts
burgh
Their last stunt was to drop
punches of steel darts with tail
fins, so that they drop point first. AS
soon as we found them we cut down
trees and put thick branches over
! our foxholes.
They didn't hurt anybody with
them, but we found one dart-we
call them devils needles-with the
point stuck through a 2-incn tree
limb. We started a dart game with
those we found"
Evening star., 1943-04-08
All 9 on Bomber Wrecked
In Idaho Accounted For
RH the Associated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
WALLA WALLA, Wash, April
8.-All nine crewmen of the four
motored Walla Walla bomber which
crashed near Challis, Idaho, March
30. have been accounted for, Mai.
Harry E. Gilmore, commanding
officer of the Army air field here,
said today.
Second 1t. Joseph r. Brensinger,
Fairfield, Ala, the pilot, was spotted
today and flown to the Pocatello
udaho) air base.
Two other flyers are known to
be in a cabin upriver from the
Hood Ranch so miles northwest of
Challis and ground rescue party
is on its way toward them.
One other airman has not been
definitely located, but footprints
IN the same area of the cabin where
the two located flyers are led air
searchers to say they are certain
OF his whereabouts.
Five members of the crew tele-
Evening star., 1943-04-08
5000 Reported Held
In Norway as Gestapo
Acts 10 Meet Invasion
industrial Area Where
Sabotage Is Prevalent
Closely Controlled
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, April 8-Appar-
emily preparing for possible Allied
invasion, the Gestapo has stepped
up efforts to round up underground
forces in Norway and now has an
estimated 5000 persons under ar
rest, responsible Norwegian sources
reported yesterday.
An underground agent who es-
capped recently into Sweden said
"some of our best men" had been
captured.
Norway's industrial area of Rju-
kan, where sabotage has been
prevalent, is under virtual martial
law, these sources said and in the
coastal city of Bergen 200 have been
arrested.
300, 900 Stationed in Norway.
Germany is reported to have 3OO,-
600 men stationed in Norway, with
crack marine outfits operating the
coast defenses. Extensive Nazi air
bases, heavy concentrations of naval
strength, and a network of coastal
defense guns are reported along the
west coast.
Some observers in Stockholm said
last night they believed Danish
Nazis might have engineered part OF
the recent wave of sabotage in Den
mark in order to force German lead
ers to tighten their hold on the reso-
lutte Danes.
BY such step as taking over the
administration of Danish justice, it
was pointed out, the Nazi faithful in
Denmark might get a greater voice
in the countrys affairs.
Danish Nazis Blamed.
While most of the sabotage against
factories and railway lines is believed
to have been carried out by British
experts parachuted from Raj planes,
observers here said the local Nazis
possibly are behind some of the acts.
The sabotage has been of two types
one unmistakably efficient and
professional, the other amateurish
and ineffective. The hand of the dis
Evening star., 1943-04-08

contented Nazis is seen in the latter
acts.
The collaborationist government of
Premier Erik de Scavenius rules Den
mark, but is unpopular with the local
Nazis and is accepted by the Danes
only as the lesser of two evils. The
Danish Nazis are reported to consti-
tute less than per cent of the popu-
lation.
Evening star., 1943-04-08
Betty Cradle Undergoes
Operation for Old Injury

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April S-Actress
Betty Cradle underwent corrective
surgery yesterday at Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital for an old injury
aggravated by dancing.
DR.. George S. Harris performed
the operation. Miss Cradle was re-
ported resting comfortably.
Evening star., 1943-04-08

phoned Monday from ranger sta
ton and later were flown out.
Nothing has been heard about the
whereabouts of searching plane
from a Utah base, missing since
Monday afternoon.
Evening star., 1943-04-08

Open up = new front-your pock-
etbook. Buy War savings stamps
now.
Evening star., 1943-04-08

Notice to stamp collectors-all
War savings stamps are genuine and
will increase in value.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-12-25

Lobbying been the Washington
established the nations capital but
assumed
There have been Investigations running
Wilson when revealed
of Manufacturers sought to the lawmakers
This the scandal