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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
Tomorrow is a Love| " Word

blindly, her eyes filled with tears,
her hands tightly clasped
After a moment the doctor came
out. In his hand was an old-fash-
Toned worn leather wallet.
This Is for you" he said. 1.-THE
judge wanted you to have it. He
may waken again. He wants to
make a will. I can't promise you
that he :"
81 understand Beth put the wal
let in her big bag and went out Of
the hospital.
They called her at 10 that night
and told her that the Judge was
dead.
1t wasn't until the next morning
that she remembered the wallet
and opened it.
There was a faded picture OF a
woman In It, woman who looked
much like Beth, with her pale. sill
very blond hair done in the fashion
OF the nineties, and a lock of that
hair wrapped in tissue paper.
There were four or five scrubbed
memoranda, drivers license.
Nothing else save the money, neat
ly folded in another compartment.
Beth counted it. There was S3O5.
1t was more money than she had
ever owned in a lump sum, and
the judge had wanted her to
have it.
She never again thought Of what
ne might have meant by saving
that he wanted to make a will and
leave a little something to her"
She thought, with tears of very real
grief, Of this last fine thing he had
done for her, that his last consider
alton had been Of her.
She put the money away in the
corner Of shoe and didn't think
OF 1t for days because there was
the Office to close UPON instruc-
lions from his nephew, who was his
heir-and the sad duties Of putting
behind her the things that were so
intimately a part Of her adult life.
AT least these things were done.
She turned over the keys OF the
new empty Office TO the building
superintendent and walked out of
the building on a mid-May after
noon and realized that she had no
job, and not the slightest idea OF
what her future was going to be
from that day on.
At first something chill stole into
her spirit, the awful feeling of the
worker when there is no
salary to be counted on.
Then she thought OF the S3O5 the
jusge had left to her. and she had
a feeling as II wings had geen CIV
en- her.
She looked about It the familiar
street, the shops, the buildings, the
green that she had known all her
life, and she knew that she was go
ng to leave these things. To leave
Pennington. To leave Andrea.
Now she had a destination. She
walked across the street to the
,ost Office.
Ito BE ContinHed)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
NeiUs From Saien,

friend. Alrin Hayes, Detroit, visit.
ed the Glen Burnhams sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Sayles. De
troit, we're sunday supper guests
at the William Merritt home on
Seven Mile Rd.
Frank sheffield. Lansburg. spent
Monday and Tuesday at the Ken
meth Rich home at Laphams Corn
ers.
Frank Sheffield, Lainsburg, spent
the week eud With Mr.. and Mrs.
George Roberts
Mrs. Arthur Bunk. Plymouth,
Was a Friday afternoon guest at
the George Roberts home.
Frank Buers and A. c. Wheeler
were at harrisburg on business Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roberts
were Ann Arbor visitors Monday.
Mrs Arthur Bunk. Plymouth,
was a Friday afternoon caller at
the George Roberts home.
]. W. Bussey and Mrs Mildred
Montgomery, Detroit, visited at
the Wheeler home Thursday af-
ternoon.
Sunday afternoon callers at the
C. S. Hartman and Frank Buers'
homes we're Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Louch, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Haher,
Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell
O'Neil and daughter, Bloomfield
Hills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald Bingle,
Wayne. were Sunday visitors OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rider
Mrs. Ruth Losee and daughter
Shirley Burnham and friend called
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
CHAPTER NINE

ALL AFTERNOON they had
been coming in, the other tenants
in the Office building. the elevator
man and Mrs. Mitchell, who cleaned
out the Offices at night, the mayor
and people from the court house.
The telephone seemed to be ring
ing constantly. and a reporter from
the evening newspaper came to see
If there was a recent picture of the
judge.
To all of them Beth could only
answer that the judge was con-
scious; but the doctors weren't able
to say yet if he would live.
Beth's eyes were deeply troubled
and there was a heaviness in her
breast, but she went about her
duties as if this were a normal day.
As if the judge sitting there at his
old-fashioned roll-topped desk, talk
ing to her one moment, had not
crumpled pathetically the next. In
30 short a while they had got his
huge old bulk onto a stretcher and
taken him to the hospital. That
was four hours ago.
Now the Offices were letting out
and 1t was unlikely there would be
others coming in. but Beth didn't
leave. She sat In the big chair
worn with the weight of the judges
figure, and looked back on the nine
years in which most of the waking
portion Of her life had been spent
in these two shabby old offices.
She could see herself, a girl of
is, when she first came through
Judge Mayfields door. her knees
trembling with nervousness and
her tongue tied.
The judge hadn't asked her any
of the things she had expected. She
could remember his questions now. !
His gruff, kindly voice asking her
If she had family, II she went to |
church, If she could spell. She could |
remember going out in a state Of
exultation, a girl with job. A job /
that paid SIS a week.
Andrea was a high school sirl
then. They were both living with
Aunt Ellen. Ut wasn't until Aunt
Ellen died three years later that
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
SYNOPSIS

Hoommates and cousins.
BETH KINNAN, Serious-mlnded and
trusting, and
ANDREA BARNES, rather self-cen-
tered and selfish, find that the tense
ness accompanying Americas I'M
pending entrance into the war is
beginning TO affect their lives. For
three years Beth has been going with
JIM RONALD who still has not been
too successful in getting ahead in the
world while Andrea has been at
tracted by
DENNIS ARCHER. Is years her senior.
but wealthy and interesting and
also married.
YESTERDAY: After Andrea tells OF
her love" for Jim, but admits that
she still is attracted by Dennis. Beth
hesitates as she is about to tell her
that they no longer can be room
mates.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
Firemen Extineuish
Three Minor BIezes


Firemen were called to 3l5 W.
Michigan Ave, Monday after
noon to extinguish a blaze caused
from a cigarette having been toss
ed into a waste basket. The fire
burned through the floor and into
the rooms below. causing cousid-
cradle damage.
This morning they were called
to Buffers Auto Parts. on W. Mich
igan Ave, when a fence on the
property caught fire.
At 9:44 this morning they were
called to 1923 S. Congress St.
when an exploding oil burner
caused the house TO be filled with
oil, SCOT. and smoke.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19

WASHINGTON ms The
House prepared for two days Of
debate on soldiers discharge pay
today with strong bipartisan bloc
seeking to break the $500 ceiling
contained in the legislation under
consideration. Proposals range all
the way up to $1,000 in certain cate.
gories, but Chairman Andrew +.
May (D) Ky, of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee, author Of
the pending bill. predicted it would
be passed after a hard eight at
the $500 figure
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
NATIONS BIRIR RATE
HIGHEST IN 20 YEARS

NEW NORK-UP- Births dur
ing 19t3 totaled 100000. nearly
one million more than the low
point 10 years ago and 100000
more than 1912, according TO Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company
statisticians.
The birth rate for the year is
the highest In 20 years, with
greatest increases recorded In Pa
cific Coast states. where war in
dustries have increased the adult
population.
The rise in birth rate has been
accompanied by the lowest infant
mortality rate In history.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
Notorious Jewel Thief
Slain Before Trial

Cambridge, Mass, Jan BINS
Police investigated today Greater
Boston's first ride" murder in
several years-the staying OF Ar
thur Duffy. 40. notorious jewel
thief.
Dufy's body with the arms care
fully folded and five bullet wounds
in the face and chest, was found
lying I'm a Cambridge side street.
A native of South Boston, Duffy
had recently flown from Miami,
where he was awaiting trial for
the theft Of a tray Of diamonds.
and was wanted in Cincinnati in
connection with a $4,000 gem rob
berry.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19

they went to live together in the
apartment0 Andrea had said then
"Pshaw; What's to get excited
about SIC a week. I'm going to be
an actress and make scads more.
Then you can be my secretary"
A wintry smile touched the cor
ners of Beth's mouth. The judge
was already paying her $50 a week
when Andrea went to work for SIG.
And as secretary. She was still a
secretary.
Now Beth was trying to remem-
Der If she had ever had a moment
of disliking her job with the judge,
but she could not remember an in
stance. She could remember other
little things, like buying cigars for
the judge, and the gold chain and
locket he gave her the first year
she had worked for him. And the
watch on her wrist which was his
gift on her twenty-first birthday.
She remembered the little bags
Of candy that he bought her after
he had been irritable with her. She
remembered his eyes the day he
saw through her grief. And for the
first time she thought, What shall
| do If he dies ?"
Another thought followed swift
~ upon the heels OF her mental
question, Would I have been con-
tent to stay here until I am old ~
A shiver ran over her.
The telephone rang again and
when she picked 1t up and an
swered it, her face paled a little.
1t was the hospital calling. Judge
Mayheld wanted to see her. Would
she hurry?
She could have 1--WE minutes with
him, the nurse told her. No longer.
Already he had a shrunken look.
His great, once-ruddy cheeks were
sunken. gray, and when he spoke
1t was in a hoarse whisper, but
with his old spirit:
Think I'm going to die, Beth.
I'm not-not yet. Got a few things
to do"
Don't say anything you don't
have to- she pleaded, holding his
cold hand in her two warm ones.
Can / do anything for your"
His hand chung. Get married,
Beth. Make a good wife. Good
You. Want to make a will"
He laughed and the laugh was a
coarse rttle IN his throat. Fine
lawyer, ] am. Put it off. Want
10 leave little something to YOU"
mo, no." she said, Just get we'll |
like working for your
Get away. Stop eating out your
leart. Young Ronald not good for
you. Other good men. Go where
'ou'll find one. Want to make will |
low" He closed his eyes.
Beth gently pulled her hands
rom his and ran to the door.
The doctor came in with the
iurse.
The judge opened his eyes.
Want to make WILL" he said
gain.
Beth went out into the corridor
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19

at the Frank Buers home Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Lyke at
tended the funeral of their uncle.
David Mckinley. Sunday in Caro-.
Mrs. Opal Lyke and daughter
Doris spent Saturday and Sunday
at the Ronald Lyke home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19

CHICAGO UP-The enthusiasm
to buy equalled the lack Of furni.
ture available today as nearly 10
600 home furnishing retailers gath
cred at the bi-annual national fur.
niture and home furnishings mar
ket exposition. The display rooms
Of the American furniture mart,
ordinarily Jam packed with the
latest styles in home furnishings,
were practically empty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19
child Goes 10 Mayo clinic

Child Goes to Mayo Clinic
Donna Clement. six year old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Clement, who has been seriously
III for several weeks, was taken
TO the Mayo Clinic at Rochester.
MINI. for treatment Mrs. Donald
Clement and mother. Mrs. Mary
Mankin, accompanied the little
girl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19

Atb,ored ;, UPS s-d oPA Pad 70, :, r-dGoJ
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-19

WoMEN's IDEAS SAVE TIME
KRON, Our - Suggestions
made by women workers OF the
y. =. Goodrich Co. plants during
recent six-month period saved
an estimated 245oO man-hours
company officials said
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-05
FUTURE
SEEN FOR PULPWOOD

Atlanta, Oct. 4-(AP)-An optl,
mistic future for the South's pulp ana
paper industry was foreseen TO-DAY oy
the Federal Reserve Bank OF Atlanta:
The banks monthly review SAID
the optimism is based chiefly on
two advantages enjoyed by southern
mills over northern plants:
|. Southern mills are larger n
newer, and hence more efficient than
northern plants.
2, Southern mills do not have t.
maintain a large stock CT pulpWood
because they can get deliveries inc
year around. Northern mills larger
inventories involve more expense.
The review pointed out that the
production of kraft paper promises
to continue to dominate the souths
paper industry.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-05
Babson Not Fearful
OF Overall Effect
OF Elilt,nan's Group
ny ROGER w. BAESON.
COp>tricht ,9l1, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.

4"
Babson lark. Mass. oct. ). - |
may be making a mistake IN my sta
tjstics. 81 course. a. best it is only
IN estimate. The figures, however.
which | have collected indicate that
five OF Ten years hence the malol-
lty Of United States families Will be
receiving Il pension check from the
Federal oNCrnmcnt. furthermore
within twenty years the majority
Of the voter of This country may be
receiving pensions. In this compIia-
ton I. of course, include those re-
cciVing something from the CIVIL
War. the Spanish War and World
War | as we'll as those who viii
have been in World War II.
What About Labor?
The general feeling is that the Ia
Dor unions viii control u demo-
cracv. Businessmen and investors
are especially fearful of the power
OF Labor. This does not worry me
Tor two reasnns-first. because tnc
history Of the labor movement in
ENGLAND shows that after labor gets
everything ORGANIZED il has nothing
t. tiEnt for without cutting its NV
throat. Therefore, labor then no Ion
ser becomes 4 front-page new item,
Mh!I' inc l''o"T I@oU',t sa l,'" o t,,S
cen ''','',' Ia,o'V ''''''NS 81
l1n Tn" OF sT Wor%; reason wbv am not
worried about the power OF labor
is because. in the last analysis. labor
IS a commodity. whether we like 10
admit II or noe, Wy II LIN "'a'' ny
I'II'''.'ii W., ,4 +'[ ~ ,vro,n I,,hor
lhJs POM. o,' IN h 70 l,h|r is
lpl"S - 1,+o' u,hon tho e1u1nlv
r. ia,n,. oycocde the demand 1.pOr'S
OF LABOR cH'r'"S :"t r Gc'', n,n",bnrshin
p"4tl WIZ aa" n;ii tbnn aoain drop
Oh 'i's :''i".., w." fLo 1oho,
OH VIM ' ,La,, t'",Nhln ,s aid the
'c''tcl9 va IN ct.oot b,ok ors in
,rnoI'I o. "n,t ,anoa ;s now a+ lis
IVY r"''oI : ,oIa re b~onnv1noon
peas l"' "i'9 OSN
IS ABOUT o.c!r s 1,bor
'et''""' w. Not tbe
iFtI'mc 'HIt'!14o," viii NOT he
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-05
Service Men May Impose
Cheek On Radical Labor

also stand for free enterprise, not
COMMUNISM. They should be Il stab
LIKING influence IN legitimate bust
ness ana investments, faVorIng the
good textures Ol cooperation out
SURPRISING all unfair practices.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-05

Idaho comes from the Indian "ed-
ah hoe" meaning light on the noun
tains."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-03
WORLD WAR II 4 YEAR AGO
 AUG. 3, l043
BY UNITED PRESS

Allied cruisers and destroyers shell the harbors of vibO Valentia and Crot0ne; Flying Fortresses boinbard docks at Naples and nearby airfieEd at Capodichino.
 British Eighth Army is reported lp outskirts of Catania; American troops capture San stefanO di Camastra and MistPetta.
 Russians gain another five miles in the Orel sect0Fi Berlin lnti- mates Soviet troops In southwest ern section of Orel.
 Tn the s0Iem0ns, U. s. ground forces drive forward 800 to 1900 yards at Munda, New Georgia.
 Elmer Davis. head Of the Office of War Information. promises pco- pic 0e occupied Europe that "gFcat Invasion Of Che Continent yould come from England.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-23
Major Inspecfs
States Guard

Continued from page !
Guard has been too much mini
mized. with the war distant from
our shores. the opportunity both
as a security unit anc to act in
internal emergencies such as fire,
earthquakes, floods. strikes and
similar occasions will and can DEM
onstrate their value and effective
ness. When the time OF emergency
comes the State Guard will be one
of the most quickly modified units
in any county. he pointed out.
Mai. West declared the FL Cen
tro unit is as we'll trained as any
company in the region. This may
be due to the fact that it has had
longer training and has been held
together. he believed.
TO GET RIFLES
Units over the state will be COM
pletely outfitted with Model 1917
rifles. Major West said. The Bard
group which was recently organiz-
ed has rifles now. anc by the latter
part OF March or April all Imperial
county companies should be equip
ped
The federal government is pick
ing up all shotguns for reissue 20
federal troops, Major West said.
Since the army security troops
are being whitfield down steadily,
the State Guard units are becom-
ing more important caily. Major
West pointed out. Although the
attack and bombing dangers along
the coast are less. nevertheless since
these troops are the only ones at
the disposal Of the governor. they
have become an importan. police
and protection ,.lit.
The purpose of this inspection
which not only covers the men.
but the entire guard structure in
cludes inspection of all records,
arms. quartermasters supplies,
stores, files and general operations
and training, Major Groth saiG.
Since the federal government
provides the uniforms and equip
ment Tor these troops, the State
Guard Bureau of which Major
Groth is chief makes periodic
check-ups to survey the value OF
the troops.
Lieutenant Mike Savala, second
in command of Company A, had
charge Of the second platoon, Wed
nesday night. Nearly fifty guards
men were present.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-23

beating down the Wearied German
units holding out for the ninth day
in a narrow pocket of ruined houses
on the southwestern corner of
Casino.
The New ZealanderS Uttered the
town behind them with anti-per-
sonnel mines to prevent infiltration
by enemy Snipers and managed tc
hurl the Nazi Green Devils" from
a few more rubble heaps around
the Continental Hotel
The Nazi paratroopers fought
back savagely, however, and Ger
man guns emplaced in the lower
slopes of Mount Casino continued
to rake the Allied lines. Both sides
appeared to have withdrawn frcm
the ruined hotel after a burst of
Nazi mortar and shellfire struck
the building, hitting as many Ger
mans as New Zealanders.
While the stalemate continued
inside the town, the Germanc
struck heavily against the Allied
hill positions to the north, aided
by scores of low-flying attack
planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-23
ADMITS BEATING CHILD

SANTA ROSA, Cal, March %
(UPJ-Allen B. Lembke, 22-year-o.c
merchant seaman on trial for the
murcer and rape of LAM Maurine
Summers, 3ia, last Feb. 3, Wednej-
day admitted beating and kicking
the child in the bathroom of co.,
tage he shared with her mother
because LAM "defiantly" refused 10
wash out some socks. Final argu-
ments in the sordid case, limited
to two hours for each side, were
scheduled for Thursday before Su-
perior Court Judge Donald Geary
They will be based mainly on the
murder and immoral conc uct counts
Final decision in the no-jury trial
is expected Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-23
CabaEIeros Map
Annual Trip;
Ends al Dance

De ANA Trail CaballeroS. horse
men who every year fellow the
trail of the Spanish explorer from
Riverside to the Mexican border.
will ride again this year and this
time will do without fancy fiXinS
ofany kind
No cooks. no helpers, no auto
mobiles" was the order issued for
the ride scheduled 10 start April 8
from the Robert Warren ranch at
Lemona Heights and end at Cal
eXico April Is in time for the CAL
exicC Cavalcade dance that night.
The dance this year will be the
only observance to mark the date
when the historical pageant always
Is presented in the border city.
The ride this year" Secretary
Tom Clay wrcte Imperial Valley
Caballeros. is for men who are
able without assistance to comb
their hair, wash their faces. saddle
and care fer horseS, prepare food
on the trail. pack and unpack. and
do all things necessary On the
elght-day trip. 1ney Will HdNe W
rustic campfire fuel; they'll have to
be tired but not disagreeable; be
sore and lame but not grouchy; be
gentlemen without enforced rules;
be helpful and thoughtful. In short,
they'll have tc have and display
those virtues and accomplishments
that made men of the Old West
the most faithful CT friends and
unsurpassed companions.
Each man will have a trail part
ner and the two will have to have
at least one pack horse with pack
equipment and supplies enough to
make the trip without help from
others. Horse feed, grain and hay
will be at each nights camp but
The riderc will have TO carry the
noon feed for their horses.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-23
Imperial Valley Press

Established April %, 1901.
Published evenings except Saturday
and Sunday, in combination with the
Sunday POST-PRESS. by the Imperial
Valley Publishing Company, 625 State
St, El Centre, Calf.
Paul Jenkins, Publisher
and President.
A. {. Johnston. Vice-President and Ad-
vertising Manager; Mrs. Logan II.
Jenkins. Secretary.
Member United Press California News
paper Publishers Assn. West Holiday
Co.. Inc. national representatives
Rates. 0ncluding Sunday post-Press)
Entered at FL Centro. Calf, post
office as I'D class r1sn
Single copy SC; carrier paid-in-ad-
vance: l month. 81 10; 3 months.
81. IS: s months S5.25 i year. $1,000
BY Mail: ! month. S1.0D; 3 months
81. 50; 8 months. 81 so; year. $500
Outside of California 81 LOO per month
flat.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-23
Carrot Growers
Seek Outlet
To Surplus Crop

Carrot growers, declaring they
are forced to take less than grow
ing costs for their poduct because
of OPA manipulation of the retail
price, Thursday appealed to the
government to take the surplus crop
for dehydration, amounting to at
least so per cent.
The growers met in Ell Centro
Wednesday night with representa-
tives of the War Food Administra-
ton. They explained that the SITE
a crate they get for their product
gives them less than growing costs
and cited the ceiling price of So
a crate which was set by the OPA.
OPA inspectors set the market
on carrots each week, basing their
price on what the retailer paid the
grower for carrots during the previous
week. The retailer then is guaran-
teed a 40 per cent merk-up on
the price he paid. This, the grow
ers declared, gave them no hope Of
a higher market.
They appointed a committee to
make a deal with the bureau 10
arrange for dehydrators to take the
surplus crop. The committee is
composed of Charles Freedman, K.
K. Sharp, Russell Brown, Jerry
Asher, and Bud Barker. An immedi-
ate reply was expected from the
VIA.
1t was estimated that there are
at least 5000 carloads of carrots
yet to be moved from Imperial VAL
ley. The fresh market probably will
take about half that amount, the
growers said, and are asking the
government to take the remainder.
Carrots are leaving the valley
at pesent at the rate of 70 carloads
a day. The peak of the season will
be reached in the next five weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-23
TWO AVIATION CADETS
DIE IN ARIZONA CRASH

WILLIAMS FIELD, Ariz.. March
90 tUP)--Aviaticn Cadets Marshall
M. Mortimer, Jr., 81. Baton Rouge,
La, and John w. Welch, 81, San
Marino, Calf, were killed Tuesday
when their AT-6 training plane
crashed Is miles southeast of the
field, the public relations office
announced Thursday. The plane
was on routine training flight
when the accident occurred, A
board of officers has been appoint-
ed to investigate.