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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-06
B. TOM GILL

sky. Far off on the horizon, tin
as the merest nudge, a plane wa
coming. Pulse pounding, Rae rar
to the crest of the slope. 1t might
only be one Of Dowling's planes on
reconnaissance.
With his field glasses he swept
the island. II Dove were waiting
down there. he too would be watch
ing that southern sky. Slowly his
glasses searched the wooded shore
line from east to west, following
the fringe OF spruce. He stopped.
Something was moving along the
shore!
No doubt--a half-crouching fg-
ure, just back Of the screen of
trees, crawling forward, almost on
hands and knees-and the figure
was too small to be Tenant.
Rae steadied himself against a
tree. The man had stepped out
into a patch Of sunlight, and in that
second Colin felt the ground lurch
beneath him: that crouching form
was Jonathan Dove. The hood of
his parka had been thrown back,
and in his right hand he carried a
rife.
But Dove was not looking up into
the sky. Something to the left held
his attention. Following the direc-
ton Of Doves gaze, Colin saw Ten
nant, creeping along the shore line.
Dove lad seen Tenant, too.
With deadly elaboration the little
man worked his way forward until
he reached a spruce. For a time he
was lost to sight, then again Colin
saw him. kneeling, waiting, rifle In
hand. In few short minutes Ten
nant would pass before Doves am
fbush. He was moving into the very
muzzle Of that gun!
Frantic, Colin ran TO the edge OF
the ridge. Twice he fired his revolt
yer, but the distance was too great /;
the wind, blowing toward him,
drowned all sound.
Down on the island, Nate had
stopped and was looking into the
sky at the nearing plane. Once
more Colin fired his automatic.
Caught up by the contagion of Rae's
unrest, the wolAs were on their
feet, tugging viciously at their
bonds.
And now Rae stopped. A fash Of
memory swept over him-the old
hatred of Mates wolves for Dove.
Ripping his knife from the sheath,
he raced back TO the team, slashed
the animals loose from their har-
ness.
"Onl Orr Through an eternity
Colin waited, while the lead-wolf
shifted. "Mush on, boy"
A low growl. The wolf raised his
black muzzle to the wind, then low
cred 1t to the snow again, and now
he was tearing down the slope.
| Heads 10 the ground, tongues
lolling, the others were after him,
sweeping out across the ice, follow
ing that snowshoe trail.
Colin saw Nate climb across a
fallen tree and Doves rife slowly
rise.
But now the wolves had gained
the island and were surging up over
the bank 70 the Nails ambush. Not
until they were scant yards distant
did Dove see them. Whirling, he
half rose, and fired twice.
Colin heard yelp Of pain and
saw the second wolf crumple in the
snow. Once more the rife flashed
but only once. No time for more.
The pack had closed. Beneath that
raging horde Of fang and claw.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-06

Philadelphia - Gov. John W.
Bricker, Republican nominee for
vice president: "Mr. Roosevelt's
domestic policy r. based on confu-
sion, arrog, nee and pickering and
his foreign policy relies on finesse
and charm and secret agreements
among personal friends"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-06
Observations
Presidents Crowley
Letter Stirring up
Tempest in Teapot
BY HELEN ESSARY

A typical Washington teapot
tempest was stirred up by Presi-
dent Roosevelt's letter 10 Federal
Economic AdministI ator Leo T.
Crowley calling for a speeding up
in foreign economic planning. espe-
cially the controversial matter of
ending Germany's ms-producing
power after the war.
Because the letter was made pub
lie by the White House on the
heels OF the reported split between
Secretary OF the Treasury Henry
Morganthau, who favors reducing
Germany 10 an agricultural state.
and Secretary OF War Henry L..
Stmson and Secretary Of State
Cordell Hull, who favor a controlled
industrial Germany. IL was inter
preted in some quarters as an answ-
er to that controversy.
But the inside story Is that the
letter was in circulation a full
three weeks before it was made
public. Actually, 1t was nothing
more than a customary presidents.
al letter Of transmittal". Crowley
wanted such a letter TO accompany
( FEA report TO Congress.
However, since Mr.. Roosevelt
was extremely busy working on his
speech to the teamsters' union.
Crowley got up a routine letter
himself, the story about the Nor
genthau plan had broken. with the
result that the letter caused con-
siderable fanfare.
A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTI-
GATOR is authority for a story
as to how former Italian war pris-
oners, now members of Italian Ser
vice Units, tried recently TO pass
themselves of as American SOL
d'ers.
II. Ralph Burton, chief counsel
for the House Military Otfairs Com
mittee, said inquiry disclosed that
some OF the ISU members had
removed armbands from their uni
forms which bore the word "Ital-
ian.
Our investigators found that the
arm bands were attached with elias
tic bands" related Burton. when
the Italians went out on the one
day of recreation a week permit
ted them, some OF them slipped
the armbands OFF Since they wore
American uniforms, they could
have been mistaken for American
soldiers.
"A report was made to Army
authorities on the matter Burton
declared, and as result the arm
bands now are sewed on.
A FRS GLASS BATTLE is
brewing among government agen'
cies over the question OF whether
air service shall be controlled by
land and water carrier in the post.
war period.
The antitrust division OF the
Justice Department is protesting
intervenor in about so air route ap-
plications to be heard before the
Civil Aeronautics Board.
The Maritime Commission, mean
while, is intervening as an advo-
cate of the routes OF many Of the
cases.
Since last June the Justice De-
partment has protested applica-
lions for postwar air routes by
surface carriers under provisions in
the antitrust laws and the Civil
Aeronautics Act of 1888.
Meanwhile, Rear Adm. Emory S.
Land, chairman OF the Maritime
Commission. is preparing TO fight to
give steamship companies the right
TO operate air routes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-06
Half Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Market Master collected in fees the
municipal market during October.
Coach Fielding H. OF the u of M in talk before the XII
wanans said that habits formed and character determined
college He said that Bob Brown max good
George Haggerty captain of the basketball and
Paul Samson is a great swimmer and good student
Fifty local troops notified by
missioner Don Drake that they duty usher
Ferry Field when Michigan meets Northwestern.
marriage license issued Detroit Joseph Shifferly
and Emily Maion.
Death Mrs Martha Logan Parks So
ter Mrs. Mary Parks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-06
By ERNEST FOSTER

On the studio set Rose Hobart
was relaxing between killings.
by now I'm something OF an
authority on murder" she said,
casting sidelong glance at John
Loder as he fingered red silken
rope.
= The rope was to be used In a
few minutes as an implement Of
murder in a scene for RKO Radio 8
mystery. The Bri@hton Stranger
In the picture Mics Fohart pla. s
the author of a murder myst 'ry
whose fance. Loder. is the star
who carries his strangling I ON the
stage in real life. June Duprez
Is his victim.
And after this film the Broad
way a"tress will pear with Boris
Karloff in THE Isle of the Dead"
I'm really going into training
long as | want, but I'm always up
for breakfast anyway, not used to
sleeping late.
YOIIr dpyote ed SON :"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-06
Fifty Years Ago

The oil tank for the Normal being assembled
opposite the II bolts stabi
ty the completed tank will be thirteen deep thirteen
feet in diameter and will have a capacity
The Normal ball defeated Ypslan High School
team, IS TO O.
At short the city purchase quilts
repair the plumbing the lookup They referred petition
signed by 200 for permission ride bicycles
walks In certain districts TO the streets
Justice w Chlds reported $50 in fine money he
Justice w p Beach S19 The ordered
TO repair all walks In the city,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-06
PUBLIC OPINION

Discussion interest invited in these
Writer'S be given but
withheld from print II desired.
Evening star., 1944-10-15

W7hats one brand OF braces got
w that almost any other brand
hasn' got just as much of? Well, that's
pretty hard to tell in store :, or in
a month or two of wearing. You have
TO experience the comfortable free
dom of BOSTON Braces (madc by
the Boston Garter pcople). Balanced
elasticity -. makes them yield TO your
every movement and yet keep their
lively snap far longer than you expect.
Wide and narrow widths. smart mod
ern designs and color combinations.
buuon-on or cIip-on style. OF course,
the best available leather and metal
fittings. See them at your favorite hcb-
erdashcr's. George Frost Company,
Shirley, Massachusetts,, affiliated with
President Suspender Company.
Evening star., 1944-10-15
"STAND-IN" FOR THE GENERAL
Continued t1ox preceding page

"Mesnil-en-Bocage," Monsieur
Paignard responded. land in the
name of this Commune, l. Georges
Paignard, Mayor, have the honor
and the great pleasure to welcome
you, mon Gfwtyal, and the men OF
your command"
"Mesnil-en-Bocage?" repeated
the Yank who had understood no
other word. II see." He went on
blocking at a map
And the rest? How soon will
th:y arrive?" the Mayor queried
tentatively.
The Americans face puckered
under the effort Of translatinG:
LIS sxsres??" he pronounced. The
three Yanks in the jeep searched
their memories for high-schod
French. Oh" smiled the spokes-
man, as his expression relaxed.
"the othersr' Then. gulping with
the strain of making himself under
stood, he continued slowly: you
don't have to worry any. There
won't be any others; we just got
here by mistake - Took the
wrong fork back there"
Monsieur PAIGNARD's face
creased up in pain. but -. but
we are all ready. There is the regis
ter to be signed by the officers. We
have cider and ealsados for the
toast, souvenir postcards OF our
famous tapestry.
Glad we won't have to mess
you up." the Yank interrupted.
having understood very little OF
the Mayors remarks. Glad OF it.
This is a right pretty little
village"
Authoritatively, the Mayor
beckoned to Seller. the innkeeper.
THE ealsodos - and five glasses
filed" While the glasses were
being filled with Normandy's IA
nous apple brandy. the little girl
handed the bouquet Of flowers to
the driver. Then, passing the glasses
to the puzzled Americans. Mon
sieur Paignard raised his glass IN
one hand, and with the other held
the two-page manuscript on which
his speech was scrawled.
For five minutes, interrupted
only by two rounds of applause
from his townsmen. Monsieur
Paignard poured out a stream Of
ornate French which, though
stamped with the cliche Of thou-
sand clichks, was nevertheless NOV
ing and sincere, though overpWc-
tuated with repetitions Of Mon
Cfnksal." The Yanks listened po-
litely. slipping their brandy.
Finished. the Mayor gulped his
drink and made a sign which
brought M. Gaspard. the town
clerk. forward. bearing a large.
dusty volume which resembled a
Evening star., 1944-10-15

hotel register. The Mayor pushed
a fountain pen into the drivers
hand:
"Sisn<z. sill pous pioit, noi's -
how you say? - register OF the
visitors -. yes?
Why not? the Yanks figured.
There was nothing in the regula-
tions fosbidding autographs. Be-
sides, it was an old American Gus
tom.
When they had each signed
the book Monsieur Paignard re-
trieved his fountain pen and shook
hands with the Yank at the wheel.
THE Yank held out a large, mud
splattered hand. so long. Mon
sien,. st nssrci posy is applejack!
Then. changing to a familiar
tongue, he said: Look. Joe. we 20
right out there across the square
on the right. :. Hop on it; were
late"
The Mayor maintained enough
presence to raise his silk hat and
wave it As the ieep swung around
the little Place and turned right
on the Grand Rue under the BAN
ner which said. BIENvENu AUX
ALLIES.
Far down the road ahead Of the
dust kicked UP by the jeep. the
Mayor could see the outlines OF
the belfries of neighboring Grand
vile, where a battle must have
been raging. From a fork in an
other. road some two miles away.
he could see a column Of tanks and
motors creeping along like 50 many
big worms. Monsieur Paignard
was sure only he in all the village
knew that Mesnil-en-B -BOcage. once
in the path of history. had been
by-passed, and that he had deliv-
cred his speech OF welcome. not to
the American General. but to a
sergeant and three GI Joes.
Bur in his heart he was grateful
to those young Americans for their
full understanding Of his dilemma.
He was particularly grateful to the
Sergeant - clever sueon - who'd
apparently caught on that he was
playing stand-in for a three-star
general. He'd carried it of with
such cons.ammate skill. the Mayor
thought, especially the prefix be-
fore his name in the register. a
finesse of technique worthy of a
French diplomat. What if it did
have something of the aroma of
that phony shingle which tied
Mesnil to William the Conqueror?
There it was, right in the book for
all posterity to see. in clear purple
ink, Just as the American liberator
had written it himself: General
Issue, Bill Smith," The End
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-17

Selected questions are judged
for educational value, entertain
ment and difficulty, and they're
checked and double checked for
accuracy. For next to the listen
ing audiences avidity for send
ing in prize posters, is their
pleasure in catching the quiz
man giving credit for the wrong
answer.
Phil Bakers ears ring yet
with indignant complaints John
q. Listener registered when he
tripped contestant with the
S64 question: "In what year did
Queen Victoria celebrate her
Diamond Jubilee?" Victoria's
Jubilee was observed upon her
6Oth year as Queen in 1897, but
listeners who knew that a dia-
mond jubilee is IS years rushed
from their radios to take him to
task.
Although educators point out
the important thing about the
quiz program is that it's q sug-
ar-coated way of acquiring all
sorts Of knowledge, many of the
shows are far from erudite en-
tertainment.
The crazy quiz is as NONSENSE
cal and slapstick as the old pie
throwing Keystone comedies.
One elated Truth and Conse-
quence' contestant who won
the opportunity of taking out a
popular model to New York
night spots and kissing her
goodnight, discovered his date
was with Elsie the cow.
JOKES BACKFIRE
But not all the jokes are on
the contestants. Quizman Ralph
Edwards has found that many a
consequence has backfired, and
learned from several sad expe-
riences to deal them out from at
safe distance.
He still blanches whenever he
recalls the time he told a blind
folded contestant TO walk a
plank into a 30-foot water tank
as his consequence. When the
man came suffering to the sur
face, Edwards extended help
ing hand, but the spirit of the
gag got the better Of the con-
testant and he yanked Edwards,
microphone and all, into the
rank, too.
Battered or bruised as their
feelings may be during micro
phone tits, participants seldom
show themselves poor sports.
They're glad to be the butt of
practical jokes just to be able
to say they have been on the
air. No matter how you slice it,
it's the ham in people that's put
ting over the quiz.
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Experts Confused; Quiz Shows,
Question Bees are Big Success
BY ROSELLEN CALLAHAN
NEA staff Writer

Should you see a well-dressed
dowager squeezing her way on
TO a crowded bus with a big
galvanized washtub under one
arm and a mop over her Shout
der, it's ten TO one she's a quiz
contest winner and not patri-
otto shopper who's offered TO
carry her own purchases.
Despite predictions by ex-
perts that the quiz craze is on
the way out-they've been say
ing that since its start in 1928
polls prove the quizzmaster is
still king of the radio waves
and quiZes are crowding many
another program off the air.
Reason for the quiz programs
TREMENDOUS audience appeal, pSy-
biologists explain, is its element
of change and the build-up peo-
Piles egos get when an intellect
ual giant falls down on an an
swer they had pat.
But the reason for its popu-
larity with sponsors and there
are hundreds-is its low talent
cost. In the case of Information
Please" for instance, which
completes in audience appeal
with the best of big-time shows,
talent is just drop in the bud
get bucket.
Guest stars who demand up
to $4,000 an appearance will as
often as not accept a meager
$50 or so when they match wits
with the experts, because they
feel the shows publicity value
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Text: Judges 2:6-l6
BY VIM. f.. GILROY, ID. ID.


The successes and failures of
Israel as a nation are worth
studying because they illustrate
so we'll the causes of success and
failure in any nation. Here we
see elemental forces in action,
in the life Of a comparatively
small nation, in a very small
territory. In comparison with the
American people and the United
States, or in comparison with
Great Britain and its great, free,
overseas commemorative, one
might call il almost nation in
miniature.
Life in these great modern ma
tons is complex; the nature and
the springs of action are not al
ways clear; the results may be
clouded or confused. But in the
life of Israel actions and results
appear for what they are. When
leaders fail in wisdom or integ-
rity, or when the people refuse
to obey worthy and noble lead
ers, trouble and disaster soon
follow. The action of individuals,
also, is laid bare, with the effect
of treachery or of evil-doing
soon made evident upon the well
| fare of all.
At about the time of my writ
ing nearly $50 employees of a
large war industry, engaged in
shipbuilding, after investigation
by the F. B. l., have been in
>dicted for defrauding the u. S.
government of large amounts,
They were welders and counters,
and as the counters gave credit
for an excess of work over that
actually done, the welders kick
ed back to the counters a part
of the wages dishonesty receiv-
ed, so that it is said through this
collision men were receiving as
much as SIS to 500 a week, in
addition to their already high
legitimate wages. While these
men were punished, in the sim
pier life of Israel their conduct
would have been treason.
Look at what happened tC
Achan (See Joshua y, when ir
the time Of victory he appropri'
ated to himself a bar Of silver
and a fine garment. His action
was anti-social. The punishment
given him was cruel; but lead,
ers in Israel knew that their ma
ton, in peril from surrounding
enemies, was weakened and en-,
dangered by the extent to which
any individual set his personal
gain or interest above the safety
and welfare of all.
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Sunday School Lesson

The people who act like Ac-
han, thinking of their own in
terest and gain, even when 9TH
ers are risking or giving all Tor
their country, do not today have
Achan's punishment visited upon
them. But let us make no mis-
take; the nation is weakened and
endangered by their selfishness,
and disregard of their social OBJ
legations.
The besetting sin of the Israel
ties was idolatry. This was not
only a temptation TO follow the
practises of neighboring peoples,
IL meant a distinct moral decline,
for the idolatrous rites were as
sociated with immoral practises.
In the life of Israel from early
times we have the ideal of good
home life and wholesome rela-
tions between the sexes. At its
highest and best this emerges as
romantic love - such love, for
instance, as Elkanah had for
Hannah, the mother of Samuel.
We have the ideal of clean liv-
ing, too, as manifested in Joseph
and Daniel. The lapse into idol
airy always meant for Israel a
betrayal of its best ideals and
highest teachings regarding truth
and right.
Idolatry is always betrayal
Of something high and good.
There are idolatries in our Amer
lean life as gross and perverting
as those to which the faithless in
Israel turned. Some make a god
of money, some of power, some
of pleasure - and sometimes I'M
wholesome and evil pleasure,
some of home and family - to
the neglect of common obliga-
tons and duties. But whatever
the form all idolatries sap the
moral and social life of a ma
ton. To love God with all the
soul, and mind, and strength
and TO love ones neighbor as
ones self - this Is still the way
of succe ss, happiness, and
strength, alike for individuals
and for nations.
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more than makes up the differ
ence.
Quizzes are big boXoffice
draws. Requests for tickets ex-
coed a hundred-fold the stu
dos seating capacities. Though
most volunteer participants who
appear on shows do it for the
fun of having their names and
voices 60 out over a nationwide
network into the homes of
friends and relatives, there is
quite stable group of pro
fessionals" who try to augment
their earnings and winnings.
Though it's never been known
to have happened, it would be
quite possible for one of these
regulars to run up several hun
dreds of dollars in prize money
in a week.
PROS COMPETE
|. One network discovered that
these pros" often came in
groups, thus increasing the
chances of one member being
chosen by lot. The winning
ticket was then slipped to the
mastermind of the outfit and
the prize divided after the pro-
gram.
Who originated the brain
teaser type Of program is a $64
question which is as puzzling as
the one about "Who ate the first
oyster" One radio historian
claims a Hartford, Conn, tire
executive adapted question
and answer parlor game and
called the program Jack Says;
Ask Me Another And then
there are those who insist it was
a Washington radio salesman
who combined the then-popular
man-in-the- street radio inter
view and the old-faShlOned
spelling bee and named it Pro
fessor Quiz"
Whatever its origination, the
quiz caught on, and stumping
the experts and other brave
souls willing TO be put on the
spot has become an internation-
al pastime. Today, millions OF
questions, from every city in the
United States and points as dis
tant as London and Cairo, are
sent in yearly to win cash prizes
for being aired and extra
awards for catching the contest
ant.
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We Have the Tires Proved by
MILES !: : :;;; :; ;;;:;;;:

NOW GOOD are the
all-synthetic Silver
towns we have in
stock? Here's the
answer--proof sup
piled by essential
drivers. The hun
dreds ofthousands of
sll.synthetic Silver
towns sold by B. F.
Goodrich have al
ready rolled over 8
billion miles, accord
ing TO the most con-
servative estimate.
Hundreds Of letters
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Telephone Operators
pIckei Ohio Exchange

DAYTON, O., Nov. II - up
Union telephone operators IN
this war-busy city, who had
threatened to strike Dec. 3 in
protest against hiring of out-of-
town switchboard workers,
walked out Unexpectedly about
$40 a. m, (EWT) today and es-
tablisneo picket lines at en-
frances TO the Ohio Bell Tele-
phone Company's downtown
building.
Miss jeanette Reedy, presi-
dent of the Southwestern Area
Council of the Ohio Federation
of Telephone Workers, an indie
pendent union, said about 900
operators were affected.
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Test for T.

The eleven sons and daughters
of a Cox family, in North Caro-
lima, all have names beginning
with z - Zadie, Zadoc, Zeber,
Zylphia, Zenobia, Zeronial, Zes-
lie, Zeola, Zero, Zula and Eel
bert,