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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
Controversy

Some men contend that as there
are two sides to every question
they see both sides. Usually they
have mastered the art OF so stating
their own side as TO give the i'm
preston OF being impartial, IN
biased. objective, restrained.
or course. there are intellectual
dodos who have no side. They are
passionless creatures who are
swept by the winds OF public opin
ion; they pursue trends and switch
and trim and hop on band wagons
They watch closely. for the atti
tudes OF those whom they seek to
please and change their patterns
according 10 the current fashions
They never remember what they
believed or said a year ago, for
having no convictions. they are not
troubled by conscience. Their faith
is the Gallup poll and It is the
limit. as well, OF their intelligence
like controversy.
! suppose the search for truth by
dispute is a matter OF habit and
training. when | was a young fel
low on the East Side OF New York
every street corner and square was
an open forum where man and boy
we argued every subject from Con
gresham Goldfogle TO Aristotle and
God. A fellow learned. in that en-
vironment. to stand his ground
against the mob and to fight for
what he believed to be true in the
face OF ridicule and even humilia
ton. There was no currying favor
in that atmosphere because the
poltroon was soon discovered and
vas Kissed and booed and driven
to tears. And the liar was ul
against an encyclopaedia memory
that could quote statistics and cite
chapter and verse.
What is the value OF newspapers
mag gaines, the radio, universities
books and preachers unless 1t is to
search for and achieve even an ap
proach to the truth? Here we have
been nearly four years at war and
uul ing ludl NhOlc ptIIOu 1 ma Ne
been asking. what are our wal
aims? The unity singers first said
that we were fighting for the Allan
tic Charter; then it was the -four
freedoms; then 1t was uncondi
tional surrender; then it was ex
tinction OF the German and the
Japanese; now what is It?
The real answer is that there has
been no genuine, full controversy
over our foreign policy, or the con
duct OF our war. since we got into
il. The so-called observation-disclosures
tionalist discussion was so much
wind. There are no isolationists IN
the United States; therefore no one
established an isolationist premise
There never has been an isolation.
ist position in this country-never
in its long history. In fact. anyone
who will take the trouble to look II
up fully will discover that prior to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
PUBLIC OPINION
Discussion OF ubeet OF denera Interest invited
columns. Writer'S name must be given but may
be withheld from print II desired.

pitable and unartistic. a belief
which the evidence would seem 10
support
Finally ! protest in the name OF
the property holders and tax pay.
ers. We bought our house chiefly
because II looked out on a park. In
twenty-four years We have paid out
some $4,000 in taxes. A part OF that
presumably went TO keep up the
park and we could enjoy il with
the consciousness that we we're
doing our share. We paid a high
price for our property and certain
ly did not expect that II would ne
devaluated by the proximity OF a
police station and a junk yard for
wrecked cars or a parking lot for
cars OF any description. | suggest
that the city has already done Us
enough damage by putting the city
dump almost at our back door. the
acrid smoke from which practically
asphyxiated us all OF last summer.
That the City Council should be-
come conscious OF money matters
who can doubt? What was that far
seeing body thinking about when Il
spent several thousand dollars
building that hole IN the wall on
Huron 81. containing comfort
station whose existence is a dark
Victorian secret? What, when II
purchased the Bonisteel property?
That. one understood, was for po-
lice use. Was that also an eXpen
sive mistake? If it were, there is
no need 10 take il out on the. citi-
zens. Make up your minds to some
reasonable solution and we will fin
ance tive, the suckers. We always
have.
Moreover 1t does not seem 10 me
that the city attorney need do much
more than consult his memory to
determine the rights OF the case.
He should remember that celebra.
ton OF the founding OF Ypsilanti
in which he participated with such
superlatiye charm. Doubtless he
has not forgotten the log cabin
which vas erected to grace the oc-
casion on the very spot which is
now designated for a police station.
Doubtless he remembers also the
prompt removal to comply with the
testator's requirements because
there were then people in Ypsilanti
with spirit enough to protest had
it been allowed TO stand. Perhaps
. the Police Commission is more in
terested that the city attorney dis
cover not the specific terms OF the
bequest, but rather one OF those
eel.like turnings and twistings of
law in which poor blind.folded Jus
tice sometimes loses herself. We
trust not. but time will tell.
RUTH z. CATTERMOLE
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
Repertory Players
Turn TO Comedies

Ann Arbor. Mich, June 22-
Michigan Repertory Players will
present FIVE plays during their an
nual summer season from July IL
to August l9. with comedy the key
note, according to the announce
ment OF the University Depart
ment OF Speech.
The Players open with The
Damask Cheek, by John VanDru'
ten and Lloyd Morris. July u to
is.
The Learned Ladies'. one OF
Moliere's well-known plays, will be
on the boards for the second week.
Journey TO Jerusalem" will be
staged the week OF Aug. to 5.
Beginning Aug will be Fresh
Friends, by lvor SGello.
For the 10th coRecutive sum-
mer, the School OF Music will COLA
borate In the presentation OF an
operetta. The Chocolate Soldier,
which will be the finale Of the
season.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
Van Hook Parsons Rites
lake Place in East

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 22-The
wedding OF Miss Ruth Almera Par
sons, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Parsons, Nashua, y. H., to Wal
ter Robert Van Hook. son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Walter Van
Hook. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Walter Van Hook, Geddes Ave, on
June Is in the chapel OF the And.
over-Newton Theological School IN
Newton Centre. Mass, is announc-
ed
Mrs. Van Hook is a graduate OF
Simmons College in Boston, Mass.
and DR.. Van Hoek, a graduate OF
the University OF Michigan and
the Andover-Newton Theological
School, is the minister OF the Union
Congregational church in Seekonk,
Mass.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22

commAnder-in.ehiet IN the Ansrt
can concept OF military operations
directs policy, not operations. II
Marshall, Eisenhower, King and
Arnold have to ask a civilian Pres.
ident how to manage this war. We
are a disorganized people. The real
busiress OF the civilians is to take
care OF the non.military side OF the
war, the principal phase OF which
is foreign policy. 1t is precisely
there that this country now needs
powerful controversy to get at the
facts that we may know precisely
where we have arrived.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
Rites TO be Friday for
Mrs. Mary c. Neff, 81

Ann Arbor, Mich. June 22-Fu-
neral services for Mrs. Mary c..
Neff. So, 525 S. Second St. Ann
Arbor, will be at 80 p. m. Friday
at the Muehlig Chapel. Ann Arbor,
with Rev. Edward W Drews, Dex-
ter. officiating Burial will be in
Bethlehem Cemetery. Friends may
call at the chapel
Mrs. Neff is survived by her hus-
band, Andrew. two daughters. Mrs
Claud A. Schlegel, Ann Arbor, and
Mrs. Arthur Kapp. Lansing. three
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. VII
liam Hanselmann. Ann Arbor, and
three brothers, Herman and Henry
Larmee. both of Ann Arbor. and
Ernest Larmee. Pueblo. Colo. A
son. Ernest. died in 1914
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22

RENO. Nev-AP-Doris Duke.
wealthy tobacco heiress. has petit
toned through her attorneys for
a July 70 hearing into the validity
Of her Nevada divorce from James
H. r. Cromwell. former l.. s.
minister 10 Canada. Her 199-page
petition was filed Monday as All
answer to a New Jersey chancery
court ruling that her Reno divorce
last Dec. 81 was invalid.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
BLAST DESTROYS HOME

Lansing. Mich. June 22-AP- A
gas explosion completely destroyed
a Lansing house and its contents,
for an estimated total loss OF $500
this morning. but no one was in,
jured.
Firemen said the explosion oc-
Cured after Clarence Messner ap-
parently attempted 10 turn off tbs
main gas valve.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
THEY say

Chicago-James A. Reer form
er senator from Missouri III il be
true that the Constitution belongs
10 the horse and buggy age. I
would rather ride with Washing
ton in a buggy behind a horse than
entrust myself to the reckless driy.
ing OF Mr. Roosevelt"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
BUY EGGS, STATE URGES

Lansing. June z2-AP-Charles
Figy, state commissioner OF az
riculture. Tuesday asked wholesale
and retail egg dealers to urge their
customers to buy two dozen eggs
instead of one dozen, declaring that
IF this were done for just a few
days. we would wipe out the states
surplus"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
Observations
F. D. R., Churchill
Likely to Confer
Shortly
BY Helen Essary


Now that the European invasion
49, ,,y,, ,i,,e sbou1d nm fast
- ,-..--..
toward the next Inns
President Roosevelt ana Frlme
Minister Churchill.
A. osri,. confsrencs IL in the
.,,.ds otser,ers believe ON the
- ~ ~ bis,ory ~ tho Allied
iasders. MOAN, Of IoDr.range mill.
-. -t,rri,g
- -, ,ha liberation as.
-. -, "Fss,,,rg Furona" Fort.
60 -, - 60, a. tho Tah.
-, ,,,.o,irg Iast winter thev
-, .ov,
TtIu, 9rrz.\r NEWS STORIES.
orictiy refr,ed Inv the White
~. g., t1a oHeot thai Remand
\, Par'cb had resigned his most.
NJ nlarninp most because of mac
49, -, IN r,rt NJ WPR and other
.,a,rios 49, viewed as a need.
80 cYned,,iop on the mart of the
.idsr si,,eerar
Tn stories caused a furry Of
excitement in the canital and nm.
doubtadlv will stimulate postwar
tncidaT,s as occurred at tho Rrews.
rev sirn,ane nlants when thousands
u.ert an striLa over cancellation of
the 6rr's war contracts without
srbs,i,nte VOL
Tba oHce ~ VA Mobilization
evntaired mat Raruch had not re.
sigred as adviser 10 the President.
si7nn1y tba, the nost.war Manning
mi, Re besded was disbanded he.
csusa tie work was finished. name
" the voInninous Baruch- Hancock
ranort obarting tho transition from
u.sr - neace
Hovayer tho rsno-ts of Baruch's
resigration in bur will have a
ssIrtarv eFect The elderly fnan-
ciar gats rasuIts in a hurry through
.,,.h ,ous
Wpp has been moving much too
SLOWLY N suit him. although at
lac, tho agency has SET up its
-sco,version unit under WPB Exc
cp,iva yice chairman Charles z,
u,usor former General Electric
chief
AMERICAN RECOGNITION Of
,be 6ve.mon,b-oId Bolivian regime
-, MAJ cua,berto Villarroel NAV
come soon
renort nv Avra Warren United
States ambassador 10 Panama. af.
,er snacial mission 10 La Par.
Csn;ta1 NJ BoIiyia for Secretary Of
state Corder Hull. has been sent
nv courier 70 the foreign minis.
ters NJ the other American re-
nuhlics
THE rano-, is understood m rec.
o,,rend consideration NJ the fact
mat BOLIVIA has recently expelled
Avis agents and removed siy pro.
inrionsrv movement from the cabi.
ne,
THE WAR DEPARTMENT Bu-
RFATT OF PI-BIJC RELATIONS
did mot have m notify Washington
newsmen 10 he on hand the night
the storv broke on the Furopean
invasion
That nizht representatives q, the
major wire services. newspapers
and radio networks were in the
nress room, AZ least two hours he.
fore the news was released oficiaI.
"
Reporters began 10 dash into the
press room within a balf hour a,ter
the German radio flashed the news
that the Invasion had begun
nj. sI - 49,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
One-NIInute Test Answers

1. Not clearly. as a translucent
body permits light to pass
through II. but the light is dif-
fused as in wax paper or egg
shells
2. An elegy is a poem OF mourn.
ing. an epitaph Is a short poem
or phrase to be put on a tomb
stone.
3. A reredoa.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
Mrs Ernest Matthews and Mrs John Thompson
prize offered Ladies' Day the Washtenaw Country
Mrs. Matthews in the draw.
Death: J. c. Turner years father y P Wal.
lace. a his in Park Hills Ont
The Washensw which was have been opened TO-
day will he opened until about July laid last
fall, which was frozen, had to he replaced
Mrs Howard Cooney has issued invitations bridal shower
in honor Miss Esther Edred the Triangle
Death: DEAN G. Cslin. Grand widow the form.
Miss Laura Mac Neil, years in Central Hsb
/School.
Fifty Years Ago
Ypslanu Hish School Commencement speaker Rev DR.
J. W Patterson. recently Omaha Neb TO the
Westminster Presbyterian Church Detroit There
only three graduates. John Everett Miss Minnie
Gser and Miss Anna Trscor each Of whom
The High School choir furnished music.
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ding announcements. only the
brides parents names.
Today's Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
9 You are sensitive. retiring. in
terested In the beautiful things.
an ardent reader. and an amusing
and interesting conversationalist.
You love TO travel and will. and
enjoy outdoor sports. You will be
a loving parent and a devoted
mate. The next year will be pro-
ductive OF unexpected success and
travel. also some sadness or dis
appointment through friends or
relatives. Born on this date.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
One-Mlnute Test

One-1flnute Test
1. Can objects be clearly seen
through q translucent body?
2 What " the difference be-
tween an elegy and an epitaph7
3 What Is an ornamental
screen behind an altar called?
Words Of Wisdom
Seeing much. suffering much.
and studying much. are the three
pillars Of learning-Disraei.
Hints on Etiquette
The names Of the bridegrooms
parents are never used 90 ved-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22

child will be moderately fortus
nate In business. but likely to suf-
fer through misplaced affections
or the interference OF elders.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-22
BY Logan cIenoennlns, NJ. o.

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Evening star., 1944-12-24

families involved the deepest per-
sonal hardship and that many Of
their sons are now fighting and dy-
ing for the Nation. As the Supreme
Court has ruled-in 6-to-3 vote
the original removal was justified,
and constitutional, because there was
real danger to our shores at that
time and because military authori-
ties had to take exceptional steps,
in period OF crisis, to guard against
spies and saboteurs. Yet, as the
court further declared, Compulsory
exclusion Of large groups of citizens
from their homes except under cir
cumstances OF direst peril is incon-
sistent with our basic Government
institutions" Now that the peril has
passed, therefore. all right-minded
people will heartily welcome the fact
that the Army has acted to adjust
the balance between the necessities
Of war and the civil liberties Of these
individuals whose loyalty no longer
is open to doubt.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Thut Eastern Front

Several recent news items indicate
the probability that the long-dor-
mant vital sectors Of the eastern
front may soon flare into renewed
activity. The first of these indi-
Gators was an official Russian state
ment some days ago that large-scale
action there could be expected In the
near future. And now Berlin reports
heavy Russian attacks on the Ger
man forces isolated on the Courland
Peninsula in Latvia, together with
intensified Red patrol activity on the
East PrusSian border.
From the purely military angle, a
Russian winter offensive against
East Prussia and Poland is due.
Winter has now fairly settled down
on both those regions, with deep
frosts and hard-packed snow making
possible mechanical warfare such as
the Russians wage 50 efficiently
during the cold season. 1t is now
five months since the Red summer
drive consolidated its present lines
in Poland and the Baltic states.
That should have given time to per-
feet communications and amass
stores and equipment for sustained
offensive under favorable conditions.
But it has likewise enabled the Ger
mans to strengthen their defensive
system, backed by much shorter
lines of communication. Moscow
maintains that the Germans are
manning their eastern front in great
strength, which would indicate that
Russian offensive would encounter
tough resistance. In view of the
striking power displayed by the
Wehrmacht in the west, it would be
unwise to discount German resources
on any front. They are certainly
standing their ground stubbornly in
Italy, while Russian operations in
Hungary and Slovakia are gaining
ground only in face of resolute hold
ing operations by the Wehrmacht
and its Magyar satellite auxiliaries.
All this raises the question
whether. even If a full-scale Russian
offensive in Poland is launched I'M
mediately. it will automatically af-
feet the current German drive in the
west. Certainly, a renewal of the
Russian campaign in Latvia would
have no such result, because that is
a separate operation against isolated
German forces. Assuming that the
German high command has not un-
duly robbed the eastern front to
mount its western drive. consider
able time would normally elapse
before Russian generations of Ger
man systems of defense in depth
might compel diversion of strategic
reserves earmarked for the western
front Whatever the ultimate ef-
fects Of Russian successes in Poland
and East Prussia on the general war
picture. we should not expect i'm
mediate miracles from the Russian
steam roller"
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Is Christmas Just a Furlongb?
BY the Right Reu. Angus Dun,
Bishop OF Washington.

the hard realities Of every day?
If it's just that, we won't 60 back
to every day much stronger for It.
Perhaps 1t viii even be harder to 60
back.
For those who really know what it's
all about, Christmas isn't Just that.
It's the celebration of something won
derfully good that happened in our
world. The celebration began be-
cause men were sure that the coming
Of Christ was the best thing that ever
happened to our world, and the best
thing that could happen to any man.
Those who began this celebration for
us "beheld His glory" and all of the
rest Of life looked differently with
Him In the picture. II God so loved
the world that He gave His only Son."
then the worlds worth living for and
dying for. And If Christ could for
give us. then we might even forgive.
With Him there is the possibility Of
peace-peace In our hearts, peace In
our homes, yes, even peace among
the nations; with Him in the center,
but not without Him. A true Christ
mas sheds light on all the surround
Ing DAYS,
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Captain Gibbons

It often has been remarked that
the essential character of the armed
services of the United States is
mainly determined by their sec
ondary officers. Generals and ad-
mirals admittedly set the patterns
of the Army and the Navy, but they
are not in close contact with the en-
listed personnel to the extent that
their Junior contemporaries neces-
sarily must be in the performance of
their duties
A case in point is that Of Captain
John Henry Gibbons, who never flew
even a two-star flag, yet who. as
former Undersecretary of State
Sumner Welles said Friday, was
surpassed by no man in the estima-
ton of his associates in the Navy
during thirty-nine busy years.
Born at Grand Rapids, Michigan,
January Z, 1889, and appointed to
Annapolis in 1875. he saw action at
the Battle of Manzanillo and the
bombardment of MORO Castle, in the
Philippines and in China. The apex
of his career came with the occupa-
ton of Vera Cruz in 1914, in which
proceeding he led a landing party of
marines and bluejackets from the
battleship Utah.
1t was strange contradiction
that he should have been a national
hero and a human sacrifice" of the
Selection Board Of Retirement-the
Navy "plucking board"-at the same
moment, but such was Captain Glib
bons' experience. While his country
still was >applauding his exploit in
Mexico. he was forced into retire
Evening star., 1944-12-24

rnent by group Of board members
theoretically charged with the OBJ
legation to make room for younger
men. Theodore Roosevelt and Rich
ard Harding Davis were among the
many critics who urged that the
"pluckers" themselves be "plucked." :"
Captain Gibbons. however. submit
ted to the ruling as part Of the
game" Later, during the First
World War, he was Naval Attache
at Buenos Aires as previously he had
been in London. The remainder of
his life was passed in the congenial
society of friends who valued and
will remember him for his gifts of
fellowship and charm. His homes in
Washington and Palm Beach were
noted for the hospitality which. with
the gracious aid of his wife, he main
tanned until his final illness.
Evening star., 1944-12-24

Most Of us have met men back
from months OF "blood and sweat and
tears" They are allowed little time
with their families before going back
again to 1t all. One wonders whether
1t is harder to 60 back than it would
have been to stay. Surely, that
depends greatly on whetherSthey have
found again at home things worth
living for and dying for.
Christmas Is something like that,
1t seems-a gay, generous time set in
the midst of dark days. It's fun to
have bright cards from old friends.
It's good to have day when giving
is the thing instead OF getting. Here's
a day when children can have happy
surprises and people are more neigh
borly for a season. Christmas
wreaths and the smell of the fir tree
and candles in the windows and the
old carols are jolly. It's some COM
fort to sing about peace, even If we
have none Of it in our outer world.
Is that all there Is to Christmas,
just day when we relax little from
the burdens of life and do some jolly
things according to old customs? Is
Christmas just short furlough from
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Blue Rockets

This is the season of year when the
blue Jay is at the top of his form.
Not that he is usually a modest,
unobtrusive fellow. But now that
leaves have fallen and December
snow glistens on fields and pastures,
the crier Of the woodlands flashes
among the trees like a blue rocket.
He never does things in a leisurely
relaxed fashion. Cyanocitta cristata
is an impetuous, headlong chap who
gets his way by sheer momentum.
There are divergent opinions about
him. Some think he is Just fam
boyant, raucous-mouthed show-off
who is disturbing element in Ma
lures family. He is, to be sure,
robber and troublemaker. He has
some axis philosophy in his makeup,
robbing other birds of eggs and
young and stealing nesting material
they have laboriously gathered.
Another group is willing to overlook
this trait, and points to his hearty
optimism and willingness to take on
life's problems whatever the odds.
No one can accuse him of absentee
ism or showdown methods.
There is one spell, along in May
and June, when Cyanocitta and his
mate withdraw from public gaze.
While the four or five pale, greenish-
blue, brown-specked eggs are hatch
ing in their somewhat carelessly
made nest of twigs in young pines,
hemlocks or spruces the blue jays
are subdued. Quietly and furtively
they slide among the trees and
shrubs.
But when autumn comes the blue
jays are in their glory. In their gay,
flashing uniforms with black scarfs
around their necks and white bands
at the ends of the long tail feathers,
they make the welkin ring with their
harsh, challenging screams. In city
parks, in suburban districts, as well
as in the rural areas, they let the
world know they are on the job. They
are a nuisance at times. to be sure.
But they are part of Natures mystic
rious balance of life. It wouldn't
seem natural If Cyanocitta were not
around, sounding his klaxon to a
wintry landscape.