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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06

Washington Mag GINS Mich
igan men were Included in the cas-
ualty list issued today by the Navy
Department.
Naval casualties since Pearl Har-
Dor NOW stand at ASS.
The Michigan men are:
Bergman, Richard c., Private
First Glass. L. S. Marine Corps.
Missing. Mother Mrs. Sylvia Ber-
ryman, Ferndale.
Crandon, James A, Sergeant, L.
S. Marine Corps. Wounded. Fatn-
er, Mr.. George Crandon, 3744 Ash
land, Detroit.
Linton, Robert J.. Private. First
Glass, L. S. Marine Corps Reserve.
Wounded Father, William J. Lin
ton, Coldwater.
Quint, Nicolas NJ, Jr., Staff Ser
geant, |. S. Marine Corps. Wound
ed. Mother, Mrs Marjorie Quint,
1866 Huntington Road, Detroit.
Michigan men were also among
soldiers listed today by the War
Department as wounded in action.
They are:
Asiatic area:
Tharp, Sgt. Ray M.-Mrs. Grace
VI. Hendges, mother, Traverse City.
Central Pacific area:
Luppino, Tech. sgt Kenneth J.
Mrs. Suzanne Luppino. mother.
1885 Hamilton, Highland Park.
Europaau rrbaata~.
Gilbert Pfc. Forest Mrs.
Beatrice f. Gilbert. wife. Marine.
Mediterranean area:
Butler, Pfc. William E.-Curtis
Butler. brother, 46l West Grand
Blvd. Detroit.
Capp, Tech. 5th CIR Samuel S.
Mrs. Mollie Capp, mother, 2437
Elmhurst. Detroit.
Chapman. Pvt. Lee E.-Mrs.
Erma Chapman. mother Palo.
Kraft. Pvt. Leo C.-Mrs. Rose
Kraft, wife, 1903 Mackenzie, De-
troit.
lie Fevre. Pvt. Max A Mrs. Lor.
eta lie Feyre, mother, Charlotte.
Mackie, Pvt. John O-Mrs. Lucy
NJ. Mackie. mother. Petoskey.
Mannikko. Tech 4th OR. Onni A.
Mrs. Mary Moilanen. mother.
! Houghton.
Middlemas. Pvt. John W.-James
Middlemas. father, 1912 Pennsyl.
! vania. Detroit.
Moore. Pvt. Richard Mrs.
Mildred Moore. mother. Union City.
Olson. Pfc Robert H. Mrs. Flora
Olson. mother, SIS Mahlon St.
Lansing.
Paquin. Staff Sgt Henry j
Mrs. Ernestine VI Paquin. mother.
Iron Mountain.
Perrin. Pvt. Savy W.-Mrs. Peg
gy Perrin. mother. 1929 Maine,
Detroit
Pohia. Pfc Arne r. Mrs. Aman.
ia Pohia. mother. Newberry.
Schultz. Pvt. Harvey-Mrs. Liz
zie Schultz. mother. iceland.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06
Roosevelt Students
Win Speech Contest

First places in three speech con
tests in the annual contest of Re
gion NJ Of the High School Foren.
sic Association sponsored by the
University OF Michigan, az Az
rian Thursday. were carried on
by three Roosevelt High SchooI
students.
Winners were David elmer, first
place in oratory; Doris. Jedele, first
place in eXtempore speaking: and
Jack Minzey. first place in decla-
nations. The schools represented
at the contest in Region VI were
from Ypsilanti. Adrian. Belleville,
Milan. Pittsford and Tecumseh.
Judges of the contest were Pro
fessor Kenneth Hance and vii
liam Witchman, of the Speech De
partment OF the University Of
Michigan, nd Harold Stose, Adrian
College.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06
University Changes
Commencement Dates

Ann Arbor, Mich. May GAP
University of Michigan commence
ment exercises will be held June
"a. a week later than originally
planned to avoid unnecessary hard
ships on seniors and their parents
University officials said the
change was prompted by a petit
ton. signed by 2lS of some 500
seniors, protesting that the war
time practice OF holding gradua-
ton exercises before final exam
nations spoiled the natural eli
max to their college careers. but
also necessitated. in many cases.
two trips by parents-first to at
tend the exercises and a week lat.
err to take the students home.
The practice was adopted to al
low students to take war jobs or
military assignments without wait
ing for commencement
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06
Casualties

Washington May G-lNS-Mich.
igan men were Included in the cas-
ualty list issued today by the Navy
Department.
Naval casualties since Pearl Har.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06

Schweinfurth, Pvt. william R.
Mrs. Alta Schweinfurth. mother.
1923 Raider, Lansing.
Vanderhoof Pvt. Russell E
Howard Z. Vanderhoof, brother,
Auburn Heights.
Walker, Pfc. Earl Mrs. Joann
Walker. wife, 1924 Northlawn, De
troit.
Zavodnik, end 1t. Edward F.
Mrs. Joseph Zayodnik, mother,
Ironwood.
Southwest Pacific area.
Briney. Tech. 5th CIR. Clifford
Mrs. Leila S. Briney, mother, 1911
Stratmore. Detroit.
Robbins, 2nd 1t. Robert R.-Neal
s. Robbins, father, Honor.
Stopera, Pfc. Joseph W.-John
Stopera. father, 343S Clippert St,
Detroit.
Walsh, Staff Sgt. Walter H
Mrs Florence c. Walsh. mother.
246 Tuxedo. Highland Park.
Wulff, Pvt. Arthur F.-Mrs. An
ma Wulff, mother, Trufant.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06
Standard Oil Company
Hopeful Of Pipeline

San francisco, May SAP -
President II. ID. Collier OF Stand
ard Oil Company OF California told
stockholders Thursday at annual
meeting he hoped the proposed
trans-Arabian pipeline will be push
ed through to early completion"
Participation OF the federal gov
eminent in the project as a mill
tary measure is in the hands Of
the United States Senate commit.
tee on oil policy.
Company payment for use of the
line would repay the government
for its entire cost, Collier said.
Il sincerely hope" he added.
the Senate committee will concur
in the judgment OF other govern
ment agencies in their desire to
push the pipeline through to early
completion"
The pipeline. which would cross
trans-Jordan and Palestine. would
have capacity of 100000 barrels
day, and would cut 5000 miles off
the present tanker route.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06

VICTORY vegeta bles must
often be protected against their
enemies of the insect world. Cut
worms are particularly deadly in
their attacks on young plants.
They attack tomatoes. beans, cab
bage, lettuce. corn. melons.
squash, cucumbers as well as 9TH
err plants. chewing off the stems
just below the soil surface
Two methods of outwitting cut
worms in the Victory garden are
illustrated in the accompanying
Garden-Graph.
One very effective method of
protecting young plants is to place
paper collars about their stems, as
illustrated. These collars can be
made Of heavy paper, cardboard
or tar paper. Such collars should
be some six inches long so as to
completely protect the plants and
several inches in width. The COL
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06

lars can be pushed one or two
inches into the soil, while the rest
Of the paper protection protrudes
above ground. Another such meth
cd is to set out plants in paper
bands or pots
Still another method Of protec-
ton calls for the use of fine coal
ashes, wood ashes or tobacco dust
sprinkled in a circle around each
plant, as illustrated,
Cutworms are a dun, drab green
or brown in color, or sometimes
whitish. They are about one inch
in length. They do their damage
to plants at night and hide by day
beneath the surface of the soil.
Some gardeners fight cutworms
with poisoned bait placed under
stones or pieces of wood, but when
poison is used great care must be
taken to keep pet animals from
finding and eating it.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06
Conference Planned
on Law Enforcement
MlICCS McGINNIS

Robert A. Guerin. special agent
in charge OF the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Detroit, Mich. has
announced that one OF the spring
FBI Law Enforcement ConferenAs
for the Eastern District of Michi-
gan will e held al $50 p. m n
Ann Arbor, May Is.
George Burke, Ann Arbor atto--
ney. will talk on Various Phases
OF Law Enforcement
In past years it has become m
creasingly apparent that law en-
forcement is a highly specialized
profession and that scientific ex-
perts can be of tremendous assis-
ance in crime detection and inves-
tigation. In view of these facts,
and due TO numerous requests re-
ceiyed from law enforcement Of
fcials throughout this area. special
arrangements have been made with.
J Edgar Hoover making it pos
sIole for Donald Parsons. assist
ant chief OF the FIJI Laboratory.
Washington. d. c., to be at all Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Buckwheat Hulls Make
Good Insulator for Packs

A baker discovered an insulating
material made of buckwheat hulls
which has proved superior to any
thing previously known for control
ling temperature in bulk packages
refrigerated by dry ice. Exhaustive
experiments by the fish and wildlife
service of the department of the in
terror have resulted in a pack, now
in commercial use, which will keep
fish f1llets in perfect condition for
four days.
Secret of the method is placement
of insulating pads around the dry
ice so that temperature is held
steady throughout the container
within a very narrow range just
above freezing. Previously dry ice
packing first froze the fish solid, re-
sulting in burns and impairment of
flavor, then allowed temperature to
rise too high.
The new method is expected to
have applications to shipments of
orchids, ice cream, green vegeta-
bles, cut chickens and meat, live
Holsters and many other products.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
MarShalls Valuable

The Marshall group has been
considered valuable because of its
large and deep-water lagoons, pro-
viding shelter for submarines and
other shipping. Where protected
from the wind and water, some of
the atolls offer positions for repair
work and refueling.
Natural disadvantages include the
fact that the islands generally are
extremely narrow, often only few
yards across. Although they are
dotted over some 100000 square
miles of sea expanse, they cover less
than 100 square miles of territory.
1t has been said of the Marshalls
that they have perfect harbors, with
out land.
Moreover, the islands are nowhere
higher than 80 feet above the sea.
Many of them are so low that ocean
waves wash across the coral reefs
into the lagoons.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Musts for Food Freezing

"Musts" on freezing foods include
l. Pack products in small packages
which are not too thick; 2. do not
try to freeze too many packages at
once; 8. in freezing, remember that
the objective is to freeze the prod
ucts as quickly as possible. The
packages may be placed directly
against the refrigerated walls of the
cabinet OF directly in the air blast
of fan in the freezer section. Dur
ing freezing, ample space must be
allowed around all packages not in
direct contact with freezing surfaces
for free air circulation Never pack
a compartment tight full of warm
products or the packages in the CEN
ter will freeze very slowly and may
even spoil before they are frozen;
4. the temperature in the freezer
section must be 0 degrees F. or
colder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
New Portable German
Pillbox Formidable Barrier

Details of the Germans new port
able pillboxes and the development
of other weapons adding to the enor-
nifty of the task before ground
forces were disclosed by the war
department.
The prefabricated, kettle type
pillbox is turned upside down, set
on two wheels and drawn by trac-
tor, Lieut.. Col. Alfred DuMoulin
said. "It is one of the most aston
ishing defenses the Germans have
developed. It's about five feet wide,
and almost six feet high, but only
the six-inch concrete dome and ma
chine gun snout are visible; that
is, within 10 yards, because it's gen.
orally well camoufaged and the gun
fires a smokeless powder. A bel
lows cools the gun after it is fired.
"a steel lid can be drawn over its
port" he continued, "and when this
is done, its eyes are a pair of peri
scopes jutting out the top. Only two
men occupy it, and they are warmed
by small stove. Our men can de-
stroy it with 'Molotov cocktails aft
er, outfanking it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
FAVORITE VEGETABLES FOR
VICTORY GARDENS

Planting plans for victory gardens
usually include enough of a surplus
of the family's favorite vegetables
to allow for canning-or to save in
some other way, by storing, drying,
brining or freezing. The Government
has urged everyone to grow more
in IA" and this advice still holds.
The OPA action placing many COM
mercially canned vegetables on the
rary measure.
The purpose of this was to remove
1913 stocks from warehouses and
from the shelves of retailers to make
room for the incoming pack of 1914.
The families that depend on COM
mercially canned foods live, for the
most part, in cities or crowded de-
tense areas, and have no way of
raising fresh vegetables for their own
tables. They also need to buy from
supplies of fresh vegetables on sale
in stores.
What people raise in their victory
gardens for their own use will help
keep points down on commercially
processed foods next winter. So the
U. S. Department of Agriculture still
wants everyone who has, or can have,
victory garden to grow as much as
possible, following the early crops
with later ones and, after using fresh
produce all summer, to can or other
wise save large supply for next
winter. This will leave larger share
of the civilian part of the new COM
mercial pack for those who cannot
grow their own.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Aleutians Cousins

The northern and shortest road
from the United States to Tokyo is
by way of the Aleutians and the
Kuril islands. The latter chain,
stretching from the tip of Russian
Kamchatka to Japan proper, now
feels American air power in ever
increasing force.
The Kurils are cousins to the
Aleutians-rocky, fog-swept, volcan-
ic peaks rising abruptly from the
icy waters of the north Pacific. Their
name means smoking" a refer
ence which applies as well to the
fogs as to the several active vol
canoes. Chishima Retto, the Japa-
nese name, means thousand islands
chain,'' although there are only 80
links in the Kuril chain large enough
to be considered islands rather than
exposed rocks.
Like the Aleutians, the Kurils seem
to be "weather-makers." They lie
where warm and cold ocean cur
rents meet and foment many storms
that cross the Pacific and strike
California.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Strange Fashions

Nobility in France prior to the
French Revolution went in for high
ly decorative eyeglasses. Large jew
els of various colors frequently were
arranged around the lenses, and be-
cause it was fashionable to wear
glasses merely to be in style. Many
women carried lorgnettes whose
handles were bestudded with jewels
worth a fortune. One prominent
lady inserted lenses in. jeweled
fan, so that when she dernurely hid
her face behind her fan, as ladies
were wont to do in those days, she
still could see what was going on.
After Napoleon, who was near
sighted, came into power, he fire.
quently used a monocle for far
vision. Aping the master, many of
his followers resorted to monocles.
The popularity of monocles more
recently among German military of
ficers is said to trace to the Napo-
leonic complex.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
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Beets First to Suffer
From an Acid Soil

Many gardeners report difficulty
growing beets even where carrots
did well. One reason may be acid
soil. Beets are nearly the first vege-
tables to show bad effects from acid
soil. 1t causes stunted growth,
small roots, and too much red and
yellow coloring in their leaves.
If beets show these symptoms, be
sure to spread lime or limestone
screenings over your garden this
spring. A soil test will indicate the
exact amount of limestone which
should be applied.
Beets also suffer from crowding,
after their roots have begun to
swell. They always require thinning
out, because each seed is really
cluster of seeds, and too many
plants will always grow, too close
together, no matter how thinly the
seeds are sown. termination does
not average as high as many other
seeds, the federal standard being 65
per cent. 1t is usually advisable to
sow seeds an inch apart. Let them
grow until the tops are four or five
inches tall, and the roots have made
small globes; then thin them so that
the plants stand four inches apart.
The discards should be cooked, tops
and roots together.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Leftover Bread

Several ways to use leftover bread
in appetizing and nutritious combi-
nations are here suggested.
First there are sandwiches-the
mainstay of many lunches. Open
face ground beef sandwiches broiled
under direct heat and served piping
hot will use up some leftover bread.
So will broiled cheese sandwiches
topped with fresh tomato or a strip
of bacon. Then there's a cheese
toast sandwich cheese between
slices of unbuttered bread Drowned
slowly on both sides in a little fat
in heavy frying pan.
Toast-several kinds-will use up
bread that otherwise might be vast
ed. French toast is a favorite and
fits into any meal. Cinnamon toast
is another favorite. Toasted stale
bread is a good base for welsh
rabbit or any other kind of creamed
dish vegetables, eggs, Clipped
beef, poultry or fish. Make bread
sticks or croutons for soup out of
crisp oven toast, which is made by
putting stale bread in the oven when
it's cooling off after you've been
baking.
> zz:sah Bridge
The sense of urgency surrounding
every undertaking on the Alaska
highway seems to inspire men to
achievements previously considered
impossible. There can be no other
explanation of the incredible fact
that traffic was moving over the
2,130-foot Peace River bridge eight
months after the contractors were
given notice to proceed.
In that period all parts of the
structure were detailed, manufac-
tured, shipped 5000 miles to the site
and erected. The entire superstruc-
ture was built in 10 weeks, and the
bridge was ready for traffic nine
weeks after the first main cable
strand was set in place.
The Peace River bridge is the
largest river crossing on the high
way. Of suspension type, it has a
930-foot main span and accommo-
dates a 24-foot roadway. Simplicity
and orthodoxy were the keynotes Of
the design, and every attempt was
made to reduce the amount of de-
failing and fabrication to a mini
mum.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Painting Good Investment;
Helps Improve Property

Painting of farm buildings is a
good investment. Not only will the
appearance of the farm be greatly
improved but also the actual protec-
ton of the wood and metal from
decay and rust will more than pay
for the money, time, and effort ex-
pended in painting.
In general, only the best quality of
paint should be used. The cost of
painting consists of the cost of the
paint itself and the cost of the labor.
It takes just as much labor to put
on poor paint as it does good paint.
The life of good paint is many times
that of poor paint.
The direction on the containers
should be followed and exactly to
the letter. Perhaps one of the great
est mistakes in painting is failure to
completely stir and mix the paint.
The preparation of the surface for
painting is important. All old paint
should be carefully brushed so that
loose particles are removed. Paint
ing over this material will result in
a poor job with less protection and
shorter life.
Painting should never be done in
damp or rainy weather. At least
two full days of strong sunshine
should be allowed following any rain
at all. Wood with its pores filled
with moisture is not in condition to
make the best use of the paint put
upon it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Foster Hill Site of
Historic Pioneer Fort

The first meeting house in Brook
field, Mass, in 1860, stood on his
toric Foster hill, about one-half mile
southeast of the present church.
This first meeting house was de-
stroyed by the Indians during King
Philips war, August 4, 1875. This
building was the first of its kind
between Marlboro and the Con-
necticut river.
The families from the first settle
ment on the hill had all fled after
the attack of the Indians on this
memorable day, the colony realiz-
ing the value of this important out
post for travel between the Massa-
chusetts bay and the Connecticut
river as place for refuge and re-
freshment for travellers, and on Sep
TENDER 20, 1888, built a garrison or
fort later known as Fort Gilbert,
named for Henry Gilbert, a direct
descendant of Lewis A. Gilbert, one
of the settlers who had gone to
Brookfeld and taken up a grant of
land to the west side of the garrison.
This fort was of considerable size,
large enough for barracks for SOL
diers and also for all families who
took refuge there at night within
the palisade, and for the next 40
years this garrison was used as a
place of religious worship by the
settlers, the chaplain of the garrison
acting as the minister most of the
time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
Scriptures for ARMY

During 1913 the Office of the chief
of chaplains had 1884, 1926 portions
of Scriptures printed for distribu-
ton to army personnel, bringing the
total published through the end of
the year to 5,888,025. These selec-
tons were the King James Version
of the New Testament for Protes-
tants, the Douay Version of the New
Testament for Catholics and Select
ed Psalms and readings from the
Old Testament for Jews. BY ar
rangement with the chief of trans
portation, all life boats at ports of
embarkation were supplied with one
copy each of the Protestant, Catho-
lie and Jewish Testaments. Reli-
gious booklets also were supplied for
life RATS for emergency use by air
crews.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02

Growers who are using phenothia-
zine mixed with salt report that this
method of dosing sheep on pasture
not only controls certain internal
parasites such as nodular worms,
but also saves both time and labor.
M. w. Muldrow, Arkansas Exten-
sion livestock specialist, says that
when a mixture of one pound pow
dered phenothiazine to ten pounds of
salt is kept before the flock at all
times, about one pound of phenothia-
zine is required for 80 head of sheep
per month. He says the drug de-
stroys the worm eggs, thus prevent
ing continued infestation, but adds
that individual therapeutic doses of
phenothiazine may be needed by
some sheep if they do not respond
to the treatment with the salt mix
ture, particularly yearlings that are
heavily infested In the spring. A
dose for an adult sheep is about one
ounce, or about one-hah ounce for
. lamb under 90 pounds< ees =.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-02
WHEAT GROWERS TO BENEFIr

WHEAT GROWERS TO BENEFIT
Wheat growers in Maryland will
benefit from the highest loan rate au--
thorized for any area under the 1914
government wheat loan program, Jo-
seph H. Blandford, chairman of the
Maryland AAA, reports. The loan
value at Baltimore is $16O per bu-
shell for No. l Red Winter Wheat,
$1.53 for No. Q garlicky and $1.57
for No. 2 garlicky.
Loans will be administered by the
county committees of the AAA. A
storage allowance of z cents per bu-
shell will be advanced over the loan
value on all farm-stored wheat.
Loans will mature on demand or on
April 80, 1915. Any loan may be
liquidated by the payment of the full
amount advanced plus interest at the
rate of per cent per annum.
On their 1943 wheat crop 1851
Maryland farmers borrowed $780,
655. on 463,7O3 bushels. This was
far under the 1912 loan total of ST.
$4,000 for the State because of the
narrow margin during the 1943 har-
vest between the market price and
the loan value. Government loans
provided a floor under farm prices
for the 1913 Maryland crop of A.
$4,000 bushels.
Wheat stored under government
loans will become Ever-No m
Granary reserves and the grower
may at any time before April 80,
1916, regain ownership of his wheat
by paying off his loan.
Prior to the government wheat
loan program, the bulk of Maryland
wheat was sold by the farmer during
the two harvest months when the
farm price was the lowest for the
year. Government loans permit the
farmer to hold his wheat for the
higher prices paid from November to
june Maryland farmers who liquidat
ed their 1913 loans during April of
this year averaged profit of rs
cents per bushel over the loan value.
The volume of farm sales of wheat
during the harvest months is now
20 to 80 per cent under the 1930-39
average sales for those months, and
sales during the winter and spring
now often exceed the 1930-39 aver
age by as much as 240 per cent, or
two and one-half times.