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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11
Legislature
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that Kelly's administration do
something about financial troubles
OF units OF local government. fixed
April Il in Detroit for its state
convention to elect delegates TO the
Democratic national convention, set
March 81 for Democratic county
conventions. and endorsed Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a fourth term.
II urged that the state sales tax be
reduced and cities be empowered
10 levy local excise taxes.
The senate moved to investigate
horse racing and administra alton
of the state racing commission as
the house passed bill TO give state
government a bigger share OF reye-
nues from pari.mutuel betting at
the Detroit race track. The latter
bill, adopted in the form 1t was
released frolh committee, would
produce $4,000 from the same
volume OF betting which last year
produced $4,000 for the state,
said Rep. George y. Higgins, Fern
dale Republican, the sponsor. II
bore a provision 10 divide equally
with the city OF Detroit half OF
the 1914 revenues, the city limited
10 use OF the money for road and
street purposes.
Higgins said he had learned not
ell bets placed with pari'mutuel
staffs at Detroit have been run
through the betting machines, and
that this altered payof OF the bets,
because volume determines the
odds.
A bill appropriatlng 100000
for immediate Purchase OF 40
square miles OF virgin hardwood
and hemlock 10 st in the Porcu-
pine Mountains for a state-owned
woodland museum, and 100000
for Southeastern Michigan and HUI
ron-Clinton Parkway recreational
land purchases over a period OF
years, survived attacks and was
scheduled for a vote In the house
Monday night.
A house committee released a
substitute for a bill originally de-
signed to establish a S5,000,000 re-
volving fund for loan to local gov
ernments for postwar planning.
The new bill would make the
money an outright gift, on matched
fund basis. slO000O0 for county
road commissioners, $4,000,000 for
county, city. village. township and
school district planning.
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Briicker

Bricker demanded that Congress
Immediately enact legislation to
outlaw strikes for the wars dura-
ton and warned that insistence
upon this action by seryicemen and
their families will be expressed
In the election this year"
In time OF war when men and
women are dying to preserve free
government, including the right OF
labor itself to organize, no group
or no union should be permitted to
strike" Bricker declared. Some
life is endangered by every idle
hour. Every strike delays victory.
The time has come to support
the millions OF workers who want
to work and to quit coddling self
ish labor leaders for the sake OF
the votes which they say they can
deliver in an election. II politics
and votes had been forgotten by
this administration. we never would
have had the distressing confusion
which has confronted US in this
field"
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Subsidy

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per cent; veterans and other pen
sions, retirement pay aud similar
government allowances to equal
the little steel" formula; an In
crease OF three per cent for gov.
eminent workers on the first g.
900 OF pay.
1T Is admitted that the Bank
head amendment abolishing the
subsidy program would increase
the cost OF living three per cent, :"
niA Pepper. UNLESS we adopt
my amendments we are. In effect,
cutting every workers wages three
per cent"
Aiken told the Senate that the
food stamp plan would aid the low
income groups caught in a rising
cost OF living.
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Chaplin

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baggy trousers. splayed feet and
a grotesque little moustache
All of the accusations were BASED
on his alleged relations with Joan
Barry. his 23-year-old. RED haired
former protege who is suing 20
have him legally declared the faith
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er OF her four-months-old baby
daughter, Carol Ann.
One OF the true bills charged
Chaplain twice transported the
young woman across state lines for
immoral purposes. In violation OF
the Mann Act, or white slave"
law.
The other indictments charged
conspiracy to violate Miss Barry's
civil rights. in connection with an
Observation-Disclosures" sentence Civ
en- her in the Beverly Hills police
court on a vagrancy charge i3
months ago.
Two of Chaplin's close friends.
the police judge who sentenced
Miss Barry and three members OF
the Beverly Hills police force, were
indicted with the comedian on
the conspiracy charges. Those &C
cused are:
Robert Arden, radio commenta-
tor whose real name is Rudolph
kligler.
Thomas Wells Tim" Durant
former film producer and wealthy
sportsman.
Police Judge Charles J. Griffin.
Detective Capt. W. w. White.
Police Lieut.. Claude MARBLE.
Police Matron Jessie Billie Reno.
Bond for Chaplin and four OF the
defendants was set at $1,000 each.
Two, Judge Griffin and Detective
Capt. White, were released on
their own recognizance.
The comedians attorney. Jerry
Giesler. said he was ready 10 sur
render his client at any time re-
quested by the United States mar
shall, probably Monday.
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PRODUCE
(Newm 7's Grocery
UNRRA

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war" At the same time. he empha-
sized the relief program 10 purely
temporary measure 10 help In
ysded countries back 10 their feet.
Reynolds, outspoken Senate OPP
ponent Of uNRltA. asserted al
though nc Is "lrreyocably opposed
to foreign relief on such a broad
scale" he will vote for the meas
ure Monday.
II will voice my objections on
the floor when II Is taken up by
the Senate" Reynolds said. The
American people should know Just
what kind OF an agreement they
are entering into"
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crashed into the Mississippi about
Is miles north of Memphis.
The plane. bound from Los An
geles TO New York, was unreport-
ed on the Little Rock. Ark. TO
Memphis. Tenn. leg OF its journey.
and was several hours overdue on
the S. minutes hop.
The plane. running about an
hour behind schedule. was due in
Memphis at approximately 1896
last night (CWT). according to
W. S. Weisman. American Air
Lines traffic manager in Memphis.
Weisman said that residents on
the Arkansas side OF the Miss
issippi River reported that they
believed they had seen the passen-
ger plane crash into the water.
Rescue crews Immediately were
dispatched to the scene where
the plane was believed to have
crashed.
|. Welsman said that no reports
had been received at American
Airline headquarters in Memphis
from the reported crash scene.
The fact that the plane had not
been located Immediately gave hope
that 1t may have made crash
landing somewhere near the river.
Weisman said the passenger ship
carried enough fuel TO operate un.
I'll SIS a. m. (CWT).
The passenger list. as released
in New York, is as follows:
J. j. Ryan. Garden City, Long
Island, y. Y:
r. c. Matthews, Garden City,
L. l.. n. Y;
D. S. Pensyl, Garden City. L. l.,
y. Y:
Lieut.. Victor l.. Ramsey. Fifth
Ferry Command, Dallas;
Lieut.. Charles Brumfield, Evans
vile, Ind;
Lieut.. Herbert Sudmeier. goth
Ferry Group. Long Beach, Cal;
Lieut.. Howard Hella. Goth Fer
ry Group. Long Beach. Cal;
f. c. Miller, Consolidated Steel
Corp. Ltd. Los Angeles. Cal;
1t. Linton NJ. Seifert, Camp
Young. Cal.
Capt Edgar f. Carr. Dallas. Tex;
DR.. o. l.. Roberts. $50 South
Broad ST., Philadelphia. OF the At.
lantic Refining Co:
1t. Elizabeth Mcclure, WAC,
Little Rock. Ark.
Lieut. Rasmussen, Luke Field,
/ Phoenix. Ariz.;
Capt. Samuel G. Rosenfeld, Eyac-
uation Hospital, Los Angeles, Cal; .
Ensign Baker, Yuma. Ariz.;
Frank A. Kennedy. Biltmore Ho
tel. Los Angeles;
I Sam Santonissimo. San Francis.
CO
| Lieut.. Charles S. Spring, Camp
I Youn~, Cal:
The remainder of the passengers
were identified only as O'Connor,
Bohrer and Malloy.
Weisman said the missing plane
last was heard from in Memphis
at 1881 p. m, only nine minutes
before II was due at the airport.
AT that time, he said. the plane
radioed Memphis operations a rou-
tine message asking what the pas
senger load would be on the take
off from Memphis.
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sey. sank Negro Patriots Hymn.
The pupils participating in the
program were Anne Hill. Alice
Britton. Leonard kersey, James
Etcheson. Jr. Phanuel Hamilton.
VanEetti Hamilton. Donna Perry.
and Opal Clay. The program
chairman was Charles Cox.
The committee members who
wrote the biographical sketches
and otherwise planned the pro-
gram consisted OF Mary Van Slyke,
Eunice Anderson. Bessie Moore.
Evelyn Robertson. Garther Rober-
son. Harold Robertson and Raytus
,Kennedy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11
Pick Of The Air Today

CBS-ll:30 a. m.-FAshions In ra-
lions. Billie Burke.
$50 p. m. Philadelphia orches.
ira. Bruno Walter;
e:l5-People's Platform Fourth
Term Issue.
BLU-l0.O0 a. m,-Ysnkee Doodle
Quiz.
1880 p. m. Future Farmers Pro-
gram
2:00-Metropolitsn opera Nor.
ma.
MBS-ll:S0 a. m. Hello Nom:
500 p. m This is Halloran Hos.
pital.
5.00-Nsvy Bulletin Board.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11
Negro History Week Marked
in Assembly at High School

Negro History Week. beginning
February 10. was heralded at Up
SLANT High School Thursday by
an all-Negro assembly. The pro
gram consisted OF voice and in
strumental music. short biograph'
les OF famous Negroes. and a brief
talk on the Negro and the War
given by the guest speaker, DR.. L.
c. Perry. OF Ypsilanti
Miss Marguerite Sanders sang
Go Down Moses and was ac-
companied al the plano by Their.
esa Hamilton. a student at the
Normal College. who also played a
solo. The Ypsi Chorlsters. under
the direction OF Mgs. Olive Ker-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11
TOWN FOR SALE

~MlLLlCAN, Ore.-UP-The town
OF Millican, whose single resident,
service station and airport were
part Of no-man's STAND during Fourth
Corps maneuvers last fall, is up
for sale. Millican recently lost
Its post Office because OF the age OF
its resident postmaster. w. A.
Rain. who has been its only citi-
zen since the town was establish
ed "a years ago. Rain said his
health was failing and he intended
to leave the high Central oregon
desert and move TO the coast.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11
Births

Son: To Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hiveley, Romulus. at Boyer Hos
pital. February .. Weight seven
pounds.
Son: To Mr.. and Mrs. Gene lie
Favour. Wayne, February 10, at
Beyer Hospital. Weighing seven
pounds, l45 ounces.
Son: To Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Abramson. 30S South Prospect St,
Feb. 10 at Boyer Hospital, weigh
ing three pounds, fifteen ounces.
Daughter: To Mr. and Mrs. Tho
mas McDermott. 2l9 Oakwood Ave,
February 10, at Boyer Hospital,
weighing five pounds 10 ounces.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11
March Of Dimes at
Local High School

Ypsilantl High School students
under leadership OF the Health
Service Class girls conducted a lit
eral March of Dimes" program
Thursday, collecting sl07.63 which
was turned over TO George See.
dorff OF the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
While Miss Mary Lou Metcalf
played a march the children filed
past baskets and deposited their
money.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11
CAN PAY BILLS AT PLANT

SEATTLE-UP - Busy Boeing
Aircraft workers don't have much
time to do their household business
downtown. so the business" has
come to them. Banl and postal
substations have been established
in the aircraft plant, plus utility
branches which allow employees TO
pay their water, light. gas and tele-
phone bills during lunch periods.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11

Tonight
Talks-MBS 1915 Alfred NJ. Ian
don Lincoln Day" address from
Knoxville. Tenn; MIC l0:45
Sen. Robert F. Wagner on Vet
eran legislation: CHS 1880
Wendell Willkie from Tacoma,
Wash. Lincoln Day" dinner.
NBC-S: 00-Lucille Manners:
s;30-Revised All.Time Hit Pa
rsde with Lulu Bates;
9:00-Abe Lyman Waltzes:
930-People Are Funny;
1O:00-Amos and Andy.
CHS -7:30-Friday on Broadway,
S;00-Kate Smith;
900-Franchot Tone IN Here
Comes Mr.. Jordan:
10:00-Moore and Durante;
10:30--Stage Door Canteen.
BLU-7:00-Nero Wolfe, Detec.
tive:
s:l5-Parker Family;
S:30-Meet Your Navy:
observation-disclosures;
9;30--Alvino Rey Band;
10:30-Concert half hour.
MBS-7:15-Johnson Family:
s:3O-Freedom OF Opportunity;
9:30-Double or Nothing;
lo;3o-Music Drama Ballad IN
W
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War

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stroke against Rabaul The lat
ter once-proud enemy bastion has
been virtually neutralized by in.
cessant heavy pounding by Allied
bombers.
Still further reverses faced the
Japs in the Central Pacific. where
American forces that captured
kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Is
lands subjected other enemy pos
itions TO naval and air lombard.
ment.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -e.
vealed that warships teamed with
Army and Navy planes TO carry
out a series OF devastating bonn.
bardments OF enemy held Islands.
In line with the Nays policy Of
keeping the Japs guessing which
OF their positions were pounded,
as Ninponese commupicationli lines
have been cut. the admiral identi.
fled but one OF the targets. He
said Coronado naval planes blsste
Wake Island. former American
possession 500 miles north OF the
Marshalls, returning without loss.
Sweep to Coast
Other American warpianes were
believed engaged in the fourth sue.
cessive day OF heavy operation
against the northern French coast.
COASTAL observers on the south
shore OF England told OF seeing
large concentrations OF Allied
oombers sweeping toward the so,
called invasion coast" OF France.
ana reported hearing loud explo-
sions shortly afterward.
The air fleet swept acros. the
Channel to maintain an assault
against the enemy-held continent
which yesterday was marked by a
mammoth American raid on the
German aircraft center OF Bruins.
wick, where thousands" OF fires
were left blazing. All told. IS
Nazi fighter planes were shot
down in Thursdays operations. as
against the loss OF 81 Ysnk craft.
During the night. Berlin resi-.
dents had their sleep disrupted
again when speedy Mosquito bomb.
ers Of the Royal Air Force hammer
ed the German capital. The Brit.
1sh raiders also hit western Ger.
many and laid mines in enemy
waters. all without losing a plane.
Slug Way Forward
In Italy. American troops OF the
Fifth Army slugged their way for.
ward against fierce enemy resist
ance and savage Nazi counter.at.
lacks at Casino. The Vichy ra-
do conceded that the Yanks made
slight gains In the southeast dis
tricts OF the front. but added that
the Germans still control the great.
er part OF the town which bars the
way up the Liri Valley.
While the Allies on the main
Fifth Army front made advances,
the AngloAmerican amphibious
forces on the beachhead below
Rome met continued Nazi pres.
sure. The enemy. falling in six
strong tank paced attempts 10 hurl
the Fifth Army components back
70 the sea, slackened their drive
but threatened to launch further
counter-assaults momentarily.
The Red Army pressed It's battle
Of annihilation against remnants
OF ten trapped German divisions
into the final stages. The enemy
forces. encircled in the Dnieper
Bend. had maintained a tight de
fensive circle. but now seven Rus
sian columns were knitting into
the very heart OF their positions.
Other Soviet spearheads were
within nine miles OF Lugs, raj
junction controlling escape 70.
thousands OF Germans TO the north
east, and had outflanked the fro
ore center OF Kriyoi Rog from th
South.
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cRlMELEss TOWN

TEANEeK. y. up This
town Of $4,000 population has add.
ed another crimeless year to its
record In 1913. the police bureau OF
records has revealed. Only one
robbery has marred the peace OF
Teaneck's six and one-half square
miles since 1910.
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JU9TICe hONOREO

lansing, Mich. Feb. ll-AP-
The Senate Thursday paid tribute
TO Associate Justice Howard West
OF the. State Supreme Court on the
approach OF bis s0th birthday. Not
ing that Justice West will reach
the four.score.year mark February
"a, the Senate adopted . resolution
honoring him as the Oldest Mich.
igan jurist In age and length OF ser
vice. and a. the author OF "a large
body" OF Michigan law.
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MANAGERs MEET

Lansing. Mich, Feb. LAP
Financial difficulties OF municipal
government were TO provide a
theme for discussion at opening
business sessions today OF the an
nual meeting OF the Michigan City
Managers Association.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-11

SEATTLE. Wash.-lNS-- Wen
dell Willkie was preparing today
for a round OF conferences and re-
ceptions with Washington Republic
cans after voicing a semi-conh-
Dental prediction that he will be
the Republican party's nominee for
president
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Fruits
APPLES-McIntosh No. !. $3.50.
S,7s bu.. Greetings No. |. $3.50.
Northern Spies. No. |, 3.50-3.7s
bu.: Jonathans. s325.35o bu. I.
Steel Reds. No. |. s3.50.3.7s bu
CELERY CABbAGE- No. l. bu
sl.50-l.75.
BEETS-Topped. bu.. No. !. sl.75.
ZOO
BROCCOLi--No. l. bu. $3.50.
CABBAGE-N No. l. bu., sl.50-is5.
CARROTS-Topped. No. bu..
$l.75.225.
CAULIFLOWER-Bu. No. I. $500
CELERY-Fancy. don. bchs $l.l25
KOHLRABl No. /. doz. bchs &c
81.
ONloNS--Dry. No. l. 81 lbs $3.50.
PARSNlPS o. /. $300.3,50.
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Saturday

NBC-1:o0 p. m.-Here's TO Youth
"Latchkey Children:
2:00-Hollywood' Moscow Movie
Salute:
3;S0-First Anniversary Marine
Corps Womens Reserve.
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SHENANDOAH, Pa. ms A
wildcat strike OF 1000 coal miners
az the Knickerbocker colliery
threatened today to spread to all
anthracite operations of the Phil.
adelphia and Reading Coal & Iron
Company unless discharged un-.
ion official is reinstated.
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News in Brief

OCEAN CITY, n. J.-INS-Two
men were feared dead today in
the crash OF Navy plane which
burst into flames after striking
the marshes between Tuckahoe
and ocean City. Ground condi-
tons at the scene made immediate
Identification OF the plane and de-
termination OF the filters fate i'm
possible.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.-lNS- The
Monroe Coal Mine Company's op-
GRAFTON at nearby Revloc, one OF
Cambria County's largest produc-
ers remained closed today in a
strike by 1000 diggers. An effort
TO organize a union Of supervisory
workers, including foremen and
fire bosses. brought on the walk.
out when members OF the United
Mine Workers OF America refused
TO work with those who declined
TO join the union, company
spokesman reported.
LOS ANGELES ms Physi.
clans reported today that Mrs.
James Roosevelt, wife OF 1t. Col
Roosevelt. son Of the President,
was doing nicely" in ST. Vincents
Hospital following an abdominal
operation. They said she would
probably be IN the hospital for
about eight more days.
Los ANGELES ms ROYAL
Leonard, formerly personal pilot
for Generalissimo Chang Kaishek
and author OF the book Il flew
for China, sought ss40l today
from Pan American Always, Inc,
In superior court suit. Leonard
charged in his complaint that the
air line refused 10 pay bin salary
and expenses due and discharged
him without authority.
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vsaetabIes

RUTABAGAs-No. !, bu.. si.1.25.
SQUASH Hubbard. No. /. bu.
sl.50-2.0O.
TURNIPs-Topped. bu.. sl.25-l.7s.
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Daily Market Report

PoTAToEs-No. I, 100 lbs. ss.so-
2.75.
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CAMDEN, n. J.-lNS-The lit
tled-travelled Trenton to Camden
branch of the Pennsylvania rail-
road was expected to resume full
operation today following repair
OF damage caused when a coal
train collided with a passenger
train at Delair, few miles north
of Camden.
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Grain

WHEAT-No. !. sl70n.
OATS-No. 2. white. s0-slc.
Mailing BARLEY-range. tlit.
l,5:: barley needles, sl.26.
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

Ann
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National srosdes.tInu Company

p National srosdesstlng Company
RED NETWORK-WLW 700. WWJ
$50. WHAM 1850. WMAQ $40.
BLUE NETWORK-WXYZ 1910
Columbia BroadesstIna Company
WJR 7G0, WBBM $50, WCKY 1880
WFBM 1860. VICAR 1850. WBNS
1860. WOOD 1870.
Mutual 6roadessting Company
BLUE NETWORK - WLW 700.
CKLW 500. WJBK 1890 WGN 100
RED NETWORK WLW 700.
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YpsiIenti Markets
Buying Prices)

(Ypsllsntl Farm 5ureau)
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25

When Nature gives you good start with lovely
teeth don't let Nature down. Don't trust to
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BE sure that you use one that helps protect enamel
-. and gives amazing cleansing
Take tip from the Beauty Book of at least a
million people and use Listerne Tooth Paste. This
cleansing prescription for your teeth is created,
as an important aid in modern dental care, by
firm that has studied oral hygiene for 90 years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25

Most important of all, it reaches many of these
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-10
NEITHER SIDE IS RIGHT

1t would appear that both opposing groups IN
voIved in the Codys Corners school controversy are
deserving of criticism.
They are adults and should behave as such
Here's the situation:
ApproxmoteIy IS children, five to L years or
ooe, are forced to walk about seven miles dolly IN
order to attend their classes.
Freehoders Of the district have thrice voted down
q PROPOSAL PROVIDING for the purchase and noointen
once of school bus. Lost night they even rejected
q proposal that the eighth grade be eliminated thus
making it possible for the stote to step in and deroy
oroe part Of the transportation costs, both to an
adjacent eiohth Qrode class and to the Codys cor
ners school itself.
Seen1inqIy the flight" and it hos become
bitter one - revoves around the nsstence OF the
Old Settlers who live near the school, that transport
toton is up to the families Of the children involved
and on unwlingness to spend school funds to assist
that group The apparently more prolific segment OF
the adult community lives at Heath Manor - three
and one half miles away - and is made UP in the
main Of newcomers to the district
The newcomers quite openly nstigoted O "strlke'
Of the pupils two weeks ogo and set up picket line
of tiny tots in open defiance Of every principle Of
discipline and respect for constituted school author
ty.
Both sides are wrong.
The newcomers by permitting and in toct en-
eouroeine Interruptions Of their youngsters eduoo-
tons, and;
The Old Guard by refusing to consider the needs
Of the newcomers families.
Our suggestion is that leaders Of both groups get
together and thot they place the welfare OF oil OF
the children above thot Of individual DESIRES
As the adults continue to argue the children ore
trudene through the rain to school, on heavily trov-
eIed roads without the protection Of sidewalks
to guard them.