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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-14
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-14
Hostess to Club

Mrs. Gardner Hulett was hostess
for the meeting OF the b. p. Bunco
Club at her home, Thursday eve
ming. Prize winners for bunco were
Mrs. Roy Mars, Mrs. William Wa
tiers and Mrs Commodore Bensing.
er. The house prize went TO Mrs.
William Fleming. Next week the
club will meet with Mrs. Larry
Nervaecke at the home OF Mrs.
Edward Messneer. Refreshments
were served by the hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester August are
entertaining their daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Robert August and daughter,
Margaret from Bloomfield, La,
while their son. Robert is a fire
man first class in the Navy in the
Aleutians. A second son. Pfc. Carl
August, who is in the Air Corps, IL
stationed in London. England, and
a third son. Donald. Machinists
Mate, Petty Officer third class, is
in the Navxy In Italy. Donald was
wounded at Salerno but has recov-
cred and returned to duty and has
received the Purple Heart decora.
ton. The youngest son. Stanley, g.,
attends the Woodruff School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Zeeb and
Mrs. c. NJ. Bissell were Thursday
/ dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Glenn Bissell at Dixboro.
/ Miss Belle Blakeslee. Chelsea,
visited Mrs. George B. Carr. Thurs.
day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

ton, boy; Noll o. and Nora Mae
Lachausse Golf, boy; Nolan Ostea
and Jessie Mae Rees Rushing,
boy; Woodrow Wilson and Lois
Rowls Watkins, girl; Thomas
Clark and Ola Mae Gibson Hen
ley, girl; Earl and Frances Tresse
Johnson Pipkins, girl; Eldon T.
and Edna Earl Wilson Powers,
boy.
Tommy and Anita Doris Harvey
Danley, boy (twins); Sam Vearl
and May Midget Carver, girl;
William Frank and Theron Au-
gusta Whitfield Scarvey, girl; J.
b. and Edith Norman Kenneh An
derson, boy; James Luther and
Gladys Dowies Peninger, boy;
Horace McVeigh and Gladys Inez
Krebs Bowman, boy; Woodrow
Wilson and Ida Clarice Sloan Har-
ris, girl; Leonard Alvin and Gla-
dys Smith Blackledge, boy;
James Lee and Helen Greer John
son Jackson, boy; Crester Clay
ton and Frances Leona Grant Mil
Ter, girl Twins; James Clifford
and Regina Rowls Griffin, boy;
Marvin Henry and Elizabeth Aze-
line Mccain Waters, boy; Erwin
and Alma Jewell Hall Freshow,
girl; Olice Melton and Mavola
Skipper Jordon, girl; Calvin A.
and Minnie Bertha Rush Farmer,
boy; Aven Curtis and Malva Ly-
dia Suthoff Bilbo, girl; James Ed
ward and Georgia Francis EN-
mon Copeland, girl; Leroy Percy
and Samy Carpenter Smith, girl;
Odell and Gay Cramley Gibson,
girl; Willis Baxter and Helen
Kinsey Rose, girl; Broaxy Herber
and Mary Annie Skinner Buch-
anan, girl; Daniel Huner and Ella
Catherine Bray Bradley, girl;
James Gill and GARNER Forester
Grapes, girl; Luther James and
Marie Madeline O'Neal Ladnier,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
OPA To Establish
Ceiling Prices On
Used Motorcycles

Dollar and cent ceiling prices,
similar to those now in effect
on used automobiles. viii be es-
tablished January is on all sales
Of used Harley-D Davidson and
Indian motorcycles, Major w. Z.
Holcomb, District OPA director,
announced.
The new regulation lists spe-
cnic "as is" prices for II diff
ze1ent models made since 1887
and allows qualified dealers to
sell at a warranty" price de-
tsrzuined by adding rs per cent
OF $50, whichever is the greater.
An additional charge of SIS is
allowed for side car or delivery
models.
Dealers who charge a warran-
y price must give a written
guarantee for 80 days or 1000
niles and all sellers must fur
fiish purchasers with a bill Of
sale or invoice, OPA said.
Set Prices On Batteries
Retail ceiling price of ten
cents has been established by
the Office Of Price Administra-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
Auxiliary Circle
Enjoys Hospitality
OF Mrs. Reinecke

Circle Two of the Woman's
Auxiliary to the First Presbyte-
rian church of Pascsgoula en-
joyed the hospitality of Mrs.
Robert Reineeke at a meeting
last Monday afternoon at her
home on Washington avenue.
The program was on Every
Thought in Captivity to Christ
and 1t was efficiently led by
the circle chairman, Mrs. r. C.
Wingfield, who also gave the
opening devotional.
After the program Mrs. Rein
ecke served a refreshment
course.
Those present were Mesdames
r. Kell, A. L. Pratt, Walter
Lewis, Tobias Torjusen, and Jay
c. Schwingle.
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ton for more than twenty mil
lion surplus Signal Corps BA-30,
size D flashlight batteries to be
sold by the government for civil
liam use. A wholesale ceiling Of
6h cents each was also estab-
lished.
Truck Buyers Urged 10 Check
Ceiling
Farmers and other purchasers
Of used trucks for use in their
business were urged by District
OPA Director w. E. Holcomb
today to check ceiling prices
carefully before buying.
If necessary, he said, prospec-
tive buyers should take a COM
plete description of the vehicle
to their local War Price and RAJ
tioning Board to determine the
exact ceiling price. The pur-
chaser should first determine
whether he is buying from a
qualified dealer. In all cases the
purchaser should make sure that
the certificate of transfer is
made out absolutely correct as
to the description of the truck
and price paid.
Buyers can easily determine
that they are being overeharged
when the seller asks a side pay
ment or offers them unreasona-
bly, low trade-in on another We
hicle, OPA said.
District Director Holcomb
pointed out that purchasers who
are charged more than ceiling
price for passenger cars for per-
sonal use may get their money
back but purchasers of cars and
trucks for use in their business
cannot recover the overcharge.
Ration Stamps Now Valid
Blue A8 through BIZ Book a
stamps are valid at 10 points
each for processed food. Red A8
through SIS Book Al stamps are
now valid at 10 points each for
use with tokens for meats and
fats.
Sugar stamps Nos. 80, 81, 80,
SO, and 81 are good indefinitely for
five pounds each. Stamp No. 40
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
Seventy Births In
Jackson County
During November

Seventy babies, SO boys and
"a girls, were Dor min Jackson
county during the month Of No
vember, according to records of
the county Office of Vital Statis-
tics. Three pairs of twins were
included in the list of births.
Siteen deaths, 10 white and
three colored, were recorded.
The record follows:
White births: Floyd Eugene
j. Stokes Demoney, boy; George
Bailey and Nellie Elizabeth Pri-
soch Edward, girl; Percy MILFORD
and Leila Mae Byrd Lander, girl;
Royal Walton and Lillian Bailey
Lovette, girl; Marion Fuller and
Ida Bell Bell Butler Davis, boy;
Robert Lee and Dora Jones John
son, girl;Joseph Carson and Anna
Lena Freeman Avent, girl; Rufus
Luvern and Helen Marie Jones
Hill, girl; James Gordon and Mar
garet Alice Barnhill Smith, boy;
Clint Webster and Lucille Led
ferd Tucker, boy; Robert Lewis
and Doris Mae Warren Agnew,
boy; Charles Fennimore and An
ME May Howard Hudson, girl;
Norman Andrew and Minnie
Louise Rhodes Parker, girl; Pey-
ton and Anna Mae Conn Pell,
boy; Dominick and Mimirian
Woyonna Tatum Guercio, boy;
Lawrence Frank and Jessie Lee
billiard Nygren, boy; Steve and
Virginia Mae ayes Wilson, boy;
John W., and Edna Pearl Wade
Wellborn, girl; Hudson Gerald
and Clara Madeline Smith Clay
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
Boys Entertained
By Porent-Te
Association Group

The Central School Parent
Teacher Association entertained
a group of about rs boys of the
school with a werner roast Ihurs-
day afternoon of last week.
The festivity took place at 500
and was held at the school. The
boys were among the group
known as paper troopers" dur
ing the recent paper drive, in
which they displayed great in
terest and proved truly helpful
in putting over the project sue
cessfully.
Members of the association
who took part in this showing of
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

girl; Reroy Van and Ruth Ethy-
leen Hobby Williamson, boy; Will
lie Lester and Carrie Bell Walters
Spiers, girl; Charles Huey and
LATHE Vance Darling Blackwell,
boy; James Clifton and Nellie
Bronnis Bosarge Harvard, boy;
Wilton Lymon and Cleo Drills
Shampine Kirkwood, girl.
Colored BIRTHS: Edward B. and
Bessie Lee Walker Barriol, boy;
Enoch and Johnnie Mae Ramsey
Farley, boy; Robert and Reatle
Bradley Andrew, girl; Herbert
and Consterrvillo Jones Turk,
boy; Rafe and Elizabeth Bostic
Pickett, boy; Jim Lewis and Ro-
berta Lowery Williams, boy; John
Calvin and Dorothy Stacks Rob-
inson, girl; Johnnie and Leila Mae
Smith Brown, boy; John Austin
and Trent B. Booth James, boy;
Willie M. and Ollie c. Goats
Williams, boy; M. L. Autmon and
Love Mae Nickel Autmon, Sr.,
boy; Arthur and Hurley Mae HUI
ey Warren, boy; James Lytt and
Bernice Graham Haynes, girl
(twins).
White deaths: Oneida Lawson
Reardon, John A. Hamilton, Marie
Louise Johnson, Jackulint O'Ruck,
Eddie Thomas Long, Roberta
Mallett, Owen Webster Stoup, FL
friede Anthonia Lykke, Willis
Campbell Jones, Rufus Eley, Lou
Hester, Jessie Franklin Lopez
and Florence Wallace Newman.
Colored deaths: Willie Glasco,
Angis WHY'S, Lindo and Theodore
Mcleod.
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is good for five pounds of can
ming sugar until February 20,
l945.
Airplane stamps Nos, !, 2 and
3 are valid indefinitely for one
pair of shoes each.
Alb gasoline coupons are
valid through December 81.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
OF THE IRISH

New Brighton, Pa.-Pete Nc
Brian's parked car left the curb
and went through five blocks of
downtown traffic without hitting
anybody. Officials of the Eagles
Club where Pete is steward, of
fered to purchase a hitching post
for the hayward vehicle.
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appreciation were Mesdames r.
H. Terreson, president of the or
ganization, Mrs. Annie Lee Pain
ter, principal of the school, Mrs.
j. c. Dye, chairman in the paper
drive, and others.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

Lake Superior is the worlds
largest inland body of fresh
water.
Practically all butsdiene rubber
nov produced is extracted from
either petroleum or ethyl alco-
hol.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

Ten inches of snowfall equal
one inch of rain in water con
tent.
Turkeys first five-year indus
trialization plan was inaugurated
in 1884.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
OLDEST

PDo0I0G. 1t could not be true,
the doctor decided. as he read the
patients chart. Someone had def
nitely erred. Whatever che he was
tzin of m this mans Army.
he knew dzin. wen the ranks did
not have enlisted men rs years old.
Later that same day the doctor
made it his business to stop by and
question Sergeant John Westervelt.
Bright-eyed and alert, white-haired
and thin, the sergeant admitted he
was born in 1868.
How long have you been m the
Army?" the doctor asked.
Sergeant Westervelt sat up.
We'll, sir" he explained, 1--WE had
IS years of military service, 18 IN
the National Guard and 27 in the
Army. And this" he added, is
the fnst time I've ever been m q
hospital
Sitting down at his bedside, the
doctor spoke to Westavelt kindly.
II think you've served enough OF
stretch. I'm pretty sure we can
swing a medical discharge for you"
>4eo. 1HA1GKS." The old ser
eeant was hurt. Il don't want dis
charge, sr. Heck, sir, my grand
father fought with Mad Anthony
Wayne at Stony Point and lived
until he was sc. My father was a
captain in the Civil War and
reached 90: and as for me = why.
I'm good for 100" As he finished.
the old man looked up anxiously.
The doctor sighed, bent down to
pat him ON the shoulder. ''Okay,
sergeant" he said. IF that's how
you want it, we'll see if we can't
rush you back to duty"
Aweek later Westervelt was back
Evening star., 1944-01-16

1PEAKuG0 of accidents, we're re-
minded of the city-bred horse who
got into trouble recently. Un-
ruff1ed by the heaviest auto and
truck traffic, he ruined his perfect
record one day when he saw a
strange, forbidding sight. bolted and
ran. The terrifying spectacle: an
other horse.
DI8CRLDGE: One of our soldier
friends writes to tell us about
recent basketball game at his camp.
Toward the end of the game be-
tween officers and men with possible
victory bouncing back and forth.
play became rougher than usual.
Finally, the referee - an enlisted
man - blew his whistle Justify,
stopped the play, faced one of the
players and barked:
Just try one more trick like that,
and I'm going to throw you right
out of the game - Snw
Evening star., 1944-01-16

working IN the mail room at the
Sixth Ferry Division, Air Transport
Command, Long Beach, Calf.
That's where you can find him
today, the Oldest enlisted man IN the
U. S. Army. He buys War Bond
each month and by holding down
his mal-room job, he is freeing a
younger colder for combat.
When asked how old he feels.
Sergeant Westavelt smilingly points
to his record. It indicates he got
married last year. To young one,
too" he adds with a twinkle. She's
only S." -MN0~ H
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Have you "f1ied-chicken day" that you
like TO remember? Or a first night"?
by Charming Pollock

all-time happiest days. But, even today.
l still thrill when think back to the
time l completed the Lords Prayer"
scene in The Fool" And wonder if
most of us don't get more real happiness
out of personally believing a job well done
- whether we work with pencil, or
hammer, or a hoe - than in any success
that job may bring us.
Dur it is the commonplace things, l
suspect, the things given to most of us.
that provide the high spots IN life. Surely,
when you and are "at the end" We shall
think of days of oourtship; of the evening
we asked her to marry us; of the day the
baby was born; of the night she nearly
died - and of the following dawn when
the doctor told us, She's passed the crisis;
she's going to be all right now" and left
us holding hands and with glow in our
hearts. We shall remember friendships,
too, and their high spots, and 50 many
ill-assorted, unimportant joys - like that
picnic in the woods, or that moonlight
sail. or drying dishes in the kitchen that
first night in our new home
Almost everyone, suppose, has had
great moments with books and plays and
music and painting, or the wonders
wrought by Nature and Man. l shall
always remember my first glimpse of the
Tai Mahal and of our own Grand Canyon.
And the evenings saw Maude Adams
in Peter Pan," and John Barrymore in
"Justice" and the lovely Hazelton- -Benimo
play, The Yellow Jacket" Great thrills
of this kind require some greatness within
ourselves, but luckily. most of us have
that. too.
Harness of any enduring kind. l
think, must spring from soil within our
selves. 1t is the cheapest thing in the world.
and if it be of the right kind, the most
precious. No one need 60 to India for his
Tai Mahal. or even to Arizona for his
Grand Canyon; you can find the came JOY
in looking at sunset, or crimson forest
Almost everybody has had his fried
chicken day" and his first night" in
London. I'm not speaking only of play
wrights or poets. or painters. The happiest
creative artist ever saw, perhaps, was
the mason who constructed the faced
stone fireplace in my study. Suaping the
last dab of mortar, he stood an instant in
contemplation Of his work, and then,
fiinging his trowel on the floor, exulted,
That's the most beautiful fireplace in
the whole world, and built it!'
Evening star., 1944-01-16

~lEN months after our marriage, my
wife and had become the proud
d possessors of $1,000, with which we
bought a half-ace of land on Long Island
Sound. Mntgaging the ground. we erected
a fve-room shack, and, within another
six months, had paid off the mortgage.
Then took an afternoon off to 60 fishing
with neighbor, and walked home through
brightly-oolored autumn woods. Pleas
antly cold, tired and hungry, trudged
up the path toward the lighted windows
of our little house, and through one of
them saw my wife standing over the stove,
her red-checked apron only trihe redder
than her cheeks. She was singing softly,
the kitchen table was spread with gay
cloth, and approaching the partly-open
door, shifted the rich fragrance of frying
chicken. For full minute, l stood stock
still, suddenly overwhelmed by the reali-
zation that had everything any reason
able man needs or can expect - health.
work, wife and home.
HAT was thnty-five years ago, but it
remains the happiest day of my life. The
recollection had rebrth not long ago IN
Boston. had been talking with DR.. HUI
Shih, then Chinese Ambassador to the
United States. When we parted. l ex-
pressed regret that our chat had lasted
only fifteen minutes. What you will re-
member of it," the scholar said. could
have been put into tenth of that time.
All we ever recall are the high-spots- You
have had something more than twenty
thousand days; which were the eight or
ten happiest? Those are the only ones you
will remember at the end"
Alone IN my hotel room, trying to list
my eight or ten happiest days, it seemed
to me interesting that the ried-chicken
day" should come FIRST to my mind.
Like most of us, have had many great
moments or days - days of delightful
experience or days of achievement. The
best of these latter, I think. came in my
boyhood. had written some lyrics to
popular tune, and sent them anony-
mously to the end-man of minstrel
show in dime museum in Salt Lake City,
where l then lived. From then on haunt
ed the place, until one night, as l was
climbing the stairs, heard the comedian
singing my song - and winning an encore
Truly, after that the first night of my first
play, a decade later. proved emotionally
disappointing.
Cmiously, perhaps, no first-night sue
cess stands out in my memory as one OF my
Evening star., 1944-01-16
slDEllNEs

RECORD. Army Ordnance can
point with pride to its new Safety
and Security Branch. Right now.
ezpinsive manufacturers are turning
out, every day, seven pounds of
ammunition for each US. soldier
and workers are safer in those
ger-loaded plants than in any
other major wartime industry.
Figures: accident frequency rate
is now one-third that of other
industrial organizations reporting
to the National Safety Council.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
THIS Week
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-28

If there IS one thing that sure"
gets man IL is q smartly dressed
woman n you want 10 interest
your man dress up 10 a smart new
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a pair g beautiful skins Of genu-
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with a large selection 10 choose
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Take the hoice of friendly
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DOWN PAYMENT. No red tape,
no delay Get your FREE hat or
shoes. Use your credit as always
at FRANKLIN DEPARTMENT
.STORE.-3l6 MICHIGAN AVE.
shop any evening till 9 O'Clock.
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CARRIED ON PAYROLL

Smith admitted knowing that
Grace Anderson. now Mrs. Ep-
stein was carried on the payroll
OF the Engineering SPecialties Co.
although she did not work there.
after Epstein loaned the company
$50. 600
And you know that was his
way of collecting a 20 per cent
premium on the loan" Kelly
asked.
He charged 20 per cent"
Smith said.
lie said that $1,000 contributed
10 the campaigns OF former Gov.
Van Wagner and Coy. Kelly
when they opposed each other two
years ago. were given by Epstein
not the brewery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-28
.ChdrgesBuhs
Told of Theft

Lloyd IL BHhs.-fermeE@ siee
president and treasurer of the
Pfeiffer Brewing Co, twice adj
mitted taking $4,000 Of the COM
pany's money Carleton Smith,
Executive vice president Of Pfeif-
fer's. testified today in Record
ter's Judge -GuttrrS court
BUNS is being trled by a jury
OF y women on a charge Of en-
bezzling $4,000.
"Buhs told me I'm New York In
January, 1913, that he took the
money" Smith said. "He said
he didn't know why he did II and
that he would face the cOnSe-
quences. When We returned Ia
Detroit, he admitted IL again
10 me and several other com
pany officials"
The state charges that BuhS in
vested the money in the Engineer
ing SpecialtleS Co. a war plant.
which he operated in addition 10
his work al Pfeiffer's. The brew
ing company acquired the plant
after the alleged en1bczziement
was discovered
STOPS ARGUMENTS
The crnSS-examipation Of Smith
by George A. Kelly. BuhS' attor-
ney. was cauStic Several times
Judge Cottcr warned attorney and
witness 10 stop arguing.
Smith said that. after the AL
legged shortage was discovered. he
was sent 70 New York by the com
paHY 10 talk with Buhs who was
there on business.
II didn't want 10 60 hut our
attorney insisted" Smith said
I'VE were afraid he would do
something 10 himself"
What do YOU know 81 his
mental attitude ." Kelly asked
THAT il had not been right
for some time" Smith replied.
II thought II was caused nv
business worries. We were so
concerned that our attorney in
structed me to call the police
II Buhs would not return 10
Detroit with me. He was willing
to come back, though"
HEADS 2D BREWERY
Smith admitted that he is also
president Of a hEeWerY- in South
Bend. Of which Alfred Epstein
is vice president. Epstein is preSi-
dent Of Pfeiffers. Smith said that
his hrother-in law is connected
with firm from which Pfeiffers
buys brewery equipment.
Kelly brought out testimony
that EpSteinS costly yacht was
maintained AZ the expense of the
brewery. that this arrangement
had never been passed upon BY
the board Of directors and that
stockholders were not aware OF
the expense.
THE directors all know il.
though" Smith said. They
agreed To have the upkeep from
the brewery, provided Epstein
tied up his money In the original
investment. The yacht Is used
for entertaining 10 get bust
ness"
CARRIED ON PAYROLL
Smith admitted knowing that
Grace Anderson. now Mrs. Ep-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-28
G rs HER N AN

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-28
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