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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
BY ERNEST FOSTER

The problem was TO make a hol-
low plaster statue OF lngrid Berg.
man that would 1T her so tightly
that she would seem to have be-
! come a statue.
II was for a scene In the Saliva.
| dor Dali-designed dream sequence
in Vanguards "Spellbound". The
studio called on Earl Ray. long
time expert in providing plaster
objects known in the film indus,
try as breakaways.
II was difficult enough TO con.
ceive such a statue. But to add TO
the dilemma the plaster had TO be
thin enough to break into thou
sands OF pieces when Miss Berg
man counted three and drew a deep
breath.
For Photographic purposes It was
necessary TO make the full body
OF the statue in one piece, includ-
ing the train OF the Grecian robe
worn by Miss Bergman. A face
less head was separate operation.
Ray and six men worked five
weeks experimenting with this sta
tue and duplicates for rehearsal
purposes.
The original model was achieved
by sprinkling layers OF thin, wet
plaster on a duplicate Grecian robe
worn by Miss Bergman's stand-in,
Betty Brooks.
Miss Brooks stood motionless for
the nearly two hours required for
the repeated sprinklings and dry
ings.
The master cast was made from
this form. But then the trouble be-
gan. The same meticulous sprin-
king of individual layers OF plaster
was necessary.
Sometimes the MASTER was too
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
GIVEN FOUR YEARS

Detroit-After denying her per-
mission TO change her plea from
guilty TO innocent, Federal Judge
Edward J. Moinet sentenced Mrs.
Mariana von Moltke yesterday to
four years in prison for espionage
conspiracy. Mrs. Won Moltke, wife
OF former Wayne University pro-
fessor, was arrested on presiden-
tial warrant as an enemy alien on
Aug. "a, 1943, and was charged with
furnishing a spy ring with foreign
and domestic mailing addresses.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
STAGE and SCREEN

thin and ran down into the folds.
Then again IL was too thick and
didn't spread at ali.
Dried statues crumbled when
lifted from the cast because they
were too thin. Others refused TO
break under tests because they
were too substantial. Final indig.
nifty came when the first perfect
specimen, drying in the sun. was
broken into bits by a small board
blown by a vagrant gust of wind
The perfect statue that Ray
finally achieved was three-six.
teenths OF an inch thick. From
then on he had the secret, and It
was simple TO complete 23 other
statues Of Miss Bergman.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
"School of ReIIaion"


The committee which had prev
iously been appointed to set up the
program for the School of Reli-
gion" met Monday evening with the
pastor. Plans were laid for such
a school to begin January IL and
meet Thursday evenings each week
for seven weeks which will termin-
ate February %. These evenings
will begin with Fellowship supper
at Z p. m; study hour at 500;
sound pictures of interest to begin
at 900. The evening program clos
ing at 9:45. There are to be four
separate groups. A nursery will be
provided TO care for the small chill
dren of adults who wish to partici-
pate in the program. Mrs. Lomas,
Mrs. Staebler and Mrs. Wright
will have charge of the nursery.
The various committees Of the w.
S. C. S. will supervise the suppers
and provide one hit dish, coffee and
sugar and cream, sandwiches and
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16

There were drugs for animal para.
sites, such as quinine for malaria,
and ipecac for amebic dysentery,
but these did not strictly come
within the definition of bacteria.
Just about the time | was gradu-
ated salvarsan, or COS, was intro
duced and later the genius of Paul
de Kruif gave it the name of the
magic bullet. because it was bull
let that killed only the harmful
germ of disease and did not injure
the tissues Of the host in which the
germ was imbedded. Still COG was
also directed against an animal
parasite rather than a bacterium.
Discovery of Sulfa
Then we all remember the ex-
element of the sulfa drugs about
ten years ago. They did affect bac-
terra, not animal parasites. Their
particular affinity of tirulence was
against the streptococci group in
cluding the pneumococci so their
use was, and largely still is, linn
tied to pneumonia and blood poi
'oning.
Then came penicillin. One
thought at the time Of the an
nouncement of the good effects
that there was hardly any place
for penicillin. The sulfa drugs
seemed to be doing such good
job. At first it was announced
that penicillin was valuable only
against the staphylocci groups
those which cause boils and car
buncles and localized pustular in
fections, but OF late it has been
found that it is valuable against
a wide range of infections.
Still the research and new dis
coveries go on. The latest an
nouncements concern a substance
called streptothricin. tits stillin the
experimental stage, but it seems
to be antagonistic to still another
group of germs, the typhoid-ba-
cillary dysentery-colon bacillus
group which causes disturbances
mostly in the intestines.
Experiments With Streptothr..
The history Of the substance
dates from 1941 when Wakeman,
of the New Jersey Agricultural
Station, isolated a substance from
the soil, streptothrix. It might
seem to a casual non-scientific
reader that these discoveries just
happen, but there is hard work
involved. Streptothricin, for in
stance, is absorbed on charcoal
from a fluid culture medium from
which it can be recovered by dilute
acid. Behind that fairly simple
sentence then lies hours and prob
ably weeks and months of hard
work, of trial and error.
After it was isolated q long
series of experiments had to be
made to find out what it would do.
The exact dilution at which it
would operate best had to be found.
Experiments on culture media
showed it had an inhibitory action
on the kind of bacteria mentioned.
But would it work in vivo-in a
living animal? That could only be
found by animal experiment which
was carried out in mice. Finally it
was tentatively tried out on pa
tients.
The experiments, as / have indi-
Gated, are still going on. 1t is not
yet ready to put on the druggists
shelves. But the fact that this new
discovery in the tradition of the
great triumphs of chemotherapy
during the past decade indicates
that we may expect more such dis
coveries in the near future
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Today's Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
Todays birthday child 10 INTEL
lectual. capable and discerning.
fond Of good literature. You are
a convincing and fluent talker.
You have q deep and spiritual ma
ture. are orthodox In your views.
and spend little time In unknown
fields. Your love Is strong and
deep. and you will receive a true
devotion In return. In your next
year. dificulties. doubts and per-
plexities will beset you, In spite
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
THEY SAY

Washington-William H.. Davis,
chairman OF the War Labor Board,
asks President Roosevelt to relieve
him of his duties: II always regard
ed my 9th birthday as the mile
stone In life at which I'd slow
down and do something regarded
as recreation"
New York-Mrs. Franklin d.
= oosevelt "Today's youth must
make this nation an instrument to
serve the good OF the world"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
PAc EuNDS Used

Detroit--A contribution OF $4,000
by the CIO Political Action Com
mittee supplied the bulk OF S6,633
campaign fund for Edward ]. Fry.
unsuccessful Democratic candidate
for Governor. statements filed with
the Wayne County clerk showed
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
DECLARED MlsTRIAI

Detroit-A gambling conspiracy
case involving nine defendants was
declared a mistrial Wednesday by
Recorders Judge Arthur E. Gordon
because of what he termed highly
prejudicial" accounts in two De.
troit newspapers Of statements by
Prosecutor William Z. Dowling.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Half Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

The elected officers Mrs Mary
Twist chief cleaner Mrs Mary Court vice chief cleaner Mrs
Sadie Dixon chaplain A Wilbur secetarytreasurer; E. r.
Pebon Mrs Earl Pettibone
conducress Lee Wilbur guard James Court outer
guard.
Local winners in the home lighting essay contest held under
the Detroit Latham, first
prize, $40 in gold; Ellen Pray. second $40 in gold.
Births Mr. and Charles Cleary Thomas Weaver
Petersburg Fla To Clifford Reynolds daugh
ter. Marjory Alice at Boyer hospital
Marrage Miss Hazel Clare Ford daughter
Clyde Herbert Kirby The brides mother was form
erly Miss Bertha Bennett.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16

desert to be brought IN as we'll as
table service for the family.
Stony Greek Church and COM
munity are to be guests of the
Willis Church throughout this pro-
gram.
Courses offered and instructors
will be announced later.
Bo-nard Lomas and friend. Miss
Thompson, Albion College. visited
his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Percy
Lomas, the latter part of the week.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Fifty Years Ago

Ypsilan Grange enjoyed discussions Campbell
THE Work Of the Reformer its Necessity
Encouagemens, and on "Of What Experiment
Farmers" by Mrs N. c. Carpenter
When house across from the Normal School fire.
students rushed out and carried the furniture to safety
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16

BY 1943, there were 81 L. s.
shipyards able to produce ocean
going merchant vessels.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
One-Mlnute Test

1. With what products are these
states most commonly associated
Washington. Idaho. Pennsyl-
vania7
2. How many main branches
are there In the U. s. govern
ment7
3. What. English nobleman
wrote famous letters on manners
and customs to his SOM
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Hints on Etiquette

After a death In a family. calls
Of sympathy are not returned. as
a general thing.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Plan Supper

PIan supper
The Offlcial Board OF the Willis
Church has revived the idea OF re-
modelling the church and a plan
for a big supper and very worth
while program was arranged for
January 5. Anyone interested in
rerlodeling the church and helping
inc anvassing the community is TO
begin Thursday and work through
the remainder OF the week. The
members OF the Board OF Stewards
were divided into teams and the
community divided in FIVE districts.
Mrs. Hazel Garrod, Mrs. Katherine
Wright. Mrs. Mae Cox, Mrs. Flea
nor Minnick and Mrs. Pearl Cox
are captains OF the teams. Assist
ants are Mrs. Maxine Miller, Harry
Sparrow, Robert Cox, Lena Staeb-
ler and Esther Anderson.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Plan Prodram

The combined Youth Fellowship
OF the Stony Creek and Willis
Churches met at Willis Sunday
evening. Dorothy Bunton led the
worship service very efficiently.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Willis News
ENJOY SUPPER

ENJOY SUPPER
Willis, Mich, Nov. 1.-THE An
nual Fair and Swiss steak supper
put on by the w. S. C. S. Wednes-
day was successful affair al
though there was not as large q
crowd as in previous years.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16

OF financial gains. Sudden up
heavals threaten. Guard your
speech and actions. restraining
unwise impulses In love and busi-
ness. Born today a child will be
very clever. but somewhat abrupt
and likely TO be misunderstood. at
times. Success In portended and
legacles are probable.
One-MInute Test Answer
1. Washington. apples, lumber:
Idaho, potatoes; Pennsylvania,
coal, steel
2. Three: The executive, legis-
lative and judicial.
2. Lord Chesterfield.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-16
Word. OF Wisdom

Great grief makes sacred those
upon whom its hand is laid. Joy
may elevate, ambition glorify, but
only sorrow can consecrate.-
EcrsSe Greeley.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
CHURCHILL
 VISITS WITH U s TROOPS

LONDON March 24, (APt-Win- ston Churchill paid a surprise vis- it to the American Airborne troops on an English countryside and voiced a deed feeling, when telling them they would som have the opportunity of landing on soil in Nazi occupied Europe.
 In h,s company were General Dwight Eisenhower, It. General Bradley, Maj Gen Lewis Brer- eton, commander of the U. s. 9th. Air Force.
 Churchill witnessed a colorful spectacle of many hundreds of American s,srsroopers leaping from swift rolling waves of planes onto the green English fields a few hundred yards from the re- viewing stand.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
BLACK SEA F0RT|F|E D

LONDON, March "A, AP)- , Turkey advanced reports that German reinforcements were be- ing rushed to all points on the Roumanian and Bulgarian ports on the Black Sea, which indicated the possible beginning of a full scale occupation of all Roumania.
 This may be a last ditch stand in Hitler's defense strategy against the advancing Russian armies.
 Turkey herself is said to be casting an anxious eye over the extensive German troop move ments throughout eastern Europe.
 An Istanbul dispatch said, Il had been learned that the Ger mans were in full control of ev- cry Roumanian and Bulgarian city on the Black Sea.
 All local troops under the com mand of Nazi officers were using every available boat and barge on the Danube to move troops and materials.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
FLORENCE FREIGHT YARDS BLASTED

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, MA PLIES, March 24, CAP-Today brought two new bomber blows against enemy supply lines in Nor thern Italy at Florence and Padua, was announced by Allied head quarters, as heavy fighting con tInued.
 There was no enange n the situation at Cassno.
 American Marauaers were out n force yerterday and olassed Campo di Mare freight yards, the largest in the Florence area. It was not hIJ In the tlcs. attack on Florence on March U.
 Reconnaissance showed great destruction, and smoke rose 90OOft.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
RUSSIANS ADVANCE ON .PRUT RIVER

MOSCOW, March 24, AP)-The Russian troops were within sight of the Prut river from the heights fifteen miles away and continued their advance through Bessarabia through the first foothills in the Carpathian Mountains. The Prut River is part of the boundary of the Roumanian border and key point. in the strategy of north eastern Roumania. Marshal Konev's second Ukrainian army is repodted increasing it's pace in its advance toward Prut and on to firmer and higher ground.
 The German communique said Grim defensive fighting against superior Soviet forces continues
 The Germans asserted they had repuisad other Russians in the northwest at Kovel, B miles from the Cursor line in Old Poland.
 The Red army also reported they made advances in the south east at Vitebsk in White Russia, and also on two sides of the isol- ated Crirnea with strong forces.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
VETERANS
 TO HAVE
 PREFERENCE

WASHINGTON, March 24,LAP)- Legislation is under way to give war veterans, both men and wo- men preference in filling govern, ment jobs. This act would give service men and women 5 to 10 points additional in the grades they make when taking their civil service examinations.
 It also requires veterans names to be placed on the top of these lists of those eligible for the pos- ltion, even if non-veterans made the higher grades.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
.BOMBERS HIT
 A[TAPE

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Sw. PACIFIC. March 24. CAP)-Fifth Army arforce bombers and fight CTS were intent on making Jap held northern New Guinea help less on both land and sea. They pressed on gun positions, shipping and grounded planes in the Wewak base area.
 Attacks Wednesday cantered arocnd Muschu and other islands off Wewak where the bulk of the enemy's shipping was found, They also destroyed two freight CTS totalling 250O tons. Airmen also smashed z smaller vessels, and g barges.
 General MacArthur's communi- que said that a powerful fleet )f Liberators and medium bomb ITS and Boston attack planes .wept the coast at Aitape, go miles .ast of Wewak, with 2sO Sons of bombs. Eight heavy gun posi- ions were destroyed and number of parked planes and buildings.
 The enemy offered no aerial resistance. No planes were
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
APPLIES FOR NEW AIR ROUTE TO NOME

WASHINGTON, March 24, tAP) -Chris1opher Abbott, president of the Prairie Airways Alliance, aplied to the Civil Aeronautics board for authority to operate an air service between Great Falls, Montana and Nome, by way of Lethbridge, Edmonton, Fort St.
 John, Whitehorse and Fairbanks.
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The Nome nugget., 1944-03-24
LONDON GETS ANOTHER
 HEAVY RAID

LONDON, March 24, (AP)-Nazi fire raiders dropped incendiaries in some sections of London early Friday morning in a short attack on the capital causing the third alarm in three nights
Evening star., 1944-10-30

Mindanao Sea, had attempted to
pass through the Surigao Strait and
met the 7th Fleet in a night action
October 1924. AS announced by
the commander in chief, Southwest
Pacific area, all units of this enemy
force were sunk or decisively de-
feated.
Carrier Planes Launched.
On October "a carrier aircraft of
the Sd Fleet were launched against
the crippled and damaged enemy,
fleeing westward through the
Subiyan Sea. Damage done to the
enemy during the retirement of the
enemy forces through the San Ber-
nardino Straits by the combined
efforts of the Sd and 7th Fleets and
shore-based aircraft of the South
west Pacific area included one
Mogami class cruiser sunk off
Mindoro Island, one Noshiro class
cruiser sunk south of Mindoro
Island, one battleship possibly sunk
and three other battleships and
three other cruisers further dam
aged.
The total damage inflicted on the
japanese fleet during the period
October 22-27, 1914. included:
Sunk-Two battleships, four car
rlers, six heavy cruisers, three light
cruisers, three small cruisers or large
deStroyers, six destroyers.
Severely damaged and may have
sunk: One battleship, three heavy
cruisers, two light cruisers and
seven destroyers.
Escaped in damaged condition: !:
Six battleships, heavy cruisers. l
llght cruiser and 10 destroyers.
During the same action the losses
sustained by United States naval
forces were one light carrier
tPrinceton), two escort carriers, two
destroyers, one destroyer escort and
. few lesser craft.
The follwing battleships seriously
damaged at Pearl Harbor took part
in these actions: West Virginia.
Maryland. Tennessee, California and
Pennsylvania. The new carriers
Evening star., 1944-10-30
D. c. Area Men
Return on FurIough
From Overseas

In keeping with the troop rota-
ton plan, rs District area men
have been returned here on fur
lough. The branch and length OF
overseas service for these men fol-
low:
Pacific Thesfer
sE serf monhs nSn e. vtS R9sss. *. n.4ns Gls street
Manassas. Va. "a months With the tie in.
!. ColDl; Myron ?: Howard. sa5 South
the QuaItermasteI Corps;
sss D:s:;s s.ss. s1 1s.s0s ss,A: asas .is .s
.ns Ises: 'aaa1.s sssst. Earl ;. Moore. ss,, FOR
:, Teen: az John = Bsloskl. III r.s.
Maple street, alexandria, 45 months with
corpI Tbomss OiHsb AHubbard. 1850 univefsit,
place NV, 20 months with the Marine
;, corpl, Roland T. Biscoe. $40 T stree.
Ne, 20 months with the Marine Corps.
Roue 4 "a sSsa stson sasans I onth. ss
with the Sisnal Corps.
-, Stan serEt. Frank Porceili. 1923 West
Ordnance Corps.
Mediterranean Theater.
Tech. 40 RAYMOND H. Tyler. s10l5
Ixsnty-second . K street NV, Is months
Pvt. Richard D. Hooper, 916 Twenty
fourth street NV. 22 months with Tank
storekeeper 2lc John w. Savage. 3s41
Legation street NV. 10 months with the
Navy.
Corpl. Laurence Troeger, 1928 Third
street. NE, % months with the Medical
First It. Eugene A. La Mar. Ala Eisht-
zenith street NE, months with the
air force
Tech sergt. Bernard Tatelman. 745
Eleventh. street Sc, IL months with the
sergt. Sylvester A. HAYNES, 2so2 o.
street NV, 2s months with the Corps
Pfc Chaues Trumbo, 1870 Eishteenth
street NE, 30 months with the infantry.
European Theater.
Pfc. Eugene r. Corrado, 1888 Morse
street NE, "a months with the Marine
First 1t. Meyer Tupler. 1923 Concord
Stan sergt: Floyd M. schlauch, 37l2
Twenty second street NE, months with
Tech. serst. David M. Logan. 231 Seven
teenth street Sc, months with the air
:. First 1t. Charles B. Earnhart. 1872.
Rhode Island avenue NV, 33 months with
the air force.
American Theater
Corpi. Glenn Dilley. 1919 M street Sc,
10 months with the Ordnance Corps;
street SW e IA months fsmsh With fi the Aaiun iro
tant Generals Department.
First Sergt. p. P. Panacopoulous. 1901
Thirty third street NV, ~ months with
the Tank Corps.
Evening star., 1944-10-30
Maj, Bong, in Fight
Over Leyie, Bags
SD and SD Planes
~ the Associated Press.


AT A LEYTE AIRFIELD, Oct. 80.
--Gunnery lessons which Mai. Rich
ard I. Bong learned in the United
States paid dividends yesterday
when Americas top-ranking fighter
ace chalked up his 32d and 33d
victories.
The victories were scored by the
Poplar (Wis.) pilot less than y
hours after his arrival at this base
with the first land-based planes in
the Philippines. He scored his 31st
victory less than three hours after
his arrival.
Maj. Bong's last two tallies were
scored when three Japanese fighter
bombers swept toward this airbase
yesterday morning. Maj. Bong man.
aged to get his Lightning in the
air just as the enemy approached.
He gained altitude, engaging one
of the three which had not yet
made its strike.
In furious moment of jockey
ing for position, the Japanese pilot
jettisoned his bomb which struck
the planes tail, tearing it off with
out exploding. The plane crashed
into the water so Maj. Bong got
credit for No. 80 without firing a
shot.
Turning to one of the other two,
Maj. Bong picked it up after another
Lightning pilot had missed a pass.
After a vicious dogfght Maj Bong
sent the Jap plane aflame into the
sea only after one of the two
engines on his own Lightning had
been shot out, forcing him to come
in on one engine for the first time
in many combat missions.
Evening star., 1944-10-30
Text of Ninitz Communicate

| more than $50 enemy aircraft were
shot down. Our losses, on which
exact figures are not yet available,
were light. In this attack the car
rler Princetons magazie blew up
and the ship was so badly damaged
that she had to be sunk by our own
forces.
Also on the afternoon of October
% land-based Navy search plane
discovered the presence of an enemy
carrier force approximately 200
miles off Cape Engano of Northern
Luzon, heading south. This force
consisted of II warships, including
large carrier, belived to be of the
Zulkaku class; three light carriers
OF the Ghitose and Zuiho classes.
two battleships of the Ise class with
light decks aft. a heavy cruiser of
the Mogami class, light cruiser
OF the Noshiro class, three cruisers
OF the kiso class and six destroyers
Sd Fleet Heads Northward.
10 meet this serious threat, the
commander, Sd Fleet, concentrated
several of his carrier task groups
and started northward at high speed
for a dawn attack.
These units of the Sd Fleet
steamed north at full speed through
the night and caught the enemy So
completely by surprise on the NOM
ing OF October "a that there was no
effective air opposition. Later in the
forenoon enemy carrier aircraft
winch had been refueled ashore in
the Philippines few out to join their
ships which already had met dis
aster. The enemy planes arrived too
late to get into the fight and 2I
were shot down by our combat pa
trolls. In this action, the following
destruction was inflicted upon the
enemy:
Sunk. one carrier of the Zuikaku
class. sunk by carrier aircraft: one
light carrier of the Zuiho class. Grip
pied by carrier aircraft and later
sunk by the gunfi1e OF cruisers and
destroyers. Two light carriers Of
Chitose class, sunk by carrier air.
craft. One light cruiser or large de-
stroyer sunk by gunfire. One de-
stroyer sunk by carrier aircraft. One
cruiser was severely damaged by
carrier aircraft and was sunk during
the night by a submarine.
Damaged: One battleship hit bv
two to four torpedoes and MANY
bombs. One battleship hit by bombs
Three cruisers damaged by bombs
and gunfire. Four destroyers
bombed, straffed or hit by gunflre.
None of the Sd Fleet ships engaged
with the enemy carrier force were
damaged. The Sd Fleet in this
phase Of the action lost IL planes, 81
pilots and 10 air crewmen, all shot
down by antiaircraft fire. Before all
the damaged enemy ships could be
tracked down and destroyed the en-
gagement was broken on to proceed
to the assistance Of 7th Fleet carrier
escort groups then under attack Oh
Samar Island.
The enemy force OF battlesk3ps,