The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-05-16
Michigan in
Washington
By Esther Van Wagner Tutty

oJ Ettner van Waooher IurtJ
How does the President really
look since his vacation" Whiis
House reporters al over town are
being asked by politicians. many OF
whom hope we'll answer. He looks
Ike n
Rightly or wrongly. ! fancy my
self as an expert because ! have
.mperSonated the President for 80
many years in the stunt parties
about town, that | am keenly aware
OF the slightest change in his ap.
pearance I've reached the point
that when he doesn' look as robust
az usual, reach for an aspirin my
self. So. with some anxiety have
been watching his appearance twice
a week a. his press conferences.
SO tel my Republican question
ers much 10 their delight. "lIe does
not look as much Improved as eI-
pected after months summing in
the South" Already some OF the
sunhurn Is gone and the Roosevelt
grey toned skin IN emerging and
that's never healthy In appearance
The weak expression stu fingers
around his eyes
To me. The Presidents improved
condition Ia more apparent In his
revived pep and vigor in tho relish
he took out OF spanking tho press In
The handling OF the Montgomery
Ward story. His nerves are steady.
His laugh quick add ready. His
voice has strong ring 10 IT,.
No doubt about II. hs was far
from vel in that press conference
light after his attack OF bronchitis
His color was really bad then, and
f. shall never forget how his hand
trembled when he tried 10 Hight a
cigarette. hut he improved steadily
even before he took that month In
the South
SO for those v no ayidly watch his
health az IA political barometer Of
things TO come, II would bs safer TO
| concentrate on building up the po-
/ litical health Of his opponent
Some one handed me grocsrs
/ advertisement out OF a 1917 news
/ paper this week and I have felt
better about my weekly grocery
/ bill ever since Take lust these
/ three items Bread was ~ cents
and today's enriched loaf Ia but 10
cents. Eggs were 80 cents a dozen
and are now priced at - cents
. / MiFhigan haa
pound and todays price Ia 10
cents All OF this is sending con-
gratulations 10 OPA. tho most dis
cussed and cussed OF war agencies
At east nine. and probably more.
Michigan concerns can rejoice that
their products may mean survival
TO the man forced 10 bail out OF a
/ plane or abandon ship
These Michigan made war do.
/ vices, ranging from a small water.
proof match box TO the pneumatic
raft Itself. are on seml-public dis
/ play by the Air Sea Rescue Agency,
| proudly established under the
/ Coast Guard 10 stimulate mote and
more rescue inventions.
The rubber pneumatic raft, essen
/ tial TO rescue at sea is made In
MI Clemens by tho Covered Wagon
7 Company. This raft is no Model r.
Bettee quipped for light housekeep-
| ing than many a war brides home.
every need has been anticipated TO
sustain life
II the survivor is hurt. medical
supplies are all important. He may
reach into medical kit TO find the
, fannie acid 10 ease his burns. or
gesmicide solution TO prevent in
feetion. The former is made by the
lpJohn Company OF Kalamazoo
and the latter by the J. B. Ford
1 Company OF Wyandotte
Come storm and the raft be-
comes flooded. the men may bail
out the raft with the pump made by
the Blackmer Pump Company OF
I Grand Rapids.
Survivors say that fishing equip
ment is a tWo-iold blessing in pro.
yiding food 10 eat and helping 20
/ pass the monotonous hours. The
salmon eggs. produced by the Day
Bait Company OF Port Huron ia
called swell bait and n the fish
/ don happen 10 like II the men do.
! But since In the long run tho
| chances OF survival depend upon
attracting the attention OF passing
ships or planes. signalling devices
are OF paramount importance. 4
/ certain cartridge holder. made BY
the Eureka vacuum Company o,
Detroit. holds the Very light cart
i!dgss which loaded into Very
pistol can shoot colored balls into
the black Of the night
Then there Is the water proof
match box made in Gladstone by
the Marble Arms Manufacturing
! 4 ompany. the buoyant plastic ma
teriai made by Dow Chemical Co.
OF Midland, known as Styro soap
suds. and the skyloader p Ut
made by more than one Detroit firm
and containing an assortment OF es.
sentlals 10 be dropped by parachute
10 men stranded in deserts
These are but nine OF the hun
/ dreds OF inventions-of-rescue assem-
/ bed in few tucked away rooms in