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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Surgical Pad Quota
Only Half Completed

Mrs Owen Cleary has had word
from Ann Arbor that the emergen-
cy quota OF surgical pads which
are being made at the Rackham
Building in Ann Arbor is just one
half completed with 1000 still to
be made. The work will go on for
two weeks more and registrations
may be made as before at the Red
Cross office and transportation
will be provided by the Motor
Corps wednesday and Thursday
nights. January &c and q, and Feb
ruary . and 8. The cars will leave
from Charles McKenny Hall and
the Red Cross Office in the Legion
Home at ! o'clock.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Lewis left
Monday for ST. Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. Molly Mckenzie will occupy
the Lewis home while they are
gone. Mr.. and Mrs. p. L. Stein are
accompanying the Lewises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin G.. Klatt left
this morning for Milton Junction,
R. l, Wisconsin, with their little
girl. Alice Ann.
Joseph J. Forbes and daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Tompkins, Miss
Josephine Forbes, Mrs. Arthur
Nissly and children spent Sunday
with Mrs. Jane Forbes Bridgeman
at Flint.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
SLAMS MINUS AN ACE

MANY SLAMS are MADE by de-
clarers who lack an ace. simply
because it does not get used on the
very FIRST trick. Either the out
standing ace Is held by the part
ner Of the leader, who opens a DIFF
ferent suit. or else the holder OF
the ace fails to lay II down. He
holds to 1t for one Of two reasons
either the idea that 1t will be
ruffed, in cases where the suit is
long. or that. IL the suit Is short.
he will by its lead set up an honor
for the declarer and thus present
him with a needed trick.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
THE Willow RUN NEWS
Youth Club TO Have
Membership Cards

Membership cards will be dis
tributed at the regular business
meeting OF the War Youth Club
at the new Community Building.
Willow Run Village. tonight
There are now So members rang
ing between the ages OF Is and
II.
Officers are June Good, chair
man: Joyce Evans, vice chair
man: Rosemary Rodgers, secre-
tary: and Rex Brooks. treasurer.
Adult advisors OF the organization
are Miss Mary Ellen King, Mrs.
Paul Sampson, Norman Holben'
Russell Brown, and Roland
Schwandt,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Warrants Planned
For Fire SETTING

Because OF the increasing num-
Der of grass fires which are being
set, and because of the consider
able damage caused by two such
fires Sunday. warrants are being
ssued for persons setting such
fires, upon complaint OF the conser'
walton officer. or OF other law-en-
forcement officers, Washtenay
County Prosecutor Francis Kam-
man stated today.
Warrants are in compliance with
state law which provides that
any person starting a grass FIRE
without there being snow on the
ground is guilty OF a misdemeanor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
CHAM PIoN COW

ITHACA, n. Y.-lNS- Cornell
Blend Lady, a registered Holstein-
Friesan COW in the Cornell dairy
herd has just completed a years
official production record OF 704
pounds of butterfat and 1912
pounds of milk, nearly four times
the production Of the average dairy
COW in this nation. The record
was made on three milkings a day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Fine Points in Bridqe
sy SHEPARD BARCLAY

generally. Consequently, he bid to
prepare his side for a later sacrt-
Ace, il 1t seemed advisable.
Notice how that difference in
bidding influenced the opening
lead. At Table /, West laid down
his club A for one trick, and later
East got the setter with his
punched trumps. Where East had
bid clubs at Table 2. however.
West was afraid South could run
the opening club because his own
side held 80 many. He picked in.
stead the heart j.
South In that case was Walter
Beinecke, head Of the league and
one Of its best players. He won
that with the X, led the spade A.
returned with the diamond Q.
scored two more top trumps, then
led diamonds. On the third he dis
carded his only club, and on the
fourth, which East ruffed, the
heart 8. Consequently he got the
rest OF the tricks, losing only the
ruffed fourth diamond, and made
his contract.
To lead or not to lead an ace
against a small slam is quite .
question.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
PASSES EXAMINATION

John T. Fox, 1886 Sudbury, Will
low Run Village, maintaince man,
has passed his physical examina-
ton and expects to receive official
orders to report for Navy training,
within the next week, after which
he will have 81 days before report
ing for duty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
TO PRESENT PETITIONS

Detroit. Jan. 25-INS-P Petitions
bearing 100000 signatures Of per-
sons urging passage of the subsidy
bill were to be presented Michl-
gan senators and representatives
today by a delegation OF seven
men and a woman secretary VINO
left for Washington.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
TO TOUR DETRoI

Detroit, Jan. % ms Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt Is expected TO
visit war plants, inspect child-care
nurseries, and discuss interracial
problems before negro groups dur
ing her one-day tour in Detroit
tomorrow.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
York News
P.T.A. HOLDS MEETING

York, Mich, Jan. 25-Mooreyille
P,TA. held their January meeting
at the schoolhouse at 7 p. m, Fri
day. A penny supper was served
and a grab bag was enjoyed. AZ
ter the business meeting, a fine
program was presented by the chill
dren.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Rural Events
Ann Arbor
WEDNESDAY

Ann Arbor
WEDNESDAY
County annual meeting OF Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation, Ma
sonic Temple. 1880 p. m.
Salem
THURSDAY
Regular Monthly Meeting OF the
Federated Ladies' Aid, at the
church basement. Potluck Dime.
at noon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
EXTINGUIsH BLAZE

The Willow Run Area Fire De
partment extinguished small
blaze at 492S0 Geddes Rd Mon
day which was caused by a heated
smoke pipe being too close to
the floor. Estimated damage was
about SIS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Service Briefs

Mrs. William ]. Short, Jr., LOG
Arnet ST.. has left for Tucson, Ariz..
TO be with her husband who is in
the Army Air Corps. Mrs. Short
formerly was Miss Pauline Kramer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25

Mr. and Mrs. Nernum Underwood
and grandson Ralph Yohn. spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Truitt az Royal Oak. Mr.. FRUITS
brother. Leon. noted commercial
artist who studied at Chicago In.
stitute OF Arts and the Carnegie
Institute OF Technology, Pitts.
burgh, died in a ST. Louis, Mo-.
hospital, Saturday after an opera
ton.
Mrs. Harry Faulkner returned
Sunday from Pittsburgh. Pa. where
she was the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Peterson for a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hatch re-
turned Saturday from Tennessee
where they visited their son Lieut..
Willard Hatch who Is there on man.
euvers. Returning, they visited at
the home OF Mr., and Mrs. Max Col.
Inns. New Albany. Ind, and Miss
Alice Richards. Columbus, o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Directors Named

The election Of two social direc-
tors featured the meeting OF the
Lucky Numbers Club, held Sunday
evening at the Gilbert House. The
new directors are the Misses June
Dykman and Edna Frye. Following
the election a social evening was
spent in games and dancing with
% soldiers from the Willow Run
Air Base as guests. Hostesses for
the evening we're Miss Loraine
Hicks and Miss Mary Roy. The
main event OF the entertainment
was the Broom Dance" At the
close OF the program, lunch was
served.
Major and Mrs. VI. E. Reber,
who have been visiting IN the East.
left Ypsilanti Monday morning for
Salt Lake City and other places in
the West. They had visited Major
Reber's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. I. 4.
Reber In Hanover. Pa, and Mrs.
Reber's parents, Mr.. and Mrs, A. J.
Thibodeau. this city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Entertained For Friends

EHtcTIdlNeu FOT FTlcnOa
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Ganong en-
tertained Saturday evening for Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Hamlin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Agner OF Milan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlan Holcomb. Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Loyal Kanitz. Progressive
euchre was played and prizes were
won by Mrs. Kanitz, Mr.. Hamlin,
Mrs. Hamlin and Mr.. Agner. Mrs.
Ganong served a delicious lunch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Draper were
Sunday dinner guests OF their son
and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Draper and son, Ypsilanti.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Ganong and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Holcomb spent
Friday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolph Gross, Lodi Township.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Gilbert left
Thursday for Excelsior Springs,
Missouri.
Joseph Smith OF Brownsville,
Texas, returned Sunday to visit
his son, Ray Smith, and family.
Misses Gertrude and Marion
Bunce, Dundee, have been visiting
their sister, Mrs. Albert Loesch
and family, the past week.
Rex Kanitz was able TO return
to Mooreville School Monday, after
several weeks illness.
Mrs. Garth Sangree who has
been Ill the past four weeks is
better.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25

Ths Ypsilanti Daily Press
wishes all subscribers to re-
ceive their papers regularly
and promptly. In case or poor
or non-delivery OF the Daily
Press phone the Press Office
at 40 before s p. m. or . p. m.
Saturday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25

The frst sequence Is the bid
ding at one table Of a recent
championship tournament Of New
York's Inter-Club Contract league.
East did not feel strong enough
10 over-call the opening heart bid
at the range Of two. Al the other
table, the artificial club was be-
ing used by North-South, 20 East
was tipped of at once that North
had a hand which was powerful
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
Luncheon In Ann Arbor

The regular monthly luncheon
for all Red Cross workers IN the
county will be held in Ann Arbor
at North Hall on Friday noon at
~ o'clock.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-25
q A Q
"a Q 8
= 10 o 8 7 2
- G 4

Dealer. South. Both sides vul-
nerablc)
How would you try to make B.
No Trumps on this deal II West
leads the heart 107
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-28
LOST & FOUND

LOST-Black purse with yellow
Upper. Contains personal effects
and billfold with sum Of money.
Call O423M. Reward. (2954B)
FOUND Serviceman'S bracelet.
Alt It'll Street.
LOST-Brown leather wallet con-
tanning about $40. Joe Boggis,
1912 Spruce st. Reward. (2946B)
LOST-Ladies Bulova WriStwatch
Wednesday afternoon on Biddle
Avenue. Engraving on back. Phone
4355J. Reward. (2929B)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-28
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Little boys black and white
Spitz dog. Please return to 633
North Drive. Reward. (2934B)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11
Robin Hood in Modern Dress

THE amazing criminal
career of 24-year-old
Daniel Jos-called Eng
lands modern Robin Hood
came to a climax in a
London court the other day
when the culprit was SEN
fenced to Jail after confess
ing that he had hoodwinked
some of Britain's leading
jewelers. and rare art deal
erS out of more than $780,
600.
The resemblance between
JOS and Robin Hood, how
ever, ended right there. He
was no Fighter of wrongs.
The suave and nimble-wit.
ted crook went in for his
light-fingered work just for
the thrill of 1t. 1t SO hap
pened that the lucky per-
sons who got a part of his
swag were hard pressed
London refugees.
When the exploits Of the
young man, a former Polish
soldier, were related In
court, the flabbergasted
Magistrate, J. B. Sandbach,
said:
eff these facts had been
put into the form of a novel
and submitted to publish
ers, I don't suppose anyone
would have printed them,
for the story would be con-
sidered too fantastic"
Jos-hiS real name was
JoskowitZ Joined the Po-
liSh Army in 1910 and
came to Britain. In May
of 1871, he was sentenced
BY a court-martial to eight
months Imprisonment for
fraud. His term up, he was
discharged from the army.
1t was then that he launched
upon his spectacular career
OF crime.
In some manner still I'M
known to the police, the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11

former soldier got hold of
a good-sized financial stake.
He dressed up in the best
Of clothes, posing as a Swiss
millionaire. In this man.
ner, he gained the conf
dence OF art dealers and
jewellers.
On one occasion, accord
ing TO court testimony, Jos
obtained six loose diamonds
on approval and sold four
of them back to a jewel
merchant who shared the
same office with the victim
Of the sly trick. ---
Another time he left a
prominent art dealer hold
ing the bag for over $4,000
in rubber checks. Invari-
ably he chose victims who,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11

because of professional
embarrassment, were not
likely to report their loss.
AS fast as he raked i'm
the money, he spent nearly
$1,000 a week on himself.
The rest he gave to char
tiles and to Polish refugees.
Throwing champagne
parties for the needy was
one of his favorite amuse-
ments. Sponsoring st-ug-
Cling theatres was another.
Although Joss attorney
tried TO liken his client TO
Robin Hood. Judge Sand
bach was unimpressed. He
sentenced the young Pole to
II months Imprisonment
and recommended his de
portation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

Girls appeared from small houses and softly in.
vited their prospects inside. Rickshaws drew up
silently TO secluded gardens, and tiny Chinese
girls with faces like masks posed like flowers
for their lords.
Now the Special Service Battalions of the Nip
~ ponese army have practically taken over Law.
ender Street. Geishas Chinese Javanese and
Indian women clutter the houses, screaming at
the kissing troops, bowling low, for they do not
want bayonets through their lean ribs.
Opium, heroin and cocaine are Offered openly
and cheaply, for 1t is part of Jap strategy TO
stupefy the Chinese and all their enemies with
drugs until they become addicts and slaves
In the Singapore River the opium sampans
and curtain boats are easily found In them
men, and women too, lie in fetid hunks. smoking
the poppy or shifting cocaine not caring when
ne curtains are lifted and they are exposed 10
the grinning Jap soldiers
In fact, more than Nip officer has lost
face by the lifted curtain. and his rotund body
a befouled the Roads off Clifford Pier.
- And In secret kampongs TO which the grtnning
officers are led by obsequious renegades, sombre-
eyed island women perform solemn dances, and
slip kris into a Jap body whenever they get
4 chance.
To the north of the island the Naval Base is
working - hours a day Swiftly repaired, it is
used TO recondton the bomb and PIT shattered
hulls Of the NipponeSe navy.
Farther north, the tin mines provide fabulous
amounts OF that precious metal, and the over
worked laborers eye their new and triumphant
drivers with baleful eyes.
Malay rubber plantations. which supplied three
quarters of the worlds latex, MIXED as fast
as they can drip. But the Malay cutters wear
their krisses hilt out-and wait.
For the Malay has peculiar trait. When life
becomes too much for him he runs amok!
He is a happygolucky person with few de-
sires above women, Cockfighting and horse rae
ing and, OF course. his beloved betel box. But
ne is dignficd, sensitive and he never forgiveS
an insult the insulter.
The Japs who are for the first time conuuerors
in this beautiful land, have done little but brutal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

cotton-fletched darts of the Sakai blowguns will
flick down from the treetops and more OF them
will drop, bloating with poison, and die IN the
leech.infested jungles.
Then the taipans will return to Singapore
Raffles Hotel if it is still standing, will be furn
gated, and the rubber barons will complain oil
the odor while they sip their stengahs
The Cathay will be patronized as usual, ana
the Sultan of Johore If he is still alive will be
very gay about the damage done to his palace.
Then the rubber and the tin men Will
90 TO work with new feeling OF respect Tor
their Malay and Chinese workers.
And Singapore will gradually return to its for
mer splendor the glittering resort of the Orient
AAAYBE. For up the peninsula, just north of the
WI Malay territory in Siam. is the Kra isthmuS
For many years a canal has been planned
across that narrow neck of land, canal that
would save 600 miles to ships plying to the China
coast. II would reduce Singapore from the Gibral
tar of the Far East to third-claSs port.
The Japs worked hard to make that canal
1t is almost certain that with SiameSe labor
the JapS even now working on the canal.
II they have completed 1t, they have undermined
the most important seaport in the world.
1t is significant that KFa was chosen as the
crossing place for the attack Burma. In fact,
many think that we will follow the same course
in retaking that country.
When the Japs are driven back, as they will
be soon, the Kra canal will be in friendly hands
And Singapore will be nothing but charming
spot in which TO spend a short leave.
The second article of this series, appearing
week after next will tell how Bali natives got
revenge on their Japanese conquerors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

Then, one morning, Capt. Akasi was strutting
through the kampong sucking his teeth and
frowning heavily at the fawning market women.
rROT'FINCi towards him a young man with
] a sarong girded about his waist His turban
was Soiled with dirt and in his right hand was
a long. cleaning parang.
The parang is a useful weapon. Nearly
yard long il has an elaborate hilt and a
sharp steel blade. cunningly weighted at the end
and decorated with careful wavy water lines.
Capt. -Akasi observed this puffed his chest
a bit and looked with establishment at the
ket women who were crouching back from their
trays, screaming:
"Amok! Amok"
He noticed that Anak had a queer smile in
his flashing eyes and that betel juice stained his
working mouth. Then old woman stumbled
she sought 10 get out OF his way
Without change of expression or the slight
est tightening of that terrible smile Anak swiped
with his parang and the old woman dropped in
the bloodStained dust, her head almost severed.
A dog wandered across the empty street. The
parang flashed red and the animal screamed,
writing in the dirt.
Akasi looked around nervously. Bushido for.
bade him TO away, so with an uncertain grin
he drew his pistol and fired.
But the Japs are VIGOROUSLY bad shots. and
Anak came on that cold smile still in place upon
his pink. flecked lips.
Akasi fired again and the bullet plunked into
Anaks brown shoulder. But he did not stop, for
he on his way to death
Sweat stood out Akasis greensh face He
Shrilled orders:
Bale! Ballet"
But Anak did not go back
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20
Malay Betel-Nut
Seller. Sleepy
and Peace
Loving Until
Aroused.

Then A k a $ /
lost ace an d
turned to run. But
Anak was quick
er. The bloo d
streaked p ar ang
rose for the last
time and AkaSi
sprawled in the
dust, his round,
cropped head split
down the middle.
Then, and not
until then, a corn
passionate Will a.
ger lifted an
ancient m uZZle u.
| o a q e r a n d
speeded Anak Mu-
da TO his fathers.
That is ru n.
ming amok, and Il
is being repeated
in so many Malay
k a m p on gs that
the JapS dare not
leave { a m p un.
less armed.
And as I h @ y
retire at to the
north tn G silent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

ASA $3.50
At one time the
noble captain was a
houseboy in a wealthy
planters home in Sin.
gapore. He didn't
like TO remember that
and talked a lot about
buShido a n d honor.
He staggered about a
small. upland village
barking orders at all
an sun dry. He
barked too often at
one young Malay
named Anak Muda,
the datoh, or chief, of
the village.
He had thrown the
chief out of his BAN
boo stilted house. of
course. and laughed in
his face when he OBJ
jected. Other villagers
had o b s erve d this.
Then Akasi ordered
Anak's fighting cock
10 be killed and served
for his dinner.
Anak went away
into the jungle TO pom
der over his shame.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

lie and humble their enemies
Take the case of Captain Akasi
for instance
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-20

Then. one morning, Capt. Akasi was strutting
through the kampong sucking his teeth and
frowning heavily at the fawnng market women
Evening star., 1944-02-01

August, 1912. He Capt. blaiklock.
has been in the Aleutians since
November, 1912.
FORT BRAGG, N. C.-First 1t
John w. Downie, son of Mrs. Celia
Downie, 1863 Kalorama road NV,
recently was promoted to captain.
He attended Muhlenberg College,
Pa.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Mai.
Thomas E. Adams, Washington
architect, 2029 Connecticut avenue
NV, has been promoted to the rank
of lieutenant colonel in the Carib-
bean Wing Of the Air Transport
Command The son of Percy c.
Adams, 1919 Quesada street NV,
Col Adams was graduated from
Cornell University in 1882.
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa.-Capt.
Arthur J. Wondrack, formerly of 224
c street NE, has been advanced
from first lieutenant at the Army
Reception Center here, where he is
assigned as company commander of
Headquarters Company.
First 1t. Frederick w. Peos, jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Poos of
1925 North Albemarle street, Ar
lington, Va, has been transferred
to cavalry duty at Fort Riley, Kans
PACIFIC AREA.-Ensign Fred
erick l.. Gwynn, U. S. N. r., 3112
Northampton street NV, has been
promoted to lieutenant G. g.. He
is naval torpedo bomber pilot and
public relations and morale officer
of his squadron.
Pfc. Edward Anthony Armstrong
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Arm
strong, 1916 Kenllworth avenue N E.
has been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal in New Caledonia.
FORT BELVOIR, Va.-Clifton T.
Hunt, jr., son of Col. and Mrs. c. T
Hunt, 801 S. Pitt street, Alexandria
Va, and James D. Crammond, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E D. Crammond
1926 Calvert street NV, were COM
missioned second lieutenants upon
recent graduation from Engineer
OCS here.
COLUMBIA, S. C.-Corpl. Thomas
w. Hinnant, son of Mrs. John c.
Hall, 4600 Addison road NE, recent
ly received his silver wings from the
Army Air Force Gunnery School at
Las Vegas, New After a furlough at
home, ne reported here yesterday
for further flight training.