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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19
chat TER and
~ q Fact or two

Joseph Pulitzer became total
~ blind, but continued his work
as editor of one of New York's
leading daily newspapers. He
is the founder of the Pulitzer
Prize
The first English settlement In
the Bahamas was in 1929, on
New Providence island, on which
the town of Nassau is situated.
Probably for the first time IN
history, two brains in one dog
were discovered in a routine
rabies examination in 1943.
FENCING, according to a
writer, is good aid for better
health. Provided, of course, you
don't get stuck with it.
A Canadian newspaper prints
poem about spring. Which
proves we have not yet lost the
art OF day dreaming.
f.!
Russian farmers now grow
grapefruit. That country hos
Georgia and now seems deter.
mined 10 also have q Florida.
Budapest is not one city but
two and the blue Danube Is
really chocolate brown. Can't
say this war isn't making Us
educated.
That bull in the oxygen rent.
the news stories tell US about.
seems to have come a long way
from the old china shop days.
!
New Jersey wages q campaign
usaint we1sels, skvnks, foxes
and owls. The owl, being veY
wise, will now, no doubt, become
q migratory bird.
Yanks found a Japanese snow
pillow on a tropical island. TOTO,
II would appear, must have even
visualized a possible conquest Of
the South Pole.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19
Ono Minute Test

1. Where are the Bad Lands"
situated
2. Whose portrait Is shown on
the 500 War Bond2
3. What vas Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt's maiden name2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19
Hints on Etiquette

Try hard to overcome your
"sensitiveness." Sensitive peoples
are III hammered because they
make others uncomfortable.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19
Words Of MisdoIn

To be sincere with ourselves Is
better and harder than 10 be
painstakingly accurate with 9TH
ers.-ARnes peppher.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19

his youth Mr.. Huxley suffered an
attack of keratitis punctata which
left one eye just capable Of light
perception and the other with
about SO Of normal vision. He un-
doubtedly got the best Of medical
advice which evidently was dis
couraging as to any helpful treat
ment. But il seems TO me lesson
which all doctors should take to
heart, that this highly intelligent
man was never satisfied with
so dlscouraging a verdict, even
thougH he appreciated the reason
ableness of il.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19
Hall Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Ypslanu elected officers 1925
meeting Temple president A. Lewis vice president
Fisk; Dr. L. NJ James, financial
A. Cook; recording j. DELI trustees for
years, F. l. Gallup. T. L. Towner. L. H. Bentley Arthur
johnson, \ r.. Coklin and Mrs Fisk
been received birth a hoy Gilbert Sterling
and Nelson MaGraw. Detroit formerly this city
Fifty ears Ago
The given by Henry pnckey Superior the
dier monument fund netted s12
Mrs Hutchinson pleasantly surprised By
friends neghbors birthday made the
presentation OF a gift of a chair the group
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19
UNCLE SAM TO
HAND OUT 100000
EXTRA RED POINTS

The greatest vindfali Of extra
red points ever 10 going this
month, and each month follow
ing, to American housewives
throughout the country.
30 million extra red points, APP
proximately. viii be handed out
BY meat dealers to customers
who turn In used fats In Q great
Victory drive for this essential Of
medicines. gunpowder. synthetic
rubber. soaps, paints and q hun
dred other necessities on the
battlefield and home front. For
each pound OF fats turned In,
every housewife Is entitled to 2
red points.
The need for used fats Is stfIl
urgent. Women are urged TO save
every drop, every spoonful OF
grease possible and keep saving
until ANAL Victory over both
Germany and Japan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19

their hour Of need. Today good
Jupiter rays assist you to cement
friendship. as well as TO obtain
wise and experienced counsel. DO
not be extrsvagant In order to
cultivate desirable acquaintances.
Congenlal companions should be
content with your mere presence
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19
Your Health
Eye Exercises
May Result i'm
Some Benefit

A YEAR or so ago Mr.. Aldous
Huxley turned from the writing OF
almost fawless modern novels TO
boost the methods of Mr.. Bates
for the improvement of vision. In
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-19

oue-Minute Test Answers
I. In western United states,
largely in the Dakotas and Wy.
cming
2. Grover Cleveiands
3. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Evening star., 1945-09-30
W. \ZZ':; i s. ):
CAMERA STROLL.

CAMERA STROLL.
National Capital Parks, in Ma
nonal Geological Park, meet at duck
pond near Harvard street entrance
2 pm. today.
DANCE.
United Nations Girls, National
Press Club auditorium, pm. today
EXHIBITS. ,*t's
Autographs and drawings by John
Steuart Curry, division of graphic
arts, National Museum, Smithsonian
Institution, 9 am. to 4:30 pm. today.
Howard Conant and William
Whitney drawings and paintings.
Public Library, Eighth and K streets
NV, 2 to pm. today.
Franz Werfels original manu-
scripts through October and Pa
cific war photographs through Oc-
tober 26, Library of Congress, Gam.
to 10 pm. Monday through Fridays,
9 am. to 6 pm. Saturdays and
11:30 am. to 10 pm. Sundays.
Encyclopedia Brittanica collection
OF contemporary America paintings
through October IA, and postwar
plans for Washington through Oc-
tober 81, Corcoran Art Gallery, noon
to 4:30 pm. Mondays, 9 am. to 4:30
pm. Tuesdays through Saturdays,
and 2 to 5 pm. Sundays.
New acquisitions in Rosenwald
collection, National Gallery Of Art,
10 am. to 6 pm. weekdays and q
to 10 pm. Sundays, through Oc-
tober 81.
Japanese and German surrender
documents, war documents, papers
and museum pieces of late President
Roosevelt and Admiral Perry pa
pers, National Archives, 8:45 am.
to Sis pm. weekdays, and 1880 to
5 pm. Sundays, through November.
MUSIC.
Sylvia Zaremba, pianist, National
Gallery of Art, 8 o'clock tonight.
MUSHROOM WALK.
NCP, walk around Rock Creek
Park, meet at Sixteenth and Con.
cord avenue NV, 3 pm. today.
FOR SERvICEMEN..
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater, open house for men and
in service, to S pm. today
Tonight: Kavakos restaurant show
367th ASF Band of Fort Belvoir
and Capitol Theater acts.
Sightseeing tour through Mount
Vernon. leave USO Club, Eighth and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, 2 pm.
,oday.
Officers: Dinner and dance, ON
GERS Service Club of United Ma
ions, 6 o'clock tonight.
Service personnel may obtain
more information by calling the
United Nations Center, National
1900. or any of the following USOs;
Republic 1927, Executive 0428, Ma
,ional 3431. or National O614. Col
bred personnel may call USO, De-
catur 1854, or War Hospitality, De-
,atur 7768.
Evening star., 1945-09-30
BrasweI, FSA Official,
Gets Southern Co-0p Post

Marcus B. Braswell, director of the
rural rehabilitation program of the
Farm Security Administration, has
been appointed personnel director
for the Southern State Co-opera-
tive. with headquarters in Rich
mond, it was announced yesterday.
The cooperative is a wholesale pur-
chasing organization serving 49,
300 farmer-members in Virginia
West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland
and Delaware.
A native of Whitakers, N. c., Mr..
Braswell graduated from the Uni
gersity of North Carolina and taught
science at the Rocky Mount IN. c.
High School before he joined the
FSA II years ago. He has served in
numerous programs of the FSA.
Gold Star Mothers Doy
National Gold Star Mothers day
will be observed with services at
l pm. today at the Tomb OF the
Unknown Soldier.
Evening star., 1945-09-30
Ls.IuRovfR

472S Bethesda Ave. Wis. 6622
Bethesda, Nd.
Evening star., 1945-09-30

EnssU-D dlaG Dtssd
This Is . naicroscopic visv
Of blood nch in sassu
eismsnts. Here are biG.
plentifui red cells that
carry oxygen 10 rslsass
energy TO every mssselA
limb, tissue.
Evening star., 1945-09-30

Satiny textured
cream that helps
give you . softly
glowing. youthful ap-
pearance. Helps keep
the skin smooth and
plant. Get In 4
supply at this ex-
= ceptionaily low price.
Evening star., 1945-09-30

Made Of block alumni
mum, precisi oned,
compact, utifully
deaisI1ed, sm o o t h.
rounded edges, one
hard operation, truly
dependable. Attrac--
lively boxed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
Reprobatus Becomes
St. Christopher
Answers Christ's Call

Reprobatus was a young giant
whose heather PHILOSOPHERS prompt
ed him to desert one master after
another whenever he found mas
ter stronger than the one he then
served.
Noticing that the mighty Pharaoh
feared Satan, Reprobatus deserted
Pharaoh to serve Satan; perceiv-
ing that the Devil himself was star
tied by the cross, he left the services
Of Satan and went IN search of
Christ.
When he refused to pray. he was
commanded to do penance and given
the task Of carrying travellers across
0 deep river.
On Christmas Eve Q Voice called
for Reprobatus and. answering the
summons, he found Q very small
child waiting to be carried across
the river. When he had placed the
little one upon his shoulder, the bur.
den Of his weight nearly bowed
Reprobatus to the ground.
"You are, indeed. as heavy as the
world" declared Reprobatus.
II created the world" replied the
child, II redeemed the world and
I bear the sins of the world"
Reprobatus was no longer a
heather giant: he was Christofera,
the bearer of Christ: as St. Chris
TOPPER, he is the Goliath of the
Saints, patron saint of all travellers:
his emblem is palm stem which
Christ babe him thrust into the soil
wherefore the date palm is said
to blossom and bear fruit at Christ
mas time.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

"First, | keep my present grade.
That means a lot.
2 "By reenlisting for 3 years l
& can pick my own branch of
service in the Air, Ground or
Service Forces, and can go to any
overseas theater | wish.
z Il get my mustering-out pay,
y even though I'm reenlisting.
Also, l get $50 year reenlistment
bonus for each year I've been in
the Army. My dependents receive
family allowances for the full term
of my enlistment. And I'll be
eligible for CT Bill of Rights bene-
fits when | get out of the Army.
4 "My food, clothes, quarters,
medical and dental care are all
supplied to me. And / can learn
any of 200 skills or trades in the
Army schools.
Z ''All of us who are reenlisting
" are going to have from 80 to
90 days furlough at home with
full pay and cur travel paid both
ways. And we'll have 80 days fur
Tough every year with pay.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

ing the Christmas season.
In 1916, John Calcott Horsley, Roy
al Academician, designed card
for Sir Henry Cole. Thus the GUS
tom of sending Christmas cards
seems to have been inaugurated-
although, even as far back as Queen
Anne's reign, it was customary for
children to write Christmas pieces.
Such christmas pieces" were speci-
mems Of handwriting with elaborate
ly engraved borders designed to rep
resent some current event or subject
studied by the children during the
year. and were sold in shops and at
bazaars until about 1910.
Christmas cards were introduced
into the United States during the
1S7Os by Marcus Ward and Company
Of London and for a short while the
English firm enjoyed a monopoly of
the market.
The name Of Louis Prang is out
standing in the History and develop
ment Of the modem Christmas card
industry. Mr.. PraH1g. an exile from
Germany following the revolution Of
184S, introduced the art idea into
American public schools via the
Prang method Of education. In 1874,
Prang invaded the Christmas card
field. Prizes were offered for the
best designs and perfected itho-
graphic processes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

by Jacob Riis, and sat down to de-
sign the first Christmas Seal for
America. With new design in hand,
Miss Bissell set out to get help in
putting her plan across. She en-
countered trouble from those that
could afford to help. Finally she took
her design to a small printer who
agreed to wait for his pay. She
talked with the postal clerks and
they said that they would assist if
the people would be advised that
the penny stamp would not carry
anything-that it was purely orna-
mental.
The printer turned out $4,000 of
the stamps-the people of Delaware
had begun to hear about tuberculo-
sis-and a Christmas Seal table was
set up in the Wilmington post office,
and the first Christmas Seal sale in
America was under way.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

PRESIDENT Truman going to do
about the General Motors strike?
That is one of the most inn
portant questions of the day here,
but so far the answers which are
offered are pretty much guess
work. The general opinion seems
to be that he will not enter into
the picture, for the time being,
on that particular strike or on any
individual strike, but he will try
to work out new and more tan
glble government policy regard
ing the whole problem of strike
settlement.
The President undoubtedly
hoped that the basis for a stronger
labor policy would come out of
the labor-management meetings
which have been taking place
here. But the inability of this
conference to reach any conclu-
sions agreeable to both labor and
management has merely re-em-
ohasized the need for government
to formulate solution of it's
own.
In the opinion of most labor
, experts here, the President will
be forced to propose a solution
perhaps in the form of suggest
led legislation to congress aimed
at preventing recurrence of ma
ior strikes. If the President does
not act, congress itself is apt to
take the initiative because of the
increasing public demand for
some constructive action.
A new black-market type rack
t, now being investigated by the
Office of Price Administration,
seems to point the need for con-
t!nued government supervision
over prices. This particular
racket concerns new automobiles.
The OPA has found that a group
of racketeers have obtained
quantity of early-dated purchase
contracts for new automobiles
and are selling them from 500
to as high as $500. In many cases
; the dealer who has issued the
contract is getting split of this
bonus"
OPA officials see opportunity
for a growing racket of this kind
in all types Of scarce products I'M
less adequate steps are taken to
police sales during the recon
version period.
The OPA has issued price cell
ings on new automobiles, which
are just slightly higher than 1912
prices, but it is pointed out that
these prices will mean nothing,
so far as the buying public is con-
cerned, unless this new plan for
circumventing the law can be
stopped.
4
Following a message from the
President asking for government
medical insurance, as we'll as a
giant acknowledgement hos
pital building program, congress
Immediately began to work on
the Wagner-Murray- Dingell bill,
which provides for the expendi-
ture of billions of dollars for
these purposes. The measure is
being fought avidly by the medi-
cal profession as "socialized med
icine," but it has the support of
labor union leaders as we'll as
certain consumer groups.
The new measure is, in reali-
/ ty, big extension of the present
social security act. It aims at
providing adequate insurance for
paying all of our major medical
and hospital bills-the money to
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
tuberculosis Seal
Idea Originated
In Copenhagen
Sale i'm America Resulted
In Big Life Saving.

It was busy afternoon just be.
fore Christmas in 1903 and piles
upon piles of holiday letters and
packages were pouring through the
post office in Copenhagen. A postal
clerk, Einar Holboell, expertly han.
died the letters and packages, and
as he did so, he pondered an idea
which was to have great effect upon
the destiny of millions of people in
the world.
This idea of Holboell's was to
mark the beginning of one Of the
strangest wars ever fought-a war
in which human lives were to be
saved, not sacrificed; in which
homes have been saved, not
bombed; one in which there can be
no armistice, no peace treaty. For
the worldwide war against tubercu.
losis is total war and final victory
will come only with the complete
eradication of the ancient enemy
which for centuries has been the
cause of more deaths than any con.
f1ict or pestilence in history.
BY 1907 the Danish Christmas
Seals were appearing on letters to
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
FLUSH KIDNEY URINE
Benefit wonderfully from famous
doctors discovery that relieves
backache, rundown feeling due
to excess acidity In the urine

People everywhere are finding amazing
relief from painful symptoms Of bladder
urine. DIR. KILMER'S SWAMP ROOT
acts fast on the kidneys to ease discomfort
by promoting the flow of urine. This pure
herbal medicine Is especially welcome
where bladder irritation due to excess
acidity is responsible for getting up at
nights. A carefully blended combination
of 16.herbs, roots, vegetables, balsam; DR..
Kilmer's contains nothing harsh, Is abe
solutely non-habit forming. Just good In
gradients that many people say have q
marvellous effect.
Send for free, prepaid sample TODAYl
that you did. Send name and address to
Department A, Kilmer 6t-Cok, Inc, Bog
1855, Stamford, Conn. Offer limited. Send
at once. AL druggists sell swsnp Root.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

Sgt. Joe III. Williams, son of
Mr.. w. A. Williams, of West JEFF
ferson, has received his honorable
discharge from the Army of the
United States through the Fort
Oglethorpe Separation Center.
Sgt. Williams has served 80
months in the European theatre of
operations as a squad leader in
the infantry.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

among christmas
customs and tradi-
ton - serving the
spirit of friendship,
echoing the prom
Use Of peace and
good will.
Reputedly the
first Oh S TIM a s
card, properly So
c allied, was dis
pa tc h ed in 1845
when w. c. Dob
son, one of Queen
Victoria's favorite
painters, sent lith-
ographed scenes
in scribed with
greetings to his
many friends dur
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

Spraying the bed mattress with
a suitable DOT preparation is
all that is needed for the control
of bedbugs, although a more gen
eral treatment of infested rooms
will eliminate the bugs sooner.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

be contributed by the people
through deductions from pay
rolls. How much the plan would
cost is still highly debatable is
sue, but the present plan would
call for probable addition of at
least 4 per cent to the amount
now deducted for social security.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
Pfc. Walter M. Elliott, of Yves

Jefferson, was honorably dis
charged from the Army Air Fore
es on November %. He entered
service on August II, 1912, and
took his basic training at Clear
water, Fla. His final assignment
was at Elgin Field, Florida, head
quarters of the Army Air Forces
Proving Ground Command. Pfc.
Elliott was employed by the j.
H. Myers Tie and Lumber Co.,
prior to entering the service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

The fourth grade, under the di-
rection of Miss Smithey, gave a
most interesting program in
chapel recently. The group did
a choral reading of the Tooth
Psalm, then Ann Day led the
prayer. This was followed by a
song, america, The Beautiful"
Interesting things about North
Carolina were told by the follow
ing: State Capitol, Joan Jones';
State Flag, c. H. Ireson; State
Capitol, Shelby Jean Vineyard;
State Motto, John Charles Ro-
land; Seal, Randolph Turner;
Flower, Billy Bare; Bird, JIG.
Calhoun; Toast, Joan Bare; Nick
name, Dolly Koontz; State Song,
Geneva Weaver.
This was concluded with the
state song, which was sung by the
group. A piano solo by Dolly
Koontz and a poem by Billy Joe
Dixon ended the program.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

E ''Any time after 20 years I
U can retire at half pay increas-
ing year by year to three-quarters
retirement pay after 80 years of
service. And the time I've already
served in active military or naval
service counts toward my retire.
ment time. added up-reenlist-
ment seems pretty sound to mel"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
Cpl. Charles F. Cearley, son of

Cpl. Charles F. Ceariey, son OF
MIR. and Mrs. Robert B. Cearly,
of Crumpler, is stationed at the
redistribution station at Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga, where he will
spend two weeks before reporting
to his new assignment in the
United States. Cpl. Cealey, who
wears the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon,
has recently returned from serv-
ing six months in the Hawaiian
Islands
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
Delmar III. ROark, Machi

Delmar III. Roark, Machinist's
Mate, &c, of Clifton, served dur
ing the war on the destroyer,
USS Kimberly, which saw service
in both the Atlantic and Pacific
and had the honor of escorting
the battleship, USS Missouri,
when she left Japan to return to
the States.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

which set people in this country to
thinking about what they could do
with the idea. They thought the
story good, but they pondered that
the problem was too great for a
penny stamp.
Late in the autumn of 1907, Emily
Bissell, a young public health work.
er in Wilmington, Del, became con-
cerned about the fate of little sana-
forum on the Brandywine river.
She asked for assistance, but those
that could give always replied in the
negative with the postscript that she
should not waste the money.
In her blacklist moment, Emily
Bissell recalled the article written
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06

James M. Goodman, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Mont Goodman, of West
Jefferson, was discharged from
the navy on November 8, ,1945.
He served on a Destroyer in the
European and Mediterranean
theaters. He was awarded the
Good Conduct Medal, Mediterran-
can and European Ribbon with 4
stars, and American theater rib
bon.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
Jefferson High
School News

The fifth and sixth grade stu
dents in Miss Bare's room gave
very interesting program last
Friday afternoon. The opening
number was America" by the
group. Then Myrtle Jean Blew
ms read the devotion, Psalm 146.
This was followed by the song,
Thanksgiving Day." Alma Jane
Oliver recited a poem, Thanks
giving Day."
The next number on the pro-
gram was a play, ''The Strange
Encounter in which three mo-
dern children were played by
Betty Lou Dixon, Nancy May and
Lorraine Atwood. The three Pill
grim children were Mary Lee
Craven, Marie Atwood and Caro-
Ign Bare. Myrtle Jean Blevins
read a poem, Thanksgiving
Time" then the concluding num-
Der was a play, passing On The
joke" with the following char
acters: Nancy May, Doris Wal
lace, Lorene Atwood and Marie
Atwood.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
PFC. M. l.. Goodman,

Ill., WI. II. UOOuHdn, OOMO,
nephew of Mr.. and Mrs. C. N.
Oliver, of West Jefferson, is now
at Camp Pendleton Redistribution
Center, Oceanside, Calf. He
spent 80 months in the Pacific.
He served at Tarawa, Saipan and
Tinian and after the surrender of
Japan, was stationed in Nagasa-
XII. He expects to be discharged
in January.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-12-06
Cpl. Charles S. Miller, sc

Cpl. Charles S. Miller, son OF
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Jefferson
received his honorable discharge
from the armed services on NO
vember 26 at Randolph F1elo'
Texas, and is now at his home
in jefferson. Cpl. Miller entered
the service in August, 1917.