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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24

with their scatter-throwing and
also they may improve.
Many Of the teams have kids in
the infeld. They may settle down
finally before the year is out and
join the more dependable veterans
in presenting what looks at the
moment like new records in both
leagues for juggling what is known
as the apple as though 1t were
what is known as a hot potato.
There are approximately 100000
workers employed in construction,
as compared with 100000 in 1871.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24
Ring Decisions

New OrleanS-Freddie Archer
146 -. Newark, y. J.. outpointcd
SGT. Tommy Roman, $50. Barksdalc
Field. La. 10 Jock Leslie 30
Flint, Mich, T.K.O. Tom killer
Kiene, 122, Jacksonville, Fla, :.
Miami, Fla-AI Fern, 49,, Tam.
pa, Knocked ont Marcel Fourier
1876. Montreal 6
Chicago-Jack Eaton, AZ. De,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24
son SOUGHT

Big Rapids, Mich.-The body of
Mrs. Edward Smiley. A., was found
last night in her home on Echo
Lake. four miles northeast Of here.
State police and shcriffS officers
said she had been shot in the head
with a % caliber rifle. Sheriff
Judd NJ. Arnold of MecoSta County
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24
SHOOTS DOWN THREE

Okinawa. Ryukyu Islands First
1t. William l.. Hood, a marine
fighter pilot from Benton Harbor,
Mich, shot down three enemy
planes Monday night during wide.
spread engagements over the Okin-
ava region.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24

said his deputies and state police
from the Reed city post were
searching for the woman's Il year
old son. James. student at Big
RAPIDS High School
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games bCllnu lcauer.
Mondays Results
No games scheduled.
TOday's Games
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
Only games scheduled.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24

After that bidding. anybody but
a deaf person would realize that
South's principal playing method
would be getting the defenders
trumps out of the way and then
try to discard some heart and
club losers. II any. on the dummy's
diamond suit. Hence a lead Of Ell
Their trumps or diamonds would be
right down the declarer's alley.
with that bidding. the defenders
could tell their main chance to
beat the contract lay in trying to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-24

Nostradamus. noted astrologer
also wrote a book entitled, How
Women May Make Themselves
Beautiful in Face and Form.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
TIME OF TRIAL

War is a time when everyone is
supposed to do more with less. 1t is
a time of trial. After three years OF
war, those who have met the chal-
lenge most successfully are beginning
to stand out-also those who have
not done SO well. Among the latter
are. the nOn-military activities of the
Federal government Boards, bureaus
and agencies have grown by leaps
and bounds.
A representative coal company re-
Gently compared the wartime record
of the coal industry with that of the
Federal government from the stand
point of doing more with less of the
most precious resource the nation
possesses manpower. In 1918, there
were 100000 men employed in the
coal mines. They produced $780,
600 tons of coal. At the same time
there 100000 government employ
es. In 1914, there were $4,000 min
ers employed and coal output was a
staggering 687,50O,00O tons. Gov
eminent employees during this criti-
cal period rose to 3,250,000, with
tens of thousands doing nothing
more important than trying to un-
ravel red tape.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
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SCHOOL LUNCHES GET RESULTS

The WFA-Community Soho o
Lunch not only appeases the appe-
tites of hungry youngsters, but does
job of far more lasting results, ac-
cording to reports to TIE War Food
Administration from schools on the
program.
In Wilmington, Del, balanced
lunch underwritten by WA has
been served daily at the schools since
January, 1914. A record of gains in
weight in one grade of junior high
school there shows these results.
Children who ave the school lun h
reg larly gained an average of six
pounds; those who participated occa-
sionally gained ON the average of
four pounds; and those who never
ate the platter lunch gained only two
pounds on the average.
Some students habitually bought
only ice cream, cookies and o'.her
sweets for lunch A check with school
recoi Us showed that with few excep-
tons these youngsters were poor
students and chronic disciplinary
cases.
Tie senior high school in Will
mington has a cooperative plan I'M
der which 18th year students alter
nate periods at school and on a job.
One girl, it was found, could not take
part for lack of physical stamina.
Medical examination indicated a run
Il ntrJp condition hoo 1xo f,f
tuberculosis in the family. School au-
tLorities began supplying the girl
with regular school lunch plus mid
morning and mid-afternoon servings
Of milk. After several months she
was able to join the cooperative
work.
Wilmington is not alone in report
ing benefits from school lunches. In
Missccri a scholarship study of rural
children participating in the program
showed that children partaking OF
the school lunches regularly raised
their grade points an average of 9.23
percent. Those not participating lost
gre und, lowering their grade aver
age O.09 percent.
In New York City, a study of 1900
children showed that more than
'~hree-fourths of the age groups eat
ing sclioo lunches gained more in
stature and weight than did those
who depended on their homes for
lunch. No child on the school lunch
failed to grow during the year, but
more than 2 per cecnt of the other
children showed no gains.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
FREE TO DREAM

"In spite of wars, depressions and
disasters, the average American of
today is better fed, better housed
and better clothed than the people OF
any nation ever were in all the
worlds history. This condition is be-
cause our citizens have been free to
dream and study and think and plan
and have been able to make their
dreams come true"
The above remark was made by a
man who knows whereof he speaks.
His name is William R. Boyd. He is
president of the American Petroleum
Institute and, like countless other oil
men, he started from the bottom.
Keeping our nation land of OPP
portunity for individuals wi t h
dreams should be the foremost post
war goal of all of us.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
SURPLUS PROPERTY, WHEN
AVAILABLE, ASSURED TO
FARMERS

Farm srs and rural areas generally
are assured equal opportun-iy to sup
ply their needs out of surplus pro-
perty as it becomes available, TIE
Surplus Property Board said. The
Boards Regulation No. 8, effective
June 1, 1945, sets up procedures for
cEanneling critically needed trucks,
machinery and equipment into agri-
CULTURAL uses. Farmers, however,
should not expect flood of SURPRISES
at give-away prices, the board warn
ed. First and second purchase prior
tiles given by the Surplus Property
Act of 1914 to federal agencies and
State and local governments will alb
sorb many surplus items, but trucks,
machinery and equipment in critical
short supply will be distributed on
the basi sof greatest need The Office
of War Mobilization and Recover
sion has announced that SURPRISES
will be sold mainly through dealers
and distributors, not to individual
consumers. An exception to that rule
is provision for direct sales to vet
Grams who wisk to buy SURPRISES to
establish themselves in business, the
professions, or agriculture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
DESTROYING THE GREATEST
FREEDOM OF ALL

The chickens of labor radicalism
are coming home to roost. The action
of the great labor monopolies in ex-
polling members who refuse 10 pay
assessments for political act n
which they oppose, should alarm
every free thinking man and woman
Expulsion of six of it's members
who objected to their union levying
a compulsory tax on them for poll
tical purposes contrary to their be-
liefs in the election last November
is announced by the A. F. of L.
Painters Union Local in Los Ange-
les. This is in line with the expulsion
of Cecil B. DeMille. All are denied
the right to work at their trade OF
profession.
Will the American people stand
for this kind of treatment of wal
veterans when the rule is applied to
them? And yet if we tolerate such
dictation to helpless workers now,
through the failure ITO pass remedial
legislation, what can the veterans
expect?
When any organization can deny a
man the right to work in the United
States, this nation is no longer free
country-for the greatest freedom of
all, the right to earn a living, has
been destroyed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY

Wednesday next, May 80, is SET
aside to be observed as Memorial
Day, in honor of those brave men
who offered their lives that the
Union might be kept intact. This
was the original purpose of the day
but it has broadened until it is now
beautifully and sacredly observed by
decorating the graves, not only OF
our heroes who have fallen in battle
but of all loved oens who have gone
before to the Great Unknown.
The present war, with its casual
ties, has given the day increased sig
nificance to the thousands of families
to whom it has brought sorrow by
the loss of some member
Born of love and loyalty, of loss
and loneliness, of sorrow, it is fitting
that is should be observed reverently
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
PEACE WILL BRING PESTS

Even after World War ii ends this
country will have to guard against
foreign invaders in the form of dan
gerous plant pests. The alternative is
crop loss that could run to many
billions of dollars every year. Immi-
grant plant pests are already here,
and others may come on ships or
planes, says the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The fight has been on for many
years and will be fiercer after the
war, due ITO increased air traffic. Dur
ing the war, air-borne commerce has
increased tremendously. In one war
year U. S. Plant Quarantine inspec-
tors made more than 1900 intercept
lions of foreign insects and plant
diseases in airplanes- baggage,
cargo, mail and stores.
Most of our very injurious crop
pests and plant diseases came from
abroad. They now cause crop losses
estimated no total more than three
billion dollars year.
Last year comparatively light in
festation by single pest, the Euro
pean corn borer, caused a corn crop
loss of more than % million dollars
When weather conditions favor, even
greater losses occur. This pest en-
tered Canada and tkis country
probably on broom corn imported
from Hungary and Italy-before
plant quarantine inspection service
was authorized in 1915. To reduce
losses to his corn, farmer must use
extra time, labor and often special
machinery to destroy crop remnants
after corn harvest.
Air-borne commerce after the war
will provide opportunity for the en-
try of new pests, Federal entomolo-
gists say-pests that could not sur
vive the longer period of steamer
travel. Plant quarantine officials say
that postwar air traffic is sure to re-
quire constant battle to keep out
immigrating pests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
WHOSE FAULT?

Going by remarks of the Federal
price regulators, the meat packers
are profit-crazed pirates. But behind
these remarks there is another side
to the story. Time magazine reports
that "hog production in the Midwest
is 80 to 400 less than year ago :.
The reason: the price of corn is fix
ed too higk in relation to the fixed
price of hogs" A similar situation
exists in beef.
Time concluded that "too rigid re-
strictions and price controls on a
sensitive market had knocked the
whole meat system galley-west.
Dairy farmers can appreciate the
predicament of meat producers. I'm
practical regulations have plagued
them for years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
MARYLAND MAN ON IMPORTANT
DAIRY MONTH PLANNING
COMMITTEE

Appointment of ]. R. Parks, gen.
eral manager, Green Springs Dairy
Baltimore, to regional committee
charged with drawing up plans for
the annual Dairy Month in June was
announced by v. j. Ashbaugh, Dur
ham, N. c., regional chairman.
Parks will work closely with Ash
baugh in an effort to acquaint all
Maryland with the problems of the
dairy industry in this fourth year of
the war.
The No. l problem facing the dairy
industry this year is a shortage of
manpower. This, together with the
insistent demand for precious dairy
foods, both by the military and civil
lians, has placed tremendous strain
on the industry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
VICTORY FARM VOLUNTEERS

Many Maryland farmers who have
been worrying about the shortage of
farm labor during tie coming har-
vest season can pack up their trou-
bles right now, if they apply for the
services of Victory Farm Volunteers
by June 1. That is the word from
Mylo S. Downey, state boys club
agent at the University of Maryland
and assistant state supervisor of the
Farm Labor Programs WV.
The Victory Far mVolunteers are
boys from the Washington and Bal
timore areas, who are anxious 10
help on Maryland farms this sum-
mer. Many are unaccustomed to farm
work, but they are willing to learn,
Downey pointed out, and past exper-
fence has shown that these boys are
good source of emergency farm
labor.
The boys will be available about
June 20. Maryland farmers can OBJ
tain their services by filing applica-
lions with their county agent. The
application must be approved by the
county agent or the Farm Labor
Committee.
The application blanks contain
provisions safeguarding both the
farmer and the Victory Farm Volun-
teers 1t is guaranteed that the boys
will be physically able to do farm
work, that tkey will be reliable, and
chat they will have been recommend
ed by school advisors. The farmer
retains the right to discharge these
students if their work or conduct is
not satisfactory, after first talking
with the supervisor.
On the other hand, the farmer
guarantees to pay TIE boys start
ing wage specified by him for speci-
fic types of work, to treat them fair
ly, and to help them to learn as much
as possible. The farmer agrees not to
require more than 10 hours work per
day, except in emergency situations,
with either an adjustment in pay or
an equal amount of time off during
slack period.
Boys from the Washington area
will be recruited and placed on indi-
vidual farms by the WV coordina-
tor, Samuel Purcell. faculty men,
Der of the Calvin Coolidge High
School in Washington, D. c. Balti-
more boys will be placed by Geary
Stonesifer, faculty member of Balti-
more City College. The two coordi-
majors will work In close cooperation
with the Offices of Guidance and
Placement in the Washington and
Baltimore schools.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

Imitation is not an isnricate thing
which requires an economist OF
financial expert to figure out" says
William C. Walsh, Attorney-Genreal
of Maryland "It is something which
everyone can and should understand,
and boiled down to it's essentials it
simply means that the cost of things
we purchase go up and the value of
our money goes down." Mr.. Walsh is
a member of the Allegany County
Authorization Committee which is
directing broad program in the
county.
In discussing holding the line"
on the home front until final victory
is won over the Japs, Mr.. Walsh
added:
According to Webster's New In
ternational Dictionary, the word in
fiation' as applied to money and
prices, means an undue expansion of
increase. This is a good definition,
and it wuold be helpful if everyone
knew and understood it.. Imitation
simply means o n'undue increase in
the price of things we buy. 1t also
means we have to pay more for the
things we have to have. 1t means
that it takes more money than it
should to secure the things we need.
And tke obvious ersult is that the
more we have to pay for the things
the less value our money has.
"If initiation becomes uncontrolled
everyone in the country will be hurt.
The wealthy may be able to stand it,
but the average wage Garner and the
person of moderate means will be
seriously injured because it will take
all or nearly all of their wages and
savings to purchase the necessities of
life."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
VICTORY OVER GERMANY
SPURS RED CROSS WORK

The collapse of Germany's fighting
forces, welcome as this news was,
does not mean that there should not
be redoubled efforts on the part of
re merican Red Cross The home
front workers must not slacken their
pa e, Or the Red Cross will be carry
ing heavier lead tkan ever before
There is no evidence available that
there will be a mass withdrawal of
American troops in Europe for many
months; therefore, it is vitality i'm
portaipt chat Red Cross services in
while those in the Pacific and the
China Buima-India theatres must be
expanded. On the home front, work
n hospitals and with returned vet
Grams will reach new high.
According to Basil O'Connor, Ma
tional Red Cross Chairman in Wash
ingion, the number of Army and
Navy hospitals is still increasing, q
fact which means that our nurse re-
cruiiment program cannot lapse.
Recreation, medical-social welfare,
clerical and case work are tremen-
dously important, while new rest
homes, canteens, club and field SER
vices must be formed and put into
operation overseas for the figE ting
men in the Pacific.
Tie job in Europe will soon be
done-but that is only half the job.
Speaking in the language of baseball
we have come to the seventh inning,
but we must remember there are
two more to go. Sometimes there is
an extra inning. And this extra inn
ing is oftentimes tough one.
1t may be of interest to many to
know that there is a new series of
radio programs to serve disabled vet
Grams, sponsored by the Army, Navy,
American Red Cross and American
indus ry This series, entitled, "Tke
Road Ahead" had it's premiere over
the Blue Network on May 2, at 900
p. m. EWT ut will be carried weekly
for ali indefinite period.
Tho first program originated at
Walter Reed Hospital. Every week a
different military or naval hospital
will be used These programs will
provide a Westinghouse of the air
in which the war casualties them
selves, assisted by the most famous
stars of the entertainment world,
will discuss their future plans and
hopes directly with the American
people.
In addition to providing nation
wide forum in which wounded veter-
ans may speak their minds to the
families back home concerning the
reception and treatment they hope to
get in returning to civilian life, the
program will deal with many other
matters of immediate interest to SER
vicemen and veterans.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

The War Food Administration says
that the government is going to set
aside the following amounts of can
ned vegetables to fill war needs this
year: tomatoes, Sc per cent; corn, SO
per cent; green peas, 40 per cent;
and snap beans, So per cent. These
set-aside figures, officials say, indi-
cate the direct war needs and illus
trate the Importance of producing
and canning large supplies of vege-
tables this year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

General Douglas c. Macarthur
gave you the tipoff on what to
expect before your relatives and
friends. take over wrecked
Tokyo. In the Philippine cam
paign only 1876 Japanese surren-
dered in a slaughter which cost
them 303, 180 men.
Ely binds in the 7th War Loan
with a spirit of an American in
conf at. Give it to the Japs full
force and with all your weapons.
That's the way to do your part
in the vital, mighty 7th War
Loan. Now-all together.
THE EDITOR
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

is not to base
your b o n d
b u y i n g o n
whether you
think it will
take weeks or
years to win
in the Pacific.
The best war
conduct is al
ways to be on
an about war
effort ba sis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

of the War Manpower Commiison,
says so. At the same time he goes
around the other side of the fence
and says However, plans for pro-
gressive relaxation of manpower con-
trail as rapidly as circumstances per-
NIT are being put into operation by
this Commission"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
The A. p. Scoop

The confusion tempest OF con-
fusion over the Associated Press
scoop is traced by an A. P. newspaper
in Washington to bureaucratic chan
nels in the Army who couldn't give
proper credit to great reporter who
put through. without delay. the
greatest story of the year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

Free flow of information to the
Germans is favored officially. No
food control either, until they admit
Goebbels was liar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

Span over Missouri River will be
named President Harry S. Truman
Bridge" Three BRONX cheers from
headline writers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

Our future Navy is to consist of
$4,000 men. Witk the increased
number of ports, what a break that
Ia for the womenl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
NIanpo-ver McNutt

The public is told" that general
relaxation of manpower control is
mot in prospect until Japan is de-
feated." Paul v. McNutt, Chairman
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
TO the People
If this Community

How long will the war with
japan last?
Everybody has an answer to
this question but our best advice
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25
The Age OF Guessing Contests


True to past traditions the present
clamor adds up to unbounded conf
dence in bright and glorious future.
Let us hope that all the optimists
may see some of their dreams come
true.
But we do face, and everybody
ought to be able to see it, a gradual
slacking-o in production of war ma
terials, which means there will be an
almost complete turnover in the
manpower situation. There are mill
lions of jobs that will be checked off
the lists, and millions of new jobs
that will be filled by our civilians and
returning soldiers and sailors. 1t will
take one, two or more years, to find
balance.
Everybody seems to be making
blue prints, that include half million
dollars for airports. The "reconver-
sion" of workers wages inside and
outside of the labor unions is num-
Der one in this guessing contest.
There are plenty of recipes and
remedies, that include plans for
the building of millions of new
homes, imaginary booms for our sad
ly dilapida.ed lumber supplies. All
of sudden mechanical refrigerators,
radios, electrical devices, materials
made CT aluminium, copper, zinc, and
iron arc scheduled ITO be freed. One
Government authority tells the pub
lie; Orders may be placed now"
Besides. there is plenty of talk about
rubber, oil. gasoline, coal-and even
the guess" that there will be no in
flation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

Senator George thinks taxes ought
ITO be lowered. Let George do it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

Americas dentists spend So min.
ute on drills.