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Evening star., 1946-09-12
Jop YuIe Ornaments
Available This Season
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

YOKOHAMA, Sept. 12.-Japanese
Christmas tree ornaments will be
available to Americans this year.
A shipment-the first since the
war began--is scheduled late this
month, along with $500 tons of tin.
$4,000 cases of tea and more than
1000 bales of raw silk
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Nurruqunsett Results

FIRST RACE-Purse. $500: claiming;
f-yGar-olds and upward: g. furiongs
First Command Baird 1880 800 40
Vim tJonesb $50
Time, 1:13
Also ,rsn--Jack's Girl Jenkins Maybe
Miss. Light Count, Teddy's Tea. Be Calm.
Desert Battle Celtics and Doodle Bug
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Gurden Stote Results

FIRST RACE-Purse. %, 500: 3-year-
oids and upward; maidens; furlongs
saralee c. (Cusimano) 1870 no $50
Miss Prompt MOON 420 $50
Hush Hush Kirk $50
Time, l:12
Also ran-Fanarosa. Adorant. Miss Vi
king, Hypnotizer. Brown Brush, Land Of
Nod, Brownsley, FicoIas, Karenette.
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Norroqonsett Entries

FOR FRIDAY
Weather Clear. Track Fast.
FIRST Post, 1:l5 PM tEST
FIRST RACE-Purse, S2,400, maidens
D o-raar.nlAs &
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Aqueduct Entries

FOR FRIDAY.
First Post. 1918 pm tEST>.
Weather Clear. Track Fast
FIRST RACE+Purse, $1,000; Claiming
na iden 2-year-olds; 81, furlonek
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26

farmers are the custodians OF the
wealth of the Country-the land, as
most things that are eaten and
worn come from the top nine in.
ches OF soil and that three of these
are already gone because Of lack Of
soil conservation
Current problems discussed were
school reorganization. fire depart
ment problems, cooperative mar
keting and county health,
Superior. Iron Creek, West Sa-
line, Worden. Southwest Saline,
futile Hill. Bridgewater, East Au-
gusta. East Manchester. Webster.
Lima-Scio. South Salem, Southwest
Ypsilanti, York, Northeast Ann Ar.
Dor, Sharon, Sylvan, Freedom,
Pittsfeld and Lodi Farm Bureau
groups were represented.
Mrs Daniel Hall of the Lodi
group was appointed county chair.
man and Mrs. Alfred Colts of the
futile Hill group. secretary.
The next meeting will be held at
Mrs. Hattie Frederick's home on
March 2S.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26
Farm Bureau Women Told
Purpose of Organization

Washtenaw County Women's
Committee OF the Farm Bureau
and the Wayne County chairman
met at the home of Mrs. Daniel
Hall, Ann Arbor Bd. Saline, for
potluck dinner after which Mrs.
Marjorie Hacker, state director OF
women's activities. spoke on the or
Ganization and purpose OF the group
called Farm Bureau Women. The
organization is made up of all
women belonging to Farm Bureaus,
each neighborhood group electing
representative to serve on the coun-
~ women's committee. The pur-
pose of the group is for each wom-
an to represent her group in the
discussion OF current problems, TAX
ing back to her local group the
action taken. and TO further the
idea that Farm Bureau is an OPP
portunity OF working with others
in solving the problems OF the
farm. the farm home. and the rural
community"
Mrs. Hacker pointed out that the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26
Pick of the dir Today

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9:30-Fibber MCGEE and Molly;
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10:30-Red Shelton.
CBS-S:00-Big Town;
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9:00-Inner Sanctum;
10:00-Bob Crosby.
ABC-S:30-Dark Venture;
9:00-Guy Lombardo.
10:00-Concert Time;
10:30-Hoosier Hop.
MBS-9:30-American Forum OF
the Air;
10.30-The Better Half.
Wednesday
NBC-9 a. m. Honeymoon in New
York.
II Noon Words and Music;
y. m.-Sketches in Melody;
S:00-MT and Mrs. North;
S:30-Hildegarde:
300 Eddie Cantor;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26
West Augusta

for Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Smalley so
that they may use 1t in their mis-
sionary work in Africa.
For recreation the group played
two question and answer games
and another one where they listed
things they wished their husbands
or wives wouldn't do. This caused
a great deal OF merriment. When
the answers were jumbled and the
men read the women's answers and
vice versa.
A letter from Clark Brody. sec
rotary of the Michigan Farm Bureau
concerning OPA prices was read
by Jennings Campbell. II was sug-
gested all farmers write their CON
Eressmen asking that ceiling prize
es on farm products be raised in
accordance with the increase In
farm costs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26
Put Yourself
in this Picture

Do you feel self-conscious
when you so TO have picture
taken?
II you don't you're "One in
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One OF our main detectives
is the getting OF natural
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Rest assured you will he
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26
Saline, Detroit
Bus Service May
be Inaugurated

w. Augusta. Mich, Feb. 26-The
West Augusta Farm Bureau group
meeting at the home OF Mr. and
Mrs. f. Wasem. Feb. 10 heard
Theron VANITY tell Of attending
the meeting concerning the bus
line between Saline and Detroit and
said that II looked As though the
line might go into effect.
Mrs. Bernice Maletski was elect
ed recreation leader to take the
place OF Mrs. Walter Maletski.
who is leaving the group.
The group was told OF a fund
being started to purchase a car
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26
Mr., Mrs. Lutz on
Short HONEYMOON

Ann Arbor, Feb. o6-Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur c. Lutz. who we're
married at the Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Saturday, are on
wedding trip but will return to
this city shortly and reside at SOC
Miller Ave.
Mrs Lutz. the former Miss Bea-
trice r. Gerstler. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest \. Gerstler. Mil
Ter Ave. is graduate OF Ann Ar
Dor High School Mr.. Lutz. the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Lutz.
Miller Ave. recently discharged
from the Army, will resume his po-
sition at the American Breach
Company.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26
BOYS ATTEND
cIVIcs CONFERENCE

Ann Arbor, Feb. 26-Sixty boys,
members OF the Hi.Y Club. met at
the Rackham Building on the Uni.
versity OF Michigan Campus Mon
day to hear addresses by Univers-
ity president, Alexander G. Ruth
ven and Dean f. Blythes Stason of
the law school. Rep. Lewis G.
Christman discussed the role OF
the state legislator with the youths
who were meeting to receive train
ing for the Hi-Y Legislature which
will be in Lansing. April IL and u.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26

The discussion period on Land
Use Planning followed. The hos.
tess served a lovely lunch.
The next meeting will be March
10 at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Hinzman at which times
Mrs. Marjorie Karker will speak.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-26

9:SO-Mr. District Attorney;
10:O0-Kay Kyser.
CBS-9:l5 a. m.-Arthur Godfrey;
3:3O-L andt Trio:
5:00-SChool OF the Air;
S:0O-Jack Carson:
500 Frank Sinatra,
9.30-Maisie:
10:30-Andrews Sisters.
ABC-9 90 Breakfast Club:
11:00-Tom Breneman's Break
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The Valley settler., 1946-09-19

Miss Jeanette Honnnor, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Joe Hcmnnor, is home on six weeks vacation. She plans to go "out side" at tho conclusion of her vacation.
 Jon Ko slosky of Anchorage vas in Palmer on busine ss Monday of this woek.
 Mrs. Ell. DuRand from Skwcntna, Alaska, is visiting in Palmer this week. Mrs. DuI2and has baby daughter whom she adopted re- cont1y. Mir. md Mrs. DuIacnd moved to Sk7ontne from Polmor carly this spring.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

AN important factor in the sue
cess OF our troops in World War II
1Oas their knowledge OF enemy equip
ment and tCeaponS. Here is the story,
previously untold in many respects,
OF the men tuhose business is 1oas to
dig out these WeaponS so that our
fighting men could learn about them.
1t tOGs Oritten By United. States
Army correspondent Who sa1o action
in the Pdcifc.J
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Alexandrian in Command

the Army-ordnance engineer, quarter
master, signal, chemical warfare and
medical" Col Gillon explained.
Although not combat unit, ASFEEIST
men returned from Okinawa with the
proud record of more than a score of
japanese captured and three killed
They suffered no combat casualties, but
there were hair-raising experiences
galore.
Moving ashore on D plus 4, ASFEEIST
teams quickly attached themselves to
frontline units. Wherever 10th Army
Doughboys found the fighting thickest,
an ASFEEIST member was waiting
patiently at the embattled infantrymens
elbows for an opportunity to collect
equipment of intelligence value.
Capturing Enemy Guns
Seasoned by previous campaigns, the
men of ASFEEIST knew that weapons
and ammunition abandoned by the jap
anese were too often destroyed by bat
tlewise soldiers to prevent their use by
inflltrating enemy patrols. Enemy
equipment was collected Immediately to
guard against rust, mold, damage by
artillery-and ever-prevalent souvenir
hunters
Day after day, the pool of captured
enemy equipment grew larger. ASFEE-
IST men crawled through every crease
in the rugged terrain searching for
enemy stores under mortar and artillery
fire.
They investigated every shadow and
corner of elaborate interconnecting
caves, racing ahead of engineers who
were bent on sealing the caves shut to
prevent their being used as hideouts for
by-passed japanese
Moments after Japanese trapped in
caves had blown themselves to their
ancestors, ASFEEIST men were on hand
to collect uniforms, weapons, equipment.
Combat troops occasionally were
puzzled by some seemingly insignificant
items of equipment that AFEEIST
priced most highly. One Doughboy
shook his head and smiled tolerantly as
the ASFEEIST representative fairly
Evening star., 1946-01-13
BY Jean Meegan,
Asxociated press star Writer


AS man on the literary heights OF fic-
ton and criticism, Carl Van Vechten
probably has been more read about than
read.
He is a character in Sinclair Lewis
Gideon Planish"; Maxwell Bodenheim
modelled Paul Vanderin after him in
"Ninth Avenue he denies it but other
people who should know say that Thomas
Wolfe definitely had Van Vechten in
mind when he created Stephen Hook in
"You Can't Go Home Again; the works
of Gertrude Stein, Somerset Vaughan,
Muriel Draper and Gertrude Atherton
are filled with illusions to and anecdotes
about him.
In the last 40 years Van Vechten has
been variously a music critic who was
first to write about George Gershwin
and Igor Stravinsky; novelist whose
prime interest was in Negro subjects,
and. finally, in his last metamorphosis,
a photographer who takes unretouched
pictures of touchy theatrical celebrities.
His Intellectual Arteries
If he hadn't been any of these things
he undoubtedly still would be Char
acter" as one literary who's who de-
scribes him. When he changed himself
in middle life from critic into a novel;
list. he said it was because "a critics
intellectual arteries have hardened after
40 years of age"
And when, 10 years and 10 books later,
he quit the writing business cold he ex-
Evening star., 1946-01-13

gloWed over torn, mud Leaked ammunt-
tion pouch.
Fitting Pattern
What the soldier did not know was
that this humble item fitted neatly into
a significant pattern Ammunition
pouches found in the Marianas, and
earlier, were of sturdy hand-tooled
leather Later models were of solid rub
ber.
On Two Jima, it was discovered. the
pouches were of linen cloth laminated
with rubber. The ammunition pouch at
which the Doughboy had grinned was of
cardboard, covered with shoddy fabric.
Rejecting decreasing japanese re-
sources, ASFEEIST found that textiles
captured on Okinawa had been adulter-
ated with hemp and unrefined fax
Leggings, once of wool. were made of
burlap, but the binding straps are still
silk.
Equipment captured on Okinawa
showed desperate efforts to substitute
replacement materials for critical metals.
Cartridge cases, once always of brass,
were often made of steel. Buckles on
newly issued field bags were cloth-cov-
cred bamboo.
ASFEEIST signal experts were am
azed to find that many of the 5000
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Carl Van Vechten Changes
Careers With Great Ease

planned simply that he didn't like to
write Tin spite of the success of THE
Blind Bow-Boy' Niger Heaven"
Peter Wiffle" and The Tattooed
Countess, that he had chosen pho
tosraphy as his new means of docu-
mentation of life
The last change gives a clue to Van
Vechten's makeup. At IS he is opinion
ated. financially free through an inheri-
tance (and his books and fond of inde-
pendence. Photography appeals to him
because there is no editor to interfere"
Also his subjects are in no position to
argue since they pose by invitation only
and as he says: Il do not allow them to
pay anything because then they would
have control"
The Worlds Finest
Under this system, Van Vechten has
taken about $4,000 pictures. AS a pho
tographer he has been compared to
Matisse the painter. Probably" says
he, because my backgrounds also relate
to the subject People who don't like
his work say that the backgrounds over
Whelm the subject; people who do like
it, are very fiattering. Eugene O'Neill,
whom he has Photographed at least $50
times, once wrote: Carl =" the worlds
finest photographer"
New York apartments being what they
are, Van Vechten for the last few years
has been Systematically stripping him.
self of his pictures, manuscript books,
newspaper clippings, phonograph re-
cordlngs, papers, pamphlets and letters
The theatrical photographs now are
Evening star., 1946-01-13


For future domestic service, America
has contracted with Consolidated Vul
tee for delivery in 1947 of 100 trans
ports with a top speed of $50 miles a
hour These 4o-passenger planes Wi
be driven by engines to derive jet
sistance through utilization of exar
gases.
Pan American is expected to take q
vantage in the near future of its al
thority to use National Airport as
terminal for flights to England an;
Europe. In addition to its four -motoreo
equipment, the pioneer overseas flag
carrier will begin next fall to operate
the first of a fleet of Boeing Strato-
cruisers to carry 80 passengers at speeds
of over $40 miles an hour.
The Stratocruiser, which set new
coast-to-coast speed record last winter,
is commercial adapta:i,n of the famed
B-29 Super Fortress, and nas range of
more than 1000 niles.
With these ships Pan Am can fly
passengers between New York and
Buenos Aires or San Francisco and
Tokyo in 81 hours, it was said.
Higher and still higher speeds are in
prospect, with half dozen aircraft
manufacturers in position after the
war to challenge the leadership of the
company which produced the work
horse of postwar and military air
routes-the Douglas DC-3.
Pan-Am has ordered TO rdelivery in
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Well All Be Flying Soon
BY w. H. Shipper, Jr.,
Aviation Editor of The Star.

Regular transportation by air Is much
nearer than the average traveller would
believe in view Of the fact that he prob
ably has walked farther than he was
able to ride on airplanes during the last
four years.
This is especially true around Wash
ington, where civilians have heard and
read lot about expanding aviation
during period when they had little o.
no chance of buying seat aboard the
hundreds of transports they saw arriv-
Ing and departing from National Airport.
Yet the time has come when some
thing quite definite is in view for the
ordinary man or woman in hurry to
get to some point in the United States
Canada or Mexico with reasonable GER
talnty OF arriving on schedule. 1t seems
equally clear, however, that those with
overseas destinations will have to wait
few months longer.
Increasing Air Travel
All airlines serving Washington sand
several new ones have plans to double,
triple or even provide six times as MANY
seats in and out of the Capital during
the coming IL months.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

Pennsylvania Central, for example,
which has its home base here, expects
to triple its passenger capacity before
April l.
Bylearly spring most airlines will be
adding reconverted war transports to
build up their Washington service at
time when the movement of military
personnel is Stacking off
Chicago in hours and "a miMutes,
Norfolk in "A minutes and New York in
an hour or less will become reality for
many travellers at a cost of something
less than first-class rail fare plus Pull
man accommodations.
Demand Is Enormous
Now winding up war job which alb
sorbed equipment, personnel and plans
for improved transports, the airlines are
racing to catch up with the enormous
demand for air tranSportat ton.
BY June most West Coast ports should
be cleared of returning servicemen. and
scores of new airliners will be in COM
mercial service, many with three times
the present capacity.
When normal balance between sup
ply and demand can be reached, how
ever, is still an open question.
This week Pea expects to place in
service the first of 19 Douglas four
engined Skymasters being converted
from war duty at the Glenn L. Martin
plant in Baltimore. The whole addi-
uonal fleet should be in operation by
April l, with the first unit to make two
round trips to Norfolk daily and one to
Chicago, carrying Sc passengers.
New Luxury Airliners
These big tested transports, which
many lines are converting into luxury
alrllners, add about so miles an hour to
present Douglas two-motored transports
and carry almost three times as many
passengers. For the most part, however
they will serve pending delivery of much
more advanced models with speeds
around 300 miles an hour.
In the first six months of this year.
American Airlines expect to add SIS of
these DC-4s to its present fleet at cost
of about $275, 900 each. Five will be all
cargo ships, and the others are to be
fitted with go passenger seats.
To this equipment will be added 10
Douglas DC-6s next fall. These huge
new transports cruise at about 270 miles
an hour
Great New Speeds
In addition, American is expecting
delivery to begin this month on seven
3Oo-mile-an-hour Consultations at a
cost of about $750,0o0 each. The COM
pany now is flying seven round trips
weekly between the United States and
England, two of them leaving from
Washington. This service will be ex-
tended to other points in Europe as
rapidly as conditions permit.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

radio tubes captured on Okinawa bore
the stamp of American manufacturers
and were interchangeable with tubes
used in standard American radios.
Captured documents disclosed that the
radio equipment. as we'll as some auto
motive equipment, had been captured
by the japanese on ,Bataan, Wake
and Guam.
Attack Medicine
One of the ASFEEIST prizes of the
Okinawa campaign was the special at
tack medicine" found on kamikaze
troops. The medicine" is now under
going laboratory examination by Army
medical experts. 1t has not yet been
determined whether the strange potion
was essentially narcotic in content, or
solely stimulant similar to benzadrine
Cursory examination indicated that it
was unlike anything previously encoun-
tered by Army medical men.
Another Okinawan discovery was
new drug, which Japanese medical rec
ords counted to be an effective treatment
for some cases OF leprosy The drug was
in wide use in the leper colony found by
American troops on an outlying island.
Army medical authorities steadfastly re-
fuse to admit that the drug is anything
but interesting" until they are able to
observe its effectiveness in extended
practice.
Many Unrevealeed Secrets
Okinawa was only one of long series
of Pacific campaigns from which the
souvenir scientists" of ASFEEIST
brought back innumerable bits of in
formation and samples of japanese
workmanship.
Much of what ASFEEIST has contrib
uted to American victory in the Pacific
remains buried in documents still classi-
fed secret" and perhaps never will
be revealed.
But ASFEEIST men find certain
measure of satisfaction in the knowledge
that whenever an Army invasion force
struck the Japs, the American fighting
man was armed with valuable fund of
information on the nature of the enemy.
Evening star., 1946-01-13

carrying almost three times as many
passengers as the DC-3s.
United is expecting delivery of it's
first Douglas DC-6 in June.
Transcontinental & Western Air plans
to add several Consultations on it's
runs to the West Coast, and in a few
weeks will open regular service between
Washington and Europe.
Preliminary flights already have been
made over the transatlantic route.
Washington will have a direct con-
opening of new service by Colonial
Evening star., 1946-01-13
United Airlines WiU double
its schedule to the West Coast
this year 1Oith a fleet OF these
ae1O foar-engined planes.


its schedule to the West Coast
this gear 1Uith fleet of these
neW four-engined planes.
less than two years a number of
Republic "Rainbows' warranted to
cruise at more than 400 miles an hour
with up to 40 passengers. The stream
lined transports are to embody many
lessons learned by the manufacturer of
the devastating Thunderbolt fighter
bomber. it was announced.
In the coming IL months Eastern
Airlines expects to offer the public six
and one-half times the number of seats
available last year. The company is
increasing its present feet of So twin
engined 2l-paSsenger transports by
adding 20 56-passenger Skymasters this
spring and receiving a similar number
of high-Speed Lockheed Consultations
in the summer.
Eastern, like Pea, has contracted for
a feet Of Martin medium range trans
ports of a new design for delivery early
in l947. These planes will carry So
passengers.
To Miami in 4Xz Hours
With its new Consultations, Eastern
expects to cut the time between Wash
lngton and New York to less than an
hour, and from New York to Miami
20 Az hours.
A 275 per cent increase in passenger
-ervice to Washington is being planned
his year by United Airlines. which will
!ouble its schedules to the West Coast
It'll addition of -engined planes
Evening star., 1946-01-13

Airlines. and National Airlines is seek
ing a stop here on its route to Miami.
All Records Broken
The "a domestic and overseas lines
broke all previous records last year with
81 per cent increase in passenger miles
flown and 80 per cent increase in ton
miles of express and freight.
They ended the year with total of
about 600 transports in domestic and
overseas service, and this number will
be more than doubled in 1916. This
figure, however. does not reflect the in
creased capacity, as many new planes
Evening star., 1946-01-13


will be several times as large as those
now in service
The Air Transport Association eSti-
mates the combined feet of passenger
transports will have a seating capacity
of more than $1,000 before the end of
the present year.
AS put by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,
veteran flyer and president of Eastern
Airlines:
The new year will mark the wide
introduction of 300-mile- -an-hour pas
senger service and the publics mass
acceptance of air travel to an extent
heretofore not even dreamed"