The Sebewaing Blade from Sebewaing, Michigan • 1

The Sebewaing Blade VOLUME 52 EIGHT PAGES SEBEWAING MICHIGAN FRIDAY FEB 13 1912 NUMBER 33 Men From 20 to 44 Register Monday For Selective Service Registration to Take Place at Sebewaing Town Hall From 7 a to 9 AT EVAN CHURCH TIICRS FEB 19 -v Plans are now moving forward for a program to be I sponsored by the Albright Broth- erhood of the Evangelic il church to be held on Thursday evening Feb 19 Supper will be served at this meeting and each member is I uiged to attend and biing a guest 1 Herbert Truemrer principal i of Longfellow School in Flint and 1 a former Sebewaing man will be the speaker His subject will be Challenge for A suitable entertainment program is also being arranged More details of this gathering will be announced next week roin The Office Chair I Bv After a day of confusion as a i es i of differences in time Se-l fcewaing settled down to War Time ue-tlay morning the same to he continued until such time when and I il the IegidaHn might discover a legal way whereby the of-j ficial Eastern Standard Time could be retained Only a few business places set their clocks ahead Mon-j day with the result that time-! tables of most people were upset While many of us do not like the new time be obliged to since it now seems probable that the Lansing lawmakers are disposed to leave the matter as decreed by Washington If going to help win the war he for it even though most of us believe that Michigan for years has had the ideal year-round time in Eastern Standard Huron Tops War Relief Quota $965870 Subscribed In Recent Drive According to a report issued by A Henny of Bad Axe chairman of the Huron County War Relief Committee and Sparling chairman of the Huron County Red Cross Chapter complete compilations of the Red Cross war relief campaign with but a single Huron county oversubscribed its quota of $6325 by The total amount raised per cent of the full raised or $144980 will the treasury of the local Cross Chapter for use in county and 85 per cent will be sent to national headquarters by towns and Big Orchestra to Play Here Monday Concert to Spur Sale of Stamps and Bonds Michigan WPA Symphony Orchestia which appears at the Sebewaing high school auditorium next Monday evening 16 is composed of 55 people It was organized in 1936 af the Detroit Civic Orchestra and was sponsored by the federal government In the five years of its existence it has given hundreds of concerts in the intermediate and high schools of Detroit and other Michigan cities Its concert in Sebewaing will be the first by such a lrage organization to be heard here It is being sent here without cost to the community Admission be free but the only requirement is that those coming to hear it will be asked to buy a Defense Stamp or Bond of any denominati in stamp or bond to remain the property of the purchaser The concert is being held to stimulate the sale of stamps and bonds The concert begins at 8:15 in Following is the program: Star-Spangled Banner 1 Marriage of Figai 0 -Mozart 2 Symphony No lull) (Clock) Haydn 1st Movement Adagio Presto 3 Tales From The Vienna Woods Strauss 4 Slavonic Dance No 1 Dvorak BUY DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS Arthur Rummel Executive Chairman Spe ik- Only nine simple questions will be asked those men who register next Monday February 16 for possible military service under the provisions of the Selective Service Act Col Rosecrans state director of Selective Service for Michigan announces Registration of the individual should require a comparatively short time the director said The registrant will not be asked to fill out questionnaires but must only answer questions about his identity his place of residence and his mailing address Also he will be required to list his telephone if any his age in years and date of birth place of birth the name and address of the person who will always know his addtess his em- ivrasi Ijhyii name and address and his renominated Kundinger place of employment or business chosen jn place of Deegan While it is important that leg-jhu did not seek re-nomination istration be conducted as speed-1 an(i Denner won the contest for ily as possible Col Rosecrans said 1 asSessor over Schwalm in-that every registrant will be giv-1 curnbent Reinhold takes the place en ample time to respond proper-' 0f Trustee Rummel who was chos- Colfax The following nominations were made at the Village caucus last townships Friday evening: For president Arthur mel for trustees Arthur hold Arthur Mast Edward Kundinger for clerk Arnold Layher for treasurer Herman Rem-ter for assessor John Denner Mast Layher and Render were Rum- Rein exception $333370 is $965870 Fifteen amount remain in Red Huron or $820990 The Town l(x) denotes Amt Don Quota incomplete follow: tabulations and Twp By Gene Alleman "news story of when recorded by historians will probably be the unparalleled scrapping of the automobile industry and the complete conversion to production of munitions Its import staggers the imagination Developed for 35 years into one of leading industries one accredited by economists with leading the nation out of the world war depiession the automobile industry does not exist today Assembly lines are being torn out Space is needed for war orders Try to Comprehend this: War work of the Ford Motor Company will require TWICE as many employs as were needed for making of automobiles and trucks Instead of 100000 workets Ford must have 200 000! government contracts for army tanks today are TEN TIMES GREATER than the original order from Washington large as it was General Motors is DOUBLING its dollar volume A labor shortage such as Michigan has never experienced is regarded as inevitable Military needs will take tens of 1 thousands of men under 44 Mar-lied men with family dependents a wife with or without children --and single men -upporting par- puts or other relatives face the 1 prospect of ultimate military ser- vice Government aid for dependents will be supplied Furthermore thousands of wo- men will probably woik in war I achieved Transportation of workers to ly to the questions on the regis tration card which on this occasion will be green White and melon colored cards respectively were used for the first and second Selective Service registia-tions No questionnaires will be given registrants when they register en as candidate ior president to succeed Florondo Schweitzer who was not a candidate President Schweitzer winds up 34 years of service as a Village officer He was named marshal in 1907 and served until 1910 In 1911 he was elected a member of the council as trustee With February 16 nor will they then be tje exception of the years 1926 lequired to undergo any physical an(j 1927 he has served eontinu-examination Questionnaires aie ously on the council since that given to registrants after their I tmei sjnce March 1933 as presi-order numbers have been deter- ci0I1t Mr Rummel has served as mined and reached by their local trustee since November 1923 boards Physical examinations are when he was appointed to fill a given only after the boaids have vacancy passed on the general qualifica-' tions of registrants and have determined that they should not be deferred for reasons of interest to the Nation While registration must be conducted as of February 16 to conform to the Proclamation issued early in January' all Rev Heise announces that services at the Evangelical church I will start at the regular time but on the War Time basis Sunday Schools starts at 9:30 a and persons who will find it impossi- the monlin worship at 10:30 A ble to register on that day may vote wjj je taken during the wor-register at the office of their lo- sj- jour to determine which time cal board on Saturday or Sunday l1 the church people desire -Vlictngan war plants is a major problem Conver-ioii of automobile carriers into busses is posed in Detroit New highway and parking facilities are being studied one of the numerous new headaches plaguing war School Metal Drive Was Huge Success Three Classes Collect Over 8 Tons of Scrap The high school campaign for the collection of for Yankee exceeded all expectations the drive resulting in the collection of more than eight tons of metal The drive continued for two weeks and clo-ed last Fri day Junior sophomore and freshmen classes participated in the contest the incentive money prizes of S3 $2 and SI The total amount collected was 165357 pounds The juniois were awarded first prize for the collection of 64046 pounds the sophomores placed second with 55405 pounds and the fieshmen third with 45916 pounds Each class was divided into four groups with a total of 12 teams participating Four officers from each class acted as leadeis the leading team by Fern Bachman the second by Don Rumlell and the third by "Don Muentner The drive was formulated by the student representative assembly under the direction of Francis Johnson shop instructor The senior cla-s was not entered in the metals dtive but coutiued their waste paper campaign which thfey have conducted for the past few years So far this school year the class has collected and marketed between thiee and four tons of paper Local Milk Producers In Meeting Wednesday 270 Attend Dinn-r and Business Meeting About 270 farm people on Wednesday attended a meeting here marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Michigan Milk Producers A-sociation The meeting was arranged by the Sebewaing local of the association of which Jacob Gremel is president Dinner was served at noon at the Lutheran Dining Hall and the business meeting was held in the Sebewaing high school auditorium Speakers were Howard Simmons general manager of the Michigan Milk Producers Association Elmer Pcwers vice-president and Norman Peterson of the public relations department and Beach manager of the Michigan Producers Dairy Company STATE TO CREATE TWO THUMB HUNTING AREAS Lansing The Conservation Commission on Tuesday closed the Upper Peninsula and in part ol the Lower Peninsula to the taking of beaver and suspended operation of the controversial law permitting the taking of antlerless deer for camp purposes The commission also authorized the purchase of lands with federal funds expected this year to create two large public hunting areas in Tuscola county One area I of 14250 acres near Caro would be known as the Deford project while the other consisting of 6-211 acres one-half mile southwest of Vassar would be known as the Vassar project CLOSED preceding Registration Day When registered each registiant must answer the following nine ouestions: (1) Name of Regis- trant (2) Place of Residence (3) i Mailing Address (if other than Place of Residence) (4) Tele-j phone (5) Age in Years and Date of Birth (6) Place of Birth (7) Name and Address of Person who Three Compositions Sibelius (a) Homeward Journey (b) Vaise Triste (e) Tone Poem Finlandia 6 God Bless America Rotary Club to Hold Inter-City Meeting Lansing Hotel Man to be Speaker Next Tuesday From 80 to 100 membeis of neighboring Rotary clubs are expected to gather here next Tuesday noon when the Sebewaing club will be host at an inter-city meeting at the Log Cabin Clubs from Pigeon Elkton Bad Axe Harbor Beach Cass City and Caro together with newspape men in Huron county will attend The speakers will be Biuce Anderson manager of the Hotel Olds in Lansing and the Wenonah Hotel in Bay City and president of the National Association of Hotel Men The subject of his address will be Part of the Hotels in Rev Stanley Kirn of Cass City was the speaker at this meeting He gave a short history of China Rev Mr Kirn was a missionary in China from 1920 to 1924 and" much of his information on present day China was gained first hand during his residence there OSCAR BUDDE SEBEWAING NATIVE DIED EN SAGINAW Oscar Budde 59 a native of Sebewaing died last Thursday at the home of his sister Mrs Charles Christensen in Saginaw He was born in Sebewaing Dec 4 1882 His father Christian Budde owned and operated the old Union House on Union Street at that time Af-tei the death of his father the family moved to Saginaw He leaves two sisters Mrs August George and Mrs Christensen both of Saginaw and a brother William Budde of Detroit The funeral was held in Saginaw Saturday with Rev Emil Voss pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran church that city officiating Burial was in Holy Cross cemetery Miss Alice Layher and Miss Adeline Holmer of Midland spent the week end at the homes of their parents Mr and Mrs Ottmar Schairer and Mr and Mrs Albert Holmer ROAD wilt always know your Address gal holidays this month will pro-1 formation returns from employers Jsv Name and Ad- vide the springboard for an inten- reporting wages and salaries paid dress andl Place of Employ- sified morale-building program are due February 15 so that the or Business keyed to some of the principles government may check on the 1 e- After a registrant has answered enunciated by the immortal Wash- turns scheduled for March 15 all questions and signed his name ington and Lincoln While Lon-to the registration card he will is voting billions with lithe given a registration certificate! tie argument it seems likely that signed by the registrar This cer- the task of raising the money to tificate must be in the personal pay for war expenses cannot be possession of the registrant at all taken lightly Congressional cora- the Believe it or not bootlegging is booming Government reports show there has been about a 10 per cent increase in bootlegging in 1941 over 1910 During the last few months the increase has Lansing Gov Van Wagoner said Wednesday that he would send a supplemental message to the legislature shortly submitting the time question to that body along with numerous other items I One cannot help but sense the I motivating thought behind the sug-! of Chairman Flynn of the Democratic National Committee that the Republicans forget poli-I tics for the duration Re-i minds one of the story of a meeting of churchmen in a mid-western town that had for its pm pose the merging of several small and struggling congregations into one stiong community organization After full discission the various delegates seemed pretty solidly in accord with the proposal until an old hard-shell spoke up: I too most heartily favor the plan For years I have looked forward I to the day when our little city would have one grand and gioi-j ious Methcd'st i The Sebewaing Sportsmens Club does not propose to see pheasants i suffer for want of feed in so far as the organization can help by putting out corn in a number of areas where birds are found congregating in large flocks Since the recent snow birds may be seen in flocks from a dozen to as many a a hundred or more trying haid to eke out an existence from seeds of the few weed stalks not wholly covered Some individuals also are providing feed for birds on their piemises It is suggested that ears be used for feeding instead nt shelled corn They should be tied or otherwise fastened above the snow fi easy Again Michigan proves itself a leader among states For good measure we shove our clocks ahead not a measly hour but TWO Anyone object to the resignation of Mayor LaGuardia as director of the Office of Civilian Defense? Neither do we An income is something that always falls a little short of what is needed to cover expenses Imperial Magazine Stop vvorring about your little i troubles Your time and intelli-j gence are needed in this war i TELEPHONE CO EXTENDS FIRST AID PROGRAM TO TS WOMEN PERSONNEL 1 The Michigan Bell Telephone Co announces that it is extending its first aid training program to its women personnel for the first time Two thousand male employees already are qualifying for their Red Cross certificates Walls manager for the company said that more than 1000 women employees have enrolled for first aid classes which will get under way early in February at Detroit Grand Rapids and Saginaw The courses will be directed by 15 women employees who have qualified as Red Cross instructors The 2000 male employees now receiving their cer- tificates were ehrolled last October A new course for 1500 to 2000 more men also begin soon with up to 100 instructors WOMANS CLUB ENTERTAINS GUESTS TUESDAY EVENING A Economy was held by the Sebewaing Womans Club for their guests Tuesday evening at the high school auditorium with Mrs Mast president in charge A variety of progressive games were played Prizes for costumes were awarded Mr and Mrs Bauer Mrs Mast accompanied at the piano for group singing Lunch was served by Mrs Schwalm Mrs Lowry Mrs Hoeh and Mrs Schad Mrs Martini Mrs Smith and Mrs Bates had charge of the entertainment The next meeting will be held Feb 24 at the home of Mrs Kinde BOARD SETS WAR TIME PUBLIC SCHOOL SCHEDULE The board of education in special session Tuesday evening set a rew school time schedule under the new War Time The new schedule started Thursday The morning session runs from 9 a to 12 noon and the afternoon session from I to 4 Mrs Merlin Pengra retui home Saturday after spending I weeks with her brothei -in-law i sister Mr and Mrs Ray Phil at Port Huron She was brou home by Mr Philips and Mr i Mrs William Bauman iimes Failure to possess the cer tificate or to show it to authorized persons constitutes a violation of Selective Service Regulations and is considered prima facie evidence of failure to register Registrations in Sebewaing will take place at the Sebewaing Town Hall Hours will be from 7 a to 9 Men between the age groups of 20 to 44 will be required to register They include men who have reached the age of 20 since January 1 1942 and those who are 45 up to Feb 16 the day of registration The Sebewaing township board will conduct the registration Total Blade Advertising Brings Results! 1 this year through the reduction of exemptions About 17500000 in amounted to 16 per cent over 1940 Officials attribute the jump in the illegal distilling to the higher tax on liquor and partially to the increase in spending money available in the South Government experts say that in many regions people buy more bootleg liquor rather than pay for legal packages upon which high taxes are levied Revenue agents stated that the moonshine stills are increasing Seizures were made of 11826 stills in the fiscal year of 1941 containing 6868078 gallons of mash Ninety adidtional investigators have been sent out into the field in an effort to control illicit liquor operations The fate of the small business man in the war eenonmy is a source of concern for Congress As an illustration of the widespread interest of the subject more than thirty Senators have attended hearings of a special Senate committee on small business problems A bill has been introduced in an effort to alleviate the critical situation by establishing a division in the War Production Board which will specialize in matters effecting smaller enterprises It is the contention of Senator Murray of Montana that the allocation of as little as one-half of 1 per cent of the supply of certain scarce materials would have been sufficient to open the doors of thousands of these small concerns It is admitted that out of a total of 184000 small manufacturing concerns only 45000 can be adapted or converted so as to be mpbilized to some degree into the war production program This would leave approximately 140000 concerns to carry on civilian production and struggle along the best they can to keep in business The Senate criticism is also directed against government financing agencies for their failure to support small businesses by extending credit so that they can bid for contracts The theory in placing a special division in the War Production Board is to provide a constant check and guard to see that small firms receive a fair share of war contracts Born to Mr and Mrs Samuel Mueller at Saginaw General Hospital a daughter Mamie Lynn Sunday Feb 8th Mrs Mueller was formerly Miss Carol Hess of Sebewaing $965870 I 1 I I 1 i Michigan diarvmen are asked to inciease milk production 10 per- cent Uncle Sam wants 950000 cows to produce an ave-j lage of 520 MORE pounds of milk per animal than the 5200 pounds averaged in 1941 To do this each cow will lequire 1000 pounds ad-j ditional hay and 500 pounds more of ceraei grain Sooo Bossy! Layoff of 315000 automobile workers and the financial burden of providing unemployment com- pensation were responsible for the second session of the state legisla- ture at Lansing this week law permits mum compensation of $288 per jobless worker $16 for 18 weeks President Roosevelt has proposed that Congress supplement these payments to allow a total of $624 at the rate of $24 for 26 weeks Since automobile plants are being converted by the government to war needs the White House feeis that the government should share the extra burden of unemployment compensation ordinarily shouldered by employers Election year factors are seen in the action of the state administrative board (bi-partisan in con- trol) to send Governor Van Wag- oner and Secretary of State Harry Kelly to Washington for a bi-partisan recommendation Kelly comes from Detroit hub of the motor industry Van political strength has been in metropolitan centers lather than upstate as the election polls show Michigan employers have been paying the highest rate of tax in the nation 3 per cent as against 27 per cent maximum paid by piactically all other states according to the Michigan Manufacturers Association That accounts in part for our $140000000 reserve fund Ten states pay more than Michigan in maximum unemployment payments only three states pay more than Michigan in minimum payments Federalizing of the employment security system as suggested in Washington is seen as a threat at employer-earned experience rating by which a lower levy is possible through stabil'zed work Admini-trators of many of the state employment compensation laws are opposing federalization The Southern Conference went on record (1) that the complete administration of sta-e employment services be restored to the respective states as soon as the present emergency has passed and (2) that nothing in the present emergency would justify the federal government in taking over the administration of unemployment compensation Governor Van Wagoner admitted the other day that he was the who apparently was not opposed to federalized control Old-fashioned vacations as contrasted to modern gypsy outings (turn to page five please) mittees assigned to drafting huge tax-program have been doing spade-work preparatory to public hearings on the bill Meanwhile the political kettle is boiling with the declaration that he favored election of legislators who had supported the defense program of i Many incumbents are 1 away engaged in staging a comeback campaign before the primaries which are due shortly in several states On the question of morale it is interesting to note that Congressional guns are blasting at the personnel in the Office of Civilian Defense This outfit charged by law with serious problems has been a hot-bed of dissension More shake-ups and the possible retirement of Mrs Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia from their posts is in the offing as a means of settling the dust of controversy The Army is still ducking attempts to switch actual control to their shoulders on the theory they have too much work in their ordinary tasks related to prosecution of the war The Attorney-General finds himself sitting on a powder-keg with regard to Department of Justice policies and aliens Mr Biddle is on the defensive and is desperately endeavoring to prevent the spread of vigilante rule He sounded another warning this week against it This Cabinet official win only to have it threatened by promised the proper handling of the powerful Harbor Beach squad alien enemies and their quick that invades the local gym to- evacuation from vital war zones Biddle attributes mob rule in times Tom Kundinger sparked Sebe-1 0f war as expressions of attack on Pigeon Tuesday rated people in an attempt to evening by taking scoring honors magnify their own importance or ior the evening with lo points heir own fears and It was John Mtschung vu-h 12 1 points that helped decide Sebewa- With millions of new taxpayers ing win over Cass City Bad brought into the fold by the 1941 Sebewaing Downs Pigeon 33-14 for 3d Straight Win Harbor Beach Invades v' Sebewaing Gym Tonight Limiting the Pigeon high cagers to only four field goals and six free throws Tuesday evening Coach Chalmer local high school quintet scored 33 points to climb into an A A third place tie with Harbor Beach This third place spot is the highest any Sebewaing High School basketball team has reached since the jumps after each rule was eliminated The local quintet reached this new high by consecutive wins over Bad Axe by a 28 to 19 score over Cass City 30 lo 26 and Tuesday night's Pigeon Special to The Blade Washington Feb 11 Two le- internal revenue bill the Treasury Department is taking steps to prevent evasions Ninety rewards were paid last year to informers who reported tax dodgers to the government The rewards amounted to $58000 while the tax assessments on the evaders represented a collection of $1309000 The law permits the Treasury to pay as high as 10 per cent of the amount collected from those who neglected to pay Uncle Sam In 1940 there were only 8 million tax returns but this increased to 15 million in 1941 It is expected that assessments will be made against the incomes of 6 million more people downfall by the locals was due to Sam 13 points Harbor Beach is going to have a hard time trying to figure out who to watch tonight Standings in A A Sandusky 7 Caro 2 Sebewaing IIIU5 3 Harbor Beach 3 City 4 4 Bad Axe 4 4 Vassar Hill 2 7 Pigeon 8 Miss Lorna Lange of Saginaw was a week end guest of her oar-ents Mr and Mrs Lange.