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THE INGHAM COUNTY NEWS Last Friday's Storm Made Kindling Wood Out of Barns County's Worst Storm Wreaks Heavy Damage WIDE PATH CUT THROUGH INGHAM COUNTY BY TORNADO, FARMERS TAKE BIG LOSSES. fmST JUNt ORAH TO Iru:llilm County N~ws Phuln~. The top ptcturc shows what was left after the wind stt uck 1he bam o£ T. J. Holtz on the Howell toarl, fi·:v m!les c<tst of Mason. The lowet picture shows Chmlcy Kuby viewing the wtcckage of the ba1n 011 the W!lhams fo~rm wluch he opcldles. Kirby hvcs in the Vantown <11ca whtch W<l:, the haulcst hit in the storm. There arc only a few barns ncar Vantown which wctc not ;,Plashed or setl0\1Sly damaged. A!IJIISto·rs tor thll l\1Htugun Wwdslol'lll lnsuranco < "'"t'""Y stated that 1hoy esti mate thetr aw .1t le.1st 90 b:tlll~ dom n in lngtmm county, with lll.lny others otumagnd. ---- Hmscmen from Ingham and nmghbo11ng countres m·e awmltng tiiC spccwl matinee to be hclcl at the Ingl~o~m f,m gtounds tracl' Ill Mason Suncl8y, June 11, to sec how then f.tvor•tes responded to tram mg Some 25 horses Wintered .tt Nm tllvtllc, Hnstmgs, Lalce Odessa and Mason Wtll be entered, Bert Roche of Lansing, superintendent of ~peed for the Ingham traclc, ~tate d. '!'he wccs Will be two-heat nf fau s because some of the hmses arc not yet ready to go the full l'Dutc. Former Leslie Boy Missing in Action Mt· ancl Mrs. Rollo Foote of Leshc h.1vc received a message from tho a(Jjutant gcrwral of tho wat department In Waslungton tiHit thea· son, Henry Max Foote, 1s mtssmg in action. Foote was on Corregldor•. He enllsted a year ago and after as signments at Fort Knox, Ken tuclcy, Fort Leonard Woocl, Mts soUt'l, and Camp McDowell In Calt fornla, he snllccl for the Phllrp pincs, art•tvmg there last fall. The adjutant general stated that l\(OVING 1'0 UIIJCAGO the wnr dcpnrtment has no record Mr. nnd Mrs. W. A. Llppmcott of those lnllcd on the Bataan In the above picture arc the men from Ing rejected, Some of the rejected men will re Peninsula or on Correg~dor and will leave Mason June 15 to make • that there Is no record yet of their home 111 Chicago. They were ham draft district No. 1 who left for army port later for checkup examinations and may those who were forced to surt·en transferred het·c three years ago service on Wednesday night of last week, It then be accepted. The 14 sent back to their der to the Japanese. The Inter from Philadelphia, Mr. Lippmcott homes were LaVerne Davenport and Charles national Red Cross, through Its was wlth John Wyeth & Bro., Inc., was the largest wartime contingent to leave Geneva office, cheei(S on war• m Philadclplna, and came to the Mason. Thcr~ were 49 scheduled to go. Two prisoners. The Footes were told, Mn.son plftnt as superv1sor of the men, Wendell Nemeth and John Paul Perry however, that it will probably be finishing department. He is now of Stockbridge, joined the navy and so failed three months before a 1eport of being tru nsferred to the Chicago war pr1soners in the hands of the factory of John Wyeth & Bro, Inc to report with the selectees. .Japanese Js received lit WaRhlng Of the 47 men who were examined by army ton. Scell liOlfltOC!~ nnd ncl mmln onion t1lnntK. Jim.'tl Mmlwt, MuMon. 23\\l medical boards 33 were accepted a11d 14 wcte INUHAM COUN'l''l ·~--------;;-~·--· DIS S E LO FOR FARMERS Are Your II pmlmhly •·o~l·; lr~H lo lnHtulJ \VIu•JJ l IIHI<r•il D<•Jwnnrl In go a ml111:.!m· 1111111 il. rl<H'H lo lmil.nll Finances n ln11g 1111 111,. wnl lll'e f rlirlJJ'I lcnnw fL llf'W jll'l'HH, f WondPI'erJ if' Jhn l11• IJ•ulilf·l•n llpallnighl., l fiH lmnd JlfiHIIli'H Who 1',11111' fl'lltll ffll IIIICI Farmers who need money to build new barns or 11.11] pi:Jyf •I fill' II rlllllfl! fit HIIIJ'gl'l. 111'111' Jo iJJ!ilflll l.he ll<'W Pn~H!Jy 1 Tangled? ,(1 11 wnl'•f. J\uJHHllll'l'lfll'llll nt t•Hirllnin~' A:.; !Jtr• ]llllly IJJ•oktl lip lito 1vfiiHIJJl lurlnJJ lllllliHI<'I' WI' I'' llr·lug pnliJ temporary structures to house their stock a'ncl grain nu•nl1 wht•t'f' rrrlmhudon 111 l'lllliFPd nr I)}:Jf•:;lt'IJ lmndPd f))p lwy to hl~l em• lhr• H<'llie oJ' ~~20 Jlf'l tiny IIIHI CX· :!.1111 fo OllP oJ' JIW JllllflH'HIIlH 1o gPt Fridoy night's disastrous .~lsllH•IIJ!ng nllll'l'l llw (•ompm·tmrml. until a new barn is built may borrow money at this bank. storms did great damilge. 'l'lir· ,liJhPIIi-IIJindPd lllll!iieJJIII pill ''''"'" '" '" '" ...................... "'"'"''''"....... !till II It Roads were hlockecl, woodlot~; ll11• l.•·.v in hJK poclml 11nrl r·iilllhf'd Farmers who must have emergency loans to tide them -~~-~~-~~--~-~~-~~-~~-•-•-u-u-rr.._n._n_u_,_"_'_ 11 _ 11 _"_'_r_,.:, iJl(() 111\fllfJrt• ('Ill llllfl hc:Jclt•d J'O?' I Ancient History i and orchards were ruincc!. Utility wires and fences were We Missed the Boat JlaiJHiiJ''· rl'ht•rp WtlH Dct•wood [JJlcl ~ GIP,IIII'd from Nuwfi Fdi.'~ of l over until insurance company settlements are made can IIJJf'l' olhrl' lmlldfHllBil lllfJI'IHJtlCrl in t YtJ,IIb P.tsl + tangled, Barns were sc<JI tercel :"IIII'J;Is. 'l'lwy I'Jliisled Lf1o fllcl or I.................................................................... i be accomodated here. ai.Jout the landscape. Thing·; Had the Germans or the Japanese sent over bombers thnt did 111,. •:li<'l'ii'r nnrl tlw nJnJJ v.llh tho (IJw y"'"' J\l{o generally over a wide area in nc one-hundredth of thii damage wrought by Friday's storm 1"'1' ww; slnpJwd hPiwct•n StJJJ'!(JH Thr. Hllit. of 2fl former· wnmrn Ingham county were t;111glcd. , ' · ' ,111d f'oldwnlr>l', Hr. hnrllhe lwy and Clliplnyl'<'S of llw Ollis Molm· m Ingham county alone there would have been disaf:fcr relief i llf•:Jdr>d hnf'i< In Hllll'gis to r'"''''lll' w n·lrs to enllr.cl. r ·nn uw ,. p y Some people's finnnces arc 1 1 1 1 1 1 0111 1111 of every kind <IV11ilnhlc. The nu;.:iliary police till' ·1uxilbry II lie sl ""' ''' IJllnJt;t. fl. wnH tluwn 11111lcl' tile Mwlilg-un '''111111 wagP.'i We hear much these days about business restric tangled whether· or not they en, the dcmoli,tion squads, ' the 'clccontmninntien ' . ' squad:.,' '""IWill II w••:11·ilyl/11• illf'll p.,, Jlf'r'JVNJ wonrl h<'nrle<lIn LIIIIHing· for l.hisJmv wnck.WIIS ;;l:Ji'lf'cl Jll Cll'l'lli[ COlll'i. tions, especially credit res!rictions. Of course, there lost barns or other property t·st airlunits nf every description and every other organiz<Jiinn I 11 " 11 '~' · 1 si"JlJl<'rtl 11.11 111 (·! 11 Ht ··•s he nr. Mayne CJJJ'Iis nnd I1J•. W. F', by the tornado. Some are 1 1 l 1 1 f · 1 · 1 1 1 W:JH 1 l'liWJilg 11 P 0 11 ' ,IIJ'Il 1HII11P. Dunning nl' Nr•w Yn1·1c illJVc at't'IVI'tl tangled by such cmcrgcncicH .mmc 1ec c t 1e wnr woulc been ch:m1p· 11,, w•· 11 1 wilhnnl. slc•r•p all rlny Rat- to cnm·r•Jt llw Cllt'li:; l'ar•m I he are restrictions imposed because of the war, yet emer n~ scrvic~ Lllll~g 1~vc as sickness. Others arc tangl~d 111g at the lllt to relieve distress. III'IL<.v 111111 th~n wo1lcrd nt Plcn:;nnt DexteJ· 'l'mil inl.o f'flllc:cr· l'<'AI'nrc•h011 N 1 1 11 gency and disaster loans to replace property lost by .. just because of faulty planning, I 1 1 1 _ • L il<c) Hnt!llduy night, nud Ho wJf. .. lnbmntmy. o Jom Js.wercI r roppcr to co unmnge 111 one 11bce. Instcarl Jlf·ss•·d 111~ .r";'i<Hilll r•nJJnty slmm 1 nn area <ls 11g ns some enslcrn states was l<1id waste by wi111l, l f<' IJPI'>~nw <JllilP nn nullwrily on No'rhlrly-r•ighl. til nrt Lii~rtri<'l men willfrnm leavef11g wmlrll' tornado, flood, fire and other disasters are exempt from A bank account is a grca t and the folks ;mr] their neighbors have to pick up and sort oul .. Jm 1118· Jll'lllY1 : e ·vica Mnnrlny. aid in straightening out tan cir belongings. The f:11 mers anrl their ncirrhbors arc h<Jvin.1', AI S<'I'VII'<'S1 1 Rllnlin.v lll<'lllheJ's nf the restrictions. gled finances. By budgeting 0 mOVC' the wreckage. They .lre IJ", VI.Ilg to rlJ?g"' OJ It tile rl(•,·Jrl II<'I'Wnocl llllll 1 <'11\'CJ'Ccl a lot of' the Chlll'l'il ol' l.he N 117.JIIf'lll'· p 1l'tg- 1 1 expenses and keeping track of imimals.·. Thev IJ?VJ,ll!..,Y to rlo tlJel·J.H o•vn !1"cOJ11·,n JnJ·Il,"tt'o ·,. fPJ'r'iloJ',\ ·"'':dlll'fla,v HIHI had ju t>cl mm·c II IHI If II ''. I' ' Ir; nl'er I· ~rr~ 1 1 11111 1 1111 those expenses by check, fi J " " ' c ,, ''""'r '"""' ul' iJ, f.wic·r• wlwn Wl1 Nl 1'01' illlilcling un ll<ltlitinn to llw TheyI nrc1 hnving lo bind JI[l their own WOJIJHls.