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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Motor Course
to Start Soon

A Red Cross motor mechanics
course for women will begin Thurs
day IN the E. G Wiedman building,
IS f. Michigna Ave. Glasses will be
each Thursday from 1880 TO $3.50
D. m. and will continue IL weeks.
II Is not necessary for those en-
rolling to have first aid instruction
although studepts may take first
aid in conjunction vita motor me-
chanics or take first aid after COM
pletlng the motor mechanics course.
Students will be given a card certi-
flying that they have passed motor
mechanics.
They will receive a certificate
for membership In the Red Cross
motor corps after the have COM
pleted 20 hours OF motor mechanics,
20 hours OF first aid and 80 hours
OF unit driving The latter includes
driving motorized units to transport
materials to and from production
centers. persons TO clinics and peo-
pie TO centers as blood donors.
Motor mechanics studies will In
clude changing tires, cleaning spark
plugs. adjusting carburetors, check
ing batteries, electrical mechanisms
and fuel. -
Instructors will be Mrs Harriet
PATTERSON. Miss r Ruth G3mbeli,
both OF this city. and Miss Virginia
Schumacher. Ann Arbor
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
NEW SESSION OF
CONGRESS To ACT
ON PRICE RULING
Stronger Measure Urged by
Banking, Currency
Committee
HENDERSON WOULD BE
GIVEN PURSE STRINGS
Special Floor Provided in
Case of Agricultural
Commodities

Washington, Jan. 3-UP-Price
control legislation took top billing
today on the list of issues facing
the new session OF Congress, which
convenes at noon Monday.
The price fixing bill was given
first rating when the Senate Bank
ing and Currency Committee, af-
ter the year long first session OF
the nth Congress had come 10
an end late yesterday, voted unan-
imously to report a stronger con-
troll measure than that approved
by the House Nov. 2S.
Senate leaders planned TO begin
consideration OF the bill next Tues
day or Wednesday. The start OF
debate. however. presumably hing.
es on final decision as to the day
President Roosevelt will appear
to deliver his annual message to
Congress on the state Of the uni3n.
The Senate's price fixing bill
would authorize price administra
tor Leon Henderson to set ceilinss
on commodity prices. 1t would CT
rect him to consider prevailing
market prices during the perio !
from Oct. to Is, 1871. in fixing
those ceilings. but to select an
other two weeks period II in the
first half of October the price of
some commodity was abnormal.
A special floor is provided in the
case of agricultural commodities.
Nc farm price ceiling may be set
below ITO per cent of parity, or
below the market pr 'ce OF Oct. l
1871, whichever is higher. The
Senate Committee eliminated a
House provision carrying a third
base for farm products-the aver
age price for the yeas from 1919
&c 1929.
The Senate Committee broadened
the administrators power ~ buy
and sell commodities to stabilize
prices. He would be permitted to
buy anywhere in the world, instead
Of merely In the United States; but
transactions in strate ic and crit
zeal war materials were left under
the control OF an RIG subsidiary.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Drivers Face
Dark Roads as
Result of War
I. S. May Require
Private Cars

Washington, Jan. 3-INS-Amer-
lean motorists faced dark roads
ahead today with production of
automobiles to be halted com
pletely for duration Of the war
and government requisinoning OF
their cars looming as a gloomy"
possibility.
The government doubled the
automobile pro iuction quota for
January, ra' sing it from 100000
to 100000 cars, but Price Control
Administrator Leon Henderson
warned that no more would be
produced until after the war ends.
The prospective "sto ekpile" Of
automobiles for civilian use there
fore will be $4,000, since 100000
already are on hand, but they will
be strictly rationed according to
defense needs.
The date when all passenger
automobile production will be
stopped has net yet been determ.
med. HENDERSON. said. bu it VIII
be probably not later than Jan.
usry 81.
He Explained that the govern
ment decided to stop production
Of all PASSENGER automobiles so
that the i1dustry's plants can be
converted for prosu tioa of vitality
needed war materials-guns, tanks,
airplanes, etc.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
No New Autos
so no Plates

Local branch OF the secretary of
states office are not issuing H.
cense plates for any new vehicles
upon orders Of Secretary Harry +.
Kelly. These orders will stop Is
suance OF licenses for automobile
sales which are now being com
pleted. Paul Ungrodt. branch Of
flee manager. explains
The notice from the state. Of.
fetal received Friday night ex-
planned that the ban on license
sales for new vehicles would con.
tinue until the OPM sent an inter
probation on their recent curtail
ment of new automobile sales.
Used car sales will be contin
ued and licenses will be issued on
all vehicles wlfich have been driven
over 1000 miles. this being the
distinction made between new and
used vehicles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Recreation to
be Considered

Proposals for increased winter
recreation facilities for Ypsilanti
snow sports fans, including a tohog-
gan slide and a new ice skating
rink. will be discussed by memsers
of the city recreation and park COM
mission Jan. 8, at 6:15 p. IN. in
Charles McKenny Hall, D. H. Moi
felt. chairman. announced Friday.
Toboggah slide plans contemplat-
ed call for the construction OF a
runway beginning at the top Of the
hill at the rear Of the Masonic Tenn
pie. rs y. Huron ST.. running down
the hill and opening in the city park
E. w. Shadford and Ernest NJ
Maddux. street commissioner. have
consulted in the formation Of plans.
Another plan under consideration
Is the flooding OF the Ypsilanti
High School football field for an
ice skating rink. Suggested pro
jects. hanging fire because OF warm
temperatures, are expected TO be
put into action soon, Mr.. Shadford
said Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Poison Blamed
i'm Two Deaths

Chicago. Jan. 3-UP Clare S.
CcArdle. -. vice president Of the
Missouri Portland Cement Com
pany, and a woman companion
died mysteriousiy 80 apparently
from poisoning early today after
a pheasant supper at an exclusive
Chicago restaurant.
a waiter discovered the bodies
on the floor Of a DO IN IN a gold
coast rendezvous on Chicago's near
North Side a few minutes ear
lier. he had bou BIT them a bottle
o. champa gne The woman was
Identified as Nancy Wassman, IS
CHICAGO.
Police we're Convinced they had
died OF DO soning. They .oof
samples Of the champagne and o.
the pheasant for a chemical analy
SIS The time OF daa h was fixed
AZ 1876 m. about five hours
after the couple had arrived al
the restaurant
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Back in
Custody, Cold

Little Falls, Mimi, Jan. Sup
Richard Dehler. 16-year-old slayer
OF four, returned to a warm cell to-
day and blamed an accomplice for
a Jail break which gave him "a
hours OF freedom before frigid tenn
peratures drove him into the arms
OF police.
Police said the youth. who con.
fessed numbering his father. moth.
er. sister and brother and setting
the family home afire Dec. 10. ap'
peared confused and cold when he
was recaptured last night.
He had escaped from the MORT
son County jail the preceding night
with his cellmate. Theodore Crest,
Al. Police reported early today thar
a posse had surrounded Crest in a
swamp.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Twenty Six Nations Oppose Axis
Ypsilanti Residents Look to
Horse and Buggy Days Again

pend upon this mode of transports
ton Of materials.
For the youth OF the city, little
effect is seen. Most of the stu
dents walk to school and their rec.
reation interests center within the
city. The few 'jalopies" are not
likely to remain when new tires and
parts are unobtainable.
For the more optimistic, there Is
the proba bility that from the war
emergency will come new inyen-
tons which will supplant those ap-
parent necessitie~ which are TO he
curtailed. A synthetic rubber may
be developed further there may
be new modes of transportation.
The old saying Necessity is the
mother Of invention" takes on new
meaning.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

With the notice today that the
government may take over private
automobiles, Ypsilantians reflect
ed upon the horse and buggy
days ard pondered their possible
return during the war emergency.
The lone remaining blacksmith
shop is the Smith Bros. Co. ut 81
$. huron st. and no smithlng has
been done there for the past eight
years. Machine work is now th@
principal business; however the
CORNER equipment remains.
Because psilanti Is in defense
area, a compromise on the car situa-
ton was foreseen today for workers
at the bomber plant, at least. Sup
err highways are now being built
TO accommodate workers who are
expected to be transferred from the
automotive plants to the defense
work.
More business for Ypsilanti mer-
chants is a possibility in the new
emergency. Lack Of adequate
transportation will lessen the flow
of business to larger cities, while
residents of NEARBY communities
will continue to trade here.
AS a tremendous amount OF pres
sure is now being exerted on the
Army and Navy. defense orders
are more likely to be spread to
smaller plants. Necessity will
cause the large plants to more
readily sublet contracts and red
tape will be minimized. Many EN-
ployes here will be Inconvenience
If trucking is curtailed as they de-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Sign Pact to Fight
to FinishyPlan
Action
Central Press Phonephoto

Washington, Jan. 3-UP-The
agreement signed by 20 nations
for finish fight against the Axis
wifi be supplemented in the next
few days by further concrete evi-
dence OF united action. II was indi-
Gated today.
The Declaration by United Ma
lions" which had as its chief sigma
toll es the United states. Great Brit
ain, the Soviet Union and China,
was only a preliminary to the broad
program of unified antl-Axis war
moves TO be completed and trans
mitted to the military and naval
stats OF the nations involved.
Foreshadowing the completed
program was the announced fact
that American. British and Dutch
warships are cooperating in the
Pacific. This type OF coordinated
opposition to the Axis is expected
to undergo worldwide expansion
soon. perhaps even before President
Roosevelt and British Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill have con
cluded their talks here.
The conferences among Churchill
Mr.. Roosevelt, and their respective
high commands continued, and i'm
portant developments are expected
to come from the meetings between
now and the time Mr. Roosevelt
delivers his State OF the Union mes
sage TO Congress next Tuesday Or
Wednesday.
Mr.. Rooseyelt's message also Is
expected to contain important 10
formation on the unified war ef-
fort.
These were the two salient points
OF the anti.Axis agreement an.
nounced yesterday:
81. Each government pledges 1t
self to employ its full resources.
military or economic, against those
members OF the Tripal lite Pact and
It's adherents with which such gov.
eminent Is at war.
"2. Each government pledges II.
self to cooperate with the govern
meat signatory hereto and not 10
make a separate armiscce or peace
with the enemies.
The way was left clear for other
nations, particularly Latin Ameri
can nations which have not entered
the conflict. TO come into the fighf
on the side OF the slgnatories. The
declaration included provisions 70:
later adherence Of other nations
which are. or which may be. rem.
dering material assistance and con
tributions In the struggle for vic.
tory over Hitlerism."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
AUTO MAKERS To
SWING INTO WAR
PRODUCTION SOON
Five Point Program Will
be Followed by
IndustriaIists
COMPETITION WILL BE
ELIMINATED IN EFFORT
Parts Already on Hand to
be Made Into Cars,
it is Planned

Detroit. Jan. 3--lNS-A hve-point
immediate programme clear the
decks" and literally throw compe-
luton oyerDoard-taces the billion
dollar automotive industry today
before hundreds OF thousands 81
workers can step up TO their
benches for an about war produc.
ton.
With automobile spokesman
agreed In, the effort to prosecute
the war to the hilt, IL was en-
phasized by all that the conversion
10 about war production is not
something that can be accomplished
overnight. these are the I'VE steps
neeaeu Immediately, they said:
clear the plants.
2--Learn exactly what the Army
and the Navy wants.
3-find some way OF Harvesting
new and ola machinery-a pooling
IDEA was suggested by one.
4-Design tools and nxtures.
5--The mammoth task OF train
ing personnel.
A spokesman for tho Automobile
Manufacturers Association put At
this way:
the chief thing right now Is
the Automotive Council for War
Iroducuon which right now is
formulating plans for the indus.
.rys war enort.
The indus.ry feels that the gov
eminent will let it use up ali the
parts 1t has had fabricated for
.nonlhs In advance ana the cars
made from these parts would be
ior cars tor ply sicians, necessary
government workers, etc. But
these parts are not numerous
enough Tor more than u weeks pro-
AUCTION by any one company.
Then the industry will clean out
its plants and clear the deck to
prosecute the war to the hilt."
These steps. 1t was saiu, will un.
doubleday be discussed at the con.
ference called in Washington for
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Defense Work
Groups Listed

Mrs. Glenn B. Arnold and Mrs.
Fred Battelle represented Ypsi-
lanti at a sponsoring board meet
ing of the Civilian Defense Volun-
teer Office in Ann Arbor Armo.'y
Friday night.
Besides an explanatory talk on
the work of defense councils in
Washtenaw County, the various po-
sitions for which registrations can
be made in the county Jan. 7, s. 8
and 10 were listed. These are as
sistants to day nurses for working
mothers, emergency transportation
work, clerical jobs, salvage
schemes, messenger service, blood
donors, teaching home economics
and other work in similar social
agency programs. There will he
no age limit for men and women
registering.
% Possibility OF public school
registration for high school stu
dents is being considered.
Registration in Ypsilahti will be
at the city hall from to 9 p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Soldiers in u hiIippines
Hope to Wear Out .DapS
Naval Station
at CaVite
Lost
I. S. Forces Have
Superior Basis
of Operation

Washington. Jan. 3-INs-witb
Manila in japanese hands. Cavite
naval station abandoned and their
backs to the sea. General Douglas
MacArthur's Philippine defenders
today battled grimly to wage a sue
cessfuI campaign OF attrition and
hold the islands indefinitely.
Military experts said the defense
OF the Philippines is far from fin
ished rs long as the American-Fili-
Pine troops remain intact and their
supply lines are maintained.
The defense forces. strategists
believe. assured themselves OF a
superior lighting position when
Manila was relinqulshed.
Although Macarthur did not fully
describe his new alignment OF
troops. the war Department pointed
out that the defense units were re-
adjusted and consolidated. Experts
said this disclosure indicated that
the line is arrayed in a vast arc. It's
face TO the east and It's back 10
the China Sea.
This movement, tacticians thought.
would enable the Army TO prevent
an attack from the rear. maintain
It's supplies and, more important.
offer stubborn resistance at every
point.
At Singapore the British Far East
command announced three Jap at
tacks on the Perak front in north
western Malaga had proved unsuc-
ceasful and that that 500 Japs had
been killed. Another Jap attack to
land In lower Perak was smashed
by artillery fire.
Once more Jap planes attacked
Singapore, but caused little damage
and only seven casualties.
And in ChiIa the bloody battle for
possession OF Changsha was roar
Ing to itr climax. Defending Chinese
troops we're declared to have
launched a sudden. terrific counter
attack. slaughtering $4,000 Japs out
side the city's defenses. The battle
OF humiliation stu was In progress.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
DIR. Lord Head
of Department

Appointment Of DR.. Francis z.
Lord to succeed the late Profes-
sor Charles NJ. Elliott as director
OF Michigan State Normal College
department of special education,
was announced Friday by Presi-
dent John NJ. Munson. 4
DR.. Lord, who stated that he
had no plans for immed ate chang
es in the department, steps into
the position of director from his
place as assistant director, which
he has held sAce 1889.
A NormaT College student in
1925. Dr/rofY Joined the faculty in
April, 1926. Mud Ia ght at Stone
School until his graduation in June.
From 1927 until 1880. he was rural
school supervisor In 1880. he be-
came an instructor in the educa-
ton department and taught until
assuming the position OF assistant
director OF special education.
He obtained his MA. degree in
education at the University OF Chi
tdeO III 1870 anu MS IN. ~ uekTee
at the University OF Michigan In
1885.
DR.. Lord assumes direction OF
the department watch was first
Of its kind in the United States
when organized at Normal in 1924
with Professor Elliott as its head.
During the years under Profes-
sor Elliott's supervise n. the de
psrtment attracted national and
international attention by its cours
es in speech or lip reading for
deafened adults. The department
is now housed in a $3.50 900 build
ing, endowed by the Rackham
Foundation. which was dedicated
June 81, 1870.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
That First Baby
Finally Arrives

The first baby Of the year, born
In Boyer Hospital. arrived today.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Jack Gray, 1865
Holmes Rd.. are the parents Of a
daughter she weighed six pounds,
eigh- ounces.
To qualify for prizes offered By
local merchants to the first baby Of
1912, parents must have the baby's
birth certificate filed in the Daily
Press office not later than IL p. m.
Monday Jan. 5. Exact hour. minute
and date OF the birth must be certi-
lied by the attending physician or
those present. Parents OF the win
ming baty are TO receive from the
Daily Press office a letter OF intro
duction 10 merchants.
Prizes offered this year by mer-
chants include. milk for one month.
blanket. bottle warmer. theater
passes. fathers suit cleaned. one
bali ton OF coal one dollar savings
account, nursers and bottle-caps.
electric heating pad. baby shoes.
fathers hat and baby ring.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

BERL1N-(Cnicial Broadcast re-
corded by APP The German radio
declared today that a large Dutch
tanker in Britt h.Ameri-an serv-
Ice had been srnk 60 miles off the
California Coast.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

NEW YORK AP- Francois X
Belley. IS. captain OF walters at
Leon and Eddie's restaurant. WAS
found dubbed to death in his River
side Drive apartment and police
early today took three persons 70
headquarters for questioning.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

LANSING-AP-Tire stealing on
a large scale has begun. the state
tire ratloning comm ttee reported
today. warning motorists to note
the ser al numbers OF their auto
mobile tires. The committee also
recommended that police and sher
ifs provide all gasoline filling
stations AMI garages with lists OF
tires stolen in the comuu unity so
that a constant watch could be
kept for thefts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

LONDON AP-Viscoun Cecil OF
Chelwood. close associate OF Presi.
dent Wilson In establishing the
League OF Nations. urged today that
nations try once more to form a
solid organization Of states united
against aggression but otherwise
maintaining independence.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

Man wanted for modern Food Mar.
fet Grocery 4 vegetable experience
necessary. Brooks Food Market.
Adv. l03
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
Today in 1916

tBy Associated Press)
Germans capture two more towns
in northern Dobruja Province. Ru
mania.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

ROOM for rent, 7O2 Ferris. Adv.
1899
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03
ashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight;
Cloudy, Cold

MEXICO CITY up Former
King Carol OF Rumania may call
upon his former subjects to rise in
revolt against the Axis overlords Of
the nation he fled last spring. It was
reported here today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

ROME Official Broadcast Re.
corded nv AP)-A new British air
raid on Naples. Ira ian west coast
shipping and comruni atoms cen
tier, was acknowledged by the high
command today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

lCoatinuss on Page swoJ
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

LANSfNG-AP-- The state tire
rationing committee rushed in.
ttructions and forms TO county
clerks today in an attempt to make
good on its hope that there will
be at least one rati)ning organiza.
Mon tunction'ng In each county OF
Michigan by Monday morning when
the sale of new tires and tubes
begins under close control.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

PITTSBURGH --AP- A nurse
persisted and at least 10 other per-
sons were burned. some seriously.
today in a four alarm fire which
destroyed Friendship avenus
rooming house and damaged an
other. The buildings were located
la few doors from West Penn Hos
pital. one OF Pittsbursh's largest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

NEW YoRK-INS-The Rookie
Teller Institute for Medical Re
search revealed today new field
OF research had been opened into
the cause and cure OF typhus fever.
dreaded war disease. DR.. ]. c. Sny
der and DR.. c. K. Anderson OF the
institute announced they have sue
ceeded in transmitting typhus to
cotton rats.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-03

LONDON-INS British military
authorities said today that on the
basis Of latest information, the
Russian advance is continuing on
virtually the entire central (Mos
cow front
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Barron's Band
To Celebrate
Halloween
Local Songstress Home
From Tour With Vale
To Star at Willard

"The Music of Yesterday and To-
day. will be featured at the Willard
Hotel ballroom on Halloween, when
Blue Barron brings his entire radio
recording group for a celebration Of
Allhallows Eve Barron has been
one of the outstanding name band
stage attractions for quite some time
and comes from record breaking
four week run at the Strand The
ater in New York. where he also
doubled at the Hotel Edison.
Also engaged for the party is Judy
Ellington, local songstress, who has
only recently returned from an ex-
tended tour with Rudy Vallee, Russ
Morgan, Charlie Barnett and other
name bands.
A special cocktail lounge will be
installed adjacent to the large ball
room for the occasion and War
bonds will be presented for the most
beautiful and most comical cos
tunes by Alexander Darcy. movie
star now stationed in Washington
with the Army Tickets are on sale
at the Willard Ticket Bureau.