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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

to be $4,000 with se56,OOO Of this
amount from federal aid. The bal.
ance OF the cost estimated at $751;
600 or such greater amount as.
with the grant. may be necessary TO
complete the project" was to be
sponsored bv the city.
This is virtually the same plan
under which the city constructed its
water treatment and sewage dis.
posal plants. They were both given
approval under a vote OF the PEG
pie.
Action was taken following re.
ceipt OF letter Marcr 80 from ID.
II. kennicott. regional engineer,
asking councilmen without await.
ing the undertaking OF formal action
on the offer, please acknowledge AZ
once the receipt OF this communica.
ton and OF the enclosures"
The letter came following a con
ference OF Mayor Ross X. Bower
and r. s Gerganoff architect. with
the regional engineer in Chicago.
Because certain materials would not
be. permissible for the proposed
building a meeting for discussion
OF plans and grant was arranged.
Copy OF acceptance forms were
included in the Kennicott commun
ication. Mr.. Kennicott wrote THE
Chief Engineer OF the Federal
Works Agency has instructed me q
recommend TO him the prompt with
drawal and revocation OF the offer
in the event II Is not accepted with
in ten days from the date you re
ceive IT,"
Approve Diner
Councilmen approved the location
OF steel diner on lot. II w. Mich
igan Ave. owned by Joseph H.
Thompson. this city. The lot is To-
Gated east OF Ypsilanu Savings
Bank and west OF the Huron Homes
office Councilmen also approved
moving OF material from Water St.
railroad siding west on Michigan
Ave. to the proposed location The
council asked that the diner be
moved when It least interierel
with traffic under supervision oil
the engineering department"
One thousand dollars will be tiled
with the city clerk while the stree
is occupied by the diner. to protec
the city against loss
j. Don Lawrence addressed the
council in behalf OF Fred f May
Fremont, o.. who Is in charge OF III,
diner which will be used as a res
taurant.
Water and sanitary sewer services
in the area will be used for the
diner
Aldermen waived the 2 hour no
tice usual for a special meeting
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

P1TTsBURGH-INS--- The CfO-
Steel Workers Organizing Commit
tee advised It's members today that
the third international convention
would be held in Cleveland. o..
from May 10 TO 22nd for the prin-
cipsl purpose OF adopting a consti-
tuition
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

MELBOURNE ms - Lieut..
Gen. +. X. Smart. general officer
commanding the Australian army's
southern headquarters at Mel
bourne, has been appointed Austria
Ian military representative TO
Washington. Army Minister Fran.
els VI. Forde announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

MELBOURNE-INS - An ex.
change OF pledges between leaders
OF American labor and General
Douglas Macarthur 10 fight the wa
to a successful conclusion in indus
trial plants and on the battlefront
was made public in Melbourne to-
day
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

Definitely on the offensive,
American and Australian fliers
based on the island continent
slashed out against japanese held
bases today while the outlook i'm.
proved I'm Burma and the Soviet
armies took increasing toll of the
enemy on the Russian front.
A heavy raid was staged on the
airport at Salamaua, New Guinea,
following violent attacks Monday
and yesterday on Lac and Koe-
pang. Timor, in which at least ls
Japanese bombers and fighters
were destroyed
In addition, one and perhaps two
enemy craft were shot down in
yesterdays Japanese raid on Port
Darwin, which despite Japanese
claims TO the contrary was a fail.
ure. There were no casualties and
little damage.
Clear Road Blocks
The Burma situation improved
when British imperial forces, as.
sisted by Indian units. smashed
into action and cleared the road
blocks placed by the Japanese
near Shwedaung. 10 miles below
Prone BY means Of these barri.
cades, the enemy had hoped to slim
around the ends OF an assault on
Prone and the vital oil fields thae
lie TO the North.
There also was cheering word
from London 10 the effect that
huge convoy OF British and Amer.
lean war materials had safely
reached Murmansk after defeat oe
Hazi naval squadron by British
and Russian vessels escorting II.
Fighting Severe
Severe fighting continued on the
kalinin front north and west OF
Moscow More than 1000 Ger.
mans were reported killed and
nine localities recsptured in =
single day Of. fighting.
Reports from Stockholm said
that Berlin had announced 1900
troop trains have been sent 10
the Russian front since the first OF
the year. Nothing was said about
the number which had already
gone into action but Soviet reports
previously have stated the Nazis
we're rushing in achievements in
an effort 10 stem the Russian sue
cesses
The Moscow radio said that tho
Nails had erected barbados in
the Industrial suburbs OF Berlin
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

Lieut. Gen. s. d. Embick. U. s.
A. above. has been named chair
man Of the newly-formed Inter-
American Defense Board. a per-
manent collaborative star Of high
military officials Of the 81 Ameri-
can republics in Washington
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01
Outlook Seen
as Improved
inBurna
Soviet Armies AXE
Increasing Toll
Among Nazis

Washington, Apr. 1-lNs- Tho
Z
War Department reported today
that Lieut.. Gen. Jonathan M. VAIN
wright's forces on 6atssn have re-
pulsed several waves OF Japanese
attacks on the right center Of the
line after savage bsyonst fighting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01
Today in Past

(Bv Associated prcss)
ore Year Ago Today
British troops occupy Asmara,
capital Of Italian Eritrea.
Two Years Ago Today
French. Germans engage in hea.
Wy cannonading in Sasr Valley.
twenty-five Years Ago Today
British gain two miles along 1--WE
mile trent Al ST. Quentin
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

Lew Ayres, SO, popular Aim &C
tor. was in an Oregon camp for
conscientious directors today fol-
lowing his declaration that war
was abhorrent to him and that he
could not conscientiously bear
arms. Friends thought that pos
sibly his leading role in IAN Quiet
on the Western Front" ~ years
ago might have influenced his de-
cislon. Ayres recently starred In
the DR.. Kildare series.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

Public invited to hear 1t. Comte.
free lecture and motion pictures on
I. s Air Corps. YH.S. Audit. 80
p. m Thursday, sponsored BY J.C.C.
Adv 402S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

London, Apr. 1-INs-An enemy
attempt TO raid Gibraltar for the
first time in weeks was reported
in an Exchange Telegraph dispseh
today. Anti-Airersft fire drove of
the raiders at 4:45 a. M, the dis
patch said. Bombs were dropped
but there were no Casualties or
damage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

SAN FRANCISCO AP - Com.
msnd OF the vital Ninth Corps Area
which embraces the strategic west
ern states was placed In the hands
today Of 62year.old Major General
Kenyon A. Joyce. who started sol.
diering as an enlisted private in the
spsnish-Amcriean War.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

LONDON-AP-An authoritative
source reported today that Britain
had increased the strensth Of es-
corts Tor Russia.bound conveys %
meet greater German attempts 10
stop supply ships reaching north
Russian ports.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

LANSING, Mich. ms -
State police were called to the
Boys Vocational School at Lam
sing today when riotine broke
out following the escape during
the night and early morning Of
IS TO II boys who are believed
to have stolen at least three
automobiles. Five Of the boys
who escaped were captured by
Lansing police less than a mile
from the school. The cause Of
the rlotlng was not immediate
~ known.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01
Flashes Of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight
Somewhat Warmer

CHICAGO-INS- Hunting junk
from the air is the latest method
oil helping America win the war.
Jack Villas. Illinois wing command
er OF the Civil Air Patrol, an
nounced today that 1000 cap pi-
lots are flying over every square
mile OF Illinois at their own ex.
pense-spotting junked farm ma
chinery and automobiles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

ELIZABETH CITY. N. GINS
The Navy today commissioned a
new base for lighter.than-air ships
at Elizabeth City. marking an
other move in the determination
10 wipe out the Axis submarine
menace along the Atlantic coast.
LANSlNG-AP-The subject OF
abandoning or relaxing the law
which allows voters in primary cleo
iions to conceal their party prefer.
ence from election workers Is TO be
opened for discussion by the legis.
lature's election law study commits
sion April p.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

LONDON-INS- Northern Ire.
land authorities are expected to
ban the marriages OF Ulster girls
and members OF the AEF. the
Daily Mail said today. The news
paper reported that many Ameri-
can soldiers had already become
engaged, but none are likely to be
permitted to marry until L. S.
authorities in Washington reach
q decision on policies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

Los ANGELES -INS-Clarence
Yeu, mess attendant first class,
presided today at the nations
most exclusive naval recruiting
stetion-it is for Chinese only.
The new station, with Neu in
charge. was established by the
Navy Department for a special
recruiting drive II is in the old
Los Angeles Chinatown.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

See WAR Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

ANKARA-INS-- The food prob
lem in Germany has grown so SER
ious that the most notorious black
market in Europe has come into
existence in Berlin. neutral trav-
elers arriving in Turkey asserted
today
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

WASHINGTON - ms - Presi-
cent Roosevelt called the newly
created Pacific war council to the
White House today for the first
time to give Australia, New Yea.
land China, the Netherlands and
Canada the full and formal repre-
sentation they have been so ur.
gently demanding around the STRAIT.
egy tables OF the United States
and Great Britain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

LONDON-INS- Four German
soldiers were killed and so others
imprisoned as a result of a clash
between Nazi troops and officers
stationed in barracks at Pardu-
bice, Bohemia. Czechoslavak Cir
Giles in London said today. The
German troops mutinied against
their officers after complaining OF
the inferior quality of the food
served to them. 1t was said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

MEXICO CITY-INs- Military
authorities in Tampico were ad-
yised today that three American
Army officers were killed when
their plane crashed near Villa
Albania, state OF Tamaulipas, 100
miles north OF Tampico.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

NEW YORK-INS- Many fac
tory fires are caused by "boobs',
not sabotage. Magistrate Frank
Giorgio charged today as he fined
six men SIS each for smoking Gig
srettes in Long Island city war
plant.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-01

WASHlNGToN-lNS - Ma
tional draft headquarters today
ordered local draft boards 10
Immediately classify the 9,ooo,-
600 men who registered on
Feb. rs so that they can be
used to I'LL May and June quo
tas, II necessary. They COM
prise youths 20 years old, and
men from 36 TO As, inclusive.
They were registered Feb. is,
and given order numbers in the
national lottery March II.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Labor Draft Bill
Offered in House

Continued From Page l.
Va, said after hearing McNutt tes-
tify that he "Ielt d Wnoie lOt better
about the whole manpower outlook, "
but agreed with Fulmer that positive
action in the near future was neceS-
sary.
Mai. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Sci
ective Service director, told the
committee that his agency is per
fectly willing" to freeze farm
workers on their jobs if they are
essential, and to draft them if they
leave. 1t is up to the war man
power commission, he said, to de
tefmine whether that is necessary.
McNutt disclosed that manpoWer
ALLEGATION has been the subject o
very careful consideration for scv-
eral months He declined to dis
cusS the recommendations which he
expected to be made, but told the
committee he believed it would be
"pointless" to try to write a nation
al service act until the recommenda-
tions were transmitted to congress
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Mexican Farm
Laborers Barred
From Valley
Continued From Page u

Continued From Page II
skinned farmer from Jalisco told of
a Mexican lawyer who came to talk
with the men regarding their plight.
The police tried to throw him in
Jail
Only by expert articulation and
proper credentials was the labor
department official able to escape
But before he went he took with
him a signed scroll bearing the
names of 430 of the men who had
come from the interior.
The men were not pleased by re-
ports published in a valley news
paper other than the Press
denying their very existance.
They SAID LlaL the Mexican gov
eminent is attempting to prevent
their entering the United States in
order to supply cheap labor for the
cotton growers of Baja California.
A good cotton picker can pick 100
kilos in a day if the cotton is good
They receive six and a half cents a
kilo Mexican money! and average
only q little over a dollar in Ameri-
can money.
The men have been forced to pool
their scant earnings to keep alive.
Monday afternoon five of the
men who have nonresident pass
ports. which enable them to cross
into the U. S. for short period of
time but not TO work here, visited
Finney. They reviewed their trou-
bles and pie 1ded with him to help
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Teachers TO Have
Two Institutes

Two general teachers Institutes
will be held in Imperial county this
winter, County School Superintend
ent E, L. Hiteman announced Tues
day.
The first will be held Oct. "a
when DR.. Polyzoides, noted column
ist and professor at the University
of Southern California, will speak
on the subject, World Affairs" A.
the second institute on Nov. Ia, DR..
A. P. Nasatir, professor at Sar
Diego State College, will speak OIL
the subject South America"
Hiteman said the public may
attend the lectures. Places and hours
of the meetings will be announced
later
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
NO RAIN YET

Russian press dispatches reported
that the battle was being Waged
in a hell of smoke, dust, and fire.
Contrary to previous reports these
accounts said there had been no
rain at Stalingrad for three months
and that the flat steppeS were
baked hard as concrete. The con-
stant winds were said to churn up
great clouds of dust which filled
the air. The first light autumn
frost was reported to have oc-
cured last night
A Nazi military spokesman, again
attempting to explain the delay in
capturing Stalingrad, said that the
battle in the stretS of the city was
war. The only comparable strug-
without precedent in the present
gle, he said. was that for Madrid
in the Spanish civil war. The Nazi
high command said Soviet relief at
tacks continued north of Stain
Grad but reported Nazi troops
fought their way into the northern
part of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29

We Won't 90 Home
Til Bill Passes
Senator'S Warned
(COntinued From PAGE /

Continued From Page u
Immediately ai,er the Thomas
amendment is voted on, would as
sure the farmer consideration of
labor costs in tie fixing of price
ceilings but would avoid rewriting
the present parity formula.
Barkley noted that there had been
press comment and conversation
among senators about the PreSi-
dents time limit for congressional
action, which expires Thursday
I might as wen call the Senate'S
attention to the Presidents message
of April 81 in which he not only
asked but urged that congress do
what We are now attempting TO do
He said it was not unfair to say
that the Presidents April recon-
mendationS for modification of the
agricultural minimumS were taken
rather casually by the two houses
of congress" since no legislation
was initiated.
ALWAYS SUSTAINED
II he tthe PreSidenu had taken
action by executive order he might
have received criticism Barkley
said. The reaction. for a time,
might have been unfayOrable
But the people OF the United
States have never "et denied the
President, the commander i'll chief
Of the army and navy. support in
the exercise OF whatever power he
has IN the conduct OF the war.
Il recall nc case III which the
supreme court mas moi sustained
that power, even though it might
not have been decided until after
the war"
Prior to the opening of today's
session, sen. Elmer Thomas, D.,
Okla, limited that the farm bloc
may make last-ditch stand to
write certain farm price safeguards
into the bill He also indirectly
threatened to delay senate action
beyond President Roosevelt's Oct.
deadline.
The farm bloc can. if necessary,
talk indefinitely until the people
of the country have an opportunity
to let us know their sentiment" "
Thomas, leader of the farm bloc,
said. =
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
VaIIeyite Among
Victims of Subs

Continued From Page i
Cullen Kimbro, a stewardeSs, whose
next of kin is her Brother, DR.. NJ
NJ. Cullen of Nashville. Tenn.
First of the casualties reported
were members of the crew of the
American merchantmen I. c. White,
which was torpedoed and sunk on
Sept. 81, l94l in the South Atlantic.
However, the navy pointed out,
there was one casualty prior to that
date-Mack Bruton Bryan of Ran
dleman. N C., who was killed on
Nov 8. 1910, when the City of Ray
vile was sunk off Australia.
All but six states in the union were
represented on the list. New York
state. with GO casualties led the
list, followed by Texas, with 264.
None were listed for Nevada North
Dakota, South Dakota. Utah Yer
mont OF wyoming.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
One Thing We've
Got TO Lose

ST. LOUIS Mo, Sept. 29-CUP)-
Asserting that we've lost every
thing except a SNUG sense of COM
placency and that is the one thing
we've got to lose Lieut.. Gen. Bre-
hon B. Somervell, commanding gen.
eral of the services of supply, was
on the record today with one of
the most cauStic war speeches yet
made by high military official.
Speaking last night before the
Grand Lodge of Missouri MasonS,
SomerVell said the United Nations
have taken a terrific shellacking
all around the globe" and that it
is time that I'VE begin to be realis-
tic"
The japanese and Nazis hate us
and it is high time Americans start
throwing some of that hate back in
their faces" he said You can't
kill a man you don't hate and fear
and our number Cne job now is to
kill Nazis and Japs.
We've lost all oar rubber. most
of our tin, our hemp, our silk. We've
lost ships by the hundreds, men
by the thousands. We've lost the
freedom of the seas. We've lost
everything except a SNUG sense of
complacency and that is the one
thing we've got to lose and lose
fast or we'll lose our independence. d"
Somervell asked Americans not to
be "over-critical of our leaders, of
our tactics or our military meth
DDS"
mo matter what we do, we al
ways seem to do the wrong thing
according to Monday morning
quarterbacks and the hindsighters, -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
SPRUCE-WESTMORLAND
CENTER WILL MEET

ASsemblyman Harvey E. HaStaln
will discuss proposed amendments
of the state constitution at the
Spruce e-WeStmorland Farm center
meeting at the Westmorland gram
mar school at p. m. Friday. j. M.
Monroe, superintendent of West
morland schools, will discuss school
problems, Assistant Farm Advisor
George Winright will discuss Per
manent Pastures of Imperial Val
ley" and the motion picture Free
American Way" will be shown.
Charles Wieman, director, said Il
business session will be held dur
ing the evening.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Leohy Rated as
Chief War Maker

lean section of the combined chiefs
of staff which represent this coun-
try and Great Britain. British
members of the combined chiefs Of
staff are Field Marshal Sir John
Din, Admiral Sid Andrew Cum
ningham, Lieut.. Gen. G. n Mac
Ready and Air Marshal d. c. S.
Evil
Mr.. Roosevelt named Leahy as
his personal chief of staff on July
Z. explaining that the admiral had
been ordered to active duty and in
his new job would undertage leg
work and indeXing and summarize
ing of war information. The hope
was expressed then that the public
would see Leahy's activities in their
relationship to the whole Washing
ton war operation. And it was
emphasized that the admiral was
not displacing any of the others
already engaged with high rank in
war work
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29
Figures Reveal
Warren Victory

SACRAMENTO. Sept. 29-(UP)-
Attorney General Earl Warren re-
ceived a Republican vote of 635, ,230
and a Democratic vote of 404, IT'S
for governor in the Aug 25 primary
election, Secretary of State Paul
Peek announced today.
Gcv. Culbert Olson who filed only
on the Democratic ticket for gov
ernor received 5l3,l4 votes. A Re-
publican "write-in" gave him 3,504
additional votes. however, the Of
ficial figures revealed.
In addition, Olson received 26l
Townsend "Write-in" votes to War
ren'S TAI.
Warren. thus, received gross
vote Of l,040,755 votes to $4,000 for
Olson
Peek said the official count show
ed that Warren defeated Olson for
the Democratic party nomination
in the following 33 counties:
Amador, Butte, CalaveraS. Colu-
Sa. FL Dorado. Glenn, Humboldt,
Imperial, Inyo, Kern, MADEIRA, Mar
in, MaripoSa. Mendocino, MerceC
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29

Mono Monterey, Napa. Nevada,
Orange, San Benito, San joaquin,
San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa
Cruz. Solano, StanislauS, Sutter,
Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo,
and Yuba.
The turnout of only 47l6 per cent
of the registered voters in the pri-
mary was the smallest in the ar
chiveS of the secretary of states
office. Peek said.
Only l,768,929 of the 3,75i, ,296 reg
istered voters took the trouble to
vote. Peek said.
The 1888 primary had a percent
age of 500 percent with 2,069,025
persons voting.
1T is obvious" Peek said, that
CalifornianS are neglecting not only
their rights of citizenship, but their
obligations as citizens 1t is
high time we quit talking so much
about the Democratic process, the
privilege of voting and all of that
and see that each and everyone
actually participates in the demo-
cratic process
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29

creased momentum.
Moscow dispatches indicated that
the assault was continuing on a
50-mile front between the Volga
and the Don and that Soviet forces
had driven forward to the east
bank of the Don and that Soviet
forces had driven forward to the
east bank of the Don in consider
able numbers and had pushed raid
ing parties across to the west bank
of the river to slash at Nazi sup
ply lines.
The Russian reports said that the
Nazis were falling back under the
counterattack.
On the Stalingrad front itself the
battle was going on with no re-
taxation. A Nazi force of two div
isions, supported by $50 tanks,
drove a threatening wedge into the
Russian lines, advancing from the
northwest outskirts to factory
settlement
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-29

It's squarely up to you. The mills need
scrap to make the steel to go across the sea
as ships and tanks, and guns. They need
it now-and in the months to come. For all
new steel must be 80 per cent scrap = and
the mills are running out. They haven't
enough for even 80 days more production
then they'll be shutting down.
Unless you get to work. Unless you go
out the the Junk that's there. Talk about
it to your friends and neighbors-you men
who know what war is like Tell them =.
Don't be a scrap Stacker Get your scrap
ready for the drive that is going on noww
Then get to work and help them do it.
We're out to fill the junk yards-to make