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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
City armed
of Epidemic

Dr. otto X. Eugelke dire tor ot
Washtensw County Health Depart
ment. warned Rotary members at
their weekly luncheon meeting to-
day that unless precautionary meas
u~es are taken. Ypsilanti may find
Itself Rith ser Gus epidemic.
DR. Engelke stated that. regarl-
less OF health regulations enforced
in Npsilanti. the danger exists be-
cause Of conditions IN surrounding
areas. He especially mentioned tbs
district near the Ford Bomber plant
where Inadequate sewage disposal
facilities. shallow wells and poor
housing. cause hazards he pointed
out that much Of the area Is without
natural drainage and possibilities
Tor relief are limited.
Lack OF garo1ge d sposal also
adds 10 the serious health prob
lens Of the area. he asserted He
also pointed out fire hazards.
Partial solution OF the sewage
disposal is being sought through
federal funds. Re explained, under
plan Whereby a certain number
Of residents may obtain chemical
units for use I'm outbu ldings.
Principal difficulty has been con-
fusion Of plans for housing, frequent
changes having interfered with
progress Of relief measures. With
something more definite now in
sight. there seems 10 be little doubt
but that the situation will eventu.
ally be satisfactory from a health
standpoint. but In the meantime
there is need for temporary relief.
one proposal which the health
department ia cons dering is TO re-
quest the city council 10 temporar-
ily permit trailers on property in
the city OF Ypsfanti where sewe-
facilities are available. in view OF
the fact that unfavora0le health
cond.t ion5 on he outskirts OF the
city mean dangerous health haz-
ard for people living within the city,
q is assumed that residents OF the
city will respond generously TO any
PRACTICAL proposal for temporary re-
lei.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Allies, Troops to
Receive Quarter
of AlLFood

Washington, Dec. 2S- ms Civil.
ian food fatloniug. broadcnei to
include canned goods. was classi-
fled today as weapon OF victory
which will enable the United States
10 aIIot onc.fou.th OF all the food Il
produces uext wear 10 its armed
forces and fighting Allies.
This weapon viii be tempered,
early 10 February by the institution
Of point rationing II more than
200 items ~ canned. frozen and
dried vegetables and fruits. giving
Americans onc-thiFd less OF these
commodities than they have been
accustomed 10 eating
On the average, 80 pounds Of
canned, frozen or dried fruits and
vegetables are expected TO be avail.
able for each civilian in 1913. as
compared with an average OF about
IS pounds n year from lg3fto l94l
The list OF foods 10 be rationed
eXempts all canned meats, which
are understood to have disap.
peared from the market. In addition
to JAMS. jellies and fruit juices In
contaideTs or o, er one gallon. Ra-
tioninf Will be preceded by a tenn
porsry freeze on sales.
Meas will join coffee. sugar and
canned foods on the list as soon as
50 .O0Q00Q housewives become accus-
toned 10 the use Of war ration cook
No. 2, scheduled for distribution in
few weeks, and learn 10 shop with
ration paints as well as money The
government has said that fats and
oils. Including butter and lard, Will
probably have TO be rationed next
year.
No One Hungry
Announcement Of the most ambi.
tIous rat.oning program in the ma
tons history was accompanied by
an official government declaration,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Soviiets Eighty
Miles From
Rostov
Germans, British
Race Toward
TuniSia

CRv International News ServireA
Fighting grimly and reVengeful-
ly in four major winter offensives.
the Red Army today was threaten
INK to ensulf the huge Nau armies
before Stalingrad -between the
bon and Volga Rivers-and in the
Caucasus.
on the middle Don, in the Cauca-
sus. on the central front and at
Stalingrad. separate Russian drives
plowed on unchecked over the fro
zen fields.
Today the Soyiets stand less
than so miles from the vital rail
city OF RoStov. key 10 the rich
Caucasus Al the Red Army's pres
ent rate OF advance. the city could
be besieged within the week.
The fall OF Rostov would out
flank and seriously imperil the
huge Nazi armies in the Don basin
the northern roof of Hitler's
Stalingrad and Caucasian forces
estimated at nearly one million
men.
The fate Of the war On the east
ern front on which may depend
the battle OF Europe possibly can
be decided this winter. And the
showdown will come in that rich
land-the Ukraine that Stain has
sworn will not remain In the hands
OF the conqueror.
Drawing Closer
Meanwhile the two battle zones
OF North Africa are drawing rapid.
ly closer as NaEi Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel and British Gen.
eral Sir Bernard Montgomery race
westward toward Tunlsia. where
Anglo French American forces APP
pear to be gird.ng for an about
assault for possession of the key
French protectorate.
While allied planes blasted the
key Tunisian ports of Tunis and
Sousse the latter on the eastern
coast north Of the Gulf OF Gabcs,
French units west n Sousse press
ed toward the coast in campaign
designed TO sever the Iunisla-Trlp-
olitania communications link.
II will be along these lines Rom
mel must come n he. homes to join
his forces with those OF Nazi Lieut..
General Walther Nehring before
the gates Of Tunis
Troops Clash
A communiquc from British
headquarters IN Cairo said units
Of he-Afrlka kefPa and The Bit
ish Eighth Army were clashing in
the Wadi Beitcl Chebir area. 30
miles west OF Sirie and about $50
miles east Of Tripoli
In the Southwest Pacific. Gem
Eeral MacArthur's ground troops IN
New Guinea blasted wedge In the
last lines Of jap defenscs in the
Buna area. Allied lighters and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Rats Blamed
For Jaundice

Lansing. Dec. IS AP The State
Health Department. reporting "A
number OF cases OF infectious
jaundice in Michigan. warned 10
day that rats msy be helping 70
spread the disease.
Or. II Allen Moyer. state health
commissioner. asserted that out
breaks OF other serious diseases
also may be oocasloned by rats
e,5ips ally in oyercrovdrd areas.
Although be did not elaborate
on the reports Of infectious iaun.
dice. d. Meyer urged citizens 70
exercise every precaution' In
keeping rats under control He
said endemic typhus. more preva-
lent in the South and also rat
borne. "can spread into Michigan"
and pointed out that two cases Of
rat-spread bubonic plague recent.
ly were reported in California.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Kennedy Has
Safety Post

Lansing. Mich. Dec. 2S-INS-
Political observers in Lansing re-
ported today that state Highway
COMMISSIONER G. Donald Kennedy,
a Democrat. wouldrSioitIy Submit
his resignation and leave for Wash
ington Jan. TO become executive
head of the automobile safety
foundation.
1t was reported that Governor
Murray d. Van Wagner, before lie
leaves Office Thursday in favor OF
Republican Governor elect Harry
F. Kelly will appoint Lloyd B. Reid
to succeed Kennedy. Reid is now
deputy commissioner in charge OF
business administration and pre-
sumably would serve until the
spring election.
According to information in po-
litical circles, Kennedy has been
offered a job with the government
but that so far he has shown no
inclination to give up the safety
foundation position for which he
repeatedly contracted year ago.
N'hhthg was HdlHHu nlBUNAY
commissioner after Van Wagner
defeated Republican Governor Lur.
en- d. Dickinson in 1910. In the
1911 election, Kennedy was electe!
for a four year term.
Kennedy Is a graduate OF the
University Of Michigan engineering
college and worked as consulting
engineer in Ann Arbor for four
years before becoming city engi.
neer OF Jackson.
He went TO Pontiac In 1926 as d.
rector OF the water supply and
aeronautics. II was in Pontiac
he met Van Wagner.
Kennedy became an active leader
in the Democratic party and plan.
ned the campaigns which electe /
Van Wagner state highway corr
missioner in 1888 and governor N
1910.
He is married and has three
children.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
See PRESIDENT-Page 5
Congress May
7 axe Power

Washington. Dec. 2S-lNS-Sen.
James ]. Davis CR) Pa. today pre-
dicted a recapturing by Congress Of
its powers that have been sur
rendered and an elimination Of
needless governmental subsidies
when the new session convenes
Jan s.
Also on the senator's list OF
things to come is the abolition OF
numerous bureaus in the govern
mental structure.
I'VE will give the President everr
authority and every appropriation
necessary to win the war but the
day Of passing out blank checks
has passed" Davis said.
There will be close scrutiny
OF appropriation requests ind
government bureaus that are need
less, such a5 those growing odt %
the depression, must go
Davis aimed his abolition threat
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Ninety Five Teen
Aged Bows Listed

Saturday afternoon marked the
close of the three dates set for
registration here OF teen aged
youths subject to Army induction
Twenty-nine registered on that date
making a total Of % fnr all three
registrations.
Those who failed to register on
Saturday must report 10 their Ann
Arbor selective service board be-
fore January /, Harold Augustus,
registration chairman, announced
today.
The first registration was TO"
youths born between July !, and
Aug. 81, 1924 The second regis
tration was for youths born be.
tween Aug. 81. and Oct. 81, 1924;
and the third and last was for those
born between Nov. /, TO Dec. 81,
1924.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
New Thermal Radio Possibilities Unlimited


New York, Dec. % AP-- Radio,
after the war. Win perform sucn
chores as sewing. de-aeivating veg
etables, hardening metals and GU
,ng things together. says David Sar-
noff. Radio Corporation Of America
president-but that's not half OF
IL.
The useful services OF radio.
Sarnoff said yesterday in year
end review. will be broadened far
beyond the communication field,
into such realms as Therca electron
microscope radIo-frequency heat
ing. supersonics and no end OF ap-
plications made possible by the de.
selopment Of nev radio tubes. espe.
cislly those designed 10 send and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
.Rayburn to be


Washington. Dec. 2S-INS-Re.
election OF Speaker Sam Rayburn
by the House when the new Con.
gress convenes appears certain to.
day despite the fact that detection
OF only a handful OF Democrats
would he required to install a Re.
publican.
Although their heavily.increased
membership makes such a course
possible, the Republicans have
shown no disposition to date "a
wage a fight to capture control Of
See RAYRI,RN-pnun
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

receive micro waves tiny waves
measured in centimeters. -
Sarnoff said that many Of rad o s
scientific achievements Of 1872 re-.
manned military secrets, but would
make Americans proud when re-
vealed.
He asserted that the application
OF radio frequency heating To
speed industrial processes and at
the same time increase their ettic.
iency Is rapidly coming 10 the fore.
Radio waves he said. may now
be used to heat, dry. glue. stitch, an
neal. weld. rivet and even TO de-
active enzyemcs. This now field ls
known as taormal radio. It can lam
mate an sirplane propeller IN min
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

utcs compared to hours required by
ordinary heat-pressure methods.
"Radio high-freaueucy furnaces
arr a postwar prospect In them,
railroad ties will be seasoned quick
ly. and cakes OF textiles dried uni
formiy.
Even rubber may be radio-ce-
mentcd 10 wood or plastic. cloth
stitched and scanned by radio heat;
metals hardened. plyVood glued
and fresh vegetables de-activated
without loss o. flavor or color.
THE possibilities in this new
thermc realm Of radio are unlim.
ted as indicated by remarkable ad-
vanees in RCA laboratories during
the year
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

FORT CUSTER, Mich.-INS 80
Lee Tracy. stage and screen actor
who Is now a lieutenant in the mill
tary police. Is now at Fort Custer
taking a "rcfresher' course. II was
disclosed here. Tracy. veteran
OF World War One. said mat II
picked the MP's because ,ns
afraid that n ! rejoined the IN.
fantry ! might be assigned TO a
desk iob 4"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
Efforts Made to
Get Rid of Water

Today Ernest VI. Maddux. city
street commissioner, and his crew
are busy cleaning excavations ami
sewers, clogged by heavy rains
and sudden thawing Of the heavy
snow.
Saturday the men were busy
sanding slippery street corners and
stop streets.
Several damaged tenders were
reported as due 10 ley streets over
the week end.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

PORTLAND-AP- The South
ern Pacific Railroad Office said sun
day night a slide IN the summit Of
the Cascade Mountains, $50 miles
south Of Portland dorailed eight
cars OF passenger train Leiih
Abbott. public relations agent. said
the station agent At Wicopee. near
the derailment scene, reported
some casualties
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

WASHINGTON-INS- Major H.
J. VIM, OF Arlington, Va, and
three enlisted men were dead to-
day as the result OF an Army plane
crash last night near Gainesville,
Va.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

NDON-lNS- A number
Of ministerial changes are ex-
peeted to result In a decisive"
meeting Of the cabinet Of the
Yugoslav government In exile,
II was reported today. For
eIgn Minister Mintehiteh 10
expected TO head the list OF
those who will resign at the
meeting now In session In Lon
don.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

HELP WANTED FEMALE
Soda Fountain work Good hours.
Good pay. See u sullivan.
Cunningham Drug Store. Adv. 1928
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

LONG BEACH. Cal-INS-Bac.
terra food poisoning today was
blamed for the illness OF more
than 900 war workers which caus-
ed a two day shutdown OF the Har-
vey Machine Company AS the re
covered workers returned to their
defense Jobs today. health inves.
tigators tentatively placed the
blame on re.heated turkey that was
served TO nearly 1000 Of the work
ers Christmas Eve The food vas
supplied by a catering concern.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

LONDON -INS-The crews OF
four American planes reported TO
have made forced landings in Por-
tugal yesterday have been detain-
ed, a Reuters dispatch from Lis
bon said today. Two OF the planes
landed at Lisbon airport, one on
the beach at Santa Cruz and the
fourth at Villa Do Condo. North
Portugal, the dispatch said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA-INS-The name
OF Lieut.. Col. Elliott Roosevelt,
second son OF the President of the
United States, today was added to
the list OF American aimen in
North Africa whose performances,
above and beyond the call Of duty.
have materially aided the allied Of
fensive.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

See RATIONlNG Page )
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

LONOoN-INS-Gen. Charles
DeGauIle, leader of the Fighting
French, will fly to North Afrl-
ca for conversations with Gen
ersl Henri Honore Glraud and
Lleut.-General Dwight Eisen-
hover before coming TO the
United States TO visit the White
House, II was forecast reliably
here today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

VALLEJO. Cal.-INS-order was
restored to Vallejo today after riot
ing in which two negro sailors
were shot. The two men shot were
identified as Leo Arthur Shaw, Is,
wounded IN the left arm, and
George Carpenter, 26, wounded in
the left leg, both Navy cooks sec
ond class,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

See WAR Page ,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

LONDON ms British Gen.
sir Archibald Wavell, now leading
his troops in march into Burma,
has been awarded the knight grand
cross OF the Order Of Orange Mas
sau with swords by Queen VIII
helmina OF the Netherlands. Reu-
ter's reported today from Colombo.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS AUS.
TRALIA-INS-Twenty two L. S.
sirmen today were decorated with
the distinguished flying cross for
extraordinary achievement while
participating in aerial flights in
the New Guinea and Southwest Pa
cific areas
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

LONDON-AP- The German
controlled Paris radio reported to-
day that Generalissimo Francisco
Franco had ordered mobilization
OF the small Spanish navy. There
was no immediate confirmation
from any other source, and the
significance of the report was not
Immediately clear.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

NEW YoRK-INS- Fifty prom
inent Americans Of German descent
including George Herman Babe
Ruth. baseball's home run king,
and Walter Damrosch. composer
and author. today we're joined in
an appeal inviting the German peo-
pie to overthrow the rule of Adolf
Hitler. Banded together as the
loyal Americans OF German de
scent" the group sponsored a dec
laratlon which will be broadcast
to Germany by the Office OF War
information TO Nazi-occupied Eu-
rope.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

CALDWELL, n. J.-lNS- One
man was dead today and IA other
persons listed as injured following
the collision OF a public service
bus and passenger car. Melvin
MacKerley, so, of Rutherford, n.
j.. a passenger in the private an
tomobile, was killed when that car
met the bus in a head-on collision
last night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

See RAlBURN-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

GREAT NECK. n. Y.-INS-Fu-
neral services for William s. Bars
tow. one time associate of Thomas
A. Edison, will be tomorrow in
Great Neck, l.. /.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

FAIRFIELD, Calif.-AP-The fire
scorched wrecklge OF a two-mo-
tored Army transport plane and the
bodies Of the five men who had
been aboard were found Sunday.
The dead: Lieutenants Ralph Mar
tin Duffie. Bromley, Ky: Herman
Loeffler, Jr.. American Fork, Utah;
James Alfred Howell. Middleton,
H.: ]. NJ. Russell, Huntington, Ind;
and Sgt. Reginal d. Tolar, Ennis,
Texas.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

NEW YORK ms Petroleum
priorities to meet essential fuel
oil needs in New York City were
planned today as apartment house
dwellers received their first taste
of the dlseomforts OF no heat. As
residents flooded the department
OF health with complaints, DR.. Err
nest l.. Stebbins, city health com
missioner, disclosed that the prior
tiles program had been mapped
out with the petroleum administra-
tor for war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28

Announcement Of the most ambi.
tious ratoning program in the ma
tons history was accompanied by
an official government declaration,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-16

derson Field.
 The Japanese have relied mainly Oil destroyers as troop carriers m recent attempts to reinforce thcir troops or dudalcanai, But American air and surface forces intercepted them, inflicted damage and forced them to withdraw,
 The use of destroyers for troop carrying suggested the Japanese may be running short of transports, Secretary Of the Navy Frank Knox recently estimated that appgoX,- nately 2S per cent Of the known Japanese merchant fleet as Of De. cember 2, i94i, had been sunk, A large per centage has been damaged, Apparently, the Japanese now con- sider destroyers more expcndab'e than transports,
 American flyers have not been Idle in the Solomons, On Monday dss land time), Boejng Flying Fortrcsscs Douglas Dlye.Bombcrs and 0Fgms man Wildcat fighters blasted at the new Japanese air base at Manda On New Georgia Island, about IS0 miles northwest of duadalcanal, That vas the fourth consecutive day Of ats tacks on the field and the nth n six days,
 The Munda field had been under construction for several months and recently was near completion, The Japanese may hope this base VII prevent further American penctra. ton of the Soiomons,
 The recent series Of American air attacks on the field suggested that ., 8, forces consider 1t their No. ] objective at present,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-16
Coast Guardsmen
 Hurt In Blaze

Roston, Dec, l6- tUP) - The names of 36 Coast Guardsmen who were hospltaliEed as result of the multiple alarm department Store fire here were announced to- slNy by Divisional Headquarters of the U. $. Coast Guard. Most of them were released after treat ment for minor cuts or smoke inhalation. Tho list follows;
 Frederick B. Carver, Chico, Tcx' James R, YOungblOod, no address; Karl R. LenEen, San Antonio, Tex; Donald W. Davls, Cambridge Mass; Leo D. Hummer, Wash ington, D. C.; Roy L. Fucker, wellington, O.; Hampton R. Rid ley, Petersburg, Va; Lester kras- kofsky, no address; Fernando J. PedrcrO, Bronx, N. NJ Clinton C. Brown, Wichita Falls, Tex; Ed ward W. Kerry, Lynn, MaSsS Emory $. Banks, Atlantic City, N. d.; Lawson George, Paducah, kyi Kenneth M. Helm, Hutchinson, kanS.
 Charles Carubinlcky, Little Ferry, \, J.; Lawrence II, Ripple Monongahcla, Pa; Daniel !, Me Carthy, Brockt0n, Mass; John .. Papocavagc, Ashley, Pal RISkol" Iah Teebagy, Boston; Eleric A Shanks. Burlington, Vti Frank II. Daley, WOburn. Mass; William w, Woodward. no address; James L. Mullen, Indianapolis, ind; Fred erick A. HOxle, Lexington, Mass,
 AdOlph l.. VOcht, Philadelphia John NJ. Tirpaek. McKcesport, Pa; John r. Toman. Trenton. N. d.; James M. Morland, Brookline, Mass; Earl A. Anderson, Provl' dcnce, R. l.; Raymond c. Throw bridge, Everett, Mass; Joseph r, Cavanaugh, BrooElinc, Mass; John F. Svech, Schenectady, N. Y,; Cyril E. Clark. Maynard, Mass; Ed- ward T. Phelan, MedwOrd, Mass; Charles J. AmmOn, llnScit0n, Pa,; Edward $. Rcardon, Cambridge, Mass.