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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Girl Warden Held in
Grocery Store Theft

New York. Oct. 7--INS-A tattoo
ed. 92-year cd girl air raid Warden
today was in custody charged with
the two-months-old robbery OF a
Nazareth. Pa. grocery store.
The girl. Miss Judith Martin
alias Judith Miller. alias Judith
Driscoll was identified through the
letters N. A." tattoed on her fore
arm. She said they were the mi
tails OF a former boy friend whose
first name was Mike.
Miss Martin came 20 New York
shortly after the robbery, made
friends with Betty Driscoll and
posed as Miss Dri5colrs sister after
both decided to room together.
Not knowing OF Miss Martini
past. Miss Driscoll. an air raid
warden. persuaded the Pcnnsyl
vania girl to join the civilian de-
Tense organization. Miss Martin
complied and was arrested yestsr
day when she reported for duty at
sector headquarters.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
See DlSPUTE-Page ,
Five Japanese
Seeking Office

Washington. Oct. ms Con
Germ was expressed in some con
gressional quarters In Washington
today over the fact that five
American.born japanese have been
nominated for public office in Hs-
wall
The Japanese were nominated in
Sundays primaries Seven of
them were running for office. and
all but two won nomination in ia
panese populated districts. one
Of them was nominated for the
Hawaiian house of representatives.
Rep. Gossett CD Texas, a mem.
her Of the House lnsular Affairs
Committee. said he questioned
"the wisdom OF allowing anyone OF
japanese descent & hold public or
flee. particularly in the Pacific
territories"
"A Jap is a Jap" said Rep Gun.
bingham (R) Iowa. Under oug
Constitution. anyone who holds
American citizenship has a per.
feet right to run for office. How.
ever. II there is anything wrong
with them. its up to the voters TO
see that they are not elected.
Sen. Tydings tDl Md chair
man OF the Senate Territories and
Insular Affairs Committee. said
/ there Is no legal authority TO deny
Hawaiian.born japanese the right
to run for office.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Date For StOrk's Arrival
to Affect Status in Draft

Washington, Oc'. 6--lNS-Selec-
tive Service officials declared to
day that children born after Sept.
s. 1912. will not be considered as
dependents FOR purposes OF draft
lassiiiCation.
The ruling was adopted when IL
was learned tlat married men with
no children whose wives are work
ing or employable will begin to be
indicted into the Army late this
year. and that those with children
would be drawl into armed service
in the latter half Of 1913.
Further. officials said when
Army requirements make necessary
drafting Of married men with chill.
dren. those with one child will be
called before those with Two o.
more children.
The ruling that children born
after last Sept. 5. shall not be con
sidered in classifying men for tne
draft, will apply to these men also
t was declared
Only Fair Method
4, Selectiye Service spokesmen said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
America, Great Britain to
Send Russia More Supplies

are permitted to traverse the Sea
OF Japan under the RusSo-Japanese
neutrality pact
A pledge 20 continue without in
terruption" monthly shipments OF
vast supplies Of vital war materials
to tho Soviet Union was given By
this country and Britain In the tri-
partte agreement signed with
Soviet Ambassador Maxim Lityin-
off at the state Department ester
day.
TO be known as the Washington
Protocol. the new agreement com.
mits the United States and Britain
10 ship specific quantities OF mill
tary equipment. munitions and raw
materials to Soviet Russia each
month.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Union Dispute
Endorsements

(Bv International News Service)
Gov. Murray ID. Van Wagner,
seeking reelection on the Demo
cratic ticket, today had won an
other apparent victory as the 2s-
man executive board of Ford IDEAL
500 of the UAW-CIO went on rec
ord as unanimously endorsing his
campaign.
in backing up Van Wagner. the
board representing the largest
local in the world-rebuked its
president. Paul Ste Marie. for his
endorsement OF Secretary of State
Harry F. Kelly. The latter is
seeking the gubernatorial post on
the Republican slate.
In reply to the executive board
action. Ste Marie challenged The
council resolution. He contouded
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Reorganization Made
in Canadian Cabinet

Ottawa. Oct. 7.--lNS-Oaths OF
ONCE will be administered today
to three new Canadian cabinet Of
hcers following announcement by
Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie
King Of a major reorganization.
The new members are.
Major General L. X. Lafleche as
sociate deputy minister OF national
war services. who will assume the
post Of minister Of national war
services.
Ernest BenIand. Liberal mem-
ber Of Parliament a. minister Of
fisheries. and.
Alphonse Fournicr Liberal Par
Lament member as minister Of pub
lie works
At the same time. b. was an
nounccd. War Services Minister Jo-
-eph T. Thorson will De made prcsi-
dent Of the o1chcqucr court OF
Canada
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Survivors Tell
Narrowing Tale

CRy international News Scryicel
twenty-five survivors Of a medi
um-sized American merchantmen
told a narrowing story today Of A
running gun battle with an AXIS
submarine i'm which their vessel
was sunk with the loss Of II lives.
One lifcboat, containing % other
seamen Of the Inflated vessel. still
was reported missing. according to
the survivors who were landed az
an East Coast port
The attack took place last month
off the northern coast OF South
America. the Navy Department an.
nounccd.
When the submarine opened fire
from its deck gun. the merchant
mans captain ordered full speed
ahead In am effort to outrm the
foe. but shells from the U-boat soon
set tho vessel afire. the survivors
said. Two lifeboats were launched
but hccame separated after the first
day al sea. Six days later the p
survivors we're picked up by uou.
trail vessel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Act
Revision Seen

Washington. Oct. up Presi-
dent Roosevelt is expected soon to
ask Congress for general revision
of the Social Security Act to pro-
vide benefits for approximately 80
600 900 additional workers, 1t was
learned today.
The President indicated in his
budget message last January that
he favored such action. Officials
said they thought he would re-
quest specific legislation after pas
sage Of the pending tax bill which
in it's present form freezes the pres
emit Social Security tax rate for
1943.
Officials said the precedent p"ob-
ably would support most of the pro
posals made by the Social Security
Bard in its annual report last win
ter. 1t recommended:
]. Extension of old-age and sur.
vivors insurance to cover all cate
gories not now eligible-includine
approximately 12,000.000 agricul
tural workers. 100000 domestic
workers, 100000 public and non
profit workers. 100000 self-em
ployed workers. and 10000 900 public
relief workers.
.. An expanded and liberalized
unemployment compensation pro
gram preferably under total fedora
jurisdiction (Mr. Roosevelt said In
January that he favored a uniform
national system'D, with a sharp cut
in the interim period during which
workers now receive no compensa
ton and with payment OF compen
sation over longer periods of time
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Mine Workers
Making Ready
to Fight CIO
Planning to Collect
Loan

Cincinnati O., Oct. 7-INS-Thc
37th convention of John l.. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union grid I'd
itself for a showdown fight with
the clio today as one resolution
was drafted which would authorize
Lewis to start a court suit to col
lect $1.665.O00 the UNIV once loan
ed the clio.
The resolution, II was learned,
also may instruct Lewis to sever
all connections with the clio if il
fails to pay.
Meanwhile. as the convention of
$500 UNIV delegates entered its
second day, Il small but determin-
ed group rallied around Pat Fa-
gan. of Pittsburgh, president of dis
trict ~ of UNIV, in defense of Clio
President Phil Murray.
Friend OF Murray
Pagan, always a close friend and
staunch supporter OF Murray. re
fused to say whether the group
would conduct an open fight on the
convention floor on behalf of the
CLIO president. who was ousted
from his job as UNIV vice-presi-
dent last May.
While some Of the Murray adher-
ents urged such a fight, Pagan, it
was learned, cautioned them
against starting controversy
which might reflect dissension in
the miners ranks. He was said
to have told them he would meet
the situations as they arise II
Murray is attacked by name at the
convention.
Pagan, according to informed
UNIV sources. controlled only a
handful of delegates while tn :
great majority Of the delegates was
Overwhelmingly behind Lewis. But
there was possibility of better
floor fight II Murray is attacked.
Five resolutions, it was said,
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See WAR Page 5
Maniicuriist In
Past Tragedy

Detroit. Mich. oct. Tins 49,
Homicide squad detectives today
continued probing the past life OF
Ann b. James. 22-year-old manicur-
list who is being held in connection
with the death OF Clyde Mccoy,
attorney of Fort Wayne. Ind. Nc
Coy's nude body was found early
Saturday in his Detroit hotel room
Meanwhile, police revealed that
Miss James. who contended that
she saw a "redheaded" woman put
knockout drops in a soft drink in
tended for Mccoy while in his room,
once was questioned in connection
with a 1889 suicide. The latter trag-
edy was that Of Mrs. Janet Mac
Donald who reputedly took her life
and killed her two small children
in the belief she lost her husband s
affections.
At that time. the manicurist was
supposed to be a girl friend OF a
gambler. Il was this suicide which
precipitated recent grand jury in
vestigations resulting in smashing
Of a huge policy-and gaming con
spiracy.
In regard 10 Miss James story OF
the red.head. Prosecutor William
f.. Bowling. commented:
Its hard to understand how this
red-haired woman would allow an
other woman, whom she did not
know. to see her pour knockout
drops. Personally | am not at all
convinced that she Miss james,
Is telling the whole story or that
there was a red-hsired woman
Moreover. he revealed a bellboy
who served drinks IN McCoys room
told police that only Miss James
and Mccoy were present when he
was there
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07

Toronto. oct. e ms - Tho
American Fed ration OF Labor. u.s.
sembled in annual convention In
Toronto. had uder consideration
today a proposal that it give It's
unqualified support to james g..
PetrilIos Musicians Union in the
lattcr's protracted labor dispute
with radio brCadrasting and cleo.
tr.ral transcription companies.
II the proposal before the conven-
ton is APPROX d. Petrillo's position
In the contorrsy not only will be
supported bu' the AL. will 90 on
record as condemning the anti
trust division OF the Department Of
Justice for instiuting civil in
junction suit against Petrillo's
union the American Federation OF
Musicians.
Issues Edict
Petrillo last July issued an edict
that an M mbers OF the musicians
union should cease on and after
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07

Washington, Oct. 7-lNS-Meet-
ing to some extent Soviet Premier
Josef Stains appeal for more Al
lied assistance the United states
and Great Britain today are putting
into effect a joint plan to deliver
several hundreds OF thousands Of
tons OF war supplies to Russia each
month during the coming winter.
Implicit in the plan is the firm
conviction Of the American and
British governments that Russia
will hold out.
Most of the supplies will be
shipped to Russia in conveys escort
ed by powerful combined units Of
the American and British fleets.
Some of the supplies will be
shipped across the Pacific TO Vlad
ivostok in Soviet vessels which still
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
No Fight to
be Made For
ak on Sales
Dispute Likely on
Four Issues

Washington. Oct. 7-INS-Sena.
tors advocating a sales tax today
abandoned thought OF seeking to
include the levy in the $4,000 00O,0 600
tax bill unless the Senate reyolts
against the Finance Committee and
throws out the five per cent Vic
tory" gross income levy.
IL made my fight in committee
and lost and | won't offer a sales
tax amendment said Sen. Gufiey
CD Pa. Il think the bill will pass
pretty much as it is"
Neither Sens. Vandenberg (R)
Mich. nor Byrd CD Va. who prefer
the sales tax to the gross income
levy. planned to make a fight on
the issue.
a sales tax is bound to come In
the new $4,000. 100000 tax bill which
Secretary OF the Treasury Moorgen'
than seeks" said Byrd. The bill
We have now pretty much skins of
the cream, and there isn't any
choice left"
Four Issues
Meantime the Senate headed into
a battle over four outstanding is
sues in the tax bill. They are;
/. Proposal of Sen. La Toilette
(P) Wis. to raise the normalsur
tax on corporations TO so per cent
along the lines OF Treasury de
mands.
.. Demands for full taxation OF
interest on state and municipal
bonds The bill provides for taxa
tion Of future issues.
3. Attempts to revise or eliminate
the Victory tax.
4. administrations fight against
freezing the Social Security pay
roll tax.
Having succeeded in getting the
Senate to adopt scores of amend
ments to the 571-page bill. Sen,
George CD Ga, chairman OF the
Finance Committee, was optimistic
over early passage OF the record
breaking measure.
81 think we can get through this
week" he said.
LaFollette's amendments would
raise the corporation tax even be
yond the House-approved combined
normal-surtax rate of As per cent
The Senate Finance Committee cut
this to 40 per cent on the ground
that a higher rate would impair
production and lessen ability of cor
porations to provide employment
after the war.
La Toilette also proposed revi
sion OF the individual income tai
rates. cutting the lower brackets
and raising the higher. He proposed
a starting surtaX rate Of 10 per cen
as compared to the committees i
per cent. He suggested a maximum
of 81 per cent compared to the com
mittee's SO per cent.
He also urged repeal of depletion
allowances for the oil and gas in
dustries as we'll as revision of some
provisions OF the excess profits tai
law. The Senate, however. haC
tentatively approved the proposed
80 per cent excess profits tax rate
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Federation Will Consider
Support ofPetrillo Stand

August the making Of recorded
music and electrical prescriptions
except for the use Of the armed
forces OF the country. for nun-com-
merical use in the home or a. the
request Of President Roosevelt
The executive committee OF the
American Federation Of Labor mas
submitted a declaration for consid-
Grafton OF thu convention 10 which
30 lines up The AL on the side Of
Petrillo Tn proposal hoyeyer,
was referred 10 the resolutions
committee and the convention may
not act upon j. officially until ncxt
week
Incidental = the governments
suit against the must JAMS union
is scheduled for hearing in Chicago
next week.
The AFL executive councils Pre-.
posal 20 the convention pointed cut
see a. +. OF Page )
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that the ruling was the only fair
method OF treating dependencies in
the light OF federal government
statistics which revealed a sharp
increase in the birth rate since the
beginning Of The national emergen-
cy in 1910.
Thus. according to the Selective
Service. man who was married
but had no children on Dec. S, 1871,
the day after Pearl Harbor. will be
classified for induction with the
group To be drafted late this year
although he may have a child born
after Sept s, 1912.
At the same time, spokesman re-
affirmed the provisions OF the / e
vised draft lGw-passsd by Con
gress last Junc-providing that de-
pendents acquired after Dec S,
1911. would not be considered in
classifying a man Tor Selective Ser
vice.
This ruling would apply to re
cent marriages, as well as TO a
person assuming responsibilities for
See DRAFT Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Soviiets Check
Maj Advance
at Stalingrad
Million Germans
In Battle
IA InternatIonal NeNs serNlcel

CRv International News SerNicel
Bringing up tremendous reserves
of troops. tanks and planes. the
Germans were attacking along the
Stalngrad front today with an
estimated million men but made no
appreciable progress as the Soviet
forces also rushed up reinforce
ments to meet the new Naz:
threat
Northwest Of the city the Rus
sian thanking attack continued to
move slowly ahead while within
the ruined Volga River city the
Red army defenders fought t., ne
my to standstiif Durlng the
night the Germans threw six sue
cessive attacks against the Russian
lines on one sector OF the Stain
grad front but each was beaten of.
A strengthened Luftwaffe made
a 1.000-plane attack on the Stain
grad positions and then wave on
wave of tank and infantry units
battered unavsilingly at the Soviet
defenses.
TAXING Shape
On other fronts important de.
velopmmts were taking shape
New Japanese landings on Guadai
canal Island in the Solomons were
reported despite American air vic
tories. Eleven of 80 fighters es.
corting small bombing squadron
were shot down as L. S. planes beat
off an attempted raid on the Guadal
canal airhtld on October ., and a
Japanese cruiser was hit by torpe
do planes and left afre
But the enemy succeeded in put
ting reinforcements ashore under
cover of darkness and was appar
emily preparing to make a determ-
ined effort to GUST the marines from
their air base.
In the Alsutians L. S. planes
were reported carrying out non
stop bombing and machine gun
raids on the japanese positions al
Kiska at the western tip of the
island chain.
The Raj followed up a day OF
heavy bombings of the occupie d
coast with a night raid on the in
dustrial town of Osnabrueck III
western Germany Six bombers OF
a strong force were missing The
air ministry announced that in the
nine months mp to September 81
the Raj LOST 1882 bombers ovei
Germany and occupied territory.
Allied forces in New Guinea con
tinued their pursuit OF the enem,
over the Owen Stanley range anC
were reported within four miles o
the vital gap in the mile.high range
Meantime Allied bombers continu
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
FoodProgram
BeiingOutlined

Washington. Oct. 7-AP Faced
with increasing war demands for
food. the Agriculture Department
has drawn up tentative production
goals for the 1913 crop season call
ING for even greater acreages and
output OF most farm products than
was requested under the record
1912 production program
Officials who preferred not 10
be named said increases would be
asked for despite prospects thar
farmers would have TO get along
with less manpower. machinery, fer
tilizer. and other facilities Needs
of the armed forces and the Allies,
particularly Russia. were said to
be much greater than had been ex.
pected few weeks ago.
AS hedge against the possibility
that farmers might be unable 10
meet the 1913 goals. the Department
was working on plans to reduce
civilian consumption Of a number
Of essential foods These plans
would be designed 10 make exist
ing supplies last longer should next
years production fall short
Preparatory 10 consumer ration
ing 10 be inaugurated the first Of
the year, the government. acting
upon the Department recommen-
dations. has asked civilians to limit
meat consumption 10 two and a
half pounds a week Butter. cheese,
cooking fats. vegetable oils. eggs
poultry and canned fruits and veg
etableS may be placed in the same
class with meat
Only In the case OF three crops
wheat. short staple cotton. and com
mercial vegetables are tentative
goals below those set for 1912.
supplies OF wheat and short staple
cotton are sufficiently large. Off
cials said. to permit lowering pro
duction. As for fresh vegetables.
urban families may be asked 20
grow more in backyard gardens
MECHANICAL Craftsmen. design
ers. detailers. checkers. Permanent
1 Phone 279O for interview. Advl001
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Labor lnsiistent
on Adequate
Payment
Committee to Meet
on National
Action

Washington. oct Inns Labor
srokesmen today insisted on more
adequate workmen's compensation.
unemployment insurance and
health programs as a prelude to
action on compulsory manpower
legislation.
Mobilization OF tho nations
workers FOR war by government
cdict doomed as the hottest sin
Gle home front issue IN the capital
now tina, the antiinflation program
has started rolling.
Informed quarters indicated that
tho manpower problem IS so hot
that no action is possible for sew
eral weeks not until after the No
y.mber elections.
4 beginning has been made.
however. with the Senate Military
Affairs Committee scheduled to
hold hearings shortly on a national
service act and War Manpower
Chairman Paul V. McNutt having
prepared his version OF such leg
islation.
Proposal Stymied
McNutts proposal is stymied in
the hands OF the manpower com
missions management-labor policy
committee with labor strongly OPP
posed to any action at this time.
/ II feel that we haven't scratched
/ the surface Of voluntary coopera.
| ton In dealing with the manpower
/ probloln.' one labor member said.
| People who are compelled to
work are not free The less COM
pulsion, the more work American
workers will do.
The labor leaders asserted that
success OF voluntary efforts to
transfer workers from non essen
tial industries into war jobs de-
ponds greatly on the institution
OF adequate workmen's compen.
sation, unemployment insurance
and health programs in all states.
"You cant expect workers 10
leave state where the unemploy-
ment insurance provision may be
SIS a week and transfer 10 a Job
where the benefits are only So a
uppk " he pXplained Similarly
The problem OF the lnadequacy OF
many state compensation and
health programs must be solved.
The draft OF compulsory man
power legislation prepared at Nc
Nuts request by Or. Bernard Ca
Wit. former head Of the Indiana
| University law school and general
counsel for the manpower com
mission. was submitted 10 the II
man labor management policy
committee three weeks ago.
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LOSES CALM

Midland. Mich. oct. ms
Fourtocn-yoarold Jane keuncn,
who admitted the fatal shooting and
beating Of Detroit bartender dur
ing r robbery attempt today lost
his nonchalaut calm and wcpt as
Probate Judge y. l.. LagOe ordered
him returned TO the Boys Noca-
tional School In Lansing
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Congress Today
tBy Associated Pressj
cenafs

tBy Associated Press)
Senate
Continues consideration Of tax
bill (meets at II a m. Eastern war
timeJ.
small Business Committee hears
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son on meat packing problem q
p. M
Public Lands subcommittee con-
tinues hearings on petroleum sup
plies 10000
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee continues inquiry into govern
mental requi.ition OF railroad prop
erty t11.31J.
Foreign Relations subcommittee
considers Panama treaty legisla-
ton 10000.
House
Routine session tnU0n1.
YESTERDAY
Senate
Began consideration OF tax bill.
House
Passed bill exempting teachers
and government-employed country
editors from Hatch Act ban on po-
litical activity.
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Rummage sale by Pythian Sisters.
Friday and Saturday, III Pearl
ADV. 1907.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-07
Con1pulsoryMan Lau
Likely to Become Hottest
Single Home Front Issue
Wllkie Sees
NeedForA All
Out Campaiign
My Own Personal
Opinion

chunekina. Oct. 7-lNS-- Wen.
dell L. Wlllkie said today that he
had mo comment" when informed
OF President RooseVelt's state
ment that the Chief Executive did
not consider stories voicing Will
kie's opinion on the opening OF a
second front. worth reading.