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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
w arBudget to
Call For Huge
Appropriation
Will be Sent to
Printer Today

Washington, Jan. ZAP The
first United states war budget. call
ing for the greatest spending effort
in world annals, went to the print
ers today.
President Roosevelt and Budget
Director Harold D. Smith. after
working through the New Years
holiday, sent all but few pages OF
the history-making document TO be
set up in type. Those final pages
were practically done, too, but
were held for possible last minute
changes.
Contents OF the budget-a book OF
about 1000 pages OF small type
were still secret and guarded to pre-
vent premature disclosure before
presented to Congress some day
next week.
But the President already has
limited publicly at war costs OF $780,
100000 for the next fiscal year
(the II months beginning July /,
1942), indicating a total federal
budget OF roughly s55.000, 900, 900 az
ter allowing for non-military activi-
ties.
That will approximately double
the spending rate of the current fis-
cal year. already the most expen-
sive in United States history. and
dwarf the s1S,522 100000 spent in
the most costly year OF the World
War.
1t also will surpass the estimated
100000, 100000 a year expenditures
for war of Germany and the s2l,'
100000 year of the British EN-
pire. These comparisons. however,
officials warned. must be discount
ed because German and British
money buy more goods per dollar
equivalent in their own countries
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
Dies to Reveal
Plans of Japs

Washington, Jan. 2-INS-Dies
Committee investigators today dis
closed that they are preparing a
comprehensive "Nipponese paper"
which they claim will show wide
spread evidence OF sabotage plans
by Japanese in this country. espe-
cially those who are citizens OF the
United States.
The document, which will be pre-
sented to Congress some time this
month. also will include evidence
that Japanese of American citizen
ry in Honolulu aided their fellow
followers Of the Son OF Heaven in
the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.
investigators said.
In addition to the paper. the com
mittee plans 10 issue two other re-
ports between now and April. when
it must obtain a new authorization
from Congress TO continue its study
Of un-American activities. These
are:
l. A list OF asserted anti-Semetic
groups flourishing In this country,
together with a Recommendation of
their activities to show how they
are seeking TO build up this preju'
dicial feeling in the same way as 1t
was built up in totalitarian ma
tions.
,. Proposed legislation to place
drastic curbs on the activities Of all
aassertedly un.American groups =
including the anti-Semetic ones. the
Communists, Bundists, and the Jap
anese citizens Of this country.
Admitting that legislation to deal
with citizens is infinitely more diff
cult than controls over aliens, com.
mittee investigators nevertheless
contended that in time OF war such
steps are essential.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
Classes Will
Start Monday

Ypsilanti school children will be-
gin their annual trek back to class
es Monday after two weeks holiday
vacation. st. John. Roosevelt. Lin
coin and the city schools, Harriet,
Hillcrest. Central. Prospect. Wood
ruff and Ypsilanti High are the in
stitutions which will open their
doors again Monday
Cleary College students will regis
ter for the beginning Of the winter
.erm Monday and will enter classes
Tuesday Michigan State Normal
COLLEGE students will resume classes
Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
New Furniture
Store Coming

Remodeling OF a two-story brick
building at Is S. Washington St,
formerly occupied by the McDaris
and Hoten garage. Is in progress for
the opening OF new furniture store
by Louis Smith. Detroit.
Mr.. Smith said he planned to open
his store between Jan. Is and Jan.
20.
Remodeling OF the building, at an
estimated cost OF $4,000. includes
construction Of new flooring. cell
ings. rewriting or~dightlng and
new facade.
McDafis and Hoten have moved
their garage 10 213 Ferris ST.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
Long Term of
Congress Ends,
Begin New One
Will Grapple With
War Problems

Washington, Jan. 2-INS-- The
18th Congress today ends its first
session after an unbroken year,
but members are prepared to
launch into new term on Monday,
after lapse OF only two days. to
grapple with the tremendous prob
lens Of the second world war.
All fanfare and sessionend gale
ty was banned as solemn-faced
members assembled TO hear Vice
President Wallace and Speaker
Rayburn pronounce sine die" ad-
journment after transaction OF per
functory business.
Soc rONGRECC- paqa
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02


Washington, d. c.. Jan. . AP-
The War Department announced to-
day that advance elements OF Jap
anese troops entered Manila at 3 p.
m. Manila time today.
Except for official dispatches, the
Philippines were cut off but through
the terse lines of official communi-
ques. 1t was apparent that a new
chapter OF dauntless sacrifice. of
selfless courage. OF reckless daring
was being added to American his
tory.
1t was also apparent that the Jap
anese invasion hordes. which had.
through sheer weight OF numbers.
pushed the defenders back from
their beachheads in north and south.
had paid a tremendous price for
their gains.
The situation of the defenders.
despite their courageous resistance
and the heavy losses suffered by
the enemy. is extremely serious
But there was no thought OF
surrender. The war secretary gave
highest commentator to General
Macarthur. Americas greatest
field general. MacArthur's cam
paign. said the war secretary. has
| been "masterful" and the Japanese
are suffering tremendous casual
ties.
Annoying but insignificant ia
panese thrusts we're felt in other
American-held areas In the Pacif-
&c. Japanese war vessels, believed
submarines, shelled the islands OF
Kauai. Maui. and Hawaii. What
happened to the submarines is a
matter for conjecture but II is
known that American defense
forces retaliated ckly. Prompt
counter action was taken Army
headquarters at Honolulu an.
nounced. The Japanese Smelling
( did but little damage and that
damage was confined chiefly TO
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
Today in 1916

tBy Associated Press)
Russian and Rumanian forces
give GROUND on Moldavia and Dob.
ruja fronts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
Congress Today

(By Associated Press)
TODAY
Senate
Routine session moon ESD.
House
Routine session noon.
YESTERDAY
Both Chambers In recess.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

CANBERRA. Australia Up -
Prime Minister John Curtin has
cabled Prime Minister Winston
Churchill az WASHINGTON assentins
70 the text OF a Pacific agreement
1t was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

BERNIE, Switzerland Inns
The Italian (StefanD news
agency said today that Gen.
Giuseppe Motta died Of heart
failure during military maneu-
Vers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

RAN6OON. Burma Delayed
Casualties in the first mass Jap
aneee air raid upon Rangoon sre
now known to have totaled 1000
persons Losses in a second attack
were officially described as negligi
bic.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

WASHINGTON ms The
conferences with Prime Minis
ter Churchill nearing a conelu-
sion, President Roosevelt today
parted questions concerning a
possible "Paelfie agreement"
and said that the White House
would have an important an
nouneement late this afternoon,
presumably on the all front
strategy now a subject Of plan
ming.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
Jabanesc TROOPS Enter Manila
War Department
of u. S. Makes
Announcement
Americans Held
City Against
Big Odds

North Hollywood, Cal, Ian. a
INs-Tokyo radio claims that GEN
eral Douglas Macarthur had been
reported wounded by shrapnel
near Manila were picked up today
by the N6c listening post. Amer
lean officials discounted the re-
port as propaganda.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

SOd~A Cd w WllOACSclC TCIIlONr
al Of entire industries Is likely
he said, but instead there will
be what he called a distribution
Of plants.
BRIDGEWATER, Mass.-INS -
District Attorney Edmund R. Dew
ing today started action TO hold two
mentally detective delinquentsq on
first degree murder charges for the
killing of three unarmed guards al
the Bridgewater state farm. The
inmates. Donald Willard. 10, Nashua,
n. H., and Joseph f. Sheppard, "a,
Worcester. allegedly stabbed and
bludgeoned the guards to death with
chisels and hammers then set fire
10 prison building and fought Off
10 state troopers for an hour and
half before being overpowered.
NEW YORK-lNS Sergeant
Hank oreenberg has reenlisted
In the Army and will play no
baseball for the Detroit Tigers
for the duration Of the war.
BATAVIA, Netherlands East In
dies-INS-Lieut-Gen. Helm Ter
Poorten, Netherl lnds Indies, army
commander-in-chief, left a message
with his troops today that the Unit
ed States and Britain are preparing
an unpleasant surprise for the
japanese.
WASHlNGTON-gNS Presi-
dent Roosevelt Indicated at his
press conference today that he
expected the nations automo-
bile factories to be converted
into tank and alrplane plants in
about two months.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
War Department. again stressing
the Importance of a youthful Ameri-
can fighting force, Army recruitin,
stations to-day reopened their doors
to those seeking to enlist. The
Department revised its previously
announced policy Of stopping furth-
er recruiting in order to obtain
more youths aged is and l9, who
are exempted from military ser.
vice under the new draft law.
WASHINGTON lNS-The
first session Of the 77th Con-
gress adjourned sine die today
with grim faced members de-
claring that Manila will be re.
deemed and promising utmost
unity in the new session begin
ming on Monday.
WASHINGTON-UP-The Unit
cd, States today frightened restric-
lions on the activities of 10000
Axis aliens who. though considered
peaceful and law.abiding', have
among them potential spies. sabot-
eurs and fifth columnists. In addl-
ton to greatly restricting the tray
Ell OF Japanese, German and Italian
nationals domiciled in the United
States. Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, Attorney General Francis
Biddle ordered all enemy aliens 70
surrender firearms in their posses
sion to local police authorities be-
fore II p. m. Monday.
WASHINGTON-lNS- The
conferences with Prime Minis
ter Churchill nearing a conelu-
sion, President Roosevelt today
parted questions concerning a
possible "Pacific agreement"
and said that the White House
would have an important an
nouneement late this afternoon,
presumably on the all front
strategy now subject Of plan
ming.
RAN0OON. Burma (Delayed)
Casualties in the first mass Jap
anece air raid upon Rangoon ~,
now known to have totaled 1905
persons Losses in a second attach
were officially described as negligi
bic.
CANBERRA. Australia Up --
Prime Minister John Curtin has
cabled Prime Minister Winston
Churchill az WASHINGTON assentins
70 the text Of a Pacific agreement
1t was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

SYDNEY. Australia-AP- Oar
wiz. the major port on the north
coast OF Australia. experienced IA
two-hour alert early today but no
Japanese planes appeared. II was
the city's second air raid alarm Of
the war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

loNDON-lNS - Forty-slx
men were believed hopelessly
entombed in a Staffordshlre
mine today following an unex-
planned explosion which wreck
ed the mine. SO far 10 bodies
have bsen recovered and two
others located.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER.: Tonight:
Much Colder

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
strengthening OF the strategic Aleu-
tian Islands. potential Pacific ram
parts for the rich territory OF Alas
ka, and concentration in the area 81
'planes, more planes-lots Of
planes was urged today by Alas
ka's delegate TO Congress. Anthony
J. Dimond.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

Observation-Disclosures
dent Roosevelt today appealed
TO employers particularly In war
production TO end the lndiscrlm-
mate firing Of aliens.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

Observation-Disclosures
dent Roosevelt told his press
con, erence today that plans are
being studied for a removal Of
slrpane plants and other war
industries from the Pacific
Coast area. No wholesale remoy-
al Of entire industries Is likely
he said, but instead there will
be what he called distribution
Of plants.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

CHUNGKING, China-AP-Large
Chinese and Japanese armies were
locked today in a shifting. no-quar-
ter battle on the plains just north
east OF Changsha, for possession OF
that Human Province capital and
silk center OF 100000 population.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

WASHlNGTON-gNS Presi-
dent Roosevelt Indicated at his
press conference today that he
expected the nations automo-
bile factories to be converted
into tank and airplane plants in
about two months.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

LONDON-AP-The United States
Navy today opened the first Amer
lean canteen for American enlisted
men in a building supplied by the
Duke OF Westminster. The canteen
will te used by 120 Marines who
arrived recently and by the handful
OF enlisted sailors on duty here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

WASHINGTON lNS-The
first session Of the 77th Con-
gress adjourned sine die today
with grim faced members de-
elaring that Manila will be re.
deemed and promising utmost
unity in the new session begin
ming on Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

See, CAR BAN-Page S
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See Page 5
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See BUDGET-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

BATAVIA, Netherlands East In
Observation-Disclosures. Helm Ter
Poorten, Netherlands Indies, army
commander-in-chief, left a message
with his troops today that the Unit
ed States and Britain are preparing
an unpleasant" surprise for the
Japanese.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

NEW YCRK-lNS Sergeant
Hank Greenberg has reenIisted
In the Army and will play no
baseball for the Detroit Tigers
for the duration Of the war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

See WAR-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-02

See coNGREss-Page 5
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-12

project" No expert" from
Washington is going to come out
and help you. Instead it takes
the form of a booklet called
Small Town Manual for Com
munity Action!" 1t is a primer
of self-help. You may purchase
it from the Superintendent of
Documents, Washington, D. c.,
for the sum of five cents.
The book et contains two
statements that are worth re-
Numbering the next time you
feel your contribution toward
victory can't possibly m k e
much difference either way:
"The hope of the nation is the
countryside an alive, alert,
aroused, victorious countryside"
THE more you and your
town work out your own saliva
ton without appealing to the
Federal Government for help,
the more you will contribute to
the winning of the war"
In other words, the prescrip-
ton is as American as a New
England town meeting, and it
follows the same general lines.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-12
No Bonds or Pink Teo
for Gable; He'll Fight
he-Mon Movie Stor Due to Enlist
as Buck Privote in Air Forces

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 12-[PD
Clark Gable, who needs no
other introduction, was due 10
enlist in the U. S. Army today
as a buck private.
The place: Somewhere in this
immediate vicinity. The time:
2 p. M, Pacific War Time. The
reason:
He doesn't want to sell bonds
or pour pink tea. He wants TO
be regular soldier"
This came from an army re-
cruiting officer, who said he
preferred to remain unidenti-
fled.
Gable, himself, elected to re-
main out of sight and out of
touch with even his intimates III
the movie capital. Repeated in
quiries at his home brought eth
er no response or the voice of
purported serv want - some
thought it was Gable in person
with the information that Mr..
Gable isn't at home"
The recruiting officer explain
ed this. He recalled the time
when another screen idol, jim
my Stewart, enlisted several
months ago.
I'VE darned near had to put
an armed guard around Jimmy.
We don't want a thousand wo-
men cutting buttons or. hair off
Gable" said the officer.
Gable, Al, it was said, will en-
list in the Army Air forces. At
ter undergoing basic training,
which includes a strenuous rou-
tine of drill, athletics and class
room study, he hopes to go into
the Officers Training school at
Miami, Fla.
HE wants to be an aerial
gunner said the officer. He
told me he doesn't care what
type of plane he's in, or what
gunner's spot he draws.
Gable is a crack shot. He and
his wife, the late Carole Lom-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-12
Hike i'm Food
Prices Set
for September

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-(R
Advances in food prices, pos
sibly totalling one and q half
per cent, were scheduled today
TO take effect in mid-September
to relieve a price squeeze" on
hundreds of food items.
Price Administrators Leon
Henderson announced yesterday
that alterations are necessary
in the general maximum price
regulation to avert any disturb
ance in the nations food distri-
button system. Until the new
formula is devised, Henderson
cautioned, the highest price of
each seller must be the maxi
mum charged in March.
The food industry previously
petitioned the OPA for relief on
prices of about 400 or 500 of
more than 5000 items in the
average store.
1C ONGldll lllSiC oSC, VIC III
dustry claimed, would not ex-
coed one and a half per cent.
DR.. j. K. Galbraith. deputy OPA
administrator, predicted the ad-
vance on individual items would
be relatively small"
OPA explained that designa-
ton of March as the ceiling
price month caught food distrib-
utors with many selling prices
based on prices of stock pur-
chased months before. With re-
placement costs increased, dis
tributors could not re-stock ex-
cept at the risk of cash losses.
Consequently, both low-priced
wholesale and retail distributors
would be compelled to drop i'm
portant lines of food products
unless the squeeze" were re-
lieved, OPA said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-12

The manual is divided into
two general sections. The first
offers suggestions in tackling
war-created problems affecting
your community. The second Of
fers a plan to increase your
towns prosperity, both now and
when the war is won.
Part / proceeds on the rea-
sonable assumption that nation
al action depends upon commun-
ity action, that community &C.
ton depends upon you in action,
and that you might just as we'll
be the person who starts things
going and keeps them going.
Suggested action begins In
consultation with existing agen-
cies; your local defense council,
farm and business associations,
service and Women's clubs Ia
Dor unions, and similar civic or
CARNATIONS. This is followed by
mass meetings, appointment of
committees and subcommittee,
careful planning, and a lot of
hard work by everybody.
Naturally every suggestion
does not apply to every COM
munity. But the manual takes
up comprehensive list Of prob
lens in which almost any town
should find sound and helpful
advice for its particular needs.
The general subjects taken up
in Part I are farm labor short
age; town labor shortage; trans
portation and deliveries; salvage
and scrap collection; the home
battlefront; shortages of ma
chinery, party, seed, ETC.; idle
machines, plants and equipment;
migration of skilled workers
from your town; bond sales and
other patriotic drives; housing;
helping neighbors through war
hardships.
Under "the home battlefront"
are considered such things as
salvage of fat and grease, better
nutrition, victory gardens, in
creased can ming for school
lunches and needy families as
we'll as private use, day care for
children of working parents,
and blood banks.
Part II suggests an exhaustive
inventory of your town and the
surrounding area that the town
serves. 1t takes up seemingly
everything from taxes to tour
lists, from the reason that your
town site was chosen in the first
place to the reasons why prob
ably some or all of these origi-
nal forces have been weakened
by social and economic change.
Along with this survey are
hints on catching up with the
times, if you haven't done so al
ready.
Rather than being a theoreti-
cal treatise. the Small Town
Manual is practical and level
headed as q grange meeting. It
appears to offer rural commun-
tiles, "the backbone of Ameri-
ca" a workable method of stiff
fleming the national spine.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-12
Guests Contribute
to Fund for Russia

Mrs. Nathan Samberg, of New
York City, now a guest in Mount
Clemens, said today that she
had received check in the sum
Of $37.10 from the management
of the Hotel Kramer, represent
ing contributions by that hotels
guests to the Two Front Line
Fighters Fund, sponsored by the
Jewish American Section of the
International Workers Fund.
Mrs. Samberg thanked the
hotel guests profusely for their
aid to Russia and voiced the
hope that other groups would
help the movement She said
the Kramer contribution was
raised at a performance star
ring Josephson and Zweig, held
at the hosiery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-12
WEDNESDAY-AUGUST Il, 1912
Traitor Hopes to Escape
GoIIows Through Appeal
Attorneys for Stephen Attack
Verdict, Justice of Sentence

DETROIT, Aug. IL - up -
Hopes of Max Stephan to escape
the gallows as a convicted trait
or lay today in a projected ap-
peal attacking both. the justice
of his sentence to execution and
the verdict of the jury which
found him guilty of treason.
Two attorneys engaged by
Stephan's wife filed a notice of
appeal in a late-hour move last
night after the clerk of Federal
Court, Geor.: e M. Read, had
kept his office open two hours
beyond closing time.
Procedure in Federal courts
on criminal cases provides that
notice of appeal must be filed
within five days after pro-
nouncement of sentence. Yester-
day was the fifth day since u.
S. District Judge Arthur j. Tut
tie had sentenced Stephan to
hang next November 10.
Attaches of the court, how
ever, said that it would have
been permissible for an appeal
to be filed as late as today in
asmuch as Sundays and holidays
are not counted among the five
days.
Acting for Stephan were at
torneys Nicholas SaloWich and
James E. McCabe, who had pre-
viously been retained to defend
Theodore Donay, a Detroit i'm
porter accused of misprision of
treason in connection with the
same case. Donay is charged
with having had knowledge
that Stephan was reasonably
assisting Lieutenant Hans Peter