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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
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CrowleyNe
to StepOut

Washington. Aug. GINS The
Washington grapevine was alive
today with reports that Economic
Warfare Director Leo T. Crowley
is readying his resignation as alien
property custodian.
Substantiation OF the report was
found in the fact that a scramble
was developing among two rival
factions within the New Deal who
are seeking to have their man
named as his successor to the job
OF administering $500,000O00 of
alien property now in the hands of
the United States.
Crowley, in an interview, dis
closed that President Roosevelt
had asked him to continue as alien
property custodian for the time
being" when he was given the eco
nomic warfare post formerly held
by Vice President Henry 4. Wal
lace.
He asserted that he had not
given any thought TO resigning
from his custodianship, but observ-
ed that the agency was smooth
running and required little Of his
times
Meanwhile, the names OF Francis
J. Mcnamara, Crowley's assistant
in the alien property Office, and
Guy T. Helvering. director OF in
ternal revenue. were advanced as
possible successors TO Crowley.
One source stated that Crowley
and President Roosevelt had reach
ed an agreement whereby he would
ste1 out as alien property custod-
ian after Congress returned from
its summer recess. and the nomi.
nation OF his successor could be
sent to the senate for conhrma.
ton.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
Supervisor of
Dump Resigns

James G. Wescott. Pho. has
resigned the supervision OF the city
dump which he had managed for
the past three years and has &C.
cepted a civil service position with
the federal government at East
Ypsilanti. Mr.. Wescott has spent %
years in school work. Is years OF
which he was superintendent OF
schools. Long Island y. Y. and
three and one half years he was
supervisor OF Industrial arts. a
civil service position. in the state
Of New Jersey.
Mr.. wescott. after severe illness
Illness and death OF his wife. and
business reverses. came TO Ypsi.
lanti 10 be nearer the few remain.
ing close relatives OF his family.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
BoWles to do
t alking

Washington, Aug GINS Price
Administrator Prentiss NJ Brown
today cracked down on unauthoTiz-
ed public statements by OPA EN-.
ployes and virtually turned over
the keys to the agency to Chester
Bowles. new general manager.
In a STAFF memorandum which &C
companied an administrative order
setting up Bowles as Senior deputy
administrator Brown said:
NO public statements by any EN-
ploye OF OPA shall be made with
out prior clearance with the re-
sponsible Official OF the information
department. who on all matters ~
Importance shall clear with the
senior deputy administrator.
This includes statements to the
press. press interviews. radio sd-
dresses, and any other form OF pub
lie statement on official business.
To End Biekerina
Browns action stemmed from the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
'GrumIins' Considered as Minority Party

ued, there is probably not more
than ore grumlin in 100 Amer
leans.
I'VE Imagine there are more
he added, because the main
features OF a grumlin are big
mouth and a loud voice
one grumlin can make more
noise than 80 Americans VINO
are busy using their strength
on the job OF winning the war"
Despite the gruml!ns. he said.
the United States Is doing a
greater war job than ever be
lieyed possible.
For the benefit OF the grum-
Inns who do not know enough
10 care. and for the hecklers
Tho do not care enough TO know,
Rayburn said, 81 offer eight
points, things 10 remember
about our war effort which may
help 10 cure their respective
ailments:
Il. The United States has
sent abroad the largest over
seas force OF any nation IN his
tory (more than 2,000.000), and
TO date, after months OF sery-
ice and important gains in com.
bat shows the smallest losses
in proportion. In Transporting
them, our total losses to the L
boats have been fewer than
200 men.
p. Within single year We
are doubling the numerical
strength and more than doub-
ling the hitting power o. the
United States Navy our
Navy has added. since January
/ Of this year. 200 ue7 var
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
Sen. Smith Would
Put End to OPA

Washington. Aug. 6 ms
Sen. Ellison D. Smith Cd s. G.
today called for complete scrap
ping OF the Office OF Price Admin
istration and substitution by Con
gress OF a small commission with
clearly defined authority over a
limited number OF basic commodi-
lies
1.-THE United states Is too big
country for every price. every
detail and every act OF every in
diyldual to be dictated from Wash
ington.. Smith said. Il thorough
" believe that when Congress re-
convenes It can bring order our
Of chaos by giving a small com
mission specific authority over
limited number OF basic necessi-
ties o. life. but permitting the law
OF supply and demand TO rule in
all other cases"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

ships.
g. The air forces OF our army
and navy have been increased
by more than $4,000 planes IN
the past y months. The new
planes added 10 the navy in
the first seven months OF 1913
alone doubled the entire num-
be- in service before Pearl Har-
bo..
4. For the greatest overseas
fo-ce the world has ever known
We nov have transport yehi-
cie and an air umbrella 20
match 10 give you some
.dea OF what this means
General Jimmy Doolittle says
that In one day the operations
o. his air force consumed 100
900 gallons OF gasoline. enough
10 fill 10000 automobile tanks.
3. Our food supply for our
own use and io- our Allies is
the greatest ever amsssed by
sny nation in history.
8 We are winning the fight
on the U.bost.
-. The total overall cost OF
living in America 10 a compare
bic time during the first world
war rose 20 per cent; in this
war 26 per cent.
8. The fitness OF our boys
slrpasses that Of any other
fighters. Today the average
American soldier eats better.
.eeps better. is traiced bette
hears. sees. marchs. and
brsathes better thar he did IN
1917. He IS almost an ineh
taller. nearly 10 pounds hes,-
is
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

Commerce. Tex, Aug. 6-UP-
Speaker Sam Rayburn, D.. Tex,
today coined a new wartime
northumberland he de-
fined as a minority party OF
critics and grumblers. "sabo-
teurs Of the spirit" on the home
front who are blood brothers OF
the Air Corps gremlins.
In an address TO fellow alum
nj OF Mayo College, the pgede-
cessor OF East Texas State
Teachers College from which
he received an honorary degre
Rayburn upheld the right OF
civilians to criticize the noisy,
squabble-ridden" home front.
but Denounced the habit OF
grumbling.
He further defined a grumlin
as.
a fellow who drinks his
morning orange juice. eats his
cereal and his two eggs and
toast while he looks at pictures
in the newspaper propped be-
Tore hlm-a picture OF a smiling
American boy who has had his
ann blasted OF in gun turret
OF a Flying Fortress over the
jungles OF New Guinea and
as be sips his coffee, this grum-
lin feels sorry for himself
and fuses at his wife because
she has used up all the red
stamps and can't serve him any
bacon"
Fortunately. Rayburn cont.n-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
Aiken Objects
to US. Waste

Washington. Aug. Gins Sen.
George D. Aiken (R) Vt, today de-
clared that the government could
drop the proposed ~ to is billion
dollar tax bill II Il would cut out
the looting and waste
Il believe that Congress and the
executive branch OF the govern
Inent ought to put more emphasis
on hating extrayagance and erd-
ing looting Of the Treasury than
piling new taxes on the people
said Aiken.
Aiken. a member Of the Senate
Committee on Executive Expendi-
lures which IS investigating ship
contracts. said that the footing"
may be legal in most cases. but
The effect IL 10 extract large sums
from the Treasury without ade-
quate return.
- think 81 Is safe TO say that
ever - billions year Is lost by
The waste and looting he said
. People generally. | have found
believe that government offices
generally are overstaffed.
There are many practices that
result in unnecessary costs. For
example, It has become a habit
IN the government 10 use the long
distance telephone for almost ev-
erything. This does not amount
10 much in an individual case but
when it Is multiplied by millions
OF unnecessary calls il mounts up
"In my own office I have made
a practice or sending night letters
in order 10 save a few dollars for
the government. With nearly g..
100000 government employees it IL
easy TO see how small extravs-
ssnces Of various kinds can run
into huge sums OF money"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

Washington, Aug. GINS The
Office OF Price Administration TO-
day authorized an increase IN
prices ior the 1873 pack OF frozen
fruits, berries ard vegetables TO
cover increases in labor costs since
last October
In some cases the OPA said. the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

(By International News Service)
While Allied armed forces in
Sicily chased German and Italian
troops toward the Messlna bridge
head today. following capture OF
Catania and other Axis strong
points along the Etna line, all lta.
ly was reported seething with new
demands for peace.
Dispatches from Switzerland said
newly.arrived travellers from Italy
told OF crowds gathering in many
cities shouting demands for Pre-
mier Plero Badoglio's resignation.
Some reports said new crown
council, just formed. would de-
mand abdicatlon OF King Victor
Emmanuel
Holding Hostages
Premier Badoglio was reported
to have told the King the Italian
popuiates demand for peace could
not be fulfilled because Germany
was blackmailing Italy by holding
aS hostages thousands OF Italians
working In Reich war factories
and Italian troops garrisoned in
occupied countries.
Unrest also was reported spread
ing rapidly in Romania. A dispatch
from lstanbul via Moscow said that
after the American air raid on
Ploesti Sunday anti-Nazls broke
into the home OF Premier Ion An.
tonescu and demanded immediate
peace and severance OF Romanias
Ties with Germany.
Celebrate VloSory
Moscow echoed at midnight TO ~
artillery sAlyoes from / 90 guns in
celebration OF the Russian capture
Of Orel and Belgorod on the south
central front as the victorious Red
army surged forward In both ser
torres TO press its hard won advant.
age.
In the Orel area the Soylets drove
westward from captured Orel to
ward Karachev in n drive directed
at Bryansh. To the south Rus
sian units which oyerran Belgorod
pressed forward into the Ukraine.
The entire line OF German forth
hcations in southern Russia appear.
ed threatened with collapse.
Continue TO Fight
In the Pacific. half Of the Japa.
nese air base at Nunda in The CEN
tral Solomons was In American
hands as >le surrounded and doom
ed japanese garrison continued 10
fight no.surTender battle from
well-concealed p,llboNes and fox
holes.
Complete capture OF the central
Solomons airdrome was believed
only a matter OF hours Conversion
OF the field into an Allied airbase
will put fighter planes within
range OF Rabaul key objective OF
the current Allied offensive in
the Solomons-New Guinea area.
international News Service cor
respondent Jack Mahon. witness 10
the battle for the Munda airheld
said II was the American artillery
and aerial bombardment that I'm.
ally wore down Mundas defenders.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

LONDON-INS-The Allies were
all prepared IN bomb Rome again
Wednesday night because OF Ttaly's
sfusak 10 capitulste 10 uncondi-
tiorar surrender demands but the
raid was cancelled because OF IN.
favorable weather. reports from
Africa TO the London press said
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

WASHINGTON - UP 49, Ceiling
prices on meat were assured today
OF continuation on the basis OF gov
eminent established grades follow
ing the first official directive is
sued by Sterilization Director Fred
NJ. Vinson. The directive, an
nouneed last night by the Office OF
Economic Sterilization as "regu-
lation No. l." continued in force
the meat grading and labelling
rules established by the Office OF
Price Administration but nullified
by Congress when it banned, except
under certain conditions, OPA's
grade labelling program in passing
The Commodity Credit Corporation
Act.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

VlNCENNES, Ind APP -
Rep. Gerald Lands (R-lnd.),
says that 81 carloads Of pota-
toes, which he said were gov
eminent owned and which he
valued at $4,000, were shovel
ed from Army trucks onto Vim
eennes' city dump. lands as
serted today that he had tele-
araphed a demand to War Food
Administrator Marvin Jones
for an Investigation Of the
dumping Of the potatoes, many
OF which were picked up by
residents. Some placed the
spuds on sale for 81 bushel,
Lands said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

CABBAGE PLANTS. sls Railroad.
Adv. s0I'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
Italians Seek Abdication
of King; Resignation From
Badoglio as AMesAduance
Germans Hold
Italians as
Hostages
Axis Troops Being
Chased Toward
Messina

United Nations headquarters In
Australia, Aug. 6-lNs-All organ
ized Japanese resistance at the
Munda air base on New Georgia
Island ceased today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

NEW YORK-INS - The New
York State War Ballot Commission
today spurred plans to get the vote
OF every man and woman in the
armed forces stationed within the
United States. The War and Navy
Departments so far have not given
permission to send war ballots to
those outside the L. S. but the
commission has sent posters to
camps and bases in this country,
and ballots will be sent to service
men upon request Of a relative or
friend.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Little change

WASHINGTON-INS-James G.
Patton, president OF the National
Farmers Union, today said he has
been assured OF President Roose-
velt's support in his determined eff
fort to put crop insurance back in
the farm program when Congress
reconvenes. Confident that Con-
gress will reinstate provisions for
crop protection despite the fact
they were liquidated with passage
OF the agricultural appropriations
bill. Patton said: We have been
assured OF support from President
Roosevelt and a majority OF the
Senate in our proposal to reinstate
crop insurance next fall"
CAMP CLAIBORNE, La.
lNS-Walter J. BONN, 26-year-
old United States Army private
from Wilkes-5arre, Pa, was
executed today at Camp clai-
borne. Convicted on three
charges - criminal assault,
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny
Bonn was tried and found gull
ty by a general court marital
held at Camp Claiborne last
Jan. 20. He was pronounced
dead - minutes after the trap
was sprung at sos a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

WASHINGTON-AP- Chiefs Of
Is incorporating railroad unions
and railroad management repre-
sentatives met today in an effort
10 complete an agreement carry
ing an s cent hourly wage raise
which the government will ap-
prove.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

NEW YORK --AP- A Tokyo
broadcast recorded by the L. S.
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence
Service reported today that Com
mander Suteji Muroi, described as
an intimate OF the late Admiral
Isoroku Yamamoto and an author
ity on naval warfare, had been
killed in action.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

SUTTON. W. Na.-AP-- Rescu'
ers searched today in the debris
OF a flood known TO have claimed
at least lis lives for the bodies
of six other persons believed to
have persisted, as survivors told OF
narrowing escapes from the lap
ping waters Of death.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

WASHINGTON-AP-The cocky
Montgomery baret, set OFF with an
emblem specially designed for the
L. S. Cadet Nurse Corps, will top
the stO0 official wardrobe being de-
signed by New York fashion experts
for government subsidized student
nurses. L. s. Public Health Ser
vice officials in charge OF the corps
said today the side-swooping beret
made famous by General Sir Robert
l.. Montgomery Eighth Army is
the one design already decided
upon for the student nurses.
WASHINGTON-AP-The gigan-
tic American arsenal Is nearly fin
ished. with the result that from
now on there can be greater con-
centration on the direct produc-
ton OF munitions Chairman Don.
old VI. Nelson OF the War Produc-
ton Board CWPBl announced to-
day that al the end OF June the
yovernment-hnanced program OF
war plant construction was more
than four-f1fths completed. The
government program totals sf4.5s2.-
100000 OF which S12,03s, 900, 900 had
been finished.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

EUGENE. Ore.-AP-Food pois-
oning caused the death of one per-
son and left % others in hospitals
today. DR.. c. L. Lindgren, coun-
" health officer, said 4s cases had
been reported and that most of
the persons taken to hospitals
were dangerously i'll. The poison
ings, DR.. Lindgren said. were be-
lieved to have been caused by
cultures which developed in cream
base pies improperly refrigerated.
NEW YORK-INS- The Ger
mans lost more than 20 divisions,
together with frst-class equipment,
in the fighting at Orel and Belgorod
on the Russian front, NBC report
ed from Moscow today. Figures
on the German losses in the bat
ties, the first to be announced, were
reported by the Russian paper, Red
Star. NBC added. The total would
mean between 100000 and 100000
German troops lost.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-06

See OPA Page 5
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27
Briq.*Gen. Mold Cited For
 Work On Aleutian Islands

one of these runways weeks be- fore the battle of Attu.
 Construction of this base and others like it in the short time allotted was accomplished only by round -the-clock hours by engineers who worked in weather that would have stopped all ac- tivity in pre-war times. Working in shifts, under faoodlights at night, they kept the heavy equip ment rolling.
 Gravel and sand suitable for runway construction was not available in many areas on Ann chitka, and this meant that most of the thousands of tons of earth was moved great distances from the pits to the runway sites.
 Where small mountain once stood there is now a yawning, man-made valley in which sky scraper could easily be buried. Literally hundreds Of thousands of yards of sand and gravel have been moved from this pit by shoves and draglines, big diesel powered dump trucks and carry all scrapers, and an area which was one of the most commanding heights in the settled area od Amchitka is now approaching Sea level.
 Most of the earth used in con- struction of the big bomber run ways came from this one area, a good two miles or more from the airfields.
 After the first landings, ships could be unloaded only by beach ing barges-a slow and tedious job that calls for the most strenuous types of physical la bor. There were no roads, and great mounds of rations, lumber, fuel drums and other materials and equipment accumulated along the beaches.
 Trucks were useless in rnov- ing supplies in1and4 Tractors pulling tread-fitted. trailers load ed with supplies begged down hopelessly in the boxing muskeg. Cargoes from the ships were han dled as many as five and six
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27
PAGE FIVE

and Company, salmon packers, were credited by It. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., command ing general of the Alaska De- fense Command, as having thwarted Japanese plans.
 Col. Benjamin B. Talley, who until recently was officer in cnaTge of Alaska construction, WAS inc first member of the Alas Ia Defense Command to be awarded the Distinguished Ser vice Medal
 The speedy and efficient com pletion of a certain airfield,' the citation noted, was largely re- sponsJble for the failure of a Japanese expeditionary force to penetrate one of our main posi- tions."
 With the assault on Attu, the engineers fought the Japs, ss well as the weather and construc- ton problems, and it was an en- gineer unit that checked and then destroyed large number of Japanese who had broken through the front lines to threat en the whole campaign.
 Construction work was not de- layed while the fighting was talk ing place. Bulldozers were moved in behind front lines to build roads and other facilities.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27

struction schedule, some of them are already considered old and established bases.
 At Arnchitka, for example, it was only last January that troops moved ashore to find an old Aleut cemetary, few bedraggled birds and virtually no other signs of life.
 In less than a month, Japanese planes sent to bomb the island were shot down by fighter planes based on a runway which had been rushed to completion while the Japanese, based only 60 miles away at Kiska bombed the American troops an average of once every three days. =
 On the Japs' last raid preced. ing the arrival Of a P-40 squad ron, engineer soldiers were kill ed and three craters blasted in the landing strip by 5O0-pound bombs dropped from six high flying Japanese planes.
 During this early period on the wind-swert island, engineere were busy at other tasks. Anti aircraft guns were manned, tenn porary living quarters were set up, a barge dock in Constantine Harbor was well under construc- tion and vital roads were built,
 Soon the engineers had the runway extended enough to ac- commodate medium bornbers and the aerial pounding of Kiska and Attu began in earnest. The army having established ari air base practically under the Japs' nsse, Allied planes gave the Japanese no respite from repeated bomb ings except for periods when the islands were b1anketed in dense fog. What had been a few weeks back a soggy tidal flat was now landing field from which as many as ten separate assaults were launched in a single day.
 Large, more carefully construc- ted rGnways have since been built at better locations and are big enough to take care of any type of bomber. Four-motored Liberators were operating from
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-27

times in being moved to tenn porary supply dumps. Dock pill ings and lumber sometimes were merely dumped overheard from the ships and carried ashore by the tide.
 Some of the billings became en- tangled in surf-pounded rocks along the shores and engineers risked their lives in small boats to retrieve each piling separate ly. To be caught between two of the heavy billings, cast wildly about by the icy waters, would mean death or serious injury to the soldier, but, without the pill ings, the docks could not be com pleted. There are big ship docks there now, built by army and civilian engineers, in addition to the barge dock.
 Construction materials and equipment, in many cases, were selected and procured before is- lands on which they were to be used were occupied. To do this without benefit of surveys and on the basis of meager and often inaccurate information was no small job. If supply requirements had been misfigured, critical delays would have resulted, for replacement would have required long weeks and the time element was all important.
 But the engineers did the job, and are still doing it, by making the most of supplies on hand and resourcefulness.
 Facilities for motor repair arc now housed in frame buildings instead of crude tent shelters and electric lights are replacing lanterns. Troops who have known only tents as home for more than a year are moving into Pacific and Quonset Huts, and scores of warehouses. and other buildings have been built at this base. Small carpenter crews put up these buildings, some of them 100 feet in length, at the rate of one every four or five days.
 All this was done in snow, rain and sleet driven by winds that often reached proportions of a gale. Until roads and paths were built, nearly everyone wore boots or shoe pacs, for, after days of rain, one sank almost knee deep in the mud.
 There were many times when the soldier could not change into dry clothes. It settled down to