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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
Hostess 10 Guests

Hostess TO Guests
Mrs. Steve Bezis was hostess to
the neighbors' monthly party. A
wiener roast was enjoyed by those
attending, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Howling and daughter Irene and
guest OF Detroit. Mr. and Mrs.
John VANITY. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Schrock and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard VANITY. Mrs. Laura Mer.
rift, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Clough
and family. The next meeting will
be a picnic in the park.
Mary Barton spent the week end
at Clear Lake, the guest OF Irene
Thayer.
Harold Osborn LEFT Saturday for
Central Lake, Mich, where he will
join his wife Mrs. Osborn and son
Richard. after having spent two
weeks at the home OF his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Osborn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sikorski and
family called on friends in Clinton
Sunday afternoon.
Elwyn Bodley called on Mrs. w.
j. Bodley Thursday.
Eldon Pressler of Montpelier,
Ohio, is staying with r. T. Pressler,
his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Walworth spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Walworth, Adrian, and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. smith. Morenci
Mr. and Mrs. II. +. Strawe were
dinner guests sunday OF friends in
Dundee.
Mrs. Emma Nugent and son
James and daughters Patricia and
Mildred called on Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas buckingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Baer. Belle
vile, spent Sunday with dis broth
er and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Buirl
Baer.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Griffin and
little son, Ypsilanti, spent Tuesday
evening with their parents, Mr.. and
MIS-. Ernest Williams.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Leroy Painter and
daughter. Joan. Mr.. and MIS-. 10
seph Stefinia and family and Steve
Bobicz were Sunday dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Simonds,
Wayne.
Miss Elaine Bobicz spent Satur-
day night with Mr.. and Mrs. Leor
Jones.
A. c. Lamkin and daughter Doro-
thy. Detroit. were visitors at the
A. J. Lamkin home Saturday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Melbert
called on their sister. Mrs. Matte
Cheever, sunday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Eli visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Bodley
Friday.
Mrs Jack Chessma4 and sister
Ruth Simonds spent Sunday after
noon at Portage Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Griffin and
family of Wayne were Sunday eve
ming guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Williams.
Mrs. Ernest Williams and daugh-
ter Mary, Mrs. tEdgar Lamkin and
daughter. Verna Mae, were Ann
Arbor visitors saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wilbur.
Stony Greek Road, spent Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. Cora vii
bur
Mrs. w. ]. Bodley was a dinner
and supper guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Thurlow Bodley. Milan.
Mrs. Barlow Simonds and Mrs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23

Ann Arbor, July 23- Washtenaw
County ration board officials have
begun imposing penalties against
motorists violating gasoline and
tire rationing regulations, having
received authority in the second
war powers act enacted by the last
Congress. Public hearings in three
types of yiolatiaus will be con-
Quoted by the ration board. VIC
lations which may be prosecuted
are: Speeding. abuse OF tires. and
violation of the regulations in
making application for gasoline or
tires. The district office in De
troit will hear any other cases.
Reports of violations will be
forwarded the ration board from
all police authorities in Michigan,
and from outof-state in all cases
involving persons in this ration
boards area.
Roards will notify offending mo-
florists of the charge against them
and the date of hearing. and motor
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
Ann Arbor News
Member of Pioneer
Family Passes Away

Ann Arbor, Mich. July % A
member Of pioneer Ann Arbor
family. Henry G Binder. ago W.
jefferson Ave. died Wednesday al
tcrnoon at the Gates private Hos
pital after a long illness. He was
SO years old.
Mr.. Binder Is survived by a
brother William Binder. Oak Park,
ILL.,. and two sisters, Mrs. louisa
Gabrielska and Miss Emma Bind
er, Ann Arboor
Funeral services at 8 80 this az.
ternoon at the Muehlig chapel will
be private. Rev. +. c. Stellholn
will officiate and interment Will
be in Forest Hills.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
Army Officers Take
Threa-Mon+h Course

Ann Arbor Mich. July 23-Three
months training course in language
and area study Of the land in the
Mediterranean area including Italy.
and in the problems of military
government in occupied areas. will
begin for Army officers ranging in
rank from lieutenants TO majors
who will arrive on the campus
next week. announced William
Clark. Thursday.
These officers represent the first
group Of civil affairs specialists
to arrive a. the University. which
has been DESIGNATED by the War
Department as one Of the six uni
yersities to give such training.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
NelUS From Whitaker

at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Rus,
sell last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Erwin Lamkin and daughter,
Faye Elizabeth, went 10 Almont
Wednesday 10 visit her father
Howard Haugh. and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hammond,
Stony Greek, accompanied Mrs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
JeweIry Store
Proprietor Dies

Ann Arbor. Mich, July est
was disclosed Thursday by Mrs.
Cross, that Frank II. Cross, for
many years proprietor of a jewel
ry store in the Wuerth Theater
building, died July l and was bur
led July in Oak Hill cemetery.
Grand Rapids.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23

home after spending four weeks
with his brother and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Buirl Baer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23

Gladys Fuller to S. v. Ypsianti
Sunday afternoon where they visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Hammond
and family. Samuel Hammond. OF
the Army Air Corps, Wooster Ohio,
was home for the week end with
his parents.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
ATTENDS FUNERAL

Whitaker Mich, July % Mrs.
Matte Cheeyer attended the tuner.
al at Hillsdale OF her brother-in-
law. o. ". Cheever, who passed
away Monday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Nedder at
tended the Oakyille Farmers club
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
Ration VioIatOrs Receiving
Severe Penalties From Board

lists will be privileged to attend
the hearing and speak in their own
defense
8 Penalties include revocation Of
gasoline ration books. reduction
of allotments, denial Of new or sup
Elemental ration books, or denial
of new tires.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23

fuscae under Yu
Mikhaovch
ncides with increasing Allied gains Sicily American and Canadian
Germans Meanwhile Army
reported British landing
Italian mainland Mikhaioyichs
seeking CnternatioulD.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
FARMER KILLED

STANTON, Mich. July gap
Ernest Brainerd -. was killed
Thursday at his farm north OF here
when he was thrown from a hay
rake when a team o, horses bolted.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-23
YOU CAN Get
a 100
SALARY LOAN
" you CAN PAY BACK SIo.W A MONTH

II you ever need S25. $50. 500 or
more quickly and simply, come to
Household Finance. Ii you have
JOB so that you can repay in small
monthly payments you are wei
come to apply for any amount up
10 $500. The sooner you repay the
less your loan costs. Example: a
$50 loan repaid in 6 monthly in
stalments OF 1924 each costs S5.44
If repaid in one month the cost IS
only Sl.50. No endorsers or guar
antors are ever needed We never
make inquiries Of friends or rela-
tives. II you have a money prob
lem phone. write or come in today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
Editorials and Comment

board ARRIVE at clearer and more speci-
fic definitions of its wage-determining
criteria so that it can once more present
a united front on the problem
In other words, he said in effect Lets
make plan" Whether this was aimed
at James F. Byrnes, economic stabiliza-
ton director, we of course cannot say,
but everyone can draw his own conclu-
sion.
So, it will be interesting to note wheth
er this important decision will force 4
concerted program from the heart of the
administration.
1t will be equally interesting to watch
what the war worker unions will do about
the decision. The question now is, will
they abide quietly by the official edct,
or will they endanger war production
either by slowly ebbing from the airplane
plants, or by concerted. combined action.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
American Bonbers
Raid Burma Area

NEW DELHI, March 5. up
Tenth u. S. air force headquarters
said today that heavy bomber for
nations raided the Rangoon area
of Burma on March 3, with one
formation bombing the Pa2undaung
bridge.
Hits were reported north and
south of the approaches and
near-hit was made on the south
span" the communique said
Another formation reported hits
along the docks and on adjoininH
warehouses. Hits also were observes,
in railroad yards next to the ware
houses.
The third formation, attacking
the Mahl Wagon railway carFl
locomotive shop, reported four direct
hits followed by an explosion and
black, heavy smoke"
Several enemy planes intercept
ed and two of these were claimed
as probably damaged"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
Allies Complete
Convoy Ruin

west Pacific"
The Japanese garrison at Lac,
believed to have been the goal of
the convoy, was warned Thursday
that Allied air power was dominant
il this theater, bombers and fight
ers, after strafing the survivors
of the convoy in the water, blasted
the vital base and shot down or
damaged 81 planes.
B-24 Liberators opened the at
tack early Thursday, and were
quickly followed by A-29 Havoc
light bombers, escorted by P-38
Lightnings and KittyhaWks, which
rained down 10000 rounds OF can
non shells and machine gun fire
on airdromes and the town itself.
Six grounded japanese planes
were destroyed, while eight were
downed and nine others damaged
out of 80 enemy fighters in the
air.
Finding no trace of ships afloat
on Thursday, fortresses and B-25S
hunted down survivors in barges,
lifeboats. and RATS, and strafed
them-also shooting down four jap
anese fighters.
Further north, off Finschafen,
Iiberators and Beaufighters bomb
ed and strafed lifeboats and barges
that were attempting to make land,
and then turned their fire on the
jetty.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
SABOTAGE FOR REVENGE

The revenge" cases form per-
haps the most interesting, psychol-
ogically, of all the suspected sabo-
tage reports. Typical of these re-
ported to the FBI was that of John
George MajuS, now serving a three
year term in federal penitentiary,
after conviction in San Francisco.
Majus mad been member of
the crew of the S. S. CaImar.
which was about to be converted
for use by the Army Transport
Service. One night while the ship
lay in port, it was discovered that
the steering rod, connecting the
steering engine to the rudder, had
been partially cut with hack
saw.
1t looked like a clear case of sabo-
tage Suspicion centered on Majus
when it was learned he had several
times threatened to damage the
ship as result of grievances he had
against the ships officers and own
ers. Majus at first denied any knoWl-
edge of the damage to the steering
rod, but later he confessed that he
had been drunk and had not realized
what he was doing.
And though he was of Rumanian
birth, unnaturalized, he had not
been intent on wrecking transport
or killing American soldiers. All he
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
Lack Of Hand Rails
Partly Blamed for
Subway Disaster

LONDON. March 5.-(UP)-Lack
of hand rails may have been partly
to blame for the suffocation of 17S
persons on a l9-step stairway ana
the 20-Square- foot landing below
leading to a London air raid shell
ter Wednesday night during a
German air raid, preliminary re-
ports indicated today.
Soon after Home Secretary Home
Security Minister Herbert Morrl-
son began his investigation of the
tragedy, workmen began drilling
holes in the concrete steps and
landing for the erection OF ratings
before the shelter is used again.
ORDERS INVESTIGATION
er "any structural or administra-
tive weaknesses" played a part in
the tragedy. King GeorVe VI or
dered a complete investigation. Nc
bombs fell in the area during the
raid
The local council today rejected
proposal that a mass funeral be
held for the victims. Sixteen
bodies were still unidentified.
Sixty persons rescued alive from
the fearful crush were under treat
ment at hospitals. Among the sur
vivors was the middle-aged woman
who was the innocent cause of the
tragedy.
TRIPPED AND FELL
Burdened with baby and a
bundle, she tripped and fel
near the foot of the stair.
way leading to the subway, after
the air raid alert had sounded. Hell
fall tripped an elderly man be-
hind her.
Those coming in from the
street." the home security minis.
try said, could not see exactly
what had taken place and contin-
ued to press down the steps sc
that within a minute there were
hundreds of people crushed to-
gether and lying atop one anoth-
er covering the landing and lower
steps"
Nearly 1000 persons already were
in the shelter, an unfinished Lon
don subway station reached by ;
second flight of seven steps below
the fatal stairway.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
WHERE IS IT GOING?
(San Diego SUM

lSan DlegO SUM
When the testimony given before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee by
E. R. Stettinius jr., lend-lease admins
traitor, is analyZed it emphasizes the pie
ture of bureaucratic bungling with this
nations problem of food supply and dis
tribution. Mr.. StettiniuS did not appear
before the committee for that purpose.
He was not cunning for any agency. He
merely presented facts and figures on
lend-lease shipments, how the books are
kept and where the goods are going.
But when he diSclaimed that lend-lease
aid to our Allies is threatening the domes-
tic food supply. and supported this with
figures to show that only six percent
of American farm production has been
involved, he Immediately caused a great
many persons to wonder about the val
idity of the Its the war" alibi that has
been offered as an explanation of all
shortages.
1t develops from Mr.. Stettinus' testi-
mony, moreover that our troops abroad
are not subssting entirely upon Ameri-
can food. The vast army we have been
keeping in England, for example, has
been maintained there at a cost of only
S25, 900 month. Our troops in Austria
liza it has been revealed, have been eating
Hlucn 1OOu.
In brief, Mr.. Stettinius now tells us
that not only are we not shipping vast
quantities of American food to our Allies
g percent Of our farm production GER
tainly is not "vast''-but that we are re-
lying to great extent upon food from
other countries to supply our own troops
abroad. Much of the rest of our produc-
ton, therefore, still probably is tied up
in great masses Of bureaucratic red tape
The speed with which a great many
items of food produced in this country
have virtually disappeared from the mar
ketS, has been a source of amaZement to
many persons. The explanation that our
Allies have required them has met with
more or less general acceptance. Now
it appears, the reason may be much more
closely to home.
There is much to indicate that the
answer probably lies in the tinkering and
planning that has been going on in Wash
ington Scores Of government agencies
there are filled with men who have been
preaching for years the theories of a man.
aged or regimented economy. They have
been itching for an opportunity to put
into practice some Of the fascinating
theories they have evolved in class rooms
and bureaus Along came the war and
regulations were issued covering every
phase of our national life and it since
has been evident in many cases that these
regulations took into consideration few
of the practical aspects Of the American
system.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
Russians Drive on
Towards S.moIensk
At Furious Pace

MOSCOW, March - CUPn -
Soviet tanks and infantry raced
or through 50 more towns and-vil-
lages south and southwest of
Rzhev today, crushing all opposi-
ton in a faSt-breaking drive. on
the big German base at SmolenSk.
Other Russian armies, every
where on the offensive pounded
forward on key sectors all along
d 900-mile stretch of the Soviet
front from Lake linen to the
northwest Caucasus.
SOUTH OF OLEMINO
One town and 10 villages cap
tured by the Soviets on the RXheV
front were souun OF Olemino. 81
miles west of RZhev on the rail
road to Velikie Luki, the Russian
midday communique said. Olemlno
fell to the Soviets yesterday.
The other AZ inhabited places
were located b. the communique
a. merely in the general area south
and southwest of RzheV. Great
quantities of VIZ material and
many prisoners We're captured.
Many counterattacks were re-
pulsed with heavy losses for the
Germans, the bulletin said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
Capital Talk G
-by-
Peter Edison

had on his mind was getting even
with the boss.
Most curious of all the FBI in
vestigations is the case of Nicholas
Buenopane, an eXMarine of Ital-
ian descent. Buenopane had visited
the FBI academy at Quantico, and
he decided he could beat the c.
men. Taking a knife, he cut several
electrical connections on B-25
Tokyo Express. f(
When he was finally tracked down
and identified as the individual who
had tampered with the plane, he
gave as his reason and in his sign
ed confession declared that his sole
motive was to see whether the FBI,
could solve a sabotage case INV
found out and is now awaiting SEN
tence.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, March s.
CUP)-Allied flying fortresses and
Billy Mitchell medium bombers
roared over the northeast New
Guinea coast today, complete mas
ters of sea and skies, relentlessly
seeking the few survivors. The
vacant quietness Of the Huon gulf
area bore testimony to the savage
completeness of their destruction
Of a huge 22-ship enemy convoy
Today there was no threat of
japanese assault and no Japanese
ships remained on the surface -
the last two wounded destroyers
were sunk by the bombers Thurs
day morning.
WRECKAGE SCATTERED
Wreckage was scattered over
miles evidence of the strength of
the land based air power that sent
10 japanese war vessels and IL
transports TO the bottom, taking
with them $1,000 troops.
There were bits of wreckage here
ard Sticks of oil there, and some
times japanese hands and a Jap
anese head could be seen bobbing
above the water, clinging to raft
OF debris, but the silence of the
sea added strength TO Australian
newspaper stories calling the death
Of the convoy the greatest single
feat Of arms wrought in the south
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05

Eleven out of every u cases of
sabotage reported to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation turns out
TO be not direct sabotage, but the
results of careleSSness, industrial
accidents, or even petty revenge of
workman against his boSS-not
an attempt to wreck the war effort.
While FBI authorities caution that
this large percentage of false alarms
should in no way cause plant guards
and others to relax vigilance against
Saboteurs, some of the cases of
pseudo sabotage have their curious
quirkS.
For instance, there was the case
of the janitor in a large eastern
plant engaged in the manufacture
of highly confidential instruments.
In the Wastepaper basket OF the
drafting room, this janitor found
what appeared to be delayed ac-
ton arson device.
II was a bundle of matches
bound with adhesive tape. One
match, partly burned, extended
from the bundle. 1t was obvious
that the one match was intended
to ignite the other matches, thus
starting really hot fire.
The FBI was called in and, during
| the investigation, it was discovered
! that the under sides OF the metal
stools used by craftsmen were
] l., olr
the adhesive tape. Finally one of
the craftsmen explained and con-
fesSed. 1t was a common gag in
this drafting room to faSten these
match bundles to seats OF the stools,
then ignite the lead match and
walk away. The sudden flaring OF
the matches gave the victim re-
alistic hot seat and everybody laugh
ed This in a room where invaluable
tracingS and blueprintS were kept,
any of which would ignite readily.
GROUND GLASS SABOTAGE
TWenty-three planes in an air.
craft plant were apparently Sabo-
tagged by placing glass in the fluid
of the hydraulic brake system. These
bits of glass, which would have
cheWed through the rubber tube
connections, were extracted in the
crime laboratory of the FBI head
quarters. and on examination it was
found that all the pieces had curv-
ed surfaces, the glass being of a
special heat-resistant composition.
Investigation was then directed
to all possible sources of such glass
i'm this plant. 1t centered finally on
a "flOw meter" used in testing
the brakes. On opening the cham
Der of the meter, the missing piec-
es of the glass test valve were
discovered ard tine cause of the
accident explained. During a night
shift, one of the valves had brOk-
en- and fallen into the chamber.
The operator had neglected to
remove the broken glass and had
merely inserted new valve and
gone on about his business. A SIM
pie case of careleSSneSS, but the
effect was the same as sabotage.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05
Tokyo Shows Fear
0fU.S. Bombing
Ry UNITED PRESS

Japan, showing increased concern
over American plans to bomb Tokyo
again and again, threatened "seri-
Gus" reprisals Friday against flyers
attempting to carry out these in
human" plans.
Tokyo radio, heard in San Fran
cisco by the United Press, said
Lieut.. Gen. H. H. Arnold, command
er of the U. S. Army air corps, had
predicted that once grand scale
raids are started ION Japan, the
whole of Japan will be completely
devastated in a comparatively short
time.
"In his bold, but far-fetched
plan" Tokyo radio continued, the
United States air commander ad-
mitted that American airmen must,
without any and all consideration
to all principles of humanity carry
out indiscriminate and INSCRIPTIONS
air raids on Japan"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-05

control of an important road juno
ton.
Sed Jenane is about L miles
south of Cape Serrat.
INCREASE ACTIVITY
Both sides increased their ac-
ti7itv along the Mareth line IN
Southern Tunisia yesterday, ana
patrols from Lieut.-Gen. Sir Bar
nard L. Montgomerys Britis n
Eighth Army probed enemy lines IN
search of weak spots that can be
assaulted when the big push north
ward starts.
Forward elements of French
forces pushed into the town OF
Nefta on the western edge OF
Chott Djerid CSale Lake. and re-
connaissance patrols were active
farther east.
Allied pilots, striking hard at
Axis communication lines from
Sicily and the European mainland,
sank four ships and damaged 9TH
ers. Enemy road transport in
Southern Tunisia was bombed on
the night of March ga.
DOWN TWO PLANES
An Allied fighter patrol inter-
cepted a formation of JP-87 bomb
ers escorted by ME-109's forced
the bombers to jettison their
bombs, and shot down two. Two
enemy fighter planes were shot
down in the southern sector and a
bomber was destroyed off the AL
gerian coast. Two Allied planes
are missing from all operations.
Text of the Allied communique
"Heavy fighting continued yes
terday in the town of Sed Jenane
where a determined enemy attack
, was successfully held after fierce
! fighting in the streets of the town
CONSOLIDATE GAINS
In the central sector, Allied
/ forces continued to consolidate
! their recent gains.
Leading elements of French
forces yesterday occupied Nefta or
| the western border of Chott Djerio
/ tSalt Lake. Reconnaissance pa
trols were also active farther east
"On the Eighth Army front, ene-
my activity intensified in all sec
! tors of the Mareth position where
our patrols were very active.
ATTACKS on enGmy transports
both on land and a. sea were con.
tinued yesterday and during the
previous night. Attacks by oul
bombers on enemy conveys between
Sicily and Tunisia resulted in foul
ships being sunk and others dam
aged.
TRANSPORT BOMBED
Enemy road transport in South
ern Tunisia was bombed during
the nights of Mar. 3-4 Yesterday
/ fighter bomUers and fighters at
tackled enemy vehicles in both the
southern and northern sector ano
medium bombers attacked objec-
tiveS at Djedeida.
I'm the northern sector, a patrol
of our fighters intercepted a for