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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Commands
Get Action

Both Willow Run Sheriffs depu.
ties and firemen were provoked to
disciplinary action when the fire
alarm was set off by a group OF
children. The alarm which came IN
to the central switchboard was set
off as q part Of maneuvers OF a
group Of junior commandos, who
explained the action was necessary,
in order to call out reinforcements.
The boys were taken to the sher.
IFS offices, and to the fire depart.
ment, where they received severe
reprimands.
Willow Run Fire Department
members were called 10 the North
Cafeteria at $3.50 p. m. Tuesday as a
smoldering cigarette set fire to a
pile Of rubbish. Only slight dam
age was caused. In a call earlier
that evening they went to Building
], which had filled with smoke from
the furnace.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Five Escape :
Train Injury

Five persons miraculously es-
capped injury Tuesday evening whom
their automobile was struck and al.
most completely demolished by a
New York Central westbound ex
press train at the Forest Ave. cross
ing at $3.50 Tuesday evening. The
automobile. driven by Wendell c.
Barnes, 71s Carver St. was cross
ing the tracks when struck by q
switch engine backing along the
east lane OF the tracks. The force
OF the impact turned the car about
and pushed 1t into the path OF the
oncoming express. Efforts OF train
men 10 stop the train failed but MI.
Barnes and his four passengers had
gotten out OF the automobile imme'
diately after It was first struck. The
express crashed into the abandoned
car. With Mr.. Barnes in the auto
mobile were his wife, their two
year old son Robert. Mrs. Barnes
sister. Mrs. Jack Luoma, Ann Ar
Dor, and her 10 months old daugh-
ter, Mar.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Hundred Twenty Million
Pounds Of Fat SaIvaoed

New York, Dec. 29-INS-Sincs
the fat salvage drive started in
July. 1912. housewives have salv.
aged more than 40, 900 900 pounds
OF waste cooking fat. il was reveal.
ed today in an adv ertising facts
folder issued by the Bureau OF Ad.
vertising, American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Citing the effectiveness Of the
advertising campaign in newspa.
pers throughout the country. the
bureau quotes the findings Of the
Fat Salvage Committee's survey,
showing that IS per cent Of Ameri-
can women know the government
wants waste fat and 80 per cent OF
them have turned in fat since the
campaign began.
Although the fat already collect
ed has greatly aided the war effort
by supplying glycerine for explo-
sives and medicines. housewives
will have TO double their present
contributions 10 meet TIE drives
newly announced goal Of $50 ,00O. 600
pounds q year. the bureau points
out.
Roy ". Peet chairman OF the
Fat Salvage Committee. calling at.
tention 10 the aid newspapers al
ready have given. declared. that
we are relying on the continued
help OF Americas newspaper"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29

Washington. Dec. 29-INS-Most
Washington political observers are
convinced today that President
Roosevelt will seek a fourth term
In the White House next year on
a dual slogan OF Win the War
and Save the Peace.
Wsshingtons political weather
ysne swung toward the yes, he
will run for a fourth term con
clusion as a result OF Mr.. Roose-
lelt's discourse to a news confer
ence on his reasons for changing
the Administrators slogan from
New DEAL 10 Win the War.
There remain a few observers,
however. who predict Mr.. Roose-
Ielt will retire at the end OF his
third term by refusing TO court de-
feat in an election year in which
the Republicans hope TO gain con-
troll Of the national electorate. This
small group predict retirement
upon the ground that the President
will not endanger his potential IN
ngeace upon postwar peace by leay-
ing the White House a defeated
candidate.
See Change
Some fL.lientisl Democrats
friendly to Mr.. Roosevelt profes
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Maxi Fleet Suffers Damage
Expanded Facilities to be
Sought in Adult Education

OF the House Ways and Means Com
mittee and commission member,
remarked that you can't make
hickory out OF Eastwood"
"Some youngsters are perfectly
qualified to do one thing" Espie
said. land it's waste OF time foy
them TO study something else vir.
tually under compulsion. He pro.
tested what he described as higher
training OF scholastically untitled
students
Espie's views were supported by
Chester F. Miller, superintendent OF
public instruction at Saginaw. and
Mrs. James c. Parker. president OF
the State Parent-Teacher Associa
ton.
Contending that little work has
been done TO combine natural skills
and studies. Miller said there ha
been a tendency to "steer too many
youngsters into industry and for.
get about other necessary occupa
tons"
DR.. Eugene p. Elliott. state SUI
perlntendent OF public instruction
Is. chairman OF the commission. He
said the scheduled three-day meet.
ing may be adjourned without final
action on the report because OF the
absence due 10 illness Of DR.. Arthur
b. Moehlman OF the University OF
Michigan, who is chairman OF the
research committee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
i. S. Smokers Headed Toward
Some Major Changes in 1914

Washington, Dec. 2s-INS-Am-
erican smokers appeared headed
today toward some major changes
in their 1914 smoking habits
Cigarette supplies will he rela.
lively short and many OF thos 3
available will be OF lower quality
than the smokes" OF today, in.
formed sources agree.
Fewer good cigars will be
made in 1914, according 10 industry
men. unless the government takes
action to provide certain fertilizers
for shade grown tobacco wrappers.
There is good news for pipe
smokers. however. with War Food
Administration Spokesman predict.
ing ample supplies OF hurley pipe
tobacco.
Cigarette production. Ringing
largely on flue-cured and hurley
tobaccos. is expected to be short
next year due to low reserve sup
plies and an estimated 30 per cent
increase in demand. Most OF the
major cigarette manufacturers al
ready have ordered self.imposed ra.
tioning on their dealers IN an ef
fort 10 stretch out the supply.
Heavy shipments abroad both
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29

TO lend-lease and military users
will continue 10 cut into the supply
at home, officials predict. At the
same time, manufacturers may re-
sort to shorter aging periods OF
cigarette tobaccos in order TO piece
out the decreasing reserve stocks.
This would result in use OF green
er" tobaccos in cigarettes.
A WA spokesman estimated that
present reserve stocks OF flue-cured
and hurley tobaccos have been low
cred to about a 20 months supply
compared with normal reserves Of
about 2ia to years.
Cad news for cigar smokers
comes from the shade tobacco
growers OF the Connecticut valley
who maintain that unless the gov
eminent assures them $4,000 tons
of cottonseed oil meal fertilizer for
1914. some IS to 50 per cent Of all
cigars manufactured in the United
States will be endangered.
Little. IL any. tobacco suitable
for cigar wrappers can be produced
next year without the fertilizer. the
growers declared.
One VIA spokesman however,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Fourth War Bond Quota Set For Cty
Bond Sales to
Reach Nearly
Million

Ypsilanti's quota for the fourth
War Loan will be $9s5,000 and
the drive to raise that amount will
be from January IS to February Is.
Warren E. Cook, county chairman,
announced today.
Other quotas are S4,435,000 for
Ann Arbor; =, s325,000 for Chel-
sea; S225.000 for Saline: $4,000
for Dexter; $4,000 for Milan;
S225.000 for Manchester; $4,000
for Bridgewater; $4,000 for Whit
more Lake, and $4,000 for Ford
employees in Washtenaw County.
The Ford employe allotment is
a departure from the method used
in the last campaign and resulted
from difficulty in reaching a salts
factory apportio1ment OF the Ford
employees bond purchases to var
ious county areas.
Another innovation Is the deci-
sion to allow inclusion of bond pur-
chases by savings banks in the
totals.
Ypsilanti will be expected 70
raise S280,000 through sale OF T.
bonds, $121,550 in F and G bonds,
$500,500 in any series sold to cor.
porations and savings banks and
$92,950 in miscellaneous bonds.
Quotas for the various areas in
the county were based on bank de-
posits, with Ann Arbor's totalling
approximately S39,000,0OO and Up
silanits $9,500,0e0. The total used
FOR the county was $4,000, 900.
The National quota for this fourth
War Bond drive is $4,000, 000, 900
which is approximately one billion
less than the quota for the third
campaign. The state quota is
s435, 100000. Washtenaw County
quota will be $7,477,000.
Ypsilanti's quota in the fall drive
was $1,170,000. The reduction an
nounced today is due partly to the
lowering of the national quota
and partly by the decision to allot
Ford employees, mostly workers at
the Bomber Plant, separate quota.
Although the period of Jan. 10
through. Feb. Is. has, bean Get. sfoE
the drive, Ill bcrds soi1any time
during these two months will be
counted as campaign sales.
City campaign committee chair
man will be d. M. Silkworth.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Soldier Vote
Issue to be
Settled Soon

Washington, Dec. 29-INS-Pos-
sibility that Congress will dispose
OF the soldiers vote issue immedi-
ately on its return next month
arose today as a meeting OF the
House Presidential Elections Com
mittee was set for mid-January.
Rep. Eugene Morley Cd Tex,
chairman OF the committee. said he
planned to call the members to-
gether the week OF January 10th
or as soon after as practicable" for
a vote.
The committee has two bills be-
fore it:
!. A Senate-passed measure call
ing upon the states to perfect their
absentee ballot laws to meet war
time needs, and directing the War
and Navy Departments to cooper
ate in transporting state absentee
ballots to servicemen overseas air
mail free.
2. A bill sponsored by Worley
which would provide a federal
uniform ballot for servicemen and
establish a federal war ballot COM
mission" to supervise the voting.
The committee has not met since
the Senate rejected the Lucas
Green bill. measure similar to the
Worley bill, and passed the social
ed states rights" legislation in No
vember. Rep. Rankin Cd Miss.
has claimed that II the committee
were called into session II would
approve the Senate bill by at least
an S-5 vote.
so far as am concerned"
Worley said today. "the matter
should be settled as soon after Con-
gress reconvenes Jan. 10, as pos
sible."
f.sThen secfsiop not to- bring the
issue before the House before the
holiday recess was said to have
been reached in the hope that senti-
ment could be built up foN the
Green-Lucas- Worley bill.
Only yesterday, one member OF
the committee. Rep. Manasco Cd
Ala. charged that any further de-
lay in completing congressional &C
ton on the legislation would make
the matter a political football"
Manasco favors the Senate bill.
Three Democrats and Ave Repub-
lican members of the 1s-man House
committee are reported to com
prise the eight-vote majority claim
ed by Rankin They include Ran
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Money T aiken
From Office

Over s113 was stolen from the
Office of the Pride Cleaners. IA y.
Washington St, sometime Tuesday
night, it was reported to police to-
day. The building was entered
apparently by means OF a pass key,
employees stated. Entrance was
made through a back door, which
was left aiar and there were no
marks 10 indicate the door had
been forced open.
No clothing was missing, II was
determined by employees. although
the Office had been thoroughly ran.
sacked. The money was taken
from . table in the rear of the
office, and invoices and papers
which had been on the table we're
scattered about the room. About
$50 in silver which had been left
in another drawer was untouched.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Their Appreciation
Would Make You Bawl'

Hollywood, Dec. 29-INS-Actor
Gary Cooper returned to Hollywood
today from a 24,o00-mile entertain
ment tour OF Australia and New
Guinea camps with tale OF home
sick American soldiers. Those fell
lows who have been in there a year
or more without relief actually won
der IL the United States is still on
the map" he said. They are hun
cry to a point Of starvation for any
thing that looks like home-a letter
from home is what they cherish.
Why, those boys would sit on their
pants in the mud above the hip
pockets and wait IL hours in the
rain just to have place near the
stage.
Their appreciation would make
you bawl--they tossed souvenirs on
the stage for which they had
risked their lives-they would show
you soaked and moldy pictures OF
their families and ask us to give
them a call when we got back
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Vigil at End For
Faithful Canine

Ludlow, VT, Dec. 29-UP-Lured
by the voices OF children at play,
Boy. a shaggy mongrel dog found a
new home today. giving up a 81.
hour vigil on the wind-swept ice OF
Black River where his master and
little mistress drowned.
With the temperature near zero,
the dog had curled up on a pink
blanket he dragged from the icy
waters and for more than a day he
ignored all efforts to lure him
from the scene where Elmer Jones,
Al. and his year-old daughter,
Eileen, drowned Monday when their
automobile skidded from the river
road.
Authorities finally decided that
the dog should be shot TO prevent
his suffering on the ice. While q
deputy was enroute to carry out
the task. Boy heard the voices OF
the three children OF Roger Lapree
playing in their yard near the river
For the first time since the acct
dent. he got up and trotted over
the ice to the yard. The youngest
child patted him gently aud Boy
wagged his tail. They then coaxed
him into the house. where he ate
his first food in more than a day.
The Lapree children hope to adopt
him.
The Jones, her three other chill
dren and tho dog escaped uninjured
when the car careened from the
road. The bodies OF the victims
we're recovered soon after. but Boy
had refused to leave the scene.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Ticket Black
Market Found

Washington. Dec. 20 ms -
Army officials today are comforting
continuously on black market trad.
ing operations, sjrities difficul.
ties and repair problems connected
with the goyernmentseized rail
roads.
Transportation Corps confer
ences run until after midnight and
resume at 5 o'clock the following
morning On at least one occasion
the conferees worked on steadily
until II was too late to have dinner
sent in TO them.
A.report from the American As
ISOLATION Of Railroads on black mar
ket barter OF railroad tickets Is be
ing studied. An indiscreet scalper
became the first case history In
the report by approaching one OF
the transportation chiefs some time
ago with a black market ticket.
'"It seems unlikely that any
great black market ring exists.
one OF the Transportation Corps
officials said. Profits would be too
meagre TO support a large oryani-
zation.
eve have found evidence OF
sporadic black market. activities in
the sale Of railroad tickets but 90
far we have not had . comprehen.
sive discussion OF the situation.
We have other. more urgent. prob
lens TO consider right now"
The more urgent problems we're
described as the vital business OF
maintaining repair work TO keep
equipment in use and obtaining
new equipment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29

lmperll the succe ssful prose-
cution Of the war and that
they will Immediately cancel
their strike order.
Executive committees Of The three
"hold-out' railroad brotherhoods
went into closed session at 1929
a. m. today for preparation OF an
announcement on cancellation ~
their strike set for i a M tomor.
row.
The session WsE con ,ened In the
hotel headquarters OF the unions
after return OF the three brother
hood chiefs from . conference with
1t. Gen. someryell. director OF The
Army's railroad command al tho
war Department.
II. W. Fraser. head OF the Broth
erhood Of Conductors. told report
ers that the trio would have witt
ten announcement before long
The meeting with Gen. Somer-
veil lasted Tor approximately an
hour.
The three unions conductors.
switchmen and firemen. represent.
ing upward OF 10000 operating
railroad employees are the only
groups out OF 20 national rail broth.
erhoods 10 persist this long In their
scheduled wartime walkout even
after government seizure OF tho
countrys vial rail- transportation
facilities.
The conference was called coin.
cldent with the Army's pledge 10
keep the railroads running with
troops, II necessary. and q warning
by Secretary OF War Stlmson that
the country cannot afford To lose
.eyen Tor IN hour" the full service
OF the carriers at this grave mo-
mont" with our grettest and most
crucial cffensives close upon us"
In . nationwide radio address
eliminating the Armys frat dsv
az the helm Of United States rail-
transportation, Stlnison said:
The armed forces cannot dis.
charge their responsibility for tho
national safety Without the assist.
ance OF the railroads.
suppose we should hopelessIv
paralyre Nail transportation I'M
mobiiizinS Hitlers troops and guns
and ammunition. For US. This would
be a military Victory OF tremen-
dous magnitude. But Il would be a
military catastrophe OF staggering
proportions--for Hitler.
"Now this nation has faced
similar military catastropbe of
equal and crushing magnitude in
me threat TO halt the operatlo ot
the railroads. BY swift and decisive
action II has been avoided. We
shall not hand Germany and Japan
THIS great military victory. The
"a Threads will continue to run"
The cabinet member explained
mat the railroads have been taken
over intact, with no alterations an.
tlcipated In schedules service or
personnel. Stimson said the same
men will operate the trains. tho
YARDS. the shops. the stations ana
all other Installations In precisely
the same way as before
through the commissioning Of
seven railway presidents as Colo
nels In the Army 10 serve as re-
glonal directors under Somervell.
me cooperation OF the civilian
MANAGEMENT OF the railroads viii
be enlisted TO insure continued ef-
tciency. Stimson explained
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Win The War, Save The Peace,
Seen as Roosevelt's Slogan

20 note a change in his attitude to-
ward the fourth term IN recent
weeks. This would cover the per-
iod OF his personal consultations
with British Prime Minister Church
III, Russias Permier Marshal Sta
lin and China's Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek at which both war
and postwar matters we're discuss
ed
II Is reported that prior TO the
Cairo and Teheran conferences. the
President told intimates he was
getting tired OF his tremendous re-
sponsibilities and that he would
like 10 retire as soon as he saw
the end OF the war in sight. Since
then. many high Administration
and military leaders have forecast
the defeat OF Germany in 1914 and
the crushing OF japan a year later.
n these forecasts prove true. then
victory would be in sight by mid
summer OF 19i4-Nhen the political
conventions meet
Rayburn or Wallace
Many prominent New Dealers sp-
parently believe the President 10
going TO run. This Is evidenced by
their confidential and off.the-record
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Arms Ruined
by Weather

Washington. Dec. 29-INS-Sen.
Ralph o. Brewster (R) Maine. said
today that millions OF dollars of
expensive arms and equipment is
going to waste and being seriously
damaged by exposure to the wealth
er in India.
The goods. largely destined for
the Chinese Army. cannot be deliv
cred. Brewster said, because Jap
anese forces have closed the Burma
Road.
While new Victory and Liberty
ships carrying about 10000 tons OF
cargo each ply the Pacific in con.
tinuous relays, only about 1000
tons OF cargo space per month can
be carried from India over the
Himalayas into China by plane,
Brewster asserted.
Army planes carry some sddi.
tional cargo but the total reaching
China by plane and Via the new
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29

Ann Arbor. Mich. Dec. 29-Ex-
pansion OF adult education facili-
ties and adaptation OF training 10
the aptitudes OF individual students
we're recommended by members OF
the state public education study
commission here Tuesday.
An assertion that adult education
is IAN essential and continuing part
OF the total community educational
responsibility. contained in a re
port by the commissions research
committee. met with the approval
OF the group.
The commission Is preparing =
final draft Of the 450-page report
for submission to the next session
OF the legislature in an effort to
improve the states public school
system.
An immediate survey OF adult ed
ucation facilities TO determine the
size and cost Of this activity was
proposed by the report, which
pointed out that 80 per cent Of all
the states school districts could
not meet their responsibilities in
this respect because OF lack of
personnel and equipment.
A feeling prevails among many
school districts, the report said.
that adult education should be spon-
sored directly by state or state.fed-
eral funds. This attitude" il add
ed, probably has grown out Of the
use Of federal subventions for war
emergency training programs"
Education for grown-ups. the re
port continued. should not be sep.
arated from the total school pro.
gram or considered as something
special with respect to public sup
port"
On the subject OF selective train.
ing, Rep. John +. Espie. chairman
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
BABY BURNED

Detroit. De-. 29-AP-A ~
month-old baby was burned to
death and four families were left
homeless when a housing unit was
destroyed by fire here late Tuesday.
The baby was Joan Wisnieski.
whose two sisters and a brother
aed from the flames. Police sxa
the parents we're shopping ~ .
nearby store at the time
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
PLAN AMENDMENT

Kalamazoo. Dec. zs-AP- An
amendment 20 the apron or
shield" law 70 give traffic better
protection from the mud. slush and
missiles thrown up by the rear
wheels OF tractors. trucks and trail
ers is asked on a petition . the
legislature by the Kalamazoo Coun-
ty and City Traffc Safety Council.
The present size OF the tires on
slch wheels make changes in the
law necessary. the petition points
cut.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29

tBy international News Servics)
An increase in the yenturous
spirit OF the German fleet. long in
hiding from Allied surface and aeri-
al craft. today was revealed 10 have
proved extremely costly 10 the Nazi
High Command
Scarcely three days after the
German 26,000.ton bsttleshIp
Scharnhorst went TO the bottom OF
the Arctic Ocean after engaging q
heavily defended Allied convoy u
Russia. the Admiralty announced
that three Nazi destroyers wefs
sunk by British warships and Mi
craft III the BAY OF Bfscay. $50
The same official communique
revealed that British aircraft sank
an Axis blockade runner seeking "a
reach Its home port.
Meantime. AmEican forces ex-
banding their beachheads on the
western and southern coasts o,
newly-invaded New Britain Island
today hammered at Japanese de
tenders before two important air.
dromes.
United States Marines. who Sun
day established two beachheads In
the Cape Gloucester area OF the Is.
land. drove to within a mile and one
half OF key airstrips In this sector
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
DOG SAVES COWS

Kalamazoo. Dec. 29-AP-Four-
teen Guernsey cows valued at
1880 were saved by Ginger. an
English Shepherd dog. when FIRE
destroyed a tool and grain barn on
the Carl Wetherbee farm near
Portage Center Tuesday. The pet
animal. repeating a daily chore.
herded the cows safely out into an
adjoining field while its master
tried unsuccessfully to save nipple
ments in the building. Loss was
estimated al $4,000