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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Business NAV
Hearing Now
Brownlee Saws
he Will Give
it Fair Shake

Washington. Aug. lS-INS-A vet
eran businessman picked ND the
reins OF OPA price policy today and
assured his former colleagues
hearing.
Business will have its inning In
the affairs OF OPA through the
presence OF James F. Brownlee in
the council chambers OF the embat-
tleG price and rationing agency.
Currently on leave as president
OF Frankfort Distilleries and one
time vice president OF General
Foods. the new deputy OPA admin
istrator for prices promised bust
ness, industry and commerce a fair
shake.
Were going to have Price con
troll. make no mistake about that,
he said. Someone may be hurt.
But for the love OF Pete. We are go
ing 70 try TO do the job with the
least dfsruptiye effects
In short. Brownies explained,
business will be consulted on the
administrative operations OF price
control within the framework OF
existing policy. OPA is going TO
adopt the practical approach" TO
its work.
The policy has been worked gu,
and announced by the President
and Congress" he said. 1T calls ioI
the sterilization OF prices at the
September, 1892, level. That's ohi
Job. We can't change it. But We are
going to hear from business en- ou'
methods and Administrative prac
tees
After delivering himself thuSly,
t-e new OPA executive suddenly
developed a passion for anonymity
Forty-eight hours in one OF the
toughest spots in Washington
doesn't qualify the occupant as a
prophet, he observed Chester
Bowles, new OPA general manager.
will do all the talking for OPA.
Brownlee confided. however, that
he was practically "dFafted" for the
job. fully aware OF the tradition
that the happiest days Of his prede-
cessors have been the day they
left" He is eager 70 get the JOB
done and return to his home in
Louisville. Ky, after a year in
" Washington with WIPE, WA and
now OPA.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Battles Outlined For CONGRESS-
by Byrnes
Has Germs of
Bitterness

Washington. Aug. IS lNS-The
policies outlined by James F
Byrnes. director of the Office oil
War Mobilization, in his natior'
vide address today forecast a con.
tinuation OF battles between Con
gress and the administration.
With Congress soon to return
from its summer recess and get
together with constituents. Byrnes
outlined a program which contains
the germs. OF bitter conflicts.
The fights are expected to center
around drafting Of fathers, the size
OF the armed forces and the con-
tinuation Of present OPA and food
policies.
In warning that "the roads TO
Tokyo and Berlin are still long.
hard and bloody Byrnes was be.
lieved TO be indirectly warning Con.
gress that the Administration will
fight moves TO defer fathers from
the draft.
He carried the indirect warning
further by comparing strength OF
the United Nations and the Axis
on the battlefield. and in effect
backed the program for armed fore.
es Of 100000 men which would
include fathers.
The announced determination TO
hold to the sterilization policy both
as 10 wages and prices forecast a
renewal of the battle over suDsid-
izing the consumers food costs.
Sen. Cotton Ed Smith Cd.
S. c.. chairman OF the Senate Agri-
culture Committee, informed col.
leagues here that he is prepared
TO call the committee, together az
soon as Congress convenes TO
launch a new fight against roll.
back subsidies. The Administration
policy was maintained during the
early summer only because a presi-
dental veto was sustained.
The warning OF long and bloody
war also forecast tightening OF the
belts of Americans with the posi-
bility of dra. tabor legislation be-
ing proposed II war production
fails TO keep pace with needs.
While War Manpower Commits.
sioner Paul V. McNutts job freeze
orders are admittedly designed to
avoid draft-labor legislation. MANY
high officials in the Administra-
ton predict that the government
will be forced to a policy OF draft
ing both men and women for war
work.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Sanctions MAY
Used on
Firms
Union Dues to be
Withheld if Plant
is Taken Over

Washington. Aug. IS ms -
President Roosevelt today In a
sweeping executive order threw
the full weight OF the government
behind the enforcement or War La.
Dor Board orders, and Threatened
to cancel draft deferments OF strik.
ers In war plants.
At the same time, Mr.. Roosevelt.
In a letter 10 WLB Chairman Wi.
liam II. Davis. also threatened in
use sanctions against firms refus-
ing to comply with board orders
by Withholding materials. Transport
tatlon or even fuel ~ this can be
done without impeding the war
effort"
viii Operate Plants
n unions refuse TO aceede, the
President added, the government
Will take over and operate plants,
protect workers who want TO work,
and withhold union dues collected
through the checkoff and refer the
case to proper government enforce
ment officials.
In the case OF individuals who do
not comply-and here the Presi.
dent apparently meant both union
leaders and workers who refuse
10 remain on the job--the matter
Will bs referred 10 Attorney Gen.
eral Biddle. The President also
warned that sanctions can bs
applied by the Selectiye Service
and the War Manpower Commits.
on for individual noncompliance.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that the VINO,
In cases OF noncompliance with
WLB edicts. should issue the APP
propriste orders relating TO the mo.
difcation or cancellation OF dra's
deferments
Praises Work
The WLB has been elamoring for
months for powers to enforce its
orders, although II Is not now
faced with any major strike In
his letter to Davis the President
praised the work OF the WLB. but
made three points explicitly clear.
They are:
!. When an employer refuses IN
comply. his plant may be seized
and operated by the government IN
acc prdance with the terms and col.
ditions OF employment prescribed
by the board.
. II unlon-locsl. national or
Observation-Disclosures to comply.
the plant will be taken over under
the War Labor Disputes Act and
operated by the government OF this
action Is necessary 10 maintain
production and protect workers
who wish 10 work. Union dues col.
lected through the checkoff will be
placed in escrow. All benefits.
privileges and rights will be with.
held.
3. Individuals may be penalized
under enforcement powers granted
the Attorney General, or sanctions
may be applied by the Selectiye
Service and the War Manpower
Commission.
Sharper Teeth
A WLB spokesman hailed the
executive order as providing the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Ruth en- viii


Fran kfort. Micr.. Aug. ls-AP-
Dr.. Alexander G. Ruthven. presi-
dent OF the University OF Mich
igsn. will leave soon for England
TO study war and postwar educa-
ton.
The Michigan president has been
invited by the British government
TO come to Great Britain. and he
Eill spend several weeks there stu
dying a project concerned particu-
larry with the development OF a
program OF adult education with
emphasis on returning soldiers.
Great Britain has sent a rum
Der o. its prominent educators to
survey progress along those lines
in this country and TO contribute
toward international coordination
ia this field.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

Washington. Aug. SINS The
War Food Administration today
warned that "many thousands" OF
volunteer farm workers must be re-
cruited TO finish harvesting this ma
tons 1913 food crops.
This statement came as farmers
prepared for their peak harvest
season in September and October
with northern wheat. corn, soybeans
and rice crops still in the fields.
Many smaller crops such as pea
nuts, potatoes. and fruits also must
be harvested during this period.
Asserting that as Of Aug. 1 there
were 100000 persons working on
farms, a WA spokesman expressed
concern over the expected October
l figure and estimated it NAV be
off about 100000" compared with
last years oct. l total of 11,900,-
900.
Meanwhile, the War Manpower
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Sicily Taken,
Coastline Of
ItalyPounded
- =
Titanic Battle
Under Way on
Russian Front

by International News Service)
The wars mIghtiest aerial often
sive against Axis Europe continu.
ed today with pre-dawn assaults
on Germany while heavy artillery
pounded the Italian mainland from
captured Sicily.
Detectives OF the night assault
on the Reich were not Immediately
announced in British official quar-
ters. But the Official German news
agency. DNB, acknowledged that
some OF the raiders reached Berlin
and others attacked targets on the
north coast OF Germany.
Allied air power also hit the
Axis a heavy blow in the South
west Pacific. United Nations head
quarters in Australia announced
that Allied bombers in a surprise
attack destroyed most OF 225 Jap
planes massed in New Guinea, oh.
viously in preparation for an enc.
my aerial offensive In that thea,
ter
The night attack on Germany.
carried out by Britsin-based Royal
Air Force bombers. came in the
wake OF Yesterdays heaviest
American raids OF the war on bat.
tered Europe during which Flying
Fortresses from Britain blasted
ball-bearing plant at Schweinfurt
and a plane factory at Regensburr,
both in southern Germany, and
Forts from Africa attacked targets
in southern France. Thirty-siX
Fortresses and fve escorting fight
ers were lost in the American at
tacks.
Titanic Battle
Huge Russian and German
armies were locked today in a IL
tanic battle on the Ukranian
plains that will decide the fate OF
Kharkov and perhaps Of the whole
Soviet summer offensive on the
southern front.
Recolling after being driven bacG
into the outskirts OF Kharkov and
TO the outer defenses OF Poltava.
90 miles TO the southwest. the Ger
mans were concentrating with
tens OF thousands OF infantrymen
and hundreds OF tanks in desper-
ate effort TO stem the Russian on
slaught
4 Soviet victory not only would
liberate Karkoy for the second
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Chain System
to be Tested

Effectiveness OF Ypsilantis tele-
phone and messenger chain system
In reaching personnel will be de-
termined this evening at practice
alert OF all units Of the OCD. at >
o'clock. The alert, which has a
twofold purpose. will also deter
mine for the telephone company
their efficiency in the chain, and
possible changes which may be
necessary.
Units taking part in the alert
will include all medical centers,
the OCD staff. control center, street.
construction. gas and water depart.
ments, rescue squad. regular and
auxiliary firemen. regular and aux
Hilary police, and air raid waldens.
Purpose Of the alert Is 10 pre-
pare for another practice alert and
blackout in which the week OF the
alert will be made known. but not
the day, nor the hour.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Carnival to be
on Township Site

Approval OF Ypsilani Township
as a site for the stay OF the World
Pleasure show" carnival spon
sored by the Veterans OF Foreiga
Wars. was given by the Ypsilan.
Township board at their meeting
Tuesday evening. The carnival will
be here from Sept. Is TO Sept. Is
George Robbins represented the
Veterans al the meeting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Three Injured;
in Stolen Car

Three River Rouge youths we're
injured Tuesday when an allegedly
stolen automobile in which they
were riding crashed into a ditch
south OF Geddes. Road. Taken to
Boyer Hospital. the driver OF the
car was found 10 have a broken
collar bone, with a possible skull
fracture. a seccnd was suffering
from a shoulder injury. and a LAGER.
alton OF the left ear, while the third
sustained an arm injury and bruis-
es.
Taken into custody by state po-
lice. two OF the boys were held
overnight in the detention room o,
the City Hall. while the drive
remained in Boyer Hospital. They
are to be turned over to River
Rouge police.
Receives Injuries
Darrell u. Bressler. Willow
Court. received slight injuries
Tuesday when the automobile driy-
en- by Louis Lopez. Ann Arbor. COL
lided with one driven by Donald
Holman. Plymouth. at the iutersec.
ton OF Holmes and Ridge Roads.
Mr.. Bressler was treated at Boyer
Hospital.
Spindle Damaged
One OF the center spipdles on
the Z. Michigan Ave. bridge was
damaged slightly when it was
struck by an automobile driven By
Jacob Frankel. Detroit. Tuesday
afterr Don. The driver was backing
across the street when he struck
the bridge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

STOCKHOLM AP- The an
nouncement that Nazi troops had
ceased fighting and had been with
drawn from Sicily came as a shock
to many Germans, Berlin dispatches
reported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

HONOLULU APP Undersecre-
tary OF War Robert P. Patterson
and a group OF War Department Of
ficials including 1t. Gen. William
S. Knudsen, the departments pro-
duction chief, arrived Tuesday on
an inspection trip, the army an
nounced.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

NEW YORK-lNS- Government
plans to ration soft coal are un-
necessary, IL the 4S-hour work week
is inaugurated this summer, Harry
NJ. Vawter. director Of the Bitumll-
Gus Coal Institute said today. Vaw-
ter said that only another strike
will prevent mines from producing
more than the 600,O00,O00 tons gov
eminent officials have set as the
goal needed to meet all demands.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

INDIANAPOLIS AP-Two inde-
pendent petroleum dealers said to-
day their fellow businessmen were
convinced that honesty is the
worst policy for us right now and
we're going to get something done
about it, at conference here to-
morrow with the district petroleum
administrator for war. I'VE think
the gas rationing setup is about to
break down." P. H. Logan, general
manager OF the Hoosier Petroleum
Company. member of the Indiana
Independent Dealers Association,
said in an interview. THE way 1t
works now, the fellow who tries to
be honest is the fellow who gets
hurt"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

r CLEVELAND-UP - Approx
mately $3.50 workers in two plants
OF the American Steel and Wire
Co., were idle today as result Of
an unauthorized strike in protest
over the company's suspension Of
seven members of the United Steel
Workers (CIO).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

NEW YORK-INS-M Azalia
Miller, manager OF a small dry
cleaning shop. was pretty happy TO-
day that Arthur Gordon had alb
sent-mindedly stuffed $3.50 In bills
in his suit and then sent 1t into
her for cleaning. When she and a
co-worker discovered 1t and re-
ported their find 10 Gordon he gave
them $50 to split as a reward.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

PHOENIX, Ariz.-INS-Funeral
services we're to be held in Phoe-
nix today for Mrs. Gloria Gould
Barker. granddaughter OF the late
financier, Jay Gould. Mrs. Barker
was drowned sunday in the swim
ming pool at her desert home, 10
miles from Phoenix. Her body was
discovered by her husband, W.
MacFarlane Barker.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Continued Cool

LANSING-AP- Michigan hard
. liquor drinkers, the cupboards OF
most OF them bare OF intoxicants,
have until the close OF busin IS to-
night TO obtain their permit cards
for the start of rationing tomorrow.
LANSlNG-AP-State Treasurer
D. Hale Brake, who as a member OF
the senate in 1941 was the spear
head OF a spectacular fight for anti
branch banking legislation, has
added his voice to demands for a
grand jury investigation OF reports
that money was at least offered in
efforts to influence lawmakers
votes on that bill.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC -AP
A careful study OF photographs
confirms that widespread damage
was caused among huge Japanese
held oil refinery installations at
Balikpapan, Borneo, on Friday, Au-
gust 10, by raiding Liberator bomb
ers. Headquarters spokesman
said today.
MADRID-(Delayed)- AP-Dis-
patches from La Linea today said
that three Allied airplaine carriers
an six gunboats had left Gibraltar
for the Mediterranean this mol
ing while % merchantmen under
convoy departed in the direction OF
the Atlantic.
WILMINGTON, Gallup The
Liberty Ship s. s. Victor F. Law
son, named after one OF Chicagos
pioneer newspapermen. rode at an
Choir today rs days after the keel
was laid.
Observation-Disclosures Of per-
sons trapped in burning skyscrap-
ers through use of helicopters was
visualized in an address before ne
first annual convention OF the New
York State Firemen's Association
here yesterday.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

hurt"
DECATUR, lll-INS-Mrs. De
Eta Ham, a 47-year-old mother If
six children, was held on a murder
charge today after confessing. po-
lice said that she invited a widow
death because she was running
around with my husband Victim
of the beating was Mrs. Vera Hen
ry, IS.
ATLANTA. Gains A wide
spread search was conducted to-
day for a medium Army bomber
with nine persons that had been
missing since Sunday night on a
flight from MacDill Field. Fla. to
Battle Greek, Mich. Army auth.
critics at Atlanta said the craft
last reported in at $50 p. m. Sun.
day from Greenville. S. C., where
passengers were taken aboard.
WHITE PLAINS. n. Y.-INS :
Former showgirl Hannah Williams
Dempsey today had filed an ap.
peal to the interlocutory divorce de
cree awarded her husband. Lieut..
Comdr. Jack Dempsey July Z. Tn.
der the decree. which would have
become final Oct. 49, Dempsey was
given custody Of their two daugh-
tiers.
NEW YORK-INS-Iniormed OBJ
servers were puzzled today at the
frankness Of a German propaganda
broadcast last night which limited
that the German people may be
ready to throw over their Nazi
masters. German commentator.
in broadcasts heard by both CHS
and MIC. declared that 1T Is quite
possible that the suffering. sacri.
fees and reyerses OF recent months
have also chastened German ex-
tremists and made the people gen.
orally better disposed to accept a
practical, workable and Just peace"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-18

See WAR Page 5
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Soc CONFERENCE- Page 5
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

glycerine, used to absorb moisture
from the atmosphere, was re-
stricted. Again a substitute was
found. 30
But ce1lophane cannot be re-
placed.As "a result, cigarettes may
not always reach smokers in the
same condition they now do.
Spokesman for the industry Of
fer these ways in which a dry
cigarette can be moistened by the
smoker:
Gently blow through cigarette
from both ends before it is light
ed. The tobacco will capture much
of the moisture exhaled through
it.
For an extremely dry cigarette.
moisten one end and then reverse
and light the moistened end. Your
first puff will draw the moisture
through the tobacco.
Don't tap cigarettes or roll them
between the palms of your hands,
for these prac ices loosen the to-
bacco and contribute nothing to
smoking pleasure.
Keep cigarettes at their freshest
by unwrapping the top of the
package when opening, and keep
ing the fold closed at other times.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
GRADUATION EVENT
AT WESLEY HOUSE

Arrangements are now being
made for the Wesley House Kin
dergarten Graduation program,
which will be rendered at the
High School auditorium on Tues
day, May Is.
The invocation will be given
by Rev. Guillermo Perez.
An excellent program is being
arranged for the occasion.
Members of . theE graduating
class are:
Manuel Acdsta! Deahfia Arch
er, Mary Ann Arnold.i y2TH
Brady, Paul Caraballos4 I Robert
Lee Delgado, Mirta Del. Vale,
Sandra Duane.
Roy Willis Edwards, Jean Gar
cia, Yolando Garcia, Yolando
Marguerite Garcia, Donald Glib
son. Lourdes Marie Gonzalez,
Barbara Harris, Shirley Hines,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

up the bootleg product and cred
it the operators in their weekly
production quotas.
That move hurt the independ-
ent breakers and they began
going out of business. The next
step was to hire more independ-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

A honeycomb of 5000 mine OPP
erations which some $4,000 men
worked during the depression in
d desperate effort to feed their
families has dwindled to some $50
free-lance holes this year manned
by about 5000 miners.
The combined assistance of a
global war with its peak demand
for coal, a shortage of fuel oil and
the cooperation of operators, union
and state were required to get at
workable solution of bootleg
ging.
War Ends Need
Bootleggers are miners who risk
their lives working mines which
legitimate companies have aban-
doned, usually because the coal is
nearly exhausted and large scale
operations are no longer consider
ed profitable. Bootleggers simply
move in on mines which they do
not own. Because of economic
conditions, public sympathy has
been solidly behind them and
bootlegging has carried no stigma
of dishonesty.
1.-The economic reasons for boot
leg mining no longer exist" de-
clares Richard Maize, acting state
secretary of mines. Miners no
longer are forced into the dangers
of bootleg mining by the neces-
sity of earning a living. Legitimate
employment is available for all
those desiring it"
A production control plan,
evolved by a committee of opera
tons. union leaders and state gov
eminent officials, is aggressively
being carried out. Legislation has
been proposed to require an in
spection of small mines which
would compel many of them to
close. Miners themselves are CO.
operating, and research is under
way to find new uses for anthra-
cite.
When bootleg mining was at
its worst from 1899 to 1941, ap.
proximately $4,000 men risked
their lives daily in unsafe, unin-
spected diggings to earn SO or 81
a day each. Thirty thousand
wives and children lived on such
incomes. Almost every attempt
to break up the practice ended
in violence.
Bootleg mining cost an aver
age of one human life for every
10000 tons produced, compared
to one life lost in the legitimate
industry for every 273,000 tons.
Seventy-two free-lancers were
killed in 1910, 81 in l941, and As
in 1912.
Ancient trucks hauled the coal
to 348 bootleg breakers for pro-
cessing and 1000 truckers car
ried the product to homes IN
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary.
land, New York and Delaware.
Peacetime Solution
The state, the UNIV. and the
operators, who were allocating
anthracite production among the
legitimate producers to stabilize
the market, then decided to buy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
RICHARD LIGHT
GOES TO BRAZIL

Richard Light who conducted
Land Ends Inn, Simonton and
Caroline streets, for almost five
years, has gone to Brazil where
he is employed as an interpreter.
Mrs. Light and daughter will
leave here Saturday to join Mr..
Light.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21
.ent miners in regular opera

rent miners in regular opera
Istiops. -.------
Growing Steiner as they saw
success ahead, the committee,
which controlled production, is :
sued an edict that no new indie
pendent diggings would be toll
Grated after Sept. 10, 1941. A
riot followed when state police
blew shut four holes opened in
defiance of the order.
Operators and officials agree
the ideal permanent solution
would be broad expansion of an
thracite workings, opening new
collieries, discovering new uses
for anthracite and enlarging
present markets-all of which
would tend to absorb the men
who can and want to dig coal
for q 1TIi1gsl gg gfl9FE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-05-21

Frank Hoeds Gloria Knowles,
Joan BndietKnowles, Joyce Rae
Ogden. :.
Ronald Park, Audrey Am
Richardson, Harry WAYNE Roe
erts,S Matilda Elaine Thbmpson,
Inez Vilar, Wayne Williams,
Dolores Ybarmea and Sandra
Joyce Thompson.