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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
Death Wins Race
by Thirty Seconds

Philadelphia, Sept. lO-lNS -
Yard end tower workers revealed
today that death won a race with
the Pennsylvania Railroads safe
ty system by a margin OF not
more thap 80 seconds when the
Congressional Limited was wreck
ed in Philadelphia on Labor Day.
The dramatic story Of the des-
perate effort OF employees to stop
the crack express was related at
an Official inquiry by two yard en-
ployes.
Testifying before representatives,
OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, they said the Limited was
shooting flames and smoke from d
hot box" beneath the seventh
coach when it passed a switching
yard less than a mile from the
scene NJ the wreck al Frankford
Junction.
Harold ". McClintoc. of Croydon.
yard enginemsn. testified that ue
shouted a warning to A. J. Cariin Of
Philadelphia a yard clerk. and
Caalin in turn telephoned the
shore signal tower.
John p. Boyer also OF Philadel-
phia took the call and started set
ting his signal to stop the train.
but just at that moment the engine
flashed by. He telephoned The
warning TO the next tower. a mile
away, but the train hurtled of the
track before reaching that soma
phore.
All hut one OF the % persons kill
ed in the disaster have been iden-
ti1ed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
Murray Sees
Business Loss

Washington. Sept. 10-lNS-Sen.
James Murray (D) Mont, today
warned War Mobilization Director
James NJ. Byrnes that cancellation
of war contracts to relieve labor
shortages in production areas Is
a threat to the existence OF small
business.
Recent reports that you are
engaged in formulating a program
for control OF labor recruiting.
first on the West Coast, make MS
apprehcnsive," said Murray. who
is chairman of a special Senate
committee on welfare OF small
business.
81 concur with protests of the
city OF Los Angeles as stated 20
General Somervell in a telegram
that the transferring OF contracts
is inadequate to remedy local con-
ditions and will eliminate small
businesses needed in the war ef-
fort"
Gen. Somervell Is 1t. Gen. Bre-
hon Somervell, chief Of the Army
Services OF Supply.
II should like to see decisions
for withdrawal OF contracts and
Withholding OF further contracts
made only as part of an overall
COMMUNICATIVE and regional pro
gram" Murray added
Murray next said that II is un.
fair to small business to permit a
labor supply TO accumulate In large
businesses while small businesses
are asked to make sacrifices.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
See WAR Page )
Added Room
Needed Here

War Housing Committee OF he
Junior Chamber OF Commerce in
its effort to show the residents OF
Ipsilanti how the need for utiliz.
ing the available housing facilities
OF the community has direct bear
ing on the manpower shortage IN
war industries. met Thursday for
a discussion with Rex Nottingham
OF the L. s.. Employment Service
In order TO meet the demands
OF ever increasing war production
in this area it is necessary that
many additional employees OF local
industries be housed in existing
dwellings" said Mr.. Nottingham.
The turn OF war events calls
for greater and greater effort to
hasten ultimate victory. The ex-
tensiye housing program being
deyelored in this area by the co.
eminent with private and public
funds will be adequate only r.
Ypsilanti residents give full use
Of their homes TO immigrant war
workers. We have neither the
time nor the materials to provide
new houses for all OF these work
ers-existing facilities must be
used 10 their utmost | have cor
fidence that your Junior Chamber
Of Commerce will keep this mes
sage before the residents OF Ypsi-
lsnti in the coming weeks" he
added. and I am just as confident
that once an understanding OF the
pressing need OF moving over to
make room for essential manpower
is realized by Ypsilanti residents.
that they will respond as they have
always responded TO all worth
while appeals.-in a manner 10
bring credit to the community
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
Meats Points
to be Eased

Washington. Sept. 10 ms
O p A officials today forecast a
progressive improvement in the
civilian meat supply with further
reduction in red stamp point val
ues in store for consumers during
the fall and winter months.
The nation is now in a position.
one expert said. TO liquidate a
larger portion Of its animal pop
ulation and still finish the war
with greater numbers than il had
at the beginning.
we have been carefully build
ing uu for a rainy dav and now il
is raining cats and dogs. he de-
clared.
The tip-off on future trends, Of
ficials said. was the removal of
civilian slaughtering quotas and
the subsequent lowering OF some
lamb. bacon and beef point values
for September.
A general over-hauling and
See MEAT paza
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
More Cases


Chicago. Sept IONS Wuh
two deaths and % new cases re-
ported in Chicago. the toll in the
infantile paralysis epidemic rose
today 10 SO deaths and 674 cases
in Cook County since July z
Three new cases were reported
in the county outside OF Chicago
bringing that toll TO a deaths ana
l44 cases.
While the spidemic shows some
signs of abating from the peak Of
80 new cases reported in one day,
the mounting toll taxed hospital
facilities in Chicago.
Herbert l.. Lorber. chairman Of
the Cook County chapter OF the
National Foundation for Infsntile
Paralysis, sought permission from
Mayor Edward ]. Kelly at his sum-
mer home in Eagle River. Wis. to
open up two unused floors Of the
municipal contagious disease hos
pitsl for polio patients.
The epidemic reached out some
800 miles from Chicago 10 the sum.
mer home OF County Assessor John
Clark in Land o. Lakes, Wis.
where his Two nephews were strick-
en- and his son and niece marked
as suspects.
John McManus. Il. was the first
nephew stricken on his return
from his Wisconsin vacation. He
was quarantined in his suburban
Oak Park home. Another nephew,
James Beck. Il. developed symp-
toms OF the disease at Land o.
Lakes where Clsrk's son. Donald.
IL. and his niece. Patricia Nix, we're
under observation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
Wheeler to
Fight Draft
of Fathers
Sees no Need
to Build up
Huge Army

Washington, Sept. 10-lNS-Sen.
Burton h Wheeler ID, Mont, to-
day served notice that he will ask
Congress next Wednesday to out
law the drafting of fathers for the
duration Of the war.
Wheeler said he will offer an
amendment to his original bill
which provided for the draft de-
ferrment OF fathers until Jan. /,
1914 He explained that his &C.
ton was prompted by recSnt mill
tary developments. especially TIA
ly's capitulation.
Now that the Rome Berlin-To-
kyo Axis has been broken" he said.
there is certainly no reason for
building up a huge army except
for the psychological effect that
armed numbers would have at the
peace conference"
Meanwhile Lieut.. Col. Franvis V
Keesling, Jr., legislative officer OF
Selective Service Headquarters,
urged Congress TO give the Army
a full hearing before taking az
ton on the Wheeler bill which
has already been approved by the
Senate Military Affairs Committee.
He foresaw grave complications "
Congress failed to consider all the
facts.
To Probe Allegations
In the House. Chairman May (D),
Ky, Of the Military Affairs Com
mittee, meanwhile charged Nation
al Selective Service officials with
attempting to destroy the autonomy
Of local draft boards, and declared
these allegations.
The inquiry TO begin soon after
Congress reconvenes next week,
grows out of the dismissal OF local
draft board at Hayerhill. Mass. be
cause its members said they would
not indUct pre-Pearl Harbor fathers
while single men remain in war
plants.
Congress certainly never intend
ed that the local draft boards be
dominated and controlled by wash
ington." the bluntspoken chair
man. who has promised action on
the fathers draft issue, declared.
"Our intention was that each
board have jurisdiction in its own
territory. subject to appeals, and
that the draft be operated in 4
democratic manner. Any attempt
on the part Of Washington to de
stroy the autonomy Of the local
boards is serious"
Plans Bill
A. the same time. May made
public the text OF the bill he plans
20 introduce next week TO prohi-
bit the induction OF fathers and call
Tor release OF those already in ser.
vice. The measure requires only
that fathers maintain a bonande
family relationship, with no dis
tinction between pre-Pearl Har-
Dor or postPearl Harbor parent
hood.
Selectiye Service Director Lewis
B. Hershey dismissed the Hayer-
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

Washington, Sept. 10-UP-The
Argentine cabinet crisis today con
firmed belief here that Foreign
Minister Segundo Storm made
major diplomatic blunder by in
sorting an appeal for airplanes
and munitions in his recent letter
to Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
Storm is regarded as more OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
Prgram Planned
For. Gilbert House

Gilbert House activities for the
week end will provide a full sche-
dule for the community center.
This evening the bi-weskly mo
ton picture will be shown on the
lawn al $50. The event Is spon-
sored by the Junior Chamber ~
Commerce. Saturday there will
be open house from o'clock IL
the afternoon TO midnight win
games, singing and dancing for
young people.
on Sunday evening the Lucky
Number Club will entertain service
men at a dinner. beginning al s
p. m, and for an evening u
games and singing. Next Tues
day motion picture vii again be
shown on the Lawn.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
Quotas Passed by
Large Number of
Communities

Washington, Sept. 1o-UP- Re-
ports reached the Treasury today
from the Ozarks and the Ever
glades, from flood-impoverished
farming communities and from the
backwoods-of quotas filled and
far exceeded in the third war loan
drive, now one day old.
The Texas ranch town OF Gran
fills gap couldn't wait for the cam
paign to start. 1t put on a COW.
boy show last Saturday. lassoed
bond soles right and left and lick
ed its quota of $4,000 right then
and there.
Charles City County, Va, fancy
County in Missouri ozark Noun
tains), and Pershing Country, New,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
by
King Victor
Rumored
Many Landings by
Allied Troops
Reported


radio broadcast recorded last nIaht
by Exchange Telegraph said thst
Iran had declared war on Ger
many. The radio broadcast q dis
patch from Tehrsn, Iranlan CAPT
tai.
Italy today was reported on tho
verge OF war with German as Al.
lied invasion forces battled the
Nazis from widened Italian bridge
heads and unconfirmed reports
said King Victor Emmanuel had
abdicated
The crisis In relations between
Italian Premier Marshal Pietro
Badoglio's government and Berlin
was reported TO have resulted from
Nazi announcement that puppet
government in the name OF Musso.
lini' would govern sections OF the
country still in German hands.
The wholly unsubstantiated re
ports OF Victor Emmanuels add
cation gave few details. Dispatch
es from the ltalo.Swiss frontier
said the king had surrendered the
throne in favor Of Prince Umberto.
Umberto's wife, crown Princess
Marie Jose, and four children were
said 10 have arrived last night in
Switzerland
Landings Claimed
Reports OF widespread Allied
landings in Italy continued TO pour
in from various quarters but re-
ceived no immediate Allied confirs
nation. A Swedish newspaper
said the Allies were in control OF
the italian coast as far north as
Spezia and the same source said
Allied officers were in Rome yes
terday. Other reports said Allied
warships were in the Adriatic Sea
and that the Germans had occupied
Ljubliana and Fiume at the north
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
iirst Day For
City $52,756

Ypsilanti has sold total OF S52,
1855 in the effort to meet the
s1170, 900 quota established for
the citys share in the Third War
Loan Drive z Bond sales amount
ed to $24,056.25. while the re-
naming s2S,700 was sold in bonds
OF higher value, by the invest
ment securities workers.
Washtenaw County as a whole
see BONDS-PaRe
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

BOSTON-INS- The 259 public
high schools OF Massachusetts are
adopting the victory shift to free
pupils for the growing manpower
needs in industry. A. Russell
Mack, state superintendent of sec
ondary education said today that
= - = -. .--XSnbsr OF high
schools are slashing the school day
TO as little as four hours and 20
minutes and eliminating the lunch
period.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

Second hand clothing and house
hold furnishings. sos pearl st. Sat.
Sept. IL 10 a. m. to S p. m. Adv. 9l0
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

LONDON-INS- A Turkish ra'
do broadcast reported by Reuter- $
today said that Allied aircraft
dropped leaflets on towns in Bull
saria demanding the unconditional
surrender OF the Balkan Country.
at was reported that the leaflets
caused great anxiety" the an
nouncement said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER.: Tonight:
Cool, showers

NEW YoRK-INS-A Joint APP
peal TO Congress to enact legisla-
tion to permit Jews escaping from
Hitler's Europe to enter the U. S.
was issued today by members OF
the Democratic and Republican
parties.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

'ANCOUvER. B. C UP -
Flight 1t. Hanyin Cheng. 20. Chi
nese consular attache here. and
only woman member OF the Chi
nese air force. died Tuesday. It
was learned today. Miss Cheng
who died after a brief illness. was
personal friend Of Madame
Chang Kai-Shek. Her uncle. DR..
Wei Tao-wing. Is the Chinese am
bassador to the United States.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

LONDON UP - A German
broadcast implied today that the
Allies have established a base on
Spitzerbergen Island in the Arctic
Ocean about $50 miles north OF
Norway.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

LONDON-UP-The Berlin ra-
dio said today that Italian troops
in Rumania have been disarmed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

LONDON-UP-A Japanese gov.
eminent spokesman said today,
according to. a Tokyo broadcast,
that measures were being taken
against Italian citizens in Japan.
though personal consideration was
being shown because they we're
betrayed" by Premier Badoglio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

HOLLYWOOD ms - Laden
with gifts for relatives and friends
of soldiers, Actress Jane Withers
returned to Hollywood today from
an Army camp tour in British Co
iumbia and the Pacific Northwest
Jane visited base hospitals and
camps. where soldiers gave her
souvenirs OF Aleutian battles. She
will deliver the captured japanese
equipment to the soldiers relatives
at q special luncheon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

TRINIDAD. Colo.-INS-A wide
spread search was underway for
three German army officers, who
escaped yesterday from the prison
er OF war camp near Trinidad.
Col. Jesse Marshall. district COM
mander OF the Internal Security
Department, reported.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

STOCKHOLM - UP - Premier
Nicholas Kallay OF Hungary in a
speech to the Hungarian Life party
said that the country wants peace
but it must be peace that "leaves
the country's territorial integrity
intact" the Svenska Dagbladet re-
ported from Budapest today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-10

WASHINGTON-INS-The War
labor Board today granted three
cents an hour general wage in
crease to approximately HOO en-
ployes OF the Ohio Rubber Co.,
Willoughby, Ohio. The increase
was granted, the board said. to
correct EMBELLISHMENTS in wage
rates and compensates workers for
work on the night shift. The Unit
ed Rubber Workers OF America.
CLIO, Is the union bargaining unit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14
American Government Seeks
to Establish Refugee Camps

that Romana. Bulgaria and Hun.
gary are willing 10 release their
Jews.
Some OF the neutral countries in
which II IL thought refugee camps
might be established include Tur-
key. Egypt. Portugal and possibly
Spain
II these neutral countries should
agree to permit the establishment
OF refugee camps on their soil. the
American government believes they
must be given definite assurances
that the refugees will be promptly
fepatfiated 10 their own hOmelands
as soon as possible after liberation
Of the latter
Reports have been current FOR
some time thar the British govern
ment folt the only practical soln-
ton Of the European refugee prob
lem was to move a good many OF
them 10 the New World.
The American government does
not favor this idea. Official Wash
ington believes that in view OF the
transportation difficulties. the retu-
gees should be given temporary
asylum as near as possible 10 the
areas in which they are now. and
from which they may he returned
10 thoih homelands with the great
est expediency following the term
nation OF hostilities.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14

Washington Apr li-lNS-The
American gOE eminent today Is plan
ming 10 propose establishment Of
refugee CAMPS in neutral European
countries s~ veii a. ~ the Middle
East 10 care for some OF Europe 3
prosecuted people.
a plan 10 this effect will be pre-.
scented hy the L. : delegation 10
The Angio-AmeIican Refugee Con
ference which coufenes in Bcrmu-
da next Monday
The American delegation intends
10 prop e that the cost % main.
tanning the refugee camps be borne
by the United Nations. augmented
by funds from private sources. q.
If arrangements can be mann
Tor the establishment Of these refu.
z. p camps the German government
mav Do approached through nett
fT8i diplomatic channel and asked
TO release certain number OF Jew
lsh and other people vino are being
IIjea'ed 10 persecution because 81
racial. religion or political beliefs.
similar ogcrtules also would Doe
made 10 some o. the Avis satellite
uat ous aGaa az Romluia. Bull
zsrIa and Hungary.
while the German attitude Co.
gaHd release 81 IeWs and political
refugees is considered uncertain.
American ORGANIZED JsUry claims
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14
Two More in City
Police Department

Gerald f. Goebel. 9S Allen Rd,
has passed physical and mental
examinations for ~ local police
force and will become a member
OF II April Is Chief Dan f. l..
Patch said today. Mr.. Goebel re.
sided in Jackson before removing
10 Ypsilanti.
Joseph Metcalf 1903 Whittier
Rd, will be stationed April l6 as
special traffic officer at the inter
section OF Summit st. and Wash
tenaw Ave. Police chief Dan l.. l..
Patch said today. Mr.. Metcalf was
teller in 1893 at the old First Ma
tional Bank whirh closed its doors,
and later was proprietor OF Met
calf's lliSpeed service station
here
Men past 40 years OF age want
ing jobs as special traffic officers
near city schools. are urged by PO-
lice chief Dan Re I,-Patch TO con.
tact him at once. Chief Patch says
men are needed 10 supervise the
traffic near Central Grades, st
Johns aud Woodruff schools before
and after school. Other school
areas are taken care OF. Chief Patch
SAYS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14
Kiiwaniis Club
Selling Bonds

Arthur Walker. president OF XII
wants club, announced at today's
luncheon meeting that members OF
the club had sold si400 in war
bonds up to the time Of the meet
ing.
cyril Cane. guest speaker and
British consul from Detroit. told
his audience about his obserya-
lions OF the conduct OF the war in
Britain as he observed it on trip
there within the last FIVE months
and described L. :. and English
activities in the war
Mr. Cane spoke about the scarcity
and high value Of such articles as
lemons in England. lie pointed out
devastation in London and South
ampton and told how the Nazis
have been dropping bombs on Eng
lish schools and how they made
the bombs colorful resulting in the
handling OF them by school children
who lost their lives as a result.
lie spoke OF the gradual lessening
OF air raids by Nazis and said that
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14
Intervention of Supreme
Court or President Seen
as Last Hope For Traitor
Power Committee
Nearing Its Goal

G. c. .Wcscott. chairman OF the
Power Committee Of the Npsilanti
April War Bond Sales Committee,
said today that at a meeting Tues
day reports indicated that the
Power committee il going TO make
its quota before the deadline ar
riyes.
\ list OF 200 prospects was dis.
tributed among the 20 members Of
the committee In attendance. and
each member pledged that he would
see the prospects allotted to him.
The quota OF the Power Committee
in the April drive lis S33j,000. Jo.
seph Thompson VS. host Ia tia
committee al La Gondola Inn
The bond sales committee OF the
county April Bond sale campaign
re ports sales OF securities up TO
today as $75ll2.5u in Ypsilanti.
othe government securities sold in
lpsilauti total $Sl94i. making Il
total for Ypsilanti Of $l57 ,O56.5o,
The sales IN the county reported
for E-bonds were S2OS,6l5 ana other
government securities $L22O. 730.
making a grand total Tor the county.
YpsilaJti OF Sf.1j-.y.5;ii5.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14

victims TO the old military strate-
ey OF the pincers movement aided
by science and mechanical equip.
ment.
For Cook. supervising engineer
Of the Capitol, the rats have been
a violent headache for many a
moon.
But | think We have the prob.
lem licked At last" he sighed
Official counts show a catch ave
raging about only five a day now
Which is quite an accomplish
ment when YOU consider that only
short time ago the rats infested
the Capitols labyrinthian cellars
and storerooms in such numbers
that a catch Of 20 or more in
one night was considered par.
These rats that moved into the
Capitol months ago are not Of the
ordinary variety. Beputedly they
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14
Labor Board
Not toAhoW
Wages
Denies Requests
of Ten Thousand
Employers

Washington. Apr. II Ap Nolun
tary offers by 10000 employers TO
raise wages ana salaries vii be de
MED as a result Of the War Labor
Boards refusal 10 permit adjust
ment OF inequalities and inequitics.
There was no official estimate Of
how many employees this would al
feet, butuuOfficial estimates ranged
from half a million to million
Most Of the cases involve fewer
than 100 employees each. Dcnials IN
The dispute. eases Witch ttstitily al
feet larger number, VIII raise The
total substantially.
The WLB laid down It's first for
NAL application OF the Presidents
hold-the-line order OF April 8 In .
decision late yesterday declaring II
proposes 10 carry out strictly the
spirit and intent as well az the lit.
eral meaning OF the anti-inflation
~ der.
simultaneously the WlB an
nounced It had instructed local
boards TO "deny al once all pro-
posed wage ard salary adjustments
which involve only inter-plant in
equalities and which cannot be de.
cided on the basis OF the Little steel
formula or substandards OF living.
The board estimated this would
result IN disapproyal OF about 10000
OF the ii.999 eases on hand In the
t. regional offices.
There was an awareness among
WBB officials that the rigldity oi
the order and Its application might
have unfayorable repercusslons
among the workers, and even
among employers. but the belief
prevailed that responsibility for re-
taxation rested with Sterilization
Director James +. Byrnes. -
clio President philip Murray told
all affiliated unions in letter yes
terday they should contend for
WLB's right to correct inequalities
by approving wage increases and