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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Church Will
Cantata

4 caDtata "Childe Jesus" by clio
key will be sung at the morning
service OF worship Sunday at the
First Methodist Church. The fun
ior. high school. and adult choirs
will participate Miss Sarah King
and Mrs Worth Mallory will be
the soloists
Selections will be The Prom
ise", Gregorian Melody. adult
choir: The Annunc.ation. Bearuais
carol. Mr. Mallory; Miss King. r..
Apparition TO the Shepherds. Ctra
ditional Air and Words combined
choirs The Star. Old Polish car
Of. high school choir. The Wise
Men traditional air and Words
adult choir: At the Manger. Old
French carol junior and adult
ohoirs. Mary's Lullaby. Tyrolean
carol. Miss King adult choir: Song
OF Devotion, Old French carol Miss
King. The Child Jesus. Danish
carol. adult choir. and Adeste
Fideles, Old Latin hymn. adult
choir.
Rev Walter y Heyler will use
as this theme for the Christmas
message guidance in the Way OF
Peace" organ selections played
by Mrs L. j Wilson, organist, in
clude a Christmas Wreath, by
Cronham: and Noel by Daquin.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
''I'lI be Home For Christmas"
Song on Lips of Congressman

Washington. Dec. IS Up II
isn't official yet but Congress is
singing "Tll be home for Christ
mas"
II appeared certain today that
the first session Of the 18th Con
gress would adjourn next Tuesday
or Wednesday. Some optimists
were hoping against hope Il might
be sooner. possibly even tonight.
To facilitate the ets-get-it-oyer-
with drive. both houses held un-
usual Saturday sessions today.
Two major problems awaited dis.
posal-a catch all deficiency an.
preparation bill, and the resolution
temporarily extending the Com
modify Credit Corporation and its
food subsidy program
However, there was a distinct
possibility that an effort would
be made 10 bring up other con
troyersial Issues before adjourn
ment.
Leaders OF the House Interstate
Commerce Committee indicated
that unless the Administration act
ed in the wage dispute involving
incorporating rail workers before
Monday they would attempt 10
bring to the floor a Senate-approy
ed resolution granting the workers
an eight cent hourly raise.
To Test Law
Rep. John H. Kerr. D. Y e..
also said he would try 10 bring be
fore the House today or Monday
a resolution authorizing employ
nent OF counsel 10 represent Con
gress in a suit testing the consti-
nationality OF law under which
three allegedly subversiye federal
employees we're removed from the
government payroll
1t appeared certain that both
these resolutions would face a
tough battle.
Senate leaders indicated that ad-
iournment would not come until
after the Finance Committee ap-
proved the S2.SS4000.000 revenue
bill and reported IL 10 the Senate
Chairman Walter +. George. d.
Ga. said it would not be possible
to do this before Tuesday.
To Meet Jan. 5
II appeared that Wednesday
Jan. >, would be selected as the
date for converting the new Sea
sion, although this depended large
ly upon settlement Of House Sen
ate differences on the length Of
the temporary extension Of the
Commodity Credit Corporation
The Senate approved an exten-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

Probe Seen

Washington, Dec. ls- ms -
Startling charges that government
employees fought development of
rural electric co-operatlves and
then engineered deals 10 assure
purchase of wire from the proper
people were the subjects of sweep
ing congressional investigation to-
day.
First ihkling OF the activities
came to light as a Senate Agricul.
ture Subcommittee probed deeply
into allegations that the Rural Elec-
trifcation Administration was be-
ing used to swing four million
votes in the 1914 congressional and
presidential elections.
The testimony that county
agents. employees within the REA
and even some farm groups them
selves opposed establishment Of
rural electric lines by cooperatives
which borrowed federal money for
the purpose came from John NJ. Car
mody. former REA chief.
Later. Yard b. Freeman. former
chief engineer OF REA's electrical
division. revealed that after bids
had been asked for wire. they were
cancelled and new prices were ask
ed in order to assure purchase OF
the material from certain firms.
In one case. a smaller wire was
specified so that sellers OF a wire
known as copperweld could meet
the prices offered by sellers OF an
aluminium wire.
Freeman said this deal was IN
connection with a project at Cald-
well, Mo.
Later the copperweld wire was
found to be too small to carry the
energy required under plans for fu-
ture expansion. Freeman told the
committee.
As a result OF Freeman's testi-
mony, the committee also is looking
into another project at Harrison.
Ind. and others throu gho8t the
country.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

Washington, Dec. 1S-UP- Ger.
man spies plotted to shoot Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and Premier Jo-
sef Stain as they drove through
the streets of Tehran, according 10
information uncovered by Russian
agents and relayed to the Roose-
welt party.
Mr.. Roosevelt first disclosed the
plot to his news conference yester-
day. He said he did not take too
much stock in it, but Stain him
fell waved Kim of plot asainss
the big three That was why Mr.
Roosevelt abruptly changed his
quarters from the American lega-
ton to the fortified Russian embas-
sy after one night in Tehran.
While the President went into
no details, Russian officials who
informed the Presidents party
about the plot said that German
spies planned TO shoot the Presi-
dent, the Prime Minister and the
Soviet Premier as they rode
through the narrow streets OF the
colorful Persian city.
When Mr.. Roosevelt first reached
Tehran he established quarters in
the American legation, about a mile
from the massive Soviet embassy
where Stain was living and the
British embassy, adjoining the
Russian compound, where Church
III made his residence
That night Stain informed the
President that the Russians had
found evidence OF German plot to
destroy the leaders and pleaded
the President used that word with
the Chief Executive to move al
once to the safer confines OF the
Russian embassy.
The Soviet quarters were regard
ed as the safest place in Tehran
because they we're situated in a
walled compound. The British dip
lomatic establishment was next
door and all Churchill had to do TO
join Stain was TO step through an
opening in the wall.
The President accepted Stains
Invitation next morning. spending
only one night at the American
legation. He remained there until
the end OF his four-day visit in
Tehran. safe behind the staunch
walls OF the Russian compound. Be-
cause the three principals all were
virtually living together there was
no need to expose them to possible
success OF the German spies by
riding through the streets.
Mr.. Roosevelt's disclosure Of the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Police I axe
Five in Raid

Four men and one woman. ar
rested by police early this morning
in a raid on an alleged disorde-ly
house at $50 First Court, Federal
Housing Project in the first ward,
were being held by police for
further investigation before being
taken into the courts. Officers
stated that one OF the men was
found hiding under a bed. and 9TH
ers were hiding behind doors. Two
empty whiskey bottles with Hin
OILS licenses were confiscated. Ac-
cording TO the story OF one Of the
arrestees, beer was being sold
there also. Ellsworth Harris. who
is charged with operating a dis.
orderly house, fled upon arrival
Of officer. but was apprehended
following a chase in automobiles
in which he was stopped and
placed under arrest at the corner
of Monroe and Huron st.
Other men arrested al the house.
who are charged with frequentiug
a disorderly house, were John
Broom. 400 Harriet St. Charles
Russell. 5S1 Second Ave. Elijah
Russell, 5S1 Second Ave. and An
drew Jackson. 632 Fernwood. To-
ledo, o. The woman. Laura Gooch.
also OF Toledo. is to face similar
charges
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

SION TO Feb. 20, on the theory that
this would give the Congress am.
pie time TO work out legislation
settling permanently the houy.
contested subsidy issue The
House where anti subsidy strength
is much greater--cut the extension
back to Feb. 5
House members said they eX-
pected legislation providing mus
tering out pay for veterans OF the
present war TO be the hottest is.
sue before the new session A
mastering out pay bill passed the
Senate yesterday but Democratic
Leader John W McMCormack OF
Massachusetts said only mir
acle" could bring II up in the
House before recess. The House
Military Affairs Committee l. sull
considering the legislation
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Plot on Lives of Big Three
Revealed by Chief Executive

plot explained to great extent the
elaborate security precautions tax
en- by the Russians during the
talks. Even servants who came in
comparatively close contact with
the principals were chosen from
the membership OF the highly effic-
lent Russian secret police. Streets
leading to the compound were
blocked. some distance away by
huge sheets of canvas which cut
off all view. Behind the canvas
waited cannon and heavily armed
troops dlert asan.se any -pUssi5ie
threat.
Aside from the plot which seemed
TO worry him little. Mr.. Roosevelt
said his talks with Churchill, Stain
and Chinese Generalissimo Chang
Kai-Shek were eminently successful
not only as to immediate prosecu-
ton OF the war but looking toward
a postwar world which would be
free Of armed global struggle at
least as long as the present genera.
ton is alive.
He seemed very pleased with
Stain as a personality. saying both
he and the Russian leader were
alike in that they were both real.
lists. He said his inability to speak
either Russian or Chinese was no
bar to facile conversation with Chi
ang through interpreters.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Churchill
toRecover

London. Dec. ~ ms Prime
Minister ChuTchhls recovery APP
peared 10 be assured TO-DAY but
government Officials carried on
their activities on the assumption
that he would MOI be- able 10 70.
turn 10 Downing street Tor several
weeks
All Britain was chocred by ms
news that the Prime Minister "a
with pneumonia in the Middle East.
was improving steadily. Tie wa,
said today to have passed a rest
full night.
An official bulletin issued at No.
10 Downing street yesterday by
Lord Moran. Churchilfs personal
physician, aud Brig. u Evan Brd-
ford aud Lieut.. col Robert } V.
Puyertaft. who are attending ths
Prime Minister. was most reassur-
inR. II said
There has been no spread m
the pneumonia and the improve.
ment in The Prime Minister'S gen
eral condition has been maintain
ed
II was revealed last night that
Mrs. Churchill had left England
to hurry 10 he bedside OF her huS-
band. The British Press AssogiR-
ton said Mrs Churchill flew 10
the Middle East hospital in which
Churchill Is recovering from his
second attack OF pneumonia this
year.
The London Express reported
that the Prime Minister was in
sisting that important war dis
patches be sent to his sickroom so
that he could keep up with the
latest developments.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Railroads In
House
For Decision

Washington, Dec lS-UP-The
House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee virtually threw the railway
wage controversy back to the
White House today by delaying &C
ton on a proposal to raise the.
pay of 100000 incorporating EN-
ployes eight cents an hour.
1t appeared that direct inter
vention by President Roosevelt
would be imperative to resolve the
conflict between Economic Stabil.
ization Director Fred NJ. Vinson
and both the operating and non.
operating rail brotherhoods.
The incorporating case was
linked closely TO the wage dispute
involving $4,000 operating en-
ployes, whose leaders have ordered
strike Dec. so in protest against
wage award OF four cents an
hour. The incorporating unions
also conducted strike vote but
have made no further plans for a
walkout pending congressional
action on the Truman resolution to
validate a wage agreement with
the carriers providing an eight
cent hourly increase.
The House Interstate Commerce
Committee decided late yesterday
to withhold a vote until Monday
on the Senate-approved resolution,
and Chairman Clarence +. Lea. d.,
Calf, expressed hope for admins
tration action in the interim
Should the committee vote Monday
to send the resolution 10 the floor,
there was little chance that It
could be put to a vote before Con
gress recessed for the holidays.
The delay might result in the
incorporating unions announcing
the result OF their strike vote and
setting a date for a walkout.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Mew Record Set BY GoodfeHous

Ypsilanu GoodiellQws were turn.
Ing to the task OF providing christ
mas cheer to the lonely and needy
today after their most successful
sale " hale.
Friday the men were out early
with their special copies ~ Tho
Ypsilanti Daily press and when the
final count was made late Friday
evening total OF N.ll9 % had
been received. The former news
boys had sold 1879 papers.
Extra help this year came from
the generous support OF the Edsel
Il. Ford Post OF the American Ie-
gion which vas responsible for pa
per sales in the Willow Run area.
They turned I'm 10000. Members OF
the Junior Chamber OF Commerce
also turned out in good number.
An especially fine record was sot
by The Ford Generator plant here
where SlOS.OS was turned In by Al
Augustus. one OF the high men on
the list OF sellers.
An example OF the fine spirit
which each yea. motiyates busy
men 10 leave their personal tasks
TO sell papers 50 that others may
have fine Christmas, f. that
shown by c. d. Barker. Mr. Barker
I'm past years has been one of the
first 10 get his papers from the
press and has always turned in an
excellent report During the past
year he has been very H. Friday
he had his electric shop closed and
Don Levitt from there and Mrs
Barker. sold for him. They turned
in sos.
High man on the sales list this
year was Glenn Ridenour who had
1929 80 for 500 sales. IL. Emil Sur
terka- o. the Ypsiianfi Police De
partment was a close second with
STA for 215 papers.
Third came Daniel T. Qulrk with
Sl1l.46 for 200 papers Mr. Angus
tus and Edsel Il. Ford POST OF the
American Legion followed with Mr..
Bankers record next.
other sellers were Jack Shep-
herd. Thomas O'Dea. Phelps Grouse.
Matt Max. Harold Magee. Knowell
Hart &. e. Handy. Floyd smith, l..
". Bibbins. clifford Reynolds. Rev.
Gordon Speer. Stanley Allen
See GOODFELLOWS fage >
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Poor Harry Has to
Foreeo His Whiskey

London. Dec. lS-lNS Security
measures taken al the Teheran
conference of President Roosevelt.
Prime Minister Churchill and Pre-.
mier Stain were such that Harry
Hopkins. the Presidents aide was
unable 10 get a whiskey hignball.
The crisis, according TO Reuters.
came about while the President
and Hopkins were sitting in the
study OF American Minister Louis
G. Dreyfus, Jr
Hopkins asked FOR a whiskey
and soda and Dreyfus told his
butler 10 brink the drink A few
minutes later the servant return
cd and whispered in Dreyfus ear.
The American minister then turn
ed 10 his guests and explained:
I'm sorry, but American secur-
ity men here earlier bricked up
various doors OF the legation for
security reasons and unfortunate
~ they included the cellar door"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Legion Making Ready For Christmas Party

Nagee. Lester Miller. Earl Free
man, George Robbins. Nelson Bou
tell. James Waite. Harold Angus
tus. Howard Hand Others work.
ing on plans are James Maloney.
OF the CSO, and Lieut. G. b.
schum. service officer at the East
Ypsilanti Air Base
Thursday afternoon two acts OF
the vaudeville troupe will present
performance a. a Christmas for
1000 children al Willow Court.
That evening. in addition to play
ing the show To- Ypsilanti. the en-
tire troupe will appear at the East
Ypsilanii Air Base Hospital, in a
program sponsored by the Camp
and Hospital Committee OF the
American Red Cross. o. which Mrs
Carl Johnson % chairman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

Following the dinner a vaude.
vile performance. which will IN
clude six acts from Detroit will be
in the high school auditorium ar
ter which there will be a dance
for the soldiers and JUNO. host
esses in the gymnasium. Christ
mas decorations for both the gym
nasium and the auditorium are be-
ing arranged by the Ypsilanti High
School Student Council Feature
dances. for which prizes viii be Of
fered. will be in charge o. Harold
Augustus. and an outstanding De
troit orchestra has been secured.
Chairman OF the Legion commit
tee arranging the party is Fred
Bstrelle. and committee members
are Dr. Charles Pillsbury. Harry
stevens. Dr. VI. P. o Hars, Harold
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18
Allies HaImmerinS Enemy
i'm Italy. Southwest Pacific
Invasion For
Balkans Nav
be Near
CBr Inte-ns,lona, Sev' Service.


Enemy forces IN Italy and J
Southwest Pacific today contit4
ed to feel the hammering blows
OF Allied might following yes'er.
days pounding Of bomb dry Ber.
lin.
And 10 make matters worse TOR
the Iittery Nazis, persistent 70.
ports from widely separated Stock
holm and Anlara presaged an ear
ly invasion OF the Balkans. pre-
sumably by forces under Lieut..
Gen. George s Blood 'NGufs'
Patton.
Even az the American and. Brit
ish Finn Army Forces under Liesl.
Gen. Marx W. Clark slosbed for
ward for new gains IN eastern
Italy and advance units Of the B IL.
lsh Eighth crossed the vital Ortuna-
Orsogna highway al several points
to the west the Turkish radio
broadcast report that Pattona
Seventh Army Was poised for IN.
yaslon Of the Balkans. The An
kara broadcast also speculated on
an imminent attack against the re-
Gently captured island OF Cos, Med
iterranean strong point
Latest dispatches from tho east
ern end Of the peninsular
italian line told Of fierce hand to-
hand encounters in which Amer
lean troops flashing the cold steel
OF bayonets and hurting handgre-
nades. literally tore their way
through German lines - climb
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

NEW YORK ms - Grace
Moore. Tennessee.bo singing star
Of stage. screen. radio and grand
opera, said today she felt very
lucky TO be alive after surviving
Thursday mornings train wreck
at Lumberton y. C.. which TOOK
81 lives Now safe in New York.
Miss Moore said her husband Val
entine Perera. who was accompany
ing her. also escaped injury but
now had an attack OF grippe due
to exposure contracted after the
wreck when he helped others TO
safety
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

Final preparations are being
made for the American Legion
Christmas party for servicemen
stationed in this area, 10 be Thurs
day evening. Dec. %. at the Ypsi
lsnti High School Soldiers from
both the East Ypsilanti Air Base
and the a. s. T. p. group station
ed at the Normal College will be
guests for an evenings entertain
ment. which is TO include a dinner
vaudeville performance. and a
semi-formal Christmas dance.
The dinner. which will be at $50
p. m. will be served BY a group OF
junior USO hostesses. directed by
Mrs. David Robb. The dinner will
be prepared by members OF the
MONS. under chsirmsnship Of Mrs
Faron HAYDEN.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

CHICAGO-INS--One OF the larg-
est paper firms in the country and
its head today weer under federal
indictment alleging overcnarges Of
$4,000 in the sale OF waste paper
for the war effort. The true bill,
returned by federal grand jury.
against the Thomas Paper Stock
Co., and its president, Alvin f.
Sandroff. before Judge John p.
Barnes in L. S. District Court, con-
tanned AZ counts OF alleged viola
ton. Each count carries a possible
maximum penalty Of one year In
jail and fine OF 5000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

LONDON-INS-The Turkish ra-
|iio, in a broadcast heard by the
London Evening News, declared
oday that it was believed that the
american Seventh Army would in
sade the Balkans before long.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

ROCKFORD, Ill.-INS - Mrs.
-eona Lemery, of Roscoe, H., was
ield in county Jail today on a man
Blaughter charge following her con-
|ession that she slapped and fatally
injured a friends baby. Mrs. Lem
Dry, %, and the mother OF two small
children, repeatedly confessed to
States Attorney Max A. Weston
hat she slapped the nine months
bid boy because ''he got on my
ierves with his crying"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

NEW YORK-INS-An employ
sr's right to continue employing en-
executive regardless OF his person
al status with union, was upheld
oday after the National War La
Dor Board, through its local repre-
sentative Dean Young B. Smith of
Columbia Law School rendered
such decision as arbitrator.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

LONDON-INS-Princess Eliza
beth. clad in tights, played the star
cole in a Christmas pantomime
yesterday in a village hall in the
country before an audience of sol
|diers who applauded her enthus-
Iastically.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

WASHINGToN-INS - Amerl.
pm food production this year while
fx per cent below the record Of
pc 1912 yield. was tabled by the
priculture Department today as
pod as could be expected under
be existing conditions. Three ma.
pr crop items-corn. wheat and
Rts-dropped OF sharply from last
par. the departments final esti-
ates OF the 1913 crop picture re-
ealed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

WASHINGTON-INS- Members
a Senate subcommittee probing
be liquor 7hortage conceded today
bat chances for resumption OF H.
|lor distill'ug are slim, but said
Rey will keep trying to find a way.
en. Van Nuys Cd Ind, chairman
the judiciary subcommittee. said
FAR Production Board officials will
summoned to give a complete
cture Of the needs Of alcohol for
be war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

NEW YORK-INS-The Chinese
entral News Agency reported to.
" that Lieut.. Gen. Adrian Carton
Wharf. personal representative
Prime Minister winston Church.
|. had arrived in Chungking and
buld confer with General Ho Wing.
bin, minister OF war, within a few
Tvs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

FORT WORTH, TeXas-lNS -
John Joseph Williams, Chicago gam
|bler who was acquitted OF murder
in Chicago last Monday, was held
by the Federal Bureau OF lnvesti-
cation today on a charge OF aiding
Ia soldier to desert from the Army.
Williams was held in Mineral Wells.
Texas, but was to be brought to
Fort Worth today for hearing be-
fore a federal commissioner.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

CHICAGO ms A patriotic
plan to provide at least partial re-
|lief to the parched throatS OF Chi
|cago whisky drinkers was an
bounced today by the Carter Dis
|tilling Company, In large newspa-
|per display advertisements, the
firm announced it would sell 10000
kases of blended whisky TO retail
liquor dealers who buy 800 war
bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

See WAR Page ;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

WASHINGTON ms Presi-
ent Roosevelt began assembling
|naterial today for his worldwide
BROADCAST on Christmas Eve when
lie will tell for the first time the
|ermissable details Of the histor-
+ decisions reached with Britain.
russia and China at the Cairo and
Ceheran conferences.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

LONDON ms The Daily
Tails naval correspondent report
d today that a flying squad" OF
oval navy escort ships now is
olicing Atlantic shipping lanes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-18

LAGUNA BEACH. Cal.-INS -
funeral services will be held today
pr Marshall Stedman, SO, former
Few York and Hollywood actor
pho had conducted a dramatic
|chool for many years at Laguna
leach.