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War

Continued from Page One)
Sixty six more Japanese aircraft
were shot down during the raids
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
On the preceding week end. the
same task force supported sixth
Army invasion forces at Hollandia,
Dutch New Guinea. and accounted
for 100 Japanese planes.
Truk's satellite bases at Sata.
wan and Ponape in the eastern
Caroines were bombed and big
guns from hattleships and cruisers
added their heavyweight eXplo.
sives to the assault.
Few Losses
Not a warship was mayed and
air losses were confined TO so
fliers missing. the Navy said
In the Southwest Pacific, Allied
headquarters issued a special state
ment claiming the sinking OF 1,G2e7
japanese coastal vessels. barges,
schooners and sailing craft and
damaging 3,54S other small craft
since April, 1912.
The statement commented that
this anti-barge campaign has had
the effect OF 'paralyzing enemy eff
forts to supply, reinforce or evac-
uate the 18th and 18th (Japanese)
armies cut off and surrounded in
.Iew Guinea, New Britain, New Ire
and and the Solomons.
Barges Destroyed
Mac Arthur's communicate today
Md Of the obstruction of 20
enemy barges off the New Guinea
coast, and OF air raids on Rabaui,
%cw Britain, Woleai in the Caro-
line Islands, and the Schouten Is
lands in Dutch New Guinea.
On the Burma-lndia front, an
Allied compunique reported cap
ture of several japanese positions
north of Kohima, advance point of
Japan's invasion of India, the Al
lied evacuation OF village on the
Arakan front OF coastal Burma and
the steady advance of It. Gen. 10.
seph w. Stillwell's forces in the
.Mogaung Valley of northern Bur-
ma.
Loyang, one OF China's oldest
cities and six times its capital. is
threatened by Japanese columns
driving west along the Lunghai
railroad. one column is reported
less than IS miles from the city.
following the enemy bresk-through
at Hulao Pass.
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PRODUCE
(Newmans Grocery
Blood Unit
tBuying Prlces)

Continued from Page One)
Darrell Jensen and Keith Wood
ward to direct help. The Ypsllanti
fremen unloaded and loaded
equipment
Also serving for the entire day
were both the Motor Corps and
the Canteen Corps In Mrs. Har-
riet Battersons Motor Corps the
other helpers were Mrs Donald
Loyiti. Mrs Lawrence Schaffer.
Mrs. John Collin and Mrs William
Wilcox. In. Mrs. George Mines
Cantecn Corps. there served Mrs.
Gregory Scharf. Mrs. Graeme Con.
rad. Mrs Viola Starks and Mrs.
Amanda Wickliffe The Canteeb
Aids we're Mesdamea william Bas-
sett. IIazclton Chllds. j. l.. Fosket.
Alexander Fox. NJ. !. Lewis, George
Metherlll and l.. II. Slater.
Miss Estabrook Rankin. IN
charge Of the Blood Donor work.
announces June G as the next date.
At that time the hour from TO
100 have been specially set for
the accommodation of day shift
workers who may desire the oppor-
tunlty Of contributing 10 this vital
part OF the war effort
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Municipal Court

For Icing intoxicated and dis
orderly Jesse W Small. Willow
Court. was given alternative Of
paying SIS or OF serving 20 days
In county Jail when he was ar
raigned this morning before Justice
A. NJ. Vanaersall Charged with
reckless driving, Edgar Hamilton,
Willow Village, paid fine OF $50.
For improperly passing and over
taking a car. Reynolds BERTHE paid
$40, while for speeding and stop
street violation Keith Morton paid
sli. Charged with speeding Ray
E Morris and John Regan each
paid fines OF $40.
Total receipts in court for Tues
day were s320s5.
In Justice Albert Midas court At
Belleyille Clifford Boyd. sos Oak.
St. and Elizabeth J. Hale, Wayne,
were each charged with disorderly
conduct and fined S25 and $40 costs
each
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03
Legal Notices
FINAL ADMrHIsrRATIo AC-
COUNT

No. a3hsf
STATE or MICHIGAN. The Pro-
bate Court for the County OF wash
tenhw
~ a session ~ said Court. held
at the Probate office In tho city of
Ann Arbor. In said County. ON the
10th day Of April 4. -. iah.
Present. Hon. Jay q Pray. Judge
Of Probate
In TIE Matter OF tho Estate OF
LsrA v. Tabsr, beceatcd.
Clayton r.. beakc, administrator OF
said estate. having filed IN said
court hls final adminiEtra-
ton account and his petition praying
for the allowance thereof aud for
the assignment Aud distribution OF
tho residue of said estate.
II Is ordered. That tho 10Th day ~
MAY a. u. 1914. a. ton o'clock
IN tho forenoon. at said Probate Of
flee, be and Ia hereby appointed for
examining and allowing said nc
count and hearing said petition.
II Is Further ordered. That pub
lie notice thereof he given by pub
lication 81 copy ~ this order, for
three successive weeks previous TO
said day ~ hearing. IN tho Ypsilan.
II Daily Press, n new spaper printed
and circulated IN said County.
JAY O. PRAY. Judge OF Probate
true copy
Nora o. BorEsrt. Register Of Pro-
bate
Adv 5.5ns
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Pick Of The Air TODAY

$50 Jack Carson Show.
BLU-9:0O Dunnlnrer:
$50 Spotlight bands.
1890 Soldiers with Wings. music.
MBS-7:30 Halls Of Montezuma;
$50 Xavier Cugat;
$50 First Nighter:
1880 Guy Lombardo.
Thursday
NBC-9 a. m. Mirth and Madness;
u noon Words and Music,
IL 80 p m. sky High;
LOO Sketches in Melody;
Sis Serenade TO America.
CBS-l0.3O a. m. The Open Door;
1.i5 y. m. The Goldbergs,
400 Broadway Matinee
BLU a m. breakfast Club;
li:00 Breakfast az Sardi's.
1890 Farm and Home Hour;
230 Ladies' be Seated.
MBS-l0:30 Shady Valley Folks;
~ 30 p. m. L. s. Navy Band.
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National Broadeastlng Company
RED NETWORK-WLW 700, WWJ
$50. WHAM 1850, WMAQ go.
BLUE NETWORK-WXYZ 1870.
Columbia Broadeasting Company
WJR 760, WBBM $50, WCKY 1880
WFBM 1860. VICAR 1850. WBNS
1860, WOOD 1910.
Mutual Broadcasting Company
BLUE NETWORK - WLW 700.
CKLW 500. WJBK 1890 WGN 72y.
RED NETWORK WLW 700.
Tonight
NBC-s r. m. Mr.. and Mrs North;
$50 Hildegarde, songs;
300 Eddie Cantor;
$50 Mr. District Attorney;
10000 Kay Kyser.
CBS-7:30 Easy Aces:
500 frankie earle Orchestra:
$50 DR.. Christian. Jean Her.
sholt:
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OPAPriices

Detroit, Mich, May 3-The De-
| troit Office OF Price Administra-
! ton announced maximum prices
on fresh fruits and vegetables to
be effective May through May
10 in St. Clair. Clinton. Eaton. Ing
ham, Livingston. Jackson. Hills
| dale. Lenawee. Monroe and Wash
| tenaw Counties.
Maximum prices established, OPA
said, apply to all stores and are spe-
cifically provided for stores in
Groups ! and .. Retail stores in
/ Group and 4, OPA said. are to
calculate their selling prices on
Maximum Price Regulation 422 and
should generally reflect lower
prices than the maximum estab-
lished in the OPA order.
In no case. OPA pointed out.
may any retail sto.e sell for higher
than the listed prices.
Fruits Maximum Prices
Apples, all varieties. ...2 lbs 23c
Bananas ............. l2c lib.
Grapefruit white and pink &c ID.
Lemons ................. lac III.
Oranges. Calf & Ariz. ; lbs. 63c
Oranges. Fla. & Tex. lbs. SIC
Tangerines, Temples and
Kings ........:...... lbs. 45c
Strawberries, all ......... soc pit.
Strawberries, all ...... SIC Of
Vegetables
Beans, all green .......... 2lc ID.
Beans, all wax .......... 2lc h.
| Cabbage. all ...........2 lbs. 13c
! Carrots. punches. III min &C bunch
Cucumbers, except h. h. O.. lac III.
Eggplant. all .......-.. l5c lb.
Lettuce, iceberg, size So 13c head
SiXe IS ............... l5c III.
Leaf lettuce hot house OIL. &c ID.
Onions, dry yellow 49,. ; lbs. &c
Onions, dry, 1894 crop
yellow ............ lbs. Sic
Onions. dry. 1914 crop
white) .............. 3 lbs. sc
Peas ..................... PIC ID.
Potatoes O.s. ! bulk 5lbs. 19c
Potatoes L. s. ! bulk
Maine ......r....... 3 lbs. &c
Potatoes, (C. s. bulk
Idaho bakers ....... lbs. SIC
Spinach, bulk ..H........ 14c ID.
Sales by producers or farmers to
ultimate consumer shall not exceed
the highest price for these items.
Note-Retailer may continue TO
sell by the dozen or head. as the
case may be. but the price per
dozen or head cannot exceed the
price per pound or a comparable
basis
Special Notice-For any produce
or fruit item not listed see or
phone your nearest local OPA Of
fee
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First Transplanting Of Victory Seedlings

MOST VICTORY seedlings
should be transplanted as soon as
they can be handled easily. or
when the second and true leaves
have formed. The same soil mix
ture that the seeds were planted
in can be used. although most
gardeners find It beneficial to use
a richer mixture at transplanting
time. II fertilizer is used it lis
best to apply it after the seed
lings have become re-established
in their new planting and have
started to make further growth.
For the first transplanting mark
the rows three inclt,s apart and
two inches across. as illustrated
in the accompanying Garden
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Legal Notices
FINAL ADMINISTRATION AO-
COUNT

STATE OF MICHIGAN. The Poo
bate Court for the County of wash
teuaw.
At a session Of said Court. held nj
the Probate office In the CITY Of
Ann Arbor In said County. on thu
18Th day OF April A. y. lsAi.
Present, Hon. Jay q. Pray. Judge
OF Probate
In the Matter OF the Estate of
J. Martin Bohanr, Deceased
william peHaan. Executor. having
filed In said court hts final admin
iStration account and his petition
praying for the allowance thereof
and for the assignment and dlstrihu-
ton Of the residue Of said estate
II is Ordered. That the 18TH day
81 May, 4. -. i9ll. At ten o.
clock In TIE forenoon. at said Pro
bate office, be and Is hereby ap.
pointed for examining and allowing
said account and hearing said petl-
tion.
II II Further Ordered. That pun.
lie notice thereof be given by pub
LEGATION OF copy OF this order, for
three success siVe weeks previous to
said day OF hearing. IN the Ypsilanti
Daily Press. newspaper printed
and circulated In said County.
JAY @. PRAY. Judge OF Probate
a true copy
Nora O. .Borgert. Register OF Probate
ADV 1-S03
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Deaths
JAMES 8. BUXTON


James B Bunton. Willis. passed
away Tuesday afternoon at the
home OF his son. Lee Bunton. after
an illness OF several months.
He was born March IS. 1866, in
Girard, Mich, the son OF John and
Harriet Eldridge Bunton
He is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. Frank Colts. Milan; two
sons, Clyde and Lee Bunton. Willis.
one step-daughter. Mrs. Blanche
Howell, Willis: ~ grandchildren
four great grandchildren; three
brothers. Arthur Bunton. Cleye.
land. o., Fred. White Cloud, Mich.
and Bert, Highland Park; and one
sister. Mrs. Emma Jones, Willis.
One brother. Carl. and one sister.
Cora Z. Ballard, preceded him In
death.
Funeral services will be Friday
at 2 o'clock at his home in Willis.
Rev w. c. Prout will officiste
Burial will be in Udell Cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03

Graph. Use a dibble. as illustrat-
cd. to make a planting hole where
the row lines cross each other.
Make the planting holes large
enough so the roots can be placed
in position without crowding
them. After placing each plant.
press the soil gently but firmly
around the roots OF each plant
with the dibble. as illustrated.
When the fiat is filled with
transplanted plants it should be
thoroughly watered and then set
in a light place but one where it
will be shielded from the direct
rays of the sun for few days. or
until the roots OF the seedlings
have taken hold in the new soil
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03
State TO Provide
Rural Scholarships

The State Board OF Education
has approved 400 rural scholarships
TO high school graduates OF 1914.
The scholarship will release the
student from payment OF the tut
ton fee and will be valid for a
two year period at any one OF
the four state teachers colleges
The candidate for a scholarship
must have maintained a superior
scholastic record in high school
and must elect the two year course
Of study leading to 0 State Limited
Certificate at the teachers college.
Applications for the scholar.
ships may he secured from Julius
w Haab. Washtenaw County Com
missioner Of Schools. from one Of
the state teachers colleges or from
t. Department OF Public Instruc-
ton.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03
Eveporeted Milk Not
Fit For Consumption

New York, May 8. -INS-Evap.
GRATED milk released TO hospitals.
schools and other institutions from
the huge federal overstocks was
blamed today for "a cases OF food
poisoning in one New York hospi-
tai.
The War Food Administration
simultaneously hurriedly notified
purchasing agents of the public
institutions that the milk was un-
fit for human consumption and
city health authorities immediate.
ly placed an embargo on 1900 cas-.
es.
The canned product, originally
intended for shipment to Britain.
piled up to IS million pound over
supply when powdered milk was
shipped overseas instead. ysy
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03

WASHINGTON -AP-- The per
NIT system controlling the ship.
ment OF dry onions from II prin-
cipal producing states, set up last
September during shortage OF
supply. has been discontinued by
the Office OF Defense Transporta.
ton and the Interstate Commerce
Commission,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03

Detroit, May S-AP-Lloyd II.
Buhs. former treasurer OF the Pfeif.
fer Brewing Company, testified in
his embezzlement trial yesterday
that associates had altered com.
pany records TO conceal a $4,000
bonus to an executive. The bonus,
Buhs said, was paid Alfred Ep-
stein, company president. after
minutes of a board Of directors
meeting in 1912 had been altered
without the knowledge OF the di.
rectors' to give Epstein an add.
tional $4,000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03
In the Sick Room

Mrs Ralph Cheseman who un.
derwent a major operation in Hsr.
per Hospital, Detroit, Tuesday, is
recovering nicely.
Mathew Sinkule is working under
the handicap OF a broken rib. The
injury came with fall while he was
helping TO unload meat at the rear
OF his market.
stephen Croghan, who underwent
a major operation at Boyer Hospital
Monday, is recuperating finely.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03

Vegetables
BEErS-Topped, bu.. No. /. 800
so.
BROCCOLI No !. $3.50.
TURNlPS Topped. bu., Goes %,
RUTABAGAS No. /. bu.. tl.l 25.
CELERY CABBAGE - No. /. bu
T.50-200.
CABBAGE No. I, bu..atl,00l.25.
RED CABBAGE 60 lbsJ $2.35.
CARROTS-Topped. No. ! bu.,
Sl25.1.75.
CAULIFLOWBR-B Blu. No. |. f2.a
ONIONS Dry. No. ] medium (ceil
ingD 50 lbs. $3.50.
PARSNIPS 40. /. t30o.S so,
POTATOES No !, 100 lbs. f2.25
o75
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EruIt,

Spies. No I.
S3.50.3.75: Greetings, No /. $500.
$50. Steel Reds, No. /. $3.50
3.75.
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YpsiLanh Briefs
viii Demonstrate

Miss Frances Wilson, county
home demonstration agent Thurs
day at / o'clock on the second floor
OF the Detroit Edison building will
demonstrate preparation OF foods
for preservation by freezing.
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Daily Market Report

Detroit. Mich. May d AP -
CATTLE. Good s9olb steers
brought sl575 and several lots
made &l551. Bulk slaughter steers
cashed at yl2Ool5OO. some mixed
yearlings reached tl525 and
straight heiters Sl45o. Beef COWS
bulked at $900120O with Gamers
and cutters mainly S65oS.75. Most
sausage bulls brought Slo00.ll.25.
few best heayios $3.50. Light
weight. low grade bulls turned %
S7.50-9 90. Some replacement cattle
sold at Sl0.00l2 90.
CALVES Good and choice bulked
at Sl6.501fu0. latter price paid free
~ Common and medium grades
made tl2.oo-l5.oO and culls $500
1000.
HOGS Top and bulk for good and
choice 200.270 lbs. was the $3.50
support price comparable 27o-3o0
10. hogs brought Sass and most
100000 lbs made Sll.S5-l2l0. De
sirable 10000 10. offerings turned
at S12 j01e75 and l60.ls0 lbs. at
sllT5.l2 So Light lights. ll0.l59
lbs. sold at Sl0.75-ll.00 Good and
choice sows bulked at Sl0.25l075,.
stays t925.9.50. Producers and ship.
pers should continue to contact
market agencies for permits to
unload hogs before starting ship
ments from home.
SHEEP; A deck o. mostly choice
S9lh. shorn Michigan fed Texas
lambs with No. 2 pelts brought SIS.
Most good and choice shorn native
lambs with No. and pelts turned
at Sl3.50+la50 while common and
medium grades made tllo0I3.50.
Shorn Gull lambs brought 5000
1900 A few good and choice shorn
TAT ewes sold at S6.50-7 80 and shoru
Gull ewes ranged from 81 down.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03
Two Injured

NO injured
Bell Modzilski and Forbes Mason,
both OF Romulus, received minor
decorations and bruises Tuesday in
an automobile accident at the in.
tersection OF Chase and Quirk Rds.
The automobiles, driven by Charles
j. Dick! Romulus. and Lloyd Ham
ilton Snapp, collided when a tire
blew out on the Dick automobile.
state police said. Both the injured
men we're treated by a Romulus
physician.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03
Detroit Cash Grain

WHEAT No. .. $I7OA.
OATS-N1.~2 white. s0-Slc.
MATING BARLEY--range. Si.4i
l.52; barley needles. $l.26.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
Capt. Crellin Wins
I'd Decoration
Times Reporters Son
Aids Italian Civilian

Capt. George w. Crellin, 30.
son of the Times County Building
reporter and brother of Jack
Crellin, Times labor editor now
in the navy, has received his sec
ond combat decoration for brav-
cry. il was revealed Saturday.
Capt. Crellin. a field artillery
officer with the Fifth Army in
Italy, was cited recently, a war
department message said, for Eek
ceptionally meritorious conduct,
in disregarding his own safety to
lead a squad of litter bearers
through a dangerous mine field to
the aid of a seriously wounded
civilian"
One litter bearer behind the
main group set off mine and
was wounded, the citation read.
Capt. Crellin sent his men to the
aid of their comrade and threaded
his way 10 the civilian. whom he
carried to safety himself.
Capt. Crellin received the Silver
Star, third highest decoration. last
spring just before the Fifth Army
reached Casino, for similar
dangerous venture.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
tuberculosis
Agency Asked

The legislative committee of the
Michigan tuberculosis Association
Saturday recommended separation
of tuberculosis care from state
welfare activities.
Circuit Judge Herman Dehnke
of Harrisville, head of the COM
mittee, declared that financial
worries of tuberculosis patients
would be lightened, early discovery
and treatment of cases would be
encouraged if a separate agency
were created to handle the financ-
ing of state cases.
DR.. Bruce Douglas, Detroit
health commissioner, urged that
the state raise subsidies 10 coun-
ties for tuberculosis treatment
from 81 to So a day to cover
increased expenses.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
Times Sponsors
Radio Dramas

A radio program that always
clicks! FRONT PAGE DRAMA,
heard each week over 10 radio
stations in Michigan and Ontario,
is taken from a rich source VI
human interest material, files OF
The American Weekly magazine
which comes with The Detroit
Sunday Times. Here is list o.
stations carrying FRONT PAGE
DRAMA:
MICHIGAN
WJLB. Detroit. 1915 p. n.
Saturday; WF'DF, Flint, Ills
p. m. Saturday; WLAV, Grand
Rapids, $50 p. m. (CWT) Friday;
WIBM, Jackson, 8 p. m. Friday;
WIN, Lansing, 9 p. m. Friday;
WkBZ, Musgegon, 1870 p. m
Friday; VICAR, Pontiac, 3:45
p. m. Thursday; WILLS, Port
Huron, 3:45 p. m. Thursday
WSAM. Saginaw. 4:45 p. m. Fri
day; VICTIM Traverse City. 7:3J
p. m. (CWT) Wednesday; WINS,
lronWood-115-P-n.-tGNE9
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31

conducting the Radio Hall Of
Fame Orchestra and Chorus will
render the Jerome Kern score
with the brilliant Interpretation
that has made him the Dean Of
Modem American Music
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
KsIienborn Declares:
We Should Support
Britain S Greek olic.y

a better sense of the need for lib
eral reform. The government in
CludeS Socialists who have now
been permitted 90 put forward a
Socia insurance program with
government backing which goes
far beyond anything we have IN
this country. i heard that pro-
gram attacked in bitter terms as
a Socialist conhScatory measure
al debate in the Belgian senate,
SOCIALIST REALISTIC
One of the ablcst members of
the Belgian cabinet IS Foreign
Minister Sparks. lie IS also a
Socialist But Socialists are more
realistic than sentimental Ameri-
can liberals. They realize that
communism means dictatorship
and the suppression OF minoritieS,
including Socialists.
The Papandreao government IN
Greece is far more liberal than
the succession of relationships
that preceded H.. IL includes more
liberal representatives than loyal
lists Even a loyalist can be a
liberal. Lots Of liberals in Bel
GUM and Italy. in England and in
Greece belive the monarchlal tra-
dition has a definite value IN
times like the present.
Again, if l happen TO chose be-
tween King George of Greece,
whom l happen 10 know as a man
with democratic sympathieS, and
an iron-fisted, Greek Communist
dictator. I would follow Church
Ills example and pick King
George
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
THE BELGIAN AFFAIR

American liberals who speak in
ignorance refer TO the Pierlot gov
ernment in Belgium as reactionary
because, with the help of Allied
military power. IL put down a
Communist attempt at revolution.
When the revolution failed. the
Communist members of the Bel
gian cabinet resigned.
Now they are promoting Bel
gian revolution in Belgium from
outside the government. They pro-
mote il with the help of freedom
OF speech and of the press which
the Pierlot government continues
10 uphold.
I spent an evening with the Bel
gian premier in intimate conversa-
ton over the dinner table. / have
met few European statesmen with
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
Plenty Of Popcorn

LANSING, Dec. 30 (UP)-Pro-
duction of popcorn in Michigan
was boosted 1,14s,0O0 pounds this
year. the state crop reporting
service said today.
The increase resulted from the
planting of 2,400 acres this year,
compared to 1850 in 1943, the
caYSytco Said
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
WITHOUT PRINCIPLES

European Communists have no
principles except the principle of
obedience to the party line. And
il looks very much as though that
party line still comes from Mos
COW. When Stain gives the nod
they respond. l have yet 10 know
one Communist ready TO support
his own country, in war or peace
against the Soviet Union. III
believe a Communist can be pa
triotic -wheh-i- -see-him support
the interests of his own country
against the interests of Russia.
Europe today is ready for revo-
luton. The Communists believe in
revolution and they are ready for
il. The u. s. wants TO support
the middle way. between reaction
and revolution, hHt-tiHless We
stand with the British against
revolution. well get reaction
with a Communist label.
IT'S OUR MOVE
III lllllt IldS AOlilN lbA Wis
country TO champion true democ-
racy in Europe In recent weeks
We have done nothing but assume
a "holer than thou attitude,
holding aloof and voicing criti-
cism of those whe bear The bur
den as a poor substitute for 4
positive foreign policy. In effect
we are telling Stain:
do what you please In Eu-
rope; Wen back you, against
the British"
Is that the voice Of the Ameri-
can people?
i don't believe ii.
Churchill told an Athens press
conference today that he. Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Premier
Stain would review the Greek
situation in meeting soon. He
added that If the Greeks did not
soon solve their differences. an in
ternational truce might be neces-
sary TO rule the country.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-31
New City Manager
Appointed in Berkley

BERKLEY, Dec. 3o-Hiring of
a new city manager at $5,40O
yearly salary was voted this week
by the Berkeley city commission.
David King, 46, a civil engineer
and former city manager OF Har-
Dor Springs. was hired by Az
vote of the commission. King
leaves an engineering position
with the federal government in
Miami 10 accept the appointment.