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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
George
Says Nation
at Tax Limit

Washington. Feb. 4-INS-Sen.
Walter F. George (D) Ga. chair
man OF the Sent e / nance Commit
tee. said today the nation has about
reached the limit OF taxation dur
ing the war unless il is ready 10
tap new sources OF revenue.
With final congressional passage
OF S2,Sl5.sOO.OOO tax measure
perhaps by Mondsy-the total fed.
eral, state and local tax bill, includ-
ing amounts recovered by scaling
down war contracts. will reach ap-
proximately fitty-nine billion dol
lars. George said.
Three Methods
81 believe We have reached the
limit for the duration of the war
unless we are prepared to go 10
new sources OF revenue or adopt
new methods" said George. Il can
think of three possible methods Of
increasing taxes.
I'VE can levy sales tax and get
a considerable amount OF money II
we make the rate high enough.
I'VE can apply the principle Of
the corporation excess profits tax
to individuals. But in that event
W. would have to couple il with a
postwar credit to avoid inequities.
I'VE can also raise money by
compulsory savings. This would,
OF course. be returned later"
Predicts Economy
George, who joined with other
Senate Finance Committee leaders
in rejecting the Treasury's ten and
a half billion dollar tax bin and
Wendell l.. WILKES proposal for
a 16 70 90 billion dollar bill. pre-
dicted the feder, deficit also will
be cut by economy.
The War Department already
has announced a savings OF twenty
seven billion dollars In the Army
supply program.
Il thing the. next fiscal year will
demonstrate that expenditures will
not be as large as contemplated"
George said. Il believe the size OF
the defcit can be cut by further
economies"
Debt Soaring
With the national debt soaring
toward the 800 billion dollar mark.
George voiced confidence that the
nation can sustain H.
Our ability 70 service and re-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Huge Food Loss Claimed,
Irrigation Project Ends

Washington, Feb. 4-INS-A Sen
ate subcommittee sought today to
FIX responsibility for orders which
halted work on western irrigation
projects capable Ct adding nearly
Eve million tons OF food production
in i944-f5-i6.
According to the Federal Bureau
OF Reclamation. there we're IS
projects scattered over many
states. most OF them west OF the
Mississippi where acute national
food shortages a. now developing.
The projects were undertaken
with a seven mil ion dollar appro-
priation more than a year ago, but
we're later stopped on the grounds
OF shortages in critical material
and manpover.
We would like 10 find out why
these projects cannot go forward
when there is such a need for food
and when the beat insurance OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Shorty Moran Victim
Of Food Poisoning

Detroit. eb. 4--INS-George z.
shorty" Moran president of the
Detroit Baseball Federation, and
Miss Anna Cass. 80, were dead to-
day, victims of food poisoning ap-
parently suffered when borax was
substituted for flour in preparation
OF swiss steak.
Moran. founder OF Detroit sand
lot baseball, and Miss Cass ate the
fatal meal with five others. who
also became Ill, yesterday at Scot
tvs Inn, restaurant near the
common pleas court, where both
were emf loyed.
Moran was treated at Receiving
Hospital shortly after eating the
meal. He returned to his office
but went back to the hospital a
second time. FIVE hours later he
died.
Although treated at the hospital,
Miss Cass signed a release and re-
turned to he home. where she
died in Re minutes.
The. condition OF the other FIVE
was not critical. They are Consta-
BILE Ed Earris, 90, John Halter. IS;
Aline Wendland, %; Joseph Clan
cy Al; and Gladys Phillips. 40.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Don't Worry, Federal Men
Will Help Fill Out Form

slip Is Form No. 1925. You mus;
be sure to send this slip back with
your tax return.
In addition, II you filed a declar-
alton of estimated tax in Septcm
Der or December, and paid a tax.
you will also need TO know the
amount you paid,
This return is on the pay as.you
20 basis and naturally. for this
year OF the change. requires more
details than usual Some OF the
additional figures are needed he
cause the taxes you have been
paying In 1913 were only approx.
innate. Since the year has ended.
II Is now possible 10 figure out ex'
actly what you owe or whether
you are entitled 20, IN. rafund.
Also. some extra figures are noe.
essay so tina; you may receive
the tax forgiveness granted by
the law.
When the -as~you.go plan
started you already owed your 1874?
tax. To relieve you OF paying both
years taxes in one year. Congress
decided 10 forgive part OF ole
years tax. Naturally. II YOU had
nc tax In one OF these two years.
there Is nothing TO he forgiven.
The form shows you how 20 figure
your forgiveness. In most cases
II will be three-fourths OF the 1912
tax. or all the tax II 1t does not *
coed $50. This will be true unless
your i?i3 tax was less than your
1912 tax. in which case the forgive
ness will be figured on the 1919
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
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Clapper Not
Coming Back

Washington Feb. up -
Aboard an aircraft carrier just be-
fore the a.rplane accident that took
his life. Raymond Clapper sat down
TO write 81 i44ea Tho will not come
back" tom their dangerous mis-
sions OF war.
RAYMOND Clapper himself odid
not come back from his hazardous
misslon-that Of reporting news OF
the Marshall Island invasion. But
today. some q hours after his
death was announced, one OF MS
last and perhaps the last OF his
newspaper columns was presented
70 the thousands OF readers who
had learned that his name stood for
the highest in American journal
ism.
Ciapper wrote the column ~hi!s
the carrier was steaming into bat
tie. He mentioned the approach
ing D-day, indicating it was writ
ten before the invasion actually
was opened.
Remembering the grim. deer
mined looks on the faces OF the
carriers pilots as they neared ac-
ton, Clapper wrote:
"You have a sense OF living IN q
world apart from what you knew at
home. and there Is almost no talk
OF LIE back in the States now.
You live only minute by minute
through the routine that carries
you smoothly. as II drifting down .
river, toward the day OF battle"
All Washington. including Presi-
dent Roosevelt and a host OF friends
both in and out OF official life.
we're left grief stricken at the death
OF this uewspaperman who had
risen 10 the top OF his profession-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

Don't worry, II you cant fill oIt
your income tax let the govern
ment do il for you.
At least three representatives o!
the department OF internal reve
nue. will be at city hall from \
a. m. to 40 p. NJ. from Feb. Il
through Feb. = TO help bafflcd
Ypsilanti tax payers.
They'll explain all about that
"forgiy eness" feature that sound.
ed so simple when Congress was
passing IL year ago. They'll
even point out whether one pays
his 1888 taxes by paying his 1914:
taxes Or by paying his 1913 taxes.
It's that easy. Just gather your
figures together and get in line
NJ the city hail.
II you're one OF those folks with
an early bird complex and manage
10 be one OF the first few hundred
in line. you'll get help.
To make out your tax return you
need TO know the amounts paid
you during all last year for per
sonai services, such as wages. sal
aries, bonuses. commissions. This
means the amounts before deduc-
tons for taxes, union dues. health
insurance You also need figures
on the amount OF income ana Vic
tory taxes you paid through with
holding. Your employer should
have given you these wage and
tax figures shortly after the first
OF this year.
Also. If you have received any
dividends, interest. or annuities
during the year. you should know
how much they totaled.
Next. IL you paid an income tax
last year, you need 10 know how
much the whole tax bill was. and
how much Of It you paid in March
and June. You should have receiy-
ed from the government a slip
which gives you these figures. This
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
House Soldier Ballot Vote
Defeat For Administration

Washington, Feb. 4 ms A
crushing House defeat OF Admin
istration demands for a 100 per
cent federal ballot sent the soldier
vote bill to the Senate today Tor
an inevitable compromise.
House states rights" advocates
who led the gruelling 10 hour floor
battle against a federal short" bal.
lot for all members OF the armed
forces predicted final agreement
on something like the Ball amend.
ment."
The Ball proposal. one part OF
the so-called Taft amendment up
for Senate consideration today.
would permit a federal ballot only
for those states which failed to
provide adequate absentee voting
for all elective offices. .
Climax OF the long night House
session was reached when angry
Republicans and southern Demo
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Arm Lost by
City Worker

Samuel Gray, 49, Hawkins St,
was operated upon at Boyer Hos
pftal Thursday, for amputation OF
an arm, after II was crushed in
machinery at the Ypsilanu Gas
Works in an accident Thursday
afternoon.
Although II has not yet been full
~ determined how the accident oc-
CURED, IL is believed Mr.. Gray lost
his footing while walking along
the side OF a coke pile, falling
against the conveyor where his
arm was caught by machinery.
According 70 L. A. Seamans. city
gas department head, Thursdays
was the first accident to have oc-
CURED within many years.
More guard rails are being plac-
ed around the conyeyor today.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
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Gratis answered President Roose-
velt's challenge to stand up and
be counted" on the federal ballot
issue. The coalition which refused
TO change House rules to make
such a test possible two days ear
lier, demanded the record vote af-
ter killing the Worley federal bal
lot proposal by a margin Of 81
votes.
States Rights Win
On a roll call vote OF 224 to 1858.
the states right forces defeated
their own motion 10 recommit
the state ballot bill OF Rep. Rankin
Cd Miss.
Their iron control OF the House
held firm despite temper flareups
over the extended session until
the Rankin measure. amending an
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
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Hotel Killing
Still Mystery

Chicago, Feb. 4-INS-investiga.
(tion OF the murder of Mrs. Frank
Starr Williams. wealthy socialite
and wife Of Washington diploma
tic aide, ran into an impasse today
following the release OF two sisters
who had been questioned almost
continuously two days and three
nights.
They were fire on the order Of
First Assistant States Attorney
Wilbert F. Crowley who admitted
the long grilling and repeated lie
detector tests had failed to indi-
cate the sisters had any guilty
knowledge of the crime.
Ellen Bennett, plump red-head,
was arrested for questioning me-
cause 1t was recalled she once had
participated in a hold up and the
further fact that she was a desk
clerk at the Drake Hotel where
t, murder was committed and had
custody Of the room keys.
Her sister, Mrs. Anna Valanis
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Nazi, Jap Forces Trapped:
Being Hammered by Allies
Orchids to Onions Will be
Auctioned at Tribute Night


Gifts OF all kinds. ranging in
variety from orchids to onions. will
be auctioned of to the highest bid
ders Saturday evening at the Ypsi-
lanti War ond Auction and Tri-
butte Night. which will begin at s
o'clock in the Ypsilanti High School
auditorium. Included IN the list
Of 200 articles, are one dozen
orchids, roses. a large bag OF on
ions, alarm clocks, bicycle tires,
FIVE tons OF coal. mems and wom-
ems wearing apparel, ration free
shoes. an arm chair, many varieties
OF food stufs, sheets and blankets,
jewelry, electric appliances, lug
gage. and an assortment OF small
furniture items. unfinished cabinet
work, garden implements, fuel and
llbricating oil. and services OF var
ious kinds such as Photographic.
printing, and beauty parlor work.
Program Varied
The bond auction will be varied
throughout the evening with fes-
lures OF the Tribute Night Pro
gram. Two professional stage acts
have been secured by Fred Vein
mann. dance selections will be
given under the direction OF Miss
Madge Star, a vocal solo will be by
Hiss Shirley Schock, an Ypsilanti
High School student. and music
will be provide by the Ypsilanti
High Schoo band. under the dirtc.
ton Of Leland Randall.
Capt. Paul Laughter and Cpl.
Forrest Swinehsrt. both returned
war veterans. will be present and
will give brief talks dealing with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
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Responsibility Act
Upheld by Court

Detroit. Feb. 4-lNS- The mo-
torists' financial responsibility act,
unenforced since last August be-
Gauge Of a citizens' suit challeng-
ing ITS validity. was upheld today
by Circuit Judge Marschner.
Edward n. Barnard. attorney
representing the compliments. said
the decision would be appealed i'm
mediately to the Supreme Court.
Finding that the act was not un.
constitutionai~,or class discrimina-
tory. as had been charged by the
plaintiffs In the test suit. Judge
Marschner dissolved a temporary
injunction which had restrained
the state from enforcing the meas
ure.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

food production IS through use OF
stored water" said Sen. Pat Nc
Carran ID New. chairman OF a
g bcommittee on reclamation and
irrigation.
Sen. Elmer Thomas ID Okla.
said he waited to know who in
tn, War Prediction Board assum-
cd TO order projects stopped as
impracticable wher the Reclama-
ton Service had declared them
practicable.
We find here a situation in
which the WPB says the project
should not be continued because
there Is not enough water 70 sup.
ply IL" Thomas 3D. 1T also says
the irrigated land would not be
productive enough and the opera
tors would be inexperienced.
1T was my understanding that
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
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.Bergdoll Has
His Freedom

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 4-INS -
Wealthy Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Americas most notorious draft
dodger, was reported heading for
the East today following his re.
lease from the Fort Leavenworth
disciplinary barracks.
Bergdoll was mum as TO his fu-
ture but 1t was understood he
planned TO return 10 his 260-acre
farm near Philadelphia by way OF
Chicago and washington.
Son OF a wealthy Philadelphia
brewer. Bergdoll, now so, was a
subdued figure in contrast to his
Wild escapades as a youth when ne
drove the Quaker City police prac-
tically crazy as he broke all speed
laws in his high-power racing auto.
mobile.
His only comment on release, and
that was given to a fellow prison
er at Fort Leavenworth, was:
We'll. I'll be mighty glad to get
home again"
He had served almost five years
Of sentences aggregating IA years
for draft lodging and desertion. He
entered Leavenworth in November.
1910, and was given time off for
good behavior. He previously had
served six months on his first con-
yiction in the East.
On his release yesterday at Fort
Leavenworth, he was met by his
wife, the former Berta Frank,
whom he married while hiding out
in Eberbach. Germany. With Mrs.
Bergdoll was their youngest OF SIX
children, Berta, 5.
They motored back to Kansas
City, where Mrs. Bergdoll stayed
the night before, before starting
their trip east.
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REDUCE LOSS
Detroit. Mich. Feb. Ans -
Reclamation OF sutomotive parts
from the ruins OF the fire which
ravaged Fort Wayne storage build
ings Jan. "a has reduced the loss
TO 100000 army officials said to-
day. Earlier estimates had set the
loss at $4,000. 900.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

their experiences as members OF
the famed Company E OF Big
Rapids, which made the trip over
the Owen Stanley Mountain Range
in New Guinea. Although the
Fourth War Loan committee spon-
soring the program will not know
definitely until Saturday morning.
II is oped that Lieut.. Tom Harmon
may be present for a part OF the
ram
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Vandenberg
For General

New York. Feb. 4-INS- Sen.
Arthur II. Vandenebrg. OF Michigan.
came out strongly today in favor OF
drafting General Douglas MacAr'
thur for the Republican nomina-
ton for the presidency OF the Unit
ed States.
He declared, In an article appear
ing in the current issue of Col
Hers Weekly. thar NJ vas fo- Mac
Arthur, mot only because I believe
him to be the strongest candidate
but more important, because be
lieve he would make the strongest
president in the tough days tina,
lie ahead"
Macarthur can only be nomir-
ated as the result OF a pure draft
(Which no American can refuse.
no matter what he says ahead OF
time)" Sen. vandenberg stated.
ut cannot come from any ordin-
airy, preconvention, political meth
DDS. II can only come through the
free decision OF a free convention
and in response to a spontaneous
demonstration OF popular faith. He
can have no part in the campaign"
The Republican senator empha'
sized that he was speaking only for
himself, and not for any organiIa-
ton. However. he said, there are
apparently thousands OF kindred
spirits up and down the land"
General Macarthur. he contin-
ued, is a composite Of all the neces-
stiles we ask in our next Pres!-
dent.
of nominated, he will be elect.
ed. II elected, he will bring a great
mind, a great heart, a great capac-
ity and great devotion to the
proud leadership OF q great ma
ton"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
City on Last
Half Of Drive

Ypsilanti was well over The half
way marx In her quota for the
Fourth War Loan Drive today.
showing grand total Of 5 <112
sold toward the $ss5,o00 quota.
The z bond total TO date is s3se,-
sos. and the total Of other bonds is
S25S,$14.
e bond sales for today were
$14,56S.75. while other bonds to-
tailed $1s,610.50, bringing the
days sales to s33,179.25.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

The Automobile license bureau
will be open for the convenience Of
drivers all day Saturday and until
$50 every day for the remainder
OF the month. From Feb. 20 TO
March 1t will remain open until
p. m.
At the close of this rush period,
regular hours will be reestablished.
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Detroit, Mich. Feb. 4-1NS-O. 8.
Dustin. 75-year-old president Of the
Ashley & Dustin Steamship Com
pany. today was free OF charges
that he kept gambling equipment
on the excursion steamer Putin.
Bay. The charges were dismissed
at the request OF the prosecutor
but two steamship employees plead.
ed guilty and were fined 800. The
employees were Arthur Burke. a.,
Ferndale. and Donald Cramer. As.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Ten Divisions
i'm Bend of
Dnieper
IN lnternatIonal ~. s.ryice,

.tBy International News Service,
Tank'paced Allied infantrymen.
operating with enormous artillery
support, hammered unremittingly
today az enemy forces pocks.ed in
two major war theatres -kvsjs.
lein Island Of the Marshall group,
and the DnieDer bend OF Russia
While American doushboys oe
the Army's Seventh Division drove
across the strategic Central Paclf.
&c Island against crumbling Japan.
ese resistance, Soviet troops hack.
ed al ten German divisions trap
ped west Of Cher!,assy when the
first and second ukralnian armies
Joined forces
The American invaders Of tho
largest steii-in,he Marshall Arch
ipelago had captured Uoi Island
and Its key airneld. "a well az
nearby Namur Island United
states Marines effected seizura
or these highly important isles aud
prepared 10 move south to ,oln
with the donghboys on kwaialcin
Island. FAN OF the latter island
was expected shortly
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Many SIstr

Already some 1859 laps have
been slain on kwnjalein ~ against
the loss Of only ~ American sol.
Giers dead and nine others miss.
ing. The marines lost about 100
dead, with no estimate OF the ia
panese killed on the northern L..
lands OF the Atoli
These losses inflicted on tho
Sipponcse defender. important
though they are. palod almost into
lnsignificancc before the deaths
wreahed among the trapped Ger
mans In Russia. 49,
With an estimated 10000 Nazis
encircled In pocket sons 900
square miles In area, the Red
Army already was credited with
Staying AZ least 10000 of the enc.
my. Relentlessly. the Russians
kept up their drives against hs
island. slowly compress Ing tho
ring ahn,, La. tafIr.nx
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Cloudy, Colder

NEW YORK-IN The Ameri-
can public was urged today by
Archbishop Francis ]. Spellman,
OF New York, to join the fight
against bigotry which. he said, lis
retarding Americas victory and
reace," and seems more wide
spread and more virulent now than
ever"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

NEW YORK-INS-Wendell l..
Willkie was scheduled to leave
New York today on a two-weeks'
tour of the Northwest. which OBJ
servers believe will be the deciding
factor in determining his stand in
the presidential primary campaigns
OF this spring.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

Frontllne dispatches said thar
the position y! the Germans vas
virtually hopsleass ard that si-eadv
the enemy was being supplied by
parachute IN a. least one sectp.
ENFORCEMENT Of such a large por-
ton OF Nazi Field Marshal Won
Mannsteins fore. was expected 20
greatly imperil the rail junction
OF Zhmerlnka and the Odessa-Wnl-
saw railroad over which the Ger
mans In the lower tkrairs are sup
piled. or would he evacuated.
Far to the north. other R'i
Army units within Estonia were
reported Eat the gates OF Narys.
after capturing four Estonisn
towns and reaching the 'Narya Rir-
er on either side ~ the important
rail town. Below Lenlnsrad.
meantime. the Russians ran over
stlffening German resistance and
slowly drove closer to the import
ant communications center OF
Luga. This is the keystone OF
Nazi positions northwest of Nov
gorod and southwest of Lyuban.
Bitter Conflict
Other besieged Germans were
reported in bitter conflict with
American assault forces in the
Italian town Of Casino. barring
the via Casllina to Rome. Tue
Yanks were said to have entered
the town after being twice repul-
sed
Heavy fighting RACED on the oat-
skirts Of Casino. headquarters in
Algiers said, while front dispatch
ers said tina tadyanced elements OF
Yank forces were battling the
Nails from house to house INSIDE
the fortified town. The struggle
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

LANSING-Disabled World War
| II veterans will be eligible for un.
employment compensation BENEFITS
Binder terms OF house bill. unani.
hously approved and sent to the
spate today for adoption.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

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CHICAGO AP-Harry H. Wood
ring. former Secretary OF War, pro-
posed today that the Democrats
nominate someone like Cordell
Hull, Secretary of State, for Presi-
dent, announced he would call a
national. convention Of loyal. par
ty members 10 consolidate their
forces.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

CHICAGO-INS Mrs. Elizabeth
Dilling, lecturer and author OF The
Red Retwork", was enroute to
Washington, d. c., today TO plead
not guilty next Monday to charges
OF plotting to set up Nazi regime
in the United States. She was
one OF so indicted by a federal
grand jury in Washington.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-04

LONDON ms - The London
News Chronicle, in a dispatch from
'lstanbul, said today that 400 per-
sous were killed in an earthquake
Thursday morning which virtually
wiped out the town Of Inebolu. on
the Black Sea coast of Turkey.