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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Hanging For


Camp Ansa. Calf, May 27--AP
49, Unless Army reviewing agencies
or President Roosevelt should in
teryene, 1t BEAUFORT {. Swancutt
will be the first Army officer TO be
hanged for murder in the United
States by order of a court martial
since World War /.
A military court appointed by
Col. j. *. Herbert OF the Los An
geles port Of embarkatlon yester-
day found the 313 year old La
Crosse, Wis, officer guilty on
charges OF numbering four persons
and wounding four others, and sen
fenced him to be hanged by the
neck until dead
Previously the military tribunal
had declared SwancYt was sane
March 5, when the shootings TOOK
place during and following a dance
al the officers club here
II no error is found in the trial
and no mitigation OF sentence is
recommended, 1t Swancutt will
be executed, possibly on this Army
reservation, some time within the
next six weeks. He will be recog-
rized as an officer until such time
as the execution notice may be re-
ceived from Washington. There
upon he would be stripped OF his
rank and the sentence would be
carried out
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
State Sends
City 81 484

lpsilanti viii receive Sf.4S4 as
result Of The intangible tax law. ac.
cording 10 announcement toddy
from Lansing by the state revenue
department.
The state is spreading $i9i4.947
among cities. townships and villag.
es. Ann Arbor will receive $11.03I.
Louis VI. Minis. state revenue
commissioner. said the distribution
amounted TO 81 cents per capita,
compared with S0.li cents in 1871.
the first year OF the tax. 3f.j cents
in 1912 and 50 cents in 1913.
The Increased collections. Minis
said, resulted from increased ef-
forts 10 discover new taxpayers and
TO large cash reserves held by bust.
ness establishments unable 10 re.
place warshrunken inventories.
These gains, he said. more than or.
So .,:;1stantial losses due 10 large
Investments in tax exempt govern.
ment bonds
Minis said the state tax study
commission is considering changes
in the intangible tax law which
would increase the present annual
yield OF $1,000, 900 to between S.
100000 and s10,000,000. lie said
there we're suggestions that the
states portion OF onethird Of the
total tax be given also 20 local gov
efnments, estimating that such
step would increase payments 10
those governments four or five
times.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Tax SiimpHfcaton to Come Piecemeal

Washington, May 27-AP-The
income tax simplifieatlon plan VIII
take effect piecemeal.
You won't feel 1t entirely until
next year, but the changes II
makes will affect all your 1914 in
come-and your 1914 taxes.
Congressman wanted your next
tax return TO be simple. so they
made the new rates apply TO this
years entire income.
But because they didn't want to
complicate things further. they
decided to let other parts OF the
plan 90 into effect with the start
Of next year.
Set Effective Dates
The net result was this division
OF effective dates.
/. Effective when President
Roosevelt signs the bill land ret
roactive to last Jan. D-rates and
methods OF taxation. including new
exemptions and the standard de.
auction.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

year would have a Democrat oppo-
nent.
In nine Of the 80 state senatorial
districts. the Democrats have no
candidate in the running for state
senator. Twenty-seven Of the 100
seats in the House OF Representa-
tives are being allowed to go TO the
Republicans by default, with no
Democratic candidates entered. No
official agency keeps books here
on how many local offices go by
default.
Less than a year ago Earnest c.
Brooks, state chairman, said his
fellow Democrats were determined
that they would fight the COP.
man-for-man, right down the ticket
to the lowest partisan office. A
group OF leaders voted to employ
strategist TO campaign through
the state and organize out-state
Democrats for such an effort, in the
theory that no matter how rock
ribbed the Republican stronghold,
a Democratic candidate was bound
10 draw some votes TO his party II
The were a reputable, capable man,
Nothing ever came OF it, and no
organizer was employed.
Reluctant to Run So
The group expressed a theory
that one reason for its party's out.
state weakness was the fact many
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
N. Carolina
Votes Today


Two political veterans battied to-
day for the Democratic senatorial
nomination in North Carolina in a
primary contest that promised to
assay the depth OF that states New
Deal sentiment.
Clyde X. Hoey, 67.year-old former
governor and sometime Administra-
ton critic, is matched against 10
year-old Rep. Cameron Morrison, a
former governor and senator who
was a staunch Administration sup
porter while in Congress with
candidates entered, only one other,
Marvin l.. Ritch, Charlotte lawyer,
has made an active campaign
Hoey and Morrison seemed likely
70 fight It out in the days baliUting
for the nomination which Senator
Robert X. Reynolds. who has op-
posed many OF the Admins ration 3
domestic and foreign policies, let
go by default Reynolds a self
styled "isoiationist.' announced
several months ago he would no
run.
The North Carolina primary also
turned up warm contest for he
Democratic goyernorship nomLna-
ton, with r. Gregg Cherry, Casio
MIA lawyer, and DR.. Ralph " Ne
Donald, winston. Salem educator,
regarded as the leading candidates.
Ola Ray Boyd Of Pinetowr, who
campaigned gith a hllbiliy band
was an unknown quantity.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

2. Effective next Jan. ways Of
paying; that is, new Withholding
schedules designed to put the en-
tire income from wages and salsr-
les up to $1,000 on pay -as-you 90.
and new regulations on declarations
Of estimated tax (for those who
still won't be covered in full by
withholdings from pay.
Then the congressman fixed 2
third point The date for final
payment Of estimated tax along
with final amendment 81 year 5
declaration also annual declsra.
tons from farmers WIS changed
from Dec. Is 10 Jan. IN
Applies 10 1914
That change will apply 10 MAJ
estimates So in you re paying
on a declaration. you1l have an
extra month TO meet the final in
stallment.
When the final 1914 returns come
due next March. single persons
may find themselves owing per.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Strikes Idle
Al Thousand

Labor disputes. new and old. kept
an estimated 1900 OF the coun.
try's industrial workers away from
their jobs today and there was no
indication that settlement Of the
controversies was imminent.
The chief trouble along the ma
tons labor front centered in the
Pacific northwest lumber industry
and in Detroit's war industrial
area. There were more than 100
lines OF numbering operations in
Washington and Oregon. affected
by the disputes, with from $4,000
to 10000 employees idle.
In the Detroit area, a fresh la
Dor controversy arose as pickets
appeared at the Chrysler Corpor.
atoms Highland Park plant, keep
ing 1900 employees from going to
work. Friday. After the pickets
appeared President r. ]. Thomas
Of the United Automobile Workers
tCIo) said that the instigators
faced possible expulsion from the
union. The new disturbance fol.
lowed the recent dispute which had
affected HOO workers at seven
OF the company's units in the De-
troit area.
a partial survey by the Associat-
ed Press disclosed that walkouts in
the lumber industry affected log
plants, sawmills, woodworking
plants. door and plywood mills,
woodworking companies. logging
9. c.rnrn.r.c. 49,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
One Bomber an HourtoFH Away

Giant four-engined B.24 Liberator
bombers soon will be flying away
from the Ford-operated Willow
Run Bomber Plant at an average
rate of one every hour.
The big factory recently reached
production level OF one bomber
every working hour, but the output
included a considerable number in
component form shipped elsewhere
for final assembly.
More than 100 B-24's have been
shipped from Willow Run to Tulsa,
Okla, and Fort Worth, Texas, for
final assembly. Considerably more
than that number have been COM
pleted at Willow Run. Within few
weeks contracts. calling for ship
ment Of 'knock-down" planes will
be completed and output at Willow
Run will lbe entirely on ny-away
basis, plus the usual replacement
units.
Completion OF the contracts for
l'"knockdown" shipments may speed
up the final lines. The knock
downs" have been sub-assembled
on the four primary lines in exactly
the same manner as are the com
ponents OF the planes intended for
the plants two final assembly lines.
Thus the "knock-downs" are not
hundreds of small pieces but large
sub-assemblies ready to go directly
TO the final assembly line at Tulsa
or Fort Worth. They are composed
in the main of nose fuselage. tail
fuselage, center and outer wing
I sections and tail assemblies. A mum.
Der of government furnished equip
ment items, such as engines. gun
turrets. propellors, flying instru.
ments and radio equipment are sup.
piled directly to the point of final
assembly by the government.
Making the greatest possible use
OF mass production methods. Viii
low Run has broken down the build.
ing of the big bombers into a num-
Der OF successive stages of complet-
ed operations. Each successive
stays combines more and more
parts and assemblies into progress
syely larger units until the finished
~ceaft is sent TO a nearby hangar
for final engine preparation and
initial test flight.
Close to 100 bombers in various
stages of assembly are kept in the
primary and final assembly lines.
Completion OF the "knock-down"
contract will mean more sub-assem.
Dlies will be available for the final
lines.
There are Is stations" in each
OF the four primary lines. Under
present timing one OF the lines
moves each hour, carrying the
partly assembled craft forward one
station. This moves one plane into
and one plane off the final lines
each hour.
Completion OF the knock down"
contracts will make available for
other uses a fleet OF huge trailers.
as feet long. eight feet wide and
12is feet high with 40.foot wheel.
base, which have been used TO
transport the unassembled sections
to distant final assembly lines. The
trailers are owned by the govern.
ment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Ward
Issue Seen

washington, May 27-AP-There $
more commotion in Washington
over the Montgomery Ward case
than if the company's catalogues
had all been caught in Chicago
wind.
As a result OF the seizure OF the
Ward properties, the case came
closer and closer today to becoming
a prime political issue.
There we're these developments:
A Senate Judiciary Subcommit-
Tee yesterday issued a report IN
equivocally criticizing every federal
department which had anything TO
do with the seizure.
Attorney Geenral Biddle, target
for the committees sharpest blasts,
replied that the committee findings
were absurd" and, protesting that
he had been given no opportunity
to appear before 1t, said the Sen
ate groups hearings were akin to
star chamber proceedings
President Roosevelt, when ad.
vised that the report had suggested
Congress might change the law to
make decisions Of the War Labor
Board (WLB) subject to court re-
view. indicated he thought the plan
impractical
What would happen to the poor
devils who were out Of work in Il
labor dispute, he asked il a deci-
sion had to be appealed to the dis
trict, circuit and supreme courts
and then be subjected TO an inquiry
by Senate committee?
And today the Administration
was putting on steam behind a
drive to reverse the report and
some Administration senators in.
dictate they will seek a full public
hearing on the case.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

haps S15 more than expected. and
childiess married couples up 10
around $50 more for 1874 taxes
except where this may be offset
by the new standard deduction OF
10 per cent OF income Tor $500 II
income is over $4,000.
Married couples with one depen.
dent will come out about the same;
taxpayers with more than one de-
pendent may find their taxes some
what lower.
In the meantime?
Since the other half OF unior-
given" 1928 taxes falls due next
March. TOO, some childless couples
who have filed declarations MAJ
want 10 amend them in order 10
spread out the 1871 increase Owe.
the next three payments.
This isn't compulsory, and there
won't be any new kind Of declara-
ton form until next year.
II an underest mate results from
the fact the law was changed
there wont be a penalty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
QnteInstionsI Soundr hoto)

etery, dedicated to sailor and sol
der dead respectively, have been
completed by representative com
mittee of local civic and patriot
ic organizations.
The parade will form at the
American Legion Home on s.
Huron ST., at . o'clock, and at $3.50
viii begin the march down Huron
to Gross St, and from there to the
Cross 81. bridge. There the pro
gram will include an invocation
by Rev. Hugo Fenker. n tribute
TO the sailor dead, by Clark West
fall, the casting OF wroaths upon
the water by representatives OF
patriotic Organizations. the playing
OF Nearer My God 10 Thee, by
the Ipsilanti IIi2k School Band.
and the playing OF Taps.
Mrs. John Slater, chairman, and
Mrs. Bert Lutz. Mrs, II II. Litch-
ard and Mrs Faron Hayden are the
committee in charge Of the ser
vice.
The parade will form again al
ter the bridge service and contin-
ne to the cemetery. where a eere
mony has been arranged by Nor
ris G. Wiltse. chairman, and his
committee members. Edmund Hew.
lit. Clifford Gates. and Karl Tunnl-
cliffe.
The program will include the
playing of America by the band.
"Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. by
Joseph p. Kelly. John T. Logans
General orders. in charge Of the
American Legion, Remembrance
by representative OF the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, a selection by
the Ypsilanu High School octette.
the decoration OF graves by the 10
cal Girl Scouts. and tribute 10
The soldier dead, by Chaplain FL
lott V. Fleckles Floral offerings
to unknown soldiers will be by
members OF patriotic organizations.
the Star Spangled Banner" will
be played by the band and a ben
ediction will be by Rev. Fenker.
The program will close with the
customary gun salute. and Taps.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Public Service Stores
Plan TO Remain Open

Over the holiday week end. Yp-
silanti's grocery and food stores,
filling stations, drug stores and
garages plan TO remain open for
service TO the public Tuesday.
Memorial Day has been desig.
mated. as a day for all stores to
close, a large number OF merchants
have planned to close over Monday
also. so that their employees may
have three day vacation. This
plan is not to be carried out by
grocery stores, gasoline stations
and some restaurants, as they plan
to open Monday as usual because
OF the many inconveniences whish
would be caused should they re-
main closed for the three day per
iod.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
City Escapes Serious
Damage From Storm

Although the Friday night storm
was violent, it did very little dam
age throughout the city. Three or
four trees we're uprooted including
one in Gilbert Park, and branches
were broken of.
Holes In the pavement ~ a few
streets were caused by the rain
The ligh'n NJ caused no intorfer.
enee, and. telephone Ines were
clear.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
German Escabe Route Threatened
City
May Escape
Bombing

A Fifth Army spearhead cutting
deep toward the Germans new
Rome line pierced today within ga
miles OF strategic Via Casilina,
main escape route for Nazis falling
back from the armor-littered bat
tleground OF defeat in the Liri Val.
ley.
Advance units thrust near Artena,
just south OF the fortress town OF
Nalmontone guardin glhe Via CASH
lima. Rhile nearer the coast main
forces closed upon flaming Velletri
on the Appian Way. strongpolnt
only lG miles below Rome.
The Germans were hastily pulling
guns back into the Alban Hills on
the southern fringe OF the Eternal
CITY AXIS propaganda radios de.
clared the Germans would not de.
tend Rome already quigering 10
the sound Of artillery thunder but
would form a new defense line far.
Their north
German losses In prisoners alone
passed 1900.
Daylight bombers thrust from the
inYasionisle OF Britain after Mo-
quito night blow with bloekbusters
at Ludwigshafen and Aachen. and
Berlin reported raiders approach
ing Southwestern Germany today.
Still Quiet
The Russian front still was om-
inOusly quiet. but Moscow told OF a
sharp air blow on Nail iroopships
IA the Barents Sea norih oT Nor
way. claiming two troop carriers
and n destroyer were sunk and
three vessels damaged.
In the uneasy Balkans, the Ger.
mans disclosed a commando raid
on the stepping stone isle OF INLET
Off Yugoslavia, and air headquar-
tets in Naples announced Danube
River traffic had been nearly
crippled by mine.laying over vast
stretches OF that water route.
Field Marshal Albert kesselring
flung In reserves al most critical
points OF the main Italian front.
whore his army. bled gtrenuously
OF men and OF wrecked or aban.
doned equipment was being thrown
rapidly back 10 the line below
Rome.
Knock out Tanks
The Eighth Army battcrlng up
/ the Lirl valley knocked out t. en-.
envy tanks west OF the Melta River.
and drove on the keypoints OF Arce
and Ceprano protecting the long
straight stretch Of the Via Casilina
from the valley 10 Rome.
San Giovanni, Mt Cairo. and Pas
tena were enyeloped by the Allies.
and Frenchmen farther west took
Monte Roton1o Monte Quattodor-
CT. and reached the outskirts OF Am.
aseno. while everywhere Allied
planes ripped up Nazi transports
fleeing on crow ded roads.
The beachhead power drive ham.
mered close TO Nelletri. north Of
fallen Cisterna. and a front dispatch
said fires were burning in the city.
Reconnaissance units nearing Val.
montone had speared ~, miles
from the long stalemated beach.
head front.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
U. s. WEATHER EoeEcAsr

Upper and lower Michigan-Gen-
frally fair tonight and Sunday
ooler tonight. Slightly warmer
Sunday.
Highest temperature yesterday
?. lowest last night So.
Highest temperature one year
30 today 20. lowest Sc.
Highest temperature this date in
st Il years 81 in 1911; lowest So
1915.
The sun sets today at 1855 D. m.
nd rises Sunday at 6:01 a. m.
The moon sets Sunday at 135
m. and rises sunday al 1850 a.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Allied Troops
Advancing in
n. Burma
by Associated Press,

Allied troops have advanced a
mile and a half toward the Japan.
csc North Burma base of Myitkyind
bringing the inevitable defeat o.
the outnumbered Japanese ever
nearer, Southeast Asia headquar.
ters announced yesterday.
The Chinese have scored add
tional victories over japanese fore
es by capturing the North Burma
town OF Narong, l. miles northeast
OF kamaing. and seized supply
dump in the Mogaung Valley. Hes.
Wy casualties were inflicted on the
Japs.
Chinese are in pursuit OF retreat
ing japanese who escaped with Sc.
we're losses from a trap at Tatangt-
zu, the highest battlefield IN thu
world" on the SalNeen front, the
Chinese high Command announced
Heavy Fighting
Tatangtzu is 90 miles northeast
Of Tenschung. and heavy fighting
was believed in prospect for that,
strategic pivot of Japanese com.
munications north OF the Burma
Road Fighting in sleet and ice in
the high mountain passes, the chi.
nese are continuing their pressure
against the Japanese who have
been unable to make a successful
stand" the high command said
Meanwhile, southwest OF lmphal in
India, a japanese battalion was re
ported to have been practically
annihilated and the commander
killed" In direct support of the
ground troops, Royal Air Force and
indian Air Force fighters and dive
Jombers registered two direct hits
on the Manipur River Bridge, again
cutting off communications serving
the 3Srd Japanese division at the
edge OF the Imphal plain.
Troops Strafed
Planes from the Chinese-Amer..
can wing OF the 14th Army air.
force strafed enemy troops in tine
vicinity OF Loyang, the ancient CHI.
nese city whose probable fall TO the
Japanese has been conceded, a com.
AlOlli - Ai1hs JOoCpH " q
Stillwelfs headquarters announced.
The headquarters statement said
many Japanese We're killed and at
least 80 trucks were destroyed.
Army, Navy and Marine fliers in
the central and north Pacific again
have bombed Japanese bases in the
Kurile, Caroline and Marshall Is
lands. These new blows. announced
by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, were
the END in May on Ponape in the
eastern Carolines. the third on near.
by kusaie Island, the l4th on the
kuriles and continuation OF the dai.
ly assaults on Isolated enemy Mar.
shall atolls.
In the Southwest Pacific, General
MacArthur's planes lashed out
through = END day OF the pound
ing agains, the Schouten Islands.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Democrats Fail in Plan to
Fight e.. o. p. Man to Man

Lansing, Mich, May 27-AP-The
Democrat command in Michigan
has failed to make good its goal
that every Republican candidate
for elective office in the state this
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
ooeo TO WASHINGTON

Detroit. Mich, Ma y27-AP -
Walter +. Elder. manager OF the
Federal Civic Service in Michigan
for the past Two years. will leave
next week for washington 10 be.
come assistant chief Of the Civil
Service Investigation Division.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
EMPLOYEES TO MEET

East Lansing. siioh., May g
AP-The Michigan Federation Of
postal employees is holding their
18th annual state convention here
Friday and today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Final Arrangements Made For
Observance of Memorial Day

Plans for the annual observance
Of Memorial Day to include the
parade and both the bridge service
and the service at Highland Gem
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

CHlCAGO-AP- The general as
sembly OF the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America
was on record today as opposing
Presbyterian membership in the
federal council Of churches unless
the council bars denominations
which do not affirm the deity OF
Christ.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

SAN FRANCISCO --AP- The
strike threat should be discarded,
both during the war and indefinite
ly thereafter. and political action
should be substituted as organized
labors means of achieving its aims,
says West Coast Labor Leader
Harry Bridges and 1000 members
of local i OF the International
+ Longshoremens and Warehouse
mems unta.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
Congress Today

tBy Associated Press
House
In recess until Monday.
Appropriations Committee puts
finishing touches on Labof.FederaI
Sccurity-War Manpower Supply bill
90 a. M
SeHa.s
In recess until Monday
judiciary Committee considers
bill eXemDting Insurance companies
from antitrust idWs--open-t0 a.
m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

CHlCAGO-lNS- Rice pudding
was blamed today as the source OF
the ptomaine poisoning which sent
$50 persons, most of them service
men, to hospitals for treatment
late yesterday and last night. The
rice pudding, officials said, was
served in various Establishments
OF restaurant chain. None OF the
stricken persons was in serious
condition.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

Cemetery Plants. Garden Flowers
and sage. SOS Towner. Adv. 52s'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27
KILLED eY CAR

Detroit, Mich, Nay 27-AP-A
city street car struck and killed
Mrs. Irene RAISING. so at an inter
section Thursday night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-27

LOS ANGELES-INS- Officials
Of North American Aviation dis
closed today that construction OF
the firms speedy BPS Mitchell me-
. dunn bombers will be discontin-
ued at the Los Angeles plant July
S TO permit concentration on out
put Of its Psi Mustang fighter
plane