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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
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by Mrs Minnie Chirgwin, 70, and
her daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Hatch. and granddaughter Judith,
I545 Walpole St: Chester Magyar.
his sister. Miss Louranie Magyar,
a married sister. Mrs. Malta Roe,
her three children and Mrs. Clara
Wright. at 1543 Walpole. and Mr..
and Mrs. Arlin Moore, and their
seven children ranging in age from
three to is years. at l541 Walpole
st. They have been moved to 9TH
er apartments on the project.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Pick Of The Air Today

1890 p. m.-Coast Guard on Par
ade;
6:15-Serenade to America:
CES-10:45 a. m.-lsrael Manning
HewsOn;
p. Broadway Matinee;
6:15 Edwin c. Hill.
BLU-ll:00 a. m.-Breakfast at
Sardrs:
2:15 p. Mystery Chef;
4.00-Ozark Ramblers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Sheriff's Officers
Hunt Stolen Garments

Two larcenies were reported to
the. Willow Run Sheriff's Depart
ment over the week end. Miss
Irene Reskins. Building 8. Willow
Lodge. reported that a brown
leather jacket had been taken
from the North Cafeteria January
Is. Also taken from the North
Recreation building was a light
tan fingertip overcoat belonging
to Louis Schlossten.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Capacity Crowd at
Chapel Dedication

An over capacity crowd attended
dedication services for the new
Christ Evangelical Lutheran
Church, 1850 Midway Blvd, Will
low Run, Sunday. This Is the first
church owned chapel within the
limits of any government defense
housing area in the United States
to be dedicated.
The theme Of the service was
Bringing the Ministry Of the
Church into the Defense Industry
Areas. The sermon mot Asham-
ed Of the Gospel. was delivered by
the Rev. II, Conrad Hoyer, direc-
tor OF the Commission on Ameri-
can Missions OF the National Luth-
eran Council.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
In The Sick Room

Mrs. George Lockwood, who has
been i'll with influenza for the past
five weeks, is the recipient OF a
crate OF oranges from Mr.. and Mrs.
Neil Hathaway, Winter Haven,
Fla.
Mrs. Emma Cook, 1876 Oaklawn
Ave. has returned to her home
after three weeks stay as patient
at Leland Hospital.
Mrs. William McCandless who
has been in University Hospital, IL
at the home OF her sister-in-law,
Mrs. George Campbell, COG E. Cross
ST.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
ONE KILLED. TWO HURT

Detroit, Jan. lone woman
was killed and two persons injur-
ed Sunday when their automobile
crashed into a grand trunk freight
train at a crossing in suburban
Wyandotte. The dead woman is
Mrs. Gladys Stergales, So, OF Wy
andotte.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Deaths
MRS. JENNIE MAUD ROYAL

Mrs. Jennie Maud Royal passed
away Sunday morning at her home,
l3l College Place, after a lingering
illness OF about two years. Born in
Kansas, Feb. %, 1873, she lived
there until she was II years Of age,
when she came to Michigan. While
living in Kansas Mrs. Royal had
attended school in one Of the early
sod hut school buildings. She also
attended school in South Lyon,
where she lived after moving to
Michigan. after which she had lived
in Sherwood. Mich. In 1929 she
was married TO Fred Royal, who
passed away Dec. IS, 1884. Mrs.
Royal had made her home with
Mrs. Sarah Dell Rice for the past
SO years.
Surviving are three sisters. Mrs
Charles Challis, Ypsilanti, Mrs.
James Baker, South Lyon, and Mrs.
John Eberle, Chicago, a brother,
Will Callen, Otisville, and several
nieces and nephews.
Services will be at the Geer Flu.
neral Home Wednesday at 1920
a. m. with Rev. George Moore off.
ciating, Burial will be Wednesday
afternoon at Burlington Cemetery,
Sherwood.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
PUBLISHER OF ERA DIES

Rochester. Jan. 17-AP-Funer-
al services will be held here Tues
day for Willoughby A. Fox, 81
year old former publisher OF the
weekly Rochester Era for so years.
Fox died Saturday night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
PRINTER FACES CHARGES

Kalamazoo, Jan. flap Glenn
Schoolcraft, local printing shop
proprietor, was at liberty on ST.
900 bond today while awaiting
trial next week on a charge OF as
sault with intent 10 commit muir
der. He Is accused OF shooting
Lawrence Dwyer. a visitor in the
Schoolcraft Printing Shop. He
pleaded innocent TO the charge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
ELLIS c. vANDEvENTER

Funeral services for Ellis @.
VandeVenter, 10, for many years
prominent educator in the Detroit
area, were held in the Asbury
Methodist Church, Detroit, today.
with interment in Elsie, Mich. Mr.
VandeVenter was superintendent
OF the Hamtramck schools for 90
years, his teaching career lasting
nearly 90 years. Since retiring In
1910, he had served on a selective
service board. He died OF a heart
attack in Highland Park General
Hospital. He was an alumnus of
the Normal College and missed few
Commencements since HIS gradua-
ton. He lived at 1925 Westmore-
land St, Detroit, and is survived
by his wife, Dele; a daughter,
Mrs. Alfred Maxwell, and a son,
Lyle, Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Grass Fires

Grass Fires
Ypsilanti firemen were kept busy
with calls on grass fires, having re-
ceived three such alarms over the
week end. Saturday evening they
were called to a vacant lot on
Youngs St, to extinguish a grass
blaze, and Sundays calls were to
7O4 Hemphill Rd., and TO 522 Second
Ave. Sunday afternoon they were
called to the Recreation Alleys, So
n. Huron St, when the building
was filled with smoke caused from
burning rubbish in the basement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Workers Shifted

With completion OF the spare
parts building at the Ford Bomber
Plant, employees who have been in
the spare parts shipping department
maintained at the United Stove
Works by the Ford Company. are
being shifted to the new building,
which Is southwest OF the main
building.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
LUCILLE. scHELLINoER

Lucille E. Schellinger. infant
daughter OF Richard and Gladys
Arend Schellinger. 1918 Sweet Rd..
passed away Sunday morning in
ST. Joseph's Mercy Hospital. Ann
Arbor, two days after birth. Funer-
al services will be Tuesday at 1890
in ST. John the Baptist Catholic
Church, with Rev. FIR. John Larkin
officiating. and burial will be in ST.
John Cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Missionary Tells
Of Work in India

At the regular meeting OF the
Wesleyan Guild Rev. Leroy Light
foot. former missionary 70 India
presented through colored pictures
the customs and practices OF the
Indian people. He then showed pic
lures illustrating the work which
has been made possible through
the program OF missions OF the
Christian Church. The pictures
showed what education. medicine,
and evangelistic work IS doing for
the untouchables who constitute a
very large part OF the population OF
the country.
Kathleen Kissane led the wor-
ship service. Don Carlson was plan
fist and Margaret Kelly was
chairman OF the supper committee.
Bridal Shower
A Christian Youth Fellowship
bowling party planned for Friday
night ended al the Baptist Church
IN surprise bridal shower for Miss
Martha Norris. student director,
who is 10 be married next Sunday
afternoon. The group presented
Miss Norris a lovely linen table set
and members OF the group partici-
pated in a mock wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. McCracken,
Bronson. formerly OF this city. at
tended the Baptist Church Sunday
morning and spent the day with
friends.
George D. Renton, Miami Florida.
Is spending two weeks in Michigan
on business and is IN Ypsilanti part
of the time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F Shaefer
are visiting their son. H. Frederick
Shaefer, Jr., and family, Short Hills,
M.
Mrs. Vance z. Mcdonald, 1894
Cornell Rd. left Detroit Friday eve
ming for 81. Louis, Mo, where she
will spend three weeks with her
husband. AS Vance E. Mcdonald
who is attending Jefferson College
there.
Miss Russella Wardroper and
Miss Clyde Clark spent the week
end IN Jackson. Miss Wardroper
visiting her sister. Miss Agnes
Wardroper and Miss Clark her
nephew, Joseph Murray and fam
lily.
Miss Janet Renton was IN Jack
son Sunday 10 attend the meeting
OF clubs in district two OF the Mich
igan Federation OF Business and
Professional Women's Clubs and
called on Mrs. G. W. Densmore, a
former Ypsilantian and her daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Haywood.
H. Moreland Cook, Evanston, Ill,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. F. NJ
Beall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex McFall, De-
troit. called on Ypsilanu friends
Sunday afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
PAYS FINE

Lawrence p. Bailey, Willow
Lodge arrested Sunday by state
police on a simple larceny charge,
arraigned before Justice John Mo-
kersky. 1nkster, paid a s25 fine on
that charge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
SOLDIERS UNABLE TO PLAY

Alma, Mich, Jan. TAP The
Alma Scots basketball schedule
was reduced to 10 for the season
when officials at Camp Grant no.
titled Alma Sunday that the SOL
diers were unable to obtain trans
portation for Wednesday nights
game here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Ypsildnh Briefs
Boys Reprlmanded

Two small boys who we're found
attempting to remove refleetore
from a bicycle near the Wuerth
Theater Saturday afternoon, were
reprimanded by police and taken 20
their homes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Tuesday

FOURTH WAR LOAN: MBS devot-
ing entire day. 10 a. m. TO a.
m, to drive, including these spe-
Gals: 1855 a. m, Archbishop
Spellman and Liberty Bell;
1880 p. m.-Bonds for the Boys,
Overseas pickups; 2:15 All
military Show: 3:15 Bonds
from the Soil.
NBC-9 a. m. Mirth and Madness
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
Class To Meet

Class To Meet
The Red Cross Home Nursing
Class will meet Thursday at 80
D. m, room 204 Ypsilanu High
School. Registrations for the course
are still being received.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
National sroadeastins Company

National 6roadeastina Company
RED NETWORK-WLW 700. WWJ
$50. wHAM 1850. wMAQ GO.
BLUE NETWORK-WXYZ 1270.
Columbia Brosdesstina Company
WJR 200. WBBM $50. WCKY 1880
WFBM 1860. VICAR 1880. WBNS
1860, WOOD 1910.
Mutual Broadeasting Company
BLUE NETWORK 49, WLW 200,
CKLW 500. WJBK 1890 WGN 700.
RED NETWORK WLW 700.
Monday
NEC-7-Fred Waring;
s-George Murphy IN Terrence
O'Toole, NJ. p;
1O:00-Contented Concert:
lO:3O-Informatio Please.
CBS-s.-Vox Peppers;
s:30-Gay Nineties;
10:OO-Wm. Powell in IL Love
You Again;
10:30-East Broadway Showtime,
William Gaxton.
BLU-7-Qulz Kids March Of
Dimes;
S:30-Blind Date:
10:00-Raymond Gram Swing.
MBS-7: 30-It Pays to be ignorant
new series;
S:30-Sherlock Holmes;
Naturalization for Freedom,
Prof. ]. L. Nef;
1:30-Radio Newsreel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17

STOCKHOLM-AP-The secret
weapon about which German pro-
pagandists have been Boosting re-
Gently was described by the Swed-
ish press today as a liquid air"
rocket bomb OF great destructive
power which can be employed
against targets 70 miles away.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17
MRS. ELLA FOSTER SWEET

MRS. ELLA FOSTER SWEET
Mrs. Ella Foster Sweet, form
er Ypsilanti resident, died Satur-
day evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. George Wild, Ann Ar
Dor, where she had lived for the
past 20 years Born Aug. 10,
1860, in Detroit, she was the
daughter of Franklin and Elizabeth
Coddington Foster. She was mar
ried in Ypsilanti to Eugene Sweet,
in 1880, and lived here until 1922.
Mr.. Sweet and a daughter, Eliza
beth Sweet Fletcher, both passed
away in 1916. Mrs. Sweet was a
graduate of the Michigan State
Normal College here, and a mem
Der of the First Methodist Church
in Ann Arbor.
a grandson, William 4. Fletcher,
Coldwater, is the only survivor.
Funeral services will be Tuesday
at p. m. at the j. L. Moore Fu-
neral home, with Rev. Adds Lee
son. Ann Arbor. officiating, Burial
will be in Highland Cemetery.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-17

WASHINGTON-INS- Friends
Of Attorney General Francis Bid
die disclosed today that he has
made up his mind TO turn Louis
"Lepke" Buchalter over to New
York State authorities without ex-
acting assurance of his electrocu-
ton from Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey.
When this is done Buchalter would
be released from a 14-year federal
sentence on a narcotics rap to face
a New York State death sentence
on a 194l murder conviction based
on his status as the brains OF
"Mu: der. Inc" and the murder Of
a Brooklyn candy store owner.
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under command OF Gen. NikolA
Ir.A..Ai..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

shows that Mr.. Cromwell first
brought suit in New Jersey for q
limited divorce. Mrs. Cromwell then
obtained an absolute divorce in
Nevada. The New Jersey courts ruled
that her decree was obtained by
fraud and deception, and asserted a
continuing Jurisdiction in the case.
Now the Nevada court, in an unusual
action. has reaff1rmed the validity
of its own decree and has denounced
the motives of Mr.. Cromwell in pur-
suing his claim through the New
Jersey courts.
Wherever the equities may lie in
this particular controversy, the Ger
tain thing is that the courts and
the divorce laws are being brought
into serious disrepute. A condition
OF law in which a husband or a wife
may be divorced in some distant
State on grounds that are frivolous
If not fraudulent, or in which the
courts Of two States descend to the
level OF contesting with each other
for Jurisdiction over disgruntled
husbands and wives, is a national
disgrace, and should be recognized
and dealt with as such.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

contrary. as the Owl reminds US. it
is made up Of soldiers whose median
level Of education Is equal to that Of
our own soldiers, and whose marked
inferiority in height and weight is
offset at least in part by the kind of
tenacity and suicidal fanaticism they
have shown in such places as Leyte.
It is true, Of course, that by bomb
ing Japan's production centers and
by winning mastery of the entire
Pacific. our forces can drive this
enemy into a desperate situation.
But it is equally true. as Germany
Is demonstrating, that a nations
ground forces must be disorganized
and smashed before any full victory
can be claimed. Accordingly, as long
as the Japanese Army remains as
large and as integrated as it is, and
barring a revolution in Tokyo. only
excessive optimists will expect an
early end to the war in the Far East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Tangled Divorce Laws

A year and half ago it was gen.
orally assumed that the Supreme
Courts decision in the Williams case,
despite its many undesirable aspects,
had introduced a measure of order
into the picture of this country's
tangled divorce laws. But it would
be difficult to support that assump-
ton In the light of the current d.
vorce proceedings involving Doris
Duke and James H. R. Cromwell.
In the Williams case, the Supreme
Court ruled, in practical effect, that
the divorce DEGREES of the Nevada
courts must be accepted at face value
by the courts of other States. It
was perfectly plain from the evil
dence that the man and woman in
volved in the case had gone to
Nevada for the single purpose of
getting divorces. leaving their re-
spective spouses behind them in
North Carolina. They established
residence in a tourist camp, their
oui"o, OaSCu oII LI1ilSy 6IUulIuS, were
filed through the same lawyer, and
they were married on the day that
the DEGREES were granted. In the
face of all this, however, the ma
jority of the court said I'VE must
assume that the petitioners had a
bona flde domicile in Nevada, not
that the Nevada domicile was a
sham"
In effect, this subordinated the
laws Of North Carolina, where all OF
the parties had lived for many years,
to the whims Of the Nevada divorce
court, and deprived the divorced
husband and the. divorced wife, as
well as their children, of the pro-
lection which the laws of their home
State would otherwise have given
them. Nevertheless, the decision
seemed to have at least the limited
virtue of serving notice that a
divorce obtained and sanctioned in
one State was valid and binding in
all other States. But now, as a
result of the Duke Cromwell ntiga-
ton, even that becomes doubtful.
A brief summary Of their case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
After Belqium-Greece

Two current events indicate that
a political crisis in Greece is immi-
nent which is virtually Identical with
that IN Belgium. Four left-Wing
members Of the Greek coalition gov
eminent headed by Premier George
Papandreu have resigned in protest
against the governments insistence
that all guerrilla organizations turn
in their arms by December 10. This
indicates that the left-wingers are
going back on their recent agree
ment to disarm and are determined
to perpetuate their private army,
which Is the so-called Elias, the mill
tary arm of the Communist political
organization known as Fam. That
lncipient Communist defiance of the
government has been countered by
statement of Lieutenant General
Ronald Scobie, British commander
OF the Allied forces in Greece, that
he stands squarely behind Premier
Papandreu and Is ready to back him
with British troops to insure COM
pliance with the disarmament de-
cree.
The parallel with events in Bel
GUM is as close as it is disquieting.
Premier Pierlot says that without
the backing of the Allied military
authorities in Belgium, Communist
resistance to his disarmament decree
would have been much more stub
born and the rioting in Brussels
might have initiated widespread
disorders. This would seem to imply
that the Belgian government is at
least partially dependent on Allied
bayonets, an unfortunate implica-
ton which tends to discredit it in
other than Communist circles.
The chances are that the same
thing is even truer of the present
Greek regime, which does not have
the same prestige of constitutional
legality enjoyed by the Belgian gov
eminent, which possesses an I'M
broken title through the continuous
existence of cabinet established in
London throughout the German
occupation of Belgium and recog-
nized by all the United Nations.
The present Greek government,
though stemming from the regime
set up In Cairo, Egypt, after the
German conquest of Greece in 1941
has gone through so many political
transformations that it is virtually
a new creation, frankly provisional
IN character. It possesses a small
army built up In Egypt from Greek
refugees, is forming a new gendar-
merle and is calling up several
classes of recruits in Greece for
regular army service. Thus its
strength can be expected to grow
rapidly, provided it weathers the
present Communist challenge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03
Pearl Hurbor FINDINGS

Beyond conceding that no evidence
has been found to justify court
martial proceedings against Admiral
Kimmel and General Short, the War
and Navy Departments have added
nothing to the sum of public infor-
nation concerning the surprise at
tack on Pearl Harbor nearly three
years ago.
The Roberts report, based on an
investigation made Immediately
after the disaster, accused both Of
fcers Of "dereliction of duty" On
February %, 1912, the War and Navy
Departments announced that Gen
eral Short and Admiral Kimmel, the
responsible commanders at Pearl
Harbor, would be court
Then there ensued a long period in
which nothing was done on the
ground that court-martial proceed
1ngs would interfere with the con-
duct OF the war. Finally, last sum-
mer, Congress directed the depart
ments to investigate the facts of
Pearl Harbor and to take such &C
ton as seemed indicated. The state
ments released yesterday by Secre-
taries Stimson and Forrestal are the
results of that congressional direc-
tive.
There was no finding that Admiral
Kimmel, General Short or any one
else was guilty of "dereliction of
duty" The Secretary of the Navy
said there had been errors of judg-
ment" on the part of certain Of
flcers,' both at Pearl Harbor and at
Washington. Secretary Stimson
made a similar assertion, and also
held specifically that General Short
had committed errors of judgment.
No such finding was made with re-
spect to Admiral Kimmel.
The net result of this is that the
two commanders, having been OBJ
liged for three years to bear primary
responsibility for the Pearl Harbor
catastrophe, now are indicated in
the sense of being publicly notified
that available evidence does not
warrant any further action against
them. This probably is not entirely
satisfactory to them, in view of their
expressed desire for a public hear
ing, nor will it entirely satisfy the
American people.
1t is extremely difficult, three
years after the event, for the lay
man to understand what considera-
tons of military security could con-
tinue to justify the suppression of
the essential facts of Pearl Harbor
and the full fixing of responsibility
for the evil happenings of that day.
But the Secretaries of the War and
Navy Departments, men of unques-
toned integrity, give categorical as
surance that continuing need for
secrecy exists. In the face of that,
there is nothing to do but wait, how
ever impatiently, for the day when
the full truth can be told.