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pLAY-BY-pLAY
FIRST INNING

CARDINALS - Litwhiler famed. Hopp singled. Musial homered SCOT ing Hopp. w. Cooper out, Jakucki to McQuinn. Sanders famed.
 Two runs, two hits, no errors; none left on base.
 BROWNS = Gutteridge famed. Kreevich singled. Moore flied out to Hopp, who made a brilliant one- handed catch at the right center wall, Stephens out, Marion to Sanders
 No runs, one hit, no errors; one left or base.
 SECOND INNING
 CARDINALS -Kurowski flied out to Kreevich. Marion out, Stephens to McQuinn Verban out, Stephens to McQuinn.
 No runs, no hits. no errors; none left on base.
 BROWNS-Laabs flied out to Lit whiler. McQuinn singled. Christ man singled, McQuinn going to third. Hayworth hit into a double play, Kurowski to verban to Sand CTS.
 No runs, two hits, no errors; one left on base.
 THIRD INNING
 CARDINALS - Brecheen famed. Litwhiler singled. Hopp famed. Musial beat out hit and Litwhiler stopped at second. Cooper singled, scoring Litwhiler and sending Musial to second. Sanders grounded through Gutteridge for an error, scoring Musial and sending Cooper to third Kurowski out, Stephens to Mo- Quinn.
 Two runs, three hits, one error; two left on bases.
 BROWNS Cardinals second run was unearned in the first half of this inning. Clary batted for Jakucki and flied out to Musial. Gutteridge singled. Kreevich flied out to Lit Whiler. Moore famed.
 No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base.
 FOURTH INNING
 CARDINALS - Browns pitcher is now Al Hollingsworth, southpaw. Marion hoppered out, Gutteridge to McQuinn. Verban flied out to Kree- vich. Brecheen out, Christman to McQuinn.
 No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base.
 BROWNS -- Stephens out, Bre- cheen to Sanders. Laabs singled McQuinn out, Breechen to Sanders, Laabs moving to second. Christman famed
 No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base.
 FIFTH INNING
 CARDINALS -Litwhiler out, Ste phens to McQuinn. Hopp flied out to Laabs. Musial walked. Cooper forced Musial out, Stephens to Gut teridge.
 No runs, no hits, no errors; one left on base.
 BROWNS Sanders made a great one handed catch of Hayworth's foul. Hollingsworth grounded out to Sanders. Gutteridge singled. Kreevich lined out to Brecheen.
 No runs. one hit, no errors: one left on base.
 SIXTH INNING
 CARDINALS - Sanders singled Kurowski famed. Marion doubled. scoring Sanders. Verban flied out to Kreevich. Brecheen out, Hol-
 tContinued on Page Sir)
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PUBLIC RECEPTION,
 SALVATION ARMY,
 THURSDAY EVENING

A public reception will be held at the Salvation Army Hall on Willoughby Avenue Thursday even ing, October 12, at o'clock.
 A cordial invitation is extended to all to go and meet Brig. and Mrs. c. O. Taylor and Adjutant and Mrs. LorenZen.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. = Closing quotation on Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 65s, American Can 90, Anaconda 277s, Beech Aircraft l3R, Bethlehem Steel 64as, Curtiss- Wright 6, Kennecott 35A, North American Aviation 9hz, New York Central 19, Northern Pacific 16A, United States Steel 59a4, Pound $404.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 14892; rails, 41.93; utilities, 25.58.
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GEORGIA PUTS II
 OVER pREBYTERIAN

ATHENS, Ga, Oct. 7.-The hard driving Georgia eleven swamped the hapless Presbyterian team last night by score of 67 to o. The Bulldogs racked up IT first downs,
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IN FROM HOOD BAY

MT. and Mrs. A. P. Wolf and J. P. Wolf have come into Juneau from Hood Bay and are staying at the Baranof Hotel
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NEAL ROLES LEAVES

Neal Boles, Port Steward in this city for the PAA, has left by plane for Fairbanks where he was re- gently assigned.
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CARDINALS BEAT BROWNS BY 5-l SC0R]
Vazi Resistance Broken As Yanks Slug Or
SUN RI5E-5ET

For the benefit of duck hunters, here are the sunrises and sunsets for the next two days:
 Sunday, October 8 Sunrise-7:16 a. m Sunset-6.14 D. m.
 Monday, October 9 Sunrise-7:18 a. m. Sunset-6:11 D. m.
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kRAMI(I0 5 STAR,
 DENVER-U UTAH GAME

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 7.-Johnny Kram.cio's 100 yard runback after Utah's opening kickoff gave Den- yer quick start to the final score of 28 to 12 in a romp over the Utah Pioneers re-entry into the Rocky Mountain States football conference after years absence.
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H. A. Kenyon, of Galena, is now in Juneau and guest at the
 Baranof Hotel.
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ARMY IN ADVANCE
 IN GERMANY
Americans Break Bitter Defense of Do or Die
 Enemy Ranks

BULLETIN-LONDON, Oct. : The American Infantry jumped eff on a new attack at 10 m. today through the forest south of Monschau, 16 miles south of Aachen and beat slowly through the dense, gloomy forest. By 2 p. m. today, the line had pushed over tank traps, mines and bOOby traps. Some prisoners have been taken and they said they had never before seen action.
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BULLE ETIN WITH THE FIRST AMERICAN ARMY IN

BULL ETIN WITH THE FIRST AMERICAN ARMY IN GERMANY, Oct. 1.-The Ger mans bitter stand or die de- fense north of Aachen has col lapsed suddenly against tn e growing American pressure and U. s. tanks and infantry surged forward in a sweeping drive. More than 300 prisoners have been taken in the first two hours. Tanks have rumbled east of Beg gendorf and the infantry has famed out south of Ubach and overrun Herbach, Markstein, Hof- stadt, Alsdorf and Baeswiler. The Tanks are now six miles inside Germany.
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SIXTH INNING

CARDINALS - Sanders singled Kurowski famed. Marion doubled. scoring Sanders. Verban flied out to Kreevich. Brecheen out, Hol-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-12-11
Deaths
MRS. ELSIE H. BALL

Mrs, Elsie H. Ball, IS, Silver
Lake. Ind, formerly OF Ypsilantl,
passed away early this morning at
the home OF her daughter. Mrs.
Harry Lee. 1T Miles St, after an
Illness OF about five months.
She was born Feb. 81, 1878, at
Silver Lake, Ind. daughter OF En-.
anuel and Charlotte Poorman
Leckrone. In 1898 she was married
70 Charles e. Ball and later moved
TO Ypsilanti where they lived for a
number OF years. Since the death
OF her husband in 1886 she has
divided her time between the home
OF her daughter. Mrs. Lee, and rel.
stiyes at Silver Lake. She was a
member OF the Rebekah Lodge,
Ypsilanti, and the Methodist
Church, Silver Lake.
Surviving. besides Mrs. Lee, are
two sons, Royal Ball, Peoria, H..
and Lloyd Ball. Silver Lake, Ind.
and four grandchildren. one of
whom is Miss Dorothy Ann Lee,
Ypsilanti. She also leaves three
brothers, Frank Leckrone, Bran
son, Mo-, Asa Leckrone. Warsaw,
Ind, and Erwin l.. Leckrone, Silver
Lake, Ind; two sisters, Mrs. Albert
Miller. Sidney. Ind, and Mrs.
Frank Drudge, Burkit, Ind.
lnterment will be in Silver Lake
Cemetery, near Wayne, Ind. Friends
may call at the Stevens & Bush
funeral home until $50 today.
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Rotary
(continued dom Page onel

Continued from Page one)
troubles his own he loses his etfec.
tiveness. Mr.. Lawrence said.
Many people wonder how lawyers
can night each other vehemently in
court and then have lunch together.
They can do this. Mr.. Lawrence de.
clared, because they are able 10
separate the case from the indiyi-
dual who is handling it.
The local attorneys meet each
month and discuss professional
problems OF u general nature. In
this way fine esprit de corps is
maintained between the seven Ypsi.
ltanti lawyers which in no wise de.
tracts from the effectiveness OF
their case handling.
One advantage a lawyer has over
other professions. Mr.. Lawrence
pointed out. lies in the fact that II
he doesn't like the looks OF case
be may turn II down. A teacher on
the other hand must take every
child that qualifies for her class.
vi the Ypsilanti lawyers have
devoted considerable time TO help.
ing the community in its various
social problems. No group in Ypsi-
lanti Is more aware OF the social
problems confronting us in the post.
war era, Mr.. Lawrence concluded,
and o group stands reader to help
to the best of their ability.
Guests introduced were 1t, G. NJ.
McCulloch who Is here for few
days from Stewart Field. n. y;
Walter J. Coyle, Royal Oak; S. ].
Barnett, New York City.
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Pacifiic

Continued from Page one)
the mouptains from Burauen on
Leyte's east Ode and Joined with
the 9TH at Mbuera, about eight
miles south Of 6rmoc.
Trapped ard compressed into
a narrow pockct by these three Al
lied columns, DE slemy's force in
the southern segment OF the va
mashita line, although many thou
sands strong. are unable TO eXiri-
cate themselves" Macarthur said.
Capture OF Crmoc, II was pointed
out, does not mean conclusion OF
the Leyte campaign. To the con.
trary. much heavy fighting faces
the Yauks before enemy forces
north aud south OF Ormoc arc H..
quidatcd.
Only one Of two japanese forces
which crossed into Weichow pro.
vince remains, the Chinese high
command says. Less than II days
ago the Nipponese were sweeping
all before them as they blasted
ahead toward the Burma Road
citadel OF Kweiyang. They got TO
within 20 miles OF that point before
the Chinese hit them.
Out OF kweiehow
T-he Chinese drove the Nipponese
out OF Kweimhow into Kwangsi.
re snpturing Liuchal Just over the
border. They said they are now
pushing along the Kwangsi.Kwei.
chow railway. some II miles be-
yond Liuchai.
The remaining Nipponese forces
in Kweichow are operating raDid-
" in reverse and have been driven
back TO within FIVE miles of the
border on tho Yuvun.Tshsn trail
Indication the Japanese haven't
a abandoned their campaign in Kwei-
CHOW comes In a Domei News Agen.
CIV report that a column Of troops
which moved into China from
French indo-Chiha late last month
has Joined with Nipponese In
Kwangsl province. This has not
been confirmed nv any other sour,e.
Adm. Sir Bruce a. Fraser com
mands a new British Pacific fleet.
London announced SUNDAY. which
Is expected 10 oDerate AGAINST the
Janarese wherever II Is needed.
An East Indies station fleet II 81.
ready op-rstinR In the indian Ocean
areas under command OF Vice Adm
Sir Arthur J. Power
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MRS nsSENAElMER

Mrs. Beulah Sherman Ossenheim.
er, Ala Florence St., passed away
at the Art Centre Hospital, Detroit,
Saturday.
She was born Sept. 8, 1901 In
Charlotte. daughter OF John F. and
Minnie Mickseli Sherman. Her
husband, Donald F. Ossenheimer,
preceded her in death. Dec. IS,
1910, and a son George, Nov. 5,
1871. Mrs. Ossenheimer is sur
vived by three sons, Sgt. Warren,
who Is with the air force in Eng.
land, Franklin and Lee, at home,
one daughter, Mrs. Henry Basler,
at home, her mother, Mrs. Minnie
Sherman. Homer. a sister, Mrs.
Ward Cornwell, Z. Lansing, and a
brother Levi N. Sherman, Ann Ar
Dor.
Mrs. Ossenheimer was a member
OF the Women of the Moose lodge.
Funeral services will be from the
Mains Funeral home, Homer, We'd
nesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Blu.
rial will be in Fairview cemetery,
Homer.
Friends may call az thesNMoore
Funeral home until Tuesday morn
ing.
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Europe

Continued from Page One)
bloodier stages. British heavy
bombers and Spitnres attacked left
list Elias forces around the capital,
Mortar and artillery shells from
Elias guns exploded in Athens In a
Sunday attack. Elias casualties
were estimated at 1900 killed and
$500 wounded so far. Mediation
efforts met little success. The food
shortage grew more acute.
Italy's cabinet crisis meanwhile
was resolved with a new compro.
mise making a Communist and
Christian democrat yice-premiers
under Premier lvanoe Bonomi.
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BLU-70o-Horace Heidi time:
S:00-New Time for Ted Malone;
S:S0-Blind Date,
a.o0-Countor SPY;
9;3o-Harry James Band.
MBS-1:S0-Bulldog Drummond;
S:30--Sherlock Holmes:
9:15-Real Life Dramas, new
time;
9:50-Music Of Worship.
Tuesday
NBC . 90 A. H.-Mirth and Mad
ness;
1890 p. Army Air Force
Rand;
4 30-Lorenzo Jones.
CHS -e:l5-Two on a Clue;
4'3O-Raymond Scott Show;
6:30-Ted Musings Sports.
BLU-l2 Noon-Glamor Manor;
$50 p. m.--Ladies be Seated;
i.SO-Drama, First OF Series,
Sons of Heaven.
MBS-ll:15 a. m.-Jane Porter
fields Advice;
1:46 r. m. Woman's Jury;
i:i5-Handy Man.
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Pick of the Air Today

National 5roadeastino Company
RED NETWORK-WLW 200. WWJ
95e.SWM @ go.
BLU NETWORK - WXYZ 1870.
WHAM 1850.
Columbia BroadeaItins Company
WJR 760. WBBM $50, WCKY 1880,
WFBM 1860. VICAR 1850. WBNS
1860. WOOD 1910.
Mutual Brosdeastina Company
RED NETW RK CKLW 500,
WJBK 1920. WGN 72O.
Tonight
NBC-7:00-M Martin Block Supper
Club, New series;
S00-Brian Donleyy in Con
quest OF Pain;
9:00-Voorhees Concert, Marian
Anderson;
e;S0-Information~ Please.
l0:00-Contented Concert.
CESS 00--VoX Peppers;
S;30-Frank Slnatra and Burns
and Allen;
9:0O-Gary Cooper in Casanova
Brown:
10:OO-Jon Hall in San Diego.
Love fou."e
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Daily Market Report

DRY oNioNs-No. !. so lbs. il.25-
1885.
PARSNIPS-No. !. bu. $2.00-3.So.
PoTAToEs-No. /, tl,75-l.so bu.
PUMPKINS-No. ], bu.. 50-7sc.
RUTABAGAs-No. !. bu.. ti-zS-
$50.
sQUASH-Hubbard. No. I. bu. soc-
l.25.
TURNlPS-No. I. Doe. bchs. Doe
t125.
Fruits
APPLIES aldwins. No. /, $3.50
2.6s 45-lb. bu.; Northern Spies.
No. I. i5.lb. bu., ss.50-2.6s.
PEARS-Kiefers. No. !, bu.. $500.
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Municipal Court

Raymond B. Wilson. Is n. River
ST, was sentenced to pay s25 fine
or spend 30 days IN the county Jail
for reckless driving Sunday night.
H. was operating a motorcycle oa
the side walk in front of the White
Palace. His passenger, Leonard
w. Marby. OF the same address,
was TO pay a fine Of SIS or take 30
days in Jail for disordNrly conduct.
Marby had on his person a drivers
license belonging to Melvin n.
Beebe.
Roy A. Wilson 406 Florence St,
paid a fine OF 500 when he pleaded
guilty TO charges Of intoxication
and disorderly conduct.
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StOrk Calls

Daughter. 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Cassity, Belleville, Dec. at Boyer
Hospital. Weight. five pounds eight
and one fourth ounces.
Son, TO Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Huddleston. Whitaker, Dec. 3. at
Boyer Hospital, weight eight
pounds four ounces.
Son, 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Grisbrook. COS St. John St, Dec.
10. at Boyer Hospital. Weight nine
pounds, 10 ounces.
Daughter. TO Mr.. and Mrs. lie.
roy Porterfield, 1875 North Pros
pect ST.. Dec. 10. at Boyer Hos.
pital, Weight, nine pounds seven
ounces.
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tAsZLo ALEXANDER

Laszlo Alexander. 7s2 Vinewood
St, Detroit, fell dead at the Bomb.
er Plant Sunday morning at 1880
a m. while on sightseeing tour
OF the plant as one Of the crowd OF
over 10000 who came from Detroit
to see the Wanted B,29, which land.
ed at the airport.
Mr.. Alexander was So years old.
Or. L. G.. Ganzhorn, coroner, re-.
leased the body to a step-son. DR..
Frank Weiseer, OF Detroit, who
made arrangements for transfer to
that city for services
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Storm

Continued from rage Ohe)
rile Of cars were delayed when
the buses and trucks we're unable
10 make the hill at the county farm.
Buses were stalled In various po-
sitions on the hill.
East bound traffic wound In and
on. OF the jam and crept TO the
bottom OF the hill, at Pittsteld VII.
lage, then one at a time took q run
at the incline in the other direc
ton.
Erect Signs
The Washtenaw County Road
Commission. in conjunction with
the Michigan State Police have
caused to be erected after careful
consideration the following signs
in the interest OF public safety:
stop" westboupd traffic on Hu.
ron River DR.. at Mast Rd. in Sec
ton 20, Webster Township;
STOP" eastbound traffic on HUI
ron River DIR. at Mast Rd in Sec
ton 80, Webster Township;
SPEED ZONES" miles per
hour places on the following roads
at a distance OF 500 feet from their
common intersections Joy Rd..
Mast and Huron River Or west OF
Mast Rd. and sign one-quarter
mile east OF the intersection on HUI
ron River Or. east OF the factory
site.
This traf1c control was deemed
necessary because OF the increased
vehicular and pedestrian traffic
crdssing the Huron River Bridge at
Dexter and conyersing at the Five
Points.
Also just east OF Ypsilsuti
STOP signs have been erected
at Harris Rd for eastbound traffic
on L. Cross St, and Forest Ave.
Also a STOP" sign has been
erected at Stimson Ave for west.
bound traf1c at It's common inter
section with s. State 81. and the
Ann Arbor Railroad.
Snowstorms ranging from moder'
ate to heavy hit lower Michigan
Sunday night and today, giving the
state a taste Of Christmas weather.
Numerous traffic deaths and in
juries accompanied the storms.
A. least 10 persons. including
State Representative Homer l.. Al
lard, rs, Of st. Joseph County, lost
their lives over the week end Not
all the fatalities. however. were at
trlbutable 10 the wintry conditions.
Allard, a retired cigar manutac.
turer who served seven terms in
the legislature, was killed in a head
on automobile collision late Sunday
two miles east OF Sturgis, where
be also had served as mayor. post
master and alderman. He did not
seek reelection to the legislature
this year when Cass and 81. Jo-
sepk counties were consolidated
into one district.
Injured in the accident were Al.
lards wife, Mary, IL, a nephew,
Harry A. Fisk. and two women who
were In the other car. Edna Waltz
ers, 25. and Florence Walthers, %.
both Of Bronson.
The storm struck hardest in the
area around Sturgis and northward.
BY early this morning five inches
had been recorded in Battle Greek,
three inches in Lansing and Jack
son, and two or more inches in De-
trOit and many other cities.
The weather bureau in Detroit
predicted a change TO snow fur.
ries by nighttall with little change
in temperature. II hoYered about
the freezing point in most places.
NEW YORK-AP-A fairly &c.
we're" earthquake. in the Solomon
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INvEsrIoArs aosegs,Es

Detroit--Michigan State Police
are investigating 4 series OF "a rob-
berries in Royal Oak Township
homes during the past 10 days. Of
hcers said watches, clocks and ra-
dos were among the articles re-
ported stolen.
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MRS. JOHN E. COILS

Mrs. R. w. Kimmel has received
word OF the death OF her sister.
m-law. Mrs. John f. Colts. former
ly Of this city, at st. Johns Hospi-
tai. Detroit, Friday night. The
funeral took place today.
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Detroit, Mich, Dec. IL
CATTLE: \ few good steers
reached SIS. several loads OF top
medium steers sl3.40.lA4o: bulk
all common and medium steers,
yearlings and heifers. ssls. M.
merous loads OF heiters cashed al
Sl0lS.50 Common and medium
beef cows bulked at ss.ll.5O; good
cows mostly sl2.lS50. Gamers ard
cutters, $3.50: with shelly, light.
weight Gamers very dull at $3.50
downward. Sausage bulls sold dur.
ing the week al S7-ll.00: stockers
and feeders bulked at SS-i3.
CALVES: Top and bulk for good
and choice vealerS held at ST.:
common and medium grades made
Sl2-l5.50; with culls at $4,000 Com.
mon TO good heavy calves turned
at $4,000, with choice 900 lbs
Quotable at SIS. Culls. heavies.
ranged downward to Sc.
HOGS; Barrows and gifts scaling
lS0'e70 lbs. figured SC under Wed.
nesday and heavier kinds lOc lower
while other weights and sows held
steady Good and choice 2OO.27O lbs
brought slf.l0, extreme top. Sli.20
sparingly. Most 10000 lbs. made
$l4 and 97O-400 lbs. 1890, Deslr.
able l60-lS0 lbs. turned at ,l3 a.
400 and li0-l60 lbs. Mt sl225.l3.
Sows bulked at &l3-l3.5O.
SHEEP: Good and choice native
lambs bulked late at S13.50,l3.75. a
small lot topping at Sl3s5. Common
and medium lambs made $4,000;
good up 10 tlS, Culls dropped to 81.
Fat ewes bulked at $3.50. top.
Sc.
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Solve
Two Crimes

Ann Arbor, Mich, Dec, liam
Arbor police have solved one rob.
berry and one burglary. One OF the
two youths apprehended by police
for investigation has admitted the
assault and robbery OF Lee Brown
last Friday morning. His companion
has remained mute.
Donald Jones told police that he
and Thomas Powers, maritime
service man, hit Brown over the
head with a homemade blackjack,
fashioned from a piece OF rubber
hose and a bolt, and robbed him
Of 1913. Police have not been able
TO locate the weapon, which Jones
said they dropped near the scene
OF the assault.
Jones and Powers were traced
through service campaign ribbons
found at the scene.
a roomer in the house where
Brown lives reported that Jones,
Powers and a third boy were in
a local tavern earlier in the eve.
ming where Brown flashed a large
roll OF bills.
The third boy was taken into
custody Friday, but has not been
implicated in the assault. He is
still being held for investigation.
When police went to the Jones
home, they learned he had not been
home for several days, and a call
was sent out for all police to
watch for him.
Friday evening the two rented
a car and drove toward Grand
rapids. after eyading police bsrri.
cades on the Ann Arbor highways.
They were arrested in Grand Rap.
ids by officers dispatched 10 bring
them in and were returned to Ann
Arbor. They are 10 appear in court
today for examination.
Three Confess
Three boys, aged l6 to 20, have
confessed the Lakewood gas sta.
ton robberyo early this month and
have been bound over to Circuit
Court after walving examination.
Neil Bird, 20. and his younger
companions are being held on a
charge OF breaking and entering in
the night time.
The younger boys told officers
that they took the gas coupons
from the Lakewood station and
then went to Birds home, where
they steamed the coupons off the
cards. They all went TO their
homes after selling 20 OF the cou-
pons in Ypsllanu for 500.
Later in the night they met and
headed for Northern Michigan for
the purpose of knocking OFF gas
stations said one. After visiting
friends in East Tawas and Alpena,
they robbed an Alpena gas station,
they told police. The younger boys
broke into the station while. Bird
remained outside as lookout. From
there they took gas coupons and
tools.
Between Alpena and East Tawas
they attempted to enter third
gas station, but were unable 10 gain
admittance. They did loot car
parked nearby. taking blankets and
tools, they told police.
Gas coupons, tools and blankets
we're found in Birds car. The three
waived examination and were
bound over to Circuit Court on
5000 bond.
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Pr )puCE
(Wolfs Grocery
PhYalcIAN succuMAs

Grand Rapids-Dr. Thomas c.
Irwin. 7s, a practicing physician In
Grand Rapids for ~ years. died
sunday In Blodgstt Memorial Hos.
pital.
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LONDON-AP-- Britain main.
tanned official silence today on
Count Carlo Sforzas assertion that
Prime Minister Churchill brought
pressur' on him TO accept King
vittorio Emanuele as ruler of Italy.
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Escapes Unlnlured
Two Injured

Two Injured
Miss Margaret Allen, S426 Harri.
son Rd., and Staff Sgt. Arthur Par.
~. Willow Run Air Base, were tax.
en- to Boyer Hospital Sunday night
for treatment OF injuries sustainc !
when they were struck by a car
driven by Mrs. Marietta Pitts. 4l2
Ferris St. The couple we're crossing
the street against the red light,
and were struck by the car travel.
ing west on Michigan Ave. An I'm.
known driver east bound on Mich
igan Ave. made an improper left
turn around the couple. and made
ii impossible for Mrs. Pitts to see
them until too late to avoid the &C.
cident. Sgt. Parry with minor sbra-
sion was taken from Boyer Hospital
to the Air Base. and Miss Allen
was later released from the hos.
pitsl. She suffered abrasions OF the
head, and possible fractured ribs