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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-15
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
United States Seeking to
Heal Polish Border Breach

Although the American offer OF
good Offices was based on the Pol
ish proposal. Moscow has not yet
replied to il. This has encouraged
the hope in Washington that 4
may be possible to work out a form
ula on which the Soviets might
agree to resume relations with the
Polish government.
Getting the Russians and Poles
back on speaking terms is the i'm
mediate objective OF this govern.
ment's policy. Ambassador Harri-
man is understood to be working
along this line.
The two major obstacles to be
overcome are.
I. Moscows objection 10 The
present composition Of the Polish
government. some members OF
which are considered bitterly anti
Soviet.
2. Russia's insistence that the
Polish government accept the 50.
called Curzon line az bass for
discussion Of the boundary dispute.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Democratic Party Engulfed
in Fourth Term Movement

Internal Revenue last october, has
been approved by President Roose-
welt.
Significantly enough, the lone
threat to peace in Democratic
ranks at this campaign-year was
deftly turned into an endorsement
Of leadership policy. Farm belt
committeeman from 70 midwestern
states, reported to be nursing griev-
ances, unanimously went on rec
ord favoring both the fourth term
drive and selection Of flanagan.
Without making any commit
ment on his "A intentions, Presi-
denu Roosevelt himself gave the
harmony meeting his blessing at a
White House reception for the ma
tional committeeman and their
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Relief Funds
May be Voted

Washington. Jan. 22-INS-Rep
Bloom tD) y. Y. chairman OF the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
predicted today that the resolution
providing funds for Americas par
ticipation in the United Nations Re
lief and Rehabilitation Administra
ton will be passed by substantial
majority when the House votes
Monday.
At the same time. Bloom assert
ed that no amendments IN the
CNRRA resolution. which would
authorize the United States to
spend one billion $50 million dol
lars in postwar rehabilitation, have
been offered which could improve
the measure.
This resolution has beep
thoroughly studied by both the
House and Senate Foreign Affairs
Committees" Bloom declared II
is perfect as II stands and 10
amendments can improve upon it
The House completed two dave
debate on the UNRRA proposal Fsi-
day and will consider amendments
and probably vote on the measure
Monday.
Opposition 10 UNRRA came from
several directions. with Rep. Gear
hart (R) Cal. labelling 1t unconsti
tutional and another Administra-
ton plan to bypass the Constr
tltion.
Under this administration. we
see more by-passing OF the Consti-
tuition day by day" Gearhart as
serted, adding he could not gi,
his support TO the UNRRA propos
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
.Buchalter IN
Death House

ossining. y. Y, Jan. GINS
Louis Lepke) Buchalter. the
stormy center of a controversy
which ragged for months between
Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey and the
federal government. rested in Sing
Sings death house today apparent.
ly near the end OF his long career
OF death and corruption.
In bullet proof car guarded by
accompanying cars we'll armed
with machine guns and revolvers.
the once-powerful gangster was
taken from New York City's fed
eral detention home to the state
prison at Ossining.
Lepke Is scheduled to die the
second week in February. but it is
expected that his lawyers will
fight long. legalistic battle which
may delay the execution for as
much as two years.
The Justice Department surren-
dered Lepke to New York State on
the provision that il his death sen.
tence is commuted he shall be re-
turned to the federal government
to serve a IL year sentence on a
narcotic charge. He carries the
death sentence for conviction Of
the murder Of a Brooklyn store
keeper. said TO be Lepke's labor
spy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

Washington. Jan. 22-lNS- A
wave of fourth term sentiment
eclipsed all other party business to-
day as the Democratic National
Committee met in Washington to
pick Chicago for its 1914 conven-
ton and elect a new national chair
eman.
To party chieftains carefully nur-
turing an evident spirit OF har-
mony, President Rooseyelts deci-
sion on whether he will seek re-
election remained the only un-
known quantity Of the occasion.
The resignation Of Postmaster
General Frank Walker as national
chairman and the election of Rob
ert E. Hannegan as his successor
already had been decided Han
negan. who came to Washington
from st. Louis as commissioner OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Senate Passes New Tax Measure

Washington. Jan. % ms
House leaders said today that the
$2,275,6OO,0Oo tax bill, passed by
the Senate last night, will be
sent to conference on Monday to
iron out differences between the
two bodies.
With Senate passage the admin
istration finally lost its battle for
ten and a half billion revenue
measure. The Senate bill, substan-
TALLY the same as the one passed
by the House. raises but fifty two
million dollars more than the
House measure and was attacked
byPresident Roosevelt as unreal
! istic."
An early conference agreement
was sought SO that more than one
billion dollars in new or increased
excise taxes can be made effective
on March /. The income tax pro
|
with the current tax year.
The Senate yielded to admins
tration pressure and retained vir-
tually intact the vast power of
war agencies 10 renegotiate war
contracts and scale down profits
of contractors.
81 feel that under the provisions
of the bill there is power to con-
tinue to prevent or recapture ex-
orbitant profits said Sen. Nc
Kellar Cd Tenn, author OF the
original renegotiation measure.
Sen. George Cd Ga, chairman
OF the Finance Committee, warned
that too rigid a scaling down of
profits may impair the ability OF
business to provide employment
for returning soldiers after the
war.
Chief revenue raising provisions
OF the new bill are:
Individual income and victory
taxes-$664,900.000. Brought about
chiefly by retaining victory tax
at lldN per CCHl ldlC anu Itptdl-
ing earned income credit.
Corporation income and excess
profits taxes $500, 700 900. Achiev-
ed through raising excess profits
tax from 80 to 95 per cent and
revising basis OF excess profits
credit
Excise taxes $1.011,100 900
Gained by raising excise taxes on
admissions. liquor, wine. beer, tele-
phone bills, furs, jewelry and sim
liar articles.
Postal rates-increase OF ninety
six million dollars voted.
The Senate saved taxpayers one
billion 400 million dollars by post
poning a schedule doubling of the
old-age social security payroll tax.
As soon as the bill has finally
been enacted into law, COMPRESSION
al tax committees will begin work
in earnest on a program Of tax
simplification.
Rnsed Uirtorv Ruy MORE RoudR
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

Washington-INS- The United
States government was striving to-
day to heal the breach in Allied uni
ty created by the Russo-Polish
Boundary crisis.
American Ambassador W. Aver.
ell Hartman was engaged IN &C
tive consultations with the Soviet
government in Moscow concerning
the situation.
The American envoy Is trying
to avert a Soviet rejection OF this
governments OFFER 10 use its good
Offices in getting Moscow TO re-.
sumo diplomatic relations with the
Polish refugee government in Lon
don.
The American offer was deliver
ed TO the Soviet government last
Monday. A few hours before It's
delivery. the official Soviet news
agency Tass announced Russia's
rejection Of the Polish proposal
for an British. Russian.
Polish conference 10 discuss a set
Element Of the dispute between
Poland and the Soviet Union.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
See DEMOCRATS-Page .
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Killer Hunt
at lmpasse

Chicago Jan. % lNS-Investi-
gators appeared temporarily halted
today in their search for the mys-
terious killer OF Mrs. Frank Starr
Williams, 81. wife OF State Depart
ment attache. who was fatally
wounded in the fashionable Drake
Hotel Wednesday night.
Latest development in the baf
fling murder concerned the possible
movements Of the killer prior to the
shooting and report that Coroner
4. l.. Brodie had seized two safety
deposit boxes at the hotel.
Contents OF the boxes. which
we're rented by Mrs. Williams on
the day Of her death, will be exam
ined in the coroner's office today.
A steamer trunk and three bags
found in the Williams suite after
the murder were 10 be opened and
examined at the same time.
Discovery that the wealthy muir
der victim had thousands OF dollars
worth OF jewels in her possession
at the time OF the shooting brought
police back 10 the theory that she
may have been slain by bandit.
Following this line, an arrest or
der for Mrs. Mary Ross. 80. a known
hotel prowler and jewel7y thief was
sent out by Police Sgt. Richard
Martin. Mrs. Ross was arrested last
November for questioning in the
$4,000 jewel robbery OF Mrs. Lois
Mandel. wife of Fred Mandel, own.
er Of the Detroit Lions football
team
Previously clues and information
given police led TO the belief that
the elderly woman killer had lain
in wait in the bathroom Of Mrs.
Williams Hotel room until the vic
tim and her daughter, Mrs. Patricia
Goodbody, entered.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Briggs Status in Forgery
Proves Difficult to Explain

come could only rebound in his
favor.
The forged letter. now the sub
jeoa OF federal grand jury inquiry.
was traced to the office OF George
y. Briggs, confidential aide TO
lckes, who sent It 10 G. Nelson
Sparks, OF Akron. for publication
in a book lone Man-Wendell VIII.
kie." The book attacked Winhe
and the forged Hopkins letter was
published to show the presidential
adviser was friendly to Wilkie.
Capital politicians say the only
purposes OF publishing such letter,
II authentic. would be % TO sever
The friendly relations between
President Roosevelt and Hopkins
and 90 to brand Winkie as a
"stooge" for the Ne, Deal
There is one major question puz-
cling both politicians and newspa-
permen in the capital. Il may be
answered Onday when Briggs ap-
pears voluntarily at the Depart.
ment OF Justice for questioning
about the forged letter. The Depart
ment has done everything but &C.
cuse Briggs Of the forgery.
The question is:
why would Briggs jeopardize \
$500 federal position. face pris-
on sentence and wreck lifeume's
reputation for integrity by forging
a letter for the express purpose Of
publishing it in a book TO be given
immed ate nationwide circulation ."
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CHILD BURNED
Detroit. Jan. -.-iNS-Three-
yearold Charles Watkins died OF
burns today in fire which swept
a two-story brick home on Rich.
mond Ave. and left another child
in critical condition The dead
child's brother. James Watkins. IS
months old suffered third de-
gree body burns before being res
cued from his blazing bed by fire
men. 4 third person, Mamie Har.
ris. IS. suffered a broken ankle
and other injuries when she leaped
from a second story window
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Steady Sales
on War Bonds

Ypsilanti today was pulling stead.
lily ahead on war bond sales, total
OF $15S,766 having been sold on the
quota OF $4,000. E bond sales re-
ported today amounted to slO,S0O.
while other bonds totalled $4,000.
Washtenaw County sales through
Friday reached $S24,692. or this f
bonds were sold to the amount Of
1886, 745, and other bonds totalled
S447,947.
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WASHINGTON-UP-- The civil
liam population was worned by the
Office of War Information today 10
take it easy on milk drinking if
il wants TO have butter and II il
wants the Army and the Allies to
have enough milk products. Use Of
milk and cream. an Owl report
on the milk supply said, must not
be allowed TO increase IL adequate
supplies of manufactured milk pro-
ducts for the military. civilians and
lend-lease are to be insured.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Allies Land Behind Enemy Lines
Black Market
Trades on Kin
of Prisoners

Washington. Jan. 2-INS-Gov-
eminent monitoring agencies
claimed success today in their ill.
igent campaign 10 quash a thriving
BLACK market in prisoner-ofwar
information. thereby handing enc
my propagandists a major setback.
Japanese and German broadcast
ers developed the prisoner trick
putting carefully rationed quota
Of prisoners names in the midst or
al the end OF their news" pro
grams. in an obvious effort to Sc
cure an audience for their propa-
ganda in the United States.
1t wssn't long before a black
market developed in this country.
Some persons with short wave sets
recorded the enemy broadcasts or
jotted down the names Of prisoners
of war. The next step was TO con
tact relatives in this country and
offer them news OF their loved
ones-at a price.
| The government stepped in when
the situation showed signs OF a
flourishing racket, with next-of-
kin Of some prisoners reported that
they had received cards or letters
from 40 to 80 different amateurs
and outsiders offering prisoner Of
war data.
Without adding any personnel
government agencies-OWI, FEC.
censorship, Army. Nayy-went TO
work on Dec. 10 to break up the
black market" Enemy broad
casts are carefully monitored and
Uncle Sam himself notifies the
next-ofk kin in this country concern.
ing members Of the armed forces
which the Axis reports captured.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

Washington. Jan. pms Sen.
Homer Ferguson tRi Mich charg
ed today that the OPA is so pow
erful IL may wreck or establish
any individual or corporate bust
ness at will and said this indicates
a trend extremely dangerous to
the very existence Of American
liberty
The operation Of price fixing
as indicated al hearinfs on the
Nhiskey shortafe. are 50 c0mDlex
that unless they are carefully
thought out. the OPA can put any
one II chooses out Of business or
put anyone else It chooses into
business Ferguson said
The ma Jor defect lies in estaD-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
speed Nlctoryt buy hOA1 bonus
to be Opened

The new depot postal substation,
located at 25 T.. Cross St, in the
former Gable Market building. is 20
open Monday. Postmaster Matthew
Max announced today
Herman Brewer will be transfer
red from the Post ONCE to act as
clerk OF the new station. Altho gh
the building has been leased for
the past four months it was only
recently that postal equipment ar
rived. Prior TO the installation OF
new equipment the building had
been used as a postal storage Of.
fee
The new station will supply all
services OF the downtown Post Of
fee. with the exception OF issuing
Of postal savings. savings and war
bonds Hours will be from a.
m. TO 2. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
Maj Spy Ring
in Argentina

Buenos Aires, Jan. 22-lNS-Sus-
pected members OF a Nazi spy ring
operating in Argentine we're under
investigation today after British
authorities at Trinidad informed
the Ruenos Aires, foreign office
that they had detained a Former
Argentine diplomatic official as a
German agent.
The official. dismissed by the
Argentine government. was ident-
fled as oscar Albert Hellmuth, ap-
pointed auxiliary consul 10 BARGE
Iona. Spain. some months ago. Brit.
ish authorities took him off vessel
bound for London from Buenos
Aires when It locked at Trinidad.
(The London radio, in a broad
cast heard by CHS. quoted IAN off.
cial Argentine broadcast" as an
nouncing that Hellmuth has been
exonerated.' The broadcast added
that there has been no announce
ment so far of his arrest from any
British source"
Several other persons were held
for questioning IN connection WIN
alleged spy activities in behalf OF
the Germans.
An official statement by the gov.
eminent declared:
1T is the firm intention OF the
government TO carry on an investi-
CATION until the facts are fully es-
tablished and punishment inflicted
on those responsible in order TO put
an end 10 all activity contrary TO
the nations foreign policy"
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
OPA Power Seen as Threat
to Liberty of Americans

fishing ceiling prices which involve
operations az loss az least TEN
porarily. The individual or cor
porate business which has surplus
cash and adequate credit can
weather this period and remain in
business. The small operator
cannot"
The whole history Of monopoly.
Ferguson pointed out. is founded
or a principle calling Tor opera
tons al a loss over a time suifi.
cient to drive a competitor to the
wall.
Testimony shows conclusively
that OPA officials have the indi
See OPA-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

Washington Jan. % ms All
Washington observers, aware Of
the personal luminosity between
Harry Hopkins. presidential advis-
er, and Interior Secretary Harold
l.. Ickes. are wondering today why
a forged letter was used to attack
Hopkins when the ultimate out
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
STRElNA CORRIDOR

s1REINA CORRIDOR, where an un.
identified number OF German SOL
diers have been trapped. Is indi-
Gated on this map Of the northern
Russian front. The corridor is
southwest Of Leningrad. long-be-
sieged City now being freed By
Russian offensive. (InternsuonsIl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
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NO HOUSEWORk FOR WIFE

COLUMBIA. Mo. Up - Cpl
Wayne II. Elliott won't need wife
to do housework after the war. he
informed his parents here recently.
Il have been leading a domestic
life he said in a letter from over.
seas. explaining that he had been
doing his own laundry I'm con
WINGED that III make a better wife
than husband
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22
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NOT MANY CANCELLATIONS

Detroit. Jan. 22-INS-War in
dustry was informed today that the
government contemplates no tire
mendous" war contract cancelia
tions. The statement was made by
Paul V. McNutt. chairman OF the
War Manpower Commission. in a
speech before a meeting OF 500 per
sons sponsored by the Detroit Vic
tory Council.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

CHICAGo-INs-Ten year old
Norman Dewey was dead today and
his companion, Walter Maenza.
five, was in critical condition. AS
the result OF a fire which swept
their make shift playhouse. The
playhouse, built OF railroad ties,
collapsed on the boys after sud
denly bursting into flames.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

SPOKANE, h.-INS-Wood-
row Clark, 81. elevator operator.
faced first degree murder charge
today involving him in the Ratchet
Staying OF two women and a man
and the serious wounding Of anoth-
! or man last Saturday. Held with
Clark under a $4,000 bond was
Lawrence Ladousier. "a, roommate
OF the murder suspect. Ladousier
was picked up on a yagrancy war
rant and sentenced to 30 days n
jail while Prosecutor Leslie Car
roll worked out new angles OF the
'ase.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

LEWES, Del.-INS-The Navy
revealed today that two Allied mer-
chant ships collided off the Della
ware Cape late last night with one
vessel abandoned by its crew. The
Fourth Naval District in Philadel-
phia said 1t had no report OF any
casualties but eye-witnesses at Re-
hoboth Beach said the one ship
caught fire and one OF the crew
persisted.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

H NEWARD, y. J.-INS- Police
held 17-year old youth today as
the principal figure in more than
IA robberies. and described him as
human battering ram" so power
fully built that his wrists could not
be fitted into regulation handouts.
Emilio Guarino. a fve-foot-nine-
! inch. 190-pound Hercules. is so stur-
dy, police said, that single-handed
he battered down the doors Of
establishments he and two com
panions robbed and in one case
easily trundled a 600-pound safe
out OF a store.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

LONDON--INS- Yugoslav par
tisans pressed a furious counter
offensive against German occupa-
tional forces in Croatia today after
stopping a strong enemy drive.
In western Bosnia. according 10
Marshal Josip tTitol Broz's daily
communique. partisans were en-.
gagged In hopping up operations.
u in Herzegovina PROVINCE. a
5lnmn OF Germans was reported
wiped out by the patriots.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

/ LONDON-INS-Neutral observ-
ers in London believed today that
more than half OF Germany's total
U.boat losses were during 1945.
The naval expert for the London
Daily Mail quoted these sources as
saying the Reich lost probably
more than 400 submarines since
The outbreak OF hostilities.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

NEW YORK - ms - Police
searched for an explanation today
| in the mystery death OF Floris W.
/ Tier Meulen, So. prominent Dutch
Eoil executive, who jumped or fell
FRIDAY from his 20th-story Wall
tSt office. Ter Meulen's fall &C.
<curred while his secretary was out
Ito lunch. Police said no notes
were found TO indicate 1t was sui
4cide.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

WASHINGTON-INS - House
conferees on the service men S
mastering out pay bill prepared to-
day to battle for a slash in the
Senate's schedule OF payments on
the ground that the country cannot
stand the cost. Conferees agreed
on ali points in the House bill
Friday. except the schedule OF pay.
ments and the inclusion OF WACS
discharged for disability.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

: BTENOS AIRES-INS-Consid-
lerable panic was reported today
Throughout the Andean area Of
lArgentina and Chile after minor
fea-th tremors were experienced
ie,en as rescue workers continued
removing bodies from the ruins of
last Saturdays earthquake in San
AJuan Province.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

NEW YORK -INS-Police and
ASPCA officials hunted the poison
er Of nearly two score of New
Yorks familiar pigeons today, after
an autopsy of some OF the stricken
birds revealed they had been fed
strychnine-tainted wheat kernels.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-22

p CAMDEN. Ark. - ms - The
deaths OF seven flyers in the crash
OF a medium bomber near Camden,
Ark, were revealed today in an an
nouncement from the Camden
Army Air Base. Some of the air,
men were SO badly burned identi.
fication was delayed. The plane
was based at Barksdale Field, La.