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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
Contests Feature Primary Vote
County, State
National
Races.

In the primary election next Tues.
day principal contests Will be for
congressman, state representative
and prosecuting attorney.
Congressman Earl G. Michener,
who has served sufficiently long
10 be made a member OF the i'm.
portant Rules aud Judiciary Com
mittees. Is a Republican candidate
for denomination.
There will be one other candidate
on the Republican ticket--Galen
Starr Ross. who In a resident OF Ann
Arbor and labor relations assoc
with J. Austin Smith and Son.
New York city lie has been n
newspaper writer and public
speaker. dealing with human engI.
neering." and applied PSYCHOLOGY. In
his campaign for congressman he
IL entering the political field for the
first. time and declares that he will
make himself felt In Washington II
elected. He IL a fluent speaker and
has waged an active campaign.
Congressman Kitchener. by rea.
son OF his long service has reached
4 position OF influence which only
years can give. Aside from mem.
bership on the Rules Committee. he
10 first lieutenant 10 Republican
Leader Joe Martin and presides In
conferences whenever the leader ID
absent. He VAS a successful attor-
ney In Adrian before going TO Con.
gress and has been recognized for
ability In that field. In his every day
routine there are scores OF letters
and requests for special services or
savors and in his careful attention
TO such details he has gained the
reputation OF always bsing 'ou ths
lob" considerate and courteous.
ON the Democratic ticket there
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

Improvement OF Mlchigan's ser.
vices 70 physically, mentally and
socially handicapped children is
the purpose of the one day execu-
tive conference which opens at 10
a. m. Wednesday, July IL, in Char
les McKenny Hall at the State Nor
NAL College. DR.. Francis f. Lord,
director OF Rackham school, Spe-
cial Education Department, is the
conference chairman.
Three speakers are scheduled for
the morning session including
Harold G. Webster, executive sec
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
Inquiries Into
Fire Cause
Started

Hartford. Conn, July 7-AP--
Death toll in the fire which de-
stroyed the maln.top OF the Ring.
ling Brothers circus beneath which
s, 900 panic stricken, shriesing spec.
tators fought 10 escape shrouds OF
burning canvas Jumped to l5S to.
day a. Investigators pressed inauir.
les into the origin OF the blaze and
simultaneously held In heavy bail
five officials OF the company
The injured. many of them In
grave condition and scattered In.
three Hartford hospitals. were
counted at $50.
Not circus performer was lost
In the holocaust.
As a steady stream OF weary
relatives continued 10 wend through
the grim aisles Of the dead In the
huge SPRAYING state armory these
officials OF the circus we're arraign.
ed In police court charged with
manslaughter:
J. a. Haley. vice president:
George W. Smith. general mana
ger; Leonard Ayleswortb. boss
canvas man: Edward versteig.
chief electrician and David Blanch-
field. chief wagon man.
After having been detained
throughout the night at police
headquarters Haley and Smith we're
held In $4,000 bail and the others
In $4,000 for q hearing July 10.
Police Court Prosecutor James
r. Kennedy. announced that his
preliminary investigation had 90.
tablished that the huge canvas
tent had been coated with a water.
proof solution OF gasoline and par.
affin before the circus left It's win
ter quarters at Sarasota, Fla.
Soldiers Victims
o. Train Wreck
.Jeliico. Tenn. July 7--AP-The
locomotive and frat five cars OF q
ls coach southbound Louisville aud
Nashville passenger train carry
Ing more than 1000 soldiers whiri.
cd off the tracks into Q 80 foot
gorge OF the Clear River last night.
killing at least 30 persons and
inJuring some 600.
Some unofficial estimates said
90 were killed and $50 injured.
The baggage and kitchen COACH
90 burned. Jellico station Agent Il.
II. Murray reported. Express Agent
{. L. Alley said first rescues were
made by nearby mountainfolk who
tediously hoiSted the injured uv
the shrubbery'lined gorge on block
and tackle slIngs.
Waiting ambulances rushed the
injured to hospitals in Lake City.
LaFollette. and Jellico, Tenn. and
Corbin and Williamsburg. Ky.
Six Killed In
Gasoline Blast
OIL City. Pa. July 7-INs-slx
persons were dead today and a
score OF others were seriously
burned in the wake OF q series or
gasoline explosions at the huge
100 octaDe plant OF the Pennxoil
Company on the outskirts OF tho
city.
Two Victims died almost IN.
stantly while four more succumb-
ed In the on City hospital.
Keep Faith, nuy More Bonds
LONDON --AP- David Haig.
Thomas, explorer who led an ex.
petition to Ellesmere Land in the
Canadian Arctic in 1878 and
spent a year among the Esklmos.
Is missing in action in Normandy
and Is believed TO have been kill
ed. it was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
Flashes of
Late News


OKLAHOMA CITY-AP- The
Oklahoma oil industry is ION the
eve OF its greatest development
boom since the hey-days OF the
Oklahoma City and Greater Sem
mole Fields" Claude V. Barrow,
oil editor OF the Daily oklahoman.
wrote in todays edition OF the
paper. This record has been
reached, he said lin spite OF fed
eral restrictions on drilling, short
ages OF materials and manpower.
and prevailing low prices for crude
oil"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
COP. Takes
Middle Road


Albany, ". Y, July 7-AP-Gov.
Thomas +. Dewey and Senator
Arthur Fandenberg OF Michigan
apparently were in agreement TO-
day on a middle road stand on
foreign policy as the Republican
presidential nominee scheduled ad.
ditional meetings with members Of
Congress.
Nandenberg, who Is chairman OF
the Republicans Senate organ.
ization and who headed a post
war advisory committee on foreign
affairs, flew in here last night for
a short conference with Dewey,
See COP Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
CBy Associated PresS

tBy Associated Press
China crowned seven hard years
OF war today with . smashing vic.
tory which broke the siege Of Heng.
yang and threw into 25.miie re-
treat q great japanese army men
acing the Hankow-Canton Railway:
This sudden. stunning blow to
japanese arms made the Pacific
war news unanimously unpleasant
for Tokyo. which also had to reckon
with the imminent Bataan.like end
Of its troops on Saipan and . new
island invasion in the Southwest
Pacific. while q Jsp general con-
ceded defeat In the attempt to in
wade India.
On the first day Of the eighth
year OF It's resistance to japan. the
Chinese announced the main body
OF enemy troops driving south from
Hengyang had been forced back rs
miles toward the northeast.
The sudden turn In fortune
thwarted for some time to come"
ChungkiIg said, the about Japan
csc drive to cleave China along the
l,00O.mile railroad from Canton
north to Peiping. Along this line
the Nipponese hoped to construct q
barrier which would stand against
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

girls. 1872; 1s years. boys. 12s, girls
lis; IL years, boys. 127. girls. 124:
Is years, boys, %. girls. 40: 10
years, boys. l2a. girls. 12i. Total
number from through 10 years
was 3.543. while last years figure
was 1891.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

Will sell or trade 10 room income.
two car garage. for five or six room
house. Phone 1057-R. Adv. 710S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

LONDON-lNS- An add
tional $1,000 children were
evacuated from London today
as more OF Nazl Germany's
terrifying flying bombs crash.
ed into the metropolis and
areas Of southern England ad-
jaeeet 10 the capital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
Vital Railway
Believed
Saved

Washington, o. c., June 7 -Ap-
Superfortresses OF the United
States goth Air Force again bombed
the japanese mainland today, strik.
inc the naval base OF sasebo near
the steel center Of Nawata on the
island OF kyushu, Friday night, u
was announced this afternoon. Elk.
tent OF damages was not revealed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
Seventy Six
More Pupils

There are rs more children Of
school age in the Ypsilanti School
District this year than there were
last, according to figures OF the
current school census, announced
today by superintendent OF Schools
Ernest II. Chapelle. The total
number OF school age children for
this year Is 1894, as compared to
last years figure OF 4,s1s.
Although the school receives
primary money only for those from
the ages OF five through 10 years.
children OF pre-school age were
also counted in the census, and
listed for the state records. Pre-
school figures are: under one
year. boys. ia, girls, 1903; one
year, boys. 16s, girls 100; two
years. boys 1913. girls. 1874: three
years, boys. 1913, girls, 137; four
years, boys, 142. girls. 1875. The
total children Of pre-school age
was 1851. Last years total was
1897.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07
Keep rsith, huy More Roads

LONDON --AP- David Haig.
Thomas, explorer who led an ex.
petition to Ellesmere Land in the
Canadian Arctic in 1878 and
spent a year among the Esklmos.
is missing in action in Normandy
and is believed to have been kill
ed. it was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

See POLITICS-Page S
Eeep Faith, Buy More Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

See CONFERENCE.-THE 5
Keep Faith, Buy More Bonds
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

LONDON --AP- The Moscow
radio announced yesterday that
the New Soviet minister 10 Eth
iopia. Viktor Kozloy, had present
ed his credentials 20 Emperor Halle
Seiassie in Adds Ababa.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

See .WAR-Page 8
Xssp Faith, nay More yonas
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

WASHINGTON -ONS)- The
Republican congressional food
study committee, it was learned
today, will issue a report tomor.
row placing much Of the blame for
the 'muddled" food situation on
what IT. terms President Rocse-
velts refusal to relinQuish person
al control of the problem.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

Speed Victory
Buy More Bonds
Salvage Paper
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

PHOENIX, Ariz.-AP-A prelim-
mary investigation OF the wrecked
Santa Fe Chief which piled up
Monday 20 miles west OF Flagstaff.
Ariz.. disclosed no evidences OF
sabotage, X. p. Kramer. Federal
Bureau OF Investigation agent at
Phoenix. reported after q trip to
the scene yesterday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

NEW YORK -QNS)- New
York City's finest" were on an
intensive search today for a light
fingered employee at police head
quarters who helped himself to a
tin box containing S402.75 in cash
and $3.50 In war bonds. The box
had been placed in a police de-
partment safe but the safe appar-
emily had been left open.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
nee OF Price Administration an.
nounced last night that all 1912
automobiles priced UP to $4,000
viii be rationed on the same basin
OF essentially an are popular low.
er priced hsrd-top cars. The strict
er ration control for higher-priced
models, both hard-top and soft
top convertibles becomes effec-
tive July II.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

ST. JOSEPH. Mich.-UP- Lee
Johnson. II. cleared OF murder
charges 10 the shooting of his ~
year old playmate. Clair Banta,
June -. was held in the Juvenile
Detention home today awaiting
trial on charges Of burying and
concealing q human body.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

NEW YORK -(INS)-- Every
strike was labelled tank trap
in the path of our invading armies"
by Attorney General Francis
Biddle today. at is not hard to
understand the bitterness of sold
iers and sailors reading of strikes
at home, while they fight and die
abroad" Biddle said, "the resent.
ment against strikes already SO
marked among soldiers today, will
not die down when they return"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

LONDON-AP-A Berlin broad.
cast asserted today that a British
cruiser Of the Aurora class (5,270
tons) and additional shipping to-
falling 10000 tons had been sunk
In naval action off the Normandy
invasion coast yesterday. The
broadcast, totally without confirma-
ton, gave no details.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.-AP-
There Is such a critical shortage OF
doctors at the state tuberculosis
sanitorium In Mt. Vernon. Mo. that
the Missouri eleemosynary board
will start employing private ply
sicians for part time work. The
board said in Its report yesterday
that even though 200 Of the hos
pitfalls 7s5 beds were empty, pa
tients were being turned away be.
cause OF the lack of doctors.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-07

WASHINGTON-AP- The two
labor vice chairmen OF the War
Production Board have recommend
cd an Immediate start on civilian
goods manufacture where men and
materials are available, It was
learned today. They say that mu-
nitions cutbacks already have Gre
ateG .ome unemployment.
Evening star., 1944-11-19
Argentina Defends
'ChiId-Drah' Edict
~ the Associatsd 4 Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOs AIRES, Nov. 18.--Ar-
gentinas plan for 4preconstrip-
tion" military training beginning at
the ase Of II for both boys and
girls IS aimed ct improving youth
health standards rather than the
formation Of "infantile battalions, =
. special c0mmunique said tonight.
The statement was issued because,
It was said, some interpretations
misrcpresented the real objective Of
the measurep announced yesterday.
"There Is absolutely no intention
to incorporate children in barracks,
units, garrisons or other military
groups at the age Of r." the state
ment said. Neither is there any
question Of creating infantile bat
talions."
The plan. the department said,
merely would permit unification of
systems Of physical education now
In the private and public secondary
schools, and provide a program
which takes into consideration the
physical and moral welfare of the
child, and offers appropriate phys
ical exercise. including rifle practice
Evening star., 1944-11-19
Speedy Gains Creafe
Production Problems
Fof Navy, King Says
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. lS.--Admiral Err
nest ]. King, Navy commander in
chief. said tonight the speed Of our
advance In both war theaters has
created new production problems
for the Navy.
In q broadcast address at the
opening Of the Nays 9th War Loan
exhibit at the Navy pier here, Adj
miral King said accelerated opera
tions. "are placing q heavy strain
upon reserves Of certain vital items.
and production of these items Is
falling behind the mounting re-
lquirements."
For example, assault transports
and supply vessels which traverse
the wide expanses Of the Pacific
carrying battle troops and their bat
tie equipment to enemy beach,
heads are not being produced rap
idly enough to maintain our mo-
'mentum," the admiral said.
Short of Rockets.
Rockets are a major item in
which we are short. They have
proved SO effective, when launched
either from ships or planes, that
the production program has had to
be expanded from 5000 900, estab-
lished in the first quarter of 1914,
to $l61 100000 in the third quarter
of 1949.
I'VE are not getting enough high
capacity ammunition-the kind that
is used against shore installations.
Experience has shown that extensive
pre-invasion bombardment saves
American lives, and the Navy has
therefore stepped up its production
schedules to l945 peak that will
exceed the recent production rate
by about so per cent"
Admiral King said, that while the
war today lis we'll ahead" of last
years expectations this should
stimulate rather than sap our de-
termination to carry on with every
means we can muster"
Sets Cost to Campaign.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau, In q speech on the same
broadcast, set the cost of the Mari
anas campaign at 1897, ,OO0, 900.
THE naval force which partici-
Evening star., 1944-11-19
Metz
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kept going. They reached the con-
tested houses and biased them.
Plumes of smoke trickled skyward
and the doughboys inched ahead.
Technically, the 10th Infantry OF
the 5th Division reported its en-
trance into Metz at 9 am. today,
with the 11th following an hour
later on the 10th's flank. However.
as late at 8 pm. the southern at
tack on the city, which never has
been taken by direct assault. still
was far from the center of the
metropolis.
Mai. Cornelius w. Coghill, jr., Of
Rocky Mount, N c., said there was
little doubt that the Germans in
tend to turn the Metz battle into q
house-to-house siege. He said the
need to use tanks was obvious
from the moment the 10th regi-
ment hit the city's outskirts.
| As the 10th reached the edge OF
the city, American artillery tried to
neutralize the fortresses which were
marrying the doughboys and
armored units.
Capt. William Schaibley Of De-
troit, artillery liaison ofIicer at this
command post, now is busy calling
for increasing fire on Fort st.
Private in order to make the inner
defenders seek cover and halt their
attack on our foot soldiers.
| Inside the city, 1t. Walter E
Gerding, also of Detroit, has a pla-
toon of tank destroyers standing by
on call for the first sign of enemy
armor.
Virginian Tells of Fire.
| From here can see the fire as
the fight progresses around the
railroad yards. The location of the
dug-in defenders is revealed by
their gun flashes.
Tech Sergt. Weldon Woodward OF
Stafford, Va, battalion sergeant
major, says the 18th also is CATCH
ing artillery fire from Fort Driant,
which it unsuccessfully tried to
take in Today siege early in Oc-
tober.
Corpl. Paul F. Todt of Elverson,
| Pa, battalion driver who has been
Evening star., 1944-11-19

pated in this single operation rep
resented an investment by the
American people of well over $5,O00,-
OOO, 900.
"Of course, this investment In
ships and planes will be used over
and over again, and cannot be
charged up as the cost Of conquer
ing Guam, Saipan, Tinian and other
Marianas islands.
But We did pay out almost q
billion dollars-$997 900 900 as nearly
as we can estimate it--for the Mari
anas operation alone"
: He asserted "the cost win mount
= there may be hundred
Aachens, q hundred Leytes between
us and final victory. That is why
there must be Sixth War Loan
drive and a seventh and perhaps an
eighth before this war is won."
Evening star., 1944-11-19

running the crossfire from the
fortresses for the past two days as
the infantry flowed past, said this
artillery fire was responsible for
most OF the regiments casualties.
Sergt. Harold L. Maskaron Of
Detroit, medical aid worker
agreed that most of the battle cas-
ualties were due to artillery and
mortars, although they still were
getting some fire from small arms.
Evening star., 1944-11-19

lof the same kind which students Of
public high school now conduct
after the third year,
The new military statute PROB
ably viii be put into effect early
next year.
Evening star., 1944-11-19

Molto Militio TO Go OFF Duty
MALTA. Nov. 10 tP. Malta's
Home Guard will 60 on active duty
December II, 1t. Col. D. 6. Camp
bell announced today.
Evening star., 1944-11-19


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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16
Tanks Pour Into 3
 Mindoro Bridgeheads
Ccontinued from Page l)

of American flying fortress and Liberators if based there Fighters flying from MirlGoro could range over virtually the entire Philippines archipelago.
 MacArthur also disclosed that File ipino guerrillas opsrs ting under his command have seized large areas, including strongly-held coastal points and airfields, on six other is- lands in the central and southern Philippines, among them Mindonao, Negros and Cebu.
 Carrier-based planes from Paci- fic fleet task force teamed with MacArthur's iand-based bombers aa dfighters in a mighty two-day air hombardment Thursday and Fri day that virtually neutralized all enemy airflelds in the Philippines in preparation for the invasion of Min- doro.
 MacArthur reported that at least 250 Japanese planes were destroyed in combat and on the round. Ad- miral Chester W. Nimitz announced at Pearl Harbor that carrier planes alone had destroyed PA aircraft, and 1t was not clear immediately whether these were included in the total announced by MacArthur.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16

reaction could be expected within possibly matter of days.
 Mindoro is slightly less than 300 air miles northwest of Leyte, but Gen. Douglas MacArthur's cornmu- nique announcing the landings said the invasion ships had travelled 800 miles west and north from Leyte, by-passing Mindanao, Bohol, Cebu, Negros and Panay, all revealed to be largely in Guerrilla hands.
 Luzon, site of Manila and the main Japanese stronghold in the Philippines, lies only eight and half miles across the Verde Island passage from the north coast of Mindoro. The Japanese were known to have plenty of troops, barges and small vessels in the Batangas area of Luzon only 20 miles north of Min doro.
 It. Gen. Walter Krueger, com mander of the Sixth Army, ack- nowledged that the invasion was risky, but if successfully completed, it virtually would split the Japanese empire. '
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported in his communique that the invasion had cut the Philippines in two and twill enable us to dominate the sea routes which reach to the China coast"
 "The conquest of Japan to the south are rapidly 'leiug isolated, de- stroyin5 the legendary myth of the greater Asia co-prospersity sphere ana imperilling the so-called 'imper- ial lifeline, MacArthur said. Easy Range
 Mindoro'S west coast lies along the South China Sea opposite French Indo China. Both the China coast and the Japanese fortress is- land of Forrnosa arr only 750 miles from Mindoro-within easy range
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16


 miles beyond. or fan out northward into the Slovak mountain passes for a quick conquest of that German puppet state.
 Ger man spokesmen intimated that Malinosky was expected to strike westward, and the Berlin radio warned somberly that Vienna was now a "front-line city" Un- confirmed Stockholm reports said Col. Gen. Heinz Cuderian, Ger man chief of staff, had arrived in vienna to inspect the city'S defenses and that 300,00 Viennese had been drafted to erect wall of fortifi- cations on the S0-mile plain east of the capital.
 Almost 100 miles east of Sahy, other second Ukrainian Army forces battled slowly up to the Slovak border northwest, north and north east of Miskolc. One column ad- vanced up the Sajor Valley to take Sajovelesd, 19 miles northwest of Miskolc and only a mile from the last railway escape line still open to thousands of Nazis facing en- circlement in the Bukka mountains of Eastern Slovakia.
 Twenty miles northwest of Miskolc, another force took Rudabanya and Szendro, five miles farther to the east, while @ third column advanc- ed 24 miles northeast of Miskolc to capture Gagybator, six miles be- low the Slovak border On the right flank of the Soviet line, the Rus sians siezed Tallya, 2l miles noreast of Mikoslc.