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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Government Back
to States Urged

Monroe. Mich, Sept. sap -
Prentiss NJ. Brown, former L. s.
senator and chairman Of the board
OF the Detroit Edison Co.. advo-
Gated postwar decentralization Of
government in an address to the
Exchange Club here Thursday.
Brown blamed what he called ex-
travagance in public spending upon
local administration OF federally
raised funds.
Our present grants TO state and
local governments were. unfortu-
nate" he said, "In that the money
came from the federal government
and the administration OF II has
usually been in the hands OF the
state or local governments.
at is most unfortunate to have a
local authority authorized to ex-
pend the money when II has no re-
sponsibility for raising It."
Brown told the club he believed
states swore "sdesliys ooiistituted'
to handle the relations OF citixens
and their government. State OF
ficials are a long step closer to
grassroots opinion. he said, and at
the same time the state capitol ~
more accessible to the people than
the government agencies in Wash
ington.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
ALLIES GIVE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF UNITY

Anything that delays the Allies
now gives Hitler few more gasps
OF life, For example Patton's en-
forced halt, while supplies were
brought up, undoubtedly gave the
Germans a chance to strengthen
their defenses opposite the Third
Army. making Patton's progress
more difficult now.
The question Of supplies presents
the western Allied command with
one Of its biggest tasks Our bat
tie front IL tremendously long.
and Il has been moving forward
so fast that communication have
become greatly extended It's a
vast Job to provide that line with
food and equipment OF all sorts. II
will be doubly tough until we
open up more ports along the Eng
lish Channel.
That's precisely why the Ger
mans are fighting so hard 70 hold
such useful ports as lie Havre.
Brest, Calais and Boulogne. This
is Just another proof that a great
battle isn't confined TO the firing
line without supplies the firing
line Is helpless.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Michigan Picked
to be Test Tube

Lansing, Sept. S-AP-Michigan
will be the test tube in a nation
wide survey of public and private
hospital facilities, Governor Kelly
disclosed Thursday.
He said the postwar planning
committee Of the American Hos
pital Association had chosen Mich
igan for the first of three or four
statewide hospital surveys upon
which a national survey would be
modelled in the next two years.
The other. states, as yet unchosen,
probably will include one in the
South, one in the East and pos
sibly one in the Far West.
The surveys will be financed
with a $105,O0 grant provided by
the w. X. Kellogg foundation, the
Commonwealth Foundation Of New
York and the National Foundation
for infantile paralysis.
Kelly announced the project al
ter a conference with trustees of
the Michigan Hospital Association
and DR.. Emory w. Morris, presi-
dent OF the kellogg Foundation.
I'VE know" Morris said, that
hospital service Is spotty and In
adequate, especially in rural areas
and small towns. Between rs and
so communities come to us each
year wanting to start hospitals,
but they don't know whether they
can support one and no agency has
adequate information on hospital
requirements"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Help

Washington. Sept. S-AP-France
has told the United States It would
like to contribute forces for the
battle of the Pacific.
Two important questions involv-
ed from the French viewpoint are
% the status OF French Indo-
China and other French possessions
in the Pacific and (2) lend lease
after the defeat OF Germany.
France Is determined to retain
these colonies and American pol
icy appears in support Of this view.
The United States Is now COM
pleting a draft Of lend lease
agreement TO be negotiated with
General Charles De Gaulle's ma
tional committee, but actual talks
have not yet begun.
The draft Is similar to agree
ments signed with other United
Nations. The only lend lease ar
rangements with the French so
far are an agreement signed with
De Gaulle in 1871 covering
French colonies outside OF Africa,
and a modus vivendl written last
year on French North and West
Africa
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Battle Coordination Carried Into
Peace Will Take Allies Far
Into

a finish. II he can compel his peo-
pie TO support him. is shown in
the really amazing extremes TO
which he Is going in this last
ditch stand. Propaganda Minister
Goebbels. who has been made
minister plenipotentiary for total
war. Is even conscripung school
children for war service in the
fight for our very lives" He also
is flinging into the defenses every
man and boy who can handle a
rifle.
The Nazi leaders are squirting
on the public by begging them to
stand firm and hold the Allies up
until the bad weather OF autumn
arrives 10 give the Reich a breath
ing spell. They say the Allies are
racing 10 win before fall-which
undoubtedly IL true
It's indeed q race against time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

cBy Associated Press)

C43y Associated Press)
The Allied high command is Civ
ing us a perfect example of CO.
ordination as It filings everything
It has in all theaters at the stag
gering Hitlerites-on the western
front. on the Russian front, in the
Balkans, in Italy, and on that 9th.
er great invisible and ever chang.
ing front OF the air.
Here we have a display OF unity
OF purpose and viewpoint among
the battling Allies which will take
us to great heights II we can
carry II on into the peace.
Things go we'll for the Allies on
all fronts. Naturally there's spe-
cial interest in the western thea
ter because IT'S there that we are
closest to the frontier OF the enc
my-closest TO that mysterious
and supposedly powerful Siegfried
line which guards the heart OF the
Reich. We are driving in toward
this west wall all along our battle
front.
Secretary Of War Stimson says
evidence is mounting that the Ger
man armies in the west have been
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Opening Set

Dedication OF the new addition
OF the Boyer Hospital Is scheduled
September 30. The ceremony will
be held in the lobby OF the building,
and a public address system will
be installed to enable those outside
the building to hear the dedicatory
remarks. Following the ceremony,
the building will be open to the
public for inspection.
A luncheon at the Hotel Huron
will take place at noon, with Mayor
Ross X. Bower. members OF the
Boyer Hospital stan, including doc
tors from Milan and Belleville. Y.
s. Gerganoff, architect, representa-
tives Of the State and Federal gov.
ernments. County Health Depart
ment, County Medical Society, and
various contractors present
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

so badly battered that they can
not long maintain a prolonged de
Tense Of the Reich. and their sit
uation on the other fronts Is de-
teriorating" That's well put. but
he is equally wise when he adds:
The war won't be won until AL
lied troops are in Berlin"
II needn't take long now 10
knock Hitler out: But barring
collapse OF German morale we
must be prepared for some fierce
fighting. Indeed we're getting It
now. both in the Russian theater
and IN the west In France Pat
tons famous Third Army. which
again Is on the drive after being
held UP a week for supplies. has
encountered heavy resistance along
the Moselle River where he has
established two river-hsads and
been thrown back from another.
Hitler's determination TO fight to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Class | "A to
Needs
Until January

Washington. Sept. S-AP-Selec-
tive Service said today that men
already in class IA and new IS
year-olds can more than supply the
needs OF the armed forces for the
rest OF 1914.
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey
estimated that $4,000 physically
able men would be available for in.
duction from those sources alone,
compared with estimated needs OF
100000.
His estimates were in a letter to
all draft board members giving the
supply.and-demand picture up to
next Jan. /.
The expected Surplus" OF 10000
available men might be left over"
for 1945, a draft official said.
Class Ia as II stood July is
furnishing by far the bulk OF the
"availables". From that group,
said Hershey, after allowing for re-
jections and deferments, men are
expected to be available for Undue
ton in this proportion; 1926 age
group, $4,000: 1923 age group,
$4,000; 30-37 age group, $4,000.
That totals 100000. and TO this
Is added 100000 youths expected
TO be indicted from those becom
ing IS years old (35,O00 a month
for the six months beginning July
y. The total is thus $4,000.
Although Hershey said nothing
about men being reclassified from
IA and 2-B, other draft officials
were emphatic in saying such men
will be oreclassified into la when
ever their reason for occupational
deferments ceases to exist
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Strikes Shaking
u. S. Labor Front
(By the Associated Press)

Rumblings along the nations la
Dor front heightened today as
threats OF work stoppages presag-
ed heavy addition to the large
number of workers currently idle
because OF disputes.
The labor controversies affected
variety OF industries and kept idle
an estimated 10000 workers. Coal
mines, steel mills and war plants
were involved in the disputes.
Coal mines closed in Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia numbered
% as crews began reporting back
to work at several pits seized by
the government in the dispute over
recognition OF the mine bosses
union.
In Washington, the Solid Fuels
Administration announced that the
Kent 1-2 mine OF the Rochester &
Pittsburgh Coal Company at McIn-
tyre, Pa, was forced to halt opera
tons after its supervisors, members
Of the United Mine Workers Super
visory Union. resigned upon Secre-
tary Ickes' refusal to recognize the
union as bargaining agent.
Eleven thousand aircraft produc-
ton workers made idle by a strike
by 265 employees at the Briggs
Manufacturing Co.'S Conner plant
in Detroit returned to their Jobs to-
day. Another dispute in the motor
city. however. at the Packard Mo
tor Car Co., kept an estimated 5000
away from work.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Strike Closes Bomber Plant
Attempted Transfer of 7wenty
Riueten Protested BY Workers

The Ford Willow Run Bomber
Plant closed at noon today as q
resuls Of a. .sirikssaf hoo workers.
Ford officials said the plant would
open this afternoon II. enough en-
ployes reported for the 4:S0 D. m.
shift.
Officials stated the workers
struck as a protest against the at
tempt by the company 10 transfer
approximately 20 riveters from one
department to another.
Walk-outs began Thursday after
noon when about 400 employees left
two departments which handle riv-
citing and small assembly work.
Other departments followed with
sympathy strikes. BY noon today,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Winston, FDR
to Plan Peace

London, Sept. S-AP-The con
viction grew here today that Prime
Minister Churchill and President
Roosevelt are planning TO meet
again very soon-probably in
Quebec--to plan the peace and
bring to life a master plan for un-
leashing the whole Allied might
against Japan the moment Ger
many is crushed.
With the final battle for Ger
many beginning. Hitler's satellites
in open rebellion and general
feeling OF Allied victory FREEDOM,
mating. the following topics would
naturally present themselves for
discussion at such a meeting.
/. Untangling the wreckage left
by the Nazis in Europe, including
the policing OF Germany: division
Coo l. n u -DaOa T.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
See DEWEY-Page5
Charter Revision
to be Discussed

A joint meeting of the Municipal
Affairs Committee OF the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
Board OF Commerce is set for
Thursday evening at the Board Of
Commerce office, for the purpose
of further discussion of the revi-
sion of the city charter.
t. At the regular meeting OF the
Board OF Commerce Thursday mem
bers OF the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce were present for a
thorough discussion of the propo-
sition, and the consensus was that
a revision should be made. 1t is
expected that at the next meeting
some definite action will be taken
on what should be the next step.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

the total had reached 1900. enough
to cause the plant TO shu. down, as
Official told 1880 sSSrkers to ~
home.
At 1880 p. m. today the Ford
News Bureau issued the following
statement:
1.-THE Willow Run Bomber Plant
was closed by order OF toe Ford
Motor Company management at
noon today because work was para
lyzed by an unauthorized work
stoppage.
"Officers OF Bo.Eber Local so,
UAW-CIO, either would not or
could not influence their member
ship to remain at work after 20 en-
ployes had instigated strike
Thursday afternoon. Most OF the
Union ranking officers were away.
Because of a shortage OF riyet-
ers in an assembly department,
management had asked transfer OF
20 workers from a similar depart
ment where there was an excess OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Big Four Will be q.
Superb olicemen'

Washington, Sept. S-INS-Dip-
lomatic delegates to the Dunbar
ton Oaks security conference are
understood today TO have reach
ed an agreement which provides,
in effect, that the United States,
Great Britain, Russia and China
shall act as super-policemen to
maintain future world peace.
This far reaching agreement
will be submitted shortly to the
respective governments and later
to the other United Nations for ap-
proval. II will also go before
Congress either as a treaty or an
executive agreement
The agreement sets up a security
council composed OF representa-
tives Of the four big powers and
several OF the smaller nations. II
a majority OF this council. in
Guiding the big four members,
vote to restrain an aggressor state,
the United States, Britain, Russia
and China will automatically as
sumo the right TO use military or
naval force against the guilty ma
ton without waiting for declara-
ton OF war.
Under these circumstances. the
big power nearest the eggressor
state would be called upon TO
use force first. The three other
major powers would be obligated
to break diplomatic relations with
the aggressor and impose full eco
manic sanctions against IL.
Small nations bordering on the
aggressor state would be expected
to assist the four major powers in
restraining the aggressor. How
ever. the decision as to whether
TO act against the aggressor would
rest primarily with the big four.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Dewey Has
Peace Topic

En- Route West With Dewey.
Sept. S--AP-A world peace built
on a framework Of international
organization in which small ma
tions have a proportionate voice
is expected to be urged tonight by
Gov. Thomas Z. Dewey at Louis
Vile, KY, in hts second major
presidential campaign address.
The Republican nominee closet
ed himself with advisers as his
campaign train steamed toward po-
litically-doubtful Kentucky, after a
ringing denunciation last night OF
what he charged was the plan OF
the tired, exhausted, quarreling
and pickering New Deal to keep
men overly long in the armed
forces to lessen unemployment at
the wars end.
Asserting that President Roose-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
u. q. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Fair tonight
and Saturday. Rather cool again
tonight. Warmer Saturday.
Highest temperature yesterday
IS; lowest last night IS.
Highest temperature one year
ago today 70; lowest 81.
Highest temperature this date in
last II years 81 In 1893; lowest 43
in 1888.
The sun sets today at 1884 p. m.
and rises Saturday at 1905 a. m.
The moon rises today at 1854
.. m. and sets Saturday at 1853
p. N.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Meet Stiff Resistance;
B 20 Super fortresses
Make Raid on Manchuria
Hit Near Home
Islands of
Nippon
CRy Associated PrssD

A powerful flight OF superfortress.
es raided the japanese arsenal in
Manchuria today. completing a cir
Gle OF destruction blazed around
the home Islands OF Nippon by Am.
erican bombers.
simultaneously Berlin radio re.
ported Palau and zap. eastern guar.
dians OF the Philippines. were heav.
lily bombed, for three successive
days. Axis reports said four or five
hundred carrier planes hit Palau
Wednesday and Thursday. while
300 attacked zap. The continued In
tenslty OF the attacks, II true. would
indicate a possible preparation for
invasion.
Predict Invaslons
Other Axis radios broadcast pre-
dictions OF forthcoming u. B. inva.
sions OF Halmahera, southern gate
way 10 the Philippines, and OF the
Philippines themselves.
Southwest OF japan Cnina based
Liberators sank three enemy
freighters off Takao. Formosa.
Previously the Pacific command
announced bombing raids In the
Kuriles northeast OF Japan, the sec.
ond land.based strike at Marcus 10
the southeast, and on Two Island.
$50 miles south OF Tokyo.
Carrier planes In strong force
and land.based Liberators from the
Southwest Pacific joined In coordin-
ated raids on Palau. eastern gate.
way TO the Philippines 600 miles
from Davao. An ammunition fuel
dump was destroyed, II ANAL craft
loft In flames, parked aircrafs de-
StroyodS and runways cratarcla By
heavy bombs
Opposition Absent
Air opposition was absent In this
and other Pacific raids, except from
six non-aggressiye lnterceptors,
over the Celebes where so LIBERIA.
tors and their Lightning escort de.
stroyed Is planes.
A solitary night.flying Ca .Llina
BLACK Cat" extended raids over the
Philippines by hitting two naval
auxiliarles at Zambonga, ancient
fortress town on southern Mindanao
230 miles east OF Davao.
Range al VIII
Gen. Douglas Macarthur report
ed that his hombers ranged at will
over the Moluccas south OF the Phil
lppines while Japanese prisoners
confirmed that the enemy's sixth
air division had been virtually ami
hilated in New Guinea.
Heavier air blows from the Aleu-.
tians were seen in the assignment
OF Adm. Ralph Wood, veteran OF
the Southwest Pacific air command.
as commandant of the l!th Naval
District.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Allies Hammering at West Wall
Russians Try
to Pocket
Germans
(By the Associated Press

Wy NAAO -No90NAaNNA
Allied forces assaulting outposts
OF the German west wall on a ZOO
mile front in eastern Belgium and
France have crossed the Albert Ca
nal and stormed 10 the outskirts
OF the fortresses of Lege and
Metz, II was disclosed today.
The British Second Army broke
German defenses at the Albert Ca
nal, secondary defense before the
west wall, and 1t. Gen. Courtney
Rodges' U. S. First Army stabbed
to the immediate vicinity OF Liege
within 90 miles of the Reich gate
way city OF Aachen. The British
and Hodges forces apparently
were hitting toward strongholds
near the mouth OF the Rhine along
direct path from tho west TO Ber-
lin. more than $50 miles away.
Battle Into Metz
The Third Army OF 1t. Gen
George S. Patton battled into Metz
only 20 miles from the west wall
along the Moselle River In this
sector the Germans were offering
See EJJROPE-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08
Congress Today
(By the Associated Press)
G.-A.

(By the Associated Press
Senate
Routine session. meets at noon,
Eastern War Time.)
War Investigating Committee
calls WPB Chief Krug and VINO
Chairman McNutt in reconversion
inquiry (10:30 a. M.
war Mobilization subcommittee
continues Cartel study (10:20 a.
M
Senate and House conferees con-
tinue work on surplus property bill
90 a. M.
House
In recess until Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

LEADING 10 fellow Americans
safely through German lines when
they parachuted down in the town
OF Tanaron on Aug. IS, Southern
Frances D-day, Isabel Townsend
Pell. above, former New York So
cialite. climaxed four years as a
French underground leader. Be
cause OF her faith In the French,
Miss Pell refused TO return TO
New York from her summer
home on the Riviera. When war
broke out she started raising
money for the underground. She
was twice arrested by Axis agents
and spent two months In prison.
Miss Pell now Is organizing re-
Mobilization work. (TnternstionaI)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

MATTRESSES WANTED
Ambassador Restraint, 16 n. Huron.
Adv. 90s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

BERN, switzerland AP - A
Swiss communique said today that
four American fighter planes had
machinegunned railroad stations
at belmont and Moutier in Switzer-
land, wounding seven persons.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

WASHINGTON-AP-The once
OF Price Administration is scrap
ping its seven months old system OF
blue tokens for buying processed
foods. The blue tokens will go out
of use October /. no longer needed
because most canned foods are go
ing OF the ration list.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

CHICAGO-AP - Further de-
yelopment in our Social Security
system should be by state and local
governments rather than at ma
tional level, Eric A. Johnston, presi'
dent of the Chamber OF Commerce
of the United States, said today.
In a speech prepared for delivery
to the Executives Club OF Chicago,
Johnston said programs such as
Social Security should be kept
close to the people, to the employ
ers, the employees and the taxpay-
ers."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

See WILLOW RUN-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

See EUROPE-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

NEW YORK-AP-Edward Ken
nedy is appointed Associated Press
chief OF bureau at Paris In charge
of APPS large stan OF correspond
ents and photographers covering
the war on the western front, Kent
Cooper, executive director, an
nounced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lucille Ball today blamed a clash
OF temperaments for the break up
of her marriage to Desi Arnaz, Gu
ban actor now sergeant In the
Army Medical Corps. I'm just as
much to blame as Desi, the actress
said. "We both have tempers and
we're both difficult when we were
battling"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

LISTEN IN GOV. DEWEY eRoAocAsTs TON
ADV. 90s|
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

DALLAS, Tex.-AP- Delegatee
TO the National Baptist Convention,
Inc. indicated today that Detroit
would be their l945 meeting place.
since they gathered in the South
this year. Both Detroit and Chat
tanooga sought the convention.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

CHICAGO-INS-The Columbia
Broadcasting Company announced
today it had applied for licenses to
operate television stations in Chi
cago. Los Angeles and st. Louis in
addition to its previously filed ap-
plication for a station in New
York.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

sTs TONIGHT $50 LISTEN IN
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

MOSCOW-AP- A 16-man Fin.
nish armistice delegation headed
by Premier Hantti Hackzell arrived
here last night and was expected
10 embark today on formal negotia-
tions with Soviet government rep
resentatives. Bulgarian armistice
talks will not be held here, 1t was
learned, and there was general spec
ulation they might take place IN
Cairo. where Bulgarian delegation
previously had been negotiating
with U. s. and British representa-
tives.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-08

See F. d. R.-Page 8