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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Deweu Maintains Political Status

Hershey, Pa. June 1-INS-Goy.
Thomas +. Dewey returned TO his
home state OF New York today with
his pre-cenyention standing as the
odds-on fayorite for the COP pres.-
dental nomination apparently un-
impaired and unimproved by his
"non-political' appearance at the
56th governors conference.
Carefully preserving his "unan.
nounced' status. Dewey prompted
NJ surge of political sentiment
among his Republican colleagues.
Virtually all conceded that his
nomination was assured. Several
privately questioned, however.
whether a first ballot nomination
would be good political strategy.
The New York governors top
RAM position was emphasized by
his action as mediator in work
ing out lastminute tangle on a
states rights resolution, one OF a
dozen adopted by the conference
as its last act before adjournment
Dewey stepped into what was
described as violent disagree
ment 10 offer compromise langu-
age on resolution calling for state
consideration where federal agen-
by programs are being inaugural.
ed within the states. Dewey ex-
planned that he merely suggested
some language
some one always has 10 do that
when there is row, he comment
ed
But conference observers attach
ed more significance 10 this minor
Development in which Dewey took
the side OF The federal government
than TO his formal address OF
last Monday night which received
warm but not rousing APPLAUSE
The original resolution. It was
explained by Gov. Dwight Girls
void, Republican Nebraska. was
so broadly drawn that the federal
government would he pre- ented
from building an airport without
state permission
The governors elected as their
new chairman Gov. Herbert b
Nav Democrat Of Utah. succeed
ing Governor Leverett Saltons'all.
Republican OF Massachusetts
The conference az the same time
went on record for a strengthening
q states rights generally through
the earliest poss Die return 20 loo.
al government OF authority loaned
or otherwise lost 10 Washington
II called for Immediate action
by Congress 10 formulate definite
reconyersion plans recommended
creation OF a federal-state tax com
mission and deferment until after
the war OF any postwar military
policy Much OF this may he e1-
pected 10 enter the COP platform.
In the military resolution the
governors agreed that the National
Guard. another hall marx Of states
rights. should be retained a. the
basis OF the armed land forces
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
.aziis Attempt
to'Save 20
Divisions
fBy A1ociatsd Press

American infantry cracked into
the Valmontone line and saw Rome
today GROSS IS hay miles from
heights in the Alban Hills. captur-
ed in a stoutly contested advance
OF nearly two miles which bypass
ed ruined Nelletri
British troops and armor. on the
ri ut captured Frosinone, proyin-
cal capital OF 10000 and highway
junction 90 miles southeast OF
Rome New Iealanders toppled
Sora on the escape highway No So
and pounded swiftly ahead toward
AvezLano. 80 miles away. The
French captured Carpineto ana
cleared out the Lepini Hills.
All along the l00-mile meander-
ing front from the Tyrrhenlan 10
north OF Casino, the Allies Rd-
vanced and tho German positions
deteriorated by the minute The
German fought with skill and
determination born OF desperation.
for he was making a supreme ef-
fort to save the 20 divisions OF his
lVNH anu lHAH bpN
emily imperiled by the deep wedge
thrown into the last defense shield
before Rome The Germans said
Nelletri had been abandoned after
violent street hghtlng
The night shift OF 800 or more
British bombers turned the French
invasion coast into an inferno OF
La h. a. 81
ed three rail centers OF Trappes.
TerEnier and saumur. is TO $50
miles from Paris. Probably 2,2i0
tons VI bombs were deposited IN
operations costing eight planes.
Other Britons flying from Italy
snarlsd UP two tracks beside the
/ raids a the iron gate OF tho
/ Danube.
The Mediterranean air forces
| flew $500 sorties yesterday des-
| troying i3 planes. losing II heayp
bombers and nine lighters. In
May, a staggering bomb weight was
hurled on the Germans from lS
00) planes Americans alone de>-
troyed l.072 OF the Lurtwaffe al the
cost Of Sill
The Russians said they shot
down 1854 German aircraft and
knocked out 122 tanks in two DAYS
north OF lasi IN Romania where
tho worried Germans left thou
sands OF dead before Russian lines
in vain attempts 10 throw the So
Wet offensive plans of balance.
Moscow said the Germans advanc-
ed not "a single step yesterday.
All the Balkan countries stirred.
\ London dispatch said Turkey
probably would march when Gen.
Eisenhower strikes. Moscow said
Bulgarian rulers were veerlng into
ventures dictated by Hitler
Lisbon said the Hungarians were
torn between terror. despair and
apathy In the new order OF Ger
man puppet rule Marshal Tito.
reported appointed Yugoslsy COM
mander by King Peter in place ~
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
eaching Of
Shown

Methods and problems Of teach
ing congenitally deaf children we.e
shown kiWanisns at their noon
meeting Wednesday. when they
viewed a demonstration by Miss
Marian Quinn, supervising train
ing teacher Of the deaf a. Rackham
School Of Special Education. Miss
Quinn, who was introduced by Dr.
Francis L. Lord. director OF the
school. was assisted by six OF her
pupils in the demonstration.
Methods OF teaching the words.
and the introduction OF new
word was shown by Miss Quinn
who also demon strated the re
spouse Of the children 10 com
mands and questions Their lip
reading ability was shown, and
language comprehension and speech
intelligibility on the various sdu-
cstional levels was shown. The
children ranged in ages from four
years 10 is and in educational
level from the pre- school 70 The
third grade
The educational program OF the
children was explained by Miss
Quinn. who stated that with the
small child attention is almost en-.
tirely devoted 10 speech work. sen.
sorry training and lip reading. with
little emphasis on academic stud
les. as It is necessary to have the
child comprehend the meaning OF
Sc. kIWANIe-Pars 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Men Practice
Gas Mask Use

Although there 3as 70 regular
drili OF company r % the Mich
igan State Troops Wednesday eve.
ming because OF their participation
n the Memoria, Dsy parade the
preceding day. noa-conmisS.oned
officers ne. a. The hrmory FOR ir-
struction in gas mask use. and in
use OF the small bore rife. Methods
IN both % these viii be empha-
sized al the coming biyouac. 70 be
in petrol. June 2. 30 and II. In
which both Local companies vii
lake part.
Companies p and = ~ Yps.iaufi
will leave here about 5.s5 friday.
June .. from the Avmory. IN = tou.
voy OF trucks coming tarousa A5-
ran and CoidWater. The group viii
be stationed a. Rouge PaIk.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Colored Registrars
Will Report June 9

The following colored registrants
from Washtenaw County Local
Board No. 2 will report for Undue
ton at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. on
Friday. June 9, 194f:
Robert Sherrod Harris. .Ypsilan.
Il, transferred from 3D.. 40. Lex
ington. Ky; Jake Devett MeGregof.
Revenna. Ohio: Lamar Perry Mi.
Ter, Ypsilanti; Jerriedean O'Neal,
Jackson, transferred from BID. /.
Poplar Bluff. Mo: Ray Emerson
Slusser. Ypsilanti. transferred from
Br. /, Kenton, Ohio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

Kenneth Russell, director Of
emergency farm placement in
Washtenaw County is seeking hun
dreds OF workers to save the straw
berry crops which will be ready
for harvest within the next week
or 10 days. On one farm alone,
200 pickers are needed, he points
out.
Immediately after that pickers
will be required II the cherries
are to be canned.
There is also q serious need OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Blasting Valmontone Line
After BY Passing Valletri;
Frosinone Taken by British
YpsiIanti Township
viii Bar CernivaIs

A. a specisl meeting OF the Ypsi-
lanti Township Board held Wednes.
day a. Ypsilant1 Town Hail. the
Board voted 10 refuse permits TO
operate carniyalS in Npsilanti Town
ship for the year 1874.
This action was taken because Of
the anticipated heavy demand for
this type OF entertainment IN the
township and because the Board
has been criticized for granting
these permits in the past
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Bread Will
be Available
For Detroit

Detroit. June l-AP-- Detroit's
up-and-down strike situation took
another turn for the better today
as employees al the Fedora Mogul
Co main plant returned to work,
striking bread truck drivers PIE
pared to resume deliveries tomor-
row and drug workers a. Parke,
Davis & Co called a mass meeting
at which union leaders we're eX.
pec.ed to urge a bsck-to work vote.
The 1900 Federal Mogul work
ers. who walked out last Saturday
protesting the discharge OF two
United Automobile Workers tClO)
stewards, voted al a mass meeting
yesterday 10 go back 10 their Jobs.
The company said a full day force
reported today after production
was resumed on the afternoon shift
Yesterday Negotiation OF the dis.
pute was begun.
Informed that 1000 striking
bread truck drivers had voted TO
make regular deliveries tomorrow.
IS bakeries whose output was
stalled for a week by the Stoppage
started turning out supply OF
baked goods 10 replenish depleted
shelves in stores, restaurants and
hotels.
\ spokesman for the bakeries
said he believed bread would be
ready for delivery tomorrow morn
ing. but pointed out that 1T takes
some time 10 start making bread
again after such a prolonged shut.
down
The decision TO end the strike
came after James Hoffa, business
agent for the ALL Transfers Union
and Samuel Hurst, president OF Loo
cal 81. told the drivers that the
War Labor Board had agreed 70
take up their wage case immediate
~. and that final decision is ca
pected by July I. --.s-.---.4.
Union officials said they received
such assurance AZ WLB hearing
10 which they had been summoned
to show cause why the strike
should not be terminated in com.
plianCe with the boards orders and
the unions no-strlke pledge
a possible end To strike OF
! 500 employees a. two Psrke Davis
plants was seen in mass meeting
today OF members OF Local l16.
United Gas. Coke and Chemical
Workers (CIO). Local and interna-
tional officers OF the union, who at.
tended show cause hearing in
Washington yesterday said The
WLB promised an early ruling on
the dispute.
Martin Wagner. International
president, said he would get down
on my knees II necessary" in urging
A back-to-work vote He said the
task would be difficult because the
rank and file IS fed up by the com
pany do-nothing policy, absolute
arrogance. and neglect OF sound la.
Dor relations"
Thomas Mcmillan. a regional Of
fclal OF the union. told the WI.B
he wanted TO deny emphatically
allegations that the strike had de-
pr.Ved the armed forces OF essen.
iiai medical supplies. The union
which placed II demands on the
company. has contended the strike
is legal since II was favored in a
vote conducted under the smith
Connslly Act. The WLB, on the
other hand. said nothing in the act
relieves the union OF its no.strike
pledge
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Points Down
For Cheese

Washington. June ms The
office OF Price Administration to-
DAY announced two.point reduc-
ton in ration value in cheese and
cheese products. cut from one 10
one-half point per can OF eyaporated
milk and removal Of four processed
foods from the ration list.
During the June rationinE period
beginning next Sunday. June 4. ali
meats except choice beef steaks
and roasts will continue at zero
point value, with chuck steaks and
roasts reduced two points pet
pound, the announcement said.
All chuck steaks and roasts will
cost five red points per pound. ex-
cept FOR homeless chuck o. shoulder
roasts which have been reduced
from eight 10 six points.
Grade d beef cut from stays.
bulls and Gamers grade animals
Will be point free during June
Sucn meat is used for hamburger
or canned, however, and rarely sold
over the retail counter. OPA said.
Cheese and cheese products will
require ten instead OF twelve
red points per pound. the OPA said
Butter and margarine will remain
al IL and two points per pound re-
spectiveiy.
canned carrots. orange Juice
oranse-grapefruit juice and grape
lFuit juice will be point-free after
June 4. OPA said. Grape juice was
increased from six 10 ten blue
points per pint, while pineapple
Juice was raised from - 70 Is
points for the No. ? can. There
were no other changes on the blue
point ration calendar.
Red ration stamps Us. W. and
Ws. worth ten points each. viii be
validated by OPA June 4 for an In.
definite period.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Congress Today
BY Associated Prsss)

by Associated Press)
Senate
Routine session. Meets az noon,
eastern war time.
judiciary Committee considers
time extension on Pearl Harbor
court martials. (11:30 a. M
Postwar Committee hears state
officials on unemployment com.
pensation proposal 90 a. M
House
Debates Labor.Federal Security
and independent offices supply
bills.
Labor Committee considers bill to
lesalize fair employment practices
commission (10.30).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

NEW YORK-INS-Thomas "a
Tone -, an e1-convict. was held
on homicide charge today in con-
nection with IL deaths from POI
son alcohol. Fatone. released re
Gently from a federal penitentiary
where he served a term for Illegal
transportation Of liquor. was accas-
ed OF supplying wood alcohol 10
Mr.. and Mrs. George Krisunias.
Brooklyn candy store owners. who
a. , are held on charges Of selling
deratured alcohol blamed Tor the
deaths Of the same I4 persons.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

ViLLIMATIC. Conn.-INs- A
charge o. murder was lodged today
against Vincent Latusek. 40. q lab
orer. after he drove the body Of
his slain wife 10 the Willimantic
police station. The woman was
killed BY = IS calibre bullet fred
into the back Of her neck. police
sa.f.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan Partly cloudy
tonight and Friday. Continued
warm. Scattered thundershowers
this afternoon and evening.
Highest temperature yesterday,
81 lowest last night. 90
Highest temperature one year
ago today. So: lowest. IS
Highest temperature this date IN
last Il years, g. in 1894; lowest. 80
IN 1910.
The sun sets today a. s:0l p. m.
and rises Friday at SIS a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

AUCKLAND, y. J.-TNS- A re.
sumption OF Psn.Americsn Airways
service to New Zealand was re
ported today TO be imminent
PRACTICALLY new furniture. Inq.
Friday 9-l2. I TO ?. m. : TO 3 D. m
l0s-A S Washington, Apt. 3.
Adv. 601'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

LANCASTER. Pap Ohio's
Governor John W Bricker says the
first aim OF the American people
after the war should be to free
the country from needless costly
bureaucracy He told the Ian.
caster Traffic Club Wednesday
night that the New Deal philoso-
ply OF government . depriyes
people OF their liberties and their
powers OF self-goyernment.'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

NEW YORK-INS-Ten night
clubs and restaurants. including
such spots as FL Morocco and FL
Chico we're named in complaints
in L. S district Court today, al
leging violations OF OPA prices for
food and ddrinks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

See KGWANIs-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

LISBON. PortugaI-AP 80 News
trucking through from inside Hun
gary these days suggests that a ma
jority OF the population is torn be
tween terror. despair and apathy
as Premier Doeme Sztojsy's puppet
regime tries 10 rush through a So
called social revolution" repair
the damage OF Allied bombings and
mobilize more men for the German
defense Of the Carpathians.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

SIDNEY, O.--AP-A Greyhound
bus struck bridge abutment on the
Dixie highway north OF here today
and 20 persons were injured, five
OF them seriously, Sheriff Truman
Pitts reported. Pitts said the south
bound Detroit.Cincinnati bus hit an
automobile parked beside the high
way because OF a flat tire, and
veered into the bridge. The acct.
dent occurred four mile snorth OF
here about a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

SAN FRANCISCO-AP-A sea
today was pounding the Liberty
ship Henry Bergh to pieces on the
rocks on Farralon Islands, 80 miles
west OF the Golden Gate. but her
more than 1000 Navy passengers
were safe The 10000 ton vessel
ran ashore in fog and rain at dawn
yesterday while bringing the sail
ors home from war service in the
South Pacific.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01
Flashes of
Late News

CONGRATULATIONS field
dispatches declared today that au-
thorities had completed the syae-
ustion OF civilians from Changs9a,
ancient capital OF Human Province
toward which the japanese now are
diving Tor the fourth time.
=
RENO. Nev.-AP-Radio coined
Ian Zero Mostel has been divorced
by Clara Mostel on grounds OF eH'
IRENE cruelty. The decree was
granted at a closed hearing.
NIL Il. Fla ms - IVES -ey
Frost, L. s. ambassador to Para
quay, was enroute 10 his home in
Berea, Ky, today after three and
a half years in his diplomatic post.
He will spend two weeks at home
before reporting to Washington at
the request OF the State Depart
ment. He arrived in Miami last
night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

DETROIT-AP-Po Police yesterday
disclosed a hitherto secret clue
fingernail tip apparently torn from
the killers hand-in the hope that
public knowledge might lead TO
solution OF the week-old Staying OF
Mrs. lean Long, whose stabbed body
was found in Twelfth Street Evan.
gelica! Church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

PORTLAND, ore AP - The
Northwest lumber and logging in
dustry went back into partial pro-
duction today, and at the same time
the War Production Board an
nounced plans for more rigid con
troll Of the industry, from produc-
ton 10 consumption,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

DETROIT - AP Appointment
OF J. r. Davis as director OF sales
and advertising for the Ford Motor
Company vas announced today by
Henry Ford II. executive vice presi.
dent. Davis who was Ford general
sales manager prior to 1871 re-
turned recently to Detroit from the
West Coast where he was regional
manager for the Ford Company.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-01

DETROIT - AP - Recorders
Judge Thomas NJ. Cotter imposed
q lie sentence Wednesday on Stan
kof Sustolick. 50. convicted OF first
degree murder in the stabbing Feb.
3 OF Claude II. Taylor hotel care
taker, during an argument over hot
water.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05
HOnOred

Mr.. and Mrs. c. jackson ST.. OF
Hendrie street were hosts al q
cocktail party Sunday evening.
Jan. 70, 10 a group of their
friends in the nature Of a good.
bye for-a.while TO their son.
Clarence Jackson Jr.. 2s-e. who
returns 10 Great Lakes Train
ing school for sixteen more
weeks. Other honor guests Of
the evening were four other re-
cruiis also from Great Lakes;
leo Lenoir. 2s-c. Marcus w.
Hamilton. &c. Jimmy Ray. &c.
and Willie Emerson. &c. From
the Navy hir station. Crosse lie.
Mich. came Columbus c. Jones.
Mus. P.O.2.c. Earl Warren. Mus.
P.O.2.c. and Merrell F. Waugh
usf. 90. Other guests of the
evening were Miss Louise Ben.
nett. Mrs. NJ. Hamilton. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Webb. Mr.. and Mrs. p.
CuYler. Miss Louise Thomas.
Miss Josephine Sanders. Mr.. w.
Johnston. Mr.. J. GoffneY. his
two grsndmoihers. Mrs. Ida
Appling and Mrs. Mary Jackson.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05

MINI. Her work includes labor e.
lations, personnel adjustment. race
relations. and related spheres OF
administrative activity.
Mrs. Susie T. Glover OF Georgia
holds a unique job for a woman
She was probably the first woman
train announcer in the United
States. Mrs. Glover started her
railroad career IS years ago doing
odd Jobs, icing and watering the
train. cleaning up the stations
carpenter shop, etc.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05

this is a rare job.
Mrs. Ivy belongs TO that growing
list OF Negro women war workers
who have rephced men in jobs for
the first time. The Women's
Bureau Of the u. s. Department Of
Labor recently compiled a list Of
some OF the odd jobs held by such
women
Among those listed in this group
is EVELYN SamuelS. who went to
work al the Brooklyn Navy Yard
last year when they hired women
mechanics for the first time in l4l
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05

years. In the Civil Service examis
nations given for Navy Yard jobs
Miss Samuels received 80. the high
est rating Of any Of the 5000 wom-
en- tested.
Doris Wilson. Hunter college stu.
dent and Brooklyn resident, was
another high-ranking applicant in
the same examination. Both Miss
Samuels and Miss Wilson we're as
signed 10 the instrument division
where binoculars. telescopes and
range finders are reconditioned.
Sarah T. Francis, formerly a
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05

presser in a laundry. is not only the
first woman in the country TO be
employed as a clipper and caulker,
but the first in the history Of ship
building. She is working at the
Todd Shipyards in Hoboken. NJ.
One OF the most unusual jobs
held by a colored woman in war inc
dustrics is that assigned 10 Ethel
Maxwell Williams OF ST. Paul.
MINI. Mrs. Williams is assistant TO
Cecil F.. Newman, director Of Me-
gro personnel for the Twin Cities
Ordnance plant at New Brighton,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05
Women Workers Ably Fill
Mems Jobs In War Plants

Gary dnd) steel mill and mixes
a special mud used 10 seal tn cast
ing hole through which molten
iron flows from a blast furnace In
the entire steel indstry few women,
or men either, are Pan Men, for
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-02-05
Pittsburgh.

wASHINGTON-Mrs. Rosalie Ivy.
an energetic young Negro woman,
works in mud. but she's neither a
pottery worker nor maker OF
mud pies.
Shes a Pan Man" in a giant
Evening star., 1944-03-02
Five Crewmen Killed
AS Freight Trains
Crash Near Fairfax
c. & O. Troin Collision
Ties Up All Troffic
On Southern Main Line

Five men were killed in a COL
lision Of two Chesapeake & Ohio
freight trains today on the main
line of the Southern Railway at
Sideburn, Va, 31a miles south
of Fairfax.
The wreckage of both trains was
strewn over the tracks, blocking
traffic from the north and south.
The crash occurred when a north
bound freight slowed down for a
siding, witnesses said. A second
freight, composed mostly of heavily
laden coal cars, plowed into the rear
of the first.
Three members Of the engine
crew of the ramming train were
killed. The engineer and his as
sistant died instantly and the fire.
man, identified only as a Mr.. Wright,
died shortly after being removed
from the tangled wreckage of the
cab.
Two unidentified crew members of
the first train died in the wreckage
OF the caboose when the locomotive
telescoped it.
More than 30 coal cars left the
rails and were strewn across the
right Of way. Passenger and freight
trains of all lines using the South
ern tracks were halted while crews
worked to clear the debris.