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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

(By the Associated Press
Roosevelt fourth-termers bowled
over their 1rst tangible opposition
in iiassachusstts presidential phi
mary yesterday, while Pennsyl-
vania r publicans indicated
through written votes that Cover
nor Thomas f. Dewey is their over
whelming choice for the COP presi-
Dental nomination.
President Roosevelt himself re-
ceived fair-sized WRITTEN endorse
ment in the keystone state Repub-
lican primary while picking up I'M
challenged y more pledged Demo
cratic delegates. Dewey is appar-
emily assured OF Pennsylvania 20
uninstructed delegates.
Incomplete returns today showed
delegates in Massachusetts, favor
ing denomination of Mr.. Roosevelt
ran wen dHcdu VI PAL tiai oAo-S-
pledged to former Governor Joseph
B. Ely. a fourth-term opponent
The makeup OF the 3i-vote Demo
cratic delegation is still in doubt,
as is that OF the 35-member Repub
lican delegation. All delegates in
both parties are technically I'M
pledged.
Democratic State Chairman vii
liam II. Burke issued a statement
from sick bed saying the ma
jority sentiment" among Massa-
chusetts Democrats" favors the
denomination and reelection OF
President Roosevelt" He predict
ed Ely. one-time follower Of Al
fred f. Smith, would endorse Mr..
Roosevelt for another term within
IS hours.
Ely previously had said the bal
loting should serve s a warning
to fourth-term supporters.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

Detroit. Apr. 26-AP-The imme-
date establishment OF single
peace production board (PPB)
which would replace "a present
multiplicity OF agencies and which
with subsidiary industry councils
would list production OF civilian
goods on a social priority rating"
highlights a li-point postwar "A
Dor plan offered by Waiter p.
Reuther. international vice presi-
dent OF the United Automobile
Workers (CIO).
we have achieved full employ
ment and abundance for war"
Reuther said during an interview
yesterday at which he outlined his
program. "and we must nov dem
onstrate the Imagination and cour-
age TO do the same in peace
The PPB. he said. would include
representatives OF government
management. labor. farmers and
consumers and would be charged
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
B. Of c. Will
Choose Names
of Directors

Members of a committee TO nom
mate IA new members 10 the
Board OF Directors OF the Board
of Commerce were appointed by
President Luman Seamans Tues.
day evening at the monthly meet
ing of the board. The annual cleo
ton is to be in May, and will be
conducted by mail. Members OF
the nominating committee of which
Glenn Groosbeck is chairman, are
Carl Lindegren. c. T. Waiting, Mrs.
Mary McGough, and F. II. Nissly.
Retiring board members are A. B.
Curtis. Mr.. Groosbeck, Arthur F.
Nissly, Maynard Richardson. Mr..
Seamans, Matthew Sinkule, and
Rev. Gordon Speer.
Plans for the annual meeting,
which is to be at the same time
as the dedication of the addition
to Boyer Hospital. we're discussed.
Date for both the dedication and
the meeting is to be set soon. and
will probably be in the first week
Of June. w. C. Durant, chairman
OF the City Hospital Committee,
and his committee members, are
TO work with members OF Board
OF Commerce committee, to be
named by Mr.. Seamans. Ralph
Bradford, Washington, ID. c., gen
eral manager OF the United States
Chamber of Commerce, is to be the
speaker at the meeting. Guests of
honor will include officials con-
nected with the building OF the
hospital addition.
To Select Honoree
Arthur +. Nissly was appointed
chairman OF committee to select
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
.Neutrals to
Decide Help

Washington, Apr. Pap The
extent to which neutrals cooperate
with the Allies in cutting off stra-
tegic shipments to Germany turn.
ed out today to be a standard on
which they may rely in seeking
Allied help in reconstruction after
the war.
This rule was applied specific.
ally in the case OF Sweden. which
has rejected an American request
to stop shipping ball bearings and
other items directly aiding Ger
manys war machine. The Swedes
were not asked to halt all trade
with Germany. as the Turks re-
Gently were. the theory apparently
being that their position was not
equally independent.
The State Department gave ev-
cry evidence OF pursuing the re-
quest to Sweden insistently. de
spite the rebuff incurred when
the Stockholm foreign office deliv.
cred the note Of refusal to the
American minister last Saturday.
The main American argument in
seeking reconsideration by Swed-
en-, 1t was learned, viii be that
while Sweden now obtains most OF
her imports from Germany she
will have to obtain them from the
Allies after the war. But the Al
lies will not have in unlimited
quantity the things Sweden will
need and many other nations also
will require determinations liberat
ed from German control and ma.
tons which have cooperated With
the Allies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Move up
to President
in ard Row

Chicago. Apr. e6 AP-Montgom-
cry Ward and Company and ClO
union in its Chicago plant today
looked 70 washlt1ton for the next
move in two-weeks old contro-
versy, amid reports that govern.
ment seizure OF the big mail order
firm was imminent
The CHICAGO Tribune said that
Department Of Commerce officials,
acting on an executive order by
President Roosevelt. were enroute
here from Washington 10 take over
the plant OF the company, which
yesterday refused to comply with
the Presidents directions TO re-
sumo fun relations with the union.
Despite claims by Montgomery
Ward that seizure OF nouswar bust
ness would be unconstitutional.
there has been speculation in
Washington that such plans have
been under consideration. How
ey'r. there was w official confirmn-
ton that orders had been issued
10 seize the plant.
The Tribune said the govern
ment officials were TO take over the
plant about p. N. today" and
said the action "results from
Wards refusal TO observe a presi-
Dental order issued Sunday, a.
recting strikers az the plant TO re
turn 10 work and directing the com
pany to extend a contract with the
union which expired last Dec. T..
pending a determination Of wheth-
or the union will represent a ma
ioritv OF employees in the mail ord
or division"
Mr. Roosevelt. In his directive %
the company. had advised officials
that in event OF failure to comply.
Il shall take such further action
as the Interests OF the nation re-
quire" CThe government has taken
over and operated several war
plants after company and worker
disputes failed Of settlement)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
HuSe Aerial Offensive Now
i'm Tenth Consecutive Day
Fifth Army in
Italy Betters
Its Position

SRY International News servieC
The Anglo.American aerial OF.
feusiye against Hitler Europe. now
in It's tenth consecutive day, con-
t.nued undated today and the
enemy reported that fierce sky
fighting occurred over central Ger
many when Nazi interceptors rose
TO challenge Allied raiders.
Observers along the English
Channel coast told OF exception
ally heavy forces OF Allied air.
craft sweeping toward the contin-
ent to smash Nazi military install
lations In advance Of the forth
coming invasion. Among these
formations were American maraud-
ers, which were engaged in shuttle
type sweeps numerous groups OF
these twin engined craft passed
each other In mid channel,
Enemy sources declared that
both bombers and fighters were in
action over Germany, some OF them
having quickly penetrated TO tho
tcrceptors challenged them. TN
favorable" weather failed TO keep
the Allied formations from driving
well into Hitler's homeland. the
enemy DNB agency conceded,
Score Hit
Many hits we're scored on build
ings, hangers, the steel works and
landing grounds by the Turin raid
era. Nazl broadcnsts termed the
assault a terror raid" phrase
which the Germans usually apply
TO a really severe attack.
German lnterceptors rose 10
meet the Liberators and their thun-
dcrbolt escorts. Eight OF tho cne-
my fighters were downed by the
American formations. all but two
falling victim to the guns aboard
the huge four motored craft.
improves Positions
On the ground In Italy. the Eifth
Army improved It's positions on
the beachhead area below Rome.
The Allied force launched fresh al.
tacks on tho Nazi line, capturing
more than so prisoners.
On the Italian fronts patrols
were engaged in sorties, Gen. Sir
Henry Maitland Wilson's commune
idue revealed.
Front Unchanged
For the most part, the eastern
mont In Russia was much the
same az iT recent days. The So
Wet air forces maintained con-
slant vigil over the Seyastopol
area, blasting the Axis garrison
within the bosiegcd port and
slashing at evacuation conveys try.
ing TO flee the Crimean peninsu-
Ia Farther 10 the north. the Red
Army went over TO the offensive
southeast OF Stanislawow in pre-
war Poland. there the Russisns
out thanked tank paced infantry
forces Of the enemy and forced Tho
Nazls TO retreat.
Presses Invasion
Gen Douglas Macarthur pressed
his invasion OF Dutch Now Guinea.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Few Fathers
70 Years
to Called

Washington. Apr. 90 APP -
House Military Committee mem
bers saw in latest Selective Service
figures today an indication that.
barring a big upset on the fighting
fronts, draft calls for the rest OF
this year will be filed mostly by
men under %, with few fathers
over that age being indicted.
However, in making that predic-
ton, Chairman Costello (D-Calif)
and other members OF the draft
subcommittee emphasized that if
strategic plans require unusually
large calls in some months. then
to the extent that younger and
older men now being indicted un-
der current policies are not avail
able in those months. larger num-
bers of older men must be called
Figures given Costello's commit
tee by Selective Service showed
a pool OF 1909, 900 fathers and 750.-
600 non-fathers in class la on
April I. Just how many OF these
were under &c. the report did not
show. but a recent Selective Ser
vice report estimated that more
than .25 per cent Of the LAS would
be indicted.
In the agricultural and indus
trial occupation deferment group
on April | were $4,000 men. Of
whom 3.74S,000 were fathers. Most
Of this group. 1857 fathers and
non-fathers. held occupational de-
ferments OF the type now being re-
viewed with. the idea OF inducing
more men under 26. On March I,
there we're $4,000 men under 26
with industrial deferments.
Selective Service, Costello point
ed out. has estimated that between
$1,000 and 10000 men will either
enlist at age Il or be inducterd
upon reaching IS each month.
Aggregate needs for the armed
services between now and Decem-
her 81, based on current estimates.
Costello said, are 1.3S5,000 men.
Should that goal be reached by in
Quoting the same number of men
each month, inductions would over
age $4,000 monthly the rest Of
this year
That number OF men. Costello
said, can be furnished from the
teen-age group. from the younger
men now in la, from the younger
men whose occupational defer
ments are revoked. and from the
relatively few older men holding
unessential jobs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Farmer, Helper freed
by Ma ID dened Steer

Ann Arbor. Mich. Apr. ga
farmer and his hired hand were
freed for Is minutes today by a
maddened steer which crashed out
of a livestock trailer and invaded
an orchard near here.
The animal. a 900-pound crit
ter being taken to a locker plant
for slaughter. bounded snorting
into the orchard OF Carl Split, IS.
who was trimming trees with the
hired man.
Both men hastily climbed the
nearest trees and perched worried
ly until Deputy Sheriff Harold
King arrived and shot the animal
as II turned on him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Car Climbs Porch Of
Old Peoples Home

Chelsea. Apr. gap - Five
Jackson residents were injured,
two seriously. when the car in
which they were riding skidded
onto the front porch OF the Michi-
gan Old Peoples Home here early
today.
The sheriff's department said
the driver. Milton Draper. 26, ap-
parently mistook the home drive
way for a main thorouehfare. The
car climbed eight feet OF steps
and knocked out a porch pillar
Most severely hurt were Mrs.
Evelyn Draper. wife OF the driver.
who suffered a fractured jaw. and
Eva Webb. whose right ankle was
fractured. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Sanford also were passengers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Rifles Given
State Troops

Members OF Company F OF the
Michigan State Troops were as
signed their new Enfield rifles
Tuesday evening at the weekly
drill night. The men spent part
Of the eyenln, cleaning their new
rifles, and part OF their time In
drill.
Preparations are now being made
FOR regimental bivouac, to be in
Detroit sometime in June
Pfc. DeForrest Lyon was the
recipient Of a 5ond.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
SENTENCE REDUCED

Detroit. Apr 26-AP-The 30.
year federal penitentiary sentence
OF Otto Parnowski. one OF two
men convicted five wears ago 81
holding up the Pennington. Mich.
state Bank and escaping with s.
900. has been reduced five years
~ Federal Judge Edward p Moi.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Congress Today
BY Associated PressD

tBy Associated Pressb
Senate
In recess until Friday.
Foreign Relations Committee be-
gins work on House-approyed meas
urt extending lend-lease another
year (lO:30 a. m. EWT).
Banking Committee calls econ
omic stabilizer Vinson in OPA e.
tension inquiry (10:30).
Military Affairs subcommittee
continues war contract termina-
ton hearings (10.30).
House
Begins consideration OF ss7.s7..-
900 Interior supply bill (noon).
Post War Policy Committee
hears Army officers on united
command 90 a. M.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
"A P-3s Liehtnine!
Fast, Aren't They?'

A L. S. Fighter Base. Eng
land. Apr. 26-AP-A class in
aircraft recognition was iden-
tifying planes as they flashed
on the screen from a lantern
slide.
Something went wrong IN
the protector and there was A
blank slide.
A PISS lightning. came
voice from the back OF the
room. Fast, aren't they"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
COAL TO DEPEND
ON ARMY DRAFT

Washington, APR. 26-AP-Your
coal next winter is being weighed
in the drift scales now,
The armed forces say they will
take $4,000 coal miners in 1914.
Some coal experts had figured only
half that number would be draft
ed.
When they think OF $4,000 leav-
ing the pits. they gloom up over
the prospects OF coming close to
estimated coal requirements this
wear
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
SIX BURN Ed

ADRIAN, Mich. Apr. 26-Six per
sons we're burned. two critically,
in fire which today destroyed the
interior Of the Clarence Crandall
home Mrs. Dorothy Crandall. 80,
the mother. and her daughter.
Hazel. eight. suffered third de-
gree burns and they were reported
in a critical condition. The faith
er, Clarence. az. md Virginia.
Sc 'en, Clarence. Jr.. six. and Viola.
four. received severe burns. All
were taken TO a hospital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
U. s. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Cloudy tonight
and Thursday. Showers south and
central portions.
Highest temperature yesterday
~: lowest last night a.
Highest temperature one year
ago today 81; lowest SO.
Highest temperature this date
in last II years s6 In 1915: lowest
81 in 1926.
The sun sets today at s25 and
rises Thursday at 633.
The moon sets today at 1881
p. m. and rises Thursday at 1919
a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Flashes Of
Late News

DETROIT-AP-Leo Kuhn, De-
partment OF Justice aid from Wash
ington. Tuesday began an inyes-
tigation Of milk distribution prac-
tees in the Detroit area. He con-
ferred with Prof. Edward w. Me
Farland and Charles c. Lockwood
Of the Greater Detroit Consumers
Council Russell Ballard, president
OF the United Dairy Workers
(CIO) Local SO. and with Donald
E. NJ. Gay. Milan. Mich, dairy
farmer. before starting his inyes-
tigation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
teachers NAV
Increase ak


Pontiac, Mich, Apr. Rap
7. E. Wiersema. president Of the
Teachers Federation (AFL), said
today high school teachers would
not return TO their elassrooms I'M
I'll salary increases actually are in
eorporated In next years contracts.
Schools have been closed since
Monday.
Grand Rapids. Mich. Apr. 90
AP-A. x. Saunders OF Lansing,
executive secretary OF the Mich.-
gan Real Estate Association. con-
tends that AN insidious effort" 10
being made by teachers and other
school employees demanding wage
increases TO break the state-auth-
orized l5-mill tax Limitation on
real estate.
Other speakers agreed with
Saunders assertion before state
and national real estate executives
attending a meeting sponsored by
th association here last night.
Organized labor aud big money
are opposed 10 higher taxes on
other forms OF wealth and there
fore are indirectly aiding the fight
FOR increased property taxes" de-
clared Lawrence c. Holmes OF
chicago. secretary Of the National
Council OF Real Estate Taxpayers.
Maybe we need increased taxes
10 pay teachers" Holmes said. but
thav cbnuId mot Ia tayfad IN veal
estate" He said he favored more
state aid for schools as an alter.
native.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

LONDON-lNS-The House
OF Commons was assured today
by Prime Minister Winston
Churchill that there Is not the
slightest question OF the ees-
sion OF British territories to
the United States after the
war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
RUM NJ AGE SALE

Presbyterian Church Basement
April IS and %, $3.50 10 ( p. m.
Adv. i27
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

See B. OF C.-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

See WAR Page >
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

IIASHING'sON-AP - Senti-
ment for legislation to establish a
unified command over the nation s
armed forces and to consolidate
the Army, Navy and the Air Forces
swept through special House COM
Iuittee today as new witnesses
were called to bolster War Secre-
tary Stimson's endorsement of
such action.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

OTTAWA-lNS-Prospects for
early settlement Of the dispute be-
hind the current work stoppage at
the Windsor. Ont, plant of the
Ford Motor Company OF Canada
appeared brighter today with APP
pointment Of four-man concilia-
ton committee by the national
Wartime Labor Relations Board.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

PHILADELPHIA APP - The
goal OF a postwar job for anyone
who wants Il work has been I'M
derlined here by two days of
speeches from representatives Of
40 nations attending the lnterna-
tional Labor Organization confer
ence. The two days were thrown
open for a general airing OF opin-
ion before the conference gets
down to the actual work of writ
ing proposals for the job-giving
machinery. which will be taken
back to home governments for rati-
fcation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

KANSAS CITY-AP-The Meth
odist Quadrennial Conference. law
making body for 100000 adherI
'ents, convened here today IN cele-
bration OF the 200th anniversary OF
the church's first conference and
TO chart course for the future.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

NEW YORK-AP-A Swiss
broadcast reported by U. S. govern.
ment monitors today quoted an Of
fetal announcement as saying that
a United States bomber landed a,
the Geneva airport yesterday after.
noon because OF a shortage of gas
oline.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26
Fourth Term,
Dewey Win in
Primary Vote

(By the Associated Press
Roosevelt fourth-termers bowled
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

WASHINGTON AP-. Foreign
Economic Administrator Leo T.
Crowley told the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee today the
lend-lease program must be "con-
tinued until the United Nations
armies finally march down the
streets OF Berlin and Tokyo"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-26

LONDON AP-A Tass dispatch
said today that a German admin
istration had replaced Finnish AL
thorities in the Barents Sea port OF
Petsamo, major port for Nazi
armed forces stationed within the
Arctic Circle.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-13
Roosevelt Returns
To United States

which many veterans of this war,
especially those who do not have
strong roots in their own homes,
can go to become pioneers.
Returning to the. future of the
Pacific the Chief xecutive said:
Line for sea and air navigation
following the great circle course
from Puget to Siberia and north
ern China passes very close to
the Alaskan coast and thence west
ward along the line of the Aleu-
tan islands. From the point OF
view of national defense, there
fore, it is essential that our con-
troll of this route shall be undisput-
3D.
Everybody in Siberia and China
knows that we have no ambition
to acquire land on the continent OF
ASIA" he said. eve as people
are utterly opposed to aggression
or sneak attacks-but we as PEG
pie are .insistent that other ma
tons must not under any circum
stances through the forseeable u
ture commit such attacks agains
the United States.
Therefore it is essential that VIZ
be fully prepared to prevent then
for all time to come. The word anc
the honor of Japan cannot be trust
ed
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-13
Bluethenthal Pilot
Dies In Car Crash
Continued From Page Or

Continued From Page One)
wires that had dropped on the top
of the Ford and on the ground
nearby when the pole snapped. One
line was broken. s.
Flowers encased the wires in a
heavy wool blanket, and, by means
of a rope tied around the wires,
assistants pulled them away from
the wreckage: Other helpers pried
up the machine while Flowers
brought O'Brien from under the
dashboard and laid him on the
shoulder of the road.
Still living at the time, O'Brien
soon succumbed to severe head
and face wounds, internal injuries,
and broken legs and pelvis, &C
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-13
Galphin Says Crops
Heavy Storm Losers

CONTINUED From Page One)
corn; $4.842 for cotton; and
$167,781 for tobacco.
Onslow crop losses were re-
ported as total of 1884, 098. so
with 1928, 858.5O for corn; So
727 for cotton; and 1851, 513 for
tobacco.
Fender county crop damages
were estimated at $685. 57 with
$3.50, 1850 reported for corn,
$8,804 for cotton, and 1924, 1885,
so for tobacco.
Explaining the condition of
the crops, Galphin declared
that corn was the most COM
pletely lost. Majority of the
ruined stalks were blown by
the heavy winds almost paral-
lei to the ground, and the young
stems were broken off at the
roots.
Most affected in the line of
tobacco was the late crop. Gal
phin said most of the early
tobacco crop already had been
picked for curing in the barns.
Those leaves destroyed on the
early crop were quickly gath
cred during the storm by the
farmers.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-13
WEATHER

(By N. S. Weather Bureap)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, 10; 1880 am, "a; 1870 pm, "a;
1880 pm. 10
Maximum "a; Minimum SO; Mean rs;
Normal 10.
Humidity
1870 am, H.; 1880 am, 10; 1870 pm, So;
7:30 pm, 80.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm.
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month
5.31 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington " SODA 12:04a
5:46p 12:17p
Masonboro Inlet --------- 3:13a 9:17a
3:50p 10:07p
Sunrise, 5;32 am; Sunset. 7:o1 pm;
Moonrise 1855 am Moonset, 3:16 pm