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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Soldier Vote Likely to be
Republican Senator Asserts

tor. declining to be quoted, said
his mail indicated that a majority
OF the overseas service men will
vote the Republican ticket, while
fshe domestic service vote might
be about evenly divided.
A possibility that 10 TO 80 per
cent Of overseas soldiers would
vote Republican was seen by this
senator. At the same time he
said mail indicated that not more
than one third of those overseas
will vote. and that the domestic
service vote will be more import
ant.
Another Democratic senator said
his canvass indicated that the ser
vice vote would be split $3.50 In
the election.
Officers. he said. almost invari.
ably say they will vote TO support
the commander-in-chief. assuming
that President Roosevelt will again
be a candidate. He said the ma
jority OF enlisted men--which com
prise the bulk OF the seryices--are
talking against the Administra-
ton.
Some senators said that strikes
and high wages are the chief fac
tors In swinging overseas men
away from the Administration.
Publicized high wages, swift shift
dances" and other glamors attach.
ed to war production jobs. are a
real "gripe" to overseas men, It
It reported.
Sen. Scott Lucas I'D Ill. Co
author OF the Green-Lucas soldier
vote bill. declared that he was un-
interested in how the men will
vote. He said he would fight Just
as hard for the soldier vote bill
II II were shown that 10 per cent
would vote Republican and 30 per
cent Democratic.
The Democratic congressional
opinion is not unanimous. Some
members believe that service men
will take the attitude that they
must not change horses in the
middle OF the stream" and will
vote for President Roosevelt II he
Is again a candidate.
The House Elections Committee
will meet soon after Congress re
convenes next week. to consider a
soldiers vote bill Rep. Worley
Cd Tex, chairman. said there
has been a definite reaction in
favor OF his compromise bill put
ting servicemen's voting up TO the
states.
President Roosevelt is expected
to insist on passage OF a soldier
vote bill in his forthcoming mes
sage TO Congress on the state Of
the union.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

Of us who own our own. homes in
the vicinity of the Bomber Plant
are confident that the government.
the Ford Motor Company. and the
people Of Michigan are going TO
insist that the great new manufac-
turing facilities continue TO pro
duce after the war. But an ade-
quate supply OF labor is essential.
and such a reservoir can be as
sured only where families have
comfortable homes in which to
live.
at our meeting Tuesday night.
not only these postwar problems.
but also the present steps we must
take to provide such healthful com
munity conditions. will be discuss
ed" concluded Mr.. Condor.
The Willow Run Civic League
IL sponsoring the movement to
incorporate into a city az area OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Set In
Blaze

Wayne Fire Department officials
placed damage at an estimated
S3I773.33 resulting from a fire
December 81 which burned an en-
tire girls dormitory TO the ground
at Wayne Park. OF this approx
mate, total, loss to the government
and construction costs was about
s27,573.33 and personal loss to the
81 girls living in the dormitory was
put at about two hundred dollars
apiece.
The fire originated in the room
Of Edna Hendricks and quickly
spread to the rest OF the one story
frame structure. At the time OF the
fire four girls who we're sleeping in
the dormitory were warned by the
fire alarm in the building. The
Wayne Fire Department extin-
guished the blaze after battling al.
most four hours.
The girls. most Of whom are EN-.
ployed at the Ford Bomber Plant.
were transferred to another dorm!-
tory and trailers on the grounds and
some stayed in Wayne with friends.
The Red Cross provided food, heat,
and shelter for the girls.
Two Runs
The Willow Run Area Fire De-
partment made two runs January 2.
They we're called to the mainten-
ance Building in the morning where
SCOT and paint were burning on the
smoke stack. The fire burned itself
out.
A little later they answered \
call at 50 U Street, which is occu-
pied by Mrs. H. White. where a
heater had exploded. Mrs. Whites
hair was scorched when the heater
exploded but she did not require
first aid.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

Willow Run Community will be
no ghost city" predicted John
Condor. president. Willow Ron
Civic League. today as he discuss
ed present and postwar plans Of
his group. "Thoze who have trav-
eled through the West and North
to Alaska have looked with sad
eyes at lost and forgotten oppor-
tunities as they gazed at the ruins
OF gold-rush towns whose found
ers thought only OF the immediate
opportunity to make money con
tinued Mr.. Condor.
zone OF the principal reasons the
Ford Motor Company has expert
enced such a high turnover in ON.
ployment at the Bomber Plant has
been the absence OF sufficient. well
regulated housing in a stable com
munity." stated Condor. Those
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Rotary Shown
Park Pictures

The natural beauties and wonders
Of America were brought wildly
before the Rotarisns this noon as
Mahlon Buell., head OF the physics
department OF the Apn Arbor High
School. amateur photographer and
former president OF the Ann Arbor
Camera Club, showed kodachromes
OF several OF the great national
parks Of the West. Lighting. color
values. and composition we're ham
died expertly and combined to de-
light the eye and arouse emotions
closely associated with love OF
country. Scenes from the colorful
valleys and spouting geysers OF yell
lowstone were not to be outdone by
the slender flashing falls OF Yose-
mite. rugged and jagged mountain
peaks OF Washington and Oregon,
the rock strewn coastline OF the Pa
cific. the giant ageless trees Of Sc
quota, and the tumultuous valley OF
the Grand Canyon.
Visitors were wallace Watt. Of
Monroe: Norris 'wiltse. and Alexan-
der McNaster. OF Ypsilanti: ard
II. j. Schmidt OF Wayne.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
rice Control
to be Tested

washington. Jan. Sins The
Supreme Court was confronted to-
day with a sweeping attack on con-
stitutionality OF the price control
laws. with an early decision ex-
pected.
The Emergency Price Control
Act, first OF the price control laws.
was attacked by B. Rottenberg OF
Boston, as an unconstitutional del
egation OF legislative power by Con-
gress.
Convicted OF selling Wholesale
beef cuts above maximum prices
and sentenced 10 six months I'M
prisonment. Rottenberg filed a
brief in which Il is asserted that
the act violates all the chief safe
guards in the Constitution for rights
Of individuals.
1.-THE act is unconstitutional BY
reason OF the unlawful delegation
OF legislative power; the specula-
tive character OF the facts TO be
found by the administrator. and the
unlimited powers and discretion
given the price administrator TO
accomplish the purposes OF the
act" said Rottenberg.
The law. he said. gives the price
administrator authority TO "stabil-
lie prices" to prevent speculative
profits" to prevent abnormal In
creases In prices and rents and
to make determinations based upon
other such general terms.
In delegating extraordinary pow
er to the OPA chief 10 determine
what prices have reached a point
inconsistent with the act. Rotten
besrg said. Congress gave him pow
ar 10 define A crime
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
mo Ghost City" Says Willow Run Official

five and onehalf square miles
which Is one half mile east OF
Ypsllanti. on Tuesday. January
II, at the next meeting OF the
Board OF County Supervisors.
petition and report OF the result Of
the official census recently com
pleted will be presented. When
all the requirements Of the State
laws have been satisfied. the Su-
peryisors win set q date for an
election at which the issue OF the
Incorporation Of the city will be
determined by the voters OF the
area.
we invite all interested in the
Willow Run area TO attend the
meeting Of the League tomorrow
night at p. m, South Recreation
Hall. Roo NIP. Willow Lodge
added Mr.. Condor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Belleville Boy Hurt
in Traffic Accident

Darwood Moore, 10, 1872 Denton
Rd., Believille, received a frac-
turned ankle Saturday when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
John Rieberger, 465i5 Van Born
Rd., Belleville. driving south on
Denton Rd. According to state po-
lice the boy had been playing foot
ball and had run into tue road after
his ball when he was struck.
Hand Injured
When an automobile brushed him
as he was crossing US-1l2 at Lamay
St. Saturday morning, Thomas
King. IS. Willow Lodge. received 4
bruised left finger and torn hand.
He was treated for his injury at
Boyer Hospital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

Washington, Jan. SINS White
House intimates are whispering to-
day that, President Roosevelt -yiil
shake up his cabinet shortly for the
purpose Of getting greater strength
In his inner council during the final
victory drives on Germany and
Japan.
The posts OF attorney general,
secretary OF war and secretary o;
labor are involved in the rumors.
II the changes are made. however,
Washington observers will conclude
Immediately that the President is
putting his cabinet in order" for a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
SIX FATALITIES

Detroit. Jan. 3-INS--The New
Years frst week end resulted in
six traffic fatalities and injuries 10
more than 100 persons. police re-
yealed today. Dead we're Mrs. Emma
Handles, a.. Lincoln Park: Thomas
Cox. 20. and Miss Matte Duncan,
q, Benton Hsrbor: Mrs. Vivian
Bauman. %, Greenville; Joy Lea
Gordon. Il. Farwell. and Adolph
ostrander, IS, Grand Rapids.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Thirty Second Diuision Takes Saidor Harbor
Buna' S Heroes
AddChapter
toHistory

Advanced Allied Headquarters.
New Guinea, Jan. 3-UP-Ameri-
can invaders. including the 32nd
Division, swarming ashore in
northern New Guinea, have captur-
ed Saidor Har6or and alrheld only
So miles southeast OF Madang.
booming thousands OF Japanese~to
the west to "disintegration and des-
truction' Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur announced today.
L. S. Sixth Army veterans OF the
bloody Buna campaign landed Sun
day on three Delays Bay beaches
bordering Saidor, 1l5 Miles north
west OF Finschhafen, under cover Of
a Hurricane air and naval bonn
bardment and quickly overwhelmed
light enemy opposition without
loss.
The invaders widened and deep
ened their beachheads throughout
Sunday and Up until late afternoon
had not met even aerial retalia-
ton. The enemy was surprised
both strategica!ly and tactically,
McArthurs communique said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

WASHINGToN-UP- The Fed.
eral Communications Commission.
which was scheduled to declare
last week its new policy on furth-
er newspaper owaersn:p OF radio
facilities. has decided to delay the
action until some later date,
il was understood today. Rep.
Harold Knutson, r., Mimi, said
he had heard that Congressional
opposition to "unwarranted dis
elimination" against newspaper
owners had led the FEC to
hold Off and review" an opinion
which would tend to exclude news
papers from further entrance into
radio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Kills
Hundred
(By United Press)

IDy UUILtU ICooJ
At least 100 persons were killed
during the two-day New Years holt
day week end, with more than 100
lives lost in traffic accidents.
California and Illinois led the
nation with at least 20 deaths in
Illinois and at least 10 we're killed
In mishaps involving automobiles IN
California.
Four drownlngs we're reported
and several suicides swelled the
total OF non-traffic deaths to So.
including fatalities from railroad
accidents and fires.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tuesday:
Little Change

TOLEDO, o.-AP-Fire destroy
ed a 200-foot square area of a
warehouse at the Harvester War
Depot 10 miles southwest OF Toledo
early today. Ii. r. W. Reynolds.
public relations officer at the post,
reported.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Japanese Trapped

The landings trapped all Japa'
nese between Saidor and Nuzen, rs
miles to the southeast. captured
Saturday by Australian forces ad-
vancing up the Huon Peninsula
some 40 miles north OF Finschha-
fen.
Enemy troops caught in between
the American-Australian --pincers
were pinned to the coastal region by
the towering Finisterre Mountain
range, which begins a few miles
inland and can be crossed only al
a 6,000-foot pass near Mt. fupna-
kabap, 20 miles south Of Saidor.
Enemy forces on the north coast
between the Sixth Army and ad-
vancing Australians are trapped
with no source OF supply and they
face disintegration and destrucuon'
the communique said.
Capture of Saidor, used by the
japanese as a barge trans -snipment
base on the supply route TO the
Huon Peninsula and Rabaul, set the
stage for a twO-way drive on Ma
dang. keystone of Japanese de-
lenses on. northern New Guinea
and its auxiliary base OF Bogaollm'
AZ miles northwest OF Saidor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

SACRAMENTO. Cal.-UP- An
Army Board OF Inquiry sought to-
day to ascertain from one sur
viyor and hundreds OF spectators
why a BIT Flying Fortress literal
ly dlsintegrated in the air over
Mcclellan Field yesterday. killing
10 OF II men aboard as 1t crashed
in flaming wreckage on the air
port runway.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Australians Advance

AUSTRALIANS NoNAhSS
Australian forces in the Hamu
Valley in the interior OF New Gui-
nea have advanced from the south
to high ground within sight OF botn
Bogadjim and Madang. though still
IS miles from the latter. =,
The landings at Saidor marked
the third American invasion IN the
Southwest Pacific in the last three
weeks. Only a week earlier L. ).
Marines landed at Cape Gloucester
in northwestern New Britain and
the previous week other elements
of the Sixth Army captured AraWe
on the southwest coast OF New Bril-
tain.
The invaders included the 32nd
L. s. Division, which helped cap
ture Buna in the campaign that
broke enemy resistance In north
eastern New Guinea. Brig. Gen.
Clarence A. Martin commanded
landing forces at Ssidor and Col.
Slade r. Bradley commanded
ground forces.
More than 100 Allied bombers
paved the way for the invasion by
dropping 200 tons Of bombs along
the north coast OF New Guinea be-
tween saidor and Sio Saturday and
firing 100000 rounds OF ammuni-
ton in strafing attacks. Hadang
also was hit in a follow-up to Fri
days record 25S-ton raid.
On New Britain, Marines consoi-
dated their positions at Cape Glou'
cester. pushing patrols deep into
Japanese-held territory inland to
clear a wide safety belt around
their newiy-captured airstrips.
More enemy dead were counted.
raising the total above the LOCO
announced yesterday.
Bombers and attack planes hit
enemy forces at Bergen Bay on
the eastern flank OF the cape Glou-
cester Beachheads and artillery
sank enemy barges sneaking into
the bay.
A night air patrol sank a 9.OOo-ton
Japanese cargo ship and damaged
5.000-ton vessel In the Admiralty
Islands. $50 miles north OF Cape
Gloucester. while an enemy des-
troyer was damaged In Fimbe Bay
on New Britain's south coast.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

CAIRO-UP-King Peter OF Ju-
goslavia has won his wings as a
Royal Air Force fighter pilot, eli
making an extensive training per-
iod begun in England. 1t was learn
ed today. The 20 year old king,
whose government in exile makes
its headquarters here. was award
ed his wings Thursday after 100
mile solo flight over the desert.
Peter, long a mechanics enthusiast
Is an expert electrician and auto
mobile mechanic.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

SToCKHoLM-UP- The Sven
sko Dagbiadet said yesterday thai
six Finnish deserters, the largest
contingent SO far, had arrived in
the North Swedish port of UMEAA
after crossing the Ian Gulf in
motorboat. The men repeatedly
had been on leave and decided to
30 to Sweden.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

STOCKHOLM-UP- The Sven
ska Dagbladet said yesterday that
German authorities in the Baltic
countries ordered a complete black
out for all cities and countrysides
OF the Battles beginning Jan. !.
Total blackouts previously had
been effective only in the actual
warZone.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

CINCINNATI-UP- Classes on
the main campus of the University
OF Cincinnati we're suspended to-
day in an effort to prevent the
spread OF scarlet fever which has
sent II OF the more than 1000 sol
dier-students to general hospital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

CHICAGO Up Sunny Aims
worth. 10 year old ex-wife OF Tom
my Manville, said today she was
frozen with fright" when three
gunner took a $3.50 watch and
$500 ring from her yesterday. The
seventh Mrs. Manville told police
she had come in from a date and
was going out to dinner when the
bandits held up the hotel where
she was staying. She said they
overlooked $500 in cash In her
purse.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03
Continue Advance

Canadian troops Of the British
Eighth Army in Italy meanwhile
continued their advance northward
along the Adriatic coast toward the
Port OF Pescara despite bad wealth.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

NEW YORK-UP- The Assoc
iated Press today filed in the
United States District Court pro-
posed form Of judgment, findings
Of fact and conclusions Of law
which It's counsel said were for
the purpose OF clarifying and in
terpreting the courts decision Of
last October which held that the
A. P.'s bylaws were in violation
of the Antitrust Act.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-03

Los ANGELES -AP- An In
come tax lien against Actress
Martha Raye, contending she still
owes S1S,315 on her 1912 earnings,
has been filed by Internal Collec-
tor Harry C. Westover.
The sub., 1944-10-12

determination on the domestic front really to win this war, and particularly to make a future one with Japan unlikely, If not i'm possible.
 Even though Japan's empire coll lapses, strong and largely self-sus- taining Japanese forces can re- main :. lconquered in the vast land masses of Asia and the Netherlands East Indies. Pan-Asiatic Japanese propaganda has not been unpro- ductive in these backward cOun- tries.
 If their entrenched forces are al- lowed to re -ain, and germinate, we may we'll find, 20 years from now, that in spite of defeat in Ja-
The sub., 1944-10-12

Hedda Hopper, whose new pro- gram "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood" started Monday, Oct. 2nd (CBS, 7:15-7:3O p. m. E.W.T.) is noted for her unusual hats. She loves uni- -quely shaped headgear and has be- come so famous for her startling chapeaux that she is constantly re- ceiving letters containing sugges- tiOns and drawings for new "crea- tions." La Hopper Ofte nhas hats made according to ideas she gets in this unusual fan mail.
The sub., 1944-10-12

Japanese war leaders assume that their people will not collapse. The Japanese believe that it will be the Western nations. sated with land, money, and industrial riches, who will fall into an apathy to- ward continued fighting and an antipathy toward further sacrifice. The Japanese military know that we have only to wage war on them to defeat them, they are stalking their chances on the hope that we shall not want to.
 In 1886, just before the war with China, there were some five mll- lion workers in Japanese industry. Today there are twice that num- Der, and most of them are produc- | ing materials of war. In addition to these II. n.illions of native workers, the Japs control a potential work ing force of 4OO,0OO,OOO enslaved people.
 The Japanese "know there is a war going on" More than 10000 small shops in Tokyo alone have been closed to free 15,OOO shop keepers for shipyards and arma- mept plants. Women have been taken from the silk mills and light industries of peace to manufacture aircraft, munitions and explosives. Lathes are set up in the back rooms of little buildings where families formerly lived and earned their livings by turning out the millions of ash trays and Santa Clauses made in Japan" that flooded the pre-war markets of the world. Many of the new workers have been taken from white collar groups and from the farms.
 About half of the entire indus trial force is made up of women, 25 per cent of boys and girls un- der 20 years old, the other 25 per cent of men. They work from twelve to sixteen hours day with only two days of rest each month; and they cannot leave ther jobs or change jobs. The very highest-paid, in heavy indus tries, earn up to the equivalent of three American dollars a day, but at least 30 per cent of their wages and in many cases as much as 75 per cent, is drained off by taxes, compulsory savings, and bond pur- chases.
 Before the war an average Jap anese ate pound of rice day. He ate hundred pounds of fish a year and only four pounds of meat. Today his ration ticket allows him eleven and half ounces of rice day-less than three-quarters of his customary share-and to make matters worse some of the rice is unpublished and some is mixed with barley from Manchuria or corn | from Indo-China.
 Because the Japanese have been accustomed to living standard far below that of America, Japan has been able to achieve 8 war pro- ductiOn strenth out of all prOpOr-