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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-20
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WASHINGTON-AP - Protests
against what defense counsel called
"star chamber proceedings" and
Limitations on the freedom Of the
press were ready for submission
by the dozen today at the trial Of
80 persons charged with seditious
conspiracy. Formal objections We're
drafted for presentation TO Justice
Edward c. Eicher after newspaper
reporters, returning from a late af-
ternoon recess yesterday, found the
courtroom blocked by deputy l. S.
marshals who told them they would
be excluded throughout the selec'
tion OF a jury.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-20

RUMMAGE SALE by Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple basement. Fri. e
Sat. 10 10 5 p. m. Adv. 400
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-20

BOSTON-lNS- Prayers OF the
faithful were uttered today for VIII
liam Cardinal O'Connell, SO, report
ed seriously III from bronchial pneu-
monia. Msgr. Richard j. Haberlin,
yicar-general of the Boston Arch
diocese, urged priests and the Cath
Ollie laity to pray for the spiritual
and bodily welfare Of the Dean Of
Americas Catholic hierarchy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-20

Kindling wood. Mich. Ladder Co.
Adv. 420
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-20

ADELAIDE. Australia-AP- In
formation Minister Arthur Calwell,
replying to opposition party lead
ers' demands thsSk<S BE removed
from a parliamentary censorship in
quiry committee, said today reyela-
tons which will place the opposi.
ton party on the defensive will be
made when the committee reports
its findings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-20

NEW YORK-INS-"Potato whis.
ky was on sale in New York to-
day, and while this type of fire
water was strange to the big city.
buyers rushed for 1t with an ap-
parent all-consuming thirst.
WASHINGTON.AP-The War
Production Board and the War
Department today were reported
pressing the War Food Administra-
ton for immediate actioHto relieve
a serious shortage OF commercial
supplies of corn needed by indus
tries using the grain for making
vital war materials.
WASHINGTON-AP - Senator
Vandenberg (R-Mich) joined Rep.
Bradley (R-Mich) today in spon-
soring legislation to authorize con-
struction of $4,000 900 hydroelec-
trio power plant at Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, to meet requirements of the
500 locks on the St Marys River
and public consumers in the area.
WASHINGTON-INS- officials
OF the British ministry of supply
mission said today that bonuses
a. being offered to employees of
the mission who will stay in their
jobs ito help us through the Japa.
nese war as well as the European"
William Edwards. director OF infor.
M . \
the award of bonuses and denied
that the British supply mission is
having difficulty in keeping EN-.
ployes.
ONTONAGON. Mich -AP-The
search for an Army sergeant. tail
gunner on a Flying Fortress which
crashed near here Wednesday, was
continued today as rescuers were
reported using snowshoes in scour.
ing TO Porcupine Mountain area.
The filler, identified at Truax Field
in Madison, Wis. as Sgt. Leonard
Rogers. 20. OF Pulaski. n. Y. was
tha only member Of the crew miss.
ing.
WASHINGTON-INS- Produc-
ton officials prepared a protest to
the War Manpower Commission TO.
d'y against the wholesale denial
by state draft directors OF defer.
ment requests for key workers I'M
der &c in l.any highly critical war
plants. While synthetic rubber,
radar, coal mining, penicillin manu-
facture and other activities on the
super critical" list were said to be
re sewing favorable deferment
treatment. WPB officials reported
the situation very unsatisfactory"
with regard to important foundriss.
steel forging plants and chemical
industries
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-20

NEW YORK-INS-"Potato whis.
ky was on sale in New York to-
day, and while this type of fire
water was strange to the big city,
buyers rushed for It with an ap-
parent all-consuming thirst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
Startling But True

The National Safety Council, in mak- ing the safety Awards to the commercial airlineS recently, brought out some start ing figures as to the safety records of the airlineS of the United States during 1943.
 During the past year, of the IT domes- tic airlineS listed in tke Councils Air Transport Safety Awards, IS operated one billion two hundred and twenty five mill lion passenger miles without a passenger fatality. This is equivalent to picking up at their home airportS every man, woman and child in the cities of Birmingham, Little Rock, Beverly Hills, Denver, Hart ford, Tampa, Des Moines, Louisville, Ball. timore, Dayton and the two Portlands, plus all the people in Nevada, Wyoming and Vermont and flying all of them to points 200 miles away and bringing them safely home. Unbelievable-but true.
 The record stands as the second best in safe air transportation in more than IT years of operation, and this under the critical conditions of 1943 with more than half their aircraft in military service and many of their crews flying to the far corners of the world. Only for the IT months from March, 1889, to August, 1940, when the airlines operated without a passenger fatality, was the years rec ord surpassed.
 In addition to these statistics of the flying on regular schedule in this coun- try, there are the hundreds of millions of miles flown by many of our airlines in operations for the Army and Navy with thousands of safe tranS-oceanic flights monthly. For military reasons these fig ures cannot be divulged, but when the ban is lifted, the American people will be justly proud of the safety and progress of their air transport.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
Battle Traffic First

Those who are thoughtlessly planning trips by train this summer should heed the words of Colonel J. Monroe Johnson, Director, Office of Defense Transporta- tion, spoken shortly before the invasion, emphasizing the necessity of clearing transportation facilities of any unneces- sary travel. "When the landing barges nose onto the shores of Europe" he said, land our men fight through the enemy defenses, the casualties must be imme- diately evacuated and dispatched to Am erica. There will be no room or safety for the disabled on the strife-torn beach, heads.
 "When the wounded arrive in hospital ships, and replacements and reinforce Flents are being rushed to our ports, every facility of the nation must and will be immediately available. The transporta- tion system must be free to respond to any demands that the occasion may make upon it. Any unessential traveller who gets caught In the invasion traffic will have only himself to blame if he is ir- definitely stranded, or finds his Pullman
 eEEattona cancelled. oE finde paseen&
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
Some Thoughts for Wartime Voters

For the first time in 80 years and the second time in this country'S history, Americans are going to elect president while fighting a war. The November election is bound to have its precariouS moments AS always there will be harsh and bitter wordS-perhapS more than usual under the stress of circumstances. But there can be no danger, even of transitory sort, unless widespread at tack of extreme partiSanship should breach our national unity enough to af- feet prosecution of the war. Such re- suit is unlikely. And the possibility can be avoided if each candidate and voter will resolve, before the going gets too hot, to conduct his politicking with good sense and an intelligent perspective. A good workable set of non-partisan rules might be culled, oddly enough, from the highly partisan keynote speech of Governor War ren of California before the Republican National Convention. Scattered through the address were some bits of advice to his party that the governor would prob ably be glad to share with the entire coun- try. Many voters and candidates have probably been thinking along the same lines already.
 But Governor Warren was among the first to voice these ideas publicly, and 1t does not seem too early in the game to set them down for study and reflection by voters of all parties:
 This war cannot be fought and won as Republicans or Democrats This is an all-American war. There is place for every American in it. There is no place of honor for any American who is not in it.
 "In or out of office, Republicans and winning the war. The generals who command our armies, the admirals who command our fleets are no more Repub- Iican or Democratic than the armies and the fleets which they command. -. They know how to run the war and We will see to it that they have the opportunity to run it without political interference.
 "There is room for honest differences among us. There is no room for disunity. We can be of differing minds. But we must be of one heart. .. There is no place among us for malcontentS
 we are in no mood for torch-light iubilation. Whether we win as party is less important to us than whether we win as people"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

CT schedules temporarily disrupted and intercity buses completely swamped :. {. there will be no sympathy for the strand ed pleasure traveller"
 Those are grim words spoken in deadly earnestneSS. Heretofore the travelling public has been asked to cooperate to ease the load on the transportation sys- tenn. The railroads, on whom the heavi- tain service in the face of well nigh in- that everyone will remember that the arGsus nd that Stt, ale oV Cne DeSs Sl,ey can'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

Confirm they soul in self-control. Thy liberty in law!"
 Here was a man Of Asiatic back ground, but born an American citi- zen, singing about America-his America. It filled everyone who heard him with the realization that this country of ours is not just a political entity but g great adyen- ture in world fellowship. It is the pooling of human ideals which are everywhere acknowledged to be good.
 Every man and woman walking the streets of our cities and work. ing in our fields should this day Of- fer up Q fervent prayer of thanks giving that he or she is an AmeFis can. This he should do not as the Pharisee who thanked God that he was not as other men, but rather in the spirit of grateful patriots who thank God for their liberty and are proud of the fact that the nation arose with all it's manhood, re- sources, and treasure when sinister forces challenged this lbeFty, Let us pray that God will cons firm our souls in salf-control, our ' liberty in Jaw,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
A Thought for Today
War and Music

Music plays an important part in the Army and Navy program in these war days. Celebrated musicians give much of their time and talents to help along the morale of Servicemen at home and in all theaters of the war. Over in Italy Heifetz is playing the classics for the troops in Italy. Jascha Heifetz, noted violinist, says he finds that soldiers like to hear serious music. They are not all for jazz. To take care of the musical needs of the armed forces considerable musical equipment is necessary.
 And that is why associated musical or ganizations affiliated with the National Federation of Music Clubs are presently hard at work to raise sufficient money to equip hospital ships which will bring back wounded Americans from foreign war fronts.
 This is one of the most important of war services-providing musical equip nlent; equally as important as providing them with reading In Waterbury the Mattatuck Musical Art Society has done it's bit in this work and next week will participate in an animated drive to last two days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

didn't believe him, adding that George Butler, Jones' nephew, who is chairman of the Texas Democratic Executive Committee and led the revolt, was atotrney for many Jones projects and worked hand in glove with his uncle.
 At about the time clayton re- signed, Jones had been confined to his bed with an infected kid ney. However, Assistant Presi- dent Jimmie Byrnes, who lives in the same hotel, went to see him. Jimmie is fond of Jones and backed him in last July showdown with Henry Wallace.
 Byrnes went over the whole matter thoroughly, but Jesse stuck to his position that he had known nothing about the Texas revolt.
 "All right" replied Byrnes, "no- body called me up from South Carolina, either, to tell me what was going on down there. But ! xOuI1O OUU dDOQU ~ eAAAA oCAAV some of my boys down to straight en things out. Now it's up to you, as a member of the Presi- dents Cabinet from Texas, to straighten things out there"
 However, Jones maintained he did not want to meddle in the Texas political situation.
 Later, Byrnes had 8 second talk with Jones in which he really put the heat on, urged that he denounce as un-American the Texas idea of choosing electors pledged to disregard the wishes of the electorate If they voted for Roosevelt.
 This was what finally induced Jones to publish his first-page editorial in The Houston Chornicle frowning on the Texas Electoral College group. The editorial was so cautious and so long delayed, however, that 1t aroused no en. thllsiasm from the President.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
New Wrinkle on Lend-Lease

There's been lot written about CT Joe waiting to return home to find every thing just as he left it. And the ladies, bless their hearts, being literal lot, have written to Republican Senator Owen Brewster of Maine asking that face-lift- ing and plastic surgery be lend-leased to wives and families of men in the armed services. For, as they point out, "what woman, wife or mother; among us wants that man to return to a wrinkled face, dried up, flabby neck; knowing men do not age as quickly as women?"
 More power to you ladies-and lend lease
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
Selected Poem
MIDSUMMER MORN

(Pearl Strachan in The Christian Science Monltor) The cock had first performed and reused the dogs His saxophone had rent the whispering folds Of country darkness Up from east and west North, south and in between the voices came Of all the village dogs-the high, the low. Deep-belled and lighter like thin soprano High up the scale; the feminine contralto Of the she-collie, and the throaty tenor Of an excited chow. The Saint Bernard Added the minor notes A spaniel flung recitatiye into the program. Then, Full-chested baritone. the Belgian hound Doomed defiance to the world and set The bulldogs bass. If had only known How to write music on that summer morn I might have given you a thing to keep, fitting overture to such day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
AS A MATTER OF FACT

We approach the end of the Fifth War Loan Drive. Final returns are not yet completed locally. In some communities the quota has already been reached. It will perhaps be several days before all totals are in. Some communities did as they did before-went over the top quick ly. Others have not found it so easy to arrive at previous quotas. By and large, however, the American effort in support of the War Loan Drive, has been earnest. So let's keep going until the last gun is fired, so to speak.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

Privately, he is just as down on Jesse as ever.
 Furthermore, as a result of this incident and other moves by the Secretary of Commerce, several around the White House are won- dering whether Jones is playing a long shot to be the Vice Presi- dential nominee. They have not forgotten the balloons he had hid- den in the Democratic conven- ton hall m Houston during the Al Smith nomination in 1928. Marked Jesse Jones for Presidi- dent," they caused smiles by breaking loose and floating over the crowde prematurely.
 Nor have they forgotten Jesse's secret moves to be the Vice. Presidential nominee instead of Wallace at Chicago in 194O.
 And as he is strong with the conservative and Southern wing of the party, they are convinced that, if the coming convention is dead-locked over Wallace, Jesse figures the whole Southern revolt could be compromised by putt ting him up as Roosevelt's run- ming mate.
 It sounds like a long shot. But Jesse has played the long shots ever since he was an over-invest- ed real-estate operator during the depression, desperate to become Herbert Hoover's REC director. And the long shots have pulled him through.
 Copyright, I944. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

MT. Ickes' excuse for rationing coal would be the most novel one ever offered to that agency.
 Even in highly articulate Wash ington, poohbah Ickes' gift of gah is outstanding. It is conceded that he can swing wicked phrase, clause or epithet to deadly effect But nobody can figure how even he would overcome real coal shortage with $375, ,000 worth of curmudgeon- ry.
 The fact is, in the opinion of many who ought to know, that there isn't going to be any need for rationing coal this winter, and that MT. Ickes' SHAW is only scarce n1ongering when 1t talks about a 20-million ton shortage and the worst coal crisis in American history.
 DO WE NEED MORE
 OR DON'T WE?
 Originally the nations coal opera tors were told that they should pro- duce 620 million tons of bituminous coal this year. Then the ante was raised to 626 million tons. There 1t rests. If there is need for any more, nobody has troubled to tell the men who must provde 1t.
 Through June 1T output totaled 297, ,l87, 900 tons, which by quick di- vision appears to be at the rate of 54 million tons a month. Projected through the remainder of June, that production rate would indicate @ six-month output, in fat round fig ures, of 320 million tons-which is what the Butiminous Coal Institute estimates as the answer.
 The first six months production, says the institute, will apparently be about 320 million tons, which is considerably over half of the in- dustrial coal needs forecast by the SFAW-enough more to fulfill the publicized needs for occupied Eur ope from American bituminous mines"
 There is absolutely no reason to suppose that the current production rate will not hold throughout the year and yield $40 million tons-15 millions above the SFAW's quota for the industry.
 This does not suggest that coupon rationing of coal is going to be nec- essary even if Honest Harold broad casts only $40,0OO worth of verbiage instead of the $275,000 he has in mind.
 KEEP MUM, OLD BOY
 There really seems very little for Ickes to do about coal right now ex- cept to keep his eyes open and his dictating machine closed.
 Last year there were three disas- trous strikes that cost us 40 million tons of coal and kept the SHAW hopping like a highly articulate Mexican jumpng bean. But there is no reason to anticipate strikes this year. John Lewis has contracts with all the companies except one that was omitted deliberately so that 1t could carry test case on the portal to-portal issue to the Supreme Court.
 The problem now is getting coal out of the ground - which miners and companies are doing faster than Ickes asked-and hauling 1t around the country, which the railroads and the Office of Defense Transporta- tion know about without reminders from the SHAW.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

slRned letters pertaining to pers aOnal health and hygiene, not 70
 disease, diagnosis of treatmenty will be answered by pr. Brady tt . stamped selI-addressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should be brieS and written In ink. No reply can
 be made Co queries not conform" ing to instructions. Address pr.
 William Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison
 Street, Chicago, III.
 RFfEUMATIsM AND THE HEART
 Fifty years ago pr. Osler wrote that of 456 cases of rheumatic fever Cotherwise called acute infectioun' arthritis and acute infiaInmatory rheumatism) in Montreal General hospital only i9 of the patients were under IS years of age, nearly half of them were between fifteen and twenty-five years of age, only S2 of them were above thirty-fivo years of age.
 Probably rheumatic fever today is disease of late childhood ados lescence, young adult life in most cases, although the first attack ocs CUTS before the age of ten years in ten per cent of the cases. "
 Osler ascribed rheumatic fever to exposure. Occupations which ne. hesitate exposure to cold and great changes of temperature predispose strongly. .. Exposure to cold, Q wetting, or sudden change of teSl1- perature are among the factors in determining the onset of an attack" wrote the great medical teacher Of his day-and here is one reason why he was great teacher: he added but they were present in only 12 per cent of our cases"
 Evidently pr. Osler was cone cerned about the other S6 per cent of cases, wondering why only one out of eight victims of rheumatic fever could recall any particular exposure to cold, wet, sudden change. Virtually every man, woman and child who is not confined to bed is inevitably exposed to colds wet, sudden change of temperature draft, dampness, night air, fog, dew VI OOtAAV SuSAA SAASAAbC OA GAAVAASeS-' ment daily if not hourly as long as he is alive. I wonder what ever inc duced Dr. Osler to remark that ex~ posture had nothing to do with seven out of eight cases of rheumatic fever. And l wish the great teacher could have had the grace (which comes easier today) to concede that even in the one case there was no scientific proof that exposure to cold wet or sudden change of tenn perature determined onset of the attack; that that was just an old medical theory conceived by doctorf away back in the dim past. ,e
 Dr. Osler defined rheumatic fever as "an acute, non-contagious fevers dependent upon an unknown infec' tive agent, and charactherized by multiple arthritis" <inflammatior of many joints). Although the joint inflammation is painful enough and the fever is as serious as fever from any other cause, 1t is not the illness itself that gives us so much con cern, but rather the complications which are liable to occur, particu- larly inflammation of the heart lin. ing (endocarditis). That will be the subject of the next talk about rheumatism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

own way, warns that if Congress tries pairing his wordage, he may ask OPA to ration coal by coupon. T h a t, he says, would cost $e,000,- 900 instead of the m e asly $S75, ,000 with which. Har- old proposes to finance distribu- ton of his verbal pearls.
 To which an anonymous OPA- or rernarkQ that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

Wacs will soon be wearing or carrying medals of St. Genevieve, patron of the Women's Army Corps. The Papal bles- sing has been bestowed on ten thousand of them. These will be made available to women in this country through the wo- mems division of the National Catholic Community Service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

He possessed an unusually beaut- full tenor voice, and as the great throng listened to him the hearts of m a n y " e r e touched. These e were the words he sang:
 "Americal Ameri- ca-
 God mend thine
 -,eAawS (lAwT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
Too Much Blood?


 Woman, 70, is sure she has too much blood and believes bleeding the only remedy to help her. She is strong and active, but overweight and nervous. If you say so she will consent to see a doctor. Mrs. T. w. Answer-No one has too much blood. Persons who appear florid and "full-blooded" haven't too much blood but rather too weak or overalled or relaxed surface ves- sells. Persons who have high blood pressure haven't too much bloods. either. Bleeding can give only tern- uporary relief in any case. If the woman is ailing in any way, the sensible thing for her ot do is to consult Q physician.
 Copyright, l944, John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08
.
 SPOTLIGHT
No Need For
 Coal Rationing
By s. BURTON HEATH

In his capacity as Solid Fuels Ad-
 ministrator for War, Harold L. Ickes
 wants s375,OOo with which to tele- phone and telegraph in the coming fiscal year. Any economy-minded congressional committee thinks that he can get by very well with only $4O.O0O. Honest Harold, who likes his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-08

Summer is at its height when the ads show those sheer blacks and browns which try to outdo the daytime cottons which are beginning to show the wear and tear of a thus far hot early summer.