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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Smokes Will
be Available

Washington, Oct. GINS More
cigarettes and cigars will be avail
able for civilians lin the near fu-
ture." the war Food Administra-
tion asserted optimistically today
in its 1915 outlook" report on the
tobacco situation.
Differing with reports that the
cigarette situation would get tight
er, WA maintained 1T is likely
that the present cigarette shortage
is only temporary. inasmuch as the
labor and container problems In
the industry should become less
acute in the near future"
The agency laid the domestic ci-
garette scarcity to huge military
requirements. a lack OF corrugated
shipping cartons and a short supply
OF facory labor.
AS for cigars. production Of
which is most seriously hampered
by labor scarcity and shipments 10
the armed forces( VIA predicted
some increase" in civilian con.
sumption also lin the near future"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Bit of Good Luck Might Tip Scales
Heavily in Favor of Allies

reason we may be sure that Gen.
eral Eisenhower has his microscope
on the Aachen battle, ready TO pour
in reserves and exploit any profit.
able looking opening.
Has Potentialitles
However. despite the potentiali.
ties OF this battle, we mustn't as.
sumo that Eisenhower necessarily
has picked IL for the supreme eff
ort which ultimately will open up
the route through which the Allied
armies will pour into the Reich.
He will develop it II It looks good.
but otherwise will strike In some
more promising spot
Nazi propaganda Minister Goeb-
bells yesterday declared that the
Allies have opened an all-out oflen-
sive against Germany. Tha. un-
doubtedly Is true in the sense that
the preliminary attacks are under
way throughout the length OF the
$50 mile Allied line. But Eisen.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Kelly Absolves
Township Clerk

Traverse City, Mich, Oct. sap
Governor Kelly said today that
an investigation conducted at his
orders into domestic campaign
charges that a township clerk In
Menominee County enclosed Re-
publican campaign literature with
soldier vote ballots has absolved
the clerk OF my violation OF state
or federal law.
Arthur A. Koscinski. Democratic
nominee for secretary OF state, had
alleged in a campaign speech that
Republican literature was forward
ed with soldiers ballots to a Memo.
minee County soldier serving IN
England. Koscinski had identified
Halls Nelson, clerk OF Spaulding
Township in Menominee County, as
the source OF literature.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Strikes MAY
Tie up Films

Hollywood. oct Gins A tieup
OF Hollywood's film industry was
threatened today by a Jurisdiction
al dispute between two AFL unions.
Production at Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer, biggest OF the major stu
dos. has been crippled by a walk
out OF approximately 200 set dress.
ers, painters and machinists and
will be brought TO a halt n what
the workers term a vacation" con-
tinues.
Spread OF the walkout TO other
studios with seven other crafts and
guilds Joining In the movement
was in prospect.
The strike grew out OF demand
by group OF set dressers that the
screen set designers local No 1921
OF the Painters. Decorators and
Paperhangers OF America be recog.
nized as their crafts bargaining
agent.
However, jurisdiction also ls
claimed by Local ~ OF the
LA.TSE. and in view OF this the
film producers suggested that the
matter be submitted 10 the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board for
a decision.
Herb Sorrell, president OF the
conference OF studio unions, an az
flliated group which includes Lo-
cal 1921. termed the IA.T.S.E
claim a Red Herring" He said
the strike would spread unless the
producers recognized the set de
signers union and that all 5000
members OF the ten conference
unions would walk out.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06


resolved itself into a mighty ar
tillery duel.
Fight Germans OF
In the north British Second Army
troops threw back five counterat
tacks against tho Nijmegen salient.
Behind them Allied troops crossed
the Dutch frontier north OF Ant
werp. driving to within three miles
OF Tilburg.
On the Channel coast 10000 civ
illans were evacuated from Dun
kerque and the attack on the hold.
out port. scene OF tho crushing
British defeat in 1910, was re.
sumed.
Fog, cold and mud. Berlin said.
covered the whole western front.
but In the air, fighters and fighter
bombers maintained the hammer
Ing assault on enemy positions, and
heavy bombers roared out in day
light again after Raj Lancasters
during the night drove a very
heavy" attack at Saarbrucken. vi
tai rail point. in support OF the
Yank ground assault on the Reich.
Capture Patral
British invasion troops In Greece
captured Patrai, overwhelmed and
captured the fortified port OF Rion
at the narrow entrance to the Gulf
OF Corinth. Az Patrai 1900 Ger.
mans were taken.
Enemy coastal guns at Rion were
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Hotel Brawl
to be Aired

Washington, Oct. 6-lNS-Secre.
tary OF the Navy James V. Forrestal
is expected today TO make two
young naval officers who were in
volved In a fight with members OF
the Teamsters Union completely
available TO the Senate Campaign
Funds Committee for It's investiga-
ton, despite his earlier expression
Of disinter st In the brawl.
The committee. headed by Sen.
Theodore F. Green (D) X. l., alrea-
dy has begun its probe TO make a
careful examination OF the facts
surrounding the alleged contro-
versy"
Investigators in the employ OF
the Senate group spent the latter
part of yesterday questioning hotel
emplcye witnesses TO the fight,
which occurred on the night OF
Sept. 23, shortly after President
Roosevelt had left the Statler Ho-
tel where he had delivered his
"irst" political speech OF the cur
rent campaign.
According to the accounts OF the
naval officers, the fight broke out
after they refused to answer
Teamsters' questions about their
political beliefs and had been ac-
cused Of being "disloyal" to their
service and to their Commander.
in-Chief".
In a telegram TO Forrestal, Green
disclosed that he had instructed
his committee Investigators to look
into the activities OF naval officers
who deportedly were involved In
the fracas," and called for the
cooperation of the Navy in the
probe.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Child Struck
byCar, Hurt

Doris Jean Cox, ten year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee E.
Cox, 204 Arnet St, is suffering
from injuries received Thursday
afternoon when she allegedly ran
into a car driven by Robert B.
Aiken. 1891 LeForge Rd.
Doris was walking over the Mich
igan Avenue overhead bridge of the
New York Central Railroad when
train passed under the bridge
Her mother says she isn't sure
whether the child became fright
ened with the noise and smoke Of
the train or ran to try to get out
of the smoke and did not see the
oncoming car driven by Mr.. Aiken.
Doris was treated at Boyer Hos
pltal for two broken bones in her
left leg and a bruised elbow.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Bud d'Peabodv
War Victim

Pfc. william (Bud) Peabody, 21
years old, is listed as having been
killed in action while serving as
a BAR. gunner on a B-24 in the
Southwest Pacific area, according
to word received from the War De-
partment by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Peabody, 10S Wash
tenaw Ave.
Pvt. Peabody enlisted November
10, 1924, 'and was assigned TO the
7th Marine Corps. Following boot
training in San Diego, Calf, he
was sent overseas September l943.
His family regrets that he was
never home on furlough after his
enlistment.
He received several medals for
his Workmanship, having been one
Of the two men from his platoon
chosen as a gunner.
Pfc. Peabody was born in Beld-
ing. and a little later the family
moved to Wayne. where he spent
the most OF his life. He went to
the Ford Training School and was
an instructor there prior TO his
enlistment.
His brother, Robert, Is serving in
the Navy in the South Pacific area
and sister, Vernice. a nurse cadet
at Harper Hospital, Is home on
temporary sick leave.
Pfc. Peabody was engaged TO be
married to Miss Thellen Arrow
18th. Wayne. They had been
childhood friends since the sixth
grade in school.
Besides his brother Robert and
sister Vernice, Pfc. Peabody Is sur,
! vived by his parents and a nine
year old sister at home.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

hover hasn't yet turned loose all
the vast striking power al his dis
posal. He is in the process Of
stabbing at numerous points in the
Siegfried line in an effort 10 find
the soft spots. or at least the most
feasible places for development,
whether they be soft or not When
he finds what he wants he will
hurl a great concentration OF force
against II for a grand break
through. The Aschen sector might
provide that spot II the present
drive goes well.
Race Against Time
The Allies are racing against
time in an effort 10 smash across
the Rhine before the winter wealth
er clamps down on them. Their
task f. far from easy because. as
Secretary OF War stimson says,
there's much hard fighting TO be
done yet in Europe. That's true
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Breach Widened in German
Siegfried Line; Aduance
Renelued Near Beggendof
Production Resumed i'm 33
Plants Closed by Strikes

Detroit. Oct. 6--AP-Most OF
the 80 Detroit area war plants af.
fected by a strike OF some 5000
maintenance workers reported that
production was back TO normal to-
day as the men returned to their
jobs.
At the American Products Co,
however, approximately ! 200 work.
ers claimed they were locked
OUT when they tried to enter the
plant gates this morning.
A union official said a company
spokesman told them the plant was
closed because mo notification had
been given that the maintenance
strike was over Operations were
suspended at the plant yesterday
because OF strike OF so mainte-
nance men.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
War in Brief
(By the Associated Press }

Western Front - Strong Nazi
counterattacks threaten American
hold on Fort Driant; Allied troops
cross Dutch frontier north OF Ant
werp. Bitter hghting RACES all
along front.
Eastern Front--Red Army artil-
lery shells Belgrade: British inss.
sion troops In Greece capture Pa
trai and Rion.
itsly--Yanks capture road juno.
ton Of Loinao.
pac'ihc-Aleutian based bom bers
raid Kurile Island; Jap oil center
at Balikpapan hit again. l.. s. an
nounces sinking OF SO more Jap
ships.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Reds Unwelcon1e Says Roosevelt
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
American Communists, unless
they intend to ignore or discount
President Roosevelt's words, now
have no place to go in the 1914
presidential election.
He said last night in his second
outright political speech OF the
campaign:
IL have never sought, and l do
not welcome the support OF any
person or group committed to Com
munism, or Fascisrn or any other
foreign ideology which would nm
dermine the American system of
government or the American sys-
TEN of free enterprise and private
property"
At their national convention last
May, the Communists voted to dis
solve the Communist party and set
up instead the Communist Political
Association with Earl Browder as
president. That convention en-
dorsed Mr.. Roosevelt for re-elec-
ton. Browder has made pro-Roose-
welt speeches since in New York,
Chicago and elsewhere.
He has assailed Republican nom
inee Thomas E. Dewey as carrying
"the banner of anti-CommInism"
In turn Republican speakers
have attacked what they have call
ed "the Browder.Hillman control
of the Democratic party, contending
that the CIO Political Action Com
mittee headed by Sidney Hillman
is thick with Communists.
Claims Radicalisr
Governor John W. Bricker. the
Republican vice presidential NOM
inee, said in a Rock Island, ILL.,.
speech last night:
THE sale of the Democratic par
ty to the Hillmans and the Browd-
ers and the radical element in this
country H.. was in the making
within few months after the
President took Office in 1888, and
has been in process OF consumma-
tion for IL long years"
Mr.. Roosevelt, in a get-out-the-
vote appeal to Democratic party
workers last night. said also that
the cry of Communism has been
raised by Labor baiters and bigots
and some politicians" who apply
the term to every progressive
social measure and to the views OF
every foreign-born citizen with
whom they disagree"
Band Controversy
Meanwhile, there was a contro-
versy over the scheduled perfor-
nance in Boston tonight OF the con
troversial "F. ID. r. Victory Band
wagon, musical revue which the
Massachusetts Women's Political
Club contends "insultingly" satir'
ICES Dewey.
The Boston performance is to be
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Yanks Fighting on Cologne Plain
Allies Strike
BLou at Oil
Center
fRy Associated Pressl

Aleutian.based bombers swept 10
within $40 miles OF Japan in their
deepest strike at the Kurile Is
lands. a Tokyo broadcast reported
today in the wake OF the second
devastating American blow at one
of Nippon's greatest gasoline pro.
duction centers.
Domei news agency said IL Lib
orators attacked Kita Island in the
Kuriles twice Thursday morning
II said two were shot down in "a
fierce air battle
Kita is a pinpoint island 80 miles
closer 10 Tokyo than any target
previously hit on the northern road
TO Japan. No land-based bombers
except Superfortresses have been
closer TO Japan. The distance from
the Aleutians rivals the $500 mile
round trip flight made by South
west Pacific Liberators hammering
at Balikpapan.
Suicide Boys" OF the 18th Air
Force returning Tuesday from the
second mass raid on the Borneo
oil center said they bombed hell
out OF Balikpapan" despite vic
ious Japanese defense.
Seven Llberators and at least Is
Zeros were shot down in II hour
long air battle between about 40
unescorted bombers and an equal
nurnho. 90 ,ptarnanfOra Anti.air.
craft gunners. directed by Japan
ese bomber that flew in ahead of
the Americans, put up the heaviest
flax encountered in the Pacific
war.
The attack was the most costly
Liberator raid in the Southwest
Pacific. Nevertheless, II was a sue.
cess, said Maj. Gen. Clair Street.
commanding the 18th Air Force.
He added, 1T took every bit OF our
skill, courage and ingenuity TO
pull 1t Off"
Score Hits
Bombardiers scored direct hits
on two refineries, storage tanks,
factory and barracks.
Other Southwest Pacific bombers
destroyed or damaged nine more
Japanees freighters off the Philip
pines, Amboina and Ceram. In two
days communiques have an
nounced L. s. planes and submar-
inss accounted for % more Japan
ese ships. mostly small cargo ves-
sells but including four warships.
Presence OF freighter and de-
stroyer at Two in the Volcano Is.
lands indicated Japan may be re.
inforcing that oft-bombed garrison
$50 miles south OF Tokyo. Both yes
sells were damaged.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz report
ed that the invasion OF Palau, east
OF the Philippines, has cost the
lives OF 1903 Japanese and l.022
Americans. L. S. casualties total
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

1, he said, heavy bomber tire out.
put was $4,000 below the $4,000
unit goal.
He stated that requirements for
5000 skilled truck tire workers has
been reduced to 1000, adding that
this lack of men hurts tremend-
ously." However, the WPB Official
described the overall labor situa-
ton in truck tires as "encourag-
ing"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
ON EOJRTH TRIP

Lansing, oct. 6--AP-The Liber.
ty ship Woodbridge ". Ferris. chris
tened by Michigan school children
Dec. 2s, 1912 after their statewide
scrap metal campaign. is on its
fourth trip 10 battle zones, and
the story OF r. war record is be-
ing forwarded to school principals
throughout the state.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
U. S. Weather Forecast

. Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy
and cooler tonight and Saturday.
Highest temperature yesterday,
~ lowest last night, 81.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, II; lowest. IS.
Highest temperature this date In
last 70 years, IS in 1879; lowest, 80
in'1935.
\ The sun sets today at 1907 p. m.
and rises Saturday at 1884 a. m.
The moon rises today at 1881
.. m. and sets Saturday at 12:41
q m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

LOS ANGELES-AP-Eight per
sons-members OF the family and
, close friends-attended a private
and simple funeral service con-
Quoted for Evangelist Aimee Sem.
pie Mcpherson yesterday in a Glen
dale mortuary. The Rev. Watson
B. Teaford. Angelus Temple min
lister, delivered a tribute to the
) religious leader who died Sept. 81.
The evangelist's son, Rolf McPher-
SON and her mother, Mrs. Minnie
(Ma) Kennedy, were among those
who attended.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Flashes of
Late News

PARIS-AP-Artists who for ra.
eial or political reasons were for
hidden by the Germans to show
their works during the last four
years enjoyed the limelight today
; at the opening OF the famous au'
tumn salon OF art-the first big
art event since the liberation OF
Paris.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

NATIONAL BARN DANCE" next
Thursday. Oct. IL az wuerth Thea.
tre-plus ~Oh what A Might" on
fscreen. ADV. 1905
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

KALAMAZOO, Mich.-AP-After
I 25 days of a self-imposed hunger
f1trike, Bishop Corbett, S5-year.old
: conscientious objector from Ho-
boken, n. j., was removed from .
hospital here yesterday to the Fed
eral Correctional Institution at
Milan, Mich.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06
Tanks Hack Hole in West Wall

See EUROPE-Pf
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

TALLINN, Estonia-AP - The
Soviet Estonian republic, now
\ Afreed from three years OF German
Aiomination, will decide for itself
whether to adopt the Russian sys-
tenn OF collectivization OF agricul.
ture declares Arnold Veimer. pres
ident OF the Council OF Peoples
Commissars.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

WASHINGTON-AP-A plan TO
. keep German industry and labor
hproducing after the war as they
nave under Hitler. but turning ove.'
excess output to the Allies as rep
arations, was advanced today by
Senator Reed. (R..Kans.)
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

NEW YORK-INS- More than
500 police were assigned to handle
huge crowds OF mourners who are
= expected to visit st. Patrick's Ca.
thedrsl tonight when the body Of
former Gov. Alfred E. Smith will
lie in state.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

SAN FRANCISCO-AP-A bust.
ness OF 300 years standing has
been abandoned on Shikoku island
in Japan. The Tokyo radio an.
nounced yesterday fan makers
have plunged into aircraft produc-
tion because their delicate tech
nique in fan making will hence
forth do much toward increased
production of airplane wings"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

NEW YORK-INS - Henry ].
Kaiser, war time shipbuilding wiz
ard, warned today that private In
dustry must provide postwar jobs,
with or without government assist
ance, or collapse. Speaking before
the New York Financial Writer'S
Association, Kaiser said: Man.
kind has asserted new right as
more basic ana fundamental than
any; namely, the right to work. !"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

See PACIFTC-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

See PoLITICS-Page :
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

JACKSON-AP-Although iden.
titled by two persons as one OF the
three men who held up the Kant
Sfehner jewelry store last Saturday
land robbed It OF $4,000 in gems
and jewelry, Albert Grebale, ex-con-
vict, denied any connection with
the holdup, Police Chief Harry
Bales said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

LONDON-INS- The Moscow
newspaper Pravda forecast new
>and mighty blows" against Ger
many from both the east and west
today. Pravda predicted that the
blows would be part OF the last
decisive storming OF Germany.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-06

LONDON-AP-Premier s. Ger
Nbrandy OF Holland said that Ger.
= many was attempting to ruin his
country with systematic plan Of
famine and food, deportation and
destruction Infinitely worse than
anywhere else in western Europe"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-09
Explosives
b last RobuuI

Advanced Allied Headquarters,
New Guinea, Feb. 9.-CUP)-Allied
planes battered Rabaul, New Britain,
with 1874 tons of bombs and shot
down or probably destroyed % en-
envy planes in a new attack on that
last major enemy base in the south
west Pacific, it was announced to-
day.
Shifting their attacks from the
northern New Guinea coast, where
bad weather hampered operations.
heavy and medium bombers re-
newed the drive to neutralize Ra-
baul, which had escaped heavy at
tacks recently because of weather
conditions.
The planes, flying from Solomons
bases, roared in over Rabaul at
noon Sunday, singled out Lakunai
| airdrome, one of three at the base,
and hit the runway heavily.
Large fires and explosions were
seen in the plane repair shops adj
joining the field.
The japanese threw 60 Intercept
tor fighter planes into the air, but
the raiding planes shot down 10 of
them and probably destroyed 10
others. Damage to American planes
was described as minor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-09
BY KENNETH DIXON
Representing The Combined U. S.
Press

Distributed BY United Press
With Allied Invasion Forces South
Of Rome, Feb. 8-(UP)-If the cour-
age of American nurses ever is ques-
toned, the story of Helen Talboy of
(1097 Goth ST. DeSmoines, Ia, and
her gang of spunky girls on the An
zio beachhead will supply the an
swer.
One night a week ago a group of
them left the nearby hospital tents
for the correspondents building
when falling flax shredded the tent
roofs and shells screamed overhead.
Before that they had eben bombed
and shelled and bombed and shelled
again.
The tension was beginning to tell
on them. Helen was one of the most
jittery. But they all went back to
their hospital tents and went on
with their work.
The newsmen sat around talking
after they left, saying they had just
reached the breaking point that
this beachhead was no place for
women.
A couple of days later. Jack Foisie
of Stars and Stripes and were at
the hospital hunting the chief sur
geon to get story. Helen, who was
first lieutenant in charge Of surgery,
volunteered to find him.
Instead for half an hour she
wandered indecisively out in the
middle Of the hospital area, talking
disconnectedly about fear and recent
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-02-09
House Noes
The Senate
GIVote Bill

Washington, Feb. 9CUP)-The
house rejected the senate's federal
ballot amendments to the soldier
vote bill today and sent the disputed
legislation to conference for at
tempt at some final settlement.
The action, by voice vote, had
been predicted inasmuch as the
house last Thursday rejected, 215
to 1854, an attempt to write federal
ballot provision into the states
rights bill which it subsequently
passed.
In view of that house margin
against federal ballots, the house
conferees were expected to oppose
senate efforts to incorporate such
a system into the bill.
Chairman Eugene Worley, D.,
Tex, of the house elections commit
tee, although favoring federal ballot
legislation, asked that the house
turn down the senate amendments.
The house agreed, and Speaker
Sam Rayburn Immediately named
the following house conferees: Wor-
ley, John E. Rankin, D., Miss, Her
bert G. Bonner, D., N. c., Karl M.
LeCompte, r., Ia, and Harris ELS
worth, R., Ore.
The House conferees stand three
to-two in favor of a purely states
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