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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-22

LONDON-AP- The arrest In
Bulgaria of two former premiers,
Bogdan Philov and Dobri Bojilov,
the former regent Prince Cyril and
the German ambassador to Sofia,
was announced by the Moscow
radio last night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-22

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-22

BUENOs AIRES-AP- Pascual
Aloiso, editor of the pro-Nazi news
paper Momento Argentine, was ar
rested last night by order of the
Ministry of Interior, which said
the paper had published "alarmist
rumors concerning the internal af-
fairs Of Brazil"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-22

A VILLAGE ON THE SEC
FRIED LINE, Germany-AP-Cal
rying out to the letter the word
OF the British song, We'll Ham
Our Washing on the Siegfrie
Line" some wag has stretched
line of freshly washed clothin
across street of this village Il
the battle zone. Beside a pair o
Tapping trousers hangs a pictur
of Hitler and beneath it is a print
ed sign: THE Siegfried Line"
Evening star., 1944-07-16
Glenn Dale Report
Calling for Drastic
Action Due tuesday

A report recommending drastic
action" to relieve the critical situ-
alton" at Glenn Dale Sanatorium
will be submitted Tuesday to DR..
George G. Rutland, District Health
Onicer, DR.. A. Barklie Coulter, di-
rector OF the tuberculosis bureau,
said yesterday.
DR.. Coulter was asked last week
to search for more accommodations
for tuberculosis patients. The
Health Department announced
meanwhile, only emergency cases
would be admitted to Glenn Dale.
The institution has been plagued
for months by an acute personnel
shortage.
Although he would not reveal the
recommendations he intends to
make to his superior. DR.. Coulter
said his report would be forceful.
Calls for Action.
There has been too much talk
Evening star., 1944-07-16
Crew Of GIennon Fought
To Bitter End, D. G. Man Says
Refused to Give Up
Although They Knew
Ship Was Doomed

The destroyer Glennon, sunk dur
ing the invasion of France, gave a
good account of herself In a slug
ging match with the enemy before
being knocked out, her executive
officer, 1t. John Ferriter OF 1905
Rhode Island avenue N E., said yes
terday.
THE old girl was good ship and
all of us hated to leave her, but
there was nothing else to do when
we finally got it,
Comdr. Ferriter had just gone to
his quarters after 36 hours on duty
when the first violent explosion
rocked the Glennon. A black patch
of fur, which turned out to be the
ships canine mascot, 'Drydock, !"
sailed past his head and went yelp-
ing through the door. The officer
was thrown against q bulkhead.
Crew Fights On.
Up on deck the crew was still
fighting back with everything it
had, although it was obvious the
ship was doomed. Damage Control
Off1cer Jere D. Gilmour and his men
went to work as the Glennon set
tied by the stern, but the destroyer
was doomed.
1t fought to the bitter end. Even
after the order to abandon ship was
passed the chief gunpers mate lag
ged behind to give the enemy a
couple of parting blasts from the
forward gun. He loaded and fired
the weapon unassisted.
But the Glennon got in some good
licks of its own. Fire control par
ties on the beach had reported the
ships guns had knocked out couple
of 155-millimeter guns, 105-milli-
meter piece, wiped out an artillery
headquarters and assisted in stop
ping a major enemy counteroffense.
Performed HeroicalIy.
Some of the crew performed he
roically. Comdr. Ferriter said. A
coXswain remained behind in
flooded compartment, even though
wounded himself, to see that other
men got out before him. A water
tender and two assistants remained
at their posts almost to the end,
coming up from below only after
all but the officers had left the ship.
The skipper, Comdr. Clifford A.
Johnson of Baltimore, was the last
to leave the vessel The eve of the
invasion as the Glennon steamed
out to her position in the bay his
keen eyesight had saved the ship,
spotting floating mine dead ahead.
The Glennon missed it by 20 feet.
Sleeve Shot OFF.
At one stage of the battle Comdr.
Ferriter said he felt a tugging at
his sleeve and looked around to find
the sleeve had been shot off. That,
he said, was not an unusual expert
ence, but 1t was miraculous how
many men escaped injury or death
by the narroWest of margins.
One water tender, getting relief
at his post, decided it wouldn't be
worth the trouble to 60 to his berth
and lay down on the engine room
plates for catnap He found later
a shell hit his berth about the time
he would have been there.
A yeoman yielded to shipmate's
request to stand a trick for him
while the latter got some needed
rest. He came through unscathed
and his buddy was never seen again.
Casualties as whole were un-
unusually light, Comdr. Ferriter
said.
Comdr' Ferriter graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1898 and has
Evening star., 1944-07-16

and not enough action about the
tuberculosis situation Ia the Dis
tz1ct," he said.
The Volunteer Onices Of Civilian
War Services and the District Chap
ter Of the American Red Gross are
both conducting campaigns to en-
list women as volunteer nurses as
sistants for Glenn Dale.
Meanwhile, plans for providing
transportation to the sanitarium for
the volunteers received setback
yesterday when no bids were
received In response to an invita-
tion by the District Government for
offers on supplying two buses.
Liability Question Cited.
The proposal OF District author
tiles was to furnish gasoline and
have municipal employees drive the
buses.
The Capital Transit Co. wrote
that 1t could not accept the terms
because of the question of liability
In the case Of leased bus being
operated by District employe. The
same reason prompted the WASH
ington, Marlboro e. Annapolis bus
line, which submitted an informal
bid, to propose its own drivers.
Buy bonds buy more
Evening star., 1944-07-16
Rudy VoIIee Is Put
On Inactive List
Nv the Associst.d pr.s.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. July 15.-Rudy
Vallee, radio and motion picture
band leader and singer, was placed
on the inactive list today as a
lieutenant in the Coast Guard
Reserve. During two years service,
he has conducted his Coast Guard
band In hundreds of appearances
at War Bond rallies and other
patriotic gatherings.
A Coast Guard announcement
said Mr.. Vallee, 43, asked to be
returned to civilian life. .He will
be subject to recall to duty.
Evening star., 1944-07-16

been at sea since. His first assign
ment was aboard the battleship
Nevada. In 1910 he was assigned to
the seaplane tender Clemson, and
two years later he was ordered to
duty on the then-building Glennon.
Evening star., 1944-07-16
Homes Locking for Workers

sAN DIEGO, CALI, July Is (R.
The Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft
Corporations program to recruit
5000 workers tn Colorado. Mime :
sofa and New York has been can
cclled because OF inability to obtain
adequate housing facilities here.
The company had been authorized
by the War Manpower Commission
to go outside this area to find work
-ers.
Evening star., 1944-07-16

Buy bonds buy more
buy NOW.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Constantine Br01Vn

successes without too heavy losses. His
troops have achieved less In the five
months than those OF Gen. George s.
Patton, jr., achieved in Sicily in a much
shorter time.
This, however, is understandable In
Sicily the American forces had to fight
Italians who offered only spotted re-
sistance. The Germans who managed
to hold back the British at Catania for
a long time finally yielded when Gen.
Patton turned their flank after con-
quering Messina without bloodshed.
Gen. Patton, as a military command
er in battle, has a technique which
differs from that of Gen. Clark. But he
had the advantage Of commanding only
American troops.
The Army under Gen. Clark is a
heterogeneous formation composed Of
troops from nearly all the United Ma
tions with the exception of Russia. Un-
der him are American, British, Polish,
Indian, New Zealand and French troops.
seamen are added. All these men are
flrst-class fighters, but the Army is
lacking in national unity which brings
forth the dash the Russians are show
Ing on the eastern front or the Amer
leans are demonstrating In the Pacific.
commander of such q force must
be cautious and careful lest he either
offend so many susceptibilities or be
accused of ruthless handling OF soldiers
of other nationalities.
Evening star., 1944-02-08

highly improbable that the Nazi high
command will attempt to make Rome
q battle-ground
For political purposes it Is essential
that the Vatican be spared the horrors
Of war and particularly air lombard
ments which will be necessary If the
Nazis remain in the Eternal City. For
some time Berlin has been careful to
treat the Vatican in the most correct
manner. The high command appears
to have given explicit instructions to
the commanders in the field to avoid
any kind OF action which might be con-
strued by the Catholics throughout the
world as endangering the Pope.
Equal consideration, OF course, has
been exercised by the American and
British military authorities. Rome has
been bombed less frequently than mill
tary necessities otherwise would have
required and when air bombardments
were considered essential to. keep the
Germans from the north from rushing
to the southern front, the utmost care
was taken to prevent bombs from fall
ing in the Vatican.
The Allied commanders are aware of
the situation and are doing their ut
most to push the enemy out of his
strongly fortified positions to break a
deadlock which In the last five months
has caused heavier losses than the
gains warrant.
Gen. Clark has been a cautious COM
mander and has endeavored to obtain
Evening star., 1944-02-08
G0uLd Lincoln

soldier voting, this law should be ef-
fective
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts,
will not participate in the final decisions
on the soldier vote bill. He has resigned
from the Senate and gone into the
Army, in which he has held a Reserve
ofhcer's commission. His final vote in
the Senate was in favor of the Danaher
amendment which would give State ball
lots to the men stationed in this coun-
try at the time of election. Senator
Lodges resignation has been widely
hailed as one of extreme patriotism 1t
is comparable to that Of former Gov.
Stassen of Minnesota, who resigned that
ONCE to enter the Navy.
Senator Lodges successor In the Sen.
ate will be Republican. Gov Salton-
stall of Massachusetts, has it In his
resign himself as Governor and have
himself appointed to the Senate by the
Lieutenant Governor.
The Governor, II he wishes to enter
the Senate, does not have to follow the
latter course. He can appoint an ad in
terim Senator and himself seek a sena-
torial nomination and election next fall.
Gov. Saltonstall, who Is highly regarded,
has been prominently mentioned as
either presidential or vice presidential
candidate Of the COP.
If he has aspirations along those lines,
the governorship of Massachusetts, would
be better springboard than a seat in
the Senate. The Republican National
Convention is to be held the last Of
June. If Gov. Saltonstall is not placed
on the Republican national ticket. he
can thereafter seek a senatorial nomi-
nation.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Samuel Grafton

believe in evolution, but that we like
to wait and have 1t happen to us. while
the Soviets, proud Of what they call
"the science Of history" rather preen
themselves on outguessing evolution,
speeding it, and making it happen
Red Star, the Soviet Army organ, and
and all other leading Soviet journals
agreed last week that to have l6 am
bassadors in each foreign country, one
from each Of the Soviet republics, and
to have each foreign country distribute
16 ambassadors, in turn, among the l6
Soviet states, is exactly what the Soviet
government wants. 1t wants complexity.
1t deliberately seeks it.
For, in the Soviet view political pro-
gress is precisely this, the rise from
more simple to more complex forms.
Mr.. Molotov said it. in his explanatory
statement: The Soviet state has
reached a new level in its development,
turning into a more complex and virile
organism" 1t is Kidding itself of the
perils of oneness. Characteristically it
is doing so without giving up the ad-
vantages of unity, for one party will still
control all
The new move is a profound maneu-
yer toward naturalizing the Soviet sys-
tenn among the permanencies Of the
world move toward the end of single
ness, freakishness and isolation Those
who see In it only a grab for Is votes
at the peace table have seen only the
shadow of what Is here to be seen.
Evening star., 1944-02-08

struments of his ambition, responsive to
his single will. He does not want to
have to convince number of secondary
leaders, much less q number Of legiSla-
lures, that the time has now come to
start the attack on the neighbors. He
wants all the value of suspense and sur
prise; he wants to be able to perfect his
plans In secret and to strike when he is
ready; not after long debate has given
his intended victims warning.
The history of Germany and Japan
perfectly illustrates this point The first
care of the Prussian militarists who
forged the German Empire out of the
blood and iron OF Bismarcks was was to
bring about centralized Prussian control
Of the armed forces of the component
states Of the empire. This was done
by conventions into which the smaller
states were pressed to enter, Bavaria
being the only holdout; and in every
way, by every administrative device,
gradual encroachment of the central
authority upon the command and con-
troll of the Bavarian Army was pushed
through the period 1871-1914. The other
states had nothing at all to say about
their soldiers.
After the World War, the control of
the German Army became even more
centralized; and under Hitler even the
remnants Of autonomy still retained in
political matters by the states disap-
peared, so that their very names were
no longer used. One Reich One Fuehrer.
That was the idea.
The Japan constitution adopted after
Japan emerged from the shadows OF her
hermit condition took great care to pre-
Servs the control Of the Emperor over
Evening star., 1944-02-08

mathematical relationship is broken
down; 1t becomes case Of many
Soviet states engaged in intricate and
complex relationships with many cap
italist states; the Soviet system no
longer rests on one base. but on Is:
and thus its political right to live In
the world is affirmed and strengthened.
We have sometimes thought that the
Soviets might try to seize another
European country, such as Germany,
and turn it communist, in order to cure
themselves of political loneliness; then,
at least, there would be two The
Russians have surprised us by turning
inward instead of outward to achieve
this effect. They have found their
'other communist countries" inside the
big communist country The result. in
political terms, is not much different,
though it is a great deal more palatable
to the world. than if the effect had
been obtained by outward expansion
The economic heterodoxy Of the one
becomes the economic orthodoxy of Is.
If this seems like bizarre way to have
expanded the Soviet system, let us
remember that reproduction by division
is commonplace in the biological world,
and that it proves, under the micro
scope, to be very efficient method Of
reproduction, indeed. You actually do
get lot Of offspring that way.
Let us remember, too, that 1t Is a
prime article Of the Soviet faith that
to stand still, politically is to die We
might say that both we and the Soviets
Evening star., 1944-02-08

to cast absentee ballots. The only two
States whose Governors had not replied
up to the time he made his statement
to the Senate were Arkansas and
Louisiana.
1t is obvious that If State ballots are
placed in the hands of the soldiers in
tlme Tor them to vote-any argument
the administration may make that they
were denied an opportunity to vote in
the coming national election will fall
to the ground.
Final action of Congress on a soldier
vote bill is still to come One thing ap-
pears certain, however, and that is that
the use of Federal ballot such as pro-
posed by administration forces, if per-
mitted at ALL will be extremely limited.
The vote in the House against Federal
ballot was overwhelming. Having so
conclusively gone on record the House
majority is not likely to reverse itself.
In the Senate the margin Of the Fed
eral ballot support over the State ballot
Is exceedingly narrow Also the Senate
has already gone on record in favor of
giving State ballots to all those in the
armed forces stationed in the United
States. If the Federal ballot is to be
used at all, 1t probably will only be in
cases where States have not made ample
provision for the overseas men to vote
X
Once the law has been finally agreed
to, it will be up to the Federal Govern
ment to see that the State ballots are
delivered and returned The betting is
they will be delivered Should President
Roosevelt veto the bill, then the 1912
soldier voting law will remain, under
which only State ballots are to be used
With the States making provision for
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Boy Scouts

Just why any particular week
should be set aside for special cele-
bration of the Boy Scout movement
may not be altogether clear to the
general public. The people OF the
United States long since learned to
appreciate the influence of Scouting
on the life of the youth of the Ma
ton, and no artificial cultivation of
their interest in the work would
seem to be necessary. The national
officers OF the Boy Scout organiza-
ton, however, think differently.
Despite the war, or perhaps because
OF it, President Roosevelt has au-
thorized a statement urging that
normal Scouting" be carried on.
Speaking directly to the boys, he
says: 1T will be of lasting value to
you as you grow into manhood"
Such faith in the movement Is
justified by the results which 1t has
achieved since it was established
thirty-four years ago. Colin Kelly
was Scout at Madison, Florida:
Butch" O'Hare was a Scout in St.
Louis and John James Powers was
a Scout in New York City. Other
Scouts whose names are entered in
the roster of heroes include Frank
BeeSon OF Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
Charles Paine of Waycross, Georgia:
w. F. Eadie Of Evanston, Illinois,
and Noel Arthur M. Gayler of Brem-
erton, Washington. These men and
their eleven million brothers old
and young-the total membership
OF the Boy Scouts from the start
have their Scout oath as a mutual
possession. They are pledged to do
their duty to God and country, Ito
help other people at all times" and
Ito keep physically strong, men,
tally awake and morally straight"
That is the doctrine Of modern
chlvalry. Probably it is a good idea
to have a week for remembering its
worth and attraction, not merely to
boys OF all ages, but likewise to
their mothers and wives, sisters and
. daughters, including those enrolled
IN the Girl Scouts, the parallel
movement for girls, which also is
prospering in days of war as in the
vanished days of peace.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Testing q Master PIon

The military government set up
by Admiral Nimitz in the Marshall
Islands is historically noteworthy
as the first wholly American project
OF It's kind since the Philippines
passed to the United States in the
war with Spain. More than that,
it Is OF prime Importance because it
represents the initial application
and test OF the master plan to be
followed in occupying other enemy
territory in the Pacific.
In Southern Italy, Sicily and
other Mediterranean areas wrested
from the Axis, control is being ex-
ercised by Army officers under Al
lied auspices. but in the Marshalls,
it is being exercised by the American
Navy alone. This is in line with a
general blueprint, which provides
that Army forces will have juris-
diction over large land areas taken
from the japanese and that naval
forces will govern the enemy's OUT
lying island possessions. presumably
on an Allied basis only when there
are joint Allied interests in the
territory to be occupied
Far from being an improvisation
by Admiral Nimitz and his aides,
the new arrangement in the Mar
shalls is thus part of a carefully
devised overall plan. and it is being
put in effect by specially trained
Naval officers. Landing almost 81
multaneously with the invading
forces. these ofiicers-Selected chief.
ly because OF their experience in
law, finance. civil administration
and general familiarity with the
territory involved-are graduates of
the Naval School of Military Gov
ernment and Administration, which
was established in 1912 as the
Nays counterpart OF the similar
but more publicized Army school
at Charlottesville. Va.
While in training, the men now
governing the Marshalls explored
every real and theoretical question
that could be foreseen in respect
to occupying enemy territory. In
addition they were well rehearsed
In the policies to be applied, cover
ing such matters as relief for the
civilian population, the kind .of
money to be circulated and the hir-
ing and payment Of native labor.
Under Admiral Nimitz, they have
begun on q small scale q Job Of
big and extremely significant d.
Evening star., 1944-02-08
Peterhof

monographs OF the ruins of the
Peterhof Palace have appeared in
the American press, and there is no
reason to doubt that the once beau-
tiful country home of the czars has
been destroyed completely by the
retreating German armies. The
vandalism of the Nazis in this
instance, however, is somewhat sur
prising In view of the fact that the
edifice they have wrecked was in a
certain sense a monument to the
German princess who made Russia
German dependency in effect
between 1862 and 1895.
1t was at Peterhof, on the Gulf
OF Finland, fifteen miles west of St.
Petersburg, that "the popular move
ment' against Peter III was started
In the summer of the first Of the
years just named. The emperor's
wife, originally known as Sophie of
, Anhalt-Zerbst but rechristened
Catherine, happened to be staying
In that place when the disillusioned
nobility and the army personified in
the brothers Orlov decided to have
done with his utter and absolute
imbecility." Most writer's on the
subject refer to the resultant revo-
luton as being absolutely blood
less" Nobody died except the
imperial husband who "resembled
in face, in manner and in character
a monkey rather than a man." His
abdication and murder gave the
rebels "a non-Russian sovereign of
their own choice" In the new
empress, "the Russian governing
class, controlling as it did both
financial and military resources,
had found itself" BY so doing, it
sponsored IAN era Of pro-Ger-
manism" whose influence was to
endure for over century.
The scene of GATHERINGS aggran-
dizement was constructed in its pris-
tine form by Peter the Great, in 1720,
enlarged by his daughter, Elizabeth,
and renovated on necessary occa-
sions by their successors. General
Count Won Moltke, the famous
Prussian field marshal, described it
as "a struggling three-story building
In the French style, connected with
two pavilions by galleries" Yellow
and white in color and topped by a
sheet-iron roof and cupolas richly
gilded, the building stood upon a
terrace about forty feet high with
gardens sloping down to the waters
edge. The fountains were supposed
Evening star., 1944-02-08

have ducked a record vote. They
didn't-and defeated the Worley bill,
224 to 168
This maneuver engineered by the Re-
publicans made it impossible for the
President to charge that they had, in .
covardly manner, declined to go on
record.
In the second place. it is obvious that
the States will make every effort to get
State ballots to the soldiers and others
overseas. Senator Byrd OF Virginia, one
Of the opponents OF the Federal ballot
and supporters of the State ballot, wired
every Governor asking information re-
garding legislation for soldier voting.
He received assurances from 46 Of the
48 States that laws had been enacted
or were in the process Of being enacted,
or would be enacted by sessions of the
State Legislatures, enabling all soldiers