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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Fifty Ousted
From Fords

Detroit. Mar. is--K4fty employees
of the Ford Moor Com pany A
on stspsnsf0h afa 8 ~ ixgsStig2
fionof a squabble between the Ford
plant and Dearborn police Is be
ing made today as a result OF Wed.
nesday's wildcat blockade at the
Rouge plant.
Company spokesmen said thai
indefinite suspensions we're handed
out with the approval OF and In
the presence OF ranking officers Of
Ford Local 600. JAW (CIO), and
the international Union.
Following a telegraphic appeal
from Ray r. Rausch. superlrtep.
dent Of production in the Fosd
plant to Governor Harry F. Kelly
for state police protection, Mayor
Orville Hubbard OF Dearborn i'm.
mediately ordered Erving Nielsen.
chief of police. 10 make a full in
vestigation.
Hubbard was critical OF the Ford
Motor Company personnel depart
ment.
X. j. Thomas, president OF JAW
Clio issued the following state
ment:
The international Union. with
the support Of the officers OF Local
500, are taking a truly responsible
position in this situation. Work
ers at the Rouge plant and their
union are responsible enough TO
carry on war WORK without the
benefit OF the police. We have
shown this in the past. We will
demonstrate this again"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
City Donates
to Drive Fund

Contributions in Ypsilanti to the
March OF Dimes Infantile Paralys-
is Campaign for 1914 amounted 10
s1,379.16, over one hundred dol
lars more than last year, Morton
Nelles, Junior Chamber OF Com
merce, chairman OF the drive, re-
ports.
Last year, Washtenaw County
led all others of the state in con-
tributions per person with an aver
age of IL cents. This year, it is
expected to again lead with APP
proximately IL. cents per person"
Mr.. Nelles said.
Il extend thanks to persons and
organizations who helped in max
ing the campaign such an outstand-
ing success. In addition to the
amount reported. there was also
$50 sent by the Woodruff School
direct to Washington"
The donations from different
sources were: Industrial scroll col
lection. s690sS: Community Chest
and clubs. s313.62; coin boxes,
S235.61 and miscellaneous. s13s.95.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Subsidy Only
Obstacle For
Control

Washington. Mar. 1s-INS-Ad-
ministration insistence on use Of
Treasury funds TO pay consumers
food subsidies doomed today as
the biggest obstacle to continue
ton OF the price control law which
expires June 80.
This was the reaction OF Sen
ate Banking Committee members
after Price Administrator Chester
Bowles won acclaim OF the com
mittee by his presentation OF the
oPA case.
IF it were not for the subsidy Is
sue we could iron everything out
within a week" said Sen. Maloney
Cd Conn.
Bowles insisted that the subsidy
program must continue in order 10
prevent the cost OF living from
sky-rocketing. The congressional
farm bloc" is determined to write
an anti-subsidy provision in the
legislation.
Demand for revision OF rent con-
troll provisions OF the law as we'll
as proposals that price fixing be
limited to luxury goods also troub-
led members of the Senate com
mittee. But the subsidy issue is
paramount.
IF Congress decides that we
should hold the line on cost of
living We will do the job" said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Planning Committee Turns
to Post War Employment

announced soon in order to give
opportunity for study on the part
Of the people OF Ypsilanti
Local industries, OF course, will
contribute their part toward meet
ing any unemployment. Figures
tabulated indicate that in 1910
the number was 1906. The best
available estimates place the post
war figures at 1882. These fig-
ures do not take the Bomber Plant
into consideration. They show,
however. something OF the problem
to be met.
Two investigations made by the
committee are well along toward
completlon-that relating TO popu-
lation and that concerned with con-
sumers' markets. Definite re-
ports on these subjects will be
made available soon.
The Planning Committee which
was authorized by the city council
at the suggestion OF the Board OF
Commerce and appointed by Mayor
Bower is an exploratory commit
tee doing work similar to that be-
ing carried on all over the country
to prepare for a time when peace
comes. The committee expects to
complete the first phase Of Its work
in about so days, when fur report
n 4 ssXl -
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
OnlysAbout Forty Thousand
MAY Expect Draft Deferment

Washington. Mar. 16-lNS-Pro-
duction officials disclosed today
that draft deferment will be re
CURED only for approximately 10
thousand key workers in the IS
to Is age group 10 protect must
war programs.
The estimate was revealed fol-
lowing orders by Draft Director
Louis b. Hershey that only young
er men whose individual essenti-
ality in a critical activity is be-
yond question" should be deferred
and congressional moves toward Q
ban on deferments under 26".
WPB experts expressed some
concern as to whether Hershey's
ruling that men % 10 rs be de-
ferred upon recommendation OF
state draft directors OF national
headquarters will be an adequate
p feguard.
The determining factor. they
pointed out. will be the attitude
OF the individual state directors
who were unsym' athletic TO defer
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Purse Taken
From Woman


Miss Clara Sweet. city library
librarian, PIT Ferris St, had an
unpleasant experience Wednesday
night at 10 O'Clock when an uni
Identified negro snatched her purse
in front of 112 S. Washington ST.
Miss Sweet was knocked to the
pavement and bruised and her eye
glasses broken.
Contained in the purse, In add
ton to papers valuable only to her
self. was a total OF s55.
She described her assailant as
young and about five feet, six in
ches tall. He was wearing large
felt hat and a dark overcoat.
Delay in arousing residents at
tn S. Washington st. address so
that police could be summoned,
allowed her assailant time to make
good his escape. He ran south
on Washington st. and disappeared
in the vicinity OF Woodland st. Two
suspects found IN the neighborhood
during a thorough search by offic-
ers we're not identified by Miss
Sweet and were released.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16

Stockholm. Mar. 16-INS 49, An
influential Swedish newspaper as
serted today that the brittle
thread" linking Finland with
America soon may be snapped as
a result of the Helslnki govern
ment's reported determination 10
reject the proposed armistice terms
OF Soviet Russia.
In an editorial which indicated
that its views reflected fears now
current in. Finnish circles. the
Dagens Nyheter dec. red that Hell
sinkPs already serious. position
may be worsened by l sudden sew
ering OF relations by the United
States. The step would be taken
as an evidence OF Washington's
dissatisfaction with the Finnish
parliament's reported decision to
back the cabinet in the rejection OF
the Soviet terms.
Dispatches reaching Stockholm
reported that the official answer TO
Russia's final" offer is undergo
ing editing" today and will be
delivered to Moscow Friday. 9th
er dispatches declared that a mes.
sage from the Swedish government
advising the Firms TO take advant-
age OF their chance for peace was
read to the Helsinki parliament
before the decisive vote was taken.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Building Priority
Procedure Easier

A greatly simplified procedure
for obtaining critical materials for
private conversion Jobs is explained
by Mrs. Alice Pepper, manager OF
Ypsilanti War Housing Center. TO
interested local builders. In the new
procedure drawings. specifications
and bills OF materials are no longer
required. A further simplification.
explained Mrs. Pepper. is that final
action is taken by the FLA field
office without reference to the
WPB district office. Quick process
ing is assured since the FILA auto
matically gives the applicant au-
thorization to begin construction
with the preference rating OF |AA-3.
Builders and individuals may call
at the war Housing Center for
further assistance With this revised
priority form. Space is allowed for
ranges and refrigerators, heating
units. and hot and cold water.
Mrs. Pepper states that II the
new accommodation are 10 be
rented the shelter rent must con.
form to that established In the area
but in no event shall Il exceed $50
per month per unit. Charges for
tenant services are added but such
charges may not exceed 50 per
month per room.
II Is understood that applicants
for these priorities reserve the &C.
for war workers.
Such construction may be listed al
the War Housing center. 5 North
Adams ST.
Arthur B. Flagg o. National
Housing Agency. Regional Office at
Chicago. visited the Ypsilanti War
Housing Center on Tuesday 20 as
sist the war Housing Center Man.
ager. Mrs. Alice G Pepper. with
current problems. Mr.. Flagg vas
especially impressed by the splen-
did cooperation shown the War
Housing Center By the City OF Ypsl-
lsnti. is officials and residents.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16

ment requests OF production sBen-
cies when similar order was L.
sued Feb. ! on occupational de
ferments for workers IS 10 90.
However. production officials are
preparing list OF such must
plalts as aircraft. foundries, rub
Der. aviation gasoline, landing
craft, electronics and ball-bearing
whsre they feel that skilled teen
nicians, engineers and others must
be deferred.
Il was explained that thousands
OF key workers in such plants are
young men who were attracted TO
the Jobs at the outset OF the
war. Many OF the industries were
developed because Of war require
ments and there Is no backlog Of
trained older men upon whom to
rely.
I'm the last analysis, u Is up 70
the armed forces" one official de
clared. They know what they've
got 10 have and whether they want
to induct key workers at the ex-
pense OF vital production pro
grams"
.WPB officials said the 40 thou
sand figure was not unreasonable"
In light OF the total OF 3fS thousand
non-fathers under the age OF ,6
now deferred in essential occupa-
ton. the bulk OF whom are no
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Jury Upholds
Parkway Plan

The jury In the Huron-Clinton
Parkway suit for the condemna-
ton OF some 300 acres, including
65 homes, in and around Belleville
have handed in a verdict that the
condemnation Is a necessity and
have awarded damages to the peo-
pie whose property will be taken
for park purposes.
The amounts awarded by the
jury are up 10 80 per cent higher
than the figures submitted By the
appraisers for the Parkway Com
mission. II Is not decided whether
any appeal will be made from the
jury's figures.
In a similar case in the Clinton
River area, the Parkway Commits
sion has appealed the jury verdict
on the ground that the awards
were too high in the view Of the
Commission.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Mrs.. Elliott
to
Divorce

Fort Worth. Tex, Mar. l6-lNS
A routine divorce petition" on
behalf Of Mrs Ruth Googins Roose-
welt OF Fort Worth was ready for
filing today against her husband.
Col, Elliott Roosevelt. son OF the
President.
Her attorney. Robert X. Hanger
said 1t probably would be filed
later today in district court and
simply would charge sufficient le-
gal grounds for divorce under Tex
as laws.
Waivers OF contest. which. If
signed. advise the court that the
case is not contested. will be sent
Col. Roosevelt by mail. the sttor-
ney said.
The Roosevelts have three chill
dren. Chandler. 9, Tony, Z. and
David Boynton Roosevelt, .. Col.
Roosevelt last was reported serv-
ing in the European war theater.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her husband
met II years ago at a dance in Dial
las. Shortly afterward Roosevelt
filed divorce action against his
wife. Elizabeth Bonner Roosevelt.
in Nevada. She filed a cross com
plant and was granted the decree
July IS. 1893. Roosevelt and the
then Miss Ruth Googlns were mar
ried five days later in Burlington,
Iowa.
1t was said that a property set
Element had been agreed upon be-
tween Mrs. Roosevelt and the
colonel. Mrs. Roosevelt declined
to comment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Nazis Incredulous.
New York Not Bombed

Evanston. H., Mar. 16-INS -
Captured Nazi officers are incredu-
lous when they are assured that
the city OF New FORK has not been
bombed, Maj. Franklin NJ. Kreml
said today.
Mai. Kreml is home in Evanston
on furlough after serving 20 months
in the North African and Italian
campaigns.
After the fall of Tunisia," he
said, 81 talked to several German
officers who had been taken prison
er. was amazed by the extent
Of their misinformation.
"They had been told the Ger
mans still were occupying Algiers.
Oran and Casablanca; that New
York was getting its baptism OF
fire. and that the Nazis were vic
torious on every front. They we're
cocky and confident"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Soldier Vote
Faces Check

Washington, Mar. 16-INS-Pres-
ident Roosevelt awaited advice OF
the 4S state governors today be-
fore acting on the compromise SOL
der vote bill.
Shortly after the House com
pleted congressional action on the
measure, Mr.. Roosevelt queried
the governors to determine wheth-
err the supplemental federal bal
lots provided by the act are legal
under state law or whether steps
will be taken to have them SO au-
thorized by July IS.
Early. indefinite reports showed
that while some governors would
take steps to clear the way for
the bob-tailed federal ballot, 9TH
er state executives wanted time
to fully study the new act before
commenting.
1t was apparent that presiden-
"a xsto q the sbiil ~ icn, at1iof1ak
sponsored Federal ba1lotsA depends
largely on the replies received from
the governors.
The predominantly states rights
bill provides a federal ballot for
members of the armed forces over
seas, but 1t requires them to GER
tify they first have applied for
state absentee ballot and have fail
ed to receive It, and the states
must certify that the federal bal
lot Is acceptable under their laws.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Repatrlates
Land Slowly


New York. Mar. 16-INS = The
slow, cautious release OF 1872 pas
sengers who remained on the ex-
change ship Gripsholm overnight,
at Pier F. Jersey City. was resum-
ed this morning. Only 230 OF her
G62 repatriates had been put
ashore up to last midnight.
The sleek. white Swedish motor
ship. which left Lisbon Monday,
March s, locked at 3:43 p. m. yes
terday. One woman died aboard
and was buried at sea. The cross
ing was otherwise uneventful, with
the Gripsholm travelling under gu
grantees OF safety from all bellig-
erent nations.
All who came down the gang
plank expressed these things in
common: America looked mighty
good to them, and they were thor
oughly fed up on the German po-
tato diet. But II narrowing tales
OF Nazi prison camps are to be
told, they will come today from
the lesser lights awaiting release.
representatives OF the United
States and Latin American Off
cial family. discharged yesterday
were for the most part a we'll
dressed. healthy.looking and admit
teddy una bused lot.
Before they were released, IS L.
s. servicemen. wounded in Italy
and in the air over Germany. were
removed from the ship ard whlsk-
ed away in army ambulances to
Historian General Hospital. on Sta
ten Island. No newspapermer
we're permitted 10 approach them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Major Lauds
Men of 32nd

A graphic description of the Red
Arrow Divisions heroic work in
New Guinea was presented to the
Kiwanis Club meeting Wednesday
by Major Garnet Burlingame. who
was in command OF that portion OF
the 32nd Division that went over
the Owen Stanley Mountains In
New Guinea.
The 32nd Division, he said, was
originally scheduled to go to Ire
land, but by special request of
General Macarthur 1t was sent to
Australia to be trained for jungle
fighting. For the protection OF
Port Moresby, B Company was
flown from Australia and the bal
ance Of the 32nd went there by Lib
erty ships in September, 1912.
One battalion, Major Burlingame
recounted, was detailed to go over
the Owen Stanley Mountains; af-
ter 10 days the men were so weak
that they crawled across streams
instead of walking upright, and they
cut off the lower end of their leg
padding to protect their swollen
feet. Provisions were meager,
and were delivered to them by air
plane. After 80 days OF this ardu-
Gus travel. the battalion reached
its destination, and the balance OF
the division made the same trip IN
40 minutes by airplane.
The American soldier. he con-
cluded, is superior fighter TO
the Jap because he fights his own
battle instead of relying on one
particular plan. Faith in the peo-
pie back home is what keeps the
American soldier in the fight; he
lives on memories of home, and 1t
Is up to those on the home front
to back him up with letters. sub
scriptions to War Bond and Red
Cross drives, the speaker asserted.
Major Burlingame also emphasized
the importance OF religion to the
soldier, and he gave ere
dit to the chaplains and valiant
medical men in the field.
Three new members we're taken
into Kiwanis; they are DR.. Sidney
T. Williams, Arne Erickson. and
Walter DeMattia. Visitors includ-
ed V. r. Whitehead. Ann Arbor.
Earl Confer. Detroit. and Jerry
Norman, Otto Kress and Rev.
Raymon Bair. Ypsilanti. The club
voted to assist the Teen Age Can
teen II II requests aid.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Teacher Brews Penicillin
i'm HOme.Made Incubator

ance for the mold TO live on. and
he started raising it in his home
fashioned incubator.
An arrangement for catching the
drug. which is a reddish brown Sc
erection OF the mold. has been in
geniously devised by Mr.. Golczyn-
ski. The secretion. penicillin. is
caught by eight layers OF gauze
in the culture. so that when the top
layer OF mold is removed. the lay
ers OF penicillin-saturated gauze
may be used for external medicinal
purposes. Mr.. Golczynski is now
experimenting on a method Of en-
tracing the penIcillin from the
mold so that II will run on In liquid
form,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16

Using a simple wooden ice box
as an incubator. Louis A. Golczyn-
ski. professor at Michigan State
Normal College. has succeeded in
producing the wonder drug. peni.
cillin. Production of the new bac-
teria-killing agent. which has caus-
ed great excitement in the scienti.
I'D world because OF its unparallel-
ed healing power. is a difficult and
delicate biological procedure.
Stimulated by the scientific re-
ports on the new drug. Mr..
Golczynski. during Christmas va
cation. obtained a culture of the
mold from the University OF Mlchi-
gan in Ann Arbor. BY careful ex.
Fermentation he brewed a subst.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Girl Admits
Urge to Kill

Chicago. Mar 16-INS-A II
year.old girl who confessed she
"had an urge to kill" but could
not explain why was under the
observation OF psychlatrists today.
She is Jean Kossman, who
walked into the Irving Park police
station and told officers 1t was she
who beat and choked two small
boys recently on the Northwest
Side.
At the Belmont Hospital she
was identified as his assailant by
John Marth. eight. who suffered a
brain conclusion when he was
beaten on the head with a monkey
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
U.S., Finland
Break

Washington, Mar. ~ ms -
President, Roosevelt today appeal
ed to Finland to get out OF the war.
The President warned Finland in a
formal statement that the longer
that country stays at Germany's
side "the more sorrow and suffer
Ing 10 bound TO come TO the Finn
lsh people.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16

Possible postwar employment &C.
cupied the attention OF the Com
munity Postwar Planning Com
mittee at its meeting in the city
hall Wednesday evening, 1t was
the regular monthly meeting OF the
committee for the purpose Of re-
ceiving progress reports. The var
ious subcommittee - Industrial
Survey. Population. Public Works,
and Consumers Markets-report-
ed the collection OF a great many
data which are being analysed as
a guide for future planning.
Careful observers recognize the
question of employment is likely
to be the leading problem in the
six months or more following the
war. With practically every indus
try geared to the war effort there
is certain to be q period OF lessen
ed employment while industry Is
being converted to peace time de-
mands. This will be particularly
noticeable in war production areas
like Ypsilanti. This thought was
uppermost In the discussions We'd
nesday evening.
This problem has been height
ened locally by the big increase
in the population OF Ypsilanti and
vicinity during the past three years.
According to the best fguressaEail.,
1rlnnn1r - ~
son S{y o4iF'cei]t i4rR6f1 t!iah II,
1910. Inquiries made among the
newcomers indicated that SO per
cent OF them plan to remain after
the war and a similar situation is
shown in the areas outside Ypsi-
lanti. In fact the population OF
Ypsilantfs trade territory is now
estimated at 3S.000-an increase Of
100 per cent since 1890.
To meet the problem of employ
ment the subcommittee on Public
Works has prepared a list of 81
projects for postwar considera-
ton. Eight of these have TO do
with city improvements, including
police building and city store
house, six with needs OF the Board
OF Education, and seven with the
improvement OF the city park
system. OF course many OF these
will necessarily be deferred for
several years, but others will be
needed soon after the war and
will help to provide needed employ
ment. It was pointed out. A des-
cription of these projects will be
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-16
Congress Today
CBy Associated Press)
CaA.Na

CBy Associated Prsssl
Senate
Holds memorial exercises for late
Minority Leader McNary; may take
up independent offices appropria-
ton bill meets noon, EWT).
Banking Committee hears Deputy
OPA Administrator James F.
Brownlee on continuation OF price
controls 1880 a. MI
House
Considers legislative Judiciary
appropriation bill meets at noon).
Military Committee continues
draft deferment investigation
10000.