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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

This man will give an eye!
He says he is not heroic.
doesn't even want the public
to know who he is, but he can.
not go on seeing out OF two
good eyes when some poor sol.
der who has lost his sight In
the battle for freedom, must
grope through darkness.
This man. an Ypsilanti resi-.
dent, has asked the Ypsilanti
Daily Press to locate a soldier
whose sight may be restored
through transplanting the cor
nea from a healthy eye to his.
II this is successfully accom-
plished, two men may have the
blessing OF vision where only
one had Il before.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13


The Soviet high command reveal
ed that Red Army forces had "oen.
ed n mighty new offensive against
northern and central Latyla i'm
which they had swept forward on
a g0-mile front and chalked up
gains up to 30 miles.
In the first 4S hours OF the new
drive, the Russians occupied more
than 1000 towns and villages. In
Guiding the rail junction city OF
ldrltsa. % miles from Latvia. En-
gagged in the offensive were troops
OF the second Baltic army. COM
manded by Gen. Andrei !. fere-
menko. one OF the heroes OF Stain
grad and more recently command
err OF the Soviet Independent mari
time army in the whirlwind sweep
through the Crimea
Many Slain
Az least 1000 Germans have been
slain and 1900 taken prisoner by
Eremenkos forces alone. Perhaps
1000 more were killed, wounded Or
captured on other sectors OF the
flaming eastern front.
The Nazi DNB agency reported
that American heavy bombers
again raided Munich. the birth
place OF Nazism. today. for the
third day IN row. DNB asserted
that considerable damage" was
inflicted on the Bayarian indus
trial and rail center.
The British air ministry ANNOUNCE
ed that huge Lancaster and Hall
fax bombers. "in great strength
attacked flying bomb~installations
and railway key points in Norman
dy during the night.
The Germans resumed their ro-
bot attacks on southern England
today after giving the British q
See WAR-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

LONDON -AP- The death Of
Edouard Herriot, three times pre-
mier OF France. was announced to-
day by the German agency DNB.
The Berlin broadcast gave no de-
tails. The 70 year old French lib
eral and champion OF parliamen-
tary government previously had
been reported from time TO time
TO be dead, in sanatoriums or
in concentration camps.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

WASHINGTON-AP- Albanian
guerrillas have formed a national
committee and asked the Allies for
military aid, looking towards even
tual recognition as a government.
Until recently, German occupied
Albania had a puppet government
under Nazi control. but the guerril-
las have now begun to fight more
actively and the puppet govern
ment has fallen.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

Health officers in southern
states took new steps yesterday
to prevent spread of an infantile
paralysis outbreak conferred In
North Carolina where go cases
and 10 deaths have been reported.
In Kentucky eight reported new
cases brought the states total to
129, with four deaths.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

See MONETARY-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

See POLITICS-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

SANTA FEE, n. M.-AP-A spe-
cial New Mexico legislature yes
terday complettl enactment OF a
law to permit electors absent with
the armed forces to vote for Pres
ident, Vice President and members
OF Congress. State supreme court
decisions have ruled out absentee
balloting on state officials.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

NEW YORK -AP- A request
that the Federal Communications
Commission investigate deletion by
radio station WMCA of portions
of speech given by State Senator
Frederic r. Coudert (Rep) was
before FEC Chairman James L. Fly
today. Edward T. McCaffrey. ma
tional commander OF the Catholic
War Veterans, asked in a tele-
gram to fly yesterday that the FEC
hold hearings here to Investigate
the deplorable action"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

ST. LOUIS. Mo.-CP-Tn a deli
cate three-hour operation surgeons
at City Hospital today had re-
stored a 19.year-old girl war plant
inspectors scalp, torn completely
from her head last night by ma.
chine at the Lands Machine Co.
The girl, Miss Margaret Egan, had
leaned down to inspect shavings
from screw machine making NOR
tar she'll fuses. when her thick,
black hair became entangled in
spiraling part OF the machine.
HOLLYWOOD UP Butch
Jenkins, seven-year-old scene steal
er of THE Human Comedy, today
had court approval OF a $3.50 a
week contract which provides that
half his income shall go into war
bonds. Butch is the son Of Ac-
tress Doris Dudley. who appeared
in court with him 10 hear the
judges ruling.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

NEW YORK-AP-Mrs. Betty
Compton Knappen, 81, wife OF Theo-
dore T. Knappen, an engineer. and
previously the wife OF former
Mayor James ]. Walker OF New
York, died last night. Knappen
said the one-time musical comedy
star had been Ill since the birth Of
a son last January 10.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

LONDON-AP - Anna Louise
Strong, American author of sew
eral books dealing with Russia, has
arrived in Moscow with presents
from America for several cultural
bodies and institutes, the Moscow
radio said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

See CHURCH-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-13

LONDON-AP 1t. Eugene
Zweigert, who as one OF Germany's
leading air aces claimed he had
downed So Allied planes, has been
killed on the western front. the
German radio announced today.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

Antwerp. With Thomas R. Henry.
the aid of the army they set
up a powerful short-Wave broad
casting station and for "a hours
continuously gave directions over
the air to the civilian popula-
ton of Holland. They were con-
stantly in conference with high mill
tary officers. They received news
paper correspondents.
Curb Celebrations.
Then they moved on with the ad-
vancing army into Holland itself
They took over the government OF
town after town. They called out
voluntary police, whose names they
have had on their lists for months
to curb too violent celebrating by
the liberated population. The
"Women's corp" scattered itself all
over the country with their tea and
coffee wagons and their SPAN
lunches. In the middle of the night
an angry party of American corre-
spondents arrived In The Hague and
demanded sleeping accommodations.
They got them Immediately, because
this was one Of the specific emer-
gencies for which plans had been
made.
All this actually happened few
days ago - but two floors of a
London office building were Bel
GUM and Holland. Rooms were
cities. Closets were towns. Strings
on the floors were canals. 1t was
a 48-hour dress rehearsal for the
day to which all the Dutch here
are looking forward in the near fu-
ture when they will return and take
over temporarily the government OF
their native land. They plan to
function roughly in the manner of
the Allied military government In
Sicily and Italy with the exception
that they will be dealing with their
own people.
1t was decided a long time ago
that Hollands immediate postwar
Evening star., 1944-02-16
By FREDERIC l. HASKIN

@. What type of rifle does the
Russian infantry use?-S. E. C.
A. The National Rifle Association
says that the rifle now used by the
Red Army is the 762-mm. caliber
Mosin-Nagant pattern 1900.
Q. Why is the score of a forfeited
baseball game always 9 to O?-
M. M. E.
A. 1t is an arbitrary number
chosen to represent the score of such
games. This has been in existence
ever since the early days of baseball
@. Who are the only two women
| whose ages are recorded in the
Bible?-M. E. B.
A. They are Sarah, l07, and
Anna, "a.
@. What is the State flower of
California?-E l.. H.
A. The golden poppy was of
ficially adopted by the State Legis-
lature in 1903. Formerly it grew in
such profusion throughout the State
that the glow of the brilliant flowers
on the hillsides could be seen far
out at sea.
@. Does the British government
supply any of the food for the
American troops in the British
Isles?-N. B. w.
A. Great Britain is providing
American forces with substantial
amounts of foodstuffs as reverse
lease-lend aid. These range from
fresh vegetables, -four and potatoes
to corn on the cob and soft drinks.
@. What is the amount of tin in
a tin can?-R. P.
A. In ordinary times a tin can
is 9812 per cent steel and IL per
cent tin, but in wartime the amount
OF TIN in some cases has been re-
duced to IL per cent.
@. What is the title of Ruskin's
celebrated story for children?-
M. F.
A. The King of the Golden
River" is the famous English au-
thors only story for children.
Q. What years are included In
the records of service in the Revo-
lution?-T. G. S.
A. The National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton include only the years IT'S
1888 in the records of service in the
Revolution.
@. When and for what purpose
was Verdi's Hymn of the Ma
tlons" composed?-W. H.
A. 1t was composed for the Lon
don Exposition of 1862.
@. How large an area do the
Grand Banks cover?-L. L. w.
A. The area is approximately
equal to that of the State of Penn
sylvania. These shallow waters,
about 100 miles southeast of New
foundland, are one of the worlds
finest fishing grounds.
Evening star., 1944-02-16
ocean," Senator shipstead asked

ocean," Senator shipstead asked
in the Senate.
He referred to the Russian action
granting some autonomy to its re-
publics and said, Surely the foreign
secretaries of Great Britain and the
United States were told of this step
by the foreign secretary of the Soviet
Union"
He said Australia and New Zea-
land concluded a treaty to reserve
to themselves an important part of
the disposition Of Pacific islands.
Even islands not yet recovered
from the Japanese appear to be
within the scope of this treaty
3" =" the Senator said.
ut would appear to be proper for
the Senate to know something about
such an agreement, as long as the
United States is committed to the
divesting Of the japanese Empire
of its conquests of the last half
century"
He told the Senate it is time Con-
Evening star., 1944-02-16

problems should be dealt with by
competently trained Dutch officers.
Since military operations still will
be in progress when they take over
the setup had to be military, but
in most cases the officials chosen to
be in charge of cities, townships or
provinces are specialists called into
uniform because OF their qualifica-
tions.
Emergency Problems.
The next time these men 60 into
action 1t will be the real thing and
instead of 48-hour exercises in
building where synthetic problems
crop up in paper towns they will
find themselves directly behind the
lines administering the vital prob
lens Of their newly liberated and
somewhat bewildered countrymen.
In the dress rehearsal the officers
were encouraged to play all sorts of
tricks on each other by introducing
emergency problems, such as the ar
rival of the irate American CORE
spondents. 1t was up to the officer
in charge of billets in The Hague
to get them accommodation at
once and he knew just which hotel
could put them up-at least he
thinks he did on the basis of the
latest reports he had on the hotel
situation there. He has reason to
believe his information was ac-
curate.
The present plan is to declare the
country in "a special state of siege"
for at least a few weeks after the
Allies arrive. This will continue for
an undetermined and variable
length of time in each community,
depending upon the extent to which
local government has been dis
organized. In some places, on the
basis of present reports, it probably
will be a year before complete
civilian government can be restored.
1t probably will be impossible to
hold national elections within at
least year since there are no
registers of voters and at least
million persons-700,0 600 in Germany
alone-who should have a vote in
such elections will be unable to
participate.
Evening star., 1944-02-16
.5hipstead Demands
Information on j. :.
Promises 10 Allies
By the Associated Press.
Cnnnfnr CkincAoo Il

Senator Shipstead, Republican, of
Minnesota demanded yesterday that
Congress be given full information
on international m mi ments
Evening star., 1944-02-16
BritonS and i. S. Election
London Prsss, in Favoring a Candidate,
Fails to Gauge Reaction of Voters Here
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

British in somewhat of quandary what
their shall be with to the coming presidential
campaign in the United States One of them already
tary that nation which the world the -four
and the five Senator'S ought to be willing tolerate
the American election campagn.>
HIa ina iOn hnu-I
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Nursing Instructors
Sought in MONTGOMERY

Persons with nursing training
who move into Montgomery Coun-
ty have been urged to volunteer as
teachers for home nursing classes
being sponsored by the county Red
Cross Chapter.
Mrs. Lee Pennington, home nurs-
ing chairman. said nursing courses
are being held up for lack of in
structors. She said these classes
will begin as soon as teachers VOL
unteer.
Evening star., 1944-02-16
THE EVENING STAR, Washington DC A-9


gress received full information on
what our manpower is being sent
to fight for"
"Is 1t really for the socialization
OF much Of Europe?" he asked. "Or
Is it really for the creation of some
hybrid Australasian-European SOW
ereignty over the entire Western
and Southern Pacific Oceans?"
Evening star., 1944-02-16

among the Allies
so it KIN 0 W S
what our man.
power is being
sent to fight for"
Might not the
Senate be justi-
fled in withhold
ing Endorsements
Of blanket gen.
eralities until it
knows just what
our manhood is
being sent to
fight for and die
for in Europe,
Asia, Africa and
the P elf ic
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Girl Student Honored

Miss Sue McNeely, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James McNeely, 1881
North Edgewood street, Arlington,
has been placed on the deans list
at Meredith College, Raleigh. N. c.,
for scholastic standing in the first
semester, it was learned here today.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

l AAC AN WoPoPS!
ever, misses the
p OF n t. Nobody
in America dis
putes the right
of the British
press to S a y
a n y t h i n G it
pleases a b o u t
t he American
e e c t tions or
anything e S e.
The real point
is whether the
B r i t | S h, who
seem to be so
anxious to as
sure the re-elec-
ton of PreSl-
Evening star., 1944-02-16

@. What type of rifle does the
Russian infantry use?-S. E. C.
A. The National Rifle Association
says that the rifle now used by the
Red Army is the 7.62-mm. caliber
Mosin-Nagant pattern 1900.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

British armies
landed on the
coast of West
ern Europe is
not revealed but
after a few days
or perhaps a
few Weeks-they
were in full oc-
u p a t ion of
B e ! g i u m. The
next day they
had overrun the
Netherlands.
The Dut c h
"Amgot" started
functioning in
A~%,,,o,~ NIy;<l,
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Huskin' S
to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j Haskin, director, Washington,
D. 9. Please inclose stamp for return
postage
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Dress Rehearsal Held
For Holland Invasion
In London BuiIdinq
BY THOMAS II. HENRY,
Star STAFF Correspondent.

LONDON. Feb. (By MaiD The
great invasion was all overland a
big success.
Just where the American and
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Woman Badly Burned
In Gas Explosion

Seriously burned on the body when
gas escaping from a kitchen stove
exploded early today. Mrs. Lola Mae
Nicholson, 81. of 1749 Hobart street
N. W., was in critical condition at
Emergency Hospital,
Police said a note was found on an
ironing board. Her husband, Thomas
j. Nicholson, said she had been in
poor health about six years.
Police said Mrs. Nicholson. who
slept in the first floor, evidently
went into the kitchen early today
and turned on all the stove burners
The explosion, which occurred
about 4 am, shattered several win
dows in the house, burned the din
ing room rug and set fire to furniture
in the room. The blast awakened
Mr.. Nicholson, who said he extin-
guished the flames that enveloped
his wife, aided by Maj. Samuel H.
Parkins, roomer in the house.
Mrs. johnson was removed to
Emergency Hospital, where she was
said to have received hird-degree
burns.
Cause Of the explosion was not
determined.
Evening star., 1944-03-16

italian ships is precluded, Mr.. Cole
continued.
Stain is too much of realist te
believe that Prime Minister Church
Ill will give Russia any part of the
British feet" he asserted. And that
leaves it squarely up to this Nation
to provide the equivalent.
The President cannot legally fur
nish the equivalent" from this Ma
ton, Mr.. Cole declared. because of a
law which the New Yorker is the
author
The statute, passed February 49,
1s43, provides:
Hereafter, any ship, boat, barge
Or floating dry dock of the Navy may
be leased In accordance with the act
approved March II, 1941, but not
otherwise disposed of, for periods
not beyond the termination of the
present wars, but title thereto re-
mains in the United States"
The legislation was passed more
than two years after the United
States had traded Great Britain so
overaEe destroyers for string Of
Atlantic naval bases.
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Mason Halls Shrine Circus
AS National Institution

Commissioner Guy Mason yester-
day Endorsed the third annual Shrine
Circus which, given as a benefit for
crippled children's hospitals, will
open q seven-day engagement at
Uhne Arena on Monday night
March n.
In purchasing tickets from, Miss
Virginia Simmons, Indianhead, Md,
member Of the Ticket Committee,
Commissioner Mason said:
THE circus long has been an all
American institution, and certainly
Intend to get out for this one. I've
never lost my regard for the clowns,
tigers and all the rest"
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Japs' Los Negros Force
Ha|ved, Domei SAYS
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-The jap
anese Domei agency said today that
japanese forces opposing American
troops on Los Negros, in the Ad-
miralty Islands, had been reduced
by about half due to the intense ma
ture Of the fighting" but asserted
"our troops are unflinchingly taking
the initiative and inflicting heavy
losses on the enemy"
The dispatch, recorded by the
United States Government Broad
cast Intelligence Service, declared
the fighting "centered around Hyane
Airneld," with "our garrison troops
hercely engaging some 5000 enemy
troops equipped with seven or eight
heavy guns of large caliber, trench
mortars and q number Of machine
guns"
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Woshinqton Produce

From the war Food Administration
Prices paid net fob. WASHINGTON,
EGGS-Market steady Prices paid fol
Federal-state sradsd esss receiyed from
grading stations March 15>. Whites Q
medium, 80 u S. srade B. large. 34-35:
average. 35, Browns, U. s. Grade A. IsrTs
81: U. s, grade A. medium. 80: U. s
S. grade B. medium, ~: u s. grade c. 81
Current receipts. nearby ungraded esss:
Whites and mixed colors, 3O-31. Receipts,
Government graded eggs, 1877 cases
LIVE POULTRY-Market arm. Receipts
liberal. Prices paid net fob. Washington:
according to miiease) Broilers and fry
ers. 2sh3-30; fowl, 261s-2s: roosters.
lS-o0
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Mar Is lP, twFA) -Salable
1915 higher on all weights and sows;
good and choice 190-35O pounds, 1920
40. top 14.40 freely for 200-270 pounds;
good and choice 160-190 pounds, 13 so
1870; good and choice 35O-55O- pound
sows. 13.65-90; choice lighter weights UP
to 400; good clearance,
Salable cattle, 1900; salAble calves.
700; steers and yearlings steady to strong:
active trade on good and choice yearlinEs,
instances 1918 higher; comparable heavy
steers not as active as yearlines; mostly
Evening star., 1944-03-16

uect OF It's eQulV-
alent, he prom
ised something
he can't possibly
deliver. "
Mr.. Cole de-
clared in a state
ment yesterday
that q Federal
law forb / d S
transfer of title
OF A m e r i C a n
naval vessels.
BY Stalin's re-
cent recognition
OF the Badoglio
government, the
transfer of any
Evening star., 1944-03-16
More Chinese Schools
Provided by New Law
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Mar. l6.-Chi.
nese government has promul.
gated law providing for establish
ment of one public school for every
'pao' 600 to $50 households) in the
country in a move to combat illit-
eracy.
Education in the schools will be
free and attendance compulsory for
all children between the ages of
and IL.
Evening star., 1944-03-16

steer run, bulk. 131s.1e.O0: top, SIS
nothins strictly choice here; hishly IN
ished Iowa fed 1,400-pound steers. 1880
excepting common and medium sfades
general steer market about as hirh as any
steady, best, 1880; general run cows,
1913 lower, although good shipper cows
fully steady at 12.50-13 so; cutters. S.25
down: hardly enoush bulls here TO make q
Evening star., 1944-03-16

market, undertons Arm; vesisr, fully steady
saiabl. sheep. 5000: total. $500; mar.
ket opening strons to Is hisher on fed
wooled Western lambs, with hve loads
good and choice Colorados. 16. 25-40: deck
good and choice fall-shorn lambs, 1880:
sheep Arm load medium grade yearlinR
wethers, 1900. with yearlinx ewes. 1900;
and 2-year-ofds. 1f.oo; short deck Gull
native ewes. 90.
Evening star., 1944-03-16

The American Red Cross in India
provides recreation kits containing
books, games, candy, cigarettes
which are parachuted from planes
to troops at advanced positions along
the Burma border.
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Clothes Exchange Success

The Clothes Exchange" for chill
dren's wear started in cities in
England has proved 50 successful
that the plan is to be extended to
include the clothes of adults.
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Transfer Of u. ). Ships
To Soviet Prohibited
By Law, Cole Says

Representative Cole, Republican,
Of New York contends that when
President Roosevelt promised Mar
shal Stain one-third of the Italian
Evening star., 1944-03-16
FTSClpIt1tI0H.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Washington Exchange

SALES.
WASHINGTON Railway d Electric 4s-S2, ,O0O
at 106.
Peoples Drus Stores common-1O at 23h
Evening star., 1944-03-16
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Partly
cloudy and continued warm this aft
ernoon and tonight. Tomorrow
cloudy and cooler.
Virginia and Maryland-Partly
cloudy and continued warm tonight
Tomorrow mostly cloudy and not
so warm. Occasional rain in west
portion.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
muddy at Great Falls.
Tide Tables.
Evening star., 1944-03-16
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. Mar. is tF,-Natton II
Association Securities Dealers, Inc;
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Mar. Is lpr.-Dividends
declared
Accumulated
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Market AVERAGES

Compiled by the Associated Press
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FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Evening star., 1944-03-16

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