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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Run1ania Periled by Ne1u
Soviet Spearhead; Fifth
Fighting 7oward Casino
Blood Provided to
Keep Child Alive

Dallas. Tex, Jan. lO-AP- Four
year-old Billy Meers has been a
happy little lad, playing with toys in
his bed at Baylor Hospital here.
unaware that physicians had weigh
ed his life against the hospital
blood bank and other patients.
Since September he has required
227 pints OF blood plasma as treat
ment for chornic nephritis, consid-
cred an incurable kidney ailment.
lie fell 1914 pints lin debt" to the
plasma bank. Hospital officials
said 1t was not fair TO other pos
sible patients to exhaust the sup
ply on handsome little Billy, alone.
His plight became known and
responses for donations began pour.
ing In from all over the nation: Of
fers OF blood from other rehprItis
sufferers. offers OF plasma and
money.
Red Cross officials In Washing
ton said they believed the armed
forces might release some plasma
for Billy from their depots in the
Dallas region II the hospital re
quested II.
New words would have TO be
invented TO express my gratitude. /"
said Mrs. Charles Meers. Billy's
mother. as the offers poured in
from Washington. Waterbury.
Conn, New Yory city, Worcester,
and Springfield. Mass, and other
places.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
No New Rationing Plan For
Butter Says OPA Spokesman

duction IN available supplies Of
butter and other spreads, thereby
maintaining the consumption Of
bread" WA said.
In commenting on butter ration
ing, the OPA spokesman said lat
est consumption figures disclose
that Wisconsin uses an average OF
20 pounds per capita each year.
while in Alabama the figure drops
70 about one halt pound a year.
He pointed out that distributors
are not set up to move large sup
plies OF butter into low-use areas
which they would be forced TO do
II ration book holders we're given
stamp for butter alone.
In the case OF Alabama, consum-
ers would be allocated under that
plan about a pound OF butter a
month while at present they are
using approximately only a half
pound a year.
III everyone we're TO get stamp
for butter alone" he said. the ma
tionwide butter allotment per cap
tia would amount 10 about a pound
monitor less
Short butter supplies have been
hsrd.hit by lowering Of port ration
points. he also declared. Many
people who normally would buy
pork with their coupons are using
the extras for butter Instead.
causing a drain on the butter sup
ly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
President to
Read Report

Washington, Jan. 10 ms -
President Roosevelt will not de-
liver his annual message in person
tomorrow but will read the report
to the nation over a combined ra.
do network from . to $50 tomor-
row night.
Presidential Secretary Stephen
T. Early announced today that the
report ION the state OF the Union"
would be read TO a combined ses-
sion OF the House and Senate by a
clerk tomorrow noon. Z
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntires
the Presidents physician. directed
him this morning not to attempt to
make the address in person. The
physician feels that. Mr.. Roosevelt
has not sufiicientlyrecovered from
his attack Of influenza to make the
trip to Capitol Hill and the strain
Of reading the long document.
Early said that while 1t will take
a clerk longer than 30 minutes to
read the annual report the Presi-
dent will condense II into briefer
form for the half hour on the radio.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
.ChurchGiives
Fine Report

At the annual meeting OF the VIII
low Run Lutheran Church, 25S5
East Michigan Ave, Sunday after
noon at the church definite pro-
gress during the first year Of the
church's existence was noted and
officers were elected for this year.
Those elected were Carl Jargen-
sen, chairman; Melvin Kloepper,
recording secretary; Matt Book fin
ancial secretary; John David Hart
man, treasurer; Harold Peters.
Claude Vanatter and Elmer Tucker.
elders. and Leonard Block. Arnold
Breckel and Robert Wendt, trus-
tees.
Reports show that there are
now about 120 communicate mem
bers in the church OF which Rev.
A. F. Boyer is pastor, assisted by
A. F. C.. Pfotenhauer. The flnan-
cial status Of the church is excel
lent and members at the meeting
look forward to great prospects for
the future Of the church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Sixty Seven
Death Toll

Philadelphia. Jan. 10-INS-The
death toll Ia the sinking OF the
Navy patrol boat St Augustine to-
day rose to 81 with the recovery OF
81 additional bodies, the Fourth
Naval District announced.
The bodies have been brought
ashore and the victims next OF
kin are being notified immediate
ly
The 81. Augustine went down 50
miles southeast of Cape May last
Thursday night after colliding with
a merchant vessel, which escaped
without damage.
Navy and Coast Guard craft
sped TO the scene and 80 survivors
we're picked up and returned 20
land.
The names OF none OF those who
lost their lives will be released by
the Navy until the next OF kin Of
all have been notified
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
'Edsel Ford Legion Post Will
Open Headquarters Soon

Hill Auditorium this evening where
pictures will be shown and special
speakers will urge women to enlist.
As a beginning in the local drive
Col. s. d. Ringdorf. Detroit, and
Henry Barnes, Jr., Ann Arbor, exc.
cutive chairman OF civilian re-
cruiting. spoke Saturday evening
at Willow Lodge theater. There
was a good turnout for dancing and
the addresses were we'll received.
Special assistance in recruiting
will be given by 1t. David thinner
man, sixth service command. first
district headquarters, Detroit. and
the Legion has already arranged
to sponsor one new recruit who
joins the WACS from the Bomber
area.
In announcing the new Legion
home, Mr.. bronson and officers, as
we'll as members. Joined in extend
ing a welcome 10 all soldiers, form
er soldiers and men OF other Le-
gion posts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
House Turns
to Action on
Soldier Bills

Washington, Jan. -INS-Two
House committees meet tomorrow
to clear the way for final action In
the lower branch on two vital ser.
vice measures-the discharge pay
and soldier vote bills.
As the, 18th Congress reconven'
ed today for It's second session,
both Democratic and Republican
leaders appeared determined 10
make these bills the first order OF
business for the House. The Sen
ate has already acted on both
pieces Of legislation.
Chairman Andrew J. May Cd
Ky. OF the House Military Affairs
Committee, IN calling his group
into a meeting, said he hoped 10
be able TO report discharge pay
bill tomorrow II possible, May
would Ike TO see the House con
slider the measure next week.
Rep. Rankin Cd Miss, predict
ed the committee would quickly
report out bill which will be
used as vehicle" TO speed House
action on a complete veterans aid
program.
=. bill sponsored by the Ameri-
can Legion and covering mastering
out pay up to $500. unemployment
compensation. goyernment-fnanced
education. federal aid in home pur-
chasing. and other veterans aid.
was scheduled TO be introduced In
both the House and Senate today.
The measure will be referred TO
Mays committee but hardly in time
for action at tomorrow's executive
meeting.
There appeared little likelihood
that the House Committee would
approve a discharge bill In the
form passed by the Senate shortly
before the Christmas recess. The
Senate-passed measure provides
for sNding-scale rate OF dis
charge pay ranging from 5000 to
$500, based on the length OF a
soldiers service. but the com
mittee may vote fiat sum OF ap-
proximately $500. treating all alike.
May said "the matter OF adjust
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Russia Not
Encouraging
Plan

Washington, Jan. fd-lNS-Gen
uine apprehension prevailed In Of
fetal quarters in Washington to
day that Moscow attitude toward
Russia's' border states may en-
danger the willingness of the
American people to support United
states participation in a perman
Ont world security system
The implication in the recent
Pravda attack on Wendell L. VIII
kie that Russia intends TO play a
lone hand In respect to It's future
relations with Poland the Baltic
states and Finland was still cals.
ing serious concern TO the State
Department
Those officials who are most
eager for close cooperation with
Soviet Russia were fearful that
American public opinion may be
come disillusioned about this coun
try's participation in an interna
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

Washington, Jan. l0-lNS-- A
special wage board started hear.
ings today on the incorporating rail
union dispute seeking settlement
OF the prolonged controversy and
eventual return OF the nations car
riers to private control.
Both the railroads and the 10
incorporating unions were sum.
moned before the three-man panel,
headed by Judge Elwyn Shaw. OF
Springfield H.. to present facts
on the workers claims for over
time pay beyond 10 hours a week.
II was considered possible. how
ever. that the unions might re-
quest a day or two delay in the
hearing because OF the absence
from Washingto of Donald Rich
berg, former NRA official, who Is
their legal counsel.
Meantime. the situation involv-
ing the three operating railroad
brotherhoods, who have refused ar
bitration, remained unchanged over
the week end despite President
Roosevelt's wage OFFER The Presi-
dent extended to them the same
terms previously granted the
Brotherhoods OF Railroad Train
men and Locomotive Engineers,
the only two unions who have set
tied their wage dispute.
General Chairmen and executive
committees OF the three "holdout''
unions Conductors, Switchmen
and Firemen-mett today TO discuss
The Pres,dSnt's Offer. Mr.. Eoogs.
welt offered them the arbitration
award of nine cents an hour pay
increase. including a four cent
| boost in basic wage rates and five
cents in lieu of overtime and lay
over expenses away from home.
The Presidents proposal opened
a possible way out Of the two
week deadlock. A meeting be-
tween the three operating unions
and the carriers may be the next
development The Presidents Of
fer represented the first time any
official indication has been given
to the three brotherhoods as TO the
nature OF the wage settlement they
can expect TO obtain.
Previously, they charged the gov
eminent had foreclosed any agree
ment with the carriers during the
period OF Army operation OF the
roads and asserted that apparent
~ there was no official source to
which they could turn TO work out
a wage adjustment
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Hull Memorial
Reports Given

The annual meeting OF the
George NJ Hull Memorial Founda-
ton was held this afternoon in
the dining room Of the Hotel
Huron.
Report Of the treasurer showed
that s237.s5 had been appropriat-
ed during the past year for aid Of
worthy patients in the city and
1870 was invested In war bonds
From interest on investments 1905
was realized and contribution Of
$50 brought the years receipts to
1855. The year closed with s2S-
91704 on hand
Directors were reelected for the
new year. They are Mrs. J. II.
Hopkins. D. L Quirk, r. Clyde
Ford. f. s. George, Lawrence Ar
net.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Meat Holiday
to be Sought

Washington, Jan. 10-INS-- The
nations food problem was m i'm
portant topic Of discussion among
reconvening members Of Congress
today with temporary suspension
Of all meat rationing scheduled to
be requested.
Sen. Thomas (R) Idaho. planned
TO introduce today a resolution call
ing for a meat holiday" TO allow
distribution of surpluses which re-
portedly have packed the nations
warehouses.
At the same time Rep. jenkins
(R) Ohio, chairman Of the RepuD-
lican Food Committee, declared II
was not improbable" that a resolu-
ton similar to the Thomas measure
will be submitted to the House.
The Thomas proposal is backed
by a powerful group OF midwestern
senators who have warned the OPA
they would launch a determ ned
fight for enactment OF such legis-
lation unless the agency removes
meat from rationing by next Thlrs-
day.
Additional support for the meat
holiday proposal came from Sen.
Raymond f. Willis (R) Ind, who re-
turned from his home state with re-
ports of hogs dying in stockyards
because packing houses can't han
die them
Willis charged OPA rationlng po-
licies OF scarcity and control" are
keeping up the cost OF living. He
told of farmers who are unable to
market eggs for lack OF buyers.
Eggs, he said, are selling for 50
cents a dozen in Indiana and more
than so cents in Washington.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Many Skaters
on City Kinks

Many Ypsilanu residents Sunday
took advantage OF skating on near
ly three acres OF ice provided On
Island Park and in Recreation
Park
on the island one big rink. large
enough to accommodate 500 skaters
and a small hockey court on the
tennis courts have been provided
at a cost OF $3.50 ~ Recreation
the tennis courts have been flooded
az a cost Of So.
The Kinks we're flooded under d.
rection OF T. Fred Older. city en-
gineer and street commissioner
The ice is smooth and in good
shape.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
AUCTION CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY t2- az
1900 noon. Premises located on
Bunton Road. "a mile directly
south Of Willis, 8 miles southeast
Of Ypsilsnti. ~ miles southwest
OF BellevilIe. II miles east OF ss-
line, II miles east OF Milan. VIII
liam N. Heston. Proprietor: Earl
Wright. AUetloneer; o. E. Nedder.
Clerk. Adv. III
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
More Women Needed
to Make Dressings

Mrs. owen Cleary Is asking that
more women agree to make sur
gical pads in Ann Arbor for this
week on Wednesday and Thursday
nights at the Rackham building.
The Motor Corps cars leave the LIE
gion home and Charles McKenny
Hall at I O'Clock and registrations
are taken at the Red Cross office.
Last week Ypsilanti had an ex
cellent showing. Twenty six WON
en- went on Wednesday and % on
Thursday. Groups went from the
MONS organization. the Literary
Club. the Study Club, the League
OF Catholic Women and the Free
Methodist Missionary Society.
The emergency quota Is $4,000
pads 10 be made in three weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

NEW YORK-INs-A hint that
Japanese shipping losses may have
threatened the nations food sup
plies was contained ina warning
disclosed today, by Fumio Goto.
state minister and vice-governor Of
the Nipponese totalitarian party.
1T is entirely impossible for Us TO
be dependent on the import CT
rice" he declared in a Tokyo radio
broadcast for home consumption.
recorded by L. s. Government
monitors
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
.Spangler to
Attack New
Record

Chicago, Jan. 10-INS- Chair
man Harrison E. Spangler open
ed the first 1874 Republican Ma.
tional Committee meeting today
with charges that the Roosevelt
Administration failed in military
preparedness for Pearl Harbor and
has failed to provide either a for
eign policy or successful home
front economy program.
As result, the COP leader
from Iowa told state and national
COP leaders, rising tide of pub
lie opinion....is determined to in
stall a government OF honesty,
sanity, candor and economy"
But politics, Spangler declared,
has no place in the nations drive
for victory. Twin the War" be
said, lis a slogan which belongs
to all Of u.s.
The Republican chieftain said
that as World War II unfolded the
American people, "complacent in
our ignorance and inadequately in
formed by our leaders, INDUCED in
an orgy of economic experiments,
wasteful extravaganza and Grim
inal neglect Of military prepared
ness"
The result" he asserted, "w.s
the grim tragedy of Pearl HarsJr.' :
Spangler's address opened the
formal sessions of the first cleo
ton year meeting OF either polit-
ical party. Tomorrow the Nation
al Committee was expected to
name Chicago as its 1914 conven-
ton city and set the time for the
presidential nominating conclaye
probably late June.
Strength Indicated
The COP chairman's' message
came q hours after he had dis
closed that an informal Survey
conducted through Republican Of
ficers in the armed forces over
seas indicate Republican strength
among servicemen paralleling that
in civil life.
Spangler's only reference to
THIS previous Statement ""S
tanned in a denunciation OF par
tison activity" in conduct Of the
war.
To-day this country is Sepub-
lican rather than Democratic" he
said. Put our Army and Navy
are neither Republican nor Dem
ocratic. They are Americans,
Handicapped
Americas men on the battle
fronts are fighting magnificently
Spangler told his Republican col
leagues, but home front industry
agriculture and labor performing
similar service are Handicapped
at every turn by uncertainty, CON
fusion. and instruction in Wash
ington."
The answer as to what Is the
Administrations policy on price
control. labor. and war financing
he asserted, is nobody knows.
"The present administration
stands before the country in the
midst OF a desperate war without
n successful policy in the vital
matters OF food, wages, prices or
financing" he said. 1T has lost
the confidence OF Congress and OF
the people
He continued,
THE country is tired OF execu-
tive legerdemain. 1t wants states
men. not clever politicians jug
Cling pressure groups. For months
this tide has been sweeping the
country"
The Administration. which he
said sought to feed on class hates
and prejudices.' has been rebuked
in the 1912 and 1913 elections.
Spangler saw panic growing
within what he termed the palace
guard of the Administration. lead
ing to the Presidents proposal to
drop the name new deal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Railroads to
Special
Wage Hearing

Washington, Jan. 1o-lNS- A
special wage board postponed hear
ings today in the incorporating
Railroad Brotherhood dispute until
Thursday at the request Of the
unions. The delay was taken be-
cause Of the absence from Wash.
inoton Of Donald r. Riehbers. chief
counsel for the IS incorporating
brotherhoods.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

Flying Fortresses 81 the 10Th Air
Force operating from Italy struck
another blow to support oi the en-
battled Yugosiav patriots today
when TIE giant bombers set the
Harbor OF Pola at the tip OF the
Istrian Peninsula, boiling with fires
and explosions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Congress Today

(By the Associated Pre'D
Senate and Hous-
Meet for routine business moon,
Eastern War Time).
Supreme Court-MeerI TO hand
down decisions moor J.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

Ypsi Braves will play Adrian al :
p. m. Tuesday in Ypsi'anti Hlgh
Gym. adyil0
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10
Flashes Of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight;
Partly cloudy

LONDON-INS-Franz Won Pa
pen, German ambassador to Tur-
key. was said today to have con-
WINGED Adolf Hkler that Turkey
can be kept neutral through diplo'
matte means. The Daily Express,
in an Istanbul dispatch. declared
that Allied and neutral diplomats
in Ankara are agreed that Turkish
neutrality during coming weeks de,
ponds almost entirely on Won Pap
ems decision.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

LONDON-INS-The Daily Her
aid, in a Cairo dispatch. said today
that secret reports from Bulgaria
indicated that an effort would be
made to overthrow the government
as a means Of hating an invasion
by the Allies. These reports were
said TO describe the preparations
as a last attempt TO control the
Balkan kingdom against the inva-
sion threat.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-INS-Funeral
arrangements were being made to-
day for John E.. Cochran, who was
the Moran" OF the blackface team
Of Moran and Mack, famous as the
1.-TWO Black Crows" in the early
days of radio Moran, who was So,
died at the jefferson Barracks Vet
Grams Hospital as the result of a
stroke which he suffered last week
while driving near the Springfield,
H., home OF his mother, Mrs. Daisy
Shelton.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

LOS AN ~ELES-INS-Claude a.
Watson, Los Angeles attorney and
minister. was the National Prohi.
bition Party's nominee today for
the presidency of the United States.
Watson accepted the party's offer
at a meeting last night OF $50 sup
porters.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

See sOLDIERS-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

See RUSSIA Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

NEW YORK-INS-The Nation
al Committee of the American Com
munist Party was on record today
as recommending that the organi-
cation cease functioning as a po-
litical party and adopt new name
indicating its character as a Com
munist association for political edu-
cation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

See WAR-Page >
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

NEW YORK-INS-The British
radio quoted a report today that
Greek patriots. on Christmas night.
cut the Belgrade-Salonika railroad
at seven points. The L. s. Foreign
Broadcast Intelligence Service rec
orded the radio report.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

RICHMOND. Cal. ms Five
negro workers persisted and eight
others were seriously burned this
morning in a fire which destroy
ed a Richmond shipyard dormitory.
The fire, which broke out in the
early morning hours. swept the
building, trapping several workers.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Hero For RonIlie
BY FRED LANE
Msstrutsd ky Ckss3ss LsSoiis
BY FRED LANE
Msstrotsd ky Ckorbss loSoiis

he can't. II only he we're just a few
years Older. he'd show Bobby Dean.
He'd shoot down more Zeros. have
more medals than Bobby's brother.
jim.
He wiped his feet carefully on the
doormat and went into the tiny cot
tage. 1t was too early for Nom to
be home. Signing. he put the grocer
les on the shining kitchen sink. then
walked dispiritedly to his own room.
He took off his wet clothes, and
when ne stood in front of the bureau
reaching into the drawer for a clean
shirt, his misty blue eyes turned to
MONS picture.
1T WAS just snapshot, but anyone
could see Nom was awfully nice.
Pretty, too. But she wasn't someone
you could talk about like Bobby
talked about his brother. or like
Ollie Nickels' dad, who was in the
Merchant Marine. Nom was just -
Nom.
His eyes burned. his throat hurt
- like he was swallowing broken
glass. He was going to cry. Then his
stubby fingers touched the scrap
book. Butch O'Hare was in it. And
Butch wouldn't cry. Not even if he
were a twelve-year -oid. he wouldn't.
General Macarthur wouldn't cry
either.
Ronnie lifted up his scrapbook
reverently. He forgot his unhappi-
ness while he thumbed through his
gallery of heroes. clipped from maya
zines and newspapers He stared for
long time at the pictures of Butch
O'Hare. who had gone down fighting.
Tw-le-7>-+4
Evening star., 1944-10-29

Something was missing
in Ronnie's scrapbook
until that stormy day
when Nom came home
kLCoREHEAD! Soreheadr' The
- taunting chant echoed in his
twelve-year-old brain. The rain
poured down. but he trudged home
ward slowly. too miserable to care.
When he had reached the little gro
cery store where he always picked
up the groceries his mother ordered
before she went to work, he was drip
ping.
Old Mr.. Burns peered over his
spectacles at him. Why. Ronnie
Miller" he said reprovingly. you're
wet to the skin"
81 don't care" Ronnie muttered.
We'll. your mother'll care. You
take this bag now and hot-foot it
home and change your clothes"
Thank you. MIR. Burns" said
Ronnie automatically. At the door
he turned. Look. MIR. Burns
every kid can't have fathers and big
brothers, can they?"
mo. RoNNIE." said the grocer.
But not every boy can have a
mother like you got, either"
Ronnie's freckled face was grave
and thoughtful. For a second. he
hesitated, then shook his head. He
bit his lips and ran quickly into the
rain. A kid can't cry in front OF peo-
pie. Not when he's nearly grown up,