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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
London Passes
Bombless Night

London, Aug. 2S-London and
southern England passed a bomb.
less night last night as the lull in
flying bomb assaults heightened to
almost 72 hours, broken only by
brief barrage Sunday morning.
The respite produced a groying
feeling OF optimism here. Fewer and
fewer people are taking to the sub.
ways and other shelters at night,
but the government made no move
to relax any precautions.
The Daily Mail said the Russians
had come across a place In Poland
where the Germans have been test.
ing Super W." rockets and had
turned over the information 10 Brit.
ish experts.
I'm certain circumstances Il
seems this additional secret wea.
pom would be no more serious than
vi, (the flying bomb)," the Mail
said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Ford Considers Nine-Hour,
Fiue-Day Work Week Here

The Ford Motor Company is con-
sldering the application OF a nine.
hour, five day work week as
means OF stabilizing employment at
the Willow Run Bomber Plant, II
was disclosed today.
Ford officials still believe that
II the plant has to turn out all the
additional work that has been pro
posed by the air forces there will
be less reduction in employment
than has been anticipated. Also
with the additional modification
work the Army has asked Ford to
do and with the plans for pulling
back to Willow Run some OF the
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Swinging in Great Arc
To Cut off Nazi Retreat
Routes; Ne,u Trap Sprung
Mdzi Border
100 Miles
Away
(By the Associated Press)

Plunging across the historic
Marne, American armor today
swung a great attacking arc aga
inst German retreat routes TO the
Reich, and along the Seine the
whole Allied onslaught was wheel.
ing northward from four deepened
and strengthened American. Brit
ish and Canadian bridgeheads.
West OF the Seine 10000 Ger
mans were floundering In a newly
established Allied trap and were
being slaughtered by ground and
air bombardment.
The u. s. Third Army. stabbing
ten miles beyond Lagny to a Marne
River loop % miles east OF Paris.
seized Meaux on the north bank OF
the river. and for the first time
In this war Americans were fght-
ing on a great World War | battle
dashed 1914 hopes OF taking Paris.
which were smashed in the first
battle OF the Marne. Seden. great
battlefront In 1910 and In 1870.
was i05 miles away.
Third Army tanks plunged be-
yond Meaux. and To the south. be-
yond Troyes, on the American right
flank. another column stabbed to-
ward Vitry. less than 100 miles
from the German border.
Call In Troops
Pilots returning from raids on
Germany reported the Germans
we're pouring reinforcements and
supplies into Germany.from the low
countries. and Mosquito bombers
harassed these operations.
The new trap. was sprung on an
estimated 10000 Germans In three
loops west OF the Seine River In
! the Rouen area. German troops
we're attempting madly 10 escape
across the Seine to join the flight
10 the east.
In the south OF France, as resist
ance on the waterfront OF the great
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

The Nazis have made a desper.
ate effort TO hold the east bank Of
the Seine, and our bridgeheads
across that river TO the north and
south OF Paris were accomplished
only after terrific fighting
We may rest assured that the
most desired Allied strategic VIC
tory at this time in all OF France
is to eliminate the robot bombing
bases in the so-called Pas de Calais
area.
The Somme River empties into
the English Channel about midway
between Boulogne and Deppe. That
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Congress Today

(By the Associated Press)
Senate
Meets at noon, EWT., TO transact
routine business.
War Investigating COMMITTEES
questions acting WPB Chairman j.
A. Krug.
House
Routin session (noon).
Campaign Committee hears Sid
ney Hillman. Political Action Com
mittee head 10000.
Rules Committee discusses un-
employment compensation lesisla-
ton (10:30).
Postwar Military Committee
hears procurement and dispersal
officials 10000.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
German Carrisons on Bay Of
Biscay Doomed Now

river Is probably al about the south.
ern line OF the robot base areas
There were really two battle lines
across France In 1910. The farthest
to the south was formed roughly by
the Seine and the Marne perhaps
Patton wishes TO cross the Marne
to be in a position TO flank any at
tempted German defense along the
line OF that river.
The second and northern most
line was along the Somme River
from It's mouth including parts Of
the Aisne and Meuse Rivers. Per.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Pope Appeals to British
To Haze Christian Charity

the least OF our anxieties. For
you, yes, you also, have had to
pass through black days in this
most terrible Of all wars, and
those days are still with you.
our lively hope and our
confident conviction Is that you
will work toward realization of
universal harmony in Christ while
in word and act. through prayer
and personal sacrifice and the shin
ing example OF a sincere Christian
life, you helm those millions OF mob
le souls who are your separated
brethren to return TO the fold and
so make your contribution toward
the establishment on earth OF the
reign OF Christ, the prince Of
peace
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Americans Plunge Across Marne
US. Soon Mau
Fight in
China
(By the Associated Press)

(by the Associated IreSsl
Important war industry centers
were listed as Allied targets in
week end announcements from the
Pacific war theater, included was
an Axis NOR American soldiers
would soon be fighting in China
Tokyo broadcasts also told OF air
strikes at Anshan, Manchurian
steel center, and Shanghai. where
Japan produces wooden boats TO
augment her disappearing merch-
ant fleet.
Need More 6ombers
The raids emphasized an Office
OF War Information (OWD an
nouncement that production OF long
range bombers was to be stepped
up.
The British Far Eastern fleet, in
its first action under command OF
Adm. Sir Bruce Austin Fraser. sent
carrier planes in strong force
against lndaroeng, Sumatra, site
OF a cement plant that produces
materials for Nipponese fortifica-
tions. The surprise raid also heavi-
ly hit the port and airfield of near
by Padang, largest city on Suma.
ira. Only one plane was lost In
the fourth Allied raid on Sumatra.
American Pacific forces intensi.
fed their steady pounding at the
approaches to Japan and the Philip
pines.
Five Japanese interceptors we're
shot down in two successive day.
light attacks by Marianas. based
planes on Two Jima, $50 miles south
OF Tokyo. Docks were left in
flames and three Jap planes des-
troyed in consecutive daylight
Snn pAC CII,In d. -
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Strikers go
Back to Work

Detroit, Aug. Strike-in.
terrupted production of aircraft
parts at the Highland Park plant
Of the Ford Motor Company work.
ed slowly back toward normalcy
today after a threat OF idleness for
$4,000 workers.
A regional War Labor Board d.
rective for a resumption OF work
was accepted at mass meeting
Sunday OF members Of local 400,
United Automobile Workers (CIO)
who had walked out Friday.
An undetermined number OF en-
ployes failed to report for the
night shift last night. but the com.
See STRIKE-PaRe
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
OPAHead Wishes
Rules Were Out

Portland. Ore. Aug. 2s-AP-
Now about those OPA rules and
egulations.....the boss doesn't like
'em either.
Chester Bowles, OPA's national
head. promised Oregon livestock
men yesterday his office would re-
consider its recent denial OF lamb
rationing holiday. And then sigh
ed:
I'll be more glad TO get rid OF
regulations than anybody in the
United States"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Itenized Posters
To be Displayed

MRS. n. Owens, OF the local
ration board, announced today that
new regulation, MPR2. issued b.
the government. states that all
eating and drinking establishments
must post a list OF forty items
which are served on the premises
These posters may be obtained
from the local war Price and Ra-
ton Board, and must be displayed
as soon as possible.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
IL s. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan ending
tsonisht Clearing Tuesday. Cool
or tonight and a little warmer
Tuesday.
Highest temperature yesterday,
70; lowest last night. 63.
Highest temperature one year
ago today. 70; lowest, so.
Highest temperature this date
/, IN last II years, "a In 1925; low.
Pest, az in 1883.
The sun sets today at s:13 and
rises Tuesday at 6:5i.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

jobs which were placed in other
plants. 1t would seem logical that
the company would maintain a sub.
stantisl portion OF It's present EN-
ployment, a Ford spokesman said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

LEAVING TOWNS rooms good
furniture for sale. 313 West Cross
Street. Adv. s2ss
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28
Flashes of
Late News

DETROIT-AP- The Rev. Roy
Liddel, an ordained minister OF the
Evangelical Pentecost Church, was
sentenced in Dearborn municipal
court today to serve Is days in
Jail and pay a $50 fine as the re-
suit OF the whipping of l6 year
old girl. The girl, Doris Wylie,
an orphan who resided with the
Liddel family. told Judge George
A. Belding that she was kicked,
struck with a razor strap and
pinched.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

WASHINGTON up Ma.
dame Chang Kal-shek, Chlna's
first lady, Is seriously III and
will come to the United States
In few weeks for "badly
needed" medical care from the
same doctor who treated her
two years ago, Il was revealed
Sunday by her brother-ln-Iaw,
Chinese Finance Minister Or.
n. n. kunq.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

WASHINGTON --7AP- Canned
California sweet cherries will sell
1T retail for about two and a half
Vents more for popular-sized can
than last year, the Office OF Price
Administrator said today in an
nouncing professors ceiling prices
for the ..944 pack. Professor cell
ings are effective Immediately,
while retail prices will apply when
the new pack arrives at grocery
Gtores.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-INS-
T. Paul Thomas OF Tooele, Utah,
newly appointed as one of Utah's 3
four Republican presidential cleo
tors. said today he had resigned
, srom the CIO Political Action Com
~mittee because he was instructed
TO vote the straight Democratic
ticket.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

See FRANCE-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

LONDON - UP The Lon
don Daily Express reported to-
day from Stockholm that an
armistice is impending In Fin
land and may be announced
within the next "a hours.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

GAINESVILLE, Ga.-AP- Four
tiny baby boys slept in incuba-
tors in Hall County Memorial Hos
pital today while their 23-year-old
mother. wife OF an Army private.
repeated 70 attendants, II don't
Aknow what am going to do with
all those babies" The quadruplets.
Weighing approximately three
pounds each, we're born to slim, au'
burn.haired Mrs. Charles +. Lee
between 6 and I p. N. Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

See PACIFIC-Page .
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

DETROIT-AP-M Michigan com.
Dmunities received a plea for help
from the war Labor Board today.
Statements from the WLB at Wash.
ington and the regional board a:
Detroit, urged. with some vehe-
mence. that industry and labor CO
operate in establishing mediation
procedure which could relieve the
labor board OF what 1t called an ex'
r6essiye amount OF dispute cases.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

LOS ANGELES-INS- William
s. Hart, "two-gun" star of the silent
screen, today backed up a recent
gift to the city with another He
sent a check for $4,000 for the
maintenance and improvement Of
kis old home in West Hollywood,
Which he recently decided TO the
city as a park.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

HOLLYWOOD-AP - A Pas
fighter plane crashed in flames ear
ly Sunday 60 feet from the San
Fernando Valley home OF Orches.
Atra Leader John Scott Trotter. The
pilots, 2nd Its. Jack r. Caeser, %,
Arnold, Pa. and Carter L. Caldwell,
%, Umatilla. Fla, parachuted with
but minor injuries. Trotter, awak-
ened by the crash, remarked rue
fully that he moved into the 10
room colonial house Aug. to get
some peace and quiet.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

DETROIT-AP-Carsten Tiede-
man, regional War Production
Board director, today urged labor
po forego the Labor Day holiday
and stay "on the job in order to
get the biggest job over more quick
ly." Tiedeman asked that all war
plants which are behind schedule
work a full day on Labor Day.
Plants on or ahead of schedule may,
If desired, arrange a holiday, he in
,dicated, providing it did not re-
<sult in getting behind schedule.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-08-28

WASHINGTON Legislation to
insure freedom OF the air in broad
casting for youth bands and orches.
tras is urged in petition signed
by nearly 100 Michigan music stu
dents and presented to the House
10Y Rep. Dondero (R.-Mich.) The
signers, who said they had been de.
MED "the right OF the use OF the
air in broadcasting," included stu
dents from Detroit, Worthwhile, Far
mington. Plymouth, Wayne, and
GrandYille.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
WOMAN KILLED NEAR TOWN
Auto Collision With Truck; Army
Officer Injured

Mrs. Elsie G.. Stewart, 26, of
Harlan, Ca, was killed instantly at
6 o'clock Tuesday night, and her
husband, Lieut.. Donald Stewart, 80,
Camp Gordon, Ca, seriously injur-
ed when their automobile crashed
into the rear of parked truck
along the DUPONT Highway, three
miles north of Smyrna. State po-
lice said Stewart, driver of the
automobile, was thrown from the
vehicle and suffered multiple LAGER
atoms of the face, and a possible
conclusion of the brain. He was
removed to the Kent General Hos
pitai, Dover. Mrs. Stewards death
was caused by fractured neck.
The truck was parked by the driv-
er, Linwood Smith, 20, of Salisbury,
Md, to adjust the canvas covering,
police said. He was about to climb
on the truck when the crash occur
red. Smith was arrested on a
charge of assault and battery by
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
LIZ Stamps Valid for Pork

Twelve red stamps in war ration
book four, totaling 120 points, are
now valid for the purchase of pork
and other rationed meats from
farmers. ,OPA said the advance use
of the stamps will not give individ-
uals buying from farmers more
meat than anyone else, but merely
permits them to buy fairly large
amounts at one time for personal
storage in lockers or other ade-
quate freezing space. Red stamps
in book four which now may be
used for buying meats from farm
slaughterers are those numbered
"8' and lettered from "a" through
an" The SO points left in brown
stamps in war ration book three
for use between now and Feb. n
also may be spent ahead of time in
the purchase of rationed meats
from farmers.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20

POST WAR PLANS FOR BASE
Dover Army Field Might Be Put
To Commercial Use

The possibility that the Dover
airport might be used for CONNER
cial purposes after the war was dis
closed this week when Dover City
Manager Gilbert L. Wilcox an
nounced that an official of an air
line had contacted the city con-
corning use of the field. Mr.. Will
cox pointed out that the entire plan
of the airline is contingent on avail
ability of the field following the
war and desires of the War De-
partment in the matter. The air.
line, according to Mr.. Wilcox's in
formation, would use the field for
both freight and passenger traffic
in a setup that would provide con-
nections with Baltimore, Washing
ton, Norfolk, points on the penin-
sula, Wilmington, Philadelphia and
other points. Mr.. Wilcox was adj
vised that the concern interested in
the matter is making preliminary
application to the Civil Aeronautics
Authority for a permit for the sys-
tenn.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20

which Smyrna oversubscribed to
the total of $4,000. Individual
subscription quota for the state of
Delaware is $19,000,000. Mr.. Jones
urged each perosn to do his best.
THAT is the most we can ASK" he
concluded.
Solicitors Named
Mr.. Jones has appointed the fol-
lowing committee to solicit during
the drive: Francis B. Gebhart,
south Main Street; Henry T. Price,
north Main Street; Edward T.
Porter, South Street; Warner w.
Price, Jr., Mt. Vernon Street;
George w. Boehmler, south side of
west Commerce Street; H.C. Jones,
north side of west Commerce
Street; Katherine D. Bailey, Smyr-
na-Clayton Boulevard; j. Frank
Greenwich, east Commerce Street;
Mrs. Edwin Wilson and Miss Mil
dred Reynolds, Frazier Street,
Union Street, and Market Street;
Clark M. Knots, Delaware Street;
H. R. Bodley, DUPONT Boulevard
and Lake Como Gardens; Mrs. Flor
ence Polk, East Street; Mrs. Glenn
S. King and Mrs. Leighton Kirby,
State Welfare Home. The drive
ends February 18th.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Robert e. Green, Pastor, An
n0unces Services For the Week

Asbury Methodist Church, Rev.
Robert E. Green, pastor, announces
services as follows: Church School,
10 a. M; Harvey G. Jones, general
superintendent; important Bible in
struction; classes arranged for each
age group. Morning service, IL
a. M; anthems by Children's and
Senior Choirs; sermon subject:
Christ and Preparation for Peace"
Methodist Youth Fellowship, 6:45
p. m. Evening service, 7:30; great
congregational hymn sing; special
music by large Youth Choir; SER
mon by Chaplain Walter Batty,
Dover Army Air Base; vocal selec-
ton by group of singing soldiers;
beautiful youth professional and
occasional. Wednesday, 1880 pm.
prayer service; one of a series of
meditations on 1.-THE Whole Armor
of God' will be given with special
music. Friday, $3.50 p. M, Chill
dren's Choir; Friday, Z pm, Youth
Choir; Friday, Jan. 81, pm, bus
mess and social of w. S. c. S.; Sat-
urday, 7:30 p. M, Senior Choir.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
$13O,OOO IS QUOTA FOR SMYRNA
IN FOURTH WAR LOAN DRIVE

The Fourth War Loan Drive be-
gan here Tuesday with Harvey c.
Jones as general chairman, and
Miss Elizabeth Wilson chairman of
the women workers. AS was done
in the Third War Loan Drive in Oc-
tober, door to door canvas will be
made and each person in town will
be solicited. Mr.. Jones stated that
special attention will be paid this
time to soliciting in the rural areas,
and the chairman asked all farmers
to cooperate. 1T is now up to the
individual to carry the load of buy
ing War Bonds" said Mr.. Jones,
"for the banks, insurance compan-
les and financial agencies have far
exceeded their quotas. Every per-
son must buy War Bonds if this
war is to be won. This loan, which
is truly a Victory Loan depends on
every person in this community
and every person in the United
States carrying his full share"
Quota Here $130,00O
Smyrna's quota during this drive
lis $4,000, of which 100000
must be raised from individual SUBJ
scriptions. This quota is 100000
more than the one set for this
town during the last drive, for
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
CLAYTON WSCS
OFFICERS
st. PauTs Church, Clayton,
Scene of Installation by
the Rev. 0. G. Brewer
MEETING JANUARY 21ST

The newly-elected officers and
secretaries of the Women's Society
of Christian Service of st. Paul's
Church, Clayton were installed
Sunday morning by the pastor, the
Rev. o. G. Brewer. The officers in
stalled were as follows: President,
Mrs. Harry o. Bostick; First Vice.
President, Mrs. John Hopkins; Re-
cording Secretary, Mrs. Mary G.
Slaughter; Corresponding Secre-
tary, Mrs. Malcolm Burris; Treas
urer, Mrs. Lewis Hurd.
Secretaries Named
Secretary of Missionary Educa-
ton and Service, - Mrs. Herman
Sevil; Secretary of Christian Social
Relations and local Church Actiy-
tiles, Mrs. Eugene Knox; Secretary
of Literature and Publications. Mrs.
Reynolds Pratt; Secretary of Sup
plies, Mrs. Harvey Boggs; Secre-
tary of Student Work, Mrs. o. G.
Brewer. The regular meeting of
the society will be held Friday,
January 21st, at 2 p m, at the
home of Mrs. Bostick.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
TOKEN PLAN
BUYING POWER
OPA States New Ration TOk-
en- Will Have About Same
Buying Power
EFFECTIVE FEB. 9TH

The new ration token plan effec-
tive next February 81 will enable
the housewife to buy about the
same amount of rationed processed
foods and meats fats as she is
now buying, the Office of Price
Administration said today. Ration
buying power will be kept on an
even keel by adjusting point values
very slightly at the time that the
token plan goes into effect. The
result will be that the housewives
monthly allotment of about 60
points of ration stamps to each
member of the family for buying
meats and fats will buy the same
amount that she gets with her
present approximate Ga points a
month. Likewise, the 80 points
she will receive monthly for pro-
cessed foods purchases will buy an
amount about eual to the 48 points
she has had to spend. Through
lowering slightly the value of
meats-fats stamps and adjusting
upward point values of processed
food, ration buying power will be
kept stable. Thus, there will be
neither a loss in red stamp buying
nor a gain in blue stamp buying
power.
Under the present Rationing pro-
gram, strip of ration stamps is
worth 16 points on weekly basis.
When stamps are used in War Ra-
ton Book Four under the ration
token plan, stamps will have
value of 10 points each regardless
of the number printed upon them,
The present 16 points for meats
and fats becoming valid at the be-
ginning of each week roughly total
"a points a month. Under the
token plan 80 points (three stamps)
will become valid at the beginning
of each two-week period, total of
approximately so points each
For processed foods, 48
points become valid each month
Under the token plan so points will
become valid the first of each
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
DR.w. e. SPENCE AT MILFORD
Smyrna Man Starts Veterinary
Practice There

DR.. William E. Spence, a native
of Smyrna, and graduate of
Smyrna High School and the Vet
Urinary College of Alabama, has
opened a large and small-animal
practice at Milford, Delaware. DR..
Spence has been associated with
the Livestock Sanitary Service of
the State of Maryland. His work
while member of the above or
ganization consisted of diagnostic
work on diseases of farm animals
and poultry. His speciality has
been the diagnosis and treatment
of breeding diseases, and mastitis
of cattle. Before employment with
the State of Maryland, DR.. Spence
was for two years an assistant to
DR.. Otto Stader, of Ardmore, Penn
sylvania, who recently received the
award for 1.-THE Outstanding Vet
erinarian of United States for the
year." for his invention of the
"Stader Reduction Splint" which
has done so much to reduce the
suffering of our service men with
broken bones. While with DR..
Stader, DR.. Spence received one of
the best trainings in the small an
imal field available, which he ex-
poets to be able to use after the
war.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-20
WOODFORD REELECTED
Dover Mayor Returns to Office for
Twentieth Term; "a Votes

Mayor ]. Wallace Woodford was
reelected for his Goth consecutive
term at the municipal election
Monday. Only "a votes were cast
as there were no contests. The vet
eran mayor has piloted the state
capital through 20 years of steady
growth an expansion and in recent
years no rival candidate has ap-
peared on the election ticket. The
following councilmen also were re-
elected: Col. John P. LeFevre,
Thomas V. Keith, Jesse S. Burton,
and Harry Vane, all for two-year
terms. The mayors term is for
one year. The Board of Elections
comprised Councilman w. M.
Hinkle, Maurice A. Hartnett, Jr.,
and Magistrate w. D. Burton.
Holdover members of council are:
J. A. Downes and C. F. Millman.
The mayor and reelected council
men will be installed at the Febru-
airy meeting of council.