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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Naziis Lynch
u. S. Aviator

London. May 31-UP-A Berlin
dispatch to the Stockholm news
paper Dagens Nyheter said today
that official German circles had
confirmed the mob lynching OF an
American airman shot down in
central Germany.
The dispatch also quoted Ger
man authorities, in the. first offici-
al comment on the reported shoot
ing OF AZ British and Allied air
amen at a German prison camp as
denying that any airman was
lynched after once becoming offici-
ally a prisoner o. the German gov
eminent.
The dispatch said that an 'infcri-
ated crowd killed til, one suryiv-
ing crew member OF an American
plane which crashed at an inspect
fed German village. 1t added that
official German circles claimed the
lynched American had been aboard
a plane which machinegunned a
crowd OF church-goers, killing sew
eral women, old men and children.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

Before leaving the plant last
night workers set a new produc-
ton record. assembling eight Cos.
air hghter planes during the day.
according 10 officials Of the init
ed Automobile Workers Union
(CIO).
AT. the Long Island City plant.
Marco Cicala vice president Of
the Jaw local instructed workers
as they streamed out o, the build
inss last night to report back to-
day.
lie said this va for the purpose
OF checking over tools. readying
themselves for new wora. and watt
ing for results OF today action
in Washington where the Joint con-
tract termination board. on orders
from War Mobilization Director
James + Byrnes. will meet 10 de-
termine whether any procurement
agencies have contracts that might
be given 70 Brewster.
Zeus Soucek. Brewster vice presi-
dent said that $500 OF the com
panys approximately $500 work
ers would have 10 be laid Of in
three days at the close Of business
Of the shifts starting today.
The plant will .l1tinue in opera.
ton with workers not scheduled
FOR lay-ohs remaining At their jobs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

Leak Found

Washington May 3I-UP - A
Senate Post Office subcommittee
has discovered the leak" in cen
sored civilian mail circulated by
the once OF Censorship 10 several
government agencies. 1t was he
yealed today.
The subcommittee began an 10
yestigation Of censorship following
publication by Columnist Drew
Pearson and Rep John NJ. Coffee.
D., Wash, Of excerpts from cores
pondence between Miss yiyien Kel.
lens, Connecticut industrialist. and
Count Frederick Karl Won Zedlitz.
German steel trust representative
In Argentina.
Sen. James .. Ia tland. D. Miss,
told the United Press that the
committee knows where the leak is.
but 1t would be violating conf.
dence TO reveal it,
Il expect some very interesting
Developments when the committee
goes into action again" he added
While Eastland declined 10 re
veal the agency responsible for the
leak. Censorship Director Byron
Price told the committee earlier
that copies OF all six Of the Kel-
lens letters quoted by Pearson had
been sent to the State Department
and Office OF Strategic Services.
In addition. copies OF some also
were sent 20 the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation. Foreign Fund Con.
troll, Once OF Economic Warfare
and the Coordinator Of Inter Ameri.
can Affairs
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
June Brings
More Tires

Washington. May 3l-AP An
nounc.ng 1875 per cent increase
in new passenger tires available 70
civilians in June. the Office o;
Price Administration (OPA) re-
ported today the demand still far
exceeds production and emphasized
the need for continued conserya-
ton. -.
Fewer heavy duty truck tires will
be available in June than in May.
OPA said. and some idle trucks are
inevitable
June tire alloca ions, compared
with May, are:
New passenger and motorcycle
tires. 100000. up 100000: new
truck tires Of size 80 or smaller
100000, up 35,082. new truck tires
Of size SIS or larger. $4,000. down
100; new rear tractor and large
implement tires. 20 900. down 5000
and new front tractor and small
implement tires, $1,000. up 5000.
Commenting on the lower alloca-
ton OF large truck and bus tires.
Charles T. Phillips. OPA rationing
chief. said III seems certain that
production this year will fall snort
Of demand.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
See WAR Page s
Schedule on
Bonbers Met

The Ford Motor Company an
nounced today that their entire air.
craft program ran according -
schedule during May and that the
B2i Liberator bomber program at
the Willow Run plant continued
ahead OF projected schedules as Il
has since last September. Produce
ton increases during the last SIX
months totaled 20 per cent for the
1000 horsepower Pratt and Whit
ney aircraft engines.
Production OF the General Elec-
trio Turbo.supercharger for air.
craft engines has increased - per-
cent during the last six months
II was also announced that Ford
production OF waco CG.A Com bat
elders. made a the Iron Mountain
plant. had been on schedule.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Administration Target of
Four Republican Governors

Hershey, Pa. May 31-UP-Four
Republican governors challenged
the Roosevelt administration to.
day on such varied subjects as
foreign policy, farm program, west.
srn water control and taxation.
They were speakers before the
final session Of the Ssth annual
governors conference which last
night heard Gov. John W. Bricker.
OF Ohio. a candidate for the Repub.
lican presidential nomination. &C.
cuse the Roosevelt administration
OF spend. waste. borrow and tax"
policy which would wreck Amer
lean economy II continued in the
post war period
Bricker called for balanced
federal budget and reduced feder-
al taxes.
Today's speakers were Cover
nors Bourke r. Hickenlooper. of
Iowa, Dwight II. Green OF Illinois.
John c. Vivian Of Colorado an
Earl Smell OF oregon.
In addition to attacking the pre-.
war foreign policy. Hickenlooper
tod the governors, apparently in
anticipation Of r fourth term cam
paign by Mr.. Roosevelt as com
manderin-chief. that the President
OF the United States holds that
title mot as a military strategist.
put in order 10 vest the supreme
power over the armed forces in
clFll rather than military authority.
Green. in speech on agricul.
tural affairs, challenged the cron
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Relatives of
Girl Accused

Nashville, Tenn. May 81 AP- 4
11year-old girl who had told Off.
GERS a lurid story OF seeing her date
shot and killed and OF being Grim
inaiiy attacked four times By the
killer was brought 10 her home in
Tullshoms and jailed here las.
night. along with her father and two
brothers.
State Highway Patrol Division
Chief W C. OIee said the girl.
Ruth Yates. was held as a material
witness in the gunshot Staying MAY
Is OF James Robert Sheriff. L.
year-old high school senior. while
her father. Roy Yates. and Two bro
theirs, Dennis and Harold Yates.
we're charged with murde..
Miss Yates told officers she was
the Youths date for the evening.
they had gone 70 a movie. and we're
near Tullahoma when her oompan-
ion was shot. Suddenly a sho. blast
ed out and young Sheriff. s.umped
through the partially opened car
door 70 The roadway. she continued.
A man emerged from the dark
ness. she related. pistol IN hand
II begged the man 20 heiD Jimmy
back into The car and take HIN 20 4
hospital the gil sobbed. but he
only cursed ne"
] didat know Jimmy vas dead
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Flour Mills
Accused of
Price Fixing

Chicago, May slap Sixteen
-four milling corporations. IL OF
their executives and their national
trade association were summoned
into federal court koday 5er trial
on charges of conSpiring 10 fix
prices on packaged flour for home
use.
The charges grew out OF an ex-
tensiye inquiry by the govern
ment's antitrust division which
produced indictments involving
the meat packins canning, cheese
and other food industries. The
indictment was returned March
"a, 1913, and the defendants plead.
ed innocent June Is.
Members OF the defendant trade
association. the Millers National
Federation. control 81 per cent Of
the 45,000.000 barrels OF -four sold
annually in the United States in
packaged form for household use,
the indictment alleged.
The government charged the Fed.
Grafton served as clearing house
for price-hxing agreements among
the defendants and that these
agreements more than doubled bulk
prices charged by millers for sales
Of flour in certain amounts.
Among the defendants are the
Valley City Milling Company, Port
land Mich, and its president,
Fred n. Rowe.
Conviction would carry a possible
maximum penalty Of one year inn
prisonment and $1,000. fine for
individual defendants, and So.
900 fine for corporate
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Field Marshal Kesselring
Orders Strong Defense to
Provide Chance of ESCAPE
Hernans Tells
of Jack Pot
For Bribery

Lansing, Mich, May SAP
Mai. Charles IIemsns, former re-
gent OF the University OF Michigan.
testified today in the legislative
graft warrant examination in circuit
court that five OF the defendants
raised a Jack pot OF money and
employed him as their agent 10
bribe the other nine defendants
named in the warrant.
lie testified that from this fund
he paid brides spproximating $4,000
TO the nine who al that time were
members OF the Michigan legisla-
ture to influence their vote upon
Intangible tax legislation. and tina.
this was with the knowledge and
at the direction Of the other defend
ants.
Hemans. wearing the summer
uniform OF an army major testified
that he received $500 from Julian
Thompson. lobbyist for the House.
hold Finance Corp. Of Chicago and
the Michigan Association OF Small
Loan Companies as part OF the
Jack pot" and that he also re.
ceiyed contributions from Armand
+. Robichaud, public relations coun-
sci for the Beneficial Management
Corp. OF Newark. y. j., and from
John +. Hancock. Detroit branch
manager OF the Associates Discount
Corp. as the treasurer for a group
including Abraham Cooper. prest-
dent OF the Union Investment Co.
OF Detroit. and George Omacht OF
South Bend, Ind. general counsel
Of Associates Discount.
Those five are charged in the
conspiracy warrant with the paying
OF brides to legislators.
One by one. Hemans named the
nine legislative defendants and
testified that he had paid "bribes'
to each one out OF the money sup
piled by the other defendants for
that purpose. He said he paid $3.50
each 10 Representatives Francis ].
Nowak. Edward J. Walsh, Earl G..
Gallagher. William G. Buckley and
Aormer Senator Ernest G. Nagel.
He testified that he paid TO Rep.
resentative Walter y. Stockfish lin
the neighborhood OF $500 to be
shared with some other legislators
but that he did not know whether
Stockfish had divided the money
with anyone else.
lie said he paid 10 State Senator
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
President Suggests
New Name for The War

Washington. May 31-Ap-Pres-
ident Roosevelt, who early in the
war came up with the idea it be
called the war for survival, has
another name for it now: The
Tyrant's War.
He passed along the new sug
gestion at a news conference yes
terday; saying be liked it very
much. Another title he has rea-
commended Is War OF Liberation"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
us. Has Plan
For Security
at War S End

Washington, May 31-AP- The
United States Is prepared to put
forth at the forthcoming big-four
meeting here a plan for an interna.
tional security organization pat
teraed on the League of Nations
and providing consultative formu.
Ia for the use OF force TO suppress
war.
BY this formula each nation
would retain final authority over its
own troops, planes and ships and
would assign no direct power over
them to the international agency.
The agency after consulta tons
among its members, could recon-
mend but not order that a member
nation use its troops for interna-
tional police duty.
The only binding commitment on
this vital point would be one which
IN effect has already been made in
the Moscow four-power declaration
that no participating country
would use its forces in foreign ter
rltory except in accordance with
the decisions OF the international
agency TO maintain peace.
The intention OF the White
House and State Department is not
to make the plan public until after
the big-four meeting. The feeling
among officials now is that 10 re.
tease it earlier would provoke IN.
necessary controversy over change
able details and also prejudice
chances for successful negotiation.
Yet as result OF detailed in.
quiry in responsible quarters it is
possible 10 report that the main
points OF the American proposal
are these:
!. United Nations Council (or ex.
ecutive committee)-to be com.
posed initially OF this country. Brit.
ain, China and Russia but later TO
be expanded 10 a membership of
seven or eight countries, with spe-
cial emphasis on representation
for small nations.
?. United Nations Assembly -
to include at first all 80 United Ma
tons and the nine so-called associat.
ed nations among which France Is
presently listed, The assembly
would be expanded TO take in. first.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Slump Seen
in Building

Building activities here slumped
slightly during the month OF May.
with permits to the amount o.
Sl9,s65 applied for. about $4,000
less than the April figure Of $24.s15.
None OF the permits were for large
building projects. the majority hav-
ing been for building OF small
dwellings. or housing additions.
Permits issued included: Paul
Brandes. 632 y Adams St. inclose
front porch: Jerome Kersey. Ink
ster, erect frame house on Second
Ave: Clifford Elom, Ypsi Lodge
erect house at AS First Ave: Ray
mond Campbell. Az Madison Ave.
build basement: Mahlon Ellis. 301
Elm St shingle garage: Jack Mas
len. 1902 Congress St. install
porch; Dan Miner. 216 S. Hamilton
St, erect house at rear Of that ad-
dress: Ray Lidke. 40S S. Huron
St. repair porch and roof: Cleye-
land Hall. s. Frederick ST. addition.
al room on house: r. W. Wynn, $50
Ann St, erect garage: J. d. Lavr-
ence. 1922 Sherman St. erect porch
room on house; Ruth Phifer, ~
Hawkins St, erect small frame
dwelling
II G. Thompson, j9s Davis s.
addition 70 house: Fred Cain. 500
Sheridan Ave. repair porch: A. +.
Fem. 7l5 Hemphill Rd.. move gar
eye onto lot. Spencer Davis. 100 s.
Huron St. erect outside stairway.
Louis Freeman, 81 Frederick s..
erect rear porch Esther Baliew.
6l6 Collegevood DR.. erect screened
IN terrace. Guy O Key. 322 Maple
St. repair porch. August Sylyes-
ter. $50 Towner St. repair porch
William Frances. 432 S. Adams
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Red Cross Considers
Veteran Aid Program

The Ypsilanti branch OF the
Aerican Red Cross with headQusr-
tiers at III S. Huron St., is con.
sidering temporary program
whereby all veterans coming to
Willow Run are to be registered
and offered assistance.
While the plan being considered
is only on temporary basis, a local
council of Veterans Affairs will
make a study OF the plan and
should 1t prove TO be advantageous,
a full time counselor may be en-
gagged for the Willow Run area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Michigan-Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday Scattered thun.
dershowers tonight and Thursday
afternoon. Continued warm.
Highest temperature yesterday
IS: lowest last night. SIS.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, a; lowest 81
Highest temperature this date
in last II years, IS in 1895: lowest,
81 in 1911.
The sun sets today at 3 p m.
and rises Thursday at $50 a. m.
The moon rises today at 2:46 D.
m. and sets Thursday at $3.50 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

reduction program in the pre- war
days OF the Roosevelt adminlstra.
tion.
lie outlined the farm plank which
Illinois Republicans wrote into
their platform last week. proposing
a system OF loans TO prevent ex-
cess supplies from depressing the
farm market.
Vivian told the governors that
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

WASHINGTON - APP - Cues
toned today about a report that
mail from the United Kinddom IS
being imNounded temporarily. Cen
sorship Director Bryon Price re.
Piled at must be expected that
international communications will
suffer some dislocations in critic
al times. Censorship is taking GER
tain steps in the interest OF nation
al security and in closest consul.
tation and collaboration with the
Army and Navy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Congress Today
s $500 afed Pr
Senate

by Assoc .ated PresD
Senate
Considers measure 70 boost ma
tional debt limit 20 $3.50 900 600 900
(meets noon. EWT).
House aad Senate memor al serg-
Ices for members who died within
past year tl1.fy a M
House
Routine session noon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

CHICAGO-AP-A program OF
social action embracing establish
ment OF a general world organiza-
tion for peace and endorsement Of
organized labor and Christian
world economy today carried the
approval OF the General Assembly
OF the Presbyterian Church in the
| nited States in America.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Yanks on Biak
Have Tough
Fight

(By International News SeryiceD
The Allied FINN 'rmy assault.
ing the Germans Rome line met
about resistance from the Ger
mans after Nazi Field Marshal Al
bert kesselring ordered the de-
Tense strip held At all costs 10 save
as many OF his troops 10 the south
as possible.
While the German commander
threw al his available forces into
the battle along the line which ~
within artillery range OF the.etern-
al city. his divisions In the Liri
and Sacco Valleys continued TO
retire northward II was sppar-
emily 10 get { bulk Of these
troops out Of the growing Allied
trap that kesselring fought 40
furiously.
Though the American armored
and infantry forces hammering a.
the enemys main bastions OF Vel.
letri and Nalhontone ran into
s. nE German resistance. the Brit
ish Eighth Army hammered hard
at the heels OF the retreating Nazis.
Moving ahead steadily beyond the
Iiri River. the Britons occupied
Alfgedena. Fontana-Lirl. Strange
lagalli. Pom. Ceccano and Arpino.
counter.Attaeka
Kisselring launched continual
counter'attacks In the last 20
hours. Each thrust was support
ed strongly with artillery. How
ever. the Americans pressed to
the outskirts OF villa Crocetta.
southeast OF LAnuvo. while north
OF Frosinone many hill features
were taken.
Al the top OF the continent. tho
inyasionthreatene coast of France
was subjected 10 what appeared
TO be It's most massive aerial bonn
bardmsnt
Although the British air minis.
try said merely that "bombers at
tackled military Installations on
the French coast" observers along
the English thore OF the channel
said the night assault was heavily
concentrated In the Cap Gris-Nes
and Boulogne areas These obsery-
ers said villages In southeast Eng
land were severely shaken, while
flames lighted the continental
coast.
Out After Daybreak
Shortly after daybreak. American
bombers and fighters went out
in strength to resume the batter
ing OF the same area, An lnterna-
tionsl News Service observer at
Folkestone. on the Dover coast Of
England. said their flight was fol-
lowed by terrific explosions from
tha Boulogne Cap Gris-Nez area
The air ministry communique re-
yealed also that the night-flyinE
British planes also bombed tar
gets In Leyerhusen. chemical CEN
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

NAPLES-AP-The Allied Con.
troll Commission. preparing for the
occupation of Rome. already has
allocated sufficient sod to tide
Romans over the first 90 DAYS OF
occupation, it was announced to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

PIANO RECTAL. Pupils Of Veva
i. Thorn, Thursday. June !. 500
p. m. Roosevelt Audit. Adv 53le
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

LONDON-AP 49, An article in
the German newspaper Bunchner
Neueste Nachrichten reaching here
today said that the maximum hope
remaining to Nazidom is to hold
onto conquered Europe for a peace
that will allow the creation OF Ger
m I naval power sufficient for a
new try at Great Britain and the
United States.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31
Flashes Of
Late News

WASHINGTON-AP- Congress
laid aside its business temporarily
today out OF respect 10 the memory
o, the three senators and ten rep.
resenjatiyes who have Gied since
the annual memorial exercises were
held a year ago. These 10, who
have died since last June .. were
honored in services in the House
chamber.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

DURHAM, n C.-AP-An autop-
sy report said today the nude and
battered body Of an elderly woman
recovered from Eastwood Lake
Saturday was that OF Mrs. Edward
Jewett, g.. Bonnville, Mo. who
has been missing since May 10 and
whose grandson, Edward Jewett
Martin. "a, is charged with killing
her The coroner said a skull frac-
ture, by pounding with heavy in
strument, caused death.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

See GOVERNORS Page )
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

See PEACE PLAN-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

CHUNGKING- AP- China will
be glad TO send representatives 10
Washington 10 discuss with the
United States, Britain and Russia
formation OF an international or.
ganization to maintain postwar sc.
curity, Vice Minister OF Foreign
Affairs X. c. Wa said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

lSTANBUL -AP- Seven high
Bulgarian officers. including
wounded general. were reported to-
day to have arrived in Istanbul az.
ter a gun fight with German guards
at the Bulgarian frontier.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

See sLAYING PAGE 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

FORT WAYNE, Ind.-AP-Jun.
lor Perley Wrege, 81, Saginaw.
Mich, who is being held without
charge for questioning in connec-
ton with the Staying OF Anna Ku-
zen, 19-year-old Fort Wayne war
worker, was TO be taken 10 Indi-
annapolis today TO undergo a lie
detector test.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

CAlRO-AP-A German plot to
smuggle narcotics into the middle
east was broken with the arrest
OF % persons in simultaneous
raids last night in Egypt. Palestine
and Syria, a middle east narcotics
board spokesman said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

DUBLIN-AP- Counting NJ hal.
lots in yesterdays general elec.
lion began today throughout Fire
but outcome OF the voting was not
expected to be known until Fri.
dsy or Saturday. The election was
called by Prime Minister cannon
de Valera last month after a gov,
eminent transport bill was defeat.
ed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-31

QUITO. Ecuador-AP-Gen. Luis
Larrea Aba. representing the army
and the revolutionary vanguard
party, took over leadership last
night OF the Ecuadorean provision.
al government, which has announc.
ed 1t will retain control until the
return OF DR.. Jose Maria Velasco
iosrra. former president who has
been in exile.