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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

Washington. Apr. 5-INS War
Food Administrator Marvin Jones
warned civilians today the amount
of canned food they will receive
next year hinges largely on wheth-
er the nations 20 million victory
gardeners begin planting in the
next few weeks
Jones assertion followed dis
closure by the VIA that a dan
gerous letdowuF in victory gar
dening is reported from many
states and that higher ration point
values on canned and frozen vege-
tables will result n backyard
food production lags behind last
year.
Present low point values on
canned and frozen vegetables
should not cause victory garden
ers 10 slacken their efforts this
spring Jones said
He Joined President Roosevelt
and Price Administrator Chester
Bowles in plea for continuation
OF the record 1913 home garden
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Council Notes

Alderman Stanley Norton was the
only council member absent Tues
day evening.
Operation Of the city dog pound
thus far shows receipts of $40 Of
which $33 was for vaccination reg
istrations, 81 for sale Of two dogs,
and $26 in pound fees.
City engineering office reported
$9225 received in building permits,
plumbing permits and licenses,
electrical permits and sign permits.
Minimum wage for electric work
ers' helpers at Boyer Hospital was
set, the amount ranging from 40
per cent Of the workers wages to
Is per cent.
II vas reported that the parking
meter ordinance is in the process
of study and that resolutions for 4
sewer bond issue are being pre-
pared for submission at the mex:
meeting.
Chief OF Police Dan f. L. Patch
destroyed redeemed bonds and cou-
pons IN the amount Of 1921.
Efforts are to be made to Nave
the state highway department re-
pair Washtenaw and Ballard SITS.
where trucking during construc.
ton OF the Bomber Plant and Air
port destroyed the road base.
Engineering department Is 10
submit an estimate OF costs for
construction Of sidewalks on both
sides OF Frederick 81. from Hawk.
ms 81. to First Ave. and for tar
treatment OF the road In the same
area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

Officers. board members and
committees were chosen at the an
nual meeting of the Ypsilanti
Public Library Tuesday afternoon
at q o clock at the library. Report
of Miss Clara L. Sweet revealed
successful year. Board members
reelected are: Mrs. Alfred Holz-
hauer, Mrs. Carl Erickson and
Mrs. Atwood McAndrew.
Officers are Mrs. Harry Shaefer,
president; Mrs. Alfred Holzhauer,
vice president; Mrs. Atwood Nc
Andrew, recording secretary; Mrs.
Harry Britton, corresponding sec
Rotary; Mrs. d. d. South. treasurer.
Committees are: House Committee,
Mrs. Holzhauer. Mrs. owen Cleary
and Mrs. Carl Erickson; Book
Committee. Miss Martha Rosentret-
ter. Mrs O. 0. Norris, Mrs. Harry
Britton and Mrs. Alfred Holzhauer.
During the past year 455 books
and seven volumes of magazines
have been added to the library. OF
these 267 were purchased by the
library and SO were gifts. or the
367. 1872 were fiction, 1879 non tic-
ton and So juvenile. One hundred
siXty-nine have been withdrawn,
and in addition to the seven val
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Announcements Given
to Police Officers

Promotion of II. c. Foster and
f. b. Morton to the rank OF pa
trolman junior grade was approved
Tuesday evening at the monthly
meeting OF the police commission
The officers, who joined the local
force Jan. /. 1914, were formerly
probationary patrolmen, first grade
Lawrence Doornbos. who joined
the force Jan. 16. 1871. is 10 re-
ceiye his promotion on April 1G
Board members continued their
discussion Of ways and means for
the new police station building
reject. and were informed by
Chief OF Police Dan F. l.. Patch
that the three new patrol cars have
been ordered. although the deliy
cry date Is uncertain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
.USOHousiing
Total Lower

Housing placements by the USO
Travellers Aid have decreased CON
siderably In the past months, mem
bers OF the Travellers Aid Advisory
Board were informed at meeting
Tuesday evening in report given
by Mrs. Reya X. Olsen, director.
Mrs. Olsen stated that the figure
for placements during March was
$50, as compared TO the over 1000
placements made during the same
period of last year. Casework now
includes many veterans Of this war,
Mrs. Olsen stated. adding that ap.
proxlmately 40 per cent OF the
March cases we're returned service
men
Discussion during the meeting
conferred about several case histor.
les given by Mrs Olsen, who
stressed particularly the need for
suitable quarters here for OBTAINING
Juveniles. Mrs Olson in a report OF
a refresher course for social serv-
ice workers which she attended be
tween Mar. 20 and Mar. 81. stated
that today there Is definite trend
toward alignments between nation
al social service agencies. both pub.
lie and private. This will lead to
more effective work, she stated.
and will permit the area covered
TO be more extensive.
Dr. II. clyde Ford, chairman OF
the board. presided at the meeting.
Members present were Mrs. Ray
mon Bair. Mrs. Harry Shaefer,
Miss Doyne Wolfe, Rev. William
Il. Shaw, Daniel l.. Quirk and
George e. Handy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Chaplin Freed
as Jury Gives
Him Acqulttal

Los Angeles. Apr. 5--lNS- A
pathetically grateful Charlie Chap
lin today stood acquitted OF Mann
Act charges involving Joan Barry,
the red-headed former protegee
who still figures as the leading lady
in two other court actions against
one OF the worlds richest actors.
His near-sighted blue eyes moist
as he realized he had been cleared
Of the governments accusations
that he had taken Miss Barry to
New York and back ito be his mis-
tress," the 54-year-old Chaplin
hastily shook hands with the Jury
which granted him freedom and
then raced home to his lSyear-old
bride. Coma O'Neill Chaplin, an ex-
pectant mother
when the verdict was given and
Chaplin was dismissed by the
Judge. score OF photographers
fashbulbs exploded Simultaneous
~ in a blaze OF light. The crowd
packing the spectators sect on
damned through the gates and
surged against Chaplin as he jump
ed 70 his feet. beaming, and hur-
ried across the room TO shake
hands with each juror.
on the verge OF tears Chaplin
said, God bless you, God bless
you" repeatedly as he shook hands
with the people who had freed him.
only one OF the jurors refused
70 take his hand. She was Mrs.
Vera l.. DAMS, Beverly Hills house
wife and air raid warden, who adj
mitted she was a holdout for con-
yiction until the last ballot along
with Miss Loretta Easley5former
piano teacher.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Marvin Jones Sees Need of
Food From Victory Gardens

campaign which netted an estimat-
ed total Of eight million tons Of
vegetables from 20 million gardens.
"The fact that civilians are en-
joying ample supplies OF canned
goods now is the result largely Of
good weather and the outstanding
record made BY farmers and vic
tory gardeners last year" the WA
chief declared.
THE amount Of canned goods
available TO civilians at this time
next year will depend largely on
what the nations victory garden
ers do in the next few weeks"
At the same time. Jones labeled
the 1913 victory garden production
as inspiring. but warned that In
19i4-"based on the great national
meet" It must even exceed last
years record.
There must be no let-down, but
rather a larger and greater pro-
duction Of essential food in the
See FOOD-Page
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
New Theater
to be Opened

W. S Butterheld, Inc. announce
the projected opening of a new
theater as yet unnamed. at Willow
Run. The theater will seat Zoo.
The theater will be modern In
every respect. The latest motion
pictures and other attractions will
be shown as the occasion demands.
TaeAtkeater Is q government pro.
ject, built TO furnish amusement
for the thousands OF workers now
employed at the Bomber Plant who
live at Willow Run. The Theater
will become a part Of the Butter
field group, and is expected to open
within 60 days.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Methane Gas
May be Used
to Run Cars

Cleveland. Apr. 5-AP-The Unit
ed States has waiting around the
col~cr, almost ready-made. a sub
stitute for gasoline potentially
twice as plentiful annually as all
the gasoline used in America in
1871.
The substitute is methane, or
4narsh sag, and It's soG.ces are ina
trral gas, petroleum. coal and sew
age. Methane is byproduct OF re-
filming oil, of coal processing and
sewage disposal and can be made
easily from natural gas.
DR.. Gustav Eglofr and Mary Alex
ander of the Universal Oil Pro-
ducts Co, Chicago, declared that
Methane can readily be prepared to
serve as a gasoline substitute.
Even il petroleum should dwin-
die there will still remain from
other sources a large volume Of
methano gas. Further, DR.. Egloff
said, methane can be supplemented
by other gases to run cars, as Is
being done in Europe and other
parts of the world.
There are half a dozen gases
good for running autos, and $4,000
American trucks and buses. most
ly on the Pacific Coast. are already
using one or another of these. The
containers or tanks for gas fuel
are at present heavy and cumber-
some. This, DR.. Egloff asserted.
is not serious handicap for
trucks and buses, but before gas
could be used on passenger cars
small, stout tanks would have to
be developed to hold the highly
compressed gases.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Gallon Club
List Growing

Ypsilanti has two new gallon club
members. Mrs. columbus Cox and
Carl Helzerman who gave blood
for the eighth time Tuesday. The
seven timers were Miss Mary Irene
Bell, Mrs. Lawrence DeBoer. Mrs.
Donald Wilson and Ben Vanden-
Belt. Those who gave for the sixth
time were Mrs. Stuart Lathers,
Miss Susan Graczyk, Donald Wilson
and James wynn.
Two hundred and nineteen pints
were taken and the registration in.
cluded % workers from the II. A..
Douglas Local S22 in Bronson.
Mich, who came by bus, and q
from the Ford Generator Plant.
The sponsors for the day were
the Harriet MONS and Miss Vera
North's typing classes from Roose-
welt High School,.
The chairman Of the Blood Donor
Program. Miss Estabrook Rankin,
adds to the March 7th list one more
gallon donor. Mrs. Minnie Lightow-
Ter and two seven time donors. Mrs.
Clarence Loesell and Mrs. c. VI.
Power. Those who helped during
the visit OF the Red Cross blood
donor unit Tuesday were:
Chairman, Miss Estabrook Ran.
kin: Donor and Nurses Aides, Mrs
J. l.. Houck.
Registrars. Mrs. d. y. South.
Mrs. l.. W Mitchell.
Donor Aides, Mrs. Clarence Bot
tomley, Mrs. Lyle smith, Mrs. !. J.
Woods, Mrs. William Renton. Mrs
J. VI. Brown, Mrs. Roy Meyers
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Japanese Soldier Hopeful
Food Good as Reputed

Bougainville. Apr. 3 ms -
There's nothing like American ad-
vertising
A japanese soldier bombarded
with propaganda and bullets, came
throueh- the American lines today
with his hands raised and asked
this question:
"Will the food and treatment
be as good as advertised"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Students TO Have But
Lille Vacation Time

City schools will start their
spring vacation on Good Friday at
noon and will return to classes on
NJ nday. April II.
Cleary College had their yaca-
ton from March "a to April 2, and
have started their new term.
Michigan State Normal College
and Roosevelt and Lincoln Con-
solldated Schools will have no time
off. ST. Johns School pupils will
start their holiday Wednesday
noon, April 6, and will return April
il.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
Scout Officer
Starts Duties

Phillip P Savage, formerly OF
Flint. now Of 105 Elm St. Ipsilanti
has started on his duties as a staff
member of the Washtenaw Living
ston Boy Scout Council, and has
already met many of the local
Scout men.
Mr.. Savage is married and has
been related to Boy Scout work
for the past eight years. Mr.. Saw
age will concentrate his services
in Ypsilanti and the East Ypsilanti
area
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
City toHave
Special Vote

Ypsilanti will have special cleo
ton to elect a successor to Alfred
T. DeOtte who resigned as alder
man of the fifth ward April !.
City council Tuesday evening set
April IL at p. m. as the deadline
for filing petitions. If there is con.
test within parties. a primary cleo.
ton will be scheduled for April %.
II there is a contest between par
ties. the election to determine the
successful candidate will be May
90
=
Council members are to NEE;
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock to
canvass returns in the Monday
election.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
MAY PAY WORKERS

Detroit, Apr. 5--IES The reg
ional War Labor Board today no
titled employers that they may pay
workers for three hours time-of on
Good Friday without obtaining
prior approval OF the board The
notification was contained in a
resolution passed by the board.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

NEW YORK-AP-Mrs. Lucille
Burton, mother of slain Patricia
Lonergau, plans TO seek custody of
her grandson, Wayne William, q
months old, regardless of any
moves by his father, Wayne Loner-
gan, now awaiting sentence for Sec
ond degree murder. the New York
Daily News said today. Mrs. Bur-
ton was quoted by the News in a
copyrighted story as saying: Il
have taken no legal steps as yet
but | certainly want and intend to
have Billy"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

LONDON Alderman radio
stations at Frankfurt. Calais and
Luxembourg left the air suddenly
this morning. suggesting the posi-
bility thai Allied daylight raiders
were over Europe.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

SALEM, Ore.-AP-Oregon's 10
votes in the Republican national
convention will go to Wendell Will
kie and is Il votes in the Demo
cratic National Convention to Pres
ident Roosevelt. Willkie and Roos-
eyelt won the pledges of the states
delegates by default as the Tuesday
deadline passed with no other pres
idspual candidates filed for the
May 10 primary.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

ANKARA-(Delayed)- AP-The
semi-official Turkish newspaper
illus characterized today as highly
reassuring Soviet Foreign Commits
sar Vyacheslav Molotoy's statement
that Russia had sent her troops into
Rumania purely for military reas-
ons and not with territorial eXpan.
sion in mind.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

WASHINGTON AP- Congress
took a look today into the curtail-
ment of domestic hemp production
after hearing complaints that COM
mercial pressure has forced aban-.
donment Of a number OF processing
plants.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

LONDON AP The wave Of
strikes which is seriously threaten
ing British industry as the time for
the western invasion approaches
spread today through the Belfast
shipyards, where hundreds of work
ers quit in. a dispute centering
about shipyard engineers and air
craft factory workers who had pre-
yiously stopped work.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

NEW YORK AP-Charles A.
Lindbergh has received yellow fe-
Yer immunization injections. such
as given persons going overseas. at
Marine Hospital here but available
sources declined to say whether the
aviator was planning a trip outside
tho country. Llndbergh, whose i'm
mediate whereabouts were not dis
closed. visited the hospital Mon
day. Navy and hospital authorities
had no comment and officials of
the Ford Motor Company. his EN-
pioyer, said they knew nothing of
his plans.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FOR EASTER
DuTsnts Flower Shop, ". Michigan Phone al
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

BARI. Italy-AP-The Yugoslay
National Committee OF Liberation
has asked banks in Washington.
London, Rio de Janeiro and Ankara
to cease paying out funds deposited
In those institutions by the Yugo-
slav National Bank. Radio Avnoja,
a Yugoslay partisan station. report
ed today. These funds were said 10
total one billion dollars.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

ST. LOUIS-INS - Delegates
from the 18th and 18th Missouri
districts today were pledged TO
tn cause Of Gov Thomas Z. Dewey
for the Republican presidential
nomination. a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-AP-Chem-
istry students at Lehigh UNIVERSE
y have built a "ration-free' auto
mobile. The engine uses charcoal.
prof. Charles Stops says air is
passed through hot charcoal bed.
producing carbon monoxide, which
is fed into the cylinders. The car
makes 10 miles an hour.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

WASHINGTON INS-President
Philip Murray OF the clio withdrew
the organization request today for
formal representation at the Inter
national Labor Organization con
vention in Philadelphia April %.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

wASHINGTON-AP- Midwest
ern senators called another confer
ence with government officials to-
day to try to unscramble the egg
market. And from the War Food
Administration tWFA) comes the
announcement that the agency will
begin Immediately a nationwide
egg-buying program in an effort to
assure producers minimum re-
turn OF &c cents a dozen and bolst-
er q glutted market.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

CHICAGO-AP- The 1874 con-
vention OF Rotary International
will be a streamlined affair. Sche-
duled for May IS to % in Chicago.
attendance to the convention VIII
be limited to 200 executives rep
resenting by proxy the $500 Ro-
tary Clubs in more than 50 coun-
tries, President Charles Wheeler
announc d.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

LONDON-INS- Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden. replying to
question regarding a U. S. State
Department charge that British au.
thorities disclosed information
which 1t had been agreed should
not be revealed. denied today that
there existed any official" leak.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

LONDON-AP - The German
controlled Paris radio said last
night that although Pope Plus XII
has restricted the number of his
audiences the Pontiff's health is
excellent and he pursues his ac-
tiyities normally"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-05

. LONDON-INS - A Canadian
frigate which left a fittingout
berth less than three weeks ago
today was credited with sinking a
Nazi U-boat and landing 10 sur.
viyors as prisoners OF war. An ad-
miralty communique identified the
vessel as the Waskesiu, first frig-
ate built in Canada in this war
The ship blasted the enemy sub as
the raider attempted TO attack "a
, valuable convoy in the North At
lantiC".
Evening star., 1944-04-05

ments to the Allies and his relationship
with President Roosevelt.
+ Il
If the unseen" situation cannot be
improved, he is believed desirous Of
making room for some one else in order
to serve the best interests of the empire.
Political observers are convinced that
to maintain his stature in history he
will choose another domestic matter
over which he could resign.
There are many such important
problems in the ofi1ng. Britain is wit
Messing a wave of strikes and labor
troubles as never before in this war.
Men in the coal and shipyard indus
tries have gone on strike despite ap-
peals of their leaders. The entire labor
situation in England will have to come
up for thorough airing in Commons
and it is up to Mr.. Churchill, who has
the whip hand, to decide when he wants
the discussions started. Whenever he
wishes, he can bring about a vote Of
censure on the major labor issues alone
and If defeated, place his resignation in
the hands Of the King.
In spite of the dissatisfaction which
exists in many British labor classes,
legislation regarding their problems
could be postponed for some time unless
the Prime Minister decided otherwise.
Observers believe he may call for an
airing in the near future.
AT the conference of Prime Ministers
the question Of the position of the
British Empire as whole will be the
subject Of thorough discussions. As the
situation now stands, Britain's position
Evening star., 1944-04-05
Dorothy Thompson

began it was still possible to define its
european obJectives. They were to
force Germany back to the borders of
1887, compel Germany to liquidate a
regime which had thrown Europe and
the world into panic and return to the
family OF nations due reparation hay-
ing been made for the terrible damage
done and satisfactory evidence being
forthcoming that Germany was pre-
pared to abandon aggression AS late
as the spring of 1941 these were the war
aims of Mr.. Churchill in Europe.
They were not peace aims. It was
obvious that Europe would have to be
reconstructed against future internal
aggressions. Among Europeans of all
natlonaltties there were many concepts
for reorganization, most of them en-
bractng programs of federalism to sup
plant dubious alliances, futile neutrali-
ties and the temptation to aggression
caused by the existence of relatively de-
fenseless states. This phase of the war
was notable for its rationaIism. War
aims and peace aims were separated
and were compatible with each other.
The confusion now reigning is that
we are trying to create the peace by the
war. But peace is the result of peace
policy, and war only the means Of de-
stroying the obstacles to it.
1t is increasingly clear that the Soviets
see this. They are conducting . war
for definite national objectives. Not
once have they uttered war aims beyond
these objectives. They are, in fact,
waging more conservative war than
the Allies. What they will do In peace
Is another matter-but 1t belongs to the
peace.
And believe we would get this war
over much quicker. and have an In
fnitely greater promise Of lasting peace.
II we would return to the war aims with
which it began.
nsIaassd h. A. r.n
Evening star., 1944-04-05

sorbed in the mere holding of territory
for reasons of political prestige while
our enemies, in complete security, con-
tinue their successive blows in the east
and gather fresh forces in the British
Isles for the decisive blow Of the war
and calmly awaiting the moment when
we shall be completely exhausted by
these futile and distant efforts2
Or. these military gentlemen may well
continue, shall we now, without regard
to party or individual prestige, take firm
and resolute decisions to cut our losses
in the east. to retire to the shortest and
most defensible line we can there estab-
lish, to get out of the Southern Balkans,
out of Southern and Central Italy, pull
ing back to the lines of the Danube, the
Save and the Pc, and thus build up the
strategic reserve which we shall require
If we are to have the slightest hope of
defeating the vast preparations of our
western enemies?
Those who may be thinking and say
ing these things in Berlin now might
reduce the whole discussion to one final
proposition. If we cannot defeat the
western invasion, we ourselves are
oAld SoASluolFCly ueledtcu. OuI
navy has been beaten, our air power Is
weakening, our only hope lies in our
armies; therefore our only hope of
avoiding defeat is to have strong enough
ground forces in Western Europe to do
the job when the moment of decision
comes
Possibly the reports that German
troops are being shifted from east to
west means that this view is gaining
the upper hand in Berlin.
(Copyright, 1944)