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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Butter
Pts. Tipped

WASHINGTON, Sept. % tUP)
Creamery butter will go up
from Is TO 20 ration points a
pound Sunday. the OPA an
nounced today indicating that the
increase would hold for at least
90 days.
Present point values on meats,
cheeSeS and proceSsed items will
remain unchanged for the October
ration period.
Only creamery butter is af-
fected by the ration change. Farm
and process butter continue at u
points a pound.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
lightning Ignites
Auto, Kills Driver

The body of Frank Scibor, "A,
OF Windsor, who was burned TO
death when lightning apparently
struck and ignited his car, was
found today behind the wheel of
his machine on highway No. Is,
near Windsor. by children on their
way 10 school.
Scibor, whose body'was found a
few miles from his home. was
believed 10 have been returning
from his job al the Ford Motor
Co. here when his car was struck
about ! 80 a. N.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
STRATEGIC SILENCE

= ROME. Sept. % QNS)-A
,loak Of "operational silence"
descended today over develop
ments on the Allied front in the
> Balkans, TO hide from the Nazis
all knowledge of projected moves.
Official sources. explaining that
the news blackout should not be
interpreted pessimistically, said
that il was imposed TO trap the
largest possible contingents of re-
treating Germans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
q Jap Ships Sunk
By British Subs

LONDON, Sept. % UNS)-
British submarines on recent
patrols in Far Eastern waters sank
80 japanese ships and damaged
four others, the admiralty an
nounced today.
The enemy craft ranged from
medium-sized supply vessels to
small coastal craft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Greeks
United

ROME, Sept. Is tUP)-Lsaders
4 the rival Greek guerilla armies
ave agreed 10 put all their forces
inder the orders Of the Allied
rupreme command. and have &C.
lepted the authority of the Greek
+. sovernment-in-eXile. il was an
bounced at Allied headquarters
oday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
SEIZE TWO ISLANDS

NEW YORK. Sept. % (INS)-
tugoslav PartiSans have captured
he Adriatic islands of Sofia and
.!orevenik, thus completing the
Liberation of all central Dalma-
Ian islands, the Soviet Tass
agency reported today.
The agency quoted a commu-
ique issued by Marshal Tito as
= re source of its information.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
BY PVT. DONALD ROSE

. HALLORAN GENERAL HOSPITAL N Y, Sept 2s-You
ask me thinks about when he's prisoner of the
Na It's tough 10 The worst thing about being
prisoner is the fact you prisoner You can't
You have % stay there. You have wait
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
GOT MILK AND EGGS

got decent treatment. The
Germans were fair TO me. They
fed me milk and eggs. I don''
know about the other boys.
didn't see much of them because
was in bed.
But Of course I hated the Ger
mans, so / tried not 10 think about
them.
forced myself TO think about
home.
Every day I'd make myself think
OF a new name. l haven't any
mother, or father, or even a girl.
Just a sister. l thought about her.
| thought about kid | knew in
the third grade. | thought about a
teacher / had.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
DREAMS OF LETTERS

The only bad part about that
was that when l thought about a
person, l always dreamed l was
going TO get a letter from him.
But / never did.
SO Id try to think about things,
too. Things I'd done. Fishing
was a fine thing to think about.
/ must have waded a million miles
in the Delaware River at Gale
coon, n. Y, where / lived, and
where you should see the bass.
l never thought about the bat
ties Id seen.
l never dreamed Of them, either
It's a lot of hooey TO say soldiers
wake up screaming after battle
Nightmares. / never heard a sin
gle soldier scream at night, and
no one l ever talked to said he
dreamed of fighting.
did dream of escaping. though
at those times / would wake UP
in a cold sweat.
But in the long run, I guess
l didn't think about much except
home. and how swell il would be
there.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-29
Out Of a Maxi Prison
Out Of Ns1i Prison
Soldier Returns
From DrealllIand

story By Of the eS American soldiers inst returned
me Grpso from Maj PRISON camps Becahe nc contracted
rol year aud ha after ne informed
tins story OF phat he did but hot he prisoner far
home thought about through the long days aud nights
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
SacrificiaI Giving Stressed
at Meeting of Fund Workers

The Community War Fund Cam
paign for the raising OF s4S,000 In
Ypsilanti to finance "a local and ma.
tional agencies engaged In com
munity and war service was ad-
vanced another step Thursday eve
ming at Charles McKenny Hall ct
meeting of all majors and cap.
tains OF the Business and Profes.
sional Division.
Colonel j. Lester Miller. who
heads the division, conducted the
meeting and addressed the work
ers with a plea for sacrihcial Civ
ing. Mr.. Miller used as n very
apt illustration the fact that Sl25,-
900 worth OF cigarettes were sold
in Ypsilanti in the past IL months
and that II the users OF cigarettes
cut their consumption one-third
there would be saving equal 20
the $4,000 needed by the War
Fund. Mr.. Miller emphasized that
he wasn't singlir out the one item
but that many items could be men.
toned to illustrate what he meant
by sacrificial giving.
Joseph II. Thompson, chairman
of the Campaign Committee. urged
the workers to budget their time
in order that they could give ade-
1uate attention to the task. Ie
pointed out that II they would plan
! In advance to set aside several
hours that they could easily carry
out their assignment. He caution
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
7wenty Six Killed BY Hurricane

Charleston. S. c., Oct. 20--AP-A
tropical hurricane which R:lled at
least rs persons and caused untold
property damage in Florida and
Cuba, apparently was diminishing
in force today as ii moved north
ward along the Atlantic Coast.
The Washington Weather Bureau
advisory predicted flood tides at
places in the Carolinas. but said
they would subside rapidly as the
center OF the disturbance passed.
The center of the storm about 40
miles east southeast OF Columbia,
S. c., moving north northeastward
at 20 miles an hour, was expected
to reach Raleigh, n. C., by mid
afternoon.
All warnings south OF Savannah,
Ga. were ordered lowered at sun
rise, and hurricane flags were to be
replaced by storm warnings from
Savannah to Charleston.
Hurricane warnings remain from
Charleston to Pamlico Sound and
the Norfolk area in Virginia.
Little damage and no casualties
were reported in the Carolinas, al
though Charleston was without
power for more than six hours and
lowlying sections OF the city around
the historic Battery district were
reported flooded.
Seventy miles inland, trees we're
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Chairman For
Drive Named

At meeting OF the War Bond
committee this morning In the Of
flee OF the Board OF Commerce. II
was the general opinion that lead.
ership for the next drive should re-
main as in the two previous CAM
paigns. Under the able direction OF
ID. NJ. Silkworth, as under DR.. c. T..
Wescott before him, Ypsilanti has
gone we'll over the top In each
drive. Mr.. Silkworth consented to
accept the responsibility with the
pledge OF his assistants that they
would respond as in other drives
and he will formulate his plans
accordingly.
Just what the amount will he for
the next drive is not yet deter
mined, but announcement Of the
Ypsilanti quota as well as other dc.
tails will be ready we'll before the
opening OF the general solicitation.
The next drive will be Novem-
Der 20 to Dec. 16. + sales through
Dec. 30 will count toward the quota.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
MACARTHUR SEEKS AIRFIELDS IN LEYIE

anese did not. however. may prove
OF great Importance. That Is our
carefully pre-arranged organiza
ton of native guerrillas and Ameri-
can survivors. II may be a princi
pal factor in MacArthur's reported
optimism regarding a comparative
ly rapid conquest. reducing the
time ratio from that required on
other bitterly defended islands al
ready taken.
That every able.bodied veteran
OF Bataan and Corregidor has been
summoned to participate In Mac
Arthurs revenge is typical bit Of
Olympian justice. These men car
ry a mental picture OF their com
rades trudging northward after the
bloody Bataan defeat. staggering
beneath the blows OF japanese sab
ers, griped by ht1ger, dying of
INTENDED wounds and disease.
choking as their sadistic captors
drained canteens which they were
not allowed TO touch. u will not be
nice for the japanese who oppose
these men on the road back.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Waugh Will be
Forum Speaker

Prof. Edgar w. Waugh will speak
at the American Legion Forum this
evening at s o'clock at the Legion
Home on the subject Of Postwar
Russia" and following his talk the
meeting will be open for discus
sion.
Proceeding Prof Waugh's talk.
Army and Navy action films will
be shown for half an hour.
Lunch will be served under the
direction OF Charles Kuster.
The Forum. which was originally
planned for Saturday nights, will be
a regular Friday evening event at
the Legion Home until spring. The
Activities Committee under the
direction OF Harold McGee, is plan
ming thought-provoking sessions.
The Forum is open to all Legion
naires and social members. Chair
man OF the meeting this evening
will be Robert Willoughby.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Characteristics of Japanese
Outlined For J. C.. Members

Usually the Japanese business
man wears European or American
dress during the day, but generally
dons native kimona dress In the
evening.
The Japanese lack sense OF hn-
NOR. DR.. Huntley said. Once he
spoke to a Japanese OF an incident
in Shanghai, China, in which a ma.
tive laughed at himself for slipping
on a banana peel. "ln japan, We
are taught not TO slip on banana
peel" the Jap replied.
In culture, japan has exported
only jiu.jitsu, the speaker said. This
form OF personal combat Is based
upon the idea OF withdrawal-and
in that respect, Japan's warfare to-
day is being waged upon that plan
OF drawing inward. The United
States must guard against being
drawn in to her disadvantage, he
asserted.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Reds Breach
E. Prussia
Defenses
lRN A..oclated Pressl

All across Europe today massive
Red armies smashed heavily at
Nazi resistance. while in the west
Canadians IN TWO northward driy-
ing columns Jumped of in a new
attack on the Germans who block
Allied use OF Antwerp's docks.
Berlin announced evacuation Of
Debrecen in a mammoth battle or
the approaches to Hungarys CAPT
tai OF Budapest.
A tremendous Russian army In.
yading the pre-Sar Reich has
preached East Prussian defenses
south OF Eydtkau. Berlin said. The
Germans yesterday had announced
loss OF Eydtkau, just across the
Lithuanian frontier. To the north
the Russians struck against the
Memelland frontier, and south OF
Memel another army lashed out or
q 65.mile front above warsaw.
Begged Down
The British second Army, at.
tempting TO eliminate the German
salient west OF the Mas River in
Holland, was begged down by deep
mud. American and British co..
umns converging on Amerlka. key
town astride a main railroad to the
Rhineland, were halted by en-
trenched German infantry. anti
tank and machine-gun positions.
The Canadian First Army has
penetrated Breskens. across the
Schelde estuary from flooded Wal
cheren Island in Holland, in the
drive TO clear the Belgian port OF
Antwerp.
German radio commentators
foresaw possibility OF another Al
lied landing, this time in the Rot
terdam area, should Antwerp''
clearance be delayed. =,
u. s. First Army forces now hold
at least half OF Aachen, where the
Nazis' determined resistance con
tinued.
Third Army Mired
The L. S. Third Army was mired
in heavy rain on the central sec
tor. On the southern end OF the AGO
mile front, American and French
troops threw back counterattacks
in the Vosges foothills.
British troops have occupied
Thebes, 80 miles northwest OF Ath'
ems. as the NaZis fled northward
through Greece toward Yugosla
via. Yugoslav partisans captured
the important Dalmatian port oi
Dubrovnik.
Indian and British troops have
entered important Cessna, former
German administration center on
the main Bologna-Rimini road, 20
miles inland from the Adriatic In
Italy. Other Eighth Army troops
gained in the southwest.
Two great waves OF Raj heavy
bombers, four hours apart
smashed at Stuttgart during the
night and a third attack was MADE
at Nurnberg.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20

ed against solicitation over the
telephone as well as against letting
the Job go until the last hour before
the Victory Dinner.
Two pictures were shown to the
group of campaign leaders. one
which graphically illustrated the
significance OF the pictures title
They Have SO Little and We Have
SO Much" a second picture,
Memo to G.l. joe, portrayed the
work of the National War Fund
agencies In the service OF fighting
forces and the millions OF destitute
people living in the allied nations
Of Europe and Asia.
The meeting was concluded with
a talk by Campaign Manager Paul
Ungrodt who instructed the cam
paign leaders with regard to cam
paign mechanics He also made
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20

Complete victory over Japan
cannot be achieved until the aver
age American. not just military in
telligence, knows more about the
people against whom this country
is fighting. So said DR.. Frank
Huntley. Ann Arbor. in an address
before the Junior Chamber OF Com
merce Thursday night at Hotel
Huron.
The speaker, who has lived In
China and Japan, told OF the Japan
ese outlook on life, living condi-
tions, habits and contributions.
While the houses are fabricated
and cheap, Tokyo Is one OF the
most modern cities in the world,
with many buildings OF concrete.
he said The food Is usually plain,
but some meals cost as much as
five dollars. Wooden shoes cost the
Japanese an average OF 30 cents a
year, ten cents each for three pairs.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
BY J. M. Roberts, Jr.

General Macarthur returns to
the Philippines with bis usual fair
for both confounding the enemy
and staging a good show.
Striking with what Churchill
calls "triphibious" force sufficient
10 give the japanese 'preview OF
what to expect against additional
islands-his homeland. for instance
old IL will return" has bypassed
strong enemy bases on southern
Mindanao TO obtain immediate OBJ.
jectives at minimum cost.
Even this force. however is only
part OF that available. The next
few days should provide a clearer
view OF what impends. II seems
likely. however, that the Leyte &C
ton is designed primarily to obtain
airfelds from which to dominate
the entire archipelago. One held
near Tscloban. Is almost In sight
and flatlands I'm the area ofer plen
ty OF room for more.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20

entrance to Leyte Gulf and mine-
sweepers methodically cleaned Il
channel for great armada ot
American and Australian warshipS.
No Japanese ships and only one
enemy plane challenged the huge
convoy.
In N massive union Of forces, the
assault was supported by a deyas-
tating bombardment from the big
guns OF Adm. Thomas {. kinkaids =
fleet, units OF Adm. William +. Hall
sey's Third Fleet. an Australian
naval squadron, planes from car
riers. the Far Eastern Air Force
and the Royal Australian Air Force.
So confident were the invaders nf
success that Pres. Eergio Osmena
OF the Philippines came along with
his star and a promise from Presi'
dent Roosevelt that MacArthurs
men and their Filipino comrades
will drive out the invader.
To Be Cut or
When the conquest OF the Philip
pines is completed by forces fam
ming out in either direction from
Leyte. Mac Arthur said a half msl-
lion enemy troops would be hope
lessly cut off. Japan's defensive
line pierced in the middle and the
flank laid vulnerable to attack.
The defenders. expecting n land.
ing on daily-bombed Mindanao
Island TO the south. ere so taken
by surprise that beachheads on
Leyte three miles south OF Taco
loban. the provincial capital, were
secured with small casualties
Macarthur announced.
Another major force struck about
12 miles farther south.
Supporting aerial sweeps were
continued by Vice Adm. Marc a.
Mi.scher's carrier forces which
have virtually neutralized airhelds
in the Manila area.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Will Choke Off Japanese Strength
South of Luzon Island

Larger forces with formal naval
support will be required at some
points, principally Davao, Cebu,
Negros and Mindora. which could
contain air bases. Samar is so
rough the coastal pearls probab-
ly will contain It, like hume ous
smaller islands.
The alternative would seem to be
a direct massed assault on Luzoa
as soon as overwhelming air sup
port from ground bases has been
provided. As the japanese did In
i941-42. this would leave most ~
the central and southern archipela-
go to dry up on the vine. But then
we had far less than the 225.00O
men they are estimated 10 have
now. and more caution MAY be
necessary.
One thing We have that the jap
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Peace, War
Accusations
Being Made
by the Associated Press)

tBy the Associated Press)
Democratic campaigning concen.
trated today on arguments that Re-
publicans lost the peace after the
World War. while from the Re-
publican side came a contention
that the Administration hopes to
keep secret until after election the
facts on the start OF this war.
Neither argument Is new, but
the Democrats gave theirs EN-
phasis by having speaker after
speaker reiterate the line OF
thought expressed by Senator Pep
per (D.Fla.) who said In news
conference at Denver:
THE people are not going TO turn
their government back 10 those who
lost the peace naer the last war"
And the Republican theme that
responsibility for the Japanese sue
cess at Pearl Harbor rested at
Washington rather than with the
Pacific Fleet was pointed up anew
by Rep. Mas (R-Minn.) In a ST.
Paul speech sayings
THE Naval Board OF inquiry set
------------=------- 49,
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20

acArthur developed a unique
system OF warfare in New Guinea
with his speciaIly-trained army
"amphibs". These units operate
their own landing craft to strike
quickly in relatively small strength
at key coastal points. They drive
the enemy back from the coast, cut
OF his supply routes and leave him
TO the jungle. Beachheads thus
established Immediately become
bases for more OF the same.
BY this system the Sixth Army
and others which will follow may
establish quickly a series OF bases
which will resemble, offhand. an
aimlessly-laid string Of pearls, but
which will choke all Japanese
strength south OF Luzon. where the
principal battles between real
armies can be expected.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Nod Given to
County Fund

Washtenaw County board OF su-
pervisors gave the nod OF approval
this morning TO a budget s4S,l04.SS
less than that of last year. The
total is 1895, $50.
Ann Arbor will pay over AZ per
cent. and Ypsilanti will pay over
IL per cent OF this tax, the rest to
be split up among the townships
OF the county. Ypsilanti Will pay
s4471472: Ypsilantl Township will
shoulder s6S ,630l9 or 1888 per
cent; Superior Township, per
cent. making $s.365,1s; and Pitts
field Township pays s9.S9l21.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Kelly Seeks
Labor Votes
(By the Associated Press


Industrial Muskegon provided
the setting Thursday night for a
bid by Governor Kelly for the sup
port Of organized labor in his cam
paign 70. reelection.
Edward J. Fry, Democrat who is
attempting to unseat Kelly, told a
Marquette rally. meanwhile, that
"the time has c. -Ee for the election
Of state administration that will
ri full recognition to the needs
Of the Upper Peninsula"
UNFOLDING the laboring mans
right "as an American" to organ.
ize, Kelly said that as a worker
"he is entitled to a job and to the
assistance and protection of gov
ernment in connection with it. To
make his job better and make IT
last longer, he organizes"
Republican governors. including
presidential candidate Thomas f.
Dewey. went on record at st. Louis
he asserted, with a pledge that
guarantees to labor are recogniz.
ed as nationwide in Importance and
distinctly in the national interest. "
America does not turn back.
wards" he said. but will go for.
ward to improve and strengthen
these federal and state labor pro.
grams" He added that he would
devote two full speeches later in
the campaign to an accounting OF
what his administration has done
for the working man "and my other
views a labor.
Fry cited Upper Peninsula needs
for increased manufacturing. i'm
provement and extension OF agri.
culture, a program OF selective cut.
ting and replanting OF timber lands
and additional highways, but con.
centrated his remarks on the need
A
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
President of
Philippines
Along
lRy As.ecrated rresal

Gen. Douglas Macarthur return.
ed to the Philippines today and.
In his own words. AT one stroke
split in two japanese forces" csti.
mated at 225,OOO defending the
islands.
His troops climaxed a $500 milo
advance through Japanese defenses
In the last is months with three
slashing landings on the broad san.
dy beaches OF eastern Leyte Island
in the central Philippines.
"Our ground troops are rapidly
extending their positions" said
General Macarthur who was In
personal command OF the operation.
and supplies and heavy equipmens
are already flowing ashore In great
volume"
President Roosevelt. paraphras-
ing MacArthur's pledge OF two and
half years ago 10 redeem the
Philippines, said, I'VE promised tn
return, we have returned"
'Leyte." he added, lis only n way
station on the road to Japan
Surprise
Japanese defending Leyte wers
caught by. surprise when the as
sault waves stormed ashore Friday
Manila time). although three days
previously American troops invad.
ed three small islands guarding th0
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20
Surprise
War in Brief
nv the Asrocinted Press }

(By the Associated PressD
pacific-MacArthur's men spills
Jap forces on Leyte island In hale
In Philippines invasion casualties
reported light.
Western Front--Canadians pene-
trate Breskens In drive to clear
Antwerp Yanks hold half OF Aach.
en- against strong enemy counterat'
tacks. Heavy rains bog down figh,s
ing along western front.
Eastern Front - Massive Red
Armies smash at Nazi resistance
along widening front.
Baikans--British troops occupy
Thebes as Nazis flee north through
Greece toward Yugoslavia.
taiy--Allies enter Cessna on Boz
lognia. .Rimini Rd.
AIr--Heavy bombers smash AT
Stuttgart and Nurnberg.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-20

Supplies, Heavy Equipment Already
Howing Ashore as Troops Advance
Young Ford Announces New
Car, Expansion After War

Detroit. Mich. Oct. 20-INS --
Henry Ford II executive vice pres.
ident OF the Ford Motor Company,
today announced post war plans
which include reopening OF all as.
sembly lines as soon as they are
released by the government $780,.
100000 reconversion program and
a completely revised line OF auto
mobiles.
The company will also build one
additional assembly and mauufac-
turing plant at a site. yet 10 be de-
termined.
Ford announced the post war