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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Contests IN
Main Offices

Lansing. May TAP The ma
jor contests at the July II primary
in Michigan among Republicans
will be for lieutenant governor and
among Democrats for the governor.
ship nomination It was establish
ed Tuesday as the period ended for
filing nominating petitions.
With most OF the preliminary
jockeying already completed and
candidates strongly committed TO
their campaigns, It appeared that
no important changes would be
made three days hence when can
ddates have a final chance Ia
withdraw from the contests.
Thus. the two major party tic
kets in Michigan at the primaries
will line up like this
Governor Harry F. Kelly unop.
posed for the Republican nomina
ton.
Two candidates. the incumbent
DR.. Eugene G. Reyes OF Dearborn,
bitter critic OF Kelly. and Auditor
General Vernon ]. Brown, Kelly's
choice. for the Republican nomina
ton for lieutenant governor.
Three Candidates
Three candidates, where there
were none to be found three weeks
ago. for the Democratic nomination
for governor. They are Earnest {.
Brooks, Holland. Democratic state
chairman and former state sena
tor. William J. Cody. Highland
Park, Wayne County circuit court
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Public Should. be Worrying
About Meals For Next Year

Jones, in a speech at OrangeburR.
s. c.. sounded the keynote OF his
agency's present line
There can be no greater dis
service to the nation. no policy
more dangerous. than 10 permit our.
selves 10 dwell in a FOOLS paradise
cresterd by our present large food
supply"
J. 3. Hutson. director o. the
WAS once Of Production, saiG
in a speech al New Orleans today
that IN recent days We have heard
about the surplus Of food.
Total stocks Of food are large
in terms OF our storage capacity
but there Is no surplus o. food in
the real sense. Rather there is a
shortage OF storage capacity
4 Capitol Hill statement by Sec
rotary OF Agriculture Wichard.
Tuesda. that this years food pro
duction outlook is "on the whole
reassuring' was termed not in CON
flict with the expressed fears
They deal with the future. il was
stressed. much OF the current big
supply being based on accumulateo
reserves OF feed, etc. -
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
County Salvage Group
Seeking More Scrap

Washtenaw County salvage COM
mittee with headquarters in the
Armory, Ann Arbor, is asking co
operation OF residents in reporting
all accumulations OF scrap in ex-
cess Of ten tons. Included may
be idle machinery, buildings. and
equipment which are believed TO
be ready for scrapping. Railroad
or street car rails, sunkeA ships
and automobile grayeyards should
not be included as these have al
ready been inyentoried by the spe-
cial pr ;ects branch OF the com
mittee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
President Still Doesn't Say
NO And he Doesn't Say Yes

Dewey's total OF pledged and
claimed delegates stood at 311,
after the action of Montana Repub-
licans Tuesday in tying that states
group of eight to him through a
resolution urging him to accept a
nomination which he says he is
not seeking.
Dewey won the support OF New
Jerseys 35 delegates in a primary
there Tuesday but CALIFORNIA; 81
went TO Governor Earl Warren OF
that state, frequently mentioned
as potential vice presidential
candidate.
CALIFORNIA; SO Democratic votes
were pledged yesterday to the
President along with New Jer-
seys "a, Delaware's s and Mon
tana's 10.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Petitions Filed by Twenty
Five For Primary Election

engineer and graduate lawyer. was
born in Springfield. Illinois. in
1909. the son OF an Illinois farmer
and miner. lie is member OF
the American Bar Association. Of
the bars OF Illinois and Missouri.
and Is TO take his examinations
for the Michigan bar in July.
Mr. Noll has been employed by
the Ford Motor Company for sew.
eral years. working first in the
Ford Motor Company at st. Louis.
Mo. after which he went to Cal
ifornia with Roscoe Smith prior
10 the opening OF the Ford Bomber
Plant He has been engaged In
the compiling OF a production and
analysis report on B24 bombers
and on an air service command
survey for the company.
Five In New District
Five Republicans have entered
petitions for the new county dis
tfict which includes Ann Arbol
and will be known as the First dis
trict. They are all Ann Arbor res
idents. including Henry +. Wander.
yelde. c. Walter Tubbs, Mrs. Marie
Besekirsky. Lewis G. Chrlstman.
and Russell G. Ashmore.
Writ NJ. Masten Is the Demo.
cratic candidate for the office.
Sheriff Has Opponent
Sheriff John l.. Osborn, who has
served since the death Of Jacob
B. Andres. under whom he was
undersheriff. is opposed on the
Republican ticket by A. e. CASTOR,
OF Ann Arbor. Sheriff Osborn. a
veteran OF the first World War
has a long record OF law enforce
ment service both with the Ann
Arbor police department and with
the county sheriff's department.
Mr. CASTOR has previously run I'M
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

Washington. Nay 17-AP-The
Job OF getting d pretty well-fed pub
lie TO worry about where its next
years meals are coming from was
tackled today by the War Food
Administration
7 his task-sort OF Ike telling a
man Just through dinner that there
might not be much for breakfast
is important. officials say. because
Of what they describe as a nation
vide feeling that the food produc-
ton battle has been won
They attribute this feeling to re
cent relaxation OF rationing anC
say IL is having an adverse effect
on this years production for fa.
ture use particularly in the case
OF home gardening and on some
farms where workers have hereto
fore put in extra long hours 10 help
meet government appeals for more
and more food
In its anti-optimism efforts the
WA is sending top-ranking OF.
fc.als out 10 make speeches warn.
mig that new shortages may be IN
store
VIA Administrator Marvin
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Death T axes
George AIDE

Brook. Ind. May 17LAP George
Ade. one OF the nations most
famed authors and humorists and
whose literary career extended
over a half century. died last night
at the age OF IS. He had been in
a comatose. condition since last
Saturday when he suffered his
third heart attack within a week.
AIDE had been ailing for almost
a year. suffering a stroke las. June
which caused him temporary para
lysis OF one arm and one leg Thar
illness forced him. for the first
time in % years. 10 abandon his
annual winter visits 70 Florida
and he remained in his native In
diana throughout the winter.
The Hoosier author. who once
said his father sent him to an en-
gineering school to prepare him
for a literary career. was a most
prolific writer in everything but
gloom and the celebrated wit had
played on the world's funnybone
through several mediums news
papers. magazines. books. plays
and movies.
Ade was perhaps best known
for his satirical Fables in Slang %
the first OF which appeared in 1897.
10 years after his graduation from
Purdue University, where the Ross
AIDE Stadium bears hia name as p
tribute 10 his many literary
achievements
IAnnnrpo ,nAnrrn
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
War to t axe
% Billions

Washington. May II Up The
government still is preparing to
spend s92 .O00. 100000 for war pur-
poses during the next fiscal year
despite an announcement by Pres
ident Roosevelt that the war bud.
get for the 1915 fiscal year will TO.
tai sS5,70O, zoe, 900
Mr.. Roosevelt at his news con
ference yesterday gave a summary
outline OF 1915 estimated and rec
commended appropriations and CON
tract authorizations, the total OF
which was $500 900 900 under COM
parable estimates sent to Congress
in the budget message last Janu-
airy.
Budget Bureau officials explained.
however. that real expenditures
during the next fiscal year will run
around $4,000. 900. O00. compared
with about 100000 100000 for the
current fiscal year.
one budget official explained the
situation this way.
There is little chance that sc-
tual treasury cash outlay will go
down appreciably in the next fiscal
year because OF a number OF fac
tors mastering out pay, for one
thing. and the costs OF demobiliza.
ton OF war industry. as well as the
armed forces"
This same budget official pointed
out that while there is a general
eutback In estimated war appro-
priations and contract authorize
lions. the picture covering cash out
lay was different matter lie said
there would be no overall re.exam-
nation OF the actual expenditure
figure until next July. afr the end
OF the l9i4 fiscal year which ends
on June 50 when a national fnan-
cial forecast can be made on moro
specific terms.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Army Handling of Racial
Issue Criticized by Rabbi


Ann Arbor. May 17-AP-Dele-
gates to the 18th annual Michigan
Adult Education Institute. who to-
day were to hear Gov Kelly dis
cuss state plans for education Of
returning veterans, Tuesday we're
told the Army had failed to meet
the negro racial issue squarely
In an opening day panel discus
sion on minority groups, Rabbi
Jehudnah ~ Cohen. director OF the
Hillel Foundation at the University
OF Michigan. criticized recent gov
eminent scrapping OF an inslruc-
tional pamphlet on anthropologic-
al aspects OF white and negro races.
He told approximately 200 mem
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

Twenty five candidates have
filed petitions for county offices Ia
anticipation OF the forthcoming
primary election. which is to be
July H. There will be but four
contests in the election. They will
be in the Republican party. for the
offices OF state representatives, In
districts one and two, for sheriff
and for the office OF prosecuting
attorney
In district two, Joseph Warner
has rounded out is years OF serv-
ice. In running this year for his
tenth twoyear term. he will be
opposed by another Ypsilanu res
ident, Conrad Noll. Jr.
Mr. Warner, who is "a years OF
age, was born on a farm near Ypsi-
lanti in 1870. and spent all OF his
life in this vicinity. BY reason OF
his seniority he is member OF
the important Ways and Means
committee and Of the Little Legis-
leture.
EnainserLswyer
Mr.. Noll, a graduate industrial
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Y. Of F. w. to
Break Ground

Ground for a new home for the
local Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Post is to be broken Sunday, May
q, at district meeting OF % posts
OF the VIEW, from Detroit, Pontiac,
Ann Arbor, and the surrounding
territory.
According to tentative program
already planned the ground break
ing ceremony for the new building
on Washtenaw Ave, about a half
mile west OF Ypsilanti. will be al
1880, after which the 800 members
will go to the Washtenaw Country
Club for dinner. In the afternoon
80 new members will be installed
at special service. business
meeting will be held and new Off.
GERS elected.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Highway, Liquor Graft Charged

Lansing, Mich, May TAP
jealousy guarded secrets OF Cir
cult Judge Leland w. Cars one
man grand jury-its inquiry into
charges OF a $4,000 graft conspir-
acy in the State Liquor Control
Commission and the alleged use OF
State Highway Department funds
for personal and political gain -
were out in the open today as the
grand jury itself lifted the lid upon
them. 4
Judge carr removed an order i'm
posing a rule OF secrecy which Nth
erto had made secrets OF the wild
ened scope OF his grand jury, to re-
veal which would have been pun
ishable as contempt OF court. The
secrecy order had been in effect
since last December %. The dis
closures were made a matter Of for
mai court record.
1t was the first official word that
the grand jury has been probing
into charges that the State High
way Department has used its influ-
ence in the past in legislative az
fairs.
In the past "a hours the grand
jury had sent one man 10 jail on
contempt OF court citation accus-
ing him Of refusing to answer ques-
tons concerning Liquor Commits
sion affairs, and had ordered that
former Liquor Commission EN-
ploye stand trial on charges that
he committed perjury in replying
to grand jury questions.
The previously suppressed petit
ton OF Special Prosecutor Kim
Sigler alleged that "a conspiracy
has existed for several months
among the officers. employees,
agents and servants OF the Liquor
Control Commission whereby. the
State Of Michigan has been de-
frauded OF large sums OF money, to
wit: upwards OF $4,000"
Sigler asserted in the petition
that the grand jury had received
evidence that transportation
company not identified, has re-
ceived large sums OF money based
upon oyer-charges and improper
bookkeeping entries, for breakage
OF bottles, oyer-charge for rent. cleo.
tricity and various other items"
and that said conspiracy is Grim
inal in its nature"
The petition asserted the prose
cutting staff was further informed
and believe that a conspiracy has
existed for several months past in
the Highway Department OF the
State OF Michigan on the part OF
certain officials, employees, servants
and agents thereof in the furnish
ing OF campaign funds for various
candidates seeking election 10 the
legislature. all OF which was ealcu.
lated to influence the vote OF said
candidates in the event OF election. .
II contended further that "a con
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Company F Practices
For Detroit Encampment

Sixty.one members OF Company +
Of the local companies Of Michigan
State Troops practiced formations
and reviewed drills Tuesday eve
ming in preparation for their De-
troit encampment June 10. II and
IL.
Rifle and machine courses are
well under way in the company,
with the first class for advanced
machine gunners planned for Thurs
day evening. on the range. a de.
tachment OF ten men Will take their
first instruction in rifle course
from men who have already quail
fled as instructors through the
same course A new group Of ten
men will begin each week, in order
that by the end OF five weeks 80 Of
the company's members may be
taking the course
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Zone Changes
be Heard

At their monthly meeting Tues
day evening members OF Ypsilanti
Township Board planned a public
hearing on proposed changes in the
new coming ordinance. to be some.
time in June. Proposed revisions
would change certain residential
districts TO business sections in the
new law, which was passed last De-
cember.
Board members also approved the
issuing Of a permit for the building
OF a new Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Home. to be on washtenaw Ave.
Ground for the new building is 10
be broken May 81.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

bers OF the Michigan State Fed
Grafton OF Womens Clubs they
should be highly incensed' by
intervention by the House Military
Affairs Committee in recent distri-
button OF $4,000 copies OF the pam
phlet among USO centers and
Army orientation classes.
The Rabbi said that the pamph.
let. printed by the Public Affairs
Committee, Inc. an unaffil.ate o.
ganization. purported 10 show there
was no racial superiority Of whites
over negroes. Its distribution was
banned he said. upon insistence OF
a few bigoted higher-ups
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Xdnhs Dnue 7oward Hitler Line
Berlin T rget
of Nocturnal
Attacks

tBy International News Seryice)
American infantrymen drove to-
ward the Germans Adolf Hitler
line in Italy today taking at least
two more important villages at the
same time that the British Eighth
Army oyerran all Nazi positions
along the enemy's Gustav line In
the Liri Valley.
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland VII.
sons headquarters. revealing con
tinued success OF the Allies about
offensive on the trans-ltalian battle
front. announced that the Nanks
Of the Fifth Army captured Caster
lornorato and Scauri
Castellornorato is on the south
western flank OF the Italian battle.
line.
Further inland. near the eastern
end OF the 30-mile fighting front.
the British Eighth Army extended
its bridgehead across the Rapido
River TO a depth OF almost three
miles and from the Liri River
bank clear to the road junction
south OF Pignataro.
Taken by British
Pignataro. which lies four miles
southwest OF Casino, was taken by
the British
French forces OF Lieut.. Gen.
Mark w. Clark's Fifth Army, were
reported by the. British radio to
have stormed a ridge from which
they gained a vantage point over
looking Esperia, less than two
miles distant. Esperia is a strong
point OF the Hitler line.
While the Allied land offensive
in Italy. progressed. the Anglo
American aerial campaign against
Hitler's Europe was revealed to
have continued during the night.
British based Mosquito bombers
Of the Royal Air Force. following
up a day OF only Intruder opera
tons. struck sayagely at military
targets within Berlin.
No Losses
The British air ministry an
nounced that the speedy plywood
craft, equipped with block buster
bombs, hit the German capital
without losing single one Of
their number.
Targets within the Reichs main
city we're not Immediately identi-
ied
On the eastern front, the Rus
sian air force continued its own
campaign against German com
munication lines. For the second
time within three nights. Soviet
bombers blasted the White Russian
railroad junction OF Polotsk. start
ing fires and explosions among con.
centrations OF German military
trains and supplies.
However, a fighterplaDe opera
ton which thwarted an enemy at
te npt to bomb Red Army troop
concentrations on the Leningrad
front was taken 10 indicate the
Russians may be massing for new
northern offensive.
At least IS planes OF large
German force which sought TO bomb
tn Red Army troops were de-
stroyed b. Soviet lnterceptors,
who also knocked down 10 other
Nazi bombers in the lasi sector OF
Romania proper.
Ground action on the Russo
German front was mainly confined
to local engagements along the
lower Dnestr. although heavy
losses were inflicted on the Nazis
northwest OF Tiraspol.
Adversely for Japs
Things still were going adverse.
ly for the japanese both in south.
western Yunnan province OF China
and in the Southwest Pacific.
Chinese ofiense 70 'ces seeking 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Flashes of
Late News

BARCELONA-AP- The diplo-
matte exchange ships Gripsholm
and Gradisca arrived in Barcelona
today bearing approximately 1900
Allied and German war prisoners
and civilians.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

SPRINGFIELD, Msss.-UP-
Father Stanislaus orlemanski,
rsinstated as priest and pastor
Of Our Lady Of the Holy Rosary
Church after apoIoaizino to his
bishop for his unauthorized
trip to Moscow may be reeoV-
cred sufficiently from a physi-
cal and nervous collapse to
celebrate mass Sunday, his
doctor said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy
I night and Thursday. Continued
warm.
Uppe- Michigan-Partly cloudy
. and warmer tonight and Thursday
Highest temperature yesterday,
~: lowest last night. 81.
Highest temperature one year
ago today. IS: lowest. so
Highest temperature this date
inl asst II years. 81 in 1886; lowest.
81 in 1891.
The sun sets today at s:47 ana
rises Thursday at SOS.
The moon sets today at 1881 ..
m. and rises Thursday at 4.24 a.
n
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

WASHINGTON Ms Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's only daughter.
Anna Boettiger. has moved back
into the White House after an alb
sence. other than frequent visits.
OF ten years. One OF the Presi-
dents fayorite children, Anna, VINO
is the wife OF Major John Beet
tiger. publisher OF the Seattle
WASH PostIntelligenoer. has be-
come one OF Mr.. Rooseveit's closest
companions and confidants. Her
husband is overseas.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17
Congress Today

by Associated Press
Senate
Takes up farm, other appropris-
lions bills meets al noon, Eastern
War Time
Postwar committee hears Social
Security Board officials.
House
Continues debate on q. !. bill
OF rights meets at noon.
Postwar Military Committee
hears views OF Josephus Daniels
on Army.Nayy merger( 10 a. M.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

WASHINGTON-AP- The SEN
ate went to work today on the
always-controversial Agriculture
Department supply bill for 1915.
Indications were that the measure
calling for $685., $4,000 as it passed
the House, would be extensively
overhauled. II the Senate accepts
recommendations Of its appropria-
tons committee. It would put back
in the bill about S175,O0O,O0O of
cash grants and lending AUTHORIZE
tons which the House deleted.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

WASHINGTON-AP-Sen. Reed
tR-Kans.) expressed the view to-
day that If Congress voted post
masters proposed pay increase
OF from to 20 per cent in recog-
milton OF their extra wartime du-
ties. it should adopt the policy OF
paying members of ration and draft
boards and others now serving
without any form OF money com
pensation."
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

WASHINGTON-AP Repre-
sentative Poulson (R-Calif.) pro-
poses a constitutional amendment
to ban "quickie" divorces for "rich
people, particularly OF the Holly.
wood motion Picture Crowd. The
amendment, he declared, is "specl-
hcally aimed at people buying over
night divorces in Mexico. but also
cracks down on all divorce mills
and easy marriage markets"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

LONDON-AP- Foreign Secre-
tsry Anthony Eden told the House
OF Commons today that the Span
ish government has taken definite
steps TO close the German consu.
late at Tangier in compliance with
an agreement with Britain and the
Onited States.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

LoNDON-AP- Asked whether
the British governments proposed
peace terms had been communi-
Gated to Washington, Foreign Sec
rotary Anthony Eden told the House
of Commons today that mo draft
OF a peace treaty has been circu-
lated to the United States govern
ment nor to anybody else" Eden
said that II his questioner had in
mind the terms on which hostil-
q tiles are TO be brought to an end.
the position is that our propos:
ais on this subject have been sub
mitted to the European advisory
commission on which the United
States government is represented.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

INTERNATIONALLY jury OF
ten men and two women today was
10 hear the outline OF the govern
ment's case against % persons Oh
trial in I. s. District court Cd
charges of conspiracy in behalf
OF Nazi form of government IN
the United States.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

DETROIT ms Assist
ant Attornye Gen. n. Jack
son today sought an Injunction
against East Detroit and War
rem Township for falling to
use a $1,5oo,ooo sewage dis
posal system, thereby alleged.
Iy pollutina the source Of De-
troit's drinking water.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

See COUNTY Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

NEW YORk-AP- Tammany
Hall today was on record as fav-
oring a fourth term for President
Roosevelt. The New York County
Democratic organizations execu-
tive committee last night voted a
resolution urging the President TO
accept denomination at the CRATE
full hands OF his party for the presi-
dency OF the United States"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

PHILADELPHIA-AP-A Navy
training airship crashed into the
huge hangar at the Lakehurst. Y.
j.. Naval Training Station Tuesday
night. killing six officers and four
enlisted men and injuriny an elev-
enth member. the Fourth Naval DIS.
trict announced here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

See STATE Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

See WAR Page >
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

LA5oRERs WANTED
Highland Cemetery
Adv. 81
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-17

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