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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08
Council Notes

All members of city council were
present Monday evening except w.
G.. Durant.
For the nine market days OF July
the city received $50 stall fees and
SAL daily fees. Service expense
was S45.
The city decided to- delay sign.
Ing lease agreements for use nf
water mains in Johnson subdivi-
sion until the agreement under
which the city would operate them
is clarified.
The new 20 page traffic ordinance
was placed on its first reading.
Each alderman is to receive a
copy.
Redeemed bonds and coupons in
the amount Of S3,143.15 were des-
troyed.
Council was thanked by Charles
Hill. president of the Ypsllanti
Taxpayers Association, for leaving
the way open for tax reviews.
Amounts received by the engi-
neering department on various
fees and licenses during July to-
tailed s235.15.
Request OF Rev. w. NJ. Hughes,
Detroit. for a donation TO a milk
fund was referred to the police
department for investigation.
Action was deferred on a number
OF projects including a sidewalk
on Frederick St, sanitary sewer
on First Ave, sewer on Division
ST., and grading on Frederick st.
In nearly every case time was re-
CURED in which to contact proper.
~ owners whose properties would
be assessed for the proposed i'm
provement.
A new policy OF contracting pub
lie projects was reported 10 taxpay-
ers representatives at the meet
ing. The new plan was felt 10
be cheaper in view OF the labor
situation In Ypsilanu.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08
Big Push on Anniversary Of
Amiens; Russians Make
Attacks IN East

The Canadian First Army mounted major armored
attack today against the northeastern anchor Of German
deenses in France and battlefront reports said the Cana
dians drove southwark broad front below Caen.
breaking into the enemy's first defense line
The Germans were described dazed from pound
ing by 1000 heavy bonbers that preceded the first
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

NEW YORK-AP- The stage
and film productions OF This is the
Army" has earned S10.000.000 for
the Army Emergency Relief Fund.
Irving Berlin. composer and pro.
Queer OF the show, reports.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

WATERMELONS. Honey Sweet.
Georgia, Carloads arriving daily.
Roberts Stand, corner L. s. % and
III. ADV. s09S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

NEW YORK-AP-Teddy Pow.
ell, 3S-year-old orchestra leader,
waived hearing on a charge OF con-
spiracy to violate the Selective Ser
vice Act Monday when arraigned
before U. S. Commissioner Garrett
w. Cotter, who continued bail of
$4,000 for action by the federal
grand Jury.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

Observation-Disclosures l..
McNamee, regional director of the
War Manpower Commission, said
today the loss of 100000 man.
hours in defense plants during the
city's six-day transit strike cost the
nations war production program
the equivalent of 267 Flying Fort
resses or five destroyers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

LONDON-AP-- The Nazi-con.
trolled Paris radio said today that
Franz Won Papen, German ambassa.
dor who left Turkey when that
country broke relations with Ger
many. had arrived in Berlin. Earli-
er in the day he had been report
ed in Bucharest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

NEW YORK-AP- To provide
additional facilities, a s2,25O, 900
History building will be erected
on 44th St. by the New York
Times. The floor area OF the pres
ent history building would be ex-
tended by the new construction. No
building date has been set.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

WASHINGTON ms - Diplo.
matte dispatches from Moscow indi.
Gated today that premier Stain is
insisting upon the removal from If.
fee Of Polish President Wladis.
law Raczkiewicz as a condition of
settlement Of the Russo-Polish con-
troYersy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08


nouncement was expected today on
the formation of a new Finnish
cabinet which presumably will be
called upon to negotiate peace with
Russia.
NEW YORK-AP - A single
American B-24 bomber raided
Shanghai today, the Japanese
Domei agency reported in an, Eng
lish-language wireless transmits
sion. The transmission, recorded
by the Federal Communications
Commission, said that "only very
slight damage had been caused"
WASHINGTON-AP-The issu-
ance of special gasoline rations for
travel to victory gardens will he
ended after Aug. Is, the Office of
Price Administration announced
today. Gardening rations already
issued may be used as long as
they are valid.
LONDON-AP-The Berlin ra.
do quoted a dispatch from Buda.
pest today as saying that Admiral
Nicholas Horthy, Hungarian regent,
had dismissed Bella Imredi, minis
ter without portfolio, and two 9TH
er cabinet members "at their own
request. The others dismissed
were identified as Antal Kunder,
minister Of commerce and trans
portation, and Andor Jaross, home
secretary.
HOLLYWOOD-INS- With re-
fusal of Actor Jon Hall to prose-
cute and consequent hands off"
policy adopted by police. the case
of the battle royal in Bandleader
Tommy Dorsey's apartment was
marked CLOSED" today. Hall de-
clared through his bandages that
he didn't want to prosecute Dor
sey because he is a friend of mine
and II | proceute the others 1t
would drag Dorsey into it."
WASHINGTON-INS - WASP
Director Jacqueline Cochran rec
commended to Gen. Henry II. Arnold,
chief Of the Army Air Forces, to-
day that the women's air pilot
training program be abandoned
unless women pilots are soon given
Army status. Under a civilian
status" Miss Cochran reported, so
many elements Of the experimental
project are lost or weakened. and
there is such lack of control over
permanency OF work by individual
WASPs after they are trained. that
serious consideration should be
given to inactivation of the WASP
program II militarization is not
soon authorized"
FORT WAYNE, Ind.-INS- A
blood-spattered mans trench coat
found near the strangled and
bundgeoned nude body of 17-year-
old Phyllis Conine gave investiga-
tors today their first major clue
TO identity of the killer. The tan
coat. worn and dirty in addition
TO its splotches, was found near
the weed patch off the ditch road
eight miles southwest OF Fort
Wayne in which the high school
honor students body was discover
ed by crow hunters Sunday.
HARRISBURG. Pa. - ms -
Eight hundred truck drivers en-
ployed by approximately 20 com
panies were idle today in a dispute
over new contract while tons OF
war materials and consumer goods
clogged terminals in the Harris
Observation-Disclosures area.
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-Fair and warm
er tonight. Wednesday partly clou-
dy and warmer.
Highest temperature yesterday
so: lowest last night GO.
Highest temperature one year
ago today S4 lowest 81 highest
temperature this date in last ~
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

STOCKHOLM AP - An an
nouncement was expected today on
the formation of a new Finnish
cabinet which presumably will be
called upon to negotiate peace with
Russia.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

LOS ANGELES-AP-John Ste
ven McGroarty, 81. kindly, colorful
poet who romanticized the history
OF California with his writings and
included in his career two terms
as a representative in Congress,
died last night-at ST. Vincent's
Hospital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

HARRISBURG. Pa. - ms -
Eight hundred truck drivers en-
ployed by approximately 20 com
panies were idle today in a dispute
over a new contract while tons OF
war materials and consumer goods
clogged terminals in the Harris
burg-Y orkLancaster area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08
Flashes of
Late News

WASHINGTON - AP The
Nays leading carrier plane ace.
rs year old 1t. Alexander Vraeio.
is back. in this country after a year
OF action in which he bagged 81
Japanese planes, 10 OF them in the
air, the others on the ground.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

NEW YORK-AP - A single
American B-24 bomber raided
Shanghai today, the Japanese
Domei agency reported in an. Eng
lish-language wireless transmits
sion. The transmission. recorded
by the Federal Communications
Commission, said. that "only very
slight damage had been caused"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-08

WASHINGTON-AP-The issu.
ance Of special gasoline rations for
travel to victory gardens will he
ended after Aug. Is, the Office OF
Price Administration announced
today. Gardening rations already
issued may be used as long as
they are valid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

Order l0c United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them b yous hcmA
Evening star., 1944-12-20


We're told that Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,
was the Melancholy Dane >. although the gen.
tleman seems anything but melancholy here
And in order to avoid an open breach with
Shakespeare, we've pictured Hamlet long be.
for the tragedy begins when he was just an
amiable, happy carefree youth.
This is just a matter of conjecture on our
part. For all we know, the Melancholy Dane
may we'll have been chronic pessimist, even
in his boyhood
But even now we think that something might
be done about it . something that would
brighten up not only Hamlet's dreary costume
...but Hamlet handsome, woeful face, as we'll
And so in perfect sympathy and friendship,
we've handed Hamlet a brand.new 1914 Neck.
sortments and bearing the famous label of
The Hecht Co.
And mind you, this is not an ordinary neck.
tie -. but typical specimen of the handsome,
colorfu creations that will bring CLEAN of Joy
to the eyes of thousands of Washington men
this Christmas.
Our patrons tell us that there's nothing like
smart new Tie, to freshen up costume -. or
to bolster up the spirit =. and if this is true,
then Hamlet had the toughest kind of break D..
because in all the years he's spent behind the
footlights, he's never had the thrill and pleas.
ure of reciting his soiloquy over modern mas.
culine cravat
And so, if you would lift the spirits of the
gentlemen on your Gift.List we recommend
visit to our great Mems Furnishing s Depart.
ment =. :. on the Main Floor of The Hecht Co.
You'll find no sadness and no melancholy
here -. but festive, joyous Christmas spirit
and friendly eagerness on everybody's
part, to help you choose the kind of gifts that
make for Christmas cheer.
So whether it's necktie or pair of gloves
-. flowing muff1er or a shirt :. . a Lounaina
Robe - or Slippers or Pajamas you'll find
them. all in full and radiant assortment and
you'll have the further assurance that your gifts
will carry an added welcome because they bear
the famous label of The Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1944-12-20

BEAU BRUMMEL" orid.
inal Fine Arts Ties, hand-painted
in luxurious silk crepe 1000
SALVADOR DALI Ties
styled by McCurrach with daz-
zling modern Dali motifs 500
PETIT-POINT PATTERNS :.
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Evening star., 1944-12-20
Note to Parents:

We are planning to con-
tinue this series of Histori-
cal Characters throughout
the coming season. If you
have any favorite Person.
ality (out of history you
would like to see included
in these pages, won't you
send us your suggestion?
The Hecht Co. will award
ten $25 War Bonds for the
ten best suggestions re-
ceived. Please write your
suggestion in 100 words or
less :. and mail it to The
Hecht Co., Publicity Divi-
sion, Washington, D. c. (In
event of duplication, entries
will be judged in the order
of receipt. All letters must
remain the property of The
Hecht Co., and the decision
Of the judges will be final.)
Evening star., 1944-12-20

HAND-PAINTED SILK
Sumptuous "Beau Brummel" Ties
in striking color schemes-----5.00
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Dashing designs on a handsome
fabric woven in Switzerland 500
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
KEY NAzI SUPPLY
PORT IS BOMBED

LONDON. Jan. 6.-R-The Raj
tented the Germans out of posi-
ton last night by sending a light
force of Mosquito bornbers to jab
at ruined Berlin IS minutes be-
fore the main force CT giant Lam
casters and Halifaxes arrived over
the Baltic port Of Stettin, rs miles
to the northeast, and slammed it
with mere than 1000 tons Of
bombs.
The Ar Ministry disclosed that
the Germans fell for the scheme,
rushing their fighter packs to pro-
tect what is left of Berlin and
leaving the route wide open for
the heavy bombers to get through
to Stettir. The city is one of the
chief supply centers for German
armies on the Leningrad and Fin
nish fronts
The bombs. falling through a
clear, moonlit sky. left broad
areas of Stettil aflenoe. Tail gum
ners reported that en- route home
they could see the fires merging
in a red glow visible a half-hour'S
flight away.
Continued ON Page Five; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
j. S. WILL PROBE
HOPKINS LETTER

WASHINGTON, jan. g. R -
The Justice Department today an
nounced a Grand Jury investiga-
ton Of letter which Presidential
Adviser Harry L. Hopkins has de-
nounced as a forgery. The letter,
bearing Hopkins name, predicts
Wendell L. Wiukie will be the Re-
publican presidential nominee this
year.
The letter was made public by
c. Nelson Sparks, former mayor
Of Akron, Ohio, and critic OF
WiIlkie, Hopkins, in repudiatlng
the letter, called fol- an investiga'
tlonly the FBI.
Assistant Attorney General Tom
c. Clark, in announcing thate the
Grand Jury investigation will be-
gin here next week, probably We'd
nesday, said Sparks had refused
10 let Omen have the letter for
examination.
Sparks wrote the Justice De-
partment, Clark said, that "he
would De glad to bring it before
any Investigating committee or
Man - Wendell W:11]kie," which
nation campaign il a book Zone
y critical of Wilkes 1910 nomi-
Grand Jury" He has been sharp
quotes the disputed letter.
Nontinued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
Blackouts Scheduled
For Central Carolina

RALEIGH, Jan. g. Up The
State Office of Civilian Defense
today called an air raid drill and
practice blackout for 10 inland
warning districts to take place %
the night of Jan. 13.
r. Walker Martin, state diree.
tor of civilian protection for OCK,
said the drill and blackout would
be held in the Tarboro, Ahoskie,
Weldon, Henderson, Goldsboro,
Raleigh, Greensboro, Shelby,
Statesville and Gastonia districts.
The Charlotte, Lumberton and
Asheville districts will not be at
fected, Martin said.
In addition to the North Caro-
lima districts affected. The drill
and blackout will be held also in
points in adjoining states which
usually are notified by the North
Carolina districts involved, Mar.
tin said
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
ORDINANCE
CITED AS LEGAL
City Officials Make No
Comment; Attorney
Upholds Law

Following comments in Record
er's court Wednesday morning by
Deputy Judge S. E. Loftin, sub
shutting for Judge H. Winfield
Smith, in which the legality of the
city ordinance placing ceiling
on taxi-cab rates outside the city
limits was questioned, City At
torney William B. Campbell cited
the State law Thursday, that per-
mitted the City council to pass
the rate ordinance.
Neither Mayor Bruce B. Gem
eron nor City Manager A. c.
Nichols had any comment to make
On the proper status of the city
with regard to itsj jurisdiction in
making regulations affecting the
five-mile area surrounding Will
mington, although feeling seemed
to be general among several per-
sons interviewed that ordinances
as they stand are justified, and
that Judge Loftln's' remarks in
Recorders court Wednesday were
to a degree unwarranted.
Under the law, according to
Campbell, the city was entirely
within its jurisdiction in making
the regulations affecting not only
Wilmington but also the surround
ing five-mile area.
The following communication on
the subject was sent by Mr.. Camp
bell to City Manager A. C. Mich
OILS:
Answering your inquiry as te
the authority of the City of Will
mington to regulate and control
the operation of taxicabs and taxi.
cab operators, I submit to you
the following:
For many years, beginning If
1917, and from time to time tc
date, the Legislature has passed
acts granting to cities and towns
the right to regulate and control
the drivers and operators of taxi
cabs, and I refer to Section 2787
of the Consolidated Statutes for
the detailed authority so granted
by the Legislature.
I'm addition to the foregoing
section, under the provisions Of
Chapter 639 of the Public Laws
of the Legislature of 1913, fur.
Their and supplemental authority
was granted by the Legislature to
cities and towns with respect tc
regulations of taxicabs and drivers.
and particularly under the pro-
visions of Section 2 of such Act
the following specific authority
is granted to cities to regulate
the subject, not only within the
city but within a radius of five
miles of such city. I quote from
this Section as follows:
Provided, however, that cities
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
Editor And Merchant
Want The Mails Barred
To Waste-Busket Mail

GRIFFIN, Ca, Jan. 6-RHA
merchant and an editor want u.
S. mails closed to ''wastepaper
basket material to help solve the
pulpwood shortage.
In a letter to Rep. Sidney Camp
D-Ga.) Editor Quimby Melton, of
the Griffin News joined Fronk
Smith, merchant, in urging tibet
parcel post
Melton wrote Camp: "there is
Not a day that passes but I get a
stack of waste basket mail-sent
under other than first class.
''It isn't worth a tinker's dam
to the news and it quickly goes
into the waste basket.
''And if Frank Smith gets lot
of such mail and the hometown
newspaper gets it too, you can rest
assured every other business man
gets pounds of the stuff.
"Cut it out and you'll save paper
at the source and thus help solve
the waste paper shortage"
Melton said the government was
lone. of the chief offenders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
BY WALTER LIPPMANN


The year which lies behind us
Will IN the perspective of time be
remembered proudly and CRATE.
fully. The caleudar year is little
short: in fact the historic year be-
gan in the autumn Of 1912 with
the defense of Stalingrad, the land
ings at GuadalcanaI and in North
Africa, the victory al Ell Alamein.
These were the turning points
of the worldwide war. They were
turned cy the consistency and the
valor of the peoples; by the wis
dom and practical intelligence of
their leaders and commanders.
The nations have been put to
the test ana the.,- have met the
test. Facing defeat, they have not
despaired. Confronted with impos-
sible tasks, they have accomplish
ed them. In the judgment of his
tory there will stand forth h e
grand result and not the trouble
and confusion by which we have
reached it.
The little excitements and wor-
ries of the hour, which have SEEM
ed so important when three or
four tired men have come together
to shake their heads, sink into sig
nificance before the grand result
The armies are modified, are
trained, are equipped, are deploy-
ed and are in action. The alliance
which wages war and must in
augurate and institute the peace is
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
WAR PRODUCTION
WILL Be SLASHED
owl Discloses Output OF
Small Arms, Bullets,
Others, To Be Cut

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6-R-
Cutbacks in the production of
small arms, bullets. non-combat
planes and antl-aircraft equip
ment, plus nearly 40 per cent
were predicted by the Office of
War Information tonight.
The decreases will be more than
offset by boosts in warplanes and
some other munitions, Owl said.
and no considerable curtail-
ments'' for the purpose of resum-
ing civilian goods manufacture
can be scheduled fol 1914 unless
the European war ends by June
or July.
Until then. Whatever resump-
ton of civilian production the War
Production Board permits must
be considered purely as Temporal
ry and subject at all times to a
when required said the Owl re-
port. The document was the first
comprehensive account of pro-
duction curtaiiment from official
sources.
Arms production in 1914 is to
be II per cent greater than in
1943. This in itself is cutback.
since previous disclosures have
estimated gain of from 20 to Is
per cent.
The Navy alone, owl disclosed.
has made cutaacks amounting to
$2,856, 100000 in the last six
months. Much Of this was merely
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col, a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
DUPONT IS NAMED
IN TRUST ACTION
Company Is Accused OF
Conspiring To Restrain
Trade

NEW YORK, Jan. g. R-The
Justice Department accused E. I.
du Pont De Nemours, the Rem
ington Arms Company and Brit
aims Imperial Chemical Industries
today of conspiring to restrain
trade sin chemical products, arms,
including war materials, and am
munition.'
Du Points president, Walter S.
Carpenter, Jr., promptly disputed
the charge and said the American
public and the war effort had ben
Gifted, rather than suffered, from
his company's activities.
The government action, a civil
suit filed here, was summarized
by Attorney General Biddle as
charging that the big chemical and
arms firms 'snave been and now
are parties to contracts and agree
ments in violation of the Sherman
antitrust act.''
And Assistant Attorney General
Wendell Berge, in charge of the
antitrust division, issued state
ment saying that it is "a major
blow against the cartel system" of
dividing world markets.
Carpenter, at Wilmington, Del,
offices of du pont, said in his
statement:
1.-THE du Pont company denies
that it is now or ever has been a
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
ACL President Sees Very Bright
Future For The South After War

tary production possible are al
ready laying plans for continued
postwar progress.
Mr.. Farrar further said, in same
article:
"Way down South in the land of
cotton,
Old times there are not forgot
ten. :"
$50 went the marching song that
sustained the Confederate armies
until collapsed national economy
sent them tramping barefoot home.
So has gone whole catalog of
American folk music in which gen.
erations of nostalgia song writers
have been dreaming tonight of
Continued on Page Three; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-07
600 Japanese Are Slain
In Ne1u Britain Jungles

ADVANCED A L L l E D HEAD
QUARTRS, New Guinea, Friday,
Jan. Z. -tR-Six hundred Japanese
have been slain during h e avy
fighting row ii, progress in dense
jungle country at invaded Cape
Glouces.=r, New Britain, as both
sides brought UP artillery and STRAIT
ing America planes supported the
attacking Marines
Bringing total enemy losses to
more than 2.o00 since the Marines
landed Dec. rs, the latest casual
ties were inflicted during a slow,
arduous push against fierce resist
ance in the eastward direction of
Bergen Bay.
A spokesman for General Mac
Arthur, in announcing today the
preliminary results Ct the battle,
said the bitterest type of fighting
has been going on since the Ma
Continued OH Page Two; Col. 81