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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
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The story OF THE Most Exciting
Election in the United States His
tory" that OF 1876. was told by DR..
Simon Fagerstrom Wednesday to
Kiwanians assembled at Huron
Hotel.
In describing the 1875 presi.
Dental race DR.. Fagerstrom point
ed out the similarity OF certain
facts then and now. Samuel Til.
den. Demo cratic candidate and en-
racket-busting district attorney for
New York City was running against
Republican Rutherford Hayes. who
had spent the four preceding years
in the White House. The end OF
the tale. ACCORDING 10 DR.. Eager
strom. was that after the Demo
Gratis won the close election the Re-
publlcans stole" Il from them by
hribinR three southern states cleo
ton officials for false report. thus
gaining a majority OF members on
the congressional committee set up
10 investigate and determine which
NJ two election return reports was
true. The political deal was
made possible by the slowness Of
communication at that time when
only the telegraph was available.
the audience was reminded.
A Joint meeting OF the Ypsilsn'i
Kiwanis club and the Ann Arbor
group. 10 he held IN Ann Arhor A.
$50 y n in the Allenel Hotel. was
arror-eed.
1t. Richard Bisbee was a guest.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Turnabout by Romania Represents
Allied Military Victory

due TO the fact that he has kept
the massesses sufficiently we'll fed.
Many Pro-AIly
While we don't need 10 regard
Romania's move in the light OF the
returning prodigal. and kill the
fatted calf, yet We can have a toll
Grant understanding OF her post
ton. A substantial portion OF the
population always has been pro-
Ally and representatives OF that
element now have taken over the
government. It's encouraging to
see in the cabinet that distinguish.
ed old peasant leader, Juliu MANU-,
who for many years has been a
steadying influence among HIS peo-
pie.
There was, however. even before
the war a very considerable Fascist
movement in Rumania. with lean
ings towards both Italy and Ger
many. The Fascist organization
was known as the Iron Guard, and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Balkans Collabsing as American
Thrust Reaches Swiss Frontier
Secrecy Will
be Protested
to Stettinius

Washington, Aug. 24-UP-Chair-
man Edward R. Stettinius. Jr., will
be asked today by news correspond
ents assigned to the Dumbarton
Oaks world organization talks to
reconsider present press arrange
ments which amount to complete
secrecy on the three power DELHI
erations.
Stettinius, Sir Alexander Cado-
gan, the British chairman, and am.
bassador Andrei A. Gromyko. the
Soviet chairman, will meet a COM
mittee OF the. State Department
Correspondents Association at the
Dumbarton Oaks estate at 10 a. m.
to receive protest memorandum
prepared by the Associations exc
cutive committee.
The meeting was arranged In the
midst of events abroad-the sur
render of Romania and the fall OF
Paris--which placed a new note OF
urgency upon the Dumbarton Oaks
meetings.
Cadogan warned the delegates
Monday that they must work fast
AMI well" because the war In
Europe might be over earlier than
some think, and President Roose-
welt also stressed the need for
speed yesterday. The, three pow
ers are in agreement that some sort
OF organization should be created
before the European phase of the
war is over, II possible
The correspondents asked for an
interview with Stettinius several
hours before John Foster Dulles,
foreign policy advisor for Gov. Tho
mas E. Dewey, told reporters after
2h hour conference with Secre-
tary OF State Cordell Hull:
I'm inclined to think that there
could be more information given
than Is being given about the Dunn
barton Oaks conference"
Dulles reported that he and Hull
had made Every considerable pro-
gress In exploring the possibilities
OF bipartisan cooperation" in for
eign policy.
The State Department CORES
pondents asked for an interview
with Stettinius after communique
No. 2 for the conference was issued
yesterday noon. 1t revealed only
that four subcommittee had been
created. One committee met yes.
terday morning and another in the
afternoon. At p. m, the State
Department could say only that the
subcommittee had met In the af-
ternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

one of the prominent adherents
was the same General Ion Antones.
GU who has been head OF the puppet
government which has been doing
Hitler's will
Had Domination
However, there was more than
that to the story. Germany had
politico-economic domination OF Ro-
mania--as II did OF neighboring
countries. When / was in Buchar.
est in 1898, just after Munich, I
found that Hitler held that part OF
the world in the palm OF his hand.
The explanation was simple: Coun-
tries like Romania and Hungary
we're marketing more than 80 Ger
cent OF their products in Germany
and they had absolutely no alter
native market The Nazi dictator
could bankrupt them almost over.
night by Withdrawing his patron
are.
So II was that when he demanded
Romanian adherence to the Axis.
he got Il. Antonescu and his OFT.
AZ banded over their birthright for
a mess Of pottage which now must
stink in their nostrils
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Lend Lease Should End at
Close of War Says George

a defense against an impending
war" said George. 1T was not In
tended for purposes OF rehabillta-
ton"
President Roosevelt's latest re-
port on lend-lease, showing that It
has risen to the huge total Of
twenty-eight billion 27o million
dollars, aroused widespread inter.
est in Congress.
Mr.. Roosevelt said lend-lease
must be continued until the uncon-
ditional surrender of both Japan
and Germany. One question wide
ly discussed was whether lend
lease would be continued to Rus
STA after Germany's defeat, II she
failed to join in fighting Japan.
George said there was an implica.
ton in Mr.. Roosevelt's statement
that lendlease would be restricted
to the war period. He said It may
be necessary for the United States
to further aid countries which
resisted the aggressors, but that
any aid would have to be extended
under different law.
THE basic theory OF lend lease
Is military, not rehabilitation.
George continued. Il do not think
lend-lease would be continued TO
Russia after Germany's defeat, un.
less the President deemed II neces-
sary as part of the defense OF this
country such as preventing giving
aid to Japan In delivery OF certain
materials.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

will now be open to the Allies.
3. Hitler will lose great supplies
OF which he is in desperate need.
4. The moral effect the world
around. especially in Germany and
japan, will be great. It's the sort
OF thing that's breaking the hearts
OF the Nazis and the Nipponese.
Supplies Important
So far as Romania itself IL con.
cerned, II has represented Hitler's
greatest source OF supply in the
Balkans. Not only has he depend.
ed heavily on the Ploesti oil to keep
his war machine running, but this
fertile Balkan state has been a land
flowing with milk and honey.
Romania produces vast quaint.
ties OF corn al d other foodstuffs
which have played their important
part In keeping the people OF Ger.
manv loyal 10 the Fuehrer. No
small degree OF his success in main.
taining his home front has been
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Fund Drive
Time Decided

The middle OF September will see
the out-county war fund campaign
begin and the first part OF October
will be the time for Ypsilanti, Ann
Arbor, and other towns in Washte-
nav County to begin their drives,
the county war fund committee de-
cided at a meeting in Ann Arbor
Wednesday evening.
Foster Fletcher secretary OF the
committee. was appointed to han.
die details for the out-county cam.
paign.
II. s. Osler, Ann Arbor, is chair.
man OF the committee.
Washtenaw County's share In
MiChigans quota OF five and one.
half million dollars is $4,000, three
thousand dollars less than the coun.
tvs quota last year.
For the past years campaign.
Washtenaw County has paid to the
state SS0.250. representing three
quarterly payments. The fourth, to
be paid soon. will bring a total TO
exceed the final amount set before
as s95.670.43
Members at the meeting went on
record as favoring helping local
community organizations with the
war fund provided they are spon.
sored by a responsible local group.
Those present at the meeting
were Mr.. Fletcher. Paul Ungrodt.
Otis Tooze. ID. NJ. Silkworth. n. l..
Munro. all OF Ypsilanti; julius
Haab. Walter Geske, Rev. c. II.
Loucks, Lewis G.. Christman. and
Mr.. Osler, all OF Ann Arbor; and
Leigh Beach, Chelsea.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Set by
Ration Board

New Ration Board hours go into
effect Monday. The office will be
open Monday through Saturday
from a. m. to 5 p. m, with two
exceptions. On Wednesdays, the
office will be open from a. m.
to noon only, and on Fridays, 1t
will be open from a. m. to 9 p. m.
When telephoning or writing the
office. residents are asked to desig.
nate the particular department they
wish. Departments and their head
clerks are as follows: Mrs. Alice
N. Pepper, chief clerk; Ray Bur.
rell, local board chairman; Mrs.
Clara Owens. price; Mrs. Miriam
B. Bradley, rent control; Mrs. Irma
Tefft, gasoline; Mrs. Kay Shafer.
tires; Mrs. Mildred Gladding and
Mrs. Mary A. Holdridge, food and
commodities.
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to
Probe Layoff

representatives of UAW-CIO in
this area will leave this week end
for Washington, d. c., where they
plan to investigate current an
nouncements that curtailment OF
production and the laying-off OF sew
eral thousand workers at the Ford
Willow Run Bomber Plat is immin-
ent.
Walter Quillico, president OF Loo.
al so, Is one of the six who will
go to the War Production Board
or any other agency that can give
them information. The others are
Richard T. Leonard. Ford national
director; william McAuley. region
al director; Brenden Sexton, inter-
national representatives; Al Leg
get, publicity director; and Fred
Masters, plant chairman OF Local
EO
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
BY Dewitt Mackenzie

ASSOCIATED Press War AnalysD
Romania's double back-flop-sur.
render to the Allies and war against
the Germans-will render the Bal
kan Peninsula untenable for Hitler
although he will hang on as long
as he can as a further measure to
delay his own capitulation.
The Romanian turnabout repre-
sents another great military victory
for the Allies, although diplomacy
has played its part. This biggest
OF the Balkan countries has flown
the white flag because she has been
beaten In battle and was about TO
be overrun by the Red forces which
were bearing down on her from the
north. The importance Of her sur
render is fourfold:
]. Bulgaria. already wavering.
may be expected TO follow suit now
that her next door neighbor has
deserted the Nazi camp.
2. Hungary, which also lies
against Romania's border, Is now
vulnerable TO direct attack-and
Hungary Is Germany's southeastern
shield. The great Danubian basin.
which is q gateway into the Reich,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

LOS ANGELES-INS- Howard
Hughes, multi-millionaire motion
picture producer who more recent
~ became an aircraft magnate dis
closed today that the worlds larg-
est cargo seaplane-which he is
building in collaboration with Hen.
~ Kaiser-will be completed within
one year. The huge plane, which
Hughes described as having a wing
spread longer than a football
field" is known as HK-1. Hughes
said the plane would take of be-
fore this time next year from the
Long Beach harbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Local Cases
Before Judge
See PACIFIC-Page 10

Ypsilanti people received sen
fences from Judge George w. Sam
pie in circuit court, Ann Arbor, this
morning.
Mrs. Mary F. Salisbury and Miss
Lorraine T. Lloyd were placed on
probation for Ave years and order.
ed TO pay 800 fine plus $50 court
costs, after pleading guilty to a
charge OF grand larceny. They are
the couple who took a billfold con.
tanning $l03 from the LaJune Photo
Shop here and were soon appre-
hended after police found Mrs.
Salisbury had left a picture OF her
self 10 be developed. They traced
the women through II.
Roosevelt Crutcher. charged with
felonious assault, was sentenced to
Ave years in prison. and ordered
to pay a fine OF 800 and $50 court
costs.
Raymond Strain, charged with
breaking and entering. was SEN
fenced TO Jackson Prison for from
~ TO Is years, with the minimum
number recommended. IL he agrees
TO leave the state after serving ca
years OF his sentence. It is recon-
mended that he be discharged.
Others sentenced in circuit
court this morning were Isaac VIII
hanson and BARLEY German. both
charged with breaking into a car
and both placed on probation for
five years and ordered to pay a
fine OF 800 and $50 court costs.
Peter VI. Kaba waived extradi-
ton on a breaking and entering
charge I'm MansfeId o
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Blood Donor
Day Sept. )

Registrations for the next blood
donor day will be taken In city
churches Sunday. The Red Cross
mobile blood donor unit pays its
next visit Sept. 5 from to $3.50 p.
m. at the Methodist Church.
The Council OF Church Women
has donated s25 toward canteen
expenses and Is assisting with reg
is.ration OF donors. The women
helping are Mesdames Paul Hates.
Albert .Holstead. John Trainger,
James Mohler. Morris Seiple. Carl
Signor. Fred Spencer. and Harry n.
Stevens, and Misses Gertrude
Phelps and Flora Burgess.
Registrations can be made also
at Red Cross headquarters at the
American Legion home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
BONN Islands
Target of
Attacks
. tBy Associated PrsssD

by ASSOCIATED lTesbD
New American stabs into the
Bonins 900 miles below Tokyo gave
point today to japanese Premier
Koiso's warning to his people that
"the enemy is watching for an op.
portunity to land on our home
land"
Japan, he said. faces-an "unprece.
dentedly grave national crisis"
Radio Tokyo said Liberators
bombed Chichi lima Thursday (To-
kyo time). Two days before, Adm.
Chester Nimitz announced, Liber.
ators sank two cargo vessels and
set a third afire off Chichi lima.
principal fortress in the BONN Is
land defenses guarding Japan.
Mindful that the Bonins have
been under steady attack since the
American investment OF Saipan TO
the south, General Koiso warned
OF possible homeland invasion and
asked the people TO increase Jap
ans fighting power.
He asked too for improved air
raid defenses, no doubt In recollec-
ton OF recent superfortress attacks
on the home islands. American
bombers. Tokyo radio quoted him
as saying, last night, were certain
10 increase their blows.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur contrib
uted to this gloomy enemy apprais-
al with successful attacks on six
ships south OF the Philippines. Min
danao was hit for the tenth time
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Help Planned
Industry

Five Ypsilanti men attended a
war contract termination meeting
in Ann Arbor Wednesday. sponsor.
ed by the Smaller War Plants Cor.
poration.
Speakers, including representa-
tives OF Ordnance. Air Corps. and
the Navy. explained termination
procedures and emphasized the de.
sire OF the government TO cooper
ate with smaller manufacturing
concerns TO settle contracts speedi-
ly and without red tape as soon as
the go ahead" order on peace
production Is given.
Every effort TO give advance no
tlce will be made. the panel mem
bers stated. and government repre-
sentatives will work to see that
the manufacturer receives the mon.
Sea NDIrSTRY-paRe 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

Washington. Aug. 24-INS-Sen.
Walter F. George Cd Ga, co-auth-
or of the original Lend-Lease Act,
said today that lend-lease must stop
with end OF the war under terms
of the law despite reports that
Great Britain, Russia and other
nations would seek such American
aid in peace time.
THE whole concept Of lend-lease
was to provide this country with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Romania Quits Axis, Joins
Allied Cause; Ploesti Oil
Fields Will be Rich Prize
Other Balkan
Nations May
CapituLate

New York, Aug. 24-INS-- The
Bulgarian government has officially
asked the British ambassador In
Turkey "for conditions determined
by the ALLIES which would permit
Bulgaria to cease participating In
the war" the British radio said this
morning, quoting tho diplomatic cor
respondent OF tho London Times.
London, Aug. 24--ike--A Zurich
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company said today that II was re-
IiabIy reported that many QsrrI
sons In Hungary had mutlnIsd, and
that Q military revolution was re-
gardsd 40 q certainty. The Hun
parIan cabinet was said TO be In
emergency session and dramatic
events were awaited hourly.
American armor In a swift g.
mile lunge closed in the bloody trap
on Germans below the Seine today,
pacing the rapid carving OF Hitler's
western defeneses In France even
as his Balkan wall began collapsing
with surrender OF Romania.
A direct dispatch from Geneva
said Americans had reached the
Swiss frontier. Algiers radio said
the port OF Bordeaux had lbsct
seized. One-third OF France han
been taken by Allied armies ami
yengeancethungry Maquis.
Germany's doom sounded a. fate
fully In the east with Romania's
dramatic flip-over TO the Allied side.
This Balkan satellite whose Ploesti
fields once nurtured the mechan.
lied Reich with one-third Its oil,
accepted armistice terms. Roman
ian troops were reported battling
the Germans.
Seize Eibeuf
Driving 25 miles down the Seine,
steel.tipped U. s. columns seized
Elbeuf, only 30 miles from the riy-
er's mouth and nine from the big
city OF Rouen. Canadian. Britain
and American armies closed In the
western and southern ends OF the
moose on 10000 Nazis. Planes
wrecked 500 enemy vehicles and Is
river escape barges.
Other Americans curving south.
east OF Paris-entered In triumph
by the French second armored divi-
sion-punched within less than $50
miles OF the German frontier. push
ing beyond Sens. Two more spear
heads were put over the upper
Seine near Fontainbleau.
Capture Salon
The Liberators In the south cap
tured Salon. 25 miles northwest OF
French-won Marseille, and near the
Rhone River highway. Swiss re-
ports said Americans had pounded
on TO Annecy. 81 miles northeast OF
Grenoble, taken in a drive lao
miles inland.
With Romania's capltulation. Hit
ler's European fort was crumbling
like a sand castle before the incom-
ing tide. Young King Mihai took
his country out OF war, the first
Balkan desertion from Hitler's side,
as Russian oftensives hit to within
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Congress Today

(By Associated Press)
House
Meets II noon EWT. routine ses-
sion: Ways and Means Committee
resumes work on George unemploy-
ment compensation bill.
Senate
Meets noon: continues debate on
surplus war goods disposal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
}. s. WEATHER FORECAST

y, 3. WEATHER FORECAST
.ower Michigan-Fair and rather
tonight. Fair and warmer Fri
lghest temperature yesterday
lowest last night So.
CHEST temperature one year
oday 81. lowest 66.
CHEST temperature this date IN
IA years 81 in 1882; lowest IS
A94O.
3 The sun sets today at s:1s and
hses Friday at $50.
The moon sets today at 1920 p.
M. and rises Friday at I'LL p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24
Flashes of
Late News

McALESTER. oKLA.-AP- A
large u. s. Navy machine shop was
destroyed by fire last night. Cause
Of the blaze was unknown. 1t. Com
dr.. T. A. Daddy, in charge OF naval
personnel at the shop. which COW
cred several acres, said he was un-
able to estimate the damage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

Driving TO Los Angeles. Calf. Sun
day. Desire riders. 916 Washtenaw
Phone 2s35-W. Adv. s24s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

NEW YORK-INS-New York's
big department store executives
9day were trying to figure out just
" big a celebration will be staged
len Germany surrenders. J. Ed
Tlrd Davidson, chairman OF the
tecutive committee of the Retail
Try Goods Association OF New York
I'D all the big stores and most Of
Ee smaller would close their doors,
\ the news came during working
hours, and would board up their
windows IL necessary,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

| CHICAGO-INS-In a suit pro-
Iting political activities OF the
y, Harry Morgan, SO, a turret
The operator in a Chicago war
lant, today sought return of money
| Ge paid out in union dues. The suit,
He'd in Superior Court, was direct
la at Local 1850 OF the Clio United
Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers OF which he was a mem.
Der until expelled by action OF the
board.
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Capture Salon

See EURoPE-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

CHICAGO AP-Delegates to
the 45th national encampment OF
the Veterans OF Foreign Wars were
scheduled to vote today on the CUES
ton Of admitting Army and Navy
women to the organization. Many
OF the delegates indicated senti-
ment to admit women, but with the
reservation that they form their
own posts. Others said they would
propose q delay on the proposal un.
I'll veterans of World War II return
home and express their desires.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

See INDUsTRY-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

y PITTSBURGH-lNS- Nick Stir.
one, Pittsburgh labor leader, who
lwas scheduled to appear before
IAFL executives in Chicago tomor-
Brow on charges of INSTRUMENTATION,
koday refused to appear at the trial
acause, he contended, cts a
.cked court"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

! FRECKLETON, England With
"a bodies removed already, fear was
expressed today that 80 more per-
sons might be buried in the wreck
age OF a school and nearby snack
bar destroyed yesterday when an
American Liberator bomber
crashed in this Lancashire garden
ing village.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

MELBOURNE, Australia - AP-
All Australian states will hold pub
lie celebrations tomorrow and
church bells will be rung every
where Sunday In observance Of the
liberation OF Paris. The French con-
sulate here was deluged with hun
dreds OF congratulatory messages.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-24

WELLINGTON, New Zealand
AP-Congratulations to the armed
and civilian forces OF the United
Nations contributing to the liberia
ton OF Paris and capitulation OF
Romania were expressed in resolu-
tons adopted today by the House
OF representatives.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-04-14
Authors CoIIoborote Vic
Mail To Write FiImpIoy

HOLLYWOOD (Special) -
Written by three authors while
in three widely separated parts
of the world, The Little Bit OF
Heaven" an original screen
story, was purchased by Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer this week and
scheduled for earl yproduction.
Robert D. Andrews in Holly
wood; Marine Capt. John Cleve-
land, at Quantico, Virginia; and
Air Corps Capt. Luther Davis,
in India, collaborated on the
story. The three authors kept
in contact with each other
by mail while working on the
story. Capt. Cleveland has since
been killed. And Capt. Davis IS
now stationed in England.
A romantic comedy with mu
sic of the 1901 Broadway Period
"The Little Bit of Heaven" is a
story of an Irish orphan who is
raised by Brooklyn neighbors.
He starts out to be Coney Is
land song and dance man but
turns to prize fighting, and his
romance with a comely Irish
lass.