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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
artisans Get
City in Order

Paris, Aug. 30-AP-Parisians re-
turned today TO arranging the
scrambled fragments of their pre-
war existance after threeday lib
Grafton celebration climaxed yester-
day by a parade OF American
troops past the Arc de Triomphe
and down Paris beautiful avenues.
That parade was not like a wars
end march along New York's Fifth
Ave. by soldiers finished with bat
tie. Swinging down the Champs
Elysees where their fathers had
marched a generation ago, the men
OF a great u. s. infantry division
followed the sound of their drums
through Paris and headed back 10
the battle line.
With them went the cheers and
silent prayers of hundreds OF thou
sands who stood along the line OF
march. At one place n bearded
priest stood solemnly with uplifted
hands, not bothering to brush away
the tears that moved down his
cheeks.
Along the route were mingled
cries and shouts-everything from
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
English Laws to
Undergo Changes

London, Aug. 30-AP-England' ;
obsolete laws are getting a busting
of as home office experts plow
through the statute book in order
to rid the land OF unnecessary rul-
ings-and here are some Of the acts
they found 10 be still Illegal.
/. To eat meat on Wednesdays.
2. To eat mince pie at Christ
mas (such is said in the statute
book to be IAN idolatrous thing L.
3. To exhort any OF His Males
tvs liege subjects to abstain from
the consumption OF alcoholic liquor.
4. To go to church otherwise
than on foot. II you do. the local
constable may confiscate the We
hicle and sell It for the INDECENT
OF the parish"
5. To swear profanely, even In
doors. For a gentleman" the fine
is three shillings, four pence; for
those above "a gentleman" nre
shillings.
And there are hosts OF others
but Home Secretary Morrison
promises that they will be abolish
ed
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Nelson Might
Obtain Post

Washington, Aug. 30-UP-Sen.
Homer Ferguson, r.. Mich, said to-
day he had been reliably inform
ed" that War Production Board
Chairman Donald VI. Nelson would
succeed James F. Byrnes as War
Mobilization director when Nelson
returns from China.
Ferguson said the information
came from a source ! have every
reason TO know is reliable" He
said that his informant had told
him when this change takes place,
Jimmy Byrnes will be out OF the
government"
The Michigan senator did not dis
close the name OF his informant.
President Roosevelt said at a
press conference last week that he
did not know whether Nelson
would resume his duties as WPB
head after the China trip This
statement came shortly after the
President had named Lt.-Cmdr. J. A.
Krug, one-time WPB vice chairman.
to run The agency in Nelson's ad-
sence
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Parakeet Forgot
To Say Goodbye

Nickie.. our-and-a-half month
old runaway parakeet, is still miss
ing from his home at 241 y. Huron
St, his owner, c. C. Corbett, re-
ports. MCKEE has been gone since
Sunday.
Even though he is quite a pest
we do miss him." Corbett said.
Nickie seems to be doing better
with his vocabulary than most
youngsters OF his age and can chat
ter Hello" repeat his name, and, as
he likes affection, will ask for fire.
quent kisses, saying "kiss-kiss' or
please kiss Nickie." followed by
yolleys OF hello, hello. hello"
His favorite sport Is TO ride along
on a pen or pencil with which some
one is writing, and recently he has
discovered how 10 pull the lever OF
a fountain pen. squirting ink over
everything near a. hand-to his
delight and the writer's giggling
discontinue
Nickie. who has been a member
OF the Corbett family since last
June, IL slightly longer than a can
airy. about six inches, and is bright
yellow. In spite OF his appearance
Mr.. Corbett feels that Nickie Is far
superior in beauty and brains TO a
canary. MCKEE probab bly, shares this
opinion, but as yet cannot express
himself on the subject.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Await Report
on Corriigan

Washington, Aug. 3O--AP--The
Senate War Investigating Commit
tee today awaited formal reports
from the Navy and Justice Depart
ments on what, steps they have
taken In the case OF John ID. Cor
rigan, suspended Navy command
err
Corrigan, ~ year old former
president OF Corrigan, Osburne
and Wells, engineering and indus
trial management firm, was tenn
porarily suspended by the Navy
and later placed on inactive
duty" Last May he testified at
a committee hearing that he sent
a restricted" Navy document.
listing firms which had received
government money for plant facil-
tiles, 10 his private firm and asked
that It be burned after use. At
that time. Senator Truman ID
MOI. then committee chairman.
called for Corrigan's court martial.
The departmental reports were
requested by the committee last
night In the wake of Corrigan's
refusal TO submit TO further ques-
tioning at a public hearing about
business which his firm had OBJ
tanned from Navy contractors.
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.), act
ing chairman. said the commit,
tee wanted to know why court
martial proceedings have been held
up."
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Control Gained
Over Brush Fire

Los Angeles. Aug. 50-AP-Con-
troll OF a brush conflagration APP
peared imminent today after ii had
blackened an estimated 5000 acres
OF rugged terrain, destroyed a doz-
en- or more houses and swept close
to fashionable movie colony homes
near Encino, west OF here.
Actor Robert Youngs property
was endangered for a time. Two
chicken coops were destroyed At
the home OF Movie Director Mich
ael Curtiz. The Woodland and
Girard Country Clubs were de-
stroyed. Uneasy movie colonists
joined other inhabitants in kaul-
ing out hose and sprinkling &feir
roofs and yards.
Fire Chief John Anderson said he
personally counted the smoking
ruins OF u dwellings. mostly can.
yon cabins. He added II probably
would be some time before reports
could be verified that approximate
ly 40 others had been burned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Dewey Slated
For 7 alks

Chicago, Aug. 30--AP-Gov. Tho.
mas +. Dewey, Republican presi'
dental candidate, will make a $780,
mile. cross-country campaign in
September, delivering seven major
political speeches. Herbert Brow.
nell. Jr., COP National Committee
chairman, announced today.
The nominees nationwide po-
litlcal tour by train will begin on
Sept. 7 when Gov. Dewey will go TO
Philadelphia TO give the first OF his
scheduled principal addresses and
it will take the New York governor
and his party through 81 states en-
route to and from the Pacific Coast.
II will conclude with his return 10
Albany on Sept. %.
Other cities where Dewey will
give chief speeches, each schedul-
ed for 30 minutes, include Louis
Vile, Seattle, Portland. Ore. San
Francisco, Los Angeles, and Okla
homa City.
Dewey's opening NBC-CBS broad
cast address in Philadelphia II
scheduled for 10 p. m. (EWT) and
the second speech will be on Sept.
s in Louisville where he will adj
dress the biennial meeting Of the
National Federation OF Republican
Women's Clubs at $3.50 p. m.
(EWT). o.
Leaving the Kentucky metropolis
that night, the Governors party
will go to Lansing. Mich. where on
Sept. Q a series OF conferences is
See DEWEY-Page 2
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Campaign on
Labor Note

Washington, Aug. 30-AP-Pres-
ldent Roosevelt has decided to pitch
bis campaign for reelection TO a
fourth term on a labor.note-- at
about the time Governor Thomas +.
Dewey, his Republican opponent.
winds up a cross-country speaking
tour.
He told news men yesterday he
will make what he called his first
political speech OF the 1914 cam
paign at a hotel dinner here the
night OF September 20 before a
meeting OF the international Team.
sters Union. an AFL organization
headed by Daniel J. Tobin. The
President addressed the same union
here September IL. 1910. in launch
ing his successful third term drive.
The Chief Executive said yester-
day he would not make a nation
wide swing this year as he had too
much else TO do. As for other cam
paign speeches he said he hadn't
20, that far yet. He did not disclose
the subject OF his Transfers ad.
dress. but said he already had A
good idea OF what he was going 70
say.
There are indications the Presi-
dent will let vice President Wal
lace do most OF the travelling In this
campaign, along with Senator Tru-
man OF Missouri the Chief Execu-
lives new running mate. Wallace
left a conference with Mr.. Roose-
Welt yesterday saying he would give
some speeches but he did not
know when or where they would
be made.
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Issuance of "A"
Books Advanced

Because OF the delay OF opening
Of schools due to the infantile
paralysis outbreak, the issuance Of
new gasoline "A" ration books will
be advanced to September IL and
Is, Ernest H. Chapelle, superinten-
dent OF schools. announced today
The ration books will be issued
at Prospect, Woodruff, Harriet,
and Ypsilanti High schools from 9
a. m. to 8 p. m, and applicants are
requested to go to the school build
ing nearest their home.
II is planned to use teachers and
other voluntary workers living in
the vicinity to issue the books, Mr..
Chapelle said.
The school teachers, who handle
the issuance OF the ration books.
would be buried under class room
duties IL the issuance period were
to remain at the original date, Sep
TENDER IS and 10. 1t was explained.
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a Marine squad which Dlasteu
caves with scores Of Japs In them.
They used the same formula. I'm
der cover OF rifle fire, the Marine
engineers would work their way
close to a cave, while one of their
number would sneak up to the en-
trance and place n fused charge OF
high explosive in It.
Wagner, Maffesoli, and Lippman
were in one attack where a 40
foot cave infested with Jap snipers
was sealed. AS they moved up
on the cave, one Marine was shot
and killed and another seriously
wounded. Although bullets chip
ped rocks around their heads, the
three Michigan Marines escaped
without injury.
Mass Hara-Kirl
Lippman also told how many
Japs committed mass hara-kiri. He
had a grandstand seat from ledge
overlooking a rocky beach where
the Japs had been cornered.
The Japs would stand around
in small groups, and then one Of
them would explode a hand gre
made or a land mine" Lippman
declared.
Some OF the Japs, according to
Lippman, lost their arms in their
wild retreat before the Marines.
A few of them, he continued, threw
rocks at advancing Marines and
then jumped over small cliff into
the sea.
Lippman did not say anything
about how he himself left the COW
err a boulder during the hottest
part OF one fire fight with the
Japs to crawl forward and rescue
a wounded Marine. Wagner aud
Maffesoli also kept quiet about the
incident. 1t was days later that
we learned about 1t. That some
how was typical Marine. A man
would describe a battle for you,
but tell about individual feats of
heroism about himself-never
Later, when we asked Wagner
and Maffesoli about it, they both
said that they thought Lippman
would lose his life in running the
heavy concentration Of enemy fire.
I'VE thought he was a goner,"
Maffesoli declared. IL don't see
how he made il. But he got
through, and he brought the wound
ed Marine back"
Storm Cave
Maffesoli described how his
unit had stormed another cave
after being tricked by the Japs.
Enemy soldiers in the tunnel in
shoreline. ledge had placed a cry
ing infant on a rock in front Of the
entrance. When a Marine went
forward to get the child, the Japs
tossed out hand grenades. The
Marine snatched the child and
fled. Then the soldiers in the cave
paid. When the Marines got
through working over the cave
with explosive charges and ba-
zooka shells, they went forward
and counted six Jap soldiers dead.
Later on the same day. the three
Michigan Marines saw a group OF
200 of the enemy gathered on
beach point where they had been
forced with their backs to the sea.
The Japs were waving flags OF the
Rising Sun and singing. Most OF
them were captured, but a few
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
British Troops
AdUdnce in
North
CBy Assoelated Prssa

Swift American troops crossed
the Aisne River in two places to-
day. one column thrusting beyond
their bridgehead to within IS miles
OF the Belgian border. and the Ger
man 18th Army faced a threat OF
being hemmed Ia between these
forces and the British who raced
toward the robot bomb coast.
u IS. Third Army vanguards ad.
vanced more than II miles beyond
captured Scissors. historic funnel
for the great 1918 battle OF the
Aisne. Other Third Army forces be-
yond the Aisne reached Montaigu.
ten miles southeast OF Laon and so
miles from Sedan. gateway OF three
German invasions OF France and
now on the Allied pathway TO Der.
lin.
Northwest OF Paris British troops
advanced 20 miles beyond the Yer
non bridEehead, reaching Long
champs in the deepest thrust be-
yond the Seine between Paris and
the Sea. and at Nantes, the great
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
SWift American Troops
Cross Aisne Riuer in
TUo Places ForAduance
Liquidation of
Japs Said to
be Near
(By the Associated Press)


The Free French and the Ameri-
can Navy joined today in threat
ening Japan with new power blows.
leading Rear Adm. Alfred +. Mont.
gomery TO look with confidence to
the future and early determination
OF the japanese.
These predictions were under
scored by daily air blows reaching
into Nippons inner defenses and
Japanese losses in China. Burma
and New Guinea.
Radio France said Free French
forces would join the Pacific war
after Hitler's defeat. Their eyes
will be on French Indo- China,
whose doors were thrown open TO
Japan by the Vichy government,
but the radio promised the French
would fight until the final crush
ing OF our enemy In Asia"
Carriers in Action
Japan hasn't seen anything yet
in the way OF naval striking power
said Vice Adm. Aubrey w. Fitch In
hioNlOslllb AAt 1HlAtu oNdltN uab
nearly 100 aircraft carriers in ac-
ton. They include II OF the Essex
class which he said made possible
the swift advance to Guam where
miniature Pearl Harbor Ia being de-
veloped for the push toward the
Philippines and China.
Along that road land-based planes
scissoring lin from the north and
south struck the zap, Palau and
Halmahera approaches to the Phil
ippines and kindled fires In Davao.
pre-war Japanese towir in the
Southern Philippines. Their blows
scored the words OF Dr. Carlos p.
Romulo, new resident commission
er OF the islands, that at last we
see the way clear back TO the
Philippines"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30


Saipan, Marianas Islands-(De
layed) The three Marines were
sprawled on a palm grove hillside.
They were utterly spent. Their
faces were beard stubbled, their
clothes muddy, torn. They had
Just returned from 25 days OF front
line fighting against the Japs on
bloody Saipan.
There were showers, shaves, and
clean clothes ahead. There was
the promise Of uninterrupted nights
of sleep during which they would
not have to stand watch against
enemy banzai raids against their
foxholes.
Put for the minute, they were
too exhausted to move. They sim
ply wanted to rest. 1t turned out
that they were all from the De
troit area.
They were Marine Private First
Class r. j. Lippman, OF 1920 Gov
entry Street, Detroit; Private First
Glass ]. d. Maffesoli, of 1260S
Cameron Street, Highland Park
Mich; and Corporal Leo J. Wag
ner of 610 Vought Street, Ypsilanti
Michigan.
Was In YpslIantI
Corporal Wagner, after giving his
address, said that l would not
know how to spell the name of his
hometown. recalled that had
lived in Detroit. had been in Ypsi'
lanti often, particularly one night
when the county jail there was sur
rounded by a large crowd during
the Ypsilanti torch murders. Wag
ner remembered that he had been
in the same crowd that night.
All of us talked about Detroit
how we would like to walk dowr
Woodward Avenue In our dress
greens; which restaurants and
barsg we would head for first
That's mainly what Marines tall
about out here, about their homes
and their home towns.
In Same Unit
Wagner. Lippman and Maffesol
were in the same engineering uni
in the veteran Fourth Marine Di
vision in the Marshall Islands cam
paign earlier this year. In this
campaign on Saipan, the unit was
used as infantry and assault engi
neers. The latter is broad term
covering a multitude OF occupa
tions, such as blowing up caves
and mine fields and using flame
throwers and bazookas, most o
the time out in advance OF the
front lines.
The three Michigan Marines
had seen enough action in the las
day OF fighting on Saipan to last
an average man a lifetime. 1t was
Wagner who reported how jar
used his hara-kiri knife for the
good purpose for which it was in
tended. The Marine corporal sur
prised the Jap soldier in a peck
ct of rocks on the northern beach
He did not see the enemy until he
was about five feet away. The
Jap already had the suicide knife
unsheathed. Before Wagner could
act, the Jap slashed himself twice
in the side, then poised the knife
above his chest, drove 1t into his
heart. withdrew it and laid Il
across his chest.
Blast Caves
Lippman told how Wagner, Maj
fesoli, and himself had been with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
City Workers
To Meet Sept. s

Members OF State. County and
Municipal Workers OF America,
Local 269 CLIO, will meet Septem-
Der 6 in Local so hall for discus
sion OF their demands upon the City
of Ypsilanti for 10 per cent wage
increase.
Foss Baker, sub.regional director
of the State Labor Mediation Board,
is expected to be present.
The Union at its last meeting
here Aug. 10 decided to seek a
directive in their dispute from their
regional board.
Robert Wienstein, Michigan reg
ional director. may attend II Mr..
Baker finds It impossible to be
present.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Western College
Buys 79 Acres

Kalamazoo. Mich. Aug 30--UP
The 79-scre Gateway golf course
will be purchased by State and
Western Michigan College for
S104 900, the Kalamazoo City Com
mission announced today. The
tract will be used for college eK.
pansion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
u. s. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan - Increasing
cloudiness and a little warmer to-
night. Thursday showers and cool
er. Increasing winds.
Highest temperature yesterday,
IS: lowest last night, 81.
Highest temperature one year
ago. today. IS; lowest. SO.
Highest temperature this date in
last II years "a In 1882; lowest,
43 In 1884.
The sun sets today at $40 and
rises Thursday at 6:56.
The moon rises today at 6:i3 p.
n and sets Thursday at 1855.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Congress Today

(By the Associated Press)
House
Meets at IL a. m. (EWT). Con-
tinues debate on postwar unem-
ployment compensation.
Senate
In recess until noon Thursday.
Senate and House conferees meet
on surplus property. disposal bill
executive 90 a. m, EWT).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Thursday Last
Day For Plates

The Ypsilanti Board OF CONNER
ce will remain open Thursday eve
ming until p. m. TO enable late
purchasers TO obtain their half
year license plates. Thursday eve
ming Is the deadline.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
One Injured
in Accident

An accident involving three cars
resulted in the disqualification OF
Francis Herbert, 1855 Niagara,
Wayne, a passenger in one OF the
cars which collided at 4:45 p. m.
Tuesday on Tyler Rd., east OF
Wizard Rd., in Washtenaw County.
Herbert, now confined In the
Wayne General Hospital for treat
ment OF head and back injuries,
was a passenger in the car driven
by Harry Hungerford, 1929 Anna
polls. Wayne, which bumped into
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
Flashes of
Late News

NEW YoRK-INS-The Catchall
District 80 OF John L. Lewis Unit
ed Mine Workers was resoundingly
defeated today by an election In
which the CIO Transport Workers
Union triumphed by a vote OF 3
to /. In a contest conducted by the
New York State Labor Relations
Board, the TWU won 2,1lS votes to
District SOS 772. The vote was
among workers on the Third Ave.
railway system.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
NAMES COMMISSION

Monroe, Aug. 30-AP- Mayor
George DAM has named a nine
man planning commission to rec
ommend a program OF postwar i'm
provement projects.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30
YPSILANTI TOPIC
IN SAIPAN PALM
GROVE REGION
CPL. L. J. WAGNER TALKS
WITH PALS AFTER BATTLE

By Sergeant Marine Combat Correspondent
formerly Of the international News
Service
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

LONDON-INS-Henry de Man,
former Belgian minister captured
by French patriot forces on the
Swiss frontier, Is one of the first
of Europe's Quislings to fall into
Allied hands, the Belgian news
agency said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

LINDEN. n. J.-INS-The East
ern Aircraft Division of General
Motors was notified today by the
Navy Department to step up pro-
duction OF TBM Avengef torpedo
bombers but to cut back produc-
ton OF FM-2 wildcat fighters.
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Auto License office open Thursday
evening p. m. Adv. SCI
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

HAMMOND, Ind.-AP- Sidmon
McHie who rose from newsboy TO
become prominent on LaSalle and
Wall Streets and publisher OF the
Hammond Times, died early today
from injuries suffered last Friday
when the car which he was driving
was struck by railroad locomo-
tive south Of Lansing. Ill. Born in
Crosse Pointe, Mich. Nellie, a
farm boy, moved to Detroit and sold
newspapers. In 1873 he establish
ed his own brokerage firm in Chi
cago.
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See EUROPE Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

TRENTON. n. JAP Attor-
neys for Armand Z. Robichaud,
Newark public relations man. pre-
pared a habeas corpus petition to-
day in their fight against his extra
dition to Michigan to face a charge
that he conspired to bride Michi-
gan legislators. Robichaud's coun-
sci, Richard J.. Fitzmaurice, said he
would ask the Essex County court
for a habeas corpus writ within a
few days.
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See YPSILANTI-Pi
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

LONDON-AP-An armistice pro-
posal couched in take II or leave
it. terms probably will be handed
to Bulgarian emissaries within the
next few days, and under presen;
plans probably will be signed in
Cairo. a dispatch from that capital
said today. The identities OF the
Bulgarian delegates. who probably
number four, have not been dis
closed.
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Nelson, Hurley off For China

NVHH INV Wb"N' -'HWN
himself had been with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

WASHINGTON - APP Senator
George (D-Ga.) author OF the Sen
ate-approved rehabilitation and
reconversion measure, voiced hope
today the House would put back
the provisions, ripped out by its
Ways and Means Committee. fo-
handling the problems Of the job
less in the reconversion era.
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See ACCIDENT-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

READING, Pa.-AP-Chief Phar-
macists Mate Paul b. Binder, who
won the Croix de Guerre in World
war for leading 500 blinded
Frenchmen through a poison gas
hollow although his own mask
leaked, has been killed in action
in the South Pacific, the Navy De-
partment notified his wife today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-07

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