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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
D-Day Prayer
Services to
be Arranged

All clergymen in this vicinity in
Guiding the federal housing area,
are 10 be asked for their coopera-
ton in arranging prayer services
and in giving residents an oppor-
tunity for silent meditation and
prayer on D-Day, the invasion day
the Ypsilanti Ministerial Associa-
ton agreed Tuesday afternoon at a
meeting called for the purpose OF
making plans for the D-Day OBJ
seryance.
Ministers agreed that all church
es with church bells will ring them.
with air raid sirens and factory
whistles also sounding, when the
appointed hour. designated by the
governor for brief observance. ar
rives. According to present plans al
that hour the sirens and bells will
sound throughout the state for a
80 second interval, after which
there VIII be aHs0- SEE ond interval
during which there is to be cessa-
ton OF all activities in factories.
offices. schools and on the street
According to plans OF the local
ministers, churches in this vicinity
will be given opportunity to ar
range their own prayer services. as
no union service is planned. A let.
ter was drafted, to be sent TO all
clergymen in the area. requesting
their cooperation in this, and asking
that from the time the invasion is
announced until 10 p m. on the eve
ming OF that day, churches remain
open. The letter closed with the
statement: I'm this decisive hour
in the history OF the world, Chris
tians must give a united express
sion Of their witness against the
forces OF evil that would destroy
all for which we stand"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
Marriage by Women
Lasts for "a Days

Los Angeles. May 24-AP- A
marriage between two women.
which lasted for "a days before the
wife discovered the others sex.
has been apnulled by Superior
Judge Henry VI. Willis.
Plaintiff in yesterdays action
was Shirley Mae Boston. who said
she went through a marriage cere.
mony in Las Vegas in 1912 with
Jerry Boston, 80. whose true name.
she said, was Tremia Boston. She
testified Jerry told her they should
not live together as man and wife
Immediately. and that she did not
know the other was a woman un.
I'll so informed by Jerry's sisters
g days after the ceremony.
Jerry's Whereabouts. she added
are unknown.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
KELLY MAY SPEAK

Detroit. Mich. May 2i-AP--The
Commencement address al Uniyer.
sity OF Detroit graduation exer.
cises May 81 will be delivered by
Governor Kelly who will be award
ed an honorary doctor OF laws de.
gree Fred NJ Zeder. Chrysler
Corp. executive and the Rev. Car.
roll F. Deadly. srchdiocesan super
intendent Of Catholic schools. also
will receive honorary degrees.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
Even Monkeys Suffer
From Boys Spending

Atlanta. May 24-AP--Even the
monkeys in the 700 had stomach
aches in the wake OF a spend ny
spree staged by three boys. aged :.
8 and 10 who told police they found
*166 in grocery store
After the find The trio started
peeling the roll az Grant Park
Zoo. They stocked the elephants
with peanuts. the monkeys with
sweets. and themselves with ham
burgers, hot dogs. pop and ice
cream. The mixture floored the
boys
After a stay in the juvenile de.
tention home. the spenders. still.
pale, led police on a fruitless search
in woods where they said they hid
500.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Fair North: oc.
'asional showers or thunderstorms
onight and Thursday. Little
hange in temperature
Highest temperature yesterday.
is; lowest last night so.
Highest temperature one year
go today, So: lowest. So.
Highest temperature this date
n last II years, s. in 1888: lowest.
3 in 1925
The sun sets today at s:54 p. N.
nd rises tomorrow at sos a. m.
The moon rises today at II "a p.
n and sets 50 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
Money Stolen From
Gasoline Station

Theft Of S2l3s2 and q handbook
from a SAFE IN the Daniels Service
station sol T. Michigan Ave. was
reported to police Tuesday a. 90
p. m. According to George West
bay. manager OF the station. the
larceny took place between ~ a
m and 2 m
Two youths were arrested by po-
lice for questioning Tuesday eve
ming. but were later released.
RANTS, 7 w. MICHIGAN. pH Ia
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

Rome, TOUR miles south or
Nelletri. They advanced
within a half mile Of stra-
tegic Cisterna and broke
German defenses on a wide
front British tommies surged
with tanks across the Moletta Riy-
er. II miles south OF Rome, into
main anchor positions OF the Nszi
line on the west
The French took Pico in the
south and the Fifth Army captured
Lenoia. 5s miles from Rome Both
we're Hitler line bsstions Al one
point In the mountains Americans
surged ten miles forward for to-
tai advance OF 30 miles since tbs
offensive began The Allies count
ed ! 500 more prisoners hundreds
more were streaming back TO
cages
AweinSpirlng fleets Of 500 or
more American planes bombed Ber-
lin and German air bases near
Paris, while similar armsdas few
from Italy up the Danube Basin 10
Vienna, the Germans reported.
wave upon wave OF medium L. 8.
bombers Elashed the French coast.
overnight. British mosquitoes dro-
pped twoton bombs on Berlin For
mund and French railroads without
loss.
Common Objective
Prime Minister Churchill told
Commons the British Common
wealth had one common immedi-
ate objective to beat the enemy
as soon as possible. lie decriod
Turkish hesilancy but said tho
Balkans would he won without
Turkeys help. lie expressed hope
that perled Rome would he SAVED.
Russia served virtual ultima
tum to unstable Bulgaria 10 change
its pro Nazi policy by midnight to-
morrow or suffer severed relations.
Aukara reported. The Russian
Armies probed many sectors OF the
long restiye eastern front The
breach between Russia and the
Polish exiled government in Lon
don seemed to widen as a Polish
National Council committee reach
ed Moscow and the Soviet radio de-
nounCed the London regime.
German lines in Italy were melt
ing Ike preached dikes Cana
dams smashed the Hitler line near
Pontecorvo and the French dug
deep into NaEi TANKS in the Liri
Valley.
Mediterranean air forces flew
1850 sorties yesterday mainly near
the immediate fronts. Nine planes
we're lost, six Nazis were destroy
ed.
In Full Retreat
A Chinese counterofensiVe
steadily gathering momentum to-
day forced into full retreat a
crack japanese army aiming at the
heart OF China.
The weeks-long hghting in
wheat-rich Honsn province has
reached new phase, the Chi
nese high command declared, and
the new full-scale counter blows
are forcing back the Japanese In
all sectors.
Iushih, roughly 400 miles nortn-
east OF Chungking, was recaptured
from the invaders. Other Chinese
forces besieged in strategic 10y
any furiously fought OFF attackers
and awaited reinforcements push
ing in from the southwest.
The main Chinese counter-attack
appeared developing along the Lun-
ghai railroad. heading toward
Shanhsien and Loyang Thus It
seemed the threat TO Tungkwan.
west OF those cities and control
ling an invasion route to Chung
king. was being eased
Myitkyina far to the south IN
northern Burma continued a Bit
terly-sought prize for 1t. Gen. Jo-
seph W Stillwell's Chinese and
American troops.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
Congress Today
CBy Associated Pressj

CBy Associated PreFsl
Senate
IN recess until Thursday
Banking Committee begins work
on amendments 10 OPA extension
bill 10 30 a m Eastern War
Time
House and Senate conferees
meet on &C !. bill Of rights
u 30 ? NJ
House
Considers District OF Columbia
appropriation bill meets al noon.
Ramspeck Committee hears At
f0rnev General Biidle on Mont.
gomery Ward seizure 10 a M
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
Flashes of
Late News

WASHINGTON INS-The Chi
lean government, it was disclosed
today. has warned the Argentine
government TO abandon its inde-
pendent and undemocratic line OF
action and join forces with the
democratic nations OF the Ameri-
cas-. This was revealed by Chilean
Senator Herman Vide,a, in an eK-
elusive statement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
DR.. HICKEY RETIREs

Detroit. Mich, May 2i-AP-Dr.
Paul r. Hickey. 20, for the past
% years president of the Detroit
Institute OF Technology. snnounc-
ed his retirement Tuesday night.
lie sais he ps TO become a parS
tine book critic in Riverside,
Conn.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24
French Take Pico in South
as Lenola F alls to
Fifth Army.

Associated Prcsel
Allied troops drove gaping holes into the Anzo beach,
head lines and the Hitler Notifications less than 20 miles
south, advancing swiftly and decisively today in twin Of
fenses TO destroy the German tenth and 4th armies and
capture Rome
Americans in the beachhead occupied than a mile
of the Appan and cut the double trunk railway from
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

DETROIT, Mich AP-ErneSt
G. Liebold, one time personal
secretary and spokesman for
Henry Ford has become disas-
ISOLATED with the Ford Motor
Co., II vas disclosed today. The
company and Liebold. who is
nearly so, had no comment. Lie
bold was employed in 1910 as
Ford's secretary. His period Of
greatest authority in the Ford
organization was in the early
twenties when he was consid-
cred the man closest TO Ford.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

HAMILTON, Ont.-AP A
flash fire swept through
crowded dance hall today, kill
ing four persons and injuring
81, nine critically. Most Of the
20 persons attending the dance
in Moose Hall jumped or were
crowded from second story
windows.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

WASHINGTON APP With de-
Tense attorneys protesting almost
every question and answer, Peter
Gissibl, SO, former leader OF the
Chicago unit Of the German Amer
lean Bund continued today to lay
the groundwork OF evidence by
which the government is seeking to
convict % persons OF conspiring to
undermine the morale OF our armed
forces
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

y
General Biddle was called upon TO-
day 10 explain to a special House
Committee the basis for his ruling
that broad wartime powers OF the
President fully supported the troop
seizure OF Montgomery Ward &
Co. Biddle's role in the controver-
sial case was before the Ramspeck
committee assigned to investigate
whether the seizure OF the big Chi
!. cago mail order house infringed on
constitutional rights.
LONDON-AP-Th Berlin radio
indicated today an official state.
ment may be forthcoming soon on
the reported shooting OF a. Raj
officers at a German prison camp
near Dresden. In view of the con
'troversy started by the British
press and the large publicity given
TO alleged incidents, German
statement of the shooting OF A.
British airmen is being expected
with great interest in Berlin the
broadcast said.
= McALESTER. Okla.-AP-McAl.
ester's IA firemen are quitting their
jobs today, City Manager c. A. Bent
ley said, unless the city council
meets their demand for a $50 min
mum monthly salary. McAlester
had population of-12,401 in 1910.
hut war installations have increased
this figure considerably.
CAMP ANA. Calif.-AP- The
government lashed back today al
the claim OF 1t Beaufort G. Swan.
cult that he was insane when four
persons were slain during and fol-
lowing dance at the Camp ANA
Officers Club the night OF March
>. As the sanity issue in the court
martial neared conclusion, Trial
Nudge Advocate Capt. Charles A..
Thomas summoned three high rank.
ing Army officers, comprising the
medical board that examined swan.
cult March %. to refute testimony
OF neurologists and psychiatrists
for the accused.
SEATTLE-AP-- Several tbou-
Rsand more lumber and logging
workers were scheduled 10 ioin an
estimated $4,000 already idle TODAY
in the billion-dollar Pacific North.
west lumber industry which has he
come paralyzed by swiftly.spread.
ing wildcat walkouts. Between 60
and 70 plywood mills. door plants.
woodworking mills. sawmills and
kindred companies in 90 cities and
towns OF Oregon and Washington
were closed In addition, workers
quit on at least eight log booms
and nine logging camps already
were down.
LONDON-AP- Hospital autb.
critics at southend Hospital des.
cribed today as favorable the con
dition OF bankruptcies born Mon
day night TO Mrs. Daisy Moxham.
wife Of an Raj flying officer. The
fquads-three boys and a girl-are
in specially heated and air-con.
toned ward. where they are be-
Ting fed at halfhour intervals. Dur.
ling the night they we're given a
kfew drops OF brandy
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

RUMMAGE SALE. May 26. to 8
p m. May 81. 10 a. m. to 5 .. m at
Moose Hal, 19 y. Adams. Adv. So
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

HOLLYWOOD APP Clad only
in a mans shirt. Mrs. Ruth Evans,
3l-year.old film studio employe. was
found MORALLY beaten on a resi-
dence porch. I've been TO a party
up the street. and my clothes are
in the house" Police officer J. d.
Temple quoted Mrs. Evans as say.
ing before she died
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

PORT HURON. Mleh.-AP-
A collision In heavy fog sent
one lake carrier aground nine
miles north Of Port Huron to-
day, and second freighter
ran aground of Point Edward.
No loss Of life was reported.
The 504-foot Dow Chemical
Company, upbound with a
load Of coal, was grounded az
ter a collision with the pack
age freighter Huronic Of the
Canada Steamship lines.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-24

MEMORIAL DAY FLOWERS DUF
Adv. 526S
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
Hospital Fund
Gets Approval

Construction of communicable
disease ward and a residence for
internes at st. Monica's Hospital,
to cost approximately $83, 700, has
been approved by the Federal
Works Agency, it was learned last
Saturday.
w. H. Cheney, Berkeley, Calf,
regional director for the FWA,
wired Carl Hayden, U. S. Senator,
that the money had been allotted
for the work.
Plans for the buildings were
prepared by Lescher and Ma
honey, architects, and were sub
mitted to the agency with the
recommendation of the U. S. Pub
lie Health Service.
A call for bids on construction
will be issued in the near future,
it was said.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
Well Known
Citizen Passes

Mrs. Sermance Ash MADAM
SewelD of 18th and Madison ST.,
passed away Monday afternoon.
Madam Sewell came to Phoenix
FL years ago from Oklahoma City
and made this her home. She has
been very active in civic and re-
ligious affairs. Madam Sewell per-
fected gas mask from salvage
inner tubes which she offered to
the government free of charge.
She is survived by one son John
Wagner and her parents Rev. and
Mrs. Boyd of Phoenix.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
$1,000 Bond Rally
Orchestra And
Entertainment

For your pleasure Sunday eve
ming, July 9th, the Colored Pro-
fessiona1 and Business Mems Club
announces the special engagement
of Kingman Air Base Orchestra
and Entertainers for their bond
drive at Phyllis Wheatley Center,
1885 East Jefferson Street, Sun
day evening, July 9th at eight
o'clock.
This organization is entirely
new to Phoenicians and will pre-
sent type of entertainment that
will be refreshing.
In addition to the program to be
furnished by the soldiers there
will be several fine numbers fur
nished by Newton (Carolina
Bronson, coordinator of Recrea-
ton for the City of Phoenix
In order to assist us in reaching
our quota of twenty thousand dol
lars bring along your checkbook
or your pocketbook. And remem-
Der that the program is scheduled
to begin at eight o'clock.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
Mrs. Minnie Gibson
Passes Away

Mrs. Minnie Gibson, 910 S. 9th
Ave-, passed away Thursday
morning, June 10Th, at her resi-
dence, after an illness of several
months. Mrs. Gibson had been
suffering from arthritis of the
spine, for some time, but not until
March did she really give in to
her complaint.
With Mrs. Gibson, when she
passed, at 1855 in the morning,
were her nieces, Daisy Moore,
Alice MCGEE, and Edna Gonaway,
her nephews John and Patrick
Durham, and her brother-in-law,
MIR. Zack Durham.
Mrs. Gibson came to Phoenix
with her sister, Mrs. Durham, and
her family, in 1922, and they re-
sided since then, with the excep-
ton of a short time, at the above
address.
Death has been frequent visi-
tor to this family. Pete Durham
died June Is, 1941. His brother
Ralph passed Nov 2, 1943, and
mother, Mrs. Durham followed six
weeks later, on Dec. 18, 1943.
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Gibson, Monday morning,
July 3rd.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
Mrs. Blunt Claimed
By Death

Mrs. Ellen Willis Blunt, former
ly of Mobile, Ala, passed away
June 25th, at the home of her
daughter, % N. Park ST., where
she had resided, since coming to
Phoenix. Mrs. Blunt had been i'll
for quite some time She was also
blind, and had been widowed
since 1888.
Surviving her death are four
children, Mrs. Annie Sutton, Mr..
Bill Vaughn, Mrs. Martha jack
son, and Mrs. Gertrude Nixon,
of Shelly, Ala. She also had II
grandchildren, 8 great-grandchil-
dren, a niece, Mrs. Mary Perkins,
a nephew, Dan Vaughn, of Okla
homa City, Oklahoma, and a host
of friends.
Well liked by her neighbors,
and all who knew her, Mrs. Blunt
will be sadly missed.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning, July 3rd, at the
Antioch Baptist Church, with Rev.
]. H. Payton officiating. Intern
ment was at Mobile, Ariz., beside
the grave of her husband, Jack
Blunt.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
AND WE'LL CONTINUE 70 FIGHT FOR ubERTY!"
Scout Home
Is Dedicated

A clubhouse and playground for
colored Boy Scouts was dedicated
at program, featuring addresses
by prominent civic leaders, held
here Thursday night.
Dedication speakers were Mayor
]. R. Fleming; J. r. Bachelor,
federal recreation representative
for Arizona; H. L. Dunham, repre-
sentative of the Community Ac-
tivities Board; Fred Wilson, city
commissioner; and the Rev. j. A.
Motion, missionary for the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mu-
sic for the occasion was provided
by the Fort Huachuca Post Band,
which had been touring the state
with the Fifth War Loan Caval-
cade. The band played at the dedi-
cation following its appearance
with the Cavalcade unit at the
Fox Theater Thursday night.
More than 500 persons attended
the dedication of the home located
at Adams and 18th Streets. The
new home is sponsored by the
Phoenix Civic Welfare League,
Inc, an organization composed of
representatives from Is colored
fraternal and civic organizations.
League members, headed by John
w. Washington, president, obtain
ed money for the project through
various Embarrassing activities.
The home and playground will be
headquarters for colored scouts of
Troop No. 7, directed by Scout
master Lloyd Dickey. Volleyball,
basketball, skating and dancing
will be held on the concrete slabs
constructed on the grounds which
cover two large lots 100 feet wide
by 157 feet deep.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
Fourth Of July
Barbecue Dinner

The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
gave a Barbecue Picnic at the
East Lake Park for the benefit of
the Colored Orphans Home, to be
erected on South 7th ST., in the
very near future. This will be,
when erected, the only one of its
kind in the state, solely for Negro
children.
The dinner consisted of delici-
Gus barbecued beef, potato salad
and brown beans.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
BY Mrs. S. M. White

Mr.. Church said in a recent ad-
dress 'It will take Education and
thorough understanding between
the races to solve the race prob
lem.' / feel like this: if our boys
who offered their services volun-
tarily at the beginning of this war
had been accepted and allowed to
work in industrial plants at what
ever capacity they were qualified
to fill along with other boys, and
allowed the same chance of pro-
motion, given the same salaries,
our production would have reach
ed its present height year ago.
Thereby helping our allies as well
as ourselves to bring this war to a
speedy and victorious end.
But sue hmen as Bilbo and Tai
man and other Nazi sympathizers
who are hiding their identity un-
der the guise of American citizens,
but in reality are regular wolves
in sleeps clothing, are detrimen-
tai to the whole war effort.
They may have on the garment
of sheep but their long wolf
ish" mouth will be sticking out
and their tails will surely show.
These Nazi sympathizers who
claim to be American citizens will
do everything in their power to
destroy the very thing our De-
mocracy ensures. They are in
reality traitors to the cause of
freedom. They would rather see
us lose this war than to give the
minority group what is justly due
them under our Constitution.
Some of these southern whites
and few others in different Sec
tions of the country, pretend they
don't understand what is meant
by social equality; So, this is what
l would like for them to under
stand, that we Colored Americans
do not want social equality in the
sense in which some of the South
ern whites pretend to think we do.
We are not wanting to marry into
other races nor are we wanting
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
War Departments Highest Award
Given To CoIored Workers

Too often we are prone to over
look instances of heroism on the
home front in the war production
which is so necessary for final
victory. In this connection recent
ly the Exceptional Service EN-
blem, the highest award the War
Department gives civilian employ
ees, was awarded to two colored
employees of War Department
plants. They were Ernest Wheel
er, laborer at the Red River Ord
nance Depot, Texarkana, Texas,
and Mrs. Allese G. Lee, an en-
ployee of the Pine Bluff Arsenal
and Chemical Warfare Service
Plant at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Wheeler, on March II, 1914, was
engaged in cleaning up around the
engtine test stand, while three me-
chanics were readjusting the en-
gine. The engine exploded,
spreading burning gasoline over
clothing worn by the mechanics.
Two fell to the floor and extin-
guished the flames by rolling
along the flooring. The third me-
chanic began running through the
aisles. Mr.. Wheeler finally caught
up with him, and, despite the
frantic efforts of the mechanic,
covered his face preventing him
from inhaling smoke and flames.
Medical officers agree that Mr..
Wheeler's action probably saved
the mechanics life.
Mrs. Lee, whose husband is in
the Army of the United States
now serving in India, displayed
courage and heroism over and be-
yond the call of duty on the pro-
duction line on July 10, 1943, when
she heard an explosion and ran
out of her cubicle to determine
what happened. She saw Edward
Morris, hopper-filler operator,
staggering on the ramp, enveloped
in flames. She ran up the ramp,
and, with her bare hands, tore the
burning clothing off the man.
With second degree burns on
her hand, Mrs. Lee returned to
work on the same shift, after re-
ceiving medical attention, and,
though severely burned, Morris is
living proof of woman's patriot
ism and real courage.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
Armstrong Gets Offer

Los Angeles, July l = (AP) -
Henry Armstrong; manager,
George Moore, said yesterday he
had received an offer of $4,000
from Promoter Max JOSS for the
former triple-crown champion to
fight August 2 at Ebbetts Field,
Brooklyn. Moore said Armstrong
would not commit himself until
the opponent has been named.
Arizona sun., 1944-07-07
Education And Understanding Will
Solve The Race Problem

them to take us into their social
circles. We do want to be given
equal consideration and oppor-
tunities to earn a living the same
as any other American.