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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-04-13
Double Blows
Are Scored on
Enemy Plants
Squodrons Roar in
Over Europe from
ltoIy and Britoin
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR


LONDON, April l3-4P, -
u. S. heavy bombers landed a
double blow at German aircraft
production today, striking from
Italy at works in Hungary and
from Britain at important plants
in Germany.
The 18th Air Force, based at
Foggia, Italy, hit a Messer-
schmitt factory near Gyor, 20
miles northeast of Budapest, as
we'll as railroad car and ma
chine works. The Tokol air.
drome ASSEMBLY plant 81 miles
southwest of Budpest came un-
der Etbefater -attaek.---
SCATTERING BLOWS
The Eighth Air Force, Brit
ain-based, made an attack on
aircraft plants at Augsburg and
Oberpfotfenhofen, air force in
stallations at Lechfield. and a
ball-bearing works at Schwein-
furt, an official announcement
said. More than 500 bombers,
accompanied by $50 to 1000
fighter planes, went on this OPP
GRAFTON, and the announcement
observed:
The targets. all highly i'm
portant 10 the German Air
Force, had been hit previously
and todays blows were design
ed both to disrupt repairs and
inflict new damage"
RADIO SILENCE
German radio programs we're
broken for warnings of Ameri-
can aircraft penctrations both
from the south and west. Sta
tons began fading from the air
shortly after Britain-b a e d
fleets streaked out across the
Channel.
Dawn assaults by both Amer
lean Marauders hitti ng at
France and Belgium and by
British medium blasts at North
ern France carried the current
air series into its sixth straight
day.
An Allied announcement said
that Raj Wellingtons making
the Budapest raids last night
had hit the capital with 1000
pound blockbusters for the first
time. 1t was the third Allied
raid of the month on the city's
rail yards in a series of attacks
See AIR-WAR-Page 2
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City Employees
GeipayBoosf
$40 Per Month
Increase Approved

If city policemen walked their
beats with a smile today, and
street cleaners whistlcd while
they worked, it was because City
Commissioners last night voted
a general increase in salaries
and wage rates amounting to
approximately $40 per month
for every city employc, and
representing a gross annual pay
roll increase of S7.260.
The increase represented s
per cent pay raises for all, with
higher paid city officials and
subordinate clerks sharing the
same increase, Sl20 a year.
The City Commission an
nounccd the increased payroll in
conjunction with its re-appoint-
ment of all officials and de-
heads
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PAY SCHEDULE

The new schedule sets mu-
nicipal employees pay as follows:
Clerk Joseph II. Matthews,
So, 500 Treasurer George A.
bankers. So ,420; Assessor Har-
old Lindsey, $500 Members
of the Board of Review, Henry
w. Miller. William Stuck and
Homer DcSlover, $50 each an
nually; Attorney Bert V. Nun
ncley, $500; Health Officer w.
See PAY RAISE-Page
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ONE EACH FROM MAJOR PARTY RANKS
Held and Nicholson Enter Mocomb Prosecutors Race

oconddAe from Democrat and %
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hlrF b serving is
thu M init Mt
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Impartial Coverass
OF All loeol News
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Army Camps :.
in City Park

Riverside Park today served as
the scene Of Army practice maneuv.
ers for the 72Sth battalion OF Mill
tary Police from Camp River Rouge.
Wide-eyed youngsters watched
the approximately 500 men drive
into the park in trucks and jeeps.
equipped with guns and all neces-
sary material for practice maneuv-
ers.
The battalion was under the com.
mand OF 1t. John Bagby.
Ypsilanti Fire Department receiy-
ed the request Wednesday after
noon to supply the battalion with
water. They completed laying the
hose as the soldiers arrived.
Within less than half an hour
after their arrival, the men had
pitched their tents and their tenn
porary camp was in order. A rest
period and lunch served from mo-
bile kitchens preceded the maneuv-
ers.
A loudspeaker was used 10 give
directions to the men. Civilians
were ordered out OF the biyouac
area.
James Maloney, director OF the
U.S.O. offered the facilities OF the
club to the Army unit in the park,
but officers in charge preferred
no definite program be set up.
However the US.O will be open
for the use OF the group.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
M.S.N.C. Social Functions
Open to Ypsilanti Residents

Science Building the physics de.
partment Is sponsoring an open
house. Exhibits will be on display
and demonstrations by the staff OF
the department will be given.
At o'clock this evening Eldon
W. Mason. director OF the Amer.
can Junior Red Cross in the mid
western area will speak on the
work OF that organization and will
show motion pictures In the Mems
Lounge OF Charles McKenny Hall.
Junior Red Cross exhibits will also
be on display in McKenny Hall
Open House will be all day Tues.
day in the Administration build.
ing basement and the Welch Han
basement 10 show summer school
students and townspeople the work
being done in the Industrial arts
department.
A students musical recital at s
o'clock Tuesday evening will con-
clude the summer session activity
program.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Fourth Term Vote Coming Today
w allace Will
Fight For
Post

Chicago Stadium, July 20-AP-
A Democratic convention that whip
ped itseR~-intn near-hysteria at
every mention Of the name Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt prepared 20
vote fourth term nomination to-
day, hear II accepted by the Presi.
dents radio-borne voice. and then
plunge into an increasingly bitter
battle over second place.
The lines were drawn by party
leaders, headed by National Chair
man Robert f. Hannegan, for the
nomination OF 60-year-old Senator
Harry Truman OF Missouri for vice
president.
But a tousled. fighting Henry
Wallace. who sweated out last
nights keynoting convention SEES
sion in an ordinary delegates seat
with the Iowa group, made II
tough for the strategists who want
ed to eliminate him and name the
chairman OF the Senate's War In
vestigating Committee on the first
ballot.
Brushing his hair back out OF his
eyes and signing an autograph in
almol the same motion, Wallace
told reporters crowding around the
cornstalk high Iowa standard:
"All l know is that there ls
strong evidence OF a fine liberal
sentiment in this convention and
II is encouraging"
Later. in an after-midnight speech
to several hundred delegates from
western states, Wallace said he
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Blood Unit to
be Here Soon

The next Blood Donor Day In
Ypsilanti will be August l. from
1890 to 4:3O p. m, at the Method
ist Church. Because three Of the
church organizations have already
contributed $50 toward the canteen
expense. this will be Lutheran Day.
Ten women from the Stein Circle.
the Tackman Circle, and the Ladies'
Aid will assist now with registra-
tons. Mesdames Lulu Buccos.
Charles Clough. Nelson Clough,
John Hadley, Ferdinand Herbst
Rote Holmes, Lester Klein, Elmer
Peters, Ferdinand Roehrs, or Leslie
Russell will make telephone ap-
pointments. One may also register
by telephone with Mrs. d. B. South.
the head registrar or with Miss
Estabrook Rankin. general chair
man OF Blood Donor Service.
With July /, the interval between
the donations was widened 10 A
period OF ten weeks. Five donations
year are the maximum number
accepted by the Detroit Blood Bank
OF which Ypsilanti is a contribut'
ing unit. The age limits are is to
so, but those under q years must
bring written permission from a
parent or guardian.
Red Cross officials state "Ru'
mors that Red Cross sells blood 10
the armed forces are absolutely
false. Red Cross turns blood over
10 the armed forces without charge
and has nothing TO do with the use
OF plasma processed from it. The
plssma is used by the medcal per
sonnet in the armed forces and
they make no charge 70 the service
man receiving It.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

dictator who heads rump Republican Fascist gov.
eminent the cement said
Reichsmarsha Hermann Goerng at once went to Hitler
upon learning of what had happened, the Berlin broad
cast added.
1t the second time at least during the that Hit
Ter narrowly missed death.
The first time Nov. 8, 1889 when a bomb ex-
poded in the Munich Fuehrer
braton marking his ilfated putsch o 1923.
The
Alfred Jod Htlers chief military Boden
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Graft Deniials
Made in Court

Mason. July 20-AP- Through
the sworn testimony Of defend
ants on trial in the legislative
graft conspiracy case. the defense
sought today to establish that Maj.
Charles F. Hemans. Lansing lobby
list, falsely took oath that he had
bribed II members Of the 1899
legislature as the hired agent OF
the other five respondents, officials
OF finance companies.
Four past and present members
OF the legislature followed one an
other to the witness stand yester.
dap to brand as false the testimony
Of Hemans. a key prosecution wit
ness, and Joseph c. Roosevelt, his
assistant. that the brides were
paid. More defendant witnesses
are to testify in the next several
days.
Recalled to the stand today was
former State Senator William NJ.
Bradley of Detroit whose testimony
yesterday was interrupted by gales
OF laughter in which the defendant,
the Judge and jury frankly partici-
pated, as he sought in vain to re-
call bills he had introduced. de-
spite the occasionally accurate
promptings OF his attorney, George
Fitzgerald, as to bill numbers and
dates OF Introduction.
In succession former Senators
d. Stephen Renzie Of Norway,
Mich, and Henry f. Shea, OF Laur-
ium and Lansing, Representative
William G. Buckley of Detroit and
Bradley. among the IL legislative
defendants in the trial, took oath
that they never had received a
bribe, cash or otherwise, to influ-
ence their votes as charged in the
grand jury warrant on which they
are being tried in circuit court.
and as alleged In the testimony OF
Hemans and Roosevelt.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Search For Missing
Girls Intensified

City police, sheriffs deputies
and the state police are intensity
ing the search for two missing teen
age girls. Hazel Smith, IL, OF
Bloomingdale, and Geraldine Matth-
ews. Is. OF Allegan, who were re-
ported as having been seen in the
Ypsilanti area recently.
Hazel is five feet. three inches
tall, weighs about lis pounds, and
has brown eyes and dark brown
hair She Is very dark complect-
ed and looks old for her age. Ger
aldine, who sometimes goes by the
name Betty. is also dark complect-
ed and has several moles on the
right side OF her face. She Is
five feet. six inches tall. weighs
about 1875 pounds, and has grey
eyes.
The girls were reported missing
by Hazel's mother, Mrs. Myrtle
Smith, and they have been gone
from their homes nearly two
months.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Delegates-Named by County
Republicans at Convention

lnltely opposed to any one man, or
group OF men, being indispensable
10 national welfare either in peace
or war.
The following were recommended
for election or reelection: Cover.
nor Harry F. Kelly. Vernon J.
Brown, Herman II. Dignan, d. Hale.
Earl c. Kitchener and those Off.
cials to be nominated for the other
state officers at the convention to
be held August /.
George Higgins, candidate for
State Senator, Joseph Z. Warner
and Lewis G. Christman, for the
state legislature, we're recommend.
ed likewise the party candidates
for the county offices.
Delegates elected to the Grand
Rapids state convention, Aug. /, the
first named being the delegate and
the second the alternate, are:
Ann Arbor City, first ward, Wal.
ter Garthe, f. ID. Forsythe; second
ward. first precinct, Julius Haarer.
Harold Finkbeiner; second pre-.
cinct, Clyde Fleming, Mark
Mayne; third ward. George Sid
well. Cecil Creal: fourth and fifth
wards, william j. Saunders, Lewis
Rhoades: sixth ward, Henry +.
VanderVelde, Mrs. Ruth Dana; sew
enth ward. first precinct. Howard
Beatty. Glen Ait. second precinct.
Joseph c. Hooper. Mrs Anna Edsill,
third precinct, Angela Dobson, l.
+. Lafberg:
Ann Arbor Township. John ".
Rae, Mrs. James Inglis; Bridgewa-
ter. Saline City, Saline Township.
Erwin Klager, Z. NJ. Gilbert; Dsx.
ter, Mortified. Webster Townships.
Clare Cahill, Carl Mast: Freedom,
See REPUBLICANS-Page 10
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Hghhghts

Chicago. July 20 --AP- High
lights OF Gov. Robert s. Kerr's
Democratic keynote speech last
night:
The forces Of democracy will &C,
eept (the RepubIlcan's) challenge
and defeat them-eIther on the
issue Of what they did not do and
cannot door on the issue Of
what we have done and viii do.
] have never.....seen men who
had a greater desire or a more
consuming ambition with less JUS
LITIGATION or worthiness for either,
than the Republican leaders this
year.
The Republican party has no
program today, except to oppose.
Let Nc limit them to that role.
Our Republican opponents are
not even united among themselves.
Millions Of them favored Willkie,
and deeply resent his being driven
from the party.
Most Americans, Democrats and
Republicans alike, agree that our
President has done q great Job az
a war leader. Our opponents at
tack him and seek to defeat him
on domestic Issues.
I have never seen a group more
keenly suspicious of each other,
nor have ] ever seen suspicious
better founded.
Mr.. Dewey, we know we are
winning this war with these "tlrsd
old men,"
I share your pride in the unpar.
allied peacetime advances won un-
der the matchless leadership OF
our great President.
What experience have you had
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

Delegates and alternates TO rep
resent Washtenaw County at the
state convention Aug. / in Grand
Rapids were elected today at the
Republican convention in Ann Ar.
Dor.
Carl Stuhrberg, Ann Arbor, key.
noted the meeting and other
talks were given by Frank B. De.
Vine. Rudolph Reichert and Victor
Van Ameringen. all OF Ann Arbor.
Clyde Fleming was chairman.
On recommendation OF the perm
anent organization and order OF
business committee. headed by
Leon Y. Burrell. this city, temper
ar officers wero made permanent.
Resolutions were presented by
George McCallum. Ann Arbor, and
redentials committee report was
given by Ray Burrell. this city,
James r. Breakey, this city. was
elected chairman OF the delegation
10 the state convention with Jo.
seph C. Hooper. Ann Arbor, as vice
chairman
In the resolutions full support 10
the armed forces for the winning
OF total victory was pledged and
there was agreement with the Ma
tional Republican platform regard.
Ing participation with other United
Nations 10 attempt permanent
peace
Postwar policy included putting
men 10 work in peace industries
as quickly as possible, giving spe.
cial attention TO the returning serv-
icemen that government be taken
out OF competition with private in
dustry and that rationing. price fix.
ing and other emergency powers
end with the termination OF war
contracts with speed and fairness.
County Republicans stand as def
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
JAPAN Tries to Form New Cabinet
Der Fuehrer Suffers Burns;
Bruises; Several Important
Generals Receive Injuries

London July 2O-AP- The official German news agency
DNB said today that bomb attempt had been made on
HitlerS life and that the German Chancellor "only
slightly burned" and sustained some bruises
Hitler mot otherwise hurt and continued his
routine work and received NussOln deposed Italian
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Seeks Cabinet

Y
(By international News Service)
The japanese cabinet OF Premier
Gen. Hideki TOTO. unable 10 cope
with the mounting peril to the
Nipponese empire, was shelved 10.
day, while over on the other side
OF the world came hints from
Stockholm OF a possible drastic In
ternal hpheaval In Germany.
The TOTO cabinet. confessing its
war situation which daily Is bring
ing the conflict closer TO the shore
OF Japan, resigned en- masse and
Emperor Hirohito called upon Mar.
quls Koichi KIDD. lord keeper Of
the privy seal, TO attempt to form
a new and stronger government
Announcement OF the ousting OF
the Japanese board OF Information
and was made public through voice
broadcasts and wireless dispatches
by the Jap Domei Agency. The
Federal Communication Commits
sion recorded the Jap accounts.
With the TOTO regime stepping
out 10 make way "for a more pow
erful cabinet in order to renew the
public spirit and to strive toward
an about effort for the prosecu-
ton OF the war" press dispatches
from Stockholm suggested that all
may not be we'll in Berlin.
Communication Cut
All telephone. telegraph lines
and other means OF communication
between the Nazi capital and the
outside world were cut early last
night, a Stockholm dispatch to the
London Daily Mail said.
Although IL was explained that
the severance OF communications
out OF Berlin may be due to Allied
aerial assault, the thoroughness OF
the communications ban caused
speculation in the Swedish capital
over whether something more SER
ious may not have transpired.
Telephone lines were cut at 5 p.
m. but German radio stations con-
tinued in operation. suggesting that
the stoppage Of telephone and tele-
graph lines was not due to aerial
damage but possibly a drastic In
ternal upheaval. the dispatch said.
Fantastic Report
Stockholm sources recalled fan
tastic reports circulating in Swed-
en- TO the effect that Adolph Hitler
Is purging army or civilian person
mel.
Reuters reported from Stockholm
meanwhile that Heinrich Himmler.
stern chief Of the Gestapo who has
attained a position OF real power
behind Hitler, Is being handed
more authority over the German
army. An observer who recently
arrived from Germany said II was
generally expected that Hmm
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
.KlWanians to
Furnish Ward

Members OF the Kiwanis Club
voted to furnish five bed chill
dren's ward for the new addition
of Boyer Hospital at their weekly
luncheon meeting Wednesday at
Hotel Huron.
Preceding the business session,
a motion picture of recreational IA
cilities and scenic landscape Of
Florida was shown. This film. TAX
en- by the Kiwanis Club Of st. Pc
tersburg, Fla. is being shown to
club members throughout the Unit
ed States.
r. R. Lee, vice president OF the
local chapter, was In charge OF
the program. Glenn J. Hart, ath-
letic specialist OF the Naval Air
Station at Jacksonville. Fla. was
guest at the meeting.
Kiwanians decided to send con-
gratulations to Ben Dean Of Grand
Rapids on his recent election as
president OF Kiwanis international.
He came TO the Normal Col
lege in 1909 and at once became
ayTxIFA
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Veterans Affairs
Committee Topic

The executive committee OF the
Council OF Veterans Affairs will
meet this afternoon to discuss sd
visibility OF employing a veterans
counselor for this area.
Members will also consider send
ing a representative to a four-day
training school which the state Is
sponsoring. Paul Ungrodt Is chair.
man OF the committee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

YpsIlanti residents are invited to
attend several special programs
and activities offered during the
remainder OF the summer school
session at Michigan State Normal
College. Dean OF Administration f..
r. Isbell announces.
This evening at S o'clock in the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Youth Runs Into
Side of Taxicab

Twelve year old Eugene Teall
2105 Textile Rd.. suffered a com
pound fracture Of the lower right
leg when he ran into a taxicai
being driven east on f. Michigan
Ave. near Ecorse Rd. wednesday
night.
The driver OF the cab. Theodore
r. Rowan. 1867 oakham, Willow
village, was not able TO turn
enough TO miss the boy as he ran
across the highway. Eugene was
taken 10 Boyer Hospital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
BULLE Tin

by international News service)
Blame for the attempt on the life
OF Adolf Hitler today was placed on
the Allies by the German News
Agency. Its statement said, "The
enemy thought 70 attain by a muir.
derous attempt what II cannot do
by honest arms.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Republicans
Dinner

Plans for carrying on the Repub-
lican campaign in the Ypsilanti
area will be presented at the Re-
publican organization dinner to be
held at the Washtenaw Country
Club Monday evening. according
to Frederick B. Mckay, of the ar
rangements committee.
Mr.. Mckay says that committees
will be authorized at that time.
Important announcements will be
made and there will be two short
addresses.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
u. 6 WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Fair tonight
and Friday. Cooler tonight.
Highest temperature yesterday
IS: lowest last night g..
Highest temperature one year
ago today So; lowest SIS.
Highest temperature this date
in last II years 96 in 1894; low
est 81 in 1871.
The sun sets today at s:02 D. m.
and rises Friday at s:t5 a. m.
The moon sets today a. 93l D.
N. and rises Friday at 1921 O. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20
Flashes of
Late News

ALBANY, n. Y.-AP-Gov. Tho
mas E. Dewey. Republican presi-
Dental candidate. busted himself
with a routine OF state work today
as the Democratic National Con-
vention at Chicago prepared to nom
mate President Roosevelt for a
fourth term.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

sschatZ, Heuslnger and Scherff- Ad.
mirals Voss and Won Putkammer
also were injured.
The DNB announcement said
1t. Gen. schmundt. 1t. Col Brandt
and 1t Col. Borgmann and Collab.
orator Berger were seriously In.
jured."
schmundt was chief military ad.
iutant to Hitler In the days OF
Munich and had since remained
close to the Fuehrer. He was AZ
the Bremen Pass conference OF
Hitler and Benito Mussolini March
rs. 1910, which preceded itaiy's dec
laration OF war upon the Allies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

LANSiNG-AP- The State
Supreme Court today halted en-
foreement OF the new state fin
aneIal responsibility law pend
Ing a rehearlng OF a suit to de-
clare the law unconstitutional.
Court attaches indicated the
court would not hear the petit
ton for a review until early In
September. The court once
has declared the law valid.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

See CONTEMPORARIES 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

ALBANY, n. Y.-AP-The New
York State Court Of Appeals has
refused to review a parole board
denial of an appeal for release
pade by James j. Hines, So, for
her Tammany district leader serv-
ing a four to eight year term In
Sing Sing prison on a lottery con.
viction. The court, in unanimous
decision yesterday, with Associate
Judge Harlan w. Rippey not par
ticipating, ruled that the granting
OF a parole was discretionary" apd
not subject to court review.
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See wAR-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

See HIGHLIGHTs-Page 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

PORTLAND. Ore.-AP- Oregon
motor stages drivers have walked
out in protest of War labor Board
(WLB) panel decision, hating bus
service TO military-crowded Astoria
and other coastal points. The
walkout began yesterday after a
WLB panel recommended hourly
wage scales OF 81 10 sl.15 an hour
instead OF the straight sl.15 asked
by the AFL Motor Coach Employees
Union.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-20

share your pride in the unpar.
allied peacetime advances won un-
der the matchless leadership OF
our great President.