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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-30
OFFICIALS WHO QUIT

The resigned Go officials are
Nina Thauren, former secretary
of ACA-CIO Local As, and Ronnie
Weidenhamer, former shop stew
ard in the Western Union plant
department.
Weidenhamer resigned after
taking a leave of absence from
his Job 10 organize for the ALL.
He charged the Go union dis
eliminated against those employees
of Western Union who had been
working for the company before
IT merged with Postal Telegraph
The Go union, he said. favored
Postal Telegraph employees be
cause il had a closed shop con-
tract with that company.
Miss Thauren resigned after she
was made a supervisory employe
Of Western Union but she
charged, in her letter of resigna-
ton. that the CIO union had said
nothing could be done about il"
when employees Of Western Union
were replaced by Postal Tele-
graph people.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-30

campaign which brought a very Merry
Christmas to Detroit area servicemen
Evening star., 1944-08-06

The micro o-organisms which cause
Athletes Foot are carried through
the air-are present on most feet at
one time or another. They are also
found on bath mats, in swimming
pools, on floors and floor coverings.
It's almost impossible to avoid the
risk of exposure to Athletes Foot.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
4. What you can do
about it

Drench the cracked skin between
your toes with Absorbine Jr. full
strength; repeat daily. Guard against
re-infection. Boil socks Is minutes.
Disinfect shoes. In advanced cases
consult your doctor in addition to
using Absorbine Jr.
Evening star., 1944-08-06

Athletes Foot is a skin infection
caused by micro-organisms which
thrive on dead skin and excessive
perspiration between your toes. 1t
produces an irritation often followed
by splitting of the skin, allowing
organisms to attack the open flesh
and delicate nerve endings.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-12
LAKE CITY AVERAGE
$42.76 FOR THE WEEK

Lake City, :. G., Aug. i
(APD-Total sales at tn" Lake
City tobacco market for the iirNt
four DAYS of the scas0n were l.
943,S90 pounds. which soll Tor
SSl.30S.ll The average price a
Sl2.16 per hundrcdWclcht. The
were 961 .03i pounds for Sf92.-
S11.25.
Sales yesterday were light,
too.234 pounds at the highest
price of the season, an average o.
1881. All grades showed Nd
NanCCS
Indications point to heavier
sales by the middle Of next week
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-12
TEN NEW CASES OF
T

itdl"i@h, Aug. l2-(AP)-The
state Department of Health to-
3lF reported ten new cases of
mt1ntlie paralysis, bringing the
total since June | to 5IS.
thV new cases arc as follows;
taidWcil |. Davidson 2, FORSYTH
,. l%iohrN0n ,. Surry |, Yadkin |.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-12
II. s. VAR CHIEF ON
TOUR OVER ITALY

Rome. Aug. l2-(AP-Robert
L. Patterson, under secretary of
the L :. War Department, aud
1t. Gen. SnmcrVcll, head of the
Army service fCrccS, have arriN-
cd in Italy to inspect military in
etall3tionS in the Mediterranean
theatre, it was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Twins Precipltate
Question

st Louis. oct. 2S UP-Want-
ed. Practical nurse To care for
mother and twins. 1929 Cass Ave
nue..
This routine classified advertise
ment. carried in todays editions OF
81. Louis newspapers, told only
half the story OF twins born We'd
nesday in the offices Of DR.. Harry
Rich. who claimed he provided the
only refuge for an emergency ma
ternity case after seven local hos
pitfalls had refused a sailorwife ad-
mttancc.
The day old pair lay in "A dress
or drawer, unaware that their
plight may precipitate battle over
the attitude Of hospital administra-
tors toward the governments ma
ternty program for seryicemen' $
wives, and perhaps socialized medi-
cine In general
Dr.. Rich contended that hospi-
tails feared, If they admitted ser
vicemens wives attended by other
than staff physicians and accepted
the $50 federal maternity allot-
ment, they would yield - an en-.
tering wedge OF socialized medi-
cine.
This attitude on the part Of
hospitals" said Dr.. Rich, an advo-
cate Of socialized medicine, is a
conspiracy to defeat the govern
ments maternity plan for service
mems wives
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
French People
Left Underweight

Paris, Oct. 2S-AP-Four years
OF German occupation left IS per
cent of the French people under
weight and threatened by disease,
Public Health Minister Francois
Billoux declares.
. Rilloux was quoted yesterday in
the newspaper Liberation as say
ing that hotels and homes must
be requisitioned il necessary to
cure situation arising from a
shortage of hospital space and ia
cilities so that proper medical care
can be provided during the winter.
You must not judge the French
people by the way they look" he
said. Our Allied friends are wrong
in thinking from our appearances
that we haven't suffered"
Although France has thus far es-
capped severe epidenmics, Billoux
said the French were hard hit by
the generally difficult food situa-
ton, with infantile paralysis. rio
kets and tuberculosis on the in.
crease.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
EUROPEAN DRIVE ON ITS WAY

great that reserve has become We
do know the Allies have been ham
bered by inadequate port facilities.
The bulk Of the supplies have been
going through Cherbourg and
through the amazing Normandy
beach.head harbors. But the
ports are about $50 miles from the
Allied front.
Use Antwerp Soon
The Belgian port OF Antwerp,
which is one Of the worlds great
est, may shortly ease Eisenhow.
er's problem This city, which is
on the River Scheldt, was captured
intact by the Allies. II lies direct.
" back Of the Allied northern
flank where the offensive is likely
TO be staged, and has good rail IA.
cilitics TO the front.
The difficulty has been that the
Nazi big guns could reach the
Scheldt estuary from neighbOring
Dutch territory and so prevent ship
ping from reaching Antwerp. How
ever, the British opera.
tons to Gust the Germans from that
part OF Holland appear TO be near
ing a successful conclusion. This
may hasten the launching OF the
big offensive.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Eighteen Million Members
Belong to Junior Red Cross

in dozens OF ways. Stuart Meach
from Roosevelt sixth grade was
the presiding officer at the last
county meeting of the Junior
council. Members of his group re-
ported that Ypsilanti Rel Cross
Juniors had participated in the
Christmas decoration units for both
the Atlantic and the Pacific thea
ters OF war Rural members re-
ported their milk-weed collections
1t takes two onion sacks OF fifty
pound size filled with died pods to
replace the kapoc formerly used in
just one life-saving jacket. Wash
tenaw County juniors sent 100000
four ounce bags of candy to Italy.
to France, to England as part Of
their greeting to the war-children
Of those areas.
Now, with Thanksgiving quite
close and Christmas not too far
away, the Junior Red Cross is
making favors for army camps and
hospitals. This year. for the first
time they have n new and differ
ent project in holiday cheer
Christmas Carol books for wound
ed and sick G.. Is in camp no 'pitals.
From Nov lis these busy Red
Cross Juniors will conduct a com
paign to enroll others in their or
sanitation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
ALL

BY DE WITT MKENZIE
For those who are anxious be.
cause the about Allied offensive
hasn't yet started in Western
Europe, despite the fact that winter
already is prowling about the fight
ing lines, let it be said that there s
no cause to worry, for the drive IS
on its way.
Every time my vagrant telephone
wakes me up these autumn nights
| say TO myself: This will be the
word that General Ike has let hell
loose against Hitler" That's how
close the assault seems to be.
The reason Eisenhower hasn't al
ready struck is mainly due, as / see
II. to the necessity Of bringing up
vast supplies under fierce handi.
caps We probably even are JUST.
fic : in saying that the Allies might
he across the Rhine right now.
headed for inter Den Linden. IL
they had possessed the where
withal when they first came up
against the west wall in mid-Sep-
TENDER. That's not anybody s
fault but is one Of those ironic
quirks OF war over which nobody
has control.
outdstsnce Supplies
We outdistanced our supplies in
the amazing hare -and-hound chase
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Rotary to
Have Guest

Monday the Rotary Club OF Up
SLANT will welcome Harvey H.
Lowrey, governor Of the 1913 District
OF Rotary International, which in
cludes 50 Rotary Clubs in south
eastern Michigan and Ontario. NJ,
Lowrey is a school ~rperintendent
in Dearborn and is member Of the
Rotary Club of Dearborn. He was
nominated as governor at the con-
ference OF the 1853 District held last
May and was formally elected at
the 1914 convention OF Rotary In.
ternational in Chicago, H., in May.
Mr., Lowrey will visit the Rotary
Club TO advise and assist President
Raymon Bair, Secretary John La.
Rue and other officers OF the Club
on matters pertaining to Club adj
ministration and Rotary service ac-
tivities. He is one Of the 40
governors of Rotary international
who are supervising the activities
OF $500 Rotary Clubs with a quar-
ter az r. mihloN members in more
than so countries throughout the
world
Despite the war. this world. wide
service organization continues TO
grow in numbers and in strength.
Since July /. 1913, $50 new Rotary
Clubs have been organized in l3
countries OF the Americas. and IN
Australia. Ceylon. China, England,
Finland. India, Kenya. New Yea.
land. Northern ireland, Sweden.
Switzerland, and Union OF South
Africa.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
See PACIFIC Page 5
Argentina to
be Discussed

Buenos Aires, oct 2S-AP-The
Argentine government announced
last night it had asked the Pan
American Union in Washington to
call a conference OF foreign minis
ters OF all American nations to
consider Argentina's international
status and seek an adequate solu
ton.
at has been alleged" said a
memorandum forwarded TO all for
cign ministers, that Argentina
has not fulfilled its international
obligations, which fact in.
wolves problem which interests
not one country, nor group of
countries, but the entire contin-
ent."
While declaring that Argentina
would receive I'm a cordial spirit
any initiative tending TO acCentu.
ate the collaboration among the
nations" the statement made clear
that in no case can the adoption
OF measures OF internal order, re-
lated to the juridical and institu.
AlOlldl Ice iili' VI NllAN NbuHNl y w
matters OF international negotia.
ton"
The foreign ministry said the re.
quest for the conyocation was made
in note handed by the Argentine
charge D'Ahairs in Washington,
Rodolfo Garcia.Arias, 10 the Pan
American Union.
The statement declared the con.
ference would afford all countries
IAN opportunity 10 explain their
points of view and added.
THUS they will have available
all the elements indispensable for
judgment on which 10 act with full
knowledge OF the case. ONLY a
correct statement Of the problem
can take into account the external
actions which mark tho interna.
tional conduct OF 4 country and
not the presumed intentions at.
tributable 10 one group or another
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Eisenhower Has to Bring Vast
Supplies Behind Armies

900 ship tons OF munitions vehicles
and supplies. This is more than
twice as much as General Pershing
received all told in the last war.
Titanic Task
Those 100 days a bit more than
converted the period OF the Allied
charge 20 the German frontier.
However. you'll note that General
Someryell says the troops and sup.
plies were landed in the 1903 days.
This doesn't account for the Titanic
task OF moving thcm-ard subse-
quent cargOcs-acrOss France by
air. by highways which the Nazis
had 'amaged, and by railroads that
still are far from normal
Ever since the invading troops
fought their way out OF Normandy,
endless lines Of supplies have been
following them faithfully. But
the Allies have had 10 meet the
huge daily needs Of their armies,
as we'll as pile up a reserve for the
drive 20 the Rhine
Naturally We aren't told How
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28

OF the Nazis across broad Brance.
Actually we are ahead Of schedule
when the hare went to ground in
his own safety.zone.
Allied striking power was tenn
porarily short-Circuited by coming
up against the German frontier de-
defenses. While the chase con
tinued over open ground. our mag.
niflcent air and road transport kept
us sufficiently supplied But the
Siegfricd line is another PROPOSE.
tion. II demands heavy equipment
and mountains OF matcriel. That
means not only air and road trans.
port but railways-and don't for
get that it calls for ports. because
the Allied armies are dependent on
sea-borne supplies.
Actually the Allied transport sys.
TEN has performed one OF the wond.
ers OF military history. 1t. Gen.
eral Somervell, commander OF the
Army service forces. discloses that
during the first 100 DAYS Of the
invasion tho Allies landed $500 600
troops, 500 600 vehicles and 1900
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Forty Thousand May be Cut
off From Escape by British,
Canadian Men in Holland
Roosevelt Moves to Chicago
as Dewey Plans Farm Speech

were authorized by his administra.
ton before Pearl Harbor
lie gave this promise: when
this great job In winning this war
done, the men OF our armed forces
will be demobilized and returned
to their homes just as rapidly rs
possible The war and Navy De.
partments are pledged TO that.
am pledged to that. The very law
OF this land enacted by Congress is
pledged to that And there are no
strings attached TO this pledge.
Target OF Attack
The Presidents foreign policy
was the target OF an attack by GOV.
John w. Bricker, the Republican
vice presidential candidate. In a
Kansas City speech on the home
grounds of his Democratic rival.
Senator Harry s. Truman. Bricker
/" prepared address asserted last
night that for eight years Mr.
Roo. cyelt failed to heed evidence
of German and Japanese aggres-
sion.
While Germany and Japan were
preparing for large scale war and
launching preliminary aggressIons
BTickcr said. the President continu.
ally talked DISARMAMENT and deyot.
cd his attention to n Domestic pro-
gram that included attacks on
business" and his bitter fight TO
pack the Supreme Court
Campaigning in Brokers home
state. Senator Truman declared In
A,ron last night that Governor
Dewey should be compelled Ito tell
the American people whether he
wants a Senate composed OF isola-
tionists like Robert Taft and Ger.
aid Nye and the six other isolation
lists" he said were running on
Deweys ticket,
Informed Rep blicans," Truman
said, and others who opposed Mr..
Roosevelt in 1910 are supporting
him now because they realize the
importance Of making sure that the
Presidents policy on foreign affairs
is carried out"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Purple
Given


Mrs. Thomas Herlihy, 324 Club
view Drive, received word from
the War Department Friday, that
her husband, First Lieutenant
Thomas Herlihy has been award
ed the Purple Heart posthumously.
1t. Herlihy was reported missing
in action June II, 1914.
Mrs. Herlihy has received a let
ter from one OF 1t. Herlihy's
friends, Captain Arthur Kroos,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, telling her
of circumstances OF her husband s
death. Toms battalian" Cap
tan Kroos wrote, was pushing
north of st. Mere Eglise. and at
lacking in the vicinity of the rail
road station near lie Ham. There
was a German machine gun hold
ing up the advance Of Toms com
pany Naturally, knowing Tom,
he took off across the fell to 81
lence it, alone. lie wouldn't send
any Of his men"
1t. HirGhy was born in Ign.
brook, Long Island, New York, the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs Patrick Her
lihy, and was graduated from high
school there. He was graduated
from the Michigan State Normal
College in June, 1871 and entered
the service in July Of the same
year He received training at
Camp Croft, South Carolina, and
was graduated as a second lieu
tenant from Fort Benning, Ga, in
February, 1912.
March ). 1912. 1t. Hirlihy and
Miss Clara SmiSgen. Ypsilanti.
were married. They lived at sew.
eral camps whore the lieutenant
was stationed, including Camp
Clayburn. La, and Fort Bragg,
n. e. He was sent overseas in
April 1912, just one day before
his son, Thomas Patrick, Jr., was
born 1t. Hirlihy saw action in
Africa. Italy, Sicily, and also took
part at the Salerno beachhead, be.
fore being sent TO Scotland and
England for rest. He also took
part In the invasion Of France.
1t. Hirlihy is survived by his
wife, and one son, Thomas Pat
rick, his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick Hirlihy and sister Nancy.
all Of Fort Rotterdam, Florida: and
another sister, Mrs. Helen Hart,
Garden City, New York.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Cause
Much damage

A series OF fires in Ipsilanti
and at Willow Run kept the fire
departments busy in both areas
Friday. with approximately $S,5O5
total damages
A frame barn at $50 W. Clark
Rd.. valued at $4,000 with contents
estimated at $4,000 was virtually
completely destroyed by fire at
7:1O Friday night despite efforts
OF both the Willow Run and bomb.
er plant fire departments
The barn owned and used by
Joseph Many contained 80 tons OF
hay and larga quantity OF corn.
The cause Of the fire was unknown.
with the assistance Of the bomber
plant firemen, the Willow Run fire
department with two units work
ed for two hours to protect the
surrounding property, as the fire
in the barn had extended beyond
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
Allies Take
Anchor of
Line
lRg Asaoclated PreasL


British and Canadian columns
raced today toward the enemy's
last escape bridges In drive to
seal on some 10000 German troops
below the Mas River IN western
Holland, and all along the Dutch
front. dispatches said, the German
stand was crumbling.
In the east the German radio told
OF still another Russian offensive.
this one aimed at clearing western
Latyia.
Holland dispatches said the Nazi
defense line below the Mas had
fallen to pieces. and that Allied
armor and infantry moved so quick.
ly the Germans had to pull back
across two bridges, respectively ten
miles northwest and northeast OF
liredn, or have their Keeling forces
'cut To bits.
Allied troops today smashed the
western anchor OF the German line
In southwest Holland. selling Der.
gen Op Zoom. fourth German
strong point TO fall In three days,
and drove onward against the
strongholds Of Roosendaal and
Breda.
Allied pilots told OF vast move.
ments OF vehicles north from Bre.
da, indicating the Germans already
might be evacuating that position,
Near Breda
British Second Army troops who
captured the road and rail center
OF Tilburg. II miles To the east In
the heart or the German line, were
within six miles OF Broda. the last
position that might shield a gen.
oral German withdrawal from
southwest Holland. and the Nazi
18th army faced fate similar to
the seventh, trapped and destroyed
In Normandy.
$ Hertogenbosch and wight have
been cleared OF enemy troops. The
Tilburg Breda highway has been
cut Five mhes north OF Tilburg a
British armored spearhead men.
aCcd Field Marshal Gen Walther
Won Models last lanes OF escape.
British troops extended their
hold on south Bcvcland Island I'm
the Schelde estuary. Canadians
hold the east end OF the island and
some 1000 Germans there and I'm
Walcheren Island just above "
are trapped.
Canadians on the south side OF
the estuary captured Groede and
reached the coast northwest OF the
town in the Allied drive to clear
ant werp for allied supply purposes
Russian troops drove into Slova.
kia, capturing Starina, after vir-
tually completing conquest OF the
Hungarian.anneXed province OF
Ruthenia. Capture OF I'ngvar.
former Ruthcnian capital, gave the
Red Army terminus for a south.
crn supply route In n stepped up
effort to reach $4,000 Czechoslo-
yak patriots isolated by the Ger
mans liO miles 10 the west.
In East Prussia the Red Army
seized three more fortified villages
In the Ebcnrode area. II miles
northwest OF lnsterburg. and in
tho drive against the enemys
northern flank, captured Kussen.
Moscow said $500 counterattack-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
(By The Associated Press

10y inc AaSptltNtu i.ltHSl
President Roosevelt moved to-
ward Chicago today where tonight
he will make the second major ad.
dress OF his two.day campaign
through hyo rJte-lush states while
Gov. Thomas +. Dewey prepared to
deliver his major farm speech Of
the campaign in Syracuse. \. y.
Bidding for Pennsylvania S hotly-
contested So electoral votes. MIR.
Roosevelt asserted in Philadelphia
last night that Republican polltici.
ans are clearly intimating' that
COP. members in Congress would
not cooperate in establishing
world peace organization in the
event OF IA Democratic election vic.
tory.
That, it seems TO me" he said,
lis "A deliberate and indefensiblo
effort to place political advantage
not only above devotion TO country
but also above our very deep desire
10 avoid the death and destruction
which would be caused by future
wars"
+ Before cheering crowds which fill
ed Shibe Parks $4,000 seats, the
President said: II do not think
that the American people will take
kindly to this policy OF vote my
way or ! won't play"
Gov. Dewey's speech in the up
state Republican stronghold of sy-
racuse was to be broadcast at 1880
y. M, Eastern War Time today
over the Blue Network. On the
return trip to Albany he will speak
briefly in Utica.
Speaks Tonight
Mr. Roosevelt's address at Soldier
Field tonight will be from 8 TO
$3.50 p. M. Eastern War Time and
will be broadcast by NBC and
Blue Networks. His subject has
not been announced. En- route 90
Chicago he will make a brief train
platform appearance today at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Hitting directly at Republican
politicians. Mr. Roosevelt at Phila-
delphia gave what he termed a
".once and for all" answer TO oppo-
sition charges OF unpreparedness.
Mentioning Admiral william f.
Halseys Third Fleet, he said all
its battlewagons and aircraft car
riers and all but two Of its cruisers
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28

STOCKHOLM Sweden SET
a precedent today for the handling
OF Nazi sympathizers Of any nation
seeking refuge on neutral terri.
tory The Swedish Committee on
Foreign Residents handed down an
important decision Of principle by
advising tho Stockholm govern
ment to send back TO Finland two
well-known Finnish 'Nazis who had
sought haven in Sweden.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
by Ruth A. Barnes


Boys and girls to the number OF
1S,O0O,O00 make up the Junior Red
Cross. The soc fee from each ele-
mentary room and 81 per 100 stu
dents for junior or senior high
school is sent TO the National Red
Cross which returns copies of
Junior Red Cross News or Junior
Red Cross Journal II schools send
in additional money, it is put into
the treasury to be used as a ser
vice fund that buys materials to
work upon. In this vicinity the
school memberships are held by
Central grade, Harriet, Lincoln FL
ementary and high, Prospect,
Roosevelt Elementary and High,
st. Johns Parochial, Woodruff and
Ypsilanti High Schools.
These school children are a big
unit of the home front They are
constantly busy doing their share
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
AUCTION CALENDAR

NOV. 4-t:oo .. M.
John kar Farm, 8 miles North
east OF Milan, 2 miles West OF
willis on karr Road. list house.
Earl Wright, Auetioneer o. E.
Vedder, clerk. Adv. ll03S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-28
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

|, Lower Michigan-Light showers
north and east portions tonight.
Sunday partly cloudy. Cooler.
Highest temperature yesterday,
30; lowest last night 81.
Highest temperature one year
ago today. IS: lowest. 81.
Highest temperature this date in
last 70 years, IS in 1927; lowest,
Rain 1878.
The sun sets today at 6;32 p. m.
and rises Sunday at sol a. m.
The moon rises today at 5:25 p.
m. and sets Sunday at 5:19 a. m.