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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Arrest Announcedin Hooper Case

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 2i-UP-Au-
thorities held for further question.
ing today an underworld figure
whose previous testimony in con.
nection with the murder OF State
Sen. Warren G. Hooper failed to
stand up under close examination.
Capt. Harold Mulbar, chief of
state police detectives. diyulged
late last night that he had arrest
ed Abe Rosenberg, an ex-roadhouse
operator near Albion, Mich, who
IL said to have a lengthy police
record. Mulbar SAID Rosenberg
was known in the underworld as
Buffalo Harry"
Rosenberg, it was revealed. was
held previously when another wit
ness charged him with threatening
Hooper while the senator was din.
ing with Rozenberg's ex.wife.
Hooper was introduced to the wom-
an, Mulbar said, when Rozenberg
was faced with liquGr 'igeHse sus.
pension.
However, Mulbar emphasized that
he was mot excited about the ar.
rest indicating that Rosenberg
may not be connected with the
fatal shooting of the star grand
jury witness last Jan. II. Mulbar
said he wanted to question Rozen-
berg at greater length during the
day since several conflicting state
ments had appeared in his original
testimony.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
City Workers
to
Realignnent

Members OF Local 26a. State,
County and Municipal Workers Uf
America. CIO, conducted n protract-
cd meeting Tuesday night to con
slider a city proposed realIgnment
OF supervision in municipality opcr-
at utilities here and expressed
dissatisfaction with the proposal.
The unions executive board which
is composed OF officers and stewards
and the board OF public works will
meet again tonight to determine,
il possible. more satisfactory ar,
Fangement The meeting will be
at : 80 In the city storehouse
In the meantime city employees
are continuing their duties and ser
vices are being msintaincd
Part OF the Tuesday evening
meeting OF the union was devoted
to election OF new officers who
are: Carl Brice, president Fred
Nickery. vice president Emil
PARE. financial secretary, and Fred
Woolscy recording secretary.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Believed Extricating Troops For
Defense of FatherIand

mans are estimated to have on the
eastern front
German intelligence officers
doubtless have known for some
time that the Russians were mass
ing men and supplies for their
current offensive. and it is logical
70 suppose that' the Nazi high
command made certain dispositions
10 meet IL.
Thinly Manned
II is conceivable that the Ger.
mans left the front only thinly
manned and pulled back their main
forces 10 fixed defenses inside the
Reich for a final stand.
Where such a stand might be
made responsible military authori-
ties in London are unwilling To
guess Some observers figured a
few days ago that Hitler would
throw In his reserves along q line
running roughly from DsnEig
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Names Listed
For Charter

Members OF the Citizens Charter
Revision Committee arc making
progress on names for nomination
70 the city charter commission.
II is planned 10 have the list CONF
pleted Friday.
Those suggested thus far are
Harry G.. Baker. w. 4. Bassett.
Eugene Beatty Ray Burrell. Mrs.
\. Dieter, Fred Earle. Richard Eck'
crt. Mrs. Paul Ehman. s. H. Fag-
crstrom. Fred Greenstreet. Mrs.
Doris G.. Hubbard. Mark Jeffer-
ton. Arthur Lawton, Frank Lidke.
c. NJ Loesell, F. y. Mckay, Matt
Max. Miss 'Annetta Monroe, George
MoorInan
u. r. Quirk. Mrs Janet Renton.
Jesse Rutherford. Albert Santure.
T.. X. Schill. Alex Seedorff, Mathew
Sinkulc, l.. NJ Thomas, Mrs u. $.
Warner. Amos Washington. George
\. Veins. Mrs. Il. \. Weir, c. G.
Wcscott, II. Il. WILDER, and Mrs.
Amy H. Wilcox.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Lively Program
Given in Church

Alice and Harold Allen. radio
personalities, in presenting their
program. Sounds OF the Air. at
the second session of Everybody
College at the Methodist Church
took the audience behind the
S enes in FINLAND and radioland
They explained the many secrets
OF producing sound effects. They
presented a fast moving program
containing everything from the
overture to the exit music. The
audience heard running horses, mo.
tor boats, thunderstorms. div q
bombers. humming bees, trains.
fire. wind, rain and singing birds
The program was very interesting
with comedy, action. light and
music all cleyerly combined and
artistically presented by these two
talented artists.
The third session OF Everybody
College will be held next Tuesday
evening. Henry VI. Hedges, Sea
bee, will present an illustrated lee
lure on Bora. Bora, the Sentinel Of
The South Seas.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

total on German losses announced
by Moscow was contained in the
Soviet communique OF Jan. 2f.
which said that $1,000 Nazis had
been killed and 25.O00 captured b.
three Russian armies in Poland dur.
ing the first week OF the offensive
beginning Jan. -.
4 subsequent announcement said
that Marshal Ivan S. Koney's First
Ukraine Army had killed 10000 OF
the enemy and captured 21.O00 in
the first 10 days OF the drive. but
these figures apparently overlap
ped those issued previously.
While these are large losses. they
do not altogether suggest a rout
when II is remembered they are
spread over a 400.mile front Furth-
crmore. it must he remembered
they represent only a fraction OF
the 100000 or more men the Ger
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Public Health Nursing Day
to be Observed January 20

Public Health Nursing Day will
be observed here January 2G. The
purpose of such a day is TO focus
the attention of the community on
services of the public health nurse.
In Washtenaw County, there are
several organizations in which
there are public health nurses.
First. the Washtenaw County
| t'ealth Department with its main
Office in Ann Arbor and a branch
office in Willow Run, second, the
Ann Arbor Public Health Nursing
Association serving Ann Arbor city
and the Ypsilanti Health Depart
ment and the lpsilanti Visiting
Nurse Association. All of these
organizations excepting the Ann
Arbor Public Health Nursing As.
siciation work under the direction
OF DR.. Otto X. Engelke. medical di-
rector Of the County Health De-
partment.
During the year OF 194i the pub.
lie health nurses in this area made
l5,257 nursing visits. That is
on tne OASIS OF IL nurses Tor the
combined organizations.
Has Financial Support
Financial support OF the Health
Department nurses comes from
taxes. Ypsilanti City, county. state
and federal funds. That for the
visiting nurse in Ypsilant and the
Public Nursing Association comes
through the combined sources OF
Community Fund earned income
and city taxes
Boards OF Education in Ann Ar
hor. Ypsilanti and the Lincoln Con.
solldated School district have their
own nurses who take care OF the
health needs in these schools. They
are public health nurses doing a
specialized school program
All other schools i'm the county.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
See PUBLIC HEALTH-Page )

By u DSON " QOl
London, Jan. 2i-AP-While the
Red Army's swift advances have re.
suited in a great upswing OF optim-
ism here, the possibility is not be
ing overlooked that the retreating
Germans may be eXtricating large
numbers OF troops for a desperate
stand inside the Reich in the hope
Of prolonging the war.
Speculation along these lines is
heightened by the absence Of Of
fetal Russian reports OF over
whelming enemy casualties a fact
suggesting that the Germans may
be Withdrawing under Soviet pres
sure in accordance with a well.con-
ceived strategic plan.
This is not necessarily so. u
may be that the Russians intent
upon cutting the enemy to pieces
with their armored columns. are
not stopping TO mop up pockets
hopelessly cut of by their swift
advance or to total up casualties.
No Entrapments
Yet there have been no official
Moscow reports of Tho cnfrapment
Of large German forces. The only
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Raids Soften
upAnother
Island


Superforts joined today in sof-
tcning up Two Jima, island fortress
$50 miles south Of Tokyo which
japanese broadcasts have label
el a potential American invasion
objective. as enemy radios intimat
ed carrier raids on Formosa went
into the third successive day
L. s. lith Corps spearheads driv'
ing on Manila cautiously neared
Clark Field. one Of the greatest
military prizes in the Philippines.
after recapturing Camp O'Donnell
which the Japanese turned INTO
concentration camp and mass Gem
eterS for the heroes OF Dataan
British forces made their fourth
amphibious landing this month on
the western Burma Coast Antici-
phting an American invasion of oC
oupied China, Japan sent sea-borne
troops storming ashore on the
coast north OF Formosa while land
columns pressed dual campaigns
in coastal areas.
Demand DefenSes
Spurred by yesterdays B29 raid
on the aircraft city OF NaRoya, ia
Tanese intensified their demands
for increased air raid defenses.
Premier Gen. Kuniaki Koiso ac-
cepted q plan for an all-powerful
totalitarian party, a gesture in
tended to save his much criticized
war regime.
A Filipino colonel who survived
the horrors of Camp Donnell es-
timated that half OF the 10000 Fill
ip'nos and Americans originally
Imprisoned there had died of dis
case, starvation and mistreatment
Russell. Brines, Associated Press
war correspondent returning
10 Luzon Island where he was in
termed by the japanese for two
years, counted desolate, INTENDED
graves he said probably contained
bodies of at least 1000 Filipino sol.
diers and scores OF Americans
Fite Camp
Fleeing Japanese set the torch
TO the camp. Brines said they
left behind only death and dcsola-
ton"
Associated Press field dispatch
es reported Hank patrols were
nearing Clark Field while the main
force moved slowly toward the
smoking ruins OF Bamban. haras-
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

NEW YORK Development
Of new.type electrical brain capa.
Bile Of speedily solving problems
heretofore considered "unsolyable"
by mathematical analysis was re.
yealcd today. DR.. G.. D. Mccain
Westinghouse engineer, told the an
nual winter meeting OF the Amer.
lean Institute of Engineers that the
device, dubbed the mechanical.
transient analyzer," was developed
to solve new problems in, the de-
signing OF furbo-generator units
for electricity production.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Nurse to Teach
Red Cross Class

Mrs. Richard Weir, chairman of
Home Nursing for American Red
Cross and her committee composed
of Mrs. Charles Cleary, and Mrs.
OrvillC MCMurray announce tina;
the forth coming Home Nursing
course will be taught by Mrs. Her
man Koenn, a registered nurse.
The first class will be at Ypsilanti
High School January 80, and every
week there after for ten or twelve
weeks until the standard Red
Cross Nursing course has been
completed. This drive to enroll
one person from each family in a
home nursing course is part OF the
rational effort to relieve nurse
shortages throughout the home
front
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
tBy the Associated PresO

(By the Associated PrcsAD
Assault troops Of Marshal Ivan
s. Koneys First Ukraine Army.
massed In strength along nearly 50
miles OF the oder River In SileHia.
are poised for an early crossing OF
that formidable barrier Moscow
said today, and Berlin reported the
Russians reached the outskirts OF
Oppeln, capital OF southern Silesia.
81 miles northeast OF Breslau.
Big Russian guns began shellinS
cities on the Odcr's west bank.
moving in from the southeast and
east. Konev's men raked the fortl-
fications before Brcslau, Silesian
capital OF $50, 900 In the oder, from
points 10 or ~ miles away, and
threatened the city with euyelop-
ment. Moscow said the Volkss-
turn troops defending the oder line
would be swept aside like nine
pins"
The Russians said officially last
night that the Germans had rushed
fresh divisions 10 tho Sllcslan front.
Five Of these were declared by the
Russians To have been shifted from
the western front.
Streaming Back
RAF pilots over the western
front reported tremendous move
ment OF German road and rail
transport streaming back into the
Reich from the Ardennes battle
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

BUFFALO, n. Y.-AP - Fur.
loughed soldiers today were NOV.
ing freight cars in Buffalo railroad
yards. congested since early this
month as a result OF severe storm
and lack of manpower. The first
groups of soldiers. all of whom
have railroad experience, began ar
irving last night. and district four.
Second Service Command estimated
about 500 would be on hand by late
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Congress Today
oBy As ociated rress)

CBy Associated press)
Senate
In recess until Thursday.
Senate and House members get
confidential report on war at Sc
crct session. n. m. tEWT).
Commerce committee calls Jesse
Jones on hearing on bill to strip
Commerce Department OF finance
ing authority ESQ.
House
Routine session tnoon)
Military committee meets for IL
nal action on manpOwer bill 60
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

ATLANTA. Ga.-INS-The Geor.
gia legislature was faced today
with the threat OF Gov. Ellis Ar
nall that unless it repeals the
states poll tax law. he will use
his executive power to suspend the
legislation. The youthful governor
told a joint session OF the legisla-
ture: Il am sick and tired Of hear
ing the South ridiculed because OF
this very law. 1t is legislation
which serves no possible good pur.
pose.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

LONDON AP-A high-rankinc
Yugoslay official said today that
Premier Ivan Subasic and his cab.
met, refusing to, recognize King
Peters action in dismissing them,
would depart for Belgrade soon TO
join Marshal Tito in establishing
new fusion government Trans
portation already has been placed
at Subasics disposal by the Brit.
ish government, this official added.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy
tonight. Light snow Thursday. No
important temperature change.
Highest temperature yesterday,
90: lowest 90.
Highest temperature one year
ago today. 40: lowest. %.
Highest temperature this date In
last 73 years. 81 in 1909; lowest.
= i'm 1897
The sun sets today at e:37 and
rises Thursday az e:5l
The moon rises today al ;: 26 D.
m. and sets Thursday at 6:46 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Nazis Rush Fresh Decisions
to Silesian Front; May be
Taken From Western Lines
Roads Filled
WthGern1an
Armies

London, Jan. 24-uP-Marshsi
Ivan KoneV's First Ukraine Army
to'ces have crossed the oder RiV-
er In Silesis, Reuters news agency
said today in a dispatch from
Moscow
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

including the village schools are
serviced by the nurses OF the Coun.
ty Health Department
Arrange Clinics
The nurses in the County Health
Department do most Of the,arrang.
ing for and much Of the work in the
clinics which the department con-
ducts. the immunization clinics
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

CANBERRA, Australia a-AP-Re,
plying to opposition charges. Prime
Minister John Curtin today de.
clared that his speeches in the past
had made it clear his government
had not "sociaAzed" Australia and
would not apply specialization mere
ly for the sake Of applying it.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

NEW ORLEANS-AP- Taking
issue with Bureau OF Labor statis-
tics, President r. J. Thomas Of
the United Automobile Workers
CCIO) says there are about 5000
600 persons unemployed in the
United States. Federal estimates
have placed the figure at about
100000.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

NEW YORK ms Donald NJ.
Nelson. white House special en-
voy TO China. recently returned
from the Orient. said Chma's war
production is on the upgrade and
prospects for healthy postwar trade
between L s and China are much
brighter today than last fall
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

PARIS Sentences OF from
is to % years at hard labor were
pronounced yesterday on six more
enlisted men Of the L. S. Army's
18th Railway Battalion who had
been convicted of looting supply
trains en- route to the front in
black market deals.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
He Couldn't Tell
How Cows Looked

Miami Beach. Fla, Jan e -AP-
All in 4 days news:
T Sgt Hibbo r. II. Ohling, who
wears the Air Medal with Four
Oak Leaf Clusters. inspected the
farm he owns near Emden, Ger
many. recently from the tail gun
position OF a bomber as.
we were too high for me 10 see
how my cows are getting along"
he explained
Sgt Ohling. now at the AAF
redistributing station here, came
to tn, United States in 1929 and
married a Baton Rouge, La, girl
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

WASHINGTON ms A full.
scale government attack on inflat-
ed price increases OF vital home
front items was in view today as
the OPA and WPB prepared list
Of essential textile garments to
implement It's proposed program
fer the drastic channeling OF Is per
cent OF available civilian fabrics
into the production OF low-priced
merchandise.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

WASHINGTON -AP- Agricul-
ture will need a minimum of A.
900 O00 emergency workers il food
needs are to be met, the War Food
Administration said today. Losses
OF farm manpower to the armed
services, plus further migration of
rural people to war industries, has
cur agriculture's manpower supply
TO the lowest level of the war,
the WFA said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24
Flashes of
Late News

MEXICO CITY AP-The Mexi.
can foreign office announced last
night that acceptances have been
received from all 10 Western Hem
isphere nations invited 10 send rep.
rescntatiyes TO the Foreign Minis.
ters' Conference here Feb. -.
WASHINGTON ms Jesse
II. Jones may bare the inside
story" today OF his dismissal by
President Roosevelt so that Henry
4. Wallace. former Vice President,
could be named to his job as Sec
letary of Commerce. Jones is
scheduled to testify before the
Senate Commerce Committee at an
afternoon public hearing. Wallace
is slated 70 appear before the com
mittce tomorrow.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

Carrier Boys Wanted. Ypsilanti
Daily Press office
ADV. 1923
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

LlON-AP-Charles Maurras. IS.
year-old editor and publisher, goes
to trial today In what is expected
TO be the most tedious OF all pro-
Ceedings against alleged collabora.
tors and pro-Nazis. Maurras, ac-
Cused of collusion with the enemy
in connection with articles pub
lished in his Action Francaise," is
deaf, and all interrogations during
his trial will be in written form.
1t is expected that judge, prosecI.
tor and defense attorney will make
all their remarks in writing and
that the defendant may even make
his replies in writing.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.-INS-
Funeral services were arranged
today for DR.. William Bancroft
Hill, 'S7, professor emeritus Of Bib
lical literature at Vassar College,
who died yesterday. He had been
associated with Vassar since 1899,
end had been professor emeritus
since 1921.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

NEW YORK-INS- Capt. Rob
elt Louis Ameno, son-in-law OF
Postmaster General Frank c. Wal
ker. was killed in action on the
Belgian front Dec. 20. his widow
had been informed today by the
War Department Ameno was a
company commander in the 11th
armored division at the time of
his death.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

See PACIFIC-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

NEW YORK-INS-Dr. Ella A..
Bcole, president of the Worlds
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, called today for the clos
ing of all liquor stores in the ma
tion for As hours after Germany
surrenders to avert a national
pOst-N-day hangover.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

MADRID AP - Generalissimo
Francisco Franco declared yester-
day that What Spain is and what
we want to be- concerns only us
Spaniards alone" Speaking to cab.
met members and delegates TO the
Third National Falangist Syndicai
Congress, Franco described com.
munism as no solution to the
: worlds ills, but only "Bolshevik
Imperialism
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

See EUROPE PAGE 5
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

lNYOKERN, Calif.-AP 49, The
Navy, in tits relentless search for
new and more effective weapons,
is establishing a 100000 ord
nance test station here in the spac.
iQus Mojave desert for large-scale
development Of rockets and other
instruments of war.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-24

See LIONS Page
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12
Teachers Hire
$500 Secretary

Thc Do'ro' Teachers he-reia-
ton today announced .t would
hire Joseph Osborne of ~ Pa,o.
Tex. a. executive secretary 20
handle It's business affairs FOR the
next three years
Osborne. who will receive Sc 500
annual salary viii hc the FIRST
full-tme paid cwpi1ye of tuc
group which claim, = wrHo.r-r1
of 80 pcf cent %. ail feua..- a
the clis
The DTh congress t.-'..a.
elected D>pnrne n1 fu'a at .-5-
81 over Chst.e, e. B.r0S prHc-
pal of Northwestern High school
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12
Breaks In a Doors,
Gets 90 Days in Jail
Detrnlt Times Phota

Bert Ringler, 81, Of 1852 w.
Lafayette. today was sentenced 10
90 days in the Detroit House Of
Correction for malicious destruc-
tion Of property
Mrs Viola HcatOn said RinClcr
broke through four doors in an
apartment house At 1926 w. La
fayctte last Sunday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12
Employers and USES
-Operdte ON Jobs

Northeast Detroit employers
and officials Of the United states
Employment Service today sought
q new means of bringing together
'ohS and workers drawing uncm-
ploEmcnt compensation
John L LOVc''. manager 0f the
Michigan Manufacturers A,>ocla-
ion criticized failure OF the
Uses 70 fIl Jobs
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12
Denies Mexico Aid

MENICO CITY, Dec. II INSl
Sam ROSof the New York sub
way builder now engaged in a
gigantic irrigation project in Mex
leo, denied today that he was CIV
ing financial aid 10 a Mexican
candidate.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12

farewell luncheon al the Fort Shelby for
Mss Ford who is retiring after 25 years
of service IN the TeaSurer'S office.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12

n LIVE FORD NefD and Mrs Al K.
~ Cobo. wife OF the city treasurer,
enjoying hearty laugh together at d
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12
CaII Troops in Rail Row

MENICO CITY. Dec II INS1
Federal troops wore aIertcd
today 20 prevent possible sabotage
M tho ln'ra-u0roH clash OF Men
can railroad WorkmCn.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-12
DelrOiier
Lost ON Raid

sgt Gordon r Chad missing
0'c ar action over Japan On
NoE -. 1914. TODAY va, listed
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Pot. Hargroue's Buddy
No1u At Local Airport

1t. Thomas j. Mulvihill, familiar
to millions as reasonable fac
smile of keenan, Wynn, Hollywood
actor who portrayed him on the
screen, and to thousands of others
as the bumbling barracks politician
in Marion Hargrove's best-selling
novel "See Here, Private Har-
grove" still suffers, he told re-
porters here last night, from be-
ing too little known.
Hardly anyone knows him as
himself, an earnest, duty-minded,
soft-spoken, newly married young
Air Forces intelligence officer with
virtually no resemblance to either
of his other selves.
Stationed since January 1 at the
First Air Forces Bluethenthal
Field base, 1t Mulvihill lives now
in a house "about a block from
Forest Hills drive" which he likes
but has trouble finding after dark.
With him lives his wife, the for.
mer Miss Esther McCraney, OF
Roseland, La. whom he married
two weeks ago in Bronxville, N.
Y, with Private mow sergeant)
Hargrove, the Charlotte-reared au.
thor of their common fame, beam.
ing moral support from a rear.
echelon position.
People are puzzled, explained the
lieutenant, to find that he is or
duty with the 413th Fighter Group
lat Wilmington rather than in