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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
Post War Housing Prices
May Provide Hot Dispute

Washington, Aug. 23-AP- The
White House may have to step into
hot government argument and
decide this question: should there
be limit on prices for postwar
homes
There has been sales ceiling
on all homes built in wartime.
The answer viii be given with
in the next few days to get the ma
TONS peacetime BODYBUILDING pro-
gram under way.
These are the arguments:
/. Hugh Potter, new recover
sion construction coordinator, says
he thinks a flood of new home
building will take care OF real
estate prices by making dwellings
rapidly available for all.
2. OPA and others fear housing
needs are so great that prices for
first homes built will be out OF
sight. that contractors will con-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

Girl

Philadelphia. Aug. 23-UP-Mar-
garet McDade, 'brown-haired girl
with merry blue eyes, led an or
binary life until the night OF Aug. l.
She had few hours Of gaiety
following President Humans an
nouncement of the Japanese sur
render. Then she met an ugly
death in the filth of New Jersey
community cistern.
She will receive a quiet burial
Friday following private funeral
services in a Catholic church.
Her slayer, Howard Aud, Is
year old 200 pound paratrooper,
sits in a Camden, N. j.. Jail. proud
of his prowess with women.
Pm a ladies man." he told Pros
ecutor Gene Mariana after he was
arraigned on a charge of murder.
A not guilty plea was entered for
him, but he readily confessed tc
the murder.
He confessed he criminally as
saulted the % year old Philadelphia
waitress, Mariana said. He admit
ted he beat her unconscious with
his fists, ripped off her clothing
and tossed her naked body into the
Haddon Heights. n. j.. cistern. She
died there, her mouth clogged with
muck.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
laps Protest
Red Actions

The Tokyo radio said today that
Japanese army authorities in North
China had protested to Yenan
(CommunisD army officials against
what they said were Communist
plans for unlawful occupation"
OF big North China cities The
broadcast warned the Japanese
would take appropriate measures
to meet any such move.
japanese Imperial headquarters
also radioed Gen. Macarthur for
the second time in four days com
planning that the activities of ir-
regular forces. bandits and disturb
ances of mobs" were hampering
surrender procedure throughout
China.
This message said there had been
no improvement since the first ia
panese complaint TO Macarthur that
both the central government armies
of Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek
and the Communist forces were
rushing unwarrantedly and with
out discipline into the area under
Japanese control and separately
demanding that the Japanese dis
arm"
Macarthur said after receipt Of
the first message that he had re-
ferred the complaint to the Chi
nese.
A Domei broadcast recorded to.
day by the FEC Yenan army ele
ments were contemplating "unlaw-
full occupation" of Peiping. Tient-
sin and Tsingtao and thereby caus-
ing extreme anxiety among the
Chinese population"
Chungking, Aug. 23-AP-The
New China Daily News. Commun
list organ published in Chungking.
declared today that Communist
forces in North Central China had
gathered their strength for an
about offensive" and were march
ing on series Of key cities.
One Communist column already
has reached the west railroad sta
tion at Tientsln and street fight
ing now is in progress in the city.
the paper declared.
other Communist forces were re-
ported approaching the towns of
Wanping and Nanyuan, close to
Peiping. and the port OF Tsingtao
in Shantung province was said to
have been surrounded.
In Anhwei province. the paper
said. Communist forces entered
Wuhu on the Yangtze River So
miles upstream from Nanking.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
Congress to
Decide Jobs
of Veterans

Boston, Aug. 23-AP-The legal
right of American war veterans to
their peace-time civilian jobs, rests
in the hands OF Congress, says Ma
jor General Lewis d. Hershey, d.
rector OF selective service.
Hershey told 300 Massachusetts,
draft board officials that most OF
the selective service laws would
be suspended automatically when
Congress adopts a resolution de
claring hostilities at an end.
I'm Washington, the War De
partment said it had no comment)
Unless there is more legisla
tion," Hershey said, sections B-A
and S-B (Which guarantee selectees
return of their former jobs) will
be abolished automatically wher
Congress terminates hostilities."
(The selective service act pro
vides that an individual upon dis.
charge from the armed services will
be restored to his former Job II
lc hdhtS dppiAIdliOuS lOI Ic-cll'
ployment within 40 days. The act
provides such restoration of form.
er Jobs unless the employers cir
cumstances have so changed as to
make II impossible or unreasonable
to provide the job. Any person
restored to a former position shall
be considered as having been on
furlough or leave of abyence, shall
suffer no loss of seniority and shall
be entitled to benefits, such as in.
surance. offered by the employer,
the acts states)
Gen. Hershey said the guaran-
tee OF a job return was in the Sc
lective service act, while the G /
bill Of rights was concerned only
with Job opportunities.
1--WE probably will have some diff.
ficulty," Hershey added, because
there is a question that some PEG.
pie will raise-of whether Congress
made a contract With its veterans
and then changed it after we got
the war WON
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
Kaiser Frazer Directors to
Decision August 10Th;
SenatorExpects Acceptance
Japanese Occupation Troops
to Number $4,000 to 10000

Manila, Aug. 23-UP- Tokyo
said today that Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur will send 10000 to 10000
occupation troops into the Tokyo
bay area next week alone and sub
sequently will seize control OF all
Japan's strategic centers with de-
cisive armed strength"
From Okinawa came word that
800 C-54 Transports and Liberator
bombers will begin a shuttle serv-
ice to Atsugi airfield near Tokyo
Tuesday with air.borne occupation
troops. Sea-borne forces also will
begin landing Tuesday.
Macarthur announced. meantime,
that Admiral Chester w. Nimitz.
commander of the Pacific fleet,
will sign the japanese surrender
document for the United States
aboard the American battleship
Missouri in Tokyo bay Aug. 81.
Macarthur also will sign the docu-
ment. but as Supreme Allied Com
mander.
Other developments in the Pacif
ic situation included:
/. MacArthur's headquarters an.
nounced that $4,000 Allied war pris-
oners and civilian internees will be
evacuated from Japan to the Phil.
ippines by sea and air as fast as
their health permits.
2. Nimitz announced that the ia,
panese garrison of 1850 on bypass
ed Mile atoll in the Marshal Is
lands had surrendered uncondi.
tionally. Capitulation OF other is
olated enemy Pacific forces total.
ling perhaps 100000 Japanese was
expected soon.
3. Japan formally asked Mac
Arthur to give special considera.
ton to the time and means of dis.
arming the japanese army in China
because OF the activities of "irregu
lar forces, bandits and disturbanc
es OF mobs."
4. Japanese military authorities
notified Chinese and American of
ficials that they could enter Nan
king, former Chinese capital. at any
time now to arrange for the sur.
render OF 100000 or more ia
panese troops in China.
5. Emperor Kang Teh-the for.
mer Henry P'u Yi-dissolved his
puppet government in Soviet.lib.
Grated Manchuria and abdicated
his throne, Kang Teh has been
informed by the Russians.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
Streicher Case,
Windsor Deaths
May be.Linked

Suspecting connection between
two of the three Sayings in the
past two weeks in Windsor. Ont.
and the 1885 Staying Of year old
Richard Streicher, Ypsilanti Mich
igan state police are holding Rich
ard w. Rowe for questioning.
Entering the case Tuesday two
Detroit Detective Its. Harry o..
Brien and Gene Kinney. stated that
they are satisfied that Rowe had
nothing to do with the unsolved
Benny Evangelista slayings in 1927,
Windsor, however, still remains
in a jittery state The series Of
crimes started August 8. when
Frank Sciegliski was found stab
bed to death and on Saturday Of
last week, the body Of Sgt. Hugh
Price. returned veteran, was
found stabbed to death $50 yards
from where Sciegliski was found.
William Davis, a night Waterman,
was found dubbed to death last
Thursday. but is not believed to
be connected with the other two
slayings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
Appliances
to be Made


Washington. Aug. 23-INS-The
War Production Board told house
wives today to expect some cleo.
trio washing machines on the mar
ket by January but warned that
only about $4,000 will be available
by that time against a demand for
six million.
Stanley B. Adams. director of
WPB's Consumers Hard Goods
Bureau, announced that almost all
% the agency's controls over such
items as washing machines and
electric ranges. have now been
abolished.
In the following timetable"
Adams told civilians when to ex-
pect other war-scarce Items now in
the process Of being returned to
peacetime production:
Electric ranges: These should
appear on the market in "fair guam.
titles by December. An estimated
$4,000 are expected to be made in
the third quarter (July-Augus.-
September) and some 100000 In
the fourth quarter.
Fans: Only about $4,000 electric
fans will be made in the third quar-
ter, but probably 100000 in the
fourth. This figure would be only
about one-fifth OF the production
rae before the war Fairly ade
quate supplies should be on sale
by December. Production expected
TO rise sharply In the spring OF
1916
Refrigerators About $4,000 will
be produced during the last six
months OF 1945, many OF them to
be ehanneled to essential users
such as military services, hospit-
ais. laboratories and blood banks
In 1871. the WPB said. the indus
try was selling about one million
refrigerators a quarter. The agen
cy said It hopes that by mid-Octo
Der the supply will be such that
distribution controls can be re-
moved.
Film and Photographic paper:
luolt Will w dNdAidolt " tht PubAA'
but It will not be possible for ev
eryone Immediately TO obtain the
kind he wants. This should show
up rapidly on the retail market be
cause the industry, producing al
capacity, has no large reconversior
problem
Imported watches: Revocation Of
distribution controls over thes,
watches will allow them to re-en
ter this country without WPB re.
strictions. Watches previously sold
only at post exchanges oversee.
may now be retailed in civilian
stores.
Metal furniture: The industry Is
So APPBIANCES-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

centrate on top-ciass residences.
Right now the whole real estate
ceiling problem, including some
proposals to fix ceilings on the
sales price OF existing homes. is
in the hands of the reconversion
inter-agency committee headed by
Potter.
/ May 90 TO Truman
4 There's a chance that Potter's
chief. reconversion Director John
/ W Snyder, may have to carry the
problem to President Truman
! OPA Administrator Chester Bow
/ les, long an advocate of some price
} controls on new housing, has kept
mum so far about OPA's peacetime
| plans.
But he has prepared several ar
ticles for future publication advo-
eating price ceilings on new homes
And Ivan ID. Carson, OPA's rent
control administrator. states flat
ly they must be established.
Potter said today in an inter.
view that it would be almost i'm
possible for the government in
peacetime to enforce price ceilings
on new home construction.
Production is the only answer
to high prices" he said. IF you
can get construction going full
tilt, then you won't have any more
/ initiation in home real estate. Even
present prices will come down"
Would Have System
Administrator John B. Bland
ford, Jr., of the National Housing
Agency said in another interview
that sales ceilings on new homes
would require some sort of system
For example: TO have the govern
ment pass on pre-construction
home plans and fix sales prices
Blandford, also a member Of the
inter-agency committee, declined to
express an opinion on the ceiling
problem while It is under discus.
sion.
The entire matter revolves
around what action is taken on War
Production Board order La, the
wartime limitation on all construc.
ton.
1t already has been lifted for in
dustrial construction. And II is
expected to be removed entirely
by Sept. 30, II not earlier as pro-
posed by industrial spokesman.
Under L41 MIA established cell
| ing sales prices on all wartime
home building The order, as
we'll. enabled ALLEGATION Of scarce
building materials to meet war
/ housing needs.
If home sale ceilings and mater
ial ALLEGATIONS are to be retained
( they probably will be fixed before
or at the same time action is TAX
en- on lifting the general L41 ban.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
Center Will
be iniished

Construction on the south side
recreation center is continuing. as
planned, despite the efforts of the
federal government to cut funds
provided by the Lanham Act, under
which the center was financed.
The building was approved by the
federal government as a necessity
in a war congested area. With war
time restrictions being eased. the
government is curtailing such prof
ects.
However. the building has prog.
ressed so far II was deemed impos.
sible to economic here, and the
building will he finished.
Rafters are being placed in the
front part and the second section.
the social room. is ready for them.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
Killed
Says Tokyo

San Francisco, Aug. 23-UP--
Radio Tokyo said today that Sub
has Chandra Pose, Indian rebel
leader died in a Japanese hospital
Aug. 10 from injuries sustained in
an airplane accident.
Bose, known as the Indian Quis-
ling" who fled India for Japan to
form a puppet party in connection
with Japan's greater East Asia CO.
prosperity Sphere. was seriously
injured when his plane crashed
near Taihoku airfield, Tokyo said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
England May
Act Soonon
Charter

London, Aug. 23-AP-Early and
possibly unanimous ratification of
the United Nations charter was
forecast early today as Parliament
prepared to resume at 2:15 p. m.
OBS a. m. EWT) debate pune
tuated with solemn warnings of
the vast potentialities of the atom
ic bomb.
Some members advocated inter
national control OF the weapon dur
ing yesterdays discussion, in which
leaders of both major parties had
Joined in urging Britain 10 throw
her weight into the international
organization for the preservation
of peace.
Laborite II. L. Austin and Sir
Arthur Salter, Independent, urged
international control of the bomb.
The former expressed anxiety about
its possession by the United States
because at might eventually come
10 6e invested in Wall Street and
not In the people or America.
Salter said the military provi-
sions Of the charter would seem
obsolete in the light Of the new
weapon unless il was controlled.
In the House of Lords. Lord 10
witt. the Lord Chancellor. said
the secret of the bomb could not
be kept indefinitely, and that an
attempt to keep It would only en-
courage research in methods of de-
struction by every nation.
Former Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden, now a member Of the
opposition in Commons, said that
If controversies could be SOLVED
amicably among nations through Il
world league. perhaps we nded
not worry about the atomic bomb"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
.ainBuiLding
Only One in
Deal

Detroit. Aug. 23-AP- Govern
ment officials today confirmed re-
ports that the Kaiser Frazer Cor
poration, newest company to enter
the automobile production field
has opened negotiations TO lease
the huge Willow Run bomber plant
for five years.
Arthur j. Fushman, regional man.
ager of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, disclosed that prelim-
mary conversations began a week
ago but he added that the deal had
not been completed.
Senator Homer Ferguson (R-
Mich.) said at Spokane, Wash,
that Henry Kaiser, West Coast
shipping magnate and Joseph W.
Frazer, chairman OF the board and
president OF the Graham-Paige Cor
poration have discussed the Willow
Run subject with him.
Ferguson said the Kaiser-Frazer
interests had made a definite offer
to the government and added" I
think it will go through"
Neither Kaiser nor Frazer was
available for comment. but we'll
informed quarters said the Ora
ham-Paige directors will discuss
the lease at their Aug. 29 meeting.
Main Building
Fushman said the negotiations
thus far have covered only the
main Willow Run plant and do not
include any other buildings. such
as hangers or runway areas at
the S100.000,000 plant.
The RFC spokesman said the sur
plus properties disposal board will
have to approve any proposals for
sale or lease of the plant which
turned out S,6S5 bomhers during
its three years of operation.
Fushman said the plant lis open
for proposals for sale or lease from
any other company" but Ferguson
said no other offers have been
made.
Mutually Understood
TT was mutually understood that
the company and the government
want to go through with the deal"
said Ferguson in a statement at
Spokane, where he is attending a
Mead committee hearing.
Kaiser and Frazer have figured
Willow Run was not a plant that
was expendable and that therefore
II should not be charged off as
war loss. he added.
The KaiserFrazer Corporation
was formed in July with a capital
Of $4,000 900 and will manufacture
and market low-priced and medium
cars here and on the West Coast.
Production and delivery OF the We
hicles was promised for spring of
1916.
Biggest Factory
Willow Run contains the worlds
largest factory facilities under a
single roof. At peak operation,
$4,000 persons were employed.
Willow Runs service ended
with the victory in Europe and was
closed on June Is. Since then, it
has been reopened as a storage fa-
cility for Army Air Force bombers
brought home from overseas SER
vice.
The plant was completed in the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

6. Japanese notified Macarthur
that Maj. Gen. Prince Haruhito
Kanin, a relative OF Emperor HI
rohito, was enroute back to Tokyo
by way Of Canton and Shanghai
from Saigon after notifying Japan
ese troops in the southern regions
Of the Imperial cease-fire order.
Z. Tokyo broadcasts said Japan
csc forces in Shanghai and south
ern Borneo would observe the en-
peror's surrender orders.
Radio Tokyo, in reporting that
the initial Allied forces to be land
ed in the capital area would total
from $4,000 to $4,000 men, warned
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
us WEATHER FORECAST

Upper Michigan-Fair and warm.
er tonight and Friday.
Highest temperature yesterday
70; lowest, Sc. Highest temperature
one year ago today, 70; lowest. SIS;
Highest temperature this date in
last 70 years, SO In 1886; lowest, As
in 1875.
The sun sets today at 1921 and
rises - 6:49 Friday. The moon
rises ~ at 1851 .. m. and sets
at 7;5- 1. m. Friday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
u. S. Losing
Air Proposal

Montreal Aug. % --AP- The
American-sponsored Five Free
doms' proposal for regulating in
ternational air transport, which has
been the most contentious single
issue facing postwar aviation plan
ners, is likely to he abandoned and
buried it was learned today.
This would represent a victory
for Great Britain, which has held
out in opposition to the United
States on this problem, the main
stumbling block to agreement at
tho world civil aviation parley in
Chicago last fall.
Whatever hopes the United
States may have had of making
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
AUCTION CALENDAR

TUESDAY. AUG. 20. { o'clock, 3
miles west Of Ypsl on Us-ti2. 80
head cattle, farm implements,
new John Deere tractor, with at.
taehments. Hay and Grain, stand
ina corn. John Eekley and Wal
ter Eekley, Props. Guy =.
Thompson, 4o4 Ferris St.. auc.
tioneer. Ben simons, clerk
Terms cash. Adv. b2IS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
AUTHORIZES HOMES

Chicago-The National Housing
Agency today authorized construc-
ton OF 10 homes in Sparta. Mich,
80 per cent to be for owncr-occu-
pancy. A rental ceiling Of $50 and
sale ceiling OF $500 a unit was es.
tablished.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

Rummage Sale rear 25 South Huron
Friday and Saturday Aug. 2i-25. An
tique black walnut settee. original
horse hair covering, solid black
walnut extension table, heat and
water resistant Numerous other
articles of furniture, clothing and
dishes. Adv. S24
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23
pRoWNs IN RINER

South Haven-Abraham Gould Of
Detroit drowned in Black River
Wednesday when he toppled from
dock while watching the depar-
ture Of a Great Lakes ore boat
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

MANILA-INS- Surviving sea.
worthy capital ships Of the Japan.
ese navy, now reduced to one sew
enth OF Its 1871 strength, were be-
lieved hiding out today in Korean
harbors. Gen. Macarthur has stip.
ulated that these vessels should
not be scuttled but maintained
without damage"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

See AIR-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

See WILLOW RUN-Pase 8
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

See DeGAULLE-Page s
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So APPLIANCES-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

FRESNO, Calif.-AP-A Black
Widow night fighter plane will be
dedicated tomorrow to the memory
OF the 80 war correspondents who
lost their lives covering Pacific and
European fighting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

ROME -AP- A Milan dispatch
TO the newspaper Avanti said to-
day that Cesare Maria De Vechi.
one OF the so-called "quadrumvirs"
OF Mussolini's march on Rome in
1922. had become a monk.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

MANILA -AP- The Japanese
have asked General MacArthur's
permission to send food to their
starving garrison on Marcus Is
land. Text OF the message indicat-
ed the islands food supply will
be completely exhausted on Sun
day
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

SAN FRANCISCO-INS = The
atomic bomb death toll in devas-
tated Hiroshima still is mounting
with many victims dying from
burns, the Tokyo radio reported
today in a broadcast monitored by
NBC. The broadcast said that per-
sons believed at first to have es.
capped the bombs effects gradually
were showing symptoms OF having
been affected by the mighty atomic
blast
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

OSLO, Norway-AP - Vidkun
Quisling denied today a state accu-
sation that he had embezzled gov
eminent funds and asserted that
he had saved Norway money
through his financial arrangements
with the Germans
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-23

GUAM APP 1t. Col. Sy Bart
lett, former movie writer, has re.
ceived the Legion OF Merit for in.
creasing the accuracy OF radar
bombing. General Spaatz, U. s.
Army strategic air forces comman.
der who decorated Bartlett credit
ed him with "devising a means to
get more bombs on the target"