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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Council MAY
End Meeting

London. Oct 2-AP-lnformants
high within the Counsel of the For
eign Ministers Conference said to-
day that Soviet Foreign Commissar
V. NJ. Molotov threatened TO go
home over the week end after a
heated argument with British For
eign Secretary Ernest Bevin
The representative of the Unit
ed States, Russian, Great Britain,
France and China met more than
two hours this morning and re-
convened for another session later.
1t seemed that even the most SUI.
perficial agreement could not be
reached.
London, Oct. 2-AP-The Coun-
ell OF Foreign Ministers returned
YEARLY 10 the conference table to.
today. possibly for the last session
Of the turbulent. drawn-out at.
tempt to lay the foundations for
European peace. but the task OF
ending the talks almost oyershad-
owed the conferences failure in the
past three weeks to reach any i'm.
portant agreements.
Apparently abandoning hope OF
untangling the debate over proceed
ure for the Balkan peace treaties.
the ministers now were snarled in
the problem OF what to do about the
final conference documents.
Amid growing pessimism over
conference progress the possibility
arose that a new meeting OF Presi-
dent Truman. Generalissimo Stain
and Prime Minister Attlee might
be called to tackle the Balkan is
sue.
The Russians have repeatedly
refused to sign anything until
they gained their point that France
and China be excluded from dis
cussion of the treaties with Roma.
mia, Bulgaria and Hungary
They argued that at Potsdam It
had been decided that only the ma
lions which fought against the
Axis satellites should write the
treaties for those nations. The op-
posing argument. as outlined b.
one delegate. is that the Potsdam
decisions permitted the big three
to invite other powers to the dis.
cussion OF peace settlements.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Cleared Of. Baby
Snatchine Charge

Marion, o., Oct. 2-AP-- Mrs.
Phyllis Ann Webster. 80. acquitted
n charge OF child theft on the
grounds OF temporary insanity.
was 2 free woman today, ready 10
Join her soldier-husband at his
post.
The pretty wife OF Sgt. Ernest
Webster was ordered released
from jail yesterday by Judge Paul
d. King who ruled she was sane
after hearing testimony from five
Witnesses.
Before leaving the courthouse.
Mrs. Webster signed papers dis
missing a divorce action she had
filed last January.
The woman was acquitted last
Thursday OF charges OF snatching
baby Jean Eileen Creyiston from
her hospital crib.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Proposed Cut Would Take Twelve
Million Names From Tax Rolls

Washington. Oct. ZAP Just
what does this talk OF reducing
taxes in 1876 mean TO you. person
ally?
First OF all: Congress is working
on a tax cut now. 1t almost sure
ly will cut taxes, starting Jan. J,
1876.
But don't let the figures you see
Northumberland the size OF the
tax cut-confuse you. For exam
pie:
Secretary OF the Treasury Fred
VI. Vinson yesterday recommended
that the three per cent normal tax
on individuals should be wiped out.
Does that mean that you, as an
individual taxpayer, will have your
1876 tax cut by only three per
cent?
No. II will mean q lot more than
three per cent for most people.
And here's why:
There are two kinds OF taxes on
people with income over $500. one
is called the surtsx. The other is
the normal tax.
The surtax gets higher and high
er. the higher the income. The
surtax Is 20 per cent on incomes
under $4,000. Then il rises to 81
per cent on the highest incomes.
Then there is another tax. the
three per cent normal tax. This
is a f1st three per cent tax on all
income over $500. no matter how
small or large. II doesn't change
according to the size Of the in
come Il remains fixed
But about 100000 people-be-
cause OF various deductions FOR de-
pendents and expenses don't have
to pay any surtaX.
But they do have TO pay that
three per cent normal tax. It's the
only tax they pay.
SO II Congress wiped out The
three per cent tax those l2.000.00o
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

and automotlve equipment from
1871 through August, 1915. plus es-
Inmates for the remainder OF 1915.
Japanese sources reported a ris
ing sentiment for elimination from
the cabinet OF ministers once as
ISOLATED with the beaten, war
making regime, as we'll as those
blamed for failure to anticipate
growing food, housing and fuel
shortages,
Army doctors today reported that
former Premier Shigenori Togo,
suspected war.criminal, isn't fax
ing; he does have a heart attack
and consequently his appearance at
L. S. Eighth Army prison has been
delayed.
Allied occupation authorities ton.
tinued their search for hidden gold.
silver and currency which the Japa.
nese wartime administration mill
tary commanders plundered in the
nations they overran.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Poll Tax NAV
be Outlawed

Washington, Oct. ZAP Two
southern senators said today they
have no objection to submitting a
proposed constitutional amendment
which would outlaw poll taxes as
a requirement for voting.
A third. Senator Ellender (D-La)
predicted: There will never be
enough states to ratify It."
Senator Bilbo (D-Miss.) said he
would not filibuster against an
amendment, and Senator George
(D-Ga) said submission TO the
states for ratification lis undoubt-
eddy the proper approach"
Their comments. to reporters.
followed a decision OF the Senate
Judiciary Committee to send to he
Senate for action a house approved
bill forbidding collection OF poll
taxes as a requirement to vote for
federal office, and the resolution
OF Senator O'Mahoney (D-WyoD
for a constitutional amendment.
O'Mahoney's amendment would
declare that the right to vote shall
not be denied by reason OF failure
to pay any tax.
''If itShad been Submitted when
first offered il three years ago,
this question would now be set
tied" said O'Mahoney.
Opponents criticize il as an un-
constitutional invasion OF states
rights. Proponents say southern
poll tax requirements keep millions
OF negroes and poor whites from
voting.
Seven states have poll tax laws:
Tennessee. Alabama, Texas, South
Carolina. Virginia, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) predicted
that most Republican senators
would favor the constitutional
amendment method. which re-
quires approval by the legislatures
OF 80 states ~ -
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

actually, there were quite
number OF the balloons reported
found in America. but at the re-
quest OF the War Department pub
licity was withheld. One OF the
bombs, found intact by a picnic
party in Oregon, exploded and
killed several persons)
The bombs were prepared more
for psychological effect" upon the
people OF both japan and America
than for destructiveness, officers
said. The secret weapons were not
heavily propagandized in Japan.
however. because we weren't sure
OF results in America"
Intending to create confusion
by starting forest fires and fright
ening civilians. the officers said
they had no expectation Of causing
any military damage because the
bomlss were too small-the bal
looms carried weapons weighing 30
pounds or less-and they we're I'M
controlled.
"They had no eyes and we
couldn't direct them where TO go.
but the United States is big
place and we figured they would
land somewhere" the staff related.
Scientists had the course OF the
weapon figured out in detail; they
would spiral upward more than TO-
900 yards. they estimated. then
eastward winds would speed them
across the Pacific at 125 TO 100
miles an hour in a straight course
for the United States. Timers were
to explode them 40 to 50 hours az.
ter they had been launched.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
laps Give up Bomb Bearing Balloons
Because Of American Indifference

Tokyo, Oct. 2-AP-Japan's ex-
pensive vi loaded
paper balloon-intended as retslia-
ton against the Doolittle raid on
Tokyo, were abandoned because
neither the Japanese nor the Amer
lean people seemed to pay any at
tention to them.
This explanation was given today
in an interview by the staff Off
GERS technical section. Japanese
headquarters.
Nine-thousand balloons were
launched from three sites near To
kyo before the experiment was
abandoned on April 20. 1s45--al.
most three years to the day from
the Doollttle carrier-borne raid.
Doolittic'sr surprise strike had so
angered Tokyo, Shilitarists that they
resolved tomake our own W."
the technical section explained.
II took more than two years 20
complete experimentation, before
the first balloon was launched. and
cost more than 100000 yen (more
than 100000 at pre-war ex.
change) to manufacture the strange
weapon-but officers said they
heard OF only one landing in Amer
lea.
And that one. they added wryly.
was reported to have been found.
unexploded. in Wyoming.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
No Letter to
Says Council

The city council at their regular
meeting, Monday night, voted down
a request by the Washtenaw Coun-
ty Industrial Union TO write an
official letter as a body to their
congressional representatives CIV
ing support 10 the "Job-less Aid"
bill. backed by President Truman,
and recently killed in committee.
Alderman Seymour made an ap-
peal to the council TO take the ac-
I tion requested by the union as a
gesture showing that this city real
/ lied the need for an extended COM
pensation for the unemployed. He
argued that with reconversion idle
ness, and strikes complicating the
issue. returning veterans as well as
the every day workers were in
need % the proposed S25 minimum
compensation. (Under present state
aid, the minimum benefits are 800
for 90 weeks) Mr.. Seymour also
pointed out that federal employees.
now excluded from the benefits.
as well as city and state employees.
are entitled 10 them.
Alderman Seymour's motion that
the city write such letter won no
support, and a substitute motion
recommending that the request be-
received and filed was passed. the
aldermen taking the attitude that
an official statement would be out
Of keeping with duties OF city Of
fcials.
The council authorized the
mayor clerk and city assessor to
attend he meeting OF the Municipal
League at Traverse City, October
Il through the 18th.
The petition to extend the curb
and gutter on +. Forest Ave.
around the corner to the north line
OF lot 163 on y. Prospect St. was
/ approved and the work ordered
done. Delbert C. Coleman. 622 n.
Prosreet st.. petitioned for the
improvement and waived the right
TO a hearing OF the cost, thereby
! binding himself to pay for the
; work. He owns the lots involved.
Rev. r, F. Hopkins, petitioned for
| permission 10 erect a sign to show
the location OF the Church OF the
Nazerene on n. Prospect ST. The
sign was permitted, the work to be
supervised by the city engineering
department.
Hearings OF objections 10 the i'm.
provement OF curb and cutters on
Hemphill Rd., from Gordon ST. to
Holmes Rd. will be November 5.
The estimated cost is S1.49S30.
The mayor and clerk were auth
orized to sign n contract with DIR.
Leo Whitmire to purchase the
Nhitmire Estate for an extension
OF the parking lot, and to pay $4,000
when the contract is drawn, the
| balance OF $4,000 when the estate 10
probated. Possession will be grant
ed the city upon the signing Of the
contract and bids will be asked for
the building, oil burner and heating
plant.
The plans for a long range ex-
pansion TO the city water works
have been completed. and the state
has been petitioned for payment Of
one half OF the cost Of drawing the
plans. The cost OF the expansion,
not expected for at least FIVE
years. or when the need arises, is
estimated at 100000. II would
double the present capacity OF the
plant, and would have a pneumatic
system to handle lime from the
cars for the feeding machines.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Woman Held for Too
Free Use Of Knife

Mrs. Susie May wilson. 1916 Gro.
ton Ct. Willow Village. was hell
todsy in connection with the stab
bling OF John Evans. same address.
Monday night. Mr.. Evans Is a. tho
University Hospital, suffering from
serious knife wound n the lef,
side OF his head.
Mrs. Wilson told state police and
sheriff's deputies that the knitting
occurred during a quarrel in which
Evans threatened her with a brok-
en- bottle
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

BUENOS AIRES --AP- Argen-
tines awaited curiously today the
effect Of a government decree out
having the time honored custom OF
tipping in this city's hotels. res
taurants. cafes and night clubs
The order was made effective yes
terday by the ministry of labor.
which directed that employees in
such establishments receive pay in.
creases ranging from eight to 20
per cent 10 make mp the differ
ence.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

BERLIN --AP- The L. S. mil
itary government today began put
ting Into effect Gen EiSenhnwer,S
streamlining and consolidation or
der. which has the dual purpose OF
coordinating activities in the Amer
ican zone and easing the military
out OF the governmental administra-
tive picture
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

An employment service official
who asked anonymity said he be-
lieves the matter Of jobs not match
ing skills is one OF the principal
reasons why some are not being
filled.
The great majority OF persons
laid of since the war ended had
jobs in manufacturing industries,
the officials noted. On the other
hand. most OF the current openings
are in agriculture. the service
trade industries and finance.
The official stated that while
some former munitions workers are
holding out for better paying peace.
time jobs, this is not as big n
factor as some people think" Thou
sands OF laid OF war workers who
decided to take a vacation probably
will begin looking for new jobs this
month. USES said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
u. 8. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan: Mostly cloudy
with scattered showers today.
Clearing and quite cool in North
portion tonight. Wednesday partly
cloudy and not so cool.
Highest temperature yesterday.
IS: lowest. 81.
Highest temperature one year ago
today, 81: lowest. 40.
Highest temperature this date In
last 70 years, IS in 1891; lowest, -
IN 1908.
The sun sets today at 5:04 p. N.
and rises at S:43 a. m. Wednesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
LAST b0MbERS Leave WILLOW RUN
Japanese Asking Drastic
Reorganization OF Cabinet

Tokyo, Oct 2-AP-Pressure mounted among Japan
today for topobotom reorganization of their cabinet
by the time rehabilitation is completed in mid October
and General Macarthur demanded full accounting of
Japan's military production well existing stocks of
material.
He asked the japanese government for full information
the annual production Of arms, ordnance ammunition
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Senators For
Road Program

Washington, Oct. 2-AP-Senate
Democrats and Republicans team
ed up today to push the button for
a huge postwar road building pro-
gram. 1t calls for an outlay OF
more than 81, 900 900 900 in the next
three years, with more than Sl6.-
O0O. 900 allocated TO the state of
Michigan.
Senator Mcclellan (D-Tenn.) plan
ned to step down from his chair as
presiding officer and ask immediate
action on the bill, already passed
unanimously by the House. As
chairman OF the committee on post
offices and post roads, he will call
I'm the measure which the COM
mittee approved without dissent
yesterday.
Actually the pending measure is
limited to a finding by Congress
that the war emergency has been
relieved TO an extent" that the
vast federal aid program can be
started.
The program was authorized by
Congress last December as a post
war measure to cushion the shift
to peace. Under It the states must
match dollar for dollar the fed
erai funds provided. --
The funds allotted TO Michigan
will be parcelled out in this way:
Federal-aid highway system. s6,-
s26.974: secondary or feeder roads.
S4.l2g,O25: urban highways, $3.50
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Rep.RankinUrges
Law TO Break Strikes
Says World S Highest
Paid Workers Keep
Veterans From Work

Washington, oct. 2-AP-Chair-
man Rankin (D-MissJ OF the House
Veterans Committee urged Con.
gress today to enact legislation he
said would permit discharged vet.
Grams to break these strikes over
night.
ut is the time TO call a halt" to
strikes, Rankin said in announcing
he would ask the Rules Committee
to send to the House floor for de-
bate a bill approved by Rankin's
committee several months ago.
IL provides that no honorably
discharged ex-seryice man shall be
required to Join union. retain
membership in a union or pay union
dues as a condition OF employment.
IF Congress will pass this bill"
Rankin said in an interview, land
see that on. young men who are no
longer needed in the service are
discharged Immediately, it will
break these strikes over night"
Rankin said thousands OF dis
charged ex-servicemen would be
willing to take jobs vacated by
strikers but are prohibited from
doing so by contracts requiring
workers to belong to unions.
; Here we are. still at war. with
out young men being held in the
service" he declared. Yet the
highest paid laborers in the world
are indulging in a nationwide strike
that is threatening to paralJx !
country"
Rankin said many dis
veterans are unable TO obta1
because they cannot AFFORD
union Initiation fees AMI :,
dues. sy if,zs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
JOBS GO BEGGING. TWO
MILLION WORKERS iDA

Although more than zoo
sons are unemployed. SON
jobs are going begging. 4
Government manpowen
today advanced some thu
this should Be.
The job openings ar6j
the United States Empl
vice, which said the al
ably lies in a combins
cumstances. Many of
off possess specialized
which there is no curr
Some. accustomed to I
wages. are shopping
good-paying job in ely
ton. A large numbe
listed do not pay wen
workers decided to Ia
for some their firsk =
four years. s@f 4
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02
Flashes of
Late News

NEW YORK -AP- A dispute
between two independent southern
radio stations and the American
Federation OF Musicians (AFL)
caused cancellation OF the Carna-
ton "Contented Hour" radio pro.
gram last night, the National
Broadcasting Company announced.
Artie Shaw's band did not play as
scheduled Sunday night on the
Fitch Bandwagon program foS the
same reason. MIC said.
LONDON -AP-- The South
east Asia command said In
broadcast reported by Reuters
today that an agreement to
cease fire" In French lndo-
china was reached yesterday
by French authorities and lead
ers Of the Annamese lndepend-
enee movement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

MEDIA. PAPA gray haired
grandmother OF ~ years, pleading
guilty to voluntary manslaughter
charges in the death OF her two
year-old granddaughter, is starting
a four to eight year prison term:
Mrs. Anna f. Dufficy, dressed in
black and her eyes filled with tears,
was sentenced last night in Della
ware County court after she chang
ed her plea from innocent to guilty.
She appeared calm when the trial
opened. She showed signs OF strain
as Assistant District Attorney Will
liam r. Toal attempted to prove
that the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Lee McCann-died last July as
the result of beating in her grand
mothers home Sandra Lees U.
s. soldier father died in Italy with
out having seen his daughter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

TELAVIV --AP- The extraor-
binary Congress Of the General Fed
Grafton OF Jewish Labor reiterated
last night rs demands for re.
peal OF the British White paper
limiting Jewish immigration TO Pal
estine. At the same time the Con-
gress adopted a resolution urging
that Jewish survivors OF the Nazi
purge in Europe be sent to Pal
estine.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

wASHINGTON-INS-An Agri-
culture Department spokesman pre-
dicted today that civilian sugar
supplies may increase by next June
IL the prospective 1916 crop. in
Cuba survives weather damage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

LIVERPOOL - AP - Fourteen
thousand workers were idle today
in spreading lockers strike, and
port officials and union leaders
said they expected the entire Mer-
sey dock system would soon be af-
fected. II was estimated that be-
tween 5000 and $4,000 tons of food
and commodities for export were
tiedup on the Mersey docks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

WASHINGTON -AP- President
Truman showed in the chips today
for a politically-important Senate
showdown on his nomination OF
Raymond S. McKeough as a mari
time commissioner. McKeough is
on the CLOS Politiacl Action
Committee payroll Mr.. Truman
reputedly has told his legislative
lleutenants he wants the nomina
ton OF the former New Dea! con
gresham voted up or down. The
Senate Commerce Committee vot-
ed it down. 10 to 7. yesterday. The
Senate will get the issue imme-
distely, but It may delay a vote.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

WASHINGTON up The OF.
flee OF Price Administration has
fixed dollars and cents ceiling pric-
rs for new washing machines and
ironers. They range from S29.s5 TO
$685.. depending on quality and
also partly on where in the United
States they are sold.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

WASHINGTON -AP- A.
least four congressman who OPP
posed House action giving each
member a $500 yearly expense
allowance have declined to
take the money. Three Repub-
Iiesns-Reps. Rees OF Kansas,
judd Of Minnesota and Hoff-
man OF Miehloan--sud Rep.
Weiss (o-Pa.) have refused to
slan the vouchers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

TokYo-INs-6en. Douglas
MaeArthur's headquarters de-
manded the Immediate eonfis'
cation today Of all outstanding
copies Of the September edition
Of the Tokyo keizal Shimpo,
Engllsh-Japanese magazine. In
its confiseation order, head
quarters charged the magazine
with "publiestion OF material
inlmleaI 10 the interests Of the
occupation forces"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

BERLIN --AP- A reliable
source said today Gen. George
s. Patton, Jr., had been reliev-
ed OF his command In the east
ern half OF the American oeeu-
patton zone In Germany by Gen.
Eisenhower. Recent remarks
Of the Third Army commander
about the Identification pro-
gram In Germany were report
ed by this source to be the
cause. Ii. Gen. tueien x.
Truseott has replaced Patton,
according to this information.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

TOKYO-INS - Gen. Douglas
Macarthur relaxed occupation re-
gulations sufficiently today to al.
low the japanese to use exactly p
non-combat type airplanes within
Japan proper for liaison, air couri-
er and transport service.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-02

LONDON --AP-- l.. s. Amery,
former secretary OF state for India.
declared today that the system OF
imperial preference is Britain's
"birthright which We cannot sell
for any mess of pottage."