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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-11
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Evening star., 1945-02-18
$4,000 Axis Troops 1r
To Hold Out in Crete
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Feb. 17-Between TO-
600 and $4,000 Germans and about
1000 Italians are living on .bor-
rowed time in concentration
camp" of their own making on a
thin silver of the coast of Crete, and
the Allied command is letting
hunger decide when they will sur
render.
These troops. mostly inferior for
tress infantry, are held securely in
their camp by tough Cretan
Andartes, who are more interested
in fighting the Germans than each
other.
The Germans and Italians still
hold a 35-mile stretch of the coast
in Canea Province, but they are
almost as helpless as if they already
were behind the barbed wire of a
prisoner of war camp.
They are completely cut off from
any replenishment of their stocks
of food and ammunition. They
still hold an airfield from which
they are able to sneak out about
one plane a week to nearby Rhodes,
but this is considered negligible in
the supply situation.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
Small Percentage
|0f Applicants Take
Children for Board

Although 100 applications were
received during January-an unusu-
ally high number-from families
wishing to take children for board.
Mrs. Helen j. Cooper, supervisor of
the home finding department of the
Board Of Public Welfare, said yes
terday that only 5 per cent of such
applicants finally take children into
their homes.
1t was also reported that one
boarding house for children had
been ordered closed by the Health
Department because of improper
sanitary conditions and two others
directed to reduce the number Of
occupants. Maj. William H. Cary,
jro director of sanitary inspection
for the department, said six or eight
Evening star., 1945-02-18
eniMrsn were IN sl,s home ordered

1lcsildren were Ii the home ordered
closed.
The closing and reduction Of occu-
pancy does not mean children are
thrown into the streets" Mai
Cary said. He explained that there
lis always q heavy turnover Of oc-
lcupants, with many of the children
being placed for permanent adop-
ltion or in other homes.
Mai. Cary. estimated that the
occupancy of one home was reduced
from Is to 6 and the other from
8 to 8. Every effort is made by the
department to find other quarters
before child leaves, he said
Mrs. Cooper said that newspaper
stories last month about the boards
problem in finding temporary homes
L for more than 20 children on its
| list had done more than anything
else to bring in applications"
Mrs. Cooper said, however, that
despite the many applications, some
persons are discouraged by boarding
rates, others change their minds
and still others find they have nc
Evening star., 1945-02-18
Hines TO Speak al Dinner
For VFW Commander

Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, vet
Grams administrator, will address the
biennial dinner for the national
commander in chief of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars at 7:30 pm. Tues
day at the Statler Hotel. All men,
bers of Congress who are service
veterans have been invited. Vice
President Truman will be among
the guests Of honor.
The national commander in chief
Jean A. Brunner, Forest Hills, N
Y, will preside.
Several VFW national committees
will meet to consider problems re-
lating to veterans.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
THE SUNDAY STAR. Washington, D. C. = A-4s
", Js

be shown. One, entitled "v-1," will
show destruction caused by robot
bombs. The other, Model City" I"
will picture the proposed rebuilding
Of London.
Mr.. Crane recently returned from
an inspection Of housing conditions
in England, France and Italy. He
speaks under auspices of the Citi-
zens' Council for Community Plan
ming. Mrs. Robert Taft is chairman
OF the committee arranging the
meeting. Associate Justice Roberts
of the Supreme Court will preside.
Evening star., 1945-02-18

room. Sometimes, she added, q wife
applies and her husband objects. I
The board Is authorized to pay
$50 month, plus an amount for
lclothing and medical requirements
which covers the cost of care with
only a small margin left. It is diff
cult, the board staff reports, to CON-
pete with the amount which is
sometimes paid privately to board
children.
Ray L. Huff, director of welfare
said he had urged enactment of a
bill to lift the ceiling on the amount
the board can pay sectarian homes
for care of children.
Evening star., 1945-02-18
mia Aide 10 Speak
On Capital Planning

Several members Of Congress and
Federal and District officials have
been invited to be guests OF honor
at a public meeting at 4:45 pm. to-
morrow at the Chamber Of Com
merce of the United States, to be
addressed by Jacob Crane of the Ma
tional Housing Agency.
Mr.. Crane will speak on why the
Nations Capital Should Lead the
Way in Planning and Housing"
Two British motion pictures will
Evening star., 1945-02-18

'Tis not for us to question why
It's but for us to buy and buy more
War Bonds. -
Evening star., 1945-02-18

Join the attack make your
dollars fight buy extra War
Bonds! !
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
House Turns
to T ak Bill

Lansing. Mich, Apr l9-AP -
With one major local aid bill passed
the house Of representatives today
prepared to study the intangible
tax bill to return an estimated
S6,000,OO0 to local units OF govern
ment
Rep Walter G. Herrick. Hub
bardston Republican and chairman
of'the House Taxation Committee.
said his committee has voted to re
lease the bill in approximately the
same form as it passed the Senate
last week. He said the only major
change would be 10 place the tax
al not less than % OF one per cent
on intangible property. instead
OF at one-tenth OF one per cent.
The house passed wednesday by
a vote OF So 10 26 the Higgins bill
to impose a 10 per cent tax on sales
of alcoholic liquor. with revenues
estimated by its sponsors at $40.
000, 900 to be distributed to cities.
townships and villages.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Remarkable Progress Toward Post
War Production Being Made

try is greatly heartened" by the
progress made and that "ail out
cooperation is being received
from the War Production Board.
He added. however that many prob
lens remain to be disposed of. Par-
ticularly. he said, help was needed
from other government agencies. 8"
Major Problem
Romney and Nelson agreed that
machine tools still remained a ma
ior problem in reconversion of the
industry Richard F. V. Stanton.
OF the WPB tools division. has been
assigned to work with the car max
ers on the problem OF obtaining
the tools and facilities needed
The WPB already has approved
expenditures totaling S125.0O0 900
by the industry for machine tools.
plant additions and alterations and
tool and equipment rehabilitation.
The WPB has been assured. Mel
son indicated. that the require
ments covered by this approval rep
resents a minimum with which the
industry can plan TO return, on a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Reds toHelp
Set V-EDay

London Apr - AP Prime
Minister Churchill indicated TO-.
day the announcement Of We Day
would cnme Jointly with the Rus.
slams The matter is not one We
can settle by ourselves. he said.
Sidestepping attempts 70 draw a
hint from him as TO when victory
over Germany Will be proclaimed
the Prime Minister told Commons
he had nothing to say at the pres
ent time except that ! deprecate
premature speculation upon this
subject"
Describing the matter OF German
atrocities uncovered in captured
prison and concentration camps
as "une OF urgency" Churchill an
nounced that a letter received from
Gen. Eisenhower only this morn
ing said new discoveries, par
ticularly at Weimar. far surpassed
anything previously disclosed. The
nuchinwald camp was located at
Weimar
"A solemn warning has been pre-
pared for the German government.
or whatever authorities existed by
agreement with Russia and the
United States he disclosed. and
he expressed the hope it would be
issued in a very few days
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Leipzig Captured; Ruhr Conquered
Five Places
Meet Quotas
on War Loan

Five industrial firms Of Ypsilanti
have reported that they are "over
the top on their Seventh War
Loan e. bond quotas. Motor State
Products Corporation kept up their
consistent record maintained
throughout the war Of being first 10
pass their goal Streicher Die and
Tool Co, Ypsilanti Machine and
Tool Co. Huron Machine and Pro-
duction Co. and George L. Ennen
Co are the others who have met
their quotas.
These firms have received pay
roll deduction orders from EN-
ployes which will, during the three
months of April. May and June
meet the quotas named. To meet
the quotas during 1945 the Treas
ury Department will hold two bond
campaigns OF three months each
instead OF three campaigns of two
months each as previously. The eff
forts during the Seventh War Loan
will be much stronger on e" bonds
and less on investment bonds.
Motor State Products Corp. had
the following committee on bond
sales from the plant: William
Hendrickson. Fred Schmitt, H.
Brown, Joseph Lesniewicz, Kenneth
Hilliker, Lillian Lagrant and Roy
Smith. From the office it was made
up of a. Kellar, II. Leader, r. Boy
e.. Miss Mary .O'Brien. Miss Vir'
ginia Parimskas.
The committee from Ypsilanti
Machine and Tool Co. was made up
of Daniel Leabu, Charles Panaba-
ker and Thomas Johnson. George
Veins was in charge at StreicheT
Die and Tool Co.
Other Ypsilanti industries partici.
pating in the drive are Michigan
Ladder Co., Peninsular Paper G..
Harry b. Hammond Co., United
Stove Co., Central Specially Co.
Sandersou Metal Parts Co., o. F.
Thompson and Sons. Huron Gray
Iron Foundry, Michigan Aluminium
Castings Co., Standard Laorator
les, Wier Bros, Ypsilanti Machine
and Welding Co. All are at work
and much progress is being made
However, they have not reported
that their quota has been met. In
dustries have quota of S265.OOO.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
War In Brief

CBy Associated Press)
The Western Front: Ruhr pocket
mopup virtually completed; Leipzig
captured; Third Army built up
strength in Czechoslovakla; Sew
enth Army battled in Nuremberg:
French mopped up in Gironde estu-
airy; British reached Elbe and were
Is miles from Hamburg: Canadians
battled in flooded western Holland
The Russian Front: Germans
said attack on Berlin was in its
fourth day; outskirts Of Bruenn
tBrno) in Czechoslovakia shelled.
others drove on Moravska Ostrava.
Linz. Prague and Munich.
The Italian Front: British storm
ed through Argenta Gap on road 10
Ferrara; Americans met heavy re-
sistance in northward advance on
Bologna.
The Pacific Front: Marines over
ran northern end OF Okinawa: hat.
tied tough resistance on southern
front: lie Jima virtually conquered:
second landing made on Mindanao
in Philippines; cleanup outside
Baguio on Luzon continued.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Ypsilanti Has
Enough amt

Despite curtailment OF the paint
supply by federal order, Ypsilanti
merchants today pointed out that
there is sufficient here to maintain
the usual neat, clean appearance OF
the city.
Stocks are adequate for a reason
able demand. we thought We knew
what was likely to happen and We
bought rather substantially in Jan
uary' said one dealer. we have
good paint and We can supply rea-
sonable demands
Another dealer said. Yes. we
have the paint but where formerly
we had twenty-eight colors We now
can furnish only three in the pre-
pared paints, aside from white
on April /. 1915, Amendment TO
WFO-42A reduces to 40 per cent
OF the 1904 average the quantity
of fats and oils that may be used
for the manufacture OF civilian
paints in the second quarter of 1915.
This is i2.S per cent less than the
amount authorized in simhar
period of 1874.
One of Americas largest manu-
facturers of paint said: I'VE are
not going to close our doors, nor
are we going to withdraw our sales
men. We are going to do everything
We possibly can to distribute what
is available among our regular
customers" This particular firm
cancelled all unshipped orders on
file as of April /, l945.'
With the changes taking place
at the Ford Boomber plant there
promises now labor available for
application of paint That this pro-
lection for homes is sorely needed
is evidence in nearly every section
Of the city.
One OF the first reconversion pro-
jects for Ypsilanti. paint merchants
feel. may easily be painting. They
point out that this provides quick
absorption OF local residents while
industry is preparing to return TO
manufacture Of civilian articles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19

limited basis, to car production
Neither Nelson nor Romney
would venture a guess as 10 when
production Of passenger cars may
be resumed.
Yesterdays conferences between
WPB representatives and indus.
try leaders came closely upon the
FIST major cutbaCk in the Detroit
area war production program an
nouncement that Willow Run short
ly will discontinue production Of
B-24 bombers simultaneously.
Edward L. Cushman. district war
manpower commissioner. auuounc
ed that Detroit and Immediately
adjacent war production centers
have been classified a. 40 . Ia
bor shortages areas Almost since
the start Of the war the Detroit
area had been classified as a 40
! critical labor shortage ares.
Cushman expressed the hope. a.
did Senator Ferguson in Wa shing
ton. that the rehabilitation might
bring additional war contra rs 70
the area and aid in the reconyer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Bids Too High
on Recreation
Here

The recreation center for Ypsi-
lanti's south side, was faced with
new delay today, when it was re-
vealed that all OF the contracting
bids submitted to the Federal
Works Agency were above the
funds allocated for construction Of
the building.
r. c. Ashton, regional director
for the Federal Works Agency, no
titled the Council of Social Agen.
cies that additional funds had been
requested, and that definite answer
should be received Within the rext
week. Unuf %ff6fe money is pro.
yided, contracts cannot be award
ed. he added.
The building was TO have been
completed by July /. but in view
Of the delay. this dead-line may be
changed. Other centers built in
this area, at Garden City and at
lnkster were built on schedule.
but great difficulty has been en-.
countered in obtaining furniture for
the buildings. Similar difficulties
may arise here.
Mrs. Esther Duston. director OF
the Council of Social Agencies,
pointed out that the cut back and
subsequent lay-offs at the Bomber
Plant, does not effect the need Of a
center in this city. \ relative per-
centage of the people, for whom
this building was intended, are
employed at Willow Run, and local
industry can absorb the few who
will be laid off. she stated.
This center is of great i'm
portance to Ypsianti.' she said.
This is still a congested area. and
our entire recreation program is
based upon the assumption that the
center will be built. II the project
were to be abandoned, the results
would be tragic
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
AUTO INDUSTRY PLANNING RECONVERSION
Payoffs Probable

sion planning Of the car INDUSTRY
Payoffs Probable
To some extent. however. work.
or lay.offs appeared TO be more
probable. Approximately 10000
Ford workers face lay-offs Or job
changes az result OF the Willow
Run production curtailment and in
Flint Harlow II. Curtice. general
manager Of the Buick division Of
General Motors Corp said 5000
Of the company's workers there
and in Melrose Park. III. would be
affected by immediate discontin-
uance ~ engine production for the
Liberstor bombers
Meanwhile in Milwaukee work
ers tCIOl announced plans for a
meeting In Detroit May 16 10 dis
russ problems arising from the
impending suspension Of work al
Willow Run Union officials at
tending a meeting OF the TAW-CIO
executive board criticised the pro
posed Willow Run suspension as
poor reconyersion planning and
expressed the hope other work
could be assigned 10 the oig 81
acre plant
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
In Nuremberg
Yanks Fight.
SIS Troops
an the Assoclated Presn


L. S, First Army troops captured
Leipzig. American Third Army
forces built up strength inside Cze.
chosloyakia and other Americans
! in the Ruhr smashed the last or.
ganlzed resistance today In what
may be the greatest victory OF the
war
Gen. Omar n Bradley announced
his First, Third and Ninth Armies
had ended one phase of the thrust
into the heart of Germany and III
Is necessary TO pause temporarily
before we go into the next"
On the eve OF Adolf Hillers J6th
birthday, as his propaganda minis
ter called for last about effort
to make sure that the Reich does
not break apart" Russian troops
by Nazi account were pressing on
Berlin on an assault are Is To 90
miles from the capital. by German
reports the drive was In It's fourth
day. Moscow said nothing except
that great forces were massed and
ready for the final push.
The Nails said the Russians
pouring men over the Neisse and
oder Rivers and using artillery 10
IAN unimaginable extent, had
thrown In n sensational new heavy
breakthrough tank and new rapid
firing automatic gun.
Fight SIS Troops
American Seventh Army troops
battled crack SS troops In Nuern.
berg. Nazl spectacle city now yIrtu
ally surrounded.
The British reached the lower
Elbe and advanced TO within 'lG
miles OF Hamburg In a mighty cf-
fort TO cut North Sea ports from
Berlin. CANADIANS were battling
| ahead in flooded western Holland
AS the 'Sazis spread ruin.
Supreme Headquarters announc-
! ed all organized resistance in the
/ Ruhr pocket had ceased and mop
ping up of enemy stragglers was
virtually complete, Apparently
Duesseldorf. Sollngen, Remscheid
anu bHIHDtHi al Si'hN 'hHuH'i ~
cities, were In First and Ninth
Army hands. In the number OF
men killed and captured, the Ger
mans may have suffered disaster
greater than Stalingrad.
Meet in Leipzig
Two First Army units met In the
heart of Leipzig after clearing out
enemy resistance when the Nazi
commander refused TO surrender.
The crushing power drive through
the NTH largest German city began
at dawn yesterday and n front dis
patch said German civilians cheer.
ed the American entry. Halle and
Dessau were topping.
Slicing through the toughest de
lenses OH the road 10 Ferrara.
British eighth Army troops In TIA
" have stormed through the Ar
genta Gap and captured Bocca'
leone in the Pc Valley and moved
northwestward in heavy lighting.
H. S. Fifth Army troops, meeting
stin resistance and some of the
toughest fighting of the campaign.
advanced more than half mile in
the one area. one spectacular
surge was reported along Highway
e., but details were lacking. Heavy
bombers supported ground troops.
and other planes attacked German
defenscs and communications.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Russian Troops Pressing
on Berlin in Assault Arc
IS to 20 Miles From Citv
Tip
ofOkinaua
Cleared
CBy The Associated Press

tBy the Associated Press
American ground forces reached
the northern tip OF Okinawa Island
placing them exactly 1926 miles from
Japan and swept up IS miles OF the
Mindanao coastline ina second in
vasion of that major Philippine
island, American commanders an
nounced today.
Their successes were matched
by the British who captured three
towns in central Burma and IA
northern central China by Chinese
who recaptured Fancheng. nullify.
ing the enemy's recent Hupeh prov
ince offensive.
Fighter planes from Two Jima
repeatedly swept over Tokyo air
fields today. Philippines based
bombers wrecked 95 Nipponese
ocean-gcihg and river vessels and
heavily pounded northern Formosa
airdromes. Japanese, lacking air
power for such strikes sent rein
forced infantry columns in n two
pronged drive to knock out the
L. 5. Chihkiang air base in cen
trail China.
Casualties Mount
American casualties in the
month long and sea operations
centering around Okinawa mount
ed 10 1855, including 1882 dead,
l.756 missing and i,750 wounded,
Naval personnel suffered the most,
Japanese killed in land operations
alone on Okinawa and a dozen
lesser islands invaded were 9,lOS
as OF last Saturday.
L. 6. Navy losses were 400
The break down showed 9S9 Navy
men killed. 1,491 missing and Zoo
wounded. Presumably most OF these
were suffered on one destroyer
sunk and an unannounced number
damaged only ship losses re
/ corded by tho American command
in the Ryukyu Islands operation.
Tokyo radio claimed the L. $
war fleet in the Ryukyu area has
been destroyed" with total OF
1893 vessels sunk.
In ground operations Marines oil
the Third Amphibious corps reach
ed The northern end Of OkiHawa
bringing most OF the 60 mile long
islands under American DONNA
ton. The oath L. s. Army Corps
was still deadlocked on the south
crn. Japanese held end Of the
island The Nth division made
marked gains on nearby Ie airbase
island
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Pyle Will be
Laid to Rest
With Soldiers

Okinawa, Apr l9-UP- Ernie
Pyle will be buried among the sol.
diers he immortalized.
The beloved little war correspon-
dent killed by Japanese machine
gunner yesterday probably will be
laid to rest in an Army cemetery
here in the Ryukyus where he COW
cred his last campaign.
The soldiers he loved brought
him back from the battlefield. back
to where the noise OF the guns Is
distant and dull. They lifted his
pint-sized frame from the ditch
where he fell. victim OF a sneak
Japanese machinegun ambush.
one of his hands still clutched
his greeG fatigue cap. They put
him on a litter. and crossed his
arms. and then carried him back to
the rear
Jealous Of Victim
II wasn't easy. That japanese
machine gunner seemed jealous OF
his priced victim. II was FIVE hours
after Ernie was killed before any.
body could get TO his body.
Corp. Alexander Roberts Army
photographer from New York City,
tried to get in to take pictures. He
said every time anybody would try
TO enter the clearing where Ernie
had been killed, the gunner would
open up.
First. three tanks were sent in
to remove the body. But the fire
was too hot for them. Then planes
tried to locate the machine gun
nest.
Finally Robert crawled into the
clearing on his belly, pushing his
camera ahead of him.
Pleasant, Peaceful
"Ernie's face was not twisted in
pain or agony" he said. "He looked
pleasant and peaceful. II there
hadn't been thin line of blood at
the corner of his mouth, you might
have thought he was sleeping"
The hidden machine gunner am
pushed a jeep in which Ernie was
going to the front with 1t. Col,
Joseph b. Coolidge of Helena, Ark.
Both men leaped into roadside
ditch.
The dirt along the ditch told how
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-19
Presbyterian
Church to be
Moderniized

The First Presbyterian Church
has contracted with the American
Warming and Nentilating Company
Of Toledo to completely modernize
the heating system in the main por-
ton of the church. This work is
to start as soon as possible.
In the near future, the committee
hopes TO have the roof checked by
contractor TO determine what re
pairs. II any, will be necessary.
Women of the congregation are
working TO raise a fund TO recarpet
the church. and as another posi-
war project. the church Will have
a pipe organ. The organ will not
be available for some time. how
ever.
A stoker was Installed in the
heating plant which heats the so
cial wings of the church building.
The cost of undermining the main
heating unit is expected TO be ST.
coo.