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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
War In Brief

tEy Associated PrcssD
Western Front: Americans mon
up Munich, free Dachau camp, cross
lsar on way to Berchtesgadcu /;
Canadians menace 2mden from
new bridgehead. British push ahead
from Elbc bridgehead near Ham
burg.
Eastern Front: Soviet tanks re-.
portedly enter Tiergarten, is
square miles of Berlin left IN Nazi
hands. Russians advance west OF
Stcttin toward juncture, with Brit.
ish.
Italian Front: Milan. Venice &c
noa in American British hands as
German rout continues: prisoner
toll passes 100000; Germans fight
ing north o. Lake Garda near
Bremen Pass.
Pacific Front: Drive on Davoa in
Philippines oyerTuns airfeld
Americans strike out from captur-
ed Baguio, make new landing in
southeast Luzon.. 10th Army wins
half Of Machinato airstrip on south
ern Okinawa; British IS miles from
Rangoon.
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Forty Thousand Pounds of
Paper Gathered by Scouts

ell of Ypsilanti High School will
handle the May collection which
will take place late in the month.
A grand total Of over $4,000
pounds was collected in both Eisen.
hover drives in the Ypsilanti dis
trict.
Cooperation by r. Fred Older.
city engineer, his staff and drivers
Of city trucks made possible the
drive. Members of Ypsilanti Dis
trict Boy Scout Salvage Commit.
tee. Dan T. Quirk, chairman, gave
full assistance in the planning nee
essary TO help scouts and cubs go
over the top in their part toward
winning the war.
Roosevelt school cub pack i31,
Larry Smith, cub master, and Ger
aid Binns, committee chairman, was
sole winner OF pack award fo'
averaging more than 1000 pounds
Of paper collected for each cub en-
rolled. Court troop awards are due
10 four of 15 Ypsilanti troops
which joined in the drive.
First to win award was En-.
manuel Lutheran Church troop 80,
Carl Scheffler scout master, and
Glenn Groosbeck. committee chair
man. averaging 1899 pounds per
scout in the March II collection.
Junior Chamber troop 80, Glenn
Touse committee chairman and
acting scout master, was second to
win troop award, and was fol
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
HANCMAN HIMM-ER PRESENTS .QUESTIC

refused 10 ascept surrender and
that II mus, he a fight to the
death
Anyway, the next move is up to
Himmler Swedish Count Berna
d0tte. who is reported to have re
layed the Nszi offer TO surrender
70 America and Britain is said to
have made new contact with him
Himmler can't be getting much
comfort out OF Mussolini's sum
mary execution. II certainly looks
Ike hard summer for war erin.
insls. and maybe the Nazi hang
man is right in not banking too
much on Russian leniency. Ap.
parently he isn't alone in that idea,
for Moscow says there has been a
wave OF suicides among Hitlefite
leaders in Berlin
Al In all Benito wasn't as bad
as flimmler, although u Duce had
done plenty 20 plague his consci.
enCe-if he had conscience. He
was the pioneer who inspired Hit
ier 70 ~ the Fascist game though
the Boche Fuehrer quickly outdis
ianced his pace.maker and got the
Italian under his control.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
Body of Mussolini Lies in
Gutter, Kicked, Spat Upon

bodies or 1s OF Mussolini's Fascist
henchmen. like him executed by
Italian patriots after a peoples
trial.. They shared his final dis
grace. as they had the infamy OF
his life
"Mussolini died badly" said Ed
ouardo leader OF the l0-man firing
squad which sent the dictator TO
bis death.
When he was sentenced 20 death.
the man who had ruined his ca
reer through illusions OF empire
ironically cried. let me save my
life. and will give you an EN-
piro."
NO. no. were the last words
from II Duce. who had said yes.
yes so many times TO his Axis
partner. Adolf Hitler. He cried
his NOS" as the men Of the fir
ing -cauad raised their rifles 10
their shoulders.
The execution took place at 4:20
p. m. Saturday near the town OF
Dongo. on Lake Como Mussolini
was killed al the villa where he
had been living since their arrest
last Friday night with Clara Pc
tac,i the Rome doctors daughter
who wanted to be movie star.
Mussolini, the 'jackal' to the
last. was caught as he attempted
TO flee to Switzerland in a 30-car
convoy, his bulky frame cloaked in
a German military overcoat 10 es-
cape detection.
II heard Mussolini was arrested
end taken to a villa near Dongo,"
said Eduardo. who commands all
Sec Mr-CsoTrNI- PAGE
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Local Artists Help Veterans,
Handcraft Materials Needed

Miss Eleanor Strafer in charge
Of the Arts and Skills Corps has
upon her STAFF five Ypsilanti artists
who go to Percy Jones Hospital
each week to work with the am
putee cases who follow their hob
bies while they are waiting for rest
and treatment, Miss Jone McAllis-
ter, Miss Ann Gill, Miss Kathryn
Evans, Miss Gladys Fleischer and
Miss Melba Miller work with Miss
Strafer in this rehabilitation and
therapeutic service. ..-
Men in battle dress are flown
directly 10 the hospital. Their
amputations have already been
made either at front line hospitals
or at base hospitals. At Battle
Creek, the men wait for healing OF
their wounds and for the fitting of
artificial parts. Something con-
structive TO do with their period
OF conyalescence is a real problem.
The Arts and Skills Corps Is dedi-
Gated and trained to serve con.
structiyely and aid whenever 1t
can.
The following articles are badly
needed for the wounded at Percy
Jones Hospital: leather scraps or
purses. drycleaned before sending;
colored cotton or wood yarns. silk
embroidery floss for fly tyeing for
fishing, looms of any kind, large
needles for hooked rugs crochet
or sewing needles, hooked rug
frames. needlepoint materials,
small parts OF machinery such as
carburetors. dental instruments.
paints or crayons. rubber balls,
tennis or others for squeezing ex-
>ercises. plastic tooth brush handles
with bristles removed. old felt hats
cleaned and flattened. silk hose,
and cotton tops Of nylon hose. cut
OF.
Residents are asked to search
reserve stock OF such materials as
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
Tin Collection
to be Wednesday

The city's collection Of processed
tin cans Is set for Wednesday
Cans should be properly prepared
which means that the ends must
be cut out. and the can flattened
By stepping on il. Cans must be
placed in cartons which will be
left at the curb.
Npsilauti's collections have been
very low. according 10 city Off
Gals The demand for cans from
which to recover tin, continues un-
abated. Officials believe It will be
more than year before any relief
can be expected in the supply Of
tin
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Milan. App. 80 JF-The batter.
ed. becrimod body Of Bouito Mus
sDlIni lay to-day IN Milan square
on a plot OF dirt in heap with Il
other rOrpsos
The people he had ruled paid
their respects 10 the dishonored
dictator by kicking and splitting
upon his remains.
In the pile, lying next 10 Mus
solinfs twisted corpse, vas the
body OF hs dark haired pretty.
young mistress. Clara Petaeci
Bloodstains showed crimson against
her dainty white. laCe.ruifled
blouse. which somehow was free OF
the filth which covered Mussolini.
In the grotcsquc heap were the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
Congress Today

lEy Associated Peso
Senate
Routine session tnoonl.
Interstate Commerce Committee
discusses boxcar shortage G0:30).
Education and labor committc"
hears testimony on federal school
aid bill tl0).
House
Debates war crime policies and
L. S. membership in world food
organization CnoonJ.
Supreme Court
Convenes at noon for opinion day
session.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
New Center
Assured

Uncertainty over a recreation
center for the south side of the
city was ended today. when the
Federal Works Administration an
nounced that the additional funds
needed for its construction had
been obtained, and the contract
awarded to II. d. White and Com.
pany of st. Joseph. who bid for
the job at $56,6SS. Although this
was the low bid, 1t still was in ex-
cess of the $4,000 originally ap-
propriated, and the contract was
held up until the supplementary
funds could be raised.
Terms of the contract specify
that the building be completed
within 100 days.
The building, similar in design
to the ones at Garden City and
Inkster, though not quite as large.
will be located at the corner OF
Harriet St, and Armstrong Dr.. on
Federal property, and will be built
at no cost TO the city. The city,
however is responsible for the
funds to administer the program.
In other buildings OF this type.
the administration is handled by a
committee of representatives of the
city. the federal agencies. and cit
liens, procedure which is expect
ed to be used here.
The center was made possible
by the Lanham Act, which provides
money for recreation facilities in
war congested areas. Besides the
building for indoor recreation, it
is expected that eventually a play
ground will be equipped. The fed
eral property is large enough to
have such an arrangement.
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,By the Associated PresD


\ new surrender offer from Helm,
rich Heimmler, presumably 10 all
three major powers. was under.
stood to be on it's way today In
London.
British cabinet ministers were
ordered TO stand by as swiftly NOV
ing Developments pointed to Ger
manys collapse.
Prime Minister Churchill was ~.
ported preparing a statement for
Commons tomorrow May Day
but there was no indication OF what
he might say
This capital was outwardly calm.
even though We Day announce
mont was expected at any hour.
There was more ministerial activi
~ In Whitehall than there had
been In some time.
Final collapse OF Nazi GERMANY
was FASTENED today as Russians
compressed the last dwindling
pocEcd In the rubblo heap. OF Der.
lin and Ave Allied armies won Or
entered the great eitndels Of
Munich, Milan Genoa, and Venice
In the powerful squeeze on the Ger
mans southern redoubt
The Allies In italy and Southern
Germany stood but l35 miles apart.
MissoIni lay ANONYMOUSLY dead In
Milan.
4 dispatch from Supreme Head
quarters said the indications were
that hostilities. In Europe would
continue only = matter Of days.
| Moscow called on Germans 10 sur
render
Near Chancellery
Red Army men hattlcd over the
burning wreckagc Of Berlin only
half mile from the RciChschan-
celery. aud At tho northern edge 81
the Ticrgauen. presumed head
quarters OF the German command
A. possibly Hitler himself The
Germans held only an lS-squar"
mile area Of the i3l In greater Ber.
lin
The Germans oslo radio declar-
ed Soviet tanks had battered into
the TicrRartcn, tho Central Park
converted with an underground
fortress
L. s. Seventh Army troops mop
See WAR PAGE
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these are not for sale in the open
market. Donations may be de.
liyered to Red Cross headquarters
on S. Huron St, or the Red Cross
Motor Corps will pick them up.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan: Fair tonight
and Tuesday Cooler tonight with
light frost
Highest temperature Sunday, 81;
lowest last night, 80.
Highest temperature one year
ago today. IS; lowest. 10.
Highest temperature this date In
last y years. 81 in 1912; lowest,
IS in 1876.
The sun sets today at S:39 p. m.
and rises Tuesday at 6:2S a. m.
The moon rises today at 11:47
p. m. and sets Tuesday at 9:1ia. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

PARIS AP Every American
soldier liberated from German pri-
son camps will go home as fast as
the Army can get them there, W
Supreme Headquarters announced
today
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30
AUCTION CALENDAR

SATURDAY, MAY S. I O'CLOCK.
7 miles S. ". Of Milan So miles
NJ {. Of 5rtton, mile N. or "A
mile E OF German Church of
Ridge Road. 20 head cattle, farm
implements. 30 acre farm. Leon
J. Squires, owner and prop, Brit.
ton, Mich. RID. No. 2. Guy =.
Thompson, Auetioneer, 4o4 Fer.
RS ST.. Phone 25i9.
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End of War
Matter of
Days

Rome. Apr. 3o-AP-Gen. Clark.
commander OF the 18th Army
Group, declared today that the mill
tary power Of the Germans In itaiy
has been virtually destroyed.
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BRASSIERES GlRDLES
Complete stock Of nationally adver-
tIsed makes a. Dixie Shop. Adv. 800
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Flashes of
Late News

NEW YORK-AP-The L. S. 5.
Franklin d. Roosevelt. $4,000 ton
aircraft carrier. was dedicated yes
tepday by Secretary Of Navy James
V, Forrestal TO the aims Of the late
President-to win the war and
maintain the peace. Forrestal de
scribed the ship, sister to theU SIS.
Midway and second in the class Of
the worlds largest. strongest and
fastest carriers as a symbol OF
cur determination to prosecute the
war against Japan TO complete vic
tory
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HEART ATTACK FATAL

HtVH Al AUX "a AZ
Detroit-Fred S. Ross. So traffic
manager for the Detroit and Toledo
Shoreline, died Sunday after a
heart attack. y
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ROME -AP-The Italian govern
ment today condoned the sum-
mary execution of Benito Mus
solini and other topflight Fascis.s
by northern patriots. and the
Rome press hailed the deed as
paving the way for the establish.
ment OF real democracy in Italy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

Maple furniture Tor > rooms COM
plete. 1892 Z. Michigan. Phi. 1329-M.
ADV. f30s
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LONDON-AP-A mercy cargo
OF more than 600 tons of food was
dropped Sunday by Raj Lancaster
hombers to Dutch civilians caught
behind the German lines in the
Netherlands. After several days
OF negotiations, presumably
through the Int national Red
Cross. the Germans agreed to give
safe passage TO the planes.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -AP-
Army Air Force officers today an
nounced that Corporal Burton j.
Naberhues of 212 west 10th St,
Holland, Mich. and three other
fliers died Saturday when their
plane crashed during a combat
training flight
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

PARIS Up The Communist
party took an early lead in all
six electoral districts of Paris to
day as reports from 20 provincial
towns indicated swing toward the
left in the first election in France
since 1887.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

NOSCOW-AP-A former chan
cellor who was strong opponent
OF communism after the First
World War is the head OF a new
provisional Austrian government
formed in Vienna Saturday. a Tass
dispatch from recently liberated
capital of the constitution of the
Austrian republic.
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See PAPER Page .
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WASHINGTON--AP - Admins
tration hackers in the Senate look
ed TO President Truman today for
a cue whether to fight a Republi-
can.sponsored move to strip the
rural electrifcation Administration
from the Agriculture Department.
White House opposition might
bring the first rift in the thus far
cordial relations between the
President and Senate Republicans.
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Soc CONFERENCE Page :
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

.WASHINGTON-AP-The House
FASTENED today to snatch the sane
tuary Of neutral countries from Nail
war criminals. Without awaiting a
formal report from congression-
al committees inspection of Ger
man atrocity camps, the chamber
scheduled debate on a resolution
calling on the government to use
arms il necessary to capture war
criminals who seek refuge behind
the boundaries of peaceful nations.
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See MUssoLINI-Pass .
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BAGUIO, Luzon -AP- Yanks
observed Japanese Emperor Hiro-
hito's birthday by raising the
American and Philippines flags
over captured Baguio yesterday and
by launching a new offensive north
ward from this summer capital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

INTERNATIONALLY "6rstin.
first-out' formula for demobilizing
fighting men was proposed today by
Senator Johnson (D-ColoD. John
son said the point system the Army
announced months ago as its pro-
gram for determining discharge
priorities is much too complicated
and contains elements of unfair
ness.
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See WILLOW Run Page ?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

WASHINGTON. AP - Their
weeks OF study completed. Senate
and House food Investigators
worked today on reports of their
findings. Both groups have heard
suggestions for a complete over
haul of government food agencies
to centralize control, and there
were indications such a recon-
mendation might come from the
House group.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-30

DETROIT-AP-War production
stoppages which had affected more
than $4,000 workers at number
of Detroit plants ended today. Some
$500 employees returned to their
Jobs at the Kelsey Hayes Wheel
Co. A regional War Labor Board
directive ordered reinstatement OF
10 workers whose discharge for
eiecting two more men precipitated
the walkout late Tuesday.
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SOYIETS SLICE
RESISTING UNITS
CONTINUED from Pare One)

arms to the Czech military COM
mand by noon today Czech time
while the Prague radio also an
nounced that joint meeting of the
Czechoslovak government of Pres
ident Eduard Benes and the Czech
national (resistance) council was
to be held tonight in the capital.
The blackout and air raid precau-
ton measures remained in force
in the city.
Bending all efforts to liquidate
the last resisters in Bohemia, the
Red Army dispatched two of it's
toughest tank commanders, Col.
Gen. Dnitry D. Leliushenko, a
heor Of Moscow, Stalingrad and
Berlin, and Col. Gen. Pavel S.
Abyalko, a hero of the Silesian
breakthrough, to deal with the stiff
but scattered enemy resistance.
With Generals Leliushenko and
Abyalko leading the front field, the
First, Second and Fourth Ukrain-
ian armies closed in rapidly on
the Germans and early today were
within afe W miles of shutting the
corridor through which the Ger
mans have been pouring toward
American lines south Of Prague.
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new YORK STOPS
CINCINNATI, 4-3

NEW YORK, May 11.-R-The
New York Giants made it two
straight over Cincinnati today and
their sixth straight of the season
as they defeated the Reds 4-3.
Phil Weintraub homered in the
eighth with two aboard to break
a IL tie. It was the first base
mans fifth of the season and tied
him with teammates Mel OFT and
Ernie lombard for the league
lead.
The Reds came back with a pair
of runs, knocking starter Van
Mungo from the box, but Ace
Adams, making his tenth relief ap-
pearance, stopped them with the
tying run on third.
The Giants took a one-run lead
in the third on Nap Reyes triple
and Mungo's out. The Reds tied
the score in the sixth on a walk
to Eric Upton, sacrifice and
Frank McCormick's single.
Rookie Frank Dasso went the
distance for the Reds, giving up
seven hits.
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D00LITTLECITES
GIANT AIR RAIDS
Confined from Page One)

crease in their bomb load, raising
it to 10 tons, he explained.
The eighth, it was revealed, lost
3,742 bomber crewmen and fight
er pilots, killed or missing, in 995
days of the air war in Europe
Another 1928 were injured. The
vast majority. of the casualties
were bomber crewmen.
Doolittle said 7O1, 300 tons of
bombs had been dropped and that
bombing had been at the rate Of
a ton a minute during the past
year.
The Eighth also destroyed 49,
439 enemy planes, the majority OF
which were by the bombers. STRAIT
ing destroyed 1907 enemy planes
on the ground.
Doolittle said they inaugurated
daylight bombing deliberately in
tending to precipitate large scale
air battles" Destruction OF the
Luftwaffe, he added, was ''our
mandate from the Allied joint
chiefs Of staff and the Keystone
upon which all hopes and plans
for the successful invasion of Eu-
rope were built"
He said naturalization Of the Ger
man air force was a race against
time to permit the land invasion
during favorable weather. The
Eichth encountered Nazi fighters
equal or superior to any Ameri-
can planes. at first.
1--WE faced very grave crisis
during the fall and winter of 1913
and 1874" he said.
Doolittle thought that large
international air force might be
policing medium for ensuring
peace because Of its mobility but
that there will always be Navy
to supply it and an Army to sup
port it,
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ATHLETICS whip :.
WHITE SOX, 81

CHICAGO, May II -R- Two
homers by George Kell, the first
and second Of his. major league
career, today led the Philadelphia
AS to a to 2 triumph over the
top-spot Chicago White Sox. It was
Slim Russ Cnristopher's fifth
mound win against one loss.
While the AS combed southpaw
Ed Lopat for IL hits, Christopher
scattered seven White Sox safeties
and pitched scoreless ball until the
sixth when Chicago scored its two
markers.
Kelrs first homer came in the
second after Dick Siebert singled
to give the AS 20 lead. The AS
broke a % deadlock with a brace
on four hits in the eighth and taper
ed off with Kell's second circuit
wallop with none aboard in the
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FOUR DIVISIONS
ENTER CAMPAIGN
Continued from Page One)

a number Of landing craft in
sweeps to Korea, Honshu and
Truk. They also destroyed a four
engine flying boat and anot.. cr
plane.
The British carrier strike against
airfields in the Sakishima islands
Wednesday bagged eight enemy
planes at a cost Of one British air
craft, new figures showed. One
British ship, unidentified, sustain
ed minor damage in retaliatory
Japanese attack, Nimitz said pre-
viously.
Army Liberators ranged into the
Kuriles, bombing shipping and in
stallations at Katoaka Naval base
in Shimushu and Kashiwabara.
Marine and Navy planes attacked
enemy bases in the Marshalls and
Palaus.
Okinawa ground fighting was 50
fierce that Maj. Gen. Andrew D.
Bruce's 77th Division infantrymer
engaged in hand to hand duels
with Japanese as they moved for
ward through rugged terrain in
the center of the southern front.
On the east. Maj. Gen. James L.
Bradley's 96th Division, rested and
returned to the front, was gaining
slowly against strong resistance.
This was the first announcement
that the 9th Division talon frnrn
the front early this month, had re-
turned to combat.
Yesterdays full-scale offensive
was launched at 7 a. m. (Okinawa
time), despite many Japanese
counterattacks and infiltration at.
tempts during the night. It was
preceded by large scale artillery
and Naval bombardment and
aerial bombing.
Enemy resistance was stiff along
the whole front.