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Evening star., 1945-08-03
u. 5. Group Approves
Coal for Europe; Mine
Labor Decision Waits

A SnlpplIlS program 10 pTOVlue
100000 tons Of American coal for
Europe and North Africa during the
next five months has been approved
by the United States section of the
Combined Coal Committee, while an
administration decision on the man
power problem in coal mines, which
threatens to cause a domestic fuel
shortage, has been postponed for a
week.
The postponement was agreed on
following conference yesterday
afternoon of various interested
Government agencies with War
Mobilization Director John w
Snyder Solid Fuels Administrator
Ickes is trying to persuade the
Army to furlough 10000 experienced
coal miners<to increase production.
Although the War Department is
represented on the Combined Coal
Committee, it has. not yet agreed
to the proposed furloughs. MIR.
Ickes testified before the Senate
War Investigating Committee last
Tuesday that unless the miners
were released from military service,
the European coal shipments might
have to be discontinued, and that
even if no coal were allotted to
Europe, there would be a domestic
shortage.
Rails to Get Some Coal.
The European relief program ap-
proved bv the combined Coal Com
mittee provides for shipping 1885,
900 tons monthly, beginning this
month, although 100000 tons of
the August quota would be allotted
to the American Army to operate
railroads now carrying soldiers to
redeployment centers.
Monthly minimum requirements
of the liberated areas of Europe and
North Africa are estimated by Off
cials at 2,908,000 tons. The differ
ence between the American ship
ments and that figure, ,722 900
tons-will be made up, officials hope,
by coal mined in Germany.
So urgent is the need for coal in
Europe this winter, officials revealed,
that shipments of fuel during the
next few months will be given pri-
ority over food.
All for Industry.
Monthly ALLEGATIONS of coal to the
liberated areas, first revealed au-
thoritatively today, are: France,
400, 900 tons: Holland, 100000 tons;
Norway, 10000 tons; Belgium, 65,-
900 tons; Denmark, $4,000 tons;
Greece, 5000 tons; North Africa, 49,
900 tons, and Italy, 367 900 tons. All
will be used for transport and in
dustry, none for home heating.
The American shipments during
the next five months, it was pointed
out, will be approximately per
cent of this country's normal coal
consumption of 600,000,000 tons.
Oficials expressed the belief that
by the end of August most OF the
redeployed program will have been
carried out and that shipments for
the rest of the year can be ear
marked entirely for the liberated
areas.
C. J. Potter, deputy solid fuels
administrator. said last night that
mine strikes have cost us over
10000 tons of coal since April /.
That is twice the amount OF
American coal necessary to give
Europe fighting chance for per-
manent peace" he added, land
now continuing wildcat strikes arr
costing a million tons per month";
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Virginion EIectrocuted
In Criminal Assault Case
y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 3.-Lonnie
Pearson, alias Lester Pearson, 81.
colored.. = of Portsmouth died in the
electric chair at the State Peniten-
tiary at $3.50 am. today. Pearson
was convicted in Norfolk County
Circuit Court of criminal assault
and robbery of young white moth
er at her home, near Hodges Ferry,
February 5.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Ford Nephew Weds
College Sweetheart
Ry the Associated Press.

~ 0fft hsSUtINICU FIeSSs
DONOVAN, Ill. Aug. 3.-Miss
Helen Marie Elliott, ls. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Irl Elliott OF Donovan.
and Robert Wright Bryant, as, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Bryant of
Dearborn, Mich, and a nephew of
Mrs. Henry Ford, were married last
night at the Beaver Methodist
Church of Donovan.
The couple met at Purdue Uni
versity. where both are students.
They plan to return to the campus
this fall.
The bridegroom's father is q
brother of Mrs. Ford.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
IT'S D. {. Employees
will Be on 40-Hour
Week by Aug. IS

More than IT'S District govern
ment employees now are working a
5-day, 4o-hour week or are about 10
go on the shorter week, a check
revealed today.
A memorandum will be sent out
today to departments to submit re-
quests for employees they, wish to
work over 40 hours. The reports
must be submitted to the Personnel
Board by August Is.
Yesterday the Commissioners Or
dered their own Offices on a 5-day
40-hour week, along with employees
of the Budget Office, secretary to
the Board of Commissioners and the
Corporation Counsel's Office, includ-
ing the assistant corporation coun-
sells assigned to Municipal and Ju-
venile Courts.
Previously, the shorter work week
had been announced for 100 en-
ployes of the Bureau of Maternal
and Child Welfare. three employees
of the Purchasing Once and l8 OF
the Bridge Division of the High
way Department.
Other sections of the Health De-
partment that have been ordered tc
adopt the schedule are the Bureau
of Dental Services, Nursing Blu
reau, tuberculosis Bureau, Labora.
tory, Vital Statistics Bureau, Blu.
reau of Preventable Diseases, Blu.
reau of Venereal Diseases, Office Of
Medical Inspection of Schools anc
the Southwest Health Center.
An estimated 1877 employees of the
Board of Public Welfare have beer
placed on a 40-hour week, includ-
ing administrative offices, children!
services and adult public assistance
Aside from hospitals, employees o1
the Hospital Permit Bureau, ad'
ministrative Offices and sanitary anc
food inspection services of til,
Health Department, with 129 EN-
ployes, are working over 40 hours.
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Journalist to Speak

Alfonso H.. S. Correa, Brazilian
economist and journalist and a
member of the staff of the Pan
American Union, will address the
Portuguese Speaking Club at noon
Monday in Room 1862 of the South
Agriculture Building. His subject
will be "Brazil's Regional Differ
ences in Spoken Portuguese"
Evening star., 1945-08-03
Eurthauuke Recorded

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 tP.-An
earthquake of moderate intensity
1890 miles from New York in an
undetermined direction was record
ed at 4:52:30 pm. yesterday, Ford
ham University reported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Tools Destroyed
Journal Claims

Lansing, Sept. 17-AP - The
state Journal reported today that
thousands OF dollars worth or
tools used by Lansing factories IN
war production are being destroyed
by government order.
The Journal did not disclose IT'S
source OF information, but 1t pub
ished a photograph OF damaged
tools which it said factory EN-
ploye brought to the journal office.
Cutting tools that cost six and
eight dollars each the Journal
said, ARE taken from original
boxes, lined up on a steel-topped
table and a workman with a weld
ing torch moves down the line. Cut
ting edges under the blue arc. run
like wax over a match.
Hammers wrenches, screw
drivers and countless other tools
are lined up in a similar fashion
and the knife-flame is turned on
them. Many are new, from orig
inal packing cases. - Heavy
duty vises, in the original crates.
are ripped open enough for the
blow torch to cut Oq a lip or weld
the screw into shapeless mass. y
The paper said this program NJ
destruction Is directed by govern
ment ordnance men,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Truman Back
in Capitol

Washington, Sept. 17-AP-Pres-
ident Truman turned today from
the friendly atmosphere OF his Mis-
souri, home town to his White
House offices where congressional
and labor troubles knocked at the
door.
The Chief Executive tackled his
legislative problems Immediately,
calling in the Capitol Hill big
Four for a morning conference.
But he delayed action on strikes
and layoffs pending more detailed
information.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Truman prepared
the answers to long-asked ques.
tons about plans for shift In the
War Department command and
other changes in his Administra.
ton. Some OF these. he said. he
proposes to announce at a news
conference a p. m. EWT) tomor-
row.
Returning at 1855 D. m. last night
from a flying trip to Missouri for a
week end with his 92-year-old
mother. Mrs. Martha Truman, and
friends and neighbors In Jackson
County, the President told report
ers he knew OF no plans for tack
ling labor problems during the day.
He said he had had no informa-
ton on the labor situation as yet
because he had waited until his re-
turn to look into II.
Mr.. Truman said he would con-
fer with Senate Majority Leader
Barley (KyD, Senate President
Mcclellan (D-Tenn), Speaker Ray
burn (D-Tex.) and House Majority
Leader Mccormack (Mass) during
the day.
Reports that Secretary OF War
Henry L. Stimson wants 10 retire
and that Gen. George C. Marshall
is ready to step out soon as chief
OF staff enhanced interest in to-
morrow's news conference.
The present undersecre.ary Of
war, Robert p. Patterson, has been
mentioned most frequently on Cap
iitol Hill al the Presidents choice
for the Supreme Court vacancy
crea.ed by Justice owen J. Rob.
erts' retirement. Mr.. Truman, how
ever. told reporters in Kansas City
Saturday that he hasn't made a de-
cision on the Supreme Court va
cancy and doesn't expect to by to-
morrow.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Rotary Told
Atom Story

The story Of the atom was told to
the Rotary Club this noon, by Pro-
fessor Bert w. Peet, formerly of the
Normal College.
For a long time, scientists have
known that an enormous amount OF
energy is contained in the atom,
but supposed that 1t was impossible
to make use of II, Professor Peet
pointed out. Now the impossible
has happened; the development OF
the atomic bomb. he said. marking
a new age in world civilization.
Prior to 1900. Mr.. Peet said, only
the Dalton theory, that all matter
was composed of atoms that were
lndiyisible was taught. The discov-
cry OF radium and radio activity
brought about a change and this
theory was replaced by the cleo
iron theory, opening a new field
and subsequently leading to the
atomic bomb. The great explosion
in the bomb is thought to be
brought about by a chain reaction,
first discovered by Enrico Fermi,
an Italian physicist who worked In
the United States on the bomb.
Professor Peet indicated that,
although the everyday use Of ato-
mic energy was not near at hand.
someday this energy would replace
most of the kinds in common use
now. He pointed out that the ener-
gy could be converted into heat.
and in turn converted to mechanics
al or. electrical power.
Guests who were present at the
meeting we're: Howard Harrison,
new director OF city recreation;
Earl Bachelor. Ensinitis. CAL: II.
w. Rosebrook. Royal Oak: Wallace
F. Watt, Monroe: Jake Adams.
Charles Cook, Richardson, Texas:
Alex F. Moore. Wayne: +. o. Wild
man. Saline: 1t. F. d. Ross, Belle
Vile; T. Fred Older. Ypsilanti.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Scouts Start,
Fall Activities

Saturday afternoon the Boy
Scouts OF the Matchmaking
ston Council performed the first NJ
their scheduled events for the COM
ing fall and winter season by usher
ing at the football game between
the University of Michigan and the
Great Lakes Naval Training School,
in Ann Arbor. Five more games
follow at which they will usher.
two more in September and three
in October.
Other coming activities are the
dinner meeting OF all scouters In
this council at Waldenwoods. Oct.
3. The meeting will be for the
scouters and their wives. October
s is the date of the council-wide pa
per drive for the benefit Of the camp
fund Tho fall Camp-o-ree will be
held a Camp Newkirk Oct. 13 and
n The first district Court Of
Honor for this year will be held
at Woodruff School October II.
At tn first regular meeting Of
the Ypsilanti District Committee
OF the Boy Scouts OF America last
Friday night these scheduled events
we're publicized in addition TO the
report OF the chairman of the COM
mittee, DR.. James Warren. TO the
effect that there were 800 scouts
and cubs in the Ypsilanti regis.
ter last year. Six operating com.
mittees were tentatively organized
and the chairman appointed. They
are: Camping and Community Ser
vice Activities Committee will have
as chairman X. p. Poster. Chair
man Of the Health and Safety Com
mittee Is Kenneth Wingrove. and
the chairman for the Finance and
Budget committee will be Glen
Groosbeck. For the Leadership and
Training Committee the chairman
will be Howard Marnslow. and the
organization and extension COM
mittee will be under the leadership
OF Lawrence Cunning. No chair
man has been selected as yet for
the Advancement Committee.
Donald Burns, assistant Scout
executive. disclosed that OF the 20
organizations in the city that spon-
sor scout troops, several are not
represented on the district commit
tee. Steps were taken at the meet
ing to inaugurate n program TO get
these organizations represented,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17

in nearby Windsor, Ont, while
UAW.CIO leaders went ahead with
plans for possible strike votes at
fecting 100000 throughout the ma
tions auto plants.
Representatives OF Ford workers
throughout the country were sum
moned TO a Sept. 1880 meeting
here TO decide whether to seek a
strike vote.
General Motors officials are con-
sidering an answer to notification
that the union would ask a strike
vote at the firms 1875 plants IL the
corporation does not accept the
wage increase for its 100000 en-
ployes.
At Chrysler Sept. 23 Is the date
set for balloting by the $4,000 to
100000 employees as to whether
they will petition for strike vote.
Ford was the hardest hit by the
work stoppages. as its auto and
truck production lines were halted
because OF a shortage OF parts sup
piled by the striking Kelsey-Hayes
Wheel Company Of Detroit.
The Kelsey workers Sunday re-
jected a proposal by representa-
tive Of the international JAW that
they end a walkout that began
Aug. % and which was disowned by
the UAW-CIO executive board last
week.
The board urged the men to re-
turn to their jobs pending negotia-
ton on a dispute centering over
discharge OF three men, but only
$50 OF the $500 Kelsey strikers
showed up at a Sunday meeting at
which the back-to-work idea was
disregarded.
In Windsor, strike OF 10000
Ford Company workers, who pro-
tested working conditions, was i'm
plemented Sunday night by a de-
cision Of union representatives OF
10000 other Windsor workers to
seek a strike vote too.
The strike. il carried out. would
affect 5000 employees OF Chrysler
Corporation and some smaller auto
firms. The workers agreed to spe-
cial strike assessments and to set
up strike committees in each Of 80
small plants affected to prepare for
the possible walkout.
International Union officers, who
indicated they would throw the
unions entire reserve OF $500. 600
into the fight for the industry-wide
wage increase, limited they might
ask other clio unions for assistance
in the drive.
The executive board. which Is
still comforting at Flint, heard Wal
ter Reuther, JAW vice president,
declare, The first company would
be struck before the snow flies"
A new angle was injected into
the Detroit strike picture when 900
employees OF the Socony-Vacuum
Company oil refinery in nearby
Trenton. walked out Sunday, de-
handing the same peacetime pay
for a 10 hour work week as they
got during the 52-hour war time
work week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
BeIsen Beast
Trial Starts

Lueneberg. Sept. 17-AP-Josef
Kramer, director OF the notorious
Belsen concentration camp and a.
s. s. elite Guard) henchmen went
on trial for their lives today be-
fore British military court.
Kramer-popularly known as
THE Beast Of Belsen"-is the most
widely publicized defendant, but
the spotlight also was focused on
blond 21-year-old Irma Greese who
served for three years as a guard
at the ill-famed women's camp at
Ravensbruck, north Of Berlin, and
at Auschwitz in Poland before GO.
ing to Belsen.
The courtroom Is a remodelled
gymnasium which will accommo.
date 500 persons. Uncensored
horror films of Belsen and Ausch-
WITT ar9 part of the prosecution's
evidence, and the courtroom IL
equipped with movie projectors to
flash them on a screen.
The court was convened by order
Of Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery under royal warn mt
authorizing military court, similar
to field general court martial. 20
try war criminals. II is presided
over by Maj. Gen. II. p. Berney.
Ffcklin, two brigadiers and two
colonies.
The prosecution has called S6
witnesses about half OF whom we're
Belsen inmates and about 40 az.
fidavits will be filed. A majority
OF the FIVE members OF the court
can return a conviction.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Two Normal
Schools Open

Rackham School opened today
with about the same enrolment rs
in previous years-a total OF about
80 students. Twenty-three children
between the ages OF three-and-one-
half and 12-and-one-half are living
in the dormitory there.
A new nursery school and kinder
garten for deaf children has been
started this term and will be taught
by Miss Dorothy Kester, former
teacher at the Alexander Graham
Bell School in Cleveland.
Arrangements have been made to
transport the children from the
Willow Run area by regular bus
service. Bus service will continue
as in previous years to the Lincoln
School area, Pittsfeld Village, and
Ann Arbor.
New. STAFF members for the Rack
ham School for this year have been
announced as follows: Miss Janet
Mitchell. Normal graduate in 1914.
will teach the older deaf children.
She taught last year in the Ann J.
kellogg School in Battle Creek.
Miss Maude Wallace, former teach
err in Benton Hsrbor, will teach the
orthopedic room while Miss Melba
Miller is on leave OF absence.
Miss Sarah Wright. former con-
sultant on crippled children for the
Department OF Welfare for the
state Of Arkansas. is the new Ply
sio rherapist replacing Miss Ber-
nice Ringman. VINO resigned to &C
oept 2 scholarship for graduate stu
dy at the Leland-Stanford Univers-
ity.
Roosevelt High School also open
ed today for registrations. Regis
tration for the Normal College will
be held starting Monday, Sept. ~.
Glasses will begin the following
Thursday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Large Jury
Panel Drawn

An unusually large jury panel
was drawn for the October term Of
the Washtenaw County Circuit
Court, Saturday by Luella NJ.
Smith county clerk, Fred Sodt,
under sheriff, and justice Jay II.
Payne, and Arthur NJ. Vandersall.
The jurors, who are to appear at
the court, October 2, are:
George Barnhardt, Saline: Nor
man Haeussler, Scio Township:
Rex h. Talladay. Augusta Town
ship: Bernhard Steinaway, Sharon
Township; Doris Roddenberry, Sa-
lem Township; Maude d. MacAl-
lister, Ypsilanti; Mrs. Fred Peters,
Ypsilanti; Carol Freeman, Superior
Township; Vida Purcell, Ypsilanti
Township; George Frey, Freedom
Township; George Ernest. Saline
Township; Bert Moore, Lodi Town
ship.
John Bowler, Manchester Town.
ship; Edna Cooper, Lincoln Town
ship; Herman Schwab. Bridgewater
Township; Irene Seger, York Town
ship; Harold Gracey. Lima Town
ship; Bert Banta, Pittsfield Town
ship; Jacob Dietzel, Florence Bar
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Old Wounds
Reopened at
Conference

London, Sept. 17-AP-The fu-
ture OF Trieste and the Italian-Yu-
goslav boundary, International sore
spots since World War one. took
the spotlight at the Big Five for
eign ministers meeting today.
Representatives OF Italy and
Yugoslayia, as wei as five British
dominions, were ready to enter the
hitherto closed Dogs of the confer
ence room to argue their cases.
The discussions were scheduled
against a background OF tense pow
er politics. The question reflects a
whole panorama Of divergent big
power views and many delegates
have expressed the opinion that
the decision on the Italian Yugo-
slav border is closely linked to
the outcome OF the tug OF war for
control OF Central Europe.
At this point there appears to be
agreement among the Big Five for.
eign ministers on only one aspect
OF the boundary dispute-that the
port of Trieste should be ruled so
1t can serve Czechoslovakia, Aus.
tria and Poland as we'll as Italy
and Yugoslavia.
This would mean either a free
port arrangement or International
iZation OF the port itself.
On the administration OF the city
OF Trieste. the lstrian peninsula
and the whole province OF Venezia
Giulia, however, there is basic
conflict.
The Yugoslavs claim all this
territory. The Italians claim the
same area which was theirs before
he recent war, although apparent
ly they are willing to concede small
changes OF the border, probably
leaving Fiume to Yugoslavia.
The Russians are expected to
support the Yugoslavs, while the
Americans and British are believed
to lean toward the Italian view.
The Americans are understood to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-17
Reed Raises
Iobless-Aid
Opposition

Washington, Sept. 17-AP-Sen-
ator Clyde NJ. Reed (R-Kas.) said
today that IL the jobless payment
law were put up to the people OF
his state they would toss it out the
window.
Reed made this assertion as a
bill went on the Senate's work
sheet to broaden the law by:
]. Taking in federal workers.
2. Extending the number Of the
payments at federal expense, and
3. Paying the cost OF transporting
stranded war workers to their
homes or to new jobs.
Reed said a majority OF Kansans
are disguised" with the unem-
ployment compensation system be-
cause idlers are getting on the ben.
eft rolls and lodging jobs.
The Kansan has introduced legis-
lation to turn the USES back to
states.
Senator George (D-Ga) chair
man OF the Finance Committee
which approved the jobless aid
bill after major alterations, plans
to call it up for floor action tomor-
row.
Also up for action tomorrow
but only in the Senate Banking
Committee-will be the so-called
full employment" bill already ap.
proved BY a subcommittee.
The bill sets out a policy that
all Americans able TO work and
desiring to work have the right to
and opportunity for useful. remun-
erative, regular and full-time EN-
ployment."
To carry out that policy, the
President would send Congress d
lob budget II there were indica-
tions OF mounting unemployment,
the government would take steps
to head 1t off, perhaps by means OF
a public works program.
No lawmaker disagrees with the
aim of full employment, but there
are many who-like Taft and Rad
cliffe-think the most Congress
should promise is that It will try to
promote employment, not guaran'
tee II.