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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-21

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and other articles. I'll y Huron.
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Merchandise For Sale
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& to rooms. boiler ahou, NE
years old. New stoker goes with
the plant. For particulars see %.
A. Hankinson y co.
LADIES WRIST WATCHES. Sewing
and Cnildrcu's rocking chairs.
Books Ladies' shoes size and s..
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BUSINESS Opportunitles

JOINS USED FURNITURE AND
ANTIQUE SHOP al Milan. Mich.
good raying business located on
Main 81, Must sell Mt once. Write
tho Milan Leader. Box 50-A. Milan,
Mich, or inquire at the Leader
office
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-21
Employment
Employment
Help Wanted Male or Female Help wanted-mals Female
MAYBE THIS IS THE POSITION YOU HAVE
BEEN LOOKING FOR
Help Wanted, Male
Male or Female

4 permanent year Ground % with no Iayott.
Good hours and working conditions. Absolute
y no experience necessary We teach you the
dry cleaning business in one Of Michi9ans
most modern plants. Excellent paywhj.e learn
ing. Write now giving full. particulars about
yourself Box X-l care Press.
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Farms and Land FOR Sale
Brokerage Cares

ROSS Is. BOWER
REALIOK General Insurance
103 W Michigan. Phone 664
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Real Estate

Apartments For Rent
THREE ROOM Furnished apartment,
private bath and entrance. Newly
decorated. Inquire ll3 South Grove
ST. or phone l749-W.
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HELM Wanted. Malls
Livestock

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-21
Real Estate
Real Estate Wanted

WANT TO SELL? List houses with
d. Poet, Healt1r lls Pearl ST.
Phone 1871 satisfied customers
our hest advertisement
Farms and Land For Sale
SMALL HOUSE. completely FUR
uIshed. inc. elec. stove. rcfriEurI-
tor on 10 acres Of good soil. Ie 81
60 chlcKen house, with cleo and
running water, feed bins. fenced
IN, brOoder house and stables. hog
lot, dog kennels, farm tools and
laying hens. $50 Savage BoUoyilIe
100 ACRES, Buildings and farm TOOLS,
~ miles ;. b.. rttoSkey SJ.Uuu.u0
212 Lincoln ST.
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Florists

WINTER BOUQUETS $500. order
Cemetery Wreaths now. Garden
sage NJ. Panek, SOS Towner St
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ROAD GRAVEL. PEA GRAVEL
Whitaker g. Gooding Co.
$500 Gale Rd. Phone 2O2G-J-2
SAND. GRAVEL, BLACK DIRT
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ROOM HOUSE and hath. Basement,
garage. lot 50 II. by 900 deep. BY
owner ] 900 Centennial.
Evening star., 1945-05-02
BY MIRIAM Gutenberg

Eighty thousand shotguns, with
which thousands of soldiers were
trained because of lack of rifles
have been declared surplus by the
Army and the safe ones will be put
into civilian circulation, it was
learned today.
The job of sorting out the dam
gerous guns-particularly those fired
so many times that the barrels have
crystallized-will be turned over to
veterans. according to William c.
Lehman, director of the hardware
and furniture division, Commerce
Department, Office of Surplus Prop
Ierty .
Mr.. Lehman said the Surplus
Property Board had been asked to
find at least SO veterans, for start.
Preferred are soldiers trained at the
Aberdeen CMd) School of Gunnery.
Taking No Chances.
The Office of Surplus Property fig
ures that once the shotguns have
been bought by dealers and gum
smiths, they eventually will wind
up IN the hands of many teen-age
boys for rabbit-shooting and SINH
lar sports.
AN eX-soldier," Mr.. Lehman ex-
planned. can pick up gun and say
whether it's safe one for a boy of
IA to handle"
1t was explained that the guns
were acquired by the Army after
Dunkerque when the supply of rifles
shipped to Britain wound up in the
English Channel.
The Army needed guns for train
ing and couldn't wait for rife pro-
duction to be stepped up. The shot
guns were purchased from whole
salers and retailers and from some
individuals.
Wooden Guns Returned.
1t was about that time that the
Army also purchased many wooden
lguns-most of which already have
gone back TO the military schools
from which they came.
Mr.. Lehman explained that the
shotguns were used in training to
accustom soldiers to the recoil of a
gun as well as to the feel and weight
of it.
This is the first large supply of
shotguns to be made available, Mr..
Lehman said. About $4,000 more
remain in Army hands.
Only about per cent of the guns
are new. according to the Office of
Surplus Property. Many of them
have been fired 100000 times, said
Mr.. Lehman, who estimated about
80 per cent of the guns would have
to be junked as dangerous.
Evening star., 1945-05-02
Contract LET for Razing
! District-0wned BUILDINGS

The Commissioners yesterday au-
thorized a contract for razing two
buildings, 479 and 483 C street NV,
which are on property acquired for
the Municipal Center.
Removal Of the buildings had been
authorized previously by the Com
missioners because of their danger
GUS condition. Neither building is
being used.
A bid of $500 for removing the
buildings was accepted from the
Arrow Wrecking & Lumber Co One
building was once used for Health
Department ambulances and the
other as storeroom for the cleo
trical department..
The same company also was
authorized to raze the abandoned
Henry School, on. the. south side nf
P street. between Sixth and Seventh
streets NV
Evening star., 1945-05-02
Anfennae lowers Sought
lin Residential Areas

An amendment to the District
zoning law to permit erection of
antennae towers for television and
frequency modulation broadcasting
to any height necessary in a resi-
dental area will be considered by
the Zoning Commission at 10 am.
Monday. May IA, at the District
Building.
The commission said all broad
casting companies were interested
in the amendment. Before permis-
sion is granted for such towers, the
amendment provides that the plan
must be submitted to the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission for report, and that if the
towers are to be higher than the
width of the street, minus 10 feet,
they must be passed on by the Com
missioners.
Evening star., 1945-05-02
Collection Of CIothino
To Be Meeting Topic

A meeting was to be held today
in the ONCE of Charles Stofberg,
director of organization for the
United National Clothing campaign,
to work out plans for gathering
clothes still remaining at depots
throughout the city.
The drive closed Monday and
plans are to be worked out for the
orderly collection of donations. 1t
was said that no matter how many
trucks took part, collections could
Evening star., 1945-05-02

not be made In the next few days
from all the depots:. Once sorted
and packed at the central depot,
469 c street NV, the clothes will
be sent to the Treasury's Procure
ment Division warehouse.
Although the warehouse walls are
reported to be "bulging" with do
nations, Commissioner John Russell
Young, chairman of the drive, said
Evening star., 1945-05-02
10000 Surplus Shotguns a*
To Be DISPOSED Of to Civilians

The assortment, which will be
sold through the regular channels
of trade from New York, Atlanta
Kansas City and San Francisco, in
cludes single and double-barreled
automatic and pump shotguns. They
range from IL to 20 gauge and have
barrels from 26 to 80 inches long.
1t was estimated the veterans
hired for this JOB will take three to
six months to complete the job of
checking the parts and making bar
rel tests.
Evening star., 1945-05-02
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. - Ali
#

that ct least 100, 900 more pounds Of
clothing are needed. From St.
Stephens Catholic School, Twenty
fourth and K streets NV, the CAM
paign has received $500 articles Of
Evening star., 1945-05-02

clothing, amounting to 4,173 pounds.
Workers of the Procurement Di-
vision are planning to devote an
evening to a sorting bee" at the
warehouse, where the Oklahoma
State Society held bee last night,
Evening star., 1945-05-02

A handsome 18th century
reproduction fashioned Of
genuine mahogany veneer
and other hardwood, has
protective glass top.
Evening star., 1945-05-02

Base In white enamel on
hardwood and masonite,
with genuine marbelizcd
inlaid linoleum top. Well
constructed.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
MORE DRIVING:
Up Gas Rations

Lessened demands following Ger
many's capitulation plus the tremen-
dous production Of the industry
made possible an increase Of from
four to six gallons in the "a" card
gas ration and the boost in the max
imum ''B" allotment to $50 miles a
month for the whole country.
Because of the necessity of re-
arranging manufacture, transporta-
ton and distribution facilities, the
increased rations will not become eff
fective before June % for the ga"
and June II for the "B' cards.
With the bulk of U. S. shipping
slated to haul supplies over great
er distances to the Pacific theater,
transport demands for fuel will be
even larger than for the German
Jap fronts combined, thus dimming
any prospects for an increase in oil
rations for home heating.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
JAPAN:
Tighten Reiins

Backed almost to the wall, Japan
increased efforts to shore up the
home front for the critical days that
lie ahead. Even as the Nipponese
officials acted, B-29 bombers fol-
lowed up their devastating attacks
on Nagoya with equally concentrat-
ed assaults on Tokyo, striking at
the thousands of tiny shops produc-
ing small parts for big industries.
Steps taken to combat the u. S.
avalanche included:
1. Mobilization and special train
ing of 100000 students and an
agrarian militia to defend the home
land.
2. Suppression of all paciist senti-
ment and punishment of persons
failing to turn in Allied propaganda
pamphlets.
8. Efforts to perfect the operations
Of the Kamikaze (suicide) air
corps.
a. Granting of virtual military au-
thority to japanese employers to uti-
lie the time of their labor as they
see fit without regard to working
hours. rest periods or other regula-
tons.
5. Collection of nearly 5000, 600, 900
bushels of surplus rice from agri-
cultural districts now before bomb
ings disrupt the transport system for
distribution to shortage areas.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
Jap Burial Customs

Marines who searched Okinawa's
sacred burial vaults for Jap-hidden
guns and ammunition learned of the
burial customs Of the inhabitants
Of this island.
The Leathernecks saw how food.
writing paper, pen and ink, writ
ing board. clothing and candles
were placed on the lid of each
plain, wooden coffin for ''use" Of
the dead.
Relatives Of the dead come to the
vaults every Sunday to worship.
bringing picnic lunches which they
then proceed to eat in front of the
burial grounds.
After an Okinawan dies, the body
is left in the coffin until only the
bones remain. Then the bones are
placed in beautifully colored
Chinese urn and the entrance to
the vault is sealed until another
death occurs.
Marines in the searching parties
were careful so as not to disturb
anything other than military mate
riel.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
GERMANY:
Conquest COn1pLete

With the arrest of Grand Adm.
Karl Doenitz by Allied authorities
in Flensburg. Germany lost all sta
tus as an organized state, with her
territory carved into three occupa-
tional districts and all central gov
eminent abolished.
Doenitz' arrest followed Allied
declarations that he was being
allowed to operate as an ersatz
fuehrer to complete the formal sur
render Of German air, sea and
ground forces. His mission vir-
tually accomplished, Doenitz was
taken into custody along with other
members of the German general
staff, said to be facing from 10 to
10 years Of Imprisonment.
With Germany lacking any CEN
trail government, the u. S., Brit
ish and Russians assumed gener-
al control in their respective occu-
patton zones. At the present, the
best the Germans could look for
ward to was local communal self
rule, with possibilities it might be
raised to county level.
Meanwhile, General Eisenhower
ordered the release of German war
prisoners whose services were need
ed in agriculture and Allied sup
porting activities in the defeated
country.
Scheduled for trial as the No. I ,uar
criminal, Cesfapo Chief Heinrich
Hin,naler cheated the allies of Gen.
geance by swallowing potassium, cyanide
euen as a medical officer .oas searching
him for poison in the parlor of resi-
dence in Lueneberg.
Once head OF the dread Nazi police
that kept both Germany and occupied
countries under thumb, Himn,ler ssuag.
gered to his end, personally slipping on
his glasses to identity himself s0hen first
detained, then shaking loose the poison
VIat attached to gum to gulp the con.
tents ,ohiIe being examined.
Epen before his seizure, Himn,ger's
.Oife had believed him a suicide. Hes
better off dead" she had said then.
They're all better off dead"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07

discrimination in schools, municipal
hospitals, hotels and places of en-
tertainment.
New York led the country in
establishing the first state fair en-
ployment practices commission un-
der the terms Of the Ives-Quinn bill
which became law early in March.
The law is designed to prevent an
employer from refusing to hire, or
to discharge, or to discriminate
against any individual with regard
to terms of employment or compen-
sation because Of race, creed, col
or, or national origin. The law also
prohibits exclusion, expulsion or dis
elimination by labor organization
against any individual for these.
reasons. For an employer or en-
ployment agency to make any in
quiry in connection with prospec-
tive employment which bears di-
rectly or indirectly on matters of
race, color. or national origin is also
outlawed.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07

new government then, Churchill
agreed to head temporary regime.
In British politics, the prime min
lister customarily is the leader of the
majority party in commons, with
its 615 members. Thus should the
conservatives ride to power again,
Churchill again could be looked for
to lead the government, or turn the
job over to fellow-partisan like An
thony Eden. Because the Labor par
ty failed in it's attempt to postpone
the election to autumn when con-
sentative luster might have worn be-
cause of opposition to some of the
liberal postwar proposals, it re-
signed from Churchill's wartime
cabinet to resume the function Of a
critical minority.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07

n y
NaDnet changes
middle path politics with his appointments
New Dealer
family
naming New Deal Clinton
Schwelenbach
labor respectively Mr. literally congressional
make his selections again moving eesbh friendly relations
between the White House and Capitol HILL
justice Clark
confidence
ening Mr.
Though
labor
have taken Secretary
bolster
the cool relations between Among other things
of the district
political sponsor Boss Pendergast to prison.
The President followed appoint
mens with request permitting
the the executive branch
legislation would consolidate
as conditions would dictate economy
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07

Dark, quiet 6-foot At
torney General Thomas
(Torn) G. Clark, As, is
representative Of the
Deep South and the pro-
tege Of House Speaker
Sam Rayburn and Sen.
ator Tom Connally.
Promin ent in Texas
legal circles, Clark en-.
tered department of
justice in 1887, becom-
ing assistant and then
head Of the antitrust
division. AS chief of war
frauds unit, Clark re-
portedly has recovered
more than 500, 600, 600
for the government
and brought about the
indictment of 1000 per-
sons.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
SECURITY CONFAB:
Clear Sailing

With the Big Five-Arnerica, Brit
ain, Russia, France and China-hav-
ing come to agreement on the vital
issues Of regional action and trustee
ships, the heralded international Sc
curity conference of the United Ma
tons at San Francisco headed for
happy conclusion.
In agreeing to permit regional
groups like the Pan-American coun-
tries to attempt to settle their own
differences or repel the attack of an
aggressor before calling upon the
world security organization for as
sistance, the United Nations recog-
nized the U. SIS attachment to the
Monroe doctrine, which the South
American republics also took as
their own in the Act Of Chapultepec.
In the matter Of trusteeships, the
United Nations also bowed in def
erence to the u. S.. consenting to
unrestricted American occupation Of
conquered Japanese islands for mill
tary and naval bases until congress
decides to revert control to the world
security organization.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
Schwellenbach


Elected to senate on
highly liberal platform
in 1884, Secretary of La
Dor Lewis Schweuen-
bach, so, retired in 1910
to become federal
judge. Vet of World
War I, Schwellenbach
soon entered politics
after conflicts end, was
defeated in bid for gov
ernorship Of Washing
ton in 1882 after calling
for government owner
ship Of utilities and use
of idle lands and fac
tories for unemployed.
Noted for his liberal
ism, Schwe1lenbach chs
appointm ent w. as
warmly receiv ed by
both the AFL and CLIO,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
AIR EVACUATION:
Wounded and Sick

More than 100000 sick and
wounded patients of the American
and Allied forces have been evacu-
ated by army air forces transport
aircraft in all theaters from the fall
of 1912, when mass air evacuation
was initiated in the South Pacific.
Battle casualties comprised about
IS per cent of air evacuees in 1914,
but this increased to approximate
ly SO per cent in the early months
Of 1915. The remainder were per-
sonnet hospitalized for sickness or
non-combat injuries.
Nearly 100 per cent of the casual
ties evacuated from east of the
Rhine in the final phases of the
European war were transported by
aircraft. More than 100000 patients
were evacuated from the forward to
the rear areas in the ETC between
D-Day and We Day, with an esti-
mated peak of 10000 in April.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07

Ill again proved
himself no amateur
on the home front,
liter ally for Gin 6
Great Britain's first
general election in
10 years at a time
when he and his
conservative party
are riding the crest
of favor as a result
of Germany's de-
feat.
N OF only did
Churchill force the
election, but he also
resigned as prime
minister, thus let
ting the door open
for a humping re-
Endorsement of his
position when he
himself runs for
commons in the
July elections. Until
determination of a
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
FOOD OUTLOOK:
Below Expectations

Hope for marked Improvement in
the meat situation by next fall and
through 1946 was dampened by the
Agricultural Adjustment admins
tration's report that this years esti-
mated pig crops of 87,200.0 900 head
would fall about 5,3OO,OO below War
Food administration goals and re-
suit in loss Of eight pounds Of pork
per person.
AT the same time, the AAA de-
c1ared recent surveys showed that
paintings Of such important food
and feed crops as corn, potatoes,
dry beans, sweet potatoes, sugar
beets and cane, peanuts and fax
seed also would drop below VIA
goals.
II 100000 head short of the S.
100000 goal as estimated, the spring
pig crop would affect fall and win
ter supplies Of pork, while $780,
600 shortage in the 100000 goal
Of fall production would be felt in
the summer of 1916. To increase pig
breeding, both congressional COM
mittees and the AAA recommended
a boost in the present support price
from the $500 per hundredweight
level.
Help for Housewife
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-06-07
REDEPLOYMENT:
zst to Pacific

One of the spearheads of the AL
lied drive across France and Ger
many, and the initial western force
to join up with the Russians at the
Elbe river, the U. S. LIST army was
the first whose transfer to the Pacif-
ic theater from Europe was an
nounced by the war department.
In revealing the shift, the war de-
partment said that many of the divi
sions Of the original 1st will have to
be reconstructed because of the re-
lease of vets under the point sys-
tenn. Personnel retained will be
given S0-day furloughs in the U. S.
before resuming duties.
Commanded by 1t. Gen. Courtney
Hodges, the LIST was foremost
among the Allied armies that
stormed the Normandy beaches and
pushed the Germans back into the
Reich. Recovering from Won Rund-
stedts surprise Belgian offensive,
the list cracked the Siegfried Line,
established the Remagen bridge
head east of the Rhine and raced
1t. Gen. George Patton's u. S. 3rd
army across the waist of Germany.