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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Millions May be Dumped in
War Surplus Goods in Europe

Europe at 25 cents on the dollar
due to artificial exchange rates.
1--WE deal in billions and we lose
sight of individual transactions"
said Sen. Ferguson (R) Mich.
Some think that well never get
back lendlease money anyway so
they fix a high exchange rate on
which reverse lend-lease is figur-
ed.
But there are huge quantities of
surplus material which can be sold
in France, Italy and other countries.
At the artificial exchange rate, we
would get rs cents on the dollar
for IT,"
The committee, which already
has talked the situation over with
high officials, may insist that ac-
ton be taken before huge sales of
surplus material take place abroad.
Sen. Wherry (R) Neb., who made
a trip to Europe with a separate
Senate committee, joined IN the de-
mand for revision Of the exchange
rate, not only because IL is unfair
to American soldiers but because of
its Importance in sale of surplus
property.
Il made inquiry In France and
found that a horse which would
bring $25 in this country would
bring $500 in France under the
actual deprecated value of the
frame" he said.
Either the State or Treasury
Department should Immediately
fix a realistic exchange rate on
goods that we sell. Our taxpayers
need every cent that can be, re-
covered in sale of property"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
'Vinson to be
in Treasury

Washington, July 7-AP-Judge
Fred NJ. Vinson will succeed Henry
Morgenthau, Jr, as Secretary of
the Treasury, and with that ques-
ton settled, a new one arose to.
day:
Who will succeed Vinson as d.
rector of War Mobilization and Re.
conversion?
That one caught official Wash.
ington flat-footed. President Tru-
mans decision to appoint the So
year-old Kentuckian TO the cabi-
net, announced by White House
aide Friday, leaves wide open a
job that is so important its holder
has been called assistant presi-
dent.
Vinson, the shaggy-browed form.
er congressman and one-time fed.
eral judge, will not actually be ap-
pointed Secretary of the Treasury
until Mr.. Truman returns from the
Big Three meeting in Germany,
later in the summer.
When he does take office, it will
be his fourth lofty executive posi-
ton in a little more than two
years.
Since President Roosevelt called
him off the U. S. Court OF Appeals,
District OF Columbia. in May, 1913,
he has been:
1. Director OF Economic Stabili-
zation until March Z OF this year
2. Federal Loan Administrator,
for exactly one month.
3. Director of War Mobilization
and Reconversion. since April Z.
An admiring Senate approved his
various appointments without n
murmur.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Tax Revision
Faces Delay

Washington, July 7-AP- The
burden OF work facing the Senate
today darkened the prospect for
speedy enactment OF tax law revi-
sions boosting by s5,50O,O00, 900 the
cash position OF business and in
dustry in the reconversion period.
The House approved the bust
ness-aid bill Friday by a 245 to 81
vote.
Chairman Connally (D-TexD q
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. and a member OF the Fin
ance Committee. said he did not
know when the tax bill will be
taken up. He said he was inter
ested in getting the United Ma
tons charter through the Senate
first of ALI.
Congressional tax leaders prev
iously had hoped the bill might go
to the White House before any
summer recess is taken by Con-
gress.
The House turned down, 100 to
IS, a proposal to reduce excess pro-
fits taxes by 1926 ,000, 900 this year
through a retroactive increase TO
last January OF exemptions under
the excess profits tax.
However, the bill provides that
the excess profits exemption shall
be boosted from $4,000 to $4,000
for the tax year beginning next
January 1, cutting excess profits
payments next year by approx
mately s160.000.000.
Other Improvements TO the cash
position of business, intended to
aid reconversion, would be accomp-
lished by speeding-up postwar re.
hates and refunds on excess pro.
FITS and other tax provisions alrea-
dy stipulated in present law.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Altered Air
Policy Seen

Washington. July 7-INS- Sen.
McCarran (D-Nev.). stated today
that he will carry his fight to
establish a single All American
Flag Line" for international air
traffic to the floor Of the Senate
for a show down vote.
I'm going to prosecute this Wig
orously and to the end" McCarran
stated. after the Senate Commerce
Committee had failed TO approve
his bill by 10.to-10 tie vote.
His proposal would alter pres
ent federal air policy by providing
a single chosen instrument" for
United States postwar information.
al air commerce. instead of the
present regulated competition"
theory.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
City Commission
Studies Charters

The charter commission has stu
died more than 20 charters that
have been adopted in Michigan
cities in the past two or three
years. The commission will not be-
gin to formulate definite plans until
they can anslyze the charters to de-
termine the strong points in each.
The commission does not expect
to meet again this month nor per-
haps next, since many of the mem.
bers will be out OF town.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Task Force Sweeping Mines
From Invasion Routes Into
Singapore
Six Hundred
Forts Hit
Japan
CBy Associated Press)

A British task force is sweeping
mines out OF the invasion seaway
leading TO the Malay Peninsula
and Singapore. Tokyo RADIO REPORT.
ed today as five Japanese cities
blazed from a 500 plane Superfort-
ress strike.
Tokyo said a task force Of 10
warships, including two aircraft
carriers, yesterday began clearing
mines out of waters southeast of
Car Nocbar Island 300 miles north
Of Sumatra. This is on the inva-
sion route to the Malay Peninsula.
Japanese are already evacuating
non-essential civilians from the
Singapore naval base, at the tip of
the peninsula, in anticipation OF an
Invasion.
Pack Big Punch
The big punch of the war was
packed by Superforts carrying 1000
tons OF fire bombs and explosives
in their five-way strike. II over 4
Swallowed all ground actions. in
Guiding a deeper penetration OF
IndoChina as China began her
ninth year of war. and an Austral-
ian amphibious operation which
gained full control OF Balikpapan's
important oil harbor on southeast
Borneo.
1t was perhaps the heaviest blow
in the month-long daily air raids
on Japan in preparation for an in
vasion OF Nippon which 1t. Gen.
Roy S. Geiger. conqueror of Okina-
wa and new marine commander of
the Pacific ocean area, said can be
made at any time with no trouble
at all"
Tokyo said raids on the five
cities, including Nippons greatest
aluminium producing city, began
shortly before midnight and con-
tinued until $3.50 a. m. Fires still
blazed after dawn.
Fires Intense
Fires were so hot in Shimizu,
whose factories under the shad-
OWs OF sacred tuJiyama produce
half OF Nippon's aluminium, that
they parted the clouds and illum-
mated the inside of raiding Super
forts.
The big Maruzen oil refinery at
Shimotsu. 35 miles southeast Of Os-
aka. was hit for the second time
within week and blazed so bright
ly B-29 crews said the clouds re-
sembled "a solid sheet Of flame.
Smoke columns rose four miles
above Kofu, rail and military city
20 miles west of Tokyo. Largo
fires blazed in Chiba. railway juno.
ton and military depot center on
Tokyo Bay 20 miles southeast of
the capital. Clouds prevented OBJ
servation OF results of the attack
on Akashi, the fifth city hit. 1t is
an aircraft producer, already II
per cent destroyed in four previous
raids.
Rake Airfields
Twelve hours before the Bps
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Generally fair
and a little warmer tonight and
Sunday.
Highest temperature yesterday
so: lowest go.
Highest temperature one year
ago today go: lowest 20.
Highest temperature this date
in last 7S years 81 in 1874; lowest
As in 1894.
The sun sets today at $40 p. m.
and rises tomorrow at 6:04 a. m.
The moon sets today at 1888 p.
m. and rises tomorrow at sos a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

land. In the other three years
that Mr.. Durant has had his gar
den his tomatoes are usually ripe
by the Fourth of July but due to
the bad weather he didn't get them
in as soon as he had planned but
they are coming along pretty
good" and are slightly pink.
So far the Durants have had
peas, lettuce, radishes. and beet
greens from the garden.
At one end OF the vegetable gar.
den Mr.. Durant has planted a great
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Durant's Garden Exceptionally Profitable

variety OF flowers TO use in his
florist business. He has gladiolis,
daisies, pansies, zinnias, snap dra-
CONS, marigolds. calendulas, dahlia,
asters, and carnations.
Also running in strong competi.
ton with his father Is their seven
year old son Billy who has a
small garden in which he has plant
ed little of each OF the things
his father has in his garden He
shows a strong tendency to be a
good farmer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Flashes of
Late News

LONDON ms A campaign
to settle 10000 Poles in annexed
German areas has been launched
by Polish Democratic party leaders,
the Moscow radio reported today.
The mass migration, according to
Moscow's Interpretation of the plan,
would place these Poles on seized
lands in East Prussia and the rich
regions Of Silesia and parts Of
Pomerania.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. William Durant, 1872
Linden Court. have an exceptional.
ly nice and profitable garden. Their
garden plot is on the corner Of Wal.
lace Blvd. and Warner st.
Mr.. Durant has peas, runner
beans, lettuce. parsnips, carrots.
cabbage. strawberries. currents,
radishes, beets, tomatoes, potatoes.
parsley, an celery. Mr.. Durant
has no particular specially but he
rather prizes his tomatoes. He
stakes" them as is done in Eng
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
GOLD STAR STOLEN

Owosso, Mich.-Owosso police
investigated the strangest theft
in its history. A gold star, honor
ing Pvt. LaVerne Sheldon, killed
overseas. was stolen from the
honor roll OF the First Church of
Christ The bolts were unfasten-
ed to remove the metal star.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

Washington. July 7-INS-Some
Senate Mead committee members
today expressed fear that hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of sur
plus property will be dumped in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
DIES OF INJURIES

Jackson. Mich.-William Athens
IS. OF Rives Junction died today OF
injuries received in an auto acct.
dent on July 2. He was injured
when his car struck a tree be-
side Highway M-5O. north of Jack.
son.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
FINES TOTAL $4,000

Detroit-Fourteen pleasure boat
operators. charged with failure to
declare foodstuds imported from
Canada, today paid fines totalling
$4,000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
YOUTH SENTENCED

Monroe, Mich.-Eighteen-year-old
Frank Jankowski was sentenced to
serve one to FIVE years in prison
after being told that stealing a
tire these days is next to treason"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

SHEFFIELD. England-AP-Sir
William Ellis. 81, former president
OF the British iron and steel insti-
tute died Wednesday, 1t was an.
nounced today
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Clio NOTES IRREGULARITIES

Detroit-The state CLIO today
charged that widespread IRREGULAR.
ties were noted in the school board
election at Warren Township on
June IL.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

LONDON -AP- Sgt. Simon
Eden, eldest son Of Foreign Sec
rotary Anthony Eden, was re-
ported missing today on an OPP
irrational flight in Burma.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Congress Today

tBy Associated Press)
House and Senate in recess until
Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

Mangle. de luxe type. Splendid con-
dition. Inquire after T. 9ls y. River.
ADV. 707'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

CHICAGO ms The govern
ment cracked down today on auto
mobile and truck owners who have
failed to buy the IS federal auto use
tax stamp, the deadline for which
was last Sunday. Daniel ]. Con
certy of the Internal Revenue De
partment said approximately 10000
summonses have been placed on
trucks and automobiles.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

KEDGWICK. n. B.-INS-The
Duke and Duchess OF Windsor tried
their luck at hooking Atlantic sill
yer salmon today. They arrived in
New Brunswick yesterday for 4
weeks stay as the guests of Izaak
Walton Killam, Montreal financier.
and will fish the nearby streams.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

LEXINGTON, England--AP -
Miss Elsie Fogerty, 79, diction ex-
pert who instructed some promin.
ent English dramatic stars as Laur.
ence Oliver. John Gielgud and
Edith Evans, died Wednesday, 1t
was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

WASHINGTON-AP- The Wal
Department today named Corporal
Chester ]. Barrett as the soldier
with the most children. He has
IL, including two sets OF twins
The Barrett family draws $500
monthly in dependency benefits. in
GLIDING $50 for Mrs. Barrett, $50
for the first child and $50 for each
additional child.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS parties
renewed their campaigns today in
s24 northern districts where local
holidays forced postponement of
Thursdays general election voting.
and Laborites predicted those "a
seats might decide the contest be-
tween tn Labor and the Conserva.
tive parties.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

Ell PASO, Tex.-UP-A murder
indictment was on file today
against William F. Main, %. Phila-
delphia. for the decapitation Stay.
ing of sOyear-old Edward Baker, an
FL Paso County poor farm inmate.
The indictment was returned late
yesterday by a grand jury. which
accused Main Of killing Baker and
burying the body in a shallow grave
near a railroad right-of-way.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

MANILA-UP-It was confirmed
today that japanese spy ring at.
tempted to assassinate Gen. Doug.
las Macarthur. The seven spies
who took part In the plot all were
caught and hung on June and 8.
They included four Japanese civil
ians. two Japanese soldiers, and
one Filipino civilian.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

BUENOS A1RES-UP-Presldent
Gen. Edelmiro Farrell promised to.
night that Argentina would hold
free general elections late this year
and asserted that I'VE are not man
ufacturing our own successors"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

NEW YORK-AP-Pickets still
patrolled newspaper buildings to-
day as striking deliverymen re-
malned silent on whether they plan
ned to return to work in response
to another WLB order.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

MOSCOW-AP-The Soviet gov
eminent has conferred Its highest
military honor. the order OF Vic.
tory on King Mihai OF Romania for
his courageous act" In bringing
his country from the Axis into the
United Nations camp, it was an
nounced today. The Soviet press
front-paged the young Kings port
raft.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07

WASHINGTON-AP-A House
group today began an investigation
of charges that "shrewd manipula.
tors" in Wall Street had worked
out a trick corporation plan"
which would swindle taxpayers.
In a House speech he said some
Wall Street bankers and corpora
lions had found legal loopholes"
In holding company legislation
which is offering them a bonanza
that dwarfs the swag Of Teapot
Dome"
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-04-06

would like his mother to send him
some pictures of it, because I've
been telling a guy about it and |
have to have something to prove it,
also to explain little of the things
I've told him" Dawson enlisted
in the navy in July of 1914. He is
a graduate of Coolidge high school.
SMITH M. ROBINSON has recent
ly been promoted from seaman
second class to gunners mate third
class, according to word received
this week. He is serving some
where in the South Pacific, but
can give his family no more defin-
ite information because of the
strict censorship. In a recent let
ter to his wife, Mrs. Rhoda Robin
son, he says he would give a lot to
be at home helping her with the
garden and fixing up their home.
He sure wants lots of milk and
hot biscuits when he gets here,
too. Some of the fellows in his
outfit have recently gotten tat
tooed and two thirds of tn em got
skin poisoning as a result. None
of that for me-" He is looking
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-04-06

is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. M.
Kent. who are making their home
in California for the duration. His
wife, nee Pearl Aldridge, is living
in Bowie, Arizona, with her moth
er while Pfc. Kent is overseas.
PFC. VIC DOSSEY writes his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dossey,
from a hospital in the Marianas, 81
hope you haven't worried too much,
but there ain't much a guy can do
about it out here" He was with
the marines on Two Jima, ''and |
got a hunk of shrapnel in my knee,
but I'm coming along o. X. Don't
worry He may get to come home
in a little while and sure hopes so,
Dorsey says. He hasn't received
any mail in a long time, but asks
his parents to keep on writing. Il
hope you can read my letter. I'm
little shaky yet, but | guess that's
to be expected" Dossey was also
wounded in action at Saipan. He
has been a Coolidge resident for
many years and was a cowboy and
rodeo rider before he entered ser
vice.
1T. COL. HER 3 ERT DES
GEORGES, former employe of San
Carlos Indian Irrigation Service
and first chief of the local fire de-
partment, writes Coolidge friends
from Italy of a recent leave he
spent on the Riviera in Southern
France. Everywhere he went it
was clean; the people, the streets.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-04-06
PFC. BASIL KENT writes from

PFC. BASIL KENT writes from
France TO ask if we are sending
him the paper because if you are,
they sure are getting lost on the
way" and he would like to have
them arrive at destination, Kent
says. The snow was ankle deep
when he wrote, I've had it kinda
rough. but it isn't so bad now. I've
been in Belgium. Germany, Lux
emburg, and am now in France.
My youger brother, Glenn, is over
here somewhere, too. The last |
heard he was in England, but I'm
pretty sure he has left there now.
My younger brother. Glenn, is over
law are both in the army now
training at Camp Roberts, Califor-
MIA. the same place me and Glenn
took our training" A fellow has
a hard time making those French
les understand him, Kent says. He
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-04-06

forward to receiving the Examiner
so he can read what's going on at
home, that means a lot to a fell
low when he's away" Robinson
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E..
Robinson and has been a Coolidge
resident for IA years. He married
d Phoenix girl and they are the
parents of a three year old daugh-
ter, Dorothy jeanette. Robinson
entered service December 16, 1914
and went overseas in February of
1945.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-04-06

Navy dive bombers- about to strike! In each rear
cockpit rides radio gunner-trusted protector
of his pilot and plane. His skill with radio and
detection devices permits his pilot to concentrate
on flying the plane and blasting the objective.
His craftsmanship makes enemy planes scarcer,
brings V-Day nearer
Until that day comes, the major job of the
Western Electric Company, peacetime manufac.
turer of telephone equipment, will be making
huge quantities of radio and detection devices.
If you are waiting for telephone you can un.
derstand why the backed up requirements Of the
Bell Telephone System for telephones, wires,
cable, switchboards, etc., will have to wait.
The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-30
H A M L + T
Slicica

Professor je vprasal studenta
pri maturi: "Kdo je napisal
Hamleta ~
"Jaz me-" je magic odgovoril
student.
Zveeer je bill professor v go
steh pri prijatelju. Pri tel prili-
XII je povedal svoji sosedi ma
desni, kako cuden odgovor mu
je dal student ma njegovo vpra-
sanje.
"Pa ga res nj on sam napi-
sal?" sc je zacudila DANA.
z grozo Sc je professor obr,
nil k sosedi ma levici in j pove-
dal vso istorijo, ne da bi izpu-
still opazke svoje sosede ma des-
nj. .:~..f>~ ...
"Torej ga je lie on napisal?"
Je Vprasala dama.
Pc vecerji je stopil professor
k domacici in il zaupno povedal
svoj dozivljaj s Hamletom z
v S mi vprasanji in odgovori.
Gospa je bila ze zaspana in je
zehaie vprasala:
"Potem TAKEN sc ne da do
gnati, ali ga je napisal ali ?"
Ubogi professor Sc je magic po-
slovil.
Domov Sc je vracal s starim
prijateljem, bogatim trgovcem.
Nj Sc mogel premagati, da mu
ne hi povedal vse istorije cd "a
cetka do konca. Kako mu je Stu
dent ma vprasanje: "Kdo je ma
pisal Hamleta?" odgovoril: !:
"Jaz net" Kako Sc je njegova
desna soseda zacudila: "Pa ga
res nj on napisal?" in je DANA
ma njegovi levici vzkliknila: "To-
rel ga je lie on napisal?!" in je
naposled domacica ,rekla: "Po
tenn TAKEN sc ne 'da dognat, ali
ga je napisal ali ne :"
''Menda res ne," je menil pri-
jatelj.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-30

no in Trstom ter dale zgled od-
pornosti in trdnosti, ''primorske
kremenitosti", kakor pravi sta
ri Krasevcev Luka.
Dusan Fortic.
("Nasa vojsla' 10. feb. 1945)