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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
'FGers Slain,
.Naziis to Hang

Darmstadt, Aug. 1-UP-The res
idents OF the bomb-ruined town Of
Darmstadt were silent today, grim
ly aware that seven German civil
ians, including two women, have
been sentenced by an American
military court to die.
Those sentenced to death were
charged with participating In the
mob murder Of six United States
airmen near the village Of Russels-
helm last August.
Three others drew long prison
terms. One was acquitted. .-
The stunned villagers sat rigid,
last night while the Seventh Army
Military Commission, after a four
hour elaboration, announced thu
sentences. The time and place o.
the hangings will be determined BY
1t. Gen. Wade Haislip, command
er OF the seventh.
Those who must die are: Margar
etc WitZler, so, Kathe Reinhardt
3S, Joseph Hartgen, ~, Friedrich
Wust, As, Johannes Seiuel, 81. 10
ham opper, So, and Philip Gut
Itch, ~.
August Wolf, 43, and Heinrich
Bartel, 4s, were sentenced to Is
years at hard labor, while George
Daum drew rs years.
Karl Fugmann, Al, was acquitted
Gray-haired Fraulein WitZler
burst into tears when Brig. Gen.
Garrison Davidson read the SEN
fences. Frau Heinhardt gasped
Seipel murmured, II did nothing"
The others were emotionless.
A dozen military police. armed
with machine guns, guarded the
courtroom but there was no demon
stration, although the severity OF
the sentences apparently shocked
the spectators.
In a last effort to save the de-
PENDANTS, German defense attor'
neys in summing up their case had
blamed Paul josef Goebbels' hate
propaganda for instilling into Ger
man minds the idea Of killing Allied
aviators.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
July Toll of Enemy Ships 1916
Nation NAV
Avert Crisis
on Railroads

Washington, Aug 1-AP-The
Army moved in two directions to-
day to avert a transportation cris-
is but came under renewed fire
for its plans to keep 100000 men
in uniform for the Pacific war.
To ease the pressure on railroads
resulting from troop movements,
the War Department said:
l. II is turning over to CONNER
eial air lines enough Army planes
and pilots to move $4,000 troops a
month across the country by air.
2. II is speeding Up the discharge
OF high-point soldiers with rail
road experience ito the maximum
extent consistent with military
needs and the orderly process of
redeployment"
Meanwhile. Senator Johnson ID
Colo.) contended that the Army is
keeping too many soldiers in uni.
form above its real needs. He pre-
pared to tell his colleagues that
unless the Army speeds demobili-
zation the nation may see a post
war dumping" OF manpower that
will mean serious unemployment.
Johnson. a member of the SEN
ate Military Committee, voiced his
contention while a top administra-
ton official was telling another re-
porter that 100000 men seem to
him "a helluva big Army for the
one-front war"
This official, who expressed his
views on the understanding he
would not be quoted by name, add
ed that II think there will be in.
creasing pressure on the Army to
release more men"
Johnson, declaring that Il think
they are keeping a lot of men they
don't need for the Pacific war"
said he wants an answer, too, to a
recent statement by Mai. Gen.
Lewis Hershey that selective SER
vice will continue drafting men for
several months after the war ends.
II was the Colorado senator's
contention that the net reduction
in the Army is only about 100000
men q month, since 100000 induc.
tees are taken in for every 100000
veterans discharged. He could see
no reason, he said. why the rate
of discharges shouldn't be doub-
led or trebled.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Mine Alone
Elliott

Washington, Aug. 1--UP-Brig.
Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, son Of the
late President, wants his critics to
confine their attacks to him instead
OF spreading "pernicious lies" about
his father, "a man who can't talk
back"
Young Roosevelt dashed out at
his enemies late Yesterday in a
statement in which he assumed full
responsibility for his much.public.
lied business affairs, including sew
eral loans now being investigated
by Congress and the Treasury.
He took cognizance of charges
that his father had helped him ne.
gotiate the loans and described
these as part of the hate cam.
paign" being conducted against the
late Presidents memory by small
segment of the press.
Franklin D. Roosevelt never
promoted or assisted my personal
business affairs" he said. ANY
statement that he did so is a de-
liberate. infamous lie. l conducted
my own business affairs. The re-
sponsibility for them was and still
Is mine and mine alone"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Super New
Deal Coming

Washington, Aug. 1-INS-A 70
point super New Dea" program
which dwarfs many OF the early
Roosevelt proposals in its scope
has been drafted by a group OF
more than Is Liberal Democratic
senators, II was learned today.
The l2-point program follows In
brief:
1. Speed reconversion. continue
control Of prices. provide unemploy
ment compensation and through col
lective bargaining raise wages "a
make up for loss of war-work over.
time.
2. Continue stable and profitable
agriculture At high levels OF pro
duction by government guarantee
OF prices. aid farm workers dis.
placed by mechanization, provide
farm communities with modern ser
vices.
3. Create expanded opportunities
for business, assure adequate ere
dit facilities by rsyising r F c and
Federal Reserye loan policies, en-
act antf-cartei legislation, provide
technical and scientific aid to small
business.
4. Promote high wage levels /:
centralize administration OF labor
activities; raise minimum wage 10
IS cents an hour. through collec
tive bargaining expand annual wage
system Specific announcement
OF Ball-Burton-Hatch Act revising
Wagner Act.
S. Expand foreign trade. Appro-
pirate beyond the billions provided
for in Breton Woods and export
import bank bills.
6. Expand national housing pro
gram.
7. Create national health pro
gram, broaden social security.
s. Increase educational opportun
tiles; provide advanced scholar
ships and feilowships.
9. Stabilize community construc
ton at high levels. give federal aid
to build schools. hospitals and sim
liar institutions.
10. Provide employment through
development OF national resources,
such as stabiliEing coal production
at high level.
IL. Gear fiscal policy TO provide
full employment. using government
funds II necessary; raise income tax
exemptions.
~. Provide veterans with ade.
quate security, training, job oppor-
tunities.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
In Excess of 1880 Planes
Destroyed; Nippon Making
Preparation For muasion
Var in Brief
: BY Associated Press)

Japan-Radio Tokyo reported O.
S. submarine shelled northern ia,
pan last night in absence OF heavy
Allied air attacks since the 1000
planes reported over Nippon Mon.
day.
china-Japanese continued their
withdrawal in Southeast China fall
ing back TO within 100 miles of Nam
chang, most important JaDanese-
held base south of the Yangtze
River.
Burma-British reported 1000 ia
panese troops killed in past fort
night attempting to break out of
the South Burma trap.
PhllIppines-Yank divisions con-
tinued to hem in what may be 1t.
Gen. Tomoyuki (the Tiger of Ma.
laya) Yamashita's final mountain
stronghold, northern Luzon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
y y
By FREDERICK c. oTHMAN

oy II A10EnASh ~ OlLlMAN
Washington, Aug. l--UP--It was
one Of the steamiest days in years,
the whole town was widowed, the
street cars had become peramhulat.
ing Swedish baths. and my favor
its character--you know what he
was doing7 Getting hot under his
blue shirt collar. talking about coal.
Lack OF same.
You know who I mean: man Of
many titles; the old curmudgeon;
honest Harold 1ckes, who doesn't
care whose toes he mashes land
that's why love him).
Ickes dropped up to the Senate
War Investigating Committee to
announce that America would 60
cold this winter unless the War
Department gets help and takes
10000 coal miners out OF uniform.
He said he's done his doggondest
TO tell the Army that It's stubborn-
ness probably would turn the popn-
lace into human icicles. He said
the asst time was a couple Of nights
ago when he spoke on the radio.
Have you reached the point
where you have to talk TO the Army
by radio?" inquired Sen. Homer
Ferguson Of Mich.
Closest He Gets
= That's the closest l can get to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
u. S. Sixth,
32nd Join
on Luzon
(By the Associated Press)


Unprecedented American sea and
air power knocked out 1886 Japa.
nese vessels and more than 1880
planes in the Mikado's front yard
during July and promised to reach
new heights this month with
flights OF 1900 Superforts packing
5000 ton bomb loads.
Even the enemy's imperial head
quarters admitted damages to
cities, factories and shipping were
considerable" A Tokyo communi-
que eou1rtered with a claim that
1,021 Allied planes and rs ships
were destroyed or damaged during
July giving some encouragement to
Premier Kantaro Suzuki as he re.
ported today to Emperor Hirohito
on affairs Of state.
Prepare
The imperial communique prom
ised that preparations were be-
ing made TO meet an invasion. But
there was no little sign of fight
that Associated Press War Cores
pendent Richard X. O'Malley, rid
ing with the Allied fleet that has
been cruising japanese waters for
more than three weeks, comment
ed:
Japan seems almost to be wat.
ing q sitdown war"
Carrier planes from Admiral Hai.
sey's feet, apparently still In Japa.
nese waters ready to strike again,
contributed most Of July's astound-
ing total of enemy ship and plane
destruction.
The totals included we'll over 100
warships, ranging from battleships
and carriers. down to, midget sub
marines and PIT boats. They also
include many tiny craft such as
Tugs and coastal vessels. And
large numbers of both ships and
planes were only damaged and will
have to be hit again.
Not All Included
However, the figures do not In.
clude tolls taken of the China
coast, in the Southern Pacific. in
Southeast Asia or China. Gen.
eral Macarthur today listed IL
craft sunk of the Malay coast and
Borneo which were not included
in the $50 total OF the Far East
Air Force command. Latest total
reported for his forces operating in
Japanese waters was "a, including
two destroyers and two 5000 ton
freighter.transports.
The toll credited to Admiral
Halsey's forces was raised with a
recapitulation OF Mondays heavy
air strike at the Maizuru naval
base, across Honshu Island from
Tokyo. Carrier pilots accounted
for IS ships and surface craft and
227 planes there.
Tokyo reported that the blazing
guns Of a single American subma-
rine wound up July with a 80 min
ute bombardment last night on To-
makomai on the northern refuge
Island of Hokkaido.
Start August
Twenty Mustang fighters from
Two Jima or Okinawa were credit.
ed by Tokyo radio with making the
first attack in August. They raked
airields and transportation facili-
ties in the heavily hammered Osa.
ka.Kobe area for so minutes today.
Japan is taking such a beating
that a Tokyo broadcaster moaned
we are enduring the impossible.
with grinding teeth and clenched
fist.
They know it's going to get
worse. Nineteen cities have been
forwarned they would be fire.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Flashes of
Late News

SAN FRANCISCO -AP- With
q straight (if unsaved) face. ia
pan today changed its ambassador
TO the Philippines (which II does't
have anymore.) or at least to the
islands puppet government (which
has fled some%here). Tokyo radio
said Ko Ishil. foreign office spokes-
man at the time of Pearl Harbor.
succeeds shozO Murata as ambas-
sador to the puppet government OF
Jose P. Laurel, last reported in ia
pan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Additional Details Released
on New Shooting Star Plane

engines, composed largely OF air
compressors which blow the plane
forward.
P. X. Yost, Jr., eastern manager
Of Lockheed, predicted that as a
result of the development OF the
GE engine commercial planes will
fly 1000 miles an hour within Is
years. 80
A sample OF the new plane which
flew the $50 miles from Dayton to
Washington yesterday In d hour,
was to arrive in New York today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

Norbert Weber alton center on N.
Grove st. He attends the weekly
picture shows and the sports which
they have. He plays baseball at
Prospect Park and hopes to become
big league baseball player.
Norbert's route takes him on z.
Cross. N. Grove, Park and Prospect
SITS. and Michigan Ave.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

New York. Aug. 1-INS-Addi.
tional details of the Army's new
jet-propelled Lockheed P-SO Shoot
ing Star fighter plane were reveal
ed today. r.,
Its speed remains q military sec.
ret. but the Shooting Star was hail
ed as fastest In the world" at a
press meeting in New York.
Army officials for the FIRST time
unveiled models of the speedy
crafts two secret General Electric
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Trial
Delay Likely


" Eondon, Aug. t-AP-A Reuter-,
dispatch said that Pierre Laval wal
being held in mountain prison
overlooking the TyoIesn city oil
Innsbruck and II was expected he
would be flown to Paris either lat
er today or tomorrow.
Paris, Aug. 1-AP-Adm. vii
liam D. Leahy, chief Of staff &c
President Truman, expressed the
belief that Marshal Petaln always
acted in the best interest OF
France In letter read today al
the treason trial Of the old soldier
Paris, Aug. 1-AP-Defense at
torneys for Marshal Petain, antici-
pating the arrival of Pierre Laval
in Paris, were expected today to
seize upon this development to ask
postponement of Frances greatest
trial since the French revolution.
1t is a question, however, who
wants Laval's testimony most at
the the Petain trial-prosecution or
defense.
Attorneys for Petain. charged
with intelligence with Germany and
plotting against France, contend
that Laval was responsible for the
Vichy regimes policy Of collabora'
ton with the Germans and hope
that his testimony will save the
aged marshal from a death sent
ence.
The prosecution, on the other
hand. has been maintaining
throughout the eight days Of the
trial that Petain worked hand and
glove with Laval, his No. man
and chief OF government, in collab-
Grafton with the Nazis.
News that the swarthy, long-fugi-
tive Laval had arrived in Austria
from Spain and surrendered was
communicated to court officials and
attorneys yesterday.
That bombshell came just as the
Judge. Jurors, lawyers, witnesses
and the defendant himself we're
hopping their brows after one Of
the most emotion-packed court ses-
sions in French history.
Chief Defense Attorney Fernand
Payen leaped to his feet just be-
fore the gavel fell on the days
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
TO SHARE PROFITS

Kalamazoo, Mich.-R. r. Norgen-
stern, manager Of the fruit purchase
ing division Of the WEIGH Craps
Juice Co., today disclosed that COD
tracts between the firm and grow
ers included an incorporate profit
sharing plan this year.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Hooper,
Appeal Seen

Battle Creek, Mich, Aug. ZAP
A motion for a new trial and an
appeal to the supreme court Of
Michigan appeared in the offing
today as the last resort Of four de-
PENDANTS convicted Tuesday of con-
spiracy to murder the late Senator
Warren G. Hooper Of Albion.
The four, Harry Fleisher and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

wAsHINGToN-INS : Danny
wilkins, aged Is, was smiling to-
day, but he still wonders how ne
survived his swim" for three
quarters OF a mile through the rag
ing, muddy torrents OF q sewer into
the Eastern Branch River. Danny
was swept into the sewer by a flash
food Tuesday night during heavy
downpour which broke Washing
tons 5s-year-old rainfall record
for the month Of July.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Anderson to
Visit Cave

Kansas City, Aug. 1-AP-Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Clinton P. An.
derson will take a personal look
and see before he agrees with any.
one that the War Food Admins
tration's 100000 underground re.
frigerator-cave at Atchison, Kans.,
should be abandoned.
Anderson, who will go to Atchi.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

MILWAUKEE-INS-- A minis.
ter's charge that the play Chicken
Every Sunday" is "sensuous and
immoral" resulted in an emergen.
cy meeting OF suburban Shore.
woods school board today to con-
slider TIE accusation. The school
boards involvement was occasion.
ed by the fact that this play and
others, presented by a stock COM
pany, the Port Players. haze as
their Impoverished theater the
Sherwood High School auditorium.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
ANNOUNCE NET PROFITS

| South Bend. Ind.-Studebaker
forp. officials announced today con-
tolidated net profit OF $1,752,391 for
The company and its subsidiaries,
minus tax reductions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
CONFERENCE TO END

Grand Rapids, Mich.-Members
Of the Michigan Sheriffs Associa-
ton will conclude a three-day con-
Ference today. designed to preyent
d crimewave in the postwar era.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

Since ne started
with The Ypsi-
lanti Daily Press,
he hast been buy
ing war savings
s { a mps II b
which he buys
war bonds. Nor.
bert attends Rev.
Howard Moore's
Assembly OF God
Church at the
corner of z. Mich
igan Ave. and
Prospect st. He
e n Joys Gilbert
IH0t,an the rarra-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Concession Claimed For Truman

Truman will fly to England tomor.
row to meet King George VI, II was
announced today.
The meeting will take place
aboard II. NJ. 8. Renown, where
they will lunch together, an official
British announcement declared.
Potsdam, Aug. 1-UP-The Big
Three conference approached an
end today with the United States
already having won a considerable
number OF concessions from Rus
STA and Britain.
a London Daily Express dis
patch from Berlin speculated that
the Big Three .communique TO be
issued following thu coufef encs
may announce that Russia eonsid.
ers herself at war with Japan.)
The nature OF the American vic
tories cannot be made public at this
time, but President Truman was
reported highly satisfied with the
progress OF HIS discussions with
premier Stain and Prime Minister
Attlee.
The three chiefs Of state today
held what has been described or
icially only as a further meeting.
1t was likely to be the final meet
ing Of the conference, although q
possibility remained that another
session will be scheduled tomorrow.
Emphasis on Germany
The communique to be issued on
conclusion OF the conference prob
ably will state the Allied position
on the future Of Europe with par
ticular emphasis on Germany, but
is not expected to contain any ref.
erence to Japan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Your NewsEoy

Norbert Weber lives at, 500 Oak
ST. In September he will enter
seventh grade Junior High School.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
U. 8. WEATHER FORECAST

U. .. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy
tonight and Thursday. Showers
and thunderstorms west portion to-
night. And in east portion early
Thursday. Cooler Thursday.
Highest temperature yesterday,
IS; lowest, 81.
Highest temperature one year
ago today. 81; lowest. IS.
Highest temperature this date in
last 73 years. IS in 1898; lowest, 81
IN 1895.
The sun sets today at 1851 and
rises at 6:26 Thursday.
The moon sets today at 3 .. m.
and rises at 1892 q. m. Thursday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01
Congress Today

Senate
Holds last session before sum
mer recess (noon).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

WASHINGTON AP-Convinced
that Japan still screens bomb tar
gets with Allied prisoners. the State
Department today awaited confir.
nation Of Tokyo radio report that
Americans died in the bombing OF
Kawasaki July 26. The Depart
ment disclosed last night that It
had requested verification by the
Swiss government and Information
al Red Cross.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

CHUNGKING-UP-Lt. Gen. AL.
bert c. Wedemeyer's headquarters
announced today that the 10Th
United States Airforce is being
shifted to China from the India
Burma theater and will be com.
manded by 1t Gen. George E,
Stratemeyer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

WASHINGTON UP - Senate
Democratic Leader Alban w. Bark
ley planned to send the Senate
home for summer recess today with
a warning that 1t faces a heavy
agenda Of reconyersion and post
war employment legislation when
It comes back in October. The
House already has recessed until
Oct. 8. The Senate was ready to
put aside its work until the same
time after more or less routine
session today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

LONDON-UP - The British
Communist Party's executive com.
mittee pledged today its support to
Britain's new Labor government.
The Communist group said that It
gave its "wholehearted support to
the Labor government in bringing
the war against Japan to an early
victory and in carrying out great
social changes and policy OF inter.
national cooperation for which the
people voted with such decision and
confidence"
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See ANDERSoN-Page 2
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See KIWANIs--Pagea
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See PACIFIC-Page 2
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See HooPER-Page 2
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See BIG THREE-Page 2
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See PETAIN-Page 2
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

LONDON-AP - Lord Halifax,
British ambassador to the United
States, arrived in London today
amid speculation as to whether he
will continue at his post in Wash
ington under the new Labor gov
eminent.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

JERUSALEM-AP-- Arab party
leaders open their own conference.
on Palestine affairs today at Am
man. capital OF amsterdam, stimuli.
taneously with the converting OF the
Zionist world conference In London.
LONDON-AP-A two-day con-
ference OF the provincial governors
OF India with Viceroy Lord Wavell
began today in New Delhi. said
New Delhi broadcast recorded by
the Associated Press.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

NEW YORK AP "a Tammany
Hall candidates for nine contested
district leaderships swept to vic
tory in Tuesdays primary election,
unofficial tabulations showed early
today. No city.wide Offices were
contested in the primary. william
O'Dwyer was nominated without
opposition as the Democratic
American Labor Party candidate for
mayor, and Judge Jonah J. Gold
stein. a Democrat with COP back
ing, became the Republican nomi.
nee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

MANILA-AP-Army and Navy
divers retrieving SS.500,000 in Phil
ippines government silver sunk in
Manila Bay in 1912 to keep 1t from
the japanese are finding 1t in scat
tered piles rather than neatly pack
ed in boxes as they expected. The
crates deteriorated In their three
years in the bay and broke open.
the salvage officer disclosed today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-01

BUENOS- MISREPRESENTATION
at plans to draft" Vice President
Juan Peron for the Argentine presi.
dence. faculty heads OF six uni
versities Joined Tuesday night in
demanding a swift return to consti.
tutional government.