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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Help Invited
onCharter

Another step toward changes in
Npsilanti city government came
Friday evening when a group, meet
ing at the Chamber of Commerce
office. launched organization Of a
Citizens Committee for Promotion
OF a New City Charter. II. Z. vii
Der was chosen chairman and
James Mohler was made secretary.
Various steps toward the pro
posed revision were reviewed by
Paul Ungrodt and names were con
sidercd for. the commission upon
whose shoulders will rest the task
OF formulating the new charter
which will be submitted to voters
at a future election.
Changes as previously published
together with others that may be
suggested. will be considered by
the commission. but the immediate
consideration is selection Of person
mel to do the work. This member
ship will be determined at the com
ing spring election. Nine residents
will be elected from candidates TO
be proposed 4 number OF names
have been submitted and anyone
wishing to serve may have his or
her name added through petition
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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13


There's date on the calendar
that is rushing down on millions
Of taxpayers with the speed OF a
buzz bomb.
The date Is Jan lj-this coming
Monday. Jan. 10 is an income tax
date. 1t has never been an income
tax date before, and therefore some
Of the taxpayers are still asleep.
on the other hand a lot OF them
are waking up with startled eyes.
The Bureau OF Internal Revenue
says the lines OF people seeking
information are lengthcning all
over the country.
Most taxpayers - 35.000.0)n Of
them don't need TO give Jan. - a
thought hey are the ones who in
1944 were paid almost altogether
in Wages subject to the withhold
ing tax payroll reductionsl and
whose wages we're not more than
ZOO IL single or $500 IL mar
ricd
Have Homework
The other 100000 taxpayers
should think twice about Jan. Is.
and decide whether they have any
homework 10 do this week end.
The 100000 include all payers
Of income tax who.
l. We're not paid wages in 1874.
For example. doctor lawyer bust
ness owner. farm owner, boarding.
house landlady.
. We're paid wages not sub
jeet TO the Withholding tar. For
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Third Fleet Carrier Planes
Break up Japanese Conveys
Resistance i'm
= Ardennes
Reduced
(By the Associated Pressl

10y tne Associated IreSSl
Organized German resistance
has collapsed in the western end OF
the Ardennes salient, reduced to
two-fifths Of its maximum size. and
Allied armies today pursued the
Germans eastward in their orderly
withdrawal which one front re-
port said might continue TO the
Reich frontier.
While Moscow remained silent
Berlin reported three great new
Russian drives-on a 30-mile front
in east Prussia between Suwalki
and Goldap, on a broad front I'm
Poland, and on the Hungarian
Slovakian frontier, where the Ger.
mans said the Russians attacked
between Lucenec and Kassa (Ko-
sice) with seven or eight divisions.
The Polish offensive was describ-
ed by the Nazis as the greatest of
all time. and the report Of the
east Prussian drive indicates stimuli
taneous thanking offensives in the
north and south.
The Allied armies of the west,
have Obliterated at least 20 Ger
man divisions since the opening
OF tn Nazi counteroffensiye in the
Ardennes Dec. l6.
Americans Advance
Thrusting deep into the neck of
the salient, Americans advanced
today toward Mont-le-Ban. a mile
north OF the enemys last major
escape route along the Hcuffalize-
st. With highway. The drive
through. the dense. snowbound for
est, met violent opposition from
Germans fighting to shield their
withdrawal line. Battling for
every yard the Nazis were hurled
back about 1000 yards below cap
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Lincoln Has
Night School

Night classes for adults will he
gin Tuesday evening, January lG,
at : 30 m the Lincoln School au-
ditorium. \ short. Interesting as.
scmbl, will be held each evening
before classes convene. The fol
lowing schcdhIc has been arrang.
cd
Problems of Normal child
Growth aud Development, Sam
Whitman.
This course will include elements
which parents can provide that
help a child develop in normal
manner intellectually, socially, and
rmotionally. \ set Of principles
will hc developed which help par
cnts understand and cope with
common problems which children
present in the course of normal
living. Mr. Whitman presents the
view that the first aud the best
place for n child 10 learn TO live
socially with other people is In his
home
Mr.. Whitman is head of the Hu
ron Valley Childrcn's Center and
specialist I'm child guidance, and
family aud children's work. lIo
has been n teacher also and has
masters degree from Columbia
'niycrsity
Community and Personal Health
Miss Julia Sycda
This community health Scirn",
course will present health instruc.
tiou with practical experiences re-.
lating 10 personal, family, aud
community health. Units usually
covered in home nursing will bc
presented. The work will hC
planned to meet the interests of
the group enrolled.
Soils aud Agriculture Ecouom
ics. II. T.. Laing
In this course. Mr.. Iaing will
describe the principal soils of Lin.
coin Community aud explain how
10 restore the fertility OF exhaust
cd soils and improve and maintain
the fertility of good soils. The
values and uses Of the various com
mcrcial fertilizers aud mauurcs
will bc explained, aud samples OF
fertilizers will be- shown and de-.
scribcd. The fertilizer needs " alI
the important field and garden
crops will be- discussed Some ut.
tcution will be- given To the prob.
lcms Of land drainage
In agricultural economies Mr.
Iaing will discuss the causes and
results n business deprcssions and
low prices of farm. products. the
SEX SCHOOL-Page )
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Burglar Visits
Arnet Brothers

Police are investigating an early
morning burglary at Arnet Broth.
ers'. - y. Washington St, in
which SIS in silver and a fur coat
are missing.
Officers checking the area at
1916 a. m. this morning found the
rear door OF the store open. in.
yestigation showed that someone
had pricd window screen off,
broken the glass in the door. and
pried the door open from the in-
side with a bar.
The culprit obviously did not
know much about cash registers.
since instead OF opening the
drawer in the normal way. hs
forced IL with a bar. only silver
is left in the store at night.
Faces Charges
Police arrested Edward G.. Tryon,
f2I ". Kingsley ST. Ann Arbor,
as he was running from a home at
loo y. Summit St, this morning.
Police had had a report that
someone had tried TO break into a
house at i09 y. Summit St. and
then had gone to l06. where Tryon
was seen at window. Officers
apprehcnded him just as he ran
from the yard. He is charged with
window peeping.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Two Theories Advanced in
Killing of Senator Hooper

the execution spot and saw no car
there, and OF William Stark, a
farmer, that he drove past ten
minutes later and saw the ma
chine at the roadside has fixed the
time of the killing at between Sis
and $50 p. m, Eastern War Time,
Hansen said. He added that the
police have evidence that at 4 p.
m, Hooper left a Lansing hotel
where he had arranged for a confer
ence of osteopaths.
"Our job now is to learn what
happened in that important hour
and 20 minutes" he said. we
are making an extensive inquiry
along the 2i.mile stretch from
Lansing TO the murder spot to de.
termine whether anyone along that
route saw something which would
help u.s."
Lived In Fear
The officers said they have not
lost sight of the fact that Mrs
Hooper reported her hsband had
lived in fear recently-a fear on
his behalf which she had shared
because Of a series OF mysterious
telephone calls by a voiced
man. who she now believes was
seeking information to guide the
slayer or slayers in perfccting the
murder plan.
Supporting the theory that an
other man drove Hooper's car was
the testimony OF NJ. Il. Howard a
bus line cmployc. who pulled
Hooper's body from the burning
car.
He told officers Hooper appeared
10 have settled in the righthand car
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

Lansing. Mich. Jan. zap -
Police officials, groping for a solu'
ton of the roadside killing of State
Senator Warren G. Hooper, today
explored a possibility that he may
have been abducted in his own au-
tomobile by two or more gunner
and executed in gangster fashion.
But they said there was a posi-
bility, too, that he may have fallen
into a collly. carefully prepared
death trap, baited with a compan-
ion OF whom lie felt no fear or dis
trust. unaware almost to the last
that he was being taken for a
ride.
Capt. William Hansen, command
ing the Jackson, Mich, State Po-
lice Post, said there was evidence
to support either theory in the
probe of the killing Of Hooper, a
key witness in the Carr grand jury
investigation of governmental
graft.
Somewhere in the last so min
utes of Hooper's life detectives col
laborating in Michisan's greatest
manhunt hope TO find that he left
clues to unravel the mystery Of
who fred three death-dealing shots
into his head and face-and why.
Hansen said the officers are con
vinced that one hour and 90 min
utes after the senator left a Ian
sing hotel Thursday, he was dead
in his burning car on a lonely
stretch OF highway in Jackson
county.
officers Agreed
an the police officers are agreed
that the slayer was driving the
car" Hansen said. They believe
it was either someone he trusted,
or who forced him to let him
drive"
Hansen said not all Of the inyes-
tigators shared his belief that the
car was brought to a skidding halt
during an alteration and scuffle
between Hooper and the driver be-
fore the later fred.
"Of course. it's still supposition. V
Hansen said. but it appears TO
me that the driver stopped the
car, perked the brim of HoOpers $
ha down over his eyes. and then
killed him. The hat brim is torn
as though it had been jerked hard -
Among the best clues the officers
have found are three footprints in
the snow. indicating that the driver
had fled from the car, possibly 10
enter an automobile in which ac-
complices fulfilled pre.arraneed
plan to pick him up after he had
11--''ailed his grisly intention.
Time Fixed
The testimony of Ethan B. Allen
and George Mcdonald of Spring
port. Mich. that they drove past
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

do essential war work Army, Navy.
manpowcr and production officials
have told the committee OF the need
for legislation to force men into
war work.
But the committee has not yet
heard from labor, which is sched
ulcd TO present its side Of the case
next week.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Total of 80
Vessels
Sunk
oBy Associated Prss.)

For the second successive day,
Third Fleet carrier planes dove on
broken japanese conveys off the
South Asiatic coast today. deter.
mined to increase the toll OF 1911
Nipponese ships and surface craft
sunk or damaged off lndo.China,
Formosa and the Philippines.
The 1871 total was announced Fri.
day night by Adm. Chester W. MINI
itz and Gen. Douglas Macarthur for
In naval actions protecting the al.
most unopposed Sixth Army drive
toward Manila in the Philippines.
Sink 81 Ships
Here Is the new Japanese naval
and merchant fleet destruction at
a glance:
sunk: 80 ships including IL load.
ed transports and half dozen
warships: Is small craft.
Sunk or damaged IS small
freighters and coastal vessels.
Damaged-jf ships. including six
destrOyers, ~ small craft.
In addition. ss japanese planes
we're destroyed.
The surprising strike yesterday
at the lndo-China C,sst by fast
carrier forces OF Adm. william y.
Halsey's third fleet caught tho
Japa--se completely by surprise.
Twenty-Five ships were sunk and
10 heavily damaged as. American
pilots hammered -four conveys IS
they prepared TO sail for the Phil-
ipplnes.
A light cruiser was the heaviest
ship sighted. II was sunk. SO were
several destroyers.
ThIrty-nlne Japanese planes wera
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Army Seizes
W. ar Plants

Cleveland. Jan l3 AP The
Army early today took over plants
and facilities Of the Cleveland Elec-
trio Illuminating Company where
a strike OF 400 coal passcrs threat
encd to paralyze Cleveland's war
production. Army officials called
on all employees to return to their
jobs Immediately and warned
those who do not report to work on
their next regular shift will be dis
charged and names OF those hold
ing occupational defcrments will be
referred to the state director Of
Selcctive Service OF immediate re-
classification.
Acting under presidential order,
Col. T.. A. Lynn CleyclanG ordn-
aure district chief. entered com.
pany Offices at $50 a. m. Central
War Time) accompanied by four
other Army officers. one OF whom
bore a large American flag.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Smith Not to
be candidate

Andrew u. Smith. - s. summit
St. has decided 10 Withdraw as a
candidate for alderman Of the first
ward in the primary election. Mr..
Smith. an active member OF the
Taxpayers Association, said today.
that ho believed that three candi-
dates in one ward on the I'cpubli-
can ticket were too many. lie
thinks that the voters can more
closely study the qualifications OF
two candidates. Tho remaining
Republican candidates from the
first ward are stephen VI Dunlap.
30 :. Summit ST. seeking reelec.
.tion. and George f Bertrand. III
6. Adams St. who. like Mr.. Smith,
is an active member OF the Tax
pavers Association
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
County Democrats
to Meet Monday

A meeting OF Washtenaw County
Democrats has been called for
Monday at o'clock in the court
house. Ann Arbor. by Dr. Dean W.
Myers. county Democratic chair.
man. The meeting. which is open
TO the public. is for tbe purpose OF
electinG l6 delegates TO the Demo.
cratic state convention Saturday.
Jan. - at Flint. Delegates to the
county convention are those elect
ed at the primary last IuIy-
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Slight Earthquake
Reported in Japan

tBy The AssOCiated Tressl
4 slight earthquake struck the
central area of Honshu. main Jap
anese home island today. the Jap.
anese Domci Agency reported in a
broadcast
The dispatch. recorded by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion. said "a little damage to a
small number of homes had been
caused. hut declared ''transporta-
tion facilities sustained no damage
y hateycr" The quake was record.
ed at 3.35 a. m. (Tokyo timeD.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

WASHINGTON Up Sens Jo-
seph'H. Ball. r.. MINI, and Carl A.
Hatch. D.. NM, today virtually
abandoned hope OF getting a new
resolution on foreign policy through
the Senate before the impending
meeting Of tho Allied big three.
Although no time and place for
the meeting has been announced, y
is expected that President Roose-
welt will meet with British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill and
Russian Premier Josef Stain soon
after his Inauguration next Satur-
day for a fourth term
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Flashes of
Late News

NEW YORk-AP - \ rival 10
Tammany Hall in New York City's
Democratic politics became a pos
sibility today with the disclosure
by five district leaders OF plans
to form a new party organization.
Patrick II. Sullivan, Joseph II.
Broderick, Irving d. Neustein, Her
bert l.. Bruce and George Thomp-
son said they had been appointed
a committee of a large group OF
Democratic leaders and distinguish
ed public-spirited Democrats to or.
gGnize a new Democratic county or
ganization to which decent citizens
may turn in place OF Tammany
Hall"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
War In Brief
tBy Associated Pressl
lV the AAHOpiatpd prea

Wy THN NHHVNIHV'W TTVHN
Western Front-Allied armies
pursue Germans Withdrawing east.
ward from Ardenncs salient. Ses-
enth Army driven out OF Oetiug or
Alsatian front.
Pselfle-Csrrier plans continue
attacks on Jap convoys on French
lndo China coast; Yanks advance
unchecked on Luzon.
Eastern Front-Berlin repOri =
three great new Russian drives in
East Prussia. Poland. and on Huns
garian-Sloyakian frontier
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-.Cloudy and
warmer tonight Light snow north
and central portions. Sunday snow
and rather cold.
Highest temperature yesterday.
A.: lowest %
Highest temperature one year
ago today. Is; lowest u.
Highest temperature this date in
last 73 years, Sc in 1892; lowest.
IS in 1918.
The sun sets today at 6.2i and
rises Sunday at SIS.
The moon sets today at 5.j7 p.
m. and rises Sunday at 9.25 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

utHiIbNtu, Hlohl OF lntH DeIDl -
they could take off. only 18 wers
encountered in the air-all oyc.
Saigon. Fires were left blazing in
three scattered military centors
No U. s. Losses
No 4. S. ships were damaged.
They continued their attack todav.
dcfying the encmy's land-based air.
force.
This same task force struC la
three days previously at Formoss
and 10 the previously announced
toll there, Nimitz added six ships
and 1S small craft sunk; II ships
and ~ small craft damaged and ~
aircraft wiped out ~-Four Yanh
planes were lost
Macarthur announced 46 sma 4
freighters and coastal vessels. un-
loading at San Fernando north 20
the Luzon invasion point were sunk
or damaged.
BattleShip Lost
Nimitz confirmed the sinking &C
the $4,000 ton battlcship Musashi,
one OF japan's newest and best, IN
the second battle Of the Philippine .
last October.
1t. Gen. Walter Krueger's Sixtn
Army troops we're still hunting for
the japanese defense line on Ld-
zon. Spcarhcads in the center adj.
yanCcd ~ miles from the beach.
head to Malasiqui without seeing =
single enemy soldier.
Some sharp fighting was report-
ed on the east flank where NippoH-
ese pumped artillery aud mortar
shells into American positions un.
I'll warships silenced their batter.
les.
japanese broadcasts reported A
third American transport convoy of
more than 50 ships was unloaded
in Lingayen Gulf. and claimed =
total OF 81 L. s. ships were sunk
and 2j damaged up 10 the day aftcr
tho original invasion.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Girls Convicted
of Aiding Nazis

Bay City. Mich. Jan. Zap
Two Owosso girls convicted by a
federal jury here last night will bc
sentenced Feb. l3 on charges OF
aiding the escape of two German
prisoners OF war from an Owosso
encampment last July 90.
The jury OF eight women and
four men reached its verdict after
four and onc-half hours delibera-
ton.
When the verdict was announced.
Judge Frank \. Picard told the
girls. Shirley Jean Druce. 10, and
Kitty Marie Case. Il, that you are
lucky you we're not charged With
something more serious under the
circumstances.
The specific charge was con
spiracy TO defraud the government
OF its legal function in retaining
lawful custody OF prisoners OF war.
Under the Geneva convention II
carries a maximum penalty OF two
years imprisonment and heavy
finese Sentence was deferred to
permit the customary probation de.
partment report.
Help Wanted Steady employment
al interesting work for intelligent
young woman who can typewrits.
UUV IA caro- NJ nr4ae NHE T1g
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador AP -
Telegraphic dispatches from Rio
bamba, So miles northeast of Quay
aquil. said today eight Indians were
killed and a squad OF 10 Gendarmes
and many more Indians we're
wounded as the Gerdarmes attempt
ed to arrest an Indian leader re-
portedly preparing general upris-
ing in the area. The Indians made
a surprise attack on the Gerdarmes,
the dispatches said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

HOLLYWOOD - ms - Condi-
ton of Screen Star Paulette Cod
dard was described today as
"slightly improved after number
Of blood transfusions given her
yesterday at st. Johns Hospital,
Santa Monica
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

spURREp on by demands from Gov.
Harry r. Kelly himself to find the
slayer or slayers OF State Senator
Warren C. Hooper, left, chief wit
ness in the one-man grand jury
investigation OF bribery in the
Michigan state legislature, su-
thorities checked several clues,
most important Of which was a
telephone call TO Hoopers home.
Hooper was found shot to death
in his partly-burned auto north Of
Springport, Mich, Kim Sigler, spe-
cial prosecutor in the grand jury
inquiry, personally investigating
the case, is shown above viewing
the bullet-pierced car. Hooper was
en- route to his home at Albion
from Lansing, the capital, when
he was shot.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

CHICAGO ms A warning
that the drafting of additional
farm workers may cause serious
food shortage was left in Chica-
80 today by the National Council
of Farmer Cooperatives. The
council. composed of 400 cooper
ative associations with a member
ship of two million farmers, is
sued the warning in a resolution
adopted at the closing session of
It's 18th annual convention.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

ATLANTIC CITY. y. J.-INs-
Fear that prolongation of the war
through 1916 may have a disas-
trous effect on American colleges
and may possibly force some to
clcse down was expressed today by
Dir. c. H. Marvin, president of
George Washington University.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

ron OF screen star L duitllt NOu-
dard was described today as
"slightly improved" after a number
Of blood transfusions given her
yesterday at st. Johns Hospital,
Santa Monica.
ATLANTIC CITY, " J.-INS-
Fear that prolongation of the war
through 1916 may have a disas-
trous effect on American colleges
and may possibly force some to
cicse down was expressed today by
Dir. c. II. Marvin, president OF
George Washington University.
WASHINGTON ms Decis-
ions in textile, meat packing and
other major wage cases were stall
ed today by differences between
the War Labor Board and Eco
nomic Sterilization Director Fred
NJ. Vinson. The WLB, it was
learned. is objecting to a recent
order from Vinson that II defer
any ruling in the wage cases until
OPA has been consulted to deter:
mine whether a price increase
would he involved.
WASHTNGTON-AP-The War
Production Board proposes shortly
TO emasculate its reconversion or
der allowing advance production of
machinery and plant equipment for
peacetimc manufacturing. The ac.
tion, expected within five or six
days. would wipe out the author
ity now granted machinery build
ers TO fill orders which lack mill.
tary or other priority standing.
NEW NORK-INS-Train rescr-
vations to Florida are as hard to get
as cigarettes these days, and Phil
ip Glasser, 34-year-old garment
salesman took pride in the elab-
crate system he had perfected to
get them for his friends. His meth.
cd boomcranged, however, and
landed him in the arms OF the law
today. The FBl nailed Glasser as
he attempted to pick up reserya-
tions at the Pennsylvania station by
representing himself as the true
owner OF the tickets. He was
charged with illegal sale Of railroad
tickets. and his alleged accomplice
Mrs. Rose Marie lmperator, res
ervation agent, was charged with
conspiracy.
WASHINGTON-INS- Arrange.
ments were being completed today
for sending top-ranking American
delegation to Mexico City, includ'
ing both Secretary Of State Stettin-
JUS aud Assistant Secretary Nelson
Rockefeller. for the Inter-American
Conference beginning Feb. -.
CHANCE, Md.-AP-State poll e
early today took into custody two
young negroes as suspects in an
outbreak of violence in which one
white man was shot TO death, an
other was wounded and two women
were assaulted. State police head
quarters in Baltimore announced
the arrests after troopers who had
rushed into this Maryland eastern
shoI, area late Friday afternoon
and Friday night had spirited the
suspects to safety across the
Chesapeake Bay.
ST. LOUIS AP - James NJ.
kurn. -. former president OF the
Frisco Railroad. died here today.
He had been III several weeks.
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-.Cloudy and
warmer tonight. Light snow north
and central portions. Sunday snow
and rather cold
Highest temperature yesterday,
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

destroyed, most Of them befol y
they could take off. Only ls wers
encountered In the air-all oyc:
Saigon. Fires were left blazing in
three scattered military centerE
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

ST. LOUIS AP - James VI.
Kurn. - former president OF the
Frisco Railroad. died here today.
He had been III several weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13

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