The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-02
Observations
Ryukyu Islands
May be Key TO
Pacific War
By HELEN EssARY

Keep an eye on American naval
and air operations against Ryuk
vi Islands. 500 miles south Of the
japanese main islands
Japan ferries It's planes via these
islands from The homeland 70 China
or Formosa. and tho United states
high command In the Pacific has
been intent on breaking up this
transport system The Ryu6yuS
have been subjected 10 several
heavy naval Commandments and All
attacks have smashed japanese In
stallations. but the enemy is hard
pressed 10 maintain It's uEbroRen
chain OF ferrying stations and is
expected TO fight 10 the bitter cad
for their control
An indication of American s,rate-
e. there. however. may be seen In
the naturalization Of euemy-held
bases on Formosa Prior 70 the
PHILIPPINES landings fleets ~ p
POS blasted Jap air fields and sup
ply depots on Formosa inst 10
make sure that Nipnonese planes
wouldn't offer too much trouble for
the ihvasions
Military observers are epesulaf
ing on the possibility that the same
thing NAV happen in future opera
tons II China is invaded, they
feel that a gigantic air attack may
level Jap bases I'm the RyukuS for
many months 20 insure no enemy
interference
American farmers. mir hard on
the manpower front by selective
service and sky-high wages in city
war plants. are growing more bit
her over the governments hand
9ing Of farm workers
Biggest grippe from rural Amer
Sea comes from hard working farm
ers who put in - to a hours a day
producing food and a, the same
thine watch maupowe- wast7Ge I'm
THE war plants see labor working
an eighthour day with overtime.
They believe the Senate war in
yestigatiug committee report on
man-hour loss through "Nddling'
a. the Norfolk Navy yard Is but a
drop in the bucket-that even worse
nanpower waste exists in other
war plants
: While the war workers loaf
lAround war plants. say the farmers.
lTural America is continually hav-
ing its manpower pool drained by
tselective service al time when
the government calls for even
higher food output
, Perhaps hardest hit by the draft
sis the daily farmer whose hired
yhands must be highly skilled in
fearing for mich COWS Replace
Sments. once a skilled farm hand is
Host. virtually are impossible to
iset
Result. Many OF the nations
kdairy herds are being sold at auc-
ltion or killed for beef; the milk
tsupply IL cut. and there IS less but
Eter, milk and cheese for civilians.
| Look for sharp and outspokeu
kcriticism from farm organizations
Ein the near future on the farm labor
picture.
Chairman Brent Spence Cd Of
tKentucky. OF the House Banking
COMMITTEE has a story which he
thinks well illustrates the situa-
Ition in which he found himself
Iduring stormy hearing OF the
lrules committee on the George bill.
Spence in the hearing objected
TO being pel'ed with questions like
a man arraigned on a criminal Of
lfense. The antaeonistic attitude
lof the rules committee. Spence
Isays, reminds him OF the old col
lored tman who was cleaning fish
lbut had difficulty holding one slip
Ipery sucker that kept jumping out
lof his hand
What 70 so scared about" de
manded the old fellow Of the hop
Iping fish All amt go.n' 10 do
nuthin 70 yo-'Cspt gut "a
. An American woman Is responsi-
lble FOR coins jingling over virtual
j. the entire globe
She is Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross.
director OF the United States mint.
who reveals all records Tor mint.
ing coins for friendly nations have
been broken by 500 million coins
made for such lands as France.
Ethiopia. Greenland Saudi Arabia.
the Philippines, Australia. Belgian
Congo, Belgium. Bolivia. Cuba. Gu
racco Dominican Republic, Equa-
dor FL Salvador, and most Of the
J rest OF he gapgraHhv- nnnk