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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

As a reward for the good care
given her garden. located on a back
lot Of Portage Lake, Mrs. Nellie
Daggett. ii2 Washtenaw Ave,
possesses eight packages, Of peas.
four pounds OF greens, and Is
pounds OF rhubsrb. all OF which she
has in her rented freezing locker.
In the future, even more will swell
this store.
Her garden is on a lot 40 by 100
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27
ESTABLISH CAMP

Monroe, Mich.-C. Ward An
drews, county agricultural agent,
announced today that a prisoner
OF war camp housing 500 men will
be ready for occupancy by August
Is near Dundee in Monroe County.
The camp will be in use until Oc-
tober is. Farmers have requested
the use Of at least $50 prisoners for
work In tomato fields and in toma-
to processing plants.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27
j japan Silent ON QJItimafum
Surrender or
Destruction
Choice

Gan FTaUClsCo, July [-AF-T he
Japanese Domel News Agency said
today II had "authorltatlvely
learned' that Japan will Ignore the
churehllI-Truman-chIang proelama.
tlon calling for unconditional sur.
render. Japan will prosecute the
war Of Greater East Asia to the
bitter end In accordance with her
fixed policy, II was authorItatlvely
stated" said the Domel dispatch
intercepted by the Federal Com
munieations commission.
Potsdam, July 27-AP- Japan
faced the alternatives today Of ut.
ter and complete destruction" or
retirement in unconditional surren-
der and total disarmament to her
four main home islands under
terms OF an ultimatum from .he
United States, Great Britain and
China.
Russia did not sign the proclaim
alton issued late yesterday from
this scene of the Big Three Con-
ference. but the absence Of Pre-
mier Stains name was no insur-
ance against Soviet intervention in
the Pacific war. Stain conducted
a long series OF conversations with
Chinese Premier T. v. Soong just
before coming to Potsdam.
Terms Given
The ultimatum included these
terms and said I'VE shall not devil
ate from them: there are no alter
natives; we shall brook no de-
lay"
/. Japan must overthrow her
militarist ruling clique.
2. Undesignated points Of Japan
csc territory will be occupied until
Japan's war power Is convincingly
destroyed.
3. Japanese sovereignty will be
limited to the four main islands of
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and
Shikoku, and minor islands. This
would strip Japan Of all her con-
quests and other dominated areas
including Manchuria, North China.
Korea, the Bonins, Kuriles, Pesca-
dores. Formosa, inundated islands.
Netherland East Indies Malaga.
French Indo-China, Thailand.
4. Japan will be disarmed COM
pletely, but soldiers will be al
lowed to return to peaceful pur-
suits.
S. Japan will not be enSlayed.
but stern justice shall be melted
out to all war criminals" especial
ly those responsible for cruelties
to prisoners.
6. Japan must restore freedom o.
speech, religion and thought and
establish respect for fundamental
rights.
All armament industries will
be taken from Japan. Raw materi.
ais will be permitted for essential
economy and to permit payment OF
reparations.
s. Occupation will end when Jap
an loses her warlike attitude and
leadership.
I'VE call upon the government
of Japan to proclaim now the I'M
conditional surrender OF all Japan
ese armed forces, and to provide
proper and adequate assurances OF
their good faith in such action" the
ultimatum from President Truman,
President Chang Kai-Shek and
Winston Churchill, then British
prime minister, said.
"The alternative for japan Is
prompt and utter destruction.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

Washington, July 81 - ms -
American attention centered today
on the men whom Clement Attlee,
Great Britain's new prime minister,
will select to carry out the bold
pledges of reforms made In his
election campaigns.
After the frst shock OF a sudden
change in government by a major
ally, officials felt certain that the
election involved only domestic
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27
Flashes of
Late News

NEW YORK-INS- Conditions
laid down in Moscow for reunion
with the Orthodox Church in Rus
STA stood rejected today by the
Metropolitan Council OF the Rus
sian Orthodox Church in America.
Patriarch Alexey. spiritual head or
more than a million communicates
in s71 U. S. parishes. emphasized
that the chief stumbling block was
the Moscow hierarchy's insistance
on a pledge Of loyalty to the So
Wet.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

beets, sage, dill, turnips, radishes,
and winter Hubbard squash.
In a garden around her garage,
she has ten hills OF summer squash.
She takes care OF the garden her
self, and pushes a hand cultivator
through the garden once a week.
She takes particular pride in that
there isn't a weed in the entire gar
den.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27
Congress Today
(By Associated Press)
Senate

Continues debate on United Ma
tions Charter (11:00).
Mead Committee hears Army
officers on troop redeploymenr
$500.
Small Business Committee opens
inquiry into surplus property dis
posal 10000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

Washington, July 27-INS-Sec-
rotary of Agriculture Anderson dis
closed today he is investigating
$4,000 discrepancies" in the in
ventories OF the huge food stocks
purchased by the Commodity Gre
dit Corporation for various govern
ment agencies.
Anderson revealed he has I'm
ported" Luther Hodges, vice pres
ident of Marshall Field and Co.,
New York, to supervise the recon
Citation" OF two conflicting inven-
tories Of CCC food and farm prod
ucts supplies, one made by the gen
eral accounting office and the
other by the agency itself.
Anderson did not say how much
the discrepancies amounted to in
terms Of dollars, nor what they
were.
The discrepancies, 1t was point
ed out by high department officials.
do not necessarily involve wrong
doings and more likely are the re-
suit OF faulty bookkeeping within
the CCC.
I'VE want TO know what food
we have, where It is, and what con-
dition It is in" Anderson told re-
porters. mo one In Washington
can answer that question now.
Il want II clearly marked to
whom it belongs-the Army Com.
modify Credit, or who" he added.
Anderson explained that as Sec
rotary Of Agriculture he is the sole
stakeholder" of the four billion, $50
million dollar CCC. In view of
this, he said, ut is just good bust.
ness" to find out how much he
owns" where It is and II 1t is in
good condition.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

cHlcAGo-iNs- Two men
were burned to- death and three
others were reported In dying
condition ss the result OF a fire
today on the fourth floor Of the
Thomas Hotel, a four-story
structure. The men critically
burned were taken to HenrotIn
hospital, where physicians said
they had little chance TO live.
The FIRE broke out al a. m.
and the flames were confined
to the fourth floor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

Baby Buggy, $500. Good condition.
10 n. washington, Apt. IL.
Adv. 1879
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

Wanted Produce Manager. Expert.
eneed. Kroger's Willow Run store.
ADV. 1908
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27
Discrepancies
to be Probed
by Anderson

Washington, July Rims The
govern rentS two million dollar
food storage cave near Atehlson
kans, 10 fiIIed-wlth fresh air.
Secretary Of Agriculture Clinton
Anderson whImsIeally announced
today. Anderson disclosed he will
on Aug. I personally inspect the
enormous underground limestone
mine leased by the War Food Ad-
mlnlstratlon last year as a "refrig-
orator" for surplus, government
owned foodstuffs such as lard and
eggs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

NEW YoRK-INS-The Ameri-
can Theater Wings dispossessed
Stage Door Canteen will not have
to close down after all. Acceptance
OF an eleventh-hour offer OF space
at the Hotel Diplomat, following a
frantic appeal via newspapers and
radio, averted necessity for discon-
tinuing the world-famous service
mems recreation center.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

Make Charges Too
Jacksn, Mich, July 81 AP -
Charges that the state police-at-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

LONDON up A roundabout
report broadcast by radio Paris
said today that Tadashi Kurihara,
interned Japanese ambassador TO
Turkey. had committed suicide in
his embassy quarters in Ankara.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

BELGRADE-AP - Apparently
fully recovered from the illness
which curtailed a projected trip
through Yugoslavia, UNRRA Direc-
tor Herbert H. Lehman planned to
leave for Naples today en- route TO
London to prepare for the confer.
ence his organization is holding
there on Aug. 7.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

HOLLYWOOD Up The pow.
erful 3,000.member screen office
employees guild today defied orders
OF its international offices to join
the 10 week old movie studio strike
and voted TO continue to pass
through picket lines.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

LONDON MIS- The mail de-
livery for former Prime Minister
Winston Churchill was heavy this
morning with innumerable letters
OF sympathy and regret from HIS
supporters. One so year old wom-
an wrote that Churchill was the
finest leader the nation ever had.
She said she was ashamed OF the
country for the ingratitude shown
him in the parliamentary election
upset
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

PITTSBURGH Up Mai. L. F.
o'Brien, Army labor relations Of.
ficer, announced today that sol
diers will begin moving all edible
food from the strike-bound Fried
& Reineman plants this morning.
Striking ALL butchers, at the re-
quest Of the Army. removed 10000
pounds OF carcass beef from the
plants yesterday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

Lower Michigan-Fairw with little
change In temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday,
SO. lowest, 81.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, Sc; lowest, SIS.
Highest temperature this date
in last 73 years, 100 in 1871: lowest,
50 in 1907.
The sun sets today at $3.50 p. m.
and rises Saturday at 6:21 a. m.
The moon rises today at 1875
p. m. and sets Saturday at 1910
q. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

MINNEAPOLIS AP - Albert
Schneider. Ss. a labor organizer,
was shot to death about 1918 a. m.
today, the coroner's Office reported,
at the Casablanca Night Club in
downtown Minneapolis. Bullets
struck him in the neck, breast.
stomach and right wrist. Police
took six persons to headquarters
for questioning.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

KANSAS CITY -AP- Paris will
be only Is hours and Is minutes
from New York and 10 IL hours
from Kansas City under elapsed
flight Times announced today by
Transcontinental and Western Air
for its newly certified over-ocean
routes 70 Europe. North Africa, the
Middle East and India.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

Speed Victory
Buy More Bonds
Salvage Paper
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

wAsHINGToN-AP- Members
Of a Joint committee studying plans
to streamline Congress reported
disagreement today on proposals to
raise congressional salaries and
pension the lawmakers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-27

PHILADELPHIA-AP- Federal
Judge Harry e. Kalodner declared
Thursday that the Office OF Price
Administrations attempt 10 con-
troll rents has ended in dismal
failure" because there are no cell
ings on real estate prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-15
POW!E
IS ALL-IMPORTANT

The benefits of really modern living have been made
possible according to most authorities, by develop
ments in appliances and extension of electric power
lines to the most remote homes in the farming COM
munity. In Imperial Valley for example, the area of
the Valley is served by more than 1000 miles of
transmission and distribution lines. This has made
possible in prear years. the advantages of electric
ity in just about every home applying for service
After Victory this huge system will be of still greater
extent For this identification of farms we'll to
the electrical service to the industrial consumer your
Imperial Irrigation District takes pride in accom-
plishment It's the all-mportan. role Of electricity in
everyday life.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
Senate Backs
Byrnes Stand

Washington. Oct. 9-AP-Secre-
taiy of State Byrnes has the com
Portable. II unofficial, backing Of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee to carry along on the I'M
charted peace treaty course.
Members left no doubt, as they
reviewed a three-hour session with
the secretary yesterday. that
Byrnes had earned their approval
in his FIRST major test in directing
American foreign policy at the
London Foreign Ministers Confer
ence.
Members said he gave them about
the frankest, most detailed des-
cription OF what went on behind
the scenes at London that they had
ever received Of any conference.
Talking senatorial language,
Byrnes was reported TO have got
down to the brass tacks OF what he
said TO Russian Foreign Commissar
Molotov and what Molotov re-
piled.
The senator's liked the report.
And they liked Byrnes' action IN
permi ting the conference TO end in
outward failure because he would
not agree to exclude France and
China from discussions OF pro-
posed European treaties.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
Full Program
For Tourists

The 35th annual meeting OF the
East Michigan Tourist Association
will convene in Bay City Thurs
day to reorganize the Winter Sports
Council. which was discontinued
during the war In an effort TO dis
courage week end travel.
The opening session will be an
informal discussion on the topic OF
Michigan State Colleges new pro
gram OF education and research in
the tourist field Following this
will be an address by an Ann Arbor
speaker on Problems Facing Mich
igan's Tourist Business. The 9th
er speaker for the occasion will be
]. Emmett Richards. Alpena. whose
address will be heard at the lunch
con for newspapers and radio rem
resentatives.
Besides the reorganization OF the
Sports Council. there will be dis.
cussions on the selection OF festival
dates End OF snow trains and buses
and methods of promotion.
Earl Chapman. president Of the
Association. will preside at the af-
ternoon business session. Elec.
tons of officers will be held and
committee reports will be heard.
Highlighted at the meeting will
be the appearance OF Gov. Kelly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
Chinese Red
Leader Killed

Chungking. Oct. 9-AP-An alb
sent chauffeur was sought today
for questioning in the pulling as
sassination of his master, Ii Shao
Shin, secretary-general OF the Chi
nese Communist party's Chungking
headquarters.
A tusillade Of slugs killed Ii late
yesterday, ripping through the back
of his car as he rode through the
Quiet shyoIngps University section
Of suburban Chungking.
His chauffeur, reported to have
disappeared after the shooting. is
sought to learn IL he can furnish
any clues to the assassins. The
chauffeur repeatedly is an employe
OF Communist headquarters, known
technically as headquarters of the
18th Group Army.
(The murder of the 39yearold
Communist secretary-g general fol-
lowed by only a few hours reports
that basic agreement between Chi.
nese Nationalists and Communists
would be announced in a communi-
que tomorrow, but there was no
indication that the assassination
was linked with this long-standing
feud or with its settlement
He was the husband OF Cynthia
Lee, connected with the China De-
Tense League. An assassin's bullet
killed her father. lao Tsungkai, a
left.wing disciple OF Sun Vat Sen,
at Canton in 1925.
Commander Chang Chen, head Of
the Chungking Gendarmerie. went
to the hospital where ii died.
Investigators were reported to have
talked also with the friend II lust
had taken home-Liu Yatze, well
known Chinese writer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
Board Action
May Close
Day Nursery

Mrs. Gertrude Lamb, director OF
the nursery school at Woodruff
School, stated today that the de-
cision Of the Board Of Education,
Monday night, TO reject the appeal
by mothers OF children enrolled in
the school and the Business and
Professional Women, to continue
the administration Of the nursery.
would likely result in the closing
OF the school. Funds are avail
able, Mrs. Lamb said, with the in
creased fee, and the promise Of
other funds from state aid and COM
munity agencies. to finance opera
ton, but. there is no other orgsni-
cation TO assume necessary spon.
sorship.
The school board reviewed the
school as an emergency measure
to care for children OF war workers
and men in service. Members fay.
or the school but they expressed
the opinion in their meeting Mon
day evening that they could not
be responsible for further opera
ton.
In the list OF enrollments at the
school. there are IL cases the school
board feels should not be cared for
at the nursery. These cases fall
into one OF three catagories: both
parents working, one parent work
ing, or parents working together
in a business. Four OF the fathers
own and operate their own business.
The 50 other cases meet with no
opposition, since in nearly every
case, the father Is In service, the
mother working, or the mother is
widow and sole support OF the
child. The enrolment has dropped
from SIS to 43 since the fees have
been increased to a dollar a day.
Payroll records at the high
school, the board pointed out, in
Guided between II and 81 teachers
for the nursery during the time
federal funds were available.
Members of the school board stat
ed that under present conditions,
"our hands are full taking care OF
the school age children. We feel
we can not take the added respon-
sibility of a nursery
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
Board Votes
to Charter
School Bus

The school board decided 10
abandon the proposed purchase of a
school bus, and voted Monday night
instead to try chartering buses for
the year. A comparison OF costs
will be made to determine the best
procedure.
In answer to a petition to main
tain the management OF the nurs-
cry school at Woodruff. the board
referred the signers to action taken
on the question at the last meeting.
At that time, the board offered to
contribute a fair" amount from
state aid to the school, providing
the administration was assumed
by some responsible agency.
The board voted to outline
veterans institute for returning
servicemen who wish to complete
their high school training. The
funds for such a program may be
obtained from the federal govern
ment under the "GI Bill OF Rights.
The program will not be put into
effect unless a large group OF vet
Grams indicate tneir desire to par
ticipate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
In Philippines u. S. Will be Chief
Nurse Long Time, Writes Ypsilanti Vet

spoke1 wooden (two) wheels with
the grinding steel hubs Of mammoth
Army trucks. As many as six
swearing MP's plus Manila police
stand all day at intersections d.
rectiuS traffic.
Manila is in perpetual motion
as well as perpetual emotion, while
the business OF running the war
goes ON in everything from hastily
erected tents and prefabricated
houses to half.demolished office
buildings, the streets and sidewalks
are maze OF shops and restau-
rants filed with soldiers and sail
ors. There are probably more
shops selling more miscellaneous
goods per square foot in this city
right Low than any other place in
the world.
Frequently single shop will
have in its musty cupboards a var.
iety Of items ranging from a bottle
OF local whiskey at ~ pesos ($6.00)
to part for 1929 Chevrolet. Low.
er Avenida Rial is a collection II
two-by.four honky-tonk sidewalk
shows and cafes where service
men can get a square meal for 10 )r
II pesos rs TO SCI or a glimpse NJ
what ~ advertised as the smallest
baby midget in the world. There
are beauty shops and sh g
shine parlors, trinket stores and
boo.i stores. theaters and fly-by.
night clubs which charge prices
that make New Yorks swankiest
entertainment places look like
Coney Island.
Despite its troubles and there
are plenty OF them Manila in q
half year has come a long way. At
the end OF July, with the turning
over OF health activities to the
Commonwealth, the Army relin.
quished control over the city. To
he sure. black markets flourish.
See PHILIPPINES Page 3
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09

Corn. EAzie Patterson in a letter
from the Philippines writes that he
hopes to be home fcr Christmas
with Mrs. Patterson and their in
FAINT son whom he has not seen.
He has been overseas II months
and has IS points to his credit His
letter was dated September 25 and
at thai time he was waiting to go
aboard a ship bound for Japan. He
added that he would be glad TO
leave because OF rain about four
days each week which kept mud
well over shoe tops.
Everybody will sell you any.
thing in busy Manila, he wrote.
Mamie is bursting al the seams
as the focal point both of the war
and OF Philippines rev .Struction.
This double duty is perhaps sym
bolized best on the dusty. over
bDrdened streets. where endless
professions OF hoTse-drawn civilian
carretClas buggy mingles long
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
Vets TryNew
Type Of Jobs

In September 60 veterans regis
tered for employment through the
local United States Employment
Office and 80 were referred to jobs,
according to Gordon Packard. mana
ger o. Ypsilanti Office. These in
cluded II physically handicapped,
Discharged in the local area during
the month totaled 81.
There were 20,167 handicapped
workers discharged in Michigan
since January /. 1916. Frank Shan
ahan is in charge OF counseling for
veterans in the Ypsilanti Office with
speciaI emphasis on jobs for handi-
capped.
All service men do not wish TO
return to former employment, ac-
cording to Mr.. Packard. Many
have been placed in new RESPONSE
bilities
John Boomer, ex-Army sergeant,
is a new man in the local office.
Miss Grace Cockrell, also a new
employee, comes from the Army
WACS.
Veterans discharged locally in
the past week were:
From U. 5. Navy: Robert c. Red.
burn, Willis: Robert J. Houck.
1920 Washtenaw Ave-; Leonard
Gronlc. pol Wallace Blvd; George
Helek, 23i Michigan Ave; Joseph
Grace, 45l5 Bemis Rd.
. From Coast Guard: Orville C.
Compton. $40 Emmett. St.
From Edwin D. Larkin,
40 S. Summit st.
From Army and Army Air Corps:
Nelson c. Waterbury, 2O5 River
St; James A. Wren, $50 Jefferson
St; Michael j. Neckel. 10 n. Ham
ilton St; Robert G. Hagen. SIG +.
Forest Ave; Howard f. Thorpe,
1918 Cross ST.; Frederick J. Cook.
1856 Oaklawn Blvd; Thomas T..
Argo. 2050 Mckinley: Edward l..
steele. 35sS n. Prospect s.; Har.
old Martineau. III n. Huron st.
From Army-WAC--Shirley H. OF
son. 1859 Oakham st, Willow Run
Village