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Evening star., 1945-10-16
Rev.Raymond Sorrick,
Silver Spring Lutheran
Pastor, Dies al s.

The Rev. Raymond Clyde Sorrick,
D. D., 81, pastor of st. Luke's Lu-
theran Church, Silver Spring, and
a former president of the Maryland
Synod of the United Lutheran
Church, died early today at his
home, 425 Greenbrier drive, Silver
Spring.
DR.. Sorrick was pastor of the
Messiah Lutheran Church in Balti-
more for IA years. He came here
two years ago. 4ra ,a
J Born in Martinsburg, Pa, DR.. Sor-
rick was a graduate of Gettysburg
College and Gettysburg Lutheran
Seminary. He was an overseas vet
.eran of the World War. ssls
Church Built Under Leadership.
Following his graduation he was
minister at the Lutheran Church
at Woodboro, Md, for three years,
after which he accepted a call to
the Messiah Lutheran Church.
DR.. Sorrick was the second pastor
to serve at st. Luke's Church in
Silver Spring. He was responsible
for the 100000 church building
now under construction on Coles
vile road.
Besides his presidency of the
Maryland Synod from 1941 to 1914,
DR.. Sorrick was a member of the
Board of Directors of the National
Luthern Council, of the Board of
Education of the United Lutheran
Church and of the Silver Spring
Ministers Association.
He also was a member of the
Juniata Masonic Lodge at Holidays
burg, Pa. He resigned as president
of the Luthern Inner-Mission So
ciety Of Washington a few days
ago
Funeral Planned Thursday.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. May
Hoover Sorrick; a daughter, Miss
Marjorie Mae Sorrick, who recently
returned from Red Cross service
overseas; two sisters, Mrs. Alden
Showalter and Mrs. Wilmer Alison,
and an aunt, Miss Margaret Sorrick,
all of Williamsburg, Pa.
Funeral services will be held at
s pm. Thursday at Woodside Meth
odist Church, Silver Spring. Con-
Quoting the services will be the Rev.
William Miller, acting pastor of ST.
Luke's Church; DR.. Lloyd Keller of
Baltimore, president of the Mary
land Synod; the Rev. Frank Fife,
secretary of the Maryland Synod,
and DR.. Frederick Reissig, executive
secretary of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches. Ministers of
Silver Spring will act as honorary
pallbearers and members of the
church council will be active pail
bearers.
Burial will take place at 3 pm.
Friday at Martinsburg, preceded by
brief services at the Lutheran
Church there, with DR.. Robert Lang
of the National Lutheran Home in
Washington officiating.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
FuIIs. Church Publisher
Seeks Radio Stution

Richard Eaton, president of the
United Broadcasting Co. and pub
Usher Of the Falls Church Echo, has
asked permission Of the Federal
Communications Commission to op-
crate 9 radio station on $40 kilo-
cycles, 1000 watts power, on linn
tied broadcasting basis.
Il q license IS obtained, Mr. Eaton
said, the transmitter viii Be on
Ocala road between Silver Spring
and olney and the studio on Persh-
ing Drive. Silver Spring. Programs
will be devoted entirely to news Of
the Silver Spring community.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
II Officers Nominated
For MARYLAND PTA

Eleven officers have been NOM
mated for election at the 18th an
nusl convention of the Maryland
Congress of Parents and Teachers, to
be held in Annapolis November IA.
They include Mrs. c. Jonathan
Hauck, jr., of Bethesda; Mrs. Cath
crime T. Reed, Riverdale, and Mrs.
Frank Smith, Silver Spring, vice
presidents; Mrs. Austin S. Donald
son, Kensington, corresponding sec
retary, and Mrs. L. P. Ditman, Ber-
wyn, Nominating Committee.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
|Vireinio U. Acquires
Old Brompton Estate
By the Associated Press.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct. Is.
University of Virginia has &C
quired the historic "Brompton" es-
tate and 174 acres of land at a re-
ported cost of s71 900 for use in the
enlargement of Mary Washington
College, part of the university.
According to DR.. Morgan L.
Combs, president of Mary Washing
ton, the additional acreage will
make possible the proposed expan-
sion OF the schools facilities to be
financed by an outlay of $500, 900,
which has been approved by the
university.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Two Candidates Speak
In Alexandria Fridoy

Two party rallies will be held In
Alexandria at 8 pm. Friday.
William S. Tuck, Democratic can.
didate fer Governor of Virginia,
viii speak at the George Mason
Hotel.
Carl Marshall, Mclean, Repub-'
lican candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, will speak at Gadsby's Tavern.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
virginio Takes Over Ferry

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. Is P.-
The State Highway Department took
over full operation of the Jamestown
Ferry between Scotland Wharf and
jamestown Island yesterday, the de-
partment announced. Present sched-
ules and rates will be maintained
until further notice.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Nursery School EnroIIs

The haywood Garden Co-opera-
tive Nursery School, Webster avenue
and Twenty ninth street, Mount
Rainier, Md, is accepting enroll
.ment for the winter season, the
school announced today. The school
rs open to children from az to 6
Wears.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Business Women to Meet

The Fairfax County Business and
Professional Women's Club will meet
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at Andrews
Chapel, with Miss Ida Jones In
charge Of the program.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Red Cross Bronch to Meet

The Annie M. Wilson Branch of
the American Red Cross will hold its
quarterly meeting at 2:30 pm. to-
morrow at the Kensington Armory.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
PTA Unit to Meet

e. The Parent Teachers Association
of the Mount Vernon grade school,
Alexandria, will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight at the school. q
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Pick of the Air Today

1880 Shady Valley Jsmboree.
Sunday Talks
MBS-li;So a. m. Reviewing Stand
"Peacetime Military Conscrip.
ton;
NBc-i:l5 p. m. ALL Series. Amer.
lea United. white Collar
Workers:
NBC-i:30 Roundtable. Big Three
Conference, What Did It Set.
tle?"
CBs-i:30 DR.. r. r. Clinchy on
Brotherhood Week:
MBS-5:00 Let's Face Issue.
should Labor Unions De In
corporated!"
CBS-il:30 Assist Sec. State Mac
lish and Sen. Pepper on Inter
national Security.
Other Sunday Programs
NBC-2:30 John Chas. Thomas:
$3.50 Army Hour:
500 NBC symphony, Malcolm
Sargent;
$50 Gildersleeve:
1890 Jack Benny from ST. Joseph.
Mo-;
500 Charlie Mccarthy;
$50 Eddie Bracken Show;
10000 Phil Spitalny Girls.
CBS-2:00 Victor Jory Matinee I;
500 N. Y. Philharmonic:
$500 Patric Munsel Concert;
$50 Fanny Brice:
1900 Kate Smith Hour;
$3.50 Crime Doctors;
$3.50 James Melton and Jane Fro.
man
1890 We the People, Sec. Nor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Pacifiic

(con,inued from Page one)
is usually first to report these de-
velopments.
Fear Direct BLOW
The power OF widely scattered
blows by American forces and the
confidence OF naval officers in
Washington that the Pacific feet
could strike successfully anywhere.
lent some weight 10 Japanese fears
that amphibious Ysnk troops
might strike directly at tho ia.
panese homeland" under cover OF
Mitscher's carrier planes and Adm.
Raymond A. Sprusnce's Fifth Fleet.
The invasion OF Bataan PENN.
sula, 1000 miles to the south. was
supported by Vice Adm. Thomas c.
Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet without
the loss OF o ship and only Tight
losses Cor the assault forces.
Eleventh corps troops landed
Thursday along the southern
shores. centering on Mariveles. and
pushed rapidly inland over unman.
ned japanese defenses. The &C
ton was accomplished under the
very muzIles OF Corregidor's guns.
but they had previously been
knocked out by naval and air bonn
bardment. The channel was swept
clean by a fleet OF minesweepers.
Near Junction
Other forces OF the same corps
swept IL miles down the Manila
Bay side OF the peninsula to La
mao toward junction with the
amphibious troops. Much fight.
ing remains before Bataan will be
cleared OF Japanese, but the enc
my Is disorganized. encircied, and
cut off from both supplies and
roads.
The Bataan action, coupled with
a successful assault on Corregidor,
would reopen Manila Bay as a base
for further expansion OF American
might In the western Pacific.
Within Manila Yank infantry
man cut suicide Japanese troops
down to a small triangle south OF
the Pasis while other forces turn.
ed southwark to strike at the rear
OF carefully prepared enemy de.
lenses tanning out from Fl. Nc.
Kinley.
American bombers operating out
OF the Philippines and other Pa.
cific bases wrecked five Japanese
ireighters from the Ryukyu Is
lands to the Dutch East Indies
while Allied planes blasted enemy
communications and transport in
Burma and China.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Europe

Continued from Page One)
the western front and targets deem.
er In Germany yesterday, aided the
northern offensive.
Capture Heights
On the U. s. Third Army front
American troops captured heights
overlooking the Pruem and Epx
rivers which protect the southern
flank OF Bitburg. German com.
munications center eight miles to
the north.
Red Army heavy artillery and
bombers, a Moscow dispatch said,
blasted the Neisse River fortress
town OF Guben as Marshal Ivan S.
Konev's First Ukraine Army closed
In from three sides in the vital
position In the German line go
miles southeast OF Berlin.
Front dispatches said Russian
troops moving on Cottbus. AZ miles
southeast OF the German capital,
gained up to Is miles yesterday
and drove within sight OF the
Spree River.
German veterans and raw Volks-
strum troops were rushed to the
area to meet the threat to Berlin's
outer defenses as the Russians
battled to exploit the results Of the
American aerial blasting OF Cottbus
last Thursday. Similar Y. s. and
British attacks on Dresden have
aided Koney's southern prong
slashing toward that Saxony CAPT.
tai and last reported As miles away.
The Russians have captured Rus
dorf. ~ miles southeast OF Cros-
sen. which Is 20 miles southeast OF
Fuerstenberg, outer German de-
Tense fortress now beset by Russian
First Army troops. Rothenburg,
10 miles east Of Crossen. also fell,
indicating juncture OF Konev's
forces with those OF Marshal Greg.
DRY X. Zhukov.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Aldermen, Fifth Ward

Aldermen, Fifth Ward
James G. Waite, 317 s. Grove
St., being proposed as alderman
OF the fifth ward, on the Republican
ticket, after having served one
year in the city council, Is a Ma
son. an American Legionnaire, and
a member OF the Izaak Walton
League. He is high s:hool gradu-
ate. $685..
Mr.. Waite was born In yelling
ton, Kan, November IL, 1897,
moved to Ypsilanti in 1892 and is
employed at the Ford Generator
Plant. He previously owned a
grocery business.
Mr.. Waite believes there Is room
for adjustment of taxes, but feels
th> situation can be remedied with
out changing the tax structure. He
believes that some change should
be made in the city charter, but
says that the form OF city govern
ment should not be altered. He is
afraid that, as In the past, the
public will not be given adequate
understanding Of the problem, and
tn suggested solutions, and that
the vote VIII again De against
change. II the People oont unoer'
st@nd' they vote no ne SAID.
vincent A. Ceieoreexe, Az hlsn
ST, whose name has been nied for
Democratic nomination as alder
man of the fifth ward, has endorse
ment OF the Poilticai ACTION .om-
miItee' GU
ne came 10 fpslianu Wnen tne
New YORK central moved its man
omces from cleveland 10 Detrolt
seven years ago ana Is sun EN-
ployeo as payroii clerk IN tne De
troit terminal . position ne mas
nela TOT the past 10 years.
ne was Dorm june ~, lsVo' IN
Gieveiano ana was sraouateo from
!onh Ray hign Scnooi there. ne
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17

NEW YORK-INS-The creation
Of a national mediation board to
settle labor disputes without com.
pulsion was recommended today by
William II. Davis, chairman OF the
War Labor Board.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Pa. and has lived in

Ypsiianu approximately Is years.
He is sponsored by the Political
Action Committee Of the CLIO. and
was chosen a delegate to the state
Democratic convention in Flint.
Mr.. Swope Is fourth degree
knight of Columbus. Ann Arbor
Lodge 5s7, a member Of the Detroit
Assembly Of the Knights OF Colum-
bus, a member OF 81. John Catholic
Church and its Ushers Club. treas
urer Of the local Holy Name So
eiety, chairman OF the educational
committee of the Washtenaw Coun-
ty Industrial Union, member OF the
Political Action Committee, JAW
CLIO Local SO. and OF its flying
squadron. He took a leadership
and training course at University
Of Michigan last summer and In
the fall attended q leadership
training course at Camp Chief
MONDAY near Hastings. He was
recently elected to a three year
term on Carver Center board OF
directors.
He was graduated from Ypsilanti
High School in 1888 and is the faith
er OF one boy, Joseph E. Swope
III.
Richard e. Skinner, Republican
candidate for alderman In the
fourth ward. was born in Ypsilanti,
January LIST. 1912. He was educat-
ed at the Roosevelt School and
the City High School. graduating
from the latter In 1880. He STU
died at the Michigan State Nor
r College and the Art Students
Fellowship in Detroit before enter
ing the University Of Michigan. In
1888 he graduated from the College
of Architecture at the University
with the degree Of Bachelor Of De-
sign.
Following graduation he was an
assistant instructor at the Uni
versity and later taught at Iowa
State College at Ames, Ia. and at
the San Jose State College at
San Jose, Calf He resigned his
position at San Jose State College
and returned to Ypsilanti in the
summer OF 1912 and now resides
at 500 Dwight St.. Ypsilanti. His
wife, nee Jean Brown. graduated
at Ypsilanti City High School and
the School of Nursing at st. Jo-
seph's Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor.
T'ley have one young son. Richard
Scot Skinner.
Mr.. Skinner has been employed
at the Bomber Plant since he re-
turned to Ypsilanti and is now in
the Property Disposal Department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Skinner are active
members OF the Congregational
Church. Mr.. Skinner is a member
OF the Masonic Lodge OF this city
and has also been active on the
City Besutiflcation Committee Of
the Junior Board OF Commerce.
Mr.. Skinner stated that he has
the best interests OF the city at
heart and will, IL elected, work for
the good Of the city and endeavor
to represent the people Of the
fourth ward to the best OF his abili-
ty in the administration Of city
affairs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Supervisors. First District

Donald c. Patterson. ..2O2 Wal
lace Blvd, Democratic candidate
for supervisor from the FIRST dis
trict, was born in Britain. August
1907. He moved to Ypsilanu in
1887. He 10 employed at the Ford
Generator Plant.
Mr.. Patterson 10 a high school
graduate, and q member OF the
Presbyterian Church. He Is also
a member OF the Eagles Lodge. and
the Isaac Walton League. He has
held no previous Office.
Herman c. Ludwig, Republican,
709 Ferris St., proposed for office as
supervisor from the first district,
included In his platform more
economical and efficient city gov
eminent. lower taxes. II possible,
certain charter revisions. q city
manager to run the city. and more
recreation for children. He would
like to see the city made more In.
viting to prospective residents by
a reduction in tax, and other con.
siderations, so that the city could
expand its limits and grow.
Mr.. Ludwig was born Septem-
Der IL, 1882, In Lima, o. He moved
to this city In 1886, but had lived
nearby since 1929. He has held
no previous public Office. He is
member Of the Oddfellows, the
Baptist Church. and the Taxpayers
Association. He is a graduate Of
high school, and has had some
college work. He conducted his
own gasoline and tire business In
this city from 1886 until 1871, when
he went into the construction and
contracting business.
D. N. SiIk~orth, Republican, list.
ed for first district supervisor,
was born in Manchester. He was
g lduated from the Manchester
High School. and accepted employ.
ment and moved to Ypsilanti in
September. 1917. He enlisted for
service in World War | in Febru.
airy, 1918, and returned to Ypsi.
lanti In February. 1919. Three
years later he went to Illinois to
manage q Ford Agency. Returning
to Ypsilanti in September, 1926, he
established an oil distributing
business. which has been extended
into Wayne, and Livingston coun.
ties under his management and
ownership.
Mr.. Silkworth has served as d.
rector and president Of the Ypsi-
lanti Board Of Commerce, Ypsilanti
Community Fund, Southeastern
Michigan Tourist and Publicly AS
ISOLATION and Is chairman of the
Us nti War Finance Committee.
He Is a member of the Ypsilanti
Rotary Club and Of the American
Legion. His home is at s3S Pleas
ant DR..
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17

Tonight
NBc-7:o0 Finale OF Count Of
Monte Cristo":
500 Gaslight Gayeties:
$3.50 Truth or Consequences;
$3.50 Can You Top This;
1880 Grand Ole Opry.
CBS-7;00 Lionel Barrymore,
Mayor;
$500 Danny Kaye SHOW;
s:00-Hit Parade and Tibbett:
as Serenade with Jesslca Ora
gonette;
1918 Al Pearce Gang:
l':45 J. A.. Krug on "Manpower"
BLU-7:30 Meet Your Navy:
$500 Early American Dances;
$3.50 Boston Symphony. Rear AID.
miral Woodward speaker;
10000 Andy Russell Show:
1880 Man Called X.
MBS-7:00 American Eagle in Bril-
tain:
$3.50 Detroit Symphony:
$3.50 Mysterious Traveller:
1000 Chicago Theater Desert
Song:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17

National BroadeastIrs Company
RED NETWORK -WLW 100. wWJ
$50. WMAQ $40.
BLU NETWORK - WXYZ 1910.
WHAM lis0.
Columbia erosdeaitlna Company
WJR $50. WEBM $50. WCKY 1880.
WYNN iseU. VICAR 1880. WBNS
1860. WOOD 1910.
Mutual eroadesstlns Company
RED NETW kk CKLW 500.
WJBk 1890. WGN TO.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17

He belongs TO the Telephone
Company Employees Federation
and 10 the German Lutheran
Church.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17

genthau.
BLU-i:3o Sammy Kaye ssrsuade;
$3.50 Ethel Barrymore's Miss
Hattie;
$3.50 Opera Presents Marjorie
Lawrence;
500 Hall OF Fame. Bob Hope;
1880 Quiz Kids from Topeka.
Kas:
$3.50 Joe Z. Brown ouis;
9:l5 Hollywood Mystery;
1890 One Foot In Heaven.
MBs-S:00 Roosty OF A.A.F.;
400 Your America;
$50 The Shadow;
1900 Cleveland Orchestral;
500 Mediation Board:
900 Horizons Concert:
1880 Columbus Boy Choir.
Monday
MCLEOD a. m. Finders Keepers
Quiz;
1900 noon Words and Music;
2:l5 Today's Children:
6:l5 Serenade to America.
CBS-l:30 Bernardine Flynn:
4: House Party:
$50 Sally Moore Concert
BLU-2:30 Ladies' Be Seated:
$3.50 Appointment With Life. new
time;
AIS brotherhood Week Program.
MBS-ll:30 a. m. Take II Easy
l.. Music Time:
i:iS p. m. Woman's Jury:
230 Never Too old Quiz.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Aldermen, Fourth Ward

Fred Beck, Democratic candidate
for reelection as alderman of the
fourth ward, has been q member
OF the city council for more than
IS years. ~
He Is Mason, and a member OF
the hospital board. He belongs to
the Congregational Church. Born
In Jackson. December q, 1879. he
has lived in this city since August
I, 1901.
He has been employed by the
New York Central Railway Com
pany for rs -ears.
Mr.. Beck believes in "utting the
city tax, but only where { will not
interfere with the cit, services.
He believes that reduction OF
taxes should not be carrie out at
the expense of public SCI re. A
modern streamlined charte -ould
be beneficial, he believes.
Joseph e. Swope, Jr., 70s Carver
Ave, taking his first step in po-
litics, is Democratic candidate for
nomination for alderman OF the
fourth ward.
He was born October II, 1916, in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17

October ~. 1881. and moved to
Ypsilsnti In 1911.
He completed two years In col.
lege following high school. and has
been in the pharmacy business
since coming to Ypsilanti.
He stated his platform to be to
settle the tax problem. so that not
only win all property be taxed on
the same scale. but so that every
one will understand the system.
and can figure the tar on his own
property. This understanding BY
tn, residents would eliminate dis.
cord. he says. He believes that
the city does not need q revision
OF the charter, but an entire new
one. He feels that in the past. the
people have been left in the dark
on these things, ana that, not un.
Outstanding the question. have vot.
{ against the measure. He favors
commission and a city manager
type OF government
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
supervisors, second District

Mrs. Florence A. llndemann, 101
N, River St. is listed for her first
public office, supervisor of the sec.
ond district. on the Republican
ticket with the support OF the PAC
of the CLIO. Born in Ann Arbor,
July 20, 1904. she moved to Ypsi.
lanti in 1887. She completed three
years Of high school at Dexter.
She attends the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lindemann is member OF
the Amalgamated Clothing Work.
ers. clio. local 391. She is employ.
ed at the Trojan Laundry.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17

LANSING-AP- Total property
taxes in Michigan rose rs per cent
in 1914 while property tar assess
ments were increasing 10 per cent.
the state tax commission reported
today,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-17
Robert N. cranson. 500 Dwight

Robert N. Cranson, 500 Dwight
St., Republican, running for super
visor Of the second district. is max
ing his first attempt at public OF.
,nce. AS a property owner In three
other cities, he believes the tax
situation in Ypsilanti is way out
OF line in many cases. He lays no
blame on any person or group. but
says the main trouble is In the
assessment OF property. He would
like to see the charter brought up
to date.
Mr.. Cranson, employed at the
Bomber Plant, was formerly with
Herpolsheimers department store,
Grand Rapids, as a credit man. He
is member OF the Junior Cham
Der OF Commerce. The Ann Arbor
Flying Club, The Taxpayers Asso.
citation, and the Civil Air Patrol.
His high school education was
rounded out with postgraduate
work in commercial subjects. He
Ia a Methodist. Mr.. Cranson was
born August u, 1918, at Hubbards.
ton. Mich. He moved to Ypsilanti
In 1913.