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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-08
SYNOPSIS

Wnen Dfue SdDle, ATTRACTIVE
young nurse, learned her former
husband, Craig Brent, was the VIC
tim of a so-called accidental bullet,
she persuaded her friend and fellow
nurse, Sarah Keate, to answer with
her the call made by DR.. Claud
Chivery from a small New Eng
land town. Sarah was unaware of
Drue's previous connection with
the Brent family which included
Craig's father, Conrad; Alexia,
Conrad's glamorous young wife
who, at one time, had hoped to
marry Craig; Nieky Senour,
Alexia's twin brother; and Peter
Huber, friend of Craig. Anna Haub,
maid at the Brent mansion, told
how Craig was found unconscious
in the garden, the previous night,
adding, "Beevens, the butler. said
II was an accident-Mr. Craig was
cleaning a gun" Alexia ordered
Drue to leave before Conrad Brent
discovered her presence. Drue told
Sarah the strange story of her TO-
nance with Craig. They had mar
ried more than a year ago when
she had nursed him back to health
following an auto accident. When
Craig brought his bride home, Con-
rad Brent made no effort to con-
ceal his disapproval. Craig's work
in the diplomatic service sum-
moned him to Washington, and
Drue returned to New York.
Shortly after, she received letter
from Conrad (Which he claimed
Craig had asked him to write) stat
ing his son had resigned his post
10 enter training as an aviator, only
to discover married men were in
eligible. Conrad said Craig wished
Drue to divorce him, but promised
they could remarry. with paternal
blessing, when the training period
was over. Drue got the divorce but
never received any reply to the
many letters she wrote Craig.
Now, she is determined not to leave
until Craig regains consciousness
and can talk with her. Drue dashes
from the room when Nicky Sem
our enters. DR.. Chivery tells the
state trooper investigating the
shooting, that the bullet he re-
moved from Craig's shoulder was
accidentally thrown away and the
gun, too, is missing. Sarah 10 tell
ing the story.
CHAPTER EIGHT
The troopers face was as grave
as a stone image. He said, "Now
let me be sure I have the facts
straight. 1t happened last night at
eleven?"
DR.. Chivery, cycling the bedpost,
nodded.
"The butler, Beevens, Mrs.
Brent's brother, Nicholas Senour,
and a guest, Peter Huber"
"You talked to them yourself"
said DR.. Chivery.
"Yes, they said they we're in the
library when it happened; the butler
was locking up and looking at the
window catches and Mr.. Huber and
Mr.. Senour we're reading the papers.
They heard the shot and then heard
his"-he nodded once toward the
man in the bed-"call for help. They
went to the garden, found him and
and no one else. They brought
him to this room"
"And telephoned for me-" added
DR.. Chivery.
AT the time Of the shot, 30 far
as you know, Craig Brent was alone
in the garden?"
Gle was alone. I was at home,
reading in my library. My wife was
upstairs, writing letters. l mention
Us because we are-ha, ha," he in
terpolated painstakingly, almost
members Of the family here. Mr..
cs=-.1 2-e3.-craig' tathe--had
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-08
DAMAGED BY FIRE

Detroit-The 4O-year old brick
unit of the Redford Ave. Presby-
terrain Church was damaged Sun
day, when a two-alarm fire swept
through it just before Sunday
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-08
Fine Points in Bndue

mond X. then led to the spade A
and laid down the diamond A.
hoping for enough luck to catch
the Q. When this failed, his game
was impossible. Hoping to limit
his loss to down one, he tried the
heart fnesse. which failed. 20 he
was down two. The defenders got
two tricks then in spades. one In
diamonds and two In clubs, plus
the one heart.
After winning the hrst spade
trick, South should have led the
diamond X and overtaken with the
A. then played diamonds until the
Q was used. This way. he would
have had the spade A left g. q re-
entry for established diamonds, so
would have taken four tricks In
diamonds. plus two In spades, one
in hearts and two in clubs. the
nine total which he required.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Radio Stations Flown to Japan
In Advance Hunt for Treochery
Col. Nichols Tells
Of Swift Operation
At Atsugi AirfieId

BY the Associated Press.
The Army flew radio stations to
Japan ahead of air borne troops
and in As minutes after the radio
planes landed ha6 them ready to
warn incoming occupation forces
of treachery or operational trouble
Col Reeder G. Nichols, Florence
Ala. commander of the 68th Army
Airways Communications System
Group, who directed Quitting oi
special equipment in "a two-engine
transports for the undertaking, tolo
news conference yesterday how
the emergency transmission ano
navigation station were set up.
Normally several weeks would be
required to put into operation a
regular system for communication
navigation and flight control at ar
airfield. Col. Nichols explained.
A fast developing situation grow
ing out of Emperor Hirohitos Of
fer to accept the Potsdam surrender
proposal gave no time for this. Col
Nichols group was ordered to set up
an emergency plan for radio facili-
ties at Atsugi airfield. Is miles from
downtown Tokyo.
Within AZ hours, men at Manila
had outfitted CAT transports with
radio beacons to home" planes into
an airport, to establish ground-to-
plane communications and other
wise to equip a field Immediately
with the material needed, when
diplomatic negotiations signaled the
time for occupation forces to move,
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Merchant Marine Record
In Returning GIs Cited

The cooperation of the American
Merchant Marine in returning serv-
icemen home was stressed in a re-
port yesterday to Edwin c. Graham
general chairman of the Community
War Fund, from Frank T. Taylor
member of the United Seamen's
Service Executive Committee, who
said ships flying the American flag
had brought back 80 per cent of all
the returning service personnel.
Since We Gay, the report said
only II per cent of the 616,542 SOL
diers landed on the Atlantic Coast
made the crossing in foreign ships
In order to speed the return OF
American soldiers, every type of YES
sci - passenger liners, C-type
freighters, Liberty ships, Victory
ships and tankers-has been used to
carry troops" Mr.. Taylor said
To meet the soldiers request to
get home as soon as possible and
provide the best food and other
comforts, special arrangements were
made with steamship lines, the
Merchant Marine and the War
Shipping Administration, the re-
port said.
The USS, Merchant Marine re-
lief agency, is supported by the War
Fund, which will begin its cam
paign here on September %.
Evening star., 1945-09-02

theji families as a result of tht
VINO announcement, said the boarc
had intended the appeal to bt
made for the pre-medical school.
but that the medical schools hac
been Jumped into" the announce.
ment.
Other Details Revealed.
Here are other details of the
Nays Viz announcement:
About $500 Navy students TAX.
ing medical, dental, theological
pre-medical, pre-dental and pre-
theological training will start re-
turning to inactive duty Novem-
Der /.
The remaining $4,000 students In
the Viz program either will gradu-
ate or continue their training in
college as apprentice seamen on
active duty.
Final disposition of all students
in the program will be made by
June, 1916.
The Navy previously announced
that Viz training at 50 of the 124
colleges and universities with VIZ
and Naval Reserve officer training
units would end November /. Train
ing will continue at AZ NROTC
units and 13 Viz units in the
program and at 10 newly established
NROTC units.
At the end of the academic tern
starting before November l, $50 the
illogical and 95 prewar theological
students will return to inactive duty
as enlisted men. Later those eligible
will receive probationary commits.
sions as ensigns in the Naval Re.
serve and will be retained on in.
active duty.
There are 1,056 premedical anc
prudential students in the program
who will return to inactive duty az
apprentice seamen on November 1
Viz trainees enrolled in the
NROTC or who are scheduled to be
enrolled before November / will be
retained under instruction on active
duty until June, 1916, unless they
become eligible for commissions OF
discharge earlier. Students special
izing in engineering will continue
their training after November l. Ma
rine Corps students likewise will
continue training after November
Students in the naval aviation
preparatory program who are either
in college training or who are sched-
uled to enter the program before
November ! will be retained under
instruction on active duty.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
West Virginia U. Accepts
RESIGNATION Of laval
Py the Associated press

BY the Associated Press
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. l.
West Virginia University'S Board of
Governors today accepted the resig-
nation of President Charles E. Law
all, effective Immediately. and ap-
pointed Charles T. Neff, board Sec
retary, as acting president.
Mr.. laval, who is to become
engineer of coal properties for the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, had
offered to remain until the board
chose a successor.
The seven members. at a special
meeting called by President Ray
mond E. Salvati, decided, however
it wished to select an acting presi-
dent Immediately.
| Mr.. Neff, who has been secretary
of the board and comptroller of the
university for 18 years, was chosen
to act as president until the board
can select a successor.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Chang Forces Seize
Fan, Commander
|0f Jap Puppet Army
BY the Associated Press.

CHUNGKING, Sept. General
issimo Chang Kai-shek's troops
have captured Gen. Fan To-hsing,
Commander" of japanese puppet
army in the 81 (west) River region
of South China, dispatches from the
front said tonight.
Gen. Fans entire army in Kwang-
tung Province laid down its arms
and handed over large quantities
of arms and supplies to the govern
ment forces, the report said.
The peaceful recovery of more
Chinese territory proceeded as the
japanese contracted their lines in
China and Chiang's forces took over
abandoned points.
Yuhang Reoccupied.
The latest list issued by the high
command announced the reoccupa-
tion of Yuhang, 20 miles west of the
great Chekiang Province city of
Hankchow and the railway spur ter
minus of Lanchi, ITO miles south
west of Hangchow.
In eastern Hupeh the Chinese re-
covered Kuchun, on the Yangtze
River, while in Honan they entered
Fukow, east of the Peiping- Hankow
railroad. Tenghsien, in Southwest
ern Honan, also was retaken.
The high command also an
nounced that air mail service to
Shanghai and Marking had been
resumed from the Chinese interior,
with daily two-way flights from
the east coast cities to Chihkiang,
230 miles southeast of Chungking.
A Chinese Communist communi-
que, recorded by the FEC. claimed
that the new Communist 4th Army
had recovered four towns in the
Shanghai and Marking areas. They
were Kwangteh, 70 miles southeast
of Nanking; Chitung, 40 miles north
of Shanghai; Hinghwa, 80 miles
northeast of Nanking, and Yung-
cheng, 40 miles southwest of
HsuchoW.
In Anhwei Province, the Com
munists claimed to be attacking
Pengyu, an important rail junction
95 miles northwest of Nanking, in
a three-pronged drive from the
northeast, northwest and south
west.
A second Communist communi-
que, heard by the FEC, reported
the liberation of 13 other towns in
the Hopeh-Shangtung- Honan area
and in the Shansi- -Chahar-Suiyuan
area of Northern China. Eighth
Route Army troops, the communique
said, disrupted traffic along the
Lunghai railroad and launched an
attack against Hsuchow (Tung-
sham, junction of the Lunghai and
Tientsin-Pukow rail lines.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
JobIess
Continued From First Page J

Gated last night he is sympathetic
toward the Vandenberg alternative
Chairman George said he has
reached no conclusions on how the
bill should be written, but agreed
that the length of time benefits will
continue undoubtedly is the most
important phase of the problem
The chief benefit low-paid workers
would get from the bill, he said
would be the longer duration OF
payments, rather than the increase
in maximum weekly allotment.
Senate Hearing Highlights.
Highlights of yesterdays Senate
hearing were:
Secretary of Labor Schwellen-
bach indorsed the purpose of the
Kilgore bill, including the S25 maxi
mum weekly standard, but sug-
gested that uniform standards of
eligibility be added to the bill to
eliminate what he described as "un-
duly restrictive qualifications" in
some States.
The Labor Secretary also sug-
gested the committee consider a
requirement that at least a part
of the Federal funds used to lib
eralize payments during this emer-
gency be repaid by the States, es-
pecially where the tax levels of a
State are not up to the national
level.
Representatives of six more States
were heard yesterday. Four of
them-from Vermont, Maryland,
Georgia and Kansas-opposed Fed
eral Intervention in the handling
of State compensation systems.
Two Willing to go Along"
The other two-Oklahoma and
WaShington-said they were in ac-
cord with all the other States in
opposing permanent liberalization
of unemployment compensation, but
were going along with the pending
bill as temporary emergency
measure.
Virtually no opposition has been
expressed to the Federal Govern
ment providing unemployment COM
pensation for its own war workers
who will be laid off, but the States
believe the benefits for Federal
workers should correspond to the
rates in effect in the States where
they work. The Kilgore bill would
use the District of Columbia law
as the yard stick for all Federal
employees in order to treat them
uniformly.
/ Senator Vandenberg told the
committee yesterday that most of
the private industrial war work.
ers are in States that will pay
them $40 week under State laws,
and he made the point that this
will be equivalent to a $50 q week
wage, when allowance is made for
Withholding tax and other payroll
deductions, none of which are sub
tracted from unemployment bene-
fits.
Secretary Schwellenbach told the
Evening star., 1945-09-02

'CollIlnueQ from FIRST Page)
see later what the size of the Army
ought to be-"
Plans Outlined.
The subcommittee tentatively pro.
posed to:
l. Enable men re-enlisting in thu
Army or Navy to obtain their mus.
tering-out pay now instead of wait
ing until after expirations of thel
new term of service.
2. Provide transportation home
for those re-enlisting plus a sub.
sistence allowance for 90-day fur.
Tough before starting their nev
service.
3. Extend the benefits of the G..
Bill of Rights to those re-enlisting
for their term of re-enlistment.
4. Continue the 20 per cent over
seas pay differential to those re-
enlisting.
Bonus revision.
5. Revised enlistment bonuse,
so that enlisted men from the Reg
ular Army holding temporary twar.
tlme) commissions may count thei1
full service and so that temporar,
noncommissioned personnel may re
ceive the maximum bonus.
6. Allow those re-enlisting fret
choice between taking quarters
allowance lS42 month"; or a family
dependence allowance. (The allow.
ance would amount to more as q
mans family increased)
Representative Kilday, Democrat
OF Texas, a subcommittee member
said he also was proposing that the
Army retirement system be deliber-
allied to correspond to that of the
Navy.
Most of the legislators polled as
serted that although the draft will
be kept temporarily, they will not &c
along with President Truman's rec
ommendation for immediate action
to continue it with two-year terms
OF service for men 18 to Is.
Situation May Change.
They said they still hope that
before the draft act expires May Is
the military situation will have i'm.
proved enough to allow a halt tc
forced inductions.
But II Congress votes to continue
the draft, many House members
will insist that the Army continue
also its program of GI education
for the asking.
Because interruption of youne
careers is a chief complaint agains1
postwar inductions, members of the
committee. in draft hearings thi!
week, gave close scrutiny to Army.
sponsored education.
The program. they were told by
Army officials, already is well under
way in occupied Germany and will
be set up also in Japan.
Under it a soldier-private or of
ficer-may arrange to go to schoo
in his spare time, taking regular
high school or college courses
taught by American professors.
Representative Sparkman, Demo.
crat, of Alabama, a chief backel
of the program, compares American
occupation forces to "firemen sit.
ting around the firehouse." Some
thing besides checkers and domi-
noes, he saids should take up theil
time.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Japanese Assaults
On u. ). Mainland
Proved Harmless
BY the Associated Press

Seventy-eight days after the Jap
sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, a
submarine surfaced off the coast of
California and hurled SIS shell
into an Oil field near Goleta.
That was the first blow of the war
against the United States mainland.
Subsequently. there were two other
confirmed attacks and l66 bomb
carrying japanese balloons reached
the mainland, a survey of Army
military intelligence and operations
records disclosed yesterday.
All were directed against the west
ern part of the country and all pre-
sumably were launched by the
Japanese. While German submar-
ines shelled Caribbean Islands. tor
pedoed dozens of vessels in coastal
waters and landed saboteurs in the
United States, the records show the
NaziS never made a direct assault
on the mainland.
Sub Escapes Unscathed.
The submarine which fired on
the old field near Goleta got away
unscathed after loosing "a shells
which damaged an oil well at the
edge of the field. There were no
casualties.
Another submarine, also preSum-
ably japanese, moved in close to
the Oregon coast on June 81, 1912.
and fired six to nine" SIS shells at
Fort Stevens. All fell harmlessly,
Army reports said.
This attack came only 18 days
after light japanese bombers at
tackled Fort Mears and Dutch Har-
Dor, Alaska, for the first time. They
returned on June to bomb Dutch
Harbor and strafe Fort Glenn.
Float Plane Drops Bomb.
On September 9, 1912, float
plane-apparently launched by a
sub-f1ew over Mt. Emily, near
Brookings, Greg, and dropped an
incendiary bomb. A fire started by
the bomb was quickly extinguish-
ed,' the Army said, by foresters from
Mt. Emily Lookout.
The bomb-carrying, unnamed
balloons were a futile weapon, and
caused only minor property dam
age. Six persons were killed by one
of the 33-pound augmentation
bombs which they had found near
Lakeview, Greg.
Evening star., 1945-09-02

committee, II think you are going
to find people more concerned with
getting a permanent job than in
unemployment compensation. l
don't think you are going to dis
courage them with $25 a week."
But. Senator Vandenberg has
pointed out that $25 of unemploy-
ment compensation is equivalent to
S35 Of wages, less withholding tax
and other payroll deductions" OBJ
served Senator Brewster, Republi-
can of Maine.
Senator Vandenberg indicated he
was more concerned with the plight
the displaced worker would find
himself in after the twenty-sixth
week, when no benefits would be
available, if the reconversion emer-
gency is still in progress.
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Freed Gunner 10 Get
His Wife Back From
Uncle if He Wants Her
BY the Associated Press.

pF lHe ASSOcldleO FEesS.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. Mrs.
Ann sBirdwell- Marshall, who was
notified the soldier husband she be-
Heved dead had been rescued from
japanese prison camp IA days after
she had married his uncle, wants to
go back to her first husband If he
wants me-"
The 19-year- old bride instructed
her attorney to file suit for annul-
ment of her marriage to Jack Mar
shall, 33, of Wichita. Kans.. uncle Of
.S/Sergt. Gene Birdwell, her first
husband.
Sergt. Birdwen was rescued last
week from Jap prison camp at
Yokohama. He was a gunner on a
B-24 bomber, and had been reported
killed on a flight over Burma.
Gene and I have been apart a
long time. but if he feels the same
way as he did when he left I'm sure
he will want me back" the pretty
blond said.
Jack has been fine through all of
this and l don't want anything bad
thought of him. 1t was something
that couldn't be helped"
Her attorney advised that the
proper procedure was to go ahead
with annulment proceedings.
Mrs. Birdwell-Marshall has sent
a radiogram to the sergeant, on the
trail of an earlier teleoropo Che
said it read:
so happy you are alive. Married
Jack Marshall II days ago. Forgive
me. Getting annulment. Love Ann"
Mr.. Marshall remained here with
friends but will 60 to his home in
Wichita tomorrow night. He merely
said There's nothing for me to say.
III just 60 back to my job at Wichita
and see what happens"
Evening star., 1945-09-02
jap Elections
Continued From First Page.)

the wartime organizations intended
to tighten relations between Japan
and conquered territories, had de-
cided to disband.
The Tokyo newspaper Asahi urged
the government to reorganize ia
pans farming system as a step to-
ward solving the nations pressing
problem of food supply.
Domei, the japanese news agency
declared Japans heavily bombed
railway system needed immediate
reconstruction and reported there
were 13 times more accidents on the
lines than in 1887.
Bomb hits destroyed 1000 kilo-
meters of track, knocked out 10
vital bridges, wrecked 900 locomo-
tives, 1900 passenger cars, 5000
freight cars and $40 trolley cars
DOmei said
Evening star., 1945-09-02
Sd Division Society
To Elect Officers

The Society of the 3rd (Regular)
Division of the AEF, Washington
Branch No. 7, will hold it's annual
meeting at $50 pm. Wednesday
in the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hall, 1919 K street NV.
Election of officers will be held.
Outstanding veterans of the World
War and the recent war will be
present and official Army Air Forces
films will be shown.