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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Nazis Admit Tank Battle
Raging at Gates of Berlin;
Yanks Tran1ple Nuremberg
Two Speakers Advise Willow
Run Planning be Correlated

Two Detroit speakers Thursday
evening al meeting in Charles
Mckonny Hall advised Willow Run
Area Planning Committee of Wash
tenaw County TO correlate its plans
with the metropolitan area.
Citing the impact OF the immin-
ent closing of the Ford bomber
Plant on both this community and
Detroit, Edward u. Conner. eXecu-
tive director OF the Citizens Hous
ing and Planning Council af DE.
troit said that problems were inter.
related. He pointed out that the
trend for the last IL years has
been toward increased population
in areas outside Detroit and he pre-
dicted that the acCeleration would
Increase for % or 30 years. lie
further predicted that the lpstlanti
area will see considerable indus
trial expansion.
In View of these two facts he
recommended that steps be taken
to plan for both eXigcncics
lie advised finding ont as quick
~ as possible what is going to
happen TO the Bomber plant Then
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
NAH BARBARITY QUESTION GETTING HOT
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE

BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
The question OF German barbari.
Ties is getting hotter and hotter.
and more difficult TO take without
boiling over and losing ones per
spectlve.
It's with applause therefore that
the Allied world receives Prime
Minister Churchill's announce
ment that a solemn warning to
the Germans. against prison.camp
atrocities like the current horrors
in the Reich. is TO be issued over
the signatures Of himself. Presi.
dent Truman and Marshal Stain.
He had reference. among other
places. TO Gardelcgen whose citi-
zens today are being compelled by
American troops to bury the ghast.
ly remains Of LOO slaves and no
litical prisoners who we're DELHI
erately burned 10 death by Boche
soldiers.
Our bitterness. Of course. starts
with the head man. from whose
leadership flows this savagery.
Probably some Of the barbarian
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20

he suggested that the committee
develop enough OF a plan TO he able
To hold disposal OF the project in
abeyance until better position
FOR permanent planning Ia attain
ed. 1T will be good 10 get In
quick he said He also assured
the group that there is every likll.
hood OF excellent federal coopera
ton.
Administrator Proposed
He estimated that between 500.
ooo and $4,000 will be needed for
planning In the first year OF post
war adjustment. lie suggested
that an administrators be employed
and that the best planning facili
ties In the nation be made avail
able 10 HIM so that various ap-
proaches TO the problem here may
be considered and the best plans
adopted.
Zoning as quickly as possible was
recommended
To keep the labor supply here
until the Bomber plant is again in
production, the speaker suggested
See WILLOW run Page
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
See BOMBER Page )
Truman Turns
to Pacific War

Washington. Apr. o0-AP Pres
ident Truman is moving cautiously
into Franklin d. Roosevelts seat
on the council OF highest Allied
military strategy. His weight is
likely 10, be felt in Pacific decis-
ions.
Even before We day comes. Mr..
Truman may be called upon 10 re
view the strategy for defeating ia
pan that undoubtedly was discuss
ed at lalta by his predecessor and
Prime Minister Churchill, IL not
with Premier Stain.
In this connection II would not
be surprising if the new President
summons Fleet Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz and Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur home for personal confer
ences before the final assault on
Japan.
There are two schools Of thought
about the quickest and best way
OF subduing the japanese.
One favors direct. all-oIt as
sault on the Japanese islands
The other calls for a landing on
the China coast, starving Japan by
blockade and reducing its cities
and plants to shambles by bomb
ing
The high command Will have
Gaa TDIT MAN puga
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Starts
Food Inquiry

Washington, Apr 20 AP \
House Food Investigating Commit.
tee asked OPA today to check ON
the operations OF several indepena-
ent packers whose business has
skyrocketed during the current beer
shortage.
The committee called In Chester
Bo~les, plies. -aniuipis,Nalor, and
put before him these suggestions ::
]. An immediate review OF the
Strengthening permits issued farm
ers who do butchering for home
consumption. 10 check their beef
supply and where the meat is 20.
ing. Meat from small slaughtercrs
frequently moves to market with
out regard for rationins points or
price ceilings.
>. Authority TO deputizc loca,
state inspectors and federal meat
inspectors to spread the supply Of
acknowledgement meat, the only
type that will be accepted in inter
state commerce, aim being TO dis
tribute more evenly the available
supply OF meat and prevent short
ages in territories now served only
by federally-inspected packers.
3. Stimulate the movement to
feeder lots (where cattle are fed TO
proper weight for slaughteD by
guaranteeing a better price to feed
ers without boosting the retail price
Of meat. This would mean addition
a government subsidy at feeder
lots.
(. Investigate Il better distribu.
ton Of cattle to markets to equal
lie the meat supply.
Rep. Johnman R-MichD speak
ing for the Republican congrcssoin.
al food study committee, told the
House that the worst sugar short
age Of the entire emergency peri
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Cloth Down,
up

Washington, APR. 20-AP- The
government today decreed lower
prices for clothing but higher
wages for workers who loom the
cloth.
In separate actions designed to
boost output of textiles and low-cost
wearing apparel:
|. Economic Stabilizer William
II. Davis approved a 55.cent wage
floor and a general five-cent-an-hour
wage increase for $4,000 textile
workers in 81 northern and south
ern mills.
?. OPA ordered ~pparel and ac-
cessory manufacturers to cut back
their prices to average 1943 levels
and thus trim retail prices about
six per cent.
Although those moves seeming
ly were in conflict, Davis said he
had been advised by OPA that
the wage increase in itself would
not require an industry-wide price
hike. OPA said, however, some
mills may become entitled to indi-
NlOual adjustments.
In allowing the wage hike. prev
iously approved by the War Labor
Board. Davis said he recognized the
importance of increased textile out
put TO meet military requirement
and the domestic need for low-cost
clothing. considered vital in main
tanning the cost of living at present
levels"
In letter TO WLB Chairman
George w Taylor. Davis termed
the need for greater textile pro-
duction "of almost unique signific-
ance in it's critical relationship to
the fight to hold down the cost Of
living"
OPA's new order affecting cloth
ing manufacturers was described
b.. Price Administrator Chester
Bowles as "one OF the last ma jor
steps I'm the governments pro
gram to increase production of
moderate and low.priced clothing
while simultaneously reducing re-
tail prices.
In effect. 1t requires producers
OF cotton. wood and rayon garments
and accessories to go back 10
their average price lines of 1913.
Known as the maximum average
price regulation. the order will
become operative in June BY late
summer IL should bring a better
supply of inexpensive clothing.
Bowles said
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Thousand go
Off Willow
RunPayroll

Approximately 1000 men and
women Swere dropped from the
Willow Run Bomber plant payrolls
yesterday as the management be.
gan cutting back production NJ B-2i
Liberator bombers which will cease
not later than next August.
Representatives of the War Man.
power Commission have been inter.
viewing discharged employees in an
effort TO place them in other Jobs
in the Detroit area.
Speculation concerning the fu
ture use OF the plant continued to.
day, but there was no definite COM
ment from the Army Air Forces or
from the Ford Motor Company
The tremendous size of the plant.
covering g. acres, is one of the DIFF
ficulties in assigning il to other
work II has been limited that
some OF the experimental work now
being carried on At Wright Field.
Dayton. Ohio. might he done at
Willow Run.
The Ford Company has indicat.
ed there will be 10 statement con.
corning its plans for Willow Run
until after the AAF has definitely
stated 1t no longer needs the big
plant, Henry Ford has said he
hopes to use il for the production
OF farm equipment
Works on Program
\ program designed To absorb
laid off workers as result of the
expected shutdown OF the Willow
Run Bomber Plant was announced
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Big OtfensiueLoosed on Okina1uo
Second Threat
TO BoneO .
Seen
lBy I'D Associated Pressl

Three American infantry divi-
sions driving into deep japanese
defenses on Okinawa Island today
advanced slowly in the heaviest all.
out offensive OF the Pacific war as
unoppposed amphibious forces in
the Philippines developed a second
threat to Borneo on a newly con.
quered island.
The 21th Army Corps, consisting
of the eth. eth and 96th Divi.
sions ended Is day stalemate on
southern Okinawa yesterday morn.
ing, attacking the front wall OF
the intricate Naha defense system,
manned by perhaps $4,000 Japa.
nese.
Mustang fighters from Two lima
knocked out 81 enemy planes in
their first attack on the Tokyo
area yesterday as they swept over
the Atsugi naval air station at roof.
top level. They also wrecked two
cargo ships. contributing to total
OF is destroyed or damaged. mostly
by Philippines-ba bombers.
Three amphibious operations in
the Philippines brought the SELF.
ure of the 44th and 45th islands and
wide extension of the American
hold on Mindanao
The 4lst Division captured Bala.
bac Island. IS miles north of Bor-
neo which is already threatened
by the L. s. hold on the Sulu
archipelago reaching to within 30
miles east OF Borneo. Bombers
blasted Borneo's Tarakan oil de.
velopments and Gen. Douglas Mac.
Arthur said "the enemy's oil SUP.
ply from this area has ceased"
Cardiac Island at the mouth Of
Manila Bay was seized by the 3Sth
Division which sealed the hippo.
nese garrison OF perhaps 500 in
their underground caves. Cardiac
Is Fort Frank, the last of the old
l. S. fortresses guarding Manila
Bay TO be recaptured
Capture Stronghold
In the third amphibious onera-
/ tfon the 24th Division captured Co.
tabato, an old Moro stronghold and
a provincial capital on Mindanao.
Units OF the Path drove 90 miles
inland and put air fields at Lumo-
pog and Malabang into operation.
they are 50 miles fro / Da@ao. a
pre-war Japanese colony and one OF
the finest forts in the archipelago.
The 33rd Division. broke up a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Solemn Warning Against Atrocities to
be Sent TO Reich

chiefs OF the dim past were as evil
minded as Adolf Hitler. but Ger.
tainly the magnitude Of their afro
cities never approached his. for
the simple reason that they had
less opportunity among populations
which were comparatively small.
Ranking Criminal
The creator Of Nazism Is the
ranking criminal among all con.
uuerors. and this despite tho fact
that he has been exposed to the
ethics and culture Of the centuries
The civilization didn't stick. He's
throwback.
Your columnist had a grandstand
seat as the abnormal Hitler start.
ed his career OF crime. ! saw him
in action in many places and final
~, after Munich, stood on the plat
form back OF him in the square OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20

the ancient city Of Eyer, CzeChos-
lovakia, when he annexed the Sude-
tenIand which he had forced the IN
happy little country 10 surrender.
II was in Eyer that he really nail
ed his banner Of conquest 80 the
mast when he proclaimed
Never again will this land be-
torn away from the Reich And
SO we begin our march into The
great German future Sies he'll
Gong Live victory %
It's fitting commentary on the
truth that the way OF transgres-
sors is hard" that Eyer is in the
sector which General Psttons fore.
es have reached in CzechoslO} AHA
Hitler's never again has turned
10 ashes in his mouth He himself
is a fugitive from justice. prepaf
ing 70 hide in his Alpine caves.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20

legislative days before the end
OF the session next Thursday Next
week will be reserved for consid-
Grafton of bills already adopted by
one chamber.
Leading today's calendar are two
bills sponsored by labor members
Of the house. one setting a mini
mum wage OF 40 cents an hour, and
the other requiring employers TO
I'LL part of their vacancies with dis
abled persons. The House earlier
in the week passed a third labor
bill, undermining workmen's com.
pcnsation laws.
Sponsors of the minimum WAGE
bill, which prevents any employer
in any occupation from paying less
than 40 cents an hour, said they
thought that if it is enacted It
would make Michigan the first
state to have such law.
AboIishes Commission
BY a vote of 6 to "a the House
passed bill abolishing the state
safety commission which was ere.
ated in 1871, after hearing the com
mission called merely a propagan.
ia agency Under the terms of
the bill all records would be turn.
ed over TO the state police.
The bill was sponsored by Rep
Elton r. Eaton, Plymouth Republ.
can, who said 1t was "one step to-
ward eliminating bureaucracy" in
state government. The director
is just a publicity man." Eaton as
serted. land the commissions work
could be done just as well by the
state police"
Maxwell Halsey, the commits
sions director, receives a salary
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
reeArmies
Suing Onto
Alps
tBy the Associated Jreu,

American Third Army troons
driving east and the westward sury.
ing Russians were REPORTED :;
miles apart today, British TAM.
ruhbled TO within mile Of Ham.
oulg suburbs and American sev
enth Army troops were tramnlipy
over the last fanatical resistance
IN the Nazi spectacle city OF Nuern.
berg.
Nall Propaganda Minister Goeb
bels marked his Fnehrcr's sgtb
birthday gloomily announcing th.t
the decision Is very near"
German broadcasts said sovie,
troops were battling at the gates
OF IIerlin,' and that the greatest
laiA battle OF all time ragged toward
climax on the approaches TO IN.
capital Soviet troops IN unproccd
ented numbers were reported pour.
ing over the oder and Neisse nv.
crs. and Nazi reports said Red
TANKS we're menacing Strausberg,
only 10 miles from Berlin.
Moscow dispatches said the Red
Amy was driving into the Berlin
defense systems A broadcast
NaN account described the night
ing as "a hell OF FIRE. steel and
blood. Berlin said the First TX
rainc Army had plunged nine miles
beyond the Spree River. within 81
miles of l.. =. Third Army troops.
Wheels onA Ips
Gen. Eisenhower wheeled the
weight OF three armies against M.
lers Bavarian Alps Redoubt area.
While three Seventh Army divi.
sions fought the last resistance IN
Nuremberg. other forces swept
within 10 miles or less OF Munich
where the Nail party was born.
The \. $. Third Army. meanwhile.
gained M 10 II miles of a % mllc
front. lls left flank swcrved %
miles southeast OF captured Bay
reuth and advanced on the Czechn.
sloyak border at new point. Third
Army troops already are across
the border.
American and French of the sixth
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
War Costs at
High

Washlncton. APR. 20 AP- Con
gressional appropriation for war
activities have started downward
after four years OF record heights.
This trend. however. probably
wont be reflected for some time In
actual government expenditures.
The hump in big appropriations
was passed this week when the
House gave its okay TO a $2i,S79.-
.l0.5i6 naval supply bill for 1886
fiscal year. starting July !. This
was almost S7000,000,0 900 less than
Congress made available to the
Navy for the current fiscal year.
Another big dip is expected in
the Armys 1876 fiscal year budget,
last OF the big money measures
to be considered this year
Unless something unforeseen
comes up. we are definitely over
the hump in appropriations Chair
man Cannon (D-MoD Of the House
Appropriation Committee com
mented when the Navy bill was
dppIDhtu.
War spending hit new high in
March OF this year. rearching S..
2tj.939 i62, OF approximately $685.
900 900 daily. Since the so-called
war activities program started, on
July J. 1870, Congress has appro.
priated or approved contract au-
thorizations aggregating S37i251-
1881 exclusive OF almost $685.
900 900 600 in the new Navy bill.
More than 1926. 900. 900 900 OF that
was for the Army and the Navy.
the balance being for activities OF
other agencies such as the Mari
time Commission.
Actual war expenditures during
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Ration Office to
Take Inventory

The ration board Offices will be
closed Saturday to allow clerks to
inventory and check the files prior
to the beginning Of the fuel oil and
sugar programs. and no telephone
calls will be received.
The declaration. blanks for esti-
mates OF next years fuel necessi-
ties will be available to coal dealers
after the first OF the week. These
blanks can be given out only 10
dealers. who. in turn, will distribute
them TO their customers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20

Work
by IVES GALLAGHER

Magdeburg. Germany, Apr. 20
AP-A far greater army of oCCu.
patton may be necessary in Ger
many than originally planned in
view OF the problems experienced
10 date.
Even with the vast number OF
Allied troops now in Germany. the
job OF administering the territory
already overrun Is proving much
more difficult than anticipated.
Germany now is a fostering sore
IN the heart OF Europe, housing
mass OF misery unheard of in mod.
ern history. Twelve years OF
Nazism and brutality are hear
ing a Canccrous fruit which can
mean nothing but years Of trouble
ahead
No one knows this better than
Hitler, and he has the organization
ready 10 help make the trouble
the newly-fOrmed Wcrewolves..
There are not nearly enough
military government teams at hand
Civil law broke down in most
towns when the Nazis departed.
for they held all key jobs. The
Germans left behind often try to
solve the problem Of law and order
as did their predecessors by force
unless Allied troops are at hand
TO keep them In hand. And troops
cannot be spared for this job.
There is widespread looting. not
only by slave laborers but also by
Germans trying to get their hands
on extra food and clothing for the
dark days ahead.
The aim has been TO try 10 keep
these millions in camps until they
cane be dealt with properly. But
there is not enough food to feed
them. So they forage-aud wand
er up and down the highways.
People die on the road. in barns
In the fields, in jails. abandoned
warehouses, everywhere. No one
bothers to bury them. No one
knows who they are.
Every type of disease, particular
ly typhus. is being carried by these
nomads.
All wanderers by no means are
men. There are thousands OF WON
en-, mostly girls brought into Ger
many as workers. They usually
form into gangs and plunder so
they can eat.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Illumination
Clinics Here

Continuing with the health de.
partments program of immuniza-
ton of school children against com
mon diseases, DR.. Otto Engelke was
at Harriet School Thursday with
the clinic. Today the clinic will
be at Woodruff School
Prior to coming TO lpsilanti. the
department, with the aid OF local
doctors, has treated SOS school chill.
dren
AT Manchester, April 10. the elm
ic handled 240; at Rawsonville,
April II. go; at Milan. April 10,
275. and at Dexter. April IS. 363.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Lincoln Hopes to
Have New Buses

! new fleet of buses 20 replace
the ten year old fleet now IN use,
is post war project at Lincoln
Consolidated School. Subsequent.
~, new garage. since the new
buses will be larger, is planned.
The school intends TO convert the
present structure into class rooms.
over a period Of five years, the
state has returned 20 per cent OF
the cost OF the buses now in use.
TO the school each year, so that
the money is available for these
plans \ sinking fund has been de-
yelOped for remodeling
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Flood of Bills Awaits Action
by House of Representatives

Lansing. APR. 2O-AP-Acticn on
a flood of bills faces the House OF
Representatives, which must de
eide before il adjourns today for
the week end which measures ii
will send to the Senate for consid-
GRAFTON.
Neither chamber will be per-
mitted to transmit bills it origin
ated to the other side" of the
legislature after today, just five
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Ford Visits
Camp Legion

Dearborn. Mich. Apr 30-lSS -
Henry Ford. sponsor OF Camp
Legion Thursday inspected the ex-
panding rehabilitation center for
disabled veterans Of World War
II, it was announced today
Ford spent the day studying the
various building operations and
details Of equipment to be used
in the new addition TO the camp.
The veterans receive free train.
ing in trades. mechanics and farm
ing methods al Camp Legion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
hree Awards Won
by Robert Evans

Robert Edward Evans, zoos Pear
ST. Ypsilanti. has a double distinc-
ton He is the only student at the
University who. will be cited for
three awards in the annual Hon
Ors Convocation Friday and Is in
the armed services.
Evans earned all three awards as
a freshman. In the annual Hop.
wood contest he took prizes in &c.
ton and poetry lie also was
named for scholastic honors in the
College Of Literature. Science and
The Arts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Full Duty

Full Duty
Secretary Of War Stimson was
asked A. q press conference yestcr-
day whether American soldiers had
been instructed what to do n they
discovered the F'uehrer-''whether
10 take him or stick him. 70 The
secretary laughingly replied that
you may lie sire American troops
will do their fun duty II such cir.
cumstances arise He said unless
Hitler resists he viii be held for
action by higher authority.
Wei. the Allied manin-the-strcet
isn't worried about what our troops
will do when they catch Hitler o.
any others OF his gang The sol
diers' judgment will be all right
What the average citizen OF thu
United Nations is afraid Of how.
ever, is that squeamishness or red.
tape may result IN Hitler. and the
rest OF those guilty Of war-crimes.
escaping their just deserts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan: Mostly cloudy
and rather cool tonight and Satur-
day; occasional light rain tonight
Highest temperature yesterday
55: lowest, SO.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, Sc; lowest, 81.
Highest temperature this date
in last 73 years. II in 1923; lowest,
20 in 1897.
The sun sets today at s:iS p. m
and rises Saturday at 6:42 a. m.
The moon rises today at 1:47
=. m. and sets Saturday at 4;29
r. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20
Congress Today

CBy Associated PresS)
Senate
Considers draft act extension
noon.
Small Business subcommittee
hears Treasury Secretary Morgen.
THAI on foreign trade possibilities
10:30).
House
In recess until Monday. o
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20

'ATuRoAY. APR. 2t-st I o'clock.
? miles east OF Milan on Plank
Road on farm known as the ia.
eobs Farm. Raymond Lauff. own
er; George lsuff. Proprietor.
Guy F. TT Jmpson. Auetioneer.
4o4 Ferris ST., Phone 25ie. Thur
low Heath, Clerk. Adv. 42O
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-20

NEW YORK ms The Paris
radio reported today that all lin
eliminating documents" We're barn
ed Yesterday by German diplomats
in Madrid. The broadcast. heard
by CHS. said also that the trans
ocean and DNB bureaus in Madrid
have announced that they will dis
charge their Spanish personnel
May |.