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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10

signed to the Saith Bombadier Group
for participation in Eighth Air
Force aerial assaults on Nazi mill.
tary and industrial targets. He is
also a member OF the Third Air
Division. cited by the President for
its now historic England-Africa
shuttle bombing OF Nazi Messer-
schmitt aircraft plants at Regens-
burg, Germany. He entered the Ar
my Air Forces in July, l943, a
month after graduating from Roos-
evelt High School,
Corporal ". f. Andrews, a surgt-
cal technician with a Ninth AIT
Force Service Command unit In
Belgium was recently on a yolun-
teer squad which went to the aid
OF bombed villagers who had be-
friended his squadron. The Ninth
Air Force Service Command is
responsible for the supply. repair
and maintenance of Ninth Air
Force medium bombers and the
fighters which dive-bomb and
strafe enemy strongpoints before
Allied armies driving toward Ber-
lin. Corporal Andrews is the son OF
Mrs. Oscar Andrews, As n. Huron
st. For nine years prior to his en-
tering the service in March, 1913,
he was an inspector with Ford
Motor Company.
Pfc. Rexford Tate, formerly EN-
ployed at the Hankinson plumbing
shop, is with the L S. Forces in
France. He is with a unit which
moved into major channel port
on the heels OF the Allied assault
troops and paved the way for the
use Of the port by Allied navies.
He has been in the armed forces
for approximately two years.
Dorothy Jane Lamb has Just COM
pleted her probationary period as
cadet nurse in st. Luke's Hos
pital. Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lamb, 1905 Westmoreland Blvd,
are going to attend her Gaping
ceremony which will be Friday af-
ternoon at $3.50 in Chicago. Miss
Lamb was graduated from Roose-
welt High School last June.
p. O. and PHI. NJ. &c Raymond
c. Packer IS enjoying 30-day leave
with his wife. Carol at 30l n. Grove
ST. and with his parents. Mr.. and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
futile Hill
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MET

futile Hill, Mich.-The Friends
Church Missionary Society met at
the parsonage Wednesday for their
regular all day meeting. The
working hour was spent in making
bed pads, about FIVE dozen being
completed. The business meeting
was in charge OF the president,
Mrs. Leland Gorton. Mrs. Ralph
Moorhead led the devotionals. The
annual report of the treasurer, Mrs.
Alfred Morton, was read. This was
very complete and showed much
interest taken in the different de-
partments OF work.
1t was decided to have a fellow
ship supper at the church Saturday,
Feb. "a. with a short entertainment
following. supper to be served at
: p. m. More than 40 were present
for the dinner which was served by
committee number one.
The place OF the next meeting
will be decided on later.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
Eighth Graders
Meet on Court

Six Willow Run seventh and
eighth grade basketball teams met
in league contests at Ross School
Friday afternoon.
Ross-Haven defeated Foster-Nor-
ton in the first game, 3O-s. James
Butler and George Hunter we're
high men for the victors, with six
points each. D. Munroe was best
scorer for the Foster team, collect
ing four points.
Ross-Jensen was defeated in the
second game by Foster-Royce, 22-5.
Robert Ramsey accounted for all
three OF the Ross scores, B. Ca
woods seven points for the win
ming team were matched by B.
MadduX.
Bob Wild spanked the Ross-Ms-
hon teams to a 24-5 victory over
Ross-Olsen, sinking u points him
self. Eugene Blasius tailed four
OF the Ave points for the Olsen
squad.
o. w. Vicklund was referee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
.CanteenS Planning
Valentine Dances

The Teen Canteen is going TO
have special dance for Valeu-
tines day. 1t will be held in the
lunchroom at Ypsilantl High School
from S to II tonight. The coke bar
will be open and serve Valentine
faVors.
The Junior Canteen will also
sponsor a Valentine dance from
1880 TO 10 at ST. Luke's Church
House. The house will be decorated
in the colors OF Valentines Day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
THE Willow RUN News
Willow Run Calendar
SATURDAY
By STANLE

Social recreation, l to o'clock,
community building and Simmonds
school.
Social recreation, to 8 o'clock
at Foster and Ross schools.
Skating rink open l to 10 o'clock
in rear Of community building.
Open dancing. $3.50 to IL O'Clock
at the Village Community building
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
Attends WEDDING

Mrs. George Veins is in De-
troit To-Day attending the wedding
OF her sister, Miss Jeanne Higgins.
to Albert Habarth, in the Church
OF Annunciation
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10

INSTITUTIONAL The OPA
today fixed retail ceiling prices of
S265 gallon and 81 cents a quart
for "anti-freezes' with a glycerine
base. These ceilings, effective Feb.
Is. apply when the product con-
tains at least IS per cent glycerine
by volume.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
A. Anniversary Dinner

An anniversary dinner was given
for Mr.. and Mrs. Guy de Mic, at
The homs OF Mrs. William Down
ing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10

Dinner guests Wednesday at the
home OF Mrs. Ralph Colts were
Mrs. John Frye and son Robert
and Mrs. Norman Leighton, Ypsi-
lanti.
Mrs. Ernest Throne spent part OF
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Myra
Smith, who is very i'll in Boyer Hos
pital Mrs. Smith was a former
resident of this vicinity.
The Misses Leland GOrion and
Mary Alice Breining were over
night guests Thursday Of Miss 10
Anne Campbell.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
Anniversary Observed

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Colts, son
Robert. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colts,
son Wallace. and Mrs. Fannie
Campbell and granddaughter 10
Anne were in Worthwhile Tuesday
evening for the 56th wedding All
niversary OF Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Colts. Dinner at $50 was arrang-
ed and served by their daughters,
Mrs. Earl Gray and Mrs. William
Curtis. About % were present,
guests including the immediate
members of the family.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
Given Shower

A neighborhood shower was civ.
en- 70 r13 people honoring Mrs
Floyd Smith, Pleasant Drive.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
SUNDAY

Skating rink open from l to 10
o'clock in rear OF community build
ing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10

NEW YORK-AP-- Charles F
Kettering, inventor, scientist and
vice president OF General Motors
Corp. in charge of research, has
been selected to receive the Tho.
mas A. Edison award for his
achievements.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10

HULL "OOD-AI-- I'M RC-
tress Maureen O'Sullivan became
the mother OF baby daughter Fri
day. Miss O'Sulliyan is the wife
OF writer John Farrow.
Mrs. ]. c. Packer, 3l4 Oak St This
is the first time in two and a half
years that he has been home. He
enlisted in Detroit June 6, 1912.
and received only five OF the usual
ten weeks period at Great Lakes
Naval Training Station and after a
months training in the hospital
there. he vas transferred TO Bre-
merton, Washington, for two
months training For the past &c
months he has been stationed at a
Naval Air Station Dispensary IN
the Pacific He will now receive
further training at the Naval Air
Technical Training Center in Chi
cago he is a graduate OF Roose-
welt High School class OF 1871.
W. T. Marshall. aviation machln-
lists mate, &c, is home on a ten
day leave to viist his sister, Mrs.
Harry f. L. Forbes. He arrived
Tuesday from Chicago whert he
was an Instructor at an aviation
machinists school. He will leave
Monday for Norfolk, Virginia,
where he will receive training for
overseas duty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10

The Oder River is more than $50
miles long.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-10
Sponsoring J-Hop

Carrying out the Valentines Day
theme in decorations, the Class OF
1916 OF Ypsilanu High School Is
sponsoring the annual semi-formal
J-Hop. The J-Hop will be this eve
ming from 9 to Il O'clock az
Charles McKenny Hall. Glenn Gar
Tough. president OF the class, is
general chairman OF the dance.
Miss Doris Jayne Throop, Detroit,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs, j. Vail
Throop.
DR.. an -frs. Ray J. Weese went
10 Williamsport, O., TO visit Mrs.
Weese's uncle, Thomas Goordy for
the week end.
Evening star., 1945-03-14

citation OF the art lovers of the world,
however, does not rest exclusively on
the achievement Of the past. It
happens that some Of the pictures
Of contemporary painters are just
as truly destined for Immortality as
the works of their forerunners.
". Russell Flint. bod Proctor, Dame
Laura knight, Sir H. Hughes Stan
ton, Gerald Brockhurst and Maitland
Howard may be but names to Amer
leans, yet they deservedly are ap-
plauded by their own neighbors. A
like observation should be made Of
Charles M. Gere, A. J. Munnings,
F. Cadogan Cowper, Sir Frank Short,
w. G. de Glehn, Meredith Frampton,
Gerald Kelly, A. G. latham, L. M.
Glasson and Averil Burleigh-all
splendid craftsmen and first-rate
colorists. A show Of the living
generations Of British artists at the
National Gallery In Washington
would be a revelation. Certainly, 1t
would be conservative; but that,
since the trend in public taste ad-
mittedly is toward the right" would
be part of its attraction.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
On the Record
By Dorothy Thombson

The whole Nazi regime, previous to
the outbreak OF war, was marked by
terrible crises. each one of which
threatened defeat. In June 1894, the
break between the S. A. and the Reichs-
wehr brought Hitler to the verge of
doom. There again he allowed the Sit
uation to grow to terrible proportions,
unable to make decision. In the very
last minute he made terrible one. DR..
GoepbelS, who until the last second had
believed, and not without evidence, that
Hitler would oppose the Reichswehr and
support the 8. A., almost lost his own
pead, and saved 1t only by accompany
Ing Hitler to the Roehm execution. And
now the Relchswehr hitherto his
strongest opponent in the Reich-saved
him!
In 1878, combination Of powerful
lndustrlallsts, diplomats, and generals
wrote memoranda to Hitler calling for
the "normalization" of Germany and
warning against any external adven-
lures. Again Hitler was in a very Sc
rious crisis, 1t took weeks until he de-
cided to cut the Gordian knot. He
postponed his usual anniversary speech
from January 80 to February 1, and then
after dismissing Gen. Fritsch, COM
mander OF the German Army, and 30
other generals, and radically purging
the diplomatic corps, he went full steam
ahead with his external plans. A week
later he summoned the Austrian Chan
cellor Schushnigg to Berchtesgaden for
a showdown with Austria and from
there on was straight road to Munich,
the high spot Of his whole career. Again,
q miracle.
Now, with the whole of Germany
toppling on the heads of the German
people; with the Russians before Ber-
lin and the Americans across the
Rhine, with even Goebbels forecastinr
sudden and rash end of the war"
Hitler says, Even if fate has now an.
parently turned against us. there can
be no doubt that with resoluteness
steadfastness, and fanaticism, these re-
serves will be overcome, as so often
before"
Hltlers proclamation registers moth
ing except his own manic -depressive
psychosis-now again in the manic
stage-and his faith in the repetition
OF a pattern
But the armies converging on him are
not the Reichswellr; Roosevelt, Church.
III and Stain are neither Won Papens
nor Neville Chamberlains; different
ana non-German elements are in this
picture: and the pattern is long since
smashed.
Goebbels has seen it. Hitler, again
as IN 1918, suffers psychotic blindness.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
This Changing World
By Constantine BroD,

II Germany and Japan are utterly
destroyed as military powers and
through drastic control their economic
and industrial activities are reduced
to impotence for many years, what pur-
pose can there be In re-arming the
European countries with lease-lend ma
terials from the United States?
The lease-lend act is known offcially
as an act to promote the defense Of
the United States. 1t has worked mir
acles and has enabled our Allies to
win victories over the totalitarian states
which had been threatening the secur-
ity of this country before and after Pearl
Harbor. 1t was an excellent investment
and In spite of the inevitable misuses
necessarily involved when billions of
dollars worth of goods are transferred
to foreign countries, it has paid ample
dividends. Germany could not have
been crushed without the assistance OF
all our Allies and they in turn could
not have performed their excellent work
without our material assistance.
The Germans are now on the brink
Of disaster unparalleled In history.
Their towns and industrial areas have
been devastated and the longer they.
continue their resistance, the greater the
destruction When the last spark Of
organized resistance is ended-and that
may be much sooner than many people
expect-the Germans will lose important
territories. What is left of the Reich
will be reduced to prolonged serW-
tude. Millions Of their able-b bodied men
will have to go to Russia and other
countries destroyed by Hitler's legions,
while the bulk Of their future produc-
tion will be earmarked as reparations
in kind for those distressed nations.
The Allies are determined to enforce
on the Reich Roman peace" only
1t will be much harsher than anything
the Romans did to their enemies While
there may still be number of friction
points among the Allies, there is abso-
Evening star., 1945-03-14

Apparently there is one man left in
Germany who does not know what is
going on. That man is Adolf Hitler.
There are rumors that he was made
deaf by the explosion on July 20, 1914,
ana perhaps no one wants to put the
SAD news in writing. But PSYCHOLOGIST
reading his most recent appeal for re-
sistance to the bitter end, and his prom
ise that 1918 would not be repeated,
might recall the way he reacted per-
sonally to defeat at that time.
In October, 1918, Hitler, a lance cor
poral fighting in Flanders, was she'll
shocked and delivered to a hospital.
where he became blind. He was trans
ferred, then, to a military hospital in
Pasewalk in Pomerania, and it was
there that he finally recovered his
sight and began his fight against the
armistice and the lost war. Later the
story was that he had been gassed, and
that his temporary blindness was due
to this, but there is no such record, and
many physicians testified during the
German Republic) that his was a case
OF shell shock and hysterical blindness.
He did not see what he did not wish
to see, as today he does not hear what
II this story be accurate, as I believe
IT Is, Hitler actually foresaw defeat be-
fore the ordinary soldier-a binding
experience-but refused to accept it
later when every German, from Luden-
dorm down, knew it had come. Hitler
is psychotic personality, and such
repeat their experiences. Psychiatrists
call this, I believe, a "compulsion neu-
rosis" The whole pattern of Hitler's
personality is a pattern of breakdown
and recovery-defeat and miraculous
victory.
It was SO in 1923. when his first
putsch ended in disastrous failure. and
the republic only briefly imprisoned
him in the fortress of Landsberg-
Lech-by now perhaps in the hands OF
the Russians. 1t was there that he
wrote "Mein Kampf," and thought I'D an
entirely different tactic-the capture
OF the state by the democratic process
and the use-or abuse-of legality"
Nine years later, in the fall of 1882,
facing the decline of the Nazi party,
Hitler told his confidants, especially
Goebbels, who has recorded it. that he
would commit suicide. But Franz Won
Papen. taking revenge on his own sue
cessor to the chancellery, Gen. Won
Schielcher, and counting that Hitler
was no longer really dangerous, actually
pulled him into the chancellorship
through the instrumentality of the
senile President Won Hindenberg. De-
feat-and another miracle.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
Letters to The Star
Miss Holland Insists That Union
Is the Logical Alternative

To tbs Editor Of Ths star:
Frank Kent's article in The Star Of
March should not be allowed to pass
unchallenged. 1t exhibits the confusion
everywhere prevalent as to the nature
and powers Of the newly proposed
League Of Nations "
Mr. Kent makes two assertions. First.
The new league lis real league with
real power" Second: Literally there is
no alternative" which view he supports
with the statement that public conf
dence in the old systems OF balance of
power and alliance has completely col
lapsed and no other feasible plan has
been suggested.
The reality of the new organization
as league, unfortunately, cannot be
denied. But the claim that 1t has any
power to prevent third World War
is in complete contradiction to the facts.
Every speaker who has discussed the
subject (most recently Comdr. Harold
stassen), candidly has admitted that,
should one of the hve major powers re-
sort to war, the organization would be
helpless
Now, the attitude that something in
adequate. namely the new league, is
better than nothing. is understandable g;
but this attitude is sensible only when
clearly stated. In the words OF a recent
article: "The moment the inadequate is
made to appear adequate we have a
most fatal deception, and in this case
the inadequate becomes much worse
than nothing. For the public will then
be lulled into false sense of security
which may cost 1t dearly"
Equally debatable Is Mr.. Kent's sec
ond assertion-that there are no feas-
ible alternatives, True, our Government
so far has formalised only this proposal.
But there are many who see the Federal
Union proposal outlined In Clarence
streit's Union Now" as the most prsc-
tical beginning possible in the direc-
ton OF world government, which alone
can give world peace.
Recognition that In the federal sys-
tenn lies the last best hope Of earth"
has gained tremendous ground In the
past few years. There are organiza tions
to promote international federal union
IN Switzerland, Canada, England, South
Africa, Australia and New Zealand,
Canadas third largest political party,
the Cooperative Commonwealth Feder-
alton, recently adopted a resolution urg-
Ing the establishment of world govern.
ment representative Of all the peoples, f"
with Jurisdiction in those areas where
the welfare Of the people can be best
served by international authority.
The cause of federal union lis far from
hopeless. 1t is the only genuine alterna-
tive to alliances, balances of power,
and leagues of sovereign States-which
conceal, but do not resolve the inevitable
struggle for supremacy which Ia the
chief attribute Of sovereignty.
JANICE HOLLAND.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
A New Galaxy

The magnitude OF this war and the
responsibility Of military command
are in themselves SO unprecedented
that the promotion, at one time, of
nine lieutenant generals to the full
but temporary-rank Of general Is
taken more as a matter OF course
than as a sensational departure
from Army traditions.
The way for the step was prepared
in the recent, and also unprece-
dented elevation of Generals Mar.
shall, Eisenhower, Macarthur and
Arnold to the new rank of general
of the army" which increased the
gap in rank between them and their
subordinates. But as a Nation we
have been chary of making generals.
The permanent rank is conferred
only by act of Congress and after
it had been created for George
Washington, who died shortly there
after, it was abolished and not re-
vived again until after the Civil
War, when, as an honorary distinc-
ton rather than denoting RESPONSE
bility of command, it was conferred
on Grant, and, later on Sherman and
Sheridan. When General Pershing
went to France he was made a gen.
eral to give him a rank commensu-
rate with that of his allied colleagues
and, later, Tasker H. Bliss and
Peyton c. March, as Chief OF stafi,
were made generals. After the First
World War the Chief of Stan became
a general while holding that office.
But including all of them, there have
been only fourteen generals in our
history.
The nine whose names were sent
to the Senate yesterday are all men
who have won this rare promotion
through meritorious exercise Of COM
mand, either in the field or In posi-
tions of high responsibility here at
home. One precedent established
with the rank, therefore, is thus
preserved. The title still remains
a symbol of duty well done.
Evening star., 1945-03-14

Lutte unanimity regarding their dealings
with the Germans.
One Of the principal reasons Why
President Roosevelt asked and Congress
approved the lease-lend act was to
provide the attacked nations with the
means Of fighting the Germans.
Neither the American Government nor
the beneficiaries Of that American self
defense generosity ever thought OF using
American equipment and war tools to
prepare themselves for an armament
race. Consequently, It is logical to say
that there can be no justihable reason
to arm all our Allies, big and small, after
the defeat OF Germany.
The Russian. British and French
armies which, with American contingents
Will form the forces of occupation OF
the Reich are sufficiently we'll armed to
cope with whatever local opposition ex-
lists after Gernanys organized resist
ance Is crushed. According to Allied
military observers, the possibility OF a
real and long-term guerrilla hght In the
Reich must be discounted. There may
be some regional resistance, but these
centers can be wiped out with q strong
military police force.
The French government has already
asked for lease-lend facilities to the
tune of S2,250 ,0o0,000 The bulk of the
amount is to 60 for military equipment
to complete the re-armament Of 1
French army, about twice the size of
the forces now in the field There are
run1ors that requests for small amounts
may come from Yugoslavia, Czechoslo-
vakia and Poland, after its new govern
ment as agreed on at Yalta has been
formed. Other nations also may add
their requests.
No one questions the desirability OF
their having a well-organized police
force, but 1t is dificult to understand
why and against whom these nations
would want to prepare military forces,
after the collapse of German military
might
Evening star., 1945-03-14
Coal Strike Vote

The strike vote to be taken among
100000 coal miners on the 2Sth of
this month will impose a severe
strain on the administrative facili-
ties of the National Labor Relations
Board, which is charged by law with
the duty OF conducting strike elec-
tions.
When the law was passed Congress
made no special provision for hold
ing the elections. That was left up
to the board, and heretofore this
function has not proved unduly bur
densome. But the mine vote will be
different story.
Under. the statute the election
must be held on the thirtieth day
after notice Is filed-in other words,
the 100000 miners must be polled in
a single day. And it is also of urgent
Importance that this be done with
no interruption to coal production,
or, in any event, with an absolute
minimum of interference.
TO this end the NLRB will spend
an estimated 100000. 1t plans to
employ some 1000 special agents in
the districts in which the voting will
take place, and will try to recruit
them among lawyers, insurance
agents, regular election clerks, etc.,
TO avoid any disruption of other war
activities. Meanwhile, the board has
virtually dropped its other functions
throughout the country so that It's
140 field examiners can attend to
the preliminary work that must be
done before the election can be held.
On the face of the matter this
seems to be one case which bears
out the boards recent contention
that unions are seeking to make
use Of the strike ballot to bring pres