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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
Veteran Badly
Hurt in Crash

a discharged veteran, who had
completed 80 flying missions over
enemy territory in the European
theater. was seriously injured
when the pickup truck he was
driving collided with a heavy truck
Just west OF the Expressway on
US1l2 today
He is Robert Robertson. Clinton.
He suffered severe decorations
about the head and face, slight con.
cuss Il and possible skull frac.
lures. lie is being treated at Bcy-
or Hospital
Since his return TO civilian life.
he had been working for the Gin.
ton Machine Company He was
driving a company truck at the time
OF the q idont lie gollidcd with
truck driven by Harry Gentleman.
Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
Atom Energy Agreement Reached
Detroit Gangster Captured

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 27-Cass Ia
kersky, IS. sole remaining member
OF the notorious Paul zawarski
gang. who made a spectacular es-
cape from the recorders court ball
pen at shortly before noon today
was recaptured by Detroit police
at 1:3O this afternoon. He had
two broken legs suffered in a 80
foot jump to the sidewalk after
he had sawed his way through
barred window Four other prison.
ers saw the escape but refused to
participate.
Zakersky was awaiting life
sentence after a fourth conviction
when he staged the break out.
The Zawarsky gang was noted for
the big robberies in which It par
ticipated. including one Of the De-
troit News.
After he jumped he was lifted
to a taxicab by an unidentified man
wearing a soldiers uniform. A near
by police officer noticed the res
cue but thought Zakersky was a
patient from nearby Receiving Hos
pital.
Zakersky's re-arrest came when
two patrolmen found him huddled
under a blanket in a parked car.
He told them he had been in an
automobile accident and had crawl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
Paralysis Victim
Claimed by Death

Paducsh. Ky. Dec. 27-AP-Fu-
neral services will be held here to-
day for William Paul Higgins. -
year old giant Of the iron lung
who died on Christmas Day in a
Louisville hospital after a brave
fight since last August against in
fantile paralysis.
He had been in critical Condi-
ton for several days before his
death.
A giant size" lung was special.
ly built for Higgins siX-footsix-
inch frame after fellow workers at
a factory in Paducah raised $4,000
in 90 seconds to purchase IT,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
State Starts
Vets Center

Lansing. Dec. p Acting as
its own contractor for the first
time in years. the state hopes to
break ground Friday in Ann Arbor
for a veterans rehabilitation center.
described by Governor Kelly as the
Administrations No. ! build ne pro-
jec..
A. y. Laugius. stale building di-
rector. said plans 10 start the pro-
Jet today were cancelled when the
State Highway Department re-
fused ~ permit heavy cNcavatinS
equipment to be moved over icy
payemeu s.
I'VE have the material on hand
for the foundation, Langius sad.
and believe We will have all the
remainder soon. so that we can 20
right through with the job.
The State Administrative Board
ordered Lansius to build the s'ruc-
ture af.er bids for the project ran
far ahead OF estimates
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
Boys Too Realistic,
Real Cops Respond

A touch Of realism was added TO
the old game OF cops and robbers
Wednesday NIGHT when police were
rushed 10 2O5 Ferris St. in answer
to a call from the telephone opera.
tor who said the people there were
chasing a burglar.
Officers creeping up TO the house
discovered group Of boys playing
cops and robbers Investigation
revealed that the telephone ear
piece had gotten off the hook and
cries Of the children were heard by
the operator.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
Dealer Named
For New Cars
CSee Picture-Page Two)

'Hee lltluTt- axe NOl
Dealer for the kaiser-Frazer pro
ducts in lpsilanti will be the Cutler
Motor Sales. Inc. Philip Cutler. a
business man in Detroit for the
past 20 years, is president OF the
new company.
A new building is to be located
al the southwest corner Cf Grove
st. and Michigan Ave. Construction
OF the building will necessitate the
razing OF at least one house.
Plans for the building are sched-
uled to be finished this week and
appl cation for a permit TO build
will he made soon after the turn OF
the year. company spokesman
stated today
The new building. which will be
approximately Sc <eet by 100 feet.
will feature one Of the most modern
display rooms in the city. the
spokesman asserted. In addition,
alternate plans for expansion OF
the original building TO increase
Coo nEAT I'D Doyo
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan Partly cloudy
with little change in temperature
Friday. Clear and cold tonight
Upper Mechanically cloudy
Ifonight and Friday. Rising temper
atures west portion Friday.
Highest temperature yesterday.
80: lowest IS. Highest tempera.
ture one year ago today. q. lowest.
:. Highest temperature this date
in last IS years. IS in 1904; lowest,
4 in 1925.
The sun sets today AZ 5:O7 p. m.
and rises Friday AT 3 a. m The
moon sets today AT lei m. and
rises Friday at 22O a. N.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27
Flashes of
Late News

MANILA -AP- Clark Castillo
was sentenced to death today by
peoples court as the human Pied
Piper who led almost 1000 Fiji
pinos TO mass execution by tho ia.
panese. He was the first collabor-
htor to receive the sentence in de-
oision which established as an inn
Portant precedent that membership
in the Japanese-sponsored Makapili
army constitutes treason.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

NEW YORK ms Speelier
travel on ShortHaul Domestic Air
lines was presdgod today with the
ordering of 100 neU-type cOnsoIidat.
ed Nultee model 241 airp,anes hy
American airliuCS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

PARIS -AP-The Breton Woods
monetary sterilization agreement
and {55o,0O0 600 loan by the
American Export-Import bank were
approved unanimously by the
French constituent assembly early
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

= WASHINGTON-AP 90 Enough
blood plasma to meet civilian needs
for perhaps two years is being dis.
tributed throughout the country for
use without charge. The distribu.
tion is being arranged by the Red
Cross after the Army and Navy
declared surplus 1,250.000 units of
, the life.saving substance. This
amount represents some 100000
blood donations.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

WASHINGTON -AP- The Vet.
Grams Administration is seeking
still more hospital accommodation
today after borrowing space for
nearly 10000 persons In Army,
Navy and civilian medical install.
lations. Twenty thousand Of the
new beds will be In 3.400 private
hospitals throughout the nation:
1875 in Navy institutions and TO-.
900 in Army hospitals.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

CHICAGO ms James =. All.
man, commissioner OF police. open.
ed a personal Investigation today
OF circumstances surrounding the
arrest OF 81 strikers picketing at the
Illinois Gear and Machine Co. May.
or Edward J, Kelly ordered the in
vestigation after representatives OF
several ClO unions protested the
action as strike breaking activi-
ties"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

See STRIKES Page 3
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

TOKYO-AP- Communists are
proposing postponement of Japan's
general election for at least a
month TO allow time for truly dem.
ocratic' opposition to old.school
politicians Kyodo New Agency said
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

PARIS ms Labor Minister
Ambrose Croizst disclosed today
that three million farm and factory
workers would be imported from
OF Germany to meet Frances crit
zeal manpower needs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

CHUNGlNG -AP- Gen. George
c. Marshall, new L. s. envoy to
China. entertained at lunch today
Gen. Chou Enlai. deputy chief Of
The Chinese Communist party and
leader Of the Communist delegation
Ito the forthcoming peace and unity
conference. II was their second
meeting.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

See KIDNAPERs Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

WILMINGTON, DeL-AP-Mrs.
Fanny Christmas. said by relatives
and friends to he ia years old.
died Christmas Eve at her home.
Deputy Coroner Austin c. Caulk
disclosed in a report today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

MANILA-AP-Col. J. c. Camp.
bell commander OF the 2lst Re.
placement depot where angered sol
Ediers had protested cancellation OF
a home-bound transport sailing,
said today that three troop ships
have been assigned to carry re-
turnees home and that the depot
will be cleaned out by Dec. 81"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

NEW DELHI AP 49, United
States surplus property in India,
with a book value probably exceed
ing $500, 100000 will be sold TO the
A Indian government under an agree
Tanent reached Monday, it was an.
nounced today. one OF the, great.
est single transactions OF this ma
ture in history, the deal is intend.
ed TO prevent any dislocations OF
the Indian economy which might
have resulted II the American for.
eign liquidation commission had
continued a policy OF piecemeal
I disposal
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

DANNILLE. lll.--AP 80 James
Sloan. Jr., who as a Secret Service
man in the White House under six
presidents gave final approval to
the thousands OF visitors seeking
audiences with the Chief EXecu-
tive. is dead today Of heart dis.
, ease.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

WASHINGTON-AP - The re-
turn OF Chairman Barley tDKyD
to the capital brought renewed ef.
forts by the Pearl Harbor Commit
tee today TO find a successor to
William D. Mitchell as its counsel
Barley is head OF a subcommittee
appointed to canvass the field OF
possibilities. He was called to
Kentucky by the death OF his
mother.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

See GANGSTER -Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

TOKYO-AP Wiped out on Ba-
taan in the first dark months Of
1892, the 3lst Infantry Regiment
is going to live again. General
. Macarthur announced today the
new 3lst will he organized IN
Korea about Jan. 10 end attached
TO the Seventh Division, replacing
the homeward bound 18TH Regi-
ment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

See DEALER Page
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

HOLLYWOOD-AP-Mary Astor
of the motion pictures and Thomas
Wheelock, Chicago broker. were
honeymooning today somewhere In
Arizona. fhcy- were married the
day before Christmas. but the few
friends in attendance kept the sec.
ret until Miss Aston made the an
nouncement in telegram to her
studio.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Army Decorotes
Chinese Girl Who
Aided u. S. Flyer
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Nov. ia Chinese
girl guerrilla who assisted in the
escape of an American pilot downed
in Japanese-held territory near here
last April was decorated for bravery
today by 1t. Gen. George e. Strate-
meyer, commanding Army Air
Forces in China.
The War Department emblem for
meritorious service was pinned on
Miss Ho Jo-nei as she lay in bed,
still recovering from Japanese tor
lures inflicted on her In the motor
ious Bridge House here.
The pilot she rescued, 1t. Col.
Clyde D. Slocumb, Doerun, Ga, now
is commanding the 18th Fighter
Squadron at Hangchow.
Guerrilla forces under a woman
colonel helped Col. Slocumb to es-
cape. Miss Ho, secretary to the
guerrilla leader, was captured by
the Japanese and tortured when
she refused to disclose how he got
away.
Continued beatings and applica-
tions of the water treatment" drove
her to attempt suicide. Then she
was dragged through the streets OF
a village with face bleeding and
clothing torn.
Later she was imprisoned at
Bridge House, where she again at
tempted suicide by starvation, but
was forced to take glucose injec-
tions and drink milk. She was
freed last September after the Jap
anese surrendered.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Neither. of course, was at Pearl

Neither, of course, was at Pear
Harbor.
I'm my 10 years of experience,
have never seen two witnesses wht
were transparently more interested
in giving complete and accurate
information to a committee. Not.
withstanding that fact-notwith-
standing both of these officers possess
battle stars, ribbons and decorations
received during this war, their in
tegrity has been challenged. Their
motives have been impugned
Admiral Inglis has been charged by
the Senator from Maine with giving
false testimony to the Committee
II submit that the attacks made
have reached an all-time low in the
examination of witnesses duly sworn
to tell the truth. These officers
were good enough to battle for us
throughout this war we fought sue
cessfully. Notwithstanding Pearl
Harbor. In view of the fortnight
ness and candor they have shown
in testifying, it Is grossly unfair to
charge that these officers who were
honorable men on the field of battle
are dishonorable as witnesses before
this committee"
Richardson To Take Stand.
Although the committee has a
list of 48 witnesses, including many
prominent figures in the armed
services and civilian positions dur
ing the war, to be heard, the first
three days have been taken up en-.
tirely with the background narrative
Of Admiral Inglis and Col Thielen
Rear Admiral j. o. Richardson
who commanded the Pacific Flee,
before Admiral Husband E. Kimme
was given that assignment early ir
1941, will take the stand early this
week. Chairman Barkley said II
would be some time before Admira
Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter c
Short, the commanders in Hawai-
when the attack occurred, are called
Senator Barkley refrained from
any comment last night on develop.
ments thus far or how long the in.
quiry would last.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Brewster Now Feels
Navy Didn't PREJUDICE
HuH's Responsibility
BY the Associated Press.


Senator Berwster, Republican,
Maine. said yesterday he now
feels that the Navy did not
'prejudge" the question of
whether former Secretary of
State Hull's counterproposals
to the japanese touched off the
war.
Senator Brewster told a news
conference Friday night that a
Navy-prepared summary CIV
ing the Japanese story of the
attack on Pearl Harbor was de-
signed to show that Mr.. Hull
was mot responsible for the
war"
He made his later statement
to a reporter after a Navy De-
partment representative told
Pearl Harbor investigators yes
terday that a coded message
climb Mount Niitaka," ra-
diced from Tokyo December 5,
1941, was the signal for the at
tack two days later.
An Army Pearl Harbor board
of inquiry reported several
months ago that Mr.. Hull's &C
ton "was used as the signal to
begin the war"
Evening star., 1945-11-18
De GuuIIe'
Continued From First Page.)

government. sticking to their posi-
ton: Gen. De Gaulle or no one.
The assembly, which will meet
Monday, must decide whether tc
renew Gen. De Gaulle's mandate to
form a government, with or without
Communist participation, or te
choose a new interim president. He
was elected by the assembly last
Tuesday.
Two Factors Favor De Gaulle.
Gen. De Gaulle is expected to &C
personally before the assembly fol
a showdown. "One will see about
that Monday" he told reporters
when asked if he hoped for a quick
solution of the deadlock.
Gen. De Gaulle has two important
factors in his favor. One is his wide
personal popularity among the peo-
pie. The other is the fact that nc
other candidate has been put for
ward for the job. Efforts were ex-
pected to be continued over the
weekend to find a solution before
the assembly meets.
The Communists were reported
aroused at what they claimed was
Gen. de Gaulle's intention of giving
seven cabinet posts to the Socialists
Evening star., 1945-11-18

five to the MRP and four to the
Communists. Gen. de Gaulle, 1t hao
been predicted, would give each OF
the three parties an, equal number OF
portfolios, and it is known he offered
the Communists all posts concerned
with industrial and social matters.
In his radio address. Gen. de
Gaulle said:
II intended to distribute the min
isterial departments on the
one hand according to the aptitudes
of each and, on the other. according
to the policy that the men evidently
represent within and outside of the
party from which they come. If the
chief of a government canont pro-
ceed in that manner, what does his
position signify?"
Gen. de Gaulle continued that,
while he was willing to give the
Communists portfolios which would
govern economic and social policy
of the future government. he did
not wish to "entrust them with any
of the three levers that command
foreign policy"
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Bishop Oman Says Soviei
Should Suspect lis Allies

| By tho Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Bishop G
Bromley Oman, president of the
Federal Council Of the Churches oi
Christ in America, said today, I'll
1 were Russian, with the history
faced since its revolution. 1 would
be suspicious Of the United States
and Great Britain"
The Methodist head of the New
York area told the annual lunch
con of the Protestant Teachers As
|sociation:
Suppose you had been told you
were sharing military secrets and
then there was the atomic bomb.
I, too. would have certain suspicious.
I'VE have got to sit at the con-
ference table and not rise until some
solution Is reached"
Bishop Oman declared America
is at an IF" moment, at the point
Of choosing between selfish imperi-
alism, in which lies the certainty OF
another war. and sensible interna-
tionalism, in which lies the possibil-
ity of enduring peace"
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Matsuoka Suicide Attempt
with Poison Is Reported

BY the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Sunday, Nov. 18.-The
Army newspaper Stars and Stripes
today published report that Yosuke
Matsuoka. former Japanese foreign
minister who was credited with tax
ing Japan into the tripartite pact,
attempted to commit suicide at his
country villa at Shuenji.
The report said Matsuoka used
poison instead of the traditional
nara kiri knife or pistol. 1t attrib-
uted the death effort to his despair
at the complete failure of the pro-
gram which he helped to draft for
Japan.
Matsuoka visited Hitler and Mus
solini while hitching Japan to the
Axis. He later visited Premier
Stain at Moscow. where he nego-
-tiated the Japanese-Soviet neutral
ity pact, which Russia renounced
not long before entering the war
against Japan.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Housing Big Problem
As Legion Meets
In Chicago Today
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-American
Legionnaires swarming into Chicago
for their 9th annual national con-
vention opening tomorrow got a
first hand. personalized sample OF
veterans housing problems today.
Technically this was to be strictly
delegates convention. without the
prewar commotion Of uncounted
thousands of unofficial skylarking
legionnaire visitors. But even the
more or less Official assembly
numbered nearly 10000 and there
were only some 5000 hotel rooms
definitely reserved.
The 2,031 delegates, an equa,
number of alternates, officials, stats
distinguished visitors, Congressiona,
Medal Of Honor winners invited Il
attend and the press and radio
representatives made up the ofIicia
contingent. Doubling up in Til
scarce rooms was the accepted
practice.
Alternates Won't Stay Home.
Numerous state departments o.
the Legion urged their delegate.
alternates to stay home but con.
vention officials said this precau.
ton was much easier to sugges
than to enforce.
AS for the officially uninvitee
legionnaires - always welcome il
prewar convention days-they facet
the well neigh impossible job of find
ing hotel room without Legior
assistance, or of hunting up a cou
sin, an old school chum or som,
other friend who lives here, in hope
of finding bed
National Adjutant Don Glasscof
estimated that perhaps $4,000 lie
gionnaires would drive into Chicag,
for the convention from nearb,
areas in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana
Michigan and Iowa. They aren'
officially invited and Legion official
said helplessly that if they sta,
overnight 'its simply up to them t,
find their own place to bunk"
| Crowded to Capacity.
The reason for the housing jar
of course, is the comparatively shol
time since Government travel an
convention restrictions have bee
lifted and that Chicago, as a resul
virtually loaded" to capacity wit
all manner of other conventions an
similar meetings.
Committees, meantime, continue
their study Of resolutions to be pre-
posed to the convention on tn
veteran housing situation, univel
sal military training, employmen
veterans job seniority. unihcation {
the armed forces, and a sheaf {
measures bearing on veterans bene
fits. disqualification. rehabilitatio
and the Veterans Administration
| Admiral Ernest ]. King, Com
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Heoring Set Tomorrow
lon Nurse REGULATION

The Commissioners will hold q
hearing at 10 am. tomorrow on a
proposed bill regulating nursing in
the District.
It would provide for examinat ton.
licensing and regulation Of regis
tered and vocational nurses and set
up a board of nurse examiners, the
lpowers and duties of which would
be defined. Disciplinary clauses also
are provided.
No provision in the bill, however,
would be construed as prohibiting
"gratuitous nursing by friends and
members of the family" it is stated
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Hannegan Says COP
Uses Probe in Effort
To. Smear Roosevelt
Bs the Associated Press,

FRENCH LICK, Ind, Nov. 81
Democratic National Chairman
Robert e. Hannegan today accused
the Republican opposition of at
tempting to use the Pearl Harbor
investigation to smear Roosevelt" :"
He called 1t tactic of despera-
ton by party without a program
In an address before the Indiana
Democratic Editorial Association,
Mr.. Hannegan described attempts
by Republicans on the Pearl Harbor
Investigating Committee to search
the personal files of President
Roosevelt as a political fishing ex-
pedition," and added:
II expect them in their bitterness
and their complete lack of a pro-
gram of their own, to carry on this
desperate search for political
smudgepot, a muck rake and some
way of making their accusations
and innuendoes stick where they
are trying to plaster them-on our
country's great and honored dead"
Mr.. Hannegan said the answer to
all this can be supplied by "the man
in the street." who will tell you
that the Republican party has not
once offered positive constructive
program for America in the past 20
years"
When a political party lacks a
program of its own," Mr.. Hannegan
said, there is not much else for it
to do than attempt to discredit the
opposition. When that doesn't work
and it hasn't worked in four ma
tional elections-the party Is left
in pretty desperate plight"
Mr.. Hannegan asserted the House
group headed by Representative
Halleck, Republican, of Maryland,
which has been working on ''be-
tween elections" party program, has
been split over whether to follow
what Mr.. Hannegan called Mr..
Hallecks "old-fashioned conservat-
ism" or to indorse in principle the
program proposed by president
Truman.
He said President Truman's rela-
tionships with Congress are strong
er today than ever" He asserted
that those people who are saying
the honeymoon is over" are mem
bers of the opposition who thought
they saw a chance to play on this
relationship to further their own
political purpose to force America
back into the ways Of reaction
="
when these people failed to get
what they were after" he added,
they began declaring the honey
moon is over!"
Mr.. Hannegan said the people will
recognize that kind of legislative
blackmail for what 1t Is" when they
60 to the polls next year.