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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
School Board
Votes toSen
Building

Ypsilanti will soon have one less
school as result OF action taken
Monday night by members OF the
board OF education which approved
sale OF Hillcrest TO Frank l.. Bevier
for $3.50.
He is to remove the building and
fill in the excavation, providing
bond for satisfactory completion
of the work.
Seven bids for the school were
submitted ranging from $685. to the
amount OF Mr.. Bevier's bid.
Hillcrest School is located on
Ecorse Rd. and is OF temporary con-
struction.
Study Survey
At the same meeting school board
members studied building value
survey made by r. S. Gerganon pre-
paratory to setting up a new insur'
ance program. 1t was decided to
invite appraisers from various in
surance companies to consult with
school officials before a definite
arrangement is decided.
To Make Plans
An offer by Mr.. Gerganoff for
preparation of plans for a proposed
new industrial building was &C.
cepted on a five per cent OF cost
basis and it was decided to seek
from the state definite ALLEGATION
Of funds to help defray expense OF
planning. The proposed building
would be part Of the school dis
trict's post war plans.
To Increase Room
The board approved plans for
removal of a partition in Prospect
School to provide room for another
grade. thus making it possible for
all children in that area to attend
Prospect. 1t is believed that next
year there will be a different divi-
sion Of students so that it will be
possible to have all former Hill
crest pupils attend Woodruff. At
present Prospect sixth graders go
to Woodruff School and Hillcrest
pupils to Prospect.
Consideration was given proposal
for charging the stage Of the Ypsi-
lanti High School auditorium.
Rep. Joseph +. Warner Is TO be
asked to use his influence to change
a bill in the state legislature which
would reduce the amount OF tuition
which can be charged TO non-resi.
dent students.
1t was decided to pay to Mrs.
Roland Schafer, Mr.. Schafer's
salary to the end OF the year plus
so days accrued sick leave.
Report OF the salary committee
IS TO be submitted 10 the board next
Monday at a $50 p. m. dinner In
the home economics department OF
the high school.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan: Increasing clou-
diness and not so cold tonight
Wednesday mostly cloudy with
light showers in north portion.
Highest temperature yesterday
so: lowest 80.
Highest temperature one year
ago today 80: lowest %.
Highest temperature this date
in last Is years, 60 in 1918; lowest
: in 1896. $780,.
The sun sets today at 7:36 and
rises Wednesday at 7:45 a. m.
The moon sets today at 7:0S p. m.
and rises Wednesday at 20 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
Allies Retake
Airfields i'm
China


Allied troops have recsptured
two strategic airfields in China and
the Philippines to offer new threats
today TO Formosa and Borneo as
American marines neared the mop
up state in their conquest Of Two
Jima. air base island $50 miles
from Tokyo.
Counterattacking Chinese over
ran Suichwan in southeast China
and pursued Withdrawing japanese
toward two other former L. s.
flying fields in China. Suichwan
is 400 miles east of Formosa. clos
er than Clark Field in the Philip
pines from which bombers daily
raid the island
Take Airdrome
Forty-first division infantrymen
in the second day OF the newest
Philippines invasion. seized Fam
boanga and nearby San Rogue air.
drome. The field is the third
American flying base on southwest
ern Mindanao Island and the first
large enough TO send bombers
against oil-rich Borneo, 200 miles
to the southwest.
Superforts. the big guns in the
air war against Japan, damaged
seven war plants IN yesterdays in
cendiary raid on Nagoya. II was dis
closed by reconnaissance photo.
graphs taken as 10 fires still blazed
in the industrial area. Heaviest
damage was suffered by Aichi air
crafts Eitokyo plant, one of many
in Nagoya. which produces nearly
half OF Japan's warplanes. II was
about Is per cent knocked out.
Mop up Coast
Third and Fourth marine divis-
ions were reported hopping up the
east coast OF rocky Two lima while
II
ed the determined enemy's narrow
hold on the northern tip Of the is.
land.
Tokyo radio acknowledged ia
panese were meeting continued re-
sistance in northern Indo-China
This Is the area in which the
French garrison was stationed.
These troops, originally told by the
Vichy government to cooperate
with the Japanese. have been in
structed by the Free French in
Paris to resist the Nipponese at
tempt to take over the entire col
only.
Japanese, fearing an impending
invasion of the China coast, were
reported TO have ordered 1000, 600
Chinese to evacuate Shanghai.
Prominent Chinese residents sug
gested it be declared an open city.
Nearly 900 miles to the south
west, Chinese columns moved into
Suichwan in Kiangsi province as
Japanese withdrew toward Kanh-
sien, another former |. >. l4tn AIT
Force base. Other Chinese col
umns recaptured Luicheng, 400
miles southwest OF Suichwsn, and
II miles from Liuchow. Liuchow
is another former L. s. airbase.
Tanks led 41st division infantry
men in rolling over well-prepared
but poorly defended positions
around Zamboanga. Mortars and
machine guns were the most effec.
tive Japanese weapons. No tight
was mentioned for the big San
ROGUE airdrome. the second 10 be
captured. 4 third was butt by
guerrillas who control most OF Min
danao Island, second largest in the
Philippines.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
Flashes of
Late News

WASHlNGTON-INS - Despite
official White House denial, the
Budget Bureau was disclosed TO.
day to be basing its appropriation
requests for the next fiscal year Oh
the assumption that the war in
Europe will be over by July !.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
Keep Halt Year

Lansing, Mar. 10 AP 49, The
house OF representatives Monday
night defeated the Eaton bill. which
sought to abolish half-year license
plates for passenger automobiles.
The measure received only 25
votes. to 81 against It, after Rep.
r. Jefferson Hoxie. st. Louis Re-
publican. said it would save no
money. that it was designed for
depression days. and that it might
be needed again IL there is a post
war recession.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
AUCTION CALENDAR

FRIDAY. MARCH 10 IL o'clock.
3tt2 mites East Of Saline to State
Street Road. then North "a mile
to Textile 3D., then East mile.
or 5 miles South OF Ann Arbor
on State Street Rd. to Textile
then mile East. known as the
Hall farm. (SsIe includes SO head
OF eattle). Harold :. Kaiser, Pro-
prietor; Guy 2. Thompson, Aue-
tioneer; Ben Simons, Clerk.
ADJ 3l5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
Spring housekeeping

Ceilings. Windows. Walls Washed.
Drop a card 10 Gustav Sherman.
Willow Lodge. Adv. 3iiSs
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13


Lansing, Mar. 13-AP-The legis'
latures efforts to require the en-
tire state to adopt Central War
(slow) time were in new snarl
today, with prospects Of worse con-
fusion in the immediate offing.
A number of cities have indicat.
ed intention to disregard a new
state law declaring slow time the
only legal standard in Michigan,
effective at midnight Saturday, and
this capital city will be among
them.
Mayor Ralph w. Gregg announc'
ed he was vetoing a resolution the
Lansing city council adopted last
night seeking to return Lansing 70
slow time. He suggested the issue
be subjected to the voters in the
April 2 election.
The upshot is that while the rest
OF the city will remain on Eastern
War (fasD time. state Offices To-
Gated here as well as elsewhere
probably will have to operate on
slow time. unless they get a dis
pensation from tie legislature.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

PARIS-lNS- Another plot
to assassinate Hitler has been
uncovered at Finster~ alde,
Prussia, the Moscow radio re-
ported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

MONDAY. March 1e-i2:oo o'clock.
One mile south, one mile west,
mile south Milan, or 2 miles
east. miles north OF Cone, on
what is known as the Floyd
Lewis Farm. (Sale Includes all
practically new farm machinery.
Kip Vermett, Proprietor, Guy =.
Thompson. Auctioneer, Ben
Strons, Clerk. =Adv-3 lzS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

WEDNESDAY. MARCH p, o.
clock. location miles northwest
Of Milan. or 4 miles southeast Of
Saline. on what is known as the
Wirt-Le5aron farm. Milan and
Saline Road. Cattle, horses, brood
sows, farm machinery. Bruce
Le6ARoN. Prop. Guy =. Thomp-
son, huet. Ben Smons. clerk.
ADV. SOS
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

WASHINGTON - AP - Issues
in dispute between the United
Automobile workero CCIO) and sev.
en- divisions Of the Bendix Aviation
Corp. were up for hearing today by
a National LABOR Board panel.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

LONDON -lNS- British Of
ficiaIs announced today that
the guard around the 6unga-
low in which Rudolf. Hess, eS-
deputy Nazi Fuerher. is being
held. has been increased FOL
lowing the escape OF 20 German
prisoners. Twenty-Five of the
escapes still are at large.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
Bataan live Downs
One Bobby Soxer

San Francisco, Mar. 10 APP
Bobby.sox girls-the first they had
gathered around liberated
heroes OF Bataan and Corregidor.
One girl started jive.talking 10
Cpl. Marshal Stoutenburg OF Kei-
ly's Corner. ~ Y. He was baffled,
but he retorted
This is wonderful-Toxang yas.
anne scocie shigOto."
The bobby.soxer retired In con.
fusion.
Wen call 1t draw laughed
Cpl. Bill Peterson OF Lake Park.
Iowa. All Marsh told her was
Lots OF rest and no work'-in Nip.
REWARD for information for re.
covery OF girls black bicycle with
A.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

WASHINGTON - AP - Issues
in dispute between the United
Automobile workers CCIO) and sew
EN- divisions of the Bendix Aviation
Corp. were up for hearing today by
a National LABOR Board panel.
LONDON -lNS- British Of.
fcials announced today that
the guard around the 5unga-
low in which Rudolf. Hess, ex-
deputy Nazi FueFher. is being
held. has been increased tol-
lowing the escape Of 20 German
prisoners. Twenty-Five of the
escapes still are at large.
CHICAGO-INS- Capt. Douglas
McConnohie. now attached to the
Chicago Chemical Warfare Service
Procurement District. expressed
high praise today of the efficacy Of
the dreaded new white fire NOR
tar or "goon gun which he said
had cremated Germans in their fox
holes and brought victories that
otherwise would not have been
won.
DETROIT-AP-H. w. Anderson.
vice president in charge Of person
mel. General Motors Corp. testify
ing before the Senate War lnvesti-
II H.
ed as untrue and wholly inbound
ed" labor charge that industry is
trying to use the war period as a
means to weaken unions. speaking
as an official OF General Motors
Corp. he said. 81 want to say that
such charge is untrue and wholly
unfounded in fact. both as 1t applies
to our present policies and our post
war thinking
LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wynn, actor son OF comedian I'd
Wynn. today was suing for $SOOOO
damages for serious injuries he re-
ceived in traffic accident last
Sunday. Defendant in the action
was Mrs. Werner B. Maloney, into
whose car Wynn crashed with his
motorcycle when she allegedly
made a u turn on Sunset Boule7ard
in Beverly Hills.
BONN, Germany-AP-The Ger
mans fled in such confusion that
they forgot little matter of S.00O,-
900 marshall. the funds in the
banks and city treasury OF this
Rhine city. They also abandoned
large food stores in warehouses.
Many home owners had stocked
their shelves with bountiful sup
plies.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.-AP 49, The
main part of seven-mile private
levee in Dyer County. Tennessee,
continued to hold back the swollen
Mississippi today while just to the
south tons of water poured through
3OO-foot break that occurred Sat
urday. The flood waters have in
undated 10000 acres of rich farm
land and driven 200 families from
their homes. Convict labor sand
bagged the feNee and engineers
hoped for the best.
WASHINGTON-AP- From 100
tons of Japanese documents seized
in a New York warehouse have
come some of the principal leads 10
key industrial targets in the air
war on Nippon. This was dis
closed in House Appropriation Com
mittee testimony made public to-
day. Assistant Attorney General
Herbert Wechsler testified that
data cleaned from the secret file
Of such Japanese business firms as
the Mitsui and Mitsubishi trading
companies with New York Offices,
were utilized to build models to
familiarize bomber pilots with the
enemys chief war production IA
Cilities.
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan: Increasing clou-
diness and not so cold tonight.
Wednesday mostly cloudy with
light showers in north norton
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13
Congress Today

by A,-oclated rres,)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

BONN. Germany-AP-The Ger
mans fled in such confusion that
they forgot a little matter of S.OO0,-
900 marshall. the funds In the
banks and city treasury of this
Rhine city. They also abandoned
large food stores in warehouses.
Many home owners had stocked
their shelves with bountiful sup
plies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-13

Speed Victory
Buy More Bonds
Salvage Paper
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-20
F rt Mckinley Captured,
Corregidor Fired, Blasted

,hrower spurted into the mouth Of
famed Malinta tunnel, making it
hot for the Japanese, Hutcheson re-
ported.
He described one of the japanese
''banzai'' charges, in which more
than 100 of the enemy ran scream
ing to death against American
Doughboy fire.
Troops of the 146th Infantry Regi-
ment, who recovered the bodies
from the de La Sale college Satur-
day, also released some 1000 patti
ents, doctors, nurses and refugees
from the nearby Philippines gen.
eral hospital. These included about
100 Americans.
Other troops of Maj. Gen. Oscar
W. Griswold's 18th Corps waited
the order to storm the walls of the
1ntramuros. Griswold, who has
appealed to the trapped enemy to
free the thousands of civilians, said
his military judgment was "to
raze that Japanese stronghold.
MacArthur's communique report.
ed SHARP patrol clashes in the
Sierra Madre mountains, northeas S,
of Manila, and the destruction of
an enemy troop convoy near Mari
kina.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-20
FIRMS WILL OFFER
FREEZING SERVICE

To provide individual farmers
and others in this area with mod.
ern and efficient cold storage
space, two new quick freeze units
are expected to be installed Ia
Wilmington soon, according to [.
w. Preston, manager of the Will
mington Cold Storage Co., and
Earl Sneeden, of Sneeden-York,
Cop cold storage contractors and
engineers.
The units will consist Of indivi.
dual lockers, to provide personal
storage space for the farmer and
others who wish to freeze produce,
R. W. Galphin, County farm agent
said. The quick-freeze lockers will
be the only ones of their kind In
this area, Galphin added.
One unit is planned to be located
on North Fifth street, near the
water works, it was learned. This
plant will be constructed by the
Sneeden-York Co, and will con.
tain a curing room for meat,
Sneeden said. The building will
house 500 lockers. so per cent Of
which will be rented to farmers,
and the remainder to anyone who
desires storage room. The lockers
will contain about five and one
half cubic feet of space, and win
rent for $3.50 and SIS year.
Use of quick-freeze lockers h T. 3
been nationally adopted, Sneeden
said, and is encouraged by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
as it provides Inefficient and IL
year round means of storing pro.
duce. Before permission can be
obtained to construct the quick
freeze lockers, 300 must be sold in
advance, Sneeden said.
A second unit of quick-freeze
lockers will be built in the Will
mington Cold Storage Co., accord
ing to Preston. Approximately 200
lockers are on order from h Q
Frick- Nickerbofker Co.. he added,
and are expected to be delivered
sometime in March. These lockers
will be Is inches tall, 20 inches
wide and 80 inches deep. 1t was
stated. Preston said rationing has
made some people desirious of
having individual food reserves on
hand, and the lockers will provide
for them an adequate means OF
storage. The lockers will rent tor
three dollars for period of three
months, and $40 year, he said.
Helping to carry out the quick.
freeze locker program in this
area, besides those mentioned
above, are the Wilmington Cham.
Der of Commerce and the Bruins.
wick founty farm agent, 1t was
learned.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-20
HALSEY PREDICTS
JAP PEACE MOVES
Continued from Page One)

negotiate that final peace with
the Mikado or whom?"
1T won't make any difference"
Halsey said. There ought not be
any Mikado when this thing is ov-
err"
He assayed the naval-air attack
against Tokyo this way:
LAS far as I can see, this is
another magnificent show of the
United States Navy against t h e
rapidly deteriorating ex-Japanese
navy"
Nor did he think any more than
that of the Japanese air fleet.
THE quality of the japanese
pilot is deteriorating all the time"
Halsey said.
1--WE hear stories OF production
and new planes. But when they
have come out recently they
brought out rag-tag, bob-tail lot
of planes.
New planes? Oh, yes, they
have 'em-but we shoot 'em down
just like the others; they burn just
as nicely as the old ones"
And then, at another point where
the discussion involved destruc-
ton of surface craft and enemy
naval personnel:
''They drown just as easily as
they burn"
Halsey believes the battle o
Two Jima on which American Ma
rines landed this morning will b.
pretty tough" but not as tough
as the costly landing at Taraw;
in the Gilberts in 1943 - View
learned a lot since Tarawa.
Asked why he was in Washing
ton, Halsey replied he was her
under orders of Admiral King.
ernest J. King, commander-in
chief of the Fleet.)
A reporter asked Halsey if h
thought General Macarthur
fleet would get to Tokyo first?"
The admiral grinned and an
swered:
"We're going there together"
Then, seriously, he added:
"He's a very fine man. ] have
worked under him for over tw'
years and have the greatest ad
miration and respect for him.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-20
Americans Freed
From Prisons By Reds

MOSCOW, Feb. 19.-P)-Many
United States officers and men
have been liberated from German
prison camps by the Red Army Of
fensive and measures for their
repatriation now are being taken
in cooperation with the Soviet gov
eminent, Maj. Gen. j. Russell
Deane announced today.
Deene, chief of the U. S. Mill.
tary Mission in Moscow, said he
had .rdered an Army detachment,
including a medical officer, to pro-
coed to Lublin where some of the
American prisoners already have
assembled. Other groups of pris-
oners are known to be sheltered in
Praga, suburb of Warsaw, and
farther west.
Two hundred to four-hundred Of
ficers, the majority of whom gain
ed their liberty in the confusion
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-20
BYRNES DEGREES
NIGHT CLUB BAN
Continued from Page One)

CONTINUED from rage Oue)
reduction, the advertising lighting
'brownout," the nationwide cam
paign for lower temperatures in
homes and offices-did not appear
''to suffice in view Of the coal
shortage"
A sample of how tn e curfew
may be enforced was offered ear
lier in the day when the WPB
ordered electric service to II local
business firms shut off for failure
to comply with 'brownout" regu-
lations.
Byrnes decreed a midnight cur
few after being advised by WPB
that industrial coal stocks on hand
are inadequate.
"Unfavorable weather condi-
tons and possible spring floods
render the coal situation even
more serious than a few weeks
ago. he said.
1.-THE closing of places of enter
tainment at midnight should i'm
pose no real hardships, and am
conviced our people at home will
gladly comply with this request in
view of the fact that in the period
just ahead of us those in the arm
ed services will be making great
err sacrifices than ever before"
The curfew will have little ap-
parent affect on sports arenas and
theaters since boxing bouts, bas-
and plays normally end before
ketball and hockey games, movies
forced to shut down at IL.
It was expected that night clubs,
road houses and bars will be hard
est hit since many Of them do
their best business around mid
night or later.
Earlier in the day the WPB had
invoked a 8-hour ban on use OF
gas in amusement places in the
seven-state Appalachian area to
ease the shortage crisis and keep
war plants running. n
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-20
Obituaries
ROBERT EARL HEWETT

Funeral services for Robert Earl
Hewett, 10, of 1921 North Fourth
street, who died Sunday at James
Walker Memorial hospital, will be
held at p. m. today at the chapel
of Andrews mortuary by the Rev.
I. D. Dickens and Mrs. W. T. De-
Vane. Burial will be in Oakdale
cemetery.
Survivors are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dave Hewett, five Sis
tiers, Miss Katheleen Hewett, Miss
Sadie Hewett, Miss Winford Hew.
EFT, and Mrs. Pauline Bryant, all
of Wilmington, and two brothers
Lester Hewett and Walter Hewett
both serving in the u. S. Army.
PaIbearers will be Troy Messer
David Medlin, Grin Luther, 0. H
Keasey, Claude Wright and Clar
ence McCloskey.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-20
Wilmington Soldiers Watch Reds
Engage Nazis Along Oder Riuer
AN EIGHTH AIR ORC E

AN. EIGHTH AIR FORC
FIGHTER STATION, England
Sweeping low to hammer Nazi raj
lines on a recent mission to Der
lin, Captain James R. Starnes, 20
and First Lieutenant George T.
Rich, "a, both of Wilmington, N. c.,
and other Eighth Air Force Psi
Mustang pilots in the 339th Fighter
group commanded by Colonel John
B. Henry, Jr., of San Antonio, Tex,
were among the first Americans to
witness the tremendous Russo
German artillery duel along the
River Oder, some IS miles north
east of the German capital.
Capt. Starnes, a member OF the
squadron led by 1t. Col. Joseph
L. Thury, St. Paul, Mimi, report
ed intense activity on both sides
OF the river. The Russian assault
apparently was the heavier, since
the largest fires and thickest smoke
were observed on the German-held
west banks of the Oder.
The squadron also saw long, dou-
BILE files of refugees in mass ex-
odus from the German capital.
Many were pushing baby carriages
or pulling small carts and wagons,
1t. Rich said.
Col. Thury's squadron destroyed
SIX locomotives, and destroyed or
damaged so heavy trucks which
were loaded on flat cars moving
toward the eastern front. The
squadron also damaged more than
LOO freight cars, battered about
70 Hat cars, and hit two switch
houses. Upon withdrawal from the
area, some of the pilots said Ber-
lin, itself, was in flames from the
pounding given it by nearly 1000
Flying Fortresses.
Capt. Starnes is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. W. E. Starnes, Route 2,
Wilmington. 1t Rich's mother, Mrs.
Mary l. Rich, lives at 314 South
4th street. Both pilots are gradu-
ates OF New Hanover High School.