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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Problems to
be Studied

Various agencies and groups in
terested in serving the Willow Run
War Housing area Friday decided
that each OF the groups represent
I'D at the meeting should submit
n written report. A committee was
appointed to study these reports
when submitted and bring their
findings and alalysis to later
meeting at which. Alfred Fauri
state Department OF Social Wei
fare. Lansing. will he invited To
consult with them on people who
have not established residence here
and are In need OF aid.
1t is expected that such cases
will increase as the war effort la
pcrs Off. and the Washtenaw Coun-
~ agencies are concerned in find
inE a humane method OF handling
them without becoming financially
embarrassed
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
The vast and growing battle
which is raging across the rugged.
snow-covered terrain OF the Eel
gian bulge is the test OF General
Eisenhower's belief. as voiced in
his historic order of the day to his
armies after the German counter.
Offensive started, that by rush
ing out from his fixed defenses the
enemy may give Us the chance TO
turn his great gamble into his
worst defeat
The conflict still is young and
its precise developments are un.
practicable, but we can see the
broad possibilities. SO let's set
the facts down here, starting brief.
~ with the circumstance which
precipitated Nazi Marshal Won
Rundstedts gamble.
Was Unhappy
Prior to December Is Won Rund
stedt was unhappy in the defense
OF his Rhineland Notifications. The
Allies were steadily crowding in
and he was losing many men and
much materiel in the war OF attri-
ton. Eisenhower was getting set
TO launch an all-out assault which
would force Won Rundstedt TO fight
a decisive battle on the Cologne
plane The German fo-csaw a
disastrous defeat for his arms.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Ann ArbOr BOmbardier Finds
Four Leafed Glover Useful

pulled from his wallet an encased
four leaf clover and dropped It on
his lap as the plane started down
The bono run.
FLAX Knocked out the number
two and four engines at the tar.
get, punctured one tire, and dam.
aged the controls. After two pro.
pellers had been feathered, Lieu.
tenant Craven took another look
al the four leaf clover before him
and concentrated on his bomb re.
lease. He laid down a perfect
bomb pattern on the target, then
turning for home the Fortress
rapidly began losing altitude.
Crew members dropped the ball
turrct tightening the load but stll
the battered BIZ fell behind. still
losing altitude. The plane reached
the French coast at 5000 feet and
was hot again by anti.aircraft fire.
Then the pilot changed course for
Corsica, hoping for an emergency
landing.
At Corsica the pilot circled the
field until nearly out 81 gas. wait
ing for glider troops participating
in the invasion TO takc-off. Finally
IN desperation he dropped down.
blew a tire hitting the runway. and
crashed at the end of the field.
All crew members escaped in
Jury and later while recuperating
in a barracks near the airaeld.
one asked Lieutenant Craven why
he kept looking at the four leaf
clover going over the target. and
Craven replied. My brother sent
1t To me from home. always car.
ny 1t on mission. and when things
get rough, | keep looking at that
clover leaf and wishing | was back
Their where II was grown
Lieutenant Craven was gradual
ed from Ann Arbor High in 1910
and was student at the Universe
ty OF Michigan ut the time OF en-
try into the AAF in August 1872.
The Ann Arbor bombardier won
his wings and commission in Feb
ruary 1874 at San Angelo. Texas.
He Las been awarded the Air Med
al with three oak leaf clusters for
meritorioul achievement in sus.
tanned flight against the enemy"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Eisenhower Hopes to Turn German
Breakthrough Into Defeat

able material to bolster home NOR.
al and impress foreign peoples.
! However, the Nazi commander
thus far has been unable 10 break
through TO Liege. Had he done 50
II would have been an Allied catas-
trophc. Not only has he failed in
this but he has been stopped and
,hrovn back al many points about
the perimeter OF the bulge.
Danger Not Past
This doesn't mean. though. that
al danger OF Greman break
through OF the perimcter is past
kan Rundstedt still may have an.
other fling az this ambitious pro
feet. or he may develop tho new
offensive which he has started in
the Bitche sectory OF the Allied
southern flank
The Sazi marshal has two other
courses. One is 10 stand and fight
within the bulge. which may be-
come a ring Of death. The other is
to try 10 withdraw his men and
tfmor back MO his Rhinoland d..
fcrsev
It's not unlikely that EisenhoV
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

Fifteenth AAFln Italy On Octo.
Der :. 1914. Second Lieutenant
Jack l.. Craven, %, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack n. Craven, 1913 MoLt-
clair Ave, Ann Arbor, Mich. flew
his 50ti daylight bombing mission
in the Mediterranean Theater as
bombardier of an Italy based ljtn
AAF BIZ Flying Fortress.
The mission was to the heavily
defended, German-controlled, oil
rehneries at Vienna, Austria. Graz.
vel flew his first combat mission,
July Q, 1874, over Poesti, Rumania.
at time when the oil refneries
there were hotbed OF flax and
German fighters.
His toughest mission was on Au-
gust Is, 1914, the day Allied infan-
try landed on the southern coast
OF France, and Lieutenant Craven
Italy based 18th AAF BIZ Flying
Fortress group attacked a bridge
at NalenCe, on the Rhone River,
over which German troops were
retreating.
The Forts were bombing from
$1,000 feet, extremely low altitude
FOR heavy bombers. and Craven
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
"A. Gersabeck
War Victim

Capt. Arthur Gersabeck was
killed in action IN Belgium Dec
IS, according to a telegram re.
cieved from the War Department
by his father. Robert Gersabeck,
ll05 +. Michigan Ave, this morn.
ing Three days ago Mr. Gersabeck
had received notice that his son
had been severely wounded on that
date.
Capt. Gersabeck was born April
II. 1906 in Detroit, where he spent
all the early years Of his lie. com.
ing to Ypsilanr with his parents in
1922. when they moved to the home
on Michigan Ave.
He was graduated from the Ypsl.
lsnti High School and the Michigan
State Normal College. He received
the degree OF MD. from the Uni.
yersity OF Michigan in 1898 and in
termed at West Suburban Hospital.
OAK Park, H.. going from there to
McComas, West Virginia. where he
practiced medicine until he vas
commissioned as first lieutenant in
the Medical Corps in April. 1882 He
was promoted to captain year
later.
He was stationed at Camp For.
rest. Tenn, until December 1913
when he was sent overseas.
Capt GersabeCk was the son OF
Robert and Amanda Adiska Gersa-
beck. His mother preceded him in
death in November, 1892. lie is
survived by his father, several
aunts. uncles and cousins.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
No Meeting
Says Senate

Washington. Jan. GINS. Sen
ate leaders today tentatively turned
thumbs down on proposals for adop-
ton of resolution calling for a
United Nations council and stat
ing American peace aims.
The attitude OF Administration
leaders, conveyed to young Turk"
senators in conference, Is that no
action should be taken until the
big three "-President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill and Mar
shall Stalin-have held their confer
ence.
With the Big Three meeting
expected some time in February.
Administration leaders also indi-
Gated that they win discourage full
dress debate which might result in
stirring dissension among the Unit
ed Nations.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
BELGIAN BULGE TEST OF TWO GENERALS

er would prefer that his enemy
fight 81 out in the Bulge, especial
~ since Won Ruudstcdt appears TO
have committed much Of his re-
serve to this operation. This would
give the Allied commander his best
chance OF annihilating much OF the
German force.
Position Dangerous
Won Rundstcdts position within
the bulge is dangerous Communi-
cations in this area are bad. and
h. must rely mainly on one high-
way He is being attacked from
many directions. and General Pat
tons hold on the bastogne salient
g. a prime menace to the German.
Furthermore his route OF retreat is
narrow and is being delugcd with
Alliee bombs.
II Eisenhower smashes Won
Runstcdt in the bulge, the Allies
will have achieved what they
hoped 10 do In their disrupted win.
ter offensive II the Nazis retreat
they will have gained time but
their chances on the Cologne plain
will be worse than before their
counter offensive. The conclusion
Is that while Won Bundstedt still
may do much damage. hts success
is a passing one that will leave him
n the red.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

ard this would let the Allies into
the industrial Rhineland- OF
Litlerdoms war industries.
So Won Rundstedt launched his
surprise counterblow. His pur-
poses were (l) TO throw Eisenhow.
er's projected offensive entirely
out Of gear and so gain much time.
~ TO force the Allies back from
the strategic Tachen sector and
thus remove the threat to the Coz
ogne plain approach. and 60 10
try to capture the. big Allied Com
munications center OF Liege and
perhaps the vital supply port Of
Antwerp.
Gains Time
Well. Won Rundstcdt drove INTO
the Allied line and created the
huge salient which will 20 down IN
history as the Belgian Bulge. He
also has forced the Allied line
back from the industrial Saar re-
gion TO the south. He has achieved
his object Of disrupting Eisenhox-
er's offensive and 50 % gaining
time lie has provided The Nazi
propaganda machine with invalu-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Schools to Find
Salvage Material

Lansing, Jan. 6-AP-Dr. Eu-
gene B. Elliott state superinten-
dent of public instruction, today ad-
yised school officials who desire
available surplus and salvage equip
ment and supplies from the Army
that they must find these items
themselves.
Elliott said the Army does not
furnish list OF such equipment. and
that schools should locate It at
some specific post, camp. flying
field, manufacturing plant. or
through a disposal agency.
Schools. he said. are eligible to
receive almost any item OF surplus
or salvage material, and have a
very high priority" on many items
schools will have to pay only
freight charges, he said. Salvage
materials must be paid for, he
said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Wards Waits
Court Action

Chicago. Jan G AP Montgom-
cry ward and Company charging
the Army threatened the immcdi-
ate draft Of its employees who re.
fused 10 obey commands after gov.
eminent seizure OF its properties In
seven cities. today awaited court
action Monday in its fight 10 re
gain control OF its facilities.
Terming the presidential seizure
order Of Dec. - unlawful" the
company filed In L. S. District court
yesterday an answer, with Il aft
dayits. TO the government pcti.
ton FOR a declaratory judgment NJ
holding legality OF the seizure and
an injunction against the mail or.
der house from interfering with
the Army.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

Each township OF Washtenaw
County must vote on supervisor,
clerk. treasurer, two justices of
the peace, two members OF boards
o, review. and four constables In
the spring election. The candidates
for these offices are usually decided
in party caucus which must be held
at least twenty days prior TO the
spring election. In the larger town.
ships. however, such as Ypsilanti,
the candidates are decided by a
primary election held February 10.
All petitions for candidacy for
township officers in these few large
townships must be on file with
the township clerk on or before
January so.
No petitions are as yet on file
with the Ypsilanti township clerk,
but It is expected that all present
officers will file as candidates for
nomination. II will be- necessary
for the voters 10 decide on which
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Nazis Threaten Strasbourg
AfterLunge Across Rhine;
Montgomery Opening Drive
Att cksMade
on Fl Mile
Front

The L. S. Seventh Army has
blunted the second big German
counter.offensiye this one aiming
at the vital Saverne Gap In east
crn France, In the north Field Mar
shall Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery
sent British aud Americans under
his command into a concerted drive
today along a 2l-mile front against
the northern flank OF Fieid Marshal
Won Itundstedts Belgian bulge.
Tile German push in the south,
which carried - miles through the
northern Vosges in five days south
OF Bitche. Maginot fortress city, ran
into stiff resistance at the deepest
point OF its penetration, IL miles
from Sayerne and the Saverne gap.
But the Germans sent troops across
the Rhine in battalion strength
nine miles north OF Strasbourg.
posing a threat to that important
French Rhine city.
MOntgomery's forces in the Ar
dennes sector gained "a miles
against Won RundstedtS northern
flank, but L. S. First Army forces
driving south from the Grandmenil
area toward Bastogne were slowed
ny bad Gather and increasing Ger.
man resistance.
Third Army Yields
The l.. S. Third Army fighting on
the southern flank In the Bastogne
sector yielded two miles in the
Michamps area northeast OF the
city under pressure OF at least 81
counterattacks in two days. Anoth-
or mile was given up around War
din, three miles southeau OF BaF-
togne. The Withdrawals we're de-
scribed as orderly line.shortening
operations on the narrow waist OF
the salient.
Despite the weather, RAF planes
hit enemy troop and armor concen-
trations In and around HouffaliSe
road hub ten miles northeast ot
Bastogne. during the night. This Is
the are which front dispatches havo
described as n likely arena for the
great battle OF the west
Attack Germany
A great fleet OF L. S. Flying Fort
resses and Liberatofs assaulted
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
The Good Old Days
Veteran Rural Carrier to
Observe Anniversary Today

Today is a day OF special interest
at the local Post ONCE as 1t is
Just - years ago today that Waldo
T.. Wardlc. veteran rural carrier.
entered the service.
A. that time William Lister was
postmaster and Paul Bombenek.
assistant postmaster. Mrs. Helen
Hewitt. Mrs. Emma Randall and
Miss Maude Carpenter were the
clerks.
There we're six rural routes and
the carriers were. X. +. d. ]. l.. VI.
Buland ?. Foster Ostrandcr: 3.
Arden Duncan; {. Alec Boutell; 3.
Gcois &c Anderson: 6. Eugene Koch
The routes averaged 2j miles each
and the carriers drove horses.
There was no parcel post service.
The average time for casing the
mail for the routes was a half or
three quarters Of an hour in con
trast 10 the three and sometimes
four hours required now.
Mr. Wardle began as substitute
carried on Route .. Jan. s. 1911.
At that time Leon Hathaway sub
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Congress May
Call 4-fs to
Serve Nation .

Washington, Jam 6-lNS-Con-
gress appeared ready at long last
today to plunge for AZ work or
fight law as the minimum ans
wer to the nations manpower prob
lem on the battlefields. and on the
homefront. \
Whether Il will 90 further and
seriously consider national service
legislation depends upon President
Pooseyelts~recommendations today
in his state Of the union message. 1
Pending appraisal OF that meE-
sage. It was learned that selective
service fayors a drastic extension
OF War Mobilizer Byrnes' recent
order to use local draft boards to
curb labor turnover and out-mi.
grafton Of war workers.
This proposal, which was laid
before members OF the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee yesterday,
suggests that local boards pre-
vail upon eligible deferred men
TO fill essential war jobs and sub
ject those who refuse to "appropri.
ate regulations.
A work or fight" law--or ma
tional service should
add the penalty for reluctants, this
plan suggests. OF induction without
benefits into KIP corps OF the
armed forces.
In essence, the extended plan is
modified Bailey Brewster bill.
the 1914 AZ work or fight mea-
sure which still rests in the Senate
Military Committee despite Army,
Navy and selective service endorse
mCnt.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Allies Blunt Drive nSaverne CAB
Convoy Near
to LuzOn
Island


American invasion conveys we're
reported closing in on Luzon Island
in the Philippines today as L s.
land, sea and air forces invaded.
shelled or bombed widely scattered
Japanese held keystone islands.
The quickening tempo OF the Pa
cific war brought these develop
ments.
!. Tokyo radio reported three
new allied conveys on the move in
Philippine waters. including a heay-
lily guarded invasion flotilla west
o: Luzon on which Manila Ia stu
ated.
o. .. Gen. Douglas Macarthur An
nounced the unopposed invasion
and capture OF Martinique Island,
IL miles south OF Luzon and less
than a 100 miles from Manila. II
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

WASHINGTON-AP- Anybody
who doesn't think President Roose-
welt won the November election
fair and square better get in touch
with his congressman before /
o'clock today. The Senate and
House go into joint session at
that hour to make their official
canvass of the electoral college
vote The law provides that after
the votes OF the IS states are tabu.
lated. the Vice President. who is in
charge OF the proceedings, has to
call for objections.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
President Asks For Service Law

Washington, Jan. 6-AP-Presi-
dent Roosevelt called anew today
for national service legislation dur
ing the war and universal military
training afterward.
In a message to Congress which
bespoke a confident hope for en-
during peace, the Chief Executive
declared that while great problems
lie ahead. this new year OF 1945
can be the greatest year Of achieve
ment in human history"
Making the nearest thing to
prediction on the end OF the war
which he has thus far essayed, the
President said this year can see
the final ending of the NaZi-Fascist
reign of terror in Europe as well
as the closing in of the forces Of
retribution about the center of
tho malignant power OF imperialls-
tic Japan"
Most important OF all. he added,
1895 can and must see the sub
stantial beginning of the organi-
zatiol of world peace"
1t was a message on the state OF
the Union looking back over the
course of the whole war and pa
ticularly over the past year. which
Mr.. Roosevelt said had been mark
ed on the whole by substantial
progress toward victory.
To Summarize Tonight
The message. which Mr.. Roose-
welt plans to summarize on the ra.
do tonight for the nation and the
world. was read to Congress after
the counting OF the electoral votes
that gave him a fourth term in the
White House.
I'm the field OF foreign policy
the Chief Executive told the legis-
lators, I'VE propose to stand to
gether with the United Nations"
He renewed a demand for "un-
conditional surrender" hut applied
it only to the armies OF our enc
mics.
Assailing any use OF power poll
tics in the future world. Mr.. Roose-
welt declared that it must not be
a controlling factor in international
relations.
Differences between the Allies.
he said. must not be allowed to
Divide us and blind us to our
more important common and con-
tinuing interests in winning the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
War In Brief
(By Associated PreSO


Western Front-Second big coun-
terotfensive threatens Strasbourg
as Nazis penetrate Is miles in east
ern France; enemy stands firm
against Allies in Belgium.
Paeific-American conveys re.
ported closing in on Luzon Island:
l. s. carrier planes destroy III
Jap planes. p ships in two-day
raid on Formosa and okinawa Is
lands. Sea-borne L. s: planes range
Chinese coast for first time.
Eastern Front-Germans hurl ar
tillery, planes, tanks into supreme
effort to reach isolated garrison in
Budapest.
Air War-RAF hits enemy troops
and armor along front; flying fort
rpsses batter targets in western
Germany.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

stituted for l.. NJ Buland. lie be.
came substitute clerk and Mr..
Wardlc substituted on all sit
routes that year. Mr.. Buland re-
signed as carrier and Mr.. Wardle
received the appointment as carrier
on route effective Dec. ]. 1911.
He has carried the route continue
ously since that time. has always
left Ypsilanti on S. Huron st. and
returned on W Michigan Ave.
James T.. Warner has always been
the last box on the route except
for short period Of six months.
Mr.. Wardle recalls that he used
to carry the mail in two wheeled
cart. having only three bundles Of
mail a day. Circulars we're almost
unknown and boxholder mail WAS
not allowed. When Npsilanu bust.
ness men wished to circulariZe
the trading community they drove
over the roads themselves or met
the mail carriers at the city limits
and for a box OF cigars the circulars
See ANNIVERSARY-Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Fire Department
Names Officers

New officers Of LOCAL 40l, Ypsi-
lanti Fire Department are julius
J. Wagner. president: Charles
Il. Green. vice president; Aaron
Carson. treasurer: Lee e. Cox. sec
Rotary: and LaNerne +. Kerner.
recording secretary.
Trustees elected we're Glenn L.
Ridenour, Gerald Kelly and Char
les Trowbridge. The Executive
Committee consists Of Maurice Nal.
lion. James Fitzpatrick, and o. s.
Waldermyer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

was the seventh island TO be re-
taken in the Philippines.
8. Adm. Chester w. Nimitz an
nounced fast L. $. carrier forces
destroyed III japanese planes and
81 ships in their two day raid on
.Formosa and the Oklnawa Islands,
h1king Japan and the Philippines.
Sixty eight other ships were damag-
ed.
a. FOR the first sjiple sea-borne
u. S. planes reached the China
coast. They searched 500 miles Of
the coastline from Foochow to
Honghong and reported they could
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Congress Today

CIV ~ ghclatcd press1
Senate and House meet in Joint
session TO count electoral ballots
and to hear Presidents message
on the state Of the Union.
(Senate meets noon. joint session
starts p. m, Eastern War Time).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Snow and slow
" rising temperatures.
highest temperature yesterday.
lc. lowest s.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, So; lowest. 81.
Highest temperature this date in
last 70 years, SO in 1885; lowest.
6 in 1924.
The sun sets today at SIG and
rises Sunday at 9.
The moon sets today at i.35 p.
M and rises Sunday at . 20 p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06
Townships to Use Caucus,
Primary For Nominations

OF the two justices OF the peace TO
elect for four years, and VIII ch to
elect for two. This IS also true OF
the office of board OF revue.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. industri'
alists have begun exporting funds
for safekeeping and arranging for
development OF new weapons for
another war. according to informa-
ton available here today. Both
moves are said to have been taken
surreptitiously at the instigation
OF the Nazi party as part OF its pro-
gram to remain secretly in power
after Germany's defeat.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-06

LONDON-INS - The London
Daily. Telegraph said today that
there would likely be a delay IN
final agreement on political
changes in Yugoslavia, including
the creation OF a regency. The
newspaper said that 1t had learn
ed Yugoslavia's King Peter had by
no means made up his mind TO con-
sent TO the creation of a regency
and that the whole matter was still
being discussed.