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ence presumably being to the issue
having been raised in London.
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ence presumably being to the issue
having been raised in London.
The President said the Allies can
make representations to Gen. Mac
Arthur, the supreme commander, on
control questions through the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
When it was brought to his at
tention that Russia is not repre-
sented on the joint chiefs of staff,
Mr.. Truman responded that the
Soviet has representative with
Gen. Macarthur He added that
as a matter of fact they could
come through him Cthe PresidenD
If desired.
The Chief Executive then added
that Russia had never expressed
any dissatisfaction with the exist
ing arrangement.
When Gen. Macarthur was ap-
pointed to supreme command in
occupied Japan a question was
raised at one of the Presidents
news conferences about the posi-
bility of an Allied control COM
mission being established in the
conquered territory.
Mr.. Truman made it plain at that
time that he expected the United
States to remain in complete con-
troll, although he said the other
Allies would have forces in the
Army of occupation.
In further discussion of this mat
ter today, the President agreed with
a reporter who said it was his UNDER
standing that when there are differ
ences of opinion among the Allies
on control, the policy of the United
States shall prevail.
Differs With Lawrence.
In another comment on foreign
affairs, the President said he did not
agree with Columnist David Law
. renee. who repeatedly has said that
this country was headed back toward
the isolationism of the 20s. If we are,
the President added, we are headed
straight for destruction.
Answering another question the
President said he did not antici-
pate that Gen. Macarthur would be
coming back to this country in the
near future. He added that he was
not planning to bring him back
The President also said there
swere no plans in the making for
ianother meeting of the Big Three.
Asked what disposition would be
made of the Japanese fleet, whether
it would be split up among the Al
lies, he said that was matter for
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Looms Made to Veterans

New Zealand loans to ex-service
men and women totaled over $20,-
000, 900 up to April /.
Evening star., 1945-09-26

wood street, Arlington, she recalled
he had celebrated his 23d birthday
anniversary at family party in
Darlington on one of his last trips
home.
Receives News Calmly.
The news which ended all her
hopes found her calm and COM
posed. THE atrocity stories have
been so horrible" she said, that
feel he was spared much suffering. u
Mrs. Farrow was an employe here
at the Board of Economic Warfare
when the Japanese reported some
of the Doolittle flyers had been
executed. Shortly afterwards, she
left Washington for Lakewood.
While she was in Lakewood, Mrs.
Farrow became an intimate friend
of another mother of a captured
Doolittle flyer, Mrs. John Medar,
who lived near her. She said Mrs.
Medar learned on August 81 that
her son, lst 1t. Robert Medar, died
in prison in December, 1943.
Evening star., 1945-09-26

Buenos Aires, Argentina, and
Mexico City have more department
stores than any other Latin Amer
ican city.
Evening star., 1945-09-26

they will be taken care OF later,
when other shipments arrive.
The nylons, 81 gauge irregulars,
were sold at the ceiling price OF 81
pair.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
BY PATRICIA CLARY

Hollywood-CP- Ex-servicemen
working in front of Hollywood
cameras are agreed that movies Of
fers the best civilian Jobs for re-
turning veterans of World War III.
Most of them admit that their
nerves were pretty tangled by COM
bat experiences, but they say that
the color and excitement OF max
in movies seems to have a theTa.
peutic effect
IL tried working in an Office. but
II got me down after two weeks, .
declared Alfred Voight. who was
honorably discharged from the Ma
rine Corps after a bomb explosion
blew him of the flight deck OF a
carrier.
This Is the life for me" He
fexed a bow and adjusted a culver
OF arrows, part Of his get-up in a
Columbia technicolor film about
Robin Hoods son, THE Bandit Of
Sherwood Forest.
Its a screwy outfit I'm wear
ing"-a bright green leather jerkin
and breeches for the color cameras
but after that dull Office routine
the screwier the better" Vought
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06

fighting was going on, more than
100000 tons OF relief supplies were
moved into Germany and were
given to the prisoners OF war.
1t is a refreshing relief from all
the stuff and nonsense that comes
to US via the propaganda route to
receive a report that is as honest
as sterilized gauze and that gives
the facts without twisting them to
fit some psychological warfare for
mula.
should like TO see an Amer
lean Red Cross report on the 1885,
900 American and British prisoners
OF war now held in Poland as hos
tages. I should like to know what
their condition Is now that they
have been switched from Nazi to
Boisheyik control. from "aggres-
sor" to "peace-loving' management
Until an authoritative statement
has been formally made that those
American boys are on their way
home, we must continue to demand
knowledge OF them. Americans
should never be hostages!
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
STAGE oooSCREEN

was an auto salesman before going
into the Marines.
Stanley Olson has been out Of
the Navy for less than six weeks
and he thinks the movies were
made to order for him.
81 don't know IL I'll stay in
Hollywood" he said, but mean
while it's a swell transition Job.
1t gets you back to normal sort OF
gradually"
Sander Coonan has tried four
Jobs since getting out Of the Army
year ago. He says he's going TO
stick with the movies.
I've been on seven locations
since the picture started" he ex.
planned I've been riding wild
horses, I've been learning to shoot
a bow and arrow and I've been
fighting with the sword That's
the kind OF thing like. and where
else can I find IT,?
Only one Of the -. veterans was
skeptical. He was Ralph Miller,
who went into the Army from the
University OF Minnesota.
81 like the variety he said. but
have a craving for something
little more solid. Maybe I'll try
newspaper reporting"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
BY CHARLES A. SMITH


Initiation in all but name has
today sent cost OF living in London
sky-rocketing to new high.
Getting born. living and dying
in this capital is probably more ex-
pensive than any spot in the world
with the possible exception OF
those newly-liberated capitals
where grotesque initiation is ram
pant.
The four dollar wartime pound
sterling is worth about a dollar
in real purchasing power and II Is
the British who admit II and who
complain about II.
Money is plentiful. never more
SO; commodities and luxuries are
in short supply. the black market
flourishes, and John Citizen dips
ever deeper into his pocket-book
10 buy less.
The government. alive TO the
threat, says there is no Initiation
and that inflationary tendencies
will be resisted by every means
at its command.
But there are signs the solution
of the problem will give the post
war cabinet battle as tough as
any fought during the war years.
Obviously severe measures Will
have to be taken to WOO the popu-
lation from the feeling that money
today Is yalueless. from the spend
II as fast as you get it, complex
which dominates a lot OF public
thinking here today.
There virtually nothing left that
isn't a 100 per cent or more up in
price-food, clothes. rent, liquor.
servants, automobiles. About the
only bargain is In nolonger-need'
ed civilian steel helmets. They
are retailing at sixty cents apiece
and there are no takers.
The "hayes" are taking advant-
age of the inflationary tendencies
and the current shortages OF most
everything and are milking the
have nots" for as much as they
dare. Controls are proving OF lit
tie real value. the hordes OF in
spectors OF this and that find them
selves defeated by the readiness OF
the have nots" to be fleeced as
long as they get what they want.
The landlord is getting more
clothes. the auto dealer more for
his decrepit secondhand cars; the
servant, capitalizing on the labor
shortage, demands and obtains pay
ment out of all proportion to the
help given.
If everyone searched his or he7
conscience and spoke the truth
there would be very few people
who would be able to say they are
not I'm" or on. the fringes OF the
black market. AS in other coun
tries, 1t permeates every walk OF
life. every activity, since all have
discovered that only the black mar
ket can provide the little extra that
makes life worth while.
Favorite downtown bars seldom
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
SUFFERS INJURIES

Ann Arbor. Mich, June 6-Miss
Margaret Bennett, 5S, 1914 PACK
ard St. suffered serious injuries
when she collided with a car as
she rode her bicycle onto Packard
ST. from f. University Ave, Mon
day night Howard Curd, 1891
Forest Ave. driver Of the car, was
questioned by the officers, but ap-
parently could not avoid the acci-
dent as Miss Bennett, according to
witnesses ran into the side OF HIS
car. She was taken TO St Joseph's
Mercy Hospital.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06

least three months. might have
the first fitting ready in six months.
and probably couldn't deliver the
finished article until early next
year.
That is typical OF the clothing
situation. a good woman's suit
costs a hundred or more dollars,
women's hats retail at upwards Of
$50, shoes at $50, pocketbooks at
$50. lingerie at $40 to $50.
Jewelry fetches fantastic pric.
es. for diamonds retail at more
than $3.50 a caret Prices are low
err in suburbia and less fashionable
shopping areas but quality Is poor
err.
The one thing that has remained
constant Is incomefax-two dol
lars in every four earned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
SideIights on The News

have whlskey these days. and when
they do It is fifty cents a small
nip. Whisky. officially retail
ing at a little over five dollars a
bottle or more than double its
pre-war price. has disappeared al
most entirely into the black mar
ket. There Il fetches anywhere
from ten to twenty five dollars
bottle.
A very ordinary suitlng. more
than one-half cotton. would have
cost perhaps s25 pre-war. ready
made. Today is $40 and the tailor
can't take measurements for at
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
Sidewalk Pushed
up by Mushroom

Salt Lake City. Jne SAP
When a section OF the sidewalk
literally exploded a botany profes.
sor. not an ordnance expert. was
called in 10 investigate.
DR.. Walter P. Gotham OF the
University OF Utah said a common
edible mushroom, whose cell sap
was greatly increased by heavy
rains. caused about 1850 pounds OF
pressure per square inch beneath
the walk and blew il up.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
Your Health
inflammation of
Gums Reveals Lack
of Nitamin c

Gums Reveals Lack
Of Nitamin c
T. q y BIrSuERSEN NJ y
IN SCURVY. which is a disor-
der due to a lack Of vitamin &C."
Inflammation Of the gums Is a
common symptom. In fact, the
first sign Of Scurvy may be bleed
ing Of the gums. Other symptoms
may be paleness, listleSsness. and
perhaps pain in the bones due TO
bleeding under the lining mem
brane around the bones. Shortness
Of breath. stiffness and feebleness
soon appear II the disorder con-
tinues.
The gums become swollen and
will bleed even with the slightest
rubbing. There is bad odor 10 the
breath and the gums are soft and
spongy looking. The skin may be
covered with several reddish, blu
ish, or black and blue spots.
Lack oil NitAmln I
Scurvy is due to a lack Of vita
min &c" also called ascorbic acid.
Inflammation Of the gums, or
gingivitis, may be a sign Of vita
min &C" deficiency, even though
no other symptoms Of scurvy are
present. For example, a number Of
patients whose gums bleed easily
were given large doses Of ascorbie
acid and the gum condition re
turned to normal in about four
days with this treatment.
OF course, not all gum inAam-
nation is due to scurvy. II may be
produced by infection, particular
ly Of trench mouth and by the col
lection Of tartar around the necks
Of the teeth.
About 5000 persons in the Eng
lish Air Force were subjected to
an experiment 10 determine the
relation of vitamin &C" deficiency
TO bleeding Of the gums and gum
Inflammation. At the beginning of
the experiment gums were exam
med for bleeding after massaging.
II any bleeding was present, its
extent was noted or those persons
found with bleeding gums, every
other one was treated with daily
dose OF vitamin &c" for period
Of three weeks. At the end Of the
three-week period, the gums were
re-examined. No significant differ
enee was noted in the percentage
of subject improved by the treat
.~x%tt y 800,
This study would seem 10 show
that bleeding Of the gums and gum
Inflammation are not by any
means due always to q vitamin
&C" deficiency. When bleeding Of
the gums occurs. there is need for
a careful study by the dentist and
the doctor to determine just what
is producing the difficulty, then the
treatment which is most effective
can be carried out
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
?. S.:-I have had heart disease
for q year and am troubled with
irregular breathing. What causes
this?
Answers:-lrregular breathing
Is probably caused by nervousness.
Breathing in general does not 90
on regularly except perhaps when
a person is asleep. see no reason
for concern about this matter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06

PHOENIX. Arlz.-AP-Detective
Sgt Gilbert W. Brady said officers
early Tuesday saved from mob viol-
ence 52.year-old railroad clerk
whom he said had lured Ruth Ma
RE Anderson, q 4-year-old child in
to his company and kept her for
more than six hours.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06

PHTLADELPHIA-INS - Gen.
Carl A. Spaatz headed for Detroit
Tuesday and Gen. Omar n Bradley
was scheduled TO speak az West
Point following their rousing vel
come home from the European war
Monday in Philadelphia.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
TodaY's Horoscope

Today's Horoscope
II this Is your natal day, you
are ambitious. energetic and pos
sess many fine talents. Concen-
trate your efforts upon one prof.
ect and follow it through to sue
cessful completion. You have a
logical mind and should rely on
your own judgment rather than
on the advice OF others. Be dis
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
THEY 81 Y

Washington-President Harry s.
Truman The war against Japan,
like the war against Germany is
cooperative Allied effort"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
HALF MEhSE-
4 PlAN1 or SouM.
WES1 AFRICA. Is
NEARLY ALL WAFER
ALTHOUGH n Is
RAiNED UPON ONLY
ONCE IN FIVE YEARS

Greet and patient today. no mats
ter II you think someone Is un-
necessarily faultfnding. When
you keep your mind tranquil, and
your judgment balanced. you
minimize the chances for adverse
conditions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
one-Ntinuta Test Answerx

One-Minute Test Answers
1. Such knives were originally
used to sharpen quill pens.
2. II is a feroclous baboon. so
you would not care to meet one.
3. Seventeen months.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
CITY MANAGER

Grand Haven-R. V. Terrill,
former city engineer at Coldwater.
has been named city manager here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
Hints OH Etiquette
BY r. J. SCOTT

Never introduce an enlisted
man as Private So-and-So." MFR.
So-and-So" is the correct title.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
COUNTY ENGINEER

Battle Creek-Howard G. Minter.
engineer at Fort Custer for the
past two years, has been named
Branch County engineer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
Hall Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
The nigh school department OF the Methodist Church elect
ca oeers for the coming clifford Richmond president
Dorothy Baker vice president secretary WAYNE
Powell treasurer Janet McAls'er Brown
pianist.
=
Mrs o Hoyt dinner complmenng Miss Adela Jack
son who leaves FOR Ky.
Marriage Miss Gertrude Oliver Arthur sprarue in Ann
Arbor.
Death Mrs Mary stegmler. Manchester &c. mother OF
Mrs Fred Stab Mr.. Clara Regez age o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
Minute Test

/. Why do we call a small
pocket-knlfe a "pen-knife"
q What is a mandrill? Would
you be pleased to meet one?
,. In round figures, how long
did the seige Of Leningrad last?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
~ Mnrds of Wisdom

~ Words OF Wisdom
4 great ae4f a. knowledge.
which is not capable of making
a man wise. has a natural ten
dency to make him vain and ar
uogant.-Addison.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06

San Francisco-Raoul Aglion.
French delegate TO the world con-
ference: THE economic solidarity
OF the United Nations which en-
abled them TO win the war, should
be preserved and extended. in or
der TO enable them to establish
a stable economic in time Of peace"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06

New York-Secretary OF Com
merce Henry A. Wallace Before
the blood OF our boys IS dry on
the field Of battle. enemies of peace
try 10 lay the foundation for World
War III"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06

Washington Joseph c. Grew. sc-
ting Secretary Of State: 81 believe
there are wars we should not have
had to fight II we had been proper.
~ prepared in time, II we had
shown the aggressors what might
we were equipped TO WELD"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
Fifty Years Ago

Miss Bsrnum will teach fourth grade in the Bennett
school Jackson next year.
Those taking In Miss AyOnia DamOns
in samons Music Hall Miss Lulu Boswc Parmaee
Alice hcGreEor Louise Allen Fanny Foley Fanny
Trim Alice LeFurge. Mildred Graves May Lillian Damon
Mabel Nen Grace strang, ona Cook Eda Rocker Gel
ments May George Bessie Woman Masters Harry Robbins
Ralph Mosher and Minor White fishers Misses Sadie
HARDING Gertrude Forman and Lena Cundim
Evening star., 1945-07-08

1t. Col. Mary Agnes Brown, WAC
staff director for the Southwest
Pacific, recently returned to the
States for so days temporary duty.
according to the War Department.
Col. Brown, a former Washington
attorney, is the daughter of Mrs.
Agnes r. Brown, 1904 Fifteenth
street NV.
ITALY. - Six Washington area
WACS are members of a Signal
Corps company recently awarded a
meritorious service plaque: TIA
Margaret S. EnrIgnt, 2610 Seven
teenth street NV; Sergt. Carolyn
Stoner, 3725 Macomb street NV;
Tvs Elizabeth F. Trapp, 2122 Cali
fornia street NV; Pvt. Imogene G.
Higgins, 1413 Girard street NV;
TVS Verna E. Mahaffey, 1923 Rhode
Island avenue NV, and TIA Vir-
ginia DAILY, 2612 North Twelfth
street, Arlington.
BELGIUM. - Helen F. Scott, 3844
Calvert street NV, ward nurse in
the neuropsychiatric section of the
Army's 30th General Hospital, re-
Gently was promoted to first lieu
tenant. She formerly worked at
Doctors Hospital here.
FRANCE.-Corpl. Stella D. Strain
ing, 1880 Central avenue Sc, is now
serving as maintenance clerk at
Air Technical Service Command
Headquarters at st. Germain- En-
Lave.
GERMANY.-T/3 Mildred r.
Quinn, BOT Elm avenue, Takoms
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Excerpts from q letter to W.
Neal McCord, 1924 Thirty fourth
street NV, from his brother,
Corpl. Lucidn Gray McCord,
551st Antiaircrutt Artillery, in
Mtttenheim, Germany:
'I took an all-day trip to Hitler's
retreat at Berchtesgaden in the
Alps, more than 100 miles away via
shattered Munich. We took the
Autobahn toward Salzberg, where
wrecked German planes lined the
highway on each side for more than
a mile. The roadway had evidently
been used as a landing field.
"Just before Salzberg we turned
south to Berchtesgaden. We were
in the mountain proper and the
views were so magnificent we
stopped frequently. We ate our
cold c rations by mountain stream
at noon. The water tumbled down
the mountain in a 1000-foot water
fall that defied description How
I would love to do little fly fishing
in that stream.
Halfway up one mountain we
reached the town of Berchtesgaden
and from there we climbed higher
to Herr Hitler's hangout. where the
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Interpreter Changes Name
OF Adolf Hitler Street

K Company of the 415th Infantry
had just taken German town when
suddenly the combat-cautious guards
spotted a German civilian march
ing down the main street and shout
ing the name of the Fuehrer.
The "disturber" was taken at once
to the C. P.
A motorman and interpreter with
the company. Pfc. Jacob Wolff, 4404
Fifteenth street NV, interceded
and found that the supposedly over
Jealous Nazi was merely carrying
out his duties of town crier and in
forming the local folk of the ap-
pointed place to receive their new
ration books. Unluckily, the chosen
street was Adolf Hitler strasse.
From now on, and to save con-
fusion and your own neck" Pfc.
Wolff told the crier, Adolf Hitler
strasse will be called Eisenhower
StraSSe"
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Burned up" over story in To-
cal newspaper in which an Army
captain described Stalag Luft 3 as "a
country club" 1t. Hugh ]. MCGEE,
jr., whose parents live at 1438 Oak
street NV, declared yesterday,
starving is not like a country
club"
1t. MCGEE was held at Stalag
Luft 3 for 10 months He lost go
pounds and is now at Walter Reed
Hospital recuperating from acute
malnutrition." Captured by the
Hungarians when the Bit of which
he was pilot blew up over Budapest,
1t. MCGEE remembered going for
days with nothing to eat.
"And as for determination" the
lieutenant declared (the Army cap
tain had told of fraternizing with
pretty German girls, I'VE never left
the barbed-wide inclosure. Further
more, if they'd brought in three of
the most glamorous girls in America
and put them on one stand and put
a fresh egg on the other there'd
have been such scramble for the