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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16
FRElGHTER BREAKS AWAY
Wanted To Buy

Port Huron, Mich.-A 600-foot
freighter broke away from two tugs
as it was being locked here Mon
day night, smashed a boathouse and
pier and then drifted out into mid
stream where 1t narrowly escaped
collisions with two other freight
ers. Coast guardsmen said the yes
sci, the Merton C. FAIR Of the Tom
linson Steamship Company, Cleve-
land, had damaged its rudder and
was being towed to dock. Sudden
ly It broke away from the tugs
and veered towards the shore.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16
The YpsiantiD ailyPress

GEORGE c. HANDY, Publisher
Entered as second-ciass mail matter
The Ypsilantian, Jan. z, 1850.
The Ypsilanti Daily Press, March 10
1904, In accordance with Sec. $780,
p. l.. & r.. (Mar. 3, 1879. at Post
Office, Ypsllanti, Mich.
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16

SPECIAL
Man leaving for army. Offers
West Side income property at
real bargain price. Two family
mouse, with s rooms and bath on
each side. Everything is private.
with separate entrances, divided
basement, and individual heat
ing plants. Laundry tubs and
water heater in each part. Wide
lot Paved street. This house
needs paint outside to spruce n
up, but is a whale of a lot of
property for only 1880, on
terms. Quick possession.
Ehman & Oreenstree+
REALTORS
$40 w. Michigan. Phone 1877
IDEAL CENTRAL LOCATION, six
rooms and bath. Near downtown
schools, churches and shops. lno.
at los w. Cross,
BELLEVILLE 81 acres, small
home, also full finished basement
sc 80. Private. $500. 1850
Bog Rid. near Hoeft Rd.
THEY'RE SOMETHING IIIaL
fancies and fAds. these powerful
little Classified AIS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16
Real Estate
Houses FoS sale

You Can't Beat
These Values
FAMILY: An excellent income
home located right down town.
Each apartment has private
bath. oil heat. Sc feet business
frontage on ". Washington St
Space for erection OF store with
out removing dwelling. Heir 10
here from California TO dispose
OF this fine property.
WALLACE BLVD: A fine 9 room
home. all in beautiful condition.
Natural fireplace. Pantry. 4 part
basement. Forced heat with Their
mostatic control. car garage.
Double lot with shade and nice
landscaping. House In recently
painted and decorated.
3 BEDROOMS: A newer type )
bedroom home, with / bedroom
on LIST floor. Located on z. For
est Ave, just inside city. car
garage. Possibility OF purchasing
adjoining lot II desired. Price
5000,
Low PRICE: 7 room home near
high school at a bargain price.
This home Is fully modern with
full basement, complete bath,
extra toilet, garage, nice lot with
flowers, partly fenced. A won
jerful buy at only $500.
SUBURBAN: A pretty little 4 room
home, 2 miles from Ypsi, all in
nice shape, with fenced lot. own
er Is entering service this week
and this place is priced to sell
quickly.
PEARL ST: A better type room
home, with 4 bedrooms, in a very
fine location. Natural fireplace.
Garage. Lot fenced in rear. No
inflated price on this one. Only
Ehman & Greenstree+
REALTORS
40 W. Michigan. Phone 1877
4 ACRES, Close in. s rooms.
room for bath, fireplace, oak
floors. furnace, space of other
bedrooms upstairs. ? car garage.
$500. Terms.
NEAR THE NORMAL. 6 rooms,
2 baths, oak floors, garage. 5000.
Terms.
BEDROOM HOME, close in.
oak floors, forced air heat, laun-
dry. Insulated. Excellent condi-
ton. Garage. Lot IS l65. $4,000.
terms.
EARL |. FREEMAN
REALTOR and INSUROR
l20 Pearl St. Phone 1853
Insurance of, All Kinds
Strictly Stock Companies :,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16

EXPERIENCED BEAUTY OPERAT-
OR. Steady work. Congenlal sur
roundings. Oriental Beauty Shop.
Phone 516-W.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16
Classified AdUenising

RATES. Payment insertions linei
Day Ten Days Sc
any advertisement three lines
Special display annual contracts
NJ
Deadins before publication Telephones 40 an
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-16
Ehman & Greenstreet

THEY RE SOMkThlNI}--m lIAh
fancies and fAds. these powerful
little Classified Ads.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
New Gas Fraud
Uncovered Here

A. n. Ruegsegger, regional en-
forcement attorney for The OPA,
revealed today that q new black
market IN gasoline involving spe-
clal rstIons for trucks has been
in Detroit and that he
has loaned several investigators
to work with the ODT on the in
vestigation.
RueGSegger said he was unable
10 say the manner IN which the
frauds were uncovered, exactly
how many gallons of gasoline are
involved or how many instances
OF the illegal ration issuance have
come 20 light.
at may involve thousands or
II may involve only the one i'm
stance of which know. We are
inveStig at ing thoroughly"
Ruegsegger said.
Apparently the fraud involves
Illicit orders for emergency gaSo-
line issued on ODT blanks.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
How Did YOu Meet
NOur Vets Problems?
LContinned irom rage Threel

in war bonds for ihc letter ad-
judged hes, hy contest editors, As
vel as pair ~ ticket, 70 III Be
Seeing You to fhc writers of each
oF IN letters adIudEcd next hesL.
In "Ill Be Seeing You Joseph
Gotten plays The role OF return
nC WBiTloT-a hero Of extensive
action tn the Pacific who returns
90 2 world that's entirely new 20
MN. = world "a which everyone Is
asking
what does soldier think
about ."
Wiz are ms ideas of home ?
What docs he object 10 on the
home front What does he expect
from the GIRL he loves or. as IN
the case OF the motion picture,
What does he expect from the
woman n whom he was married
but = few months before entering
service and 10 whom he returns
a virtual stranger
What strange ideas n lite snf
living has he acquired IN has years
on the fighting front m foreign
lands
The problems are - many and
varied as are the thousands Of
soldiers returning 70 face them.
and fate understanding Is required
10 help such an individual attain
emotional readjuStment m a nor
nal home life,
Ginger Rogers. CO-Starrlng with
Gotten IN I'll BE Seeing You. "
plays the role Of = young girl VINO
IS endowed wTtA the Hf4Aefs tahd-
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Housing Group
Picks 0dkwood

The housing commission tomor-
row is expected to approve the
Oaltwood section in southwest De-
troit for construction of 1000
temporary homes for Negroes.
At a third conference today
with Councilmen and other city
officials TO consider relief for the
Negro housing problem, the COM
mission was instructed TO make
A specific recommendation upon
site.
The lakewood area also was
indorsed by the Victory Council
and Citizens Housing and Plan
ming Council.
Two others. one in northwest
Detroit and the other in the north
east area. were rejected
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
THE RIFLES

Htrs ara tAs rulri n the Rsro a. Home
Coates
An entries mus b. mailed 20 Hero
~ Boms Ths Detroit Times. lSTo Cski
Detroit 81 Nich
A letter muG bs ouginsl sne written
ey t1r CuntrEtEn'
The letter must hs no more than zoo
words IN lsuEfh
4 Thv entry pus' - poNmsrked no
isteT unan midnight. Monds1. Feo. ~
The decision of the contest iadFes
vii - hnsl Conreruing an entries As vell
a. rules and regulations governing thS
competition
wriier - the winning entrJ ALL be
awarded 50 in war bonds writers 81
the 4 o letters edtuoEsd neXt best each
viii be swaIded pair ~ tickets for ri
~ seeing You" during the pictures
current run 81 the Michigan Theatef.
z. any DsUUlt woman Il eligible 20 enter
the contest except employes and members
~ immediate families ol employees ~ Thf
Detroit Times the NichiEan The6teT or
the hlm company producing the picluIC.
No ehtfieS vii bs returned
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15

lng that helps The boys when they
conc hack Perhaps her expert
enCc has already been duplicated
on tho Detroit home front IN
many hundreds Of instances.
The Detroit Times wants 20
know how women are solving such
problems The contest prizes are
offered m cooperation with the
Michigan Theater and SelZnick-
international Pictures. producers
of the fltn
Closing date for The mailing Of
letters is midnight next Monday,
Fen. "a
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
IdtiOn Faces
lotion Crisis

his Is on INC OF folks bat n
know 4 fellow VINO is wiling
give the shirt off his hack
ter take ~.
he cotton textile situation Is
WING worse according 70
uies {. Jscohy executive sec
sry ~ the Michigan Linen
lply Board ot Trade
acoby predicts that the day Is
iing when men viii take their
l towels 90 barbershopS offices
| 90 without towels. and war
nts. restaurants snd beauty
ms may GO without both towels
! uniforms.
"Americs T. facing the most d,
itical cotton textile situation
ice the CVil War" Jscoby
i'd. "and If the war ends soon
early relief can ~ expected
the civilian population siRce
are scrspiug bottom on cot
n goods for public use"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Rackefeer
Gives Up

George Cordell. former Detroit
rum runner and numbers racke-
teer has begun serving his sem
tenCc of from two TO five years in
Jackson prison,
Cordell, whose appeal was de-
nied by the state supreme court
within the last few weeks. sur
rendered TO the warden of Jack
son prison on Feb. 5, il became
known today,
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
). D. Votes End
Of Closed Shop

PIERRE. S. D. Feb. Ia CUP)--
Only Gov Sharpe's signature
was needed today virtually TO out
law the closed union shop in South
Dakota.
Two measures, bill making
the closed shop a miSdcmeanor
and a resolution calling for a con-
Stitutional amendment TO abolish
the closed shop, were passed yes
terday without debate BY both
houses of the Legislature.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
END NOT IN SIGHT"

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA CUPD
--UnderSecretary Of War Psttef.
sin said today that in the opinion
Of military leaders. the end of
the fighting IN Europe is not in
sight.
He made the statement in urg-
ing the House military affairs
committee 10 approve legiSlst ton
providing for drafting of nurses.
American forces in Europe. Pat
terson warned. face a great deal
of hard fighting
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinity: Cloudy and Wsrmsr
tonight and Thursday. Lowest tonight about
~ Moderate winds
Shippers f0r forecast Protect shipments
during the next 50 hours for North, Is
deEreea. west IS, east. Is south, ~.
DETROIT DATA
Temperatures Tuesday Highest, ~ de-
gree lowest -. mean, 25
Departure from normal temperature TuoS
day DEGREE
Departure from normal temperature since
Jan 1 lea degrees.
Temperatures one ycar ago today Highest
IS degrees lowest. 10 mean, "a.
Temperatures this date tn past , years
HighesiA - dffrecs IN 1918. lowest, lis
IN 1905
Relative humidity TUESDAY 80 q m
Eir. $50 t3r. 80 p. m soc
7N 3 w qTft.
Precipitation In last - hours ending st
$40 a w today % inches
fleHA ttHfe-ff-rn r--rtrrHi lrrrtrtfau1 SINCE
Jan n 2 90 inches
Derrre dsNs Tor TueStay. zen y 90
Huruai Tor Feh 10. 81
Accumulated drEree DAYS this ron'h' sos
Normal degrees tays iof Feo.. l,i26.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Reject Zoning Change

a proposal TO permit business
on Puritan be-
tween Lauder and Greenfield to-
day had been rejected by A
vote Of tho common council. A
majority vote would have been
required 10 alter zoning regula-
tionS which now restrict the sec
ton 10 residential use.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
Crisis Cited
By Stinnson

WASHINGTON, Feb Il GNSl
Secretary 81 War Sumsen told
Congress today that lend-lesse
should b. continued for another
year because the United Nations
are now at the crisis not the
finish OF the war against Ger
many and Japan
I'VE are at the stage ~ the
war when every ounce of our
power should he asserted"
StmSon declared before the
House foreign affairs committee.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15

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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-15
iiirbsnks Stricken

WASHINGTON. Feb. rs ms
4. Comdr Douglas Fairbanks
Is 4 patient To-Day IT the u8va1
pstal al Bethesda Nd where
is undergoing treatment for
Evening star., 1945-08-08
Two Soldiers Arrive toReceive
Honor Medals From Truman

last December 16. He single hand
edly manned a machine gun when
all the leaders of his platoon were
killed or wounded and held off the
enemy until Yank reserves could be
brought up. Although he was felied
by wound in the leg, he continued
to cover the withdrawal of his
troops until they had reached a
safer position.
He was in the 313th Infantry,
10th Division.
Sergt. Garcia, born in Mexico and
made a citizen only on his return
from Europe recently, was cited for
knocking out two hidden enemy ma
chineguns last November %, which
had pinned down his platoon and
caused heavy casualties.
In his hating English, he told
how he crept through the woods
and one at time killed six Ger
mans with his rife, meanwhile toss
ing grenades into the machinegun
emplacements. He was wounded in
the shoulder. but paid no atten-
Evening star., 1945-08-08
Wins
In Detroit Primary
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fresS.
DETROIT, Aug. 8.-Richard T.
Frankensteen, union executive who
received strong support from the
CLOS Political Action Committee,
was nominated in yesterdays pri-
mary to oppose Mayor Edward j.
Jeffries in the November 6 mayor
atty election.
Mr.. Frankensteen polled 1885
votes to lead Mr.. Jeffries by 1882
and had wide margins over the
other five candidates.
Mr.. Frankensteen, SO, interna-
tional vice president of the United
Automobile Workers, showed sur
prising strength in the balloting
which drew 2O1 900 voters to the
polls.
Advance reports had indicated a
vote of less than 125, 1000 and politi-
cal observers credited last-minute
work by the CIO-PAC with being
responsible for the turnout. Elec-
ton officials said thousands OF war
workers who cast their ballots late
in the day reflected the PAC's cam
paign.
Mr.. Frankensteen, noting that the
primary was the first large-scale
balloting in this country since the
recent British election that saw
the Labor party emerge victorious,
said he does not expect to assume
the role of Messiah in the leftist
front in Detroit"
"It is true that I am q labor
leader, but want to be elected
mayor not merely by coalition OF
labor forces but by a majority OF
the citizens Of Detroit" he said IN
statement.
Evening star., 1945-08-08
Todoy's Casualty List
Killed

Mai. Bryan w. Pittman, 50, whose
widow, Mrs. Mary M. Pittman, lives
at 2o3 South Fairfax street, Alex
andria, was killed in the Pacific De-
cember Is, the War Department an
nounced today. He died when a
japanese ship on which he was a
prisoner of war was torpedoed on
Subic Bay, Mrs. Pittman said.
Attached to a medical administra-
ton organization, Maj. Pittman was
taken prisoner in the Philippines In
May, 1912.
Mrs. Pittman had left the Philip
pines In May, 194l.
Mai. Pittman was born in Stewart,
Miss, and was educated there. He
entered the Army In 1918, and served
during the World War with the
Sanitary Corps.
Besides his widow, he Is survived
by two brothers and five sisters.
Capt. Robert G. Cooper, 26, son
of Mrs. Avery ]. Cooper, 42l5 Thirty
seventh street NV, and the late
Col. eAvery j. Cooper, is reported
killed in the Pacific. Mrs. Cooper
said he was killed on December Is
when a Japanese vessel on which he
was prisoner of war was torpedoed.
Capt. Cooper was taken prisoner
at Corregidor while with the Coast
Artillery Corps. He was born IN
New Haven, Conn, and attended
Western High School and Column
bian Preparatory School. He grad
uated from West Point in 1910.
In addition to his mother Capt.
Cooper is survived by three sisters
and three brothers. One of his
brothers, Col. A. J. Cooper, jr., is
stationed at the Pentagon. A sis
ter, Miss Caroline Cooper, is with
the Carnegie Institution here.
Warrant Officer william Wirship,
veteran Army musician who was
captured when Corregidor fell, Is
reported to have died in the sink
ing of a Japanese prison ship last
October "a in the China Sea, the
War Department has notified his
wife, Mrs. Wilma Wirship, 2l00
Nineteenth street NV. News of his
death was received through the In
ternational Red Cross.
Mr.. Wirship was stationed at the
War College with the Army Band
for 10 years. In June. 1941, the So
year-old musician was sent to Cor
regidor to organize band for the
5qth Coast Artillery. After his cap-
ture, he was imprisoned at Caban-
tuan.
A chaplain who recently returned
to this country after his liberation
from Cabantuan told Mrs. Wirship
how her husband had organized a
1900 voice choir in. the prison camp.
A tiny harmonica, sent from home,
was the only musical accompani-
ment the men had until Filipino
brought Mr.. Wirship violin to play
for the men. While stationed in
Evening star., 1945-08-08

Two heroes from the European
theater, both of whom soon will re-
ceive the Congressional Medal Of
Honor from President Truman at
the White House, were presented to
the press at the War Department
today as their exploits were made
public for the first time.
They are T/Sergt. Robert E. Ger
stung, 80, of Chicago, and Sergt.
Marcario Garcia, Is, Sugarland,
Tex, both cited for extraordinary
valor in the final phases of the fight
ing inside Germany.
Sergt. Gerstung, of German de-
scent, though his parents were born
in this country, is a soft-spoken
young man who insisted he "is not
much good at talking" He worked
in a gas station in Chicago before
the war and said that as boy he
always tried to keep out of fights
rather than look for them.
He is credited with furnishing
the only supporting fire for a large
segment of infantry pinned down
by enemy mortar and artillery fire
Evening star., 1945-08-08
House Probers Urge U. 5.
Control Jap-HeId Islands

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8.-Seven
members of four House committees
returned home yesterday from
months tour of Pacific islands with
a unanimous recommendation that
the United States should control all
Japanese e-mandated islands taken
by American forces.
Representative Isac, Democrat, of
California is chairman of the Joint
committee. representing Naval At
fairs, Merchant Marine, Fisheries
and Appropriations
The committee said it would urge
the purchase of French Caledonia,
and Representative Patterson, DEM
ocrat, of California contended the
United States could acquire it by
canceling some of the debt owed
this Nation by the French.
Evening star., 1945-08-08
Elliott Leaves WPB
For House Committee Post

william Y. Elliott, WPB vice
chairman for civilian requirements,
has resigned after five years serv-
ice and will become consultant
for the Colmer Committee on Post
war Economic Policy and Planning
in the House.
WPB Chairman Krug, in an
nouncing the resignation yesterday,
praised Mr.. Elliott for outstanding
service to the Nation in seeing that
its civilian and war supporting
economy was protected while war
production was going at top speed"
A. c. Hill, jr, deputy vice chair
man for civilian requirements, will
succeed Mr.. Elliott. Mr.. Elliott
plans to go to Europe with the
House Committee this month to
study rehabilitation needs and eco
nomic control policies and their
bearing on the American economy.
Evening star., 1945-08-08
Army Of 7 Million
Held Still Needed
Despite New Bomb
Iy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Army still figures it needs
a 7,000, ,000-man Army to defeat
Japan despite the prospect that
the atomic bomb may shorten
the war.
This was learned today in the
face of speculation that the power
full new weapon might force the
Japanese to capitulate before Ameri-
can soldiers set foot on Japanese
shores.
The Army's stand Is that it is
taking no chances, hence 1t is pro-
ceeding on the assumption that in
vasion will be necessary. 1t Is go
ing ahead with its original plan for
redeployment of troops and the Gre
alton of q powerful force in the
Pacific.
MacArthur's Needs Come First.
For this reason, the Army Is taper
ing the discharge of 1900 900 men
under the point system to the needs
of Gen. MacArthur's accelerated
campaign against the Japanese.
As Secretary of War Stimson re-
Gently put it, the first task of the
Army is winning the war. The op-
erations of the point system must be
subordinate to the fighting needs of
Gen. Macarthur.
The Army's attitude was empha-
sized further by a selective service
assertion last night that there was
little prospect of easing up draft
calls for men between Is and 80.
Inductions now total about 10000
a month.
Releases to Slow Down.
In the first three months after
We day, the Army released 235, 900
men under the point system, but
Secretary Stimson has said the rate
will be lowered in the next three
months.
This is necessary, in the Army
point Of view. because many OF the
high point men are highly trained
men, whose services are needed not
only in the combat zone, but also
in the United States to train and
redeploy troops.
Discharges under the point Sys-
tenn and for other reasons will leave
q force Of approximately 1000, 900
by next June 80, according to pres
ent plans. About nalf that force
will be arrayed on the Pacific front
with the others in transit, in train
ing or in garrison posts.