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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
British War Bride
Missing

Mrs. Joseph Mccartney, 202 n.
River St, has been reported miss
ing by her husband. According to
Mr.. Mccartney, recently released
from the Navy, the missing woman
arrived in the United States just
six weeks ago from England. where
the couple had been married. She
speaks with a noticeable accent,
he stated.
Mrs. Mccartney is % years old.
five feet two inches in height. has
light brown hair and blue eyes. she
was wearing a white fur Goa. and
brown shoes when last seen. Mr..
Mccartney reported. She is be
lieved to have ret for Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
Police Discover
Actual Honesty

Ypsilanti police were happy Fri.
day afternoon. when they ran into
an honest man! George Petredean,
1880 Richman, Toledo, O.. walked
up to a local policeman Friday with
the information that he had Just
sound sS6 at the intersection OF
Michigan Ave. and Washington st.
Honest Mr.. Petredean accompan-
led the officer to the police station
IN order TO make out a report. The
report was in process when Miss
Leola Tissue. Pasadena Ave.
walked In and announced the loss
Of her pay-amounting to s36.
Miss Tissue recovered her money
and Mr.. Petredean walked out Of
the station with a slight halo how
ering above his head.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

Lansing. Mar. 30 APP - The
transformation Of newly.acquired
lands in southeastern Michigan and
the PorcTp' lie Mountains into rec
reational areas for public use this
summer will start Immediately,
State Conservation Director p. J.
Hoffmaster said today.
The finance committee OF the
State Administrative Board Friday
appro ed the release OF $4,000
for development OF new state parks,
and $4,000 for the ir' proyement
and e.: ansion Of existing parks.
Hoffmaster said work would start
"as soon as labor and materials
are available"
The effect on the park develop
ment program OF the new govern
ment order restricting building to
home construction has not yet been
determined. Hoffmaster said. Plans
call for construction OF a number
Of buildings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
Mine Strike
TwoDays Off

Washington. Mar. 30-AP-With
the strike deadline less than 4S
hours away. the government today
was reported considering a final
bid to head off paralysis of the
nations soft coal production.
A federal official who could not
be quoted directly forecast that
Secretary OF Labor Sohwellenbach
will appeal to John L. Lewis. head
of the United Mine Workers, TO
cancel the work stoppage now set
for midnight tomorrow
Both Lewis and the mine opera
tors appeared as far apart as ever
on agreeing over a new contract
to replace the one expiring Sunday
night. SchwellenbaCh. returning
from a West Coast trip. told report
ers late yesterday he hadn't had
time to familiarize himself with
the issues involved and hence could
not say in advance what he will do
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
Senate Not
Calling Off
Bomb Tests

washinston, Mar. 30-AP-The
weight OF congressional opinion
tipped heavily today in favor of
holding the Bikini A-bomb tests
this summer. although three sena-
tors protested this is a bad time
for such an awesome experiment.
Several senators interested in
atomic energy developments said
they are fatty opposed to calling
off the tests, as suggested in yes
terday's Senate resolution by Sen
ators Huffman D-Ohio) and Luz
cas- (D-IlD. Senator OMahoney
(D-Wy) backed the resolution.
however.
The Bikini tests originally were
scheduled to begin approximately
May 15, but President Truman or
dered them postponed six weeks
to make possible the attendance
OF congressman who would be kept
away on the earlier date because
Of the press OF legislative matters.
The HuffmanLucas attack on
plans TO test atomic bombs on
ships at the Marshall Island lagoon
was based on their assertion that
any such demonstration might be
misinterpreted by other nations
as evidence the United States is
preparing for war.
Lucas told reporters that we
wouldn't feel very good about the
whole thing in this country IL some
other nation were preparing to
test out such a bomb while pro-
Tossing fits desire to cooperate for
world peace.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
Y eteranS to
Get Refunds

Through state plan to re-im-
burse cities and counties, vet
Grams OF World War ii will short
ly be eligible for a return on the
amount OF property taxes paid
during their period Of service,
Donald Comstock, city assessor.
said today.
A new statute, recently approved
by the state legislature, provides
for a refund, on the basis of al
lowable exemptions. on all prop
erty taxes paid by World War II
veterans between 1910 and 1914.
The state tax commission Is study
ing methods Of accepting applica-
lions and making refunds.
According to Mr.. Comstock. the
exemption upon which the refunds
will he based is $4,000 on the home
stead. provided the veteran does
not own property in excess of 81
500. This exemption is in effect
during the time OF the veterans ser
vice and for one year after his
ulStHdl Et.
Exemptions allowed to veterans.
other than those Of World War II,
are
Unmarried widows of veterans
Of both world wars are entitled to
an exemption OF $4,000 on the
homestead, provided the widow
owns property not exceeding
$500.
Veterans of World War l. whose
permanent disability is recognized
by the United States Veteran Ad-
ministration, are entitled to the
same $4,000 exemption. providing
their property does not exceed
$500 in value. Veterans OF the
Philippine Instruction. the China
Relief expedition, the Spanish
American war and the Civil and
Mexican Wars are entitled to the
same exemption.
Only veterans OF World War II
will be eligible for the refund,
however. All applications for eX-
emptions must be made at the city
assessors office.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
Over Seven Thousand on
Voting Rolls For Election

1882 registered voters, with 914
in the first percinct and 96S in the
second. With sO6 voters registered
in the first precinct and 696 regis
tered in the second. the third ward
has 1902. Wards four and Ave
have 1853 and l,004 registered
voters. respectively.
Harvey Holmes, city Clerk,
points out that the figures are I'M
changed from those listed prior
to the special election March II,
on the proposed charter Issue, be-
cause the final day for legal regis
trations urde: the present form Of
government fell just two days prior
to the special election Last day
for registering for voting is on
the twentieth day before the next
scheduled election. That day was
March 9.
In the coming municipal cleo
G. tvT u,S,1sfnAv ~
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
Land to be Prepared For Recreational Use

Nine new picnic areas in south
eastern Michi an will be developed
at an estimated cost of $4,000.
Plans include grading and road
work, parking areas, picnic tables,
stoves and wells. The 1914 special
legislative session authorized the
acquisition OF these and other
lands in southeastern Michigan.
The new areas are: Bald Noun.
tain recreation area, eight miles
north OF Pontiac; Brighton Recrea-
ton area: Highland recreation
area, near Highland; Holly-Groye-
land area. near Holly; Island Lake
near Brighton (the present state
park has been expandedD; orion
vile, northwest OF Pontiac. Pom
tiac Lake recreation area; Pick.
new recreation area, and the Meta
mora area.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

The students OF Lincoln Consolid-
ated School under the general sup
erylsion of L. <. Dunning and Miss
Alice Beal, presented Friday eve
ming a Lets Pretend" program
in the school gymnasium.
The program was a delightful
presentation Of a whimsical jour
ney through the magic land OF
make believe and the participants
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

A total of 1856 voters are prop
erly registered and. eligible to cast
their ballot in Ypsilanti's municipal
elections. Monday, according to
figures from the Office OF the city
clerk.
The first ward maintains the larg-
est number OF registered voters,
having 1901 in the first precinct
and 1921 in the second for total
of 2,l12. The second ward has
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
U. 8. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Mchigan-Partly cloudy
and much cooler tonight, with fresh
northeasterly winds, freezing tenn
perature north portion tonight.
Sunday fair and continued cool.
Highest temperature yesterday.
IL; lowest. a..
Highest temperature one year
ago today, So; lowest. AZ.
Highest temperature this date
since 1879, IS in 1905; lowest 10
in 1928.
The sun sets today at 6:55 and
rises Sunday at 6:17.
The moon rises today at I p. m.
and sets Sunday at 5:55 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

WARSAW. y. Y.-AP-Three-year-
old Mayer Trobman. object OF an
intensive search since Wednesday.
was safe today in a Warsaw board
ing HON, awaiting return to his
parents in Philadelphia The child
was found yesterday afternoon In a
school house in nearby Attica.
Shortly afterward. young woman
hitch.hiker told police she had
brought Mayer there after a truck
driver had left him IN her care.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
AUCTION CALENDAR

SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 100 p. m.
place known as the klefer
place. ss34 Tsllsdsy Road, cor
ner 5unton Road, IA miles east
Of Whitaker and ava miles south
OF willis, Mike 6ur,b, Prop, Earl
Wright, Auetlonesr. o. e. Vedder,
Clerk. adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

TOKYO -AP- Fourteen form
er members of the Japanese 30th
infantry division today we're charg-
ed with executing without evidence
OF trial six Filipino civilians on
Mindanao last September. All but
one of the victims were women or
children. including a baby The
Japanese allegedly killed the FIJI
iplnos to prevent their revealing
the hideout of the unsurrendered
Nipponese unit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30
Congress Today
CBy Associated Press)

House
Appropriations subcommittee
considers Navy appropriations bill.
Banking and Currency Commit
tee continues hearings on proposed
extension OF OPA. with Economic
Stabilizer Chester Bowles as main
witness.
World War Veterans Subcom-
mittee discusses changes in Nation
al Life Insurance Act.
Senate
Banking and Currency Subcom-
mittee continues hearings on Pat
man housing bill.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

NANKING --AP-- Before the
arrival OF the central government
from Chungking, this peacetime
capital OF China will get it's face
powdered-with DOT. Alarmed by
the possibilities Of a malaria out
break because OF Markings insect
breeding waterpools and streams,
United States and Chinese officials
will dust the city from airplanes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

MANILA-AP-An evening news
dispatch from Nueva Ecijia prov.
ince said today that Mayor Jose
Carlos Of Jaen was shot and kill
ed last night and his companion
critically wounded by unidentified
assailants. Carlos was riding Ia
his automobile when the shoot
ing occurred.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

TOKYO -AP- Allied headquar-
tiers today forbade Japanese re-
patriates from bringing into the
country currency OF the exchange
bank OF Taiwan (Formosa) and
the bank OF Chosen (Korea) be-
cause OF uncertainty Of the future
status OF such currencies.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

Kindling Wood, Mich Ladder Co.
adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

TOKYO -AP- Kyodo news
agency reported today that Gen
eral MacArthur's headquarters had
ordered pedestrians in Kobe to
begin walking on the right hand
side of the streets beginning April
!. Vehicular traffic will continue
on the left side.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

WASHINGTON-AP-In balmy,
spring-like weather. President Tru-
man cruised down the Potomac
River today, but he took official
cares along with him. The Presi-
dent was accompanied by a group
OF senators with whom he was
planning TO discuss the status OF the
Administrations legislative pro-
gram before the presidential yacht.
L. S. S. Williamsburg. returns to
the Capital late today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

CEUNGKING- APP - Two at
tempts on the life OF Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek-in 1884 and 1895
were disclosed today with the re-
ported sentencing OF Yu Li-chi. n
Chinese newspaperman and alleged
terrorist. to IL years imprisonment
and deprivation OF civil rights for
eight years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

MEXICO CITY -AP- Mexico
City millers. alarmed over reports
that U. S. wheat shipments would
cease, said today that "if the
United States government does not
release shipments OF wheat to
Mexico within the next 20 days.
Mexico City will be without bread"
The national distributors and reg
ulators said it had been advised
by U. S. government that ship
ments would cease.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

1T is VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE MONDAY.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

HONGKONG-AP- Chinese mil
itary authorities at Canton re.
ported today that 1t. Gen. Kyuichi
Tanaka. commander OF Japanese
forces in South China before the
surrender, was arrested Wednes-
day on war crimes charges on
orders from the war ministry in
Chungking.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

TOKYO -AP- A shipload Of
$50 Japanese convicted OF robbery.
murder and other crimes will ar
rive at Kagoshima from Formosa
about April Z, Allied headquarters
said today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

Or BOWER DESERVES A BIG VOTE OF CONFIDENCE MON.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

ATHENS-AP - Greek leftists
intensified today their campaign
for a boycott of tomorrow's cleo
lions in protest against what they
described as a "royalist coup" to
return King George ii to the
throne.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

WARSAW -AP- President Bo-
leslaw Beirut told reporters tonight
that truth in a free press is de
.termined by the opinion OF the
majority. He said Polish censor
ship is designed primarily to pre-
vent newspapers from "straining
relations with the allied powers"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

WASLINGTON-AP - Both Of
Michigan's Republican Senators,
Vandenberg and Ferguson, voted
against the amendment to the mini
mum wage bill revising the farm
crop price parity formula which
the Senate adopted Friday, AZ to 81.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-30

PORTLAND, Ore.-AP-Lt. M.
colai G. Redin, Russian naval Of
hcer charged at Seattle with
espionage. had restricted freedom
today under $4,000 bond and the
Soviet consul-general's assurance
that he would be produced here in
commissioners court on request.
Evening star., 1946-08-19

United States began firing in self
defense only after Yugoslav forces
had first opened fire"
Hostile Attitude" Hit.
The note, delivered to the Yugo-
slav Foreign Office August Is, also
protested ''the hostile attitude"
shown by Yugoslav troops toward
British soldiers in another Incl
dent near the village of Predenico
as we'll as the ''unwarranted entry
ana opening of fire without pro-
vocation by the Yugoslav soldiers
on July IL.
A note delivered to the Yugoslav
Foreign Office on May 20 charging
the Yugoslav government with re-
sponsibility for a long list of pro
vocative activities in Venezia
Giulia was made public, an official
said, because of Yugslav publication
'of an August IA charge that no
satisfactory reply had been received
from this Government to numerous
Yugoslav protests against American
activities there.
The May 20 note, joint Anglo
American document, termed the
Yugoslav communication of March
q as merely one in series of
unwarranted protests by the Yugo-
slav government which have, at the
same time, been accompanied by an
antl-Allled propaganda campaign" !"
Cooperation Urged.
Declaring that the United States
and Britain ''have not received from
the Yugoslav Government that CO.
operation in their task which they
had q right to expect from an ally
the note charged:
"On the contrary, the Yugoslav
Government has, by every means in
its power, and in particular by a
provocative campaign in the press
and over the radio. encouraged the
pro- -Yugoalav population in Trieste
and throughout Zone A, both Slo-
vene and Italian, to obstruct the
Allied Military Government in the
performance Of its duties, to pro-
mote industrial discomfort, to him
der the educational program, and to
intimidate those inhabitants of the
area who are not in favor of it's in
corporation into Yugoslavia.
1t appealed for future co-opera-
tion from the Yugoslav government,
but declared that despite all diff
culties placed in their way by the
Slovene population with official
Yugoslav Encouragement" the
United States and Britain propose
to continue fair and impartial ad-
ministration" of the Venezia Giulia
zone occupied by their forces until
its disposal is finally decided.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Toll in Illinois Bus Crash
Is Two Killed, 81 Injured
Dy the A.seeiotsd Prs,.


PITTSFIELD. Ill, Aug. 1s.-Twc
women were killed and three other
passengers were injured seriously
when a Kansas City Chicago bus
overturned in ditch near here
Saturday night.
Thirty seven passengers were in
Jured and 23 were hospitalized. The
crash. took the lives of Mrs. Mar
garet Landmark, Is, Buffalo, N. Y,
and Mrs. Walter Baughman, New
Hartford, Ill.
Mrs. Landmarks husband. Robert
and their two children, Jeanette,
7 months, and Robert. jr., 4. were
among the injured at the hospital.
The bus driver, Robert Living
stone, "a, OF Chicago testified at a
coroner's inquest that the bus
skidded into a ditch after he ap-
piled the brakes and swerved onto a
soft highway shoulder to avoid COL
nsion with a car.
Mr.. Livingstone. treated and re-
leased at the hospital, was charged
with involuntary manslaugliter. The
INQUEST was continued until Friday
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Episcopalians 10 Try
For Woman Delegate
By the Assoe;otsd Press

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 19.-Defi-
milton of women's rights in the Epis-
copal Church and an attempt to seat
the first woman lay delegate in the
church's history will be sought at the
55th triennial Episcopal General
Convention to be held here Sep
tember 10.
A convention spokesman disclosed
today the preparation of a resolu-
ton, by the national executive board
of the Woman's Auxiliary, petition
ing the convention to interpret the
word laymen, or laity, in the con-
Istitution, canons, and other Official
documents Of the church, that they
will be understood to include
women"
The spokesman said the diocese of
st. Louis, one Of 102 comprising the
Episcopal Church, has elected a
woman deputy, Mrs. Randolph H.
Dyer, to attend the convention. If
seated, as one of the 800 delegates
forming the house of deputies, which
Is equally divided between clergy
and laymen, she will be the first
woman seated since the church was
established, the spokesman asserted.
The Woman's Auxiliary will hold
It's national triennial sessions here
simultaneously with the general con-
vention. Its speakers will include
Bishop G. Bromley Oman, presi-
dent Of the Federal Council of
Churches and former Secretary of
Labor Frances Perkins.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
D'OyIy Corte Official
Dies in London at 81
BY the Assoeioisd Press

CHOBHAM, England, Aug. 10
Richard Collet, 81. for many years
general manager of the D'Oyly
Carte Opera Co., died today after
a short illness.
At the age of 81, Mr.. Collet quit a
job as a bank clerk to become assist
ant manager Of the Comedy Theater
in London. His talen for. theater
management gave him business con-
troll of the Fulham Theater in 1911.
The next year he took over two other
London theaters.
He Joined the D'Oyly Carte Co.,
leading Gilbert and Sullivan COM
pany. in 1919 as manager and shortly
thereafter was made secretary OF
the Savoy Theater, Ltd, and then
managing director.
In 1927 he became a director OF
three OF London's leading hotels
Claridges, Savoy and Berkeley.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Disagreement With Doctor
Described by De Marcos

Julian r. De Marcos. 70, st. Eliz-
abeth's Hospital patient, testifying
today in the District Court hearing
to determine his sanity, said that
on one occasion DR.. D. Edgar Grit
I'm, senior medical officer at the
hospital. had sung to him in an
enort to get him to talk.
De Marcos said he had refused to
talk to DR.. Griffin after an argu-
ment which arose, he said, when he
complained to the physician of be-
ing forced to 60 outdoors during a
recreation period while running a
temperature. The patient added
that he had accused the physician
OF distorting facts and told him he
would talk to him only in the pres
ence Of witnesses other than en-
ployes of st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
The hearing is in its ninth day
before a jury OF II men, a woman
and one male alternate juror. To-
day is the third day De Marcos has
been on the stand. Associate Jus
tice E. Barrett Prettyman of the
Court of Appeals, who Is sitting as
a District Court justice by designa-
ton, Is presiding.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Chest Director to Give
Rudio Talk "Wednesday

James A. Shipp, acting director
OF the Community Chest Federation,
National Capital area, will be inter-
viewed on the first of a series of
programs entitled, your Red
Feather Reporter" at 7:O5 pm.
Wednesday on Radio Station WINK.
Subsequent broadcasts on the
Wednesday night series will be de-
voted to the various Chest agencies
which total 125 in the Washington
area. Weekly resumes OF Chest ac-
tivities as well as interviews with
agency officials will be presented.
Evening star., 1946-08-19
Bronson Rumsey, Founder
OF Cody, Wyo., Is Dead
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug, 19.-Bron-
son Rumsey. one of the founders OF
Cody, Wyo., died yesterday at his
summer home at Niagara on the
Lake, Ontario.
Mr.. Rumsey was born In Buffalo
more than 80 years ago and at
tended Buffalo schools before ma
circulating at oxford University,
England. On his return to this
country. he was associated with his
father in the leather and real estate
business. In the 1870s he went West
and, with William buffalo BilD
Cody, founded the city of Cody
where he had a ranch.
Surviving are his widow, three
sons, Bronson C. of Cody, Dexter c..
of La Jolla. Calf, and Daniel of
Buffalo, and four daughters, Mrs.
Arthur c. Hawes of La Jolla. Calf;
Mrs. Edward B. Archibald, Mrs.
Milton G. Wolfe and Miss Rosa
munde Rumsey, all of Buffalo.