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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Committee Has
Local Request

A request for S2O9.237 for i'm
proyements and building projects
in Ypsilanti is now before the Joint
session OF the ways and means
committee OF the legislature at Ian.
sing.
The petition GA copiesl. was ILL.,.
ed last week with the committee by
City Engineer T. Fred Older, at the
committees request. The com.
mittee has been gathering data on
the needs OF Michigan cities before
making r recommendation to the
lawmakers for possible diversion OF
a portion OF the surplus fund from
the state 10 aid cities in making
capital Improvements.
Many OF the large cities have
pleaded their cases. The legisla.
tive body has expressed a desire
to decide for what the money is to
be used. but the cities have stead.
lastly maintained they are more
competent to spend the funds than
the state.
In the city's request Is included
100000 for a new municipal court,
police, and Jail building; $4,000
for municipal garage and ware
house; s46.650 for street widening
in the business area, and S49.57S
for street surfacing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Truman Asks
Congress to
Repeal Funds

Washington. Jan. li-AP Presi.
dent Truman today recommended
TO Congress the repeal ~ appropria-
tions aggregatlng S5.75l42N4N3
and Of contract authorizations OF
$420, 079,000.
\ White House statement said
these amounts are i'm addition TO
net recissions aggregating $5U,a4j.-
409,1G9 approved by Congress near
the close of the last session.
The statement said.
While the S502 billion RECESSION
bill ISIS billions less Implications
between cash and contract author
ity OF SIS billion was voted be-
cause of a legislative rider. its oh.
ieCtiyes were accomplished by q
presidential directive to the budget
director. placing in reserve the
sums contained in the bill"
The statement said that the &C,
tual reduction in authority TO obli'
gate the government in todays rec,
concentrations is S5,021,HS7,iS3 be.
cause Sl,l49.620,0O0 of the appro-
priations not needed during the
current fiscal year and now recon-,
mended for repeal will have to he
appropriated in subsequent years
to liluidate contract authority still
on the books
In addition to the other recon,
mendations. the President proposed
the return to the Treasury OF S346,-
500 in corporate funds.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
See WALDO wARDLE-Page 5
Two Injured
in Accident

Two persons were injured and
another was gwen a traffic sum
mons TO appear In court on charges
OF violating a stop sign as result
OF an auto accident a. the inter
section OF Holmes and Spencer Rds.
early Sunday.
The injured were:
John Ravens. Il. 1909 Holmes
Rd.. who suffered sbrasions on the
forehead, and was admitted to the
hospital following emergency treat
ment.
Mrs. Lois Pittman, III Congress
St, who suffered facial decorations.
She was released from the hospital
following emergency treatment.
Peter Piotrowicz, Gil Norris ST,
was issued a summons by the state
police following the accident for
violating a stop sign. He was the
driver OF the car in which Mrs.
Pit.man was a passenger, and was
proceeding north on Spencer Road.
He escaped injury.
The other car. in which John
Ravens was riding. was being driN-
en- by Floyd Purdy, also Of 1903
Holmes Road. and was proceeding
east on Holmes Road.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Veterans
Not Placed

Veterans applying for local EN-.
plOyment are not all rec Giving
placement and proba bly, will not
until conditions permit an expand
ing employment picture, according
to Gordon Packard. manager Unit.
ed States Employment Service.
During the year 1945, complete reg
istrations for work were taken for
636 veterans. and verified employ
ment provided for 2S2 placements.
Men who left local industry holding
seniority have returned and been
given employment, he said. Howey-
er, hundreds Of men left who had
been employed in war industries
and these are the men who are not
being placed. Also. there are many
men who are inclined 10 look
around before accepting their for
mer Jobs. They may desire TO make
a change in type o. employment
and for that reason are slow in
claiming their seniority rights
Employment ON December 81 In
nine of the citys principal plants
s.ood at 3SS5 with 3.2iS Of that
number being male. Employment on
January / 1915, was listed as %
500 indicating the drop from the
Bomber employment OF a year ago.
N~Tr-TsIrTt 4
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Surgery Topic
For Rotarians

The field Of neurological surgery
was the subject Of an unusually in
tereSting talk TO members OF the
Rotary club at noon today by DR..
Max Minor Poet. surgeon OF the
University Of Michigan. DR.. Peet
made an analysis OF the progress
that has come as result OF the
wartime surgery and frankly ex.
pressed satisfaction with tantalum
plate. made from an element found
In Brazil as one Of the most i'm
lortant fac'ors In progress Ac
cordnR to Dr.. Peet it has absolute
~ no effect, thus far discovered. on
the tissues He considers il super
Tor TO anything thus Tar found, for
bra IN operations.
DR.. Peet explained tina neurolog
ical surgery included not only brain
surgery but also the treatment OF
the entire nervous system incmd
ing the sympa thetic system. Surg
cry OF the nerves themselves, he
believed. had no. been greatly ad.
vanced.
Or Peet was introduced by DR.
Francis +. Lord Of the RaCkham
School Of the Normal College. Wis
itors included Arthur stevens, Mi
Ian. Sgt. Robert G. Sylvester De
troit Herbert Twining and Jerry
Hoag. Ann Arbor. +. J Rynearson.
Arthur Walker. Lyman Tower. Don
An,u.b.gt.,, aud NaI-pu Van "A o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14

An average Of % apartments are
being rented daily to returned vet
Grams at the Willow Run Housing
project, and the family units at the
project, which have stood vacant
for the most part since the shut
down OF the Bomber Plant in the
summer, have begun filling up ON
a large scale.
Veterans and wives, and some
with families, are lined in front of
the projects rental office before
opening time in the morning, and
the office has been full each eve.
ming recently at closing time.
Some OF the luckier veterans,
wives and families, finish the pro
cess OF being assigned an apart
ment in an hour; many others wait
from three to Ave hours or longer
in completing their rental process,
as the over burdened federal Office
workers at the project try to cope
with the situation.
Workers in the Office stated that
since the beginning OF the rental
rush. which started soon after the
Inauguration OF the state subsidized
ten cent bus service to downtown
Detroit for veterans and their fam
lilies. no accurate figures have been
compiled on the number OF apart
nents that have been let during
this time. The rush is anticipated
by those IN the office 10 last at
least several weeks longer before
alienation can be expected.
One couple waiting in the ONCE
stated that they arrived about
1890 a. m. one day. At 2 p. m.
they had been interviewed and
were waiting to be assigned an
apartment The man had been at
the project the day before looking
al the apartments
Couples with no children are
given the choice Of two types Of
apartments; those With com
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Boy Again Flees
Detention Ward

The 70 year old boy who has
been held in the County Detention
Home after he was apprehended in
Coldwater early last week. escaped
for the second time Sunday eve.
ming He is still at large.
The boy is said TO have admitted
he took billfold containing S325
from purse owned by Mrs. How.
ard Dieter. 1885 Huron River Dr.,
when she left IL on the seat OF her
car while visiting her daughter at
l543 Richmond Ct, Willow Village.
He was being held at the detention
ward pending a hearing in probate
court
The boy apparently escaped sun.
day in much the same manner rs
I'm his first flight last week Mr..
and Mrs Herbert kennett heads
Of the infirmary, were away for the
evening. and the assistant matron,
Miss Julia Demaree, vas upstairs
for dinner Apparently a door was
left unlocked and the hoy merely
walked away
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Charter Revision
Meeting Arranged

A meeting Of 40 residents, repre-
senting the various interests--ra
cisl, economic and geographic
has been called for Tuesday eve
ming at Charles McKenny Hall,
7:SO p. m. for the purpose OF or
ganizing a citizens committee Tor
The adoption of the proposed revis-
ion Of the city charter
The meeting was called by h. Y.
Wilbur. F. NJ. Greenstreet, l.. NJ.
Thomas, D. NJ. Silkworth, and
James Mohler. who took II upon
themselves to get work started on
the committee which will be in
charge OF informing residents OF
the fundamentals OF the charter re
vision prior to the date for the cleo
ton on the acceptance OF the char
ter
Mr.. Greenstreet will act as chair
man at the meeting Tuesday eve
ming.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Loss of Life
Feared
in Ship Blast

Manila. Jan. 14-AP-A tanker
blew up in Manila Harbor tonight
and waterfront observers feared
loss of life was heavy.
The. explosion occurred at 9 IS
p. IN. and threw a brilliant glare oy-
er the entire harbor.
A military policeman aboard an
other vessel, the Robert D. Carey,
said the tanker was anchored about
1000 yards out in the harbor
Il saw a bright flare silhouetting
another vessel nearby said the
VI. p. PVT Archie d. Geddes. Salem,
Ore. and within a fraction OF a
second the tanker was completely
enyeloped in flames.
Then a column OF smoke and
debris shot up a thousand feet.
81 rushed to our flying bridge
for a better look. The flames died
down soon after To about 81 feet.
Then | heard very loud explosions
which lasted for five minutes.
Il am sure that many of those
aboard must have been killed"
4 fire boat rushed to the scene.
and an hour later 1t appeared that
the remaining fire was being
brought under control.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
' eteranS 90 to
Cleary College

With more returned veterans reg
istering daily. the number enrolled
in Cleary College. receiving bust
ness training under the CT Bill nf
Rights. for the current semester,
which began January >. has attain.
ed ;he total OF 81 inclusive NJ
Thursday
Two veteran registrations Thurs.
day raised the figure - that num-
her. according to figures compiled
by Rayard Buchen veterans coun
seller
Last semester. two Were register.
ed The increase In The ensuing
semesters is expected TO be equally
great. according TO Mr. Buchen.
or the total enrolled in the
school this semester only four of
tho ex.soldiers are from Npsilanfl
Others rome from an parts =
Michigan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Voters Start
Registrations

Registrations have started in the
office of the city clerk for qualified
voters not already registered.
All registrations must he made
before the goth day previous TO the
primary election, according to the
Michigan Election law, and the city
clerk will be in his office from a..
m. TO s p. NJ. on that day, January
20. for the purpose OF reviewing
registrations and registering such
voters not already registered.
All registrations must be made
in person. however blank registra-
ton forms will be mailed by the
clerk upon request.
The date Of the primary election
is February Is. There will be no
primary elections in the fourth and
fifth wards OF the city OF Ypsilantl,
no opposition 10 the candidates
nominated on the primary ticket in
those wards. has been registered.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
| axpayerS TO
Meet Tonight

The regular meeting Of the Npsi-
lanti Tax Payers Association will
he tonight at the Npsilanti High
School lunch room al $50. At this
meeting. DR.. F. b. Mckay will out
line for the group. and other inter
ested residents. provisions OF the
new city charter Following this
review and discussion, the Assoc
citation will vote on endorsement OF
the proposal
DR.. Mckay was one of the sew
eral members OF the charter com
mission which drew up the pro
posed new charter thai vill he Not-
ed upon in the special election
planned for March
Included in the proposal is a city
manager form OF government. This
as the type OF government which
was reviewed by three different
speakers before the Association
last spring. Mrs. Ruth Huston
Whipple; c. II. Elliot, city manager
Of Plymouth. and George W. Bean,
city manager OF. Jackson.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Bobby Sock
Death Clue

Saratoga Springs, y. T., Jan. IL
AP With a yellow bobby sock
their only apparent clue. police
sought today to establish the ident.
ity OF a nude, headless body OF a
woman minus both arms and one
leg found partially buried behind
chicken coop seven miles from
here.
Police Chief Patrick RoX said
he had reason 10 believe that the
body. found yesterday, was that
OF 20.year.old Louise de Chants,
missing from her Saratoga Springs
home since last Wednesday.
Joseph de Chants. %, brother OF
the missing girl, said that Louise
was wearing q yellow sock when
sac LEFT home"
The sock was on the one leg that
was left on the torso.
The dismembered body was
found on the Lake Lonely domestic
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Leggett.
RoX said.
Rox said that a routine investi-
alton in the search for the missing
de Chants girl had disclosed that
she had gone 10 the Leggitt resid-
ence last Wednesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Holmes Road
Burns

Fire ravaged the home of Orlo
Johnson. 1904 Holmes Rd, Satur-
day afternoon. resulting in almost
total destruction of the house and
furnishings.
The family. which includes two
children, were away from home
when the blaze occurred, and were
unable TO salvage even clothing.
Firemen OF the Willow Village
department reported that the house
evidently had been burning for
some time before the alarm was
turned in
A garage and truck, which were
located near the burning house,
were saved.
The fire was thought TO have
originated in a piece OF overstui-ed
furniture.
The house was owned by Mrs.
Alice Raymond sos +. Cross St,
and W; insured.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Telephone Workers Delay Strike
Former Post Office EmpIoye
Planning Well Earned Rest

Looking forward to a well earned
rest. Waldo +. Wardle, retired mail
carrier, Is working about the farm
at zoos Whitaker Rd, and planning
an early spring iaunt to his place
near Seney in the Upper Peninsu-
lar. The farm is operated by his
son, Robert.
Mr.. Wardle entered the United
States Postal Service January 8,
1911. and was assigned to rural
route ! which for nearly IS years
he followed, by horse and cart, cut.
ter and automobile.
When Mr. Wardle first began de.
livering mail that route was 3
miles long, gradually increasing to
20 miles and a maximum of some
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14

TOKYO --AP- The inyestiture
OF three new cabinet members-to
comply with General MacArthurs
directiyes Emperor Hirohito
ND until midnight last night but
the unappeased Tokyo press level
ed a fresh barrage of criticism to-
day at aged. alling Premier Kiiuro
Shidehara. The investiture. de
layed without explanation for II
hours, came shortly after MacAr-
thurs announcement that he had
authorized the holding Of r national
election any time after March Is.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
House Hunter
TarrieS, Hurt

Wendall Adams. an official Of the
Kaiser-Frazer Company, is in ST.
Josephs Mercy Hospital today with
a fractured right leg and minor lac
erations suffered in a coasting acct
dent Sunday afternoon on the Wes-
ley ST. hill. Ann Arbor.
Mr.. Adams. who's present ad-
dress ~ Hotel Huron, Npsilanti
was hoase hunting in Ann Arhor
when he stopped to watch a group
Of boys riding on Wesley St He
borrowed a sled and as he crossed
Arbor view. crashed into car driy-
en- by George j. Wohlwend, BIZ
DOty st
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Electrical Strike
to Take Place
Tuesday

\ So-day respite i'm the dispute
that threatened 10 disrupt the couu-
try's communications began today.
The National Fedora ion Of Tele-
phone workers. an Independent
union. last night ordered a strike Of
250.00U members. then delayed the
walkout to permit local unions 10
file 30-day strike notices
Other late developments in the
labor crisis
l. 4 government fac finding com
mittee'S basis for settlement o: the
General Motors strike, once reject
ed by The corporation. was accept
ed By CIO United Auto Workers
representatives.
? Steel m IN opera ions were re-
turning 10 normal after the ClO de-
layed it's planned wslkout until next
sunday midnight while wage nego-
tiations continue
.. \ spokesman for the CO Flee
trical Workers Union said a strike
tomorrow OF. 100000 employees OF
Westinghouse. General Electric and
General Motors will not be post
poned.
4 government cOuciliator ex-
pressed hope meat industry strike
set for Wednesday, could be avert
ed.
= in Washington, strong congress
sional sentiment was reported de-
veIoplng for stiff union-control leg
isla.ion.
President Joseph A. Beirne Of the
Telephone Federation SAID he hoped
wage conflicts in the industry could
he settled without a communica-
tons tieup.
Ordered TO File
Resides postponing a walkout ~
a major part OF the nations tele-
| phone workers, the Federation
! executive board ordered the union $
4S member locals to file individual
strike notices under the Smith-Con-
nafly law. and asked striking in
etallation workers. employed by the
/ Western Electric Co, % 20 back
IN their Jobs and withdraw pickets
from telephone exchanges.
Picketiug had kept thousands o.
operators from their switchooards.
In some cities pickets already had
been withdrawn early today. But IN
other places officials OF the asso'
riaiion Of Communications Equip
maut Workers. the installation
workers Union. awaited results or
national poll OF ACFW locals on
the Federation request
Sets Deadline
The Jaw gave General Mo-
tors Corp until Jan q to recon-
slider it's rejection Of the factfind-
ers recommendation. In announc-
Ing # would accept the recommend
ed 17i2 per cent raise, the union
General Motors council declared H.
would revert TO its original ~ per
cent demand unless GM changed
its mind within the time limit
4 spokesman for the corporation
said an unqualified rejection Of the
government proposal still stands.
See STRIKES Page ;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14

In order to aCquaint the returned
veterans and their families with
new provisions OF the CT Bill Of
Rights. effective January !, after a
recent congressional revision, Bay
ard BuChen. local veterans coun-
selor. has prepared data concern
ing the revision and how it will ar
feet the returning veteran
Since the revision has been lib
eralized the bill eases the loan
restrictions Of the original meas
ure. increases the student subsist-
ence rates and broadens the educa-
tional program and provides larger
benefits for disabled veterans in
vocational and rehabilitation work.
Some Of the new provisions OF
the liberalized bill are.
The length OF time after dis
charge which a veteran might be
gin educational courses has been
extended from two 10 four years.
The time for completing the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Counselor Tells Changes i'll
Bill of Rights For Veterans

courses heightened from seven TO
nine years.
Any veteran is eligible for edu-
eational benefits regardless Of age.
The maximum annual cost OF the
course is not limited to $500. short,
intensive courses may he taken
with the total permissible .us {
figured on the length Of service.
= veteran Is entitled To- ono course
costing $500 for each year Of ser.
vice. all may lie taken IN one year.
The veteran may not draw subj
sistanCe pay while taking cores
rondenCe courses. but the cost or
the course will be paid. The total
amount payable for a spond-
ence course is $500. One fourth OF
the time consumed by the veteran
with such course is charged
against his period OF eligibility.
The amended bill increases the
subsistence amounts from $50 TO
S65 a month for single men and
from SIS to 500 a month for mar
ricd men. \ disabled veteran,
while taking vocational and rehab.
ilitation training will receive a
minimum or sos per mouth. with
ont dependents. SllI with a de-
pendent. plus Slu more for the
first child and e. for each addition
al child. and an extra SIS for each
dependent parent. His pension will
not he reduced when he enters
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
Senate Team For
Education Claims
Boom Won't Bust

Washington, Jan. li-AP-Fed-
eral aid for education is being
doomed again in Congress, and this
time its hackers say they are sure
the boom won't bust.
Leading the new effort to get
government money for public
schools is a Senate team that pulls
together on few other matters. II
is composed OF Robert A. Taft,
rock.ribbed Republican from we'll
heeled Ohio, and Lister Hill, new
Dealer from Deep South Alabama.
we are trying to work a plan
out" Hill said today in an inter
view. 1T would be predicated on
the proposition that certain states
are just financially unable to pro
vide an adequate educationaf OPP
portunity for their children"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
CIO Willing to Accept
Federal Recommendation;
Steel WaLkout DELAYED
County Board to
Convene Tuesday

The Washteuaw County Board
Of Supervisors viii convene Tues
day morning for the January SEES
sion Expected TO dominate the
proceedings are the annual reports
Of the various departments. heard
each year.
The meeting. according to law.
was TO Conyere the second Tuesday
in January, which would have been
last week, but the meeting was
postponed one week In order 70
allow the departments more time
TO prepare for annual reports
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14

500 boxes When the Willow Run
Bomber Plant opened. the route
became too heavy for one run, and
was decreased to 81 miles. Several
trailer camps were included, with
sometimes over 80 families receiy-
ing mail in one box.
The route lies west OF the Huron
River and south OF Michigan Ave.
Mr.. Wardle started the route
with two horses, bay mare, named
Lady, and white branded mustang
mare which he had purchased from
William Coates.
Never Sells Lady
Although he bought, sold and
traded II horses in the first three
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14
IL & WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan Snow flurries
tonight and Tuesday. colder late
tonight aud Tuesday
Highest temperature yesterday,
rs: lowest. Il. Highest tempera-
ture one year ago today. al low
est. 10 Highest temperature this
date in last ~ years, IS in 1887;
lowest. q In 1Sg3.
The su sets today at 20 p m.
and rises tomorrow At 80 a. m.
The moon rises today at 237 p. m.
and sets tomorrow at COG a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14

MASON, MiCR.-AP-Judge
John Simpson today ordered the
trial Of Frnak .. Mckay and
his eo-defendants TO be held In
Jackson starting Wednesday
morning because Of what he
said were "seandalous" eireum.
stances. Judge Simpson ordered
the change In venue because Of
charges Of alleged tampering
with prospective lngham Coun-
~ jurors. Special Prosecutor
Kim Sialer objected 10 the
change but defense attorneys
accepted II.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-14

bined kitchen and living room, bed
room. and bath and those with the
combined bedroom and living room,
a kitchen and bath.
Maintenance men on the project
are faced with more work than can
be accomplished. Much of the pre-