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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
World Bank
Site Sought

Savannah, Mar. 11-AP- The
boards of governors OF the World
Bank and Fund headed into their
first meeting today, and some clue
was expected to emerge as to a de-
cision on British-ys American
struggle over a site for the two in
stitutions.
Secretary OF the Treasury Vim
son, head OF the United States dele
CATION, and temporary chairman Of
the International Montary Confer
ence, told reporters he expected to
"haye something to say" On the site
/ '--f'a~ 'ho 'o"o.i .-ssi~u.
The American delegation is boost
H. 4-........,,t ,"-.- .'ttsJM add
Canada are leaders Of campaign
for New York. A swing toward
Washington developed among other
delegations yesterday after the U.
s. group. in a caucus, laid out a
firmly phrased policy in favor OF
the capital.
The British objec. to locating the
twin institutions in the shadow Of
the L S. Government and Congress.
They hold that New York as cen
ter Of world finance. is the logical
choice. The Americans argue .hat
such a decision would bring the
fund and bank too close to the in.
fluence o; big banking houses, and
that they should be close to the
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
actions In
China Fight

Chungking. Mar. 1i--AP-Chi-
nese Nationalist End Communist
reinforcements today were report
ed moving to Mukden. where. the
Central News Agency said. the riv-
al forces were battling after sud
den withdrawal OF Soviet troops.
Chinese press dispatches said
that the Communists, heavily out
numbering Nationalist troops in
the city OF 000.000-Manchuria's
largest-had occupied the power
plant and northern district.
Other reports said the Central
government had proclaimed martial
law in the skeleton city, whose
once great industrial plants had
been picked clean by the Russians.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
1--WE Killed The
Skunk " Say Grim
Faced Policemen

Two city policemen walked
into their headquarters Satur-
day eth set jaws and grim
looks on their faces.
I'VE killed the skunk" they
exciaimed ed.
But IL wasn't another in the
police departments long rec
ord OF successful encounters
with crime. This time the po-
lice officers used the term
skunk" in its literal meaning.
one OF the black-and-white
kitties had been caught In a
trap near the home OF Louis
GoIczynski. 500 Elm St. Mr..
Golczynski had reported Il 10
city police. and they had killed
and disposed OF II. The case
was closed. except for couple
Of uniforms that needed airing.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
Congress Today
(By Associated PrsSsl
Senate


Senate
In recess until Tuesday.
Military subcommittee considers
legislation to permit President 10
appoint 1t. Gen. Walter 'B. Smith
ambassador to Russia without az
fecting his military status.
Banking subcommittee considers
amendments to longterm housing
bill.
Special Atomic Energy Commit
tee continues work on drafting con-
troll legislation.
House
Meets to complete action on Agri-
culture Department appropriations
bill and then takes up measure on
atomic bomb test.
Banking Committee resumes
hearings on extension OF OPA be-
yond June 30.
Food investigating Committee
hears witnesses on grain short.
ages.
Supreme Court-Opinion day ses-
sion
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

Washington. Mar Jap The
government hit back at labor-man-
agement criticism OF the new wage
price policy today with contentious
that the formula is a practical
step toward a future OF sustained
prosperity"
This optimistic theme was struck
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

TUESDAY, MARCH ts-i:oo o..
clock. From Milan 3 miles south
TO Cone Road, then 3Kz miles
west, then mile south at 1o572
Far Rd. or 6N miles N. {. Of
Brltton or Q miles N. W. Of Dun
dee or "a mile south Of Cone.
Frank ksnltz and Sons, Props.
Guy ?. Thompson, Avet Adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
U. s. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan Increasing
cloudiness and warmer tonight.
Tuesday warmer.
Highest temperature yesterday.
SO; lowest, 81. Highest temper
ature one year ago today, 45; low
est, rs. Highest temperature this
date since 1872, So in 1927; lowest,
10 In 1885.
The sun sets today at 6:34 p. m.
and rises Tuesday at $3.50 a. m.
The moon rises today at 1908 p.
m. and sets Tuesday at 1857 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
Charter Vote
Grows Heavy

Voting on the new city charter
grew heavier as time progressed
today.
Precinct one Of the first ward
was the pacemaker with a count
of 207 votes by / p. m Round
ing off the leadership Of the first
ward was the count in precinct
two. which stood second highest
at 40.
Precinct two Of the second ward
had los votes by l p. m. while In
the first precinct Of that ward the
number stood at IS.
In ward three, precinct one, the
See ELECTION-Page
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
AUCTION CALENDAR

THURSDAY. MARCH - at 1900
o'clock. 9 miles west Of Ann Ar.
Dor on Liberty, tNa miles south
OF Snow White Inn on Jackson
Road. at 7oe5 Park Road. Claude
oidrldae, Proprietor. Clarence
Cook, Auetloneer. Marx Sweet.
land, Clerk. adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

Fight, Reds
Mukden

Chungking. Mar. 1i--INS-Cen'
tral government forces in Mukden
today repeatedly battled some 40
900 Chinese Communist troops
which drove into the burning Man
churian city from three sides IN
the wake OF a sudden Red army
withdrawal.
(Peiping dispatches said Chi
nese planes were preparing TO
parachute food and supplies to CEN
trail government forces in Mukden.
A dispatch TO the London Daily Ex'
press said u. s. Marines in the
Shanhaikwan area had begun NOV
ing northward.)
The Chinese central news
agency said the Communists occu-
pied a power plant in the northern
district OF the city.
The sudden Russian decision to
evacuate the area gave Generals
slmo Chan Kai-Shek's forces in
sufficient time to enter the city in
advance OF Communist troops
which had been holding positions
in the suburbs.
With the evacuation OF Mukden
said to have been completed Sat.
urdsy, Russian forces also were
reported evacuating Fushan, 20
miles to the east, and Fuhsien on
the Kwantung peninsula OF south-
ern Manchuria.
See Crisis
Increasing concern over Rus
sian failure to answer British and
L. S. inquiries on Manchuria and
Iran was reported today in gov
ernment circles. The Daily Mall
predicted continuation OF Mos
cows unilateral course would pre-
cipitate a big three crisis.
Official circles. frankly puzzled
by Russia's tactics. believed the
Kremlin must have some "singu-
lar" reason for Withholding an ex-
PLANTATION OF its intentions in Iran.
The recent American protest on
Manchuria concerning japanese
assets in the area follows reports
that Russia was removing indus
trial equipment without consult
ing either Washington or London.
AS London pressed for a reply to
her protest on Iran, it was report
ed in diplomatic circles that the
autonomous Azerbaiian province
government had annexed a coast
al strip along the Caspian Sea.
Such a move would further
strengthen the Russian grip on
northern Iran. where she reported.
ly seeks important oil concessions.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

WASHINGTON-AP - Marines
with 40 points become eligible for
discharge today. The two point re-
duction was announced over the
week end. along with this time
table for further slashes in critical
scores: April to 3S points for men
and from is to 13 for women Mar.
ines: May l to 80 points for men,
eight for women: June 2S for
men, four .or women July ]. 25
men. women zero.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11
Royalty. Shorter Hours
fObe Sought For Miners:
ReufIleE. Thomas ri chit
of
Union to be
at Stake
tBy the. Associated Press)

John. l.. Lewis summoned his
250.man policy committee today to
chart demands he will present to
bituminous coal operators in nego-
tiations opening tomorrow in WASH
ington.
Lewis AFL United Mine Work.
ers Union, representing 100000 en-
ployes OF the soft coal industry,
already has taken legal prelimin-
aries for a strike, should negotia-
tions on contract to replace the
one expiring April 1 fail.
A royalty on each ton OF coal
mined, which would be placed in
the union welfare and hospitaliza-
tion fund, was expected to be one
OF Lewis chief demands. Also
likely were proposals for a shorter
work week. without a proportion
ate loss in earnings. and recogni-
tion OF a UNIV union for super
visory workers, including mine
foremen
As labor disputes kept $4,000
workers idle. about half OF them
In General Motors plants and the
electrical industry, battle was
shaping up for control of one OF the
country's most powerful unions,
the ClO United Auto Workers.
A well organized boom was un-
derwsy for Walter Reuther as
candidate to succeed r. j. Thomas,
who was expected to seek his sew
enth term as CIO-UAW president
at the unions national conven-
ton in Atlantic City, n. j. March
20.
Negotiations stsIemated
This situation overshadowed the
unions stalemated negotiations
with GIN, which take up again IN
Detroit this afternoon. The dead
lock includes a number OF issues,
including the one-cent difference
between the unions demands for a
1914 cents hourly pay raise, recon-
mended by President Truman, and
the corporations offer OF 1871
cents.
Other labor developments:
/. Members OF San Francisco
Machinists Lodge 6S voted TO re-
turn to work in bay area shipyards,
reopening March Is. but not 10 up
town machine shops. and to secede
from the independent International
Association OF Mechanists. The
international had termed the 1874
day stoppage by 1000 Lodge 6S
members illegal and unsanction-
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

DETROIT AP-- A group OF the
historic 32nd (Red Arrow Division
is formulating protests to Congress
and the War Department against
assignment OF the division TO Wis
consin. Thirty veterans met Sun
day with 1t. Col. Harry e. North
rup to organize a campaign to re-
tain Michigan's identity with the
famed division which fought with
distinction in World War and
World War II.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

WASHfNGToN-AP-The Inter-
state Commerce Commission was
asked today to authorize the mer-
ger OF the Pere Marquette Railway
company into the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company. The appli-
cation was filed jointly by the
Chesapeake. the Pere Marquette,
and the Allegheny Corporation,
which controls the Chesapeake and
the Pere Marquette.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

ri Model 4 Victoria Model. $40.
Iuq. 1919 Willow Rd., Willis. Mich.
Adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

1870 studebsker Champion. door
sedan. good tires. radio. heater,
defros.er. Phone l7g.W. coz Brewer.
adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

RcA VICTOR Floor Model Radio.
Reasonable. 512 w. Cross. adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

SYDNEY. Anstralia--AP- The
u. s. Cruiser Birmingham put back
into Sydney Harbor TO drop on two
girl stowaways who were discover
ed when the ship was several hun
dred miles out to sea. The vessel.
which left Sydney Saturday for
Pearl Harbor, was met by customs
officials. who gave the girls a stern
lecture and sent them home.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

Experienced stcnographer desires
permanent position in local office.
Phone Il. adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

DUBLlN-AP-The body OF John
Cardinal Glennon lay In state today
In the Chapel OF All Hallows Col.
fege, where more than so years ago
he studied for the priesthood that
took him TO the United States as
. missionary for the Catholic faith.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

LONDON-1NS-Scotland Yards
special service branch was report
ed today to have decided to in
crease the number OF bodyguards
protecting Foreign Minister Ernest
Bevin.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

WASHINGTON AP-Congress
comes to grips this week with Its
mos. embarrassing subject pen
sions for its members. House con-
sideration OF the subiect--which
several years ago precipitated a
Bundles for Congress dSive that
drove the legislation back 10 COM
mittee-has been set for Wednes-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

PHILADELPHIA AP-A 81
100000 program to conserve natural
gas. including the construction OF
niue processing plants in Texas.
Louisiana and Michigan. was
launched today by the sun Oil Com
pany. James e. Pew, manager OF
the company's natural gas and nat
ural gasoline division. announced
more than $4,000 cubic fee. CT
gas daily will be saved by the plan.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

See ACCIDENT-Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

LIsBoN-- ms - Officials OF
coimbra University said today an
honorary degree would be con-
ferred upon Winston Churchill next
week. The former British prime
minister reportedly will visit Lis
bon when units OF the British home
fleet touch Portugal
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

MEMPHIS. Tenn. ms Dixie
Greyhound bus officials. who com
planned OF two attacks made on
their buses, had the assurance To.
day o. Gov. John Nance McCore OF
Tennessee that the guilty parties
would be sough. and punished.
Frederick Smith. bus line president,
lodged his protest after a shot NAs
fired alta bus near Jackson. Tenn.
wounding passenger. Another bus
was stoned near Rfyes. Tenn.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

CHUNGKING- AP - General
George C. Marshall. presidential
envoy to China. will take on for
Washington at $3.50 D. IN. Chung
king time) today. II was announc-
ed officially. He will report to
President Truman on his efforts to
help the Chinese solve differences
between Nationalists and Commun-
lists alterations.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

See sTRIKE-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-11

See OPA-Page 5
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Purge Is Opened
OF NiolatOrs In
Red Farm System

Moscow, Sept. 30. - az Soviet
Russia declared today liquidation
of violatorS'' in the collective farm
system. the backbone of this cotn-
try's agricultural economy. with
prosecution of various officials fer
theft and other crimes. Is under
way
Prime Minister Stain and Col
Gen. A. A. Zhdanov. secretary oil INC
communist party's central commit
tee, signed the decree. 'h" 'ni"-' ~
series of measures affecting RuS-
sia's postwar affairs.
ION June 20 officials disclose" the
autonomous republics Of The Crimca
and Checha- Tngush had been redo.
ed to the status Of provinces ana
many of their residents rcSctiicd ~
other parts of Russia for war TIM"
treachery. Action has been takch
against local party leaders IN tne
Ukraine attempting 10 revive oour ,
geia- nationalist conceptions. an"
against composers. writers ana cdi-
tors who incur the kremlins diS-
pleasure. The release OF MAXIM
Litnivoff, former ambassador TO tle
u s., as a deputy foreign minister
August "a has also aroused specuia-
ton abroad)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Auto Makers Saw
Only One Car Out
OF 20 For Export

Detroit. Sept. 20-ln face of world
wide demand for new car. American
manufacturers tagged for export one
car out of every 20 produced. Geo
Romncy. general manager, Automo-
bile Manufacturers Association said
today.
Exports arc under strict govern
mcnt control, both as to prices and
number Of vehicles shipped, he
pointed out. From the end of the war
to mid-yCar 1916. only 1886 pas
ScnGcr cars went into export mar
kctS. or So of production. In 1897.
more than 272.000 American cars
were shipped abroad and 45l,000 in
1929.
With car production held down 10
Il third Of expectations by strikes.
shortages and government controls.
American manufacturers face per-
picking problem in supplying home
demand and distributing the limited
number of cars available for export
over world markets. This year. 5lT
of exports have gone TO neighboring
countries in North and South Amer
lea. and the remainder is spread
over more than 60 countries. Some
major nations have received only
five or six American cars.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Five Hurt
In Collision
Below Town

Five persons were injured in an
accident this morning about $50
o'clock three miles south of Hen
dcrson on the Raleigh road in col
lision between 1888 Oldsmobilc
sedan and a 1912 Chevrolet pick.
up truck. according TO report from
the highway patrol office.
Victoria Lcmbcrs, Of 1850 i4th
street. Brooklyn. N. Y. driver of the
Oldsmobilc. received head injury.
Sncir Lcmbcrg. of the same address.
also received head injuries. Morris
Lubmann. of Miami. Fla, suffered a
fractured pelvis bone and Syna
Zicrlcr. also of Miami. was injured
about The face and head.
Driver of the truck. Willard Pred
dy. of franklinton, was uninjurcd.
although companion. Walter King.
had injuries about the face.
The truck was travelling south and
the automobile north when the col
lision occurred near the Perry Lum-
Der Company. The Oldsmobilc was
damaged on the right side and the
front of the truck was damaged, il
was reported.
The injured were carried 10 Maria
| Parham hospital and all except Lub-
mann were released shortly after re-
ceivinE treatment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
|. S. And Britain
Seeking To Speed
Japs Out OF Asia

Washington. Sept 20. - MD -- An
Arglp-NmCrican decision Ia SDccd
!hc return home from southeast asia
Of more than 100000 il pancsc re
purtcdly is in the making today.
Its objective obviously is TO pull
the rug from under any possible
Russian contention that this coun-
Try has sanctioned the use of slave
labor"
Officials familiar with the dis
cussionS now going on told re-
porter that an announcement prCb-
ably will be issued in week or so.
depending on the shipping situation
in the Far Pacific.
These officials said ii was the
shipping situation. now improving
plus the task of corraling the scat
tered japanese - that has been re-
sponsible for the delays. They added
that they expect the task 10 be ,om-
plctcd by years end.
In line with the PotSdam Big
Three declaration calling upon AL
lied governments 10 permit prison.
crS of war 10 return home. the State
Department stand has been taken in
the face of strong desire by some
ICrmcr occupied countries TO use the
prisoners for reconstruction work
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Weather
FOR NORTH CAROLINA

Considerable cloudiness ana
little temperature change: IN
tcrmittcnt rain over centrai ana
east portions this afternoon ana
over northeast portion tonigh''
Saturday, cloudy and warmer
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
president fires WALLACE FROM CABINET
Truman Reaffr171s
Support OF Byrnes
Chief Executive Says Wallace's Views
And u. S. Foreign Policy In Conflict

Washing a. Sept DISQUALIFICATION Truman today
fired Henry Wallace Secretary of Commerce Il dramatic
reatfirmaton Of this comtrys peace
ference.
Wallace lived out of the Cabinet with the
m2rt that Il shall continue to fight for peace
His aides told reporters, however that he will make
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Ickes Raps
'Resignation'
OF w allace
(By The Associated Press.)

Harold l.. Ickes, who also served
in the original new deal cabinet, said
today in Washington that Henry
Wallace comes out of this with
more credit than Truman"
lckeS left the cabinet several
months ago after a row with PrcSi-
dent Truman over the nomination
of Edwin Pauley to be undersccrc-
tary of the navy.
lckes told reporters Il don't think
il is very brave for Mr.. Truman's
part 10 GUST Wallace. He added that
Wallace had 'over-Stayed himself i'll
the cabinet" but said the President
Inundated himself in agreeing 10
the speech on foreign policy and
then throwing Wallace to the Lions"
whe1 "all this row was kicked up"
In Chicago, Senator Taft (R) of
Ohio, a Senate COP leader, said: II
don't see how Truman could do any
thing else and have an adminiStra-
ton foreign policy at ALL"
Senator Hoey CD of North Caro-
lima, speaking from his home in
Shelby said: Secretary Wallace
failed to recognize that he was Sec
rotary of Commerce and was not
charged with the responsibility for
the direction of foreign policy. In
this critical time il is important for
the full administration to support
solidly our foreign policy"
Senator Bailey CD of North Car
DINA, who is i'll AT his homo in Ra-
leigh. said Il think the action is
most appropriate"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Political
Interest

by LYNN NISBET.
Daily DISPATCH Bureau.

Raleigh, Sept. i9.-AS state Off
Gals and employees get into the
regular swing of routine activity fol-
lowing the Sun;gncr vacation period
and with formal opening Of the by
election year fall campaign immi-
nent, there is increasing interest
manifested in the general subject of
politics"
Visitors around capitol square, in
Guiding lawyers attending supreme
court, legislative nominees checking
on seats and hotel reservations. and
the usual num)cr of professional
visits to state departments, cvince
growing interest III who may be the
next governor and who will run for
The United States Senate in 1913.
Activity among most frequently
mentioned potential governors has
oCcn Confined lately to Charles NJ.
Johnson. state treasurer: J.. Y.
(Stag) BallcntinC. lieutenant COVER
nor, and ID. l.. Uibby) Ward, for
mcr speaker of the house and cur
rcntly state senator, of Craven coun-
ty. In the background and 1eing
closely watched are Frank Hancock
of Granville, former national Farm
security ADMINISTRATOR and former
congressman: William b. UmStcad.
former Congressman ana currently
state chairman Ct the Democratic
party; Brig. Gen. Kenneth Royal
of Wayne. now serving as undcr-Scc-
rc.ary of war. and half Il dozen 9TH
CrS.
The current status &C the 1915 race
for governor and senator WAS ac-
curatcly expressed the other day by Il
visiting lawyer who sought some
inside dope and failing to get it,
lame through with the plant: Ev-
erybody is asking: NOBODY is telling
anything"
Veteran observers of state politi-
cal campaigns agree that right now
accurate analysis is impossible anc
most Of them expect this condi-
ton to prevail until near the close
OF the next general assembly.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Red Cross Overseas
Clubs To Continue

Washington. Sept. 20.--The War
Department and the American Red
Cross have entered into new coop
erativc arrangements for continuing
Red Cross overseas club service for
occupational troops. Red Cross Chair
man Basil O'Connor has announced.
Under the new plan the Army
will continue TO provide club quar-
tcrs and maintenance personnel and
will operate club cantecn at which
food and non-alcoholic beverages
will be sold.
The Red Cross will provide train
cd workers TO conduct recreation
programs and furnish refreshments
without cost at special entertain
ment events. In addition TO mem
bcrs of the armed forces. club fac
ilities will be available TO families
of servicemen and War Department
overseas personel.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
Big Section
OF Niagara
Falls Drops
City Is Shaken
By Rock Collapse
AS In Earthquake

Niagara Falls. n. Y. SPIT. 20.-iPl
A huge PORTION ot the brink of the
American falls collapsed today. Shak-
ing this city with earthquake in
tcnsity as il tunb!cd down the 1863
foot space Of the cataract.
Witnesses said section OF tho
rock wall 100 feet in length al the
top and aoout 80 feet across at the
bottom of the falls tun Died into the
gorge ShOrtlys with a tcrril! roar.
They reported il was on this side
Cf the V-shapcd section which broke
off i'm 1912.
Tonic Guninta. member of the
Niagara Falls Gazette staff. said
the blast "shnok hell out Of the
city. Our building ShorH like a
maple leaf in breeze"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-09-20
NEW YORK COTTON,

New York. Sept. 20.-(P,-Cot-
ton futures opened Is cents o bale
higher TO 25 cents lower. Noon
prices we're 10 cents bale lower
to IS cents higher.