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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
States Will
Recruit Men

Washington Mar. 25-AP- Gov
ernors OF Is states have agreed to
recruit and maintain the national
guard forces allotted as part Of the
postwar military establishment,
the War Department reported to-
day.
Maj Gen. Butler B. Miltonberger,
chief Of the national guard bureau,
said the IS account for more than
175,000 OF the proposed total ma
tional guard strength OF 622,5O0 Of
ficers and men Acceptances are
expected next month from all other
states. the department announce
ment said.
Those which already have ac-
cepted their quotas we're listed as
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Della
ware, Georgia, Idaho. Indiana. Lou
isiana, Maryland. Montana. Nebras.
ka. Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Tex
as, Vermont. and Wyoming.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Mihailovic
in iinCustody

Belgrade, Mar. 25--AP- Gen.
Draja Mihailovic, once hailed as
guerilla hero in the fight against
the Nazis, was officially reported
under arrest as a traitor and war
criminal today following his cap
ture by Nugoslav authorities.
Alexander Rankoyic. minister OF
the interior, announced to a cheer
ing parliament yesterday that the
wartime leader OF the Chetniks.
who had been hunted for nearly
two years in the Yugoslav Hills by
Marshal Tito's forces, had been
seized March 10.
Rankovie did not say where the
capture occurred. but It was rum
ored that Mihailovic, King Peters
former war minister. was trapped
near Vishegrad. near. the Serbian
Bosnian border
An official radio broadcast said
the general was captured in
mountain cave guarded by only II
men Of hts forces. which once were
estimated TO total as many as,
100000.
The radio account quoted Ranko-
vic as saying:
These GD men were all that
was left after his disastrous defeat
Of May. 1945. There is no doubt
Mihailovic was the last hope of
all reactionaries '"' working,
openly or secretly. against the
Yugoslav Federal Republic
The 49-year-old, bespectacled
Serbian guerrilla leader organized
the first Yugoslav resistance bands
in the hills after the Germans
streamed into Yugoslavia in April.
1871. He was promoted to general
in December. l941 and a month lat
er. King Peter appointed him min
lister of war, navy and air forces.
The Soviet Union accused him in
February. 1913, OF collaborating
with the Axis. Later, Tito, leftist
Partisan and now Yugoslav pre-
mier. accused him OF cola bOration
and of melting Bulgarians TO fight
the Partisans.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
John E. Haas
Home Burns

Fire early today destroyed the
home OF John F.. Haas, 6542 Ford
Rd.. Superior Township.
Originating in the basement, the
blaze had spread throughout the
basement and a large share OF the
first floor Of the one story frame
building when firemen OF the Will
low Run Village Fire Department
we're notified. The alarm was
turned in b.. the Ann Arbor Police
Department.
An estimated loss OF $500 re.
suited. including the total value OF
the house, $500. and $4,000 in
furnishings. The house was fully
insured by the owner and occupant.
Cause OF the blaze was undeter.
mined. Through efforts Of the fire
men an adjacent house and barn
we're saved.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Action Clears Atmosphere
For Meeting Today of UNO
Security Council in East
Report Will be
Asked on Iran
Agreement

New York, Mar. 25-AP-A re.
ported Russian agreement 10 with.
draw Soviet troops from Iran ap.
peared today to have pulled the
UNO Security Council through its
worst crisis TO date and promised a
major improvement in relations
among the United States, Britain
and Russia.
The break in the larnian issue.
announced by Moscow radio, came
on the eve OF the Councils opening
at Hunter College here g so p. m.
EST and was Immediately hailed
by officials as a victory for the
United Nations system. Even
though expected fireworks do not
develop. these authorities said the
fact that the UNO Council was duo
TO go into the lranian cause must
have been the chief cause OF Rus
sia's decision to get her troops out
OF Iran
The lranian question remained
the most important for the Coun-
Gil TO take up, however, and this
seemed likely to be done on a mo.
tion by the United States to have
Russia and Iran make a report on
their agreement. In this way OF.
ficials hoped to get the pact regis
tered with the Council and, assum.
ing the Council approves. give it
the effective backing OF that agen-
cy to assure that 1t is promptly and
fully carried out.
Todays session was planned as
one OF formalities and speech-mak-
ing with debate on Iran to begin
Tuesday,
The opening marks the beginning
Of the United Nations as a perm.
anent world peace organization in
the United States. Simultaneous.
ly the Councils military stan com.
mittee. high command Of the armies
destined to carry out the councils
orders. arranged TO meet secretly at
a Manhattan hotel.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Park Crux of


Plans for the American Legion
Post 2S2s July celebration hinge
on whether permission is granted
to stage a carnival during the week
OF independence Day, It was an
nounced Sunday at R meeting in
the Legion Home.
with Fred A. Battelle, chairman
OF the Fourth OF July committee,
about 25 Legiounaires met Sunday
to discuss plans for the annual cele-
bration. II was unanimously
agreed that the extent OF the cele-
hration will depend on the carnival
decision. The local Legion post
it was declared. could not finance
an elaborate anair without the
funds which would be accumulated
from the carnival.
Tentative plans include the Gus
tomary fireworks. Veterans Day
hunoring all eN-seryiCemen and
women, an outdoor barbecue open
to the public. and a Children S
Day which will feature coaster
derby, a children's play, and a baby
show.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Reds Battle
Mukden

Chungking, Mar. 25-AP-'Pitch.
ed battles between central gov
eminent and Communist troops
near Mukden we're described here
today as the government and Com.
munists were reported on the verge
Of agreeing to send ruceinspection
teams into Manchuria.
Dispatches from Mukden said
that four regiments OF Communist
reinforcements under Gen. Lin Piao
had hotly contested government
entry into Fushun. important coal
center 80 miles east of Mukdcn.
The Communist forces now arc
Withdrawing to the northeast under
the pressure of government forces,
which are continuing 10 advance.
the report declared.
Ho Ping Pao. Chinese army
newspaper. reported the o"cupa-
tion OF Fushun and said another
central government column driy-
ing up the Dairen-Mukden railroad
from the south had occupied the
rail center Of Liaoyang. 80 miles
south Of Mukden. Lisoyang is ap-
proXimately halfway between Muk.
den and the great steel center OF
Anshan. where the column was re-
ported yesterday.
The Fushun battle report was
the first indication Of any serious
clash between the two forces in
the area. where observers have
feared that such an engagement
might provide the spark needed to
fekindle the smouldering civil war.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
.Cheng Will
Ii

Chungking. Mar. 25-AP - Al.
though the widely-reported plane
crash death OF Gen. Tai Ii, head OF
China's secret police. has not been
confirmed officially, the Kuomin.
tang newspaper World Daily News
said today that the government has
selected 1t. Gen. Cheng Chieh-min
as his successor
General Cheng. government com.
missioner at the Peiping executive
headquarters and member OF the
commission which arranged the
truce with Chinese Communists.
formerly was director OF the in
telligence department board NJ mill
iary operations OF the National
Military Council. Age 81, he is a
graduate Of Moscow's Su Yat.Sen
University.
He flew from Peiping 10 Chung.
hing yesterday for conference
and then returned 10 Peiping.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Russia Taking Troops From Iran
Eighteen Die
in Accidents
in Michigan
(By the Associated Pressl

(By the Associated Iressl
At least IS Michigan residents
lost their lives in accidents over
the week end, traffic mishaps ac-
counting for - Of the fatalities.
Fires figured in four others while
a train accident and a fall caused
the other two deaths.
A Saturday night collision be-
tween a hayride wagon and an
auto at Bay City took the life of
Kenneth Wyatt, %. the wagon
driver, and caused injuries TO rs
school students on the hayride.
Police said the school pupils
were toppled out Of the wagon
when il was struck in the rear by
an auto. Six of the students still
were hospitalized today, while
Louis Rs badue. 63, fatherin.law of
Wyatt. was listed in only fair"
condition at Mercy Hospital, Bay
City.
Wyatt and Rabadue were thrown
from their seats by the impact of
the collision, Wyatt being pinned
between the horse and the front
OF the wagon. He was dead on
admission . Mercy Hospital.
Still confined TO hospitals we're:
June White, 16; June Anger, Is;
Barbara Chase, l6; Katherine Lam
dry, Is; Helen Miller. Is, and vii,
liam Burnside. Is. The White and
Auger , Is were the most serious
ly injured.
Three persons were killed in a
head-On auto collision on the Dixie
Highway near Waterford Sunday
night. The victims were Anthony
Zdeb. 81. and his wife. so, OF S2I
Addison St, Flint; and Mrs. Jose
phine Payer, 45, OF S7l Glennon,
Detroit. Joseph Payer was taken
to Pontiac General Hospital with a
dislocated hip and internal injuries.
Lee S. Braisted. AZ, and his broth.
er Leonard F., As, we're killed in
Lansing Sunday night when an au.
tomobile struck them.
Other week end deaths included:
Frank l.. Kniss, 40. Chelsea: viii
liam Elliott, so, Battle Creek; VIII
liam Brooks, 70, retired farmer,
near Bronson; Russell Gillespie, SO,
Chaplin Township; Thomas F. Don
elan. %. Detroit; william Il. Nc
Ginise. 81, Plymouth; Dorothy +.
Gallagher. IS, Charlevoix: Tauno
Matt Tapine. 30. Marquette Coun-
ty; Harold MEwm. a.. Flint; Rob
ert w. Strouse, Is, Ludington: John
Dodd. So. Fart; and Royal Abbott.
25, Dearborn.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

the necessity for greater industria
output. Without increased produc
ton the rest Of my suggestions
are meaningless" the witness de-
clared as he listed these o.her rec.
concentrations:
/ Stop increasing the money
supply
,. stop decreasing taxes until the
budget is balanced There may be
wisdom in reinstating the $4,000.
900 .000 tax reduction
2 stop bunking he public by
saying wage increases can he
granted without increase in price
levels
4. DO not fear to increase prices
or wages where necessary to get
and stimulate production No raise
in prices should he permitted with.
out OPA approval. Baruch said,
and no increase in wage scales
withou. approval Of the Office OF
Economic Sterilization"
:. Continue price controls. sub
ject to indicated notifications for
year. Allow profit but no profit
eerinS
6. Avoid fayoritism to any par
ticuIar group.
:. Take care Of those between
the millstones clerks, government
employees. pensioners, ct al
S Make surpluses OF goods in
military hands available 10 compen-
safe for shortages
.. Stimulate small bust
ness.
10. Take stock before blindly
lending make inventories OF our
goods, our cash, our credit before
we increase the pressure on these.
II. Gu government costs. includ-
ing federal. state, county and city.
II. Eliminate all strikes or lock
outs for a year.
IS. Set up high court Of com.
merce a sort OF supreme economic
counsel which can decide questions
involved in the above points and
related subjects
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Two Hundred
Workers Idle

Nearly 200 workers Of the Motor
State Products Corporation and
affiliated Mast Machine Company
were idle today.
Work ceased at S a, m. this morn.
ing when, according 10 union
spok esmen. company officials ord
cred work halted.
A. Seedorf, president Of the COM
pany, said work stoppase was
necessary when. what he consider
ed a wildcat strike was precipitated
by refusal OF some Of the employees
TO work under a changed job card
system. The new system. assert
ed Mr.. Seedorf concerned in no
way either work or pay. He said
it was an improvement in the pay
roll system not affecting work.
wages. or prices
Inion officials claimed the gates
were locked behind them after men
were ordered to leave the plant.
Machines are down, leaving only
the office force engineering depart
ment and supervision working
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Murray Steps Into Hotbed
of UAW-CIO Family Trouble

by the two opponents in their state.
ments and speeches.
Thomas, who is seeking his
seventh term as JAW president,
said Reuther really was running
against Phil Murray for the presid.
ency OF the CIO and is opposing
CIO policies"
He said the fiery. 3S-year-old
leader of the General Motors strike
was a "Gupe" OF AFL leaders in a
movement to draw the auto union
into the AFL.
In his speech today. Murray was
expected to denounce a rumor that
he persuaded the General Motors
fact-fniing board last January, to
reduce its recommended wage in.
crease from "a 10 1917 cents.
Both candidates in the JAW race
Thomas in a news conference
and Reuther in a speech-have
mentioned this rumor They said
it was originated by {. f. Wilson,
president Of General Motors.
Last night, Thomas told report.
ers jammed into his hotel room
that Reuther took up Wilson's
story and spread it around.
Reuther. at news conference
OF his own, said this was a con
temptible lie He also denied
hotly any III feeling between him
self and Murray. stating: 81 think
Phil Murray and enjoy a very
decent friendship"
Reuther said the effort TO link
him with the AFL is a "Commun-
ist party line" which Thomas has
picked up'-and that 1t is the
most fantastic, contemplate piece
of forgery ever fastened on this
union"
Murray had said before coming
here that he would not take part
in the JAW election campaign.
The Thomas forces, however, con
tinued to express their hope that
Murray would give aid to their
cause. The 1000 delegates will
vote on the candidate Wednesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

Atlantic City, n. j., Mar. 25-AP
clio President Philip Murray
stepped into a hotbed OF United
Auto Workers family trouble to-
day and found himself In the mid.
die OF the political free-for-all be-
tween X. J. Thomas and Walter
Reuther for the UAW-CIO presi-
dency.
Murray. who will address the
JAW convention here today. found
that the campaign had hauled into
the open a bitter cleavage within
the union over the strategy and
philosophy OF the General Motors
strikeA z ~ - e. tt-E, ,a.,
Not only that. but Murray's name
was being bounced around freely
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
EEELiNG TENSE

Ishpeming. .Mich.-AP - The
situation was tense throughout the
Marquette iron mine range area
today as CIO Nnited Steelworkers
prepared for a mass meeting to-
night to discuss a baCk-to-work
movement that saw approximately
one-sixth OF 5000 striking miners
return to work late last week.
State police still patrolled the area
as more than 500 OF the idle miners
reported at the nine mines in par
tial operation despite general con
tinuance Of the lh-day old strike.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
.Moslen Issue
Splits India

New Delhi. Mar. 25-AP-State-
ments reflecting deep.rooted differ
ences between Indian political
leaders greeted a special British
cabinet mission as IL embarked
today on negotiations looking to-
ward government for India.
Mahomed Ali Jinnah, president
OF the Moslem League, declared
he and his followers are prepared
TO shed our blood IL necessary In
order TO assure the establishment
OF separate Moslem state m
Pakistan.
At the same time Vallabhai Pa.
tel, a member of the Congress par
ty working committee. said his
party was ready 10 go TO the
farthest extent to meet the legitf-
mate demands OF minorities" but
could not accede to the Moslem
Leagues Impossible demands for
partition OF India. 4
b. r. Ambedkar. labor member
OF the Viceroy's Executive Council.
declared that India's 60.000.000 M
touchables. OF which he is one. must
be protected from domination by
caste Hindus and said the group
was ready to appeal to the UNO
to make certain that safeguards
are included in the constitutional
settlement.
The British mission. consisting of
Lord Pethwick-Lawrenc sir Stat.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Red Cross
Fund Lags

With one more week remaining
in the March drive OF the Red
Cross. the total for Ypsilanti stands
at SIS15.92. according 10 city cam.
paign chairman. s T.. Fagerstrom.
The goal is $4,000. Saturdays
figures were S903.17 made up Of
S3S6.76 from the Normal College
and S412.42 OF residential reports.
Its about the poorest showing
We have ever had. said L. NJ. Tho
mas. head Of the Ypsilsnti branch.
We thought our budget was rea.
sonable. $4,000. and We feel GER
tain that hundreds OF friends Of
Red cross have put of sending in
their contributions. This week
will finish the campaign. however,
and we must make every erOrt 10
increase the present figure
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

WASHINGTON AP-When and
IL the atomic bomb tests are held.
two OF them may be run or within
single month TO meet problems
posed by President Trumans de-
lay order The high command OF the
joint Army-Nayy task force met to-
day to consider these among other
situations created by the suddenly
issued White House directive set.
ting back the first test date from
May Is 10 July !.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
ARMY lNsTALLs PRESSES

ogden. Utah-UP-The Army
has announced that field printing
plant will be placed in operation
about May / in the Utah Army Ser
vice Forces Depot here to supply
Army installations throughout the
West and the Pacific. The IL
presses In the plant. with capacity
Of 5000 900 impressions a week,
will turn out forms to be used by
adjutant general stan members.
including those occupying Japan
and Korea.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Congress Today
Senate

Senate
In recess until Tuesday.
Banking Subcommittee may com
plete hearings on nomination o'
James X. Naldaman, Jr. 90 Fed
eral Reserve Board
Labor Subcommittee hears Vet
erans Administrator Omar Bradley
on bill to return United States Em-
pIoympnt Service 10 the states.
Agriculture SubCommittcN con-
siders cotton clothing shortage
House
Routine session.
Banking Committee hears Be.
nard VI Baruch testify on extension
Of OPA
Supreme Court - opinion day
session.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
POLICE RUSH TO "cRAsH"

Logan. ltah Up Cache county
officers sped 10 tho rescue when
they received a report an airplanc
had crashed two miles from the
Logan Cache Airport The wreck
cd plane was quickly found. But
the officers weren't too happy u
was a siv-foot model built by young
Gibbs Gudgo and flown by remote
control.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
LOCKS OPEN

Sault ste. Marie. Mich.-AP--
The Sault Ste. Marie locks were
open to navigation today - two
weeks ahead Of schedule-with
two freighters led by the ice-break-
o. Mackinaw recipients Of the ira
ditional welcoming ceremony.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
AUCTION CALENDAR

wEDNEsoAY-mARcH 27,. 100
o'clock. S miles East OF Saline
on v. S. tt2 or a., miles west OF
Ypsilsnu on U. S. i12, turn
South on Warner Rd.. first farm,
6725 Warner Rd., farm known as
Warner Farm. Jacob Lutz, Pro-
prietor. Guy =. Thompson. AUe-
tlonssr. Ben Simons, Clerk. adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
sEEK OWNER

Bay Ctty-AP-Police are seek.
ing the owner OF 81 90 in war
bonds and $50 in cash found Sun.
day in a trash heap by Richard
Dominovski. II. and his lOyear old
brother Eugene.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
U. s. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan--Mostly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday with rain IN
south Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday.
Highest temperature yesterday,
So; lowest, 80.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, rs: lowest. 43.
Highest temperature this dare
since 1872. 81 in 1945; lowest,
s in 1910.
The sun sets today at $50 and
rises Tuesday at 6:26.
The moon rises, Tuesday al 259
a. m. and sets Tuesday at 1l:40
q. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

SAN FRANCISCO-AP- fifty.
six bobby-sox adorers Of Frank
Sinatra detained as curfew law vio-
lators because they lined up before
dawn to see THE Voice" have been
returned to their parents.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
National Coal Strike Threatened

Washington, Mar. 25-AP-Bitu.
minous operators ana John l..
Lewis entered the critical week OF
their negotiations today with the
threat OF a nationwide coal strike
dead ahead.
Lewis has indicated he will give
notice Tuesday or Wednesday that
he intends to terminate the present
contract at midnight next Sunday,
March 81.
Before he gives that notice. the
operators hope TO submit a list OF
counter proposals for a new con.
tract. They ran into trouble over
the week end, however, In reach
ing agreement on how % meet
Lewis nine generalized proposals,
including his big one for health
and welfare fund.
The United Mine Workers leader
has asked for increased wages Cor
q shorter work week, limiting that
he wants OF return TO seven-hour
day. But he has not been specific
in the brief negotia ions to date.
The operators were represented
by associates who declined to be
identified by name as willing 10
grant the 400 900 bituminous miners
a pay increase equal to that given
in o.her basic industries. In steel
and autos this averaged 1874 cents
an hour.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

NEW YORK -AP- The Rt, Rev.
Monsignor Fulton ]. Sheen declar-
ed yesterday that a "full-fledged
Soviet agent was picked up" in a
congressional committee meeting
last week. In Washington the FBI
said we would not confirm ii or
deny it," Reachable members of
the House of Representatives said
there had been little that would
interest a foreign agent before com
mittees in their branch last week.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

WASHINGTON AP- Efforts OF
Sena leaders to work out a COM
promise with opponents OF the Ad-
ministration's 65-cent minimum
wage bill we're reported today to
have failed. Senator Pepper ID
Fla), one of the measures spon-
sors. told reporters that no agree
ments have been made with any
other factions.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

WASHINGTON --AP- Republi-
cans lashed out today at Secretary
OF Commerce Wallace for what one
OF them described as IAN effort to
tangle American foreign policy in
Partisan politics" Wallace's dec.
laration that a COP congressional
victory next fall would have
grayely disturbing effect on the
whole international situation" was
regarded by minority party law
makers as setting the pattern OF
probable Democratic attack in the
approaching election campaign.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

CAIRO -AP- Britain has
agreed TO an Iraq request for me-
rotiations looking toward revision
of 1882 treaty between the two
countries. says Prime Minister FL
said FL Swedy Bey of Iraq. The
treaty, which expires in 1862. per-
mits Britain to maintain air bases
west Of the Euphrates River.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25
Not TO Satisfy

Some operators were said, how
ever, to fear that this tenta i've
concession on wages would fail to
satisfy Lewis because he has COM
pletely subordinated the wage and
hour demand to his health and well
fare fund proposal.
Without linking this fund with
the royalty he asked last year, the
UNIV chief Is reported to have told
the wage conference that he still
wants 10 cents a ton or its equiv
alent.
As the bituminous negotiations
droned on. Lewis summoned his an
thracite scale committee TO a meet
ing here Tuesday 10 determine
what action to take ir reopening
the hard coal contract next month.
The anthracite agreement. cover
ing $4,000 Pennsylvania miners. is
timed % expire. II Lewis desires,
a month after the bituminous pact.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

, WASHINGTON AP-Japanese
General Tomoyuki lamashita sd-
vised the nation that hanged him
as a war criminal TO ignore tradi-
tional ideas OF military strategy in
preparing against the possibility OF
another conflict. In an article die
tated from his Manila death cell
and published today in the semi
official infantry journal. Yamashi-
ia told his conQuerors that the 40
mic bomb and Ions range planes
mean that the textbooks OF West
Point and Annapolis must be re-
written.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

MOSCOW -AP- Russia. expects
10 spend hundreds OF millions OF
rubles in the next five years on a
vast scientific program devoted
principally TO an intensive study OF
atomic energy, says the Soviet gov.
eminent newspaper IZvestia.