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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Muskegon Has
Costly Fire

Muskegon. Mich. Feb. 23-AP-
Two thirds OF a block in the heart
OF the business district OF Muske-
gon lay a mangled mass OF ruin
today-a fire loss OF sl,500,000.
II was the city's most costly fire
in history, exceeding in damage
the great blazes OF the lumber
days which twice wiped out the
business area in 1874 and 1891.
Five business buildings. stretch
ing 254 feet along Western Ave,
the city's main business street,
were wiped out. No one was in
jured in the blaze, fought by 100
firemen. Fifty city and state po-
lice kept back a throng of 10000
onlookers.
The five buildings. two and three
stories high. housed seven retail
stores. many offices and some
apartments. Some of the contents
were saved by fleeing occupants,
but most of the store stocks were
destroyed. Largest of the estab-
lishments was occupied by the w.
ID. Hardy Company. the city's lsrg-
est and Oldest department store. 1t
was founded more than half a
century ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Vet Charged
With Killing

Los Angeles, Feb. 23-AP-Stuff-
ed in closet off blood-spattered
kitchen. the body of Mrs. Rae o.
krohn, 80. attractive divorcee. was
found last night. clad only In a
nightgown.
Det. Lieut.. c. +. Ream of Will
shire division reported a few min
utes later the detention for ques-
tioning of a man found driving the
dead woman's car. He was being
ticketed by traffic officers for a
crossing signal violation when the
pickup order for the car was broad.
cast Ream said.
Booked on suspicion of murder
after several hours OF quizzing
was Robert i. Dierwirth, 81. dis
charged soldier. who Ream said
had been rooming at Mrs. Krohn's
home for the past two weeks.
The detective said Mrs. Krohn
had been brutally beaten about
the head with hammer, found near
the body. Neighbors, he added,
told Of seeing a man leave the
house late in the afternoon.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Soviet Ship
in Distress

ketchikan. Alaska-AP-Rescue
vessels fought the stormy North
Pacific today for the second time
this month 10 save persons aboard
a shattered ship-this time the
Russian tanker Donbass in distress
south OF the Aleutians.
A second Russian tanker. un-
identified. removed % persons, in
cluding FIVE women, from the wal
lowing after section OF the broken
Donbass. Another % we're left
aboard to aid in efforts 10 tow
the section to Adak Island. Six
teen more, including the master,
were afloat on the forward portion
at last reports.
Two weeks ago a fleet OF rescue
craft saved 4S5 persons from the
liner Yukon after 1t had gone
aground in Johnstone Bay, south
OF Seward. Alaska.
How the Donbass came to grief
had not yet been learned. but the
district Coast Guard office here
said it learned the disaster occur
red Feb. II. The Donbass, com
manded by a Capt. Goginov, left
Long Beach, Calf. Feb. Z, bound
for Vladivostok with a capacity
cargo OF gasoline. The Russian
tanker Belgorod left Los Angeles
Feb. 10 on the same route.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Ray Kelly to
be candidate
For Governor

Lansing, Mich, Feb. 23-AP-
Raymond J. Kelly OF Detroit. a
former national commander of the
American Legion and former De.
troit corporation counsel, today an
nounced he would be a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
governor.
Kelly. 81 year old veteran Of
both world wars, was recently dis
charged from the Army with the
rank Of lieutenant colonel.
Agraduate Of Notre Dame Uni
versity and the University OF De-
treit law school Kelly was Detroit
corporation COUNSEL in 1882 and in
1889 was National American Le-
glon commander. He is a former
secretary of the Detroit Bar As
sociation.
Richard w. Nebel, Munising at
torney, is chairman OF the group
backing Kelly. He said nominal
ing petitions would be circulated
throughout the state next week.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

Washington, Feb. 23-AP-Cap-
itol Hill gulped today at the House
leadership decision to take up a
retirement benefit plan for con
gressmen.
Many members thumbed scalen.
dars and pondered the proximity OF
the fall elections as soon as they
learned from Majority Leader Nc
Cormack (D-Mass) that the legis-
lation will reach the House floor
next Wednesday.
They could take some solace,
though, in the finding Of the House
civil service committee that the
bill would give senators and rep
resentatives cabinet members too)
"only that which they have earned
and paid for, and not something
for nothing"
The committee flatly denied the
benefits contemplated In the bill
Of Rep. Vinson (D-Ga) are pen
sions'.
That word. It seems. has come
to have unpleasant connotations
on the hill when applied to the ma.
tion's lawmakers.
Anyhow, a good many members
recall the thThdering protests and
bundles for Congress campaign
produced some years back when a
similar plan passed the House.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Natural
Hearing Set

Mayor Ross X. Bower and City
Engineer T. Fred Older will rep
resent the city of Ypsilanti at a
hearing concerning natural gas
supplies before the Federal Power
Commission, in Chicago, Monday.
The city has been seeking a source
Of natural gas.
Michigan's plea for more natur-
al gas will be presented by some
80 state and municipal officials and
representatives OF industry.
William ]. McBrearty, chairman
OF the state public service com
mission, said the states present
needs are "at least double the
150, 100000 cubic feet a day which
come into the state. He said the
needs would increase as time
goes on" TO meet the demands OF
domestic and industrial gas Gus
toners.
McBrearty said the states wit
nesses might include Senator Ho-
mer Ferguson, whom he said prom
ised to attend II he were not kept
in Washington by the Pearl Har-
Dor investigation.
McBrearty said testimony to be
presented at the hearing will mot
be directed against" the Panhandle
Eastern Pipe Line Company. which
supplies natural gas to Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company and
Consumers Power Company.
The chairman has announced
that the commission would order
the Pipeline Company to refrain
from selling gas directly to large
industrial consumers, bypassing the
distributing companies.
The commission also has been
seeking TO force the Panhandle
Company 10 supply more gas to
Michigan consumers.
The states gas fields, McBrearty
said, are. inadequate to supply
more than a fraction OF the nat.
ural gas used in Michigan.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
CIO Says GM Strike to Continue
British War
Settlement
Under Fire

Washington, Feb. 2S-AP-Sen-
ate foes Of the proposed British
loan found fresh ammunition for
their hght today in the disclosure
that American surplus and lend
lease goods have been turned over
to Britain in a war.end settlement
bringing only IL cents on the dol
lar.
Senator Johnson (D-Colo.), who
doesn't like the $3,750.O00.OO0 credit
proposal in It present form, said
he thought disclosure of the settle
ment terms would react against
the administration drive for con-
gressional approval of the loan.
Perhaps" he told a reporter
iocularly, we ought to have an
investigation to find out how we
were able to get back even as much
as II cents on dollar"
Senator Bridges (R-N.H) COM
mented: That's an absurdly low
average for the sale OF surplus COM
modities, il they have any value at
all. and / assume that they do"
Details II the war-end settle
ment were revealed yesterday by
the Senate's Special Defense In
vestigating Committee, which said
that supplies costing the United
States $6,021.164.S50 had been turn.
ed over to the British government
fer $650,000, Britain is to pay
this am -unt over a period of 55
years at two per cent interest.
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.), a
member OF the committee which
heard the report, criticised ar
rangements under which the sur
plus and lend lease commodities
are being sold directly to the Brit.
ish government instead of to indi-
viduals.
by doing this, we are surrender
ing our rights to the promotion OF
free enterprise and we are encour-
aging cartels," he told a reporter.
But Thomas B. McCabe. foreign
liquidation commissioner. said he
thought the settlement OF the war
accounts between the two countries
was on a very satisfactory basis.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Officers Verify
Automobile Theft

State police OF the local post.
who apprehended two boys in a
stolen auto, Thursday evening,
have verincation OF the theft from
the chief OF police in Albuquerque,
N. NJ, where the two boys ad.
mitted that they had taken the
car.
In the car, which belongs to a
travelling salesman for the George
w. Prior Company, Denver, Colo,
was from $500 to $500 in merchan.
disc.
The two boys are Donald ]. Har-
rison, 10. Detroit, and Kenneth X.
Hayward. is, also from Detroit.
Both youths have had peryious po-
lice records in auto larcenies, and
are being held In the county Jail.
The salesman from whom the
auto was taken was Ray Rutland,
Denver.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
u. S. Hangs
Yannashita

Manila. Feb. 23-AP-Lt. Gen.
romoyukik Yamashits, onetime
bemedalled conaueror OF Singapore.
was hanged on a flood-lighted gal.
lows before dawn today as ia
panese war criminal, wearing
patched and slouchy American
Khaki fatigues.
His last words a prayer "for the
emperor's long life", the despoil.
er OF Manila died in disgrace at
S:02 a. m. in cane field along
with two snbordinates: his body
was sewed up In canvas: and he
was carted away TO nameless
grave among soldiers whose mis-
deeds sealed his doom.s
Denounced by General Mac
Arthur as having failed utterly
his soldiers faith" the stolid, So
year old man had been stripped Of
his uniform and all military appur-
tenances before he was executed
so miles southeast Of Manila near
Los Banos where his soldiers a
year ago butchered 1000 Filipino
civilians.
Two convicted torturers. a lieu
tenant colonel who once headed
the dreaded japanese secret po-
lice y. the Philippines and civil
ian Interpreter, shared with him a
death considered the most shame.
full by their countrymen.
Ysmashita and his subordinates
would have preferred to die before
a firing squad. a fate awaiting 1t.
Gen. Masaharu Homms for con
doning such atrocities as the death
march on Bataan.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Thomas Says
Meat Prices
to Lower

Washington, Feb. 23-AP-Low-
er meat prices we're forecast by
Senator Thomas (D-Okla.) today,
despite administration concern that
wage increases for packing indus
try workers may involve a price
advance.
Thomas sized up the general
outlook. however. and announced
his verdict that meat is going TO
get cheaper"
As chairman OF the Senate agri.
culture committee, Thomas has de-
voted a lot OF years and effort TO
trying TO raise farm prices. He
said that right now the major fac
tors in the situation point TO n
decline in meat prices due TO q
heavy supply
"There is a world OF meat In the
country" he told reporters. And
the Agriculture Department is en-
couraging slaughter because Of
short feed supplies"
Thomas pointed out that chick
ems were scarce just a few months
ago, but now warehouses are full
and chickens are selling for half
the ceiling price because of the
over supply. He looked for the
same thing to happen on beef, he
added.
The administration's problem is
what to do about meat prices In
view of a 16 cents an hour wage
increase recommended for pack
ing workers by a presidential fact.
finding board.
The government already is pay
ing subsidies to packers at the
rate OF S720,000,O00 a year on the
theory that the spread betw en-
meat ceiling prices and costs are
so narrow that the industry must
have the payments for a fair re-
turn on operations.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Four Retired by
Board of Regents

Ann Arbor. Feb. 23-Following
meeting OF the regents OF the
University OF Michigan, Friday.
afternoon. announcement was made
OF the retirement Of four University
professors.
Campbell Bonner. professor OF
Greek: Morris p. Tilley. professor
Of English; Vincent c. Poor asso.
oiate professor OF mathematics
and Clifton c. Carey. associate pro-
iesssr OF seodesy and surveying,
were named as those retiring.
In addition announcement was
made Of the acceptance OF s17.15O
In gifts. Largest gift was s11. 900
from the John Harper Seely Foun-
dation for the fellowship fund and
for medical and surgical research.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Placed
For New Cars

Walter Beinecke, Jr., head OF
Motor Merchants. Inc. northern
New Jersey distributor for Gra'
ham-Paige. arrived in the Willow
Run factory offices this week with
an order for $500 Frazer sutomo-
biles worth nearly s7.5O0,0oO. His
firm. he said, is ready to issue
certified check for the amount In
volved Immediately upon notifica-
ton Of shipment. Production OF
the new Frazer will begin in April.
Beinccke. whose showrooms are
at s5i Broad St. Newark. n. j.,
said the order represented cars
which are being sold through deal
ers in Bergen. Sussex. Passaic.
Morris. Essex. Hudson. Union and
MiddleseK
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Retirement Benefit Plan
Being Considered in House

That measure died In the Senate.
wilson's bin calls for voluntary
participation for members OF Con-
gress and executive department
heads in the existing federal re-
tirement system. They'd pay five
per cent OF their salaries. That
would be $500 a year for Senate
and House members each OF whose
annual salary pay is $4,000.
Before being eligible for benefits
each would have to pay in at least
$500 Having done that man
30 years OF age could retire at SllS
year A man having served IS
years in Congress and having paid
the $500 minimum could retire at
75 years Of age with income OF
S3712
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy
tonight and Sunday. Snow flur.
ries in north Sunday. No import
ant change in temperature except
colder in north Sunday.
Highest temperature yesterday.
~; lowest. 25. Highest tempera-
ture one year ago today, 80; low
est. 20. Highest temperature this
date in last 73 years. so in 1906;
lowest. s in 1889.
The sun sets today at 6:14 and
rises Sunday at 7:16. The moon
rises Sunday at :5s n. m. and sets
Sunday al 1857 q. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
PRICE INCREASED

Washington. Feb. GAP To
boost production OF southern pine
lumber for expanding housing pro-
gram, the OPA announced Friday
that an order had been issued In.
creasing the price 1926 per thous-
and board feet The order is ef-
fectiye at once.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
No Action on
ClosedOffice

The recent decision Of John Rae.
county prosecuting attorney. to
close the Npsilanti Office. has op
ened the way to objections which
may develop political significance.
Comment has been sufficient TO
start talk OF an investigation by su.
pervisOrs on the basis Of need for
a branch office in Ypsilanti
As yet there has been no official
action by the board OF supervisors
10 investigate the removal OF Al
fred DeOtte as assistant prosecu-
tor in charge OF the Npsilanti
See PROSECUTOR Page .
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Money, Wine,
Smokes Taken

Thieves broke into the Gordon
Grocery, 4j4 $. Huron St. Friday
night. and stole $50 to S25 in coins.
12 quarts OF wine. and four cartons
OF cigarettes, a partial check of the
merchandise revealed this morn
ing.
The burglars entered by cutting
glass from a side window The
money was In an unlocked cash
drawer
The store was closed about I
o'clock Friday night
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

WARSAW-AP-The Polish gov
ernment dispatched a special COM
mission today to the American
zone of Germany 10 arrange for eX-
tradition OF Polish war criminals
now held as prisoners by the
Americans. The commission car
ried a long list Of alleged perpetra-
tors OF war crimes.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

l9il-i door Chevrolet Sedan.
1871 Used Chevrolet motor
1878 Dauvers. Willow Run adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23
Injured
iinColIisiion in

One person was injured when
two cars collided on US-ll2 one
half mile east Of Ypsilanti, Friday
evening.
Injured was Mrs. Hattie Schroed-
er, 2l540 Frances St, Dearborn.
She was passenger in the car
driven by Mrs. Dora Purvey. 22l65
Donaldson St. Dearborn. Mrs.
S 'hoeder received arm injuries.
Driver OF the other car was Hen
ry D. Herbst. 1l2 Miles ST. Driv-
ers OF both cars escaped injuries.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

L0ht LIVES
Ann Arbor. Feb 23-TwO Uni
versity Of Michigan students and
one Army c-ptain lost their lives
when the car in which they we're
riding overturned after leaving
the road near Bedford. Pa. Two
other student occupants were ser
iously injured.
Killed were. Muriel S. Elieu.
walks. Hillsdale. y j., and Ralph
G. Norber-, Kingston. Pa
Injured we're. Bert Gator and
Charles Jaslow. both OF Ann Ar
bor. Identity OF the Army cap
tain. who was driving the car at
the time Of the mishap. was not
disclosed.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

HOLLYWOOD --AP- Segsbee
(Bud) Geary. ~. veteran bad
man" Of 150 western pictures, was
fatally injured yesterday when
his car overturned on a Canyon
road. An actor since 1919, he is
survived by his widow and two
sons.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

NEW DELHI -AP-Britlsh gen.
eral headquarters announced today
that II had accepted the uncondl-
tional surrender of mutinous Royal
Indian sailors whose rebellion had
thrown Bombay into virtual state
OF siege.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

SHANGHAI-AP-General Mar
shall, the L. s. presidential envoy
TO China. saluted the Red Army
on its 2Sth anniversary today in
a statement to V. A. Chilikin. pub
Usher OF the Russian Daily News.
WILMINGTON. Calif.-AP-Fin-
ishing touches were all that re.
mained today before they close up
the port OF embarkartion offices
here after furiously active war SER
vice.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

See PROSECUTOR Page ,
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

MADRID AP-Jose Rouas Y
Moreno, Spanish envoy to Turkey.
became the new ambassador 10 Bra.
I'll today, replacing Eduardo Au-
nos. who was accused in the U. s.
Blue Book OF aiding the Nazis and
whose resignation was announced
Friday by the Spanish cabinet.
WARSAW-AP-Special courts
have sentenced 10 men and a
woman to death for collaboration
with Nazis during the occupation of
Poland. The group, convicted Fri.
day, included former German Po-
lice Sergeant Heinrich Kostler.
who admitted killing 500 persons
during liquidation of the Ghetto in
CZestochowa.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

WASHINGTON, Pap - A
boiler explosion which hurled tim
bers and stones into a crowded
banquet hall killed one person and
injured ~ others. Ave OF them
seriously, Friday night at the First
Christian Church.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

VATICAN CITY -AP- Bishop
William Murphy of Saginaw. Mich.
was received by Pope Plus XII
In private audience Friday. Pre-
lates OF three other L. s. cities
were also present.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

BOMBAY -AP- The British an
nounced breaking OF the Royal In
dian Navy mutiny both ashore and
afloat at Bombay today amid con-
tinulng civil disorders. As strikes
developed here in Calcutta. Mo
handas X. Gandhl appealed to his
countrymen TO end this thought
less orgy Of violence
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

PRAGUE -AP- Foreign Min.
lister Jan Masaryk said today he
was distressed by reports that 13
armed U. S. officers and men had
entered this country two weeks
ago and obtained German docu.
ments from hillside hiding place
south OF Prague. Some folks
don't seem TO know that we are
an allied country and that the war
Is over" he said in an interview.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-23

NUREMBERG -AP- Nazi de.
fense counsel, supplied with a
stream OF notes from Hermann
Goering in the prisoners box. to.
day challenged a basic allied ac-
cusation that Germany violated
the Versailles treaty. Taking up
the question Of crimes committed
during wartime, defense attorneys
demanded that the International
Military Tribunal give them an
opportunity to attempt to prove
that German infractions were in
retaliation for those by the al.
lied powers.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-08-03
ERS<INE (GABRIEL) HAWKINS
AT NEW COLORED SKATING
RINK FRIDAY NIGHT, AUG. %

In keeping with its policy to
bring the Jackson dance lovers the
best in name bands, the manage
ment of the Colored Skating Rink
is happy to announce that its next
major attraction will be ERSKINE
(the GaberieD HAWKINS and his
famous Tuxedo Junction Orchestra.
It's interesting to note how talent
finds its place in the world
and such is the story of Erskine
Hawkins, the former 'Bama State
Collegian orchestra leader who is
today recognized as one of the
greatest trumpet players in all the
land. Trying to tell you the story
of his success is almost useless,
but we can say that you will be
thrilled beyond your imagination
when you hear this 10th century
Gaberiel and his grand aggregation
of top-notch musicians at the NEW
COLORED SKATING RINK, Au-
gust 23rd.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-08-03
Gene Henderson
Dies / hollywood

HOLLYWOOD = (Pacific Press
Syndicate) = Funeral services for
Eugene L. Henderson, 800 pound
entertainer, were held this week
Gene, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y,
created a sensation in 1883 when
he sang the theme song for the
local production of Run, Little
Chillun.' His singing for concert
and recordings of the Hall John
son arrangement of st. James IN
Urinary Blues" with the Chopin
Funeral March treatment, was con-
Sidered a national classic.
A few years ago he married
Clara Lewis, swing pianist. recently
returned after touring Europe with
Noble SisSle and the Shuttle
Along company.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-08-03
.vD Campaign In
Mississippi Said
Gaining Ground

Reporting on the progress of the
quietly waged war against veneral
diseases, Mr.. Paul w. Shipley,
archaeological sanitarian of the
state board of health, said that
there is reason to believe Missis-
sippi has not only held the Incl
dence of these diseases to a pre-
war level but has been able to
force it down.
This was done through the en-
ployment of staff of full-time
venereal disease Investigators to To-
cate those persons who were most
likely to be infected said Mr..
Shipley Three rapid treatment
centers were opened where patients
could be hospitalized and given the
quickest and most effective medi-
cal care. These centers are stated
by doctors who are specialists in
the diagnosis and treatment of We
nereal diseases. Penicillin, which
doctors consider the most potent
medicine yet discovered for treat
ment of syphilis and gonorrhea, is
used in these centers. A transpor-
tation system which touches each
county health department at least
three times a week - and some
more often-takes patients to the
rapid treatment centers and brings
them home after treatment has
been completed.
During 1916 these Investigators
will make approximately $4,000
visits to persons who have been
exposed to venereal disease" Mr..
Shipley stated. Approximately that
same number of people will be
given medical examinations, and of
GilOGO I<AOilJ1liCo dOOlt OIlS-lld11 VIII
be found to be infected and will
be given rapid treatment. However,
this is not enough to wipe out the
venereal diseases completely in
Mississippi. 1t is estimated that we
are finding aid getting under treat
ment only about two-thirds of the
new cases of syphilis and only
about one-fourth of the new cases
of gonorrhea. The state board of
health and county health depart
ments will continue their efforts to
discover new techniques and meth
DDS of finding and providing treat
ment for all cases of venereal dis
ease"