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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
More Homes,
Less Stores

Washington, Mar. 12-AP-The
government is rushing final touches
on new order designed to slash
commercial and Industrial con
struction so more homes can be
built.
The measure. IN preparation sew
eral weeks and scheduled for an
nouncement soon. will be drastic
and far-reaching." according to Of
ficials who have seen preliminary
draft.
These officials. who asked that
their names not be published. said
the order, will hold Up construction
OF thousands of non-essential
stores, office buildings and fac
tories still in the blueprint stage.
But they predicted it will hit
hardest at proposed roadhouses,
night clubs, theaters and other
amusement projects. These will
not be banned entirely. but build
ers will have to show there is a
community need for such recrea-
tional facilities.
The new order is being drawn
up by the Civilian Production Ad-
ministration and the National Hous-
ing Agency. They figure It will
channel well over two-thirds OF
all building materials TO residen-
tial construction.
There's no alternative" said one
official, with the goal 100000
new homes during the next two
years"
There has been no decision yet
whether to halt work on some COM
mercial and industrial projects al
ready underway.
CPA repeatedly is opposing such
step because OF the difficulty OF
where to draw the line. The agen-
cy also Is making the point that
IT lacks an adequate field staff TO
enforce a approximation order
OF that kind.
Housing officials estimated that
upwards Of s50,0O0.00O a week in
labor and materials is being ex-
tended on non-residential building.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
SYNOPSIS

Eleonore Lawrence, Air Raid
Defense Center worker In Sweets
burg-a town humming with war
industry and rumors of saboteurs-
has been the recipient Of spy ex-
pose books, and wonders who the
anonymous sender 10. She secretly
hopes IL might be William Steuben,
a friend of her brother Arthur,
who had visited the Lawrences
months ago, but from whom she
had heard nothing since. One of
the air raid officials showed dis
tinguished looking B. Stead Jones
how the Center operates. Eleonore
has just left the building.
CHAPTER TWO
Outside she stood indecisiveiy IN
the half rain, half sleet. Bombs, air
raids-if that were ALL But sako-
tours. Oh, gleeps, this came from
reading so much Of diabolical plot
tingl She would have . fine case Of
the filters soon. :. Then what good
would she be to Gran and Sukey
and Mamie, her three responsible
ties!
A brightly lighted building op-
posite the Report Center beckoned
her, and Eleonore went inside q
doorway which said "Police." She
was directed upstairs. Chief Of De-
tectives, Aloysius Plant, . big,
genial man talked To her.
@You want to know what we're
doing about Maxi activities, young
lady That's all been taken care Of"
He pulled out the drawers Of q steel
fling cabinet, each filed with par
cells, large and small. Radios, guns,
revolvers, cameras, evidence we've
taken from fellows in this part of
the State. And We have q list Of
every fascist sympathizer, every
alien. We keep close tabs on them"
} The Chief was reassuring, urged
her to come in any time she had
question. Eleonore made her exit
feeling his indulgent smile at her
back.
Driving the eight miles home
VII Ooku bht bitohs SIG was ACiiCNCu
that abe had gone to see Chief
Plant The Law was alert to the
danger. .. Perhaps her fears were
silly.
Eleouore admired the delicate
tracery Of the bare trees and
bushes, 20 soon to be tipped with
green and yellow buds. She and her
family lived near the end Of No
vember Road Years ago, Dad,
looking for q place to rear flock
of dynamic children, had decided on
the country, buying an old farm
house and modernizing it
An oncoming car footed and
stopped as she was about TO turn
into their drive. Fannie Edgerly, |
real estate agent, who did a thump-
ing business renting houses when |
the summer Music Festival was on,
put out her head. ~"'Lo, Elmer"
she called in her high voice. Her
elderly face was wresthed in smiles.
81 rented the Wolfe place-Mon-
day"
"Good for you'll Come In and have
q cup of teal"
Fannie rubbed her short nose,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12

my Handicapped dressers and
tables?-
Eleonore put her arm around the
old lady.
Dear me, you are in q stated
Lonely all day, and-you've had q
fight with Mamie"
"No." Grandma sharpened her
whispering words. "0h, Mamie's
good, and means well, but she's so
obstinatel Coming in to see if I'm
all right-trying to wait on mel
I can look after myself. Why,
Elmer, I'm not odd"
The girl laughed and pushed her
into the library. "Now tune in on
Lowell Thomas, and I'll whiz up for
a bath before dinner" She stopped.
Where's Sukey?"
"Staying for supper with the
Belts children. They'll bring her
home early. No letters from the
boys today"
"Oh, shucks, Gran, they're in the
army and can't write every dayl"
Ito be continued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
New Pink for Postwar Flower Gardens

in the accompanying Garden
Graph
The striking rich color OF the
flowers ranges from fiery crimson
red to a very deep velvety red
with occasional lighter shades.
One judge who took part In the
selection contests reported no
variation from shades of red In
200 plants of the new dianthus.
with many plants carrying 26 to
So flowers in good condition at
one time.
This newcomer of American
flower gardens Is an early and
continuous free-howerlng bloomer,
and one that stands the heat
we'll
Another OF the fine new border
pinks Is Old Spice, a perpetual
towering dianthus which Is as
hardy as an oak. The flowers are
a rich salmon-pink and when cut
last q long time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12

A NEW TYPE OF garden pink,
Dianthus westwood Beauty. is
ready to add Its loneliness to
postwar flower gardens.
It IL the result Of crossing the
Heddewigi and Chinensis types,
thus combining the large open
flowers OF the former with the
long stems Of the latter.
Oficislly known as Dianthus
Heddensis. this new pink won
honorable mention In the ALI
America selections for 1916.
Westwood Beauty Is most SINH
lar to the largest Powered Chi
nensis varieties, an easily grown
annual of good termination 1t
grows from 10 to Is inches or
more in height
The flowers on long wire-like
stems are two inches in diameter.
and deeply tringed, as illustrated
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
Traffic MiShap
Injuries Veteran

Private Duane Seleska, 1902
Packard Rd.. was cut in the left
arm Saturday when his car was
struck by a vehicle driven by Muir
ray Adams OF 607 Hill St, Ann Ar
Dor.
Private Seleska had Just backed
out OF the driveway at his home
and was starting ahead into the
line Of traffic when, according to
state police. Mr.. Adams car APP
preached from the opposite dlrec-
ton, crossed the center line, and
sideswiped Seleska's car.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12

padded out in. her felt slippers. She
kissed Eleonore; then said in her
quick, querulous voice: you're
half dead, child, aren't you! What
day this has 'been-dulI, dark
II you had the sense Of hen you'd
give up this place and move to
town"
Eleonore passed with her into the
front Of the house, hanging up her
coat. "Not so easy TO move To town,
Grandma. What would we do with
all your furniture in the attic If we
took a small plsce-sell it,"
r. Her grandmother's glare was
baleful. "Have you gone daft? Sell
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
Fire in the Dark

hesitating. NO." she decided, I'm
tired; want to get home" Her
black eyes CLEANED. Got q good
price for it Fine family. Name is
B. Stead Jones Of Philadelphia and
New York"
B. Stead Jones, the dark man at
the Report Center this sfternoonl
Eleonore said vaguely, well. tell
them we're their nearest neighbors,
and II we can do anything. -"
Again Fannie rubbed her nose
with her knuckle. "Don't know. He
says his wife has had q nervous
breakdown; that's why he wants a
quiet place. No children. Bringing
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
HOPE FOR PRloRITIEs

Bay City-AP-saginaw beach
cottage owners, stu seeking to de-
termine fully the damage wrought
by a sudden, glacier-llke advance
Of lake ice that piled itself on
shore, today hoped to obtain pri.
critics to aid them in rebuilding
their dwellings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
PosTHUMoUs AWARD

Cheboygan-AP-A posthumous
award OF the selective service med
al to the late f.. r. Robinson OF
Mackinaw City. a member OF the
Cheboygan County draft board WOO
died March .. viii be made here
Tuesday night The medal will
so TO his son, William C. Robinson.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
IN DAWN PATROL

Grand Rapids -AP- Aviation
enthusiasts flying in 175 private
planes participated In the dawn
patrol program at the Kent County
airport Sunday. The planes came
from go Michigan and northern In.
diana cities. Max Brazil OF Jackson
was the first of the group to ar
rive by plane for the program.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
ARRANGEMENT pELAYEn

Grand Haven, Mich.-AP- The
circuit court arraignment OF Rob
ert Frederick Smith. 21-year old
confessed slayer Of Boy Gordon
Beh, wealthy Crosse Pointe sales
representative. will be delayed un-
I'll Thursday or Friday. Ottawa
County Prosecutor Howard W.
FAINT sa the arraignment. original
ly set r Monday. will be delayed
becaus the report OF a three-man
sanity roard has not been received.
The board examined Smith last
Thursday. -
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
RESUMES DUTIES

Cheboygan-AP- Lewis f. Ber-
ry. Jr.. has resumed duties as Che
boygan County prosecuting attor-
ney following four years OF Army
service. His father, L. f. Berry.
Sr., served as prosecutor during
bis absence.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12

LONDON-lNS - The London
Daily Sketch reported from Madrid
Monday that antllFranco under
ground newspapers have called up
on Spanish workers TO unite for
direct action"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12

To supply service again when and where it is wanted
and give you the quality of service you want in
the future, Michigan Bell has under way Swear
$40, ooo,o 600 expansion and Improvement program.
Thousands of workers are engaged in completing
this huge project They include only returning
veterans, but hundreds of additional employees well
bringing the total to the largest number in Michigan
Bells history. And the program means work for
of other folks supplying materials and equipment, and
doing skilled construction.
Money to finance this s12o, ZOO, 900 program must
from the savings of thrifty people who willing
to invest in Bell System securities. But if prospects for
Telephone Company earnings unattractive
pared with those of other companies, those people will
place their savings elsewhere.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12

The drone bee should be able to
see everything that goes on. His
eyes have from 5000 to 1000
lenses.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-12
MICHIGAN BELLS '12o, 100000 PROGRAM
HAS MADE WORK FOR THOUSANDS

The rate of Telephone Company earnings has been
declining in recent years to point where it is now
substantially below the average of other industries If
this condition should continue for too long time,
ability to raise the money required to meet expected
telephone needs would be weakened.
The future quality of your telephone depends
on rates that will produce earnings attractive to nves
tors. We believe our customers good service,
il il costs triAe more than inferior service.
Technical improvements in the past brought rates
for good service down and have kept them down in the
face of rising As rapidly future improvements
will permit, we expect and rates to come down
still further. For, Michigan Bell rates higher
telephone service.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
MeIvinddIe Feud
Won by Mayor

Mayor George Stoddard OF
Melyindale got rid of his only
political liability today with the
appointment of attorney Arthur
p. ZlrkaloSo as corporation
counsel.
Zirkaloso succeeds Howard +.
Cline, who has held office since
1888 and been a political storm
center in Melvindale Stoddard
said he had asked for Cline's
resignation but did not receive IL.
Other new 1916 appointees in
cluded Robert Bennett. succeed
ing Charles Donaldson on the
board of review; Councilmen
Allen Elrod and William Rivard,
TO the city plan commission; Alva
Cicotte, superintendent OF public
works. also named TO the plan
commission: Floyd A. Moore, sue
ceeding Hubert Wise as police
commissioner. and ymon d
O'Connell. succeeding Richard
Wolf as auditor.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
German Insults
ToVdtiedn Barred

NUREMBERG, Germany, Jan. 3
LAPl-Ihe -high-handed- manner
in which the Nail government
rebuffed Vatican attempts 10 halt
atrocities against the Catholic
church in Poland was pictured to-
day in documents made available
by American officials here
eleeHmeRts-ettieial- COM
municationS between the Vatican
and the NaZi foreign Office
showed that the Holy See got a
rude bruSh-off when il tried TO
bring these atrocities 10 the atten-
tion of Foreign Minister Won Rib
bentrop
Copies OF this correspondence,
carried on in l943 and made avail
able recently blythe Vatican, are
now in The hands of allied prose-
cutorS and will be used in the trial
of p top-flight Nazis. including
Won Ribbentrop, before the inter
national military tribunal.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
Hunt =
Filters i'm
ley Lake
tCaatinued- -fram- Page -0nel

ttnHllHueH- u-t-ARe-tlnf]-
OF Crosse Pointe Shores police,
said other witnesses agreed with
Mrs. Hoffman.
Several other witnesses con-
hrmed the report. They said that
when the plane struck. ice and
water sprayed 80 feet into the air.
Patrolman George LaForest
said the plane appeared TO have
crashed through an ice foe, but
that he saw about y feet of the
planes wing sticking above the
surface
The police contacted a DEB
airplane owned by General Motors
and piioted by Harry Hopp, who
flew the ship over the crash area
Hopp said he thought he
sighted the wreckage on the dge
of the ice but could not ade-
quately identify the object be-
cause OF closing darkness. Size
of his ship made low flying and
quick maneuvers difficult.
The Coast Guard, before arrival
of the Acacia. set up flares and
lights along the shore and put out
small boat, manned by B/M
Pete Hampton and S 1/c Thomas
Suits, TO search the open water.
They carried the boat over 1000
feet of ice before reaching the
water.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
Legion Battles
Vet Job Bill Foes
n.,ro,, rlm.. washington Bor,ss

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-The
American Legion authorized its
field officers throughout the ma
ton today to turn the heat on
senators and congressman who
have stalled action on veterans
unemployment bills.
Urgent" instructions went "a
al department commanders and
adiutants 10 contact the national
legislators in their home ditricts
and towns and insist upon imme-
date passage OF measures TO con-
tinue veterans job rights.
Similar advices were sent "a
every member of the legion's ma.
tional executive committee.
"Unquestionably there II or
ganlzed opposition work ing
against the veterans In this i'm
portant matter" said Col, John
Thomas Taylor, national Legion
legislative director.
Present statutory re-empIoy.
ment guarantees expire on May
10, automatic death ddse of the
selective service and training act
IN which veterans job rights were
Incorporated.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
Army Accused
Of Abusing Law

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 tUPl-
Senator McCarran Cd OF Nevada,
today accused the army Of
shameful abuses in administration
of martial law and promised a
congressional investigation.
McCarran. h airman of the
Senate judiciary committee, said
the inquiry should also cover the
armyS court-martial system He
said that, in Hawaii innocent per-
sons suffered punishment worse
than just being locked up"
'If Hawaii typifies military
law as administered by the
army, then somebody should let
the army know that Ii IL not
the government OF the United
States, and that the Consti-
tuition OF the United states still
prevails" McCarran said
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
Admiral Reveals
Senators Fears

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 (AP)-
The Senate-House inquiry COM
mittee today studied a statement
by Adm. Stark that "a group of
senators wanted the fleet pulled
back TO the West Coast after
Pearl Harbor, but that he resisted
their demands.
Stark. recalled for additional
questioning today, told the inves-
tigating group yesterday about a
Capitol Hill conference he and
Gen. Marshall held with legis-
lators after the Dec. z. l94l, at
tack.
The then chief of naval opera
tionS said the senators were wor-
ried about the safety of West
Coast cities.
IL pointed out to them"
Stark said, that the place for
the feet was as far west In the
Pacific as we could afford TO
place IT,"
Stark added that he reported
10 President Roosevelt that while
the japanese had put eight u. S.
battleships out of commission, the
fast striking forces of the fleet
still were intact.
AS it resumed sessions today,
the committee was operating for
the first time with paid counsel.
Chairman Barkley CD) of Ken
lucky announced that Seth w.
Richardson, elected unanimously
1n- succeed William D. Mitchell,
would be paid at the rate Of
$4,000 yearly.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
How Soldiers
Come Home

Troopships oyriOing in u. S.
home poyts today included the
foiIowing;
AT NEW YORK - Queen MARI, ll225
troops including units OF s2d AiT6orne Di-
USS Gen. Taylor. s.2i7 troops including
$3.50. ls47th. ls7sth and i9O5th Engi-
dry Detachment. 47sth Engineer Mainten-
ance Co 2S46th QuArtermaster Truek co. /,
Io9th Engineer Petroleum Distributing Co,
Co. '7Tsth Engineer Forestry CO. 446th
Engineer Base Depot, 3s94th Quartermaster
s1S General Ho.p,. sI ssts Ises EnS,nss1 sagn hpmp
Truck Co., and headquarters OF 4o3d Quar-
termaster Group.
BROOKE ssi1 s1i7 "0SR' 0N vernon. .u% oss n fa,
William Pender. s57; Webster Victory 1852
william Cushing. es4 James Monroe, as7.
AT NEwPORT NEwS-Blus Island Victory,
/ 533 troops. including l26th AntLAircrAft
Service Co. l2ist signal Radio Co. 4s4th
Engineer Dump Truck Co. s95th Anti-Air-
craft Artillery Air Warning Battalion and
SsS scala ''SisS% Vit.o1, H'ips pHs5 troops Including
377th Engineer Regiment. 353d Anii-Air-
craft Artillery signal Battalion. 7ssth Engi-
neer Petroleum Distributing Co.
Peter J. Mcclure. 572 troops. includins
following units OF 32sth Infantry Regiment
Companies G. II and X
TeNsrkana Victory, l,57i troops. INCLUDING
1874 General Hospital. a3d signal Battalion
Medical Detachment, 353d AntLAircrsft Ar
tillery signal Battalion
Colts r. Huntins,"n. AZ miscellaneous per
sNnnel
AT SAN DIEGo-LCI. s3s, Io74, tose,
lose: Isis 500, sss, sal. L>p Catameunt
At los ANGELEs--MiScellsnco personnel
on following Adm. Rcdman, 4.T9e rresh
dent Hayes, ,sse, Presidtnt ADAMS, Te7
'asa. Frsnkiin Nell. $3.50. CahAnero, III,
Bttor, l3e and Bicssman, l7s
AT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. personnel on
tollowins: LyoOmins, a,o27 army Sea flyer
I 81 army
AT SEATTLF-Mlscelaneou personnel on
Baranof. 1s5 army. LSr iiAe,
l52 army and LIST sA3, l3O army
AT TACOMA--Alderamin, 97S army In
Guiding 23d Fighter Group miscellaneous
AT SAN FRANCISCO-Miseellsn rer-
sonnel on following sAratoga, SSs' Car
rard, eos army. stephen Girard, 9ol army
42i nFvy; Rankin, SIS army
Burns. ais navy; -Haraden. 20b navy He'll.
1888 navy, wiley, lo9 navy Philip victory
% navy
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03

lWO-HeduSu OdUy. A
Born to the wife of an Ameri-
can soldier yesterday. the infant,
a girl, is not expected TO live and
doctors pressed their studies in an
effort 10 learn as much as they
could before she dies.
DR.. Park, a gynecologist at
Selly Oak Hospital, said that the
infant girl is not a Siamese twin.
1t has two separate heads and
necks, joined at the point Of the
shoulder, and has a single trunk.
However, the doctor said. each
head feeds and cries at different
times.
The father OF the child is now
in the United States. The 2l-
year-old mother whose identity
was not revealed, is doing well.
She said her parents are cabling
the husband 10 inform him that
his wife successfully was con-
fined-that's all A"
DR.. Park explained that such a
child Is due TO an imperfect fis-
sion of a single ovum. which
usually results in identical or
occasionally in Siamese twins
The child, which weighed five
pounds and II ounces when born
prematurely, is said to have two
sets Of lungs. Doctor Park said
that this is obvious because zone
can see the two heads breathing
independently He said the pulse
rates in each head are different.
He added:
"One head Is bigger and more
vigorous than the other, which
Is feeble"
Medical officers photographed
the child for the institutions rec
ords. II also will be X-rayed TO
determine whether il also has two
stomachs. accounting for the
separate feeding
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
OK. Vet
Driver as
Careful

Is the returned veteran men,
ace to life and limb when he gets
behind a steering wheel?
Does the business of killing in
war make him careless of civilian
life and property?
Officials of the Automobile Club
of Michigan and the police depart
ment united today to voice an en-
phatic no"
The Automobile Club processes
an average OF 450 injury and dam
age claims day. From We Day
until the end of l945, when acci-
dents increased almost 40, per
cent, these claims show that serv-
icemen have been involved in
fewer than / per cent Of injury
and damage accidents.
AT a meeting yesterday of the
clubs safety and traffic commit
tee, DR.. Alan Canty, head of re-
corder's court psychiatric division,
said the number of veterans re-
ferred TO him for examination had
been negligible.
Inspector James Lupton, head OF
the police traffic division, said
that in December an average of
only two returned servicemen a
day were involved in accidents, an
Insignificant factor, he maintained.
Supporting this was the state
meht ey7LtI William Connor of the
accident prevention bureau that
veterans are responsible for
minimum" number OF traffic mis-
haPs as compared with others.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
UNO Group
Coming fOC.S.

LONDON. Jan. 3 GNSl--The
site committee OF the UNO, en-
trusted with the task of selecting
the location of permanent head
quarters. will leave for the United
States tomorrow.
Headed by Stoyan Gavrilovitch
OF Yugoslavia, the group is ex-
pected to reach New York Sat
urday morning.
The committee will inspect po-
tential sites - including Hyde
Park. n. Y. and areas around
Boston and New York. The men,
bers then will recommend their
choice To the UNO general assem-
bly, for approval.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-03
sHERIFF's STORY

The sheriff charged, 10 the
county board OF supervisors while
Held was on vacation in Florida,
that the prosecutor failed 10 en-
dorse Kaltenbach as a witness in
an important pending criminal
case and that he refused war
rant in a barroom braWl.
zone OF my assistants
handled both cases." Held said.
There was plenty of time To
add the name OF Kaltenbach
and others who will be called.
No warrants were issued In the
bar fight because no one could
he identified"
Dethmers quoted Judge Spier
as saying Ensign charged Held
with failing 10 prosecute Dale
Allen.
Allen, 81, with a criminal rec
ord from juvenile court. was SEN
fenced to Is to 40 years for rob-
berry armed after prosecution by
Held. He served three years ana
was released when the supreme
court found error in the trial. He
was not prosecuted agoin, as the
states principal witness was
adjudged insane while Allen was
IN prison.