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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Trailers to
be Made at
Willow Run

Conversion OF number one hang
ar at Willow Run into a new plant
for the Mechanical handling Sys-
TENS, Inc. is under way, and the
company expects to begin produc.
ton OF trailers for Transporting
cars. trucks, and Jeeps early in
February. Full production will not
be attained, however, for at least
six weeks.
At full production The factory,
which Is to occupy the north por-
ton OF the hangar. will employ
from 300 to 400 men. The plant will
produce IA trailers in each shift,
with two shifts a day.
The trailer will be the familiar
haulaway type used before the war.
Wheels, tires and the rear axle as
sembly will be purchased separate
iy from other suppliers. Three pro.
ductlon lines will move at SLOW
speed. An automatic spray paint
booth and artificial dryer will com
plete the job The sides OF the trail
er will be constructed in a horizon.
tai position. then raised 20 the YER
teal. and riveted and welded into
place. The top section will be
Joined last.
A high grade OF steel is used in
the construction, mostly in sheet
and channel form. There will be lit
tie machine work, but a grea; many
press. forming, riyeting and weld
ing operations.
Howard Amerman, formerly with
the Ford Motor Company. is gener-
al superintendent. and will be in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Nearly 100000
Now Idle in
Nation
,Rv Associated Press)


A strike OF 100000 Go electrical
workers got started today and the
ranks OF the nations idle because
OF labor disputes began climbing
toward the 100000 mark the high
est mark in more than a year.
The strike call against the Gen
eral Electric, Westinghouse and
General Motors in Is states in a
wage dispute was the largest single
one in effect since before the war.
Currently the largest work stop
page against an industry is against
General Motors, involving $4,000
CIO United Auto Workers who
struck last Nov. 81 in support of
demands for 30 per cent wage In
crease.
Effects Of the Electrical Work
ers walkout, which involved a ma
jor part Of the country's production
OF home and industrial electrical
appliances, were not Immediately
determined.
Included among products manu-.
featured by the firms affected are
electric refrigerators. radios. vac.
uum cleaners, electric stoves. lamps
and light bulbs.
Coneilistors Busy
As the huge electrical walkout got
underway government conciliators.
headed by Edgar l.. Warren, chief
Of the Cancellation service, made
last minute efforts in Chicago to
avert the threatened packinghouse
strike. The federal officials sum-
moned representatives OF packing
plants and the CLIO United Packing
house Workers as well as AFL Am
algamated Meat Cutters and Butch.
err Workers TO meet to attempt to
settle the wage dispute.
There were reports from Wash
ington that government officials re-
portedly had offered additional
price relief as a basis for ending
the controversy. The ClO unions
original demands were for a %
cents an hour wage hike. but II
reduced that to II IL cents. The
industry has offered 7 IL cents,
but the added increase repeatedly
being prepared by government OF
ficials might provide the basis for
wage hike to a total OF possibly
10 IL cents
Nine similar packing houses. EN-
| ploying 1000. agreed 10 hike wages
Is cents an hour but strike. il
called, would hit 1873 plants OF the
ma ior packers. The strike threat
was felt in stock yards as supplies
fell off sharply
Resume Negotiation
In Detroit. the Clio United Auto
Workers Union prepared to resume
negotiations with the Ford Motor
Co. and it was ready 10 offer the
II IL per cent wage increase rec
commended by the General Motors
fact-finding board as a means Of
breaking its wage deadlock.
Last month the union rejected
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

Ann sArbor. Jan. 15-AP-Pros-
pective parents in doubt as to
whether their children will have
unwelcome hereditary traits can
have help for their problem by con-
sulting the heredity clinic OF Uni
versity OF Michigan.
Specialists at the clinic will
trade hereditary history OF the per
sons concerned and inform the cou-
pie of the possibility Of an occur
renee of an unwanted trait which
may exist in one OF the families.
Hereditary defects may range
from those so slight they go un-
noticed TO ma or defects such as
blindness or deafness.
Opened as a public service in No
vember, 1871. the clinic is the only
one OF its kind in the nation. II is
research unit financed by the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
.Kirnrnel Says
Information
Him

Washington, Jan. Sap Rear
Admiral Husband f. Kimmel today
contended Washington naval ofiici-
ais denied him intormati5h he said
might have made Pearl Harbor
an ambush for the japanese.
In a 25.O00-word statement sub.
mitted TO the Senate House inquiry
committee, the retired commander
in chief Of the fleet called "mislead-
ing the war warning message
sent to him by Admiral Harold r.
stark, then chief OF naval opera
lions, 10 days before the attack OF
Dec Z, 1871.
kimmel also commended.
J. He was not supplied informa.
ton available in Washington from
intercepted messages which told
when and where Japan would prob
ably strike"
?. That, Withholding this infor-
nation, the Navy should have in
structed him specifically to be on
the alert against hostile overseas
raid"
g. II he had had Washingtons
knowledge of intercepted Japanese
messages h would have consider
ed revising war plans to provide
AN opportunity 10 ambush the Japa.
nese striking force as it ventured
TO Hawaii"
4. Orders he received the same
day he got the Nov. q war warn
ing message to transport Army
planes and troops TO Midway and
Wake, indicated to me that re-
sponsible authorities in Washing
ton did not consider an air raid
on Pearl Harbor either imminent
or probable"
5. The War and Navy DEPART
ments knew that long range Icon
naisah,s from Oahu was Is he
flown only when carrier strike
against the islands was probable
within narrow time limits
6. He would have ordered the
fleet to sea II he had known that
Washington knew on successive
dates from Nov. - to Dec :, hut
without this information he kept
his ttleships in harbor where he
thought them safer against air at.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Mine EXPLOSION TRAPS ESQ MEN
Ne1U Strike Starts
High |. 0. Rabbit
Has Day in Court

New York. Jan. 15-INS-An IS
year old rabbit that barks like a
dog, drinks out Of glass and con.
sorts at night with a cat has turn
ed up in Brooklyn.
But in Brooklyn. which can take
most anything In its stride. the
rabbit, whose name is Bonsi Dood-
le. Is perfectly within his rights.
Magistrate James A. Blanchfield
made that clear yesterday to Rob.
EFT Netman.
Yetman was hailed into court by
Miss Margaret King. owner Of the
rabbit, who accused him OF using
abusive language in discussing
Bonsi Yetman won his freedom
with 2 warning to be neighborly az
ter he explained that Bonsi and his
feline friend made the nights hi
deous with their cries.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Anti-Strike


Washington, Jan. 15-lNS-Anti.
strike legislation was pushed in
both houses OF Congress today as
the Senate renewed hearings on
President Humans fact-finding
bill.
Sen. Eastland Cd Miss. an
nounced he will try to attach anti
strike legislation as rider to some
other measure II the Senate Labor
Committee considering the fact.
finding bill does not act promptly.
Eastland charged that the effort
for quick action on the Fair En-
ployment Practices bill Is "ClO-
inspired and is aimed at blocking
pending labor legislation.
In the House, meanwhile. a move
ment was under way TO revive the
Smith-Arends anti-strike bill and
press for prompt passage without
waiting for action on Mr.. Truman
faes.findin1 Recommendations.
II centered in the House Military
Affairs Committee which will NEE.
in executive session tomorrow 10
consider variety OF subjects on
its agenda, including labor legisla-
ton.
The committee was expected TO
decide whether TO await the action
Of the House Labor Committee on
the Presidents bill or to move with
out further delay for another vote
on the more drastic Simultaneous
measure.
Former War Labor Board Chair
man william II. Davis was called
before the Senate Labor Commit
tee in the new 'act-finding hearings
but prospects for committee action
In less than a month were consid-
cred remote.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Congress Today

bBv Associated Pressl
Senate and House meet Informal
ly in Library Of Congress audi,ori.
um 10 hear General Eisenhower
and Admiral Nimitz explain demo
biliZation program.
Pearl HarbOr Committee calls
Adm Husband +. kimmel f1r first
public testimony.
Senate
In recess uuui Thursday
Labor Committee resumes hear.
iugs ON President ~rumau re-
quest for fsc'finding law with les
im1uv from former War Labor
Board Chairman william II Davis.
UU).
House
MARKS time with routine session
awaiting committee action on pend
ing legislation tnoou).
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Two Injured in
Auto Accidents

Two persons were injured IN mo-
tor mishaps lon the city. Monday,
both accidents occurring AT the
intersection of Michigan Ave aud
Washington ST
Miss Clara Combs. rs. 525 y. Hu-
ron St. suffered minor bruises
when struck hy car driven by
Thomas f. Eusigu I.9 y Ward
Rd..is She u8s crossing the street
Edwin : Janis 20 IS, Water.
man. Detroit. was taken 90 Boyer
Hospital after IFS car rolIlded
with car driven by Walter +.
Anderson. 4Il s. River ST. MI
Janik complained of pain IN his
chest and shoulder he was re-.
leased from tbe hospital after treat.
ment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Prospective Parents Can
Learn Hereditary Traits

Rack ham School OF Graduate Stu
dents at the University.
DIR. Harold +. Falls. assistant pro-
fessor OF ophthalmology at Uni
versity Hospital. is part-time head
OF the clinic. assisted by Prof. Lee
r. Dice. director OF the Labora tory
OF Vertebrae Biology at L. OF W.
when couples come TO us" Prof
Dice said. they are given COM
plete physical examinations, as are
other members OF the families we
can get TO come TO the clinic.
Also. every effort "a made TO 10.
cate family members and TO obtain
from their respective physicians
complete physical examination and
-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

Welch. W. Va, Jan, l5-AP
\ terrific explosion occurred today
at the Havaco No. 2 mine OF the
New River and POCahontas ConsOl-
idated Coal Company aud first re-
ports said there were % workers
inside at the time
l.. ], Brindley, investigator for
the Mcdowell County prosecutors
office, said the force of the blast
destroyed the head house At the
opening OF the mine and blew out
windows Of negro school house
500 feet away, iniuring some OF the
children. at classes
Brindley said that several chill
dren were hospitalized.
He added that the explosion also
blew on. windows in store across
a creek, some 1000 feet from the
driftmouth OF the mine.
He estimated the time Of the
blast around $50 a. m, some time
after the day crews had reported.
The HavaCo mine is located
about one half mile to the south.
east Of WEIGH.
Sgt G. b. Dye OF the state police
said he was informed unoficially
that around $50 men were believed
to have been in the mine
Mine department records list the
operation as employing around 500
men.
Hospitals an d undertakers
through the area dispatched medic
al assistance and ambulances to
the scene.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Plans Nearing Completion
For Expansion of Utilities

gallons Of water daily. The city's
water comes from IL inch wells
varying in depth from 81 TO l02 feet
and these vary in hardness from
27O 20 $40 rarts> Of hardness per
million gallons This fact il diff
cult Of explanation when II is con.
sidered that lie wells reach the
same water bearing strata. The
engineers do not have fears as 10
finding other satisfactory wells
should the requirements demand r.
Cor they believe the city must be
prepared 10 meet demand Of be
tween four and five million gallons
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

CHTNGKING-AP-Chou En.Lal.
No. 2 Chinese Communist. today
sought meeting with General
Marshall. He was reported ready TO
complain against alleged govern
ment violations OF the recent civil
strife truce agreement.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
AUCTION CALENDAR

JAN. % at 1900 o..
clock. 9 miles south OF YpsilsntL
or go miles Northeast OF Milan.
or mile of Stony Creek Road
at to750 Sanford Rd. on the Rob-
ert BegoIe Farm. Mrs. Anna
Seaole, Prop. Guy =. Thompson,
tuetioneer. Ben sirons, Clerk.
adv,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan: Colder tonlgh.
Wednesday partly cloudy and con
Hinued cold.
Highest temperature yesterday
So lowest, l6.
Highest temperature one year
ago today. Sc, lowest. 10.
Highest temperature this da 2
in last ~ years, 50 In 1872; lowest
10 in 1898.
y The sun sets today at 5:2j p. m.
and rises Wednesday at 1853 a. NJ.
The moon rises today at 3;e9 p.
an. and sets Wednesday at 7:l5 p.
m
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Flashes of
Late News

TOLEDO. O.-AP-Judge Frank
L. Kioeb In federal court here to-
day sentenced Clarence G. Maze.
former ST. Mary's, o., banker to 10
years Imprisonment. Maze. charged
with embezzlement and falsiica-
'tion, pleaded guilty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15
Children in School House
Injured by Terrific Blast
AmbuIances Rush
TO Scene Of
Tragedy

Welch, ". Va. Jan. t5-AP-At
least IS men, some OF them badly
injured. were rescued within two
hours today after terrific esplo-
sion in the haVae No. 9 mine on the
outskirts Of Welch.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

LANSING-AP legislative
committees hearing requests for
financial aid to state agencies took
under consideration today building
programs presented by the state
police. state corrections commission
and state juvenile institute commits
tion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

WASHINGTON AP - Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower told
Congress today every man ell
aible for discharge by July !
will be out OF the army by that
time.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

NEW YORK-AP-Directors OF
the New York Sun today appointed
AThomas W. Dewart publisher Of the
paper to succeed his brother, Will
liam T. Dewart, Jr.. who was killed
In a plane accident January in
Nevada.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

See PILOT Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

See UTILITIES Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

See TRAILERS-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

See HEREDITY-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

See STRIKES-Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

PARIS ms A French popu-
lation faced with increasing food
shortages today waited the outcome
Of price fixing and distribution reg
I,ulations established by the govern.
knent to end a two.week butcher
strike.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

WASHINGTON-AP President
Truman today appoin ed John w.
Gibson OF Michigan as second as
sistant Secretary OF Labor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

See PEARL HARBOR Page
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

LONDON ms A poll disclos-
ed today that the necessary two
thirds majority Of delegates favor
Gen. Dwight ID. Eisenhower rs sec
retary.general OF the United Ma.
.tions organization.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

LONDON ms Britain today
awaited a Guatamelan reply TO its
agroposal that a territorial dispute
between the two countries over
the status of British Honduras be
referred to the UNO's international
court OF Justice.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

MANILA ms Traffic on Ma
Mia railroad company lines halted
today when 1900 members OF four
Philippines labor unions struck to
fentorce demands for wage increas.
es up 10 90 per cent.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

SYDNEY-AP- Rear Admiral
Hamanaka. convicted OF ordering
the execution of Australian prison.
lSrs and mistreating others, was
sentenced today to be shot but an
Australian military court recon
mended mercy for him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

BCENOS AIRES ms -Argen-
tine police with orders to shoot II
necessary today patrolled the cit.
les of an uneasy nation virtually
parslyzed by business and in
dustrial lockout protesting govern.
ment bonus and wage-increase de-
>crees.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

SAN DIEGO-AP - The Fifth
Fleet will return TO the L. S. from
Japan within three months, Vice
Adm. Frederick c. Sherman dis
Il losed before leaving by Plane to
assume command OF the fleet at
Tokyo.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

See CHARIER Page .
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-15

ALBUQUERQUE, n. Me1.--AP--
Snow two feet deep blanketed most
OF southern New Mexico today from
the Continental Divide and many
roads we're blocked by hve.foot
e%,rRts in the Indian country on the
west. Only traces Of snew fell in
northern New Mexico.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
ADVERTISEMENT.
BAcKACHE,
LEG PAINS may
BE DANGER SIGN
OF Tired kidneys

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- If the is miles of kidney tubes and filters
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Evening star., 1946-07-02
District Draft Boards
Changes Announced
In Office Locations

New locations of a number of
District draft boards were an
nounced today by District Selective
Service headquarters.
A District draft official said the
latest of many moves made by the
draft boards were in the interest of
economy and to make more use of
Draft Board personnel. In some
instances several boards have been
consolidated.
The new locations and telephone
numbers of draft boards which have
been moved follow:
Board No. 2, from 5000 Con-
necticut avenue NV. to 2227 M
street NV, Executive 2728.
Board No 4, from 918 F street
NV. to 1927 M street NV, Execu-
tive 223O
Board No. s, from 1923 Randolph
street NV. to 1740 Massachusetts
avenue NV, North 4848.
Board No. Ii. from zoos Fifteenth
street NV, to 2227 M street NV,
Executive 2230.
Board No. 13, from 1924 Vermont
avenue NV. to l740 Massachusetts
avenue NV, North 4848,
Board No. ID, from 306 Seventh
street S.W. to 174O Massachusetts
avenue NV. Dupont 1910.
Board No. 16, from 1927 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. to 1740 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, Dupont 1910 |
Board No. II, from 100 Fifteenth
street NE. to 1740 Massachusetts
avenue NV, North $3.50
Board No. 16, from 1740 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV. to 1922 H /
street NV, Executive 1895.
Board No. 20, from 1902 Monroe
street NE. to 1922 H street NV, |
Republic 1858
Board No. %, from 416 Florida
avenue NE. to 1740 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, North 6181.
Board No. "a, from 1927 'Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. to 1740 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, Dupont 1910.
Cargo Veterans to Meet
The Merchant Marine Veterans
Association will sponsor meeting
open to all merchant marine vet
erans at $50 o'clock in the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board hearing
room, New Municipal Center. The
G.I. Bill of Rights for the Maritime
Service will be discussed
Evening star., 1946-07-02
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Evening star., 1946-07-02

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Evening star., 1946-06-24
for Movies at a Party
By SheiIoh Grohom

pool or a tennis court! The price
has now been reduced to $400 b,
the OPA. So they have inflated
prices In New York, too. Q'm kid
dingD. -. Here's laugh: Remem.
Der Gene Tierney's performance in
"Dragonwyck?" Well, when the pic
ture was due to be cast. the author
ess. Anya Seton, told Daryl Zanuck
that 1t didn't matter who played
1t because the character was SC
simple!
Enrol Flynn's son, Sean, is the
handSomest boy in Beverly Hills.
He's terrific and. he's five years old.
And at the moment Sean is courting
my thr e e-a n d-a-h a f-year-old
daughter, Wendy. I wonder, should
I put down my parental foot? Err
rol, by the way, is getting to know
his son and takes him on week end
yachting trips. Like Enrol, the boy
loves the sea-. And while we're
yachting. Xavier Cugat could not
find a house to live in so his ad-
dress is now his yacht, and that's
a nice address If you can afford a
yacht. :. Cornell Wilde and Curt
Massey were discussing Corneps
very successful picture on Chopin,
"A Song to Remember" "You make
more In one week." said Curt, than
Chopin made in a lifetime" The
movie. incidentally, made a 81, ,O00,-
600 net profit in South America
alone.
Olivia de Havilland reading and
wanting to make into a movie,
II View with Alarm" by Ted Allan.
Evening star., 1946-06-24

ners are predictable in the theater
Well, more predictable. "Oklaho.
mas" first performance In New
York back on March 81, 1943 found
the prophets ever so urbane and
confident. They said it would run
forever, in the first fever Of thei,
enthusiasm. Naturally they did not
mean that, having no notion how
long forever" would be. So they
cut the prediction to five years, an
easy sure five years.
There never was any doubt in
their minds that "Hellzapoppin's''
record would go-three years, three
months and one day after "Okla-
homa" started.
On the night, "Oklahoma!" be-
comes the champion all-time musi-
cal offering on Broadway, total at
tendance will have reached 2,1O7,6l1
(seated and another couple Of hun
dred thousand who stood. The mon
ey which has passed through the box