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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Meeting Delayed at CIO
Request; Telephone 7ieup
Still Threatening Nation
The New Charter

Next Monday, week from today, Ypsianti residents
will be privileged to vote question of more than or
binary importance. The question: you already know,
will be whether the form of in Ypsant should
be changed from councimayOr form to cOuncl-mana-
ger form.
During the past year. in keeping with expression Of
desire the part of Ypsan voters, competent COM
mtee of reputable and able Ypsant residents formuat-
ed what in their opinion the most practical form of
government for city the size of Ypsilant During
era weeks various phases of the proposed charter
have been discussed Ample opportunity has been pre-
sented for consideration of proposed changes There
mains week for further consideration and dur
ing that interval resident is urged to carefully weigh
the advantages and be prepared to vote with degree of
intelligence characteristic of Ypsianti standards.
There is question but that Ypsilanti residents
agreed upon the desiraby of clean and
efficient administration Ypsilanti is growing Future
planning is imperative if growth is be shaped best
advantage 1t has been the judgment of the charter
mission and also large group of leading citizens who
agree with them that planning and administration for
most successful development will be best guaranteed by
the councilmanager form of government.
If you with this viewpoint you help yourself
and the city whole by casting favorable next
Monday
If you believe, after careful study of the proposed
charter that the present councmayor form of govern
men should be continued, you will be privileged next
Monday to vote against the change.
During the next few days there will be arguments for
and against the change. We recommend reading both
sides, but important will be your reading of the
charter has been published and resultant conclusions
as to which, in judgment, will be best for the future
of the city of Ypsanti
Make the vote next Monday representative of the entire
city and base vote upon clear understanding Of facts
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Officers Have
Girl Guests

Frankfurt. Germany. Mar. 4-AP
A L. s. Army chaplain n to-
day that the prevalence" " i'm.
morality in Europe had been
brought into the open by publica-
ton OF a letter asserting that Ger
man girls are allowed 10 live"
with American officers at the L,
s. forces headquarters compound
here.
The letter. written by a British
girl and published in the Army
newspaper Stars and Stripes said
in part
why should German girls he
allowed to live in the compound
with American officers? know OF
several instances and II necessary
would lead officers TO men | con.
slider TO be rotten TO the core.
Maybe they have not lost any.
thing in this war or suffered any
hardship. and that is why they can
forget, that the Krauts they are
with - partcof the evil which
caused So. muJh suffering in this
world"
Col. L Curtis Tiernan Of Kan.
sas City, chaplain for the European
theater. said the letter revealed
the prevalence OF looseness and
immortality. and the general break
down OF army discipline in Europe.
Another chaplain said he was
glad the scandal has come at
last into the open"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Fletcher Sole
Owner of Firm

Clare T. Meyer today announced
the sale Of his interest in the
Moyer-Fletcher studio, f. Cross
St, to Ray Fletcher. his partner
since establishment OF the firm.
Mr.. Meyer has been active in
photography in Ypsilanti nearly IS
years, having started work with
the Camp Publishing Company in
1929. Later he became affiliated
with a Detroit company and in
September, 1871, he entered into
partnership with Mr.. Fletcher.
The studio will be continued I'M
der management OF Mr.. Fletcher
and his son, Robert. Mr.. Meyer
will announce his business plans
later, he stated today. pointing out
that he will enjoy a brief yaca.
ton before deciding upon his next
business association.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Operetta to be
Tuesday Evening

Activities on the campus OF n
fictitious small college will be the
theme OF Words and Music, Up
SLANT High School Operetta.
scheduled for Tuesday evening at
Sis, in the high school auditor
ium.
Principal members OF the cast
will be Arthur Kramer, Mary Ra.
gan, Nicholas Vourlitis, Carl VII
loughby, James Bell, Elizabeth
Southern. Phyllis Warrington, Su-
zanbe Cakes, Adline Wallace,
Cattle Ratti, James Holdridge.
william Hickman, and Arnold
Williams.
Vocal and instrumental music
for the production will be present.
ed by the high school chorus and
orchestra. Herbert Fry is direct
ing the operetta, assisted by Miss
Madgs lseminger. Mrs Barbsr
Borusch. Mrs Janet Smith, and
Leland Randall.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
BY FRANCIS NJ. LIE MAY

BY FRANCIS NJ. LIE MAY
Washington, Mar. 4-AP-- The
Democratic party staked its CON
gressional prestige today on
desperate bid to salvage the Adj.
ministration's imperiled housing
program.
simultaneously Chester Bowles
who marshaled his entire economic
high command for blistering
week end blast at price control set
backs on Capitol Hill ran into a
Republican demand that he resign
as sterilization boss.
Robert Hannegan. Democratic
national chairman. assumed pers-
onal leadership of the eleventh.
hour campaign to save President
Humans homes-for-veterans pro-
gram by wiring each OF the 239
Democrats in the House.
Your action today may advance
or delay the solution to the ma
tons housing problem. Your pres
ence nd support of the Administra-
tons veterans housing program
is imperative. Sole partisan Re
publican opposition to essential
parts OF this program, especially
premium Subsidy payments,
threatens to torpedo the measure.
The Democratic party will he held
responsible by the country for fail
ure to solve the housing crisis, not
the Republicans We cannot let
this happen. Am counting on
you TO go all out for Administra-
ton housing program Monday af-
ternoon"
The present House lineup in
cludes the 239 Democrats. 1871 Re-
publicans and two minor party
members.
A quick check of some southern
Democratic members who have
Joined with Republicans in oppos-
ing major sections of the Admins
tration housing program showed
no indications that Hannegan's
action had changed any votes.
Tho House by a two to one mar
gin last Friday rejected Mr.. Tru'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
to
Run Nursery

The nursery school committee OF
the Council Of Social Agencies.
which has assumed the admins
tration Of the Woodruff Nursery
School, and has changed the name
to the Ypsilanti Child Care Center.
will seek TO be constituted as board
OF directors OF the center. Miss
Cornelia Everard is chairman OF
the committee.
The center will be assisted by
funds provided by the Ypsilanti
Board Of Education from the State
Aid. The school board specified
that the money shall be used for the
direct salaries of three or four
teachers at the center. and is not
to exceed 1896 per month. The
funds will carry the school until
July l. Federal funds for the school
expired March !.
Mrs. Gertrude Lamb. Glenn
Groosbeck and Mrs. d. T. Quirk
were named as a finance commit
tee and Mrs. Lamb, Miss Everard.
and Mrs. Esther Duston Leenhouts
were appointed as a committee
to frame policies for admittance
Of children to the center.
Members OF the school commit.
tee include Mr.. Groosbeck, Miss
Everard, Mrs. Lamb. Mrs. Quirk.
Mrs. Charles Elliot. Floyd Smith,
Dr. Otto Engelke. Mrs Edward B.
Sweet. DR.. J. N. p. Struthers. DR..
Francis Lord. william DeHaan and
Ernest Chapelle.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Interest But
Not Sympathy

The adjustment necessary for
veterans leaving Army and Navy
hospitals as they are entering
civilian life was the subject OF a
timely message given Rotary CLUB
this noon by Mrs. Margaret Schin-
ing, until recently field director of
the Red Cross in Percy Jones Hos.
pital. That this hospital was at
one time the largest hospital in
the world with 1900 beds. was
the statement OF Mrs. Schilling.
Give them your interest but not
your sympathy was the speakers
advice to civilians. In the PRO
tected environment" OF the hos.
pital with their fellow-service men
nearby thov feel strong but as
they come out and have TO face
the varied problems of work, of
transportation and OF finding places
to live, then comes the test OF
community attitude In accepting
them and making places for them.
Mrs. Schilling told OF the WORK
physicians were doing in restoring
the bodies and minds OF the men.
Long term tuberculosis and in
iuries to the spinal cord will cause
these men TO remain in hospitals
for many months and years. she
said. These are perhaps, the mos,
serious.
Red Cross writes and has written
promptly TO their relatives telling
Of the injury and the adjustment
and that must ] made by the
c. poTApv pora
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
.GM Proposal to
Have Vote
Fails

Detroit, Mar. 4-AP- Negotia-
lions between General Motors Corp.
and the striking clio United Auto
Workers we're postponed this morn
ing until , p. m, special mediator
James =. Dewey announced.
Harry w. Anderson. GIN vice
president, said that when negotia-
tions are resumed the corporation
would be willing to talk about
anything the Union wants to dis
cuss".
Asked il the proposal for arbi.
tration and the cOmpany's proposal
for secret vote among the strik-
ers would be on the agenda, Ander-
son said yes, il they want to
talk about it. Wen even talk
about the weather il they want to-"
This mornings session was set
for 1890 a. m. at which time the
GIN negotiators appeared. The
The union request for a delay was
telephoned Is minutes later, none
OF the JAW representatives APP
pearing for the session.
The clio United Auto Workers
prepared TO intensity their To-day
old strike against General Motors
Corp, as the threat OF a nationwide
telephone tieup Thursday continu.
ed undated.
UAW-ClO leaders expressed dis.
dain for GIN proposal that the
union let its 175.000 idle members
decide by secret ballot whether
the strike should be prolonged.
Rejecting the unions plan for arr
bitration OF the dispute. GIN yester.
day proposed a poll of the UAW-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

ClO rank and file on the corpora
tons offer OF an 1874 cents hourly
wage increase.
Union leaders. who are battling
for the 1874 cents boost recom-
mended by presidential fact finders,
declared GIN did not dare to ar
bitrate and termed the proposal for
back-to-work ballot and "unwar-
ranted interference in the affairs of
a democratic union"
The union previously had warned
rejection by GIN OF the arbitration
plan would force the UAW-ClO TO
intensity strike action and to car
ry on until the strike is won.
Claiming GIN conforms to the
wage pattern OF the automotive
industry" the corporation asserted
the "one issue left in the dispute
was whether General Motors
should grant greater general
wage increase than its competitors
or more than the pattern for the
country.
I'VE don't need arbitration to de.
eide this point"
However, the union contends. that
even with a 1912 cents hourly
raise. compared with IS cents al
ready granted by Ford and lSlz
cents by Chrysler. General Motors
average wage payments still would
remain below that paid in plants
OF other membc's OF the motor
industry's big three.
Prospect Dim
The prospect OF ayerting a tele-
See STRIKES-Page ,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Janitor Admits Killing Couple

Indianapolis, Mar 4-AP-Capt.
Robert A. ONeal of the Indiana
state police said today Joseph l..
Woodbridge, 20 year old negro jan
itor. had made a signed statement
in which he confessed the slayings
OF Russell Koontz and Mrs. Phyllis
Coleman in an abandoned stone
mill near Bloomington, Ind.
Capt. O'Neal said Woodbridge
made the statement in the pres
ence of several state police officers.
Koontz. 40, was Bloomington
business man and former Sunday
School superintendent. Mrs.
Coleman worked in a Bloomington
creamery office and sang in the
choir OF the church OF which
Koontz was superintendent
Capt. o'Neal said Woodbridge told
OF being on a ground hog hunt
last Friday and Of finding Koontz
and Mrs. Coleman in the stone mill.
The bodies were found in the mill
late Friday night
O'Neal said Woodbridge gave this
version Of the Sayings:
Woodbridge went into the mill
where he said he found Koontz
and Mrs. Coleman in an embrace.
He said he watched the couple
for awhile and then was noticed
by koontz. who remarked, DO
you know who ann" Wool
ridge said he told Koontz he knew
his identity and he said Koontz
then said, you'll never live to
tell"
The negro said Koontz then
lunged at him and he seized a
sash weight and struck Koontz.
He felt the mans heart and be-
lieved him to be dead. He then
took the. woman into a tool shed,
where he tied her up.
The negro found piece Of rope
on the floor. The statement said
he decided to choke her. The
statement added he tightened the
rope around her neck for five or
10 minutes, until she ceased TO
breathe.
Then he went to the main build
ing to find a place TO hide the
bodies, the statement continued
Discovering the pit, he cut the
ropes from Koontz's body. remov-
ed watch and chain from a peck.
ct and rolled .he body into the 10.
foot deep concrete pit Later, he
said, he threw the watch and key
chain into the Johnston quarry
about a mile and a half from the
scene OF the slayings.
Returning to the toolshed, Wool.
ridge said he carried Mrs. Cole
mans body to the pit and united
the rope from her hands. He low.
cred the body into the pit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Congress Advised to Study Bank Balance

formal party policy on legislative
issues. Each legislator would be
free TO vote as he saw fit, but
the report said existence OF a
formal policy would help the vot-
ers hold both the party and the
individual accountable"
The 12-member joint committee
was headed by Senator LaFollette
(Prog Wis with Rep. MOnrOney
D.OklsD as vice chairman.
Rep. Cox D-Ga) dissented from
the recommendation for policy com
mittees and Rep. Lane (R-Mass)
disagreed with the section calling
for congressional pay increase.
FOUNTAIN SALES GIRLS
Full time. steady employment. no
experience necessary, meals and
uniforms furnished. Good salary.
Apply 100 w Michigan. 10 a. m.
Thursday. March =
CUNNINGHAM
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

ministrative assistant at an annual
salary OF $4,000 to handle such
nonleei latiye work as helping a
constituent obtain something from
q government department. The
committee said these chores now
take as much as so per cent OF a
member time
2. An increase from $4,000 to
$4,000 In annual salary and pro
vision for retirement on the same
terms as Civil Service workers.
3. Consolidation Of the Senate's
80 standing committees into l6 and
the Houses IS into rs. In that
connection. II was proposed taat
the practice OF creating special
investigs ting committees be aban-
doned.
4. Creation OF aiority and min
ority policy committees TO lay down
form Of government in lpsilsnti?
Adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Y eteranS to
Back CIeary

Republican veterans Of World
War | and II are circulating petit
tions for Colonel owen J. CPaD
Cleary of Ypsilanti and Detroit as
their candidate for 1t. Governor
of Michigan on the Republican
ticket in the coming primary cleo
ton of June IS.
Mr.. Cleary is Colonel in the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Rescuers Removing Victims
From Airlines Plane Crash

They had TO be carried by litter
n half a mile to a bulldozed road,
where Navy jeeps were waiting to
take them two miles further to an
emergency coroner's station and
waiting ambulances.
The American Airlines plane,
bound from Dallas. Tex, to San
Diego on a New York TO Los An
geles run, crashed into the slope
OF fog-hidden thing mountain yes
terday.
1t crashed and burned. except
for tail and one wing. few min
utes after reporting at 1858 a. m.
II was over FL Centre, Calf.
The worst previous crash, a
check OF records disclosed, was on
Jan. 10. 1915. when "a persons
were killed in an American Air
lines, plane near Los Angeles
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

Washington, Mar. 4--AP- Con-
gress got a suggestion from some
of its own members today that It
look searchingly into the nations
prospective bank balance before II
sits down TO write any checks.
This proposal to clamp q cell
ing" on appropriations came from
the special Senate-lIouse commit
tee on organization OF Congress
which said in its formal report that
there now is no congressional CO.
ordination between reyenue-raising
and spending
Other major recommendation
contained in the 35-page report on
a years study into how Congress
could improve and stresmline its
operations included:
1. Authorization for each mem
Der TO employ "a high-caliber ad-
DO you want TO keep a dcmocrati
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

San Diego, Calf, Mar. 4-AP-
Bodies OF 81 victims OF commercial
aviations worst crash-against
the side OF mountain As miles east
Of here-were being removed from
the wreckage today.
The first bodies, found by sher-
IFS deputies and sailors, were
those OF two Infants. They were
brought to a mortuary here.
Removal OF the other 25 victims,
Is men and 10 women. was delay
ed by the difficulties OF the terrain.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Churchill to
Visit Fulton

Fulton. do, Mar. 4-AP-Fulton
took on life and color today as
the last of the red. white aud blue
bunting went up In honor OF
Winston Churchill and President
Truman.
Everything was set for their ar
rival early tomorrow afternoon.
The Westminster campus was shin--
ing. The hot dog stands we're up.
Special communications facilities
were ready.
DIR. Franc Mcclure, Westminster
president. estimated about 1000
visitors already had arrived. How
many will crowd in this little town
Of $500 tomorrow. no one can say.
The college has had hotel rooms
reserved all over the surrounding
countryside for weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
HAS AUTHORITY

Lansing-AP-Attorney General
John Il. Dethmers declared in an
opinion today that county
social welfare board has authority
to grant public relief to persons
on strike II they determine the
annlicant Is in need"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Democrats Stake Prestige
on Rescue of Housing Bill

mans request for price ceilings on
existing dwellings.
The militant opposition has con
tended the program as drawn
would tie the building industry
down with red tape, instead OF pro-
ducing more houses.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee had recommended withdraw.
al OF S2.250.OOO in operating funds
OF the Wage Sterilization Board
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Cent Tabled by
Walter Reuther

Detroit Mar. AP-Newsmed
on the scent Of that mysterious
cent found last week on the con-
ference table used by General Mo,
tors strike negotiators today had
their answer
II was received by Federal Me.
distor James F. Dewey with In.
structions to pass il along to The
ClO United Auto Workers
Dewey admitted that a woman
whom he did not name had sent
him the shiny penny and said shd
wanted the strike settled
He said he presented the coin
to JAW Vice President Walter p.
Reuther, who tabled Il. I
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Wanted Excitement

Detroit. Mar. 4-AP-A former
Detroit school teacher, Maxine
Richard. who took an air steward
ess job because II had more ex-
element to it," today was listed
among the dead on the Amer
lean Airlines plane that crashed
yesterday in the Laguna noun.
tains of California.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

Michigan State Troops in COM
mand OF the 3lst Regiment with
headquarters in Detroit. Col.
Ceary has had long record in
the service Of this country and
the state Of Michigan. lie enlist
cd in the United States Army in
July, 1918. and was later commits
stoned I'd 1t. OF Infantry. He has
been a member OF the Michigan
National Guard since April, 1921
Because Of physical q squaliiica.
ton he was unable 10 serve at
the front lie served as Chief Air
Raid Warden. Office Of Civilian
Defense for the whole state OF
Michigan. He has also served sue
See CL~ARY Page .
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
U. s. WEATHER FORECAST

W o. W ~ FlGh v OhGSNoN
Lower Michigan-Colder tonight
and Tuesday with cold wave in
north portion tonight. Partly
cloudy in north portion and mostly
cloudy in south portion with rain
or snow extreme south portion
Tuesday.
Highest temperature yesterday.
80: lowest, Is.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, 40; lowest. 2j.
Highest temperature this date in
last 70 years. Is in 1894; lowest,
5 in 1912.
The sun sets today at 6:26 p. m.
and rises Tuesday at 1901 a. m.
The moon sets today at 7:37 p. m.
and rises Tuesday at S:25 o. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

WANTED: ; or 6 room house or
fiat. unfinished Middle aged cOu-
pie. Man employed steady is years
with one concern. Phone 1851 af-
ter 5 D. m. adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Accuse Russia


Chungking, Mar. 4-AP-Chinese
sources who requested anonymity
asserted today that Russian troops
are continuing to pour into Man
churia in an unceasing flow.
These sources declared that So
Wet occupation forces in the big
territory to the north numbered
100000 six months ago, and now
were almost double that figure.
A delayed dispatch yesterday
described the port OF Dairen as
an armed Russian camp. Nom
Russians there told him Japanese
prisoners were forced TO dismantle
Manchurian industries for the Rus
slams
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

WASHINGTON -AP- An ini-
tial test OF Senate sentiment to-
ward extending the draft law be.
yound May Is IS due tomorrow.
The military committee meets then
TO pass on a bill to transfer veter-
ans Job rights functions from Sc
lective service to the United States
Employment Service.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04

TOKYO -AP- Growing lines Of
iob-seekers. which include ex-col-
onels who want any kind OF work
including day labor, indicate that
the governments new economic
program is pinching even the rich
est Japanese families, Kyodo news
agency declared today. The daily
average OF applicants at the main
Tokyo employment office reached
500. which is 16 times greater than
during the war and four times the
usual figure in 1886, the agency
said. AZ.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-04
Congress Today

(By Associated Pressl
Senate
in recess until Tuesday
Mead committee opens inquiry
into delays in surplus property drs-
posal.
Banking Committee considers
housing legislation
Foreign Relations Committee
continues hearings on St Lawrence
Seaway.
House
Resumes consideration Of emerg-
ency housing legislation with Adj
ministration putting heat on law.
makers.
Banking Committee continues
hearings on price control extern
sion.
Supreme Court-Opinion day
session.