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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Byrnes Going to London to
Tackle More World Problems

Louis Mountbatten. Thus, this
country, which shared responsible.
~ for the original decision to send
British troops TO lndo-China and
the Dutch East Indies as part OF
the Japanese surrender, no longer
has any responsibility tor the way
in which those operations are car.
ried out. Privately critical for
weeks OF British-Dutch tactics
against Jayanese nationalists, the
|. 5. Now can follow an independ-
ent political course in politically
stirring southeast Asia.
American officials believe gener-
ally that the Turkish and lranian
problems, in that order. constitute
the greatest threats to the success
OF the UNO, whose general as.
sembly opens Thursday. Hence,
these officials expect Byrnes to de-
vote most of his time to helping
iron out the two explosive Near
Eastern situations.
Reports from London indicate,
however this COuntry's assembly
delegation may insist that Byrnes
give top priority to finding out
whether Britain and Russia will
agree to the American idea Of full
security in any atomic energy m
yestigations of the projected Unit
ed Nations Atomic Commission.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Twenty Nine
Die in Texas


Nacogdoches. Tex. Jan. ZAP
Red Cross and local relief agencies
were caring for 500 homeless fami-
lies and more than 300 injured per.
sons today as the death toll mount
ed TO 20 in tornadoes which swept
across five East Texas counties.
Robert Edison, Red Cross director
OF the Midwest District, who ar
rived yesterday from ST. Louis, es-
timated properly damage'at $500
600 as four additional deaths were
reported from the storm which
struck Friday night. Edison said the
estimate did not include damage TO
pine forests OF the counties.
Two Red Cross emergency dis
pensing stations have been set up
here and another at Palestine to
issue clothing. food and bedding TO
destitute families. Nine emergency
shelters have been set up by local
chapters in the five counties.
National headquarters of the Red
Cross announced in Washington
yesterday that it had obtained prior
tiles for Sl750.00 board feet OF
lumber which 1t estimated as suffi.
cient for immediate emergency
construction requirements.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Would be Hunter
Causes Fade Out
of Police Radio

Ann Arbor. Jan. "A fourteen.
yearold would be hunter is believed
TO be the cause o: the fade-out OF
city police radios, it was learned
here .oday.
Local authorities had their radio
tower checked Saturday when pat.
rol cars reported that reception was
very poor a few blocks from head
quarters. The receiving antenna
system was almost completely inef-
fectIve, and when IN es.igators in
spectsd the tower, they found a
% calibre bullet was lodged in a
vital spot in the tower proper. Re-
pairs were made and service re.
sumed as police were asked to To-
cate the person who might have
been using the over as a target.
Later In the day an Ann Arbor
youth was brought TO the station
after he was found walking on n.
Main st. with loaded ~ calibre
rifle. The boy admitted tina. he had
been shooting birds in the area. but
denied aiming at the tower. Police
officials reported that the tree at
which he boy claimed he was firing
was right in line with the tower.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
to Curb
Cotton Price

Washington, Jan. 7-AP-Despite
OPA's flat announcement that price
ceilings will be clamped on raw
cotton to check mounting clothing
costs, agency officials acknowledge
ed today they hope to avoid such
action.
They disclosed a big maybe" in
the plan as the government, in an
other move, tried to assure sutfici-
ent apparel for veterans. II sp-
pealed TO retail dealers TO set as.
ide for servicemen up to 100 per
cent of their stocks OF scarce gar
ments.
OPA officials who asked anony-
nifty. said they wanted to make II
clear there was mo blum" in the
agencys statement over the week
end that it plans to bring cotton
under price control for the first
time.
But, they added. these plans are
conditioned on whether the an
nouncement has the effect OF check
ing speculation in cotton prices,
which OPA Chief Chester Bowles
said are being bid up by traders
who are betting on initiation
Bowles said OPA plans to do
every thing in its power TO avoid
raising prices for clothing
The agency also is counting on
release OF 100000 balls OF govern
ment cotton to stabilize prices and
ease pressures on textile and gar
ment ceilings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
.JapPriinces
Hunting Jobs.

Tokyo. Jan. 7-AP-The Prince
business has fallen off something
scandalous in Japan and things
are so rough that the papers are
saying that even three jobless bro
Tiers OF Hirohito are liable to have
to go to work for a living.
Jill news agency made sort OF an
unemployment census OF the imper
isl household and found that in all
there were IL princes out OF a job
Business began to get bad, after
lush times in the early 1905, about
the time the imperial household be
gan to worder where all the bombs
were coming from that were being
dumped outside the palace door.
Then, first thing anybody knew
the Emperor up and declared peace
and here were all these princes in
uniform and all without "a war to
wear them in.
And then the Americans came
barging in. abolishlng Japanese
military outfits right and left. and
the princes began looking for fresh
employment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
High Court to
Decide Today
on Yamashita

Washington, Jan. 7-AP- The
Supreme Court called for argu
ments today on whether to step in
20 the case OF Japanese Gen. Tomo
yuki Yamashits. under sentence TO
die for Philippines atrocities.
This is the high courts first en-
counter with the case OF convicted
war criminal Its decision may de
eide the course OF other war crimes
hearings under way or planned in
the Pacific area.
Beribboned. paunchy Yamashita
asked again by airmailed petitions
that he be brought from Manila
TO Washington for a hearing before
the Supreme Court or one OF its
justices. Instead. three OF the |. S
Army lawyers who were appointed
to defend him in his Manila trial
were flown here to represent him
One month ago today-on the
fourth anniversary 70 Pearl Harbor
"a five member American military
commission decreed death by hang
ing for the Tiger OF Malaga"
The commissions action was pre-
cedent setting in international law
In that Yamashits was condemned
for coudoning uncounted atrocities
by his troops
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Chinese Peace
Set Thursday

Chungking, Jan. 7-AP- Seeking
peace by Thursday in warning Chi
ma. Gen. George c. Marshall will
meet 'op factional Spokesman to-
day and probably make Important
decisions" said Gen. Chou En-Lsi,
chief Of the Chinese Communist
delegat ion.
Chou predicted that the truce
sought by Marshall Chou and Gen.
Chang Chun. national government
representa- i've. would be made ef-
fectiye before Thursday when Chi
mas interparty. non-partisan CON
ference opens it's quest for perman.
ent peace and unity.
Agreement OF both factions on
procedures for the ending Of hostil-
tiles was announced Saturday. but
fixing a date for the cease-fire or
ders awaited a conference OF Mar
shall. Chou and Chang.
Marshall signified his willingness
to serve on the committee OF three
shortly after the appointments OF
Chou and Chang we're announced.
Communist and government. lead
ers repeatedly we're studying the
first draft OF cease-sire orders to-
day. As soon as the two parties
agree on wording. the orders will
be submitted for General Marshalls
approval. reported DR.. 10 Lung Chi,
a spokesman for China's Democrat
&c League.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
O p A Executive
Pleads For
Return

Chicago, Jan. 7-AP-A fyeyear
old girl was kidnapped early today
from her north side home, a note
dem nding $4,000 ransom was left
in the bedroom, and her father, an
OPA executive, pleaded for her
safe return because Il have no
money"
The child was Susan Degnsn,
daughter of James Degnan, board
operations officer OF the Chicago
Metropolitan Opera. Her mother,
Helen. found the child missing at
1880 a. IN. when she We. TO awak-
en- the girl. The note was dis
covered in the Ahild's bedroom. and
a seven-foot Ladder was found lean
ing against the window sill.
After summoning police, Degnan
issued a brief statement saying:
Il have no money and l know Of
no reason why | should be target
for a Kidnapping for ransom. Some.
one may think have a lot of
money, but hayen't-and have
no way OF getting money. All that
ask is that the girl be returned
unframed.
a negro cook who has a room in
the apartment told police OF hear
ing a commO ..on at 2 a. IN. in Su-
sans room, and that the girl said
Il don't want to get up"
The Degnans moved to Chicago.
Mrs. Degnan coming from Balu-
more six months ago and Degnan
from Washington a year ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
GIs Protest Delayed TRIPS Home
Child Kidnapped in Chicago
Atomic Secret May be Reueazed

London, Jan. 7-lNS-The Lon
don Daily Herald reported today
that the American delegation to
the general assembly of the Unit
ed Nations Organization feared
that the wording OF the Moscow de-
cision on control OF atomic energy
might force disclosure of atom
secrets before adequate safeguards
were established
The dispatch declared that seven
words in the atomic energy con.
troll decision worried the delegates.
Those seven words give the UNO
power to enquire into all phases
OF the problem"
The Herald said that these words
probably added to the decision at
Russian insistence. The article
added that the Interpretation Df
these seven words would decide
the authority OF the UNO commits
sion on atomic energy control,
II added that the American dele
gates feared that a broad interpre.
tation might allow the UNO com.
mission to inspect L. S. atomic
bomb plants. thus internationally
ing atomic fission secrets before
any safeguards could be establish
ed.
Strong congressional opposition
to such an Interpretation was eX-
pected.
British diplomatic circles believ-
ed that Great Britain was determ-
ined to play a leading role in the
activities OF the UNO, emphasizing
the necessity for improved inter,
national cooperation in politics and
economics.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
was expected 10 stress the necessi-
~ for making international dis
cussion and cooperation a practical
ideal in his welcoming speech 20
the general assembly OF the UNO
on Thursday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Relief Chief
Standing Pat

London. Jan. 7-AP-Although
an official OF the London office OF
UNRRA reiterated that 1t. Gen Sir
Frederick +. Morgan, uNRRA chief
in Germany. had been recalled here,
the general was reported standing
pat today on his decision not to re-
sign his post.
Frankfurt dispatches quoted an
official In Morgan's office in Frank
furt as saying no instructions had
been received for the general TO re
turn TO London. but UNRRA's Lon
don office said he was expected
to return from Frankfurt by plane
as soon as weather permits.
The British general. under fire
for expressing an opinion during
news conference that the mass
exodus of Jews from Poland was
chargeable to a secret Jewish or
ganization. was described by his
spokesman as surprised" 10 read
in the L. S Army newspaper Stars
and Stripes that he had been re-
called 10 London.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Three Hurt,
Held IN
Auto Crash

Three persons were injured and
one is being held today on charges
OF driving while under the infm-
ence Of liquor as a result OF an &C
cident on US-23. inst north o: Benz
is Rd., Sunday afternoon.
The injured were: Howard NJ.
Stowell. Milan, driver OF one OF the
cars, a possible conclusion and Sc.
we're decorations on the face.
Mrs. Margaret Stowell. his wife,
a passenger, decorations on the face
and legs
Norman Stovell, 4, minor cuts
and bruises.
Nellie Curtis Grsndstaff, 30S7
Grove Rd., minor sbras.ons on the
face.
Mr.. Grandstaff. following emer-
gency reatment at Boyer Hospital,
was released into the custody OF
the Ypsilanti post OF the State Pc
lice and has been confined in coun-
ty jail on charges OF driving while
under the influence OF liquor. He
will be arTaigned before Justice OF
the Peace Arthur NJ. Nsndersall
Mrs. Stowell and her son were
released after emergency treatment
at Boyer Hospital
Mr.. Stowell Is reported today as
improving. lie was admitted 10
Boyer Hospital following emergen'
cy treatment.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Hirohito' s White
Stallion Shipped

Yokonama. Jan tP First
Frost. the white stallion from En-
peror Iiirohito's imperial stables.
was hoisted aboard a Liberty ship
today As an American Army lieu
tenants souvenir. and within two
weeks il wifi be pranCing on san
Francisco dock.
The horse that mred 5a.r0o curi-
Gus service men 10 Meiii stadium
FOR his only occupation appearance
goes 20 the United States as the
trophy Of It Dick Ryan former
Hollywood stunt man who staged
rodeos FOR the Army in 'he Pacific
81 have turned down all motion
picture offers FOR First Frost and
will show him al Veterans hospit-
ais and civic events RYAN said
An Army report disclosed oday
thar tho Jaran Racing association
early In tine occupa Jon offered
First Frost tp General Macarthur.
but he declined. The association
then decided 70 give the horse. val
ued AZ $4,000 ven tS1.ouOl % a rep
resenta,ite ~ the l. $ Army AMI
transferred he papers to Ryan for
Loco yen. ,fhtl.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Officers Reelected
For Hull Foundation

Report Of Treasurer d. l.. Quirk
at the annual meeting OF the George
NJ. Hull Memorial Foundation to-
day showed medical assistance dur
ing the past year amounting TO
S352S5. Incidental expense total.
ing $500 made expenditures S55S.s2.
President r. clyde Ford presided
at the meeting and explained that
appropriations from the fund were
in keeping with the purpose OF the
foundation as established by DR..
George NJ Hun.
Trustees whose terms expired,
Lawrence Arnet and DIR. r.. ;.
George. were reelected, and at =
meeting OF the trustees following
the general meeting officers were
reelected. DR.. r. clyde Ford. presi-
dent: Or f.. s. George, vice 1resi-
dent. y. l.. Quirk. lr. treasurer;
Lawrence Arnet, secretary
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Youth Held in
Detroit Death

Detroit. Jan. 7-AP- Walter A.
Blattert. 10. a medically discharged
veteran, today faced first degree
murder charges in the staying OF
Mrs. Gladys Marsden, 40 whose
strangled body was found in a
school yard last Sunday.
Detective 1t. Charles BuCkholdt
OF the Detroit homicide squad said
the veteran. who Is also a private
in the Michigan State Troops, ad,
mitted taking nine dollars and a
wrist watch from the woman.
Blattert voluntarily surrendered
TO police Saturday nigh. and Buck
holdt quoted him as saying he killed
Mrs. Marsden the same night they
drank together in a Detroit tavern
a week ago
Buckholdt said Blattert old him
that Mrs Marsden and he had sew
eral drinks together and when she
became noisy after they left the
tavern. he struck her TO soDer her
up"
The officer quoted Bla.tert as
saying that the woman became an
cry at the blow and struck him.
The boy told Buckholdt that he
hit her again and she fell down and
Il guess her head hit against a
brick wall" BuckhOldt said Blat-
.ert told him OF striking her again
and again as she tried to rise from
the ground
The woman's nearly-nude and bat
tered body was found early last
Sunday morning in school yard
adjoining the tavern.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07

Washington. Jan. 7--AP-- After
nine busy days at home, Secretary
Ot State Byrnes leaves today for
London to attend the United Ma
tions Assembly and tackle word
problems unsolved at Moscow.
Among other things, Byrnes will
try to get:
/. An international agreement
ment on the Dardanelles question,
thus easing Russo-Turkish rela-
tons.
?. Agreement for a SoyietBrit.
ish. American commission to study
the complicated problems OF oil
rich Iran.
3. British and Russian assur.
ances that FUN security" will be
guaranteed in operations of the
United Nations Atomic Energy
Commission.
Aids said Byrnes is confident
UNO will get off to a good start,
and that the wide area OF agree
ment achieved by the Big Three
foreign ministers at Moscow can
be expanded to cover few more
knotty questions.
Since returning from Moscow De-
cember %, Byrnes continued to
push toward solutions of interna-
tional problems. Subjects covered
included:
Siam-The United States resum-
ed relations with that country Sat
urday. after sanctioning a warend-
ing agreement between Siam ana
Britain.
Palestine The BritishAmerican
committee to study the Jewish i'm
migration question and the plight
OF homeless European Jews sched.
uled its first public hearing at the
State Department today.
China-Before leaving, Byrnes
studied reports from Gen. George
c. Marshall. indicating probability
OF an early end to Chins's civil war
and good possibility for an agree
ment- at last between NatisEalis,S
and Communists.
Southeast Asia-Last night, the
L. s. announced its withdrawal
from the joint command OF Lord
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Rotary Told
About Dutch

Rev Raymon Bair told Rotarians
at their meeting this noon Of the
"Pennsyl,an Dutch. speaking Of
their background. their religion and
their domestic habits These peo-
pie came from the Swiss border OF
old Germany and there is no writ
ten language which ties them to-
rether They speak with brogue.
There is no one religious sect They
may be Dunhards. Amish. or mem
beers OF the regular faiths found in
other parts Of the country
Mr. Baird came from Lancaster
County. Pennsylvania and he pays
tribute TO their industry in maxi
ing a living on farms which could
not he considered as productive
compared to other states There
were seven kinds OF Dunkards n
one township. As people they are
industrious and they stick togeth-
err with the ayoWed purpose of
keeping the world ont II is for
this reason. he believes that their
strength is receding The young
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Supervisors of
Schools to Meet

Ann Arbor, Jan. Rural school
supervisors from 20 counties IN
the state will meet january II in
the Rackham Building here TO dis
cuss Curriculum Building for Rur.
al Schools" 1t was announced to-
day by julius Haah. Washtenaw
County school commissioner.
Chairman OF the meeting is H. c.
Thsyer, Washtenaw County rural
supervisor. Speakers include DR.
Troy Stearns or Michigan State
Normal College. DR.. label Rugen
Of University Of Michigan. and Sam
Whitman Of the Huron valley Chill
'drens Center.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Mental Cases
in Housing at
WMow Run?

The problem OF inadequate hOus
ing for Wayne County's mental and
INDECENT patients was to be dis
cussed at joint meeting this ar
.ernoon at the Wayne County Gen
eral Hospital between representa-
tiyes Of the boards OF auditors and
Wayne supervisors. the Depart.
ment Of Mental Health and State
OF Michigan.
Originated by the board OF audi
.ors, the proposal under discussion
is the leasing by the county OF Is
vacant dormitories at the Willow
Run Housing project to alleviate
congestion in the mental and indi.
gent wards OF the Wayne County
General. formerly Eloise, and the
Receiving Hospital. Detroit.
The Governor has been asked to
authorize the use OF the dormitories
by Wayne County for this purpose
and announcement was made that
representative of the governor $
office would attend the NEE. ing
1t has been estimated that the
Willow Run dormitories will house
about $500 mental and INDECENT
cases. During war time use. the
dOrmitOries maintained capacity
Of 5000 persons. Of which. at peak
3, 200 were occupied.
Also scheduled To be brought be
fore the meeting was the financial
question Of caring for the Wayne
County mental patients. Heretofore
the sta has paid only S2.35 per day
per pa ent 10 the county. when
the actual cost OF caring for the
mental cases has been SeS3 per
day
Wayne County has $50 state
men al cases.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Ten Thousand Jeer Their
Commander in Philippines;
New Mass Meeting Planned
Blaming Politics
For Discharge
SlOWness

Ma 'iIa. Jan. ms Ten thou.
sand jeering els, angered by
slow down in rehabilitation. to.
night booed their commander.
branded the Secretary of War their
No. enemy and called for an
avalanche OF political pressure on
Congress and new mass meeting"
In 4 demonstrate termed "un.
ique IN military annals anywhere
the irate seryicemcn massed in and
around the Philippine legislative
building and city hall
Military police, acting on orders
OF 1t Gen. W ID. Styer. top-rank-
ing Army commander in the Philip
pines, made no effort TO dispense
the noisy but orderly mob.
Blatant Defiance
The mass meeting promptly at s
p. m. in blatant defiance of Cen
eral Styer's radio appeal for cessa-
ton Of demonstrations begun yes
terday by protest march on the
commanders headquarters.
General Styer. in appealing for
halt % demonstrations by the
malcontent men OF his command,
warned that mob action by Ameri-
can soldiers was setting a bad
example" for Filipinos.
Bearing freshly painted pacards
OF protest the seryicemen stood
shoulder to- shoulder or sat within
the collapsed legislative walls UNI
der which probably 40 American
soldiers and at least 1900 Jap lie
entombed
Hear Plea
They stood and sang the Nation.
al nthem and then listened to
General Styers radio plea, carried
to the crowd by a public address
system,
throughout his plea, in which he
sought to justify the War Depart
ment position that, for the next six
months, overseas troop require
ments will surpass replacements.
General Styer's voice was continu-
ally heCkled
The CT chorus Of boos. ieers, and
Bron cheers was reminiscent of
bad decision in Ebbett's Field,
Brooklyn
At the conclusion Of the Cen
eral'S explanation service band
played the doleful strains OF Chop
ms Funeral March
Then Sgt Harold Schiffrin form
er Rochester University student.
and first OF is CT speakers, took
the microphone declaring:
I'VE Have Ours"
The General has had his say.
Now we have o"rs
Seventeen other speakers then
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Student Injured
in Car Accident

Ann Arbor, Jan. Ernest a.
Maddox. 26 1860 y. Maple. a Uni
versity OF Michigan student, was
injured Saturday when the car he
was driving collided with truck at
Moroe and Tappan.
The truck, driven by Willie F..
McFadden, III +. Ann St, was
swerved 10 avoid hitting the pass
enger car. but Mr.. Maddock's auto
skidded on ice The injured man
was taken to the University Health
Service for treatment OF lacera-
lions OF the forehead.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Agents Here to Give
Aid on Income. Taxes

Residents OF Ypsilauti desiring
aid with their income tax returns
can consult two deputy internal
revenue collectors. who began the
first Of a three day consul alton
period. for local persons with in
come tax problems. in the Council
Chamber Of the City Hall today.
Deputies Frank Sprague and
Frank SAMPLER are on duty there
between the hours Of $50 a. m. to
y. m.
During the first morning nearly
80 local residen took their tax
problems TO the two consultants.
There is no charge as this is sery.
ice Of me Federal Government.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-07
Abner Apparently
Not alternating

Ann Arbor, Jan. : Police are
searching for a tam, racCoOn which
answers TO the name OF "Abner".
He belongs to Mrs. Margaret Matte
son. 5222 Packard Rd
The Pacoon, believed to be in hib-
ernation apparently escaped from
the screened porch Of the Matteson
apartment. The pet was given to
the family last summer at the Uni
yersity of Michigan biological camp
and young John Matteson is very
fond Of the little animal.
Mrs. Matteson. an office worker
IN the Ann Arbor public schools.
reported the loss q fthe rsccoon 10
city police early today.