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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Mayors Seek Distribution of Sales Tax Fund

Jackson. Mich. Jan. 17-AP-A
steering committee OF the newly
formed Michigan Conference OF
Mayors planned today to draft a
bill for the special session Of the
legislature providing for distribu-
tios OF si6,O00 900 sales tax money
10 local government units.
The committee, headed by De
troit Mayor Edward J. Jeffries, was
named shortly after officials OF II
Michigan communities decided 10
set up permanent organization
with Jan. 81 as the tentative date
for a get.together at Lansing
Other mayorS on the committee
are: r. {. McLogan, Flint; George
W. Welsh. Grand Rapids: Arthur :.
Law. Pontiac: y r Godde. Battle
Greek, and Edward p Behan, Jack.
son.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Congress Today

tBv Associated Pressl
Joint Pearl Harbor committee
continues examination Of Adm Hus
band Kimmel I0).
Senate
Routine session 'noonl.
Labor committee hears George
W. Taylor Of disbanded War Labor
Board testify on fsctfiuding hill
iu
Military subcommittee discusses
decentralization problems with Gen.
Dwight n Eisenhower GuI.
House
Routine session OUoOni
Ways aud Means committee
starts study ~ social security pro-
gam l'O".
Naval committee n-EIue inquiry
iufu ship s"arglus .IoI.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

mentioned. the school has special
apparatus. including heat lamps
as well as specially equipped
swimming pool used in the Kenny
treatment
According 10 Or Francis T. Lord
director Of the RaCkham building,
Washtenaw County work in fight
ing iufantile paralysis cost during
the year 1885 on an average OF near
ly 1000 per month During that
year {ll535 was spent In carrying
on the work This includes that
done IN the Rackham building here
The March OF Dimes collections
in l945 did not equal the necessary
expenditures for the year, and 81
0o0 had 70 he drawn from the re-
serve fund, which IL kept for such
emergencies
One biz item Of expense during
the past year at the Rackham build
ing was keeping a II year old girl.
a victim Of infsntile paralysis, in
the iron lung for most OF the time.
Two children were also sent 10 the
Warm Springs Foundation for treat
ment.
Contributions to the local March
Of Dimes drive, being carried on
at the present time will aid in
the continuance of the work being
done at the Rackham building.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

London; Jan. TAP British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Beyin
told the United Nations today that
Great Britain had started prelim.
mary negotiations to convert three
OF her five mandates into United
Nations trusteeships.
The three, Beyin declared In a
speech before the general assem-
bly, are Tanganyika, Togoland and
the Cameroons. He said action on
Palestine is being withheld pending
results OF a British.American in
quiry into the Jewish-Arab Issue
there.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
New Municipal Organization Names
Steering Committee

cities which send In the bulk ~
the money
Welsh in assaiiing state financial
policies, said municipalities are get
ting more recognition from the
federal government than they are
from the state
Jenries said The state netted Sgg.
100000 in 1915 from the sales tax.
and he Joined with other mayors In
urging that one-sixth be given 10
cities and towns in direct grants
on tho basis ~ population
10 such a plan is not approved.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

The committee also decided IN
invite every mayor in Michigan TO
attend the first full-dress confer
ence Of the new organization at
Lansing.
Declaring he resented "the atti-
tude that city problems are not
state problems. 1ehries said the
state had been piiing up revenues
without sharing them with the
cities
81 have no quarrel with est
mates or guesStimatps.' he added.
All 7 ask is that the state take
It's own figures and share with the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Little Girl Dies
of Throat Cancer

Detroit. Jan. 17-AP- Little Pa
tricia Turcynski died late Wednes-
day. victim of a rare type of throat
cancer pronounced inCurable by
physicians
The three.and -oue half year old
girl had played happily at her home
until her condition became notice
ably worse a week ago. Her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turczyn-
ski. had brought her home from a
hospital oct. 50 when physicians
vino had been administering sps-
,.aI treatments said they could 10
more for the child.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Halt Year Plates
Will Go G.. Sale

1Tl.s 1915 half year automobile H.
ecnses will go on sale to local mo
florists. Monday. at the local off
ces OF the Board OF Commerce
Announcement OF the availability
OF the half year plates was made
following the receipt OF authorize
ton from Secretary of state Herm-
an II. Dignan.
The new plates have white let
ters on a maroon background.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
AUCTION CALENDAR

TUESDAY. JAN. % at 1900 o.
clock. 9 miles south OF Ypsilantl,
or 81 miles Northeast OF Milan.
or "A mile off Stony Greek Road
at 1o75o Sanford Rd. on the Rob-
ert Begols Farm. Mrs. Anna
Beaole. Prop. Guy 2. Thompson,
Auetioneer. Ben simons, Clerk.
adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Voted
by Board For
Grand Jury

Moving rapidly after receiving a
letter from Circuit Judge James X.
Breakey, Wednesday afternoon, the
county board OF supervisors appro-
priated $4,000 for the employment
OF a special prosecuting attorney
to carry on the work Of the grand
jury investigating gambling in the
county.
Judge Breakey requested tha.
such a prosecutor be appointed he
cause Of the matters concerning
the prosecutors office
At the same time the board chair
man, Emory Mulhoiland, appointed
a special three man commit ee. CON
sisting Of Norman Ottmar Ann Ar
Dor. Carl Mast. Webster Town
ship. and Donald Comstock, lpsi-
lanti. 10 make a recommendation to
the board, Friday at o'clock as to
the proper procedure % provide
for a complete investigation as to
the accusations and rumors per
tanning to the prosecuting attorney.
Enter Pleas
Ann Arbor. Jan. l1-As result
o. action Of the Washtenaw County
Grand Jury investigating gambling
on a county wide basis. two men
entered pleas of guilty to gaming
violation charges before Circuit
Judge James Breakey in the Circuit
Court today.
Edwin Hay. Ypsilanti, pleaded
guilty TO charges Of registering
be.s and selling pools, and Daniel
Raftopoulos. Ann Arbor, who was
charged with operating and main
tanning a gambling establishment
and having in his possession mum
bers tickets, entered a plea OF
guilty to charges OF possession OF
the tickets.
Both were remanded for pre-sen-
.enCe investigation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

: CHICAGO ms Chicago po-
lice we're working on new clue
today in their efforts to trace the
kidnap-killer Of year old Suzanne
Degnan. Several strands OF blond
hair, the same color as that Of ST.
zanne, provided the latest clue in
the murder of the child and the
, .iismemberment of her body early
on Jan. 7. Detectives tracing move.
ments OF the slayer discovered the
hair enmeshed in a stairway plank
at the rear OF an apartment build.
ing two blocks from the little
girls home, where she was kid
nsped from her bed and carried
through a window.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
For Settlement of
Labor Trouble Centering
in National Capital Today
Truman Has Plan
in Steel
Crisis

Hope Of settlement Of wage dis
putes affecting more than a mil
lion workers I'm the steel and meat
Industries. including some 263 600
clearinghouse employees already on
strike. centered on meetings in
Washington today.
President Truman acted in the
threatened strike Of 100000 CLIO
steelworkers and promised to sub
NIT HE own proposal n principals
IN the controversy fail to reach an
agreement on the wage issue
Meanwhile, officials Of the De
partment Of Labor planned to con
fer with packers and ALL and CIO
union leaders involved in the two
day old strike I'm the meat indus
Try in an attempt TO end the walk
out which threatens to sharply cur
tail meat supplies
President Humans promised
proposal in the public interest
in the steel industry wage dispute
was not disclosed. But officials
said government seizure has not
entered into the discussions In
meetings OF clio President Philip
Murray and Benjamin Fairless. L.
:. Steel Corporation president
Scheduled Monday
The steel strike is scheduled TO
begin at 12:01 a. m. Monday in sup
port OF demands by the CIO Unit
ed Stockholders for wage in
crease. Murray has reduced to 10
> cents an hour from his original
demand Of - cents. Fairless has
offered to hike the steelworkers
wages I ) cents an hour.
In event Of steel walkout, which
was postponed one week upon Mr..
Humans request pending further
wage negotiations the idle through
out the country would jump 10
nearly 100000. Yesterdays strike
OF some 1853 900 packinghouse work
ers was the largest single work
stoppage since before. the war. The
total number Of Idle SCARED TO $50
900. the largest number in recent
years.
Officials Hopeful
Meanwhile, Labor Department Of
ficials hoped 10 effect a settlement
OF the wage dispute in the meat
industry and end the nationwide
strike The scarcity OF meat be
came more acute in many sections
as arrival OF livestock at principal
markets dwindled.
One Of the two unions involved
in the work stoppsge, the ALL
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen. was ready to
settle for R wage Increase of -
cents an hour and had urged the
ClO United Packinghouse Workers
TO submit a similar proposal at to-
days conference.
The co Union. whose 1913 coo
members struck in support Of de-
mands for a II u cents an hour
wage boost Immediately with later
negotiations on an additional IL
cents. did not disclose whether IL
intended 10 lower its demands,
which originally were for hikes Of
25 cents an hour
representatives of the couu-
try's four major packers. Swift, Ar
mour. Cudahy and Wilson. went
to the meeting with no announce
ment they were ready TO change
their offer-increases OF 10 cents
an hour. The offer was termed
very inadequate by union off
cials.
No Settlement
In the countrys second largest
work stoppage, strike by 200
600 electrical workers in Is
states. there appeared no imme-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

WEIGH, w. Va. ms The
death OF another miner from burns
X oday raised to Is the number OF
fatalities from the two explosions
which tore through the Havoca
mine No .. More than $50 miners
in the diggings escaped the force
Of the blasts. Latest fatality. Clar-
ence Hale, 81, succumbed in hos.
pitAl.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

Welsh said the issue should be
takr 10 the public for coustitu-
uouai amendment granting cities
une.tnird Of the sale tax revenue.
The only legislator TO attend the
gathering OF mayors was state
Senator Percy Greene OF Grand
Rapids. bur he took no part in the
proceedings.
Also attending We're e. y mauas.
ers from Pontiac. Ferndale Royal
Uat. Saginaw. Flint Grand Rap
ids JACKSON and Muskegon. -
gether with representatives. from
Dearborn
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Jury Tampering Allegation
Places Detective in Custody

County prosecutor and former clerk
OF the state court Of claims, but
that he could not identify the 9TH
er. Crawford and his attorneys
flew to Lansing Tuesday. he said.
The prosecutor said both Craw-
ford and Ferneau were wanted for
questioning in regard TO the circu;
lation Of copies OF the Michigan
State Digest weekly political
new paper. to prospective jurors
for the Mckay trial originally
scheduled to he held i'm lngham
County but later moved to Jack
son.
Anderson has charged that the
copies contained articles deteri-
mental to the reputation of special
prosecutor Kim ZigleT and were in
tended to prejudice the lurymen.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Russia Moves
Into Kuriles

Washington. Jan. TAP Rus
STA was reported today to be estab-
fishing herself firmly in the strate-
&C Kurile Island chain thanking
the approaches 30 Siberia.
II was from a rendezvous in these
fofgy Japanese islands that Admi-
raj Yamamoto's fleet set out in
late November. 1871, for its attack
of Pearl HaIbor.
Whether a peace settlement will
decree he permanent amputation
" the Euriles from the Japanese
Empire still remains to be decided.
LONDON ms The Rome radio
said today that tankand artillery
supported Italian regular troops
had been thrown against Sicllian
bandit and guerrilla forces near
Palermo and between Catania and
Caltanisetta.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

HAMILTON. BERMUDA --AP-
Already in general agreement on
continued future use Of leased air
bases for civil aviation. British
and American conferees again dis
cussed rate problems today and
said an announcement might be is
sued at the close Of the days SEES
sion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

Jackson. Mich.-AP The monot-
onous task Of picking a jury 10
hear the liquor graft conspiracy
trial Of Frank D. Mckay. Grand
Rapids Republican. and four associ.
ates continued today as prosecution
and defense attorneys sought a
satisfactory panel
Judge John Simpson Wednesday
afternoon began the lengthy ques-
tiuning Of prospective veniremen.
Because the trial is expected TO
last At least two months. he order
ed IL Jurors called 10 hear test.
mony At the end Of the trial two
will be chosen by lot 10 be-
cused
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

SYDNEY-AP-An RAAF group
captain testified today at the court
martial OF another group captain.
accused OF having Illegally sold IL
Quir to american troops. that
RAAF nsh made $500 week
trading with Americans at Morotai
late In 1914.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

J Lower Michigan Generally fair
tonight and Friday slightly warm
or tonight; mild Friday.
Highest temperature yesterday,
2s; lowest. 10 Highest tempera-
ture one year ago today. 80; low.
est. l6. Highest temperature this
date in last n years. 81 in 1913;
lowest. . in 1893
The sun sets today at 5.27 p. m.
and rises Friday at 7.57 a. m. The
moon rises today at j:34 p. m. and
sets Friday at SIS a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Flashes of
Late News

BERLIN --AP- Liquidation OF
the /. G. Farben lndustrie. Ger
many's greatest monopoly, is near.
ing completion In the American
rome OF occupation, the American
military government has announc.
ed
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

WASHINGTON -AP-The first
major test OF President Humans
appeal to the people for support Of
his legislative program began to
take shape today on Capitol Hill.
The issue is when the L. S En-.
ployment Service shall be returned
to state control.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

MANILA -lNs- A Philip
pine Red Cross nurse swore
today that she saw Japanese
soldiers OF IL. Gen. Masaharu
Homma's command tear the
tongues from the threats OF
seven Fillplnos during June
and July OF 1912. The nurse
gave this testimony at Homms's
war crimes trial.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
Board Denies


At the regular monthly meeting
OF the Washtenaw County Board
OF Supervisors Wednesday. in the
county building m Ann Arbor. 4
petition for annexation OF Boule
ward Heights by the city of Ann
Arbor was denied.
The board action followed a mo-
ton by Otis Tooze, Ypsilanti Town.
ship supervisor who stated that
the petition should he rejected on
the grounds Of insufficient sigma
lures. The subdivision lies west
OF Ann Arbor. between Jackson
Ave. and w Liberty st.
WASHINGTON ms Presi.
dent Truman today appointed Brig
Gen. Butler Miltonburger 10 com.
mand the War Departments Ma.
tiOnal Guard Bureau.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

BUENOS AIRES -AP-A bomb
blast which shattered windows in
an entire block OF the central bust
OF industrys three-day lockout,
staged as a protest against gov
eminent decees granting year end
bonuses and wage increases to
workers
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

See STRIKE Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

FTNDLAY. O.-AP ! large sec.
~tion Of the Midwest refneries lay
in ruins today. the aftermath Of a
spectacular fire which st off a
series Of storage tank explosions
and lent an air raid atmosphere TO
the disaster in which three per-
sons lost their lives.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

TOKYO-AP-A L. s. Navy cap
tain said today that Japanese
guards had orders to Kill all Allied
prisoners OF war in event OF Al
lied smphibious or skyborne land
ings in Japan. Capt. Manuel A.
= Newman, who said he was the last
American officer to surrender on
Guam Dec. II, 1871. told OF the
determination plans as he arrived
10 testify against former prison
administrators.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

LOS AN ELES -AP-The ALL
labeled the clio meat strike an EN-
today, and announced that
its members would work longer
hours in an effort to keep southern
Californians in steak
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

J STANFORD. Ky.-AP- Sheriff
Ep Noe tod Y will leave for Ridley,
Tenn. to return June Queen 81,
the second OF two persons charged
with murder in connection with
the hammer Staying OF Otto Jaes-
chke, Cincinnati, o., trucker.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17
No Settlement

In the country second largest
work stoppage, a strike by 200
600 electrical workers I'm Is
states. there appeared no imme-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-17

> HONOLULT-AP-Lt. Gen. Rob
ert c. Richardson, Jr., today order
ed court.martial for any soldier )r
officer in his Pacific command
who continues agitation on the de.
mobilization program. Three en-.
listed men were confined TO quart.
ers pending investigation.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Female Fogin

and a leather belt. He fol.
lowed the girl and caught
hcr handing the loot over
TO her mother
The girl. either through
fear or a strange sense OF
loyalty, refused TO involve
herr mother who has a
long record rs a shoplifter
and insisted that she did
the stealing on her own.
The Judge who sentenced
the female Fagin showed
almost as much interest in
her two younger children,
a girl four years old and
a boy two years old. Ap-
parently the younger girl
is not aware that her
mother is q crook and that
her older sister is in
trouble with the police So
cial workers are going 10
keep an eye on these
youngsters 10 be sure they
DO not take up I heir
mothers vicious vocation.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

EVER since Charles Dick
- ems wrote OLIVER Twist.
evil men who teach young
sters the anti-social art of
thievery have been called
Fagins, after the sly, old
villain of the tear jerking
ctasaic
Many a real tfc Fagi9
has been rounded up by the
London police, but II IS
seldom that they nab a
mother who makes light
fingered dclinqucnts OF her
own youngsters.
They arrested such
woman the other day 45-
ycar-old cripple named Mrs.
Victoria Russell and sent
her to Jail for a month he
cause she had SChooled her
pretty 12-year-old daughter
in the tricks of shoplifting
An alert store detective
watched the yo.ungs ster
cleverly fitch a pair Of
gloves, a pair OF stockings
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

sunshine on some Pacific
island. or other idyllic re-
membrance.
Many are just thinking,
but others are doing some.
thing about it-seeking fly
ing jobs which viii tak-
them abroad, planning to
dig gold or hunt treasure in
far places, or considering
commercial jobs i'm distant
countries. Some. of course,
will turn up as soldiers Of
fortune i'm the Far East or
other unsettled lands.
Just now. the greatest
number of adventure seek
ers probably can be located
in the files of London's :
Pathfinder Club, a strictly
gilt-edged organization com.
priSing more thaH half of
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

the Z a [ n { n q e [ $ seek
ing? Wen. some are willing
to accept office jobs, If they
pay enough But many are
holding out for gold pros
pectors' Jobs $ in y e "
Guinea, sailing schoonerS
around the world, or flying
transoCcanic routes for air
way lines.
Some express a wish for
the tropics, but others have
their eyes, turned 10 the
North TO projected air
lines across the Pole, and
the heavy air express be-
tween Canada's mineral
rich Northland and rccciv-
ing points below. Wars
may end, but there's still
room for adventure, the
t PatitffHirt-s believe.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26
Jobs for DaredeviIs

AAILLIONS Of fighting
Nl men all over the world
have turned their backs on
the greatest. grimmest adj
venture of al time TO re
turn TO civilian pursuits
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

The RATS 1000 crack Path.
finder pilots - the hand.
picked flierS who led the
way on all British bomber
missions during the last
half of the war.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

a n q 9S per
cent, or bet
ter, will tell
you that their
old h o m e
town holds
all the excite
nnent tn ey
care TO pack
into the re
nainder OF
their lives.
Each Allied
country, how
ever. n a $
ou pS OF
restless vet
Grams who are
fin din e the
ways Of peace
dull and are
thinking back
longingly TO
long hours of
flight through
the blue, to
days of happy
sailing with
good ship
mates, or 10
perio d s of
laZing in the
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

i ne CluD y
primary pur
pose is job
finding for its
m e m b eT $
and most of
the ] o b $
sought would
d riv e [ h e
o r d ! n a + y
c o IN IN q r cial
q m pl oynent
agency dizzy,
Some men
have CUTS but
no brains, and
6 o m @ h a v g
brains but no
CUTS" said Air
Vice Marshal
Donald 3 e n
nett. one Of
h @ clu b 5
s p o n s o S
Every m a n
i'm the Path
fin q er s has
p | @ n ty o (
both. =
And " n 4 I
kind of peace
time work are
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-26

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