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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Writ Sought
by Witness

Circuit Judge James r Rreakey
today received an order from the
state supreme Court to show
cause no later than Monday, why
William Mahaley should not be re-
leased from the county jail where
he is serving a Go day sentence FOR
contempt Of the grand iury con
Quoted by Judge Breakey.
Mr. Mahaley was sentenced TO
Jail January Il. following a late
session Of the grand jury. He was
cited for eyading the questions ~
the juror. He has petitioned the
supreme court FOR a writ Of habeas
corpus.
Judge Breakey stated today that
hs will file his report with the
supreme court Saturday.
In session or the grand jury this
morning. Judge Breakev sentenced
Rothwell Simpson. 652 Monroe
Ave. to serve 10 days In the coun-
~ JAIL on charges OF contempt OF
the grand jury.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Local Units Seek
Sixth of Sales Tax

Lansing, Jan. 24-AP-A resolu.
ton calling for the return TO local
governmental units of one-sixth Of
sales tax collections was In the
hands OF State Supervisors Asso.
citation committee today and ofiic.
ers said the membership would be
asked to vote on it,
President David f. Young. Sagi.
nav. said the proposal requested
a monetary refund regardless of
recommendations by fsct.hnding
committee appointed Wednesday at
Governor Kelly's suggestion to stu.
dy the states needs and surpluses.
Young declared that Mayor Ed.
ward j Jeffries' offer OF coopera.
ton by Michigan mayors in the de.
mand for one-sixth OF sales tax
revenues was very acceptable
10 the association directors but
that he expected no definite action
on the convention floor.
Tn, mayors also have asked for
one.slxth of the sales tax monies,
TO he. distributed 10 cities. villages
and townships on population
basis.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Witness Says
Sent


Jackson, Mich, Jan. Gap
Testimony that William II Nc
Keighan. ex-mayor OF Flint. re-
ceived $4,000 or $4,000 as "po-
litiCal contributions for his help
in promoting liquor sales was in
the record today in the Mckay Ii
quor conspiracy trial.
Jurors hearing the case against
Frank d. Mckay, Grand Rapids Re
publican. McKeighan, aid three
others, also heard testimony that
two other defendants we're hired 20
push liquor buying because they
said they knew the right people
Charles Layton, nee Iipsitz,
former sales manager Of the Mo.
hawk Liqueuer Corp. Of Detroit,
testified under a grant OF immunf
~ that lie paid McKeighan in a De
troit Hotel room in 1885 and 1896.
Later Emanuel Rosenthal, presi-
dent OF the company. said he hired
Charles williams and Fisher L.
Layton. Flint politician, 10 make
surveys and promote the Mohawk
brands in 1889 and 1910. He testl-
fed Layton told him he was "an
all round politician,
Earl u. Williams, son Of Charles
Williams, also is defendant
charged with conspiring TO corrupt
the administration OF the State II
quor Commission, which does a
800. 100000 business annually, be.
tween 1888 and 1870
Layton and ROsenthal were in
dicted by the lngham County one
man grand jury, together with the
late It. Gov. Frank Murphy (no
relation to the former governor
and Supreme Court iustice) for =
conspiracy to corrupt the state
Legislature. Examination and trial
in this case is sttltrpenNi-~
Speaking in suck n low voice that
Judge John Simpson and Special
Prosecutor Kim ,Sigler several
times had TO ask him 10 speak
up and put on a little steam
the swarthy silver-haired Layton
said
Il went to see Mr.. MCkelghan IN
the latter part OF 1885 and asked
him 10 see if he could do something
for me in obtaining more business
from the liquor control commits
sion. or help in selling any more
OF our products.
81 went back to him again. and
he said for me TO go ahead the
way I'd been going. seeing the H.
quor commission. ar he'd see what
could be done for me. A month or
so later ! saw him again. told
him ! had received . few orders
from the state and McKeighan said
II you think | am helping you a
little bit, you should help us. or
help me. with the administration
That is. as far as politics is con
cerned, a donation"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Girl IQuizzed
About Death
of Craftsman

Detroit, Jan. PAPA % year
old negress. whom police describ'
ed as habitue OF black-an-tan
clubs in Detroit's Paradise Valley
section. was being questioned to-
day by investigators Of the death
of william Burns, SO year old
craftsman.
Burns was found frozen and half
naked Wednesday in the rear Of
his car, parked in lot on adams
street near the negro night club
belt.
An autopsy last night failed to
reveal any evidence OF foul play,
authorities said. However, they
are having vital organs chemically
analyzed to determine II Burns
was given knockout drops.
Inspector Charles Searle said
the girl was seized after tipster,
whom he did not identify, told po-
lice she had been overheard talk
ing about the case and seemed 10
know all about II.
1t. Leo Doyle OF the homicide
squad said the tipster told police:
"lf Burns died OF drugs you
had better talk to this woman.
Searle said the girl denied know
ing Burns and said all she knew
OF his death was what she read
in the papers
Searle said she also denied a po-
lice statement that she was a
hsnger-on in taverns of the negro
Paradise Valley section OF Detroit.
No charges have been placed
against the woman.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
New Nurse to
Start Feb. |

Miss Alberta Wadey, whose
name was approved by the City
Council. Monday evening, 10 sue
ceed Mrs Ina Lippert as city
nurse. will assume her new duties
February !.
Miss Wadey has been In charge
OF the health office at Willow Run
Village prior to her new appoint.
ment and has been with the Coun.
ty Health Department for over
four years.
Mrs. Ina Lippert, whom she sue
ceeds. plans to transfer her resi-.
dence to Lansing after February !
Miss Wsdey is graduate OF
both the University OF Michigan
and the Evanston. Illinois hospital.
Her home is In Ann Arbor
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Frazer Lists
Auto Orders

New YORK, Jan. q AP- Joseph
W. Frazer. president OF the Kaiser
Frazer Automobile corporation.
said in formal statement today
4. 500 orders for Kaiser and Frazer
ears. totallinc more than s. 50o.0on.
had been placed In the first four
days Of their initial showing here
Referring TO the oyersubScription
Of 100000 share Of common stock
offered By the company Wednesday
he claimed that "in the snort space
Of FIVE months We have. ] believe,
become the fourth largest automo
bile company in America
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Secrecy on
Code Shown

Washington, Jan. 2i AP \ de-
mand for more light on the way the
Army handled its pre.war secrets
came today from Senator Ferguson
tR.MiChD of the Pearl Harbor com.
mittee
Ferguson said he wants Mai Gen.
Sherman Miles recalled to clear
up such questions as these.
|. Why did Miles. as 1871 assist
ant chief Of staff for military intel.
ligence. withhold secret japanese
Information from Officers whose
job II vas 10 estimate the prospects
of war
> Why did Miles feel on Ueyem-
Der ,. perhaps even as late as De.
Cember :. 1911. that a break with
Jaran was not imminent
The questions popped up after
Maj. Gen. Walter G. Short intro
duced surprise" evidence yesterday
10 back mp his contention that the
blame for the success Of the sur.
prise attack on Pearl Harbor rest
cd with Washington not With him
as Army commander in Hawaii
Short offered two documents
One quoted Ma Gen HAYES 4
Kroner. 1871 chief Of Intelligence
branch under Miles. as saying he
had not been let in on the secret
that the United states was reading
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
End Put to
Jap Slavery

Tokyo. Jan. 24-AP- General
Macarthur today ended a centuries
old custom under which Japanese
families sold their daughters into
the slavery OF prostitution.
Macarthur ordered the Japan
ese government to obey that sec
ton Of the Potsdam declaration
which guarantees RESPECT for the
fundamental human rights" I'm
der It Japan must annul all laws
authorizing licensed prostitution
and rullify all contracts commit.
ting any woman to prostitution.
The Japanese government recent
ly halted licensing OF houses but
not the law permitting the sale of
girls In 1910 the government had
made a radical change which per-
mitted the sale OF girls only by
blood relatives, eliminating sale
by husbands and sweethearts.
Two weeks ago the Tokyo Broth
el Keepers Association decided to
release the girls from slavery sta.
tus contracts and permit them
the democratic right OF going
into business independently.
Col Crawford Sans. chief OF al.
lied headquarters public health and
welfare service. said the japanese
girls were sold 10 proprietors OF
openly maintained houses for loan
Of 500 to 1000 yen 1888 to s67) to
the parents frequently against
the girls wishes.
Macarthur also acted 10 curtail
initiation in economically bewilder-
ed Japan with an order which
froze the governments huge debt
10 the bank OF Japan. The debt
was ordered retired quickly and
the Japanese were directed to sub
init a complete government bor.
rowing program for the remainder
OF the fiscal year which ends April
so.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Crosse Pointe
Thefts Solved

Detroit. Jan. 24-INS Police be-
lieved today that n series of Crosse
Pointe robberies have been solv-
ed with the arrest OF two young
couples.
Police said the burglaries netted
fur coats. stocks OF expensive clio
thing, radios and other items valu
ed at thousands OF dollars.
Held are Edward Koupeny, 26
Mrs. Betty June Trombetta, Il.
Harold Hughes, 81. and Miss lnez
Johnson. 80.
Police said the group confessed
the robberies after being impli.
Gated by Melvin Larks. %. De-
tectives arrested Larks when he
tried 10 purchase a diamond ring
on an allegedly stolen charge ac-
count coin.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Group Will Study
Handling of Child
Delinquency Cases

Washtenaw County residents in
terested in care OF juyepile cases
in the county will meet aishe Arm
ory in Ann Arbor, toniga TO dis
cuss possible steps in Improving
conditions at the detention ward
and the entire system OF handling
the children.
The committee OF citizens y no
were instrumental in launching a
probe into the juvenile problem
last October have expressed dissat-
isfaction with the report fled by
the special committee Of the board
Of supervisors. who. after three
month Investigation found no
cause OF negligence in handling
juveniles
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Tax Land to be
Sold by State

Lansing. Jan. % AP-ApproK
imstely 1850 parcels Of tax-revert-
ed lands will be offered for sale
at public auction Feb. 10, the
state land office board reported
today
or the total 1000 parcels are
in Wayne County. 500 in Oakland
County and 500 in Macomb County.
The sales will be conducted by
county treasuTers except in De.
troit, where It will be carried on
Feb. Is In the Cadillac Square
building. in Oakland County. where
II will start Feb. II in the board
OF supervisors chambers. and in
Macomb County. where IL will be
held in the supervisors room.
The lands will be sold for at least
one fourth Of their. last assessed
valuation. former owners have the
right IN purchase or match any Of.
fer within 90 days and may buy on
a deferred payment plan.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Play Group to
be Organized

Howard C. Harrison. superin-
tendent OF city recreation, an
nounced today formation OF pre-
school age play group, to meet
each Saturday morning. 10 q. m.
to 10 noon, beginning January 26.
The group, which is sponsored
by the city recreation department.
will meet at Gilbert House, and
will be under direction OF Miss
Rena Van Couwenbergh, yolun-
teer worker.
The program will consist Of cir
Gle games and the reading of chill
drens stories by the director
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
State Seeks Home
For Wayward Girls

Lansing. Jan. 24-AP Refusal OF
the Lenavee County Board OF Sup.
ervisors 10 sell its former Tubercu.
losis sanitorium has forced the
State Corrections Department to
start from scratch again" In its
hunt for a home for wayward girls.
Garret Heyns. corrections direc-
tor. said the department has 81
girls house in the Detroit House
OF Correction because il cannot
find a suitable location for a home
ordered by the legislature as part
NJ Governor Kelly's juvenile cor
rection program.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Shelter Given
in City Jail

For the first time since the de.
preston, three men in a single
evening, appeared at the city po-
lice station to ask for shelter. They
asked Sgt. Arthur Kramer. in
charge Of the shift, TO ] ck them
in the city jail for the night.
One of the men told Sgt. Kramer
that the strike AZ General Motors
had deprived him OF h. job and
that he had no place to stay. He Is
seeking employment on farm.
The men we're lodged in the Jail for
tho night. and released this morn.
INK.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Meat Industry May Not be
Only One Taken Over For
Operation by Government
Steel Head Urges
National Wage
Policy

Washington, Jan. Gap Pres
ldent Truman said today much cur
rent Industrial strife was a contest
for power between management
and labor-both Of which. he said.
have too much power. The public
interest. he added demands set.
tlement OF the steel strike on the
basis OF 49, cents wage increase
proposal. Mr.. Truman said. howev-
er. that he did not intend to seize
the steel industry at this time al
though he did not rule out that ~.
ture possibility.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
War Crippled Enoch Arden
Seeks Oblivion For Himself

However. when he was asked by
Ottie Dhlinger. Newport funeral di.
rector If he had a discharge, he re-
piled cynically:
AN have is a dead mans cerrr
fcate."
He disappeared about lo:30 . m.
Sunday.
But by that time, Langston vile.
Linda, who resides in ST Joseph.
Mich. heard that he was In New
port and started to check. She had
married Marine cpl. Joseph
O'Si-nac. Battle Cree. two weeks
previous
Family Convinced
Lsngston family al nearby
Newark. Ark. also had heard of his
visit to Newport His sister Mrs.
Charles f. Griffin and his father.
William LanEstou, Sr. came TO
Newport TO investigate.
They were convinced that he was
alive after talking to residents who
saw him and talked 10 him Satur-
dav
There could be no mistake"
friends assured them
He had even spoken Of visit 10
st Joseph where he found his wife
had remarked. they said When
he found she had taken another
husband he slipped away
Still Loves Him
Mrs Langston O'Signac said he
had not tried to reach her She
still loves him. she said and
would return 10 him He was the
father OF their eight-year-old son.
After trying unsuccessfully TO
find him, however, she was skeptlc-
al about his being alive. In addi-
tion to the Navy report OF his
death. she had his personal effects
which were returned 10 her last
October and the number OF the
Goo I'Nhf'II ADnL'N Davn
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

London Jan. 24-AP-The Unit
ed Nations Organization tackled
the vital atomic bomb question to-
day with the five key powers ap-
parently approaching deadlock in
their attempt to agree on a nom
inee for the key post of secretary
general.
After postponing action for "a
hours. the general assembly was
scheduled to take up the six-power
atomic control proposal immediate
Iy after il convened at 1880 a.
N. $3.50 a. NJ. Eastern Standard
Time).
The atomic bomb plan, snnounc-
ed by the big three foreign minis
ters at their Moscow conference
and later endorsed by France. Chi
ma and Canada as co.sponsors, pro-
vides for a special commission en-
powered to study and recommend
to the World Security Council ways
to prevent misuse OF history most
destructive weapon.
American officials said that
prompt action was needed 10 show
the world that the new peace
agency meant business in its
efforts to bar wars.
Meanwhile. failure OF the big
powers TO reach an agreement on
a candidate for secretary general
appeared TO underscore differenc-
es between Soviet Russia and the
western powers which were
brought into the open Monday by
Russis's complaints against Brit.
ish policies in Greece and lndone-
sa.
The stumbling block on the sec
retary general issue was said to be
Soviet insistence that. since head
quarters of the UNO are to be in
the United States. the secretary
should he from some nation in
eastern Europe.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST

Lower Michigan Cloudy and
colder tonight Snow flurries west
portion Partly cloudy Friday and
warmer IN afternoon
Highest temperature yesterday
35. lowest 70.
Highest temperature one year
ago today 80: lowest -
Highest temperature this date IN
last IS years 81 in 1909. lowest :
in 1897.
The sun sets today at i:35 p. m.
and rises Friday at 1853 a. m.
The moon sets today al i2:oS p.
m. and rises Friday at i1:4s a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
tBy the Associated Iressp

(By the Associated Iressl
The government went ahead to-
day with its plans to take over
operation Of strike bound meat
packing plants Saturday amid
speculation whether similar presi.
dental seizure orders against other
struck industries were under con.
Sideration
There was no word from the
White House that the govern
meut planned Immediately To tahe
possession Of the steel industry.
paralyzed by walkout OF 10000
ClO workers, or other industries
affected by work stoppages
Meanwhile, union and manage
ment officials turned anew 10 presi-
dent Truman to lind a solution To
the four-day old steel strike, with
L. $. Steel President Il. r Fair.
less proposing national wage
policy.
Urges Conference
Fairless urged that Mr. Truman
call conference OF industrial lead
OF wage increase the economy OF
this country can endure without
incurring the danger OF an infla.
tionary spir
Fairless in radio speech said
his proposal might pave the way for
settlement OF the steel Walkout
and other strikes that now plague
the country"
The President also was offered 4
suggestion by the ClO Steelwork-
ers' wage policy committee which
asked him to turn over a billion
dollars worth of government own
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

BOMBAY Rioting continu-
ed in Bombay's native section to-
day after at least two persons were
killed and $50 injured in clashes
Wednesday between police and
demonstrators
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Big Five at
Stalenate on
Official

London, Jan. 24-AP-The Unit
ed Nations general assembly voted
unanimously today for the erea-
ton Of a special atomic energy
commission, urged by U. S. Sec
retsry OF State James =. 5yrnes
as necessary to save the world
from an atomic srmaments race.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

NEW YORK-UP-Ma Maury Nav.
eriCk. chairman Of the Smaller War
Plants Corp. has asked the Unit
ed Press and the Associated Press
to continue supplying news TO the
State Department for dissemina-
tion abroad.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

OUR VAN LOADING for Northern
Michigan Feb. 2. Have space for 6
rooms going. returning. or en-
route Huron Valley Van Lines. SIS
z. Michigan. Phone .s9s. adv
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Con greSs Today
Fv Associated rressl

,Fv Associated rreSsl
Pearl Harbor committee JoDtln.
LES questioning OF General Short
NW
Senate
Fuihuster goes on against FEPc
noon.
Labor committee votes ON 65-
cent minimum wage bill TO
Atomic committee hears Vice
Admiral W II = Blandy ON atom
f. ocean test plans and controls
r0J.
Banking committee hears Ff
va.d A. O.Neal pres ien Farm
Bureau Federation on housing
leg Station llu.9o)
Mead committee inquiries into
idle Pacific shipp,n- with Capt
Granville CONWAY dapafy war
shipping adm n,sirttur as vii
ness uu.3ur.
HouSe
Continues consideration oi bill
ia provide I4I- funds Tor several
INDEPENDENT federal agencies
tBooul,
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

BRAND NEW 1886 WHIRLPOOL
washer 1895 plus tax. Ph. ii96.W
adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

FARMERS MARKET s. Washing
ton Street every Saturday adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24
Flashes of
Late News

WASHINGTON -AP-The Unit
ed states has offered Britain the
use Of II Liberty ships as sub
sumte for the arrangement un-
der which American troops are
ferried home aboard the Queen
Mary at a tentative charge OF
500 each. Government officials
said the offer has not yet been ac-
Cepted.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

See ENOCH ARDEN Page 3
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

See STRIKES Page 5
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

WASHINGTON -AP- Sidney
W. Souers. st. Louis business man
and n rear admiral in the naval
reserve. will direct the govern.
ment's new central foreign intel.
ligencs system.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

NEW YORK -AP- Sen. Arth-
ar n Nandenberg tRMich), an
American delegate 10 the United
Nations assembly, says a world
free press resolution should be
pressed to conclusion" at the
assembly's second session two or
three months hence
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

TOWN LINE. y. Y ms The
old Southern Confederacy Of Jen
Davis makes its last stand today
500 miles north OF the Mason
Dixon Line. For on this day. the
25O citizens Of Town Line. which
lies II miles east OF Buffalo. are
voting on whether to reioin the
Union after a stubborn absence OF
SIS years-since Civil War days.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

TOKYO -AP- The national
council Of the all-Japsn teachers
union handed the education minis
try today seven point demand for
improved conditions. including a
500 per cent increase in food and
residence allowances. the newspap-
er Yomiuri Hochi reported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

WASHINGTON - AP - Presi.
dent Truman today announced Gen.
Carl A. Spaatzs appointment TO
be chief OF the Army Air Forces
succeeding Gen Harry H. tHap)
Arnold. The President told his
news conference that Genera
Arnold will retire upon his return
from his current South American
tour and that Spaatz will take
over his assignment
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

WASHINGTON-INS-An eight
man commission OF medical and en-
gineer specialists will fly TO Europe
the FIRST week OF March to study
possible improy oyement OF artificial
limb program. An Army spokes-
man disclosed today that cable is
expected shortly from Cen. Joseph
T McNarnoy, commanding general
of the European theater, clearing
the way for the mission.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-01-24

NUREMBERG AP 80 France
charged today that the Nazis exc
cuted at least $4,000 innocent host
ages in their occupation OF the fall
en- republic. Charles Dubost, the
French prosecutor, made the accus
alton before the International Mill.
tary Tribunal and attributed prime
responsibility to Field Marsha
Wilhelm Keitel and former Reichs.
marshal Hermann Goering. They
are two OF the leading % NaEis
on his trial as war criminals.
Evening star., 1946-03-19

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