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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28

Miss Amy Louise Thomas, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence NJ.
Thomas OF 701 E. Forest Ave, will
sing second alto in a series OF con-
certs to be given in the state by
the Albion College A Cappella
Choir, April 40 and April 1925.
Miss Thomas is a junior a. Albion
College, pursuing the liberal arts
course.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28
honors Mrs. Anderson

Mrs. Glenn Arnold entertained at
a bridge-supper Wednesday eve
ming in honor Of Mrs. Hugh Ander-
son, a former resident Of Ypsilanti
who has returned here to live. The
prizes were awarded to Mrs. c. P.
Steimle and Mrs. James L. Kra-
mer.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28
Willow Run Calendar
TODAY

ZOO p. m.-Men's and Women'S
Sports Night, Village Community
Building.
700 p. m-West Lodge Basket
ball Leagues, West Lodge.
FRIDAY
1900 p. m.-Beginners' dance
class. West Lodge.
500 p. m.-Quincy and Ware Cts.
dance, West Lodge.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28
BRIDGE Hostess

Miss Dorothy Hand was hostess
at a bridge supper for eight guests
wednesday evening. The prizes
were won by Mrs. Robert Fletcher
and Miss Hand.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28
In Custody

In Custody
Officers from the Willow Run
Sheriff's office Wednesday ar
rested William Condo, 1911 Dan
vers Ct, on charges Of taking In
decent liberties with a minor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28
Will Entertain

Mrs. c. James Davis will enter
tain at dinner Friday evening hon
oring her grandmother Mrs. H. C..
Cudney. Clare, who has been the
guest this winter Of her son-in-law
and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. Cor
don Speer. Mrs. Cudney plans to
return to her home after Easter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28

Mrs. Norris WiltSe left for Chi
cago at noon today where she will
Join Mr.. Wiltse, who has been there
several days. They will spend the
weekend in Chicago.
Mrs. Dean Briggs and Mrs. Hugh
Anderson are in Detroit for short
visit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-28
Two Graka Fires

The Willow Village fire depart
ment answered two calls for gross
fires wednesday. The first was at
oaklawn and Tyler Roads, exiting
uished with brooms. The second.
at 1885 Munger Rd.. had been put
out by the time the firemen ar
rived after travelling II miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

e Mar from La Gioconda" brought out full tones well sustained. Nice diction and style characterized all his songs which also included Her. bertis "Neapolitan Love Song,~ "Mah Lindy Lou," and Song of Songs.
 Friendly Atmosphere
 The Pavilion last night had new seating arrangement that proved satisfactory to all, the regular seat ing in the middle arranged in secs tions with the informal table seats ing along the sides. The han has good natural sound effects even though the Park Department and Orchestra look forward to some thing much larger, a shell, that will be a permanent summer audi torium and background for future summer concerts. Refreshments were available during two intern1is- sions and the general air of friend Illness was encouraged in the in. formal summer attire of the or- chestral ensemble and the conduct or, as well as the aT1iability of Don- aid Dame. About fifty of the or- chestral ensemble were on the stage last night.
 The next concert is scheduled for Thursday night, July il, Nan Mer- riman, mezzo soprano, star of op- era, concert and radio, to be the soloiSt.-M. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
$147,050 Approved By Board

A total of $147 ,O50 In vouchers was approved by the Board of Fin- ance at It's regular meeting yester- day.. No payrolls were processed at the session.
 The meeting was one of the short est of late with but four transfers requested and effected. Approved was the request of Street SNpt. Herbert Scott Smith that $A,O00 be transferred from the salaries to the meter account for purchase of new meters to replace ones not record ing. The department learned re- gently 1t was able to purchase more meters than supposed.
 Also approved was the Fire Board request for new car to replace the 1883 Buick now in use by the deputy chief. A $700 item was approved in the police department budget also.
 All approvals were forwarded to the Board of Aldermen for final determination.
 The city expended $1,376.13 on Memorial Day observance 1t was re- ported to the board by City Con- troller Neil F. Maloney who asked that the $S76.13 be appropriated in- asmuch as only $1,000 had originally been set up for the observance. The board gave unanimous approval to the additional appropriation.
 The finance commissioner re- fused a request by the Board of Education for change in accounts that would permit the school board use of funds for the installations of boilers and other projects without requesting 8 transfer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

 Receive .DipLonnas

Graduation exercises were held at Crosby High School last night for 28 veterans who completed special night school course. The ex-service- men took the course to secure cred- it's which would enable them to en- ter college.
 Education Commissioner Louise Ohieffo and Edward Bergin awarded the diplomas. Speakers included George Suffa, president of the class; Raymond Llnley, supervisor of secondary education for the State Board of Education; and Joseph R.. Maher, senior conSellor of the Wa terbury Advisory and Re-employ- ment Center. Arthur l.. Sullivan was valedictorian of the class.
 The members of the class quali- fled for diplomas by passing the state equivalency examinations.
 A new class for veterans will be conducted from July 1 to August 6. A total of 1S0 veterans have regis tered for the summer evening course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
ReserveCorps EssentioI For United States
 E.-COl. eOnr0y Urges
 Former SeFVieenleR
 To Sign Up

The Organized Reserve Corps will include enlisted men as well as of- ficers, Lt.-Col. Joseph F. Conroy told the members of the Lions Club at a meeting in The Elton yesterday afternoon. Colonel Conroy. executive of the New Haven Military District, Organized Reserve Activities, said that 1t would be composed mostly of World War II veterans.
 Urging that this country be pre- pared, Colonel Conroy supported peacetime compulsory training, a strong organized reserve and we'll trained National Guard. An ade- quate reserve and National Guard was not provided for in the National Defense Act of 1920 he said. Greatly increased strengths are needed now.
 Discussing the Organized Reserve. Colonel Conroy revealed there will be opportunity for advancement for all, stating that the only incentive is to work for promotion. Anyone who was an officer in the Army can become an officer in the Reserve, he said.
 Colonel Conroy also discussed his experience while in command of the Second Battalion, 102d Infantry Regiment, in New Hebrides and Hawaii. He was introduced by It. Col. Joseph A. DiPietro. Frank Noonan, formerly Colonel Conroy's commanding officer in the National Guard, also spoke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
US. to Cut
 Reich Force

Berlin, June 21-UP)-Gen. Jo- seph T. McNaxney disclosed today that plans to cut American forces in Germany from the present S60,O00 to 16O,0OO are under consideration.
 The American occupation com n1ander told @ press conference that the new occupation plan would call for a ratio of three to one combat or co1stablllary troops over support ing clements such as office workers.
 Asked if U. s. troops were being sent to Italy or Palestine, McNarney said q would rather not comment on that just now"
 McNarney said recent shifting of many troops in the occupation zone was "reShuffling caused by redeployment." The only reports of Russian troops being shifted, he said were about those being pulled out of Austria through CzechoslovalSia. McNarney said that if the foreign ministers fail to agree on @ unified or federated Germany, the United States "laas @ plan" to operate its zone independently of Russia. He refused to discuss the plan, or to say whether it proposed Q united west ern Germany composed of the Bgi- tish, French and American sectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
BoosterCIu Holds Supper At BoyView
 Mrs. Martin Tehan
 Hostess for
 Special Meeting

The Waterbury Women,s Demo- cratic Booster Club journied via bus to the Summer home of Mrs. Martin Tehan, Bay View, Milford, last evening for 8 supper meeting, where they partook of a turkey supper with all the trimmings.
 Miss Mary Hennessey, president of the Booster Club, presided at the meeting held directly after the meal.
 Senators Patrick Wallace of the 16th District, and Senator Edward Egan of the 18th District were among those present, as guests of alderman from the 5th Ward, Mar tin Tehan. Members of the Booster Club who attended were Mrs. Albert Centerbar, Mrs. Della Moses, Mrs. Frank Malley, Mrs. Gertrude Man. gini, Mrs. Sarah Lahey, Mrs. Will liam Hogan, Mrs. Patrick Wallace, Mrs. Charles Earth, Mrs. Herbert Ronson F'enn, Mrs. Margaret Fitz- patrick, Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald, Mrs. M. Whalen, Miss Margaret Candy, Mrs. John Brickel, Mrs. John White.
 Also Miss M. E. Tierney, Miss Sally Hennessey, Mrs. John M. Lynch, Mrs. George Deconnick, Mrs. Della Millerick, Mrs. Joseph Clear, Mrs. Mary Bedell, Mrs. Leo Marshall, Mrs. George Beckley, Mrs. Margaret Fitzpatrick, Miss Mary Hennessey, Mrs. Eugene Burns. Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald, Mrs. Mary Skahen, Mrs. Eugene Burns, Mrs. George Tehan, Mrs. Martin Tehan, and Mrs. Frank McGrath.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
CiUic Orchestra Plays First Pops Concert
 Donald Dame, Soloist, and Mario
 DiCecco, Conductor, Please
 Enthusiastic Audience
Enthusiastic Audience

The Park Department Pops" concert last night at the Hamilton Park Pavilion was an enjoyable event. The first in the third season of these informal musical affairs there again presented the Civic Or- chestra of Waterbury, with Mario DiCecco conducting, and the we'll known tenor of the Metropo politan Opera Association, Donald Dame. John J. Daily acted as master of ceremonies and Mayor John s. Monagan appeared on the podium tt welcome those attending and en- courage and endorse the summer Pops"
 For your pleasure there was a wide variety of music treats rang ing from 'The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" and the opening Carmen Suite of Bizet, played by the orchestra, to "Song of Songs" and the operatic "Ombra Mai Fu'' Largo from "Xerxes") of Handel sung by MT. Dame.
 Every group was followed by an encore of special appeal. These ex- tras were, for orchestra, Might and Day." Gershwin's Strike Up tho Band" and Morton Gould's "Cresta Blanca, after the final number on the program; and for MT. Dame, Take Pair of Sparkling Eyes, from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondoliers," and ''The Dream" from Massenet's opera 'Manon."
 Splendid Assistance Given
 The orchestral ensemble last night had splendid piano assistance from Mrs. Stephen Bergin, who also accompanied Mfr. Dame in his "Gondoliers" song. The percussive section, also, was striking and per- suasive, and all other sections were well guided by Mario DCecco, able conductor.
 The Carmen Suite, consisting of Prelude, Aragonaise, Intermez1o, Les Dragons D'Alcala and the stirring finale, Les ToreadorS, was an aus picious beginning. There was also offered last night by the orchestra the Overture to Die F1edermaus' by Johann Strauss; a Mazurka by Delibes; two pieces from the Nut cracker Suite by Tschaikowsky, Danse Arabe and Valse des Fleurs; and the two Hungarian Dances (Nos. 5 and 6) by Brahms.
 Donald Dame, who has reached the public with good radio perform ances and singing with the Metro politan, sang with taste and artistry. His shading in soft passages as in the "Manon" aria was especially fine, and in this he had careful or cheStral support. Ponchielli's "Cielo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

 Aids Output or PeniciIIin

Cambridge, Mass, June 21.-(UP) A moldy cantaloupe picked up in Peoria, Ill., boosted penicillin from a laboratory rarity to a $1OO,OOO, 900 business in 1945.
 The industrial bulletin of Arthur D. Little, Inc, industrial chemists, said today that the turning point in production-in which the cost was dropped from $2O to 60 cents for 100000 unttS-came when strain of mold was found that could be de- Veloped under water.
 After submerged culture was proved practical; the Department of Agriculture's northern regional re- search laboratory sought better strains in the markets and bakeries of Peoria. Even housewives helped by submitting samples of moldy food.
 Two new strains were found-one on moldy cheese and the other on a cantaloupe.
 Thousands of other strains were investigated, the bulletin said, "but the strain now used for 90 percent of the nations penicillin production can be traced back to the one iso- lated from the Peoria cantaloupe. '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
NeUer in Air Before
 UP Reporter Wins Toss To Ride in Jet Airplane

EDITORS NOTE: United
 Press Staff correspondent Frank
 H. Rice won the toss of a penny
 to become the first newspaper
 man ever permitted to ride in
 one of the Army's newest jet
 propelled airplanes. The penny
 was dated 1910-the same year
 that Glenn Curtiss flew from
 New York to Albany in the first
 plane. Rice's dispatch follows:
 By FRANK H. RICE
 Schenectady, N. r., June N- (UP)-By a toss of a 1910 penny, I became the first newspaperman ever to ride in jet plane.
 Beside picturesque Mohawk River, at the General Electric airport yes terday I climbed into the open cockpit of YP-59-one of the first jet models produced by Bell, an airacomet, named Mystic Mis- tress."
 The takeoR was so fast it. was blurry. I remember leaving the ground at terrific speed and climb ing like an elevator in reverse from the 5Oth story of the Empire State Building, but a thousand times faster. .... ..,..
 The pilot, 1st- It. Donald L. Schultz of Wright Field, O., and l were in a twin-tubed job, painted 8 dark olive drab. 4,
 We climbed to about 2,000 feet, leveled off and began to pick up speed-20O, 300, 400 miles an hour The only sound was a steady hum.
 Accelerates Speed
 Pull your head down." Schultz said through earphone equipment, we're going to take on more speed" Then we reached 800 miles.
 We banked and turned, and banked again. We dove. We flew upside down and banked some more. We zoomed low over the take-of field-less than 50 feet from the ground-at @ speed ] imagined was of the throttle open" variety. The steady hum- ming kept up.
 The pressure pinned me to my seat on every bank and turn.
 With my radio equipment I could hear Schultz talking with the con- trol tower.
 Approximate speed" the tower asked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
Proprietress UnderArrest Two Boomers
 AIIegedly Lockout
 After Disagreement
Amer DISagFe ee0ne em1

Stating that considerable law investigation was required in orde1 to determine the rights of aN pars ties concerned" Attorney George Lynch asked for and received continuance of two weeks for his client, Grace Gaffney, 38, of T Holmes Avenue when she was ar- raigned in City Court by Judge John L. Gaffney today, charge of cruelty to person.
 Sgt. Joseph Mccarthy who ar- rested the woman yesterday, said she locked two tenants out of their rooms at the Holmes Avenue ad-. dress where she operates rooming house. He said the woman dis nantled the bed and refused to allow the people to return because" they caused too much trouble"
 Complaining witnesses in the case, Marcel and Anna Dupreys complained to the OPA., Sgt. Mc- Carthy said, and were refeEred to City Court Prosecutor Stephen Hon1ick.
 Hearing on two charges placed hSdAAIob N~kSb4ACC NSyS TS1 VI 3OS Bank Street was continued to to- morrow when the accused Was aE- raigned today on charges Of evad- ing responsibility in an automobile accident and operating Q motor ve- hicle without a license.
 Motor Patrolman John Wa1sh said Ney, operating car on South Main Street, early yesterday after noon, sideswiped another vehicle driven by Gerald J. Hebert of @ East Dover Street and failed to stop. Ney was later arrested on Grand Street by Sgt. Ralph BarN and Mo- tor Patrolmen James Sweeney and Fred Sullivan.
 Other cases: Frank Jamelkowskts %, of New Haven, and Joseph Mar ino, Jr., g, of 102 Railroad Hill Street, both charged with violation of the rules of the road. both re- ceived nolles on paymGa q % eachS Elmer Johnson, A2, q e 0NEAAngs side Avenue, Illegal pas&A c 6sse called, and Francis LaAsV. Al, of aA0 Baldwin Street, breach oe the peace and non-support. nolled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

Approximate speed, 45O." Schultz answered.
 First Time In Plane
 heard Schultz signal the con- trol tower he was coming down. the field, banking and heading for the airstrip "open." That meant full speed"-all 500 miles an hour of it.
 At one point in the more than IS minute ride, I became concerned about my parachute-that was when we flew upside down. I took peek, and saw. only 8 hay green ground below Next when l looked up I saw only gray skies. It gave me the feeling of being hundreds of feet in the air with no support.
 At one point, I heard the tower query:
 Flows the patient?"
 Rugged" was Schultz reply.
 By the way, this was the first time ever rode in plane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
Millionaire
 Widow Leaps From Wind oW

New York, June 21-(UP)-The mysterious circumstances in the death of Mrs. Geraldine Beckett, O. year-old widow of 8 scientist wl1C leaped or fell from her apartment window, leaving behind her torn pieces of document, or will, dis posing of $1, ,400 900, were investigat- ed by police today.
 Mrs. Becket's body was found yesterday in a rear court of an apartment house. Police believed she leaped from the bathroom win dow of her seventh-story apart ment.
 She had been suffering from a nervous disorder, but appeared tc be recovering and was left alone by her daughter, Mrs. Ethelwynne Fol well, of Greenwich, Conn.
 Police found no notes. But theJ discovered torn pieces of paper a4 well as a torn envelope. Wher placed together, the shreds of paper appeared to be lawyers draft ot a will, "disposing of $1,4OO,O police said, although it was not written on the usual lined lega paper.
 The torn envelope had been ad. dresed to Mrs. Beckett, who was the widow of Dr. Frederick Mark Beck ct, internationally-known metallur. gist who died in 1942. It apparent ly had been sent by 8 legal firm Beckett had left an estate of about $1,000,000.
 Detectives theorized that Mrs Beckett probably had read the docu- ment, became disturbed and tore it into pieces.
 Mrs. Beckett was the daughter od MT. and Mrs. Henry Mcbride ot Niagara Falls, N. Y. She married Beckett in 1908.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

one Of the most rapidly growing AFL. unions in the city is Local 1l6. Hotel and Restaurant Em- ployes, with which the Bartenders Alliance is associated. More than 70 new members were initiated at e meeting last Sunday night.
 George F. Mulligan, Jr., president of the local, predicts that the mem- bership will continue to grow with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

great speed. He reports that many inquiries are being received from potential members.
 The local has a sizeable welfare fund, which is steadily being in- creased. Both Welfar>> and social programs are being expanded.
 Vacation negotiations have been
 completed in virtually all plants
 in the area where it has contracts
 by the Mine, Mill and Shelter
 Workers Union, C.I.O.
 All shop stewards of Local 251 met Wednesday night at Garden Hall to make plans for Political Ac- tion Week which the C.I.O. will sponsor here beginning Sunday.
 Alex Cashin, former local C.I.O.
 organizer has been elected dele
 gate from Bridgeport to the in-
 ternatiOnaI convention of the
 Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers
 Union, which will be held in Sep
 tember.
 The U. s. Cancellation Service has announced that hereafter fees will be charged for the services of arbi- trators in disputes under collective bargaining agreements. In the past the services of the arbitrators have been given without charge.
 Fees will range from $50 to $1OO . day, plus travelling expenses. The top fee will be charged only in com- plicated cases. Charges will be low cred in the event of prolonged arbitration sessions.
 The new policy, said Director Ed gar l.. Warren, has been adopted with the unanimous advice of the Labor Management Advisory Com mittee.
 "The exception to the new policy will arlEe in those cases where the existing contract specifically pro- Wides for the appointment of arh- trators by the Service without cost to the parties" MT. Warren said. "1t Is expected that such clauses. will mot be renewed in future agree ments.
 "This policy has been adopted in order to foster collective bargaining by performing arbitration as 8 peaceful instrument for the settle ment of industrial disputes. Now that arbitration is widely accepted as the terminal step in grievance procedures, it is no longer necessary to encourage it's use by monetary inducements. The deterrent of cost tends to promote the settlement of grievances by the parties them selves. Since the Service could in the past provide free arbitration to everyone, the new policy will be non-discriminatory with respect to costs. It will also tend to attract the most highly qualified persons as arbitratorS."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21

New Britain school teachers yes- terday voted, by a margin of 294 to 57, in favor of having the Fedora tion of Teachers, Local 871, A.F.L., represent them as bargaining agent. All but 34 of the 385 eligible super visors, principals and teachers cast votes in the election.
 The union several months ago asked the New Britain Board of Education for recognition, but the board referred the matter to the State Board of Education. The lat ter body replied 1t was something for the city board to handle.
 Chairman Edward O'Brien of the New Britain board said the teachers had made their wishes. clearly evil dent" in the election and promised that the board will take action on recognition at it's next meeting.
 Union employees of the Singer Manufacturing Company, Bridge port, last night ratified 8 contract recently negotiated with the conn., pany. The employees are repre- scented by Local 227, United Elec- trical Workers, CLIO.
 The contract provides wage in- creases of IT cents hourly for day workers and IS cents hourly for piece workers during an interim period while new wage schedules are being set up. A new series of automatic wage prOgressions will become effective in November.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
Danbury Auto Races Ton1orro1D Niqhf

Another top-notch card of midget auto races will get under way at the Danbury Speedway tomorrow night when the ace drivers of the Atlantic seaboard battle 1t out for small car supremacy over this quar- ter mile course.
 Whit such drivers as Ed Dutch" Schaeffer, Ray Nestor, Georgie Rice, Larry Bloomer, Rex Records and others having to eat the dust of Len Duncans mount as he led them to the checkered flag in last Satur- day nights main event, plenty of action is looked in tomorrow nights show, when these hotshots try to halt Duncan in his attempt at a repeat victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-21
..RAINn 0r NAna

Great numbers of toads tEal11coEm from tadpoles all at once. frequent. ly near the time Of heavy showers. It is tfds sudden appearance of tiny hopping toads that has given rise to the belief that they are raAned from the clouds.