The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-05

ment on a good neighbor visit
during which he will observe the
rising tide OF war materials flow
ing from United States factories.
DETROlT-lNS- TWO men
were killed and several other
persons injured today when fire
destroyed two upper stories Of
the Providence ConValeseent
Home, a home for the ailin9
and aged. Fremen carried
seven persons down ladders
and two jumped into fire nets.
One death and most Of the In.
jured we're caused when the 27
paniestrieken or helpless resi-
dents either jumped or fell TO
the ground.
CHICAGO-AP- Arbitration OF
the bitter labor dispute which led
10 government seizure Of the To
ledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
was opened today by Benjamin c.
billiard, Colorado supreme court
judge acting for the War Labor
Board There was every indica-
tion the hearing would be con-
Quoted without the presence OF
George P. McNear, Jr., president
and principal owner of the little
line, which stretches 239 miles
across Illinois from Effner, Ind.
TO Keokuk, Iowa
VlCHY - mss. Plnkney
Tuck, United States charge d.
affaires met Chief OF Govern
ment Pierre Laval at II q. m.
today. Topic OF their discussion
was not Immediately disclosed
but II was presumed the Amer
lean representative had ex-
planned to Laval, who also Is
foreign minister, the United
States position regarding British
occupation Of Madagascar. :.
LONDON-INS - Greeks are
fainting and dying on the Athens
streets from starvation, Commander
Antonios Fara, Greek naval officer
who recently escaped from that
Nazi-occupied country. declared to-
day. Between oct. 81 and Jan.
rs, 10000 persons died Of starva-
ton in the Athens area, Command
er Fara said.
WASHINGTON-INS The age
OF steel for the American public
was virtually ended today with the
War Production Board hating use
OF iron and steel in the manufac-
ture of more than 400 everyday
civilian products. from roller coast
ers TO fountain pens.
WASHINGTON ms - The
House Ways and Means Committee
today debated a proposal for set
ting aside a 100000. 600 of $500.
o00.0 900 annual "nestegg" for the
use OF corporations during the post
war reconstruction period The
money would be made available to
the nations industrial establish
ment after the war to enable 1t to
shift into peace-time production
and re-employ the millions OF men
TO be demobilized from the armed
services.
NEW YORK-INS-Fears that
another fire had broken out aboard
the capsized liner Normandie were
aroused early today when the sec.
ond Of two false alarms brought
FIVE engines. two hook and ladder
trucks. fire boat and fire
patrol to the former luxury liner.
CHICAGO-INS- Reminded by
President Roosevelt that Americans
on the home front must emulate the
sacrifice and unity OF their armed
forces, 1000 delegates 10 the 51st
Continental Congress OF the Daugh.
ters OF the American Revolution
swung into their second session
today.
WASHINGTON NS-Sen. Wal
Ter F. George CD Ga. chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee. to.
day predicted that the government
will be forced TO subsidize some
business under the general price
freezing order to avoid hardship and
bankruptcy.
BOSTON-lNS - Federal and
local authorities today probed
false air raid alarm which plunged
Boston City Hospital into darkness
for Is minutes and created confu-
sion among patients as hospital
attaches rushed to their posts.
LONDON-INS-sweets and cho-
colate will be rationed in Britain
beginning July q, Lord Woolton,
British food minister, announced
today. Supplies for the armed SER
vices will be dealt with separately
and a special provision will be
formulated applying to children,
Woolton said.
LONDON-INS- Austrian sol
diers conscripted for service in the
German army are staging innumer-
able mutinies and conducting wide
spread sabotage, while their FAM
flies back home are showing open
antagonism to their Nazi oppres-
sors, spokesman for the Free Aus.
trian League said today. Approx.
mately 100000 Austrians have been
conscripted for German army serv-
ice. and their casualties have been
enormous because they are inyaria-
bly, sent TO the front lines. the
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