The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-09

WASHINGTON ms Senate
leaders today urged that America
accumulate stoekpiles OF wheat
gold, copper and other valued COM
modities so that the nation might
dominate post war peace confer
ences." Sen. Burton X. Wheeler
asserted that he had cried my
eyes out" over the failure OF Con
gress nine years ago TO direct an
accumulation OF copper.
Observation-Disclosures Ad'
ministration officials today ex-
pressed fears that motorists will
exhaust the supplies OF East Coast
filling stations before gasoline ra-
tioning begins next week. They
anticipate a rush" by the Allan.
tic Seaboard's 100000 MONIES
sential" motorists TO tank up
before the restrictions are effec'
tive. which may result in the sold
out sign hanging from gas pumps
from Maine to Florida.
HONOLULU ms Prolonged
conferences between labor repre-
sehtatiyes and Army and Navy OF
ficials today had resulted in adop-
tion Of a standard wage scale for
all workers on war projects in
Hawaii Wages higher than the
scale will be continued at present
levels, but otherwise complete ad-
herence to the standard adopted
will be required, the military gov
ernor's office disclosed.
CLEVELAND-INS- The fifth
work stoppage in Cleveland's war
production industry within
month today halted production at
the John Harsch Bronze & Foun-
Dry Co. plant as the AFL-Molders
Union called out 500 workers in a
demand for IL IL cents an hour
wage increase.
LONDON-INS-The Daily Mail
today published a dispatch from
Madrid stating that 1t was under
stood French Chief OF Government
Pierre Laval was drafting a note to
Washington asking for assurance
that the United Nations would not
attempt to take over any addi-
tional French colonies.
NEW DELHI-fNS-Col Louis
Johnson, President Roosevelt's spe-
cial envoy TO India. expects to
leave shortly for the United States,
but plans to confer first with Mo
handas X. Gandhi, spiritual leader
OF midas Hindu millions, it was
reported today.
CHICAGO ms Jayne Coz
zens. San Francisco opera soprano.
and Kelly Dalton. Chicago baritone
were honeymooning today follow
ing their wedding in suburban
Evanston. Miss Cozzens, daugh-
ter of Mrs. d. r. Cozzens, of Salt
Lake City. Utah, came to Chicago
recently TO take a leading part in
a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS radio pro-
gram. The couple plan to make
their home in this city.
CHICAGO-INS- Sixteen year
old Betty Gordon, the pretty high
school junior and ballet student
who took poison after watching a
performance OF Shakespeare's
Macbeth was reported recover
ing today. II thought death was
beautiful" was the girls explana-
ton after negro porter found
her moaning and unconscious in
a Loop theater's orchestra pit A
policeman took her TO a hospital.
BERN. Switzerland AP-Ger-
many's Catholics have been urged
by Michael Cardinal Won Faulhaber,
archbishop OF Munich, to stand fast
in their faith despite renewed pres
sure and constant mistrust of the
church by the state. The exhorta
tion was in a New Years message
10 the Munich Cathedral published
this week in the Swiss Die Nation.
LONDON-TNS- Queen Wilhel-
nina OF Holland today received
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.. L. S.
ambassador to the free govern
ments in London, who presented
his letters OF credence as a full
ambassador.
Twelve hundred employees in the
wire rope mill OF the Bethlehem
Steel Company at Williamsport
continued their unauthorized walk
out today hating production on
vitality needed war supplies.
PITTSBURGH-INS- Washing
ton reports OF quarrel between
President Roosevelt and one OF
his most ardent supporters, u. S.
Sen Joseph F. Guffey, aren't true.
Pennsylvania junior senator in
sisted today. Guftey admitted
that they had disagreed over
one matter Of policy" but denied
they were quarrelling.
CHUNGKING - APP - Chinese
news dispatches reported today
that a famine sweeping northern
Hupeh province had taken a toll
OF more than 1000 lives and was
causing acute distress to approx.
imately 100000 persons.
LONDON-AP-"Colonel Britton,"
chief announcer in Britain's big
radio counter-propaganda campaign,
told his ~" audience last night he
was suspending temporarily his
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