The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-10
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THE WEATHER.: Tonight:
Little Change
NEW YORK-INS- Frederick
Meier Wright, veteran New York
Nswspaperman. accused by the FBI
OF being an unregistered Japanese
agent. today had until Sept. 80
10 prepare his defense for trial.
The 4l-year-old editor is accused
of concealing his position from his
employer. and attempting to insert
pro-Japanese propaganda in the
newspaper prior to Pearl Harbor.
NEW YORK-INS-Four U. 6.
cities, two in the South. one in
the Midwest and one in the Far
West. today received awards for
cutting down noise as an aid 20
war production Winners OF the
1913 achievement awards OF the
National Noise Abatement Council
Nere, each in its class, Chicago,
Memphis, Salt Lake City and
Charlestown, W. Va.
OTTAWA-INS-Canadians to-
day faced the prospect OF coal con-
seryation measures more stringent
than those of World War l, follow
Srg warnings OF Canadian NUM-
Mons and Supply Minister Clarence
Howe.
NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
employees of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard including two women today
were accused of proxy" clock
punching and of defrauding the gov
Il nment of between $4,000 and So
900. Rounded up by the FBl the
group was specifically charged with
making false claims for wages.
Law enforcement officers explained
that il the accused didn't want TO
finish out a days work or wanted
to stay away altogether, they had
someone else punch their time
Nsfd for them.
MOSCOW-INS-A state OF siege
has been declared in Ploest, Ro-
mania. the Soviet news agency
TASS reported today in a dispatch
from Istanbul. The measure was
taken. it was reported, after auth
critics were unable to prevent un'
q 1T and acts of sabotage in spite
Of. threats. of severe reprisals.
PEARL HARBOR-lNS-Seven
persons were dead today and IL
injured as the result of a crash
OF a Navy bombing plane in the
Navy Yard area. The dead includ-
Nd three members OF the plane
&ew whose names were not an
nounced. The rest were yard EN-
ployes Among the injured were
one woman and three men EN-
ployes Of the Navy Yard.
NEW YORK ms - American
labor will send food, clothing and
medical supplies TO the italian peo-
Sie as quickly as they are liberated
by the Allies. Mathew Vol. Amer
ican Federation o, Labor vice pres
ident and chief OF the Labor League
for Human Rights, promised today.
BOMBAY AP - Completion
Yesterday OF the first year OF the
detention OF Mahatma Gandhi and
1lher Indian Congress leaders pass
ed off generally without any large
scale disturbances although there
were a number of arrests, 1t was
announced today.
MELBOURNE-AP - Premier
John Curtin today advocated rigid
national planning for postwar Aus
Nralia and implied there will be
continued need for price, wage and
production controls. Replying to
a warning from Sir Claude Read
ing. Commonwealth Bank chair
man, on the use OF bank credit after
the war. Curtin issued a statement
at Adelaide envisaging large scale
government controls to increase
woods and services for the people
when peace is won.
LANSING. Mich.-AP-The fed
eral.state crop reporting service re-
ported today that Michigan's cur
rent stocks of grain are substantial
ally higher than a year ago, with
Ahe exception OF wheat.
PHILADELPHIA UP-A seven
per cent wage increase was ap-
proved today by the Regional War
Labor Board for 5,4O0 radio workers
in five Bendix Aviation Corp. plants
IN Baltimore.
a PHILADELPHIA-UP-Two new
submarines will slide down the
ways Of the Cramp shipyard in a
double launching ceremony next
Sunday.
GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass
UP-Willard d. Coxey, SO. former
press agent for the Ringing Broth
Ders Barnum G. Bailey Circus, died
yesterday at his home after a long
Illness. 4 native of Philadelphia,
he was a former newspaperman.
Ell, PASO, Tex.-UP-FTancisco
vega, OF Jualch' MtAl~O, AaSeu
- sO-day jail sentence today for Snug
e,Sling bobby pins into the United
States.
CHICAGO-UP-An official OF
the Office of Price Administration
has revealed that the government
may substitute tokens for small-de-
nomination ration stamps.
ISTANBUL- UP - Responsible
sources familiar with the Balkan