The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-14
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WILMINGTON, Gains An
Ohio born diplomat and author
was honored today as the Califor.
MIA Shipbuilding Corporations
223rd liberty vessel, bearing his
name. slid down the ways. The S.
s. Brand Whitlock, a 10000 ton
vessel. was sponsored by Mrs. n.
L. Mile. wife OF Calships super
intendent Of plant construction.
ALGIERS-INS-In a radio mes
sage marking Bastille day today,
French equivalent OF Independence
uay in the United States, Gen.
Charles DeGaulle called upon
Frenchmen in America to tell
Americans We have the same
friends and the same enemies, and
nothing will separate us
EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill.-UP-Thir-
teen persons, including four for
mer Indiana law enforcement Of
ficers. were charged today with
conspiracy to violate civil right
statutes in the fatal shooting OF
James Person, SO, a Negro. The
defendants. most OF them farmers
along the Illinois-lndiana boundary
IN igf 81 l..
Ind, were indicted by a federal
grand jury here late yesterday.
They were charged with seeking
10 deprive Person of his right to
life and liberty without due proc.
ess OF law.
. PTTTSBURGH-INS-The ranks
Of striking Monongahela Valley BIZ
luminous miners thinned TO fewer
than 5000 today and all picketing
ceased abruptly as a special grand
jury began investigating possible
UNIV violations of the anti.strike
law.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.-INS
More than 10000 war workers
were forced to walk or thumb rides
10 their jobs today by a sudden
strike OF $40 trolley and bus oper-
etors. Other thousands of night
shift workers were stranded in
factories by the walkout, unable
TO reach their homes.
LOCUST VALLEY. y. Y.-INS
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon for Mrs. Ellen
Graham Basel Davis, wife OF John
W. Davis, Democratic presiden-
tial candidate in 1924, who died
yesterday at the age of "a. Born
in Clarksburg. w Va, Mrs. Davis
died at the home Of New. York City
Commissioner OF Markets Daniel
p. Woolley. She was removed
there after the Davis summer
home was struck by lightning and
burned a month ago.
ATLANTIC CITY. y. up
The Army Air Forces basic train
ing center here prepared today to
move out all personnel and equip
ment by Aug. 49, The medical
unit will remain. Col. Eugene
Householder, commander OF the
center. said the Army would re-
tain three hotels besides the eight
occupied by the medical unit. The
Hotel Traymore, one OF the broad
walks largest, announced It's re-
turn to private ownership yester-
day.
MOSCOW-UP-The first relax
alton of the capitals state OF
siege, declared in October, 1871,
when the Germans swept to the
gates OF Moscow, was announced
today. Effective tomorrow, free
traffic will be permitted between
Moscow and adjacent territory
within the Moscow administrative
district.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Up
Chairman Charles II. Cole OF the
state arbitration board met with
ALL union leaders at Boston today
in an effort TO end street car
workers strike that disrupted To-
cal transportation systems and
threatened to impede war produc-
ton employing about $4,000 work.
ers.
BAR HARBOR. Me.-UP-- Flu
neral services for Sir Harry Cakes.
multi-milionaire baronet who al
legedly was slain by his sonin.law
in Nassau, Bahamas, will be held
tomorrow at Dover-Foxcroft. his
childhood home, a family spokes-
man said today.
WASHINGTON 7- Up - The
Brookings Institution said today 1t
has accepted the invitation OF the
Special Senate Committee on post
war economic policy and planning
10 assist the committee in its
study.
WASHINGTON-UP- The Ken
necott Copper Corporation has pro
tested to the War Labor Board that
enforcement Of a union security
guarantee would aggrayate an al
ready critical manpower problem.
II appeared from a decision OF the
WLB non-ferrous metals commits.
sion holding that a provision in the
firms contract with the Nine.
Mill and Smelter Workers tCIO) at
Hurley. y. NJ. required union mem
hers to maintain their member