The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-25

hlCH., WAS announcer lJudy. ne
prospective bride Is Helen Leon.
ard. st. Lawrence University stu.
dent and daughter OF Don Leonard.
Bridgeport newspaper executive,
and Mrs Marjory Weldon. Water.
town, y. Y.
LONDON-INS-An Irish steam.
er was reported to have put into
Cork today. badly damaged after
an attack by an unidentified plane
100 miles off the coast OF Ireland.
The ship, identified as the Kerlo.
que. wa shot up while enroute
from Dublin T. Spain Saturday, the
Exchange Telegraph Agency re-
ported in a Dublin dispatch.
NEW YORK-INS-The Japa-
nese Domei agency reported today
that American bombers based in
China attacked an airfeld' and
other detectives In the Hanoi area
OF northern French Indo-China Sun
day. The dispatch. broadcast and
recorded by the FEC. said that
Nank fighters escorted the bomb
ers to their targets.
FIFTH Army Headquarters In
1taly-(Delayed) - ms - Gen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower today made
his second visit in as many days
TO front line positions north of
the Volturno River. Travelling in
a jeep convoy with Lieut.. Gen.
Mark W. Clark and his aides, the
Allied Commander-in-chief stopped
to chat with American soldiers
with four miles of the German
lines.
EASTON, pa INS-An FBI
probe was under way today into
the explosion and siX-hour fire
which swept through the Metro
politan- Edison Company's gas
works in Easton yesterday, cutting
off gas service TO thousands of
homes and war plants. The death
toll remained at two, with 20 or
more night shift workers injured.
More than I, 900 residents OF nearby
areas, evacuated from their homes
during the blaze, were permitted to
+, return today.
WASHINGTON-UP-The House
Ways and Means Committee may
finish writing a new tax bill this
week but it probably VIII provide
only one-fifth OF the S10,500, 900 900
in additional war revenue sought by
the Administration. Democratic and
Republican committee members be-
lieye that only a withdrawal OF Ad-
ministration opposition to a federal
retail sales levy can salvage more
than $4,000. 100000 Of the unprece-
dented revenue goal.
WASHINGTON - ms House
leaders in military affairs. II was
understood today, are preparing to
recommend a compromise for
mula on termination of war con-
tracts which would assure industry
immediate and final settlement on
80 per cent OF each contract. The
plan would provide government
loans on the remaining 20 per cent
pending review of this portion by
the general accounting office under
Comptroller General Lindsay War
rem.
NEW YO2K-I\S-Rif over the
proposed eventual establishment Of
Jewish commonwealth in Pales-
tine resulted today in the withdraw.
al OF the executive committee OF
the American Jewish Committee
from further participation In the
recently organized American Jew
ish Conference. Seventy.five Jewish
leaders from various parts OF the
country voted to break away from
the conference in proteset against
what was called the conference S
side-tracking Of other issues to con
, centrate on the problem Of the 'po.
litical structure Of Palestine
WASHINGTON Up - J. W
Prutsman, business agent OF the
Amalgamated Association of Street
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees Local Union 1921, threat
ened today TO seek a strike vote
under the Smith-Connally Act at
ter the War Labor Board rejected
a contract calling for a l0-cents ar
hour increase for some $500 EN-
ployes Of the Los Angeles Railway
Corporation and the Los Angeles
Motor Coach Lines.
JACKSON. Mich.-AP - Mem
bsrs of the Southern Michigan
MIX Producers Association begar
keeping their milk of the Jackson
market today in their effort to en-
force demands upon the ONCE oil
Price administration for a pric,
increase.
LONDON-AP 80 The Italian
Freedom station 'Milano Liberia
in broadcast recorded by the As
ISOLATED press. declared today tina
approximately 80 persons we're dy
ing Caily of starvation in Rome
where the Germans we're said to b,
requisitioning food supplies RICH
and left.
WASHTNGTON-UP- Seleetiv,
Service registrants who have fail
ed to comply with requirements o
the draft act today had a warn
ing from FBT Director ]. Edga
Hoover that only a week remain
IN which 20 comply and escape
new penalties which become effec
tive November /.