The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-20

asked by the Illinois United Mine
Workers today at the same time
as the Progressive Miners Union
also holding a wage scale conven-
ton, passed a resolution seeking
abandonment of the little steel"
wage ceiling formula.
SANTA MONICA, Cal.-lNs -
Ruth st. Denis, one OF the nations
top dancing stars, has gone to work
on the graveyard shift at the Dou-
glas Santa Monica Aircraft plant
1t was revealed today. The &C
tress said she had decided that
entertainment OF men in the arm
ed forces was mot enough; that's
why I'm here"
Los ANGELES-INS-With the
remark, ~ hope I'm going to be
. half as good as my great great
great .grandad was Daniel Boone,
Los Angeles newspaper advertis.
ing man today prepared to begin
training Monday as an air cadet at
the Santa Ana Army Air Base.
PORTLAND. Ore.-INS- Two
men were held in federal custody
today, charged with misconduct.
negligence and inattention to du.
ty' in the specific death of one of
nine passengers who died when a
tWoboat overturned in the Colum.
bla River Feb. 10. Arrested Fri
day were Lewis Russell Jr., execu.
tive officer of the Russell Towboat
Co, and Clarence Harvey, a com.
|, pany pilot.
Ell PASO, Tex.-INS- Army OF
ficials today opened an investiga.
ton into the cause of a bomber
crash which killed two Army Air
Forces flyers near Blggs Field,
FL Paso. last night. The victims.
whose addresses were not announ.
ed, were listed as First 1t Oscar
i. Cantreil, Jr.. pilot, and Second
1t. John N. Gessinger. Other mem
bers Of the crew parachuted to
safety.
REIKJANIK, Tceland-AP-Ice
land began TO ration gasoline today
at the rate of three gallons a week
FOR private motorists. Since motor
vehicles and horses are almost the
only means of transportation here,
the situation is regarded as serious
and officials said they hoped TO
increase the ration during the sum.
mer.
WASHINGTON - AP - Mad.
y anne Chang KaiShek, vile OF the
Chinese generalissimo, rested today
after a furry of official appear.
ances in the nations capital.
LOS ANGELES-AP-For the
first time in l6 years OF broadcast
ing the blackface comedy that made
. them famous, Amos and Andy were
out Of a Job and off the air today
but only until they complete nego.
tiations for a new sponsor later in
the year.
SOUTH ATLANTIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS ms - Brazil
was warned today TO be on guard
against Axis air raids, and lombard.
ment Of its shores by enemy sub.
marines, merchant raiders and 9TH
er fleet units. The warning was
sounded by Admiral Jonas Ingram
in the course o! an outline OF Al
lied preparations, in cooperation
with Brazil, to prevent such at
taoks.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. --AP-
The military order of the Purple
Heart. an award given soldiers
who have been wounded or killed
in action. will be presented here
Sunday to casualties under treat
ment at the Percy Jones General
Hospital by Col. Norman r. Kirk,
} commanding officer of the new
War Department unit.
LOS ANGELES-AP--A Califor-
MIA legislative committee investi-
eating reports Of police brutality
to prisoners has declared that this
Gestapo tLos Angeles police de-
partmRnU would be a delight to
Hitler " The police here not only
have Nself government. but they
also create legislation and suspend
the United states and California
constitutions said committee
statement. issued through as
semblyman Chester Cannon.
NEW YORK-UP- Municipal
and War Production Board offici-
ais today were attempting to dis
pose of large stock piles Of sal
vaged tin cans following charges
that they were creating a health
menace. For weeks department
of sanitation trucks had been col
lecting the cans for distribution to
10 projected defining and recoU
cry plants from coast to coast
But the government suddenly cali.
ed a halt to the goyernment-fnanc
ed building to conserve materials
for construction which would con
tribute more to the war effort.
Now harrassed officials are wonder
ing what to do with the cans.
TLE-INS-With 26 bodies
already recovered. searchers toda.
sought the charred remains q
other victims believed TO have per.
ished Thursday in the inferno
touched OF at the Frye Packing
plant when huge Army bomber
plummeted into the building and
exploded.