The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-28

LONDON-INS - Axis.inspired
reports of rebellion in the ranks OF
Polish troops in the Middle East
were. denied by Polish Premier
Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski, accord
ing to a Reuters dispatch today
from Beirut.
WASHINGTON ms - Nine
Chang Kai-Shek today is believed
10 be planning to return to China
shortly without visiting Great Brit
ain. AS the four months visit to
the United States Of China's first
lady draws 10 close, reports were
current in Washington diplomatic
circles that she has decided to de-
cline the British governments in
} vitation to 80 to London.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.-INS
-Trainmen and other withneses
were questioned today by Omen
and other Investigators as they
sought clues linking possible
saboteur ring with the narrowing
explosion OF an ammunition train
within the city limits OF Grand
Junction. The city and surround
ing areas were badly peppered as
shells belched in all directions
from two burning freight cars dur
ing a barrage that lasted nearly
four hours. Some of the shells
flew a mile before exploding.
WASHINGTON-AP-The War
Department is expected soon to
submit to Congress a compromise
proposal for increasing the allow
ances for dependents of men in the
armed forces and proponents pre-
dicted 1t would receive speedy ap-
proval.
WASHINGTON-INS- Sugges.
lions that a moratorium" be plac-
ed on the So federal use tax on au-
tomobiles because of stringent gaso-
line and driving restrictions might
be a good idea. but the hard and
unalterable fact is-Uncle Sam
needs the cash. In a check with
VI AllC l1OuoO w oy ohu
Means Committee, whose members
have the SAY So in tax matters.
II was made crystal clear that the
approximately S100,000,000 tender
ed the Treasury each year by auto
owners, is needed in the war effort.
HOUSTON, Tex APP -. The
Southwest throws its weight today
into the struggle to break Ameri-
cas- rubber famine, opening one
OF series OF plants which will
produce 81 per cent OF the ma
tion's new synthetic rubber stock
pile. At nearby Baytown. produc-
ton OF Dumas, the tough material
upon which the country will de-
pend chiefly for its synthetic tires
formally begins.
BERN, Switzerland-AP - The
Spanish government of Generals
simo Francisco Franco today got
an editorial lashing in the German
newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung,
which declared the Madrid regime
was doing hardly anything de.
cisive" to check talk of a monarchi-
al restoration and also was tolerat-
ing Allied attempts TO bring Spain
into active cooperation with the
western powers"
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-- Henry
]. Kaiser's Richmond Shipyard No.
Z has yet TO complete a ship be-
cause IL is building large ca
type troop ransports-and not be-
cause of poor management. says
Rear Admiral Howard l.. Vickery.
vice chairman OF the L. s. Mari
time Commission. Admiral Vickery
commented at a press conference
yesterday on testimony OF AlorN
20 Bryan. auditor for the Maritime
Commission. at a House Merchant
Marine subcommittee hearing.
Bryan said poor management was
responsible for what he termed in
adequate production at the yard.
IONDON-AP-The rising tide
OF rebellion in occupied Europe TO.
day had claimed another Nazi Of
ficial-Fritz Schmidt. regional
chief OF the National Socialist par
" in the strife ridden Neither
lands and commissar.general OF the
occupied Dutch territories. The
Berlin radio. In broadcast re-
corded by the Associated Press.
said last night that Schmidt had
~met with a fatal accident" while
a an official tour through France