The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-30

Little Lord Fauntleroy" in the
Hawthorne House program series,
was smothered TO death.
cHIcAGo-lNS-A great fire,
!. raging unchecked for hours,
threatened a loss Of at least a
half million dollars today at
the huge Norris Grain Com
panys Midwest elevators on
chicaso's South Side. The blaze
starting from an unexplained
explosion in the main elevator,
spread to one and another OF
! 40 siIos and small elevators
= owned by the company.
LONDON-AP- German propa-
gsndists. apparently anxious lest
Benito Mussolini's fall has resulted
in growing agitation in the Bal
kans against Axis alliances, has
revived the line that an Allied vic.
tory will result In Soviet control OF
the continent.
REDDING, Calf. -AP- The
Mountain Copper Co.'S hornet
mine, rocked by an explosion Of
between 10 and 10 tons OF dyna-
mite that was felt eight miles away
: in Redding has escaped serious
damage, although operations can
not be resumed for several days,
Supt. J. G. Huseby said today.
WOLF POINT, Mont. -AP-
Farmers of eight eastern Mon
tana counties have adopted a pay
is no consideration" slogan in a
) desperate effort to obtain labor for
harvesting one OF their biggest
wheat crops in 20 years.
CHICAGO-INS-Seven persons
were injured when a platform
collapsed early today on the stage
OF the Chicago arena following a
mass meeting to honor an official
! Soviet Jewish delegation to this
country.
NEW YORK ms Beginning
Monday New York housewives who
have an idle toaster or waffle-iron
standing dusty on their shelves
may turn them in and get war
, stamps in return. Consolidated
Edison Company of New York, in
an effort to solve a shortage OF
electrical appliances in this area
made the offer.
LONDON-INS- The Swiss ra-
do reported today that Domenico
Bartolini, new Italian minister OF
: finance, had gone to Milan TO
make contact with financial and
Industrial circles.
LONDON-INS-Pope Plus XII
has instructed his apostolic dele
gate to Britain to inform hierar-
chies that the Holy See has placed
at their disposal $4,000 for res
toration of Roman Catholic Church
es destroyed in England during
the war.
LANSING-AP-The State Tax
Commission disclosed today it was
completing work on equalized as
sessed valuation of the counties and
would present its preliminary sur
vey TO the state board Of equaliza-
tion next Monday. The commission
said August 1918 was set for any
appeals by counties.
WASHINGTON INS-Rep. Fred
Hartley, (R) \. j., today demanded
that relief be given the gas-starved
eastern states Immediately instead
OF in a few weeks as promised by
Petroleum Administrator Ickes.
While Ickes predicted that equal
ization of gas rationirg between the
East Coast and the Midwestern
and Southwestern statee will take
place within few wetks and pro-
vide more gas for the East. Hartley
: said that action must be taken now.
WASHINGTON-INS- In a blunt
reply to critics Of the Army's fight
er plane program, acting Secretary
OF war Robert P. Patterson today
described the maligned P-40 War
hawk" as one OF the top-ranking
pursuit ships in World War II.
WASHINGTON-INS- President
Roosevelt oday observed the first
anniversary OF the formation OF
the WAVES. congratulatirg the
women's branch OF the Navy on
their patriotic service in the pres
ent war, which. he said, must be
. fought for and defended by all the
people
CHARLESTOWN. Ind. - ms
At least three persons were killed
and a score injured when a tornado
struck this war-manufacturing
town. officials reported today.
SCHENECTADY. y. Y.-INS-
Girls who formerly helped make
washing machines have been pro.
duclng "bazookas," Americas pow
erful anti-tank weapon on mass
production basis for the last year.
- # vas revealed today. General Elec-
trio Company. in war Depart
ment approved announcement. re-
vealed that during the recent AZ
rican campaign the "Bazooka' was
used successfully to destroy not
only tanks but Notifications.