The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-14

DelOIe BOlnB 10 Washing lon W OOh'
fer with President Roosevelt
HAMBURG, la. -AP- Flood
fighters raced today to construct
bikes along a 5 mile stretch Of
Missouri River lowlands to pro
tect southwest Iowa communities,
The swollen stream already has
inundated 35 miles OF rich farm
land in this area and sent residents
of two villages scurrying from
their homes.
MELBOURNE, Australia-AP--
Prime Minister John Curtin OF
Australia. simplifying a warning
by Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey, said
today the Japanese apparently
are contemplating further attacks
against New Guinea and the Sol
onions
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -AP-
Swedish fighter planes and anti
aircraft batteries drove off two
German bomber planes flying in
the vicinity of Karlskrona, Swe-
denis major naval base. a foreign
office spokeRan announced today
RADNOR. Pap william l..
Nevin. so, who retired in 1887 as
President of the Wanamaker
stores. died yesterday. He became
John Wanamaker' personal coun-
set IN 1880 and vas identified with
the late department store mag
Mates enterprises until his retire
ment. He also retired in 1887 as
president Of the A. 7. Stewart
Realty Co.
HOLLISTER, Calif-AP- The
San Benito sheriff's office report
ed today that blimp had crashed
near HOLSTER and that two crew
men had been picked up by the
state highway patrol near Chitten-
den Junction, II miles west OF
here. The crewmen reported nine
persons were aboard the aircraft.
WASHINGTON up The In
dustrial Council OF the office OF
Price Administration is ready to
recommend the first break
through OF meat rationing lines
and propose TRIPPING the amount
of the weekly meat ration for log
gers, 1t was learned today.
LONDON -CP--A radio Paris
broadcast was quoted by the Daily
Sketch today as saying that Max
Schmeling. former worlds heavy
weight boxing champion, was
wounded seriously and captured by
the Russians on the eastern front.
Schmeling served as a paratroop-
or with the German army during
the battle OF Crete.
ST. PAUL. MINI. Up Gov.
Harold +. Stassen OF Minnesota
urged President Roosevelt last
night TO reconsider plans to exclude
the press from the forthcoming
United Nations food and refugee
conferences at Hot Springs. Va.
and Bermuda. In a telegram to
the President. Stassen cited the
views of Thomas jefferson to sup
port his belief that a free press
with access to the news is essen
tial TO a strong, alert, progress
sive democracy
ARVIDA. Que.-C P-Three thou
sand Canadian soldiers stood by to-
day ready for emergency duty in
event a strike threat by AFL Union
Workers at the big aluminium com
pany OF Canada plant materializes.
The Aluminium Workers of Amer
lea. an international AFL affiliat-
ed union. threatened to walkout
unless their demands for wage
increase of 10 cents an hour, a
weeks vacation and time and a
half after IS hours are met.
CLEVELAND-UP- Operations
at the Thompson Products Com.
pany were reported very nearly
normal" today by a management
spokesman despite strike by
members OF the Cni,ed Automobile
Workers OF America (CIO) over
the dismissal Of II employees.
LONDON-INS- The London
Evening News today published a
dispatch quoting the Tokyo radio as
asserting that the japanese are
planning an invasion Of America lin
cola alteration with Italian and Ger
man air forces"
CAIRO ms - Heavy Allied
bombers attacked the harbors OF
Palermo and Messina in Sicily
Monday night. an official commuu
ique said today. All OF the bombers
returned safely. Bomb bursts were
observed on railroad sidings and
the ferry terminus at Messina
Observation-Disclosures. Gen
+. b. Gregory. Army quartermaster
general. today emphatically denied
charges that the War Department is
boarding food He also flayed as
sertions that the Army Is ignoring
civilian needs Efforts falsely 10
attribute to military requirements,
food shortages that are due 70
other economic factors would not
appear TO be in the best interests
of either the Army or the civilian
population" General Gregory told
the Senate Trueman Committee.
CHICAGO-INS-- Hope virtual
lv was abandoned today for the
safety of a naval pilot who was
missing following practice take.