The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
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HALIFAX, y. SINS Naval
authorities announced today that
portable medical Laboratories
about the size OF overnight bags and
expected to save the lives OF many
Royal Canadian Navy men-are
now being manufactured for use in
ships at sea and isolated bases.
NEW YORK-oresident Roose-
Welt was eiked to consider today
government operation OF fishing
boats, II necessary. to end the five
week-old strike OF 5000 members
OF the United Fishermen's Union.
In a telegram to the President, the
Fish Fillet Dealers Association,
warning OF threatened fish famine
on the Atlantic Coast, said dealers
would have to go out OF business
unless the strikers resume fishing
operations out Of New York, Bos-
ton and New Bedford, Mass.
N-INS-Reuter's today
quoted a Budapest radio report Of
a comment in the Hungarian news
| paper National News on President
| Roosevelt's declaration regarding
the rights Of small nations. ut is
obvious" i'd the paper. that
prove this political line taken by
the United States and will approve
II even more IL 1t is carried out in
practice
NEW NORTHWESTERN was
reported b Nazi and Fascist quar-
tiers today to have recognized the
German-dominated puppet regime
of Benito Mussolini as the legiti-
mate e vernment OF Italy. The as
sertions were contained In broad
casts by Nazi and Fascist propa-
ganda transmitters recorded by the
FEC.
CEICAGO-INS - Funeral ser
vices will be held Friday for Mrs.
Catherine ioriarty, mother OF a
famous baseball family, who died
yesterday at her home in Chicago
at the age of so. She had Eve sons,
Albert. John. William, Joseph and
George, and all were baseball play
ers. The first three now are dead.
NEW YORK-INS- A poll Of
New York film critics was disclosed
today TO have selected Warner
Brothers Watch on the Rhine" as
the best 1943 movie. Paul Lukas
portrayal of the German refugee in
that film and Ida Lupino's work in
Warmers "The Hard Way" were
adjudged the best individual screen
performances OF the year.
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA
-UP-Brydon c. Taves, United
Press manager in Australia who
was killed in a plane crash Sunday,
served his country we'll as a war
correspondent and his keen desire
to give the people accurate first
hand news prompted his last tragic
mission" Gen. Douglas. -AIacArthur
said last night in a telegram to
Hugh Baillie, president OF the Unit
ed Press.
NEW YORK-INS-Purchase of
12 IL per cent each OF the COM
mon stock of the American Broad
casting System blue Network)
by Time, Inc, publishers OF Time
and Fortune magazines, and Ches-
ter j. Laroche, advertising execu-
tive, was announced today. Ed.
ward J. Noble, who purchased the
network recently from NBC, an
nounced also that Mark Woods,
president OF the Blue Network,
and Edgar Kodak, executive vice
president. also have acquired in
terests in the company. Noble
retains substantial control OF the
company's shares.
LONDON--INS-- The German
DNB agency. quoting q Madrid
dispatch, said today that an AL
led convoy OF II ships has ar
rived at Gibraltar from the Allan
tic. Most OF the vessels we're de
Bcribed as 10000 ton craft.
LONDON ms German pre-
cautions against an Allied inva-
sion OF the Balkans include the
Evacuation OF civilians from large
areas OF Dalmatia and Monteneg-
fo in Yugoslavia. the diplomatic
writer OF the London Daily Tele-
graph said today.
PITTSBURGH ms - Nearly
ali OF the 100000 steel workers who
went on strike Dec. "a in the West
ern Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio dis
trict were reported returning to
their jobs today by company ex-
ecutives. Steel production ap-
preached normal as the men obey
I'D an order issued by Philip Muir
ray. president of the CIo-United
Steelworkers Of America. after the
War Labor Board assured the
union that any wage increase
achieved through negotiations will
be made retroactive to expiring
hates OF contracts.
HENDRICKS FIELD. Fla.-lNS
Six Army airmen were killed In
he crash Of a heavy bomber from