The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-19

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report that the aged Hindu
eader is in a sinking eondl-
ton.
LONDON-AP-A Reuters dis
patch from Stockholm today said
the Tirpitz, Germany's most power
full battleship, has been engaging
in target practice in the North Sea.
The agency said apparently the
damage inflicted on the battleship
by a Russian submarine in the Bar
ents Sea last July had been re-
paired and the warship possibly
was getting ready for riding OPP
erations.
CHUNGKlNG - (Delayed) - AP
--Generaissimo Chang kai-Shek
said in a broadcast tonight that the
main purpose of China's New Life
movement. initiated in 1884, was
TO prepare the nation for the task
OF resisting aggression. The gener.
alissimo spoke to his people on the
eve Of the ninth anniversary Of the
movement.
LONDON-AP-All factions In
Britain's fight over postwar Social
Security legislation showed dispo-
sition today to heal the breach in
Prime Minister Churchilrs coal:'
ton government manifest yester-
day when Laborites mustered 1l9
votes against the cabinet in the
House OF Commons.
GREAT FALLS, Mont.-AP-Two
military policemen charged with
assaulting five civilians at bar IN
suburban Black Eagle last Christ
mas night were acquitted on five
counts by a general court martial.
The defendants, Corporal Joseph
Campbell and Private John McMil-
len, attached to the Army Air Base
here. had been in custody since the
disorder. Four persons suffered gun
shot wounds.
Observation-Disclosures War
Labor Board today granted series
of wage increases to employees OF
the Lexington Telephone Co., Lex
ington, Ky. Wage increases OF
four cents per hour were granted
TO plant employees, $1.50 per week
TO traffic employees with service up
10 two years, and 81 to traffic de-
partment workers with more than
two years service, and 81 to traf-
fic employees in the Nicholasville
and Versailles central offices.
GLOUCESTER, Mass.-lNS -
Two buildings housing a defense
plant on the waterfront were lev
eled by a general alarm fire today
which threatened the business dis
trict. Damage to the structures
and stock and machinery of the
d. o. Frost Company, manufactur-
ers OF oiled waterproof clothing
for the armed services, was esti-
mated at 100000.
NEW YORK-lNS- A drastic
shakeup in the personnel OF the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
for next year was disclosed today
Contracts of II Of the leading mu
sicians in the orchestra, including
that of Mishel Piastro, concert
master and assistant conductor,
will not be renewed. Marshall
Field. president of the Philhar.
monte Society announced. Three
other musicians have resigned.
Field said the changes were
necessary for the good OF the or
chestra and to insure better bal.
ance in the various sections"
PORTSMOUTH. \. H.-UP -
One of the 80 survivors OF the i'll
fated submarine Squalus that sank
here during tests in May, 1899,
is reported missing in action
aboard another submarine in the
Pacific. The lost officer is 1t.
Robert Robertson, a native of
Texas.
CHUNGKING-UP- Ten thou
sand japanese troops moving up
from the Lashio area o. Burma are
attacking Chinese positions along
lllt Odih cen INlNtl near tue
Rd.. a communique said today. The
fighting was the first reported in
the Salween region in several
months.
NEW YORK-UP - Clifford
Townsend, food production direc.
tor of the Department OF Agricul-
ture, said last night that the Unit
ed States will have a limited do
nestle food supply this year, but
no one will have to go hungry.
WILMINGTON. n. C.-UP-Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, widow of the
nations World War | president,
will sponsor a liberty ship named
in his honor at the North Carolina
Shipbuilding Company here within
the near future. company officials
announced today.
WASHINGTON-INS-The OPA
announced today that price control
will be extended within the next
two or three months to most fresh
vegetables-one of the last remain
ing foodstuffs in the average fam.
ily's need which has not yet been
brought under ceiling.
CAMDEN. n. J.-INS-New Jer-
sey was recovering from its first
blackout under the new air raid
warning system today, and reports
indicated that " Dawn hadn't come.
some South Jersey residents would
siill be in tbs dark. The contu-
sion came because thousands u