The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-07-01
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4 WEATHER: Tonight:
what warmer
niL4nES-BARRE. Pa.-INS-The
backbone OF the hard coal strike
appeared broken today as workers
slowly struggled back 10 the pits.
Almost 10000 anthracite workers
in Lackawanna and Luzerne Coun.
ties voted last night to return TO
work today. although $50 miners in
Lehigh Valley deferred action on a
return to work vote.
NEW YORK-INS-New Workers
who only a month ago regarded the
potato about on the level with a
juicy steak, today were advised
that the once precious root was now
over-plentiful and were told not 10
dig their Victory Garden "spuds
but to buy and eat market pota-
toes.
CHICAGO-INS - Charles l..
Wheeler. vice president and gen.
.eral manager OF the Mccormick
Steamship Company in San Francis
co, today was installed as president
OF Rotary International for 1884
He succeeds Fernando Carbajal, VI
Lima, Peru.
Ell PASO, Tex.-INS-The final
barrier TO the wedding plans Of
Orchestra Leader Harry James and
Film Actress Betty Cradle was
removed today following the Mexi-
can divorce granted Mrs. James.
Seven hours after Mrs. James filed
her petition charging incompatible
lity. she was given the mutual con-
sent decree by Judge Havier Rosas
Caballos in Juarez civil court.
across the Rio Grande from FL
Paso.
CHICAGO-INS-A rehearing on
the reversal OF treason convictions
OF six Chicagoans will be sought
next week before the L. s. court
OF Appeals. L. s. Attorney J. Albert
Woll announced today. He said he
and his assistants already were
drafting the petition.
RIO DE JANEIRO-TNS- Good
news for North American coffee
drinkers was disclosed today by
exporters who disclosed that coffee
shipments TO the United States
during June totaled 100000 bags
almost equalling pre.war monthly
totals. The Improvement is due to
the easing of the shipping short.
age.
LONDON-INS-Prime Minister
Winston Churchill today reiterated
before the House OF Commons that
industries in occupied countries
Feized by Germany will be returned
to their rightful owners after the
waf. Answering a question from the
floor, the British war leader said
inter~Allied committee experts are
studying International law on the
subject and collecting the neces-
sary data.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. .-INS-Be.
cause production is ahead OF sched-
ule, the Remington Arms Company
plant here will close Monday. July
5. for observance Of independence
Day. The holiday was scheduled a.
ter consultation with U. S. Army
Sidnance department. officers. II
was pointed out that present raw
material ALLEGATIONS permit no fur
ther speed up of production.
LANSING--UP-Low bids total
ling 1,267,434 for construction prof
ects on section three OF the De-
troit industrial highway which
links Ford Bomber plant to met
ropolitan Detroit were determined
today by State Highway Commis-
sioner Charles NJ. Ziegler. The
Jobs, scheduled for completion by
the end OF 1943, include furnish
ing and fabricating structural steel
for two underpasses, construction
OF an outlet sewer, and grading
and drainage structures.
WASHINGTON Up Coordin-
ator OF Fisheries Harold L. Ickes
today appealed to fishermen whose
incomes will be lowered by Office
OF Price Administration action in
cutting fresh fish prices to con
tinue fishing to the limit Of their
abilities
PITTSBURGH-UP- Prelimin.
ary operations have been started
at the first of four 10000 ton but
adiene units at the huge Kobuta
synthetic rubber plants, located
in the Beaver Valley, near here. it
was revealed today. d. NJ. Rugg,
vice president OF the Koppers Unit
ed Company and general manager
OF the company's butadiene divi.
sion. also disclosed that the three
butadiene units and the Styrene
plant at Kobuta will go into pro
duction sometime during the sum.
mer and full production at the ma.
tons largest synthetic rubber
plant will be underway by fall.
WASHINGTON-UP- Free col
lege tuition and low-interest
loans up to $1,000 year for main.
tenance while studying would be
provided to persons honorably dis.
charged from the Army in legis.
lation introduced in the Senate to-
day.
d WASHINGTON-UP-The Senate