The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-20
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THE WEATHER; Tonight:
Light Rain

and Western Railroad employees
was expected today as workers
borrowed" from other roads and
operated main lines, protected by
detaehments OF the Cuban army.
NEW YoRK-1Ns-Dr. Charles
Higgins, professor OF surgery at
University or Chicago, today held
the Charles L. Mayer award OF Ma
uonal Academy OF Sciences. A
$4,000 fund accompanied the honor
which was awarded to DR.. Higgins
for his contribution TO present-day
knowledge OF factors affecting the
growth OF animal cells with par
ticulsr reference to human cancer.
TULLAHOMA, Tenn.-INS- A
mob today threatened to capture
and lynch a negro accused OF the
brutal attack-murder OF Mrs. Fay
Scogin, 10, OF Des Moines, Ia. wife
of Lieut.. George l.. Scogin OF Camp
Forrest. The partly nude body OF
the young woman, covered by I'M
derbrush, was found by roadside
near Tullahoma late Wednesday.
She had been shot twice In the
breast and her head had been bat
tered. Police Chief w. o. Hale
said that a negro. Ed Pittmap, now
held in Coffee County Jail at Man
chester, had named George John
son, a Tullahoma negro, as the
slayer.
NEW YORK-INS-Prof Oscar
r. LANCE, OF the University OF
Chicago has withdrawn as one OF
the principal speakers at an Allied
Unity rally to be held in Carnegie
Hall tonight. DR.. LANCE. Polish
refugee and professor OF econo-
mics, said that he had Withdrawn
as a speaker because OF attempts
by the Communist party to identify
the rally as part OF IAN attack on
the memory" OF Henryk Ehrlich
and Victory Alter. Polish labor
leaders executed by the Soviet gov
ernment.
NEW YORK-INS-Mar PICK
ford was 10 start a two week tour
of Canada today to raise 100000
for bomb victims in England and
Malta. The former screen star will
start the campaign in Toronto. her
birthplace, and will take part In
plan to sell shares" for 81 each
in the MARY Pickford Bungalow"
with one of the shareholders even
tually gaining title to the six room
home.
RENO-TNS Mrs. Ellen Tuck
French. Astor's complaint for div
orce from John Jacob Astor III was
scheduled for a Reno hearing to-
day, her attorney, Robert z. Hawk
ms, said. A property agreement and
an agreement covering custody OF
the Astors' seyen-year-old son, VIII
liam. will be submitted, the lawyer
announced.
HOLLYWOOD-INS-The second
wife OF Ernest 'Lubitsch, film direc-
tor, today sought divorce from him
on grounds of physical and mental
suffering and anguish" The former
Vivian Cage, who filed suit under
her legal name OF Mrs. Sanya Lub-
itseh, said an out-of-court settle
ment had been reached as to their
property and custody Of their daugh'
ter, Nicola Anne Patricia Lubitsch'
4.
JERSEY CITY, n. J.-INS The
Army Qusrtermaster Corps today
announced that repair depots are
being installed at New York ana
Oakland, Calf, 10 return TO ser|-
ice clothing and equipment which
already have felt the ravages oil
war.
ON-INS-Italy's domestic
propaganda machine today was re-
ported trying TO combat invasion
fears by Installing new hate against
the Allies. The London Daily Elk
press said the Rome radio has sud
denly increased its tales OF alleged
Allied atrocities 10 a fever pitch.
NEW YORK-INS-A postwar
program calling for construction Oh
fifty giant Clippers" carrying i53
passengers back to London In ~
hours for an average fare OF $lOO
was revealed today by Juan l.
Trippe. president OF Pan Amer
lean Always.
MOSCOW-INS-Prime Minister
winston Churchill's address TO the
Congress OF the United states met
favorable reaction today among So
Wet leaders. They particularly liked
the British war leaders statement
that Russia still Is carrying the bur
den OF the land war against Ger
many.
NEW YORK-INS-An early end
10 the European conflict, possibly
within a year, was predicted today
by DR.. EdouaId Benes, President
OF the Czechoslovakian government
in exile. Addressing the council OF
foreign relations following his re-
turn from Washington where he
conferred with President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister winston
Churchill, Benes said: Next year,
believe, the United Nations will!
have won their victory on the Euro
pean battlefield. The end OF the
war in Europe may be a rather
sudden affair. We must be pre-.
pared"
CHUNGKING-INS-A 75-minute
air raid alert was sounded this