The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-01

Peoria e. Western Railroad sent
an ultimatum to the once of De,
Tense Transportation. In his new
ultmatum McNear demanded the
OPT pay Immediately $4,000 obli-
cations of the railroad which was
seized by the government during a
labor dispute more than a year ago.
OTTAWA, Ont.-INS-Me ra.
tioning will be put into effect in
Canada early in May" Finance
Minister James Illsley confirmed
today.
LOS ANGELES up Nine.
Chang Kai Shek who has not
had time to see a movie since she
arrived in United States, prepared
today to meet the movie stars in
person-four hundred Of them. They
will be her guests at an informal
reception.
NEW YORK-INS- Although It
Is almost S25,0OO,O0 less than last
year, New York City's proposed
budget for the 1943-44 fiscal year
will impose a IS point, or higher.
boost in real estate taxes. Reason
for the boost. as explained by
Mayor F. II. LaGuardia, was the
legislatures failing to pass the
city revenue bill which would have
doubled present city 3 les taxes.
CHUNGKING- AP-A Chinese
army spokesman said today that
the situation on the front in south.
ern Hupeh Province has been very
much stabilized aud improved" in
the past week.
MADRID-AP-Spain celebrated
the fourth anniversary of the end
OF the Civil War today and all the
shops in the country closed to per.
nit full participation in program
of parades, speeches, bull fighting
and funmaking. q
M0SCOW-AP-Luis Quintanilla
MeXico's first minister TO Russia in
10 years, arrived in Kuibyskev by
plane yesterday and was greeted
by Soviet foreign office officials and
Western Hemisphere diplomats.
PENNINGTON, n. J.-AP-State
police announced early today that
seven persons were killed and five
parachuted to safety when a Navy
transport plane crashed into corn
field at Copper Hill near here and
burst into flames.
SARASOTA. Fla -AP-The Ring
ling Circus headed for New York
today and the opening OF its 1943
sc son at Madison Square Garden
April 3.
WASHINGTON-AP- An order
drastically curtailing the guayule
rubber program drew the attention
today OF Senate investigators in
tcrested in determining whether
the synthetic product has been per-
fected to a point permitting the re-
dl elton. Under a joint order from
the Rubber Administration and the
Agriculture Department. Senator
Downey (D) Calf. reported. about
10000 Of $4,000 acres of land leased
for production OF the guayule plant
will be tur. ed back to owners TO.
food production.
NEW NORK-UP-A physician
who complained to police that two
men were blackmailing him was
under arrest, charged with causing
the death through an Illegal opera.
tioE of the wife of one of them.
Dr. Anthony Renda. So, was arrest
ed on charges of abortion and homi-
eide yesterday, while James Cardi-
TO 81. and his brother. Joseph. 81.
whom he had accused OF extortion,
were released.
WASHINGTON-UP-Rep. Vito
Narcantonio. American-Laborite. n.
y. today plans to ask Congress for
an Investigation Of the canning lob
by. Marcantonio told Eric Strong.
q member Of a New York consumer
delegation here TO protest the In
crease in the cost Of living. that he
felt the canning group opposing
grade labelling on canned goods
should be exposed.
DETROIT-INS-- Liquor ware
house porters who earned $50 a
day in tips and the revelation
that millions OF dollars worth of
whisky had been sidetracked from
regular consumer channels into
boarding caches Of drug stores and
saloons were only two Of the points
brought to light today as the state
liquor commission continued its
investigation into charges of graft
and fayoritism in Detroit's three
main wholesale liquor outlets.
LANSING-INS-Brig. Gen. Le-
roy Pearson, state seleCtiye ser.
vice director. revealed today that
STAFF Of 30 auditors is reviewing
the cases OF all men OF draft age
not yet called TO service in the
hope that It may stall off the in.
duction OF fathers for "a couple OF
months.
CHICAGO-INS- Chicago bust
ness men were eheered today by the
statement OF Donald NJ. Nelson.
chairman OF the War Production
Board. that 1T is desirable that we
do not curtaiI civilian production
much further