The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-10
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LONDoN-INS- Informed clrc-
les in London today expressed, the
view that It was possible but at
present improbable in reply to a
rumor fhat President Roosevelt
might break his homeward journey
from <Cairo for a quick tour OF
United States forces in Great Brit
ain.
LoNpoN-lNS- Gen. Doug
las Macarthur has arrived in
New Delhi to confer with Lord
Louis Mountbatten, supreme
commander In Southeast Asia,
with the view OF obtaining
closer cooperation between
their two commands, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch today from India.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-INS-- The
defense was expected today TO rest
Its case shortly after resumption
OF the second kidnap trial OF Thorn
as II. Robinson, Jr, former bril-
liant Vanderbilt University law
student. The SO year old defend
ant is attempting TO prove before
4 federal jury that he was insane
when be kidnapped Mrs. Alice Speed
Stoll, Louisville Society matron.
in October. 1884. He received $780,
900 for her release.
PHOENIX, Ariz.-UP- II.
Cmdr. Edward n. Butch"
o'Hsre, naval air hero, is miss
ing in action, a member Of the
family said today. o'Hsre was
awarded the congressional
medal last year for shooting
down six Japanese bombers in
single action when they at
which he was stationed.
NEW YORK-INS- The New
York city council has voted to take
Father Knickerbocker out OF the
hotel business-especially because
1t is not showing a profit. Hostel
~ in question is the 81 story, 5S4-
room Manhattan towers, once as
sessed for 100000 and now en-
tirely vacant except the first three
floors which are being rented on
. week-to-week basis by a Norman
Church.
NEW YORK-INS-Edna Dob
son. So, OF Richmond Hill, in
Queens, was killed early today
when a gas range on which she
was cooking a wee-hour snack ex.
ploded. Only small fire was
started by the blast.
PITTSBURGH ms II was
disclosed by Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company to-
day that rowing power trains are
to follow United Nations armies in
areas liberated from the Axis for
swift restoration OF electric serv-
ice. Ten mobile 5,000-kilowatt
plants are being built by the com
pany for use in reoccupied areas.
LONDON-lNS-Three hundred
and fifty officers and enlisted men
and women from Chicago filed his
toric Egyptian Hall in London's
Mansion House last night in a color
full ceremony wherein the city flags
OF London and the Illinois City
were exchanged. The city OF Lon
don flag was presented by the
Lord Mayor to 1t. Col. Harry Dooly.
president OF the Chicago Club OF
Great Britain, who presented Chi
csgo's flag to the Lord Mayor in
return.
NEW YORK-INS-The Bari ra-
dia. outlet for Premier Pietro Bado-
glio's government. said today that
Representatives from the liberated
and Nazi-occupied provinces OF TIA.
ly. as we'll as from Sicily and Sar-
DINA, would attend a National
Congress OF the Committees OF
Liberation" in Naples Dec. 20.
NEW YORK-TNS--A 100 year
plan for payment in peacetime of
the huge. war-swollen national
debt through tax budget OF SEE
0O0,00o.000 annually was advanced
today by J. Cheever Cowdin. chair.
man OF Universal Pictures, Inc. In
his capacity as tax spokesman for
the National Association OF Man.
ufacturers Cowdin told 1900 exc
cutives at the final session OF the
groups war congress the KEY
source OF revenue would be a spe-
cial war debt tax.
SAN FRANCISCO-UP- North
ern California counted property
damage in the millions of dollars
today. as the result OF high winds
and brush fires which burned thou
sands OF acres. inflicted wide
spread damage along the shoreline,
disrupted communication and left
$50 persons homeless.
STOCKHOLM -AP- Marshal
Erwin Rommel. commander OF
German forces in the Balkans. has
arrived in Denmark, the Germans
announced officially last night in
Copenhagen.
LONDON -AP-Edouard Benes,
president OF the Czecho-Slovak
government.in-exile. has arrived in
Russia, presumably to sign a pact