The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-18
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LoNDON-INS-Sir Oswald Mos
ley. British Fascist leader. is to be
released from prison within a few
days, Minister OF Home Security
Herbert Morrison announced to-
day. Lady Mosley. sister OF Unity
Milford. former friend OF Adolf
Hitler. will be released al the same
time.
BOSTON-INS- Ration points
must be surrendered by needy fam
lilies receiving Thanksgiving o.
Christmas baskets OF rationed
foods, the regional OPA announced
today.
NEW YORK-INS- Postmaster
General Frank c. Walker indicated
today in no uncertain terms thai
he was irked by those military lead
ers who give the impression that
the war Is near It's end. This war
is not over" Walker told a meet
ing OF the Association OF Motion
Picture Advertisers. I'VE will lose
many more lives and have many
more men manned for life. There
are dark, dreary days ahead
CAIRO-INS-King Farouk OF
Egypt in a message read today al
the opening session of the Egyptian
Parliament, deplored painful
events which have taken place in
Lebanon. MY government" said
Farouk, "has always seized every
opportunity to contribute TO the
welfare OF Arab countries. sharing
above all in the laudable efforts
made for establishment OF a nor
NAL situation in Syria and Leba-
non"
LONDON-lNS-Vice Premier
Michael Antonescu of Rumania has
been instructed ~ King Michael
TO form a democratic cabinet, the
Budapest correspondent OF the Ca
zette de Lausanne reported today,
according to Reuters.
LONDON ms - The Swiss
newspaper Tribune de Geneve re-
ported that 1900 persons were ar
rested at Grenoble, France, after
an explosion which blew up Ger
man arsenal and powder factory, a
Reuter- dispatch from Zurich said
today.
WASHINGTON - ms House
and Senate members joined today
in charging Prof. Richard Gilbert
chief OPA economist, with using
his position to substitute the coun-
try's traditional economy with theo-
ries OF his own. The Congressional
blast was directed at Gilbert as the
Senate Agriculture Committee,
headed by Sen. Ellison Cotton Ed"
Smith Cd S. c., wound up hear
ings on OPA price policies and pro-
posals for federal food subsidies.
WILMINGTON, Cal.-INS- OF
8 fcials of the California Shipbuild-
ing Corporation announced today
that a new Liberty ship would be
named for Jack Singer, Interna-
tional News Service war cores
pondent who lost his life while
serving aboard the aircraft carrier
Wasp.
NEW YORK-INS-Th resigna-
ton of Harry A. Hill as executive
vice president of the Greek War
Relief Association to become spe-
cial assistant to the L. S. ambassa-
dor to Greece in Cairo was an
nounced today.
NEW YORK-INS-A declara-
ton that Chicago mobsters continu-
ed to dominate Willie Bioff's ard
George L. Browns theatrical union
even after the pair were convicted
for extortion added another chap
ter today to the federal court lurid
history of the AFL alliance OF
theatrical and stage employees.
NEW LONDON-INS-A settle
ment was believed imminent today
in Actress Constance Eennett's
court battle to establish the right
of her egally-adopted 14-year-old
son, Peter Bennett Plant, to part OF
the 100000 estate Of the late
sportsman, Philip NJ. Plant. Court
observers said the screen star won
her fight yesterday when Judge
James Z. Murphy refused to accept
as evidence uncertified DISPOSE
lions that Peter was not born of
her marriage to Plant, but instead
had been adopted from a London
woman.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.-INS -
Coordination of numerous wartime
fund drives throughout the nation
was disclosed today TO have re-
duced the number OF collecting |
agencies from 600 to s. within
the last two and a half years.
Joseph f. Davies, chairman Of the |
Presidents War Relief Control |
Board, further declared in a Jack |
sonville speech that even the re- |
manning total will be halved by |
the end OF the current year with |
out material loss to the fine pur-
poses involved"
wASHINGTON-INS- A divi- |
sion in House Democratic RANKS
opened the formal battle on ban
ming food subsidies today with no ,
prospect of a compromise before a |
vote is taken next Monday. Lead I
ers Of the anti-subsidy bloc ex-