The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-12

siderable fueL
MEDIA. Pains William
Bonner Roosevelt, 1o.year-old
orandseh Of the President. to-
day was exonersted In the fatal
shooting Of his pal, A. Lewis
Hutchinson, Jr., 11.year-old son
OF an investment broker. Judge
Albert D. MacDade decided the
shooting was accidental and
marked the case CLOSED" fol-
lowing a two-hour private juVe-
nile court hearing.
OTTAWA ms Canada is
Aspending more than half a billion
~dollars yearly on cargo ships alone,
It was disclosed in Ottawa today.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y.-INS-
Supreme Court in White Plains
was quiet today following adjourn
ment' Of the Dempseys counter di-
vorce action until Monday. Yes
q terday Hannah confined herself
"to answering mo" to most OF the
questions put by Arthur Driscoll,
Jacks attorney.
NEW YORK ms Phoenix,
Ariz.. was placed on the main air
line route between New -ork and
1 Los Angeles today, following re-
Hview by the Civil Aeronautics
Board OF a petition submitted by
Transcontinental and Western Air
Inc.
WASHINGTON - ms - Sen.
Henry C. Lodge (R) Mass. today
said that he is entirely willing"
\ 10 amend his bill TO increase al
olotments OF service mems depend
ents Is per cent to make the boost
20 per cent. A movement to make
the increase 20 per cent because
OF the increased cost OF living
was started in the House by Re-
publican Leader Joseph Martin.
- SEATTLE-UP - Constantine
= Oumansky. former Russian ambas-
sador to the United States, passed
through Seattle yesterday en- route
TO become his country's ambassador
in Mexico City. thereby ending a
rift OF 10 years in Russo-Mexican
relations.
BUENOS -AP-The list
of nations recognizing the govern
ment of President Pedro Ramirez
was swelled today with the addition
OF Panama and Honduras in the
Americas, and of Fichy, France and
Belgium, bringing the total to 20.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-UP-
w haired, freckledIaced Joan
Berry. who charges that Charlie
Chaplin Is the father OF her I'M
vagrancy charge TO which she plead.
ed guilty last January. Judge
Charles Griffin permitted Miss
Berry to enter a substitute plea of
innocent and then he dismissed the
peharge.
WASHINGTON-AP- The aim
to make the American soldier the
best equipped in the world may
he succeeding too we'll, military
authorities indicated today as they
disclosed that methods OF light
Sening the packs OF invasion armies
were under consideration.
PORTLAND. Ore.-AP- Henry
]. Kaisers original lickety-split
shipyard, the Oregon Shipbuilding
Corporation. launches No. 200 to-
day. The way yard which won
for its chief the sobriquet of
AWorld War lis miracle man pre-
pared TO cut the halter on the
Edward Candy and let her slide
into the Willamette River.
LONDON -AP- The Berlin ra.
dio said today the Wuerttemberg
Observatory at Stuttgart had reg
.istered a strong earthquake whose
Ssplcenter was estimated TO be $50
miles away, in the eastern Alps.
CHUNGKING --AP- Chinese
forces have gained the upper hand
In fierce clashes near Nangloushu,
about 40 miles northeast OF the i'm
portant Japanese held base OF Yo-
>.chow in northern Human prov
: iuce. Chinese front line dispatches
said today.
WASHINGTON-AP- The Navy
has Withdrawn a request for funds
TO cover contract with Stand.
ard Oil Company Of California for
..,operation of oil lands in the Elk
sHills Naval Reserve, which Sena-
tor LANCER tR-SD) criticized as a
"hush-hush' deal and Standard de-
Tended as legitimate Navy mea-
sure TO acquire its interest in the
field.
WASHINGTON-INS- Italy to-
d, day is being given the choice Of
withdrawing from the war and be-
coming a respected member of the
family Of nations or having It's his
toric cities blasted into ruin. The
Italian people are being informed
OF his choice by Allied short-waye
radio broadcasts from Tripoli.
President Roosevelt's appeal to
!. them to revolt against Premier
ef3enito Mussolini's Fascist regime
is being beamed to Italy from tina
former Italian colony in North
Africa.
CAIRO Up 49, British heavy
bombers set fire TO hangar and
touched OF large explosions in
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