The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-23

Rommers Africa Corps.
CHICAGO-AP- Nine. Chang
Kai-Shek left with Chicago today a
stirring plea for support of 1.-The
four freedoms which ep.tomize all
that we want" coupled with an
assertion that 1--WE in China are
fighting to help build the mosaic
of world civilization"
WASHINGTON-AP-The Senate
War Investigating Committee is
probing reports that defective en-
gines have caused 80 per cent OF
war plane crashes with nearly 100
per cent fatality in such accidents,
Chairman Truman (D-Mo.) said to-
day.
LAKE CHARLES, La.--AP-Hor.
ace Finon Burks. 27-year-old Ar
kansan, prepared to die in the cleo
trio chair shortly after noon here
today for his part in the frozen rice
field Staying OF a Houston. Texas,
salesman more than three years
ago.
PANAMA CITY-AP-Vice Presi.
dent Henry Wallace OF the United
States planned to make two adj
dresses here today and receive vari.
Gus delegations before preparing
to go on tomorrow to chile in his
seven-nation tour Of South America.
NEW ORLEANS-AP-A 50-year.
old rector, stabbed in the abdomen,
was held under police guard at a
hospital today after admitting, City
Detective Charles Mellon said. that
he shot and wounded his former
secretary and her husband.
ST. LOUIS ms Two AFL
union officials and a union hall
janitor were at liberty each under
$500 bond as material witnesses
in the fatal shooting last night in
a st. Louis union hall of 81 year
old William Reynolds, grocery di-
vision business agent of the ALL
retail clerks union, Local No 655.
LONDON 49, ms $780, Archbishop
Francis j. Spellman of New York.
who is visiting American troops in
the British Isles. today had an in
vitation from Joseph Cardinal Mac
Rory, Roman Catholic primate Of
Ireland. to visit him at Armagh
before returning to the United
States.
WASHINGTON-INS- The War
Labor Board today unanimously
granted general wage increase of
six cents per hour TO approximate
ly 1000 CLIO workers at the Dow
Chemical Company's metal foun-
dry and fabricating division, Bay
City. Mich.
WASHINGTON UP-The Sen
ate in pressing a demand for prior
tiles on certain scarce materials to
remodel one OF its restaurants
where senator's now have to eat
under 'unsanitary and primitive"
conditions, ii was learned today. II
was understood that a redhot con-
troversy is going on within the
War Production Board over prior
titles for the project.
WASHINGTON-UP-The Soviet
Union is showing little interest to-
day in overtures from British and
American statesmen apparently
aimed at bringing her into a series
o, talks similar to those low in
tary Anthony Eden and American
officials.
HOLLYWOOD-INS-Kay Kyser.
the professor OF radios college OF
Musical knowledge" today began
putting his affairs in order in an
ticipation OF an early call for in
ductiol into the armed services.
The band leader was informed by
his Rocky Mount. n. c., draft
board that the appeal from his Ia
Classification. made by Elmer Davis,
director of the Office OF War In
formation, had been rejected.
CHTCAGO-INS-Dr. Otto A.
Willumeit, former head Of the Ger
man-American Bund in Chicago,
was under Federal Court order to-
day to be returned to the federal
detention headquarters in New
York.
CHICAGO ms Jack Benny,
whose Illness from a bron HAL all
ment has confined him TO his hotel
for several -eeks. was to leave to-
day for Phoenix, Ariz.. to complete
his recovery.
CHICAGO ms The Ameri.
lean people today won praise for
their war effort on the home front
from nine visiting Argentine news.
papermen who are touring the
country as guests Of the National
Press Club Of Washington.
LONDON up The Germans
are confiscating all English gram.
mars in France. Belgium. Norway
and Holland, the Daily Sketch said
today. The Germans had learned
that many natives were studying
English in anticipation OF helping
the Allies In an invasion.