The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-26
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
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WASHINGTON-UP- President
Roosevelt today denounced as
"groundless' and irresponsible"
reports that the federal govern
ment was a haven for draft dOdg-
ers, submitting figures to Congress
showing that only 80 per cent Of
the government civilian work force
has received occupational defer
ment.
LONDON-UP-U. S. Sen. A. B.
Chandler. d., Ky. in a letter pub
lished in the London Daily rele.
graph today. charged that Prime
Minister Churchill opposes giving
China a voice in peace negotia-
tons equal to those OF the United
States, Britain and Russia 81 am
convinced. because Of the state
ment made to US by Churchill. that
he does not desire China to sit
at the peace table as an equal
partner with the United States,
Russia and Britain Chandler
wrote the 'Telegraph's New York
CORES pendent.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass-UP -
An intercranial hemorrhage Undue
ed from natural causes" was
blamed today for the death Of Miss
Victoria Louis Schrager, "a. OF Chi
cago, attractive Smith College fac
ulty member whose body was
found in a partly-flled bathtub
Monday.
PHILADELPHIA - UP - DR..
Charles A. Blind, Los Angeles.
Calf, told delegates to the 10th
annual clinical assembly of the
American Osteopathic Association
today that improper eye glasses
was the most frequent cause Of
injury 10 the nervous system.
NEW YORK-UP- Hadassah,
the women"s Zionist organization
Of America, continued its 29th an
nual convention today after hav-
ing voted Unanimously last night
to withdraw from membership in
the American Jewish Committee.
SIOUX FALLS, Ia.-INS-A vol
untary salary cut from $4,000
year to $96 a month was in pros
pect today for Judge l.. B. Forsling.
former Iowa state senator and
state representative.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS-North.
ern California residents today
checked homes and Offices for
earthquake damage after a sharp
temblor of three minutes duration.
The quake, described as a sharp
shock" by DR.. Perry Byerly. Uni
yersity OF California seismologist,
conferred 40 miles from San Fran
cisco, in the vicinity Of San Jose.
NEW YORK-INS Salvage
work on the former French luxury
liner Normandie was completed to-
day as plans were completed for
turning over the giant sea queen to
the Navy tomorrow. At first con-
sidered unsalvageable, righting OF
the S3,000-ton vessel YVES one Of
the engineering marvels OF modern
times. and the underwater work
necessa provided a major pro-
gram from L. S. Navy divers who
capitalized on the situation 10
make the operation the site OF one
of the finest Navy diving schools
in the country.
WASHINGTON-INS- Diploma
tic advices reaching Washington
indicated today that Finland is
now prepared to discuss a separate
peace with Russia. The Firms al
ready have started making indirect
peace overtures to Russia.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ma
ture. who lost one movie red-head
TO Orson Welles. scurried around
today for a license to wed Anne
Shirley. another red-haired star Of
the films.
Observation-Disclosures De
partment officials revealed today
that 2,624 men and women born in
So foreign countries 227 OF them
from enemy countries-have been
granted United States citizenship
while serving in the armed forces
on foreign soil.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers-UP-The Fifth Army has
advanced all along the front, a
communique announced today. At
least three towns were captured by
the Allied forces.
LONDON-INS-Press dispatch
es to London reported today that
10000 starving persons now are
camping in the streets of Calcutta,
India. Thousands OF free food CEN
ters we're said to have been set up
to care for the people but the ire
mendous influx Of hungry persons
and the hardships. of current heat
wave were greatly hampering re-
lief efforts.
STOCKHOLM-INS-An official
admission was made by the Ger
mans today that a Nazi warplaHe
shot down the Swedish transport
airliner Gripen in which 13 persons.
including one American, were
killed. The German air attache at