The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-09
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TIE WEATHER: Tonight:
] Somewhat Warmer
WASHINGTON-lNS- President
Roosevelt has decided to nominate
Justice Wiley Blunt Rutledge, Jr,
eN'f the L. s. Court OF Appeals for
the District OF Columbia, to the
vacancy on the United States Su-
preme Court. created by the resig
nation Of James p. Byrpes, It was
reported today in authoritative
quarters.
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WASHINGTON-INS The War
Labor Board declared today that it
will not approve wage increases in
violation OF the national wage sta.
billzation policy despite the terms
OF any written labor contract.
D CHICAGO-INS-Police today
held a 56-year-old Chicagoan for a
mental examination in connection
with an alleged attempt to extort
$23,l20 from Mrs. 4. Watson Ar
mour, III. socially prominent resi-
dent OF suburban Lake Forest. Ar
mour, 81. is a member OF the Ar
!. mouF meat packing family and is
sales official OF Armour e. co. The
prisoner was identified as Abraham
H. Brown, whose arrest Thursday
in front OF the Armour residence
followed a series Of kilograms and
telephone calls received by the
family.
!. WASHINGTON ms The War
' Labor Board today approved a five
cent hourly wage increase for SIS
employees of the Heron SINNERS
Moulding Co, Detroit. Represent
ed by the CLOS United Automobile
Workers, the employees we're grant
cd the increase. retroactive to Oct.
5, 1882, to reduce inequalities.
CHICAGO-IN The Judiciary
committee OF city council today
had before II an amendment which
would enable women war workers
to appear on Chicago streets in
male attire without danger OF ar
rest. The measure was introduced
by Aid, William j. Cowhey after
, the arrest OF Evelyn Bross, 10, a
dafapca nlanf p,aphiuicf
NEW YORK-INS-At least one
OF New York's night spots met the
gasoline emergency today. An an
nouncement to its customers ad-
vised that the establishment had
made arrangements with a near
,. by riding academy TO furnish horse
and buggy transportation to and
from the place free of charge.
N-INS-Henry Parkman,
Jr.. resigned Massachusetts OPA
director, today was under assign
ment to duty in the office of I'm
der Secretary OF War Robert p.
y Patterson following his Army ap-
pointment as a Northumberland,
He was succeeded temporarily by
Lawrence J. Bresnahan, OPA
state administrative officer.
OAKLAND, Cal.-INS - Army
authorities today were investigat-
ing an apparent attempt to tamper
with a number Of tanks which we're
standing on railroad siding at
Oakland.
LYWOOD-INS- Veronica
Lake. the blonde actress who
achieved stardom by wearing her
hair over one eye, was in St. Vim
cents Hospital today recovering
}. from an appendectomy. She was
stricken with appendicitis two
days ago and underwent an emery
ency operation last night.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.-INS-
Glistening marble and chromium
cages today blended with an old.
fashioned pot-bellied stove to keep
|. tellers and customers warm in the
Peoples National Bank and Triat
Company Office Out OF oil, the
bank officials resorted to the coun-
try store central heating system"
TO keep nimble the hands OF those
counting cash.
SACRAMENTO. Cal-INS-Eyi-
!. dence linking a California German
group with a ring OF. subversive
agents" operating in Pearl Harbor
at the time of the Japanese attack
was disclosed today by State Sena-
tor Jack B. Tenney of Los Angeles.
former head OF the assembly com
mittee investigating un-American
activities in the state.
LONDON-INS-- Wang Ching.
Wei. japanese puppet ruler OF the
Marking government of China. has
declared war on the United States
and Great Britain, according TO
Tokyo broadcast heard by Reuters.
The announcement followed Wang's
return to Marking from Tokyo.
DETROIT-INS- Strikes con-
tlnued to cripple production today
at the Chevrolet Motor Company
drop forge division and at the Celia
tin Products Company which
makes vitamin pills and medicinal
products for the armed forces.
COMMUNICATIONS guer-
rillas have kidnapped Gen. Lorenzo
DimaZza. commander OF Italian
occupation forces in Albania, &C.
cording to the Morocco radio.