The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-08
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
SLIGHTLY Warmer

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CHICAGO-INS-It's a girl Al
the Joe Louises! A 7:la pound
daughter was born to the World
Boxing Champion and Mrs. Louis at
the Provident Hospital at 6:04 a.
m. today. DR.. w. w. Gibbs said
the mother. the former Marva Trot.
ter, was doing "splendidly" and that
the infant was perfect.
PHlLADELPHlA-INS - Belief
that the shoe business will drop 25
~sfS 33 per cent because of rationing
today was voiced by A. II. Geuting,
president OF the nations largest in.
dependent shoe store. Shoe repairs
and selling of accessories that
lengthen the life Of shoes will do
a boom business, Geuting said, add
ing that he doubted that won n
and children could get along on
three pairs of shoes a year.
Z WASHINGTON-INS 80 Senate
confirmation of Judge Wiley Blount
Rutledge to be an associate Su,
preme Court Justice was expected
today despite tha announced inten-
ton OF Sen. William LANCER (R) n.
d., to oppose him.
Y WASHINGTON - ms - The
House Foreign Affairs Committee
today called Secretary of War Hen.
ry Stimson and Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox before II to tell about
the shipments of American mum.
tons abroad under the lend-lease
program.
u WASHINGTON - ms The
CLOS executive board today plan.
ned to initiate conferences in every
war industry to eliminate absen-
teeism and other obstacles to war
production. Concluding a three day
session the board adopted a reso-
luton declaring that labor must
Jake the initiative in achieving "a
ignore effective utilization OF man
power. and calling for establish
ment OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT commit
tees in every war plant.
NEW NORK-INS-The Nazi ra.
dio station at Bradshaw, Slovakia.
has announced the dispatch Of 1871
presidents OF a small Croatian town
Sto a compulsory labor camp be-
cause Of the failure of German auth
critics to find alleged saboteurs
charged with wrecking a railway
truck, the Owl reported today.
CHUNGKING-UP - American
Warhawk fighter planes roared
kCom Chinese bases on successful
Vibrating forays against Japanese
troop and truck columns in the
kengtung region OF eastern Burma,
a communique from Lieut.. Gen. Jo-
seph w. Stillwelrs headquarters an
nounced today.
BELFAST-UP-Francis p. Mat.
Athews. Omaha, Neb., Supreme
Yvknight Of the Knights of Columbus.
after a short tour of Ireland said
today he was tremendously i'm.
pressed by the esprit and achieve
ments OF our army in North Ire.
land" Matthews was the guest OF
Brig. Gen. Edmund d. Hill during
his visit 10 American Army units
In Ireland.
NEW YORK-INS-Radio Moroc-
co said today that two Axis spies
are reported to have been executed
at Beirut, Syria. The broadcast in
French was recorded by L. S. gov
eminent monitors.
- NEW YORk-INS- 4 German
general in command OF Axis tank
units on the Tunisian front has
been killed in action, according 10
Morocco radio report rebroad-
cast by the BIC today. The BIC
announcement was reported to the
ONCE OF War Information.
state Commerce Commission will
conduct hearing on the Erie Rail.
Dads new financing plan as the
result OF a formal protest by Cyrus
Eaton. Cleveland banker. il was
learned today. Eaton complained
that competitive bidding did not
prevail when the Erie sold a S14..
100000 bond issue to a syndicate
headed by Morgan.
INTERNATIONALLY Secretary
OF Interior Harold L. Ickes today
announced that more than 100 900
pounds of metallic manganese, re-
covered from lowgrade domestic
ores, have been delivered to the
Treasury Department for Lend
Lease and to the United States
Mint.
WASHINGTON-UP- President
William Green of the American
Federation Of Labor announced 10.
day that the AFL will oppose the
enactment by Congress of legisla.
tion proposing constitutional
amendment providing for equal
Rights for women. such q cons.
ttutional amendment" Green said.
would place il jeopardy all laws
protecting women in industry.
STOCKHOLM-UP- The news.
paper Allehanda published a Ber-
lin dispatch from Paris today that
fVice Admiral Paul Arphan. who
ia said to have ordered the scutt.
ling of the French fleet at Toulon,
had been sent to a French con
centration camp by order OF Pier.
re Laval. Auphan was close
friend OF the late Admiral Jean
Francois Darlan.