The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-15
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THE WEATHER.: Tonight;
Colder; Flurries
MOBILE, Ala.-lNS-The Morn
ing Register and the Evening Press
were being printed in New Orleans
today because Of a fire that severe
ly damaged the newspaper plant
OF the Mobile Press Register. Three
presses were damaged by water and
fire which destroyed the newspa-
per's mailing room and a consider
able amount OF newsprint stored
in the building.
HOLLYWOOD-INS-The annual
banquet OF the Academy OF Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences will not
be held this year, although "Os-
cars" for the best acting, directing
and other phases of motion picture
work still will be handed out.
CHICAGO-INS-The annual In
ternational Live Stock Show. SEIZED
uled in Chicago for Nov. 20 to Dec.
., came In for some radical changes
today under the stress OF war. The
name was changed from the Inter
national Live Stock Exposition to
the Chicago Market Fat Stock and
Carlot Competition, and the horse
and grain shows and the sheep
herding exhibition, by traineds dogs
have been eliminated from the pro
gram.
HOLLYWOOD-LNS- The off
screen troubles OF Johnny Tar
zan" Weissmuller ended happily to-
day just like the dilemmas in his
jungle movies. Tarzan and his real
life mate. are reconciled. She said
she had decided not to file a div.
orce suit after all.
. NEW YoRK-yNS-A demobfl-
zation plan provIQs for continu-
alton OF neutrality-suspicious. to ser.
yicemen and their dependents for
six months after heir discharge
was offered todays'by the Nation
al Association OF Manufacturer
postwar committee. Z
NEW YORK-INS-- Charles f.
Wilson, executive vice chairman of
the War Production Board confirm
cd today that he had submitted
his resignation from WPB to Pres
ident Roosevelt, some time ago"
Wilson pointed out. however that
the resignation had not been ac-
cepted yet by Mr.. Roosevelt and
that there was little likelihood that
he would leave Washington at once.
LONDON-INS- A Stockholm
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
declared today that units OF the
German fleet are being moved from
the fjords OF northern Norway to
the Baltic. This is regarded in
Swedish naval circles as "corrobor-
alton of the reported German plan
to evacuate northern Scandinavia
before the new year. the dispatch
stated.
NEW YORk-INS-Mi Anne
Morgan. honorary president of the
American Women's Association.
vas the proud possessor today of
the associations 1913 award for
eminent achievement. The award
~ Af
her work as president of the Amer
lean friends of France, affiliated
with the coordinating council OF
French relief societies.
NEW YORK-INS-The liquor
industry. plagued by shortages,
staggered today under the impact
of an announcement by the Amer
lean Distilling Company-the ma
tons largest Independent com
pany-that It would sell 245.000
barrels of whiskey to its stock
holders at cost The distribution
represents the firms entire inven
tory Of 245,0OO barrels, mostly at
its distillery at Pekin, ILL.,, now
turning out industrial alcoholic
products for the war.
CHUNGKING-INS- Brig. Gen. [.
Patrick J. Hurley, special represen-
tative for President Roosevelt, to-
day declined to comment upon pur-
poses of his visit to Chungking.
During the last three days he was
understood to have conferred with
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek and |
Lieut.. Gen Joseph W. Stillwell, |
American chiefofstate to the Chi |
nese leader.
SHORTCOMINGS The Swed- |
ish Telegraph Bureau today de-
clared that the Pope has urged Va
tican officials to remove their |
families from the Holy City The
Holy Father placed at the disposal
OF the evacuees the papal summer |
residence, the dispatch said, adding |
"the evacuation is prompted by a 1
desire TO avoid panic similar TO |
that on the night Of November 5
when bombs fell
NEW YORK-INS-Mrs. Mar
garrett F. Hind 32-year-old nurse
accused OF stealing jewelry worth I
$1,000 from dying patient, was |.
under $500 bail today on a grand /.
larceny charge. Police said Mrs.
Hind, recent bride of Army Lieut..