The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-16

dignation over 1t. Gen. George S.
Patton's treatment Of enlisted men
may delay his promotion and that Of
IS other'Army officers for at least
three months. II was learned today.
A Senate Military Affairs Subcom-
mittee considering the promotions
voted yesterday TO postpone action
Temporarily" as result OF the Juror
over the Patton episodes and some
members said they expected the
delay TO continue for about 80
days.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-lNS-Notice
OF an appeal from the death sen.
tence imposed on kidnaper Thomas
II. Robinson, Jr.. was on file today
with the clerk OF the L. S. District
Court at Louisville. Robert F. HO-
gan. defense attorney. based the
motion for a new trial on the
ground that the judgment and YER
dict were too harsh for the twice
convicted abductor OF Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll, Louisville society mat
ron.
RENO-INS-The divorce suit OF
Doris Duke Cromwell against James
H. r. Cromwell, former U. s. min
lister to Canada was continued TO
day until Monday pending arrival Of
dispositions from Honolulu certify
ing Mrs. Cromwell's prior residence
In Hawaii.
PHOENIX, Ariz.-AP-The man
who laid legal claim to the identity
OF Charley Ross, child-yictim OF a
kidnapping case which gained nation.
wide publicity for more than half a
century. IS dead at the age Of 10.
Known as Gustave Blair until the
Maricopa County court recognized
him in 1889 as the abducted and
long-lost son OF Christian and Sarah
Ann Ross. wealthy Fhiladelphians,
he died as he had lived most OF his
life-an obscure carpenter. An at
tack OF influenza proved fatal Mon.
day.
WASHINGTON AP-Chairman
Van Nuys (D-Tnd.) OF the Senates
Liquor Investigating Committee as
serted today that big distilleries are
buying up wineries and breweries
with the intention OF gaining com.
plete control over the liquor indus
try
WASHINGTON-AP-Recognition
for nearly 100000 volunteers who
have contributed 100 hours or more
OF service TO the nations war price
and rationing boards was an.
nounced today by the Office OF
Price Administration (OPA). To
mark the second anniversary Janu-
airy OF organization of the boards,
OPA plans to present war service
award certificates to the 100-hour
volunteers. Later special certifi-
cate will be awarded to board mem.
bers.
SAN FRANCISCO 49, AP- The
men who were manned in the battle
for Tarawa began to come home
yesterday some permanently in
jured, others ambulatory cases that
will return to service after treat
ment. The shipload Of casualties. an
undisclosed but small percentage OF
the 2,551 Marines who were wound
ed in the bloody battle for the tiny
atoll in the Gilbert Islands, was I'M
loaded into waiting ambulances and
taken to a naval hospital.
NEW YORK-INS- The Swiss
newspaper Basler Nachrichten
said in a dispatch reported by the
Office OF War Information today
that 80 presses of the Milan area
and a prominent Catholic leader
of Cremona had been arrested in
new Fascist attacks on the church
in Nazi.occupied northern Italy.
WALTHAM, Mass. ms An
eleventh hour vote by employees Of
the Middlesex and Boston street
railway STAYED off temporarily to-
day a strike which would have
paralyzed the bus transportation
Of Is greater Boston communities.
HOLLYWOOD-INS- Separated
by thousands of miles. Joe f.
Brown, Hollywood comedian, and
his wife, Kathryn. have arranged
little ceremony. it was revealed
today. to celebrate their twenty
eighth wedding anniversary. At
IL a m, on the day before Christ
mas. Mrs. Brown, in Hollywood,
and the actor. wherever he hap
pens to be entertaining American
soldiers. will drink a toast TO each
other and TO their long happy
marriage.
LONDON-INS-The Daily Her
aid. in a dispatch from New Delhi.
reported today that 1t was under.
stood Generalissimo Chang kai
Shek had appealed to Mohandes
Gandhi and other leaders OF the
All India Congress to "end the In
dian political deadlock and fully
support the war against Japan"
CHARLESTON. S. C.--INS-Na.
val Lieut.. Franklin ID. Roosevelt,
Jr.. looked forward today to spend
ing the christmas holidays at home
after eight months aboard a naval
destroyer The son OF the Presi-
dent landed at Charleston yester.
day while the city was having its
first snow storm in seven years.
CHICAGO-INS- Vigorous oppo
sItlon TO food subsidies was voiced
today In a resolution adopted at
the closing session OF the 35th an
nual convention OF the Vegetable
rrnunra Assnciafinn OF AnnrIca