The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-08
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Continued Cold

others were nursing serious in
juries, following a blast in the hold
OF partially completed tanker at
the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company. The dead man was Leon
4 Rosen, 20, of Philadelphia. The in.
jured were Jefferson Lee. rs, Of
West Chester, and Lawrence Saw.
age, II, of Philadelphia.
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI-
NEA-INS-New Guinea's tropical
forests today are echoing to the
! cry OF timber" from the threats
OF husky American lumberjacks.
At the U. S. Air Corps sawmin
somewhere in Papua, Doughboys
are milling felled timber for
bridges. hangers. administrative
buildings and quarters. It's all
\ lumber that comes to their mill and
' precious rosewood and beautifully
figured mahogany meet the same
fate as the more common woods.
BOSTON-INS - Peace reigned
on the Boston Commons today as
word was received from Congress
, man Hamilton Fish of New York
that he would be unable to attend
the South Boston Evacuation. Day
celemonies March II. Selection OF
Fish, leading isolationist before
Pearl Harbor, as principal speak
er at the ceremonies had been
greeted with revolt" by some OF
the civic leaders planning the an
nual parade.
NEW YORK-INS- The men,
bers OF the Uniformed Firemen's
Association, to which nearly ali
members OF the fire department be-
long, today expressed their desire
10 continue " duty" by an over
y whelming vote. Vincent j. Kane.
president OF the association, re-
vealed that the firemen had voted
4,3l9 TO 2,22l in favor OF continu'
ing the wartime duty which in
wolves one extra tour OF eight hours
each week without pay.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.-INS- Joe
y E. Brown, wide-mouthed screen
comedian, was grandfather for
the first time today. A daughter
was. born to his son. Corp. Joe l..
Brown, and the latter's wife, the
former Virginia Newport, at Cedars
OF Lebanon Hospital. The child
was named Cynthia Lee.
WELLESLEY, Mass ms -
Despite her weakened condition,
Madame Chang Kai-shek today
planned to appear at rally in her
honor at Symphony Hall in Boston
tonight. Stark courage permitted
the Chinese first lady to complete
her address at Wellesley College,
her alma mater, Sunday. -
LONDON-AP-Gen. Draja Mich
ailovic, minister OF war in the Yugo-
slav government-in-exile and leader
of Yugoslav guerrillas. will continue
in both posts. the Yugoslay informa-
ton service said In statement yes
terday denying Mihailovic was with
i drawing from these key posts OF re-
sistance 70 the Axis.
INTERNATIONALLY man tnd
two women are being arraigned on
charges of violating the White
Slave act today as the result OF
what the Federal Bureau OF Invest
igation described as drive on
A vice in the nations capital" The
. women were identified by ]. Edgar
Hoover, FBI director, as operators
OF the Hopkins Institute, "a pseudo
massage parlor" in the Du Pont
Circle section OF Connecticut Ave.
They were listed as Mildred Powell
Carter, SO, and Rose Anderson, 81.
The man, George Francis White
y head, 40, who was arrested in New
York. was described as owner OF
the place.
WASHINGTON ms - Rein
statement OF an old rank-not held
since the days Of Admiral George
Dewey and the war with Spain
here was in prospect for the Unit
y ed States Navy. Sen. David l..
Walsh Cd Mass. chairman OF the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee,
proposes that the rank OF Commo-
dore be re-established as a reward
for those naval heroes in command
OF n squadron or who are in charge
OF a convoy.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tenn
cleo. Il, Ionia. Mich, high school
football star, has waived extradi-
Il. n and will be taken back to loni1
in a few days for trial on first
degree murder charge in connec-
ton with the staying OF Clara b.
johnson, war worker.
STOCKHOLM 49, UP - Reports
from Berlin today indicated that
Acknowledgement Wilhelm Marschall
has been appointed commander OF
all Axis naval forces in the Mediter-
ranean, including the italian navy.
PRINCE Franz Joseph ii. 36.
: reigning prince OF Liechtenstein,
, one of the smallest Independent
states OF Europe, and Countess
Gina Won Wilczek Of Vienna were
married Sunday at Vaduz. the cap
ital. the German radio said today.
Most OF Liechtenstein's 10000 IN
habitants massed In Vaduz to wit
nes5 the ceremonies. the broadcast