The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-26

carrying New York for the COP
next fall, it was learned today.
CHICAGO-AP- The Rev. Ger
aid l.. X. Smith, leader OF the
America First party, and about
1000 followers paraded through
the Stevens Hotel lobby and into
the grand ball room yesterday
where Smith made a speech crit
icizing the Governor Thomas E.
Dewey as "a city slicker". Smith
said he had been denied use OF the
ball room and so I'VE took this
place by force"
SEATTLE -AP- Two Navy
fighter planes collided in the air
and crashed into the sea yesterday
13 miles off Astoria. Ore, 18th Ma
val District Headquarters announc-
ed today. one Of the pilots was
able to get into his life raft and
was picked up by a Navy ply
plane, Pilots of the other plane
went down with his ship Both
planes were from the Astoria Navy
Air Base. Names were withheld.
PITTSBURGH -AP-- Rehabili-
tation efforts. spearheaded by the
Red Cross, continued today among
thousands made homeless in Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and Mary
land by devastating tornado
" hich took a toll OF at least lac
lives and injured more than l.
600 Friday night. First official es-
innate OF property damage, mean
while. was made known today by
Jerry Wakefield, assistant nation.
al building advisor for the Red
Cross, who said at Clarksburg, W.
Va; about 100000 would be a
conservative estimate"
DENVER-lNS-An 1S,year-old
Denver girl was dead and seven
injuries today as the result OF
roller-coaster accident at an amuse-
ment park outside Denver. Bonnie
Farrie Hicks was killed instantly
when she was thrown head first
from the speeding coaster car as IL
went out of control while rounding
a sharp u turn. The other seven
were injured when the car crash
ed into a waiting car at the load
ing platform.
CHARACTERISTIC election OF
Andrew ]. Dallstream OF Chicago
and William d. Hart OF Lisbon, O..
as directors of the Celotex Corp. or
Chicago, was announced today by
President Bror DaLlberg.
Observation-Disclosures by
Donald NJ. Nelson, head OF the
War Production Board, for
months resumption of liquor manu-.
facture for civilian consumption Is
likely to result in production Of
only 100000 gallons OF spirits, It
was declared today.
CASPER, Wyo.-INS- Officials
at the Casper Army Air Base to-
day investigated the cause OF the
crash of a B-24 bomber in which
one man was killed and nine 9TH
ers were injured. The flyer kill
ed was Corp. Robert o. Brooks OF
Spectator, n. Y.
ROME-INS-Th body OF Pope
Plus Y who is said to have griev-
ed TO death in 1914 over the first
World War was exposed to public
veneration' today. The body was
exhumed and clothed in the robes
OF the present Pope before being
placed in state. The present Pom
tiff. Plus XII, is expected to pay
homage TO his predecessor on
Wednesday before the body is re-
buried in the CHI; pei at st. Peters
LONDON-INS - The German
high command resumed its day
light robot-bomb attacks against
southern England today. taking ad-
vantage OF adverse flying weather
TO step up its terror raids against
the British Isles.
ITHACA. y. Y.-INS- Election
OF Matthew Carey. Detroit banker,
as president of the Cornell Uni
versity Alumni Fund was announc-
L II n
Detroit, was elected vice presi-
dent.
WASHINGTON ms - Ger
many's Wanted robot planes" are
neither new nor secret. The once
OF War Information disclosed today
that specifications for at least two
self-propelled aerial torpedoes. IN
cented by Americans at the time
OF the last war. may be purchased
from the L. S. Patent Office for
10 cents.
ROME-AP-Charles W. Law.
renee. commander of the American
Flying Fortress Wing which inau-
gurated shutting bombing between
Italian and Russian bases, has been
appointed to the rank OF brigadier
general, 1t was announced today.
LONDON-INS - The London
News Review today published list
of alleged German atrocities
agains. forces in Normandy. The
publication charged that paratroop-
ers were strangled to death with
their own chute cords and that
their throats were slit. Reports
OF atrocities have been prevalent
for several days but this is the
first time the censors have permit