The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-10-18


Forsythe has filed a divorce suit
against movie producer Ben Earl
Bogeaus. She asks custody OF their
son, Geoffrey, three. They married
in Newport, KY. in February, 1889.
NORTH STONINGTON. Conn.,
INS-A hornet sting on her finger
received Is years ago was listed
as the cause of death today of Miss
Gladys E. Chapman. 32. A fatal
blastomycetrlc fungus, rare in New
England. carried by the hornet was
blamed for the fatality.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Unit
ed States will be represented at the
international civil aviation confer
ence at Chicago Nov. / by a 10
member delegation which will in.
clude Mayor F. II. LaGuardia of
New York and Nancy Harkness
Love of Boston, noted woman flier,
American Aviation Daily, an indus
try newsletter, reported today.
WASHINGTON-AP - Civilian
goods production has been authoriz-
ed in more than 750 plants under
the spot authorization" plan, War
Production Board officials estimat-
ed today, with new applications
arriving at a rate of about 500 a
week.
SPRINGFIELD, -ll.-AP - BY
order OF Earl T. Amrine. district
manager for the Office of Defense
Transportation, taXicab service in
Illinois capital city will be sus.
pended at 6 a. m. tomorrow. Amrine
said the order, freezing all but three
of the approximate 60 cabs operat-
ed by three cab companies serving
this city of $4,000. is the result of
continuous violation of 0DT regu-
lations" by the cab drivers.
LONDON-AP- Deputy Prime
Minister Clement Attlee disclosed
in Commons today that British i'm
perial forces, including those of
the Dominions and other overseas
personnel, had suffered 103,S42
casualties from the opening of the
western Europe campaign to the
end OF August. OF this total, he
said, 20,795 were killed; 63,193
were wounded; and 1884 were
taken prisoner or listed missing.
VATICAN CITY-AP - Diego
Won Bergen, former German ambas-
sador TO the Holy See, died at
Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct. 7, ac-
cording to information reaching the
Vatican.
NEW YORK-AP-The German
DNB agency said today that Maj.
Gen. Bogislav Count Won Schwerin,
who commanded a division in Esto-
MIA, had died hero's death. The
dispatch was reported by the Fed.
eral Communications Commission.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Civil
Service Commission will make
survey on the number OF 'teen-age
girls employed by the government
and the kind OF work they are do
ing to aid civic groups planning
steps to protect them from a big
city's pitfalls.
WASHINGTON-AP- President
Roosevelt in a nationwide radio ap-
peal on behalf OF War Fund drives
said last night that larger contribu-
tions to Community War Funds
represent democracy at its best"
and demonstrate there Is no let
down in the nations unity.
LONDON-AP - Britain's chill
dren will receive a special Christ
mas ration of a half pound of
sweets apiece. Food Minister John
J. Llewellin said today.
MOSCOW-AP- Polish Premier
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and Foreign
Minister Tadeusz Romer conferred
with U. s. Ambassador w. Averell
Hartman today to acquaint him
with the latest position of the Pol
ish government-in-exile.
WASHINGTON-INS-The Sen.
ate campaign expenditures commit.
tee was called into session today TO
decide whether 1t shall hold formal
hearings on the Battle Of the
Statler" as a new episode In the
now famous incident was brought
to light. The Washington Times
Herald In a copyrighted story said
that shortly before the fight In
which two naval officers fought 1t
out with members OF the AFL
Teamsters Union who questioned
their political beliefs. a Marine ma
jor was approached and showed
around by the same or similar
group" who demanded to know his
voting intentions.
ALLEGAN, ich.-AP-Pending
the return to the city OF Acting Pro
secutor Harry Pell, Mrs. Mabelle
Waite, a., Is being held on an open
charge in connection with the dis
appearance OF the infant son of
Mrs. Dolores Velting. her 22-year-
old neighbo-. Husbands OF both
women are I'm the armed forces.
u. 8. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy
tonight and Thursday. Cooler
north and Central portions tonight,
and entire state Thursday. Fresh