The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-31

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SIS persons, 20 of them suffering
mental ADMINISTRATIVE in Spain
today after nearly four years OF in
ternment at a German prison camp
near Vittel, France. The gr' up
complete a contingent OF 900 Brit
ish being exchanged for that many
German internees. Some 400 Brit
Ssh already are in Lisbon awaiting
departure OF the diplomatic ship
Drottningholm.
WASHlNGTON-lNS - The
War Production Board warned
today that unless manufaetur-
ers voluntarily agree to pro-
duce essential military and
= civilian paper, allotments OF
newsprint and other types OF
paper will be slashed further
during the fourth quarter be-
ginning Oct. I.
NEW YORK-AP- Twenty eight
clergymen and writer's have ap-
. pealed to the Germans mot to en-
gage in the wanton cruelty OF ro-
bot bombing or other methods OF
civilian massacre" The group.
which last March protested the OBJ
liberation bombing OF German cit
les, issued a statement yesterday
which said: Let us not dim the
hope OF future peace by deeds in
&he closing period OF the war which
will add to the load of hatred that
our generation carries."@
DETROIT-INS - Three Of
four Montgomery Ward & Com
pany retail stores In the De-
troit area were forced TO close
this morning as the result OF
b strike OF store clerks who al
Iegedly walked out In protest
against the firing Of 100 super
Visory employees. JEFF Craig,
international representative Of
the union involved-Loeai 332,
United Retail, Wholesale and
department Store Employees,
Clio, announced that "more
y than 1000 clerks and 800 super
visory employees" were out.
SARASOTA, Fla. --AP- The
Ringing Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey circus Is en- route to Akron,
Ohio, to resume. its summer tour.
The big show returned to its win
ter headquarters here for repairs
after fire swept it's main tent in
Hartford, Conn, July 6 with the
loss OF more than $50 lives.
NEW YORK -(AP)-Norman
Thomas says President Roosevelt's
policies contain mo formula for
avoiding that third world war"
= Thomas, Socialist candidate for
president. made the statement in
an open letter to Prof. Reinhold
Niebuhr. chairman OF the Union for
Democratic action.
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN
1TALY-(AP)-A bridge described
as the longest ever built by a single
<,oIlpany OF army engineers, the
one spanning vital Highway /. was
opened for traffic last midnight.
Length and location OF the bridge
cannot be given because Of military
restrictions).
MIAMI, FLA (AP)-The wealth
er bureau discovered evidence OF a
~ ropical disturbance near Nassau in
the Bahama Islands today, and
advised caution in the area. In a
1920 a. m. advisory, the Miami hur-
ricane warning station said the
disturbance was centered about IT'S
miles northeast Of Nassau and APP
entity was moving northwest.
ward at rate not yet determined.
=
~ ROME-(AP)-Pope Plus XII
granted an audience today to Baron
Ernst Won Weizsaecker, German
Ambassador to the Holy See. and
his wife. The Pontiff also received
the Most Rev. Bernard Griffin,
Archbishop OF Westminster, and
g3anted an audience to Carl J.
schoeninger Of Detroit, Command
er-in-chief OF the Veterans OF For
eign Wars.
IONDON-AP-- The death OF
one of Soviet Russia's foremost air
craft designers, Nikolai Nikolaevich
Polikarpov, was announced today
,.by the Moscow radio. He held the
Ntle of hero OF Socialist Labor and
in l943 won prize awarded by
Premier Stain for designing new
planes.
CHAMBERSBURG. Pap -
Future recreational plans for form
err Italian soldiers stationed at the
y .atterkenny Army Ordnance Depot
will be decided, Col. Jerome Cam
bre, post executive officer, has an
nounced, after new instructions are
received from the War Department.
The Italians, members OF quar-
termaster battalion at the depot
and described by the War Depart
ment as prisoners OF war with spe-
Hial status, had been making week
ssnd trips in groups OF 20 to rs to
nearby Pennsylvania communities.
U. s. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-Clear and rath-
er cool tonight. Tuesday increas-
ing cloudiness and warm.
Highest temperature yesterday,
-: lowest last night. 81.
y Highest temperature one year
ago today. IS: lowest. 81.
Highest temperature this date in
last II years, IS in 1917; lowest,
IS in 1896.
The sun sets today at $50 .. m.
and rises Tuesday at 6:25 a. m.
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