The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-14

University Of Chicago professor of
economics, to make the race for
congressman-at-large from Illinois.
CHARACTERISTIC third mem
Der OF trio OF gunner accused
of robbing Miss Sunny Ainsworth.
u seventh ex.wife OF Tommy Man
vine, asbestos heir, during series
OF hotel holdups. was questioned
today in a number Of recent crimes.
Police said the prisoner. John Gel
enius. 20, bartender, already had
confessed kidnapping. and the hotel
robberies. including that OF Miss
,~nsworth The latter identified
HIM as one of the three men who
robbed her Of ring and a diamond
studded watch as she returned to
the Sherone Hotel where she
lived.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa ms -
>1he Regional War Labor Board
LkT cked down today on 900 EN-.
ployes OF the Yale and Towne Man
ufacturing Company who caused
tTo-day work stoppage last No
vember by declaring they were too
I'll to work" The board, in adiu-
dicating issues between the com.
pany and local l717 of the lnterna-
kAonal Association of Machinists.
limited its maintenance of
membership rights only to those
who signify in writing their will
ingness to remain in the union. and
denied top seniority privileges to
union officers and committeeman.
PHILADELPHIA INS-Railroad
kfffcials investigated an accident
<6day which took the lives OF an en-
| gineer and his fireman yesterday
when a 90-car Pennsylvania Rail-
road train .plowed into the rear OF
motionless train.
Los ANGELES-INS-The man
Whose movie comedies brought
m fame, fortune and four wives
IBritish screen comic Charles Chap
lin-was scheduled to walk into
the, u. S. marshars office today
10 be booked on four~charges Of
Mann Act violations and conspir-
acy. He was indicted on the
charges by the federal grand Jury
last Thursday.
WASHINGTON-UP-The Army
has released materials and facili-
ties for manufacture OF large guam
titles of ammunition for civilians.
chiefly for use in protection of
livestock and crops from predatory
animals and to some extent in the
Soming hunting season, it was
armed today.
WASHINGTON - UP The
House was expected to adjourn
without conducting business today
out OF respect for it's member,
Rep. Leonard W. Schuetz, Demo-
crat from the eighth congressional
district OF Illinois. who died last
We ht at the age Of Sc.
CHUNGKING-UP-Lt. Gen. Jo-
seph w. Stilwell called today for
an immediate and continuing in
crease in supplies flown into China
and promised that they would be
used to support the United States
8Navy's trans-Pacific drive to gain
hinese mainland bases for the fin
al defeat Of Japan,
SAN FRANCISCO-UP-Imme-
date establishment of trade ties
with Russia, China and other trans
Pacific countries without waiting
for any postwar golden age" was
advocated by Wendell Willkie Sun
day night
TRANSIT CAMP, Alexandria
area, Feb. 14-UP-Hundreds Of
thousands of Russians have died
OF starvation, Typhus and other
epidemics during two years in Ger
man prison camps. Five escaped
Gussian war prisoners said today.
1he men. who were sent to Italy
so days before Premier Benito
Mussolinis deposal, escaped dur
ing the armistice confusion and
reached American lines near Caser-
ia after wandering on the noun
tains for IS days.
ALGIERS-INS-Another Allied
hospital in the Anzio beachhead
area has been bombed by German
planes. a headquarters announce
ment disclosed today. when Nazi
aircraft swept over the beachhead
Saturday T ght. bombs fell on a.
hospital, causing a number of cas-
ualties, the announcement declared.
CHICAGO-INS-Col Francis V.
Keesling, Jr., OF National Selective
Service Headquarters, charged to-
day that improper handling of la.
Dor by private employers and not
the draft is largely to blame for
the tightening manpower situa-
tion. Keesling sroke before a con-
Ference OF food professors and
Gamers who face acute seasonal
as well as continuing labor prob
lens.
BOSTON-INS-- Earl Browder.
general secretary OF the Communist
party OF the United States. today
Endorsed President Roosevelt for
fourth term. Browder also called
Tor a uniting of all political par
ties so the Presidents reelection
will be assured withou; the necessi-
ty OF a campaign.