The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-14


Chief Donald NJ. Nelson appealed
to foundries and forge shops today
for increased production TO meet
the imperative needs Of the fighting
fronts" Commanders IN every war
theater are asking for more heavy
trucks and artillery, the War Pro-
duction Board chairman said.
WASHINGTON-AP- Fuel oil
rations will be withheld from any
one who destroys coal or wood
burning equipment or who sells or
gives 1t away to obtain ration
stamps. the Office or Price Admin
istration said today.
WASHINGTON AP-The VA
Department has disclosed that on
August / there were 226,4l6 Axis
prisoners OF war in the United
States. Most OF them are working,
the department said, in occupations
ranging from farming to logging.
LONDON-AP-Prime Minister
Churchill, whose arrival in Italy
was disclosed last Friday, has con-
ferred in Rome with the Yugoslav
partisan leader. Marshal Tito, and
other Allied leaders, the United Ma
tions radio In Algiers said last
night.
WASHHINGTON-AP-The pet
roleum industry says 1t has deyel-
oped 1.-The worlds finest flying fuel"
and Is ready to start II flowing
whenever military strategy allows.
The industry's war council. telling
OF the new fuel, said 1t was de.
signed to draw from the futuristic
B-32 bombers, lethal B-29 superfort-
resses and the most modern fighter
escort planes their originally in
tended maximums In sustained
speed, short take-offs, combat radi.
US and load-carrying capabilities. :"
NEW YORK -AP-Fire Marshal
Thomas Z. Brophy says a 15-minute
delay by park employees in sounding
an alarm allowed destructive
spread OF the flames which swept
Coney Islands Luna Park play
land on Saturday. Brophy said he
would question today the employees
he declared had wasted time trying
TO extinguish the blaze in a wash
room before turning in the drive of
five alarms.
MlLWAUKEE-AP-A campaign
in which there were few issues but
an abundance OF candidates came
to close today as Wisconsin voters
prepared TO go to the polls tomor-
row in a primary election slated
five weeks earlier than usual.
CINCINNATI, Ohio --AP- 1t.
Gen. Ben Lear, commander of Army
ground forces, said today that
much OF the Army now in Europe
may return home via the Suez Can
al and Tokyo, after years Of abb
sence." Lear expressed this view in
an address prepared for the annual
encampment OF the United Spanish
War Veterans in connection with
an assertion that "a great many
men will be needed for the decisive
operations in the Pacific to carry
through the final assault against
the Japs."
SUPERIOR, wilkins Miss
Marion Crowley, niece of Foreign
Economic Administrator Leo T..
Crowley. will christen the u. 8. s..
Kenosha in the Walter Butler ship
yards, Superior, Aug. rs, 1t was an.
nounced today.
NEW YORK-INS-The third ma
jor fire in the New York metropoii-
tan area within three days left Pal
isades Amusement Park mostly in
ruins today as more than 100 per-
sons nursed injuries, rs OF them SER
iously hurt. Three-quarters of the
amusement park, situated across
the Hudson River from Upper Man
haitian, lay In ruins and the finan-
cial loss was estimated at between
a half and three-quarters OF a nil
lion dollars, besides 100 or more
automobiles destroyed. A Hoboken
pier in the Hudson burned Friday
and half OF Luna Park at Coney
Island was swept by a blaze Satur-
day.
MELBOURNE, Australia --AP-
Comedian Bob Hope, Songstress
Frances Langford and other mem
bers of a party touring Southwest
Pacific battle stations escaped in
jury today when their plane was
forced down at northern Newcastle,
Australia. Details OF the incident
were lacking.
WASHINGTON --INS-Sen. Tom
Stewart (D) Tenn, disclosed to-
day that plans are underway to
give veterans the first chance"
when an estimated 100 billion dol
lars In surplus government war
materials is disposed OF. Stewart
said other members of the Senate
Surplus War Priority Subcommit-
tee, OF which he is chairman, were
agreed. that something concrete
should be done for those veterans
who returned home and probably
found their business completely
gone"
PHILADELPHIA ms - Four
Philadelphia transportation COM
pany employees, who failed to obey
the army's order to return to work
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