The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-15


hearing in Washington.
oNDON-INS-Gen. Char.
les de Gaulle has accepted an
invitation from Premier Mar
shall Joseph Stain to visit Mos
COW. a Reuter- dispatch from
Paris said today.
NEW YORK-INS - Gestapo
agents executed the leader of the
Catholic Christ the King Society
in Meitingen, according to the
Swiss newspaper Basler Nachrich-
ten, which Owl today quoted as
saying that the Catholic layman,
a DR.. Metzger, was put to death
at the Dachau concentration camp
where he had been imprisoned
since 1910.
ARIS-lNS-Henri Bonnet,
secretary-oeneraI Of lnforma-
sion In the former French exile
government at Algiers, today
was named ambassador to the
United States. His appoint
ment, however, has not yet
been announced officially.
NEW YORK-UP-The desire of
British wives to get their husbands.
home on baby furlcughs" may
spread to the United States II the
war lasts beyond this car, d. Ken
meth Rose predicted today. but he
doubted the ACCESSIBILITY OF such a
plan from the standpoint of plan
NED parenthood".
GOLDEN, Colo.-AP-A scared
human skeleton found Tuesday in
a strawstack near Golden present.
ed Jefferson Comfy officers with
their third unexplained death In
post norton by Coroner o. A..
Saunders. District Attorney Martin
&. Molholm disclosed that a bullet
wound was found in a portion OF
the flesh and bones left by the
flames. Saunders said he believed
the bullet had pierced the heart.
GEN. MacARTHUR,S HEAD
QUARTERS, Leyte-AP- Frank
Prist, Acme newsphoto photograph
er on assignment with the wartime
still photo pool, was shot through
the head and killed by a Japanese
sniper during heavy fighting in
the Ormoc sector. He was the
fourth war correspondent TO be kill
ed since the start of the Philippines
invasion.
can FRANCISCO-AP - Com
transmission OF news between the
Philippines and the United States
were reestablished today for the
first time in nearly three years,
PARIS-AP- The French gov
eminent has ordered the arrest OF
the Count of Paris, pretender to
the non-existent throne OF France,
reported to have been wounded at
Perpignan after crossing the Span
ish frontier into Southern France.
Thus the government adhered to
an old law which prohibits pretend
ers TO the throne from residing on
French territory, and created an
other problem in the aspirations of
the 36-year old Henri de Guise.
NEW YORK-AP- Army Air
Corps Col. Elliott Roosevelt, ex-
pressing no surprise at the re-
election of his father to the presi-
dency. arrived by air Tuesday
night from overseas to set at rest
fears that his plane was overdue.
WASHINGTON-AP-An appeal
by President Roosevelt for action
O.. the 1921 100000 st. Lawrence
Seaway project gave a fresh lift
today to attempts to get the neces-
sary legislation through Congress
at this session. A Senate subcom-
mittee arranged to meet today in
executive session. for preliminary
consideration OF whether the pro-
ject requires a formal treaty with
Canada. The President told a
news conference Tuesday he be-
lieves 1t could be carried out either
by treaty or by legislation.
LONDON UP - Norwegian
sources said today the Germans
were expected TO maintain an army
OF close to 100000 men in Nor.
way throughout the winter and that
any reports OF wholesale evacua.
tion OF German forces from Nor.
way were wholly unfounded.