The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-09-18


Titanic in 1912, and the late Mrs.
Madeline Force Astor Dick Fier-
monte.
LONDON-AP- Gertpude Law
renee, the actress, was rescued
from sinking motor raft while
crossing the Seine River in France.
the Department Of National Ser
vice entertainment reported today.
Amphibious trucks escorting Miss
Lawrence and her group OF enter
tainers saved all hands.
LONDON-AP-The Marquis of
Harrington, 26, husband of the for
mer Kathleen Kennedy, daughter
OF former U. s. Ambassador Joseph
p. Kennedy. was killed in action
in France Sept. 10. They weres
married last spring.
CINCINNATI -AP- Ray Ed
mundson of Springfield, ILL.,, lead
er Of the beaten autonomy move
rhent in the United Mine Workers
OF America, was ruled off the bal
lot today as a candidate for Pres
ident John l.. Lewis job. Lewis
himself made the ruling in con-
vention and was sustained by the
delegates.
NEW YORK-AP-A spokesman
for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in
a broadcast to the people OF west
ern and southwestern Germany to-
day said that an Allied military
government had been set up in oc-
cupied territory OF the Reich and
would begin the job Of destroying
Nazism.
LAPEER, Mich.-AP-- Seventy
trainer and small passenger
planes. a majority of which for.
merly were army craft. were auc
toned off here yesterday in Mich
igan's first public auction of used
airplanes.
ROME-AP-An angered Italian
mob dragged the former Roman
Jail director, DR.. Donate Carretta,
from courtroom today and beat
him to death in the waters OF the
Tiber. Mobsters strung his body
feet.first from a window in the
prison from which, the prosecution
declared, he had turned so host
ages over to the Germans.
BEVERLY HILLS. Calf. .-AP-
1t. Jay Gould III of New York,
"a year old army flier grandson OF
the late financier, was married yes
terday to Jennifer Beryl Bruce, l9,
daughter Of film actor Nigel Bruce.
SEATTLE --AP-- The state
council of cannery unions (AFL),
representing 5000 workers in 20
western washington canneries, has
called for immediate stoppage in
all plants effective Sept. 20, Os-
car Williams, council secretary.
announced yesterday.
OKLAHOMA CITY -AP- Five
thousand pints OF liquor gurgled
down the sewer yesterday as Sher-
if George Golf completed the four
part task of destroying $4,000 pints
of confiscated whiskey.
WASHINGTON AP - More
than 10 times as many school buses
have been released so far this year
as in all OF 1912 and 1913, the
Office OF Defense Transportation
announced today. AS OF Sept. 3,
4S67 busses had been made avail
able to transport pupils. This COM
pared with 437 released in the TWO
preceding years.
WASHINGTON-AP- Chairman
McCarran (D-Nev.) called the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee together
today TO consider a subcommittee
report endorsing a bill TO EXEMPT
insurance companies from the fed
eral antitrust laws.
NEW YORK-AP-A Yugoslav
broadcast declared today that the
Partisan forces Of Marshal Tito had
captured the son of Gen. DraJa
Mihailovic, whom Tito repeatedly
has nccused OF collaborating with
the Germans. The younger Mihai-
lovic was captured in the Serbian
town OF valjevo where he had been
Giving under German protection
said the broadcast which was re-
ported by'U. S. Government moni.
tors.