The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-24


ial required to make the decision
effective" caused the decision to
lapse, an Ankara dispatch to the
:. London Daily Express reported to-
May.
NEW YORK-INS-German Pro-
pagandists did a reverse spin to-
day and came Up with denial OF
their own reports that Pope Plus
XII. has been iii. Disregarding
y earlier broadcasts by the heavily
censored vichy radio telling OF the
illness, the DNB agency suddenly
declared that reports spread by
foreign radio stations about the
alleged sickness of the Pope are
without any foundation
NEW YORK-INS-The Goth an
nual Columbia University Schol-
astic Press Association convention
went into its second day today
with $500 student j. urnalists from
% states and Canada. The meet
ing is the third largest in the 20
years in which they have been
held and has drawn entries to the
scholastic press contest from 500
publications in 43 states, Alaska,
Canada and Hawaii.
HOLLYWOOD-INS - Funeral
services will be held this after
noon for Myron Selznick, As, who
succumbed of internal hemorrhages
in Santa Monica Hospital early
|SThursday. Brother Of Producer
David Selznick, Myron for more
than Is years was agent for many
of Hollywood's greatest motion
picture stars, including Fred AS
taire, Katharine Hepburn. Kay
Francis, Ginger Rogers and many
others.
SANTA ROSA. Cal.-INS-Allen
B. Lembke faced life imprisonment
today after he was found guilty Of
beating to death three year old
LAM Maurine Summers. Superior
Judge Donald Geary, who heard
the trial without q jury, held that
the evidence did not warrant the
death penalty.
HOLLYWOOD-IN Baby
Shocks" is a grandmother. The
daughter of Coincidence Fanny
Brice, Mrs. Ray Stark, became the
mother OF en eight-pound son at
Cedars OF Lebanon Hospital yester-
day. The father. a former Holly
wood press agent, is a Navy voc
nan.
HOLLYWOOD-INS Dennis
Day. &c. curly-haired tenor OF Jack
Bennys radio program, will report
to the Navy for active duty as
deck officer April 10. Day, whose
real name is Eugc lie Denis McNul-
ty, was sworn in yesterday as an
ensign.
SANTA MONICA. Cal-INS -
Jim Jordan, "Fibber" of the come
dy team OF Fibber MCGEE and
Molly. was in Santa Monica Hos
pital today suffering from pneu-
monia. Doctors described his con-
dition as serious but not critical.
ELKHART, Ind.-INS-Already
sentenced to two to, IA years in
prison on a morals charge, Cleo
Fred Davis, 50. Elkhart Y.MC.A.
building custodian, today faced an
other probable trial, this time
on a charge of murder. Prosecu-
kor d. r. Bontrager said a con-
fession. signed after three days OF
denlals, described in detail the
drowning OF Harlan Elliott, I6, in
the "Y' pool last Sunday.
KENOSHA, Wis.-INS- Wen
dell L. Willkie ridiculed today
the argument of supporters of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey OF New York
that the latter's experience as chief
executive in the eastern state
qualities him as a candidate for
the presidency. Willkie Is tour
ing Wisconsin seeking victory for
the "a delegate candidates pledged
10 him In the April 4 primary to
name delegates to the Republican
convention.
PITTSBURGH-INS Service
on the Pennsylvania Greyhound
Bus Lines out OF Pittsburgh was
resumed at . a. m. today-just one
week to the j our from the time
AFL drivers and maintenance men
walked out in protest against the
discharge of two of their members.
NEW YORK-INS- With the
prayer OF a 16-year-old girl that
he ship prove worthy of her faith
er who died in the fight ito
achieve a victorious peace" for the
Knitted States, the destroyer USS
Harry E. Hubbard was launched
oday at tie Bethlehem Steel Com
bany's Staten Island yard. Jean
Hubbard, Maryland Ave. Anna
bolis, Md, sponsored the warship
banned in memory OF her father,
he late Commander Harry Ensor
Hubbard. USN. who was killed
pct. is. 1872. when his destroyer.
he USS 'eredith was sunk of
juadaleanal by Jap planes.
PALM BEACH, Fla ms -
Jules Semon Bache. SO. fnancler.
known internationally for his ten
million dollar art collection. died
Il his winter home in Palm Beach f,