The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-14

Glane was raxeo aIIeT dlIHOSt
all Of the people had been shot
or burned to death.
LOS ANGELES AP-Rev. Glenn
Smiley, a Methodist minister. has
been sentenced to three years in
, Federal Prison on his plea Of guilty
! TO charges OF refusal 10 report TO
conscientious directors camp.
The government charged that Smi-
ley, area secretary OF the Fellow
ship OF Reconciliation, refused draft
exemption as a minister, asked Tor
classification as a conscientious OBJ
iector and then refused TO go TO
j. camp. Several other ministers test
flied for him yesterday.
Topeka, Kansas AP-A. B.
Mitchell. attorney general OF Kan
sas, has ruled that Kansas men
and women in military service need
not register TO vote in this years
elections IL their duty with the
: armed forces has prevented COM
plance with registration laws. Nit
chell wrote in an opinion yesterday
that registration statutes must be
reasonable in their requirements.
LONDON-AP- This was "Bas-
tile Day" in France, and in some
- sections OF that country the trl-
= color fluttered as proudly as it did
before the Nazi conquest. In the
liberated portions of Norway, the
French held their first independ-
ence day observance in four years
entirely free OF German surVeil-
lance.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP- Japa-
> nese-Americans in segregation cen
tiers, conducted the Fifth War Loan
Drive like typical Americans, Rob
ert B. Cozzens, assistant director
OF the War Relocation Authority,
reported today. He said the CEN
ters were given no quota due to
their limited resources Salaries
\ are $12, SIG, and $40 month"; but
the camps set their own quotas
and usually reached the figure.
WASHINGTON-AP- 1t. Gen.
William S. Knudsen. former Gem
eral Motors president who has
been the Army's Notwithstanding
production boss, is reported head
ed for a new assignment. Accord
ing to plans under preparation by
the air staff, Knudsen would be
placed in charge of both procure
ment and service functions OF the
Army Air Forces as kind OF gen.
eral manager, probably with mead
quarters in Dayton, 0.
MIAMI, BEACH, Fla.-INS-The
Duke and Duches. OF windsor rest
ed briefly in Miami today before
heading north to New York and
Washington.
CHICAGO-INS-Union leaders
today appealed TO 5000 strikers Ill
10 plants of the American Can Co.
and Continental Can Co. to return
TO work pending an orderly settle
ment OF their dispute. All 10
plants, engaged in war work were
shut down.
NEW YORK-INS- Dissolution
of the New York Worlds Fair OF
1910. Inc, was asked in documents
!! on Ale today in Queens Supreme
Court, showing a balance OF &c.,
Oe9,764 due its principal stock
holders in addition to $439,70O III
unpaid interest. The papers list
ed 1875 holders Of debentures with
a face value of S26S43,700 who 50
far have received sS,213,636 OF that
principal.
BOSTON-INS- Rescue crews
plodded on foot through the dense
woods north OF Rangelev Lake,
Maine. today TO reach BIZ heavy
bomber forced down with a crew OF
ten officers and men. The big ship
had been missing since Wednes-
day when Il took off from Grenier
Field, Manchester, n. H., for Ban
Ror, Me-, on a routine hight
Searching aircraft spotted the
plane Thursday and rescue parties
were Immediately dispatched -
the scene. Fate OF the ten men
aboard the plane was not known.
NEW YORK-INS- Equipment
1. for construction OF two short wave
broadcasting stations, twice as pow
erful as any existing American
facilities has been purchased by
the OWL the Federal Telephone
a Radio Corp. Newark, disclosed
today. The transmitters will be
located on the West Coast and will
assure reception OF American broad
casts from India to Siberia. 1t was
said. Each station will have three
separate transmitters. one of 200
kilowatts and two OF so kilowatts.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-AP-The
War Department announced today
that 1t. Gen. Ben Lear has been
assigned to command of the Army
! ground forces. relieving 1t. Gen.
Lesley ]. McNair who has been
given IAN important overseas as
signment'.
U. s. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-Faira and warm
err tonight and Saturday.
Highest temperature yesterday
rs; lowest last night, 81.
Highest temperature one year
ago today, IS; lowest. sc.
Highest temperature this date IN
last II years, l04 in 1896; lowest,
81 in 1884.
The sun sets today at 9:06 D. m.
and riaea Saturday ~ e.1O y,