The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-03

nation reaching the International
Church Movement Ecumenical Ref
ugee Commission OF Geneva and
the the Fluchtlingshilefe of Zurich.
WASHINGTON Inns The
National Association Of Man.
ufaeturers said today that
Washington officials have ad-
mitted existence Of secret trade
agreements between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain.
The NAM weekly news bulie-
tin declares the combined pro-
duetlon and resources board,
composed OF representatives OF
the v. S., Britain and Cana
da, has created export zones
for Britain, Canada, other
British possessions and the
United States for several In
dustrles."
WASHINGTON-AP- Although
Congress officially is in recess only
until August /, it's leaders were
reported today by House Hajority
Whip Ramspeck (D-Ga.) to have
decided that major legislative work
would not be resumed until after
Labor Day, Sept. 4.
WASHINGTON - AP 49, Certifi-
Gates for purchase OF new CONNER
cial motor vehicles will be issued
by the Office of Defense Transpor-
tation starting July under the new
program which puts rationing Of all
equipment OF this type under ODT
Motor vehicles in the rationing pro,
gram include trucks, truck trac-
tors and trailers but not taxicabs
and integral type buses. Applica.
tions are to be filed through dis
trict ODT offices.
NEW YORK-AP-High winds
and flood tide caused the munich
pal ferryboat Mary Murray to crash
into piling at the South Ferry Slip
last night, injuring 20 OF the 1000
passengers aboard. Four persons
were hospitalized for observation
and the others were given first aid
by doctors and nurses called to the
ferry landing from four hospitals.
LONDON --AP- The German
transocean news agency declared
today in a Berlin broadcast that
a security belt" two miles wide
was being established along the
Italian side Of the Swiss frontier
and that all civilians would be
banned from the area. All non
military traffic will be prohibited
in the zone, the broadcast said.
ROME-AP- The flag that flew
over the United States Capitol in
Washington on Dec. 8, 1941 when
war was declared against Japan
and on Dec. II OF the same year
when war was declared with Ger
many will be raised in Rome on
July 4, it was announced today.
WASHINGTON -AP- Two air
men who died in an effort to land
a bomber while trying to save the
injured pilot have been awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor,
the nations highest military hon
or. The War Department, in an
nouncing the awards last night,
said the medals had been rfer-
red upon Second Lieut.. Walter E.
Truemper, Aurora, Ill and Sgt.
Archibald Mathies, Finleyville, Pa.
WASHINGTON-AP- Asserting
that war material quotas are falling
behind schedule. the Army has
asked the War Production Board to
exert more vigorous" efforts to
step up the manufacture of weap-
ons. THE materials in production
today" the War Department said in
a week end statement, ARE re-
quired to meet expenditures on the
battlefront. Failures now to meet
schedules mean delays in military
operations which may be costly in
loss Of lives and in prolonging the
struggle"
SAN DIEGO, Calif-AP- In an
unprecedented mercy rescue. a
Navy blimp landed in the treacher-
Gus sand hills Of the Imperial Val
ley desert, 20 miles northwest Of
Yuma, Ariz., to pick up a Navy flier
who had parachuted from his plane
late Saturday. Despite the attempt,
the pilot, whose name was withheld.
was dead when reached by the res.
cue party yesterday.
BOSTON-AP-A SAVAGE street
melee that kept Boston's Negro dis.
trict in a turmoil for three hours
had its aftermath in court today
with the arraignment Of 20 negro
soldiers and sailors. Eight of the
seryicemen were charged with car
rying knives, and the others with
disorderly conduct at a court hear
ing scheduled for later in the day.
LM-AP-Danish pat.
riots continued their general strike
in Copenhagen this morning despite
an appeal by the German-controlled
Danish radio for a return to work,
the Free Danish Press Service said
today. Reports received by the news
agency through underground chan.
nels said the Germans had closed in
last night on a Danish student
house near the University OF Co
penhagen and arrested several
score students.
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