The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-11
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DENVER-INS-A survey by the
National Opinion Research Center
al Denver University disclosed to-
day that a majority OF Americans
believe Russia will continue the
war after Germany's defeat and
will aid the United states against
Japan. About one fourth OF the
persons interviewed had no def
mite opinion on Russia's future war
role.
LONDON-AP-Gen. Emmanuel
D'Astier de la Vigierie, former in
terror commissioner for the French
Committee OF National Liberation.
will leave for Washington soon ito
represent France as ambassador
to the United States the Paris
radio said today.
CINCINNATI-AP- The estate
OF Fred ]. Fisher, one OF the Fish
ers brothers OF the automobile
world. appealed today from U. S.
tax court decision holding him and
his wife, Burtha NJ. Fisher, defic-
lent by $1,231,63 in 1884 income
taxes. A petition, filed in the
sixth U. S. circuit court OF appeals,
claimed that the couple had over
paid taxes that year by $36,290,
BATH, Me.-AP--A $3.50 ton de-
stroyer bearing the name OF the
late Secretary OF the Navy, Frank
Knox, will be launched at the Bath
iron works next Sunday at 225
p. m, the Navy announced today.
SACRAMENTO, Calf. -AP
Three hundred persons today were
homeless, several having narrow
ly escaped death, after a fire de-
stroyed a hotel and a warehouse,
and damaged five other business
buildings Sunday. Damage was
estimated at 100000.
LOS ANGELES --AP- More
than $4,000 autos were halted over
the week end in what officials call
ed the most extensive traffic check
ever attempted in the nation. CT.
tations were given 4,545 motorists
in II southern California counties,
principally for faulty lights and no
operators licenses. But the 900
officers checked for everything
from broken windshield wipers to
liquorish breaths.
HOLLYWOOD-AP- Plans to
make a movie based on the career
OF 1t. Gen. George S. Patton, two
gun commander of the American
Third Army, have been announced
by Producer Hunt Stromberg today
The picture will be titled blood
and Cuts. Charles Bickford will
portray the general.
WASHINGTON-AP-The ornate
chambers Of the Senate and House
have depressed Senator Andrews
(D-Fla.) for several years so he
launched a new plan today to do
something about 1t. Under his pro-
posal, the chambers would be COM
pletely renovated, to abolish mot
only these unsightly tobacco barn
rafters, but the entire morgue-like
atmosphere"
MEXICO CITY-AP- President
Manuel Avila Camacho today took
steps to relieve suffering in flood
stricken areas throughout Mexico,
particularly at Parral, Chihuahua
population 10000 where the bod
les Of As victims were reported to
have been recovered. Another 100
persons we're listed as missing.
NEW YORK-INS-Mayor F. II.
LaGuardia announced he will broad
cast his answer today to the appeal
for aid addressed to him yesterday
by the mayor Of beleaguered War
saw, capital of Poland. LaGuardia
said he would speak at p. m. EWT
over the Blue network and the
municipal radio station, WNYC.
CHUNGKING-AP - Convicted
by a court martial on charges of
neglect of duty in the fall OF Lishui,
two Chinese army battalion COM
manders, Chao Tsp-Hao and Cheun-
Shin, were executed at Yunhwo in
Chekiang Province on Sept. 6,
semi-official Chinese dispatch re.
ported today. Both we're accused
OF having fled when the Japanese
attacked, although their regimen.
tai commander remained and was
killed.
NEW YORK ms - Assistant
Secretary OF State Adolf A. Berle
had disclosed today that the U. ).
government has on file in the State
Department conclusive evidence of
the existence of Nazi murder fac
tories at Lublin, Poland and else
where. I'VE have in the State De-
partment evit ence of the murder
factories at Lublin. Poland. 1t was
one of several operated by human
butchers to accomplish the slaugli-
ter OF men, women, children and
babies" Berle said.
DODGE CITY. Kan.-INS -
Search by Army and Civil Air Pa
troll planes over Southwest Kansas