The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-10

the presidency of the United States.
Watson accepted the party's offer
at a meeting last night Of $50 sup
porters.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-INS-Funeral
arrangements were being made to-
day for John E.. Cochran, who was
the Moran" OF the blackface team
of Moran and Mack, famous as the
1.-TWO Black Crows" in the early
days of radio. Moran, who was So.
died at the jefferson Barracks Vet
Grams Hospital as the result of a
stroke which he suffered last week
while driving near the Springfield,
H., home OF his mother, Mrs. Daisy
Shelton.
RICHMOND, Cal. ms Five
negro workers persisted and eight
others were seriously burned this
morning in a fire which destroy
ed Richmond shipyard dormitory.
The fire, which broke out in the
early morning hours, swept the
building, trapping several workers.
NEW YORK-lNS- Six leaders
OF the former French Fascist youth
NOV e-uent have been condemned
TO death bv a French military tri-
bunal in Tunisia, the British ra-
do reported today. The men were
charged with forcing French boys
TO work for German occupation
forces. A seventh member of the
organization was sentenced to
three years of hard labor. The
British broadcast was recorded by
CHS.
WASHINGTON ms Presi.
dent Roosevelt directed the Sec.
retaries of War and Navy today
10 forbid any members OF Congress
to serve in the armed forces. The
President said he has taken the
action on the advice OF Attorney
General Biddle who has ruled that
such service. while persons are
members of the Senate or House,
Is unconstitutional
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-AP - The
1,000th Liberator bomber off the
modification line at the Bechtel-
McCone-Parsons Corp. plant here
will be christened today as the
"Biy Boy"-in honor of Birmlng-
ham street corner newspaper sales
man.
NEW YORK-INS-Japan, long
an advocate Of mass marriage.
sponsored the wedding OF 81 Thai
couples Friday, the Domei agency
reported today. The couples were
wed in Bangkok at the home OF
puppet Premier Luang Bipul Song
gram, with the Prince Regent Adj
tya Dhibabha and his wife looking
on.
LONDON - ms - Reconnais-
sance photographs published To-
day disclosed extensive damage
to the U-boat yards at Kiel in a
Flying Fortress and Liberator
bombing attack carried out on Jan
o. In the same attack. an i'm.
portant bolt and screw factory at
Nuess, Germany, and several air.
dromes and aircraft plants were
heavily damaged.
NEW YORK-INS- The British
radio said today that a 1000 ton
German warship was sunk in the
middle of Stettin Harbor last week
when the Raj raided that city.
Other vessels were wrecked, BIC
reported. according to CHS.
PITTSBURGH ms Produc-
ton was resumed today at the
Youngwood and Scottsdale plants
OF the Robertshaw Company after
the 2,400 CLIO steelworkers had
voted to end their walkout.
HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo. -
INS-Dillon S. Meyer. national d.
rector of the War Relocation Au.
thority, will meet in Chicago In a
few weeks with japanese evacuees
from nine relocation centers, II
was announced today.
WASHINGTON-lNS The Ru-
raj Identification Administration
disclosed today that advance pay
ments on REA loans increased
more than 100 per cent during the
fiscal year 1913. In its annual re-
port to Agriculture Secretary Wick
ard. REA stated proponents on
the principal Of outstanding loans
jumped from s5,404,OO0 to s12.-
$3.50 and that the number OF
borrowers making advance pay.
ments rose from 37s to $50.
NEW YORK-TNS-The British
radio quoted a report today that
Creek patriots. on Christmas night.
cut the Belgrade-Salonika railroad
at seven points. The L. S. Foreign
Broadcast Intelligence Service rec
orded the radio report.