The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-16
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Cloudy. Warmer
AMES, Iowa - INS-Appro1i-
mately one-fourth OF all the butter
produced in the United States this
year must be set aside Tor direct
= war use. Iowa dairymen were told
today. Speaking before the Dairy
War Conference at Ames, Tom q.
Stitts, chief OF the dairy and poul-
try branch OF the War Food Admin
istration. also enumerated other
prospective "setasides" TO meet L.
S. Military requirements during
1914.
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CHICAGO ms Chairmen OF
Henry j. Kaiser for President clubs
will meet in Chicago April and
s TO mobilize support behind the
West Coast shipbuilder as 1914
Republican presidential candidate.
Vandorf Gray. general chairman OF
the movement. said today that
= chairmen. already have. been named
i'm "a Illinois districts and that more
Will DC dppOlHleu'
NEW Distribute
OF the avowed anti-Nazi German
language monthly magazine, THE
German-American" 10 prisoners OF
war in this country has been ap-
approved by the Army, it was dis
closed today by editors OF the pub
LEGATION.
WASHINGTON-INS-Sen Muir
ray (D) Mont, warned today a
serious drought which may equal
the disastrous Dust Bowl" area OF
A, the early l930s-threatens the
y Great Plains states this year. Re:
ports by the Agriculture Depart
ment as OF Feb. / reveal an alarm
ing scarcity OF moisture in the Mis-
souri,, Platte, and Arkansas River
watersheds Murray asserted.
WASHINGTON-INS-The War
i, Production Board appeared likely
, today to get the jump on its rival
postwar planners by establishing
a special "reconvers!on" commit
tee to handle current war contract
Examinations and cutbacks. Off
cials in the agency. 1t was learned,
are giving consideration to the
creation OF working subcommit-
\, tee OF WPB's production executive
y committee to work on contract ter
mination and develop reconyersion
plans.
STOCKHOLM-AP- The Ger
man commander in northern Fin
land was reported today to have
urged Adolf Hitler to recall his
. troops to avert their. entrapment by
= a ssian-Finnish peace, direct ne
sotiations for which now appear
TO be under way. A German source
said the request had been relayed
10 Berlin by Col. Gen. Edward Dietl
and asserted there were indications
that number of transport officers,
essential for any large-scale move
\ rent, already had been assigned to
Dietl's command.
WASHINGTON-A &C
tion on legislation to continue the
Commodity Credit Corporation
tCCC) and to repeal food subsi-
dies, was delayed today by fail
ure OF House and Senate conferees
j.. to agree on the bills wording.
WASHINGTON-AP- Limited
civilian mail service between the
now occupied by United Nations
forces was resumed today The
Post Office Department announced
letters and postcards would be
accepted in this country for deliv-
cry to Sicily, Sardinia and the tia
liam provinces of Bari, Brindisi,
Cantanzaro, Cosenza. Lecce, Ma
terra, PotenZa, Reggio, Calabria,
Sslerno and laramie.
INTERNATIONALLY strong
bipartisan group in the House
s. prepared to push to vote today
legislation designed to assure the
nation a continuing supply of do
mestically produced synthetic mo-
t, fuel and aviation gasoline. With
Interior Department officials as
sorting that known petroleum re-
serves in the United States are suf-
fcient for not more than IA years
at the current rate OF usage. the
House started action to meet the
problem before 1t became acute.
WEST PALM BEACH-lNS -
Lieut.. Charles A. Mum, Jr.. OF
the socially prominent Philadel-
phia family, is seeking divorce
from his beautiful actress wife.
: known on the stage as Louise STAN
ley. 1t was disclosed today in Palm
Beach County court records. Lieut.
Mum, now on active duty with
the L. S. Navy. charged his 30-year
old wife with extreme cruelty"
and asserted she possessed "vio-
lent and ungovernable temper.
4 LONDON - ms - Count Folke
Bernadotte, vice president of the
International Red Cross. was re-
portedly in London today for the
purpose OF discussing plans for
another exchange OF Allied and Axis
war prisoners. According to the
London Daily Sketch. the count.