The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-05-25

lnteTnee OF lne ule Ldho bNhtN-
cation center was shot and wound
ed critically yesterday by a mil
itary police sentry. Two blood
transfusions we're administered the
wounded man. Shioehi James Oko-
moto, 80, American citizen OF ia
panese ancestry, before he under
vent an operation in the Projects
Hospital. Ii. Col. Verne Austin,
commanding the Projects military
detachment. named board Of in
yestigation.
STOckHOLM- lNS-one of
the greatest individual acts Of
sabotage since the war began
was reported today when Cop
enhagen dispatches revealed
that Danish patriots have de-
stroyed the Burmeister and
Vain Diesel motor factories
inside the sprawlins shipyards
Of that firm.
LOS ANGELES -AP-Too many
aspirin tablets or possibly poison
caused the death OF Mrs. Ruth
Evans, 81 year old film studio en-
ploye, says the county autopsy sur
seOn. who has ordered a chemical
analysis of the stomach contents.
Mrs. Evans, clad only in a mans
shirt. was found on the porch of
a residence Tuesday night. She
died later in a hospital. The au-
topsy surgeon, Or. Frank r Webb.
said her body showed no sign that
death was caused externally.
LONDON AP- Ernest Heming-
way, widely known American writ
er, suffered head injuries in an
automobile accident here last night
but after a minor operation hos
pital authorities said today he !
was in no apparent danger A sur
geon at ST. Georges Hospital found
upon cleaning and stitching a head
wound that there was no fracture
and that outside Of the head in
juries Hemingway was unhurt.
NEW George Papandre.
gu, who resigned as premier of the
Greek goyernment-in-exile TO pave
the way for a coalition government
representing all parties of Greek
patriots, was sworn by King George
in Cairo yesterday as head OF a
new government, the Cairo radio
said today.
NEW YORK-AP- Mai Want
Psnanon, chairman of the board OF
directors Of the bank of Thailand.
who was arrested with four other
directors of the bank on Jan. I for
engaging in illegal transactions in
gold bullion" committed suicide
in his prison cell last Sunday, ac.
cording to a Tokyo broadcast re-
ported today by L. S. government
monitors.
SYDNEY, Australia-AP-A ney
South Wales state court today ruled
invalid an Australian federal regu.
iation under which citizens are Or
dered TO work in various indus
tries. Chief Justice Sir Frederick
Gordon said the regulation was a
piece Of gratuitous executive or
bureaucratic despotism and re-
dueed the Australian population to
a state OF serfdom.
NEW YORK-AP The CIO DO.
litical action committee intends 10
exert its influence within the two
major parties and not attempt to
form third party. saws Sidney
Hlllman, chairman Of the organ
ization. He said that the imme.
date aim of the committee is
fourth term for President Roose- /
Welt and election of Liberal or
win the war Congress. /
PORTOFSPAIN. Trinidad-AP
-Four nuns trapped in their sleep.
ing quarters upstairs in St. Jo- /
seph's Convent perished in flames
as FIRE swept through the school
Wednesday.
LONDON-AP-The German.con-
trolled Nichy radio asserted today
that Gen. Charles Degaulle would
leave Algiers within q hours 20
confer with Prime Minister Churc.
hill and other British leaders in
London.
LONDON -AP-The Moscow "a.
dio said today Pietro Quaroni. rep
resentatiye of the Italian govern
ment in the US.SR.. arrived in the
Soviet Capital yesterday. (Quaroni,
former Italian minister to Afghan
istan, was appointed by Premier
Pietro Badoglio last April, shortly
after Russia recognized his re.
gime.)
LONDON-AP - The German
DNB agency has instructed Ger
man editors by radio to stand by
for "a possible special announce
ment' Sunday at l:3O p. N. G:3O
a m, EWT), the Daily Herald re.
ported. The nature Of the expect
cd announcement was not men,
toned.
WASHINGTON Sen Guy NJ.
Gillette Cd Iowa. a member OF the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee.
said today that Congress must
share responsibility for transfer OF
a cruiser-or any other warships
to Russia. The transfer Is specifi
cally authorized in the Lend.Lease
Act, and the only way Congress
can prevent it is by repeating part
OF the law, said Gillette.
NEW YORK ms - Civilian
Defense officials and police found
general satisfaction to-day in tho