The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-18


multilated victims fitted close
~ those Of his wife and daugh-
ter.
LONDON-AP-Axis sources. ap-
parently fishing for information,
continued today to suggest that
President Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill are planning anoth'
er conference shortly.
FORT WORTH, Tex.-AP-
Mrs. Ruth Goosins Roosevelt
was granted divorce yester-
day from Col. Elliott Roose-
welt, second son Of the PresI-
dent.
LONDON-AP - The London
News Chronicle declared today that
the Germans ARE pinning their
faith on the defeat of Mr.. Roose-
welt in the forthcoming presidential
elections"
LONDON--AP-"The time IS get
ting short" the French people
were warned today in the latest Of
a stream OF pre-invasion broadcasts
from the government-controlled
London radio. They were advised
because lat least until the day OF
liberation comes, civilians must
live on what is stored"
CINCINNATI APP Defense
counsel in the court martial of
three Army Air Force officers ac-
cused Of neglect OF duty and con-
spiracy in inspection practices at
the Wright Aeronautical Corp,
plant in nearby Lockland. today
continued efforts to get into the
court record evidence of the per-
Torrance OF Wright engines after
leaving the factory. All such ef-
forts have failed, although several
prosecution witnesses testified un-
der cross examination that they
had no knowledge of Wright "en-
gines failing in flight.
NEW YORK-AP- Production
of a new wildcat" fighter plane
described by Rear Admiral D. C.
Ramsey as The best light fighter
we have" was announced today by
the General Motors Corp. The
plane, nown as the FM-2, has
been rolling out of the companys
plant at Linden. n. j., for some
time and already has seen action
with the Pacific fleet.
ACIIINTTTnAT 20
Reed (R-Kans.) arranged to con
fer today with Censorship Direc-
tor Byron Price and Chairman Nc
Kellar (DTenn.) of the Senate
Post Office Committee on his pro-
posed investigation of how letters
written by Miss Vivien Kellems,
West Port, Conn, business wom-
an, to a German count in Argentina
came to be published. Mcclellan,
returning from an Easter holiday,
said he wanted to go over the
whole matter with Reed and Price
before saying whether he would
favor the investigation.
WASHINGTON -AP- Search
for a missing defendant may delay
the trial OF 80 persons accused Of
conspiring with Nazi agents to un-
dermine the loyalty of American
armed forces in a campaign to
destroy democracy throuf. out
the world" Thirty were called
when the case was opened in Fed
eral District Court yesterday, but
only 20 answered. Edward James
Smythe, of New York, was the
missing one.
LONDON -AP- L. s. Under.
secretary of State Edward X. Stet-
tinius Jr., completed his prelim.
mary contacts with London repre-
sentatives OF the Big Four Allied
governments today in a visit to
Chinese Ambassador Wellington
Koo This chiefly was a courtesy
call. although il is likely China's
supply problems were discussed.
LONDON --AP- The British
government announced a new de-
Tense regulation today authoriz-
ing imposition of penalties I'D to
live years imprisonment and 81
600 fines to curb instigation OF
strikes.
LlSBON-AP-A pair OF shoes in
Greece today costs 10000, 900 drach-
mas, a German newspaper says in
discussing the runaway initiation in
that unhappy country. In the ear
~ thirties the drachmas was worth
little more than one cent in Unit
ed States exchange.