The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-23

While. four government agencies
sought war-useful work for Brew
h sters big plants at Jonesyille. Pa,
and Long Island City, y. Y, whose
output OF Corsair fighter planes
will be choked oil July !. WPB Of
fclals expressed strong doubt that
either would be permitted TO turn
10 any form OF civilian manufac-
ture.
SPRINGFIELD. ln.-AP-Norm-
al operations were attained almost
100 per cent today at Montgom-
cry Wards Springfield affiliate, the
Hummer Manufacturing Company
plant, the Army said as 1t entered
p its second full day OF control.
PITTSBURGH-AP-A federal
court jury today acquitted the Car
negie-lllinois Steel Corporation OF
government charge OF concealing
and classifying records of tests on
steel plates. The verdict was
:, reached Monday night by the jury
y OF six women and six men, and
opened in court this morning.
JORDAN VALLEY, oregon AP-
Scores OF Eastern Oregon's dwind-
ling waddies congregated today for
-YsN.,yol1tn IF Mild MI a n o.
It's another extraordinary war
ranchers need the range
} grass the useless horses consume
10 feed vital beef cattle. The range
ponies, estimated TO number up to
1000, will be corraled and sold a.
auction.
WASHINGTON AP- A start
was called today for a Senate in.
= vestigation OF the farm machinery
situation, with Senator Bushfield
,R-SDD asking an official explana-
ton OF a report that equipment
sorely needed here has been gath
ering dust in North African ware.
houses for year.
ARLINGTON, Cal.-INS-Second
:. Lieut.. Beaufort G. Swancutt neared
the moment today when he will
learn whether a plea OF insanity
will save him from general court
martial on four counts OF murder
allegedIy arising from his infatua-
ton for 19-year-old girl. The
question OF his sanity on the night
of last March 5, when he asserted.
ly whipped AS service automatic
P from his pocket in the Camp ANA
officers club and fired a fusillade
which left four dead and four 9th
ers wounded, blocked the murder
trial before the IL officer board
could receive Swancutt's plea TO
the formal charges.
WASHINGTON-INS-The Swed-
ish government, it was revealed to.
day. has told American officials il
fears a Nail invasion, IL Sweden
should comply with Allied demands
to stop shipments OF ball bearings
TO Germany. According 10 the Swed-
ish viewpoint. such an action would
be viewed by Germany as so clear
ly unneutral that an actual military
| invasion might follow.
LONDON ms British pilots
who escaped from Germany to
Sweden were quoted in a Stock
hoim dispatch TO the Daily Express
today as declaring that the As Royal
| Air Force and Allied officers shot
last March by the Germans we're
"massacred' and that their deaths
did not result from an attempt to
escape from the prisoner OF war
camp where they were held. The
Express said that an official report
on the deaths OF the officers who
were interned at Stalagluft III may
he prepared in the next few DAYS
based on the statements by the es
capped Pilots.
WASHINGTON INS-Sen. los.
eph c. O'Mahoney Cd Wyo.. OPP
ened fight before a Senate Judi
ciary Subcommittee today for enact
ment OF legislation requiring Amer.
lean firms to register international
cartel agreements with the Justice
. Department.
WASHINGTON-AP-Liq i'm
ports in April reached the second
highest monthly total OIL record
5,ls3.000 gallons-on the basis of
internal revenue stamp sales report
ed today by the Treasury. This was
$4,000 gallons less than the record
month OF March.
WASHINGTON-AP- Individual
income tax collections totaled s15..
1l2,s15.O0O in the first ten months
OF this fiscal year, more than double
the amount collected in the entire
previous year
WASHINGTON-AP- The gov.
ernments blacklist control commit.
Tee studied the records Of dozens Of
SH edish firms and business men
today with a prospect Of adding new
names to the list. as American ne.
got!ators in the Scandinavian coun.
try pressed for a halt on all ball
bearing shipments from Sweden te
Germany.
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-Showers and
thunderstorms w ednesday ana in.
the south portion. tonight. Little
change in temperature