The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-23


GEN. MAC ARTHUR's
HEADQUARTERS, New GUM
ca, (Delayed)-lNS- The first
American furlough ship, bear
ing battle-hsrdened veterans
Of Gen. Douglas MaeArthur's
campaigns. has left the South
west Pacific and Is due to ar
rive soon at a West U. S. Coast
port. Some 1000 or 5000 Of
fieers and men, from all states
in the union are abroad on this
voyage which may be the
forerunner OF similar large
scale embarkations.
BROWNWOOD. Tex.-iNS- De
tails Of a gunnery practice tragedy
in which seven soldiers OF Camp
Bowie's 18th armored division died
were withheld today as board OF
officers Investigated the accident
Army authorities announced the
seven men were killed and seven
injured, none critically, during NOR
tar practice on a post rifle range
yesterday.
NEW YORK-INS-Pol were
seeking a clue today to the thief
who walked into the Metropolitan
Museum OF Art and stole a 14th
Century painting OF st. Thomas,
valued at between $4,000 and $4,000
The panel is attributed to Simone
Martini Of Siena. It was removed
from the wall Is minutes before
a guard checked II.
NEW YORK-INS-The Joy eX-
perienced by Mrs. Paul l.. Weller
over recovering her 100000 dia-
mond ring in a restaurant lounge
was tempered with fear today lest
the publicity given her in connec-
ton with the incident endanger
relatives in Nazi concentration
camps. "Those Nazis have done II
before and will do 1t again." said
the former beauty contest winner.
"They have been known to gouge
money out OF relatives who have
escaped, by torturing prisoners.
N-INS-Prime Minister
Winston Churchill planned today
to address Great Britain over ma
tionwide radio hookup next Sun.
day. at s p. m. Greenwich time. a
p. m. E.W.T).
PHILADELPHIA - INS-Appli-
cations from Westinghouse Radio
Stations, Inc, for permission to
build teleyision broadcasting sta
lions at Philadelphia, Boston and
Pittsburgh were on file today with
the FEC.
WASHINGTON ms = Chair.
man William H. Davis, OF the War
Labor Board today warned against
disruptive effects Of a general linn
itation OF the total weekly earnings
OF workers during the war. Testify
ing before the Senate Banking Com
mittee on extension OF price con-
troll. Davis said that labor wages
have been held relatively stable for
a year but that total earnings have
risen.
WASHINGTON-INS-President
Roosevelt, who has been suffering
from a cold for several days. was
reported today to be decidedly i'm
proved" and while he scheduled no
conferences he planned to devote
his day to work in his study.
NEW YORK -INS- Passengers
were shaken up but uninjured to-
day when the second section of the
crack st. Louis to New York ex-
press train. "The American" was
halted at Stelton, N. j., by derail-
ment. The trucks OF only one car OF
the 11-car Pennsylvania Railroad
train left the rails.
WASHINGTON-INS-Secretary
OF the Treasury Morgenthau said
today that the goal OF the Fifth
War Loan Drive will be sixteen bill
lion dollars. This figure Is two bill
lion above previous reports. The
Secretary said that I'VE need It for
the war;
HARWICH, Mass.-INS- Ken
meth 4. Buck. 80, who has served
IL years OF 24-25 year prison SEN
tence for the 1888 KIDNAPPING of
Margaret Peggy" McMath, 10, of
Detroit. is campaigning today for
his release to enter the Merchant
Marine. From his cell at Norfolk.
Buck wrote TO about 100 residents
of Harwich and Chatham stating
that the parole board would con-
slider his case II "a sufficient num-
Der OF respectable citizens" endors-
ed his appeal.
WASHINGTON-INS- The War
Department disclosed today that
this war has seen record battle
casualties among army chaplains,
exceeded on a comparative bases
only by losses OF officers in the
air forces and the infantry. As re-
ported by chief OF chaplains, chap
lain (Brigadier GeneraD William
r. Arnold, 10 were killed in bat
tie through 1913. 10 wounded, one
reported missing in action, and 80
prisoners of war.
LONDON-lNS-- Lord Charles
Cavendish. husband OF Adele AS
taire, died today at Lismore Castle,
his country home in Fire. The
Irish peer, who was 80. was asso-
ciated for several years with the
J. p. Morgan Banking Firm in New
York. Lady Cavendish. sister ana
former dancing partner OF Fred
Astaire, is actively engaged in Red
CrOea work In Landau