The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-31

| Dy Strike. Inc stage udHus
threaten to walk out unless the
league signs a new contract in
GLIDING a Is per cent pay raise
and other benefits. The old con-
" act, providing wages varying
from s5S TO $3.50 a week, expires
tonight.
NEW YORK-INS-Police today
were trying TO establish the iden-
tity of a woman whose body-mis-
taken at first for a dummy encased
in the ice-was discovered yester-
ASay by two boys skating in Cen
trail Park. Patrolman Skeats and
Detective George Collins. Of the
L. 67th st. station, said it was
possible that the body might have
been lodged under the ice during
the entire skating period. 1t was
believed that the woman might
have been crossing the lake on thin
Nee when she fell in.
NEW LONDON. Conn.-INS :
Another submarine was added 10
Uncle Sans rapidly expanding
underseas fleet today with the
launching OF the "Beeuna" at the
Groton Yards of the Electric Boat
Accompany in New London.
NEW YORK-INS- The week
old hunt for a pigeon-poisoner was
suspended today with the disclos
ure that the death of 81 birds on
city streets was due to accidental
contamination of a scratch feed
bin in a downtown New York mar
{.ket.
SHREVEPORT, La ms -
Barksdale Field officials reported
today that two Army Air Force of.
flcers escaped unhUrt in Separate
crash landings Of their P-39 fight
ers. Maj. Elmer E. McTaggart Of
Richmond. Cal. on a combat train
png flight, crashed near Shreveport
Tand Lieut.. Phillip ID. Rogers OF
Greensburg, Pa, crashed near Min
den, La. The home bases OF the
two pilots were not disclosed.
CHICAGO-INS-James A. Far
ley, former Democratic national
chairman, declined comment today
Ven recent political developments in
the Democratic and Republican par
ties, but added he might have plen-
. ~ to say at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in July which
he plans to attend.
WASHINGTON ms House
appropriation leaders declared to-
Say there was mot a chance" that
one million, 654 thousand dollars
slashed from the Federal Commun-
ication Commission fund for the
fiscal year 1916 would be restored
I'm voting on the eight and a half
billion dollar Independent offices
bill.
LANSING-AP-A maximum Of
SO of the 100 legislative seats in
the house of representatives are
expected to be occupied at the
current special session. Death has
taken two members, representa-
tives Fred Rodesiler. Of Riga, and
Oscar f. Kilstrom, Grand Rapids,
Republicans.
LOS ANGELES-UP - Funeral
services we're being arranged today
for John ]. Jack" Doyle, veteran
California fight promoter who died
B yesterday after an illness Of three
months. Doyle, c. died at Santa
Monica hospital. His wife, Cecilia,
was at his bedside.
WASHINGTON-UP-The secret
service, whose agents were kept
hopping TO safeguard President
Roosevelt during his unprecedented
travels in Including his trips
TO Cairo and Tehran- were also
busy combating new wartime rack
cts at home during the past year.
In year-end report on secret serv-
ice activities. the Treasury said
Vigorous steps had been taken to
smash ration stamp counsarfeiting,
which resulted in 100 arrests, prin-
cipally in the New York area. Sec
ret service agents uncovered and
blasted a new type OF fraud the
counterfeiting OF postage stamps
bearing misprints to deceive collec-
tors.
LONDON-AP-Th German ra.
do said today Nazi U-hoats. in an
attack still in progress against a
Murmansk- bound convoy. had sunk
DO destroyers and escort vessels
Snd five merchant ships in the Arc.
tic. The broadcast, by Nazi propa.
ganda agency, was without Allied |
confirmation.
WASHINGTON AP - ALUMNI |
mum emerged today as a potential |
all-purpose metal as the War Pro |
duction Board (WPB) closed down
three more production lines, all |
at Massena, y. Y. Satisfactory |
war production has been reached |
and much aluminium may be put |
back on the civilian market to bat /
for steel and other metals. 7
EMPORIA. Kas.-AP-Henry ]. /
Haskell. editor OF the Kansas City .
Star. will make the address at the
funeral service this afternoon Of .
William Allen White. noted author /
and newspaper editor. who died /.
Saturday at the age OF 10.
LONDON-AP-A conference Of
italian political parties. meeting
in Bari Italy. was reported today
10 have adOpted resolution de.
manding the abdication Of King