The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-07
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
! Snow, Colder
SALEM, Ore.-INS-Charles A.
Sprague, ex-governor OF oregon,
said today he virtually had decided
to become a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for L. 5. Sena-
tor to succeed the late Sen. Char
les L. McNary.
SHREVEPORT, La.-INS- Six
Barksdale Field flyers were killed
60 miles southeast OF Shreveport
when their medium bomber crash
ed and exploded. Army officials an
nounced today. The plane was de-
molished.
FRANKFORT. Ky-INS- Mem
bers of Kentucky's general assemb-
ly resigned themselves today to
getting along without an extra $500
they had voted themselves for
postage and clerical assistants
Judge w. b. Ardery of the Frank
lin circuit court ruled members Of
the current session were not en-
titled TO extra pay and that the
appropriation was void in that it
violated a section of Kentucky's
constitution which provides that
''salaries OF public officers shall
not be changed during the term for
which they were elected"
MARCH FIELD, Cal.-INS-Col.
William f. Dyess, whose stories of
Jap atrocities during the March
of Death" of American prisoners
on Bataan aroused the nation, had
still another medal today, award
ed posthumously. further to stamp
his name on the list OF the coun-
try's heroes. His widow, Mrs.
Marajen Dyess. accepted the sol
diers medal yesterday on his be-
half from Maj. Gen. William f..
Lynd,. Fourth Air Force command
ing officer, who gave Col. Dyess
his other medals last year.
NEW YORK-INS-A swindle.
widely used for many years and
still yielding dividends to its per-
petrators, resulted today in the
failing of two Chicago women, &C
cused OF taking at least $1,000
from gullible victims-all women.
Charged with playing the switch
game" in which strips of paper are
substituted for cash or securities,
are Helen Kelly, 81 and Dorothy
MeCarden, %, both of Chicago.
CHATHAM FIELD, Gains -
Army officials reported today a
B-24 bomber had plunged into the
sea southeast of Jacksonville, Fla,
apparently with the. loss of all IL
officers and men aboard. The
bomber took off from Chatham
Field air base at $40 a. IN. Sun
day in a formation OF four planes
on a routine training flight and
more than an hour later reported
it was in trouble.
BUENOS AIRES-INS- Acting
Foreign Minister Gen. Diego Mason
described Argentine government
circles as surprised" today by
the statement Of U. S. Acting
State Secretary Edward R. Stet.
tinius. Jr., that the United States
would not enter into relations
with the present Argentine regime.
81 can only declare our willing.
ness to strengthen the close ties
of friendship between the Argen.
tine and the United States effec-
lively" Mason declared.
LOS ANGELES -INS-Don Dav-
idson, 16 year old bandit and kill
er, was to appear before Superior
Judge Clement d. Nye today for
prosecution and a possible lite
imprisonment sentence in the slay-
ing of William Lederer, wealthy
dance hall proprietor, last Novem-
Der.
LONDON-INS- The amazing
success of the Allied campaign
against Nazi U-boats was striking.
ly emphasized today with official
revelation that an average OF less
than one ship out OF each 1000
that sailed the Atlantic the last
half of 1943 was lost.
PORT NEWARK, n. J.-INS-
Two mighty destroyer escort YES
sells. designed to guard United Ma
tons conveys, were launched to-
day at U. S. Steels federal ship
yard at Port Newark. The DE's
were named the William Sewer
ling and the Ulvert NJ. Moore in
honor Of Marine Pvt. William
Frank Seiverling. Jr, who was
killed in action at Guadalcanal,
and Ensign Mathew Moore. who
died IN the air battle of Midway.
LONDON INS-Adolf Hitler
was reported today to have person.
ally interviewed in the Russo-Fin.
nish peace question. An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Zurich
quoted a neutral correspondent in
Berlin with the statement that the
Nazi fuehrer had interested HIM
self In pauof a4fona ha4,roa, Gov