The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03

Nestigating reports tnst Navy sea
planes had been strafing cattle
on-Dauphin Island. The carcasses
OF "A dead cows we're found on the
island by authorities after the
charges OF strafing were made by
island residents, The cattle had
been dead about six weeks. One
skull brought TO Mobile to determ-
inc il a hole in it came from a
bullet.
WASHINGTON-INS- Blunt no
tice that war production plants
plagued by strikes would be the
first TO feel the axe OF cut-back
in production was discussed in
Congress today as one means 81
hating an apparent rise in the
number OF actual and threatened
walkouts.
WASHINGTON-INS- The end
OF the seventh week OF the mass
sedition trial today brought pros
ecutlon testimony into a seven-de.
fendant segment Of the alleged ring
OF conspirators the government &C.
cuses of having attempted to i'm.
pair morale of the nations sol.
diers and sailors. Named for the
first time in testimony were Ger
aid Winrod, William Dudley Pelley.
Lois De Lafayette Washburn, Ellz.
aoeth billing and Robert Edmond
son. Further identified with bund
activities by Peter Gissibl. former
oundist, were Herman Schwinn
and Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, men.
toned only briefly earlier.
Los ANGELES-AP-Carol Ann.
I,month-old daughter of Joan Berry,
CHARLES Chaplin's former dramatics
student. is now destitute and in
urgent need OF the necessaries of
life, the child's grandmother as.
serts. Miss Berry's mother. Mrs.
Gertrude E. Berry, asked Superior
court yesterday to grant an early
trial OF her daughters paternity
suit against Chaplin.
LLIED AIR FORCE HEAD.
QC ARTERS. Italy-AP-S SQUADRON
Leader Neville Duke became the
TOP scoring pilot in the Mediterran.
can area by destroying six enemy
aircraft from May IS to Fl to bring
MS total to IS, it was announced
today. His squadron, operating
from the beachhead strip, wiped ont
10 enemy planes and damaged ten
in that period.
WASHINGTON AP-The NAVY
Is spending more than $1,000 a min
ute to keep its planes in the air
knocking down enemy filters. bomb
ing enemy bases and moving sup
plIees and men about the world.
This was disclosed today in a com.
plation OF statistics by Rear Ad.
mlral William Brent Young, chief
OF the Bureau of Supplies and Ac.
counts.
Los ANGELES AP-For two
days Mrs. Elizabeth Bald Heinz
maintained her poise in a strenuous
court battle for custody of her four
year-old son. but on the third day
she broke down and sobbed CON
vu!sively IS she was about to take
the witness stand for further cross
examination. She was taken to an
emergency hospital but an hour lat.
er she said she would continue her
testimony even II it kills me-"
lSTANBCL-(D Delayed -AP
Greek guerrillas have blown up i
bridge on the Lstanbul.Sofia rail
way, a vital link between Turkey
and the Balkans, passengers arriv.
ing here today said. The bridge
is on Bulgarian territory between
Edirne (AdrianopleD Turkey. and
the village OF Syilengrad. The pas.
sengers said they were forced 10
change trains where the single
track rail line crosses the bridge.
II was assumed that most freight
shipments had been blocked.
LONDON-AP- A fund of al.
most $4,000. contributed by L. 5.
armen at a ninth airforce base.
will provide for the education of
four year old Tony Everitt-orph.
aned when his mother died trying
10 save American filters from
burning plans. Mrs. Betty Everett
dashed into the inferno when the
plane crashed last Saturday near
her farm home. She saved one
man then continued her rescue ef.
forts until the bomber exploded.
LONDON --AP- The British
press. criticizing what it terms the
apparent failure of the United
States to adopt a joint policy TO-
ward France and Spain, IL urging
an early meeting between Presi.
dent Roosevelt and Prime Minis
ter Churchill.
v. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ers and cooler tonight Sunday
showers and cooler in south por.
ton.
Highest temperature yesterday.
IS: lowest last night. s..
Highest temperature one year
ago today. Sc: lowest. "a.
Highest temperature this date in
last II years, 90 in 1895. lowest.
SO in 1926.