The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-07

BERN, switzerland Al
French frontier dispatch to the
Gazette De Lausanne said today
that the Nazis had picked 90
Frenchmen at random and shot
them in retaliation for an attack
against three German soldiers Jan.
IA at Lyons.
NEW YORK-AP- Mayor F. II.
'LaGuardia has exercised undue
= and at times illegal influence on
the New York City Board OF Ed
ucation" which in many respects
has injured the city's schools, a
National Education Association In
vestigating Committee says. The
committees report addressed sim
ply to public opinion, substantial
ed a majority of charges made by
Ptwo City Teachers Associations.
WASHINGTON-INS- Wendell
L. Willkie, q 1910 Republican presi.
dental candidate. is understood to-
day to be considering possibility
OF making a trip to Latin America.
Sources close to Willkie already
{ have sounded out the State Depart
v ment on the question OF making ar
rangements for such trip.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-INS=
/ Nebraska Republicans were assured
today of a lively contest for control
of the states delegates to the Re-
publican National Convention fol-
lowing the announcement OF Wen
tell l.. Willkie that he will enter
the preferential primary April IL.
NEW RK-INS-Germany will
quit by the Fourth of July and
Japan will throw in the sponge next
summer. That is the Chinese view
point OF the war, brought here by
DR.. Ping-Chuan Chen, president of
\ Canton University and bank super
visor of China in the ministry of
finance. who has just flown to the
United States from Chungking to
study postwar problems
CHICAGO-INS = Twin girls,
born Joined together in Siamese
twin fashion to the wife of a young
Sdentist, were dead today despite
an attempt to save their lives by
surgical separation. The babies, |
whose parents names were not |
disclosed. were attached in front |
by an intermingling of internal or
gans which prevented successful |
completion of the operation at.
Henrotin Hospital.
CHICAGO-INS-Five officials
of the United Packing House Work |
ers of America, CLIO, were enroute
to Washington today to ask the I
National War Labor Board for a
blanket 10-cent-an-hour pay raise.
a JOLIET. Ill.-INS-The release
of life term convict in Statewide |
Prison will be sought before the
parole board May 16 so that he
may enter the Army, it was learn
ed today. He is Arthur J. Coleman,
former head curator of the Indiana
State Museum in Indianapolis, and
the reason the Army would like to
} get him is that he is known as one
of the best camouflage artists in
the United 81 ties.
NEW YORK-INS-The resig-
nation, effective March /, of City
Commissioner of Investigations
William b. Herlands was disclosed
today at city hall. Herlands was
once a member OF the racket in
vestigation staff directed by Gov.
Thomas E. Dewe.', then New York
County district attorney. His res
tgnation to enter private law prac-
tice terminates years OF public
service.
- CHU .GKING- ms - Kwang-
!. tung PROVINCES sweeping famine
was reported today to have claim
ed 100000 victims already, with
hundreds of tn ,Isands more DOOM
e to die in 1914 unless speedy
relief is forthcoming. AS General
issimo Chang Kai-shek's govern
ment sought to cope with the grave
emergency in one Of southern
China's provinces-partially occu-
pied by the Japanese-reports OF
terrible conditions continued to
pour into Chungking.
MIAMI, Fla.-INS-Lieut. Frank
lin d. Roosevelt, Jr.. was in Miami
today for training which will quail
fly him to take command OF a des-
troyer escort vessel. His course at
tn Miami sub-chaser training CEN
ter will continue for at least 80
days and possibly a few weeks
longer for specialized subjects. At
the end of that time the Presi-
dents son will be in line for COM
mand OF one OF the sub-chasers.
LONDON-AP- The Nazi-con-
trolled Rome radio said today that
some Allied troops in the Carroceto
area below the capital had been
surrounded and wiped out and that |
more than 1000 prisoners had been |
taken. The claim was unconfirmed |
by any Allied source. .
-
DowNINGTON. Pap The
last and only wish OF the aged
mother OF Grover Cleveland /
Bergdoll World war draft dodger.
came true yesterday For years the
brewery fortune dowager. past so
and failing. had said she lived only
to see her son free man again.
She saw him yesterday. three days
after he wiped his slate clean.