The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-31
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INDIANAPOLIS AP - +. B.
Newill. general manager OF Allison
division, General Motors Corpora
ton, announced Monday prepare
lions are being made to begin
quantity production of jet propul-
sion units for the L. 5. Army Air
Foces in the Allison plant here.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.-AP -
Because federal issues are involv'
ed in the Nov. election, L. S. dis
trict attorneys are preparing TO OBJ
serve the handling of service votes
and to offer cry possible protec-
ton in the sting and counting
procedure. ccording TO District At
torney Joseph +. Deeb.
LOS ANGELES-AP- Arthur
F. Torrance, explorer and scientist
freed by a Mexican court OF
charge of Staying his wife during
their honeymoon in 1871. pleaded
innocent Monday to federal mail
fraud indictment. The indictment.
according to Assistant L. S. Attor-
ney James NJ. Carter, alleges that
DR.. Torrance mailed an $500 bank
draft upon which the name OF his
wife, Mrs. Ada Loveland Torrance,
had been forged. Mrs. Torrance
was killed in an automobile acct
dent near Monterrey, Mex.
TOLEDO, O.-AP- Officers of
the Mechanics Educational Society
of America were ordered to appear
before the Regional War Labor
Board at Cleveland today TO show
cause why approximately $500
members of the affiliated union dis
regarded a board order TO halt WORK
stoppages in % Toledo war plants
LONDON-UP-The London Dali
ly Mail said today that British
automobile manufacturer is COM
bIning showrooms and agencies in
fleet OF limousines with which to
uphold British prestige.
NEW YORK-UP-Sweden join
ed eight other nations today in
public recognition of freedom of
the press as essential for the post
war world.
SALT LAKE CITY-AP-A fed
eral grand jury has indicted three
persons for intimidation of wit
nesses in actions against "Funda-
mentalist" cult members accused
of preaching and practicing poly
gamy.
CHICAGO-INS-A Chicago book
store owner today was freed Of
charges of selling indecent litera
ture when Police Judge Jay Schil-
Ter was informed that the same
books had been approved by the
Chicago Public Library and were
on its shelves. The defendant was
! Morris Leviton and one OF the
books involved was "A World l
Never Made, best seller in 1886
written by James II. Farrell
KEARNY, Y. J.-INS The
"Theenim" fourteenth naval attack
ship built by U. s. Steel was
! launched today at the company's
Federal Shipyard, Kearny. The
ship was sponsored by Mrs. Joseph
z. Ridder, wife of the publisher OF
the New York Journal Of Com
merce and other newspapers. She
is also the mother Of two U. S.
Marine officers, stationed in the
South Pacific area.
WASHINGTON ms Miss
Alice Paul, chairman of the Ma
tional Woman's Party, declared to-
day that supporters OF proposed
equal rights amendment to the
Constitution expect Congress to
take favorable action when 1t re-
convenes Nov. L so that it can
\ be submitted to the states for rati-
fication.
ST. PAUL, Minn.-INS- The
declaration of Mrs. Harold L. Stas
sen, wife of Minnesota's former
governor, in favor of the election
G.: Gov. Thomas K. Dewey was ac-
cepted in political circles today as
the sentiments her husband would
have expressed had he been free
to do so.
MOSCOW-INS - A consider
able number" of German prisoners,
described officially in Moscow as
"aged people and invalids' have
been captured recently by Red
aArmy forces. according to Rus
sian communique supplement to-
day.
WASHINGTON-INS- Postmas-
ter General Frank c. Walker re-
ported today that in line with the
Presidents program for restoring
normal relations with Italy, parcels
!. will be accepted henceforth for
shipment to civilians in Rome, Ma.
pies, Palermo and Vatican City
State.
WASHINGTON-INS-- The tire
situation for "B" and &C" ration
book holders was brighter today