The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28

sons. was killed last Thursday in
the crash OF naval patrol bomber
during a test flight. He was CO.
pilot OF the ship. Three other civil
ians also died in the crash.
ATLANTIC CITY ms More
than 200 persons were homeless to-
day after a $4,000 fire swept
through a 72-flat apartment house
in Atlantic City, severely damaging
the structure.
NEW YORK-INS-U S. Rubber
Director Bradley Dewey was on rec
ord today as predicting record rub
Der supply in 1914, due to the syn
thetic rubber program. but warn
ing that the nation will experience
its most critical shortage between
now and midsummer. The shortage.
however. should be overcome BY
July, Dewey declared in an inter
view on the CHS We the People"
broadcast.
WILKES BARRE, Pa. ms
Pennsylvania coal mines reverted
TO their normal six-day work week
today after adding $4,000 tons
of extra coal TO the nations fuel
supply as a result OF February's
seven-day schedule.
PROVIDENCE, R. Inns -
Lieut.. Gen. Alexander A. Wander
grift, L. s. Marine Corps comman.
dant and Winthrop W. Aldrich.
board chairman OF the Chase Ma
t,o-2l Bank OF New York, today
held honorary degrees OF doctor OF
laws CO. led by Brown Univer
slty.
NEW YORK-INS-Damage wes
estimated at $4,000 today in the
fire yesterday which destroyed
scenic railway and the Tunnel OF
Fun at New York's famed enter
tainment center at Coney Island.
CAICAGO-INS-For the first
time in its history, the Baptist
Church in the United States today
had Japanese holding the position
OF assistant minister. He is the
Rev. J.tsuo Morikawa who was in
stalled as assistant 10 DR.. Eric L.
Titus. pastor OF the historic First
Baptist Church. The Rev. Mr.. Mort
kawa formerly was the minister OF
the Baptist Churches of Los An
geles TO his fellow-Nisei (first gen.
eration-Americans of Japanese de-
scent).
SHENANDOAH, Pains Ap-
proximately 5000 miners who par
ticipated in a week long wildcat
strike were scheduled to return to
work today at 10 Philadelphia and
Reading Coal Company collieries
in the anthracite field.
HEART MOUNTAIN, Wyo.-INS
japanese evacuees at the Heart
Mountain war relocation center
turned bitterly today on U. S. Sen.
L. V. Robertson (R) Wyo., who
was quoted last week as saying
that Americas Japanese problem
could be solved by sending them
all back to Japan" The Japanese
edited Heart Mountain Sentinel,
published under supervision of the
WRA, attacked ROBERTSON in a page
one editorial for his published re-
marks.
SOMERSET, Ky.-INS-All 800
members of four unions who struck
at the Ferguson shops Of the
Southern Railway System we're
expected back 81 their jobs be-
fore the end OF the day following
settlement of their dispute.
FORT WAYNE, Ind.-lNS- 4
three day strike of nearly 1000
employees of the International Har-
vester Company at Fort Wayne
ended today. The workers, at
mass meeting of the United Work
ers (CIO) voted unanimously to
return to their jobs.
WASHINGTON - ms - OPA
stepped up its drive against the
gasoline black market today by
warning all motorists who have
not yet endorsed their gasoline
ration coupons to do so at once.
Ration books will be checked be-
ginning the week of March 6
and those found with unsigned
coupons after that deadline will
receive notice explaining the en-
-dorsement requirement and direct
ing them to present fully endorsed
books within 10 days TO their To-
cal ration boards.
CAIRO-INS- Official sources
revealed today that the Egyptian
government has protested to the
United States concerning state
ments made to a L. S. Senate Com
mittee ION the ACCESSIBILITY OF Gre
alton OF a Jewish state in Pales-
tine" Ii was understood in Cairo
that the government OF Iraq also
had made a protest along similar
lines.
Z NEW YORK-1NS- DNB, the
Nail agency. reported today that
ten OF i'll Americans It claimed
were marooned in chest-deep snow
OF the eastern Alps after parachut
ing to earth had been rescued"
Saturday. The L. S. Foreign
broadcast IpfaIlfoapra Car,-{oa y,n,,r
itored the broadcast which, it was
suggested. may be a form OF enc.
my news psychological warfare.
DETROTT-INS- War produc-