The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30


Representatives in washington urg-
ing them TO vote for the bill o.
rights" veterans measure soon to
come before the House on final
passage.
LONDON-lNS - Reassur-
anee that statements and Ideals -
OF the Atlantic Charter still re-
main Brltaln's dominating
aim" was given today to a ques-
tioning House OF Commons by
Prime Minister Winston chur-
chill.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS-Stand.
ard OIL OF California's gross income
for 1913 increased substantially
over 1912. It was disclosed today in
its annual report. The company and
its subsidiaries did a total business
fS2S9.72S, 691, as against $685.
359051 in 1912.
WASHINGTON ms
WP6 today Instructed its field
representatives to assure draft
deferments for key workers In
the % to 26 age group in 10
vital war programs. In tele-
gram to regional directors, the
WPB placed In operation the
interim machinery for safe
guarding "must" projects until
the War Manpower Commits
slon's new draft committee
can take final action In the
production versus draft con-
troversy.
CAMP POLK, La.-INS-A man.
hunt was under way today for two
German prisoners OF war who es-
capped from the Camp Polk prison
camp yesterday. Army officials an
nounced the names OF the escapes
as Rudolph Westphal and Harmuth
Noight.
NEW YORK-INlS-Th death OF
Nelson Shoemaker Hesse, manager
OF radios Col. Stoopnagle and or
iginator of many OF the broadcast.
ing comedians screwy inventions,
was announced today.
NEW YORK-INS- New York
women are swooping down on de
partment store handbag counters
in such numbers, in a pre-Easter
rush to dodge the new 10 per cent
luxury tax effective Saturday. that
one store had to call police to con
troll the crowds.
NEW ROCHELLE, n. Y.-INS-
Skippy, canine veteran of the Allied
air campaign over Italy, was back
home today after his second trans
Atlantic air crossing. He was
shipped back to the United States
after MS master, Capt Kenneth
Spinning, whom he accompanied to
North Africa air base, was re.
ported missing in action over Bren
ner Pass last Nov. 10. The dog was
flown home in an, Army transport
plane.
LONDON-INS-- American In
vasion troops today staged their
biggest parade in London since
,Armistice Day, marching in colse
formation from Westminster to
Trafalgar Square. The colorful
spectacle marked United States
Day in salute to the Soldier
Week" during which Londoners
are raising S70O,OO0,0O0 worth OF
war bond subscriptions.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-INS-Ed
ward A. O'Neal, president OF the
American Farm Bureau Federation
proposed today that Congress In
extending the Price Control Act
make a major change by transfer
ring to the war Food Administra
ton authority to control all food
prices. O'Neal was scheduled to
testify with Albert Goss, president
OF the National Grange, and other
farm leaders, before the Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
at a hearing to extend OPA one
year after June 90, 1914.
WASHINGTON-INS 49, Presi
dent Joseph Moreschi. OF the Lab.
orers' International Union and Il
of the II other labor leaders indict.
ed with him on charges of larceny
and larceny after trust in the dis.
appearance Of half million dol
lars in union funds were to appear
in district court today to make
bond.
ELIZABETH. n. J.-INS - Be
cause novel and important issues
may be raised, Advisory Master
Dougal Herr appointed counsel to
day for Mrs. Doris Duke Cromwell
in the uncontested suit for divorce
filed by her husband, James II. r
Cromwell
MEXICO CITY-lNS-Two thou
sand Mexican field workers left to
day for California under an agree
ment between the American De
partment of Agriculture and this
nations foreign office. Three spe
cial trains took them to the border
The workers will receive standard
American wages.
LONDON-INS- An estimated