The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-01


loss estimated by the company
at 100000. The blaze had
gained considerable headway
before being discovered anil
firemen could do little other
than protect neishborina build
inss.
FORT SUMNER. y. J.-INS-
Army officers in charge OF the
prisoner of war stockade at Fort
Sumner revealed today the recap
ture OF two young Germans who
escaped last Wednesday. The pris-
oners, who were re-taken at Mo
have, Cal, were identified as Rudi.
bert truth and Peter Mueller.
JOLIET, Ill.-INS- Formation
OF union among Joliets police.
men took city officials by surprise
today. with few OF them willing to
say whether they would oppose
In new organization. Chief of
Police Ernest Overbey said he had
endeayored to dissuade the men
from organizing, at least until the
fate OF the new union OF police
men in Chicago was determined.
ALBUQUERQUE. y NJ ms
An investigation was conducted |
today in the crash of a B-24 bomb /
er near West Merna. Neb.. in which
y filters from Kirkland Field, Al
buquerque, met death Saturday.
Second 1t. Frank r. Brown, Mus
kegon Heights, Mich, was one OF
the victims.
NEW YORK-INS- Police held |
open the case OF Mrs. Jane Fosdick /
Ryle today after the 31-year-old |
Washington, d. C.. woman died un.
expectedly on Saturday while din |
ing with friends in the super !
swank Chambo Restaurant. DR..
Eugene Clark, assistant medical /.
examiner, refused to sign a death |.
certificate after an autopsy and |
ord red an examination OF the |
woman vital organs by the city
toxocologist.
WASHINGTON-AP - John c. |
Emery of Grand Rapids, Mich, has /
been named chairman OF a com |
mittee appointed by the National |
Association of real estate boards |
TO assist government agencies in I
the administration of the so-called !
"GI. Bill of Rights, provided it is
passed h. Congress.
WINDSOR. Ont-AP-A nine 7.
day strike OF 1900 workers OF the /.
Ford Motor Company of Canada .
ended over the week end with an (
nounced re-recognition of the CLIO |
Auto Workers Union and reinstate-
ment Of four penalized union stew
ards. End of the strike was an
nounced Jointly by union and man.
agement Saturday night-the lat /
ter saying that regular production .
uld resume today.
FLINT, Mich-AP-The state |
committee of the Michigan Com I
monwealth Federation voted yes .
terday TO hold its convention May
IS to 80 at Lansing when bylaws
will be adopted for a third party
ticket and a platform discussed .
The committee will establish a
system of area representation at its
meeting at Detroit May p.
DETROIT-AP - Funeral ser
vices will be held here Tuesday ar
ternoon for Bayuard Alfred Church, .
former resident of ST. Louis, Mich,
and past grand master of the Grand .
Council OF Michigan, Royal and Sc
lect Masters of Free Masonry. He .
died Saturday at Harper Hospital, /
WASHTNGTON-AP A con
tempt Of court proceeding against .
a defense attorney today halted
until Wednesday the trial of 30 .
persons accused Of seditious con-
spiracy. Then il will be necessary .
to start all over with the selection
of a jury Chief Justice Edward 9. I
Eicher presiding at the trial N
federal district court. said develop
ments made II impossible to i'm
panel a jury before midnight. eX- .
piration date for the present jury
panels.
wHlTEHORSE. Yukon Territory
--AP-A $3.50 000.444 American-fi-
nanced oil project known as Can.
OIL was ready today to deliver fuel 4
for the Allied war machine in
northern Canada and Alaska. The
Whitehorse refinery. linked by 595
miles OF four-inch. aboye-ground .
pipeline to the oil soource at Fort .
Norman. y. W. r., was opened Off /
cially yesterday, marking the cul-
mination Of % months OF work by
thousands OF Canadians and Amer
leans.
WASHINGTON-AP--T The Cen
sus Bureau said today $50 indie
pendent Michigan retail stores eX
elusive OF department stores have
reported sales for the first three
months OF 1874 just two per cent
under the dollar volume OF sales for
the same period last year Fifteen
department stores. the Bureau said.
reported March, 1914, sales up is
per cent from those OF March.
1913.
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan - Scattered I
showers or thunderstorms and con
tinued mild tonight Partly cloudy
and cooler Tuesday.
Highest temperature yesterday.
76 lowest last night, 49,.
Highest temperature one year