The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-29


near future. Ideal for the project,
by which oil will be piped in either
direction according 10 demands,
was conceived by Capt. Paul Foley
of the L. S. Navy and formerly d.
rector OF operations for the L. S.
Shipping Board.
WASHINGTON-lNS- Pre-
mier Joseph Stain, in q mes
sage TO President Roosevelt to-
day. expressed his confidence
"that the time is near when Al
lied forces will triumph over
Hitlerite Germany. Marshal Sta
lin sent the message TO Mr..
Roosevelt In a reply TO a greet
ing sent by the President to
Stain congratulatlng him on
the 25th anniversary OF the Red
Army and its successes in the
common struggle against Ger
many.
CHpCAGO-INS-Ba Barney's Mar
ket Club. widely patronized by poll
ticians and others for its steaks.
was charged by the Office Of Price
Administration today with being
overdrawn 400.09S red points in Its
ration bank account. That, said
OPA experts, would represent some
10000 steaks. Officials sought a sus-
pension order against the restaur.
ant.
WASHINGTON ms oPA
Administrator Chester Bowles
announced today that ration
point values for pork will be
cur sharply In March and that
many beef and sausage items
will show substantial point re-
duetions next month.
HOLLYWOOD-INS-Mrs. Helen
Gahagan Douglas, Democratic com
mittee-woman from California, to-
day qualified as candidate for
Congress in the 14th district. A for,
mer actress, she is the wife Of Act
cr Melvyn Douglas.
HOLLYWOOD ms Actress
Norma sSaearer was minus a 81 900
fGhy-studded vanity set and $50
cash today. She's told police that
thieves pilfered her automobile at
the Glendale depot while she was
seeing her husband, eX-ski instruc-
tor Martin Arrouge, to the train.
HOLLYWOOD ms Charging
that her husband was extremely
moody" Joan Castle OF the New
York stage and the Hollywood
screen, today held a divorce from
actor William Post. She testified
, Post once shook her so hard in a
restaurant that her turban fell Off
HOLLYWOOD-INS-Screen and
radio comedian Bob Hope was
"resting easily" today from the eff
fects OF cold and an ear infection
that forced him to cancel the first
week OF a five-week cross contry
. tour OF service camps. Hope will
join his troupe next week. doctors
said.
NEW YORK ms Under or.
ders OF Mayor F. II. LaGuardia, po.
lice today prepared TO suspend the
licenses of bars and dance halls
where girls under Is years OF age
, are found in attendance. The estab
:, lishments will be ordered closed fol
lowing suspension OF the licenses
under the orders.
MEXICO CITY-lNS-Gen Anto
nio Rios Zertuche was slated today
10 head a military mission to AL
giers where he will serve as minis
D ter plenipotentiary and envoy ex
traordinary to the French Commit
tee OF National Liberation.
WASHINGTON-INS-,sen. Ken
meth Wherry (R) Nebr.. predicted
today that housewives again will
feel the pinch OF a suga. shortage
in coming months. Assailing the
) agreement with Cuba. under which
Cuban sugar Is to be used in pro
duction OF alcohol. Wherry said ev
cry effort should be made to in
crease sugar production in thi:
country.
WASHINGTON-INS- A bill alb
olishing the Farm Security Admin
fstration as scheduled to be giver
I TO the House Agriculture Commit
tee today by a special subcommit
tee that has been Investigating the
highly-criticised agency.
NEW RK-TNS-Despite urg
ing of New Dealers and anti-New
Dealers. former Gov. Alfred Z
y Smith has declined to run for the
Z. S. Senate this fall in the event
his friend and fellow Democrat
Senator Robert F. Wagner, decides
not to try for reelection.
NEW YORK-1NS-A light vote
was expected in today's special
election to choose a representative
I from New York's 21st congression
al district. but leaders of both ma
jor parties were watching the con
test closely as an indication OF the
1914 national trend
PITTSFIELD, Mass.-INS- The
Noxon mercy Staying" trial con
tinued today, with a plaster cast
y of the body OF socialite Attorney
! John F. Noxon's sub-normal infant
son entered in evidence over de
Tense counsels protest. superior
Court Judge Abraham +. PinansHi
after a fve-minute conference be
tween attorneys for both sides
ruled that the cast might be used
as evidence but must not be taker
from its box.