The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-24

$500 to two robbers who held he
up she still was laughing up he
sleeve today. That was where sh,
secreted another $500 they didn'
get.
WASHINGTON ms senat,
Republicans today reelected Sen
McNary OF Oregon as minority
leader, and named Sen. Wallace
n White OF Maine as assistant lead,
V er and acting leader in McNary's
absence. McNary also was re
elected as chairman OF the Repub,
hcan Senate conference, and Sen.
Vandenberg (R) Mich, was cho-
sen as vice chairman and acting
Chairman in McNary's absence.
= MADRID ms Three special
trains carrying the first OF 600
North and South American diplo-
mats and wounded war prisoners
from France are expected to arrive
In Lisbon tomorrow for exchange
with Germans brought by the liner
Gripsholm, Spanish authorities re.
vealed today. One group OF l02
~diplomats and embassy, consular
staffs from Vichy and southern
France, together with 80 wound.
ed and some newspaper men, ar.
rived in Irun this morning.
NEW YORK-INS-Another ex.
ample of the furies into which
adolf Hitler flies at the slightest
Nprovocation was cited today-this
time the report that the Nazi Fueh-
rer had ordered execution OF sew
eral high officers because he was
enraged over reyerses on the Len
ingrad front. H. V. Kaltenborn
quoted Stockholm sources in an
NBC broadcast as authority for the
Seport which also said that Gen,
eral Lindemann, German com
mander south OF Leningrad, com
mitted suicide after his colleagues
were executed.
L0NDON-INS-Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain. Frances aged
chief of state, was quoted today
rs having expressed conviction
that Germany definitely has lost
the war, and that the Allies will
succeed in "conquering" Europe.
PORT WASHINGTON, y. Y
INS-Police of this village today
were preparing a counterattack
against a squadron" of daring
Hrows which have established a
"beachhead' after striking in
"blitz' fashion in the vicinity OF
police headquarters.
PITTSFIELD, Mass.-INS- Five
more members were needed today
10 complete the jury which Will
Ssy John F. Noxon, AZ, for the
murder OF his abnormal six months
old son. Seven jurors, some Of
whom were passed on personally
by Noxon, were chosen yesterday.
HOUSTON, Tex.-INS-A radio
Invitation was extended to every
state in the Union today to join q
~ residential boomlet for Sen. w.
Lee O'Daniel CD Texas. The cam
paign was touched off in Houston'5
station KXYZ with a 15-minute pro-
gram featuring hillbilly band re.
cordings.
NEW YORk-INS-Rear Admi.
raj Monroe Kelly. commandant OF
/ 1he Brooklyn Navy Yard, predicted
today that this will be the bloodi-
est year OF the war for our Navy
and other armed forces" Admiral
Kelly. addressing workers on the
143rd anniversary of the yard, said
that they must hit that production
line. and hit 1t hard" He was pre-
pairing them for what he described
,Ss the time when they would have
70 repair battleships damaged in
unprecedented numbers.
NEW YORK-lNS-Prayers for
. true and righteous peace, a
peace not OF soft sentimentality but
Of firm justice" we're advocated to-
day by the RI. Rev. William T.
Manning, Protestant Episcopal
SAshOP Va Now VI n
WHITE PLAINS, n. " ms
The question of whether &man can
be held legally responsible for his
dreams, was being considered to-
day by Supreme Court Justice Ger
old Nolan. Mrs Fr.eda A. Scheft.
&eyer. 90, OF Yonkers, suing for
separation from her 69-year-old
husband Joseph, testified that
while she was sleeping with her
husband last summer, "he was
dreaming about another woman"
LONDON-INS1The radio sta
don at Hilversum. Holland, left the
kar abruptly at 1919 o'clock this
morning, which frequently indi-
Gates the presence OF Allied bomb.
srs over the continent.
Los ANGELES-INS 49, Joseph
Scott. attorney for Miss Joan Barry.
,3-year-old former protege OF Com
dian Charles Chaplin. in her civil
Nternity charge against the actor.
declared today that he would intro
luce scientific evidence from ma.
tonally-known medical authorities
fighting dismissal Of the suit.