The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-16
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NEW ORLEANS. La.-lNS-To-
bacco Heiress Doris Duke Crom-
well will go overseas July l. as a
war worker in United Seamen's
Service Residential Center just
|, opened in an invaded French sea
port Mrs. Cromwell arrived in
New Orleans today to complete
training begun in New York.
ALBANY, y. Y.-INS-Petitions
signed by $4,000 citizens of Michi-
gan urged today that Gov. Thomas
Z. Dewey of New York accept the
Republican presidential nomina-
ton.
OTTAWA. Ont.-INS- Election
returns n the province OF Saska-
tchewan disclosed today that the
Socialist party had been elevated
to power for the first time in any
Dominion or provincial general
election in the history OF Canada.
NEW YORK ms - Coming
events cast their shadows before
and so, today Milan tailors we're
reported by the Swiss Telegraph
Agency to be working overtime
making civies for German soldiers"
The owl reported this Swiss dis
patch from the ltalo-Swiss from
tier.
BEVERLY HILLS. Cal.-INS-
HoHeymooning today at an undis-
closed destination were Mildred
Mimi Chandler daughter OF Sen
ator A. B. Happy" Chandler Of
Kentucky, and Mai. John X. Cabell
of Tuscaloosa, Ala, member Of
the ferrying division Of the Air
Transport Command.
ROME-INS-Baron Gabriel Apor,
Hungarian minister to the Vatican,
resigned suddenly today an in
vited his fellow ENJOYS to Finland
and five neutral states to join him
in forming a committee for nation
al liberation. In kilograms to the
Hungarian ministers at Helsinki.
Bern, Stockholm, Lisbon. Madrid
and Istanbul Apor suggested that
EzT1 Ii ,t,1 ,,I
sign their posts and form the COM
mittee.
CHICAGO-INS-Union leaders
declared today that the dispute
with Montgomery Ward & Co.
. would be placed in the hands Of the
War Labor Board again within a
few days. The announcement. was
made by Miss Frances Slotkin, in
ternational representative Of the
Mail order, Warehouse and Retail
Employees Union, CIO, who said
contract negotiations had broken
down completely last night.
HOLL WOOD installer be-
ing married in their latest War
ner Bros. film, actress Alexis Smith
and Actor Craig Stevens are going
to make it the real thing. they an
nounced today. The couple said
they would be married Sunday in
the Church OF the Recessional at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
WASHINGTON-AP Arthur
r. Treanor, director of the War
Production Board printing and pub
fishing division, has announced the
appointment of several special COM
mittees to study specific newspaper
AMI newsprint problems and report
to the WPB newspaper industry
advisory committee July II. Us
Gray, editor of the Monroe Evening
News, Monroe, Mich, was named
chairman OF a committee of five
10 study thin newspapers, those
with small news content such as
tabloids and small-town newspa-
pers.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Fifth
War Loan Drive pushed along to-
day toward the 10 per cent mark of
the $4,000 100000 goal for bond
sales to individuals Individual
purchases through Wednesday -
third day of the drive-totalled
1861, 100000, or more than nine per
cent of the quota. the Treasury an
nounced last night.
M1LWAUKEE-AP- Four per-
sons were critically injured and
26 others suffered injuries last
night when a violent wind blew
down part Of the grandstand roof
at the Milwaukee Brewer baseball
,, park where 800 fans were watch
ing an American Association game.
NEW YORK-AP-An Eisen-
hover medal and the title OF 1874
Father to All Men Overseas" have
been awarded to Joe f. Brown, film
and radio comedian. Brown, who
has travelled to many battlefronts.
received the presentation from the
National Fathers Day Committee
OF New York on his Blue Network
coast-to-coast radio program last
night.
LONDON-INS- Gen De Gaulle,
president OF the French Commit
tee of Liberation, has taken the
first step toward assuming the civ
IL administration of liberated por.
tons Of France. In a special com.
munique, committee headquarters
announced that De Gaulle had left
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