The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-30

LONDON-INS-Henry de Man,
former Belgian minister captured
by French patriot forces on the
Swiss frontier, Is one OF the first
OF Europe's Quislings to fall into
Allied hands, the Belgian news
agency said today.
HAMMOND, Ind.-AP- Sidmon
McHie who rose from newsboy 10
become prominent on LaSalle and
Wall Streets and publisher OF the
Hammond Times, died early today
from injuries suffered last Friday
when the car which he was driving
was struck by railroad locomo-
tive south of Lansing. Ill. Born In
Crosse Pointe, Mich, McHie, a
farm boy. moved to Detroit and sold
newspapers. In 1878 he establish
ed his own brokerage firm in Chi
cago.
TRENTON, n. JAP Attor.
neys for Armand Z. Robichaud,
Newark public relations man. pre-
pared a habeas corpus petition to.
day in their fight against his extra.
ditio1 to Michigan to face a charge
that he conspired to bride Michi.
gan legislators. Robichaud's coun.
sci, Richard ]. Fitzmaurice, said he
would ask the Essex County court
for a habeas corpus writ within a
few days.
LONDON-AP-New waves OF
German flying bombs hurtled
against London and Southern Eng
land during the night, most OF them
apparently coming from the region
west of Boulogne upon which Allied
armies now are rapidly advancing
The assaults against the southern
counties continued after daybreak
and an alert also was sounded
again in the London area. The at
tacks ended lull which had con
tinued for two successive nights.
WASHINGTON-UP- Vice Pres
ident Walter p. Reuther of tn,
International United Auto Workers
(CIO) and other union representa-
tives convened with heads of tive
governmental agencies today II
hopes Of eliminating widespread
wage differentials among mainten
ance workers. The union, Reuthel
said, is representing more than so,
900 skilled maintenance worker!
covered by JAW contracts.
FORT SUMNER, n. M-INS -
Search. was pressed today over 1
wide area for two German prison
ers OF war who escaped from a rail
road car between Belen, N. NJ. anC
Fort Sumner, Tuesday. The pai
fled after cutting the screen from
one Of the cars windows. The pris
oners were identified as Kur
Krause, 81, and Rudolf Krause, 81
Reports failed to indicate whether
they were related.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES deaths
in the United States in the frs
seven months this year were eigh
per cent higher than in the sam,
period Of 1913, the National Safety
Council reported today, The dealt
total for the nation through July
was placed at 1880, compared will
1850 for the same period last year
SEATTLE, Wash.-INS-A "a
year-old iron lung patient, Mrs. The
da Anna Carl, was in fair condition
at King County Hospital today af
ter having her appendix removed
while she lay in the machine. Mrs
Carl. who has been in the Respiration
since March 6, was given a genera
anesthetic with occasional inhala
tons OF oxygen. The operation wa'
performed after a section OF thu
iron lung had been lifted. She is the
mother of two small children.
READING, Pa.-AP-Chief Phar
macist's Mate Paul b. Binder, whit
won the Croix de Guerre in World
war / for leading 500 blinded
, Frenchmen through a poison ga
hollow although his own masi
leaked, has been killed in actor
in the South Pacific, the Navy DE
partment notified his wife today.
WASHINGTON 49, APP Senator
George (D-Ga.) author OF the Sen
ate-approved rehabilitation ant
reconversion measure, voiced hop'
today the House would put bacl
the provisions. ripped out by IL
Ways and Means Committee. 70
handling the problems OF the job
less in the reconversion era.
LONDON-AP-An armistice pro
posal couched In take II or leave
it, terms probably will be handeC
to Bulgarian emissaries within thu
next few days, and under presen
plans probably will be signed II
Cairo. a dispatch from that capita
said today. The Identities OF thu
Bulgarian delegates. who probabl!
number four, have not been dis
closed.
u. s. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan - Increasing
cloudiness and a little warmer to
night. Thursday showers and cool
er. Increasing winds.
Highest temperature yesterday
IS: lowest last night, 81