The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-04-14

neer who designed the Marine boil
er which reyolutionized water-tube
boiler practice in the Navies and
Merchant Marines OF rhe world.
The ship was sponsored by the
widow OF the inventor. Mrs. LAWN
ia Brown Hoxie of Westerly. r. |.
Hoxie was formerly president OF
the Babcock and Wilcox Co, an
engineering firm.
NEW YORK-lNS- The fabu-
lous American movie industry en-
tered its 5lst year today. ignoring
its golden anniversary with a re-
straint that was little less than
colossal Movledom, which now
expresses itself financially in mil
lions at its sprawling Hollywood
headquarters, got its start April
IA, 1894, when the first public
showing OF Thomas A. Edison's
Kinetescope films netted boxoffice
receipts OF $3.50 in a converted
New York shoe store.
WASHINGTON - ms - Rep.
keefe (R) Wis, called on the Of
flee OF Price Administration today
to revise a cheese price setup that
he charged "discriminates against
the state that produces so per
cent OF the nations cheese" Keefe
asserted that use of the Plymouth
plus" system of cheese price fix
ing allows producers in other
states to charge more for the same
product than Wisconsin producer.
MIAMI, Fla.-INS-Lt. Frank
lin d. Roosevelt, Jr., son OF the
President, has gone to an undis-
closed destination to take command
of an anti-submarine naval craft, 1t
was announced today at Seventh
Naval District Headquarters IN
Miami.
LE-INS-Gratefu
for the work done with front line
troops, American division officers
raised $500 for the American Red
Cross in a few hours. II was an
nounced today. Mai. Lincoln Stod-
dard OF Worcester. Mass, topped
the contributions with a gift of
$500.
NEW YORK-INS-If the hap
less apartment seeker in New York
developed a headache during the
past few months in his fruitless
search for quarters, he had def
nate hangover" today after read
ing a report showing Manhattan
vacancies are now less than one
per cent. OF the Borough's 21,765
modern suites, less than 5000 are
vacant, according to bulletin is
sued by the management division
OF the Real Estate Board eof New
York.
LONDON--INS Gen. Perre
Weiss, government. prosecutor in
the recent torture trials" in Al
giers, today was reported stripped
OF his French citizenship by n
special act of the Vichy puppet gov
ernment. Reuters News Agency,
quoting roundabout reports seeping
out OF occupied France, said also
that his property has been cos-
fscated.
CAIRO AP-In an effort to end
factional strife among divergent
political elements inside and out
side Greece, King George II has
instructed Sophocles Venizelos to
form a new Greek cabinet truly
representative of his people.
WASHINGTON - AP - Three
cases OF employer defiance OF the
War Labor Board (WLB) today
awaited presidential action, chief
among them the Montgomery-Ward
& Co. issue which has developed
into strikes at Chicago and Kansas
City and may furnish an acid test
OF WLB authority over so-called
non-war pInts.
NEW DELHI AP-The govern
ment OF India announced today the
establishment OF censorship over
non-official internal postal and tele-
graphic communications because
India "has now become a major
base for offensive operations
against the japanese
FITCHBURG, Mass-INS-The
"Grand Duchess of the Dance" is
dead. Mrs. Lila Viles Wyman, 80,
famous Boston dancing teacher for
more than 60 years, passed away
suddenly at her home.
OMAHA. Neb.-INS-The Mis-
souri, River reached flood stage OF
10 feet at Omaha today and con-
tinued its steady rise as prisoners
OF war from the Clarinda, Ia. camp
were thrown into the fight to save
Iowa lowlands from inundation.
LONDON-lNS-(Axis Souree)
The Fascist Rome radio report
ed today that a very large time
bomb was discovered in the Sistine
chapel of the Vatican just before
it vas due to explode. The bomb.
according to the broadcast, was
similar to ones now being used
by Marshal Tito's forces in the
Balkans"
WASHINGTON-UP- The bulk
OF 200 imprisoned draft violators
who claim religious objections to
service will be offered an opportun-
ity to enter the armed forces. pub
lie service camps or essential jobs
in public institutions. under an
agreement between selective serv-
,Fffasa1C I'D the EadnraI ntt