The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-03
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RYE. n. Y.-INS-The Morris
Plan Banker; Association was
pledged today to all possible aid
to small and medium-sized business
enterprises after the war. follow
ing its three-day postwar plan
ming conference at Rye.
NEW YORK-INS-The Nation
al Committee OF Education on AL
coholism, Inc, was formed in New
York today in drive for recogu,.
ton OF alcoholism az a disease, and
alcoholics as i'll persons worthy of
help. The committee will conduct
national educational campaign
to direct public attention to what
has been termed by DR.. Lawrence
Kolb, assistant surgeon general OF
the L. S. Pu' c Health Service. as
Americas public health problem
No. A..
WASHINGTON INS-An auth
oritative govern4-ent food expert
disclosed tod he United States
and Great Britain will have to feed
occupied western &c. iany while
Russia probably will seize" foods
in the eastern surplus area OF the
Nazi homeland.
WASHINGTON-INS- The ma.
tons current scarcity" OF ciga-
rettes may get worse before it gets
better. Federal experts indicated
today that increased purchases by
the armed forces will make the
cigarette supply picture even tight
er in the fourth quarter of the
year-October through December.
LONDON-UP - German long
range guns at Calais were capable
OF throwing shells 65 miles, it was
revealed today with the disclosure
that the weapons shelled the area.
OF Maidstone, capital OF the County
OF Kent, in tn early morning last
June -. Maidstone is Go miles
from Calais.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Oct. Sup -
Brig. Gen. Carlos p. Romulo, resi-
dent commissioner of the Philip
pines. arrived today at Gen. Dou-
glas MacArthur's headquarters and
announced that he chopped" he was
on his way back to the Philippines.
Romula arrived by plane from
Washington, d. c.
LONDON AP - Mai Gwilym
Lloyd George, minister of fuel, to
the House Of Commons today
critical winter lay ahead because
OF 25 per cent increase in "volun-
tary absenteeism" among coal min
ers. The son Of the former prime
minister reported production had
fallen about 100000 tons a week
since the we e increases of last
April, largely because of absentee
ism.
LONDON-AP- Prime Minister
Churchill told Commons today he
did not expect q British general
election 10 he held soon, that 1t
is what you might call impending
rather than imminent.
NATAL-AP-A German subma-
rine was sunk off the Brazilian
coast Sept. 2S by an American
plane. 1t was the first U-boat de.
stroyed in these waters in recent
months.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Min.
lister Churchill's use OF the term
lavish" to describe American help |
from China, drew an editorial pro-
test in the Chinese press today. |
Tia Kung Pao, China's most influ-
entail newspaper, said the world |
should realize that Britain and |
America. were not entirely free |
from responsibility, at least moral
ly, for China's military weakness,
and that American lend-lease help |
to China amounted only to one or
two per cent of the total given the
Allies.
SALINAS, Cal.-INS- Another |
climax was expected today in the
murder OF Frances Andrews, So,
the Monterey Peninsula society fig.
ure who, the state says, murdered !
19-year-old Jay Lovett because she
was jealous Of another woman. Dis
trict Attorney Anthony Brazil plan
ned to call Or. Frederick Proes cher.
nationally known pathologist and
criminologist, who is expected to
testify that young Lovett, whose
body was found $50 yards from the
Andrews ranch gate a few minutes
after he had left Mrs. Andrews,
could not possibly have fred the
gun that ended his life.
LANSING, Mich.-AP - State
Senator Charles c. Digs, Detroit,
one OF 20 persons convicted in the
recent legislative graft conspiracy
trials, awaited transfer to state
prison today as counsel for IS 9th
ers debated whether to appeal 20
the state supreme court for new
trials.
HOLLYWOOD APP Movie Ac-
tor Cary Grant and his wife, Bar
n. Il ]