The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-14

NEW YORK-INS-A new po.
litical party took its place on the
American scene today-the Ameri-
can Veterans Party, Inc. Chair
man Harold ]. Burke, Brooklyn
commander of the Veterans OF For
eign Wars, said the new organiza-
ton will tell America with ballots
what servicemen are telling our
enemies with bullets"
NEW YORK-IN5-A gran; OF
$3.50 made by the Rockefeller In
stitute, was revealed today to be
responsible to a major degree for
the development of one of the
worlds greatest medical alds-tne
new wonder drug penicillin. The
institute report disclosed that in
1886 DR.. II. w. Florey, a professor
OF Oxford, England, had asked for
the money to purchase laboratory
equipment to continue experiments
begun by Dr. Alexander Fleming
at st. Mays, in London. The re-
quest was granted Immediately.
BUFFALO. N. Y.-INS-Ofhcials
OF the Bell Aircraft Corporation to-
day were investigating the crash
Of an Airaco6ra fighter plane
which killed Robert T. Borcherdt,
3S, assistant manager OF flight
research of the company's Niagara
Falls plant Morcherdt was pilot
ing the plane on routine test
flight when it crashed, exploded
and burned.
NEW YORk-INS- The horri-
flying story of how all but nine of
the crews OF tanker and a Lib
erty ship lost their lives when the
two vessels collided amid explo-
sions and flames was revealed TO-
day by the War Shipping Admins
tration. Maritime authorities who
examined the shattered hulk OF
the Liberty Ship J. Pinckney Hen
derson when it was towed to an
East Coast port after burning for
three weeks described 1t as the
most completely Quilted ship" they
had ever seen. and marveled that
1t did not sink.
CHICAGO ms A teen age
girl with sadistic tendencies was
sought by Chicago police today az
ter a second child in the same
Northwest Side neighbefhood was
violently attacked. The latest vic
tim was John Marth, eight years
old. who was beaten over the head
with a monkey wrench. His con-
dition was described as serious.
WHITESBURG, Ky. - ms A
guard was maintained today about
the Letcher County jail to prevent
possible violence following the pur-
ported confession of John Banks,
So. that he dubbed and buried
alive Pearl Bowling, so year old
rural mail carrier. The entire
county, as well as the Bull Creek
district where both men had their
homes, was aroused over the cal
lous murder. Authorities said
Banks confessed beating the mail
carrier before robbing the mail
bag OF $40.
CHICAGO-1NS-A belief that
Onofrio WHALE. friend and associ.
ate OF the murdered James de An
gelo, whose body was found stuff
ed in an automobile trunk Satur-
may have met. similar fate grew
today when police learned of a
mysterious message sent the fam
lily. Investigators questioning vi
tales daughter, Ann, 20, were told
that the night her father disap-
peared Feb. Is, someone called on
the telephone and said: Your
father and his friend are locked up,
and you'll have to get bondsman."
CANBERRA, Australia-AP -
Prime Minister John Curtin today
refused a parl ament members re
quest to ask the L. 5. government
to reduce the pay OF American sol
diers in Australia to the Australian
soldiers level. 1T is not matter
which properly falls within the Aus
tralian governments jurisdiction,
he said. Il do not think the L. s
government would welcome such a
recommendation.
HOLLYWOOD ms For un.
derground activities against the
Nazis, one of Hedy Lamarr's' for
mer STANDING In Europe paid with
her life. Hollywood heard today
The girl, Lisl Steffi, recently was
executed in Trieste, according to
word received at the Warner
Brothers Studio, where Miss La
MARI is making a picture called
~The Conspirators".
NEW YORK-INS-The ashes
OF Irwin S. Cobb. famed author and
humorist who died last Friday at
the age Of 81, we're on their way
today to his native Paducah, KY,
after a simple funeral ceremony
carried out according to his last
wishes. Although Cobb wanted nc
show at his last rites. a few init
mate friends attended the cere
mony at the Williams Funeral
Chapel. Surrounding the funeral
urn were many flowers, including
Towering dogwood. which Cobt
especially had asked for in his fu
neral document.
WASHINGTON ms Rep
Clare Boothe Luce (R) Conn. sug-
ReaIe1 fnInr thai NAM hnrr 81 Can.