The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-14

minor requests, the estate goes TO
seven nieces and nephews. Mar
quis. SO, died Dec. 10 in his home
in Evanston, Ill.
CHICAGO-INS-A member Of
the Civil Air Patrol. killed when his
small private cabin plane crashed
near the Chicago Airport, was iden-
titled today as ]. Merriweather
Purdy. AZ. of Cambridge, o. Purdy
was coming in after a fight from
Cambridge and was enroute to Ap-
pleton, Wis He intended to stop
In Chicago to refuel.
MORRISTOWN, Pains The
estate Of the late Cyrus H. X.
Curtis, Philadelphia publisher. has
shrunk by more than half. II was
revealed today. The estate origin
ally totalled S2S 900. 900 but inherit
ance taxes. administrative costs
and minor requests nicked the for
tune so that today 1t stands at
$13,Si0,79474.
LONDON-INS-A dispatch from
Wellington to Reuters today said
that William c. Burdett, American
minister to New Zealand. had died.
Burdett, SO years old, had been in
the diplomatic service since 1919.
NOVICE, Tex.-UP-Railroad Of
fcials sought the identity today of
nine persons killed when a troop
train skidded into the rear OF
California bound Santa Fe passen-
ger train during a binding snow
storm. The passenger train had
stopped in front OF the Novice sta
ton. The nine dead were from the
passenger train which was four
hours behind schedule J. B. Nc
Gale, engineer of the troop train,
said he did not see the cars in
front of him until hi7 locomotive
rounded a curve a few hundred
feet from the station. The troop
train skidded into the rear OF the
passenger train with locked brakes.
WASHlNGTON-AP-The Army
advises its editors against depict
ing "the female form in Army
newspapers" within the contin-
entail limits of the United States"
says a War Department guide,
This general subject is already
so handsomely exploited by civil
Ian periodicals that for the mill
tary TO enter the competition
would be like carrying Goals to
Newcastle"
.WASHINGTON-AP- The Ad-
ministration plans to launch new
subsidy program today, despite
expected protests from Congress.
Economic Sterilization Director
Fred NJ. vinson revealed to two
legislators that he has signed a
directive establishing subsidy
for grapefruit Juice Gamers.
NEW DELHI-AP-Pandit Ra-
vishankar Shukla, brother-iu-law OF
Congress Leader Pandit Pawahar.
lal Nehru and former prime minis
ter Of the Congress government of
the Central Provinces. died today
in Lucknow. He was about so.
WASHlNGTON-AP - Newspa-
pers will not be denied radio owner
ship merely because they are news
papers, the Federal Communica-
tons Commission has decided-ex-
cept when an equally qualified non
newspaper applicant seeks a IL
cense.
CHICAGO-AP- Thirteen indi-
viduals and 12 corporations were
acquitted by federal court jury to-
day OF charges that they conspired
TO fix the price OF brick cheese
throughout the United States in
violation of the Sherman antitrust
act.
NEW YORK-AP - Diaper"
shorts and romper exercise suits
provided a final FLIP to a crowded
week OF spring fashion openings to-
day, as visiting editors viewed the
collection Of Claire McCardell. in
genious young designer who prev
iously had shocked the country with
her "leotards" tlong underwear
and her "popoyer" dresses for
home.front X. p. duty. The diaper
shorts are just what they seem.
being wrapped in the familiar three
cornered manner. and having look
OF Ghandi in their completed state.
OTTAWA-AP- Ray Anterior,
United States ambassador TO Cana
da. will undertake a tour Of the
Dominion soon. the United States
Embassy announced today. The
tour, first to be undertaken by Ath-
erton since he was appointed am
bassador. will begin Jan. is with a
trip through western Ontario.
Observation-Disclosures Of
eamouflage paint Is going to clear
the scales for so pounds more of
bombs or baggage in new flying
fortfesses. The Boeing Aircraft
Company said yesterday the no
paint order would leave the shiny
four-engined bombers that much
lighter and faster by several miles
an hour.
BARCELONA-AP-Paris press
dispatches said today that Joseph
Serlln. former member OF the
French senate had heen slain by
an unidentified assassin at Lyon
several vs. ago. Six other persons
we're said TO have been killed and
two Others wounded in a single dsy
IN the Cote Dor department in at
tacks by persons which the Ger