The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06

battle against second and third de
gree burns. a corps of doctors and
nurses had struggled since We'd
nesday TO save her life, using all
the knowledge and experience &C
CURED two years ago in the treat
ment OF victims Of the tragic Co
coanut Grove fire.
LONDON-AP-- Lord Hartins.
ton, 26, and Kathleen Kennedy, "a,
daughter of Joseph p. Kennedy.
former L. S. ambassador to Britain,
were married today at the Chelsea
register office. Lord Harrington
heir of the Duke of Devonshire, re-
Gently was defeated as a govern
ment candidate for Commons. Miss
Kennedy has been a resident help
err at Red Cross club since LAST
summer.
WASHINGTON-AP A new
states rights fight developed to-
- over the educational provI-
sions of the omnibus veterans
benefits bill. As educational lead
ers assailed the school features OF
the measure, which Is slated for
House consideration next week. and
called it serious threat" to free
dom OF education, Rep. Rankin ID
Miss.) defended the plan as safe
guarding states rights to the full
est extent"
WASHINGTON-AP- Attorney
General Biddle's ruling that mo
property is immune" in wartime
includes every citizen In the coun-
try, Rep. Roy o. Woodruff. Michi-
gan Republican. told she House
yesterday during a heated debate
preceding the vote OF an investiga-
tion Of the governments action In
the Montgomery Ward case.
GREENSBORO Bend. Vt.-AP-
One fireman was killed and hve
other members OF a train crew IN
iured Friday In head-on collision
between two st. Johnsbury ana
Lake Champlain railroad trains
The dead man was identified as
Roy Collins, AZ, Of st. John sbury.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland-AP-In
Joint declaration. the cabinet ana
all four OF Iceland's political par
ties called on citizens yesterday to
vote for the establishment OF a
Republic in the popular referendum
10 be held May 20-23. Iceland and
Denmark were linked under the
rule of King Christian by a treaty
OF union signed in 1918. This trea.
~ expired on Dec. 81, 1913.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Sen.
ate's liquor shortage investigating
committee today probed War
Production Board (WPB) order un-
der which Chairman McCarran ID
New declared the United States
has been FLOODED with inferior Gu
ban gins and rum"
LA\SING-AP Unable 10 un.
derstand how one man could cram
25 10 26 hours work into single
p hour days, state officials refused
10 pay such bill. Auditor Ge neral
Vernon J. Brown, the civil service
department and the liquor control
commission collaborated in with.
holding payment OF s6.160.SS to the
Star Transfer Company OF Detroit
for supplying labor to help unload
liquor at state liquor stores in that
city, questioning those and other
Items.
NASH1NGTON-AP-M Gen.
Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selec.
tive Service. was responsible today
for relieving plenty of pre-inductee
headaches indicated that there
are enough available men under %
to fill draft quotas until fall. Gener-
al Hershey, in an interview at Bal
timore yesterday, said that draft
calls had been decreasing during
the last few months. intimatins
that the Army is gaining its person
mel strength.
KANSAS CITY-AP-The great
est single accomplishment OF the
Methodist Church's 1874 general
conference. Bishop II. Lester Smith
OF Cincinnati declared today. was
adoption of its Crusade for Christ"
which means every Methodist will
have his work cut out for him for
the next four years" Bishop Smith.
president Of the Council Of Bishops
and hence the No. / Methodist. said
in an Interview that the crusade
gave the church's 100000 men,
bers a blueprint OF what they had