The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-03

NEW YORK-AP-Roy a. Rob
erts, managing editor Of the Kansas
City Star. has been named to the
advisory board OF the Columbia
University Graduate School Of Jour
nalism TO complete the term OF the
late William Allen White which ex-
pres in 1916.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. -AP- A
chemical method OF duplicating
quinine. identical in every respect
TO the antimalarial drug extracted
from the bark OF cinchona trees,
has been developed after almost a
century Of attempts by chemists.
the Polaroid Corporation announ-
ced today.
PHILADELPHIA AP 49, The
American Federation of Labor,
which has defensiyely opposed de.
mands for labor Consumption
throughout the war. shifted TO ali
attack basis today with a sharp
criticism of Army and Navy Off
Gals for statements on various as
poets OF the manpower problem.
In particular" said an AFL state
ment, the executive council re.
cards the apparently haphazard
and. contradictory policies announ-
oed from week to week and month
10 month on inductions into the
armed forces as indefensible from
any point Of view
KANSAS CITY-AP- Method
lists were called upon today to UNI
dertake a $25000,000 postwar re-
construction program to be known
as a :'crusade for Christ. Plans
for the crusade, which some church
leaders said would be the most
significant work Of this Methodist
quadrennial general conference,
were disclosed in a report by the
committee Of q.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.-AP-Re-
publican United States Senator
Chan Quincy rode through critic
ism by a party opponent that he
was friendly with the New Deal
10 win denomination in Tuesdays
South Dakota primary election. and
a Dewey-inclined convention slate
triumphed over one favoring Lieut.
Commander Harold Stassen, for
mer Minnesota governor.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala APP =
Senator Lister Hill won renomina-
tion for a second term in Tues
days Democratic primary over
James A. Simpson, Birmingham,
and claimed IL victory for Roose-
welt policies. for Democratic rule
IN Alabama and the nation, and for
clean political campaigning" The
primary result is equivalent 10 cleo
ton.
BOMBAY-AP-- A government
communique said today that the
anemic condition from which Mo-
handas X Gandhi is suffering has
grown worse and that his blood
pressure has fallen. giving rise to
bOlilt dlAlNls Ht Autllg III
dian nationalist leader has been !
informed in the Aga Khan's Pal |
ace at Poona for almost two years
NEW YORK-AP-A dispatch |
from Bern. Switzerland. to the New
York Times said today that Paul |
Poiret, noted French dress de- |
signer, died last Sunday at the |
age OF "a The cause Of death |
was not given.
LONDON-AP-The Algiers ra.
do quoted a Geneva dispatch to- |
day as saying that the train taking
Benito Mus olini back to northern
Italy after his recent conference /
with Adolf Hitler in Germany had |
been attacked near Bolzano by a |
group OF Italian partisans. The |
partisans : abled the locomotive I
and delayed Mussolini for two .
hours, said the broadcast.
SAN Observation-Disclosures |
Attorney Edmund Brown said that +.
the San Francisco County grand |
jury tonight voted a 22-count muir /
der indictment which named .
George Holman, 40, of San Fran
cisco as the man responsible for
the New Amsterdam Hotel fire the
night of March q in which % per-
sons persisted.
NEWPORT NEWS, Na.-AP -
Charges by Senator Bridges (R-
N.H) that some soldiers were los.
ing a large part Of their pay in
Army camp slot machines and .
that Camp Patrick Henry, Va. was
zone place where the situation is
extremely bad" we're denied by
Brig Gen. J. r. Fitzpatrick. com
manding officer OF the Hampton
Roads port OF embarkation. In a
brief statement. General Kilpat-
rick declared, there are no slot
machines or any other gambling
devices available to enlisted men
at Camp Patrick or, any other in
stallation Of the Hampton Roads
port OF embarkation."
NEWARK. y. J.--AP-Electronic
blind landing instruments which
guide pilots TO home airfields and
enable them to hit runways accu-
rately now are being built into
combat planes and trainers. the
WESTINGHOUSE meter division an
nounced today.
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan Light rain to-
night and Thursday. much cooler.
with fresh to strong winds
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