The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-07
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ABOARD A BRITISH WARSHIP
-INs-The British force which
knocked out the Tirpitz came home
today, passing into its anchorage
in file as British sailors cheered
it ship by ship. The home fleet
commander, Admiral Sir Bruce
Fraser, stood on the quarterback
OF his flagship. waving his cap
with the entire ships company.
DETROIT, Mich. A strike
today OF 1000 Department Of
Street Railway maintenance
men closed two OF Dctroit's
largest car barns and threaten
ed to halt public transporta-
ton. The walkout followed
dismissal Of three CLIO work.
men. DsR officials expressed
the fear that service would
be halted before night by pic
ket lines at barns. The street
railway service has been the
scene OF jurIsdictional, disputes
between the CLIO and ALL
with each union accusing the
other OF raldina it's member
ship A. F. Of L. men remain
ed on the Job today.
NV YORK-INS-Lord Wavell.
viceroy Of India, accompanied by
his wife, arrived in Calcutta last
night after a three day tour OF
eastern Bengal, the British radio
said today in a broadcast heard
by CHS. Wavell visited British
and Indian military hospitals and
Army and Air Force bases during
the tour, the announcer added.
Los ANGELES-INS- Several
hundred motorists were breathing
easier today after James f. Har
rington, head of the war frauds
unit OF the Justice Department,
intimated that automobile owners
whose cars are equipped with bu-
tane-burning devices would not be
prosecuted unless a conspiracy
TO violate the strategic metals reg
ulation' could be shown. The an
nouncement came after the gov
eminent had named a second Los
Angeles man, Paul B. Hughes,
owner of a welding shop, in a six
count information charging him
with installing butane gas equip
ment in private automobiles.
PORTLAND, Ore.--INS- Polit-
ical observers saw a possibility to-
DAY that Wendell Willkie might
leave his name on the Oregon pri-
mary ballot despite his withdraw
al from the presidential nomination
campaign. Observers pointed out
that Willkie, who is unopposed for
the states 10 Republican dele
gates, could release them at stra-
tegic moment during the COP.
convention.
HONOLULU up More than
than 100000 tons OF commercial
cargo were. shipped to Honolulu in
1912 and 1943 without loss Of
single ship though some were at
tackled, defense counsel at a ha-
beas corpus hearing charged yes
terday in challenging the necessity
for martial law in Hawaii
WASHINGTON-INS-The Treas
ury's procurement division, aided
by the Bureau Of the Budget and
the War Production Board, is bus
lily installing a classification sys-
TEN of surplus property TO prevent
purchasing blunders. now and he'll
ter-skeiter selling after the war,
officials said today.
WASHINGTON-INS- Rep. He
bert Cd La. outlined a postwar
program today for restoration OF
the nations historical shrines to
save returning veterans OF World
War II from cutting weeds and
selling apples" Hebert asserted
that there is no possibility Of get
ting away from postwar govern.
ment aid. He proposed that the fed
eral funds be spent in permanent
construction and restoration OF
shrines"
WASHINGTON ms Former
President Herbert Hoover has in
formed friends in Washington. i;
was disclosed today, that he would
be entirely satisfied with nomina
ton OF GOV. Thomas f. Dewey
OF New York as the Republican
presidential candidate.
WASHINGTON UP Victor A.
Kraychenko. self described mem
Der of the Russian purchasing
commission who created a stir ear
lier this week by accusing the So
Wet government of "double-faced"
dealings with its allies. was brand
ed a liar and a Red Army de
serter'' today by the Soviet en-
bassy.
WASHINGTON-1NS- Another
discordant note this one in the
field OF music-was struck today
in the relations between the Unit.
ed States and Argentina. Plans
for a in-American concert tour
by members OF the Metropolitan
Opera Company were suddenly al
tered to eliminate Argentina. The