The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-08

today TO the London Daily Tele-
graph. In addition. the newspaper
added. NaH Secretary OF State
Meissner was wounded as he sought
shelter from the bombs in the Chan
cellory cellar.
CHICAGO-INS-A conscience
stricken woman, who walked into
the detective bureau yesterday and
confessed killing man l6 years
ago, faced a charge OF murder to-
day. The woman was Mrs. Maxine
Allen. As. who told Detective Chief
John L. Sullivan that she had killed
Harry "Blackie" Woods, 35, during
a quarrel in a near North Side res
taurant Oct. 8, 1927.
-INS-Stressing free
dom OF the press as "a right OF the
people" cambridge Colby, sec
rotary OF state under President
Woodrow Wilson, declared today
that mo one is exempt from honest
criticism, not even the President"
Speaking before a Chicago business
group. Colby said that ito fetter the
press Is to fetter ourselves
OGDEN. ah-INS-Officials at
Hill Field today announced recoy'
cry OF most OF the radium that
was stolen recently from the instru-
ment department Of the field. For
the past three days, military and
civilian authorities have been con-
Quoting a statewide search for the
deadly element. A package was re-
ceived by the commanding officer
of the field and it was found TO con-
tain a quantity OF the stolen radi-
UNI solution in tiny Walls.
PASADENA. Cal.-INS-Funeral
services were being arranged today
for Charles Henry Warner. II, not
ed inventor who recently had been
living at San Marine, Cal. Warner
and his brother, Arthur, developed
the first magnetic speedometers for
authorities. He later took up copper
mining at Lordsburg, n. NJ.
HOLLYWOOD-INS-The grow
ing rift between Joan Blondell and
Dick Powell was virtually a com
plete break today. Ii was learned
that the actress has engaged a
lawyer, Judge Lester Roth, to file
suit for divorce, but Is postponing
that step until she has discussed
it with Powell He is due back
from New York next week end.
CHICAGO-INS-A possible ma
jor step toward reconciliation of
the American Federation OF Labor
and the Congress of Industrial Or
ganization was accomplished today
with an agreement between the two
largest unions in the rival organi-
cations to quit raiding each others
membership for the duration. The
truce was consummated by the
leadership OF the United Automo-
bile, Aircraft and Agricultural I'm
plement Workers, CLIO, with mem
bership of worlds larg-
est union-and the International
Association OF Machinists, AFL,
with a membership Of 100000.
NEW Y6RK-INS- Frank B.
Mitchell, OF the New York War
Finance Committee, said today that
redemption OF war bonds has been
only six per cent since the be-
ginning OF the sales and that pub
lished reports showing redemption
OF bonds in November to be 90 per
cent were unfair. Redemption was
high in November. Mitchell de-
clared. due to Christmas shopping
and the Dec. Is income tax pay
ment.
NEW YORK-INS- As far as
Wendell L. Willkie Is concerned,
he has no personal objections to
the selection of Chicago as the site
OF the 1914 Republican National
Convention. The former COP
presidential candidate made that
point plain today in a statement
issued from his law office here as
members OF the Republican Com
mittee converged on Chicago for
next weeks meeting to name the
time and place for the nominating
convention.
WASHINGTON-INS- A War
food administration official said
today the farm labor picture will
be fairly bright in 1914 and pre-
dicted industrial reconversion will
put more men back in agricultur-
al employment. At the close OF
1913. the spokesman said. $780,
900 farm hands Of draft age were
deferred from military service
comprising more than half Of the
total deferments granted by selec-
tive service.
| WASHINGTON-INS-The Trea-
sury Department aimed a new
blow at the whisky black market
today as the entire liquor manu-
lfacturing industry was brought I'M
der government scrutiny. Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgenthau
ANNOUNCED that wholesalers must
now present daily instead of
monthly reports on liquor consign-
ments.
PHILADELPHIA ms Seven
teen thousand striking workers
OF the Cramp Shipbuilding Com
pany today continued their def
ance OF the Navy Department, the
War Labor Board and their own
national union president by refus-
ing to return to their Jobs. In
answer to pleas Of Secretary OF the
Navy Frank Knox and John L.
Green. national president Of the
industrial Tninn of Marina and