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

the United States will haV> five
four-star generals. They sr2:
Generals George Marshall, Dwight
Eisenhower, Douglas Macarthur
and II. n. Arnold.
HOLLYWOOD-INS-A Nazi ro-
bot bomb has damaged the home
where Comedian Bob Hope was
born in Ethan, England. Para
mount Studio was informed today.
sARANAs LAKE, N. "
AP-ManueI Quezon, IS, eSiled
president Of the Philippine gov
eminent, which he had headed
since 1885, died today at
summer home here from tuber-
eulosls.
WASHINGTON-INS-A House
Military Affairs Subcommittee to-
day charged that taxpayers have
been drained of millions of dollars
by system OF labor renting"
in which war contractors have paid
labor as much as $l2 an hour. The
subcommittee reported that gov
eminent agencies. including the
National War Labor Board, have
promised rigid action TO halt the
practice, which was termed "a
parasitical device existing at the
expense Of the taxpayers"
COOPERSTOWN, N. zap
Frank Joseph Loesch, 92, Chicago
lawyer who served on the Wicker
sham commission, national body of
law observance and enforcement,
died yesterday Loesch was cred
tied with coming the phrase pub
lie enemy.
SOMERVILLE, Mass.-AP- Flu
neral services for Miss Marguerite
Alice Missy lie Hand. 46. OF Som
erville, for 20 years personal sec
rotary to President Roosevelt, will
be wednesday in st. Johns Church,
North Cambridge, at 10 a. m. Blu
rial will be in Mt Auburn Gene
terry. It is expected that Mrs.
Roosevelt will attend the services.
ANKARA-AP- The overnight
express train from Istanbul ar
rived here this morning packed
with Germans and their families.
A special plane was loaded at Is
tanbul yesterday with another
group OF Germans Fastening inland
to Ankara, the capital, before the
meeting of the national. assembly
wednesday when 1t Is commonly
expected that the Turks will an
nounce a break in relations with
Germany.
WASHINGTON -AP- Threat
ening shortages of critical NUM-
lions due to premature shifting Of
manpower to non-essential produc-
ton forced a conference Of top pro-
duction officials today with War
Mobilization Director James F..
Byrnes.
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-AP-Some
alcoholic beverages have become
so cheap in San Diego that deal
ers have protested to the Office
OF Price Administration, which has
had to explain that It's job is to
set ceiling-not floor-prices. With
the re-opening of liquor distilling
in this country, prices on some
imported brands have dropped to
less than the federal tax on them.
NEW YORK-AP- All motor
car traffic in Belgium and north
ern France has been prohibited by
Nazi occupation authorities effec-
tive Aug. Is. the German Trans
ocean Agency said today in a Ber-
lin broadcast. A similar prohibition
on motorcycles will be effective
Sept. l, Transocean said.
ROME-AP- Italian art master
pieces which were removed from
Florence because OF the POSSIBLE
fly OF air raid damage have been
found by Allied officers scattered
through various farm houses south
OF the famous art center. some In
an area that still is battle-ground.
NEW YORK-AP-The destroy
er U.S.S. Turner still is useful in
the war despite lying on the bot
tom OF lower New York Harbor
where an explosion sank her last
Jan. 3, the Navy says. The Tur-
ner is providing training for 80
student divers. Salvage operations
have recovered torpedoes, ammuni-
ton and equipment for use on 9TH
er naval vessels,
COLOMBO, Ceylon-AP-A. z.
Aubury, Sc, Gaumont British news
reel cameraman, was fatally wound
ed by Japanese gunfire while film
ing the bombardment OF Sabang
naval base July rs from the super
structure OF one OF the attacking
British destroyers, It was announc-
ed today.
LONDON-AP- Britain and the
United States have promised Ger
tain neutral governments" permits
sion to import extra food supplies
over blockade quotas II they agree
to receive child refugees from enc
my-occupied countries, the House
OF Commons was informed today.
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