The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-01
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WASHINGTON ms These
short, wartime courtships seem
sensible. after all. for beginning
today courtship will be costly. II
may be Aprirs Fools day, but the
new excise taxes on jewelry. cos
metics, furs, admissions. night
clubs, and even phone calls are no
Joke to the wooing male. And
each time he collects another lip
stick mark, il costs his date more
money.
WASHINGTON - ms - Rep
Norys tR) Ohio just back from the
European war theaters, declared
today that the British people, like
Americans, are Kicking" about
their nations foreign policy-and
for the same reason. The same
kicks are being made by both Brit
ish and Americans about their gov
ernments' failure to have a public
foreign policy that fits together
and makes sense" Vorys said
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-lNS - Police
were confronted with a mystery
today following the discovery Of the
left leg OF a young woman in the
Louisville garbage dump. Detective
Sgt. Henry Rebel, of the homi
eide squad, said scavengers found
the leg in a tin can. 1t had been
sawed of below the knee cap not
more than two days earlier.
CHICAGO ms - Kept alive
since Sept. 20 by blood donated by
% Coast Guardsmen. Stephen Lee
Felzer, 3, victim OF a kidney dis
ease, vas reported today 10 be
showing improvement. A patient at
Michael Reese Hospital, the child
has received 45 blood transfusions.
CHlCAGO-INS- For allowing
the motor OF his automobile to run
for several hours while parked,
Henry Rosenthal was minus his Job
as an OPA commodity investigator
today. Paul A. II. Shuts, acting di-
rector OF the Metropolitan OPA Of
flee, announced Rosenthars dis
charge with the comment, 'for the
good Of the service.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-INS- Jesse
Stuart, Of Riverton, KY, poet and
author, was an apprentice seaman
n Uncle Sans navy today. The au-
thor OF the best seller Taps for
Private Tussie" was sworn into the
navy in Louisville yesterday.
NEW YORK-INS- Everybody
relaxed today after a false bomb
scare yesterday at La Guardia Field
brought practically the entire con-
tabulary OF Manhattan and Queens
on the run. 1t was only two airplane
magnetos clinking together that set
the law protection agencies in mo.
ton, but before it was explained
there arrived on the scene: a tech
nical research laboratory truck;
the Manhattan bomb squad; a Long
Island City police emergency squad:
twenty Queens policemen, and the
Army and Navy.
NEW YORK--INS-The waste
paper salvage committee OF New
York today added two tons OF old
radio scripts to its collection, al
though no connection between the
term waste paper and the quality
OF the material was implied, the
committee fastened to add.
HONOLULU, 7. Hap Fed
eral Judge Delbert f. Metzger
ruled Friday that marital law is
no longer necessary in Hawaii.
He issued a writ of habeas corpus
freeing Lloyd c. Duncan from the
city and county joil where he had
been held under a ruling of the
provost court.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-(SpeciaD -
The Champaign Urbana draft board
was ordered Friday to postpone the
induction of Homer HIATT Adams.
former president of the Young
Democrats Organization, pursuant
TO orders from Mai. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey. national director OF Selec-
tive Service Adams, 81 years old
now is an administrative officer in
the London bureau of the Owl.
WASHINGTON ms Rep. Co
tello ODD Calf. chairman Of
IIo,uo ~,,kcnt,, p,fttaa IN droft do
ferment, urged the Army and Navy
today to begin preparation at
once Of labor unit programs for
use when and II AT work or he
indicted" bill passes. Cotello
said he is confident that selective
service will have its classification
of 4F's by occupations under way
by the time legislation is ready.
NAPLES ms Allied head
quarters announced today that
seven were killed and SO wounded
when a German plane jettisoned
its bombs over the hospital area
Of the Anzio bridgehead Thurs
day.
LONDON-INS- Strong forces
OF Allied warplanes roared over
the English Channel today in the
wake OF a night MOSQUITO attack
on targets in western Germany.
WASHlNGTON-TNS - Assist.
ant Secretary OF State Adolf
Berle. Jr.. and Edward Warner. a
member Of the Civil Aeronautics
Board. planned today to 90 to Lon
don shortly for the Anglo-American