The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-12

lOih AdS bVVh lioAANoAANN' 80
the second anniversary OF its ere
alton, the WLB reported that the
average hourly wage rate of fac
tory workers climbed l.0s cents
because OF increases approved by
the board in cases involving up
wards OF ten million workers.
SAN FRANCISCO ms
Stunned by the tragic death OF
her daughter, 10 year old Ann
Clare Brokaw, In an automo-
bile accident, Mrs. Glare
Boothe Luce. member Of Con-
aress from Connecticut, today
was near collapse In her San
Francisco Hotel. All engage
ments Of the speaking tour
which had brought her to the
Pacific Coast have been can
celled and Mrs. Luce was In
seelusIon pending arrival OF
her husband, Henry Luce, mag
azine publisher, from New
York.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS-A rec
ommendation that Capt. Lindsay
Howard, who recently was acquit-
ted by an Army court martial
board Of charges growing out OF
pending alimony litigation. be hon.
crably discharged because OF ply
steal disability, came today from
the Army Retirement Boart at Let
terman Hospital.
CHICAGO ms Republican
women, en- route to their homes
today after attending the meet
ing Of the Republican National
Committee, were generally criti-
cal today OF President Roosevelt's
request of Congress for a labor
draft law, particularly as it ap-
piled TO their sex.
CONCORDIA. Kan.-lNS-An Of
fetal investigation was underway
today following the third death
listed as suicide since August In,
the German prisoner of war camp
al Concordia, Kan. The investiga-
ton. designed to bring about
complete airing Of reports OF the
conduct OF the prisoners toward
each other. was ordered by Lieut..
Col. Lester Woke, commanding Of
ficer. after Pvt. Franz Kettner, SO,
a prisoner, repeatedly took his own
life.
WASHINGTON ms Secre-
tary of the Navy Knox is Of the
opinion today that the United
States must maintain strong de-
lenses after victory to assure ua-
tional security. Addressing the
annual dinner of the Touchdown
Club Of Washington, Knox said
"we have to semembsr IN this war
that paper promises to keep the
peace are not worth the paper
they are written on"
WASHINGToN-INS-The Civil
Areonautics Board today promised
Jobs to returning war-trained Air
Corps members. both disabled and
normal. The board said applica-
lions for short-haul feeder serv-
ices are coming in daily and It
plans to clear the applications In
short order to get these services
started and have a field OF en-
ployment ready for returning me
chanics and dispatchers.
DETROIT-INS- Returning to
work after a one day strike, en-
ployes of the dodge truck plant of
the Chrysler Corporation, repre-
sented by the UAW-CIO, today in
dicated they will serve a 30 day
strike notice on company officials.
The walkout began when $50 en-
ployes struck over the disctplining
Of three men who refused TO be
transferred to harder Jobs, accord
ing TO a company spokesman. The
strike forced a total OF $500 work
ers into idleness.
DAYTON, GINS The latest
model Of the Psi Mustang"
fighter plane Is equipped with a
belly gas tank and two auxiliary
wing tanks to enable 1t to &C
company heavy bombers on long
missions. Wright Field officials re.
yealed today. 90.
LONDON-INS- One third Of
all the residents OF Sofia, capital OF
Bulgaria. were reported by the
Swedish radio today to have been
evacuated as the result OF recent
Allied aerial attacks upon the city.
The broadcast said that OF 10000
persons normally resident in the
metropolis. some 10000 now have
left for safer areas.
CHUNGKING-INS- China now
Is virtually self-sufficient in mo-
tor fuels. an official Chinese
spokesman revealed today. The
spokesman said that the Kansu oil
fields supply is more than suffi-
Client to meet the gasoline needs
in northwest China. He said alco-
hoi production in the remainder Of
the country equals fuel imports be-
fore the Japanese blockade began.
ELIZABETH, N. J.-INS-- The
Reno divorce obtained by Doris
Duke Cromwell on Dec. 81 was de-
cided null and vol today in an
order obtained by her former hus-
band. James II. r. Cromwell, in
chancery court In Elizabeth.
PHILADELPHIA ms The
strike Of 5000 street cleaners,