The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-05
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RoME-AP-Pope Plus XII re-
ceiyed Secretary OF War Simson
in audience today. Stimson entered
Rome yesterday aboard the first
train 10 run into the capital since
IL fell TO the Allies, and was greet
ed az a colorful ceremony.
WASH lNGToN, - UNs) -
High new dealers are persist
ing today In an effort TO per-
suade President Roosevelt to
take Henry J. Kaiser, con-
struetion- moaul, as his rum
nina-mste in place OF Henry A.
Wallace in the coming presl-
Dental campaign. Thus far
Mr.. Roosevelt has held out for
Wallace.
WASHINGTON-AP- An elabor-
ate welcome awaits General
Charles de Gaulle in Washington
The French leader is due here this
week.
LONDON - AP- The Russians
announced at midnight the capture
OF 1t. Gen. Won LuetZnow, comman
der OF the 35th German Army
Corps, the 22nd Nazi general officer
killed or captured in three weeks
n Russia and France.
DAYTON, o. - AP-A fireman
died early today fighting a blaze
which destroyed a building at near.
by Patterson Field. The victim was
Joseph p. Knaggs, 81, Springfield.
employed as a civilian fireman at
the field. Capt James G. Malone.
Army medical corps officer. said
Knaggs apparently died OF heart
attack.
LONDON-AP-Flight 1t. P. NJ
c. Hill, only son of Sir Roderic
Hill, chief OF air defense for Great
Britain. has been killed in action,
1t was announced today.
OYSTER BAY, n. Y.-AP-Price-
less relics of Theodore Roosevelt
were saved today when fire broke
out in a garage on the Sycamore
Hill estate of the late President and
spread to the main house, cutting
a wing OF the mansion.
WHITE PLAINS, \. Y.-AP-Re-
ports that Wendell Willkie and Rep.
Clare .Boothe Luce (R-Conn.l had
conferred in regard TO his taking an
active role in Gov. Thomas f.
Deweys presidential campaign
were denied last night by Willkie.
STOCKHOLM-AP - A German
munitions ship blew up in Aarhus
Harbor yesterday causing damage
estimated at close TO 25,00O.OO0'
First reports from underground
sources indicated that at least 80
persons were killed and 500 In
jured by the blast which damaged
possibly 1000 buildings in Aarhus,
the second city OF Denmark, and
est fire TO several other vessels In
the harbor.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Allied Expeditionary Force-AP -
Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower re-
turned to his headquarters today
after a five-day visit TO Normandy.
LONDON-AP-The Berlin radio
which yesterday reported the birth
OF auintuplets in a remote Turkish
village, SAID today the children
were to be adopted by the Turkish
government. A bill for this purpose
already has been prepared and
Premier Sukru Saracoglu has per-
sonally ordered the dispatch OF doc
tors and nurses to care for the In
fants-all boys-said the broadcast
PITTSFIELD, MASS.,-(NS)-
John f. Noxon, Jr., wealthy lawyer
on trial for his life on charge
of Staying his mentally-abnormal
infant son, Lawrence, planned to-
day to make a personal 18th hour
appeal to the jury in an effort to
win 4ecquittal. The state accuses
Noxoh of deliberately electrocut-
ing his son by means OF "trouble
wire" he was using to fix radio in
his palatial home last fall.
BRETON WOODS. n. II. 49,
UNS)-The delegates TO the Unit
ed Nations monetary and fipan-
cial conference here, through
committees. were in process of
determining today the precise
specifications for the proposed
"fatted calf for bringing peace
and plenty to the postwar worlo
through exchange sterilization
and money management.
BOSTON ms A naval hoard
of inquiry convened today to de-
termine the cause of the crash OF
a Navy patrol blimp off the coast
of Maine with the possible loss
OF six lives. The craft, which was
on a routine patrol mission Sun
day night, fell into the sea off
Mount Desert Rock, near Ellis
worth, Me-. after taking off from
its base at the naval air station
in South Weymouth, Mass.
WASHINGTON ms While
the United States Is cracking
down on the militaristic goven-
ment OF Argentina, it was learned
today that three officers of the
L. S. Army Air Forces are serving
In In
tary aviation, on the payroll of