The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-29
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AASS 'S'
BoMBAY-AP- A government
communique today reported a fair
degree OF improvement overnight
in the condition OF Mohandas X.
Gandhi who is suffering from an
attack OF fever. The announce
ment said he is in good spirits
1t was announced yesterday that
the 10 year old Indian leader was
weak and causing some anxiety
WASHINGTON -AP- Ten bill
lion units OF penicillin can be al
lotted to civilian use under the
newly announced program OF dis
tribution through more than 1000
hospitals designated as depots by
the War Production Board (WPBl
il was learned today. WPB said
ii could be assumed deliveries will
begin lin the very near future al
though no date has been set for the
first commercial shipment of the
mold-type Of drug which has proved
an anti-bacteria agent frequently
of greater effectiveness than sui
fanimide derivatives.
ALBUQUERQUE. y. M.-INS-
The crash of a Eberator bomber
Thursday night at Kirkland Field,
Albuquerque. was under investiga-
tion by Army officers today STAFF
Sgt Max NJ Westfall, Wichita.
Kan was killed in the crash.
1t. William f. Cook, Milton, Mass,
and 1t. Bernard Calender, Indiana
polls, Ind, were injured.
TULSA. Okla -INS-Army Air
Force officials today investigated
the midair collision of two pursuit
planes near Tulsa yesterday in
which both pilots were reported
killed. The pilots were on routine
training flights at the time. Their
names were to be released later.
LONDON-AP-A three weeks
conference OF L. s. Undersecretary
of State Edward r. Stettinius, Jr.,
and high British officials on cur
rent and postwar problems has
been "of great assistance in the
task OF coordinating policies, a
joint communique announced last
night.
LONDON-AP-The Vichy radio,
quoting an announcement from the
. puppet government in Greece, said
today that ~ Greek policemen en-
route to a police school in Athens
were killed by guerrillas.
SYDNEY-AP- The National
Broadcasting station cancelled a
scheduled broadcast yesterday OF
a transcribed address on freedom
OF the press by Kent Cooper. exc
cutive director and general mana
ger of the Associated Press. be-
cause OF the governments legal
proceedings against sydney news
papers on charges of censorship
violations.
WEST PALM BEACH, F1a.-AP
Gloria Baker Topping Alexander,
the irst of the glamour girls, was
houeymooning today with her sec
ond husband. Brigadier General
Edward H. Alexander. a 42-year-old
Army Air Forces brigadier general.
Trey were married here Friday.
Mrs. Alexander was divorced here
last year from Henry J. Topping,
Jr.. now a naval lieutenant on as
signment abroad.
NEW YORK-AP-The late H.
nancier Jay Gould's famous old
Fifth Avenue mansion, valued at
100000 for purposes Of taxation.
has been sold to President James
T. Lee of the Central Savings Bank
as a private investment, the New
York Times said today. The Times
said Lee bought the rs year old
Brownstone building and the AZ
by-100 foot lot last Thursday at an
indicated price of s42S,000 from
the estate OF Gould's son-in-law,
Finley Johnson shepard, who died
in the mansion two years ago.
100000 aircraft carrier Bon HON.
me Richard $50 feet long and de-
signed to carry half a million
pounds OF warplanes against the
enemy. hits the water at Brooklyn
navy yard today. Mrs. John S. Nc
Cain OF Washington, wife of Vice
Admiral Mccain, deputy chief of
naval air operations, was chosen
TO sponsor the 2I100 ton floating
airport at today's launching cere-
monies.
PHILADELPHIA-AP- The door
was open and the welcome" on
the mat was underlined today for
Soviet Union delegates to the In
ternational Labor conference. IF
cable came from Russia tomor-
row, | would reply: 'Yes-come
along said Walter Nash, confer.
ence president who told a press
conference that the Ito cannot
work without Russia.
WASHINGTON-AP- With Re.
publicans giving every indication
OF making foreign policy a major
presidential campaign issue, Sen.
ator Austin (R-Nt) proposed to
day the creation OF a postwar
world court backed by adequate
military power to enforce interna-