The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-17

try will be closed by March Is.
! with the Red Cross taking over
wherever feasible. The change is
designed TO prevent duplication OF
effort by the two agencies and TO
conserve Army manpower used In
relief work.
NEW YORK-INS-CIO Presi-
dent Philip Murray was disclosed
today to be planning establish
ment OF a new national union OF
half a million gas. heat, light and
power workers in his fight 10
break the little steel wage for
mula.
NEW BRUNSWICK. y. J.-INS
More than 600 soldiers, training
In nearby camps for combat duty,
are doing extra service on the
home front by working in % fac
tories in this area. The soldiers,
giving up their leisure TO work,
not only boost production figures
but the morale OF civilian workers
as well, plant managers said.
NEW YORK-AP-lt begins to
look as II New York. New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, with a powerful
block OF 1873 votes, intend to look
over the field at the Republican
National Convention before COM
hitting themselves on a PRESIDENT
Al candidate. Party leaders in all
! three states are working for unin-
structed Straightforward the way
New York with SO votes, Pennsyl-
vania with 20 and New Jersey with
IS eventually go will play a vital
part in the convention.
WASHINGTON AP - Estab-
ishment OF American-flag merchant
shipping routes from the Atlantic
Coast to Holland and Belgium in
the postwar period was proposed
by the L. S. Maritime Commission
today in another short step toward
a crack, modern L. S. Merchant
Marine after the war.
. NEW YORK ms A radical
change in machinery controlling a
national political party-changes
branded as a political closed shop
by opponents-will be under con-
sideration in the March % Amer
lean Labor party primary in New
York State. Authored by Sidney
Hillman, chairman Of the CLOS
/ political action committee and
president OF the Amalgamated Clio
thing Workers of America, the
proposal would affiliate CLIO unions
with the American Labor party and
give them representation on party
councils according to membership
and contributions.
BUFFALO, n. Y.-INS- Funer-
al services will be held tomorrow
for John A. Cawley, chief OF po-
lice Of Lackawanna County, New
York. Cawley died Monday. He
was a member of the western New
York police conference.
NEW YORK-INS- For steal
b Ing 60 cents from church poor
box, William ]. Nolan. Jr.. 19, VINO
said he was from Flint, Mich., to-
day faces a sentence or five to
ten years at hard labor. Nolan
was convicted by jury in Rich
mond County court and will be
sentenced Feb. 25. Nolan's con-
fession said that he stole the 60
cents when he was on his way to
play golf in Staten Island and
found that he was short Of funds.
Two parishioners OF st. Andrews
Episcopal Church saw him open
the poor box.
LONDON-AP- A government
= white paper proposed today estab-
Nlishment of a comprehensive nation
al health service and urged quick
legislation to make the plan effec-
tive.
STOCKHOLM NAP Waves Of
Russian planes attacked HelsinN
last night for the second time in
II days. spreading damage through
much OF Finland's capital as uncon-
firmed rumors persisted that the
Films are diekering with Moscow
for peace terms.
STOCKHOLM-AP-The Foreign
office announced today that the
Swedish legation in MOSCOW has
protested to the Soviet government
concerning the alleged bombing Of
the Tornedal area in Sweden, near
the Finnish border, on Feb. q.
WASHINGTON APP - One
point green stamps as well as the
new blue ration tokens will be
given as change in processed food
sales during the first three weeks
the token plan is in operation.
The Office of Price Administra-
ton (OPA), announcing this today.
said the arrangement was a pre-
caution against the possibility that
tokens may not be well distribut-
ed Immediately in some section.
They will be put in use Feb. 81.
WASHINGTON-AP-Rep. Claire
Boothe Luce (R-Conn) said today
that those who want a bigger and
better commanderin-chi are in
favor Of making Gen. Douglas
Macarthur the Republican presi-
dental nominee. As for herself.
, she added. she will accept ner
party's convention choice.
PITTSBURGH-AP- A directed
verdict acquitted James A. Cole.