The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-27

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MANILA -AP- Clark Castillo
was sentenced 10 death today by a
peoples court as the human Pied
n Piper who led almost 1000 Fiji
\ pinos 10 mass execution by tho ia.
panese. He was the first collabor-
ntor to receive the sentence in de-
oision which established as an i'm
Portant precedent that membership
In the Japanese sponsored Makapih
army constitutes treason.
i PARIS -AP-The Breton Woods
monetary sterilization agreement
and a S550,0O0 600 loan by the
American ExportImport bank were
approx ed unanimously by the
French constituent assembly early
today
N WASHINGTON -AP- The Vet.
3 Grams Administration is seeking
still more hospital accommodation
today after borrowing space for
nearly 10000 persons In Army,
Navy and civilian medical install.
lations. Twenty thousand OF the
new beds will be In 3.400 private
hospitals throughout the nation:
1876 in Navy institutions and TO-.
200 in Army hospitals.
CHICAGO ms James =. All.
man, commissioner OF police. open
ed personal investigation today
Of circumstances surrounding the
arrest OF 81 strikers picketing at the
: Illinois Gear and Machine Co May.
or Edward J. Kelly ordered the in
vestigation after representatives OF
several clio unions protested the
action as strike breaking activi-
ties"
PARIS MS Labor Minister
Ambrose Croizat disclosed today
that three million farm and factory
workers would be imported from
OF Germany TO meet Frances crit
ical manpower needs.
WILMINGTON, Del-AP-Mrs.
Fanny Christmas. said by relatives
and friends to I've ia years old.
died Christmas Eve at her home,
y Deputy Coroner Austin c. Caulk
' disclosed in a report today.
CHUNGlNG -AP- Gen. George
{. Marshall, new L. s. envoy to
China. entertained at lunch today
Gen. Chou En-lai. deputy chief Of
the Chinese Communist party and
leader Of the Communist delegation
D 10 the forthcoming peace and unity
conference. 1t was their second |
meeting.
NEW DELHI AP United |
States surplus property in India. /
with book value probably exceed. |
ing $500, 100000 will be sold TO the /
y Indian government under an agree /.
rment reached Monday, il was an. |
nounced today. One OF the, great |
est single transactions OF this ma
ture in history, the deal is intend. |
ed to prevent any dislocations OF |
the Indian economy which might !
have resulted II the American for. |
eign liquidation commission had |
continued a policy OF piecemeal |
4 disposal
HOLLYWOOD-AP-Mary Astor /
of the motion pictures and Thomas /
WheelOCk, Chicago broker. were |
honeymooning today somewhere IN /
Arizona. ftrcy-w were married the
day before Christmas. but the few .
friends in attendance kept the sec.
ret until Miss Aston made the an
nouncement in a telegram to her
studio.
TOKYO-AP Wiped out on Ba-
taan in the first dark months OF
1882, the 3lst Infantry Regiment
is going to live again. General
!. Macarthur announced today the
new 31st will he organized IN
Korea about Jan. 10 end attached
10 the Seventh Division. replacing
the homeward bound 1Sith Regi-
ment.
MANILA-AP-COl j. c. Camp.
bell, commander OF the 2lst Re.
placement depot where angered sol
Ediers had protested cancellation OF
a home-bound transport sailing,
said today that three troop ships
have been assigned to carry re-
turnees home and that the depot
will be cleaned out by Dec. 81"
WASHINGTON AP - The re.
turn OF Chairman Barley (D.KyD
to the capital bronght renewed ef
forts by the Pearl Harbor Commit
tee today TO find a successor to
William D. Mitchell as its counsel.
Barley is head OF subcommittee
appointed to canvass the field OF
possibilities He was called to
Kentucky by the death OF his
mother
DANNILLE. lll.-AP 80 James
Sloan. Jr, who as a Secret Service
man in the White House under six
presidents gave final approval to
the thousands OF visitors seeking
audiences with the Chief ENecu-
tive. is dead today OF heart dis
4 ease.
TOKYO-AP- Communists are
proposing postponement of Japan's
general election for at least a
month 10 allow time for "trnlY dem.