The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-16

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NEW NORk-lNS-Se Search was
continued today for the bodies of
Ave Army filters who were believed
TO have died when a B-29 Super
fortress crashed into Flushing Bay
near LaGuardia Field late Thurs
day afternoon Five other mem
bers OF the crew were rescued and
taken TO a Queens hospital where
four of them were reported doing
we'll with the fifth still suffering
from shock.
WASHINGTON-AP-A delega-
ton of 80 clio unionists from Mich
igan came TO Washington Thursday
in ar attempt to convince federal
officials that the Little Steel Formu.
la should be revised upward. The
group, accompanied by Mayor Or
vile Hubbard Of Dearborn. told
Vice President Truman. stabiliza-
ton officials and Michigan con-
gressmen that increased wages
would boost war production by al
leviating manpower shortages and
improving worker morale.
LONDON-AP - The govern
ments OF more than 80 nations were
urged today by the World Trades
Union Congress to crack down
economically on Spain and Argen-
tina and "all other Fascist coun-
tries which under the pretense of
neutrality are rendering aid and
assistance to our enemies. The ap-
peal was contained in a report sub
mitted to the Congress by a spe-
cial committee made up of repre-
sentatiyes from the United States.
! Britain, Russia, France and China.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.--AP-A
spectacular fire destroyed plant No.
2 of the Columbia Iron Works late
Thursday night and at least one
man was burned TO death. The bo-
dy, unidentified, was removed from
the ashes early today.
COLUMBIA, S. CAP Police
questioned today a woman whose
identity they kept secret as they
sought to establish motive in
the bizarre death of 26year-old
Mrs. Mary Lee Epes whose Army
lieutenant husband is formerly
charged with murdet. The body
of Mrs. Epes, school teacher,
was found in a maneuver foXhole
near FIT. Jackson Thursday after
her husband, 1t. s. c. Epes, son Of
a Richmond. Va, industrialist, led
officers to the lonely spot.
WASHINGTON-AP-- The food
civilians get this year is due to be
somewhat less nourishing than
usual. This became apparent today
in the translation of the quantities
of food expected to be available for
civilians into terms of nutritive
value. The number of calories APP
pears to be down about four per
cent because supplies Of sugar
and fats and fatty meats are eX-
pected TO be considerably less than
in 1914.
WASHlNGTON-AP--A shift in
rates under the governments $780,
O00. 900 dairy production subsidy
designed to encourage larger butter
OUTPUT was announced today by the
War Food Administration. Despite
record milk marketing. butter pro-
duction has dropped TO the lowest
level in many years government
price ceilings and subsidy pay.
ments heretofore have encouraged
the diversion Of milk into fluid
markets, evaporated milk, dried
milk and other dairy products other
than butter.
LAPSTONE. Australia AP 49,
Concern over the whereabouts OF
Abbot Low Moffat, leader of the
L. S. delegation to the UUNRRA
conference in Sydney, was relieved
today with his arrival here safe
and sound but week behind
schedule.
DDETROIT-AP-The Regional
War Labor Board announced today
that it Subjective awarding prefer.
entail seniority to union represent
atiyes in the Jarecki Machine q
Tool Co, Grand Rapids, has been
upheld by the national NLB-
KALAMAZOO, Mich.-AP- The
members of the Kalamazoo Council
of Social Agencies thought it would
be nice to have some wounded vet
eran from the Percy Jones Hospital
come over to tell what those who
have been through it, think of the
home front-the results were startl-
ing. I'VE. wish the United States
would get a good bombing" the
speaker, Capt. James II. Harvey,
began. we have been out there
fighting so you wouldn't have to
suffer. But we do feel a good
bombing might wake a lot of you
up. We think industry is inefiici-
emily managed and wasteful. We
don't know why girls who couldn't
get jobs at the notion counter are
managing departments in factories.
And, most all, we think you are
lazy because you aren't going all
out, "a hours a day, in fighting
the war on the production front"