The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
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RENO-AP-E. P. Carville, who
resigned the Nevada governorshir
Tuesday to accept appointment as
United States senator. will fly tc
Washington today to vote for the
United Nations Charter.
PARlS-lNS-Ths new Unit.
ed States ambassador to Pol
and, Arthur Bliss Lane, was
obliged today to postpone his
departure for Warsaw because
Of Soviet refusal to permit Am
erlean Army planes to fly
over Soviet-held Germany to
Poland. Lane and his parry ar
rived in Paris from the Unit.
ed States three weeks ago.
MELBOURNE, Australia-AP -
Brig. Gen. Paul Johnston, general
purchasing agent for U. 5. forces
IN Australia, is returning TO the
United States TO retire from the
Army and to resume his post as
vice president in charge oil opera
lions OF the Erie Railroad.
PORTLAND, Ore.-AP- While
crews doggedly battled Oregon s
140-sQuare-mile Tillamook forest
blaze three Mexican hrehghters
were reported missing across the
state line in Idaho where flames
had charred more than 100000
acres OF rangeland.
NEW YORK-AP - The War
Shipping Administration said today
that many thousands OF persons
had applied for passage to Europe
under the mistaken impression
that pre-war transatlantic passen-
ger service has been resumed" The
VISA said in a statement that
while limited eastbound service
has been established for priority
holders, 'it is unlikely that west
ward accommodations will be avail.
able for some time to come" for
persons wishing to return to the
United States.
COPENHAGEN-AP- Two hun.
dred soldiers OF the George Wash
ington regiment of the L. S. 29th
infantry Division arrived in Copen.
hagen today under leadership OF
Maj. Gen. Charles II. Gerhardt The
soldiers will form an honor guard
at a Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Force war exhibition
opening Aug. l.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-All OF
Britain's greatest battleships. cruis.
ers and carriers are now fghting in
the Pacific with American fleet
units, Admiral Sir James +. Somer.
Vile, one OF England's three active
ave star" admirals, announced at
q press conference here.
DETROIT-AP-U officers per-
suaded an increasing number OF
United States Rubber Co. employees
to return to work today, although
picket lines continued attempts TO
discourage some 5000 workers
from entering the plant.
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S
PARTY. Potsdam-INS-The Big
Three held their ninth session to-
day just prior to a recess of the
Berlin conference to permit British
delegates to be in London when
results OF the recent parliamentary
elections are announced.
CHICAGO ms The purchase
OF television sets in the early post
war years will be only a temporary
investment because they will be-
come obsolete so rapidly, Cmdr.
Eugene +. Mcdonald Jr., president
of the Zenith Radio Corp. warned
today.
PORTLAND, Ore. ms The
battle against forest fires contin-
ued under more encouraging con.
ditions in western Oregon today
In spite OF a new outbreak on the
northwestern tip of the Wilson
River.Salmonberry blaze. I'VE are
sitting on a powder keg. but conb-
lions are favorable at the moment
said State Foretser Nels S. Rogers.
LONDON ms The Commun'
ist.controlled Yenan radio broad
cast the charge today that Chinese
government troops had attacked
Communist forces 65 miles north Of
Sian. The broadcast, quoted by
the New Delhi radio, said that lead
ers of the Chinese Communist 18th
army group had sent an urgent
telegram to Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek asking that the hostili.
ties be ended.
LONDON ms London had
its greatest fire since the German
raids early today when the huge
Naples furniture factory burned
to the ground. Flames from the
five-story building rose hundreds
OF feet. The factory and its stock
of furniture were destroyed.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP - The
Japanese Domei agency said today
that Sattoru Shimada, former jap
anese governor OF Okinawa, was
killed In the fight for that island
On July 9 Shimada was cited for
exemplary" conduct in rsllying
Okinawans for a last stand.
WASHINGTON AP-The gov.
ernment's plans ;or rolling bach
clothing prices appeared today TO
be side-tracked indefinitely. Chanc-
es for a six to seven per cent cut
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