The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-03

but German army circles declare
there is no truth in IT," The Asso-
ciated Press listening post heard
the broadcast but could not trace
its origin.
WASHlNGTON-AP-T rank.
ing officers OF the Defense Plant
Corporation were booked today for
an explanation to Congress OF their
dealings with Jacob Goldberg, the
auctioneer. Chairman Mead ID
N.Y. said the Senate War Investi-
eating Committee will seek to learn
why the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation granted Goldberg a
contract to auction DPC SURPRISES
at Maspeth, n. j., and Burlington,
n. ].
WASHINGTON-AP - Senator
Mcclellan (D-Tenn), firing the
opening gun in a personal campaign
TO defeat Aubrey Williams nemina-
ton for rural electrification admin
istrator, declared TO-DAY civilians
has wasted enough government
money. The Tennessean told re.
porters that as a member OF the
Appropriation Committee he had
had full experience" OF Williams
when the latter headed the Nation
al Administration. HE got $709,
440,S42 and tiree-fourths OF It was
absolutely wasted. Mcclellan de-
clared. That's enough for one
man to waste for the government"
WASHINGTON-AP 49, Legisla-
ton authorizing induction OF nurses
today appeared headed for House
consideration late next week. Mill
tary Committee hearings are sche-
duled to begin Tuesday. Chairman
May D-Ky) said a bill may be
whipped into shape a few days
later.
WASHINGTON-AP- Only Allied
support OF the DeGaullist govern
menet Is preventing widespread
civil strife in France. Rep. Kefauv-
er (D-Tenn.l said today upon his
lttuiH lOlil a lOul VI AsulOBt. ne
French people are immeasurably
worse off than the British" kefau-
yer said in an interview.
OWEN SOUND, Ont.-AP-John
Bracken, national leader of Cana
da's official opposition party, faced
challenge today to substantiate
his charge that draftee troops threw
away rifles and ammunition while
en- route overseas. This campaign
OF SANDER against the Canadian
army has got to come TO an end"
% Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, defense
minister. declared last night. I'm
going TO see that he (Bracken)
does substantiate that statement
or pay the penalty for It,"
GREAT LAKES, III. --lNS-A de
cline in the number OF new cases
OF scarlet fever at the L. S. Naval
Training Station was revealed by
the stations public relations office
today. The public gelations office
said there had been an outbreak OF
the disease recently at Great Lakes
but that it had not reached cpl
demic proportions and that the
number Of new cases is declin-
ing"
CHICAGO-bNS- Mystery sur
rounding a $4,000 fire which swept
Pulaski School in Chicago last Dec.
20 was cleared today. TWO 14-year-
old youths confessed starting the
blaze by igniting songbooks with
candle taken from birthday cake,
because I'VE got sore at one of the
teachers"
NEW YORK ms For the
first time since its inception SO
years ago, the American Newspaper
Publishers Association cancelled
its 1915 convention today in the
interests of the war effort.
RIVERSIDE, Calif.-AP-Lawr-
ence Weingarten, veteran film pro-
Queer, and DR.. Jessie Marmorston,
assistant professor OF medicine at
the University of Southern Cali
fornia, were married here yester-
day. They are honeymooning at
the Perris, Calf, ranch OF movie
executive Louis b. Mayer.
ATHENS-AP-The conciliatory |
spirit that marked the open
ing conference between Greek gov
eminent representatives and left
wing EAM-ELAS delegates spurred |
hopes today that settlement |
would be reached in the dispute |
that flared into civil war after |
Greece's liberation.
BERN-AP-A dispatch from the |
Swiss border town OF Chiasso TO the |
newspaper La Suisse today quoted |
Fascist sources in Italy as saying |
that the Big Three conference has |
begun in the Romanian port Of
Constanta on the Black Sea.
U. 8. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Mechanically cloudy |
and not so cold tonight. Sunday |
light snow and little change in
temperature.