The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-12

yersary broadcast Sunday night g
p. m EWT). the diplomatic cor
respondent OF the Daily Mail said
today.
KANSAS CITY --AP--A three
TERED birthday cake for President
Truman was en- route, belatedly, TO
Washington by airplane today.
Produced in the cafeteria of the
Border Star grade school. The cake
bore a message saying IL sym
bolized the purchase by pupils OF
;27.5S7.75 in war bonds and stamps
on May s. the Presidents sixty first
birthday.
LONDON -AP- The death OF
Sir William Grenfell Max-Muller.
n. former British minister to Pc
land, on May 10. was announced to-
day. He served in Warsaw from
1920-2S. His career in the British
diplomatic service included posts
at Washington, Constantinople, the
Hague. Madrid and Mexico City.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-Because
OF the swarms OF delegates here,
the United Nations information OF,
flee compiled a book of terse biog-
raphies. Delegations responded
with fairly complete information,
except for the Russians.
WASHINGTON AP-The Army
handed discharge papers today to
approximately $500 veteran troops
the first batch Of men released
to 90 home under the new point
rating plan.
WASHINGTON-AP- A watery
grave probably will be the fate OF
any German submarine the Navy
finds submerged. The broadcast in
structions TO German U-boats are
to surface, remain surfaced, fly
the surrender flag and report their
pOs7tfon. "A IL ~ sIlOA%sran 1914
NEW YORK-INS-The fur
nishinEs that filled the home OF
the late Alfred +. Smith, former
governor Of New York, were dis
closed today to have netted $l0,0S7
at an auction sale. The remainder
OF the possessions will be sold to-
day.
NEW YORK-fNS-Field Mar.
shall Sir Bernard l.. Montgomery
will arrive in Copenhagen today,
the American broadcasting station
in Europe reported. CHS heard the
broadcast. ...
LONDON-lNS - Hundreds OF
British prisoners OF war who have
been held for years IN German
prison camps in Silesia are safe In
Prague today, the CZechoslovak
radio reported.
temperatures brought some relief
to hard hit agricultural cornmuni-
ties today as northern New Eng
land began repairing communica-
lions shattered during the areas
worst May snow storm In more
than so years. The estimated loss
stood at close to million dollars
and much OF northern Maine still
was cut on, from telephone and
telegraph facilities.
SCRANTON. Pa.-AP-There's a
coal shortage problem facing Penn
sylvania's chilled anthracite area
where $4,000 miners have been idle
for IL days in contract dispute.
With temperatures lowering sew
eral degrees above the freezing
mark. more than 1000 pupils were
dismissed in nearby 90 Dunmore
borough when authorities closed
four schools because OF lack OF
fuel.
WITH THE NINTH ARMY in
Germany-AP-lndications here to-
day were that at least one Ameri-
can division will participate in
token occupation of Berlin-prob-
ably the crack Second Armored
(Hell on Wheels) Division, veter.
ans OF Tunisia, Sicily and the Euro
pean campaign II is commanded
by Mai. Gen. I. d. White of Des
Moines, la.
e. PARIS-AP-French police saidf
today they had evidence the beard
; ed DR. Henri Petoit was never con.
nected with the French resistance
movement and hence that he would
be tried on straight criminal
CHARGES in the killing OF SIS persons
in his quarters and cremation NJ
the bodies. Petoit has insisted that