The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-26

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PHILADELPHIA -AP- Old 81.
Georges Church, shrine OF Amer.
Jean Methodism and seven years
! older than the nation itself. was
damaged by fire last night. The
historic building. dedicated in 1863.
is the second oldest church in the
world. England's Bristol chapel,
built in 1888. antedates II.
EASTMAN Mass. AP- Robert
!. Frederick Foster. 90. an interna-
tional authority on card games and
author OF more than so books on
The subject, died Tuesday at his
home here.
LONDON -AP- Premier VIII
lem Schermerhorn and a party OF
high Dutch government officials ar
) rived here from the Hague today
10 inaugurate discussions of the
1ndonesian situation with Prime
Minister Attlee and other members
OF the British government
George S. Patton. Jr. arrived in
the capital yesterday after flight
from Luxembourg, where her hus-
band was buried. The widow OF the
famous tank tactician will stay
here indefinitely with her daugh.
ter, Mrs. John X. Waters.
CHUNGKING -AP- The Chi
nese press reported today that
Chang Chung-kuo. elder son OF
Ceneralissimo Chang Kai.shek, left
for Moscow Tuesday.
la JOLLA, Calif-AP- Mrs.
Ethel V. Mars, who assumed con
troll o. the Mars Candy Company
and the Milky Way Farms racing
stables upon the death OF her hus.
J band, Frank c. Mars. in 1884. is
dead at 81. Mrs. Mars. a resident
OF River Forest. Ill, who had been
Visiting here, died in a hospital
Tuesday.
GLASGOW-*P - The Great
Hampden Park stadium. which
seats 100000 persons. suffered sew
! ere damage early today when it was
swept by a spectacular fire.
TOKYO-AP -The new Tokyo
daily. Mimpo. asserted today that
large stocks OF foodstuffs were
being "hoarded" by the privileged
class. while the government. is try
. ing TO give the impression that the
: only way TO tide over the food cri-
SIS in this country lies in importing
foreign rice"
RUSALEM AP-The Jewish
organization Haganah declared in
leaflets distributed here that sever
nj hundred Jewish refugees from
Europe had landed on the upper
! coas. OF Palestine today, despite
British precautions, and we're
guided to inland dispersal points.
WASHINGTON-AP - Nursing
ambitions at policy making rather
than mere advice giving the Allied
Far Eastern Commission leaves to-
day for Japan and a look-see at
3 Gen. Douglas MacAr.hur's admin
istration. Weather permitting, com
mission members will board plane
here at 7:l5 p. m. (EST) After Fly.
ing TO Pearl Harbor. they will com
plete the trip on the C.SS. Mt.
Mckinley. a Navy Command ship.
They expect to return to Washing
b ION about February ).
BATAVIA-AP-Premier sultan
Sjahrir OF the unrecognized lndon.
esisn Republic had a narrow es-
cape from death, today when an I'M
identified assailant fired at close
range into the automobile in which
he was riding with an lndonesian
y companion. British military police
who came to Sjahrir's assistance
arrested five Eurasians and a Sur
inamese.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Labor
Departments Cancellation service
scheduled at p. m. (EST) meet
ing today with officials OF the Go
4 nited Electric Workers whose
100000 members have authorized
strike to back up their 81 a day
wage increase demands.
PEIPlNG-AP - Eight hundred
thousand ounces OF opium confiscat
ed by Generalissimo Chang Kai
shek's headquarters after the Japa
nese surrender in Peiping will be
burned publicly in the great fore
court Of the Forbidden City on New
Years Day.
MANILA-AP-Th Philippines
1916 rice crop is 100000 tons below
normal. 80 per cent shortage,
| High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt
Htsid today.
lS-AP-France's constitu.
snt assembly turned TO considera-
ton OF the Breton Woods none
tary agreement today following pro-
mitigation OF a government decree
devaluating the franc with a view
\ OF stabiliZing this nations currency.
DENVER-AP- Traffic was re-
sumed today over Denver and Salt
Lake railroad tracks, blocked 90
miles west of Denver yesterday by
.ock slide which detrailed an en-
CINE and stranded several hundred
servicemen on two troop trains at
|. Pinecllffe, Colo.
Ill 6. WEATHER FORECAST