The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-16
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NEW YORK --AP- The great
est municipal budget In history
s916. sOO.5I6.SS asked by 1Os New
York City departments-has been
submitted to Mayor William o.
Dwyer.
BERLIN -AP- Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt boarded a plane for
London today after a three-day visit
to Frankfurt and Berlin. She was
said to be planning to go imme-
diately from London TO Dublin and
TO leave Sunday for the United
States.
HAMILTON, Bermuda --AP-
Mai. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter. COM
mander of the Atlantic division
OF the U. S. Army Air Transport
Command. said today 5000 Air
Force personnel would be based
permanently at nearby Kindley
field.
TOKYO --AP- Under proddmg
OF General Macarthur, the Japan
ese government took its first dras-
tic steps today to control the shaky
economy Of beaten country plag-
ued by initiation and black markets.
Three imperial ordinances virtual
ly froze bank accounts, required
conversion of currency into new
banks notes by March z and re-
stricted distribution of foodstuffs
to authorized channels.
CHUNGKING- AP - The Chr.
nese government has requested
the movement, with American aid,
OF additional Chinese armies into
Manchuria and General Marshall
has approved. This was reported
today by 1t. Gen. Albert c. Wede.
meyer, American commander in
China, who came here for confer.
ences with Marshall, President Tru.
mans special envoy.
LONDON-AP- Reuters said to-
day the Vatican had announced
that Cardinal-designate Josef Mind
szenty. archbishop OF Strigonia and
primate OF Hungary, had been re-
fused Russian permission to leave
Hungry to attend the consistories
In Rome.
LONDON-AP-Soviet Russia to-
day placed before the United Ma
lions Security Council the problem
OF Polish troops serving under Brit
fish command in Italy. declaring
that the presence OF the Poles there
was "a possible future threat TO
peace. calm and order on the Yugo-
slsv frontier"
VATICAN CTTY--AP- Pope Plus
XII is continuing his customary
routine OF IS hours OF work and
study each day, despite some re-
cent indications that his health Is
suffering under the cares OF state
and the burden Of business son
nected with next weeks consistor.
les.
WASHINGTON .--AP-- An ''in-
evitabIe" drive 10 raise the price
OF farm commodities was forecast
today by Senator Bankhead Cd
Ala.) as a result of the new ma
tional formula permitting higher
industrial wages and prices.
OTTAWA -AP- The Canadian
government moved swiftly today
IN plug a leak of secret and con-
fidential information" which an
authoritative source said involved
handing over atomic secrets to
the Russians. The disclosure OF
the move came last night after
the Royal Canadian Mounted Po-
lice. striking suddenly, had round
ed up 20 employees and former EN-
ployes OF Canadian government
departments and agencies.
INDIANAPOLIS ms John
STEELE, American Legion national
commander, was expected today
to receive a majority vote from the
Legion's national executive commit
tee supporting his attack on Gen.
Omar N. Bradley and his veterans
administration The committee
will meet in Indianapolis tomor-
row TO discuss Stelle's charges that
the VA has been inefficient in ear
rying out the G. |. bill OF rights.
LONDON ms Soviet Foreign
Commissar Andrea Vishinsky Todg.
ed a Yugoslav complaint against
the activities of Gen. Wladyslaw
,Anders' Polish forces in Italy with
the UN0 secretariat today. The
complaint came in the form OF a
letter from Yugoslav Foreign Min
lister Ales Mebler who took excep-
ton to the actions OF Anders'
troops in Italy.
KINGSTON, Jamaica-AP- Or.
der was restored today following
a roundup OF most OF more than
100 mental patients who escaped
yesterday during strike OF en-
ployes OF the city's mental hos.
pital and roamed the streets loot.
ing stores and homes.
LONDON-INS-Chungking dis.
patches reported today that Soviet
troops in Manchuria were building
barracks in key cities in prepare
tion for long stay instead OF quit
ting the country by March 3 in ac.
cordance with the decision Of the
Moscow Conference.