The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-08

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PHOENIX-AP-Some OF the 500
delegates to the Rocky Mountain
Federation OF Mineral Societies
convention have solved the hotel
problem in crowded Phoenix
they're camping out. Warned OF
the housing shortage here. a num-
Der OF them brought thei- camping
equipment and are camping in a
city park.
WAsHlNoToN-AP-Ani In
formal agreement for with
drswAI Of Edward w. PauIey's
nomination as undsrseeretary
Of the Navy was reported to
have collapsed today.
NEW BELHI-AP-Quiet pre-
vailed In the city OF Old Delhi
today following anti-British riots
wfffcfr marked the end OF a gov
ernment-sponsored victory week"
celebration Thursday.
D CHANGcHUN, Manehuria -
. INs-Nine Allied correspond
ents were confined to a hotel
In chsnaehun today after their
plane, forced back by engine
trouble, was chased by two Rus
Sian fighters. II was the second
time this group Of correspond
ents-eiaht American and one
Brltlsh-had been Interned In
Chsnaehun. Several days ago
they were held In a hotel under
Red army guard.
WASHINGTON-INS- Rep. Rob
ert Skies, tD) Fla. gave notice to-
day~that he will introduce an
amendment TO the Selective Service
Act outlawing the drafting of men
unless volunteers are insufficient.
SAVANNAH-AP- Delegates to
the International Monetary Con
ference opening here today will
seek an early answer from Russia
as to whether she intends to rejoin
the original Breton Woods none
tary team now or sit out this meet
ing as an observer.
WASHINGTON AP --- Official
Washington today anxiously await
ed Russia's reply TO this country $
demand that Soviet troops leave
Iran Immediately. Some officials be-
lieve that reply may 20 far toward
determining whether American
Russian relations improve or con
tinue to worsen.
GRAND RAPIDS -AP -- Gov.
Harry r. Kelly and DR.. Alexander
q. Ruthven. president of the Uni
versity OF Michigan. head list OF
Is civic leaders and educators In
yited TO attend a closed discus
sion meeting on the atomic bomb
and atomic energy here March lS.
DETROIT-INS - The Automo-
bile Manufacturers Association an
nounced today that plans for a
l94s national automobile show In
New York were practically aban-
doned.
FORT MADISON. Ia.--lNS--The
first joint hanging of father and
son for the same crime in Iowa
penal history has been set for
March 2g at the State Penitentiary
in Fort Madison. The men are ~
year-old Philip Heincy and his As
year-old son. william. The father
and son were convicted of the rob
bery-murder of Robert W. Rsebel,
Lake Okoboji resort operator, on
Dec. Is, 1914.
TOKYO-INS-Allied Headquar-
ters announced today that the nth
Army Division. veterans OF the
Guam. Leyte and Okinawa cam
paigns, will be deactivated March
Is.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS- The
son Of famed Sergeant Alvin York
OF World War one was en- route to
his fathers farm at jamestown,
Tenn. today after arriving In the
Pacific theater too late to see any
shooting.
OAKLAND. Cal.-lNS-The cur
rent fare for operating a street
car while under The influence o.:
strong drink was $500 today. The
price was set by Police Judge Ed
ward J. Smith in sentencing Ever
EFT Duncan. 36-year-old Oakland
street car motorman who was found
guilty OF operating his trolley while
drunk.
NEW YORK-lNSLThe United
Nations Organization was all set
today TO pay Its current bills in t..
S. currency. Finance officer l..
Francis Morrissey, British finan-
cier. announced that the UNO has
opened an account in The Federal
Reserve Bank with an initial de-
posit Of 100000.
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