The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-04

puffed away belligerently. and al
lowed that the fact he has attained
four-score years doesn't mean a
thing. Today is the sOth birthday
anniversary Of the dean OF the
House OF representatives and, de-
spite his protestations to the con-
trary, the cherublc Chicagoan was
as happy as a schoolboy about II.
MANILA -AP- A Navy aerolo-
gist today reported a typhoon Is
crossing northern Luzon and said
winds OF full hurricane force
prevail in the straits between Lu-
ron and Formosa. The storm was
moving at nine knots to the north
west. The aerologist said 1t might
be curvlng northward toward
Formosa.
HONOLULU -AP- Property
damage wrought by the Pacific's
4 tidal waves was estimated at $lO,-
100000 in the Hawaiian Islands to-
day as businessmen and owners OF
tiny beach cottages and $4,000 lux
ury homes counted their losses.
Death toll OF the wave may be l76.
WASHINGTON -AP- Congress
sional battlers for keeping price
controls alive shed some OF their
gloom today as OPA came through
the first House banking commit
tee voting with fewer wounds than
some had expected. Rep, Mon
roney (D-Okla.). who said earlier
ut looks like OPA will be amend
ed to DEATH" told newsmen, Il be-
Iieve now OPA will be continued in
a shape that will work"
SYDNEY -AP- The U. S. Liner
Monterey. with 662 passengers from
San Francisco, including 100 dis
charged American servicemen who
plan to settle here, berthed in sgd
ney today. Also aboard were 81
Canadian brides Of Australian SER
vice men,
BELFAST, Northern Ireland
AP-The transport Henry Gibbons
sailed for New York today with 307
Irish brides OF United States ser
vicemen. But 1t was announced
that the baby daughter OF Mrs.
Robert Mcdaniel. wife OF Pfc. Rob-
ers S. Mcdaniel, Detroit, Mich, had
died OF pneumonia
WASHINGTON AP - Michi
gans two Republican senators,
Vandenberg and Ferguson. both
cast Affirmative votes Wednesday
as the Senate confirmed the nomi-
nation o. James X. Vardaman. Jr..
to a l4-year term on the Federal
Reserve Board. The vote was &C
TO 9.
ATHENS-AP-Former Premier
George PapanGreau said today, af-
ter comforting an hour with the
British ambassador. Sir Clifford
Norton, that he would participate in
the Greek government being form.
ed by the victorious Popullsts
tMonarchists) as minister without
portfolio.
CHESTER. PAPA 23-year-
old veteran was found dead sprawl
ed across a gas stove in the kit
chen Of his home. Wednesday night
by detectives who had been wait
ing outside TO arrest him on
charges of numbering Mrs. Rose
Lyons, Reynolds 49-year-old house
wife. Fatally beaten in a park,
Mrs. Lyons had the letters "Y" and
"W" crudely carved on her fore.
head. apparently with a penknife.
Doctors said a post mortem exam
ination showed she was attacked.
TOKYO AP Seventy-hve
houses In the Tokyo area were set
aside by General Headquarters to-
day for occupancy principally by
families and dependents of field
grade officers majors and higher
ranks). Apartment houses and
quonset huts were planned for
housing families of company grade
officers captains and lieutenants)
and those of the first three grades
Of enlisted men.
CHUNGKING-AP- Gen. Chou
En-Lai. Communist spokesman, to-
day demanded that the Allies give
China chance to establish democra-
cy and asserted that Careless as
sistance from foreign nations ."
will increase disorders here" His
statement was made as he and
other Communists renewed their
verbal assaults on the government
and the Kuomintang National par
ty), further widening the breach
that General Marshall's' recent
truce efforts narrowed only tenn
porarily.
WHITE HORSE, Ykon Territory
--INS-The Alaskan highway was
formally the property of Canada to-
day after transfer ceremonies at
White Horse. The highway and
accompanying airports and a tele-
phone system we're presented to
Canada by Brig Gen. William NJ.
Hoge, acting on behalf OF the
United States.
U. s. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Partly cloudy
and cooler tonight. Friday fair with
rising temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday
46; lowest IS.
Highest temperature one year
ago today IS; lowest 3s.
Highest temperature this date
since 1872, "a in 1921; lowest in
1874.
The sun sets fodaY al 7,Il1 b. m