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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS THURSDAY, AUGUST 5. 1943 the proposal to expand the present Baby." daughter of Rear Admiral Missing at Sea port's effect on the value of surrounding land. Tweney Hits Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole. The grandmother, whose middle Sites Studied name.

Ahnighito, is an Eskimo Explorer's 'Snow Baby iNow Has a Grandson I BENNINGTON, Vt, Aug. 4 (AP) The birth of Edward Peary Stafford, to Lieut. (JG) and Mrs. E. P.

Stafford in Albany Hospital yesterday brought grandson to -Marie Ahnighito Peary Stafford, the famous "Snow word meaning "Snow Baby," was born far north of the Artie Circle during one of the exploration trips preceding Peary's discovery of the for Airport North Pole. No other white enna Strike Voted in First U.S. Law Ballot Lewis' Group Wins Allis-Chalmers Test by 1,005 to 836 in Wartime Election Br the Aaaocitc4 Pmi SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 4 had ever been seen in that region. 4 area, he declared that it could be enlarged only by closing Nine Mile on the north side or Ryan on the east.

He also raised the question of accessibility in discussing proposals to put an airport in the Northwest Section, somewhere near Wyoming and Eight Miles. His objections to expansion of the present City Airport, he said, were based on the expense and difficulty of moving the huge gas tank at the edge of the field and acquiring additional land. To remove the tank and provide similar storage facilities elsewhere, he said, would cost $1,750,000. Tweny told the real-estate brokers that the minimum size of any major Detroit airport should be two square miles, or an area 1.4 miles on a side, to accommodate runways at least 10,000 feet long. He also suggested that consid esaFt, awO3 ffcSLys cjsr ecsjoust City Airport in a speech beiore the Brokers' Division of the Detroit Real Estate Board at the Savoyard Club.

Tweney asked consideration for his own proposal to build the City's major port on a three-square-mile site at E. Eight Mile and Kelly. This location, he declared, would provide plenty of room for expansion and would be only 30 minutes from downtown. Sites to which he expressed objections were the mile-square area at Dequlndre and Eight Mile, which the City is seeking to obtain by condemnation; the Eight Mile-Wyoming section that at least two agencies are considering, and the proposed Friendship Field, located in Canada near the Windsor" end of the Ambassador Bridge Tweney declared that the City's proposed site lacks accessibility in that it has no direct super-high 9 U. of D.

Expert Calls All Undesirable and Urges Location with Room for Expansion The three most widely consid DOES ARTHRITIS TORTURE YOU? Don't neglect" painful muscles, aching joints. Trytfus natural aid. MOUIITAIU VALLEY fivm. HOT SPRINGS. MK.

MINERAL WATER ftAats fit a cS RANDOLPH 1022 CmiOIT 0FMCI SU Wf IT JIFFUSM UlfMLJIOCJI Woodward thru Washington Boulevard In the nation's first election under ered sites for major airport developments in the Detroit area were labelled as "undesirable" Wednesday by George H. Tweney, the Smith-Connally Law designed to forestall work stoppages in wartime, a majority of the employees of two Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing plants here way connection with downtown eration be given to providing a long, clear approach from all sides to facilitate landings; possible acting director of the University 'of Detroit's Aeronautical Department. The university's authority also voted today in favor of a strike. Detroit. Pointing to the fact that the The National Labor Relations strategic value of the airport if required for military use, and the City is seeking only a mile-square placed the "undesirable" tag on Board's field representative, Mar I tin H.

Schneid, said the vote was 1,005 to 836. Nine ballots were voided. 4 I A I A A I The vote climaxed a spirited dispute between District 50 of John L. Lewis United Mine Workers and the United Farm LIEUT. JOSEPH S.

GRIFFIN If )'4 f( I'm I'll A I Equipment and Metal Workers of America (CIO) as to which union had jurisdiction over the Hope held for safety Detroit Officer i After results were announced, leaders of both factions told re Aboard Helena porters that they anticipated no immediate strike action. TTFE Hugh White, regional director of District 50, said, the vote Listed as Lost "repudiation of the NLRB denial of our petition for election Lieut. Joseph S. Griffin, twenty- This proves conclusively we have a majority of workers." He said he would wire the three-year-old Detroiter who was aboard the ill-fated cruiser Helena in the Battle of Kula Gulf, Wednesday was reported as missing in action, according to word received from the Navy by his par NLRB tomorrow demanding an election for bargaining rights and I if the demand was refused, "Then It's up to the workers." ents, Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph P. Grif- John E. Shaffer, of South Bend, fin, of 921 Twenty-Fourth. Hope was being held for Grif vice president of the UFEMWA, said "The only thing fin's safety in view of earlier re- ports that three-fourths of the cruiser's crew had been rescued. to be gained by this strike vote is that it is now legal for the plant to be struck.

We still are the An honor graduate of Holy Re deemer High School, Griffin at bargaining agent for the tended St. Anne's School and the I Regional officers supervized the balloting. University of Detroit Engineering School prior to his appointment to Annapolis in 1939. After graduating from Annapolis with distinc Unions Take Wage Plea Directly to Railroads 'THeaf It's Our "TOWNSMAN 3-EyeIet Oxford for Yes sir, Fyfe's exclusive "TOWNSMAN" last is a greaf favorife here in Detroit a and this new 3-eyelet Ranger Blucher style will be no excepfion! Sturdy, long-wearing sole rubber heels in antiqued brown or black calf. tion, he was commissioned lieutenant (j.g.) on May 1, 1943, and immediately assigned to duty I By the Associated Presa WASHINGTON, Aug.

4 Rep aboard the Helena. resentatives of 15 railway unions He participated in all major en gagements in the Solomons aboard Black Beauties in Suede decided today to make an effort to reach an agreement directly with the railroads on. wage in the Helena and wore a campaign I bar with three gold stars. creases for 1,000,000 workers and to hold up, meantime, a ballot on Mother IS ear the question of calling a strike. Conferences with railroad of ficials are to begin Friday.

If an :3 A ''A A i A I i 4 Death of Grief agreement is reached it will have to be submitted to the Govern ment. at Kidnaping The railroad employees Involved are the so-called nonoperating Br Mi United Presa ones. Their demand for a twenty- ALBANY, Aug. 4 Mrs. B.

cent-an-hour wage increase and a 1 From Our Downstairs Store 1 1 There's plenty of excitement in the new fall collection of suedes. Suedes that will brighten your summer costumes or start you out for fall. Two sketched are just samples of what's in store for you at only $1150 Suit seventy-cent minimum was sub W. Gurney, a partial cripple from childhood paralysis who risked MEN'S DEPARTMENT, MAIN FLOOR witn a ruture JUL mitted last February to an emergency board appointed by Presi death to satisfy her yearning for a second child, clung precariously dent Roosevelt. In May the board approved an eight-cent increase, to life tonight as police sought the kidnaper of her three-day-old but its decision was set aside by Stabilization Director Fred M.

Vin daughter. The wife of a plywood plant son on the grounds it violated the foreman collapsed from grief after Government wage control pol the stun wore off from the first icies. word that someone had tav.en her Railroad officials were reported healthy, blond daughter Judith be anxious to reach an agree to from a hospital nursery some time ment lest a strike vote result in before 2 a. m. Tuesday.

Her physi Government seizure of the rail cian said her life "is now hanging roads and their operation for the I I by a precarious balance due to her duration. our new ''Heather" Tweed A suit fo service day after day month after month so beautifully, simply styled it never goes out of date. Idea! choice for these busy war-times, when one good costume is worth its weight in gold. Done in a grand new blended fabric of 52 wool, 40 rayon, 8 rabbits' hair. Sizes 10 to 18.

From the new suit collection in our Better Dress Shop, 3rd iloor 39.95 545 collapse." Fonce believe the child was taken by a woman, probably one Played Role of Hitler who could not have a child of her own. A statewide search is under Too Well, Says Wife LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (AP) way and a local check is being made of mothers who have lost their children at birth in recent Film Actor Ludwig Donath was months. sued for separate maintenance today by his wife Maria, who al-leced in her complaint that his The baby footprints are on record at the hospital. Her feed conduct toward her may have I ing formula and other instructions for her care have been broadcast been influenced by his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in a photoplay.

She by radio and printed in newspapers. charged him with cruelty. $GT39 ZGr39 Orlando Files mui.ii.'UIwIimu mtim M.R',in.H.Ennr Appeal Notice A notice of appeal was filed in Federal Court Wednesday by James v. Orlando, twenty-eight- year-old Red Wing hockey star, in Very Choice Fine 9x12 lliw connection with his recent sentence of four years and fine of $2,000 on a draft-dodging charge. The notice was filed by Or lando's attorney, John R.

Watkins, and was directed to the United States Circuit Court at Cincinnati. The appeal bond of $4,000 which was previously fixed by Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet became effective. FOR MILITARY OR CIVILIAN SERVICE WILTON RUGS OUTSTAXD1XG OMENTAL PATTERN'S FROM A3iERiCA'S LEADiXG MANUFACTURERS Georgia Lowers Voting Age to 18 ATLANTA, Aug. 4 (AP) Georgia apparently has become the first state in the Union to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 years and Gov.

Ellis Arnall to Beautiful in Appearance Long-wearing Quality day announced his intention of seeking a plank In the next Demo You'll fake extra miles of walking extra hours on your feet with ease in this comfortable plain toe oxford with cuban heel. Your choice of black or Army Russet with leather or nap sole. cratic platform to extend this throughout the nation. Incomplete returns from yester day's general election showed a i 63 margin of about three-to-one in favor of giving the franchise to 'teen-age youths. The count stood 16,810 favorable and 5,200 votes IllBstraTtd are but of tn Barterns available.

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