The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-15

Detroit - iNS-lf Hank
Grsenbere 10 placed in any
other class than IA by his
draft board, an appeal to the
Government Board Of Appeals
probably will be entered by
the government appeal agent
for the board Of the Detroit
Tiger outfielder, William J.
Hareourt, his agent said to-
day.
WASHINGTON -AP-The CAPT.
tails Cherry Blossom Festival tenta-
lively was set today for April and
6. The date was subject to possible
postponement, depending upon the
weather and state OF the blooms.
WASHINGTON AP The Fed
eral Housing Administration re-
ported today that the dollar volume
Of mortgage insurance applications
during the week ended March 8 vas
the highest en- record.
LONDON AP-Britain would be.
willing to let almost any quantity OF
food for the unoccupied zone in
France pass through her blockade
II she could be certain it would
all 60 down the threats of French
men," a spokesman for the minis
try OF economic warfare said today.
lie ASSERTED the Germans already
were taking some French imports
for their own use.
BREMERTON. Wash.-AP-Mi-
nus the fanfare which previously
marked such occasions, the U.S.S.
Monssen was commissioned yester-
day as the newest destroyer in the
nations navy. Only service uni
forms were in evidence for the
small group of specially invited
guests, and precautions were taken
10 conceal the ships guns.
WASHINGTON - APP - Coast
guard planes are scouting the Great
Lakes for ice-free channels 10 per-
mat earliest possible resumption
OF shipment of vital iron ore to de-
Tense industries.
TOKGO-AP- The Tokyo golf
course, one of the worlds finest,
with turf imported from Scotland.
is being taken over by the army
tomorrow and it is expected that
the luxurious clubhouse will be con-
verified into a hospital.
CINCINNATI -AP- Capt. Jay
". wilkins will lead Company G.
Cincinnati's negro guardsmen in
a march to The union terminal to-
morrow where they'll entrain for a
years L. S. Army service at Fort
Dix, n. j.
ROME-lNS-A prediction thai
India will be torn from the Brit
ish Empire and given complete in
dependence il Italy and Germany
win the war was voiced today by
Virginia Gayda. chief Fascist press
spokesman. Victory for the Axis
will guarantee complete tndepenc-
ence for India" he wrote.
VICHY, France-INS- Members
OF Chief OF State Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain's cabinet will meet
today, according to an official an
nouncement. Vice Premier Ad-
miral Darlan will go to Paris t.
morrow 10 talk with German or
fcials and Petain himself will visit
Grenoble on Tuesday.
NEW ORLEANS -AP-- Chester
c. Davis, defense advisory COM
mission official, told southern gov
errors today defense contracts
are being absorbed by a hand
full OF concerns" threatening "a
bottleneck which; must be broken"
F.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -AP-
Hundreds of Nazi fighter. bomber
and transport planes were wheeled
cut onto Bulgarian airports today
ready for instant actlon-as Ger
man circles declared the Balkan
crisis was reaching critical
stage.
LONDON-INS- British nation
ais are being advised to leave Hun
gary at once, authoritative London
quarters revealed today. They said
this move in no way indicates that
Britain is breaking off diplomatic !
relations with Hungary. but is
merely precautionary maneuver
in view of the unstable situation
in the Balkans.
LONDON-INS-In a new move
10 defeat German bomber and L. !
boat attacks against the flow of
supplies from the United States. /
the British government today ap-
pointed Admiral Sir Percy l.. ri.
Noble commander-in-chief of the I
British Isles western approaches. |
ROME-AP- The Italian high |
command announced today that +,
four enemy and two Italian |
planes were shot down in fighting
yesterday on the Greek front i'm |
Albania in which the Daily War |
Bulletin said Italian filters contin-
ually attacked Greek positions.
RICHMOND 'Na.-AP- A fem.
inine board OF strategy set out to-
day to strengthen the new drafted
Armys wavering social front in
Virginia by recruiting 1000 girls TO
he dance dates for the boys from
nearby Camp Lee.
BUDAPEST ms The Hun.
garian government is painfully
surprised" at the action OF the