The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-25
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THE WEATHER; Friday:
Cloudy, Cooler

Cleudy' Cooler
BUDAPEST-lNS- Heavy fight
ing was reported still in progress
today around the town of Srpska
Mitroyitza near the Sava River in
Serbia after some 10000 Serbian
rebels rose against their Axis
conquerors.
BERLIN ms Striking In
the South Atlantic off the west
African coast, German submar-
ines sank II Of - conveyed
merchant ships, an official an
nouneement stated today. Only
ore OF tn. freighters In the
convoy managed to escape, &C
eordinp 70 the announcement,
which said the vessels sent to
the tottom totaled $4,000 tons.
LONDON-AP- Pilot officer T.
P. McGerty. OF the American Eagle
Squadron fighting with the British.
was listed today as missing from
an operationaL flight over occu-
pied territory. McGerty was born
IN Los Angeles June 80. 1920.
NEW LEANs-lNS-Th
Building and Construction
Trades Union OF the Anerl-
can Federation OF Labor call
ed a strike today at the plant
Of Louisiana Ship Yards. Inc,
holders Of contracts for a fleet
Of Merchant Marine vessels.
WASHINGTON-AP-The astro-
nomical goal of $4,000 100000 eggs
in l942-a record-breaking produc-
tion-was set today by officials
planning the food supply for nation
al defense and BFitish.aid. The
staggering order to the nations hen
houses came from poultry experts
at the Department OF Agriculture in
their annual forecast OF the poultry
and egg situation.
WASHINGTON-AP- Secretary
OF State Hull advised the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee in a
letter made public today that Ger
many has a direct sponsibility"
for feeding the people in nations
which her armies have conquered.
WASHINGTON-INS-The House
non-intervention bloc today agreed
10 launch a fight TO bar Russia from
receiving aid under President Roos-
evelts new s5,9s5,000,0 900 lend-lease
bill. Rep. Day (R) H.. said he will
sponsor an amendment to the meas
ure.
WASHINGTON ms -Legisla-
tive leaders today described as "yir-
tually non-existent' the chances
that this session OF Congress will
approve Secretary OF the Treasury
Morgenthau proposal that bust
ness profits during the emergency
be limited to a flat six per cent OF
invested capital.
WASHINGTON UP The Adj
ministra ton is expected to ask Con-
gress soon. for approximately So
100000. 900 70 provide huge stocks
of tanks and a new type Of multi
purpose gun. The request may be
sent to Congress as a supplemental
defense appropriation measure.
WASHINGTON-UP-House Ap-
propriations committeeman today
quoted Admiral Harold r. Stark.
chief OF naval operations, as report
ing that North Atlantic shipping
losses have been reduced materially
in the last so days-the period OF
increasing American naval activity
in the area-but are still dangerous.
BERLIN-INS-- German authori-
ties today denied a report publish
ed in London that a state Of siege
has been declared in Paris. On the
contrary, It was stated. the German
occupied former French capital has
returned to normal life following
the lifting OF the 8 p. m. curfew.
WITH SECOND ARMY - APP -
Lieut.-General Ben Lear's Second
Army withdrew its 10000 men sew
ersl miles along q 100-mile front
today TO prepared positions. as the
Third Army struck powerful thrusts
northward in the opening blows of
the second phase of the Louisiana
war games.
ROME-AP-Gen. Nittorio Am
brosio, commander OF Italy's Sec
ond Army. reported 10 Premier
Mussolini TODAY that his troops had