The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-13

was passed by Judge A. L. Frank
lin.
WASHINGTON ms - The
House Coming Committee today
unexpectedly dealt a blow at
the Administration monetary
program by adopting an amend
ment TO the sterilization bill
prohibiting purchase Of gold at
price Of more than $35 an
ounce. The vote was 9 to 7.
LONDON-AP - British mer-
chant shipping losses in the battle
of the Atlantic during April were
30l,070 tons-the lowest total for
II months. il was announced today.
LOS MISUNDERSTANDING A.
DeHavilland. father OF screen Ac-
tresses Olivia De Havilland and
Joan Fontaine arrived yesterday
from Tokyo. where he has been
practicing law for a. years. He
said that he and his Japanese wife,
Yoki, whom he married after his
divorce from Mrs. Lillian Ruth
Fontaine. mother OF his daughters,
would reside a Guadalajara, Next
co, until the war crisis IN Japan
clears. y
SAN DIEGO. Calif-AP-Mov-
ing up their wedding date four
months, blonde Alice Faye OF the
films and Phil Harris, husky
voiced orchestra leader, were mar
ried in surprise dash to Ensena-
da, Mexico. yesterday.
SHANGHAI--AP-Cnited States
Marines were called out to restore
order today after a spectacular
gun battle on Bubbling Well Rd
D. near their harra cks. resulted in the
woundng OF at least 10 persons,
one OF them an American police
sergeant.
ST. LOUIS APP - Chairman
James Lawrence Fly Of the FEEDER
ell Communications Commission
told the National Association OF
Broadcssters today that there IS
no present fore-seeable emergency
which would result in the govern
ment's taking over the broadcast
ing industry"
WASHINGTON --AP-The Uni
ted States renewed its efforts
today to negotiate reciprocal trade
agreements with Argentina and
Uruguay, the leading meat-pro-
ducing nations in Latin America
CHICAGO ms - British Am
bassador Lord Halifax and Aus
tralian Prime Minister W. NJ. Men
Ties arranged today 10 meet IN
Chicago tor what was described
as very important conference
NEW YORK-INS-Local Repub
lican leaders today proposed tha
Wendell L. Willkie, 1910 COP pres
idential candidate, seek the New
- York City mayorslty post. To date
A,Nayor +. II. LaGuardia has no
Indicated whether he intends Il
seek denomination TO the job which
he has now held for seven years.
BERLIN-INS-Ge rman planes
attacking England during the nigh
were declared today to have started
huge fires at Great Yarmouth AM
10 have caused further destruction
battered port and naval base o
Plymouth.
BEIRUT-lNS-C Continued aeria
warfare in Iraq was announced 10
Gay in an official military commu
nique relayed TO Beirut from Bagh
dad. Our southern army attacked
the enemy and our air force recon
noitered enemy positions tn
lraqi announcement said
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Am
bassador Franz Won Papen va
back in Ankara today after q lenS
thy visit to Berlin.
LONDON-UP- The Admiralt
announced today that shipping los:
rs for the entire war due to enem
action were 6.127,673 tons. OF whic'
British losses were 3,S96,242 ton!
Allied losses 1.27S.292 tons and net
trail losses 953,139 tons. The ave.
age monthly loss was 306,3Si toni
LONDON-UP-The Earl OF SUI
folk, and six soldiers were kille
yesterday by the explosion OF
bomb, Il was disclosed today.
PITTSBURGH-INS-Avis Mari
Teller. 17-year-old Schenley Hig
School student. stabbed her steI
father to death today to stop hir
from mistreating her mother. pt
lice reported. The girl. who was I
have been graduated next mont
told police that she sank five-inc
kitchen knife into the chest {
William E. Burton, 46-year-old aut
salesman. second husband OF he
mother Mrs. Mona Marie Burton
IS, telephone operator.
HARTFORD. Conn.-INS- Fai
Ure Of a thousand or more employee
10 appear for work at the Colt
Patent Firearms Company toda
gave Connecticut its first real dc
tense production setback since tn
program was instituted. The mis-
ing employees we're reported in
mass meeting with clio organizer