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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-12
STR|KES

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delayed production on $40, 1000
worth OF national defense orders.
Union recognition was major
point at issue.
Thomas Finn, another representa-
tive OF the Cancellation Service, was
assigned to try to settle a fresh dis
pute between the CIO-Steel Workers
Organizing Committee and the Beth
lehem Steel Corporation at Lacka-
wanna. n. Y, plant which was the
site of a brief strike last month.
The union, which claims 10000 OF
the $4,000 employees as members,
declared the company refused to
discuss grievances.
Labor men attached wide signifi-
canoe to the negotiations in prog
ress at New York between the Go
United Mine Workers of America
and the nations major bituminous
coal miners concerning a new two
year contract for 100000 miners.
New York City transportation
continued to be seriously ham
pered by the strike OF $500 en-
ployes Of two large bus companies
for pay increases and shorter hours.
The tie-up of 1900 buses has
forced 100000 city jewellers TO seek
transportation by taxi or subway.
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STOVE CO

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IL possible, incidents which might
later be regretted.
Chains which were placed on the
gates at the factory to make en-
trance difficult were later removed
and early this afternoon there were
further indications that possibility
of open strife had been averted.
1t had been decided at a meeting
OF clergymen OF the city Tuesday
night that the NLRB ruling should
be given before further steps to-
ward settlement Of the strike are
taken.
The meeting was conducted in
city hall and representatives OF
both the AFL and CIO groups of
the United Automobile Workers
Unions were present as were rep
resentatives of the management
and Mayor Ross K. Bower who had
arranged the settlement attempt.
At the conclusion OF the session
at which all groups were Even
an opportunity to state their posi-
tions, the clergymen expressed the
opinion that prospects of an early
settlement remain bright. Because
OF legal technicalities involved in
the NLRB ruling. 1t was decided to
wait for it before acting further.
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LIVESTOCK

Detroit. Mich, Mar. 12-Cattle-
Tuesday receipts, 500 Choice
to prime yearlings. Try fed.
Sll.75@12.50: good TO choice year
lii IS. dry fed. Sl0.5OQ1l.5O: choice
to prime heavy steers. dry fed,
S1l.25q1225; good to choice
heavy steers. dry fed. sl0.25
oil: fair to good steers & heifers,
s7.504S.50: common cattle $6@7;
best cows S6.50q7; few choice cows
up TO IS; fair to good beef cows,
$3.50 a $50; Gamer and cutter
COWS, 81 q SIS; old rims, $3.50
down; best light butcher and heavy
bologna bulls: S7.50QS; medium
weight bologna bulls, $500 $50;
light common .Llls, So a $50;
stock bulls, $3.50 q $50; good to
choice stockers and feeders. IS q
II; common to fair stockers and
feeders, s6Q7.50; mixers and
springers, 10000.
Calves Tuesday receipts. 700.
Best, s13; fair to good, sl0.50Q12;
seconds, S9Gl0; culls and COM
mon. s5@S.50.
Sheep and Lambs Tuesday re-
celpts, 1900; some choice lambs,
SLIPS; best lambs at close, $1l;
fair to good. SO a 1880; sec
onds, $S.5Oq925; best sheep, IS a
$50; heavy fat sheep, 81 q s.;
culs and common, S2.50Q350.
Hogs Tuesday receipts, 1900;
good and choice 200-230 lbs, $3.50;
good and choice 10000 lbs, $3.50;
good and choice 230-25O lbs, $7.75;
good and choice 25O-2TO lbs, 1855;
good and choice 27O-30O lbs, $745;.
heavies. 3OO-325 lbs, 1925; heavies,
325-350 lbs, $40; heavies, S50-4o0
lbs, 81; heavies, 400-450 lbs, $500;
roughs, S6.2566.50; lights, $500
6.75; pigs, $3.50; stays, $5.25@5.50.
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YUGOSLAv|A MAY
DECIDE TODAY ON
DEMANDS Of AXIS
Continued from Page One

continued from rage Onel
Authorities said the incident
may lead to serious diplomatic
Iepercussions'
Reports reaching New York said
Generalissimo Franco or Spain had
rejected fatty as Inconsistent with
Spanish honor a German demand
that Spain give territorial facilities
for the flight of Nazi planes 10
ltaly's hardpressed forces in Afri-
ca.
Britain looked for America for
speedy aid in L. 5. equipment TO
repel Germany's expected about
drive.
German warplanes bombed 1T
least $50 persons from their homes
in northwestern English town last
night and buried many others IN
wreckage. Raiders also concen.
trated on the west midlands, scat
tering hundreds OF incendiaries.
The British naval command an
nounced a British submarine had
torpedoed and sunk a heavily
laden Italian troop ship of 9.646
tons in the Mediterranean area
The exact location wasn't given.
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RACKETEER|NG IN
DEFENSES SEEN
YPSILANTI BUSINESS MAN
CLAIMS RETAINER
REQUIRED

Washington, Mar. 12-UP-Sen.
Harry S. Truman. D., Mo, chairman
OF the special committee to investi
gate the national defense program,
planned today to cooperate with
the Justice Department in exposing
"racketeering' in defense contracts
The disclosure came after Sen.
Arthur H. Vandenberg, r.. Mich,
had charged that "racketeers" have
set up a "tollgate" here by which
they obtained fees and commissions
from concerns bidding on defense
contracts in return for their "influ-
ence" with government defense
agencies. He said a Ypsilanti. Mich.
business man had been promised
contracts on condition SIS a
month retainer and per cent com
mission payment were made to GER
tain unnamed persons in Washing.
ton
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THE WEATHER

Ypsilanti and vicinity: Cloudy
with occasional light snow today;
/ Thursday partly cloudy to cloudy;
no decided change in temperature
with the lowest tonight about %
/ degrees; moderate to fresh westeri
/ ~ winds becoming northwesterly.
Temperature at 1880 a. m. today,
SO.
Temperatures Tuesday: Highest
81: lowest, 50; mean. 81.
Temperatures one year ago today:
Highest, IS; Lowest, % mean, 20.
Temperatures this date past IS
years Highest, 81 in 1902; lowest,
4 in 1896.
Relative humidity Tuesday: 1:30
a. NJ, 81 per cent; 1880 p. m, SO
per cent; 1870 p. m, so per cent;
$50 p. m. 90 per cent.
Barometric pressure at 1870 to-
day: Station, 29l3 inches; sea
level. 29.S2 inches.
The sun sets today at $50 p. m.
and rises tomorrow at 6:47 a. N.
The moon rises tomorrow at 1903
?. n.
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Boy Scouts in Southeast
District Receive Awards

Boy Scout Court OF Honor for the
southeast district was conducted
Tuesday evening in the Saline High
School and several awards were
made. They included:
Second class rank. Milan Rotary
Club troop. Byron VANITY, James
Smith, and George Koczman; Whit
taker Methodist Church troop, Her.
bert Bowles; first class rank, Mi
Ian Rotary Club troop. Donald Ed
wards and Malcolm Klught.
Approved for merit badges, Mi
Ian Rotary Club troop, James
Smith, handicraft; safety; wood
carving; personal health; carpen-
try; Charles Mead. handicraft:
William Collar, public health;
woodcarving; safety; personal
health; Malcolm Klught, handi-
craft; Lee Sanford, firemanship:
Willis Methodist Church troop, Will
liam johnson. handicraft: Lee Van
Camp. handicraft; bee keeping;
Harold Sherman, handicraft; first
aid; Alonzo Smith. carpentry: APP
proved for tenderfoot rank. Milan
Rotary Club troop, Bud Taylor.
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In The Sick Room

Robert Lathers has nearly recov-
: cred from influenza.
Grove Cole is slowly improving
from a months illness. He is in ST.
Joseph's Hospital Ann Arbor' for
treatment.
Edwin Conklin has been serious
lily III with influenza. Other menu
bers OF his family have also been
III. but are much better.
Joyce Marie Mcdonald. little
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nc.
Donald, is Ill at her home with the
measles.
Betty Jean Ring. who IN running
downstairs at the Ypsilanti High
School, turned her ankle a week
ago Wednesday and cut a igament
in her right foot, returned to school
Monday.
Alice Ensign is absent from first
grade at Prospect School on &C
count OF measles.
Mrs. Ella Banghart returned
Monday from University Hospital
Ann Arbor. where she underv ent
an operation. She is .conyalescing
at her home.
Mrs. Bertha Kicherer, Detroit is
visiting Mrs. Emma Wolf, her sis
ter, who is under the doctors care.
Mrs. Wolf has high blood pressure
Mrs. Ernest Klavitter underwent
a major operation in Boyer Mem,
orial Hospital Monday.
Little Judy Cook. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Cook, is i'll
with measles.
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]. E|SENHAUER,
OAKv|LLE, DIES.
HAD BEEN ILL FOR LONG
TIME; RITES TO BE
FRIDAY

Especial TO Ypsilanti Daily Press
Oakville. Mich. Mar. 10 John
Eisenhauer passed away at his
home here Tuesday after a long
illness.
Mr.. Eisenhauer was born in
Baden, Germany. May 20. 1852. and
would have been SO years old May
&c He came to Norwalk, Ohio, when
10 years Of age and was married
in Cleveland, Ohio, January 5, 1875,
To this union was born four sons
and two daughters. Joseph, Sandus-
ky. Ohio, Minnie, deceased, Rosie,
deceased. Frank, Detroit, John, de-
ceased. and Henry. Detroit. His
wife passed away shortly after the
birth OF her last son in 1886 Mr..
Eisenhauer was married to Rose
Back at Sandusky. November 90,
1856, and TO this union were born
one daughter. Mrs. Harry Herrick,
Milan, two sons. Fred. living on the
homestead and Carl, Monroe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eisenhauer moved
from SanduSky 10 their present
home in 1910.
Surviving are his wife, five sons.
and one daughter, ten grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild.
There is also one brother. Vincent
Eisenhauer, Farwell, Mich. One
brother and three sisters preceded
him in death.
The remains will be brought from
Liedel Funeral Home, Maybee, to
the home today. Funeral services
will be at the St Joseph Catholic
Church in Maybee. in charge 70
Rev. FIR. Hubert. Friday morning at
$3.50. Burial will be in ST. Joseph
Cemetery, Maybee.
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1t Would Happen in That
Particular Department

Coldwater, Mich. Mar. Pup
Mechanic George Willard wore
a red face and another pair OF
pants when he returned 10 work
today at the Hillsdale Manufac-
turing Co. plant
He was repairing line shaft late
yesterday ewhen his trousers be-
came entangled and were torn
off He was unhurt but embarras.
sed because:
Three hundred women employ
es failed 10 suppress giggles.
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Mrs. Harry Shapiro of
Detroit Suffers Injury

Painful ankle injuries were sus-
tanned by Mrs. Harry Shapiro, De
troit, Tuesday afternoon when a
car driven by her husband crashed
into a culyert on the left side Of
US-l12 at Treadwell Rd.
1t is believed Shapiro lost con.
troll of the vehicle when it went
off the roads edge into soft mud.
He and a passenger, Mrs. Sarah
Gofstin, Detroit, were given first
aid for decorations and bruises at
Wayne General Hospital, where
Mrs. Shapiro was also treated.
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SOLONS HOSTILE
To VAN WAGNER
LABOR MEASURE

Continued from Page One)
the house, 1t was pointed out. they
would be referred TO the house
labor committee headed by Rep,
Walter G. Herrick (R), Montcalm
county. This committee has often
been referred to as an "anti-labor"
labor committee.
Also, 1t was reported that no
settlement has been reached in the
jurisdictional ALL dispute at the
Chrysler Corporation new tank
plant. The dispute has delayed in
stallation OF vital machinery.
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STRIKE DELAYED

Flint Mich, Mar. 12-UP-At-
tempts TO settle a dispute involving
the Flint Trolley Coach Co. were
70 resume today after the CLIO
transport workers union for the
second time delayed a. strike that
would have crippled this citys
principal means OF transportation
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Strikes Tree

A car driven by Robert 0. Brown,
Sis W. Cross St, was damaged this
afternoon VIII II struck tree at
Ballard ST. and w Cross st. The
crash resulted when a car driven
by John d. Shepherd, Sl3 Congress
St, was turned left as Brown start
ed to pass. Brown swung his car
10 the left and struck the tree.
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Funds Received

Nearly $500 was deposited to
the credit Of the Police Department
here. this morning by Mrs. lyah
Manning. court clerk. who received
a check from the county treasurer
The figure was S5.592.47 The check
represents returns from municipal
court receipts reported TO the treas
urer's office since 1888 TO the end
OF last month. City council has as
signed extra help TO the court so
that repoHs may be made at the
end Of each month.
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Poultry

Detroit, Mich, Mar. Poultry:
market steady. Hens 5la lbs up, lie;
under 5l5 lbs, 19c; leghorn hens. 3
lbs up, Ice; cocks. 10iac: stays,
lie; rock broilers. "a lbs up, 21c;
rabbits, 4 lbs up, lie; capons, I lbs
up, Csc; under Z lbs, 22c.
No unloading Of poultry uefore 7
a. m. or after 4 p. m. Saturdays, no
unloading.
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INJURED BY LOG

Munising. Mich, Mar. 12-INS-
Injured when a log rolled from a
stack and hit him, Floyd Burkett,
80, OF Seney, Mich. was in serious
condition today. The accident oc-
CURED at Camp 20 of the Newberry
Lumber and Chemical Co.
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IN WALL STREET
MARKET OPENS
IRREGULAR TO-DAY

New York, Mar. PINS The
stock market opened irregular to-
day after yesterdays downtreud.
Trading was very quiet and there
were few changes of consequence.
U. S. Steel, weak yesterday. open.
ed fractionally higher. Youngs.
town Sheet & Tube was down and
Bethlehem steady.
Atchison was higher in rails.
Chrysler was down slightly and
General Motors unchanged.
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Detroit, Mich, Mar. 12-
APPLES Mcintosh. No. /. 81. ESQ
$50 bu.; Delicious, No :, $1.400
IFS bu., Jonathans, No. /. coca
SIPS bu.; Northern Spies. No. /.
s150Ql.75 bu.
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Report Prowler

. Under urging from neighbors. Mr.
and Mrs. Willis Lackie, 9l2 Con
gress St. told police Tuesday that
they believe a prowler entered their
house while they were sleeping last
Saturday night and took So from
Mr.. Lackie's trouser hanging over
chair, and $3.50 from Mrs.
Lackies purse on the dining room
table.
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Daily Market Report
Butter and EGGS

Detroit, Mich, Mar. 12-
BUTTER-Best creamery In tubs
30kq31 lac.
EGGS - Current receipts, Ice;
dirties, l5hc; checks, 141ac.
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Six called

a call for six colored selectees
has been received by the county
selectiye service bureau. and the
names will be chosen within the
next few days. The six will leave
for Detroit by bus from Ann Ar
Dor. at 9:25 a. m. Mar 81 Physica!
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Grain

Detroit Mich, Mar. IL
WHEAT-No. REQ. in carlotA
96c.
BARLEY-No. !, feeding, 55c; new
mailing, 5SQ62c.
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YpsiLanti Briefs

examinations are being held pre-
paratory to selecting Sc white men
from the county at large for train
ing to begin the first week in April.
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Car Stolen

Car Stolen
A car belonging to G. E. Barker,
10 S. Huron ST., was stolen from an
alley between 10 and 1890 p. m.
Tuesday. Mr.. Barker bad left the
vehicle with the keys in IL, he
said \ description of the car was
broadcast by state police radio.
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Vegetables

Detroit, Mich, Mar 70
CARROTS-No. l. 65@S5c bu.
CABBAGE-No. l, 9Ocd$l1O Blu. .
BEETS-No. l, 5OQ65c bu.
POTAToES-New, No. /, 659eee
bu.
oNlONS-No. l, dry, 55065c so lbs.
RUTABAGAS-No. |. 50475c bu.
PARSNIPS-No. !, 65Q75c bu.
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Firemen eXtinguished a fire in
the basement of the Steven Crog-
han home. 104"N Grove St about
7:45 p. m. Tuesday. The fire re-
suited from an oyerhea.ed furnace.
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Drivers Pay

\. A Bolton. Pontiac. paid 81 In
municipal court this morning for
leaving his car in a no parking
zone. George Evanotf. this city,
Annetta MacGahey, Inkster; James
W. Wing, Ann Arbor paid 81 each
for minor arrangements
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MANY ATTENt FUNERAL
FOR LOYDE A, brown

futile Hill, Mich. Mar. l2-Many
from away TO attend the funeral OF
Loyde Allen Brown were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Reed Brown. Clyde Brown,
Kalkaska; Mr.. and Mrs. r.. f. Byrd,
and children, Mrs. Clara Brown,
Birmingham: Mr.. and Mrs c. f.
Peck, Eugene Peck. lyor and Ken
meth Peck; Mr.. and Mrs. G. \.
Brown; Mr.. and Mrs, Dewitt vii
bur, Royal Oak; Mr. and Mrs.
Meade Wizard, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Marsdom; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schau.
fele Worthwhile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Carvell; Mr..
and Mrs. Donald King; Earl Pew,
Detroit; August Schaufele; Mr..
and Mrs. Elan Meyer; Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Gust; Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Sackett: Mr. and Mrs. John
Schaufele, Mrs. Ada Murray, Plym.
outh; Mr.. and Mrs Robert Gibson:
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Edison,
Dearborn: Mr. and Mrs. Earnest
Ash, BEDFORD; and many friends
from Plymouth and Royal Oak.
Many from around here were also
at the funeral.
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To Face Court

Alexander Williams, Inkster. IS
10 be arraigned this AFTERNOON on
charges Of being intoxicated and
disorderly at the local bus station
this morning He was locked in city
hall Jail
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FACES TERM, FINE

Detroit, Mich. Mar. Fms
Charged with smuggling furs from
Canada into the United States,
Samuel Mindell, So Chicago. TO.
day faced a year and a day in a
federal prison as well as payment
OF a $1,000 fine. At the same time,
he was held under $4,000 bond for
alleged violation of federal liquor
laws as a member Of 3l-man lille
gal rum ring operating from Chica-
go. Federal Judge Frank A. Pr
card sentenced Mipdell and ar
raigned him on the liquor count.
LONDQN-AP- Distribution of
steel-framed house shelters for air
raid protection will begin next
week, with an initial ALLEGATION of
1900 weekly for the London area.
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Lewis Draper, Rantoul Chanute
Field, H., spent the week end with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton
Draper.
Marion Losee, Ypsilanti. has been
a recent visitor OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Weir.
Mr., and Mrs. o. +. Darling with
Mrs Z. ]. Beyers and Mrs. Ada
Abate, Detroit, left Monday morn.
ing for Wanchula, Fla, to be gone
several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Colts and
son Wallace and grandson, David
Stocum. were. in Plymouth Friday
TO visit Mr.. and Mrs. William
Curtiss and their new baby, Nancy
Irene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Bectel, De-
troit, we're guests at the Ralph
Colts home Sunday.
10 Anne Campbell Is absent
from school due to bad cold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert DoWner.
Ann Arbor, were Sunday afternoon
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Campbell.
Miss Hazel Elliot, Ann Arbo-.
was a supper guest at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Campbell re-
Gently.
Mr., and Mrs, Loyal Wilson, VII.
lis. were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Rowe.
Marvel Sweet is home from
school sick With the measles.
10 Anne Campbell spent Thurs
day night with Virginia Book TO
help her celebrate her birthday.
Mrs. Doyle Purcell spent Friday
visiting friends in Wyandotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rowe were
recent visitors in Saline.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Campbell
and 10 Anne were supper guests
Sunday night at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. VI. G.. Day, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin G.. Staeb. Ypsilanti.
Oscar Smith, Wills, is staying
with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Youngs
while his daughter is recovering
from scarlet fever
Mrs. Hattie Collins is staying
with her daughter. Mrs. Frank Har.
wood. while her house is being
completed.
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Granted Oeuree

Granted OegFee
Miss Patricia Rust daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Rust, was grant
ed the degree Of Master OF Science
at the University of Michigan in
February.
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Garage Entered

Garage Entered
State police this morning were in
vestigating breaking and, entry OF a
Wabash 81. garage at Milan during
the night
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Byron Anderson, an engineer for
an American aeronautlcal COM
pany. met young Brazilian
woman in Lisbon Portugal. The
young lady, now Mrs. Anderson,
is shown above as she arrived in
New York on the S. S. Excalibur.
The young couple viii live in Cal
nornia
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CERTAIN PROOF

His effort. however, failed, and
German experts Immediately
pointed TO the battle as certain
proof of the superiority of air
power over sea power. II proves,
they said, that even the most for
midable battleship can be crippled
by single bomb or an aerial tor
pedo.
The Wilhelmstrasse took the
view that the loss of the Bismarck
definitely should dispose of Ameri-
can allegations that the Axis has
plans to invade the Western Henri
sphere.
Loss Of one OF Germany's great
ships, a spokesman said, shows
that naval vessels, unless far out
numbering all hostile combinations,
cannot operate safely far from
home shores.
The Bismarck's fate is expected
further to. intensity Germany's ef-
fort in the Atlantic battle, COM
polling the British to come out into
the open ocean to prevent German
heavy units from overpowering
conveys.
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Located by U. S.-BuiIt Plane

Yesterday shortly before American-bu Catalina
plane ocated the Bismarck which apparently making
for Bres St Nazae the Germanoccuped French
The admiralty Immediately rapid dispositions to
intercept and sink her the
the Ark Royal began their series of attacks.
Hit by four torpedoes reduced almost imperceptble
speed and crcng in the control the finally
brought a virtual standsill
At daylight this morning pursuing British battleship
reached the
So far it is not known whether gunfre torpedo
administered the final blow that sank the
it was believed torpedo may have done the job.
Her complement Of officers and been dvuged
but must have numbered than 1000 She carried eight
l5nch guns II 59nch weapons caber She
also carried four aircraft with atapults and capable
speed of about 80 knots.
She was of four sser-ships the others being the
Trpiz and the H and THE latter under con.
struction.
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Funds TO University

WORCESTER. Mass. May ~
uNS)-Brown University and the
city Of Worcester receive $4,000
each under the terms of the will
of Miss Florence Edith Jackson,
Leicester. The gift to Brown Uni
versity establishes the jackson
Memorial Fund in memory of her
father, Joseph Jackson. Its income
is TO provide scholarship for a
worthy student. The gift TO the
city Of Worcester is for the same
purpose.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-27
Bismarck
Sinking Told
ByChurthI|
serlin to America


LONDON. May II. - Prime
Minister Churchill delivered a
running account of the
sinking of the Bismarck TO the
House of Commons today.
When he first rose, he had only
incomplete information.
"This morning at daylight"
he said, "the Bismarck was at
tackled by pursuing British
battleships.
81 do not know the results of
the bombardment.
ut appears, however, that the
Bismarck was not sunk by gun
fire and she will now he dis
patched by torpedo.
ut Is thought this Is now pro-
ceeding."