The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-15

szymanski, a 24-year-oId
University Of Michigan stu
dent who refused to fll out a
draft questionable was SEN
fenced TO is months In prison
and described as a "discredit
TO your race and a classic exam
pie Of the old saying that n
little learning Is a dangerous
thing" by Federal Judge Err
nest A. o'5rien today.
WASHlNGTON-UP- The SUI
preme Court today will hear oral
argument in the dispute between
Gov. Leon c. Phillips OF Oklahoma
and the federal government over
construction OF the $20,000,000
power and flood control dam on
the Grand River. The case is Ok
lahomas appeal from a federal
court action holding illegal and
"unjustified" Phillips declaration
OF martial law last spring intend
ed to halt construction on the
project.
TOKYO-INS-- Asserting that
500,000,00O persons in the Philip
pines, India, Burma. the East In
dies, AMMAN, Cochin China, and the
Malay Peninsula who were con
quered by the Whites" now are
"groaning under injustice. the
japanese League for Emancipation
OF southeastern Asiatic nations to-
day announced it is sponsoring a
mass meeting Jan. "a to further
their emancipation.
NEW District At
torney Thomas f. Dewey moved to
obtain swift murder indictments
against William opposite. 2S. and
his brother. Anthony. 30, who killed
two men and wounded two others
in a daring but futile robbery at
tempt on crowded Fifth Avenue
The two brothers, both ex-convicts
and parole violators, cold bloodedly
shot down an office manager and
then a policeman in a futile at
tempt to grab a S649 payroll.
LOCKWOOD, Pa. ms Fire
that roared for nine and a half
hours through the center of this
mining village was finally brought
under control at $3.50 a. m. today
after inflicting damage estimated
at 100000.
SAN FRANCISCO ms A
faulty safety valve was believed
responsible today for an explosion
which wrecked a five story brick
building, injured two men and
splattered thousands of gallons OF
tallow over the south San Francis
co plant Of the Armour Packing
Company.
ROME--AP- Italy was reported
today to have devised a zoe per
cent Italian explosive with which
to replace TINT. supplies OF which
are being used up by the munitions
industry. Authorized sources iden-
tilted the explosive as pentrite T 4,
composed OF formaldehyde, lime
and ammonia, all available in album
dance in Italy.
COLUMBUS. DAP With a
calmness and detachment rare
among condemned men, Anthony
Cirasole, 20, and Joseph Dimarco,
20, both of Brooklyn. n. Y, had
been electrocuted today at Ohio
Penitentiary for the holdup Staying
OF Edward J. Erdody, Cleveland fur
rier, year ago.
WASHINGTON - AP- Prelim-
mary reports OF the just ce Depart
ment on its registration OF aliens In
the continental United States gives
a total Of 4,741,971 to date. Mich
igan, among the IA highest states.
had total Of 29O,7S0.
WASHINGTON AP-The WPA
has earmarked S1571Sl.40O for
work on national defense projects
since last July !, acting Commits
sioner Howard o. Hunter an
uOuuCeu tOudy.
WASHINGTON - APP The ma
tional defense building construction
program. as a whole. was four days
behind contract schedule in Novem-
Der Labor Secretary Perkins re-
ported today.
HOLLYWOOD ms Final
rites for Joe Penner. the Wanna
buy a duck?" comedian of stage
and screen fame. who died in Phila-
delphia last Friday, will be Thurs
day in the Wee Kirk o. the Heather
Chapel at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The Rev. Neal Dodd will officiate.
lnterment will be in the Forest
Lawn mausoleum.
FORT DIX, y. J. ms An in.
vestigation was under way today
TO determine how "live" ammuni.
ton came TO be placed among blank !
cartridges being issued to troops
Of the fist Regiment here for a
night tactical problem. The error
was discovered in time to avert |
NEW YORK INS-The toll OF I
dead rose to six today in the fire |
that razed a Brooklyn box factory |
engaged in defense work and physi- !
clans feared several am ing the |
nfna others critically hurt mos,
died
TOKYO-AP-The Port OF Ran
goon. one Of the principal seaports
Of British India, IA "hlled" with
United States and British ships
oaded with war materials. for.
sign Office official said today.
TOKYO-AP-All English signs