The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-31
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dy TO enlist in the Women's Auxili-
airy Army Corps at $2l a month,
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R)
Mass, reported TODAY revealing
that she is being deluged by mail
from the ready volunteers. Spon-
sored by Mrs. Rogers, and unani-
mously approved by the Military
Affairs Committee. the bill creating
a uniformed womer's army for the
first time in the United States Is
scheduled for House passage Tues
day virtually without opposition.
NEW YORK-lNS- a protest
over the "courtmartial and firing
of an air raid warden who kissed
other air raid wardens at a New
Years party was to be staged to-
day. Loyal supporters OF Major
Frank Knowles the ousted warden
planned to picket outside Mayor
+. H. LaGuardia's Office in the
city hall.
RENO-INS - Madame Lor-
raine. internationally known for
tune teller, met a violent death
amid the mystic trappings OF her
seance room early today. She was
shot TO death by her pretty blonde
assistant and adopted" daughter,
Charlotte Jean lie Nord, 25.
Observation-Disclosures Cen
eral Lawrence V. Regain, 80, form
er adjutant general of Illinois and
a member OF the Illinois National
Guard for 20 years, died today af-
Ter an illness Of less than two
days.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts)-AP-The high command
said today railway targets in
northern Ireland were machine
gunned by Ierman planes" in opera
tons yesterday.
LONDON-UP-German troops
on the Moscow front have resorted
to suicide attacks, such as they
used when the tide turned against
them at Leningrad. in desperate at
tempts to halt the Russian drive, a
Russian war c%ommunique said to-
day.
QUINCY, Mass.-AP- On the
ways little more than eight months,
or about half the peace-time period
for a vessel Of her type, the United
States destroyer Barton was launch
ed today at the Bethlehem Steel
Company's Fore River plant.
LONDON-AP-Exchange Tele-
graph News Agency reported today
from lstanbul that the Turkish
minister of hygiene had announced
the appearance of a number of
cases of typhus in Turkey and said
that adequate precautionary meas
ures had been taken.
NONCOMPLIANCE Brauchner.
commander of a German bombing
squadron, said to participated IN
200 raids over Poland. France and
Britain, has been shot down by
Russian anti-aircraft guns and is
now a Soviet prisoner, the Moscow
radio declared today.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP - Every
civilian in San Francisco-700,0 900
in all-will have q gas mask under
plans reported by Police Chief
Charles Dullea.
LONDON-AP- Exchange Tele-
graph News Agency reported today
from Zurich, Switzerland, that
Rome dispatches indicated sharp
restrictions would be imposed on
passenger train service in Italy
Sunday.
WASHINGTON ms Despite
some rublings OF protest admins
tration leaders today predicted
that the Senate will quickly on
firm President Roosevelt's expect
ed nomination Of Leon Hender-
son to be administrator Of the new
~ enacted Price Control Act. Hen
derson up to now has been oper-
ating under executive order and
has already issued some 70 price
ceilings On that basis.
GARY, Ind.-INS-An estimated
1000 workers were idle today, in
a plant turning out shell cases
needed by the Army and Navy. be-
cause OF a wage dispute involv-
ing $40 "reckoners" at the Carne-
gie-Illinois Steel Corporation plant.
A so-called Showdown" was
launched by a shift of so of the
reckoners, who count, sort and
weigh sheets of tin plate, and
company officials said the approx
imately 1000 lay-offs were made
necessary by the bottleneck which
resulted.
NEW ORLEANS-INS-Two lost
filters today were believed adrift on
a life raft in the Gulf OF Mexico,
with moves to rescue them well IN
der way. The filters are Lieut.. Arthur
F. Davies. OF Savannah, Ga. and
Lieut.. Walter F. Gardner OF Albany.
~ Y. Their plane apparently sank.
RENO-INS-Frank Woodward
gelatine king, today held a default
divorce from Mary Trask Wood.
ward Of New York. They were mar
ried in Suffolk. Va, April 10, 1881.
CHICAGO-INS-Officials OF the
Gasoline Retailers Association to
day estimated that gasoline sales
in the Chicago area have fallen off
80 per cent since tire rationing be