The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-04

LEW %, Oel-iNo-Wlkn tnc
possible loss OF five lives, the
3,st5-ton British frelshter Gyp-
sum Prince was rsmmed and
sunk at the mouth Of Delaware
Bay today by another British
vessel, the tanker Voeo.
WASHINGTON-Ap-The Unit
ed Nations held about l.27l000, 900
bushels Of the worlds known wheat
surplus OF l,524000,00O bushels,
the Agriculture Department report
ed today. The remaining 253,0O0.
600 bushels is held by a western
hemisphere neutral. Argentina.
ST. LOUISIANA spectacular
IRE attracting $4,000 onlookers,
swept through part OF the vast Hill
Behan Lumber Yard Tuesday night,
causing damage estimated at $780,
600.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS- War
den James Johnston OF AlcatraL
Prison said today that all was quiet
at the federal institution, follow
ing a brief riot" among several
convicts. Explaining the outburst
Warden Johnston said that nine
conyicts employed in the prison
laundry began swinging fists fol-
lowing a difference OF opinion over
how fast the laundry ought to
operate.
SOMEWHERE ON THE GER
MAN FRONTIER ms - The
newspaper Munchner Neue Mach
richten reported today that a num-
Der OF special institutes have been
created and a factory constructed
TO manufacture serum to combat
spotted typhus. Spotted typhus
has been reported sweeping over
large areas of eastern Europe and
recent advices indicated it had
penetrated into Germany as far as
Hamburg.
MIAMI, Fla.-INS- The most
travelled roadway in Florida. the
Causeway connecting Miami and
Miami Beach, bore the new name
of Macarthur Way" today in hon
or OF Gen. Douglas Macarthur, hero
OF the battle OF the Philippines.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.-lNS-Dick |
Powell and Ethelind Terry, OF stage
and screen, received congratula-
siang n fV,A ~
their surprise marriage. They
eloped to Las Vegas, New, Tuesday
and were married at nearby Vega |
Ranch.
CHICAGO-INS-Capt. William
Alonzo Avery. known as the first |
American to fly" was dead today
at the age Of 72. AS young man
he was associated with the Wright |
Brothers and became the first |
American to fly motorless plane |
when he piloted a glider over the |
Indiana sand dunes June 20, 1896. |
CHICAGO - ms - Workmen |
were rushing TO completion today |
the first naval craft built in the |
Chicago area for World War II. |
The ship launched Tuesday in the |
Chicago River and christened with |
the traditional bottle Of cham
paign, is a 136-foot mine sweeper,
but also may be used for submarine |
hunting and convoy work.
LOS ANGELES-INS - Declar. |
ing that the Japanese already are
two weeks ahead Of their schedule |
for conquest. Kilsoo X. Ham, |
Washington representative Of the
Korean Peoples League, warned
today that Japan will launch about
air and submarine attacks on the |
Pacific coast next month.
DECENTRALIZATION Cana
dian Mounted Police officers today
examined three tIuckloads Of pho
tographs, letters and pamphlets |
seized in three suburban raids
Tuesday. The seizures followed
advice from Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation authorities in the Unit
ed States of the arrest in Miami, |
Fla, Of Nathan Mendelssohn. So |
year-old Montreal shipping agent.
WASHINGTON UP - Lieut.
81. Co. Edward II. -O'Hare of St |
Louis is the Nays first flynn
ace of World War IL. He attained
that designation when in single
steater fighter he shot down six
japanese heavy bombers--one-thir
OF the is that attacked a task force
OF the L. S. Pacific fleet.
BERNIE ms The Berlin cor
respondent Of the Neue Zuercher
Zeitung reported today that the
"sluice gates of vexation and wrath
are opening among Berlin officials
against the French war-guilt trial
at Riom. where ex-premier Edouard
Daladier and other former French
leaders are on trial.
Los ANGELES ms At least
u persons were injured last night
when a Santa Fe Railroad work
train sideswiped the Union Pacific
Limited. en- route to Los Angeles
from Chicago, 10 miles north OF Vic
toryyille. Cal, Union Pacific Off.
Gals announced today.
Los ANGELES ms The dis.
trict attorneys office today studied
with amazement a map revealing
that japanese for years owned and
leased large tracts Of shore line and
farm acreage near defense plants.