The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-06

probation OF civil defense prep
aratlons today. In an order Is
sued jointly by the department
OF housing and building and the
department Of water supply,
gas and electricity, all building
lights visible from the street
must be doused at the close OF
the business day unless some
one 10 on duty for the express
purpose Of extlnoulshlna them
Immediately on warning.
CAMBRIA, Australia ms
authorities said today that a men,
Der OF the Australian cabinet may
journey to Washington soon to dis
cuss matters OF common interest
with United States officials.
LONDON ms An Exchange
Telegraph (British) Vichy dispatch
said today that Anglo-French SOL
diers have clashed repeatedly
along the French Somalilan'd from
tier and that the governor OF So
maitland has lodged a protest.
LONDON-INS- Aerial photo
graphs OF the Renault works near
Paris show that Tuesday nights
raid accomplished "a great stretch
of damage evenly distributed over
the whole area" it was announ-
eel officially today.
LONDON ms Sir Richard
Peirse. who recently relinquished
his post as chief Of the bomber
command, today was appointed air
officer-commander-in-chie for In
dia, succeeding Sir Patrick Play.
fair.
NEW YORK-INS- Thirty four
leading stores OF Metropolitan New
York started a campaign today to
persuade customers to carry home
their own packages. The move
was started to cut down deliver
les and save gasoline and tires.
HONOLULU-INS- The plane
which bombed the outskirts OF
Honolulu early Wednesday morn
ing was Japanese, army ordnance
experts said today following ex-
animation of bomb fragments.
CHICAGO-INS- Pickets were
picketing the pickets today at the
Fairfax apartment hotel in Chica-
go. where none of the employees
are on strike. 1t appeared to be
one OF those iurisdictional labor
fights, this time between two ALL
unions.
WASHINGTON ms Attor-
neys for George Sylvester Viereck,
81 year old naturalized American
citizen convicted of violating the
Foreign Agents Registration Act. |
indicated today the verdict would |
be appealed to a higher court as
soon as possible.
AN EASTERN CANADIAN |
PORT-INS- Thirty one surviv-
ors Of a United Nations frelghter
torpedoed in the Atlantic revealed |
today that their ship was struck |
by two torpedoes apparently fired |
simultaneously from different d. !
rections. The survivors said it |
was obvious that two submarines
took part in the attack Five men
were killed outright by the tor
pedo blasts and another crew mem
Der is missing.
WASHINGTON-INS-FBT agents, |
In 1900 raids in more than 20 Amer |
lean cities, discovered that enemy |
aliens. mostly Japanese, had hid |
den away more than 100 maps and |
illegal photographs of the vital |
Panama Canal. it was learned today |
CAIRO. Egypt-AP-Prime minis
ter Nahas Pasha ordered the imme
date release today OF General ALE |
FL Masry Pasha. former chief OF
staff Of the Egyptian army and a /
pro-Axis sympathizer who was ar |
rested last June after he failed in |
an attempt to flee the country.
WASHINGTON-AP- The gov |
eminent IS modifying the glass in.
dustry on vast scale. it was learned |
today. to take over the Job of replac- |
ing tin cans with millions OF jars. /
bottles and cups.
DENVER-March 6-AP-The In |
ternational Union of Mine. Mill aud |
Smeltelmen purchased $4,000 worth /
OF defense bonds with money from |
its strike fund. The union. a clio at. |
filiate, plans 10 buy $1,000 worth OF
bonds monthly.
LONDON - APP The German |
threat to Egypt has been lessened /
by the British campaign in Cirenai- |
ca, Oliver Lyttleton declared today ,
on his return from his post as min
lister Of state in eastern Mediterran
can area.
LONDON AP-Reuters quoted /
the Rome radio today as saving that
German Qualifications along the /
northern coast OF occupied France
had been strengthened by compile
ton OF new line OF defenses 140
miles long
NATCHEZ. Miss.-AP-Although /
the State Supreme Court has told
them that they must move from
their famed Goat Castle home. r.
II. c. Dana and his legal guardian
Miss Octavia Dockery. are letting
the matter worry them little