The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-07
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THE WEATHER.: Tonight.
Somewhat warmer

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NEW YORK II ms - 4 Polish
black book In whose SIS
pages are listed a long series OF
Nazi crimes against the yanquished
Polish state and its citizens was on
sale today. The volume. compiled
under direction OF Professor Stan
islas Stronski, Polish minister Of
information in London aud former
editor OF the Warsaw Courier was
published. according to Prof.
Stronski so that every one, even
the skeptics, may read II and learn
what it is like to live under en-
slavement to the Germans.
WASHINGTON-INS - Members
OF the Senate today said that the
draft and piratiug of labor by in
dustry is threatening American
farmers With crop losses running
into millions Of dollars unless they
can get harvest help at once. Hard
est hit right now appear TO be OPP
orators OF medium sized farms, espe-
cially those within short radius
OF big war production plants.
WASHINGTON - ms - Rising
sentiment in the Senate Finance
Committee to boost the 1921 ,000,-
coo House tax bill by $4,000 600 900
was reported today as the commit
tee neared a showdown on crucial
tax proposals this week. We will
raise 100000 600 more than the
House-we've got TO-" said Sen.
Bailey Cd n. c., member OF the
committee.
WASHINGTON-INS-IrishM Min
lister Robert Brennan today charged
that certain elements in northern
Ireland are deliberately exaggerat-
ing incidents involving American
soldiers there in an apparent effort
to undermine the traditional friend
ship between the United States and
Fire.
MEXICO CITY-INS-A man who
tried to dynamite the Federal Tele
graph facilities today had paid with
: his life as the first person to be ex-
ecuted by a Mexican firing squad
under the laws of war. Military au-
thorities withheld identity of the
dynamiter. They merely announced
that a firing squad had executed
him near the federal district of
Ferria in accordance with Mexiso's
law that suspends guarantees dur
ing wartime.
L0NDON-INS-T Vichy gov
eminent has invited President
Roosevelt's ambassador" Wendell
' like. TO visit Dakar. the Daily
Sketch declared today, quoting lin
side information. The invitation
has been extended TO Willkie, but
he has made no decision whether to
accept it, the Sketch said
LONDON-lNS- The Royal Air
Force continued devastating
round.the-clock aerial lombard
ment OF enemy territory, today with
new assault on towns OF western
Germany. The Third Reich admit
ted the new raids and said that ma
terial damage and destruction had
been wrought by the raiders.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Roosevelt today gives Congress and
the nation the terms OF his broad
program to forestall wartime infla-
ton through rigid control Of wages.
salaries, prices and profits. In a
message to Congress at noon and
in 'fireside chat" TO the country's
millions at $3.50 o'clock tonight, the
President will explain fully his
Labor Day warning OF new econo-
mic sacrifices to come in the
stormy days ahead.
NEW YORK-INS- New York
and the metropolitan area. embrac-
ing a population OF at least fifteen
million persons. was subject to its
first night air raid alarm of the war
at 1928 a. m. today. Appearance OF
an unidentified plane off the coast
caused the first fighter command
TO sound the raid alarm but nine
minutes later the all clear was
sounded when the plane was idenu
ned as friendly.
VICHY- Up - Authorities an
nounced that French patrols had
thwarted an attempted landing by
six Britons of the Mediterranean
coast near HE he Spanish border cap
turing an officer and routing his
companions after a brisk gun bat
tie. The British party tried to land
on st. Pierre beach. near Narbonne,
30 miles north of the Spanish from
tier on the Gulf OF Lyon.
SOMEWHERE IN THE WEST.
ERN EGYPTIAN DESERT-Wen-
dell Willkie, after a tour OF the
desert front, expressed the convic-
ton that the German threat to
Egypt had been eased. Willkie re-
turned from the fighting zones,
where twice enemy fliers dropped
bombs near him
LONDON-AP-The Vichy radio
reported today that a clash betwe
British and German light naval
forces was in progress o. PORTUGAL,
with aircraft OF both sides par
Ncipating