The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-14

ley. Frahm was sentenced upon
conviction In an alleged base
ball pool conspiracy.
WASHINGTON-INS- As the
House Military Affairs Committee
began hearings on a military pay
raise bill. Rep. Edmiston Cd w
Va, today said he will ask the
committee TO amend his depend
ency allotment measure so that
only one wife will he entitled to
a share in an enlisted mans pay.
MEXICO CITY-INS- The Ben
jamin Franklin Library. gift to
Mexico by the committee for inter
American affairs. was open for
public inspection today following
a dedication ceremony in which
President Avila Camacho called
the edifice "a permanent ambassa-
dor OF Pan-American good will"
NASSAU-lNS- Thirty seamen
were safe at Nassau today fol
lowing the torpedoing OF their
ship somewhere in southwestern
Atlantic waters. Ten of the crew
are. missing and two were killed
by the torpedo, survivors said.
LONDON-INS-F with the
threat of an early Japanese inva-
sion attempt, the city OF Calcutta
already has evacuated half OF its
100000 residents and another ESQ.
600 will leave before the end OF
April, the Daily Mail reported to-
day.
PORTLAND, Ore.-INS-In the
first case Of its kind, Minoru Yasui,
Japanese-American lawyer, today
faced trial in federal court on
charges of violating the enemy
alien curfew law. Both Yasui and
government attaches admitted the
trial would be in the nature OF a
test case.
LONDON-lNS-A large Rus
sian tank force which embarked
at Noyorossik has been landed on
the Kerch Peninsula, the Stock
holm newspaper Dagnsnyheter said
today, according to Reuters News
Agency.
NEW YORK-INS-The largest
area OF New York City ever to I'M
derso the wartime test will be
plunged into darkness tonight
when two-thirds OF Brooklyn is
BACKED out on police orders.
LONDON-INS - The United
States already has sent s2,400,O0O,
900 worth OF lend.lease war ma
terials 10 Britain and a steady |
stream is expected whether this |
nation can pay the bill or not,
Chancellor OF the ExcheQuer Sir !
Kingsley Wood told the House OF
Commons today.
LONDON-lNS-Harry L. Hop. |
kins. lend-lease administrator for |
the United States government, con
tinued his conferences with repre- |
sentatiyes OF United Nations gov
ernments today, indicating that he !
planned TO see officials of all AL. |
lied governments represented in |
London before returning TO Ameri- |
ca.
HAVANA, CuDa-INS After |
lifting a censorship imposed last |
Friday on the morning newspaper, |
Diario de la Marina, the Cuban gov |
eminent today suggested that |
newspapers and radio stations ap. |
point their own censors to insure /
that forbidden news of shipping |
and military movements would not |
be published or broadcast.
NEW YORK-INS-Lieut. Gen.
Brehon Somervel. commanding
general of the United States Army /
Services of Supply. will head a
party OF Army officials on a one.
day inspection tour Thursday |
through important war production |
plants in the greater New York |
area, it was announced today.
NEW YoRK-INS- Preflight
aviation courses probably will BY
offered next fall in all New York |
City high schools. Dr. Frederic |
Ernst. associate superintendent of
schools revealed today.
LONDON-AP-The Vichy radio /
relayed Bucharest report today /
that 500 buildings were DESTROYED |
by landslide at the Rumanian
city Of lasi. former capital OF Mol.
davia.
CANBERRA, Australia-AP -
Norman J. NJ. Maxim. Australian
munitions minister. announced to.
day that 10 munitions factories had
been established or were beine
erected in three states In Austria
liza as part OF a huge munitions
decentralization scheme.
BERN. Switzerland-AP- New
food restrictions. among other
things halNing the sugar allowance
in public eating places, will 20
into effect April 81.
BOMBAY. lndia-AP- a thun.
derbolt which struck a church al
Malayattur killed Is Indian Chris.
tians and severely burned 40.
dispatch from the Cochin state
city OF Ernakulam said today.
IONDON-Ap- Rcappointmept
oi -Montaeu Norman for his 23rd
year as governor OF tho Bank OF
England became mere formalitv