The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-10

bombardier If heavy bomber
crew.
LONDON-INS-An oath OF allie
glance to Marshal Petain, Vichy
chief Of state, must be taken by all
members OF the French Legion OF
Honor, the Paris radio announced
today according 10 Reuters News
Agency.
LONDON-lNS-The 597th air
raid alert OF the war was sounded
today in London. The alert, the
first sounded II daylight since Sept,
3, lasted for only a brief period
before the all clear was given.
Cause of the a larm was not learned
Immediately.
DETROIT-AP- When gasoline
rationing is made nation. wide with
In the next few weeks. one Of the
jolts probably in store for the aver.
age motorist is that he will not be
permitted to own more than five
tires for each vehicle registered in
his name. According to word reach
ing automotive circles here, the ap
rlicant for rationing card will
have TO swear that he does not own
more than five tires for each of his
cars or indicate a willingness TO
sell the extra castings to the govern
ment.
TACOMA. Wash.-AP-Cable by
cable and strand by strand. the
steel remnants of Tacoma's great
S6,400,000 Narrows Bridge are go
ing into the national scrap pile. Tn
der contract, 100000 is icing spent
TO complete the wreckmg job which
a high wind started two years ago,
but the state of Washington. which
owns the bridge. hopes to realize
100000 from the enterprise. That's
the amount state engineers estimate
will be returned at current market
prices, by sale of the spans 5000
tons OF cable and 1900 tons OF re-
Enforcing steel.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP- Pacific
Coast states were placed under new
and stricter dim-out regulations to-
day. Lieut.. Gen. J. l.. Dewitt. head
OF the Western Defense Command
and Fourth Army. changed his dim
out regulations of August 20 to pro
vide that in restricted zones essen
TALLY all light visible from above,
including street lighting. now must
be shielded. Restrictions on lights
visible from the sea remain essen
italy the same.
REYKJANIk. Iceland 1NS-Ice.
land is enjoying a faNorite Amer
lean pastime-a. beauty contest.
The latest issue of the Army news
paper announced that the contest
will be open to wives and sweet
hearts of the American soldiers
serving in Iceland. The winners will
be selected from photographs.
BELFAST ms Belfast was I'M
der curfew regulations today l., a
bomb was exploded outside a police
barracks for the third successive
night The latest attack was made
on the police station on Shankill
Road. hut caused no casualties. For
the first time since the new series
OF bombinss flared up suspect
was arrested.
CHUNGKING -INS-Wendell L.
Willkie. special representative of
President Roosevelt who has spent
several days in China. has left Chi
nese territory for an mdisclosed
destination, it was announced to.
day.
LONDON-AP-Germany's death
rate from infectious diseases. par
ticularly in heavily bombed cities.
is rising rapidly. the Lancet said
today. The British Medical journal
reported that the German infant
mortality rate in large cities was
the highest since 1888.
NEW YORK-AP-From every
corner cupboard and basement came
more Of the sincws of war today
the vital scrap metal necessary to
make the steel to make the arms
for the men. 4 national scrap drive
conducted by the nations newspa.
pers went into its last seven days
encouraged by incomplete and un.
official reports which showed a to-
tai OF 7O5 46l tons collected in the
leading - states This represented
32.5 pounds per person
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
AP-Nern Hausland. Associated
Press war correspondent. returned
to Australia today still weak from
the effects OF wandering for almost
seven weeks through the New CUT
nea juncles but showing definite
progress toward recovery. Haug-
land who parachuted from an Army
bomber when IL ran out OF gas in
storm over New Guinea aud finally
made his way 10 an isolated coastal
port 90 days later. was brought to
an American hospital here in p
p bomber assigned 10 the command
Of Brig cen Kenneth Walker of
the United states Army air forces.
MAR1ONVILLE. Flam-
ing wreckagc the aftermath Of a
head-on collision between two FRI
co freight trains endangered this
southwest Missouri town Of l.221
last night as the fire crept toward
several tank cars OF naphtha and
gasoline. Shortly after midnight.
however. the flames were con
trolled. Tho fire reached one est
OF naphiha bur a seam burst and