The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-11


Won kiiIlnger had opened .
"sxero hour" conference with
the Romanlan dictator.
PITTSBURGH-UP- Scared by
molten metal and flames when a
blast furnace erupted at the sec
ond Avenue plant of Jones 4
Laughlin Steel Corp, three men
were killed and 20 others injured.
The dead were Mike Olakso. IS, q
Pipe filter; Martin Sloop. SO.
machinist, and Walter Willmott.
IS. stove cleaner. all of Pitts
buEgh.
wAsHINGTON-AP-- President
Manuel Prado Of Peru, conclud-
ing q five day visit in Washing
ton during which he was the guest
Of President Roosevelt, pays an
Official visit to Congress today be-
fore leaving for . tour of Detroit
defense plants.
HoLLYWOOD-AP-- Death has
claimed Joseph M. Weber, ~, of
the famed stage comedy duo,
Weber and Fields. Weber sue
cumbed yesterday at q hospital
after an illness of several months.
His partner. Lew Fields. died
last July.
sWEDESBORO, N. J.-AP-The
first U. s. migratory labor camp In
the East. made up OF portable and
easily erected suitcase Shelters"
was open and populated today a.
the government acted to ease q
critical farm labor shortage in
South jersey.
vALLETTA, Malta--AP-- Amid
the thunder Of bursting bombs
and the chatter Of machine guns,
Lord Gort was sworn in as Cover
nor and commander-in-chief Of
Malta yesterday while Raj figh-
ers battled Axis air raiders over
this battered island stronghold.
The former chief of the imperial
general staff took the oath OF Of
flee In q bomb SCARED building
before = chief Justice whose hand
was bleeding from cuts suffered
as the result Of bomb blast only
few minutes before.
LONDON ms The chief of
police Of Monastir, Yugoslavia, has
been assassinated, said q Reuters
dispatch today from vichy. The
dispatch said the police official
was shot, but gave no other de-
tails.
WASHINGToN--INs-The Unit
ed States government has virtual
ly completed contracts for con-
struction Of barges which viii be
used on the Atlantic Coast intra-
coastal waterway to help cheat IL
submarine menace. 1t was repert.
ed in Congress today.
WASHINGTON--INS-- Funeral
services we're being arranged to-
day for the Rev. Zebarney r.
Phillips, 81, dean Of the Washing
ton Cathedral and chaplain of the
U. 8. Senate. who died last night.
VICHY-1NS-- Pierre Laval and
his advisors today awaited a full
report from Admiral Georges Rob
ert. Martinique high commission
err. on the details Of terms pro-
posed by the United States to
guarantee against the island fall
ing into Axis control. Meantime
Laval was reported to have sent
instructions to Ambassador Henri
Haye in Washington who appar-
emily was by-passed by the Amer.
ican government in the negotia-
tions.
LONDON--INS = Lord Beaver
brooks country residence, Cherkley
Court near Leatherhead, Surrey,
was burned out ruin today follow.
ing blaze which swept the ground
floor Sunday evening. Lord Beaver
brook directed workmen and guests
in removing most Of the valuable
furniture while firemen fought the
flames.
LONDON-INS-.No official ex-
plantations were forthcoming today
for the cutting off of telephone com
munication between Berlin and swe-
den Saturday night. Swedish CIR
cles in London interpreted the COM
munications interruption ~ . Ger
man precaution to screen larxe-scale
troop movements inside Germany.
AzUsA, Cal.-INS- Authorities
today Investigated the possibility Of
intendsd sabotage following the ais
covery Of $50 sticks of dynamite
hidden near the San Gabriel Dam.
A federal forest guard found the
cache.
ALBANY, N. Y-INs-Members
of the nations armed forces found
It easier to get married in New
York State today. Gov. Herbert H.
Iohxr-r kos sl~n "a int Iau = NIL