The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-18
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TIE WEATHER: Tonight;
Slightly Warmer

Slightly Warmer
LOS ANGELES-lNS-A yellow
alert In the San Diego area silenced
Southern California radio stations
for 3s minutes last night and early
today. The stations were off the
air. by order OF the Fourth Inter
ceptor Command, from ll:27 p. m.
10 1905 a. m. The alert extended
from Oceanside south TO the Mexi-
can border and was the result OF
Unidentified planes later identi-
fled as friendly"
L0NDON-INS-The Free French
submarine Surcouf. largest under
sea craft ever built and equipped
TO carry an airplane, is overdue
and must be considered lost. Free
French headquarters announced to-
day.
HAVANA, Cuba-INS- Juan
Sierra. former Cuban police major
ousted from office by President
Fulgencio Bstista. battlsd for his
life in a Havana hospital today
while authorities illed the man
who fired four bullets into his body
last night. The name OF the assail-
ant was withheld. but authorities
said they believed the shoo-lng was
motivated by revenge 70: some OF
Serra's activities while police ma or.
HAMMOND, Ind.-INS- Women
taxi drivers put in their appear
ance in Hammond today. Al Gala
CHER who operates the twelve
standard cabs serving Hammond,
said he lost nine men drivers to
the war, and so was forced to hire
women. The city's first women fare
hawks are Mrs. Martha KiZer, 80,
and Mrs. Amy Moore, 81. Gallagher,
apparently thinking someone was
apprehensive on that score. prom.
ised not to hire the young. giddy
type.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. ms 49,
Court action was temporarily sus-
pended today while officials in
vestigated the incredulous story
OF how IS year old "incorrigible"
schoolboy was spread-eagled on a
table by four teachers and flogged
by the principal with a thick
leather strap. Robert B. Taylor,
principal of the Rittenhouse Jun
Tor High School. Norristown, calm
ly admitted whipping Michael Va
lerio and asked the court TO send
him to reformatory because he
was definitely bad.
PANAMA, Panama-AP- Sped
by wartime need, a one lane all
concrete roadway across the 18TH
mus from ocean to ocean was com
pleted today adding a third all
weather route TO the canal and
the rail line which previously had
been the only links from shore TO
shore.
BERLIN (From German Broad
oastsD-AP-Nearly 100000 Ger
man boys and girls will join the
Hitler youth movement tomorrow
in solemn ceremonies commemor-
ating the 53rd birthday anniver-
sary on Monday OF Adolf Hitler.
WASHINGTON-INS- Congress
sional leaders today anticipated
strong opposition on the part of
labor TO plans for the Navy 10 take
over operation OF the United States
Merchant Marine for the duration
OF the war. Under the proposal,
as recommended by the House
Naval Affairs Committee, the Navy
would not only operate all private
freighters and tankers, but the
men who work on those vessels
would be enrolled in the Navy.
ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.-INs-
Thousands OF Atlantic City shore
residents today reported hearing
a series OF five heavy explosions
at sea followed by blinking
lights from an unidentified YES
sci. presumably an enemy subma-
rine Shortly afterwards, the spec
tators on the dimmed out board
walk reported sighting a flotilla
of coastguard patrol boats racing
to the scene.
WASHINGTON-lNS- Sen. War
rem Austin. Vt. assistant Republi.
can Senate leader today proposed
that the COP National Committee
adopt a resolution at its meeting
Monday in Chicago calling for the
most vigorous prosecution of the
war. II is not enough for the Re
publican Committee to merely
pledge unity, he said. addinr> that
what is needed is an expression OF
the determination Of the nation TO
wage an all out war to victory.
NEW YORK -AP-The United
States has passed the turning
point" in war production and the
output OF the United Nations today
exceeds that Of the Axis powers