The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-09

tional fairly severe earthquakes,
making a total Of four within IA
hour period on Wednesday. were
recorded on Fordham University"s
seismograrh last evening, officials
announced today. Direction Of the
tremors was undetermined.
CAIRO-AP-Six Axis aircraft
we're reported in a British COM
munique today TO have been des-
troyed in continuing day and night
raids upon Malta, while large fires
were left Tuesday night by Raj
medium bombers which attacked
Messina, Sicily.
NICHY-AP - Marshal Louis
Louis Franchet-D Esperey, who rose
from a volunteer soldier to mar
shall, the highest dignity in the
French army, is dead at the age
OF SO. His death, announced last
night, left Frances chief OF state.
Marshal Petain, as her only living
marshal.
WASHINGTON-AP- The Of
flee of Price Administration has an
nounced that ceiling prices for froz-
en- fruits and vegetables Of the
1912 crop and for jams, jellies and
preserves made from the new fruit
would be raised shortly. The cell
ing on peanuts and peanut butter
DO in,
TENDER, said the announcement
which was issued last night.
LONDON-AP-John Jaeger, 50,
parliamentary private secretary TO
Herbert Morrison, minister OF home
security, was killed today in
highway accident near his home at
Beaconsheld. Jaeger. a labor lead
err and cooperative official, had been
a laborite member of Parliament
for the Clayton division of Man
chester since 1895.
CHUNGKING-AP- The Japa-
nese have closed the last gap in
the Kiangsi-Chekiang railroad, gain.
ing complete control Of that seq
ment of the overland supply route
they are attempting to stretch from
Shanghai to Singapore, a Chinese
army spokesman acknowledged to-
day.
LANSING-UP - Kenneth NJ.
Burns, state salvage director, an
nounced today the scrap rubber
campaign had netted Michigan a
record number of pounds per CAPT
ia, but he said intensitication of the
salvage for victory program would
call for additional drives for waste
materials to be used in the war
effort.
DETROIT-UP- The July and
August sugar quotas of institutional
and industrial users will be aug
mented with bonus" allotments
Aug. Is, Arthur H. Sarvis, state d.
rector of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, announced today.
DENVER-UP-- Federal agents
today investigated the story OF a
16-year-old Iowa girl who said she
stayed with two soldiers on a week
long holdup tour of the Midwest be-
cause she wanted to see them
hung" for what they did to her.
Margaret Rollie, who has been
missing from her home at Hesper,
Ia, for a week and the soldiers,
Pvt. Elmer f. Kuske, %, formerly
OF Lakewood, Colo, and Pvt. David
Westman, 10, Trinidad, Colo, are
being detained here.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF a
dispute over three workers who
have refused to join the union. 100
Department Of Street Railway
maintenance men refused to 90 to
work today. All DSR equipment was
operating although General Manager
Fred A. Nolan said service may be
impaired If there are many break
downs in rolling stock. The equip
ment was serviced and coaches sup
piled with gas and oil this morning
by salaried employees from the DSR
general offices, Nolan said.
WASHINGTON INS-Members
OF the House and Senate now on
active duty with the Army. Navy
or Marine CORPS must either re-
vert to an inactive status by July /,
or resign from Congress, II they
prefer to remain in the service. it
was disclosed today by the White
House.
LONDON-UP -Mohandas X.
Gandhi. seriously weakened by an
attack of high blood pressure. has
lost seven pounds in recent days,
Exchange Telegraph News Agency
reported from Wardha, India, today.
PONTIAC, Mich.,-INS-The rev.
citation that American ingenuity
already is outproducing every other
nation four TO one in arms output"
was left To-Day by Lieut.. Gen. Will
liam S. Knudsen, chief OF produc.
ton for the army.
TRENTON, y. J.-TNS-New Jer-
sey today experienced its first state
wide air raid test which lasted for
20 minutes during which period
traffic was brought TO a halt and
streets cleared as speedily as posi-.
BILE. The surprise practice alarm
came at 1885 a. m, catching thou
sands unawares.
LOWELL. Mass ms Three
firemen we're injured today when
fire the worst in Lowell in a dec.
ade, swept a four-story brick build