The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-11

ldent Roosevelt today refused
70 9 We direct answers 10 ques-
tons at his press conference on
whether he would direct sutfi-
eient prIorities 10 build syn
thetie rubber plants now being
urged by Rubber Director viii
liam NJ. LETTERS.
NEW YORK-INS-Gen. Drava
Mihailoyich, Nugoslayian guerrilla
leader, is no longer heading the
insurrection in his country and his
present w~hereabout are unknown,
Ante Pavelich. former Crotian
official asserted today. Payelicn.
who recently escaped from Yugo-
slavia, said that the patriots never
theless are carrying on their pro-
gram Of collaboration with startl-
ing results.
WASHINGTON President
Roosevelt today announced the
appointment Of William Phil
lips to be his personal ambas-
sador to India. Phillips, a car
ANNN ANRiblflaA MIN Gu AHG
service in 1908, has been twice
u-ndersecretary Of state and was
the U. S. Ambassador TO Rome
until the outbreak Of war.
WALDEN, Colo.-INS-The $50
ton milling plant of the Western
Fluorspar Company, north Of Wal
den, was in ruins today, the result
OF a SIPS, 900 fire Of undetermined
origin The mineral produced by
the company is used in Buffalo,
n. Y in the production OF steel,
according to Superintendent NJ. +.
Cloonan.
BOSTON-INS--A technical ex-
pert who has been a key witness
in the investigation of the Cocoa
nut Grove fire which claimed 496
lives has been warned by telephone
10 keep his mouth shut. or else.
The threat, 1t was learned here,
was made by a city official whose
identity was given to Fire Commits
sioner William A. Reilly.
HARRISBURG, Pa.-INS-A ma
tlonwide dragnet has been spread
by the Federal Bureau of Investigl-
ton for civilian workers who sud
denly left their jobs at the l.. S.
Naval Supply Depot at nearby
Mechanicsburg when a federal
~ grand jury launched an inYestiga-
ton of an alleged Sl,OOO,00O con.
struction fraud.
PALM BEACH, Fla.-INS- The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor rest
ed at the home of Flying Ohcer
Herbert Pulitzer in Palm Beach
today following their surprise ar.
rival in Miami by commercial air
line from Nassau yesterday. The
royal couple, who Immediately con
tlnued their journey from Miami
TO Palm Beach. will remain in
Palm Beach over the week end. it
was understood. They motored up
from Miami.
NEW YORK -AP- After an
nouncing the appointment Of Gen
Cral Kurt Zeitzler as chief OF the
general staff Of the German army,
the Berlin radio disclosed In off
hand fashion that two other com
paratively little known men are
holding the positions OF chief OF
staff In the German air force and
navy. The two were Identified as
Col. Gen. Hans Jesschonnek and
-ant Admiral Friekatj both of whom
apparently have had meteoric ca
reers under the aegis OF Adolf Hit
Ior.
LONDON-AP- Sir Thomas W.
McAra. IS, Fleet street compositor
who became secretary OF the Lon
don Newspaper Projectors Asso-
citation. died in a hospital near
Nottingham, Berkshire, yesterday.
JOPLIN. Mo.-AP- Joplin's ra-
tioning board won't resign and 1t
won't ration fuel oil, its chairman
Tom J.. Molloy said in a letter
the board addressed to James q.
Galloway. Kansas City, state OPA
director Molloy's letter demanded
conclusive proof that oil %rationing
ia necessary to relieve the East n
aid the war effort.
SEATTLE, Wash-INS The
Seattle Post-IntelligcnCer today
published an article reporting that
an unidentified Army officer at Fort
Lewis. Wash. had been arrested
following an investigation into as
serted seditious activities at the
Fort The arrest, the paper stated,
was in connection with what is re-
ported to have been an organized
attempt to rilify President Roose-
b velt'.
CHTCAGO-INS- With several
thousand Pratt & Whitney engines
already turned out for American
bombing planes. the Melrose Park
plant OF the Buick division Of Gen
eral Motors was engaged in expan-
sion operations today for a nine
fold increase in production in the
basis of its original equipment.
The announcement OF the expan-
sion program and the completion
OF the first two contracts for bomb
er engines at the end Of November
was made by Harlow II. Curtics.
G. NJ. vice president and general
manager of Buick, during a visit
in Chicago.
PHILADELPHIA-INS - An ap-
peal was made today by Benjamin
Ludlow, Pennsylvania administra-
tor OF war savings, to spike the