The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-16
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Light frost

lhE WEA MEN, ioni1nts L
Light frost j
WAsHINGToN-UP-An unof-
ncial compilation of medals award
ed for various deeds since start OF
the war showed today that presen-
tations have been relatively re-
stricted. approximately 524 dec
orations have Deen bestowed on
soldiers, sailors and marines for
gallantry in action CT distinguished
service since Japan's sneak at
tack on Pearl Harbor.
LONDON-INS- Prime Minis
ter Winston Churchill declared to-
day that 1T would be premature
10 say we have topped the ridge
but we see the ridge ahead now
Speaking before an assemblage in
a northeast England community,
the Prime Minister said: The
United Nations will come to the
top OF the ridge"
BOSTON-lNS- Impatient and
peeved today was Toto" the gor-
lila wife of "Gargantua the Great
whose sugar rationing was delayed.
New York officials refused TO de-
liver 50 pounds of raw sugar I'M
ill a physicians certificate had
been secured stating the sweet was
essential to the life OF the gorilla.
Toto is in Boston with the Ring
ling Brothers and Barnum & Bail
ey Circus.
Observation-Disclosures. Will
liam P. Hobby. Texas publisher.
will be sworn in as director OF
the newly created Women's Auxil-
iary Corps in brief ceremony at
the War Department today. I'M
mediately following her induction,
Mrs Hobby will hold her first
press conference in the same room.
WASHINGTON--INS- A pos
BILE shortage Of replacement parts
for trucks and busses today threat
ened to complicate the nations al
ready critical transportation prob
lem. John L. Rogers. director of
the Division of Motor Transport, Of
the Office OF Defense Transports
ton, appealed TO truckers and bus
operators for thorough conserva-
ton and rebuilding of worn parts
by methods known and practisei
by many fleet operators
LONDON-INS-Th diplomatic
expert of the Daily Telegraph said
today that Germany this year will
reap the worst harvest since start
OF the war but with the existing
hard scale of rationing should be
able to survive one more winter.
The collapse OF the Reich before
the winter of 1894 is inevitable,
he declared.
PITTSBURGH-INS- The War
Production Board was urged TODAY
TO take immediate action" to end
the winter Of 1894 is inevitable,
Republic Steel Corporation cap
tive mines" in Washington and
Greene Counties before it hurts
the firms war production sche-
dulles.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS-Disas-
ter that overlook two Army air
planes in northern California left
eight men dead today In a third
crash, that OF a bomber en- route
to Sacramento which plunged to
narfh In TTfah
airmen parachuted to safety.
HAMILTON. n Y.-INS- Re
publican leaders submitted a plat
form TO the tenth annual conven-
ton of the New York State Young
Republican Clubs today pledging
American participation in postwar
world problems and recommending
several specific proposals designed
to win the war now.
BOSTON-AP-You've heard OF
Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts. And
now-Air Scouts. The Boston coun-
Gil OF the Boy Scouts OF America
announced last night that a squad
in Chelsea has received the first
Air Scout charter in the nation.
CHICAGO ,Ill-AP-Eight years
OF experiments showing that chill
dren can be vaccinated successfully
against tuberculosis were made pub
licly today at the University OF lii
nois College OF Medicine.
CHICAGO-AP-The states are
urged by the federal budget director
TO resist any public pressure to re-
duce taxes in this period of great
inflationary danger" Balances in
state treasures in excess of current
needs should not be made the basis
for appeals for tax reduction" Di !
rector Harold ID. Smith asserted |
yesterday at conference on emer-
gency fiscal problems called by the |
Council OF State Governments.
WASHINGTON AP Publicity |
for all gasoline card holders was in
order today as rationing Of the prec.
ious motor fuel swung into the sec |
ond day in Atlantic Coast states. !
Falling into line with President |
Rooseyelt's press conference opin- |
ion that the type of cards issued |
should be a matter OF public rec |
ord, Price Administrator Leon Hen |
derson decided that the confiden-
tial status is to be dropped.
NEW YORK-UP-The state was