The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-02
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CAMDEN, y. J.-INS-Although
their pay dispute with the Radio
Condenser Company, holder OF
S5,OO0,O00 in defense contracts. has
has not yet been settled, sos AFL
workers today ended their one-day
strike and returned TO their posts.
STOCKHOLM-INS-Fears were
felt today that the bulk OF Norweg
ian suicide fleet" OF merchant ships
that put out from Gothenburg Swe-
den, in an attempt to reach England
had been cornered and sunk by Ger
man waTships or bombing planes.
The fleet consisted OF IL vessels, In
termed at Gothenburg since the Ger
man invasion OF Norway, Latest re-
ports said that two had put back
safely into Gohtenburg, while three
are known TO have been sunk and
the other six are missing.
HARRISBURG ms Pennsyl-
vania's coRyicts are TO be given A
chance to do their bit 10 win the
war At the request OF the War
Production Board, the facilities OF
Pennsylvania 5 prison labor divi'
sion have been extended to the fed
eral government by Secretary OF
Welfare E. Arthur Sweeny.
NJ CIITNTsT nrnefAanf
Roosevelt and 1S,5S9,799 other men
will register for selectiye service
April q, on the basis OF Census
Bureau figures. The bureau calcu-
lated, on the basis OF the 1940-cen-
sus, that that many men would be
in the As TO 81 year age group.
WASHINGTON-AP-An Army
newspaper, TO be known as "Nank'
and written by soldiers for soldiers
will begin publication soon the War
Department announced today.
NEW YORK-AP-Police look
ed today to an autopsy to explain
the mysterious death OF a 19-year-
old bride OF 10 months whose pa
jama-clad body was found bent
over her half-filled bathtub with
the head submerged. A trail OF
blood from the bedroom to the bath
room of Mrs. Sylvia Stems Bronx
apartment. discovered when the
young matron's mother, Mrs. Edith
Gooding, found her dead yesterday,
caused the homicide squad TO list
the death as undecided.
Observation-Disclosures OF a
privately-owned automobile dis
mantled for repair at the state
garage has turned a new spotlight
on efforts of the administration to
abolish the agency on grounds 1t
is a dispenser of political fayors in
the form of free gasoline and car
service.
WASHINGTON-UP- A Navy
announcement that at least % enc
my submarines have been destroy
ed indicated today that the Axis
is paying an increasingly heavier
cost for its campaign against AL
lied shipping of the Atlantic Coast.
SALT LAKE. CITY-INS- Re-
ports OF local outbreaks OF resent /
ment against Japanese eyacuees
streaming into the Rocky Mountain
region from the West Coast today
brought into sharp relief plans for
a meeting OF governors and other
Fah ~ gt,1 Of ct
in Salt Lake City next Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES-AP-The city
council upped mileage allowances
on all city employees automobiles
one cent today. 1t wasn't being
generous. 1t just wanted to save
tires on city-owned cars.
SALT LAKE CITY-AP - The
public will be barred from the
famed Latter Day Saints Church
Tabernacle for the duration OF the
war. Daily noon-day recitals on the
massive organ will be continued,
but the audience will hear the pro-
grams from public address system
in the assembly hall, another struc-
ture on Temple Square.
WASHINGTON-INS-Rep. Dis
ney Cd Of Okla, ranking mem
Der OF the House Ways and Mean.
Committee. announced today in a
formal statement that he had con-
Quoted a survey of the House
Which couvinces me that an over
whelming majority will vote for d
federal sales tax
LONDON-lNS- Vice Admiral
Emile Muselier who commanded
the fleet that occupied the Atlantic
Islands Of st. Pierre and Miquelon
on Christmas Eve. has resigned
from the Free French national com
mittee at his own request and has
been replaced by Rear Admiral
Auboyneau It was authoritatively
announced today.
VICHY-INS-Four tons OF med
zeal supplies. including 100000
units OF insulin. have arrived here
safely through the American Red
Cross. it was announced today.
The supplies are to be distributed
on collaboration with the minister
OF health OF the Vichy government,
II was added
CHUNGKING-UP-Mrs Chang
Kia-Shek. wife OF the Chinese gener-
alissimo and honorary president OF
the Characterization Institute of
Cultural Relations. will present an
ancient Chinese-style painting to