The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-16


BOSTON-INS-- At least nine
firemen and IA Coast Guardsmen
were reported overcome by smoke
today at a fire that had been rag
ing in the heart of Boston's shop
ping district since early morning.
Five alarms were sounded for the
fire, which covered an entire busl-
ness block only short distance
from newspaper row.
AKRON. O.--INS Purchase Of
the 2l-statiOn Yankee network,
fifth largest radio network in Amer
lea, ~ the General Tire and Rubber
Company, was announced today by
William O'Neil, company president.
ONeil said the purchase was the
first step in postwar expansion
plans of the concern which also IN
cludes entrance into other fields OF
manufacturing and merchandising
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
enlistments in the Navy, Coast
Guard, and Marine Corps today are
being permitted until about Feb. !,
to allow these services TO keep up
their required strength.
NEW YORK-INS-The Eastern
Defense Command today Identified
the three American soldiers who
died in the fire which destroyed
the Knights OF Columbus Hall in
St. Johns, n. F., Saturday night
with loss of more than 100 lives.
The soldiers were Identified as
Pfc. Edward b. Ford, 3lS Butler
St, Pittston, Pa; Technician, 5th
Grade, Henry l.. Kennedy, II Orch
ard St. Glens Falls, y. y. and
PFC Frank VI. Yirga, $40 Daisy
St, Mansfield, o.
NEW YORK-INS-Cuba Is rea-
dy to share the fate of Americans
in this war whether II be good or
bad President Fulgencio Batista,
insisted today. This is mo-
ment of sacrifice" he told a Cuban
Chamber of Commerce gathering,
land my country and my people are
undergoing it stoically.
SAN DIEGO, Calif-AP-Their
second child, daughter, was born
last night to Lieut.. and Mrs. John
Roosevelt. Lieutenant Roosevelt
the Presidents youngest son, is
on duty with the Navy here. He
and the former Anne Lindsay
Clark OF Nahant. Mass, were mar
ried in 1888 and have a son, Hav-
en-, two and one half years old.
NEW YORK-AP- Two Coast
Guardsmen may have to pay with
their lives II government charges
that they attacked seven girls on
L. S property are proven true.
Vincent Resan. 26, father OF four,
and Alex Miller. q. father Of two,
pleaded innocent yesterday when
arraigned-in civilian dress-in
federal court Brooklyn Regan
was held in $4,000 bail, Miller in
$4,000 bail.
DENVER Colo-AP-T body
of Or. Hubert Work, former post
master general and secretary of
the Interior. will be sent to Wash.
ington for interment IN Arlington
National Cemetery after funeral
services today.
NEW YORK-AP-- The news
paper and mail deliverers union
and the Publishers Association OF
New York ended separate all-night
meetings early today, failing to
effect a settlement Of the strike
which has kept most Of the city S
newspapers out of general clrcu-
Iation since Sunday evening.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Amer
icsr Telephone and Telegraph Com
many was called before the feder-
al communications commission To-
day to show why it should not sub
stauually reduce long distance tel
sphone rates.
HOLLYWOOD - AP - Jackie
Cooper. 20 year Old actor, VIII en-
Ter Loyola University at Los An
geles next February as a member
of the I. s. Naval Reserve. The
two year course will prepare him
for an ensign's commission.
WASHINGTON Ferdinand
Eberstadt. vice chairman Of the
War Production Board. said today
that the supply of critical metals
will be sufficient to meet present
military and essential civilian pro
duction schedules for the first quar-
ter Of 1913.
NOTLTRIE. Ga.-TP- Spence
Field officials today announced that
Second Lieut.. Glenn Williams Rus
sell. a West Point graduate FROM
Jersey Shore. Penn. was killed
Tuesday when his training plane
crashed seven miles south OF here.
ST. LOUIS-UP-Se soldiers
were killed and two others injured
seriously Tuesday night when a
B.24 Liberator bomber crashed and
burst into flames shortly after j,
took of from LambcrtSt Louis
Airport.
LONDON-UP-The most SUE
cessful British submarine. Truant.
has just arrived at a base in Bri
tain after completing mission
that totaled 10000 miles I'm three
oceans and seas and sinking o.
damaging more than 20 Axis ships.