The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-01

WASHINGTON-The Interstate
Commerce Commission has issued a
formal order approving purchase by
Wabash Railroad Co. OF the railroad
properties and other assets of the
Wabash Railway Co., long in re-
ownership.
LANSING Gov. Van Wagner
appointed a new member OF the
State Labor Mediation Board and
two men to the State commodity
distribution (tire-rationing com
mittee Wednesday. He promoted
Paul R. Ricketts,, of Flint, who had
been secretary OF the Labor Board,
TO membership on the board to re
place Arthur E Raa5, Of Flint, Re
publican, who resigned.
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ALBANY, n. View York takes
a tight rein on its approximately
100000 automobile owners today
by invoking one OF the stiffest finan-
cial responsibility laws in the ma
ton. Unless an owner has liability
insurance, $1,000 tucked away in
the mattress al home, or sublime
faith in his personal luck, he might
as well garage his car and forget
It.
NEW YORK-United States IN.
dustry made such strides forward
during 1871 that It either has caughi
up or passed the total production OF
Axis countries combined of such
military essentials as machine tools.
steel, petroleum, power, motor vehi-
cles, airplanes and aluminium, Will
liam p. Witherow said today as he
took office rs president OF the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers.
He is president of the BlaW-Knox
Corp. Of Pittsburgh.
NEW YORK-The National Indus
trial Conference Board said today
its indices of the value of manufacs
,urers' inventories, and untitled or
ders, rose to. the highest on record
al the end of November.
BATAVIA--Scattered and unsys-
-4eI tic japanese. air raids or
Netherlaod, East Indies provinces
have killed three persons and
founded 8 and Japanese destroy
ers ineffectively have shelled Mena.
do, Celebes Island the Dutch COM
mand has announced.
LANSING-AP-The State Pa.
role Board has announced that of
$50 men discharged from paroles
during December, 81 would enter
the armed forces OF the United
States either via the draft or enlist
ment route, an unusually large pro-
portion.
LOS ANGELES-AP- Japan's
treacherous attack on Hawaii kill
ed 1888 American seamen. The
Navy mas proudly announced its
Los Angeles recruiting center sign
ed up its 2,63Sth recruit since Dee.
7.
Observation-Disclosures Gen.
eral Francis Biddle has ordered ell
German, japanese and Italian ma.
tionals in the United States, Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands to sur
render all radio transmitters. short.
wave radio receivers and cameras
to local police by II p. m. Jan. 5.
BALTIMORE-AP-A little dry
powder that may be the first step
toward immunizing human beings
against influenza has been des-
cribed to the American Society Of
Bacteriologists. The potent stuff
one-tenth Of a milllgram kills rab-
bit-opens a path toward wardsng
of such a wartime epidemic Of
influenza as that which killed un.
told thousands in 1918.
CAIRO-A great battle has been
reported raging around Agedabia,
80 miles south Of Bengasi. with
Axis forces using their whole re-
naming tank strength" In repeated
attempts TO batter through a Brit
fish line of steel and open a west.
ward road Of escape across Libya.
WASHINGTON 49, The former
French luxury liner Normandie is
being converted into a naval aux.
Hilary and has been given the name
USS Lafayette. the Navy has an.
nounced. The huge PASSENGER lin
er, seized by the Coast Guard on
Dec. ~. Is the first American nav.
al vessel to be named in honor OF
the Marquis de Lafayette. French
hero Of Americas Revolutionary
War. A Navy announcement said
that Secretary Frank Knox assign
ed the name Lafayette by direc-
ton Of the President"
FORT eCsTER-AP- Soldiers
who had visions OF a holiday today
to celebrate the advent OF 1912 have
discovered that Jan. is to be
full work day al Fort Custer. ord
ers received from the War Depart.
#ment revoked all passes which had
been granted TO give all except
those on guard and fatigue duty a
holiday.
DALLAS-AP-Dr. Arthur II.
Compton. OF the University Of Chi.
cago, has been elected president
Of the American Society for the
Advancement Of Science az its an
nual convention. Dr. Compton.
winner Of the Nobel Prize for X.ray
research. IFS also famous for his