The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-23


The question OF states rights was
raised yesterday in a brief submit
ted by Idaho Attorney General Bert
H. Miller 10 the Interstate Com
merce Commission, questioning the
right OF the l. c. c. TO act upon rail
requests for abandonment OF branch
lines that do not cross the state line.
LONDON-AP-M More than 5000
Slovenes have been shot and 81 vii
lases RACED in recent weeks a. re-
prisals for increasing sabotage Of
Sloyene railways, Nugoslav sources
reported today
FRUITLAND. Utah-AP - Fire
spread through a Utah mountain
side today and forest rangers had
no hope Of stopping il for months
possibly years. Forest rangers on
fishing trip yesterday found flames
shooting from air vents of an aban-
doned coal mine but were unable to
curb the fire.
..ST JOHNS. y. F-lNS-Clem--
eli Il. Alice deputy prime minis
ter and Dominions secretary who
is on a visit TO Newfoundland. to-
day held bank draft for $5o,50O
which was publicly subscribed to
cover the cost of the torpedo tubes
of the new cruiser Newfoundland.
Atlee. who Is leaving for Ottawa.
received the gift on behalf Of the
British admiralty at an official
luncheon.
PRETORIA. South Africa-INS
A new South Africa command,
embracing southern Rhodesia, has
been established owing TO the
change in the military situation
a Joint statement by the premiers
OF South Africa and southern Rho
desia disclosed today.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
-INS-The posthumous award OF
the distinguished service cross to
an Army Air Force captain and
the decoration OF the Co-pilot of
transport plane with the distlng
uished flying cross was announced
today by Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
TOKYO-(Ry Official Japanese
Wirplcssl ms The Janancse
imperial high command today is
sued a communique claiming that
a United states cruiser OF the
Northampton type was seriously
damaged Aug. 81 by a Nipponese
submarine in Nazan Bay OIL AKA
Island in the Aleutians.
NEW YORK-lNS-I.arge scale
demolition Of outmodod vacant
buildings to provide a vast supply
of scrap metal for war use was
proposed today by Robert Moses.
coordinator 81 the Intensified sal
wage drive IN New York City. A
city wide survey OF the vacant
buildings already IS underway by
municipal officials.
SOUTH BEND. Ind-INS- Po-
lice today held an unidentified
man for questioning in the slay-
irgs Of Mr.. and Mrs. John 5, kor-
pal and their is year old son, Ern'
est. found brutally bmdseoned to
death in their beds Prosecutor
Arthur Scheer said the man was
relati,e of the Korpal family.
He was taken into custody a lew
hours after the bodies were dis
covered by neishbor.
NEW YORK ms Confusion
IN air raid signals was being in
yesigated by defense authorities
today following an alert las'
night in the metropolitan area. ! ne
eastern defense command issued a
blue alert at S:57 n. m. after an
unidentified plane had been sight
cd "oyer the seward area. Inc
9ll.clear came at 9:S1 p. m.
LONDON-AP- Group Captain
Richard Kellett. who led a recoIo
lonq distance flight Of Tl62 miles
from Egypt to Australia In 1908
was reported today to be missih
from air operations over Egypt
MEXICO CITY-AP-Four thou
sand freie { ears built in the Uni'eo
States for South American couh
trv hut unbelievable because OF
the shipping shortage have beer
sold instead to Mexico and VIII De
gin to arrive next month. the gov
eminent railway administration an
nounced today
LONDON-AP The German-con
trolled Paris radio said today
small property owned by iormeI
Premier Leon Blum in the Narboun'
area I'm southern France had beer
confiscatcd under French anttJo"
ish laws and would be sold at auc
ton.
LONDON ms Virtually the
entire corps OF diplomats now in
Moscow today Iattendcd a forma
luncheon al the United state
embassy held In honor of Wendell
Wflkie. the Exchange Telegraph
agency reported.
BOSTON ms Grimly warn
Ing there is not going to he
II strike" Governor Leyerett Salton
II stall. today called union represen
Utatiycs and officials OF the eastern
L Massachusetts Railway Company
1 into conference at the state house
EThe governor. collaborating witt
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