The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-11

Vice Admiral c. E. L. Helfrieh
OF the Royal Netherlands navy
was elevated TO the command
Of Allied naval forces In the
southwest Pacific, succeeding
Admiral Thomas c. Hart, v.
S. N.
ISTANBUL. Turkey delayed
-AP-An informed semi-diplomatiC
source said today the turks hao
agreed. in payment OF an old deb
OF honor. TO the diversion to Soviet
Russia OF a part of American and
British consignments OF war ma
terials to Turkey.
LoNDON-lNS-The minis
try OF economic warfare
charged officially today that the
Vlehy government OF Marshal
Henri Philippe Petaln had sent
large supplies to Axis forces
under the command OF Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel in
North Africa.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
AP-Headquarters of the United
States Army forces in the British
Isles announced today that vast
supplies OF ammunition had been
conveyed safely TO the American
soldiers now learning combat tao
tics at various Northern Ireland
training centers.
Observation-Disclosures
Administrator Leon Hender-
son announced today that re-
treaded and reeapped tires
will be rationed starting Feb.
10. Henderson said It was
quite probable" that there
will be no crude rubber avail
able for retreadlng tires out
side Of those fer a small num-
Der OF vehicles already eli9i-
BILE to obtain new tires and
tubes.
LONDON AP- Two persons
were killed and % were injured ear
ly today when fire heavily damaged
the Deansgate Hotel in Manches-
ter. TWenty-eight others escaped by
ladders.
AN EAST COAST CANADIAN
PoRT-INS-Twenty survivors OF
an oil tanker, torpedoed in south
western Atlantic, were recovering
here today. They reported two
life boats carrying twenty eight
other members of the tanker's
crew were missing.
PHOENIX, Ariz. INS-Bad fly
ing weather was blamed by Army
authorities today for the crash of
five training planes near Hachita,
n. NJ, which carried four Air
Corps cadets to their deaths, with
the fifth parachuting to safety.
LONDON-lNS -- Representa-
ton Of the Pacific war council of
the United Nations will vary ac-
cording TO circumstance and the
subject under consideration, it was
said today. This decision was made
at Tuesdays council meeting, ac-
cording to reports. following pro
tests by Australian and Dutch
groups that the United States
should have part in council pro-
ceedings.
CHICAGO-INS - Denison B.
Hull, Chicago architect and son OF
the late Morton d. Hull, who served
in Congress for five terms. today
filed his petition for the Republi-
can nomination as congressman-a
large from Illinois.
LONDON-INS - The London
Daily Mirror reported from Lisbon
today that Georges Mandel, form
er French labor minister, has escap-
ed from France and is flying to
London to join the Free French"
forces.
NEW DELHI, India-INS-Chi-
nese Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek, who is visiting New Delhi.
conferred Tuesday with Pondit
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian natural
list leader, and probably will meet
Mohandas X. Gandhi, authorities
said today.
"a
WASHINGTON-CP-Legal bar
riers TO proposed plans for coping
with the alien problem on the West
Coast may result in declaration OF
martial law in Pacific states, Jus
tice Department officials said today.
That would permit the Army 10
move dangerous citizens as well
as enemy aliens away from strate-
gic areas.
Los ANGELES-AP-A l5.foot
tall victory V was lighted at the
Coliseum last night, as 4 symbol of
freedom for the democracies. Il
will be illuminated nightly, except
in blackouts, for duration of the
war.
NEW YORK-AP-The dove Of
peace cooed on a true note over
the recently embattled musical
world today. for the 1S-month juris-
dictional dispute between the
Federation OF Musicians
and the American Guild of Musical
Artists has been ended. Settlement
~ hA 80 81.
can Federation OF Labor unions
was announced Jointly by James G.
Petrillo. Federation president. and
Lawrence Tibet. Guild president
NEW NORk-UP-The German
radio was heard today limiting sabo-
tours had wrecked the Normandie
L.