The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-08
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PHOENIX, Atkins Corporal
Louis Betka, %. of Lorain, o., was
killed and three others parachuted
to safety when two Army train
ing planes collided in mid-air near
Collidge. Ariz., Williams Field
Army Air Corps officials reported
today. The three who bailed out
were Second Lieutenants Marcus
L. Hill. Jra 81, Cisco, Tex, and
Ebert R. D. Donham, 81, Moran.
Tex, and Staff Sergeant Joe r.
Ferg, 20, OF Weyauwega, Wis.
LONDON ms Reuters
(5rltish) news agency said to-
day that the German radio
broadcast a dispatch from An
kara, Turkey, reporting that
United States troops have been
landed at Basra, lraq.
SONORA. Cal.-INS- Peace re-
turned today to the little Calfor.
MIA lumber town Of Standard City.
following a brief revival Of from
tier gun feudin day" which re
suited in the fatal shooting OF three
men and wounding OF two others.
Dead were Henry Ives, also known
as Henry Lopez. Standard City mill
worker; David Solari, a fellow
worker; and Henry Mendez, Stand
ard City postmaster.
BURLINGTON, n. J.-INS- In
protest OF what they termed in
efficiency. some 400 members Of
the United Steel Workers (CIO)
today refused to work in the open
hearth division of the John A.
Roebling's Sons Company
PUEBLO, Colo. ms Meek
looking. bespectacled Donald
Fearn. IS year old father OF two
small children. was TO go on trial
for his life today for the sex STAY
ing OF pretty Alice Porter. Is year
old high school student. The shy
appearing railroad brakemen. who
stunned Colorado with his confess
sion TO the torture killing OF the
Comely School girl has pleaded
not guilty by reason OF insanity
az the time Of the crime.
GREENWICH. Conn., ms =
Clare Boothe, author OF the stage
success The Women and wife OF
Henry L. Luce. president OF Time,
Inc, emerged today as a possible
candidate for Congress. The sue
cessful playwright is being back
ed for the seat formerly held by
her late stepfather Rep. Alfred
E. Austin. Republican, bv Samuel
F. Pryor, Jr., a former Republican
national committeeman, it was
learned.
POTEAU, Okla.-INS- Four
coal miners were lead and another
lay critically injured today in the
wake of an explosion in the Heath
erington Mine ten miles north OF
Poteau. 1t was believed the blast
was caused by gas in the shaft.
LONDON-AP--The Belgian gov
eminent in exile reported today
that violent fights have broken
out between German troops return
ID from the Russian front and Ger
man occupation forces in some
places in Belgium.
OTTAWA, Ont.-AP-Two Ger
man generals, some geo other Of
fcers and thousands Of men cap
tured in battles across the Atlantic
have been brought IL Canadian
prison camps in the last two weeks,
Defense Minister J l.. Ralston an
nounced.
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NEW YORK-AP-Myrna 10y.
the perfect wife OF tie films, was
honeymooning today with a new
husband one week after receiving
a Reno divorce from Arthur Honr-
blow, Jr., motion picture producer.
The 36-year-old actress and John
D. Hertz, Jr. SO. advertising exc
cutive. were married here Satur-
day night by State supreme Court
Justice Ferdinand Pecora AZ the
home OF Hertz sister, Mrs. Robert
Leylan. They left after the eere-
mony without revealing their des-
tination.
WASHINGTON - AP - East
Coast motorists will get an average
basic ration of nearly four gallons
OF gasoline a week under the re-
gular coupon-book system starting
next month, Joel Dean, OPA fuel
rationing administrator, said today.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-Austra-
liza will cremate. with full naval
honors, the crew members Of "a
Japanese submarine raised from
the floor of Sydney Harbor, radio
Melbourne announced today in a
broadcast recorded by CHS.
NEW YORK-lNS-The names
OF rs more merchant sailors we're
added today to the toll OF dead from
Atlantic ship torpedoings vita the
Nays announcement of the loss