The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-26

fieer Hon. Michael Strut, hus-
band Of the socially prominent
former Arielle Fraser of Phil
adelphia, New York, Newport
and Detroit. died in the air
crash which killed the Duke OF
Kent, il was learned today.
Pilot Officer Strut. rear gun
ner and the Dukes aide de
camp, was accompanying his
superior TO Iceland.
NEW YORK-INS- Mrs. Ruth
Bahr. wife of Hsf bert Kari Fried
rich Bahr, convicted Nazi spy, re-
turned to her job in Buffalo an
nouncing she would soon seek legal
separation from the former ex-
change schola.. Il never expect TO
see him again Mrs. Bahr said.
Il don't want to see him anymore.
QUINCY, Mass.-INS-The sixth
United States Navy vessel to bear
the name Boston" slides down the
ways today with Mrs. Maurice J.
Tobin, wife OF the mayor OF Boston,
doing the christening. Tne Dos
ton, sleek cruiser enters ser.
vice at the Fore River Yard OF the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company.
JERSEY CITY, \. J.-lNS -
Some LOO passengers of the l,45l
arriving aboard the Swedish eX-
change liner Gripsolm were still
on board today pending further in
vestigation by FBI agents, customs
officials and Army and Navy intell-
gence officers but the inconvenience
was of little moment to them.
LONDON-INS-- Four hundred
persons have been executed by
German military authorities in
Lithuania in reprisal for the muir
der OF two Germans. the Exchange
Telegraph Company reported to-
day in a dispatch from Zurich
quoting the Kaunas (Koyno) lei
tung.
LONDON-UP-,American ord
nance production has reached a
scale sufficient to support a full
sized army in the field In Europe,
Brig. Gen. G. VI. Barnes, assistant
chief of ordnance. United States
Army. and head of the design divi-
sion of the War Department, said
today.
FRENCH FRONTIER (Delayed)
Monsignor Valerie Naleri,
papal nuncio, at a conference with
Chief of state Pierre Laval at
Vichy last Saturday. presented an
urgent appeal by Pope Plus MI
for moderation in the treatment OF
Jews and other refugees in France,
It was learned today.
NEW -UP-Army emer-
gencv relief officials have received
checks totaling S1l2,910 from the
major leagues all.star game July 6,
and the Brooklyn-Giants game Aug.
; both OF which we're played at the
Polo grounds, it was announced to-
day.
LIMA. Peru-AP-Almost the en-
tire population Of Nazoa-city OF
10000 persons 325 miles south OF
Eima-was living in streets and
fields today as a result OF Mon
day nights earthquake. persons
thriving from the stricken city said
Only few buildings remained
standing after the series OF earth
rremors which killed 10 persons in
Nazca and two in nearby lea and
they are uninhabitable, 1t was said.
WASHINGTON-AP- Operators
OF commercial laundry and dry
cleaning plants viii find il impos-
sible to obtain raw materials for
the production OF new equipment
for the duration of the war, the War
Production Board said today. In a
statement to the industry. the WPB
said 1t was necessary TO allocate
existing machinery TO essential us
crs because of increased demands
from the armed services and from
war plants
WASHINGTON AP-A basket
made OF string from British Red
Cross parcels by British women Al
the Liebenau internment camp in
Germany was presented 10 Presi
dent Roosevelt yesterday by Mis-
Ruth Mitchell who was a prison
or there for a time. Miss Mitchell
sister of the late Brig. Gen. Billy
Mitchell pioneer advocate of the
airplane as a war weapon. was a
member OF the famed Yugoslavian
guerrillas. the Chetniks. She spent
nine months in IL German prison
camps before returning to this coun
try on an exchange basis.
DETROIT--lNS- Full war ma.
teral production was resumed to.
day at the Edward G Budd Manu-.
featuring Company plant after a
dispute which halted production
Tuesday. Tho dispute was between
the company and UAW-ClO and
ended by mutual agreement. accoi d.
ing to John Q. Jennings, federal
labor conciliator.
LONDON-INS-Larry Meier, In
tcrnational News Service staff cor
respondent who was injured dur
ing the greR. commando raid on
Dieppe last Wednesday. was operat.
ed on today 70 removal of shrapnel
pellets from his right chest. His
condition was said to be good aud
IT is expected that he will be re.
leased from the hospital sometime
next week.