The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-28

and the father OF a baby son.
SACRAMENTO. Calf. -AP-
Registration OF all California stu
dents over Is who are willing to
work in fields and factories this
summer will be started April Is in
an effort TO combat a threatened
farm labor shortage.
LOS ANGELES-AP- L. s. At
torney William Fleet Palmer re-
ported vigilantes had taken VIC
lent and lawless action against a
travelling Japanese family just over
the California border in Arizona.
A group forced the japanese from
their truck. which contained a so
gallon drum OF gasoline, and set
II afire, he said.
LOS ANGELES-AP- Mrs. Col
in P. Kelly, %, widow OF the heroic
American Air Force captain who
was killed after he had sunk a
Japanese battleship in the Philip.
pines Dec. 9. went to work yester-
day as secretary-stenographer at
war plant.
PITTSBURGH-INS- Plans for
the ClO-AFL unite for victory" TO
be held in Pittsburgh, April Z.
rolled along at fast pace today
as ALL President William Green
announced he would attend.
NEW YORK-INS- The man
In the brown derby today urged
all civilians to join the battle
against the Axis. Former Cover
nor Alfred E. Smith in an address
before the executive council of the
Manhattan civilian defense volun-
teer office asserted that il we are
going to win the war quickly.
everybody has got to get into it,"
We can't leave II to the soldiers
and the sailors and the aviators,"
he added
VALVETTA-INS This ancient
city, chief community on Britain's
island of Malta just 80 miles south
OF Sicily, has survived a week OF
the deadliest Axis aid raids
but with the safe arrival of a big
British convoy carrying precious
supplies, all tragedy was forgotten
today.
ROME (From Italian Broad
casts) -AP- Premier Mussolini,
speaking at ceremonies celebrat-
Ing the 18th anniversary of the
Fascist air force, declared today
that Italys armed forces were
battling to ''liberate her once for
all and break the chain that has
held her captive in her sea-"
SAN FRANCISCO -AP- A
guerrilla army of 100000 men and
boys on California ranches and
farms will be organized TO pro
tect the state against invasion,
Gov. Culbert L. Olson disclosed.
The agricultural extension division
OF the University of California
SEATTLE-AP- Kenji Xxi one
OF Seattle's most prominent ia
panese business men. was arrest
ed by federal officers yesterday
on a charge OF falling to report
the possession of more than half
a million dolaN worth of Imperial
Jspanes government bonds.
WASHINGTON-INS-Two ma
tive-born Americans in Tennessee
and Colorado today faced speedy
prosecution by the Department OF
Justice on charges Of attempting to
impair the morale of members Of
the nations armed forces Order
ed arrested and prosecuted by At
torney General Francis Biddle
were George w Christians. Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. organizer of the CRU
sader White Shirts. and Rudolph
FAIL. OF Denver, Colo. Both are
charged with violating a section OF
the 1910 Smith Act which makes
it unlawful to cause disloyalty or
mutiny among service men.
MELBOURNE-INS 49, Austria.
lians. generally regarded as the
greatest tea-drinkers in the world.
will have to cut down their indivi-
dual quotas to one ounce every
two weeks on Monday the govern
ment announced today.
MELBOURNE-lNS - Austrail.
fans were warned today by Lieut..
Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey to make
up their minds to stand anything
that is coming and give all you
have In his first press confer
ence since he was named command.
er-in-chief OF the Allied land forces
in Australia. General Blamey de-
clared: Next year will decide
whether Australia lives or dies as
nation"
CHARACTERISTIC subject OF
game bird feathers-whether t'.ey
will or will not be used CONNER.
cially-was raised again today in
heated controversy TO mar the
otherwise peaceful reading OF tech.
nical papers at the goth annual
meeting Of the Izaak Walton Lea
que OF America
WASHINGTON AP 49, Michi.
gan's vote was divided Friday as
the Senate refused. 80 TO 30. TO
unseat Senator William LANCER
Urn d. Senator prnnffsa NJ