The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-10-28

draft board today, the three mem
bers resigning in a huff because
the state director or selective ser
vice had reciassified 30 OF their
registrants la. The board men,
beers said in their letter OF resig-
nation to Gov. Culbert Olson: we
have decided that our judgment
TO properly classify registrants
has become passe.'
CHICAGO-INS-Brig. Gen Don
aid Armstrong. chief OF the Armys
tank automotive center at Detroit
will speak tomorrow at the dedi-
cation OF the American Steel Foun-
dries Company new cast steel arm
or plant in Chicago, it was an
nounced today.
LONDON ms The British
distinguished flying cross was
awarded today to American-born
Wiley Basil Howell, p, whose
birth place was listed as Grant,
Ore, in Raj records. The cita-
ton said Howell had shown great
initiative and keenness' in an at
tack on an enemy submarine dur
ing his first operational flight
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. John
Lendrum Mitchell, %, son, OF the
late Brig. Gen. William billy
Mitchell, prophet of modern aerial
warfare, died at Pine Camp, \. Y,
today after a three week illness.
Mitchell entered the Army infirm-
airy there suffering from blood
infection.
SAN FRANCISCO AP In a
movement without parallel in the
nations history. l10,599 persons o;
japanese ancestry have been trans
ferred by the Army from the strate-
gic military areas Of the West
Cost. The Army today summed up
its operations, covering period Of
eight months, in which the exodus
was accomplished. The last of the
Japanese were moved inland this
week from Santa Anita and Fresno
assembly centers.
LOS ANGELES-AP -- Governor
Olson called upon Californians TO
observe voluntarily meatless Tues
days for the duration OF the war be
ginning next Tuesday 1t will be
all right. his proclamation said, to
eat such less demanded meats as
liver, heart, kidneys. sweetbreads.
tongue and cuts from the head and
feet OF animals on Tuesdays, but
not other kinds.
WASHINGTON-AP-Companies
making war products were told by
the War Department today to avoid
publishing detailed operating state
ments or other reports that would
tip off the enemy to production
rates. Explaining that "inadver-
tent disclosure Of information can
be as harmful as the deliberate
giving Of aid to the enemy" the De
partment asserted information still
could be complete enough for in
vestors. financial institutions and
stock exchanges.
WASHINGTON-INS-The Navy |
announced today that a small Nor |
wegian merchant vessel was tor
pedoed and sunk by an enemy sub
marine during the latter part Of I.
September in the Atlantic off the |
northern coast OF South America, /
and that survivors have been land |
ed at an East Coast port
NEW YORK ms Representa-. /
tives of soft coal mine operators .
and the united mine workers con I
tinued today discussion OF their .
agreement in principle with |
Secretary of Interior Harold l. /
lckes request for six day week .
in the Appalachian coal fields.
LONDON Radio reports /.
from Paris and Rome that Gen. I
Sir Harold r. l.. G. Alexander, /
British commander in the Mid /
die East, had been seriously in /
jured in a plane crash in Egypt. /
were officially denied today in I
London.
CINCINNATI. O.-INS Hundreds I
OF city maintenance workers struck /
today for higher wages. causing .
temporary water shortage in 4
Cincinnati.
WASHINGTON-UP - Puerto
Rican Commissioner Bolivar Pa
gan and p members Of the terri.
torial legislature today criticized
the poor administration OF GOV
ernor Revford G Tugwell and as
ed President Roosevelt TO dismiss
him.
NEW YORK-UP- President
Ford Frick of the National League
said today he knew Of no reported
plan to split the major leagues
into eastern and western divisions
for the duration in order TO avoid /
transportation difficulties.
WASHINGTON-UP- The Il F.
members OF the Women's Auxiliary +.
Ferrying squadron WAFS-
finished basic training last Wees
end and are now awaiting ferlying
orders. the War Department AZ
nounced today.
Rummage sale III Pear ST.. oct.