The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-27


office under the superintendent o.
the department OF external affairs
with the task of coordinating the
transportation Of supplies to China
JSSINING, n. Y.-INS- George
Cvek. 2i-year-old stranger OF Mrs
Katherine Pappas. went TO the cleo
trio chair at Sing Sing with the
same callous composure he had dis
played since his arrest. guards re
vealed today. Smiling family, Cvek
entered the death chamber at II p
m, EWT, last night and was pro
nounced dead at ll:O4 p. m.
ASBURY PARK, n. J.-INS- An
unidentified ship. believed TO be a
tanker. was reported afire today
five miles off shore. No details con
corning the ship we're Immediately
available but il was understood
that a number of survivors had been
landed.
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again today TO cross the information
al border between Texas and Next
co and visit Juarez, famed night
life center across the Rio Grande
from FL Paso. Antonio Bermudez
mayor OF Juarez, announced his con-
ferences with State Department Of
ficials brought about relaxation OF
the rule banning visits by uni
formed troops 10 a foreign country.
OZARK, Ark. Up Mountain
folk in Franklin County wondered
today what provoked the barber
shop gun duel in which their sher-
If and his 1910 political rival were
killed. The sheriff was Champ
Crawford, Al. who won fame three
years ago when he disguised him
} self as a fisherman and captured
notorious kidnaper and slayer,
Jack Russell.
LONDON-INS- Police armed
with submachine guns. British
army reserves and RAF planes
Joined today in combing the south
western English countryside for a
killer believed to have deserted
from Canadian army forces. The
killer, who allegedly broke out of
guard house and stole a SER
geant.major's pistol. was said to
have slain one policeman and ser
iously wounded a second.
NEW YORK-INS - General
Wladyslaw Sikorski, prime minis
ter of Poland and commander in
chief OF the Polish armed forces.
today urged an early allied often
sive against Germany and predicted
the Nazi military machine would
launch two-big scale offensives this
year.
WASHINGTON ms - Dean
James NJ. lands, director Of the
Office Of Civilian Defense, today
announced the appointment of Dan
T. Moore as OCD director for the
fifth region comprising Ohio, Ken
lucky, Indiana and West Virginia
, LONDON-INS-Joseph Coyne,
American-born musical comedy
star, died in England today, leaving
an estate estimated at $4,000.
HOBOKEN. n. J.-INS-Yield-
ing to urgent pleas by government
and CLIO officials. about $50 strik-
y ing welders decided to return to
work today at Bethlehem Steel
Companys Hoboken shipyard.
WASHINGTON-AP- A petro-
leum industry source said today
that any war rationing of gasoline
would be nationwide rather than
limited 10 eastern and Pacific
Northwest areas. Only a severe
voluntary cut in non-essential con
sumption of petroleum products.
he said could remove the zap
preaching necessity" OF rationing
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo
AP-The annualT.abor Day race on
Pixies Peak, a fixture since 1915.
, will not be run again until after
the war.
SAN FRANCISCO AP - An
agreement to exchange representa-
tives between China and India was
announced by the new Delhi radio
last night as the first concrete re-
suit of Generalissimo Chang Kai
shek's recent visit to India.
SPARTANBURG. 5. CAP -
Sheriff Sam Henry announced to-
day the arrest Of a 19-year-old ne
gro. who. he said confessed hack
ing to death two elderly South
Carolina farm couples within the
last two weeks. lie Identified the
negro as Jesse Jones and said he
was arrested At the home of his
grandmother in Spartanburg
LAPORTE Ind -AP-A SAL.
100000 Army shell loading factory
stands finished and busily produc-
ing today on what only a little
more than Is months ago was moth
ing but another coed stretch Of
northern Indiana wheat land Ma
ior Edward j Thomas, command
ing officer yesterday announced
completion OF Kingsbury Ordnance
Plant lie said more than 10000
workers were loading shell and the
force would be doubled when full
production was reached
PALM BEACH. Baron
Fritz Won opel wealthy yachtsman
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