The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-13

LIS A-NhEA@ d, Al - ne AUI-
mer home OF Oliver Morosco, once
noted stage producer, was sold by
the city at auction today for $500
The % room structure. containing
gold plated lighting fixtures. stain.
ed glass windows and solid mahog-
any woodwork, once was valued
at $4,000
CHUNGKING -AP-China mark
ed today as the fifth anniversary
Of the start of the battle of Shang
hal with the assurance OF the army
newspaper. Ia Kung Pao, that the
nation lis determined TO counter
attack at an early date" and re-
gain the enemy held city.
GEN ERAL MACARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia-AP
Lieut.. Col. Lloyd Lehrbas. a
member of General Douglas Mac
Arthur's staff. said today every
thing possible was being done to
locate the plane which disappeared
Aug. : en- route from Townsville
TO Port Moresby with Nern Haug
land, Associated Press staff man,
as a passenger.
WASHINGTON-INS- A broad
program for war financing which
calls for raising $4,000 100000 in
in taxes on basis of this years ma
tional income was 10 be presented
10 Senate Finance Committee today
bv j. Cheever Cowdin. chairman
of the National Association of
Manufacturers government finance
committee.
HOLLYWOOD - ms - Clark
Gable, idol of millions OF film fans,
today was en- route to Miami, Fla
to begin his three months basic
training stint as a buck private.
The actor .solemnly took the oath
as an Army private yesterday in
n locked and guarded room at the
federal building, q hours after
he had surprised all Hollywood by
announcing his enlistment.
WASHINGTON-INS- Members
of the Senate committee on educa'
ton and labor disclosed today hat
bill 10 grant S300000,00O in fed
eral aid to states for their common
schools probably will never be
voted on at this session Of Con
nf d.
get has advised the committee
that the measure is not in accor-
dance with the Presidents pro
gram" said Sen. Ebert Thomas
CD OF Utah, committee chairman.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y
INS-A tight lid was camped on
gambling in swank night spots and
other clubs at this famed health
resort today Moving swiftly, af-
ter a personal warning from Gov
ernor Herbert II. Lehman, county
officials ordered strict enforce
ment of the state gambling laws
which permit only pari-mutuel bet
ting at the race tracks.
CHICAGO-INS- In the mex
three wears more than 2l,00O stu
dents will be graduated by approved
medical schools OF the nation under
accelerated programs to meet the
wartime demand for physicians, the
American Medical Association esti
mated today
CHICAGO-INS- The prediction
that several thousand cargo planes
will be IN military operation by
winter was left here today by Lieut.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief Of the
Army Air Forces.
CHICAGO-INS-Wayue King
orchestra leader known as The
Waltz King. today held a commits
sion as captain in the Army special
list Corps. King. who lives in subur'
ban Winuetka will report for duty
TO the Sixth Service command in
Chicago Aug. l..
LONDON-INS-American troops
in Great Britain may soon 80 on
the strictly limited English war
time diet. the Daily Mirror report
ed today. British and American OF
iicials are comforting on the adj
visibility Of standardizing Army
diets. the newspaper declared.
LONDON fisherman long
range guns. located between Bou
logpc ami Calais on the occupied
French coast fired 80 heavy shells
into the Dover area of England ear
ly today
MOSCOW ms German mill
tary authorities have assumed al
most full authority in Paris. the
Moscow radio declared today. The
action follows recent outbreaks oil
disorders in occupied France Al
roads into Paris are heavily guard
ed and the civil police force ma;
been ordered to maintain a con
slant alert, the reports to Moscow
stated.
LONDON-AP-A Reuters dis
patch from stockholm said today
many German soldiers were killed
or injured in an explosion Which
followed the collision OF a German
troop train and a fuel train on the
Douai-Arras line in occupied
France. II did not say when the col
lision occurred.
BREMERTON, Wash.-UP- L
s. Navy and Washington state fire
officials today investigated the pos
sibility that a 800 600 fire which
destroyed several dormitories las
NIGHT was started bv an iutcudiar