The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-28
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THE WEATHER: Tonight;
Freezing Orizzle
WASHINGTON-INS- Major H.
]. VIM, OF Arlington, Va. and
three enlisted men were dead to-
day as the result OF an Army plane
crash last night near Gainesville,
Va.
LoNDoN-lNs- A number
Of ministerial changes are ex-
peeted to result in a decisive"
meeting Of the cabinet Of the
Yugoslav government In exile,
II was reported today. For
elun Minister Mintehiteh 10
expected to head the list OF
those who will resign at the
meeting now In session In Lon
don.
LONDON -INS-The crews Of
four American planes reported to
have made forced landings in Por-
tugal yesterday have been detain-
ed, a Reuters dispatch from Lis
bon said today. Two OF the planes
landed at Lisbon airport, one on
the beach at Santa Cruz and the
fourth at Villa Do Condo, North
Portugal, the dispatch said.
LONDON-INS-Gen. Charles
De6aulle, leader Of the Fighting
French, will Fly TO North Afrl-
ca for conversations with Gen
ersl Henri Honore Glraud and
Lieut.. General Dwight Eisen-
hover before coming TO the
United States TO visit the White
House, II was forecast reliably
here today.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA-INS-The name
OF Lieut.. Col. Elliott Roosevelt,
second son OF the President of the
United States, today was added to
the list OF American ai"men in
North Africa whose performances,
above and beyond the call Of duty,
have materially aided the allied Of
fensive.
VALLEJO. Cal. was
restored to Vallejo today after riot
ing in which two negro sailors
were shot. The two men shot were
identified as Leo Arthur Shaw, IS,
wounded IN the left arm, and
George Carpenter, 26, wounded in
the left leg, both Navy cooks sec
ond class,
IONDON-AP- The German
controlled Paris radio reported to-
day that Generalissimo Francisco
Franco had ordered mobilization
OF the small Spanish navy. There
was no immediate confirmation
from any other source. and the
significance of the report was not
Immediately clear.
NEW YORK ms Petroleum
priorities to meet essential fuel
oil needs in New York City were
planned today as apartment house
jewellers received their first taste
of the dlseomforts OF no heat. As
residents flooded the department
OF health with complaints. DR.. Err
nest L. Stebbins, city health com
missioner. disclosed that the prior
tiles program had been mapped
out with the petroleum administra
tor for war.
GREAT NECK. n. Y.-lNS-Fu
neral services for William s. Bars
tow. one time associate of Thomas
A. Edison, will be tomorrow il
Great Neck, l.. I.
CHICAGO-INS-The Council o.
State Governments announced to
day that its sixth general assembly
will be held Jan. "a. 2j and Is u
Baltimore. Nd. 1t Will be the first
council assembly held in city othsi
than Washington. d. c.
FAIRFIELD, Calif.-AP-The fire
scorched wreckage OF a two-mo
tored Army transport plane and the
bodies Of the five men who hat
been aboard were found Sunday
The dead: Lieutenants Ralph Mar
tin Duffie. Bromley, Ky; Herman
Loeffler, Jr., American Fork, Utah
James Alfred Howell. Middleton
H.: ]. NJ. Russell, Huntington Ind.
and Sgt. Reginal d. Tolar, Ennis
Texas.
CALDWELL, n. J.-lNS- Ont
man was dead today and IA othe
persons listed as injured followin.
the collision OF a public service
bus and a passenger car. Melvin
MacKerley, so, of Rutherford, \
j., passenger in the private an
tomobile, was killed when that cal
met the bus in a head-on collision
last night.
NEW YORK-INS- Fifty prom
inent Americans OF German descen
including George Herman Babe
Ruth, basebalrs home run king
and Walter Damrosch. compose
and author. today we're joined IL
an appeal inviting the German peo
pie to overthrow the rule of Adol
Hitler. Banded together as tn,
loyal Americans OF German de
scent" the group sponsored a dec
laratlon which will be broadcas
TO Germany by the Office OF Wa
information TO NaZi-occupied Eu