The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-24

for Greece but the Italian govern
ment has not yet replied TO a re-
quest for such assurances, a gov
eminent spokesman said today.
LONDON-AP-The value OF in.
dustrial products removed by the
Nazis from France to Germany
since the armistice OF June, 1870, to-
tails approximately 100000, 900, an
Official spokesman declared today.
TOKYO-(From Japanese Broad
casts) -AP-President Roosevelts
radio speech last night must have
proved "fireside disappointment"
both to Americans at home and
their allies abroad, Domei said to-
day, likening the address to "a pep
talk by an irate football coach.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gener-
alissimo Chang Kai-shek has ac-
cepted an invitation TO join the
Pacific war council, an official Brit
ish spokesman announced today.
hIO lie JA4NElINO iANO
Friends today mourned Austrian
born and Nazi-exiled Stephan
Zweig, famed author, who yester-
day took his own life in suicide
pact with his wife at their sum-
mer home in Petropolis, Southern
Brazil. One of the principal tar
gets of the Nazi book burnings OF
1888. and for eight years an exile
from his homeland. Zweig com
mitted suicide. with his wife. on
the very day that an American edi-
ton OF his latest book was pub
lished. He was 60 years old.
HAVANA-INS- The steamer
Correct, loaded with $4,000 bags Of
sugar, was torpedoed so miles off
Cienfuegos, naval headquarters
announced today. No further de-
tails were revealed.
WINDSOR. Ont. ms SoIne
800 workers OF the Windsor branch
OF Motor Products remained on
strike today in the city's first ser
ious disruption of war industry. as
UAW-CIO members charged that
the Canadian government has
failed TO intervene in their dis
pute with the company.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS- Evac-
nation OF enemy aliens from 'stra-
tegic areas" and imposition OF a
nttrfour nj ,Aesrfnffnn-
those residing within the coastal
area OF the Pacific Coast. order
ed effective by midnight tonight,
mark the second drastic step TAX
en- by the government in ten days.
MEXICO CITY ms United
States Ambassador George Mes
sersmith was scheduled to present
his diplomatic credentials today
to President Manuel Avila Ca
macho Of Mexico in a private aud
fence. The President and Amer
lean envoy will exchange views on
the current world situation.
MOSCOW-INS-A mighty Rus
sian frontal attack on the Smol-
ensk sector OF the central front
was revealed by Soviet authorities
today as the high command an
nounced Red army forces had
seized Dorogobuzh, only so miles
east Of Smolensk.
LONDON-lNS- Reinforced ia.
naneea trOops ara cor.fr,,t,,, .Las
assault on Burma with -"the great
est intensity and apparently driv-
ing nearer to Rangoon. military
quarters said today. Weary from
five days of continuous fighting.
the British Imperial troops de-
Tending Burma and Rangoon were
said to be still striving valiantly TO
stem the numerically.superlor enc
my drive.
CANBERRA, Australia ms
Port Darwin. strategic. twice
bombed base on Australia's north
ern coast, and surrounding terri.
tory has been placed virtually un.
der martial law and the military
commander. Major Gen. Blake. to.
day took over supreme command
following evacuation OF the civil.
ian population.
OTTAWA, Ont. ms The
House Of Commons met I'm secret
session today with the press
barred for the second time in Ca.
madam parliamentary history. The
last occasion was in 1918 during
the premiership OF Sir Robert Bor.
den.
BATAVIA-TNS- The battalion
OF Portuguese troops escorted by
a destroyer. which the Portuguese
government sent 70 Timor as re.
enforcement under Arrangement
with the MEL government. has
not yet arrived so Far as is known
here. II was announced today by
an authoritative source.
LANSING. Mich.-AP-The su.
preme court will be asked 10 MI
tangle the snarl OF words tho leg
islsture wrapped around the deficit
ency appropriation bill 70 enacted
last week. Thomas ]. Wilson. state
civil service director said a POI