The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-10
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LoNDoN-INS-Further indica-
tons OF Nazi fears Of an Allied
invasion were seen today in dis
closure that General Field Mar
shall Karl Rudolf Won Rundstedt,
Nazi military commander in France,
and General Friedrich Christensen,
German commander in Holland, are
making Joint inspection of Dutch
coastal defenses.
HARTFORD, Conn.-INS- Ger
hard Wilhelm KunZe, national Ger
man-American Bund leader. is to
appear in federal court today with
the attorney who will handle his
defense Of espi bnage charges pend.
ing against tbe self-styled "Fuehr-
err. Yesterday, Judge J. Joseph
Smith postponed rom July Is to
rs, the trial of Kunze and two 9TH
ers on indictments which charge
them with transmitting U. S. de-
Tense information to the Axis be-
fore Pearl Harbor.
A WEST COAST PORT-INS-
For exceptionally meritorious ser.
vice, unfailing judgment and sound
decision in the battles of the
Coral Sea and Midway. the dis.
tinguished service medal, one of
the nations most coveted decora-
tions, has been awarded by Presl-
dent Roosevelt to Admiral Chester
w. Nimitz. commander in chief of
the Pacific fleet, the Navy an
nounced today.
HAVANA - ms - President
Batista today announced the estab-
lishment of maritime commission
10 coordinate transport OF Cuba's
exports and imports The com
mission, headed by Gustavo Gutter.
req, minister without portfolio, will
work with similar bodies OF all
United Nations.
STOCKHOLM ms A small
Swedish freighter bound for Ger
many with a load of coal has been
sunk near the coast OF Sweden
by an unidentified submarine, it
was disclosed tocay. Fourteen of
the crew of IS were lost when the
vessel, the l950-ton Margareta,
went down near the town OF Norro-
keeping.
WASHINGTON-INS- Prosecu-
tors OF the eight Nazi saboteurs on
trial for their lives before a seven.
man military commission, today
placed government witnesses on
the stand to pave the way for intro
duction of the spies confessions OF
their plot 10 sabotage Americas
war effort.
WASHING East
Coasts $500 local rationing boards
adopted a SHOW me" attitude today
as motorists began filing applica-
lions for supplemental rations OF
gasoline In addition to their basic
"a coupon books. At the same
time, registration continued at some
$4,000 school houses in the II Allan
tic states from Maine TO Florida for
Car owners who did not sign up on
the first day. Registration ends to-
morrow and the new permanent "a
tioning program becomes effective
July %.
LONDON-INS- British bomb
ing planes mined Nazi-controlled
water during the night, the air min
istry disclosed today. One British
plane failed to return from the
mission.
MONTPELIER, Wins Only
the physical weakness of Merrill
Bennett, 81 escaped state hospital
inmate, saved the crack Washing
onMontreal passenger train from
disaster. After his capture at
White River Junction. Bennett ad-
mitted he tried to pull out the rail
spikes but was not strong enough,
state officials quoted him as saying
today
NEW YORK-INS 49, The gross
estate left by the late Edward ].
Berwind, coal mine operator. was
in excess OF S34000,0OO it was de-
termined today from an estate tax
appraisal filed in surrogates court.
NEW YORK-INS- a "sabot.
age scare in the Sheepshead Bay
region of Brooklyn-involvin a
series of mysterious fires on boats
was cleared up today with the ar
rest of Walter Bartholomew. %. II
wasn't sabotage at all. Barthol1-
new admitted, according to the
police, that he had started fires on
four cabin cruisers and six other
boats to get revenge on his step.
father, Joseph Sarubbi. who rents
out mooring places to boat owners.
WASHINGTON. Pains An
abortiye one-day strike OF 1000 min
ers at the Festa No. 4 pit of the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corpora.
tion was ended today when the men
agreed TO return to work pending
negotiation between union officials
and mine owners.
YOUNGSTOWN. Pa.-lNS-Death
toll In the collision Of two Lehigh
Valley Transit rolleys on Wednes.
day rose to IT today when Jacob
Hollenbach, 81. Of Norristown, sue
cumbed from multiple injuries in
Montgomery Hospital. Seventeen
other persons injured IN the head.
on crash near Norristown remained
in two hospitals. Attaches said they
expected at least three more
deaths.