The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-31

them before a special military
commission. In unanimous
decision eight justices refused
TO accent petitions for Mrits- Of
habeus corpus which attacked
the Presidents wartime auth
GRITTY and sought their release
from military custody.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts)-AP- German submarines
have sunk FIVE ships totaling Al 900
tons out OF strongly protected con.
voy in mid-Atianiic and of the
American coast, a special German
announcement said today.
BOSTON-INS- New England
legislators urged the federal gov
eminent 10 Immediately divert 1900
tank cars TO speed adequate deliver
les Of fuel oil TO this area. Facing
the prospect of a cold winter, state.
city and national representatives
led by Congressman John W. Nc
Cormack. House majority leader,
demanded a fair oil deal for New
England.
BOSTON-INS- Because the
Navy has commandeered much o.
the Boston fishing fleet to help
fight the Axis submarine menace,
fish shortage has existed for some
time, spokesman for the industry
declared today
NEW -INS-Despit. Off
cial requests from various agencies
in Washington. it was apparent to-
day that the members of the Amer
lean Federation of Musicians would
cease playing for recordings at mid.
night tonight in accordance with
a union edict.
CHARACTERISTIC other Chi
cago landmarks-the Auditorium
Hotel and Auditorium Theater -
lined up today TO give their facilities
TO the war effort. Mayor Edward J.
Kelly announced the city had
leased the hotel and theater TO be
used as recreation centers for the
10000 Army Air Corps men who
soon will be attending the radio
schools in the Stevens and Con.
gress Hotels.
LOS S-INS-King Gil
lette, who repeatedly inherited mil
lions from his father, the razor
blade magnate, was in federal bank
ruptcy court today. In voluntary
petition. Gillette listed his liabilities
at s4S.930 and said his assets were
nil His creditors, he said were the
government and various merchants
in Los Angeles and Riverside. He
described himself as an "agricul.
turist,' living on the desert near
Palm Springs.
WASHINGTON ms Congress.
sional Investigations into West
Coast and Alaska defenses neared
today as Rep. Magnuson Cd Wash =.
and Alaskan delegate Anthony j..
Dimond declared they had received
reports in the last two weeks that
the Japanese forces have occupied
the Pribilof Islands. in the Bering
Sea north of the Aleutians.
NORFOLK. Va.-INS-The USS
ESSEX. a $4,000 ton token OF Amer
ica's projected strength in air
craft carriers and the first such
fighting vessel launched since
Pearl Harbor. goes down the ways
at Newport News today.
WASHINGTON-INS- Congress
today studied demands for an in
vestigation OF the meat shortage
in the eastern states as Agricul-
ture Department spokesman ac-
cused dealers of falsely blaming
the government and the shortage
for the lack OF low profit cuts"
a resolution introduced in the
House by Rep, Edith Nourse
Rogers tR}/Mass.T provides for
the establishment Of a five man
committee to make thorough
Investigation OF the alleged meat
shortage and possible rationing Of
meat and meat products
WASHINGTON AP - Petro-
Ieum Coordinator Ickes' announce
ment that the oil industry has IN
covered capacity for making ex-
ira butadiene which would increase
the synthetic rubber output was
somewhat complicated today by
Rubber CoordinatOr Arthur b. New.
halls assertion the increase had
been anticipated and already in
Cluded in the production program
SAN FRANCISCO--AP-lndian
soldiers formerly in the British
army at Hongkong now are being
employed by he japanese for sen
try and guard duties, China news
service reported today in a Chunk
ing broadcast received by its San
Francisco agency.
WASHINGTON-AP - A new
move to decentralize direction Of
the manufacture Of ammunition and
other ordnance material for the
Army was announced today by the
War Department. Effective tomor-
row. field director OF ammunition
plants will be located at St Louis
Mo Directors will be appointed
In other important production cen
ters
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