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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15
Legal Notices
MoRraAan sALn


ny a mort gage bearing date the
2ith day OF october. A. D.. 1927. and
recorded in the office OF the Regis-
ter OF Deeds for the County OF
Washtenaw, State Of Michigan, In
Liber III OF MORTGAGES. on page
527. Riley Merriman. a single man.
duly mortgaged TO Marc NJ. Read,
oil those certain pieces or parcels Of
land. situate and being In the city
OF Ypsllanti. County Of Washtsnsw.
Stats Of Michigan. and described az
follows. 70 wit:
Lot No. 3?9 and Lot No. 35o, in
Park Ridge Subdivision, In the City
Of Ypsllanti. State OF Michigan.
The amount claimed 10 be due on
said mortgage for principal interest,
taxes insurance and attorney fee. as
provided for by the terms OF said
mortgage at the date hereof Is
&957.02.
Default having occurred in the
conditions OF said mortgage ny
which the power OF sale therein
contained has become operative, and
no suit or proceedings at law hav-
Ing been Instituted 70 recover the
debt thereby secured or any part
thereof notice Ia hereby given that
said mortgage will be foreclosed by
sale Of said mortEAged premises.
or 30 much thereof as may be nee
essary 10 satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage. together with all
legal costs. at public vendue. 10 the
highest bidder. on the 26th day Of
January. 1852. at ten O'Clock In the
forenoon 81 said day. Al tAe south
front door Of the Court Houge, in
the City OF Ann Arbor, IN said
County. said Court House being the
place for holding the Circuit Court
Within said County
Dated October q. 1871
John =. Kirk. as Administrator
VITA the VIII Annexed OF the Estate
OF Marc ~ Read, deceased.
John L. Kirk. ATTORNEY for Mort
gage, Business address. Ypsilan-
~. Michigan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15
ORDER APPOINTING TIME ron
aEARIHQ CLAIMa

STATE or MICHIGAN. The Pro-
bate Court for the County Of Wash
At session OF said Court. held at
the Probate Office In the City Of
Ann Arbor. in the said county. on
1891.
Present. Honorable Jay @. Pray.
Judge Of Probate
In tie Matter OF the Estate Of
Joseph fowler, Deceased
II appearing 20 tie Court that the
time for presentation Of claims
against said estate should be limit
cd, and that a time and place be ap-
pointed to receive. examine and ad-
lust all claims and demands against
Court.
II IL Ordered. That creditors OF
eald deceased are required 20 present
their claims 70 said Court az said
Probate Office on or before the End
day OF March a. y. 1882. at ten o.
ten o'clock IN the forenoon, said time
and place being hereby appointed for
the examination and adjustment Of
all claims and demands against said
deceased
II l. Further Ordered. That pub.
Nc notice thereof be given by publi-
cation OF copy Of this order for
three successive weeks previous 20
SAID day OF hearing IN the Ypsilanti
Dally Press, newspaper printed
ana circulated IN said County,
bate.
Adv. f.1i5
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15

NEW ROnM-TfLA financed
house in Milan Price 1890. S515
down payment. ttN HHiE 1886.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15

IS North River Blvd. Income
apartments. owner takes In over
500 per month and apartment for
owner. $4,000 down.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15
Defense Workers
Only

/ WANT YOUR PROPERTY TO
sELL--to prospects that call
every day. Nothing too large or too
small. Free appraisal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15
REofsTRArIor norror

For Primary Election 70 be held
IN the Township OF YpsNanti. Mon
day. February is. 1879, | will be at
nv office al 2f03 W. Michigan
Avenue. January L. - and 81 from
500 a. m. 70 500 D. m. for TIE pur-
pose u reviewing the registration
and registering such Of the quail
fled electors IN said township as
shall urouerlv ann1y therefore.
signed Lillian ". Sheppard
Township Clerk
Adv. li6S
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Alex Frazho,
.86, 5uttumbs
Services Monday for
Lifelong Resident

ST. CLAIR SHORES-Death
early Thursday claimed Alex
ander FraZho, IS, pion r
Shores resident, who lived here
an entire lifetime.
He died at 700 a. m. We'd
neSday at his home, 27127 East
jefferson avenue, following an
illness OF one week
Born on jefferson we n II 2
Feb. 2, 1856, the son Of MIR. and
Mrs. Louis Frazho, who settled
here more than 125 years ago,
Mr.. Frazho was A farmer until
he retired II years ago. He was
one Of the organizers Of ST. Ger
trude's Catholic church.
The widow, II children, and
IS grandchildren, survive. Pray
ers will be- said at 800 p. m.
Sunday at the residence.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at $50 a. m. from the
residence and at 1000 from ST.
Gertrude'S church. Burial will
be in Mt. Ohvet Cemetery un-
der the direction Of the Van
Lerberghe Funeral Home, De
troit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
French Fleet Possible Menace to British Supply Lines
Market Managers
Wife paseS Away
Mrs. James Macarthur
Dies in Hospital

Funeral services will be held
Monday at 1890 a. m. from the
residence, 1916 Linnhurst ave-
nUe, Detroit, for Mrs. James
Macarthur, wife of the manager
of the Packers Outlet, at so Gin
ton street, Mount Clemens, who
died last night in Grace hospital,
Detroit, four days after the birth
Of her first baby.
The church funeral service
will be held at the GrOtto Catho-
lie church at Six Mile road and
Gratiot avenue, in Detroit at
1890 a. m.
Mr.. Macarthur came to Mount
Clemens last September TO man.
age the local branch Of the Pack
erS Outlet. He had previously
managed the Livernois avenue
branch Of the company in De-
troit.
Filling his place here this
week is d. f. Beardsley, Of the
Detroit Packers Outlet organi-
zation, who opened the local
branch just about A year ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Sewer Bids
are Sought
Rockensuess
Sets Due Date

Bids for the expansion Of sew
erage facilities in Center Line
and Warren township will be
taken April 81 by the Federal
Works Agercy i'm Detroit as part
of the war effort, il was reveal
ed this morning by Arnold F.
RockcnsueSs, d equity county
drain commissioner.
The specifications for the new
facilities call for the construc-
ton of new sewage pumping
station at Van Dyke avenue and
Bear Creek, serving the Bear
Greek drain, improvement Of the
existing sewage pumping station
in Warren Village on the Chi
cago road, and construction Of
connections between the War
rem sewage pumping plant and
the 84-inCh sewer in Van Dyke
avenue and between the project
ed plant at Bear Greek and Van
Dyke and the Lorraine avenue
system trunk and lateral sewers
in the city of Center Line, it was
pointed out.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Panic
Continued from Pare Il


Royce called the raid "a field
day for two days. Something
in the nature of a picnic"
He said he sent the heavy
bombers toward Manila on Sun
day. They got one transport near
Batangas, he said, while another
bomber Nichols Field with
stick of explosives which it had
carried on an unsuccessful hunt
for enemy cruisers and destroy
erS near Corregidor.
The same morning General
Royce said he sent medium
bombers-he had 10 twin-engin-
ed B-25's and three four motor
ed B-17's-to the island of Cebd
TO bomb transports and escort
vessels. In the afternoon, half
returned to Cebu and the re-
mainder went to the island Of
Davao.
BATTER SHIPPING
Again the next morning, he
said transports off Cebu and Ds
vac and installations S h o r @
were bombed successfully.
The only bomber lost Royce
said, was one which was ground
ed for an engine change. 1t was
smashed by the only direct hit
by the enemy during the foray.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Tires
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
rubber, the two board members
warned.
TUBES SCARCER
Tubes, that are even scarCer
than tires, have been allotted to
this county in a quota of 225.
The original quota for the month
had been Unite TO 95.
These tires and tubes are
available only 10 motorists in
List B Of the state rationing
schedule. Defense workers and
farmers who are without trucks
and must carry their produce to
market in their passenger cars
are receiving primary consider
alton. Carpenters and other ar
tisans employed on government
building projects come next in
line.
Increase i'm the tires and tubes
quota was authorized only this
morning in telephone call
from Lansing TO the county
clerk and rationlng board chair
man who had vigorously pro
tested the SCotChncSS of the al
lotment granted this county
which contains thousands of de-
Tense workers and of them the
majority of whom use their pri-
vate automobiles TO get TO and
from work due TO inadequate
bus transportation in the subur-
ban districts. Some workers
from towns like Memphis and
Richmond drive so miles or
more daily TO get to work in de-
Tense industr rs i'm Detroit and
southern Macomb county. Those
who live along the lake shore
and work in such plants have
no crosstown + s service TO get
them there and so are dependent
upon their own cars for trans
portation
These arc the pcopC whose APP
plicationS are now being filled.
BY some freak Of judgment
the stale rationlnG board allot-
ed such a county as Ottawa, at
Grand Haven, complement
of 200 or more tires at a time
when il was granting the much
more heavily populated NuComb
county a mere 86
lrkcd by the discrepancy the
county clerk made two writ
ten protests and followed it up
with a Nchcmen' telephone call
that finally took action toward
relief OF a bad situation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Crisis
Continued from Page j

Continued from Page j
Joined in gloomy forecasts that
the French fleet might soon be
aligned with Axis naval forces.
Hitler will take the French
fleet now whenever he decides
the time is right" said Senator
Lucas (D-IlD, a member of the
Senate Naval Committee. He
has been after it through press
ure for many months. We can
expect direct action now at any
time"
Similar views were express
ed by Senators Bone (D-Wash)
Norris (Ind-Neb) and Gillette
D-IoWa), in separate interviews
with the latter urging that the
United States and her allies get
the jump by holding all French
vessels and supplies in port and
occupying the numerous French
inSular possessions in the west
ern hemisphere.
VITAL THREAT
Axis seizure OF the French
fleet was indeed the general
foreboding of all senators in
touch with the uncertain career
Of the Vichy government because
of the return to power of Laval,
ardent collaborationiSt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Good Fruit
Prices Loom
Agent Urges
Sproy Compoien

Prospects for good price
for Macomb county fruit this
summer and fall as a result of
the war emergency and mount
ing prices general have
p prompted William Murphy,
county agricultural agent, to
launch an intensive campaign
of spraying and pruning small
orchards and to encourage COM
mercial growers TO be especially
careful in handling their crop
to get the best price, he declar-
ed tolay.
His office now has available
bulletins covering the prepare
ton of tree-sprays in one and
five gallon lots respectively in
addition to others, for the use of
commercial growers that speci-
fy the ingredients and the pro-
portions thereof TO be used in
producing 50-gallon lots of the
spray.
Other bulletins are available
covering the control Of insects
and disease in fruits, especially
raspberries, strawberries, cur
rents and gooseberries, Murphy
said.
Orchards seem to have come
through what was normal win
ter very well the county agri-
tursl agent said, although there
has been some complaint that
peach buds were destroyed in
quantities by the early April
cold snap.
Barring resumption Of rains
and SHOWS during the coming
week, farmers will be able to
get out into their fields TO pre-
pare them for the sowing of
oats, barley and sugar beets in
the next week or 10 days, Muir
ply declared.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
War Work Described
10 Rotary Members
A. .. Brewer Arronses
Novel Progrom

A graphic cross-sectlonIng Of
cooperative war work that is
under way in Mount Clemens
was given today at the regular
weekly luncheon meeting of the
Mount Clemens Rotary club
held at the Medea hotel dining
room.
A. D. Brewer was in charge of
the program and Mrs. Paul w.
Mckee, head of the salvage di-
vision of civilian defense; Ed De
writes, representative of the
American Legion; Carl Brandon
burg, in charge o. War Stamp
and Bond sales, John Balm, of
the fedeal employment agency,
Tom Hamilton, of the USO, and
Harold Lindsey heading local
civilian defense, were speakers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Thief Loots
Goal Office
Sl2 Stolen
from Sierens Firm

Police Sergt. Eugene | Smith
today sought negro as the man
who robbed the Sierens Coal
company office, 3005 North Ora
tiot, of Sl2 in cash during the
noonhour yesterday.
Forrest Kindra looked up
from an adjoining building to
see the suspect flee in a new,
dark car" Kindra described
the man as tan colored ne
gro"
Gus Dubay, a clerk al the coal
office, said he left the door
open when he went to lunch.
When he returned the door was
closed, he told Sergt. Smith.
Smith discovered that a
wooden cabinet had been opened
by taking the screws out of the
haSp. The money was in a small
metal box inside the cabinet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Heart Attack Fatal
to Fred Houston

Fred Houston, II, dropped
dead this morning as he was
chopping wood in the rear yard
Of his home at 23l4l Lakewood,
i'm Clinton township.
The body was discovered by
Houston's wife, Malins, "a, and
Mrs. Gene UP, of 23l80 Lake
wood, a neighbor.
Deputy Sheriffs Richard De
Ketelaere and Joseph Grobbel
who Investigated. called Coron-
or Howard V. Groesbcck, Jr.
who said death was caused by a
heart attack,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
BY JOHN NJ. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, April 10
Pl-The increasing threat that
NaZi Germany may gain control
of the French fleet was regard
cd by naval authorities today as
grave menace TO Britain S sup
ply lines i'm the Mediterranean
and thus a direct threat to the
security Of her armies in North
Africa,
Beyond this immediate result,
these experts said, an out-and-
out Vichy-Berlin coalition event
ually would jeopardize Anglo
American domination of the
North Atlantic supply routes to
England and Russia, and a gem
eral realignment of allied naval
strategy would have to be un-
dertaken.
NEED SUPPORT
In making effective use OF the
French ships, however, IL would
be imperative that the Axis have
the enthusiastic support of their
officers and crews, and there
was considerable speculation as
10 whether that could be count
ed on in all cases.
Some experts suggested that
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Lapointe & 20.
Receive Honor
SoebeI Distributor
Ronk as Biggest

LsPointe q Co, local diStri-
butors for Goebel Gold Label
Beer have again received singu-
lar recognition by winning the
Gold Cup declaring them the
largest Goebel distributors in
the United States. This is the
third year that they have re-
ceived this award. Twenty
states were represented with ov-
er three hundred distributors in
convention. The Goebel Brew
ing Company had an increase of
over 40 million bottles in 194l
over 1910.
A. f. LaPointe was honored
by being elected president Of the
National Association of Goebel
Distributors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Draftees
CONTINUED from Page u

Continued from Page u
CosIe, Edward Monshan, James
MarkuS.
DETROIT
John Pettorini Leonard Poi
key, Edward Surant, Paul Bow
ers, Michael Wojciechowski.
RASELINE
Raymond PloWiCk, Charles
Robinson.
EAST DETROIT
Earl Whitney, Andrew Ksis-
er. Edwin Cole.
Others TO go are. Thesron
Xoungblood, Rochester; May
nard c a ! h DON, Hazel Park;
James Forton, Memphis; James
N q M $, Philadelphia, Tenn;
ClaBence Klumfoot, Washing
Ton, d. G. and Frank r. Kibbe,
Warren.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Birth Certificates
Needed for School Entry

Birth certificates will be re-
quired of all tots enrolling in
kindergarten starting next fall,
Superintendent l.. Wade Fast
said today.
Trouble i'm obtaining dates OF
birth in the past led to the new
ruling by the school board, Fast
said. Many large school systems
in Michigan have enforced the
ruling for years. he added
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
ReoIignment Of Allied
Naval Strategy Necessary
Threot that ko1is Will Coin Control
Of Fleet Regarded as Menace

the French might have no more
stomach for fighting the AXIS
battle than the Italians seem TO
have shown TO date. These auth
critics said there was no ques-
ton that the Italian navy had
made a consistently poor show
ing in the Mediterranean largely
because their hearts just aren't
in their work.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Gambling Suspects
Each Pay $40 Fines
Detroiters Plead Guilty
70 Disorderly Charge

Two DetroiterS arrested late
Saturday when Sheriff Jacob F..
Theut led a raid on an alleged
gambling establishment on Is
Mile road, were each fined $40
when they pleaded guilty as dis
orderly persons upon arraign-
ment this morning before JUS
tice Frank T.. Jeanette.
'rhe pair gave their names AS
Hyman Abramson, 81, of the
Fairbairn hotel and Nathan Gill
bert, 80, Of the Dumbarton no
tel.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Fire Insurance
Company 10 Meet
County Organisation
TO Confer in Romeo

There will be meeting of
the members of the Macomb
County Fire Insurance Company
at Romeo, Michigan, in the Ro-
meo Savings Bank Community
Room, on Saturday, April l8,
1912, al 800 o'clock pm. The
purpose of this meeting will be
to discuss the general status of
the members of the insurance
company.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Li(k-ihe-AxiS
Committee Meets

Member of the Lick the
Axis week committee viii
gather at the Board OF Com
MERGE office in Walnut street to-
day to further plans for the pa
rade and for the collection Of
essential war materials to be
held May 20
Anyone interested is cordially
invited to attend the session 1t
was state.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
(at-Shooier Sought
by Sheriif's Deputies

Sheriff's deputies today are
hunting person with pen
chant for shooting cats owned by
a Mr.. Jones, of pts Sugarbush
road.
Jones said one Of his cats was
shot yesterday only week aft
or he lost another in the same
manner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Drive
Continued from Page IL

Joseph st. Pierre, Jim g. Sons,
f. KrauSe, G. Titus, +. Duprey,
Vivoh Brothers, &. Dremer, Miss
F. Whitney, l.. Rood. r. Bennett,
r. C. Dunlsy, Devantier Print
ing, Eckert Paint Shop, Paul
Gottke, r. f. Howard, Mrs. A.
Eckhout, Mrs. II. Engelman, F.
Rouleau, Mrs. Sidney Lewis,
Kathleen II. Beer.
Donations to the fund are in
dictated on the Malbin window
display on the following basis:
Foundation stones each rated at
S25; door panels at $40; fireplace
stones, SIS; window panes, $40;
gray bricks, SIS and roof shin
giles 81.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Letter Box
Mt. Clemens, Mich
April -, 1912

Mt. Clemens, Mich.
April Is, 1912
Editor,
wonder j. tie people of Mt.
Clemens are aware of the unfair
way in which our Police De-
partment is beng paid?
At the present a policeman re-
ceives p little over 81 10000 q
year.
They were receiving more in
1929. But because of the depres-
sion they were cut ESQ. And
despite the fact that the cost OF
living is about 1870 more at the
pre- ,nt than il was in 1929 they
have received only 20Fo Of that
$50 back.
They must supply their own
uniforms which cost $4,000 each
and o'coatS at $500,
Their pension costs them over
$500 month.
In other nearby communities
the policemen get more. War
rem for example pays the police
men S45.00 week or a little
over $4,000 a year. Our
county deputies receive ST.
10000 a year.
In Detroit a policeman re-
ceives more than our chief of
police.
Can't .omcthinL be done about
this?
Your. truly
EDMUND PHILLIPS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Loss OF WeI(h
Pony is Reported

Daniel Jack, of 1879 IA Mile
road, Wednesday reported to the
sheriffs office he had lost his
large Welch pony.
Anyone seeing the animal is
a ske d TO telephone Jack at
RoseVille 2l74W.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
Volunteer leoves
for Navy Assignment

William II Harrison. OF So
MoroSS, left yesterday for Great
Lakes Naval Training Station
following his enlistment in the
\ S Navy,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-16
COOKS SPARk.L

Use Cooks SPARK.L to
clean allthe woodwork and
trim in your house. Just rub
on wipe of. -. zip goes dirt!
Pleasant odor Essyon hands.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-10
Higher Taxes
On Tobacco
Forecast

Washington. June lO.-tAfD
Members OF the House ways
ana means committee predicted
Today that moderate increases
III the excise taxes on cigars
Cigarettes and smoking tobacco
probably would be approved.
i"bacco-statc members were
reported to be ready to lead a
''sht against any increases, but
ON" of them conceded they
would lose because the COM
'''ttcc already has raised the
'N''>f> on liquor. wine and beer.
Secretary Morgenthau asked
congress last March for in
'rea>e> on tobacco taxes to pro
duce about S236.3OO.OO as fol-
lows:
'lgarettes-raise present $50
d thousand tax to $3.50 on ten
cent brands and to 81 on lucent
brands; revenue 1888, 100000
smoking tObaccO-from Is l"
90 cents a pound: revenue SO
ooo'OO0; cigars-graduated II
ereaSeS designed to produce Sl5'-
iVo'OoO; cigarette papers ana
'ubeS-Substitute for the present
graduated scale no exemptions
ana a tax of Ont-half cent on
edch 25 papers or tubes rtNf-
Nlr ,hg,s - 600 one
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-10
Jap Troops
Reported
In Aleuttiians
Tokyo Comedies Sink
ing of Aircraft Car
rier, Damage to An
other Carrier and to a
Cruiser; Island Inva-
sion News Indefinite.

NbD ~ NHbChi}fN itfSS)
Imperial Tokyo headquarters
sought today to minimize the
gravity Of the Japanese naval
disaster at VI i d way but
acknowledged t h a United
States forces had sunk an air
craft carrier, had heavily dam
aged another carrier and had
damaged q cruiser.
Official United States reports
had listed l6 and possibly IL
Japanese ]WarshipS sunk or dam
aged before the enemy fleet
limpcd off in retreat.
Tokyo headquarters also re
ported that Japanese army
troops We're used in attacking
the t. S.-oVned AIeutian is
lands off Alaska on Sunday.
Toyko time Saturday, Alaska
time)-three days after the
Dutch Harbor raid-and de-
clared they are continuing OPP
erationS in this area"
No details were given as to
whether it was a sizcable in
vaSion of the strategic chain of
islands which stretch across the
Boring sea from Alaska toward
Japan.
Admiral Chester W. NimitZ.
go -. l.-r q "
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-06-10
No Comment
On Jap Claim

Washington. June 10.-iAP)-
The Navy declined to make any
comment today on Japanese
claims that two United States
aircraft carriers and a large
transport had been sunk in OPP
erations around Midway island
and Dutch Harbor, pointing
merely to American communi-
ques which admitted the dam
aging of one carrier and the
loss of a destroyer.
Naval spokesman indicated
they regarded the Teyko claim
as another Fishing expedition
to try to bring out information
as to the disposal of United
States fleet unitS-a comment
they have made several times
after other Japanese claims
which later developments proved
Nere uNloundCd.