The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-04
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HARRISBURG, Pa.-INS-Major
General Edwin Martin, Republican
candidate, captured the governor
ship Of Pennsylvania b. a plurality
OF approximately 200, 900 votes over
his Democratic rival. State Auditor
General +. Clark Ross.
RICHMOND, Va.-INS-Sen. Car
ter Glass, S4-year-old Virginia Dem
oorat. today was reelected to his
fifth term in the U. s. Senate by a
better than 10 to l margin over his
Socialist and Communist opponents.
WITH THE BRITISH ARM0RED
FORCES IN EGYPT-lNS-Gen.
Bernard L. Montgomery tank
units and armored forces, which
pierced the German lines on 1000
yard front In the offensive launched
Monday, are fighting for a strategic
thanking position. The attack al
ready has carried deep into the en-
emys fixed defenses and with some
additional gains the British Eighth
Army will be in position to launch
thanking attacks north and south.
CHICAGO ms - Republican
Sen. c. Wayland RJooks pre-war iso-
lationist and severe critic OF the
conduct OF the war since Pearl Har-
Dor held a substantial lead for re
election in incomplete returns to-
day and claimed a decisive victory.
WASHINGTON-INS- The Of
fee OF Price Administration today
pursued a new get tough policy
aimed at choking off the mood of in
diYidual increases which have been
permitted to puncturs the price
structure in recent months. An
OPA spokesman estimated that
1000 price adjustments had been
granted from Washington in the
past seven months to manufacture
ers and wholesalers, while another
1000 or 1000 were authorized fOf
retailers by OPA field Offices.
WASHINGTON-lNS- Support.
ed by naval units and planes,
American ground troops on Guadal-
canal battled today to hold thsir
Counter-offensive gains and pos
sibly extend them in the face Ct
freshly-landed Jap reinforcements
which seemed to be planning a
thanking or pincers movement
against U. S. positions.
Observation-Disclosures armies
in the southern Caucasus stemmed
the Nazi drive on strategic mouu-
tain passes while the defenders of
Stalingrad smashed a series of enc
my assaults and rolled up 1000
German casualties in the northern
factory district, Soviet communi-
O. reported today. Only minor
actions were reported from oth1f
fronts OF the south Russia battle
field.
LOS ANGELES-INS-A 17-year-
old night club entertainer, wearing
pigtsils and flat-heeled shoes, was
TO take the stand today to detail
her charges that Film Star Enrol
Flynn attacked her aboard his yacht
Is months ago, when she was but
Is. The girl, Peggy Satterle, was
to be the second major witness
against Flynn in the preliminary
hearing that was interrupted yes
terday by the election holiday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica-INS- ia
maicas leading political group
which has advocated self-govern-
ment for this British possession,
will invite Wendell L. Willkie 10
visit the island, it was disclosed
today. The invitation was said to
be in recognition of WILKES cham
piouship Of the rights of all peo-
pies to live under governments Of
their own choosing
GREENWICH, Conn.-INS-Dy
manic Glare BOothe Luce, victor
ious over Democratic Congressman
Leroy ID. Downs, today became
the first woman ever elected to rep
resent Connecticut in Congress and
promised to do everything possible
to end the soft war tactics she
has attributed TO the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration.
NEW YORK-UP-Jsmes A. Far
ley took the first defeat of mis-
long political career with aplomD
ana without alibis today. He was
to call press conference this after
noon anu, perhaps, reveal his plans
for the future Friends expected
him TO return to his job with a
soft drink company but retain his
Democratic state Chairmanship and
try to heal the party wounds. Some
expected him to place the blame
for his party'E defeat on President
Roosevelt.
CHICAGO-UP - Thu Govern
ment attempts today to introduce
third statement from Walter
Froehling, former drummer at the
haus Naterland, connecting him
and five German-born co.defend,
ants with LIS nephew, Hans Her
bert Haupt, %, executed Nazi
saboteur. The third statement,
SAID to have been signed by Froeh-
ling on July 3 in the presence Il
Feueral Bureau OF Interrogation
agents Waa rpportcd tn eoptagp