The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-16

result frlCe ADMINISTRATOR Leon
Henderson said late yesterday that
there might be a slight decrease"
in retail pork prices.
NEW YORk-INS - Manhattan
Beach, one tot the favorite swim
ming beaches near Coney Island
today had been sold to the Coast
Guard. Joseph P. Day, real estate
operator, said the Coast Guard pur-
chased the property for $5,5O0,OO0
and made a down payment OF So
47S,500.
NEW YORK-lNS-Ma Flor
clio LaGuardia today maintained
that Pierre Layals return to power
may bring the war close 10 the New
York shore. The news from France
is not comforting" the mayor told
5000 dressmakers OF the Interna.
tlonal Ladies' Garment Workers
Union. What we see there is gov
eminent by Nazi duress II the
Nazis get the French fleet. we in
New York are concerned"
WASHlNGTON-INS-A 10000, 900.
ton deposit of Cuban nickel today
gave promise of slieviating the cur
rent shortage in this critical ma.
terial, vital component in the
manufacture OF armor plate for
ships, tanks and planes. William l..
Bait, director OF materials for the
War Production Board said that
the WPB had authorized construc-
ton OF $20,000,000 plant TO OBJ
tain nickel from the low grade ores
blanketing the wooded plateau OF
northeastern Cuba.
STOCKHOLM ms Bishop
Eiyand Berggrav, former chairman
OF the Norwegian Assembly OF Bish.
ops, has been released from Gus
tody by order Of Premier Vidkun
Quisling' Norway's Nazipuppet rub
e., according to advices reaching
Stockholm from Oslo today.
LONDON-INS- Reuters News
Agency reported from Canberra TO.
day that 1t was understood Sir
Owen Dixon, justice OF the high
court OF Australia, had been offered
the post OF Australian minister to
the United States.
WASHINGTON ms Military
and diplomatic circles today antici-
pated an official announcement;
from the White House or the War
Department clearly defining the
jurisdiction OF Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur in the Southwest Pacific
and naming the personnel OF his
United Nations command. These
sources said such a statement would
end all question concerning the
scope OF MacArthurs authority.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS off
Gals estimated today that a labor
force Of 5000 900 men would be re.
CURED TO handle the nations 1912
construction program - largest
building effort in history. The total
construction program for this year
was estimated at approximately S14,.
100000 600. divided roughly into
Sl3SOO,O00,000 for military and es.
sential civilian work and $780, 00,-
600 for non-essential building.
CANBERRA-INS- Harold Cat
~, who flew around the world with
the late Wiley Post in 1891. has
been appointed director OF air trans
port OF the United States Air Corps
" &.
day Gatty, a naturalized Ameri.
can. Is the first native Australian
10 be given an important position
with the American forces.
WASHINGTON NS-Gen. Hugh
s. Johnson. 50. colorful columnist
and famed NRA administrator. who
died yesterday with pneumonia, will
be buried with full military honors
in Arlington National Cemetery to.
morrow. Funeral services for John
son, whose talents carried him high
in military and civilian pursuits,
viii be conducted at 10 a. m. Friday
a. the Episcopal Chapel at Fort
Myer. Va, by Chaplain J. c. W.
Linsley.
Los ANGELES ms Accused
OF transmitting messages 10 tue
Axis counties. 23-year-old William
A. Schiller was booked on federal
charges OF espionage today. The
FBl revealed that the youths ar.
rest climaxed a brief investigation
in which an FBI operative posed as
an enemy agent 10 secure the serv-
ices OF the suspect in transmitting
number OF faxed messages sup.
posedly to the enemy.
NEWARK. y. J.-TNS-A black.
out covering 1900 square miles of
northern New Jersey was hailed
today as generally successful"
Hundreds Of factories. however.
working on war orders were brit
liantly Illuminated as no attempt
was made to black them out.
BOsToN-INs-with the blunt
assertion that there is no founds.
ton for the report. Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt today denied that she
plans TO run for Congress from the
Washington Square district in New
York 81 do not wish to be A
member Of Congress. commented
the First Lady who moved into
her town house apartment on
Tuesday.
SACRAMENTO Cal ms -
California by end OF this week no
longer will have single Japanese
American employed in its state
Offices In final action 10 remove
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