The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-15


The Atlantic shipping toll OF United
Nations and neutral vessels rose
TO 265 today with the announce
men OF the torpedo-shell sinking
of a small Dutch merchant ship.
HUNTSVILLE. Tex ms -
Orrin ]. Brown, Sc, was electro
cuted three minutes after midnight
today for the hammer-slaying OF
his wife whom he had met through
a magazine matrimonial agency adj
: vertisement.
BERNE-INS- Semi-civil war
has broken out in Rumania between
natives and the Hungarian minori-
ty. reports from Budapest said
today.
ANKARA-INS-The q United
. States airmen who came down on
Turkish soil when their bombing
planes made forced landings may
soon be released on parole by Turk
ish authorities who interned them,
1t was reported today. American
Ambassador Laurence A. Stein
hardt visited the :liers and inter-
viewed them concerning the flight
during which they repeatedly bomb
ed Nazi controlled oil installations
in Romania and Romanian Black
Sea ports. Ambassador Steinhardt
took the fliers whiskey. cigarettes
and money.
NEW YORK-INS - Republic
Steel Company nj soon start build
ing a new plant in New York.
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia reyeiled
today. The mayor said the new
plant would help put New York
srs to work on war projects. He
said the city already had agreed
10 abolish two streets that exist
only on maps to make site for
the Republic plant which will be
located on the Queens-Brooklyn
border.
NEW YORK-AP-Armed with
fountain pens instead Of guns, 200.
900 modern-day minute men" form
ally launched today Today drive
for S1,90O,000,000 worth OF war
bond pledges with advance indica-
tions that poor and rich alike were
ready to respond.
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile-AP -
Three persons were killed and six
injured yesterday in a sulphur
plant explosion near ollague, in
northeast Chile. Police arrested
. two persons in whose homes they
said they found dynamite. They
said they were investigating wheth-
er the plant explcs on was due TO
sabotage.
MELBOURNE-AP-The body
OF United States soldier was
found today in a railway flatcar
and, pending a complete investiga-
ton, officials said hey were inclin-
ed TO believe the man had been
slain. The body was turned over
TO L. S. Army officers for identih-
cation. A head injury apparently
had caused the soldiers death, 1t
was stated.
FORT BENNING, Ga.-AP-As-
sociate Justice Frank Murphy Of
the United States Supreme Court,
now a leutenant-colonel in the
Army. began an intensive train
ing course today preliminary TO
an assignment in the office OF Cen
eral George c. Marshall, chief OF
STAFF.
NEW YORk-AP-The 9.0O0-ton
Portuguese liner Nyassa was on the
high seas today bound for Lisbon
with $50 German nationals among
its nearly 800 passengers. Although
the State Department did not in
cmde the Germans in its official
exchange program, government Of
ficials explained when the ship
sailed Saturday night that the sail
ing was permitted because there
were more Germans here than
Americans in Germany and that
holding all Germans in order to
bargain with Reich authorities
for the release of Americans was
not necessary.
COATESVILLE, Pa ms -
Without waiting for the final con-
ference today which is expected to
settle their pay bonus dispute,
more than 900 Lukenweld, Inc, EN-
ployes terminated A thTee=day walk
out yesterday and resumed work
on Navy contracts.
LONDON-INS-A further state
ment by the United Nations regard
ing the postwar period may be ex-
pected shortly, the London Daily
Express said today. Present plans
call for postponement of a peace
conference for three years after
,hostilities cease, the paper said
In the meantime. economic and
trading problems AS we'll as from
tier and armament matters, would
be settled.
BERLIN-(From German Broad
castsD-AP-The German radio re-
oprted from Bucharest today that
Rumanian General Dutmitzu Nasilu
was killed in an air crash over
the Crimea June II. II said King
Mihai had decorated Vasilu post
humously with the highest grade
of the order Of Rumania.
BOSTON --1NS-An attempt 20
avoid military service today cost
Irving Kemler. 81 OF Revere,
Mass. $500 and his freedom
for two and half years Kemler