The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-03

line joining Moscow TO the coal
rich Dorentz Basin has been reopen
ed and the first train loads Of
Donetz coal already have reached
Moscow, the British radio report.
ed today in a broadcast heard BY
CHS.
SPRINGFIELD, lll. ms
Trapped under the wreckage Of
his cab for seven hours after Il
was crushed between a passen-
ger and freight train, Robert
Timm, 29-year-old Springfield
taxi driver, was extrieated alive
toCay. Both his legs were badly
Smashed and he was suffering
from severe shock when he was
rushed TO a hospital. Physicians
said his injuries may prove
fatal.
LONDON-lNS - Adolf Hitler
has sent Grand Admiral Erich
Raeder, Nazi naval commander-in-
chief. to Norway to supervise con-
struction of coastal defense works,
the Daily Express reported today
from Stockholm.
CHARACTERISTIC S7,000.000
Mexican timberland fraud trial re-
sumed in federal court today minus
two of its original nine defend
ants. On motion Of Assistant L. 5.
Attorney Thomas Hart, Judge
Michael l.. lgoe dismissed John J.
Jennings of Detroit, a stock brok-
er, and Franklin a. Hofheins OF
Buffalo. n. Y, a cutting contrac-
tor. Hart offered no explanation
for his motion.
OTTAWA-INS-A suggestion to
impose wartime federal liquor con
troll in the Dominion was rejected
today by the Canadian government.
NEW YORK Sighting OF
an enemy submarine off Cape Hat
teras by officers and men OF the
American freighter S S. Belling-
ham, was revealed today by the
Third Naval District headquarters.
STOCKHOLM-INS-The news
paper Social Demokraten reported
from Oslo today that the chairman
of the Norwegian labor party, Einar
Gerhardsen. who was arrested last
September and now is in a concen-
tration camp at Grini, has been SEN
fenced TO % days in a dark cell with
only bread and water for susten.
ance. According to the report, his
crime" was that he handed out his
increased food rations TO other pris-
oners at the camp.
SAN FRANCISCO - ms -
Sheriffs and district attorneys Of
California today prepared to make
a careful check of the land-holdinS
aliens in the state on recommends
ton OF State Attorney General
Earl s. Warren. Meeting in San
Francisco with 100 peace officers,
Warren urged them to utilize the
California anti-alien land laws to
circumvent what he termed fifth
column activities.
SAN FRANCISCO-'INS - VIII
liam Santos Barbozza. %. q mem
Der OF the Jehovah's Witnesses re.
ligious sect was Jailed today by
FBI agents who charged him witt
violating the Selective Service Act.
WASHINGTON ms - Secre-
tary OF Navy Knox tonight will
present Secretary OF Treasury Nor
genthau with a check for 81 ZOO. 900
representing the savings of Navy
Yard workers for defense bonds
during December.
WASHINGTON AP-Rationing
OF retreaded tires as we'll as new
tires and tubes may begin this
month. it was learned from govern
ment sources today.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fred
erick F. Worthington has been
raised to the rank of major general
and given command Of Canada s
new armored division. national de-
Tense headquarters announced to-
day.
LONDON-AP-A British agree
ment with Emperor Halle Selassie
OF Ethiopia under which he will re.
ceiye 2250.000 pounds sterling
(S9.OO0,OO0) in loans over a period
OF three years and normal diplo-
matte relations are restored was
announced today.
LONDON-AP For saving all
the ships cats when their vessel
was torpedoed. the crew of the
sunken aircraft carrier AK Royal
was honored today with a silver
medal. The award. given by Our
Dumb Friends League. was accept.
ed by A. V. Alexander. first lord OF
the Admiralty, for presentation Il
the next British warship bearing the
name OF Ark Royal.
WASHlNGTON-AP-The Admin
isiration sent five Of its top-fllgh
officials to the Capitol today to ex
pedite approval Of a $500 100000
loan to give China both moral anc
material aid.
RIO DE JANEIRO-GNS-Thc
Brazilian government today closed
down its commercial and propa
ganda bureaus in Berlin. Paris
Milan and Budapest. Similar offices
shortly will be opened in Colombia
Venezuela, Panama, Guatemala ant
Mexico.