The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-07

otA ms W III Aut Adihuldu
Air Force, today were officially
listed as dead gy RCAF headquar-
tiers. They are Flight Sgt. Ray
mond J. Dillon, of Freeport. ILL.,.
and Sgt Wallace Mitchell, OF Kas-
son, MINI.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad up
Pierre Adigard Des Guatries
fighting French official sentenced
10 death in Absentia by the Vichy
government. declared today that
the peoples OF Martinique and
Guadeloupe would welcome United
States occupation for the duration.
aqua CALIENTE, Mexico-UP
The palatial 100000 Aqua Cal
iente race track will remain closed
for the duration. General Manager
Walter c. Marty announced today.
NEW DELHI, India up A
large force OF American planes
raided the docks at Japanese-held
Rangoon. Burma, yesterday, 1t was
announced today.
LONDON-AP- Aneta said to-
day Reichscommissar Schmidt had
announced that forced labor in
German-occupied Holland would be
extended Jan. to include "one
fourth OF all Netherlands youth"
HAVANA-AP- Winds OF from
IS to 100 miles an hour were re-
ported sweeping the North Coast of
Camaguey province today, threat
perhaps all OF western Cuba with
tropical storm conditions. The Be
len College observatory reported
that the disturbance was moving
west or west southwest. The IS
mile an hour recording was made
at Moron, near the center OF the
island. Farther east the winds
reached 100 miles an hour.
NORFOLK, Va.-AP-A letter
telling OF ring found in the stom-
ach Of shark caught off the coast
of Cuba has been filed In the Nor
folk Circuit Court as mute testi-
mony TO the death OF Captain
George Dewey Hodges, whose ship
was torpedoed and sunk north OF
Cuba last July.
LONDON-AP- British censor
ship, which forhids mention o. cur
rent weather conditions in news
dispatches. permitted American cor
respondents TO tell the folks back
home today how Mrs. Franklin d.
Roosevelt braved a torrential rain
storm to inspect a United States
Army camp and an auxiliary terri
torial station some days ago.
NEW YORK-AP-- Wendell L.
Willkie believes that North Africa
and the region around Turkey might
well be "the area in which our
war may be won or lost" In
speech at a forum sponsored by the
New York Times Willkie urged
Prime Minister Churchill to define
clearly Great Britain's attitude on
the Atlantic charter.
NEW YORK-AP- The New
York Times says that as a result OF
financial difficulties caused by a
widespread loss in student enroll.
ment, so OF the nations colleges
have closed In the past few months
and scores of others are facing
bankruptcy. In an article by Benja-
min Fine II was said that the col.
leges affected for the most part are
either junior colleges or small tech
nical and liberal arts institutions.
with enrollments ranging between
100 and 400.
WASHINGTON -AP- Accom-.
panied by representatives OF the
smaller War Plants Corporation and
the Office OF Price Administration
members OF the House Small Bust.
ness Committee left Washington
this week end for a month long in.
vestigatory tour OF the South and
Southwest.
LONDON-AP- The German ra.
do reported today that a large al.
lied convoy, previously assembled
Gibraltar, was steaming east
ward through the Mediterranean
on mysterious mission. accom-.
panied by a strong escort OF war.
craft. including the British battle
ship Rodney.
WASHINGTON-AP- CONNER.
cial vehicle operators have until
Jan. Is to have their first tire in.
spection under an order requiring
them TO carry certificates of war
necessity. Although the original
deadline had been Nov. Is, the Of
flee of Defense Transportation an.
nounced the postponement yester.
day, but expressed hope that com.
mercial vehicle operators would
get the inspection early to avoid a
last minute rush at inspection sta.
tions.
CHICAGO-AP- Testimony was
offered in federal court yesterday
that when Mrs. Edna Haupt alleg.
eddy harbored her son, Herbert
Hans Haupt, Nazi saboteur, she
knew he had been struggled into
the United States by a German
submarine HThe testimony was
given by Ralph Gregg. a Federal
Bureau OF Investigation agent, as
the prosecution began TO lay
groundwork for introduction of
statement allegedly made on july
by Mrs. Haupt, one Of the six de
PENDANTS on trial on charge OF trea.
son.