The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-12

on several occasions in the Vicinity
OF Canton and Ticino. Alerts were
sounded In a number Of places but
no bombs were dropped.
LONDON-AP-For the first
time since the war began the
Allies are reported to have
surplus OF shippina-another in
dication OF their readiness to
strike with a fulI-scale Invasion
Of Europe. The surplus was re-
ported by the London Financial
: News, which said at Is highly
encouraging, for the develop.
ment Of Allied strategy has so
far been held up more by the
shortage Of shipping space than
by any other single factor"
CHICAGO-INS-Chicago's one
man army Capt. Arthur w. Wer-
! hnuth, who Is credited officially with
killing 1l6 Japs single-handed be-
fore he was captured in the battle
OF Bataan. is alive and in good
health, 1t was learned today. A pos
tai card from Capt. Wermuth, post
marked from Prison Camp 10 in the
Philippines. was received by his
cousin. Mrs. Harry A. Wolfe OF
4 Chicago. The card was addressed to
'the captains wife, Mrs. Jean Wer-
muth a nurse in a Detroit hospital,
who is on a vacation.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-AP
The Republican controlled
Missouri house Of representa-
tives-With a shout Of ''tell the
federal government to take their
.. money and 90 TO hell" defeat
ed bill TO provide an addition
al S75o,o0O to administer the
states SIS, ooo, 900 social seeur-
ity program.
CHICAGO-INS-Roger Touhy,
convicted kidnaper who escaped
from statewide Penitentiary with
six pals, and subsequently was cap
tured, still chafed today over being
pictured as a gangster in a movie.
An amended complaint charging
conspiracy for personal gain on the
production and display Of the
movie. Roger Touhy. Gangster'
was filed in his behalf in L. S. Cir
= cult Court.
NEW YORK ms - Visiting
South American journalists today
expressed their wonder at the giant
scope OF Americas war effort. Inc
II visiting newspapermen. from
Colomb ia. Venezuela and Ecuador.
u are now in New York before final
visit to Washington after tour Of
the United States and its war
plants.
LONDON-UP-Premier Marshal
Josef Stain received the American
and British ambassadors 10 Russia
at the Kremlin Wednesday, Radio
Moscow reported today. Soviet For
eign Commissar Viacheslav NJ. Mol
otov was present and it was pre-
sumed that the Quebec conference
OF President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill was discussed.
Russia will not be represented at
the conference, though Mr.. Roose.
welt emphasized that she would be
!, welcome.
NEW YORK-UP-Tommy Man
VILE. the asbestos heir, announced
today that the seventh Mrs.
Thomas Franklin Manville, Jr., will
be 19-year-old blonde, beautiful
and the mother of a four-year-old
child. Tommy's wife No. the
marriage will take place lin the
next couple OF days" in Jersey City
will be Sunny worth, a Choir
MS girl. who first was married at
u. and at 16 became the bride OF
DAVID s. Moran. brother OF Peggy
Moran OF the motion pictures.
NEW YORK-UP-The hull OF
the former French liner Norman
die, rising approximately 21a de-
grees a day. reached an angle OF
about 81 degrees today. Salvage en-
gineers expect to begin knocking
out heavy bulkheads and concerted
sections in the hull within two OF
three days, after the ship is pumped
dry.
CHICAGO-UP- Labor sources
predicted today that John L. Lewis
would Withdraw his application for
reaffiliation OF his miners with the
American Federation Of Labor. The
executive council OF the AFL decid-
ed late yesterday to delay action on
Lewis petition. The council voted
10 submit the application without
recommendation to the ALL con.
vention at Boston next October.
LONDON CP-Amerigo Dur.
nj. a henchman OF Benito Mussolini.
who helped kill the anti-Fascist
Italian deputy. Giacomo Matteoi,
10 years ago, has been arrested by
Italian police, a Berlin broadcast
said today.
DETROIT-UP - The Interna.
tional Association OF Chiefs OF Pc
lice closed its 50th annual conven-
ton today with Michael +. Nor.
rissey. former chief OF police at
Indianapolis. Ind. installed as new
president to succeed Police Chief
Joseph T. Owens, Rome, N. Y,