The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27

posts of high command, was killed
with nine other airmen in the fam
ing crash of their plane few miles
east Of here yesterday.
CANBERRA. AIstralia-AP -
Prime Minister John Curtin told
parliament today that from the
outbreak Of the war to the end Of
December total Australian battle
casualties in all theaters were
52,142.
LOS ANGELES-AP-Todayw was
the day the courtroom-and-corridor-
crowding cluster OF Enrol Flynn
film fans have been waiting for
the debonair star himself was sche-
duled to take the witness stand at
his trial on statutory charges.
LONDON-AP-Th Paris radio,
In a broadcast heard by the Asso-
ciated Press, reported today from
Tangiers that an unsuccessful at
tempt had been made on the life Of
General Auguste Nogues, French
North African leader who is deputy
luI htutl al tltllll ilOhOlO Vi oNNs
No details were given.
RENO. Nev.-INS-A new di-
vorce suit by Mrs. Dorothy Ledyard
Knight against her husband, Rich
ard Allen knight, Understanding
New York attorney, was on. file in
Reno today.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.-INS- Kay
Gregory, red-headed Texas girl
who was discharged from the
WAACs for doing strip tease in
a Des Moines, Ia, theater. WGs
preparing today to marry back into
the Army that ousted her. The
dancer, who is working in picture
at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Stu
dio. said she would be wed in San
Francisco Feb. l to Lieut. Barney
Ochs, 80, of the Army Air Forces,
WASHINGTON-INS--The Sen.
ate Foreign Relations Committee
votes today on confirmation of the
nomination OF Edward j. Flynn to
be minister to Australia with a
close vote indicated and the result
in doubt. Committee action will be
prelude to bitter debate on the
Senate floor, opening next Monday
Foes of Flynn hope to win in the
floor fight if they lose in the CON.
mittee.
TAMPA, Fla.-INS-Brig. Cen
Carlyle II. Wash, commanding gen
eral OF the second air support com
mand at Colorado Springs, Colo.
and nine other Army airmen were
listed as dead today, the victims
OF a transport plane crash five
miles south OF Flomation, Ala.
WASHINGTON-UP-James P
Sewage, Princeton, n. j., has beer
appointed an assistant to the chair
man OF the Republican Nationa
Committee in charge Of publicity
Committee Chairman Harrison +
Spangler announced today.
WASHINGTON-UP- Secretary
OF Labor Frances Perkins an
nounced today that henceforth dou
BILE time may be paid for the sew
enth consecutive day of work only
when "all seven days fall in the
same work week
WASHINGTON UP-Sen. Har
~ F. Byrd, D., Va" said today thai
his Joint congressional econom!
committee would look with inter
est" into survey Of government
employees receiving salaries o
$4,000 a year or more. The survey
was conducted by Sen. Kenneth
Mcclellan, D.. Tenn. a member o.
the economy committee, In connec
ton with his bill to require Senate
confirmation Of. all government
employees receiving that mucl
money.
WASHINGTON-UP-Mrs Frank
lin -. Roosevelt revealed in he
newspaper column today that sh'
learned about the greater part o
her husbands trip to Casablanc.
bv listening to her radio last night
a
SAN FRANCISCO-lNS- MaGg
Bellamy. the toast of Hollywood
few years ago aud more recent.
the leading lady in curious shoot
ing ARRAY today was 10 take th'
upstage position In a barren court
room. Miss Bellamy was to fac,
Judge Clarence Harris on charge
OF assault with a deadly weapon TO
taking three inaccurate pistol shot
at Millionaire +. Stanwood Murph
as he walked from the ultra Paciti
Union Club a week ago.
IONDON-lNS@A Reuter- CORES
pendent with Allied forces in Tu
nisia reported today in a dispatcl
from the battle front that there !
evidence OF a concentration OF Allie
strength in the French protectorat
"for final bout with the Axis 10
possession OF the whole Of Mort
Africa
WASHINGTON-INS or cours
Il was purely coincilental. but III
site chosen for the historic fourt
meeting between President Roost
welt and Prime Minister Churchill
was Casablanca-a Spanish wor
which. in English, means Whit
House