The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-13

sentlal industries. regardless
Of what they may be, will be
declared non-essential, and en-
ployers will be forbidden to iii
them thereafter, the San Fran
cisco Examiner said In an ex-
elusive story today. There
were no indications as TO how
long this procedure would
continue, but the probability
was that il would be for the
wars Duration" the newspaper
said.
WASHINGTON. D. CAP -
Loss OF the destroyer Beatty in
the Mediterranean as a result of
, aerial bombing was announced to-
day by the Navy. The 100 ton
Beatty sank Nov. s, but no details
were given about the attack by
German planes other than that
there were some casualties.
LONDON APP - The French
committee OF national liberation.
headed by Gen. Charles De Gaulle,
announced a few hours after the
British government urged 1t to
smooth the strife in Lebanon, that
il was sending Gen. Georges Ca
troux. commissioner of state, 10
Beirut with full power TO settle the
situation.
LONDON-AP - John Co.nyn
Tovey has been promoted to adj
miral OF the feet succeeding Adm.
Dudley Pound who died Oct. 81,
the admiralty announced Friday.
Vice Adm. Lionel Wells was pro-
NOTED to admiral and Rear Adm.
Arthur NJ Peters was promoted to
vice admiral.
WASHINGTON. D. C Chair
man Harrison F. Spangler has call
ed the Republican National Com
mittee TO meet IN Chicago at the
Stevens Hotel Jan. 10 and II for
the purpose OF fixing the time and
place of holding the 1914 Republi-
can national convention.
WASHTNGTON-INS- 4 new
coal crisis appeared to be taking
shape today with the likelihood
that II will reach It's climax within
the next so days. Two events OF
the past 4S hours clearly indicated
that the wage agreement ending
the fourth wartime strike is only
temporary and that a new clash
between the operators and the
miners is in the offing.
LONDON-AP-A young Danish
army aviator escaped in small
gypsy moth plane from under the
noses OF the Germans and flew
from Denmark to Britain a few
weeks ago, it was revealed today.
The young aviator had kept his
plane airworthy although the Ger
mans ordered all private planes
dIsmantled in the summer of 1871.
lie managed TO store up 80 gallons
OF gasoline for his flight.
NEW YORK-AP-Th trial of
eight men, seven of them Chicago
ans charged with conspiring to
extort more than a million dollars
from the moving picture industry.
was recessed today until Monday
because Of illness of one of the de-
fandants. A. Bradley Eben. coun-
sci for the defendant. Paul De Lu-
cia OF Chicago, said his client was
suffering from a kidney ailment.
WASHINGTON, D. -C.-The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee. headed
by Sen. Frederick Van Nuys 3D.,
Ind next week will begin study
of a plan 10 investigate the entire
liquor industry Of the nation lin
all its phases
WASHINGTON-UP-The what
to-do-about-g overnmentcars issue
took on the aspect today OF a d.
vorce court custody case. Sen.
Harry F. Byrd, D.. Va, wants to
put all government cars-90. 900
Of them-in one big pool and make
It tough on government officials
who use them for personal purpos-
es. The Federal Works Agency
wants to house at least 521 OF the
1900 federally owned automobiles
here in a downtown garage 1t took
over last month with that in view.
The other agencies want TO main
tain the status quo and don't want
TO lose Jurisdiction over their re-
spectiye fleets.
WASHINGTON Up Another
Japanese propaganda myth-that
virtually the entire L. s. South Pa
cific fleet had been smashed by
its air and sea might-has been
demolished completely. Secretary
OF the Navy Frank Knox did the
lob in these words: The whole
thing is perfectly cockeyed. It's
all false"
NASSAU. Bahamas - ms -
Count Alfred de Marigny was de-
termined today to fight any at
tempt to force him to leave tho
Bahamas though it was understood
that. II left to his own devices. he
might move TO New York for the
duration OF the war. Shortly after
his acquittal in Bahamas Supreme
Court OF murder charges by a II
man jury which recommended he
be Immediately" deported from
tho Islands tho Count stated fatty