The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-07

W AOAll4Nh O.N lNO Dtus
OJames ]. Davis (R) Pa. proposed
"'ctngressional policemen" to check
on government expenditures in an
effort to cut down the 100000. 000-
900 yearly budget. Congress is the
only important parliamentary body
which does not have a trained staff
TO check on the expenditures of
government departments Davis
@said.
NEW YORK-lNS- Amerl-
can Seventh Army troops
have smashed their way into
the strategic road junction OF
Troina against bitter opposi-
ton by the Germans defending e.
n the Etna line in Sicily, a cor
respondent Of the BIC report
ed today. The broadcast by
the British radio was record
ed by CHS.
NEW YORK-lNS-The Cox con-
Rressional committee, investigating
the activities Of the Federal Com
enunications Commission, was ad-
N1ourned today until Tuesday at 10
a. m. Following testimony that the
fees New York attorney aften
m)ritored broadcasts himself at
New York radio station WHOM.
questioned by the committee,
Charles Baitin, program director
for WHOM. said it took "at least
$50 per cent of his time filling out
missionaries for the FEC and
that he utilized the services of sew
eral announcers and stenographers.
NEW YORK-INS- The posi-
bility of foul play in the death
plunge OF Mrs. Janet Snowden Gill.
pretty oil heiress. was again ruled
esut today following an autopsy on
'the exhumed body. District at
torney Frank Hogan, making public
the results OF the reopened investi-
CATION, said the probe of Mrs. Gill's
plunge from her swanky 16-story
hotelroom on June | showed mo
evidence to disprove the theory
that death was accidental or suicid-
ga.
CHICAGO ms A coroner's
jury today prepared to investigate
the sensational suicide last night
OF Henry Martolski who fired
bullet into his head as he watched
q stage show at the Oriental thea
ter. Martolski chose a dramatic
Nnoment for his act. during the
rendition OF you'll Never Know"
by Miss Dolly Dawn.
LONDON ms An Italian
passenger, plane carrying passen-
gers whose identity was cloaked
in secrecy was scheduled to ar
n,ve today at the Lisbon airport,
according to a Reuters dispatch
giving rise TO speculation that it
NAV be flying on a peace mission.
The Lisbon airport was warned last
night OF the planes approach, the
dispatch said.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
@ORTH AFRICA ms "A COM
bined American naval and military
force has occupied the Italian Is
land OF Ustica, 40 miles northwest
of Palermo. Sicily, an official an
nouncement disclosed today. The
Yank forces took the island Thurs
day.
NEW YORK-INS-The British
radio, quoting a message from An
kara. said today that more than
go members OF the crews OF the
eight American Liberator bombers
which landed in Turkey after the
raid on the Ploesti oilfields are be-
ing interned in Ankara. Several
of the American airmen were said
ITO have arrived in Ankara already.
The broadcast was heard by CHS.
NEW YORK-INS- James c.
Petrillos newest offer to radio Of
fcials in settlement OF the ban on
recordings was rejected today when
radio men explained they had not
a1utfered financially by the prohi-
bition.
CHICAGO-INS - Police today
were searching for hijackers who
Friday held up Theodore Michael
sen. OF Chicago. and drove off with
his truck containing 81 500 worth
OF whisky and rum. Michaelsen
A.old officers the men accosted him
at a stop light, threatening him
with guns. A short while later the
driver was forced out OF his truck
and the gangsters drove away with
th ,ir loot.
WASHINGTON-INS-The 1900
mile American-built railway system
Au Persia. which serves as an al
ternate supply route to Russia. TO-
day is working at full capacity.
Mai. Gen. W. d. Styer. chief OF
staff. Army service forces. told a
press conference that huge amounts
OF supplies are now being shipped
from the American.built Persian
Gulf ports Of Koran Shahr and
|NBaudar Mashur TO Teheran for
transhipment by truck to Russia.
OUTSIDE TROINA. Sieily-9 p.
n. Aug. 4-Delayedl Up Fii-
teen hundred doath-bound Germans
who have held off Yankee assaults
on the mountain fortress OF Troina
for five days learned about hell to
Sday from waves Of dive bombers
and the greatest American artillery