The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-23

missing men are Frank Pedrini,
serving life and two concurrent
sentences for holdup murder. and
William Smith, serving two long
terms for robbery.
LONDON-lNS- The Nazi
bureoniaster of Brussels has
been asssssinated, the Moscow
radio said today In a broadcast
reported by Reuters. The Mos
COW account said that the as
Sassln made good his escape.
NEW YORK-INS-The serious
gasoline shortage on the East
Coast today presaged a handbook
ed summer for more than 10000
motorboat enthusiasts. The dis
trict Office of Price Administration
revealed that II had instructed local
Tationing boards not TO grant any
gasoline rations for nonoccupa,-
tional motor boating. Boats which
are part of the Coast Guard auxili-
airy however are exempt from the
order.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS- Seaman
Second Glass George Emlen Roose-
welt, Jr, "a, identified as second
cousin OF Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
today faced possible court martial
as a Navy deserter. Officials OF the
18th Naval District said his arrest
yesterday at San Farncisco's swank
Bohemian Club eliminated a two
month search. He was lodged in
the Navy brig in city Jail pending
action.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A new
plan for parcel post" system Of
railroad freight rates was proposed
in Congress today as a part OF the
fight OF southern members to wipe
out alleged discrimination in rates.
Sen. Tom Steward CD Tenn, and
Rep. Wright Patnlan tD) Tex,
Joined in introduction OF identical
bills in Senate and House, under
which the country would be divided
into eight zones.
HAMILTON. Bermuda-INS -
Specific and delicate problems in
the task of rescuing thousands of
war victims made homeless by the
Axis were up for discussion today
by delegates to the Anglo-Ameri-
can Refugee Conference. One Of
the subjects under debate was
whether Hitler should be asked to
consent to an orderly exodus of
refugees from Axis-dominated coun-
tries. possibly in exchange for pris-
oners OF war. Another topic on
the agenda was the possibility OF
lifting the blockade of Europe suf-
ficiently to get food supplies TO
the prosecuted.
LONDOY--~Ap-- The Violent air
war over the European continent ia
pered off last night as activities OF
the Raj apparently we're limited to
the laying OF mines in enemy wa
ters and Britain enjoyed a quiet
night, free OF enemy raiders.
DELHI. India-AP-This walled
capital of Mohammedanism in India
was host today to thousands Of dele
gates to the Goth annual convention
of the All-lndia Moslem League.
The body, asserting that it repre-
sents most OF midas 90,OO0,000 Mos
lens. long has campaigned for a
separate Moslem state, furnishing
another problem TO the British ad'
ministration Of India, which has
been complicated by demands OF
the All-lndia Congress party for In
dian independence.
CHICAGO-AP-Accidental deaths
IN most OF te nations principal in
dustrial states in the first quarter
OF this year totaled 2,031. an in
crease OF s per cent over the same
period Of 1912, the National Safety
Council said today.
PARAMARIBO, Dutch Guiana -
AP-I ieut. Thomas Harmon, formel
all-America football star at the Uni
versity of Michigan, left last night
for an unannounced destination
after a shor, stay at the L. S. Army
base in this colony.
HAMILTON, Bermuda AP -
British and American delegates to
the conference here on the Euro
pean refugee problem were under
stood today to be considering Africa
as a major possibility for proyid
ing haven for European refugees
but it appeared that final decisions
might be left TO a later conference
WHITE PLAINS, y. Y.-AP-Ar
order signed by Supreme Court
Justice Mortimer B. Patterson pro
vides that Jack Dempsey's divorce
action against Hannah William;
Dempsey will be tried on May II
before Omcial Referee J. Addison
Young.
TUCSON. Ariz.-AP-A disabled
B-2I bomber from nearby Davis
Mountain Field skinned Tucson
rooftops for more than a mile, snap
ped off half mile of telephone
poles and severed two power lines
before making a crash landing neal
a golf course. A sprained ankle
suffered by one OF the six crew
members, was the only injury.
LONDON-AP-The French Ad
ministration radio station at AL
giers broadcast an announcement
today that Gen. Henri Giraud had
restored French nationality to al
persons who had been deprived Of