The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-07

charges that proposals for feder-
J ally conducted absentee voting ma
chinery for seryicemen were I'M
constitutional and violations OF
states rights. Morley. who is
chairman OF the House Elections
Committee. said the states could
not expedite soldier vote and
that It thereby becomes incum-
bent on the federal government to
handle the mechanics"
SAN DIEGO, Calif-AP-Lt. Col.
James Roosevelt has>returned from
the Gilbert Islands invasion. The
Presidents son served as L. 5.
Marine Corps observer with forces
which invaded Maxim Island.
PHlLADELPHIA-AP- The SUI
per battleship Wisconsin, $4,000
tons of fighting steel, is ready to
slide down the ways at the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard today, a symbol
OF the might OF the new" Amer
lean Navy born after the shatter-
ing japanese sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor just two years ago.
WASHINGTON-AP- A rising
rate Of influenza cases in various
parts OF the country was described
by L. S. Public Health Service
spokesman today as normal sea
sonal increase" After studying the
latest figures available, those for
the week ending Nov. ~ he pointed
out that the number OF cases dur
ing the same period in 1871 was five
times greater, yet no serious cpl
demic occurred then.
LONDON-UP- Reporting that
the Germans were using concentra-
tion camp prisoners for guinea pigs
in testing poison gases, the Daily
Mirror said today that the only
known survivor of the tests was
under treatment in neutral coun-
try. The survivor was dragged
from a testing chamber with blood
flowing from his ears and was res
cued by patriots who nursed him
y\until he was smuggled from the
country, the newspaper said.
BOSTON. Mass.-INS = Kill
crazy" veterans OF World War II,
unless they are properly cared for.
will start the biggest crime wave IN
history. This dire warning was
left today by Pvt William c. Kel-
liner, invaded Marine who was
wounded at Guadalcanal.
OTTAWA-INS-Naval Minister
Angus l.. Macdonald disclosed to-
day that the Germans have intro
duced their latest weapon-the aeri-
al glid bomb-in an effort to
break the Allied blockade in the
Bay of Biscay which is credited
with paralyzing Nazi U-boat war
fare.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. the NazI
agency, today reported that two
villages were destroyed and $50
persons were killed in a new earth
quake in the Erbar region Of north
eastern Anatolia. in Turkey. Only
a few days ago this region, Reuter-
pointed out in reporting the DNB
dispatch, suffered a series OF earth
shocks which killed 1920 persons
and rendered $4,000 homeless.
NEW YORK-lNS-- Testimony
linking Louis J. kaufman, New
Jersey labor leader, with the Chi
cago Capone gang was under fire
in federal court today at the mil
lion-dollar movie conspiracy trial.
The defense. having presented two
witnesses who contradicted gov
eminent testimony was expected to
offer other evidence tending TO
show Kaufman and the seven boys
from Chicago were not guilty Of
extortion.
IONDON-INS-Reginald Lang
ford Reuter- correspondent in
Zurich, said today that "confrma.
ton has reached reliable circles in
Berne" that a group OF high-rank
ing deposed German officers, in
collaboration with leading German
industralists. recently tried to as
certain the Allies conditions for an
armistice.
WASHINGTON-INS - Highly
authoritative government officials
disclosed today that while Ger
many's food situation Is deteriorat-
ing, II has not yet become an i'm
portant factor In the Nazi's eventu-
al collapse. Constant bombing OF
the Reich. these officials declared,
will eventually disrupt the Nazis
food distribution system. however.
and help break down civilian NOR
ale.
LONDON-INS- The Nazi-con-
trolled Paris radio said today that
President Roosevelt. Prime Minis
ter Churchill and Premier Stain
would meet again somewhere in
the Middle East to resume the dis
cussions begun at the Teheran con.
ferences. Reuter- reported the Paris
broadcast
WAsHINGTON-INS- The Unit
ed States entered its third year OF
war today with the SOLDERING dis
closure that draft calls for its
armed forces probably will total
nearly 300 900 a month for the en-
tire first quarter OF 1914. The
armed services. IL was revealed.
may be from 100000 to 400, 900 men
short of their originally MANNED net
strength OF 10,S00,00O by Jan. /.