The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-02
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Cloudy, cooler
OTTAWA ms Some $500
soft coal miners In Alberta and
British Columbia were out on strike
today after demands which they
made. much the same as asked by
American diggers. were refused.
NEW YORK-INS-Polic today
we're combing rooming houses. no.
] tells and all avenues OF Transports
tion for Edward j. Moore, six-foot
AWOL sailor who is believed to be
with missing 14-year-old Margaret
Leighton Moore. daughter OF a So
eislly-prominent Park Avenue fam
lily.
NEW YORK-INS-Repo that
EdllACld buA A%OhCA bohs
slain heiress TO a beer fortune OF
seven millions, had cut off her hus-
band and confessed slayer, RCAF
Cadet Wayne Lonergan, In her will.
were confirmed today. The recent
Unchanged will, just filed for pro-
bate, bequeaths her entire estate
TO her lS-months-old- son. Wayne
William Lonergan. The murdered
beauty signed the document last
Aug. 10.
CHICAGO-INS- Mrs. Jean Fl.
Polk, 81, a hat check girl, formerly
OF Detroit, was in serious condition
today from what she described as
an accidental fall from her sixth
floor hotel room window. The
screen OF the window had been
propped open with a suit case. Mrs.
Polk landed on a Marquee above
the first floor. She was taken to
Uenrotin Hospital.
LITTLE FALLS, Minn.-INS -
The Morrison County draft board
p was on strike today in dramatic
protest against the current coal
strike which resulted in the govern
ment's seizure of the mines and an
order by President Roosevelt that
all miners be back at their Jobs
by tomorrow morning.
WASHINGTON ms - House
Z anti-subsidy members met the ulti-
matum of President Roosevelts
food message today with announc-
ed determination to stand fast
against consumer subdidies until
the Administration shows some
willingness to compromise.
LONDON-INS-"Feverish" pre-
h parations by the Nazis to guard
the French Rivera against inva-
sion were reported today in
broadcast by the German war COM
mentator Werner Elsbergan. AN
glo-American globe trotters would
today hardly know their way abont
Cannes and Nice, Juan Les Pins
a, and Saint Raphael" he said.
AUBURN, n. Y.-INS-Buying
wings they can never use, inmates
of Auburn Prison topped all New
York prisons in the buy a bomb
err war loan drive. Warden Jo-
seph H. Brophy, announced today.
Auburn in mates ana civilian en-
=. ployes subscribed $11,691.S0, after
4 they had received a quota Of 1857.
NEW YORK-INS-Vic Admir-
IT,
was in command OF the eastern
sea frontier following his assump-
ton OF these important duties
yesterday. Admiral Leary sue
~ ceeds vice-Admiral Adolphus An
y drews who, although past the re-
tirement age will continue to
serve with the Navy in an as yet
unspecihed capacity.
LONDON-AP-A Reuters dis
patch from Ankara today said that
Hungary had ordered home all her
n troops supporting the German arm
y les in South Russia. Ankara re
ports, the dispatch said. estimated
that Hungary had 10000 troops
doing garrison duty in the area
south OF kiev.
LANSING,-AP-The State Pub
lie Service Commission said today
q it had been notified by the Great
Lakes Greyhound Lines that 1t
would ask for a further adjourn
ment OF its petition for rate In
crease affecting Detroit downriver
bus lines when the petition is called
for hearing November 9 in Detroit.
NASSAU, Bahamas-AP-Seats
=. IN the tiny courtroom where Alfred
v de Marigny Is being tried for his
life on a murder charge we're at
a premium today with the expecta-
ton that Lady Eunice Cakes, wild
ow Of the slain Sir Harry, would
take the witness stand against her
son-in-law.
NEW YORK = APP A Tokyo
- domestic broadcast reported by the
Office OF War Information today
announced the establishment by
the Japanese government OF all
Inventors council" to aid in the
prosecution OF the war. The broad
cast said the Japanese army would
make immediate use OF "all crea.
sktive ideas and inventions OF the
general public" that might possibly
render service in the progress of
the war"