The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-04-07

ASoieA duNAOA llAch AlONtu u NOAhudl
the worst rabies threat in recent
city history. At least 10 persons
and more than l45 dogs were re-
ported bitten by a mad SPITE dog
late yesterday
loNDoN-AP- Prime Min
lister Churchill said in the
House OF Commons today he
was in full accord with Gener.
, al Dwight o. Eisenhower in
the latter's request to Gen.
Charles De GauIle to delay his
proposed trip to North Africa.
BUENOS AIRES-INS - The
Chilean cities of Illapel and Sala-
manca, near the Argentine border.
were almost completely destroyed
by an earthquake yesterday, re-
ports from the stricken region said
today. Several persons were kill
ed and many injured.
MEXICO CITY-INS - Dona
Guadalupe Couttoleno de Padilla,
wife OF Mexico's foreign minister,
will christen the victory ship BENZ
TO Juarez at Houston, Tex, on April
II, it was announced today.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS-lowas
famous sullivan family. whose FIVE
brothers went down with the cruis-
er Juneau in the South Pacific.
gave its sixth member to the Navy
today. Miss Genevieve Sullivan.
sister OF the five brothers, was
sworn into the WAVES at San
Francisco after a five-day tour of
war industries in this area with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Sullivan OF Waterloo, la.
LANSING -AP- Chairman r.
Glen Dunn OF the state liquor con-
troll commission, predicting a size
able reduction In the number OF
liquor licenses 10 be issued May
!. warned operators today they
could not expect to obtain a new
license and put II on the shelf
until economic conditions are
more favorable. Application
blanks for new licenses went into
the mail today. The deadline for
renewals is May !.
PITTSBURGH-INS-A1 0.hour
search for Theresa Williams, pretty
four-year-old blonde youngster. end
ed on a tragic note early today
with discovery OF her partly-nude
body Il the dirt cellar OF the home
OF a 19-year-old uptown youth. UH-
der arrest in connection with the
Staying was Earl Perry who, accord
ing 10 police. admitted to his sister.
Gilda. that he had killed the child
and hid her body in the cellar be
cause she wouldn't take a piece OF
candy from me-"
LONDON INS-Although ne IS
not yet fully recovered from his
last fast. Mohandas X. Gandhi. -
year-old leader Of the All-India Con-
gress party. is contemplating a new
fast the Daily Telegraph said to-
day in dispatch from New Delhi.
LANSING-AP- state Treasurer
D. Hale Brake disclosed today a
mixture OF sour bonds held in the
state treasury, "baited" with few
strong issues, yielded a total OF
$542. 500 in the second OF series
OF public auctions planned to clean
out weak securities from state &C
counts.
LONDON-AP-German hit-and.
run fighter-bombers attacked two
towns on the British southeast
coast shortly after dawn today,
causing some casualties aud dam
aging a number Of business estab-
lishments.
LONDON-AP-Lieut. Col. Ed
ward o. Kellett, well-known big
game hunter and conservative
member of the House of Commons
from the Aston division of Birming-
ham, has been killed in action with
the British Eighth Army in North
Africa, it was announced today.
Los NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
exhausted from her United States
speaking tour. Nine. Chang Kai-
Shek. wife of the Chinese general
issimo, has postponed indefinitely
her departure for the East Coast.
+, ALBANY, re.-INS-Robert f.
Lee Folkes, young dining car cook
charged with the Lower Is" mur-
der of Mrs. Martha Virginia James.
goes on trial for his life today.
LISBON-UP-Strong naval and
air escorts have kept ship losses
on the American supply route to
North Africa to a maximum OF only
one per cent and sunk at least 10
U-boats in a recent II day period.
rescued Allied seamen were quoted
as saying today. Nevertheless.
Axis submarines are taking
heavy toll of Allied shipping off
the African coast. nine survivors
OF the 1921 ton Belgion ship Mo
anda were said to have told their
rescuers, the crew of the Portu-
guese steamer Foca.
GEN. McA2THUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia-UP-U. :.
bombers attacked the Japanese
>, held Salamaua area up the New
Guinea northeast coast yesterday.
softening it for possible future land
operations, communique said to-
dav