The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-27

or starvation IN Bengal eaCn week,
X. Santhanam, former member of
the central legislative assembly
and a widely known Indian jour
nalist, declared in the Hindustani
Times today after a study OF the
famine situation. He predicted
this figure would increase weekly
until the end of December.
lNGTON-UP - The
$40 ,0oo, 100000 tax bill Amer
leans will pay this year aver
ages 1857 for every man, wor-
an and child compared with an
average Of 1921 in the United
Kingdom and 1851 In Canada.
The Treasury's Division Of Tax
Research made those figures
available.
LITTLEFIELD. TeXas-AP-Cit-
izens OF this little West Texas
town today promised a large cash
reward for solving this areas
greatest murder mystery, the slay-
ing of prominent DR.. and Mrs. Roy
Hunt after they had been bound
70 their bed and possibly anaesthet-
tied. I'VE hope to raise $4,000"
asserted A. c. Chessher, who pre-
sided last night at a meeting at
which $500 was subscribed.
DETROlT-UP-Mr and Mrs.
Walter Bull Ford today an
nounced the birth OF an eight
pound boy at Henry Ford Hos
pltsl here. The mother, the for
mer Josephine Ford, is the
daughter Of the late Edsel Ford
and granddaughter of Henry
Ford. It is their first child.
LONDON-AP-The third and
final phase of the first prisoner-of-
war exchange with Germany in
this conflict-involving almost g.
600 Allied soldiers and protected
personnel-was proceeding today
at Barcelona. where approximate
" 1000 British Nationals were
trading ships with German sol
diers captured in the Mediterran.
can war theater.
WASH lNGTON-lNS - The
Navy announced today that the
U. 8. submarine Runner is over
due and presumed lost with its
estimated crew OF 65. No de-
tails were given but IL was be-
Ileved that the 1,525 ton SUBJ
nerslble was sunk in the Pa
ofic while operating against
japanese shipping. II was the
fourteenth American subma-
rine lost since the war began.
MADRID-AP- German propa
ganda has let the bars down and
now not only permits but encour-
ages Nazi war correspondents on
the eastern front TO portray grim
" the might of the Russian war
machine and its possibilities. Tales
of strategic Withdrawals. the
moving front" and similar euphe-
misms to describe Nazi retreats
have been replaced by build-ups Of
the Red Army as a giant unaware
OF his own strength dispatches
from Berlin disclose.
CHICAGO -AP- Secretary of
Agriculture Claude r. Wickard de-
clared today that a big concern
OF agriculture rs the currently
threatening land BOOM and that
the increase in both sales and val
ues Of land in many areas is
alarming.
LONDON - ms The London
Daily Express. in an Istanbul dis
patch. said today that Hitler fears
a Russian invasion Of Bulgaria this
winter. The paper. quoting a "re-
liable neutral embassy report" said
the German leader believes the tri-
partite conference at Moscow re-
suited in agreement on such a ven
turc.
NEW YORK-INS- Quarterly divi
idends OF Sl.75 on L. S. Steel pre-
ferred stock and 81 on common
stock we're announced today by
irving s. Odds. chairman OF the
board.
NEW YORK-INS- The Della
ware state Council OF Defense and
the second Service Command
checked today on the results OF
Delaware's surprise statewide
blackout and air raid drill. held last
night. The first audible signal was
sounded at $3.50 p. m.