The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-02

marines torpedoed and are be-
lieved to have sunk a Japanese
aircraft carrier, an official Ad-
mlralty eommuniqus announced
today. The Jap flattop was de-
serbed as in the 7,ooo-ton
class, although the initial Ad-
mlralty bulletin made no men,
ton OF the locale or details Of
the sinking.
BATON ROUGE, La.-INS 49,
James II. Davis piled up lead OF
more than 10000 today in Louis
ianas gubernatorial run-ofi pri-
mary. His opponent, Lewis Morgan,
who was supported by the political
machine Of the late Sen. Huey
Long, conceded defeat. In 1914 Of
the states 1866 precincts the vote
for Davis was 24S.602, for Morgan
21S,407.
NEW YORK-INS- New York
Red Cross chapter revealed today
that Roman Catholic Archbishop
Francis ]. Spellman on Tuesday
made his sixth contribution to the
wartime blood bank. The Archbish-
op avoided publicity in connection
with his previous donations. but
authorized today's announcement
TO encourage recruits for the Holy
Name Societys donor drive.
LONDON-INS- axis propa.
ganda)-The German DNB agency
claimed today that light German
naval forces shelled and compelled
British destroyers to head Off near
the Brest coast OF France last night.
The enemy transmission, heard by
Reuters. made no claim OF casual
ties inflicted on the British flotilla.
LISBON INS-The Swedish Ex-
change liner Gripsholm today was
expected to sail on Sunday for the
United States, bearing North and
South American nationals being re-
patriated from Germany. Three
trainloads left Lisbon yesterday
bearing Germans exchanged for the
Allied nationals.
WASHINGTON APP -Suspen-
sion OF meat rationing in Canada
evoked some congressional agita-
ton today for a similar step in this
country but most legislators ad-
hered to the official view that the
meat surplus is temporary and that
lowering of ration point values is all
that is justified.
WASHINGTON AP - Govern.
mert food officials are searching
for painless method OF pulling up
wards of 100000 bushels OF corn
off farms during the next several
months to avert a possible shut
down OF processing plants using
the grain for food and industrial
products.
WASHINGTON - AP- Deaths
and special elections may prevent
the Democrats from regaining an
absolute majority in the House OF
Representatives this session and re-
duce their membership to the low
est in more than ten years. Today's
division stood at ZIG Democrats and
209 Republicans. with five Demo
cratic vacancies and one Republic
an while four seats are held by
minor party members.
WASHINGTON AP-A ghost
fleet OF Dutch submarines, gallant
remnants OF once powerful naval
force that all but persisted in op-
posing Japan's invasion OF the Meth.
erlands Indies, has reformed and is
harassing the enemy's supply lines
TO Burma. This was disclosed to-
day BY captain L. G. L. van de Kun,
OF the Dutch Navy, former chief OF
staff OF Netherlands forces In the
Pacific who has just arrived here
to join his country's military mis-
sion.
NEW YORK-AP-Defense STRAIT
egg in Wayne Lonergan's fight for
life began today to take shape with
heavy emphasis on a contention
that his purported confession was
faxed and that a third person visit
ed his wife's apartment the d Y the
heiress was bludgeoned to death
last October. Packed with surprises.
the young RCAF aircraftman's first
degree murder trail entered the
third day with the jury box still
empty but with the record already
crammed with references to the con.
fession, the cafe society background
OF the case. sexual abnormalities
and "stool pigeons"
NEW YORK AP-The Imperial
Rule Assistance Association, Jap.
ans Totalitarian party. has begun a
campaign to round up all telephones
now being used for "non-essential
purposes" the Tokyo radio said in
a domestic broadcast reported to-
day by the L. S. Foreign Broadcast
Intelligence Service.
CHICAGO AP-Penicillin has
saved the lives OF three persons
who had usually fatal brain infec.
tons. an Army physician reported
today. The three cases Of menin.
gifts. an infection OF the membranes
around the brain and the spinal
cord. were described in the Journal
OF the American Medical Associa-
ton by Capt. Albert l. Evans.
ANKARA- AP-Reports we're
current here today that Britain has