The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-18


pendent OF a Spanish paper says
that the mysterious Partisan doc
tor who long has been sought for
more than 100 murders actually was
held by the Germans for six months
on a passport Justification charge
and finally released for lack OF
evidence" The doctor. whose alleg'
eddy murderous activities were dis
closed last Marchy continued them
after the Germans released him, the
Spanish correspondent said.
LONDON APP - German
captors have shot 80 more Al
lied filters, Sir James Grlgo,
war secretary, told Commons
today.
LOS ANGELES-AP- Film Act
or Ward Bond was struck by an
automobile last night and suffered
a severe compound fracture OF the
left leg. Hospital attendants said
amputation may be necessary. The
former University OF Southern Cali
fornia football player was injured
as he left movie premiere.
CHICAGO-AP-T Administra-
ton building at the SO million dol
lar Douglas Aircraft plant in sub
urban Park Ridge was destroyed
today in a spectacular fire which
for a time threatened the huge
factory which builds the giant C-5i
cargo planes. Through the combined
efforts OF hundreds Of firemen from
suburban departments and from
Chicago, the fire was brought under
control after more than two hours
OF fighting, and the big factory was
only slightly damaged. Three Chi
cago firemen were reported slightly
injured.
NEWARK. y. J.-INS-A tax OF
$13,S06,695 imposed on Doris Duke
Cromwell by the trustees OF Hills
borough Township was ruled null
and void" today by Federal Judge
Guy l.. Fake. Judge Fake contended
in a decision made public yester-
day that the tax levy had been made
without due notice. The township
trustees levied the tax on the
grounds that Mrs. Cromwell Is
resident of Duke Farms, In Hills
borough Township, and therefore
must pay taxes on her "intangible
assets" The trustees alleged that
Mrs. Cromwell held 1921, 940,43S OF
Intangible assets" including the
Duke endowment.
LONDON-INS-A battle be.
tween two groups OF unidentified
troops on the streets of Bristol,
English West Coast port, caused
military police to open fire to quell
the disturbance, Reuters reported
today. Several soldiers were report
ed injured but no civilians were
hurt. No British troops were in
volved.
NEW YORK-INS-The condi- |
ton of Miss Catherine Searles, "a
year-old socialite whose right arm
was clawed and bitten off at the |
elbow by a Central Park Zoo polar
bear was described today as salts
factory" Doctors at Roosevelt Hos |
pital said 1t had been necessary to |
remove the girls entire arm to save
her life. Miss Searles was clawed |
by the 900 pound bear, police said,
when she leased the animal follow
ing a gay evening at the Stork
Club.
HOLLYWOOD-INS-Alan Dine
hart, As, veteran stage and screen
actor, died late last night following
q two-week illness. Death resulted /
from a heart ailment which devel-
oped during an attack OF double
pneumonia.
NEW YORK-AP-Gen. Yoshi-
jiro Umezu has been appointed
chief OF the Japanese army gen.
eral staff, taking one OF the posts
held by Premier Hideki Toto. n
Japanese broadcast declared today.
BOSTON-INS-Th body OF
well dressed man, believed to have
been the victim OF gangland MUIR
der, was discovered today in an
automobile parked outside Ipswich
st. garage. Police said he had
bled to death from chest wounds.
LONDON-INS-An entirely un.
substantiated report was circulated
by the Nazi agency DNB today to
the effect that President Roosevelt
soon will visit Rome. The DNB
wireless dispatch, reported by
Reuters. was datelined Stockholm.
CHUNGKING-AP-A large flight
OF American medium bombers ham,
mered Changsha, dropping 95 per
cent OF their bombs on the target
area, starting at least rs large fires
and causing secondary explosions,
1t. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's head
quarters announced today.
SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy. Cey-
on-AP-Suicides and starvation
are cutting the ranks OF Japanese
trapped or in flight south OF Ukhrul
following upon the collapse of their
invasion OF eastern india, official
reports said today.
LONDON-AP-A number OF
prominent Hollanders. including
two ex-cabinet members. have been
sent as hostages from occupied Hol.
land to Germany by the Nazis, the
Netherlands news agency quotes
the underground newspaper Vod