The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-26

lcnt STANDS AT edCn emo OF the
outdoor dance floor. Two Inks
ter fire companies saved near
by property including West
wood Inn.
ROLL, Ariz.-AP- An Italian
war prisoner was shot fatally by
en- Army guard during an attempt
to break out of a barbed wire en-
closure, Sheriff T. II. Newman Of
Yuma County has disclosed. New
man reported the prisoner, who
Mas shot Monday, was one OF 145
pllced in the fenced area after they
had refused to work in farm fields
where they had been employed.
LOS ADMINISTRATIONS c.
(Bud) Mars, pioneer balloonist and
aviator who gave Emperor Hirohi-
TO OF Japan his first airplane ride,
died yesterday of a heart ailment
at the National Military Home
Hospital. He was 6S. The Japa-
nese emperor. then crown prince,
sat clutching the struts as Mars
took him aloft in Curtiss plane in
1911, said the airman's widow,
Mrs. Edna Mars. Since Pearl Har-
Dor. she added, Mars had often
expressed the wish that the craft
had cracked up. The princes faith
er gave Mars the order Of the ris-
ing sun for the flight.
LONDON-AP The United
States and Great Britain are Gen.
orally expected here to continue to
support the Polish governmental.
exile in London automatically
while standing ready to give mill
tary help 10 the new Soviet-rec-
ognized Polish Liberation Commit
tee in the hope the two factions
can be merged. This position was
viewed as consistent with the AL
lied policy of lending support to
anyone fighting the Germans, but
there is no attempt to minimize
tn deep concern felt over the split
among the poles and its possible
repercussions.
ALGIERS-AP-Gen. Charles de
Gaulle has appealed to all French
men to join in the final blow for the
liberation OF France, which he said
lis now very imminent. Address
ing the closing session OF the
French consultative assembly, de
GauIle declared that cit In very
vi'cl that France participate In the
final battle in Europe with all OF
the forces at her command. French
war efforts both inside and outside
France must be coordinated for
the final blow against the enemy"
TRCN, Spain delayed )-AP-
Vichy Minister OF Interior Joseph
Darnand's anti-patriot forces main
tanned today they had liquidated
an important" group OF partisans
menacing Vichy from the north af-
ter a three-day battle.
INDIANAPOLIS AP-- Richard
Fairbanks. 60. president OF the In
dianapolis News Publishing Com
pany and radio station WHO, died
today in his home here after an III
ness OF eight months.
TULE LAKE, Calif.-AP- Four
teen Japanese confined to a stock
ade in the Tule Lake camp today
began the eighth day OF a hunger
strike which they threatened TO
continue until they are admitted
10 the main area of the camp. The
strikers were placed in the stockade
after being classified as trouble
makers.
MIAMI, Fla.-AP-A tropical
storm which may have reached hur-
ricane force approached the island
OF Jamaica today, and the United
States Weather Bureau advised that
every precaution" be taken.
WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
ITALY-AP-The lost hostages OF
Cubic returned to their homes to-
day as their German keepers fled
into the hills, and Father Superior
Peter Baptiste Michel of st. Ubal-
do Monastery, where the hostages
were held for a month, told how
the Nazis had tried to employ him
as a spy. Some of the 231 civil
ians freed from the Monastery
said the Germans had warned them
they would be machinegunned II
g.
NEW YORK-AP- The Toyko
radio said today that Premier Kun
TAXI Koiso. after a six hour ses.
sion yesterday with all members
OF the new Japanese cabinet. had
held important conferences" this
morning at his official residence
with Education Minister Harushige
NinoN1iya. Welfare Minister His
etada Hirose and President Take
tora Ogata Of the Japanese infor.
nation board.
ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS
OF ALLIED ARMIES IN ITALY
AP-King George VI of England
continued his tour OF Allied front
lines in Italy. following a rugged
schedule in which he Is painstak-
ingly trying to see everything and
everyone available.
U. S. WEATHER FORECAST
Michigan Occasional showers
and thunderstorms tonight. Thurs
dav partly cloudy and cooler.
Highest, temperature yesterday.
81 lowest last night. 81.
Highest temperature one year ago
today. Sc: lowest. 90.