The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-10
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Cloudy, colder


NEW YORK-lNS-tAxis Propa.
ganda) Tokyo radio, stepping
up its 'Pro-lndian propaganda. to-
day re.ayed ''rumors" that the Jap.
anese-sponsored puppet leader Sub
has Chaudra Bose has arrived IL
India TO stimulate revolt among
the Inhabitants OF Assam. The
broadcast, heard by CNBS. asserted
that Bose arrived BY submarine.
NEW YORK-INS-Four young
singers who weathered 90 weeks OF
competition and emerged as top
winners in the Metropolitan Opera
Additions OF the Air" contests we're
the recipients today OF $1,000 in
cash and contract with the Metro
politan opera Company itself. The
lucky artists we're Morton Bowe.
tenor former linotype operator Of
Plainfield, y. j.. Hugh Thompson.
baritone, OF Tacoma, Wash, son OF
the New York Suns music critic,
Regina Resnik. dramatic soprano OF
New York, and William Hargrave,
former flier OF Culver, Calf.
NEW LONDON, Conn.-INS -
Launched in an Easter Sunday Ger
emony, the submarine Bienny
joined the fleet today. Florence
King, daughter of Adm. Ernest ].
King, commanderin-chief OF the
fleet, sponsored the new under
seas craft at the Electric Boat Com
panys yards at Groton.
STOCKHOLM-INS- Crews OF
10 American bombers were interned
today in Sweden after their planes
landed on this nations soil yester-
day. AS far as could be learned,
none OF the filters was injured and
all OF the planes were described as
practically unchanged. II is be.
ieved they were en- route back to
Britain following their daylight as
saults on the German-Polish border
area when they were forced down.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j. ms -
Pending notification to the next OF
kin, the Navy withheld identified
ton today of the Navy pilot whose
plane fluttered out OF formation
yesterday and plunged into the
ocean in full view OF an Easter
Sunday throng OF more than $50, 900
persons on Atlantic City's famed
boardwalk. Navy crash boats rushed
to the scene but found only smear
OF oil on the water and no trace OF
the missing pilot. The trainer-fight-
e. plane, third in line in a forma-
ton OF eight flying at great height.
swirled downward like a leaf and
then plunged into the water in a
roaring dive, leaving a thin trail OF
smoke.
NEW YORK-INS- Damon Run
yon, noted columnist and short
story writer, was in Memorial Hos
pital today for a routine physical
checkup. Runyon, who recently suf.
fered two attacks OF influenza
while working in Los Angeles, made
a special trip east for the examina.
ton by his New York physician.
CHICAGO ms Officials OF
Braniff Always announced the
start today of air passenger service
between the United States and Nue.
70 Laredo, Mexico. Passengers will
clear American customs at Laredo
on the American side, fly across the
Rio Grande and go through the
Mexican customs at the Nuevo Lar.
edo airport. Connections will be
made there with Cha Mexicana de
Ayiacion, Mexican subsidiary of
Psn-American airways.
RIVERSIDE. Cal. Inns - An
Army flight board today was or
dered to investigate the crash OF a
B-24 bomber near the marine base
at Mojave, Cal, yesterday in which
10 army airmen lost their lives.
The plane, based at March Field,
was on a routine training flight
when It went into spin and
crashed. March Field public rela.
tons officers identified eight OF
the ten victims, who were from
western and midwestern points.
WASHINGTON-AP- A house
Naval Subcommittee will recon-
mend postwar transfer of surplus
United States lighting ships to-
South American republics. The
House group, whose members re-
Gently returned from a 13,000-mile
air tour of L. S. naval bases OF
South America will probably make
their recommendation this week.
LONDON-AP-Invasion barges
OF concrete are now being built on a
mass production basis along the
English coast in a program design
ed to conserve steel. The 12S-ton
craft, which are "a feet long and
22 wide, are poured right at the
waters edge and are launched by
crane as soon as dry. The record
building time thus far is "A hours.
ALEXANDRIA BAY, n. zap
- The Thousand Islands bridge
linking Canada and the United
States, was open Sunday for the
first Sunday travel since Feb. 27.
and an official said business was
pretty good".'
L0ND0N-AP - Thousands of
South Yorkshire miners returned
TO work today, virtually ending a
week-long strike by nearly 100, 1000
men that cost an estimated l,OO0.- |
600 tons of coal.
LONDON-AP-U. S. Ambassa-
dor John G. Winant and Under-Sec- |
rotary of State Edward r. Stetti- |
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