The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09

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four smaller ports. About 1000
workers at three OF the lara-
est port OF London docks
walked out at noon in SYM
patty with striking steVedores
who have virtually shut down
a dozen northern ports.
WASHINGTON ms The War
and State Departments disclosed to-
day that Great Britain Is whiting
down her lend-lease account with
this nation at the rate Of five mil
lion dollars a month by transport
ing American troops from Europe
Great Britain checks off 500 from
the account, which balanced under
nine billion dollars as OF June 80,
1915. for each American serviceman
transported in British vessels
This was provided in an agreement
entered into by the United States
and the British ministry of war
transport. American troops moved
between We and W Day reduced
Brtain's lendlease debt by one
million, 800 thousand dollars.
PARlS-AP- Pierre Laval
was condemned to death to-
day for intelligence with the
enemy and attacking the Sc
curity OF France. The former
Vlchy chief Of Government,
who before the war was three
times premier OF France, had
boycotted the trial after the
opening days and had been
confined 10 q dungeon beneath
the Palace Of Justice.
TOKYO ms Premier Baron
Kijuro Shidehara disclosed today
that general election would be
held in his war-torn nation as
soon as possible. In revealing the
governments intention of holding
an election at an early date, Shi-
dehara I'm effect served notice on
members OF the diet (ParlamenD
that they must cooperate with the
new cabinet or face dissolution.
CANBERRA-AP - Opposition
Leader Robert Gordon Menzies urg-
ed upon Australia today the imme-
date appointment of committee
of leading physicists TO advise the
nation on the development and
application OF atomic energy. He
said the commonwealth should
establish promptly a national lab.
oratory OF atomic physics to study
the use of atomic energy in de.
Tense or industry.
BILLINGS, Mont.-AP-A virtual
quarantine was imposed on more
than 10000 persons in the Billings
area today as the result OF an in
fantile paralysis epidemic which
has taken a toll OF eight lives. Bill
lings city authorities closed all
places OF public assembly in this
city OF $4,000 yesterday and DR.. f.
NJ. Farr, Yellowstone County Off
Ger, followed last night with an Or
der placing the entire county under
3 similar quarantine.
BERLIN-The presentation o.
Indictments against "a members Of
Adolf Hitlers Nazi hierarchy may
be postponed until tomorrow. Tent
alive plans called for a meeting OF
judges and alternates on the four
power tribunal but at the office
OF Justice Robert II. Jackson, chief
American prosecutor. no one
seemed TO know whether the Rus
sian delegation had arrived or
when It could be expected.
ATHENS-AP-The cabinet of
Admiral Voulgaris resigned today,
bringing to head the political
strife which has been brewing in
Greece over impending national
elections. Refusal of the Liberals.
one o: Greece's largest parties, to
participate in the elections was
given as the reason for the resig-
nation of the ministers.
OSLO-AP- Early returns from
Norway's first general elections in
nine years indicated today that
the Social Democrat Labor party
would greatly increase its MAORI
ty in parliament, in which 1t won
20 seats I'm 1886. The Communist
party and the Christian Popular
party also recorded gains at the
expense of the Agrarians and Lib
erals