The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-20


headquarters today that air raids
on Japan damaged 1857 freight
cars, APIS passenger cars, $50
steam locomotives, 672 electric
cars and 80 electric locomotives.
AMBuRG-AP-A British
military court today convicted
five German u-boat erewmen Of
having mastered helpless sur
vlvors OF the British frelghter
Peleus sitter the ship had been
sent to the bottom Of the South
Atlantic In March, 1914.
PEIPING-AP-Gen. Sun Lien
chung froze all japanese and pup
pet Chinese property in North
China today as his Chinese ma
tional army forces continued dis.
arming Japanese troops In the
area. simultaneously, representa-
tfves OF the Central Bank of China
- took over control OF 20 Japanese,
German and puppet Chinese bank
ing organizations.
WASHINGTON-AP- The Unit
ed States announced today accept.
snce OF a British invitation to
Accommodation conference In
Bermuda November 10. The confer
Heuce will consider telecommunica-
tions questions outstanding be-
tween the United States and the
members OF the British Common
wealth.
NEW YORK -INS-Inaugura
ton OF land plane passenger sery-
ice between New York and Lon
|Sdon, scheduled for today. has been
postponed indefinitely by Pan-Anl-
erican World Always. Delays in
necessary alterations to the cont
pany's converted military C-54
transports caused the postpone
ment.
n MANILA - ms - Multi-million
II dollar black market operations,
punctuated by multiple murder and
running gun battles with military
police, were disclosed In Manila
today. At least four M.P.s have
been slain in the past month IN
gun battles with American truck
drivers.
PEARL HARBOR-AP-- Seven
escort carriers have been detailed
10 return eligible veterans Of the
Fourth Marine Division to the
United States for rehabilitation,
L. S. Pacific Fleet headquarters
announced today. Nearly 1000 Of
the veterans are being returned for
|. rehabilitation.
LANSING-AP-The 25th annual
Michigan Public Health Conference
has been scheduled by the State
Health Department and the Michi'
gan Public Health Association for
Nov. 10 at the Hotel Pantlind,
Grand Rapids, 1t was announced to-
t,day. Approximately 500 public
health workers are expected to at
tend the meetings planned in con
nection with the conference by the
State Health Officers Association,
Sanitarians Association and School
Health Association and the State
Organization for Public Health
Nursing.
NEW YORK-AP-An Amster-
dam dispatch Of Aneta, Netherlands
news agency, quoted DIR. II. Vos,
Netherlands minister OF commerce
and industry. today as announcing
that the Netherlands will demand
from Germany a war indemnity OF
slightly less than one billion dol
MARS.
NEW DELHT-AP-Th historic
Stilwall Rid. cut across the jungles
and mountains in IL months OF a
heroic engineering struggle to open
supply line to blockaded China.
will be abandoned Nov. /, II was
announced today. At the same time
pipeline built from Calcutta 20
drumming. China. and a telephone
line linking Calcutta and Running
will be abandoned.
INTERNATIONALLY typhoon
which dashed Okinawa on Oct.
cost 122 Navy casualties, including
43 dead, 80 missing and 40 injured.
! II was announced. Eight naval YES
| sells were sunk and some 200 small
craft were driven aground.
PARIS-After a drought lasting
many months-1S in some sections
rain was reported from parts OF
North Africa. Il was particularly
abundant in Morocco where SOW
y ings OF spring grain Immediately
n began.
PRAGUE-AP--Jan Frejla, a
Czech convicted by the Peoples
Court OF having betrayed three OF
his countrymen to the Gestapo,
was hanged in Pankrap Prison
yard -
U. 6. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan-Fair with little
change In temperature tonight. Sun
day fair in south and east, increas-
ing Goodness northwest portion,
slightly warmer.
Highest temperature yesterday
|. 66: lowest As.
N Highest temperature one year
ago today so: lowest 81
Highest temperature this late in
last 7s years so in 1920; lowest
rs in 1895.
The sun sets today at 5:4s p. m.