The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-14


forces have cut the Hunan.Kwang-
81 railroad at Tungan, leaving all
japanese to the south OF Tungan in
Human Province without rail IA
cilities. the Chinese high command
said today. Tungan is midway be-
tween Kweilin and the rail junction
city OF Hengyang. a distance Of
about $50 miles.
HANDY, Ceyon- APP Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten, returning
to his headquarters today from
conferences in Potsdam and Lon
don, was ready in the event OF a
Japanese capitulation 10 convert
his invasion units to occupation
Forces and to accept surrenders To-
cally in southeast Asia and the East
Indies. Several hundred thousand
enemy troops are involved.
GUAM AP-American naval
forces won't accept any japanese
broadcasts as authentic and will
recognize only an official dispatch
from Washington as proclaiming
the end OF the war, Pacific fleet
headquarters announced today.
HONOLULU-AP- Lights went
on again full force at Pearl Harbor
last night after Tokyo said IAN i'm
perial message accepting the Pots
dam declaration will be forthcom-
ing soon" Flashes brighter than
those when the Japanese attacked
the naval base at the start of the
war illuminated the sky in an i'm
" promptu Commute celebration dur
ing which searchlights, tracer bull
lets. rockets and flares combined
TO light UP the entire harbor.
NEW YORK ms Japan's de-
feat in World War II will not mean
a sudden return to suffering wom-
anhood of sorely needed two-way-
stretch girdles and nylon stock
ings. Latest dope Is that nylons
won't appear in quantity on any
counter until after next Christmas.
Corsets may not reach the ultimate
consumer Tor from four to six
months after VI Day.
LONDON ms The London
Daily Herald. quoting dispatch
from Hamburg, said today that an
intensive search rs being waged in
belief that Adlof Hitler may be
in hiding Despite Nazi reports
that the Reich's fuehrer died In
the last days OF the war, the search
is being conducted among one and
one-half million German troops in
the concentration area of Schles-
wig-Holstein.
NEW YORK ms New York
kissed goodbye today to worry over
where to get the next pack of Gig
arettes. They were available by
the carton. Reason for the sud
den smoking plenty was an an
nouncement by the Army that 1t
plans to cut cigarette purchases
by "a million packs a month start
ing w Day.
DETROIT -AP- Net profits OF
the Packard Motor Car Company
for the first six months OF 1945
amounted to S1,064,45O as COM
pared with $2,151,737 for the same
period last year, officials report
ed Monday. Total business for
the first half OF the year was an
nounced as S171,S32,101, compared
with $231,117,177 in the compar-
able period of 1914.
NEW YORK -AP-- The Amer
lean Broadcasting Company today
said it refuses to concede that the
Associated Broadcasting Corpora
ton has any legal right to the ma
tional use Of the call letters "ABC"
to identify its radio programs. The
Associated Broadcasting Corp, with
headquarters in Grand Rapids,
Mich. yesterday announced II has
petitioned for an injunction against
the American Company to restrain
II from using the abbreviation
"ABC" for station Identification.
A hearing on the petition is schedul-
ed Wednesday in Grand Rapids
before Federal Judge Fred NJ. Ray
mond.
SAN FRANCISCO AP- Down.
town San Francisco went wild ear.
ly this morning as ever-increasing
throngs Joined an impromptu ceie.
bration touched off by Newspaper
headlines proclaiming. Tokyo
Says: Japs Quit"
y. 8. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan: Thunderstorm
ers in Southeast portion tonight.
wednesday, partly cloudy and cool
err.
Highest temperature yesterday,
81: lowest, as.
Highest temperature one wear