The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-24

today when two trucks carry
ing troops and gasoline eolllded
with a suburban train at
crossing five miles south OF
\ here. Twenty-one other SOL
= diers suffered burns.
MANILA -AP-- A strike OF FIJI
ipino communications workers for
higher wages has virtually paralyz
ed Manila's civilian contact with
the rest OF the world. The head of
Nlthe Philippines Communication
WORKERS Union has been summon
ed by the Court OF Industrial Rela-
tions TO show cause why he should
not be held in contempt OF court
for calling the strike.
WASHINGTON -UP-The Unit
ed States has asked the British and
kd)utch to remove American insig
mia from all lend-lease equipment
used in the lndonesian revolts, II
was learned today. The action EN-
phasized the hands Off policy
adopted by this government to-
ward colonial unrest in Southeast
Asia.
y SHANGHAI -AP- Eleven Chi
nese and two Russian daily news
papers we're suspended today by
the Chinese central publicity min
lister. the Chinese for failure to OBJ
tain publication approval OF the
minister and the Russian for al
legged collaboration with the ia
p'ne'e'
BATAVIA. Java-INS- British
forces prepared to land at Sura-
baya tomorrow following renewed
disorders on Java's northern coast
and reported landing OF a Royal ar.
tillery brigade at Semarang. focal
point OF recent Indonesian riots
1 A London radio broadcast mont
Nored by NBC declared that both
Netherlands officials and Indines-
fan nationalists say that a battle
has been going on for some days
about six miles southwest OF Ba-
tavia.
TOKYO-INS-A japanese labor
\ conflict flared In Tokyo today as
yemplOyes OF one newspaper ousted
the management. and the president
OF another publication locked out
stan members. At issue is the dis
pute is characterization" OF the
press. with employees demanding
the resignations OF az, newspaper
executives.
- Observation-Disclosures and
Chinese officials are negotiating
whether Chinese nationalist occu-
patton troops destined for Man.
churia may land at Dairen and Port
Arthur, II was learned in authorita
tive quarters today.
LONDON-AP-A fierce wind.
with gusts up to 100 miles an hour
swept across England today. smash
= ing buildings, crumbling sea walls
along the English Channel and
causing at least one death. Chan
mel shipping was paralyzed. In Lon
don a 200-foot teleyision tower col
lapsed before the fury Of the storm,
y crushing six houses but causing no
p casualties.
WASHINGTON-AP-Navy Of.
fcials are planning tests of some
kind &c determine the effect of alto
mic bombs on warships. Right
now, tho Navy is trying to determ.
ine the most practicable method
\ and the one which would yield the
most valuable data. Just what that
would be. however, is still a sub
jet OF discussion.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-Gerald
Z. X. Smith. barred by the San
Francisco Board OF Education from
using local school buildings, has
\ been granted permit to speak Sat
urdav. at an Oakland high school.
The San Francisco board, at an ex-
plosfvu session yesterday in which
Smith personally challenged re-
marks that he has followed the
pattern set by Fascists", voted 3
to 2 against permitting him to hold
meetings in any of the school au-
a ditortums mere.
WASHINGTON -UP-Secretary
of War Robert p. Patterson an
nounced today that the Army, TAX
ing a lesson from Pearl Harbor, is
setting UP a continuous program OF
electronic research so that this ma
{. ton never again will be caught I'M
\ prepared. The work will be car
ried out by the National Bureau Of
Standards.
WASHINGTON - Up -- Solid
Fuels Administrators Harold l.. lc-
kes said today that there should
be enough coal TO go around this
|, winter even though some consum-
e.ers may not be able to get their
favorite ashless, smokeless brand.
YOKOHAMA -AP- Ninety two
urns containing the ashes OF Amer
icans, Australians an other pris-
oners OF war who died in Japanese
prison camps have been stored In
va makeshift mausoleum prepare
tory to shipment to Manila. thence
to the United States and other
countries.
U. S WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigan - Cloudy and
cool tonight. with occasional light
rains extreme south portion. Part
n ly coudy and not so cool Thursday.
Highest temperature yesterday.