The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-02-13

nouneed today that It's seisnno-
graph recorded q strong earth
quake, lasting IT consecutive
minutes, at a distance OF some
1000 kllometers from Florence.
The officials expressed belief
the quake may have occurred
In Turkey.
\. SHANNON, Fire -AP- Three
\ inalsdesignate- Archbishops
John Joseph Glennon OF St. Louis
and Francis ]. Spellman Of New
York and Bishop Thomas Tien OF
Tsingtao. China-were scheduled to
leave Rineanna airport for Paris
en- route TO Rome at p. m. Is a.
m, ESD today.
Il
WASHINGTON-AP-Gen Doug.
las Macarthur reported today that
Japan's serious coal shortage is
due in part to Japanese reluctance
to replace liberated Chinese and
Korean miners in the pits. Hard
working conditions in the mines
make recruitment OF New labor
I5l,iifficult. Macarthur said. in noting
that Nippon's coal production de-
clined from 100000 metric tons
in June, l945, to $4,000 tons in No
vember.
MANILA -AP-- 1t. Gen. Masa-
haru Homma, Bstaan death march
commander. was so relieved on
learning that he would be shot in
stead OF hanged that he relaxed
and slept during the ride TO pris-
on where he awaits execution.
CALCUTTA-AP-British troops
opened fire on an Indian mob to-
day after rioters put two post Of
.dices to the torch. smashed store
fronts and raided the homes Of
European residents. At least rs
persons were reported injured in
the demonstrations.
PHILADELPHIA Blonde,
two-year-old Joseph Louis Wolfe,
has been missing from his home
tfor Ave days. Sergeant Elmer Nus
key OF the missing persons bureau
reports, and the nurse who was
caring for him has also disappear
ed. Nuskey said the youngster.
son of Mrs. Ruth Heinburg by a
previous marriage. left his moth
ers home with the young woman
nurse Saturday and the two never
/, returned.
BATAVIA-AP - Four British
and Dutch soldiers were killed and
three wounded In fighting between
search columns and Indonesians in
the area OF Bekassi sd Batavia.
LONDON-INS-Reuters report
>sd an official announcement from
Jerusalem today that the next
world Zionist Congress will be held
in Palestine during the coming
summer or early autumn. The con-
Eress has never before met in
Palestine.
PARIS-INS-A constituent as
sembly vote on proposed drastic
cuts in 1916 military appropria-
tons was postponed today after de-
bate disclosed their approval would
fail by 153 billion francs to balance
the French budget.
TOKYO-INS-Emperor Hirohi-
10 was branded a war criminal to-
day in a communistauthored state
ment printed by the influential To
kyo newspaper Asahi. The state
ment. written by Communist leader
SanEo Nozaka. demanded that Hiro-
hito abdicate and urged abolition
OF the imperial system.
OLNEY, lll.-INS-The Belgian
war bride OF Sgt William Keen OF
0lney was fighting for her life to-
day against a case OF virus pneu-
monis contracted on her trans
Atlantic trip to visit her parents-in-
law. The girl. pretty, brunette
Yvonne Jacobs Keen. %, was mar
ried to the American GI at her
home in Antwerp, Belgium, last
fall.
TOKYO-INS-Japanese attorneys
today were repeatedly stunning
Gen. Hideki TOTO as a prospective
client in forthcoming trials OF ma.
tor war criminals. The Tokyo
newspaper. Asahi. reported that
many top-notch Japanese lawyers
are comforting with other war
crimes suspects held at Sugamo pri-
son but that Toto. Japsn's Pearl
Harbor" premier, is conspicuously
without counsel.
u. 8. WEATHER FORECAST
Lower Michigsn-Snow tonight.
Colder Thursday cloudy with
>snow southwest portion and snow