The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-20

SHINGTON-iNS - The
War Department has decided
TO override the recent heated
objections Ct Defense Commits
sioner Sidney Hillman and sign
S4.ooo,oo contract with the
Ford Motor Company for the
manufacture Of "pigmy trucks
authoritative army sources dis
closed today.
WASHINGTON APP A detach-
ment of United States soldiers had
orders today to sail for Newfound-
land early in January to garrison
the nations newly acquired North
Atlantic outpost.
BERCIN-AP- Authorized
sources disclosed that today
or Saturday an important
news release would be issued
presenting an interesting pros
pect Of further developments
OF cooperation between nations
united in the horsepower pact"
WASHINGTON APP Crown
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
turned toward New York today to
top off her pre-Christmas visit to
the United States.
MOSCOW-UP- Josef Sta
lin today called a national con-
ference OF the Russian COM
munist party to meet here Feb.
is. Stain, Russia's leader, Is
secretary general Of the Com
munist party.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Treas.
ury disclosed today its debt has
passed $4,000 100000 the former
statutory limit which many persons
thought would be a permanent cell
ing for federal obligations.
LONDON-AP- Prime Minister
Winston Churchill was disclosed
today to have pledged that when
the war is over advantages and
privileges which hitherto have been
enjoyed only by the few shall be
far more widely shared" The
promise was made at Harrow, ex-
elusive school where Churchill
spoke Wednesday.
BERLIN-AP- A capital gains
tax, suspended two years ago, will
be Reconstructed in Germany Jan. l.,
it was announced today, as a
means OF hating rising stock mar
ket trends particularly noticeable
during the past month.
NASSAU. Bahamas-AP- The
Duke of Windsor signed bill
Thursday night paving the way for
transfer of land on Mayaguana Is
land to the United States but told
the legislature there was some
doubt the area would be chosen
ultimately as a defense base site.
TOKYO-AP-The war office an
nounced today that a Japanese
military mission will depart soon
for Germany and Italy on invita-
tons from Berlin and Rome 20
study the war tactics of the AXIS
powers at first hand.
NEW YORK-AP-The German
radio>said in a broadtaN heard to-
day by NBC thar-rh Frehch steam
er Cuba was intercepted by the
British while en- route from Mar
Unique to Casa blanca, Morocco,
and taken to Tristan, British island
in the South Atlantic Ocean.
GENEVA, Switzerland-AP- A
trainload of singing. shouting
French soldiers who have been in
termed in Switzerland since June
arrive here today enroute to their
homes in unoccupied France.
LONDON UP-A report circu.
lated today that Foreign Minister
LoN Halifax will be named British
ambassador TO the United States
and that the government will De
reshuffled following his appoint
ment.
WASHINGTON ms - Presi.
dent Roosevelt revealed today he
had sent a personal letter to Mar
shall Henri Petaip of France with
the new American envoy William
ID. Leahy who leaves for his
French post aboard a naval cruiser
Monday.
LONDON-INS-Col. William J.
Donovan, special American EN-
1ssary now on "fact-finding"
visit TO London. met newspaper cor
respondents socially today but de-
clined to give any inkling of the
inside nature of his mission. He
did have words OF praise for Lon.
don's morale.
DETROIT IN5-Se rgt. Harvey
3. Ferris, of the Bethune Station.
who was among tn 259 indicted by
the Wayne County grand jury on
charge of taking graft money from
handbook operators. today plead.
ed guilty.
VANCOUVER. b. Ralph
Lohn, 35 and James Watson. IS.
we're under prison sentence today
for taking $4,000 from l.. o. LaRue
Sc, wealthy Windsor. Ont. fish
packed in a poker game here.
Lohn was sentenced to four years;
Watson TO two. The men. with a
third partner known as Joe Lee,
we're accused Of enticing LaRue
into the game, his first try at
poker.