The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-11
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BERLIN AP- Germany will
permit France TO continue her com
mercial shipping freely. authorized
sources said today, on one condi-
ton: that the French sink their
vessels in the event OF British at
tack.
TOKYO UP-Japanese banks
and corporations which have
branches In Great Britain have been
advised by the foreign office TO
close them, and many japanese res
idents in Britain are preparing 10
leave for home, 1t was disclosed to-
day.
LANSING AP-All employees OF
the Works Progress Administration
in Michigan who are subject to the
draft registration next Wednesday
will be given time off with pay to
appear before their local registra-
ton boards, Abner E. Larned. state
WPA administrator, announced to-
day.
BUDAPEST, Hungary AP =
Several thousand students demon
strated against Rumania today
simultaneous with announcement
that a Observation-Disclosures COM
mission discussing technical de-
tails OF the return OF northern
Transylvania to Hungary had brok-
en- off negotiations.
WASHINGTON-AP- Trade be-
tween the United States and Latin
America, the Commerce Department
reported today, has increased con.
siderably in both exports and i'm
ports since Europe went TO war.
Comparing the IL months ending
Aug. 81 with the preceding IL
months, the department said that
exports to the 20 Hemisphere Re-
publics had risen by so per cent to
$733.135000 and that imports from
them increased 81 per cent to $685.
$4,000.
NEW YORK APP - Treasury
agents and police smashed into an
illicit alcohol plant early today TAX
ing Is men into custody in move
which agents said would result
in the arrest by nightfall' of 200
persons in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut.
LONDON-AP- Display adver-
tisements headed men wanted
now" appeared today in London
newspapers for the first time in
years as the labor ministry appeal
ed for liable bodied men temper
arily out OF work" to aid in clear
ing away air raid debris.
BERLIN-AP = Vice Admiral
Adolf Won Trotha, 70. chief OF staff
OF the German high seas fleet m
the battle Of Jutland, died at his
Berlin home today.
SOFIA, Bulgaria-AP-To quiet
possible public nervousness, the
war ministry issued today a form
al explanation of the presence Of
% uniformed German army man
Thursday In Sofia. 1t said the
men, who wore a special swastika
design on their left arms, were
German army photographers who
had been engaged in photograph
ing the entry of the Bulgarian
army into southern Dobruja. 1t
said they were returning to Berlin.
BERLIN-AP-Raffaelo Riccar-
di. Italian minister Of foreign trade,
arrived here today with his stan
10 confer with German authorities
on economic questions, especially
those involving the Balkans.
BOSTON-AP- An automobile
parking ticket case involving Her
bert Scholz. German consul in Bos-
ton, today appeared headed toward
the State Department in Washing
ton for a ruling. Scholz, whose
driving license was suspended
Thursday on the ground that he
failed to heed a warning for
having parked his car within rs
feet OF an intersection in New
ton. said he would not appear in
court today under a summons and
that he would take the matter to
the State Department.
BERLIN-AP-A British cruiser
early this morning attempted 10
attack Cherbourg. German-held port
in France. but was forced to with
draw by the fire of German costal
batteries, informed circles report
ed
NICHY. France AP The
French government today awarded
the American Hospital at Neuilly,
near Paris. the Croix de Guerre
and cited the staff for its "magni-
fcent effort" during the conflict
with Germany.
STOCKHOLM 49, UP-The For.
eign office today instructed w. H.
Bostrom, its minister at Washing
ton. 10 investigate press reports
that 100 airplanes built by the Vul-
tee Aircraft Corporation for Swe-
den had been sold to Canada on the
grounds that the United States did
not want to risk their falling into
Germanys hands.
LONDON-INS - Prince Bern
hard Won Und Zu Lippe Chesterfield.
husband of Crown Princess Juliana
of the Netherlands. narrowly es-
capped with his life during the night
when a German bomb played havoc
with a top-floor London apartment,
II was revealed Today.