The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-22

system retained as an a4u ~
culture. In a resolution, approved
by delegates to its 74th annual con-
veution. the Grange opposed re-
cent attempts TO change the. bank
into a. federal lending institution.
MEXICO CITY AP - United
States diplomatic circles regarded
as a closer incident today report
that L. S. destroyers halted two
vessels in Mexican waters. a note
from Ambassador Josephus Daniels
to the Mexican government brand
ed the report as false.
ROME-AP-Italy held as prize
prisoner OF war today British AIT
Marshal owen Tudor Boyd, Al, cap
tured on the Island of Sicily when
his plane was forced down while
he apparently was enroute to take
up his new duties as vice command
.er-ef the British air forces in the
Middle East.
LONDON-AP-T. L. Naylor, la
Dor member OF Parliament. an
nounced today that he would ask
Prime Minister Churchill to in
woke the good Offices OF the Vatl-
can or some neutral state to seek
a 4S.hour Christmas armistice.
NEW YORK-INS-Th 4,79l-ton
British freighter Cree was be-
lieved a victim of Nazi sea wa
fare today following an SOS Thurs
day reporting it had been torpedo
ed and was sinking fast about 500
miles west OF the Irish coast.
Nothing further was heard from
the Cree.
MANILA-AP-Captain Rufo Re-
nero. court martialed on a charge
of conspiring to sell military infos-
nation. offered today to undergo
brain operation to eliminate any
possibility OF mental reproduc-
ton OF the information in question.
SHANGHAI-AP-- Considerable
numbers OF japanese troops were
reported today to be withdrawing
from Shantung province in north.
ern China amid evidence OF grow
ing japanese concentrations in the
south.
LISBON, rtugal-AP- Lord
Lothian, taking off on the first OF
two clippers which headed for New
York today. declared the situation
in England is much improved"
WASHINGTON APP Budget
bureau calculations indicated TO-
day that acknowledgements
Federal revenues will enable the
government to pay cash this fis
cal year for everything but ma
tional defense
BUCHAREST, Rumania up
The German minority in Ru
mania has been granted semi-au
tonomy under a special govern
mental decree. German "ethnica,
groups" it was announced. may
enforce their own decisions or
their members and may fly the
German flag alongside the Rum
anian flag.
eTOKYO-UP-The United State:
embassy investigated today the mys
FERROUS arrest of Edna Lawrence,
missionary and nurse stationed II
Seoul. Korea. for 20 years. She was
taken from the S. Sam Yawata MARI
in Yokohama as she was returning
to America.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass.-UP-Ru
dolf Mangold. American Bosch Co
engineer named in the Dies Commit
tee white paper" as an organizer
OF the Springfield branch of tbs
American Fellowship Forum. saiC
today he was unaware of any ties
between the organization and MAJ
Germany.
STURGA. Jugoslavia Up
Seven bare-footed Italian soldiers
the right sides Of their heads SHAVED
clean. limped into this border towr
and reported that rebel Albanian
tribesmen had forced them out o.
the Italo-GFeece war.
WASHINGTON - UP - Larg,
quantities OF Chinese tungsten, 4
vital strategic material. are movinl
along the reopened Burma Road
destined for the United States, de
tense officials revealed today.
ATHENS, Greece-UP-Reporti
from Delvanati. in the Pindus Noun
tains. said today that a mass fu
neral had been held for the frs
Greek women to die fighting in Tx
front lines against the Italians.
BUENOS AIRES-UP-The news
paper Critlca said today that It hsC
uncovered a Nazi-Fascist plan L
divide Buenos Aires into four sec
lions for eventual control OF tn,
city and that new orders from Rom,
and Berlin called for intensificatior
Of totalitarian activity throughout
Argentina.
BOMBAY. lndia-UP-Five for
mer ministers. including the formei
premiers OF Bombay and the centra
provinces. have been arrested under
the defense OF India Act. Il wal
disclosed today. The nature Of theii
activities was not disclosed.