The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-06

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LISBON, Portugal Dec. GINS
Thousands Of Communist pamph-
let's destined for Spain were dis.
covered aboard the American liner
Excalibur, Lisbon port police stat-
ed today after searching the ves-
sci. According TO Lisbon author.-
ties, the pamphlets were TO be
transferred TO the Spanish steamer
Celia. which also was searched
Several arrests were made.
ABOARD DESTROYER MAY h
ANT. in the Caribbean-UP-Tae
: President cruised today through
fortified British waters on the
third day of his inspection tour OF
present and contemplated naval
and air bases guarding the West
ern Hemisphere.
MADRID. Spoi-AP-The cen
trail council OF the falange met here
today to promulgate the national
syndical law and create a national
youth front which will have
charge OF the physical, political
and preliminary military training
of boys and young men.
MADRID-AP-The Spanish gov
eminent today placed sales of gaso-
line and all other liquid fuels under
control OF a speci,l board to in
sure maximum coordination and
production because OF difficulties in
importation.
NEW YORK-AP- Martin A.
Leach, who Unanswered himself
up from a furnished room to a
penthouse in seven years while a
fugitive from justice, will have TO
serve another term as soon as he
finishes one in San quentin Fed
eral Prison next year. He vas
sentenced to a year and a day
on his plea Of guilty to al IS
count indictment charging mail
fraud and conspiracy in the swindl-
ing of approximately $1,000. 900
from investment trust and security
purchasers.
HONGKONG AP Australia's
first minister to Japan, Sir John
Latham, arrived here today en-
route to Tokyo. He was met b.
British officials and Seiki Yano,
new Japanese consul general.
LONDON AP Royal Air
Force planes which bombed the
northern Italian industrial city II
Turin Wednesday night also drop-.
ped leaflets of photographs show
ing damage done Fascist warships
in laramie Harbor by British
bombers three weeks ago. an Of
fetal announcement said today.
LONDON-AP- The Duke Of
Gloucester, brother Of King George
VI. narrowly escaped injury re-
Gently when German planes drop
ped bombs near his party on a
military visit. No one in the par
ty was hurt.
SOLOTHURN. Switzerland-AP
A British barrage balloon land
cd near here in the Swiss Jura
Mountain foothills today. A sec
ond balloon swept high over the
area toward Lake Constance.
LONDON-AP-lt was disclosed
today that three bombs fell in the
grounds OF Windsor Castle, resi-
dence of English sovereigns up the
Thames from London, in a recent
air raid.
VICHY-AP-The supreme court
will fix the day for the war guilt"
trial of former Premiers Leon
Blum and Edouard Daladier. form
or Air Minister Guy Lachambre
and former Army Commander
Maurice Gamelin as soon as pos
sibie', II was announced officially
today. lnformer sources said the
trials probably would begin mex
month.
PRINCETON. y. JAP Ges
man radio b~roadcasts indicate in
creased anxiety and rising hostili-
~ in that country towards the
United States because of American
aid to Great Britain, the Princeton
University listening center reports.
Friends OF
Vice President Garner said today
they expected TO see him back
in Washington in time for the in
auguration Of President Roosevelt
and Vice President Elect Wallace
Jan. a. Garner. who has been So
journing at his Texas home since
October, has not indicated wheth-
er he would return here.
WASHINGTON-AP- Approval
of a 35-cent minimum hourly wage
scale for the luggage and leather
goods industry was announced to-
day by Col. Philip B. Fleming, wage.
hour administrator.
, TOLEDO-INS- Msgr. Francis
J. Macelwane. president of DeSales
College, was found dead from a
heart attack today. The body was
found In Calvert Hall. a residential
dormitory on the campus.
NORRISTOWN. Pa-AP - 4
jury has decreed that William ].
Earnest should die in the electric
chair for the brutal %bludgeoning
OF Mrs. Ethel Atkins. who once was
married to a member OF the multi
millionaire Duke tobacco family
seven men and five women returned
a first decree murder verdict. spe-