The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-21

The lottery, to be held In the
lnter-departmental Government
Auditorium here. will deter
mine the order In which more
than 5000, 900 men will be
classified and considered for
Induction into the army. Exact
ly 300 900 Of the class one men
are scheduled to be taken into
the army between November
10 and next year June 5. The
President will draw the first
number from the same goldfish
bowl that was used In the
World War draft lottery.
LONDON-IP-There are only
400 new automobiles in the whole
OF Great Britain available for sale
10 civilians, a survey revealed to-
day.
CAIRO, Egypt UP - Italian
planes which raided British Bah
rein Island, in the Persian Gulf,
also attacked wells of the Ameri-
can Standard Oil Company OF Cali
fornia in neutral Saudi Arabia on
the mainland nearby, British
sources charged today.
ROME-UP- Italian airplanes,
on a record breaking bombing
flight to attack British Bahrein
Island in the Persian Gulf, were re-
fueled en- route by newly invented
tank submarines, 1t was reported
today in reliable quarters.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland-AP
Twelve men were arrested early
today in a police raid against sus-
, pected members OF the outlawed
Irish Republican army. extremist
organization. Scores OF houses were
visited and hundreds of persons
questioned.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia-- APP -
British Minister Sir Ronald Camp
bell went to Istanbul today. where
he presumably is to participate in
a conference with the British am
bassador to Turkey and the British
ministers to Bulgaria and Greece.
CHICAGO-AP-An acute short
age of competent professional nurs-
es If war comes was forecast to the
American College of Surgeons today
by z. W. Jones, director Of the AL.
bany, IN. " Hospital.
LONDON-AP-The death of T.
Cox Mech, journalist, author and
SaTister at Dorchester, was report
ed today. He was 70.
CAMDEN, n. JAP Threats
of a strike were dissipated today
as 5000 employees of the New York
Shipbuilding Corporation went to
work under a compromise working
agreement on s500,000.00O worth of
L. S. naval vessels.
TOKYO AP-Ichizo Kobayashi.
special envoy sent to the Neither
lands East Indies for economic ne
gotiations, is leaving Batavia to-
morrow to consult the Tokyo gov
eminent on the trade talks, Japan
csc reported today.
TOKYO-AP - War Minister
Lieutenant General Eiki Toto in
structed Japanese army command
ers today to cultivate further the
act of war in order to build a pre-
mier position in the world His
statement was issued after a grand
military review attended by Emper-
or Hirohito.
MADRID --AP Heinrich Him
mler, head of all German police
organizations, deposited a wreath
today on the tomb of Jose An
tonic Primo De Rivera, Spanish
Fascist leader.
LONDON APP 49, An exchange
telegraph company British news
agency dispatch from Singapore
today said Kitsuji Kashiwabara,
a japanese, had been charged un-
der the official secrets act with
passing information regarding
movements Of troops and air
planes to the press attache Of the
japanese consulate.
VICHY. France-AP Five
communists were arrested and 20
others Enthusiastically interned
after police carried out 1923 raids
Oct. 16 in the Loire department,
II was announced officially today.
The action was said to have fol
lowed the arrest of IL members
of the outlawed party at Lyon.
MEXICO CITY -UP-The minis
try OF foreign affairs has author
lied the Mexican minister In
Vichy to grant passports to 40 anti
Fascist Italian intellectuals intern
ed In French concentration camps.
RECIFE, Brazil-UP-The cap
tain OF the Rumanian freighter
Oetul has obtained court permits
sion to auction off his cargo OF
maize. barley, linseed, and wheat
rather than attempt to run the
British blockade to Genoa.