The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-19


HONGKONG- AP-The Colonial
secretary in London has rejected a
petition OF Hongkong Britons re-
Questing that their wives, sent TO
Australia last July, be permitted to
return.
SHANGHAI-AP-The Church of
Brethren Mission of American Bap-
fists has closed its four missions
and two hospitals in Shansi Pro
vince, because the missionaries
feared for their own safety. 1t was
disclosed here today. Japanese
troops in the province recently
executed 10 Chinese Christian lead
ers OF the mission and then shot
several Chinese commissioners on
charges they aided Chinese Com
munist groups.
LONDON AP-Food Minister
Lord Woolton accepted today part
OF fleet OF 100 mobile canteens
presented by the American Allied
Relief Fund.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-Califor-
MAS influenza epidemic added Sen
ator Hiram w. Johnson, veteran Re
publican member OF the U. S.
Senate, to its list today. The "a
year-old senator was confined to
his home. His family and physician
said his condition was not serious,
but he was resting in bed as a pre-
caution.
WASHINGTON -- ms - Secre-
tary of Treasury Morgenthau today
disclosed that President Roosevelt
has authorized the British purchas-
ing mission to go ahead with nego-
tiations for several billion dollars
worth of American war materials,
but not to close any deals until
Congress approves the executives
lease-and-lend plan.
NASSAU. Bahamas-lNS-- The
DIXIE and Duchess of Windsor land
ed from the yacht Southern Cross
at GAS a. M today after their trip
to Miami Fla, where the Duchess
underwent dental operation.
TOKYO-INS-Ja has decd
ed to recall SAburu Kuruso, ambas-
sador TO Berlin, and appoint Gen
eral Oshima. an unconfirmed re-
port said tonight.
/ NAIROBI. Kenya-lNS- British
troops have destroyed all Fascist
supplies and buildings along the
Italian Somaliland frontier In the
vicinity OF Elwak, British general
Headquarters announced today.
NICHY, France-INS-Fe rnand
de Brinon. representative OF the
Petain government in Paris, arriv-
ed suddenly in Nichy from Paris
today. De Brinon, a follower Of
Pierre Laval, ousted vice premier
and foreign minister, had gone 20
Paris to continue negotiations
with German representative aim
ed at Franco-German collabora-
ton.
ON-1NS-Three German
Messerschmidt fighter-bombers I'M
successfully attacked a convoy of
ships off the southeast coast OF
England this afternoon.
BERLIN-lNS - Two British
merchant vessels were seriously
J damaged in the English Channel
Wednesday when German bombers
scored direct hits, the Nazi high
command announced today.
xvAnr-
German broadcast, picked up here
by CHS, and alleging the lnterna-
tional Telephone & Telegraph Co.
is withdrawing" from Rumania
and spain was denied here today
by representatives Of the company
HELSINKI. Finland-AP- Risto
Ryti. Finland's prime minister dur
ing the Russian.Finnish conflict
and now her acting president, was
expected by political experts to be
named president of Finland today
by a majority Of the 300-member
electoral college.
CHICAGO-UP-Federal Judge
William II. Holly today dismissed
AL lunAA AllEhA Va AZ lAllAN Auudio dlu
the Western Union Telegraph Co.,
for alleged operation OF a nation
vide horse racing news syndicate
I IN violation of the lottery statutes
LONDON ms - Persistent
reports OF German troop move
ments into Italy still went with
.Dut confirmation in London today.
WASHINGTON Inns - A Con-
gressional subcommittee which
investigated Alcatraz federal pri-
son in san Francisco Bay prepar-
ed today to report in favor of
continued use OF the prison. The
inquiry was undertaken as a re-
suit of frequent criticism levelled
at 1.-THE Rock, chiefly on the
ground that 1t is expensive to
: operate.
BOSTON ms Refusing
comment on the international sit
uation. William Phillips. United
States ambassador to Italy. today
said he would leave for his post In
Rome, Decem Der 81.