The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-23

ROME-AP-ltalian political cir
cles said today they looked for
still more intimate collaboration"
between the United States and
Great Britain with Lord Halifax as
the new British ambassador TO
Washington.
TOKYO ms Dispatches
from Washington stating that
the United States proposes TO
LEND" merchant ships TO Great
Britain brought a sharp hint OF
possible concerted Japanese
German Italian counter-move
from Nippon's official foreign
office spokesman today. "The
three powers" said the spokes-
man, must consult and decide
what constitutes wsrllks
act"
SINGAPORE-AP Air Chief
Marshal Sir Robert Brookepopham,
British commander-in-chief in the
Far East, announced today that
substantial reinforcements OF all
arms have recently arrived in
Malaga"
NEW YORK-AP-The ten best
American motion pictures OF l940,
according to the National Board
of Review of Motion Pictures, are:
The Grapes OF Wrath, The
Great Dictator, "Of Mice and
Men, Our Town, Fantasia,
THE Long Voyage Home. For
e.gn Correspondent" The Biscuit
Eater. Gone With the Wind" and
"Rebecca".
SALT LAKE CITY-AP- Be-
cause 1t showed, airline schedules
approached normal today for the
first time in nearly a week. Most
passenger flights had skipped the
Salt Lake City stop because Of
frosty ground fogs which made
landings hazardous. The snow
dispelled the fog.
LONDON-AP- Anthony Eden
took over the foreign secretaryship
today in quick change interpreted
by some neutral sources as fore
shadowing a more aggressive Brit
ish diplomacy. possibly including
improved relations with Soviet
Russia.
DECATUR, Tenn. -AP - With
fresh Georgia troopers and blood
hounds thrown into the search,
posse OF nearly 100 men beat
through wooded mountain areas
near here today in the third day
OF hunt for the killer of a Geor-
gia highway patrolman. Georgl.
Public Safety Commissioner Lon
Sullivan said he was certain the
fugitive was wounded at least
once. Bloodstains led from near
Ringgold, Ga, where Corporal ".
F. Black was fatally wounded Fri
day by a motorist he had stopped
10 admonish for reckless driving
The motorist abandoned his car
and fled into woods.
NEW ORLEANS-AP- CASTOR
A. Alciatore, IS, last surviving son
OF Antoine Alciatore, founder OF
world famous Antione's restaurant
here. is dead. A nephew, Roy AL
ciatore, now conducts the restau-
rant.
LANSING-AP-The mild form
of influenza which is spreading
from the Pacific coast may reach
Michigan, the state health depart
ment said today adding that il it
does any person who shows symD-
toms of 1t should call a physician
Immediately and go to bed.
WASHINGTON-AP-The Brit
ish blockade, by cutting of feed
supplies. has greatly weakened
Denmark's ability to supply Ger
many with live hogs and pork pro-
ducts, the Agriculture Department
said today.
MIAMI, Fla. -INS - March IS
and l6 have been selected by the
Duke OF Windsor for the Red
Cross benefit golf match he will
sponsor at Nassau, it was an
nounced today by Fred ]. Cor
coran, PEA tournament manager.
NEW YORK ms ~ The re-
cent goodwill tour OF South Am.
erica by a contingent of Yankee
tennis stars headed by Don Nc
Neill national champion. was
hailed as a spectacular success
today by two American diplomatic
officials. Both Norman Armour,
L. S. ambassador to Argentina,
and Edwin c. Wilson, U. S. minis
ter to Uruguay. declared the ten
mis- tour contributed materially TO
good feeling between the Ameri-
cas- in letters TO the L. S. Lawn
Tennis Association.
LONDON -INS 49, Registering
Q sharp drop, British and allied
shipping losses during the week
ending Dec. 10 totalled only Al
476 tons, the admiralty announc.
ed today. Five British ships. to
falling 3O,S30 tons. and two al
lied, totalling l0.646 tons, were
sent to the bottom as the result
of enemy action. the announce
ment said.
WASHINGTON up 49, Ameri-
can naval experts were reported
today to have blueprinted Road
TO Singapore a chain OF naval
stations across the Pacific Ocean
which could be linked with Aus
tralian bases in wartime. Tiny is
land fuel depots and observation