The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-23

VIcHY, France -INS-Herbert
Pell, United States Minister TO
Portugal, and his wife were slight
ly injured today in an automo-
bile accident near Chambery when
their car collided with a truck.
BERLIN-INS-- The authortta'
tive Berlin newspaper Montag to-
day voiced a yelled warning that
Greece faces the same fate as Nor
way unless she sewers connections
with Britain.
LANSING UP-Col. z. NJ. Ros-
encrantz, adjutant general OF Mich
igan, today was named director OF
selective service in Michigan. as the
u. S. War Department published
the list of duty assignments OF army
personnel for CONSUMPTION in the
state.
SINGAPORE UP-Four of six
Japanese detained by British au-
thorities over the week end were
released today.
NEW YORK UP-Elliott Roose-
welt. 20, one of the presidents sons.
today confirmed reports that he
had been commissioned as a cap
tain in the specialists reserve in the
army air corps Saturday. He said
he would report to general head
quarters Of the Air Corps in Wash
ington this afternoon to receive his
assignment to active duty.
BERLIN-INS--A two-hour and
Commute air raid alarm that end
ed at 2:15 a. m. today tS:l5 p. m.
EDIT Sunday sent Berlin residents
to shelters for the first time in
more than a week. Heavy anti-air-
craft fire apparently kept the raid
ers from the center Of the German
capital.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.-AP-
u S. Senator Prentiss NJ. Brown
told the Democratic state conven-
ton today the United States posi-
tions from national defense
standpoint was far stronger than
some persons represented, and
added: 81 think we are safe from
attack"
ST. LOUIS up = Federal
District Judge John G. Collet to.
day sentenced John P. Nick and
Clyde A. Weston. former leaders
of the motion picture operators
union, to five years in prison and
fined them $4,000 for violation
of federal anti-racketeering law
OF 1884.
ISTANBUL up Selim Ra-
gip, Turkeys ambassador to
Rome. arrived today en- route to
Ankara to report on Italian moves
IN the near east as a high Tur-
kish source warned against any
attempt by Italy to take over Sy-
ria. .-
NEW YORK-UP-Th Weather
Bureau warned today that small
tropical storm "of considerable in
tensity" was moving inland in the
vicinity of Port O'Connor. Tex,
ATTENDED by damaging, shifting
gales"
DOVER, England UP-A Jew
fish army lieutenant, NJ. E. Jacobs,
plunged into the sea today and res
cued the wounded pilot of downed
German Messerschmitt fighting
plane. The pilot was Frederick
Dilthay.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador-UP -
Newspapers reported from Cuenca
today that a Peruvian detachment
had set up headquarters on the
banks Of the Sinipa River, in terri
tory over which Ecuador and Peru
have been disputing.
BERLIN UP A Nazi inform.
ant asserted today that the German
air force had dropped more than
100000 pounds of bombs on Great
Britain since August 10. and that
devastating damage had been done
to military detectives" In 1000
separate attacks.
ATLANTA. Ga.-UP-The chief
inspectors office OF the Civil Aero
nautics Authority said today that an
army plane had crashed near Fair.
field, KY. killing Lieutenant
Massie. The body was reported
turned over TO army authorities at
Fort Knox.
ROME UP-A high command
communique said today that an Ital
ian freight steamship had been
sunk by British submarine In the
southern Tyrrhenian Sea.
CUMBERLAND, Md.-UP- A
"back-to-work" movement was re-
ported in progress today at the
strikebou Celanese Corporation
OF America here following the
company's rejection OF a Clio I'M
ion proposal to compromise a dis
pute over DISCHARGE OF two work
men.