The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-09

eondone" continued passage OF Ger
man troops through Hungary. le-
CATION officials disclosed today.
VICHY, France - APP French
Minister OF Finance Yves Bouthil-
Her conferred today with officials
OF French North Africa on financial
matters involving the colonies. Gen.
Auguste Nogues. military command
err OF French Morocco, and Admir-
al Jean Esteya attended the confer
ence.
LONDON AP-A lone air raider
striking in mid.morning, dropped
three bombs on business buildings
in the London area, causing a num-
Der OF casualties. In one section
fires were started.
STOCKHOLM AP-A govern
nent board began deliberations to-
day to determine whether the Unit
ed States motion picture Grapes
OF Wrath is Communist propagan-
da.
LONDON AP-The condition OF
former Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain. who is gravely i'll at
his Hampshire home, was reported
unchanged" today. 1t was dis
closed that King George vi and
Queen Elizabeth had visited Cham
berlain recently for about an hour.
TOKYO AP-An organization
OF Japanese business men announced
plans today for sending a trade
mission to the Philippines, Thailand
(Siam) and Latin American ma
tions.
NG-AP-Domei. Jap.
anese news agency. reported today
that French lndo-China authorities
have increased their army and
massed la1ge forces in disputed
territory claimed by Thailand
(Siam}.
BUENOS AIRES-AP-The news
paper La Nacion urged today that
Argentina contest Chile's claim to
Antarctic territory between SO and
80 degrees west longitude.
SAN JUAN. p. R.-UP- Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary Of the
Treasury, began an inspection tour
of defense and other national pro-
jects in Puerto Rico today. He ar
rived in a coast guard plane from
the mainland Friday evening.
MADRID-UP- Julion Zugaza-
gotta. minister of interior of the
Republican government during the
civil war, and Cruz Salido. a Re-
publican newspaper man, were ex-
ecuted at dawn today.
HONG KONG-UP- The Japan.
ese Domei news agency reported
today from Hanoi, Indo-China, that.
"reflecting aggravation OF the bor-
der dispute between lndo-China
and Thailand, (Siam.) Hanoi auth
critics in recent days have been
calling up French males between
the ages of 40 and So
NEW YORK-UP-Thomas Con-
roy. the friend of the family" who
strangled 10 year old Genevieve
Connolly and burned her. possibly
while still alive, in a tenement
house furnace. was guarded close
ly today against the wrath of the
neighborhood. Conroy had con-
fessed that he killed the shy and
beautiful child of Robert and Mary
Connolly. whom he had known
back in AthIone, West Meath Coun-
ty. Ireland, and who had taken
him into their home for meals
many times last January when he
was i'll and out of work.
BELGRADE-INS- Pending in
vestigation of bombing attacks on
the Yugoslavian frontier town of
Bitolj. the Belgrade government
today dispatched diplomatic notes
TO London. Athens and Rome de-
handing that measure be taken
TO prevent any repetition of such
assaults. The notes also reserved
the right to claim Naturalization
NEW YORk-INS- Mrs. John +.
Joyce. a Bronx housewife, today
was the proud pnssessor Of a gold
cigarette case sent to the United
States by Queen Elizabeth Of Eng
land Mrs Joyce won the case at
a rattle conducted TO raise money
for bundles for Britain.
NEW YORK-INS Franciscan
friars all over the world today
prepared to celebrate masses for
the late jeremiah Fitzpatrick. a
former Torrington, Conn, laborer.
According TO Fitzpatrick will
filed in probate court in Torring-
ton, bequest OF $4,000 was made
TO the Franciscan fathers of New
York. The request for masses was
not specified in the will. but had
been agreed upon before his death.
GENEVA ms Despite a total
blackout throughout the entire
country, numerous British air
squadrons flew over Switzerland
during the night in the direction OF
Italy. There were three long air
raid alarms in Geneva and anti
aircraft batteries fired on the
planes.
WASHINGTON-INS- A COM
paratively quiet week end was ar
ranged for President Roosevelt to-
day to enable the third term lead
er TO rest up from campaign rig