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

| Late News |
THE WEATHER: Friday.
Occasional Showers U
DAYTON, o. AP Elliott
Roosevelt began his career as an
army air corps captain today de-
termined to avoid political nights"
over his commission. Roosevelt,
second son OF the President. is as
signed to the procurement branch
OF the materiel division at Wright
Field.
PADUA, Italy AP - Premier
Mussolini reviewed 10000 young
Fascist volunteers encamped on
this historic plain today in a great
military demonstration which some
observers believed might be the
prelude to a new thrust by the
axis armies.
LONDON-AP- Prime Minister
Churchill became a grandfather for
the third time today when a son
was born to Mrs. Randolph Church
ill, Randolph Churchill. a Sec
ond lieutenant in the Queens Roy
al Hussars, and the honorable
Pamela Digby. daughter OF Lord
and Lady Digby, were married il
October, 1893.
TOKYO-AP-U. S. Ambassador
Joseph c. Crew conferred for two
hours Wednesday with Foreign
Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, 1t was
disclosed today. II was their sec
ond conference in three days. Grew
also conferred for an hour with
Chuichi Ohashi, vice minister of
foreign affairs. Yakichiro Suma,
foreign spokesman. said both meet
ings resulted from a foreign Office
invitation. The spokesman de-
clined to reveal the subject OF the
discussions but said it was mot
startling.
WASHlNGTON-AP - A legal
quirk which, if enforced. might re-
quire such aliens as the purchasing
agents OF foreign governments IN
this country to register for the
draft was uncovered today in the
Selective Service Act Protocol
experts of the State Department
have been called into conference
on this ticklish issue OF interna-
tional etiquette. and an opinion re-
quested from the Attorney General. |
WASHINGTON AP - Albert |
s. Goss, Land Bank commissioner |
under the Roosevelt Administration
until last March, announced to- |
day that he would support Wen.
dell Willkie because he was "con. |
WINGED that Roosevelt is leading
us into war"
ROME-AP - The Italian high
command reported today that |
Italian troops had put British
forces 10 flight in an engagement |
near Jar Deglo In Kenya colony. |
BEDFORD HILLS. N. Y. -AP
- Miss Katherine Mayo, whose
book Mother India" caused her
TO be burned in effigy numerous
times in that country, is dead. The
72-year-old author of crusading
books and articles died at the
home Of her lifelong friend and
collaboration, Miss Moyca NJ Ne
well, after an Illness of eight |
months.
ROME APP Authoritative |
Italians characterized today as
ridiculous. absurd and enron
eous" British press reports that |
Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel, |
chief Of the German high COM
mand. had replaced Marshal Rod
olfo Graziani as director of TIA
liam military operations in Egypt.
DUALA, Cameroons, with the De-
Caulle Expedition-(D Delayed ZAP |
General Charles DeGaulle landed |
here today and raised his standard
of the Free French" forces on
SUI lOl Nilt III 81 JllllG OlnOC
the French-German armistice.
VICHY France - AP-Admiral
Jean Darlan, naval minister, de-
clared today In a radio address di-
rected to an estimated 5000 French
sailors now in England that the
French government is doing every
thing possible TO hasten their re-
turn home.
NEW YORK-AP-Approximate-
~ 100000 aliens have registered
under terms of the Alien Registra-
tion act in the first six weeks OF
the program. says Mai. Lemuel B.
Schofield, special assistant to the
L. S. Attorney General.
NEW YORK-AP-At the end OF
the first three days OF registration
in New York City 1.3eS,S42 persons
had qualified 10 vote in the Novem-
Der election-246.570 more than for
a similar period in 1886.
WASHINGTON UP-The Sene-
ca Indians OF New York State. who
by virtue OF an old treaty with the
United States consider themselves
a separate nation, are beating the
war drums today against register
ing for CONSUMPTION. President Will
fred Grouse OF the Seneca Council
was reported to have advised his
tribesmen not to register for mill
tary training next Wednesday. His
advice was based on the old treaty.
TOKYO UP-The Japan Adver.
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