The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-27

war CABINET. STccnWOOO' HOW-
ever. disclosed the government
Is still confident OF victory and
predicted North America will
soon become the second ARISEN.
al" Of a British Empire fight
Ing desperately for its exist
ence.
LONDON -INS - Riots have
broken out in Italy as the result
Of Italian reyerses in the Greek
campaign, the diplomatic CORES
pondent OF the London Daily
Sketch reported today.
HAIFA ms - With % known
dead and pa missing, small
tugs equipped with graphing
hooks swept Haifa Harbor today
in quest of further victims among
the $500 homeless Jewish re-
fugees aboard the liner Patria
when she blew up off Haifa Mon
day.
WASHINGTON-UP- Secretary
OF War Henry L. Stimson's charge
that the Douglas Aircraft Company
had failed to cooperate in the ma
tional defense program brought a
specific denial and a pledge OF as
sistance ito the fullest possible ex-
tent" today from the companys
president, Donald W. Douglas.
WASHINGTON-UP- National
defense experts estimated today Il
national income OF $50, 000,000,000
for 1871 and. possibly. S90,O00,O0O,-
900 or $95,006,000,000 for 1912. They
conditioned their estimate on the
assumption that industrial capaci-
ty will expand sufficiently to elm
mate potential bottle neeks in de-
tense production.
MEXICO CITY-AP- Fears Of
possible revolution faded in Mexico
today following General Juan An
dreu Almazan's remuneration of all
claims to the presidency. Alma
zan's earlier refusal to concede VIC
tory to General Ganuel Avila Ca
macho in the July 7 election had
kept the nation in constant fear
OF bloodshed. Anxiety had increas-
ed as the inauguration approached.
BERN. Switzerlaud-AP- Swiss
anti-aircraft guns fred on fore gn
p.anes which flew across Switzef-
land toward Italy and back again
during the night, the high COM
mand announced today,
BERLIN APP - German war
planes were reported today 10
have sunk a British auxiliary
cruiser at the mouth Of the
Thames Estuary, DNB Official
German news agency said.
MOBILE, Ala. OF 80
Mobile policemen on charges Of
conspiracy to violate the Internal
Revenue law has begun here and
United States District Attorney
Francis Fl. lnge told the jury he
expects to show they ARE guilty Of
the most corrupt arrangements that
could be conceived"
VICHY. France-AP-While Mar
seille prepared a joint funeral for
four women reported killed in an
air bombing Saturday night, new
measures were taken in unoccupied
France today to enforce blackout
regulations.
ATLANTA-AP-Two Midwest.
ern youths were held in jail at
Gainesville. Ga, by the Federal
Bureau OF Investigation for qucs.
tioning in a case involving an ex-
tortion threat aga nst Mrs. Evelyn
Walsh Mclean, wife OF the former
publisheRof the Washington Post.
Safety Commissioner Lon Sullivan
reported.
BOSTON-AP- A drama being
enacted in gale-swept seas off Cape
Race. Newfoundland, was blanketed
in radio silence today as three
ships-one British and two OF form
erly belligerent lations-maneuver-
cd in the vicinity OF the water-log-
ged Greek freighter Eugena Cam
banis Waterfront veterans voiced
belief the three vessels, after re
vealing that they had heard the
3,517-ton Greek ships distress calls.
had ciamped down on their radios
to prevent disclosure Of their posi-
tons and reduce the possibility of
an encounter with warcraft.
WASHINGTON-AP- A grand
jury convening here next Tuesday
will institute what the Justice De
partmeut called the first large
scale investigation OF alleged cleo
tion frauds and Irregularities"
ever held In the United States.
Under the direction Of Maurice VI.
Milligan, special assistant TO the
attorney general. the grand jury
will inquire into allegations that
political parties spent more than
In the recent presidential election
campaign than was allowed under
the Hatch Act
WASHINGTON UP Selection
Of a special grand jury 10 investi.
gate campaign contributions and ex-
penditures OF all national political
parties began today IN the federal
district court for the District Of
Columbia.
WASHINGTON-AP-An official
prediction Of "a very large short.
age" Of engines for American war
planes by next spring suggested the
possibility today that another trade