The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-11
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THE WEATHER: Thursday:
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THE WEATHER.: Thursday:
! Cloudy, Cold
BEVERLY HILLS. Calii.-AP-
British Actress Joan Manners, who
is under $500 bond pending depor-
tation proceedings. has been fined
SIS for Transporting passengers
without a permit. She pleaded
guilty. She first had been accused
OF falsely collecting money from
persons whom she picked up for
rides in her automobile, telling
them II was for British war relief.
LONDON-AP- British troops
in Egypt now are dealing with
pockets OF Italian resistance
around the campus in the Sid Bar
Iani Zone which they stormed ear
her this week, military circles re-
ported today.
NEW YORK-AP-H. W. Prem
It's, Jr, president OF the National
Association of Manufacturers, AS
serted today industry could 10
more" for national defense than
is being accomplished, II the gov
eminent would define defense OBJ
Jectives.
ROME-AP-ltalian forces were
reported authoritatively today TO
have sunk 81 British warships and
SO merchant vessels up TO Dec. 10.
These reports said 56 British war
ships ana Al merchant ships were
damaged.
LONDON-AP-Health Minister
Malcolm Macdonald has appealed
10 the many thousands" OF London
who have not registered their chill
dren for withdrawal TO safer areas
to do so Immediately. They should
certainly not be put off doing 80
by the short succession of COM
paratiyely quiet nights in London"
Macdonald. said.
LONDON-AP-Reuters British
news agency, in a dispatch from
Alden today, said the Adds Ababa-
Jibuu railway was believed dam
aged badly in a Royal Air Force
raid on a station near the French
Somaliland-Ethiopian frontier. 1t
said the raid was announced in 4
communlque.
LOS ANGELES-AP ~ Fiscal
operations Of the / Am" movement,
particularly those dealing with rs
origin in Philadelphia, engaged the
attention of the court today in the
mail fraud trial of 10 Il Am" lead
ers. The presiding Judge. Leon r.
Nankwich, has exchanged his
black and purple robes for a light
business suit because of the preju-
dice of the defendants against
dark colors of i'll omen.
FREEPORT, Tex.-AP-- Metal
from seawater will be utilized 10
speed the national defense pro
gram. Shortly after the start of
the new year, the Dow Chemical
Company's plant here will begin
extracting magnesium-light, tough
metal used in airplane manufac-
ture-from the waters of the Gulf
of Mexico, rolling up to the Texas
coast with a priceless chemical
content.
BELGADE ms - Hungarian
Foreign Minister Count Stephsn
Csaky was scheduled 10 arrive in
Belgrade today to confer over pos
sibilities of concluding a non-ag-
gression pact between Hungary
and Yugoslayia.
ROME-1NS- A total OF 4.4S3
Italians were killed, wounded. or
listed ais missing ddrfns' the month";
Of November in Greek and Afri-
can fighting, it was officially dis
closed today. The casualty list re-
vealed that 9S8 men were killed,
2,40l wounded, and that 1,044 were
missing.
NICHY -INS-A French com
mercial mission is en- route to
Tokyo, via Moscow, TO negotiate an
economic agreement between
French lndo-Chind and Japan, it
was officially announced today.
LONDON-AP The government
announced today a war damage
bill containing compulsory con-
tributory scheme Of Compensation
for damage to all buildings
Other provisions OF the measure are
n compulsory scheme of insur-
auce for business assets. such as
plant machinery and office equip
mcnt, and voluntary scheme of
Of Insurance for all personal chat
tcls and furniture.
LONDON APP Reynolds News.
n London sunday newspaper. won
the first r0Hnd of its fight against
charges Of violating censorship .
regulations today When a mag's- /
;rate's court ordered one Of the
three counts against the puhlica- .
lion withdrawn for lack Of cvi-
dcnce.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-Immun.
ization tests Of a newly developed .
influenza vaccine were under way
here today, coincideutally with a
big drop In the number Of new in
fiuenza cases reported in san
Francisco. DR.. J. G. Gaiger. city .
health director the first 10 take the /
new incubation. was enthusiastic (
over lis nOesilillties.