The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24

son of the u. 5. minister 10 Bull
garia and former Governor of
PENNSYLVANIA, declared today he
would try to join the army air
corps since his application TO fly
with the Royal Air Force IN Egypt
has been rejected. Young Earle
was among 157 passengers disem-
barking from the U. S. liner Pres
sdent Adams after a voyage from
Bombay, India.
NEW YORK-INS - Death to-
day had ended the career Of Hale
Holden. II, former chairman of
the board of the Southern Pacific
company and one OF the conntry's
best known railroad men. He died
after a brief illness at Doctors
Hospital.
WASHINGTON-INS- The War
Department today announced it has
signed a contract with Sanderson
and Porter. New York. to construct
an ammunition loading plant near
Wilmington, H.. on a cost plus
fixed fee basis, the estimated totAl
cost to run S14,000,O00.
PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad UP
Police today recovered $37SOO OF
the $50 900 in gold that was stolen
from the mail room OF the Pan
American Always base here on
Aug. 30. The gold was found in
paint can under the bed OF mouse
located a short distance from the
base.
WASHINGTON-UP-The Rur-
al Electriheation Administration to-
day allotted $4,000 to the South
west Arkansas Electric Coopera-
tive, Texarkana. Ark, to build l54
miles OF transmission line. The
line will allow the cooperative to
furnish electricity to Is Cinnebar
mines.
LONDON ms - Twenty Ger
man transports grouped at an -un-
identified point along the French
coast were attacked by British
coastal guns and Royal Air Force
planes, 1t was learned in London
today.
COLUMBUS, O.-INS-The Com
munist party slate of national and
state candidates in the November
5 election was ruled off the Ohio
ballot today by Secretary OF State
George Nj effner, because of in
sufficient valid signatures on NOM
mating petitions. For the same
reason, Neither disqualified the can
didates Of the Socialist and Social
ist-Labor parties.
NEW YORK ms Earl R.
Browder will open his campaign
for president on the Communist
ticket with a radio address over Sc
stations of the NBC blue network
Wednesday evening, 1t was an
nounced today.
LONDON AP- Germany and
Italy sank 49.200 tons of merchant
shipping in the week ending Sept.
16, the Admiralty reported today,
compared to an average weekly
total loss OF 54.223 tons.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland-AP-
Ignace Jan Paderewski, S0-year-old
pianist and former premier Of Po-
land, left by automobile today on
the first leg of Journey which will
take him to the United States where
he hopes to spend the rest OF his
life.
ANKARA, Turkey-AP-A spe.
cial government decree today au-
thorized the requisitioning Of all
construction and road building ma
chinery, apparently to accelerate
the national defense program. Own
ers of concrete mixers, steam SHOW
els and other equipment were re-
quired to file list of their machin.
cry by Sept. 2S.
LONDON-AP-The men who op.
crate London's "fat friends
barrage balloons-were commend
ed today by Air Chief Marshal Sir
Cyril Newall for Invaluable" serv-
icec' upon whose success he said
the safety OF the entire country
depends" He expressed "admira-
tior for the splendid way the crews
have performed their duties"
NEW YORK AP-Japan will re-
sist with all her means any attempt
by the United States to make Sing
apore base for naval forces in the
Pacific, Domei, Japanese news agen.
cy, quoted the newspaper Kokumin.
often an army mouthpiece, in a
broadcast today.
BERLIN-AP-- Cambridge. seat
OF one of England's most famous
universities, has been bombed by
the German air force 'as retaliation
for British bombs on the old Ger
man university town OF Heidel-
berg" the high command an
nounced today.
NEW YORK -INS-A youthful
father and his two small sons
we're found shot to death today
on the bank Of the Bronx River
under circumstances which. po-
lice believed, indicated double
Staying and suicide. The bodies OF
Donald O'Reilly, 81, and his two
sons. aged 10 and eight years re-
spectlvely, were found by a pass
erby.
SAN JEiANrP- R-=uP=A spe-
cial industry committee. headed by
Msgr. Francis ]. Haas of Catholic
University and accompanied by
Col. Philip b. Fleming. federal
mn 90 hour adm, I'M atrntn Lan A.