The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-07

taking over the information minis
try and Dun cooper the war office.
TokYo-lNS- The Japan
csc press today published
stern warnings to the United
States and Great Britain that
Ango.Amerlean cooperation
In the far East Is "unweleome"
TO Japan.
BALBOA. c. Z.-AP-A strike OF
laborers employed on secret de-
tense projects on the Panama Ca
nal spread to the Pacific side of
the canal today when 800 to 400
men refused 10 check in fog work
WASHINGTON APP - Many
churches in the nations capital will
hold special services Sunday in
response to President Roosevelt's
proclamation of that day as "a day
of prayer"
WASHINGTON-AP-The U. S.
Housing Authority said today that
more than $4,000 low-income fami-
lies would be occupying new homes
in low-rent pubiic-housing projects
by the end of this year.
WASHINGTON-AP- Portraits
of King Mahai made when he was
six years old may decorate the Ru-
man'an legation if war delays ship
ment of recent pictures of the new
monarch. Members of the lega-
ton stan said today that the pho
.tographs of King Carol IL adorn-
ing the walls of the two-story brick
chancellery would come down when
official notification is received of
Carols abdlcation.
HYDE PARK, n. Y.-INS -
President Roosevelt returned to
his Hyde Park home today pre-
pared to attend divine services
Sunday at the St. James Episco-
pal Church of which he is senior
warden and lead the nation in the
day of prayer fer world peace
which he officially proclaimed.
ROME - ms Under the
Craftsmanship of Premier Musso-
llni, the Italian council of minist-
ers today created a national air
raid defense organization. Under
this decree the government will
compel speedy establishment of
air raid protective measures in all
public and private industrial es-
adjustments, depots, and ware
houses.
LONDON-INS British fight
ing planes and anti=aircraft bat
teries shot down 1858 German
aircraft OF all types between June
II and Sept. 6. according to off
cial government statistics issued
today.
PASADENA. Calif.-AP- Discov-
cry of silicon-hydride in stars has
been reported by DR.. Dorothy N.
Davis, research fellow at the Car
negie Institutions Mount Wilson
observatory.
BERLIN-AP- Authorized Ger
man sources acknowledged today
that 5 German warpiaHes failed to
return to their bases from Fridays
day long raids on Britain.
MARKSVILLE, La-AP- Henri
Bielkiewicz. Avoyells Parish (coun-
tyl assessor for 80 years. quietly
celebrated his 1O7th birthday to-
day.
NEW ORLEANS-AP- The sui
eide Friday of Monte f. Hart
major figure in the Louisiana po-
litical scandals, brought to five
the number of persons who have
killed themselves since the old
Huey P. Long empire crumbled I'M
der disclosures of graft and cor
ruption.
SOFIA. Bulgaria-UP- Premier
Bogdan Filon announced in a ra-
do broadcast today the settlement
OF Bulgarian claims on the Dobrud-
ia area Of Rumania.
VATICAN CITY-UP-Monsig-
nor Joseph Hurley. formerly head
OF the North American College in
Rome, will be consecrated Bishop
OF st. Augustine. Fla. on Oct 6, it
was announced today.
MILWAUKEE, - UP 49, Franz
Steinhardt of France, lowed over
a 126-mile course from Grand Hav-
en-, Mich. to Milwaukee for four
hours and 26 minutes on water
skis. claimed a new worlds rec
ord for that distance today Stein
hardt said he had not expected to
travel that far but strayed from
the course in a fog.
OTTAWA. Ont-AP - Lady
Laura Borden. IS. widow OF Cana
da's prime minister OF the World
War period. Sir Robert Borden.
died at her Ottawa home today.
She was the former Laura Bond of
Halifax, n. S.
VICHY, France--AP-An official
dispatch today from Hanoi said
that Chinese troops had crossed
the frontier into French lndo-Chi-
ma where they were repulsed by
French colonial forces after a
sharp engagement.
MOSCOW AP - Andrew Y.
Vishinsky. the states prosecutor in
the 1888 "Trotskyite' purge trial.
became vice commissar OF foreign
affairs today in one OF a series Of
government appointments.