The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-05
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THE WEATHER: Friday;
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THE WEATHER: Friday;
Cloudy, Warm U
COLON. Panama -AP- Pas
sengers OF the 15.507-ton British
liner Orduna. reported today that
five freighters In the same convoy
with her from England we're tor
pedoed and sunk five days out Of
Liverpool. The Orduna arrived
here last night. She carried $50
passengers. including 200 British
children, Of whom six were TO re-
main in Panama.
FILLER, Ark.-lNs- Two
more conVlcts-members Of
group Of So who Monday staged
the biggest prison break In Ar
kansas penal history - were
shot and killed by police near
Tlller today. The slain prison
ers were identified as James
Scott, 81, who was serving
one-year sentence for robbery;
and Raymond Harold "a, who
was under a 2t-year sentence
for grand larceny.
NEW YORK-AP- Capture Of
six Americans on a steamship seiz-
ed by German warships was re-
ported today in a broadcast by Ed
win Hartrich, CHS correspondent
In Berlin. quoting the newspaper
Deutsche Allgemeine Beitung Hart
rich said the Berlin newspaper re-
lated the Americans were taken
from the steamship Atlantic en-
route to South Africa.
BERLIN - AP - Authorized
sources announced that Soviet
Russian-German agreement for
transfer of Germanic people from
Bessarabia and northern Bucovina
TO Germany was signed at Moscow
today. Bessarabia and northern
Bucovina have been occupied by
Russian troops following cession
by Rumania.
ROME - ms The newspaper
-Messaggero- reported from Berne,
Switzerland. today that Gen. Maur-
ice Gamelin, former French com.
mander-in-chief, and three former
French government leaders will be
arrested today because of their part
in events leading to the French mil.
itary debacle.
NEW YORK-INS-A new canon
law which would make it possible
by an indirect process for divorced
persons who remarry to regain their
church status was ready today for
presentation to the general conven-
ton of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 9.
WASHINGTON-AP- War De-
partment officials said today that
they did not contemplate any i'm
mediate general order for reserve
officers to report for active duty,
but would rely for the present on
enough of these officers volunteer
ing to supply the army's needs.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-INS-A
study showing that Americas in
tellectuals have been the group
most opposed TO CONSUMPTION but
are now the group showing the
largest shift in favor OF 1t was re-
ported to the American Psycholo-
gical Association here today.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.-UP-
Mary Wolf, II, was charged by po-
lice today with Staying her nine
year-old brother. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Salem Mansour said
she admitted firing a revolver sew
eral times at her brother. Fred
erick. Wednesday night. but had
not explained her motive.
Los ANGEtES=fNS Charging
Injury to his reputation and pro-
fessional career, Screen Actor
Enrol Flynn today had on file in
federal district court a $2.000,000
damage suit against a New York
publishing firm, its printing house,
and Constancia de la Mora, author.
Flynn's action claimed the author
wrote a novel titled 'In Place of
Splendor, the Autobiography OF a
Spanish Woman, in which it
would be understood that the plain
tiff would stoop to any and all
sorts Of means for the purpose Of
obtaining publicity.
ATHENS-UP-Some observers
here expressed belief today that a
shortage of food in French Syria,
confirmed by travellers, increased
the possibility that Syria might
Join the free France" forces of
Gen. Charles De Gaulle.
TANGIER, Northern Africa-UP
important developments at Glib
Taltar seemed possible momentar.
fly today Naval and land prepare.
tons have been redoubled as the
situation in Trench Morocco be-
came worse and sources here fore
cast that there might soon be an
open instruction in Morocco
with unforeseeable results.
MADRID-UP- A Spanish news
agency dispatch from Alge iras.
across the bay from Gibraltar, re-
ported today that nine French
planes arrived at Gibraltar Tues
day afternoon. As on a previous
occasion when six French planes
came from North Africa. the planes
were preceded by a British sea
plane.
BUFFALO, n. Y. -AP- Nor
man Thomas, Socialist candidate
for president. carried his cam
paign westward today after assert
ing the sale Of 20 II : daetro,.a,. !