The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-27

between Nazi and British srtll-
lery on the French and English
coasts.
ROME AP The Albanian
newspaper TomorI reported today
the "barbarous" killing of three
Albanians in Greece, including the
niece of the so-called Albanian
patriot" Daut Hoggia allegedly'
slain earlier in Greece. The new
alleged "crimes" threaten to revive
Italian claims against Greece.
SHANGHAI-INS-While Unit
ed States Marines stood by for
emergency duty, police today
sought today TO quell an allegedly
Japanese-inspired general strike
which is rapidly spreading through
Shanghai public work facilities.
WASHINGTON-UP-A so per
cent increase in shipments OF ma
chine tools to England during Au-
gust resulted in sharp rise
in exports of industrial machinery
for the month, the Commerce De-
partment reported today.
DETROIT-UP-Henry and Ed
sci Ford plan to hear Wendell L.
Willkie. Republican presidential
candidate, speak at a rally in
Bishop Park. Wyandotte, Monday
afternoon, it was learned today.
MEXICO CITY-UP-The for
eign Office Investigated today
whether the German freighter Wes-
err, $500 tons, repeatedly carrying
a valuable cargo of mercury, was
within the 300-mlle American neu-
trality zone when 1t was seized by
the Canadian merchant cruiser
Prince Robert.
PITTSBURGH-AP-Two indus
trial leaders in this steel center
Joined in views today that the
new embargo on scrap iron exports
''ahould have been made long ago..
L0NDON-INS- Great Britain
now has gigantic bombers more
powerful than the large-size Ameri-
can type, the London Daily Sketch
reported today. With a full-load
range of severa, thousand miles,
the new planes, capable OF terri
fic speed, carry forward-fring ma
chine guns and other secret arma-
ments, the newspaper revealed.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AP -
The San Mateo County grand jury
convenes today to indict Wilhelm
Jakob Mulenbroich, 40-year-old Ger
man alien. for abortive kidnapping
OF little Marc De Tristan, Jr.
NEW YORK-INS-Vincent As
tor. largest single owner OF New
York real estate and the country's
No. l matrimonial catch" was
married today to Mary Cushing,
daughter of Mrs. Harvey Gushing
4 of New Haven Conn, twas re-
vealed in an exclusive story by
Cholly Knickerbocker. society edi-
tor of the New York Journal.Amer-
lean.
TRAFFORD, Pa.-UP- Two
trainmen were killed today when a
Pennsylvania Railroad express
train ploughed through an inter
locking switch near here and piled
up, turning over the locomotive and
several cars. The dead were: Engi-
neer F. F. Smith. of South Green's
burg, Pa. and William S. Neon
nell, OF Pittsburgh.
PORTLAND Ore.-An army
bombing plane en- route from Seat
tie TO San Diego was reported miss
ing today by the Portland office of
the Civil Aeronautics Board.
ROME-UP - Italian scouting
patrols are active in North Africa
and British planes have again raid
ed Sollum, first Egyptian point cap
tured by the Italians in their east
ward offensive. ltaly's war com.
munlque said today.
BARCELONA. Spain-UP- Ig-
mace Jan Paderewski, Polish plan.
list and patriot, has arrived here
from France. He hopes to cele-
brate his seth birthday in the Unit
ed States on Nov s.
NEW YORK -UP-Twelve thou.
sand painters went back TO work
today while their union leaders
and representative OF the Build
ing Service Employers Associations
negotiated -waaes- slHd-feHFg= dts
pute which has left hundreds Of
the city's apartments undecorate1
for the past month
NEW YORK-UP - William
Philip Simms. foreign editor of
the Scripps-Ho.ard newspapers.
said in a dispatch from Washing
ton today that qualified sources at
the capital had reason to believe
that Germany may now be on the
point OF drencbing London and
other vital areas with poison gas.
WASHINGTON-INS - Presi.
dent Roosevelt will swing out on
another inspection tour OF national
defense facilities over the week
end, he announced today, visiting
the Aberdeen. Nd proving
grounds, the Martin Company's
aviation plant in Baltimore and
Camp Meade, Nd.