The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-31

uuucIN ear. SOCKS SkOthluSS am /
shoes for distribution in Finland. !
The purchases are being handled |
by the treasury procurement divi- |
sion. which made the announce
ment today. The money viii come |
from the $50 00Q000 appropriation |,
Congress made for Red Cross pur-
poses
ELPHlA-lNS-In :
startingly sudden inVestlga-
ton Of election expenditures In
Pennsylvania, federal grand
Jury t-day had ordered sub
poenas for nearly a score OF
top ranking political leaders
In the eommo awealt
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Minister
Malcolm Macdonald announced to- |
day that some 20 per cent Of Lon |
don 5 children in areas hard-hit by |
German air raiders had been re- |
moved to the country.
DAVENPORT, Ia.-AP-The corn /
belt acclaimed a new national husk /
ing champion today in Irwin Bau-
man, youthful Illinois farmer who /.
became the nations top farm ath-
lete" on his third try.
VlCHY. France-AP- German 1
authorities in Bordeaux have abol |
ished the curfew for Frenchmen
in that city. it was announced here !
today. Public places in Bordeaux
will be closed at 1870 p. m, half
all hour later than heretofore.
LONDONrAP- General Man
ager T. E. Thomas OF the London
Transport Board announced today !
that three tier hunks would be !
erected in the capitals subways TO |
increase accommodations for those |
who live underground during Ger
man air raids and that the board
was arranging to supply refresh
ments in the shelters.
GIBRALTAR-AP- An Italian
attempt to torpedo ships in Gibral- |
tay harbor with an unexplained |
special device ended in failure, !
the British naval command report
ed Wednesday night. One OF the
torpedoes exploded harmlessly al
the harbor entrance, the British |
said, while another ran aground on |
Spanish territory near La Lima
and was taken to Cadiz by Span
ish officials for examination.
tInN~rTrnN-r Al r.. IT,.
and Chinese troops recruited by /
the japanese in Eastern Shantung
province were reported by the Cen
trail (Chinesel News Agency to /
have surrendered to the forces /
of Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek. /
LONDON-INS - A new air raid .
alarm. the first of the day and
the 9S7th Of the war. sounded IN /
London this afternoon. There
was no immediate aerial activity
over the capital
DETROIT ms Arrested in
1888 in connection with the fatal !
shooting Of his 10 year old wife in
Pekin. H. James Warren Crabb /
p year oil scion OF q prominent /
Delavan. ILL.,. banking family died /
in Receiving Hospital today and |
the coroner's office planned to con- /
duct an autopsy 70 determine If he 7
took his own life.
HALIFAX. y. S-INS- Two /
rore maritime war tragedies
brought the European conflict ev-
er closer TO the Canadians today. /
The Auxiliary Ninesweeper Bras |
DOE patrolling the mouth OF the |
St Lawrence River. was long over I
cue az her base and presumed to /
have been lost with 80 officers and /
men abroad Next Of kin were no.
titled The 5000 ton merchant
steamer. St Malo. was reported /
sunk by enemy action in the |
North Atlantic with the loss Of % |
lives.
BERLTN-TNS- British speed. T
boats advancing under cover Of T.
heavy mists. were thrown back by .
German artillery in an attempt 10 .
reach the Fisnicr. coast the Ger .
man high command reported today .
in communlque which told OF
new Nazl raids on England.
ROME -Ap-The newspaper II T
Piccolo said today the. entrance Of .
other countries into the tripower .
pact linking Italy Germany and ia.
pan Is possible Whether the
newspaper referred 10 NEGOTIATIONS
TO be undertaken by the Axis pow.
ers with Soviet Russia or 70 some
smaller country such as Bulgaria.
was not disclosed but u P.ccolo
said 70 would be great "disap-
pointment' for Britain