The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-18

I
"battle of giants" between Great
Britain and Germany, Americas
own relations with Japan today are
approaching what well-informed Cd
Bervers regard as a .eEItical phase
LONDON-INS- The House OF
Lords and Commons met today and
after brief public sessions both
went into secret proceedings be-
fore adjourning. The government
may introduce legislation confer
ring the necessary authority on |
allied governments in Britain
Polish Czech, Norwegian, French
and Dutch-to call their nation
ais up for compulsory military SER
vice.
O-INS-Wendel Will
kie. Republican presidential can
didate. will speak over a nation
wide hookup of the Red Network
OF the National Broadcasting Sys-
TEN Thursday night from Los An
geles, 1t was announced today |
-1uE hpttCu Will De ilduo OClNCSh /
and $3.50 p. m. psf.
CHICAGO ms Jessie Reed, |
43, once New York seglamor queen |
and rated one OF the highest paid |
members of the late Florenz Zieg- |
fields chorus, died in poverty today.
A form of anemia from which she |
had suffered for several years.
proved fatal, despite blood trans
fusions.
BOSTON ms Police today
searched for traces of poison as a
possible cause of the death OF |
Montford Schley Variell, 25-year-
old concert pianist and grandson of
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley,
Spanish-American War navel hero.
The youths vital organs were I'M
der laboratory examination by state |
police Chemist Joseph Walker.
BALTIMORE-UP-- Oficials OF |
the Crown Cork & Seal Company |
plant estimated today that L. |
alarm fire in thousands OF tons Of |
baled cork had caused damage of |
100000. Thick columns OF smoke |
billowed some 500 feet above the |
plant and the flames and intense |
heat sent 300 workers scurrying |
from the building to safety. None
were injured.
BUCHAREST, Rumania-UP -
Three boats filed with $500 Jews
from central Europe are stranded |
in the Danube River near Tulcea, |
Rumania, so miles from the Black
Sea, 1t was learned today.
TOKYO-UP-Twenty persons |
were killed and 100 injured today
when an electric car bound for |
Tokyo collided with a car stalled |
by poor visibility during a typhoon
in China prefecture. The storm |
severely damaged crops in Boso
Peninsula, east OF Tokyo Bay.
LONDON APP - Three famous |
stores-D. H. Evans. John Lewis
and Bourne and Hollingsworth-in |
the world-renowDed oxford St in
London's west end were all hit In |
Tuesday nights raids on London.
the ministry Of information said
today.
BERLIN-AP- German Foreign |
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
left today for a two-day visit in
Rome where he was expected 20
exchange views on current prob
lens OF the axis with Premier
Mussolini and Italian Foreign Min
lister Count Ciano
NEW HAVEN. Conn., APP -
Credit for rebuilding Americas de-
lenses belongs to the Republican
party, says Rep Ralph o. Brews-
ter (R-Me.) who won a Senate seat
in his states election last Monday.
LONDON--INS-A persistent aer-
ial attack on the British Mediterran-
can stronghold of Malta by several
formations of enemy planes was
reported today by Reuters british
News Agency. Three raiders were
shot down by Raj fighter planes,
Reuters said.
ROME-INS-A lull in the Ital-
ian drive on Egypt to prepare for
another concerted attack was re-
ported today in an official commun-
ique which told OF smashing Fascist
air raids on British stronghoIds in
the Northern African theater of
war.
CASABLANCA, French Morocco
--AP-Several persons we're ar
rested by French Morocco police
today for "anti-national activities
including distribution OF leaflets
urging French colonies to follow
Gen. Charles Degaulle. leadeH Of
Frenchmen still fighting GerIany
and Italy.
NEW YORK-kP - Synuel s.
Leibowitz, defense attorn/y in the
notorious Scottshoro c/e and in
scores Of murder trials %merged to-
day as the winner OF me Democra-
tic nomination for Eounty Judge
in normally Democratic Brooklyn.
He came from hghind to defeat
Municipal Court Justice George J.
Joyce by a 5l,O0b-vote margin.