The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-12

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hurt.
LONDON-AP - King George
sent "warmest congratulations" to-
day to General John ]. Pershing,
who will be so Friday.
SEATTLE. Wash-AP- Train
ing planes are being produced at
the rate of one every three hours
in the Boeing Airplane Company's
Stearman division plant at Wichi-
ia, Kas.. ]. +. Schaefer, Boeing
vice president and general mana
ger of the Stearman division. said
today.
Observation-Disclosures Ger
man sources charged today that
British airmen are throwing bags
of Colorado potato bugs into po-
tato fields in Germany, Luxem-
bourg and Belgium in an effort TO
lay waste the major food source of
those countries. These sources
said the bugs multiply rapidly and
are hard to control.
PITTSBURGH-AP- The War
Department, according to its chief
OF ordnance, expects difficulty"
in procuring the immediate guam
tity production" or ordnance equip
ment called for under the new
S5,251 100000 defense appropria-
ton. Major General C. NJ. Wesson
sxf 81 81
$50 engineers and manufacturers
Wednesday that the job will be
difficult because "our defense pro-
gram plus a great part of Great
Britain's defense program has been
loaded upon American industry"
simultaneously.
BUCHAREST, Rumania-AP -
Formerly exiled iron guardists.
fully trained in Nazi doctrine. were
reported today to be enroute 20
Bucharest from Germany. Rum
ors spread that they would dis
rupt the present leadership of the
Fascist iron guard in an effort to
weaken what opposition there is
TO the military dictatorship OF Pre-
mier Ion Antonescu and to give
him a tighter hold on the country.
LONDON-AP-Sh unsuke Tana-
be, japanese businessman arrested
Aug. 2 under the wartime aliens
regulation act IN the interests of
national security, was released
Wednesday night, the home Office
disclosed today.
VICHY-AP- The French gov
eminent set up machinery today
for rigid control of the nations
industry and vested in the ministry
OF industrial production the right
TO direct sales and purchases of
all prime materials.
CAPETOWN-AP- Premier Jan
Christian SHUTS Wednesday
night called the public's attention
to certain opposition party mem
bers in the legislative assembly
who are adopting q view of hos
tility" toward Britain. and warned
that the government OF the Union
OF South Africa will not hesitate
TO invoke extraordinary war pow
ers against them.
Observation-Disclosures dis
patches reaching here from the
Far East reported today a French
airplane carrying a mixed French
japanese commission was shot
down by japanese planes several
t.fho
hibited territory on the Island OF
Waitchao.
VICHY. France-AP-Divisional
General Doyan. SO. World War
veteran, was promoted to general
of an army corps today and APP
pointed to succeed General Charles
Huntziger as head of the French
delegation on the armistice com
mission at Weisbaden.
WASHINGTON-AP-The $780,
100000 Export-lmport Bank bill.
providing for loans to South
America to combat German econo-
mic infiltration. went back to the
House today with the Senate's 49,
to-27 vote of approval for agree
ment on differences.
BOMBAY-AP- Mohandas X.
Gandhi arrived today Tor preftm.
mary talks with other leaders OF
the CONGRESS (Nationalist) party
concerning the program TO be sub
mitted to the all-India congress
committee which convenes here
Sunday. Discussions are expected
to hinge on two main points -
whether the congress shall launch
some form OF civil disobediance to
press the fight for Indian independ.
ence and. if so. whether Gandhi
shall lead il.
2 1NDIANAPOLIS-UP- Alvin NJ.
Owsley, Dallas. Tex. a former
American Legion national COM
mander. endorsed Wendell L. VIII.
kie today after conference with
the Republican presidential candi-
date. He described willkie as "a
great American leader.