The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-12
Flashes Of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Friday;
Cloudy, Snow

Cloudy, Snow
MEXICO ClTY-UP-Isidor Zetina,
celebrating the day of the Virgin OF
Guadalupe, bought handful OF toy |
torpedoes from two firecracker ped
dlers early today The first few he |
threw against the sidewalk were
buds. In a rage he hurled the 9th
ers into the peddler's basket. They |
exploded, set off the fireworks in |
the baskets and injured nine per-
sons just outside the famous shrine |
OF TIE Virgin OF Guadalupe, three |
miles outside the capital.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-INS- Not |
unlike a couple on their honeymoon,
the Duke and Duchess OF Windsor |
were secluded today in palm-shaded |
St Francis Hospital where the
Duchess had an infected tooth |
pulled and His Royal Highness un-
derwent a physical examination |
which showed he is in tip-top con-
dition.
NEW YORK-INS-lts new en-
gines and propellors functioning !
perfectly, the g, Pan American Air |
ways flying boat Yankee Clipper |
was nearing Puerto Rico early to-
day on a 2,000-mile engineering test |
flight from New York.
GREENWICH. Conn. - ms -
Speedy prosecution today faced |
Iphp CnolI 81 q ,,iid onpaa,ipp no. |
gro. who cracked after 10 hours of |
grilling and signed a confession !
substantially confirming. according
to police. the story of night OF
horror told by socially prominent
Mrs. John X. Strubtug, 80, in whose |
home he was employed as chauffeur
butler His alibi broken, Spell con-
fessed To making Mrs. Strubing a
prisoner in her own home.
LONDON-INS-For the first time
since the war began, the British
air ministry revealed today that
cannon-firing British fighting planes
are taking part in the war in the
skies.
WASHINGTON INS-The Brit
ish refusal to permit shipments OF
food to German-occupied nations in
Europe will not be challenged by
the American government, it was
indicated today in official quarters.
TOKYO-AP - The S,310-ton |
Norwegian tanker Ole Jacob was |
reported today to have been cap |
tured in the Indian Ocean by a |
German raider. brought to Kobe |
under a prize crew and then sailed |
for an unknown destination.
CHUNGKING-AP- Fo, son |
OF sun Vat Sen and president of |
the legislative Yuan (counciD. urg- !
ed before the Yuan today that the !
government take action to reduce |
the war-swollen price of rice as a |
start toward government control |
of food. ~
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia-AP =
Informed sources said today they |
expect Hungary and Yugoslavia |
would sign friendship and consul |
tation pact this evening.
LONDON-AP-The Norwegian |
Telegraph Bureau reported today |
that General Otto Ruge, who was |
commander-in-chief OF Norway /
forces, had been interned in a /
concentration camp near Dresden,
Germany.
Observation-Disclosures, Japa- I
nese news agency, said in a dis
patch from Marking today that DR.. /
Chu Mini, foreign minister in the
Chinese government of Wang |
Ching-Wei. had been named am
bassador to Japan.
LONDON--AP The refugee
Netherlands government announc-
ed today that Prince Bernhard,
consort OF Crown Princess Juliana,
had donated 100000 for the pur
chase OF two bombers for the Royal
Netherlands navy operating in Brit
fish waters.
NEW YORK-AP-Approximate-
ly s5000,000 worth of animony,
buried in wooden cases years ago
IN the muddy bottom OF the Chinese
River to protect it from seizure by
the japanese. has arrived in New
York by steamer and now lies in
warehouses of the New York Fo--
eign Trade Zone Operators. Inc,
It was learned today. Also newly
landed in the foreign trade zone
is S5,000,000 worth of tungsten
ore from mines in Burma, which
was rushed aboard ship at Ran
COON a few weeks ago when the
threat of war hung periously low
over the Far East
NEW YORK-lNS- Queen Moth
or Helen Of Rumania. estranged
wife of ex-King Carol. has left
Florence, Italy. for Germany, the
German radio said today in a
broadcast picked up By CHS In
New York.
LONDON-INS -- Troops from
the Island of Crete who use long
knives" have been in action
against the 'retreating Italians"
IN Greece. the London Daily Tele-
graph said today. These troops,
whose fameTs as great as that OF
the Killed Evzones, made a charge