The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-04


nese-re-ocoupation Of the city.
ROME-AP-A royal decree eff.
fectiye today prohibited trade in
precious metals and stones and
objects containing them.
LOS ANGELES-AP-The Ma
tional Broadcasting Company said
its listening post here heard
Tokyo broadcast tonight in which
the speaker declared bombing of
Chunking would continue with in
creasing force because OF command
aid from the ABCD powers (Ameri-
ca, Britain, China and the Neither
lands) to the Chinese government.
BERLIN-AP- Eighteen former
members of the Polish police at
Poznan were sentenced to death By
special court today on charges
of killing German nationals.
ANKARA, Turkey-(Delayed) =
AP-Turkey has refused to take the
possibility OF getting several
hundred German men out of Iran.
well-informed sources said today,
and they now face internment in
British or Russian camps. The
Turkish embassy at Teheran has
been instructed to refuse to receive
Germans seeking admittance to
its compound, the sources said.
LONDON ms The London
Daily Express today reported that
Lord Beaverbrook, British supply
minister. will be accompanied by
six technical advisers when he
goes to Moscow as chief Of the
British delegation TO the forth
coming OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES con-
ference.
VICHY up Though German
occupation authorities ia-Paris
have threatened death to railroad
saboteurs, the railroad at Leman
was sabotaged Saturday night, it
was learned today. 1t resulted
in blocking the main line from
Paris to the Brittany coast for 80
hours.
NEW YORK, -INS-A Brit
lsh radio broadcast heard in New
York by CHS said that 20 or 80
British and American citizens
who were to have left Japan to-
day for Shanghai have been told
that the sailing Of the Japanese
ship in which they were to ira
vel has been cancelled. The
broadcast added that no reason
for the cancellation was given.
CAMDEN, n. j.. -lNS-James
B. Carey, ousted president of the
CLOS United Electical. Radio and
Machine Workers Union, fought
for a showdown today on his re-
solution barring Communists. Ma
lis and Fascists from Office in
the International Union.
NEW YORK. -lNS-An earth
quake described IS fairly Sc
we're" was recorded today in the
seismograph of F rdham Univer-
sity. The first shock was regis
tered at .6:40:32 m. EDIT and
the second at 6:42:22 1t was es-
timated the quake occurred some
300 miles from New York in
the general direction Of the Phil
ippines.
STOCKHOLM. sweden, Up
Two German gasoline tankers
have exploded Off Bergen, Nor
way. and it was believed that
saboteurs were responsible. ad-
vices received here today repor-
ted. The explosions shook hous-
es in the harbor district Of Ber-
gen and the flames could be seen
clearly, it was said.
Britain and JaFan have made re-
ciprocal arrangements to evacu-
ate their nations, authoritative.
sources said today. British ships
will reach Yokohama at the end
Of this month to remove Britons
anu the ia FAAAE9N 2 ~ &C. liAAAN
has guaranteed the safe arrival
and departure Of the ships, it
was said.
BERLIN. Up An official
news agency dispatch from Paris
said today that the special anti
communist court there had
sentenced 10 persons. including
one woman. 10 terms OF from two
TO IL years in prison.
SITKA. ALASKA. Up A lea
der OF the a. man Russian mis-
sion TO the United states limited
today that they came TO deter
mine what support and materi.l
this country can furnish the Soy.
iet forces. He would not elabor-
ate or give his name. The war
department had announced that the
Russians flew to this country to
observe alrplane production.