The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-21
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lantic Eity, today scheduled
to begin summations in United
States District Court. The govern.
ment, which rested its case On
Saturday. accuses Johnson of fail
ing to pay taxes OF $4,000 on un'
declared income in 1875, 1885 and
1887. Part Of the income. accord
ing to the government, was made
in the numbers racket.
NEW HAMPTON, N. Y.-INS-
Mosquitoes today had foiled an at
tempt by Rene Aslin, II, TO escape
from the New York City Reforma.
tory at New Hampton. Aslin was
SO tortured by mosquito bites he
was glad to surrender when guards
approached his hiding place . few
miles from the institution.
~MOSCOW-INS-A 22.car Ger
man munitions train was reported
today to have been blown up near
Fresov, Czechoslovakia. Soviet dis
patches said Al soldiers and three
officers were killed.
NEW YORK-INS-Wendell L.
Willkie. 1910 Republican presi-
dental candidate. planned to fly
to Los Angeles today to address
mass meetings there and in San
Francisco In a eoast-te-eeast demon
stration OF national unity behind
the governments foreign policy.
ROME-INS-Derailment OF an
11-car special train carrying Ita-
Ian workmen to Germany was an
nounced officially today as officials
pressed a vigorous Investigation.
Thirty workmen were killed and
so injured when the train ieaped
the rails near Como San Giovanni.
MOSCOW, -AP-The Moscow
radio reported today that a Ger
man submarine in the Black Sea
had sunk with all hands after col
lision with a Bulgarian mlnesweep-
er off the Bulgarian port Of VAR
ma.
TOKYO, -AP-Premier Prince
Fuminaro Konoye and his newly
organized cabinet conferred at the
palace today with the army and
navy high command on coordina-
ton between the armed services
and the government.
HONGKONG, -AP- A Euro
pean observer reported today that
a fleet OF is japanese military
transport vessels left the mouth Of
the Canton River. South China,
yesterday for an unknown desti.
nation.
CLEVELAND. -AP- Jerome
Kern's symphonic version of the
"Show Boat" will be given its
world premiere by the Cleveland
orchestra in October, 1t was re-
ported today.
MEXICO CITY-AP- Mexican
Labor Leader Vincente Lombardo
Toledano proposed today confis-
of all German and Italian
property and credits in the Amer
icas as one step in a program he
submitted to halt an alleged trend
toward economic domination Of
America by North American
capitalism.
BOGOTA, Columbia-AP- Pres
ident Eduardo Santos coupled an
on Nazism with reassuran-
ces to the United States that Col
ombia intends to see the nearby
Panama Canal may never be at
tackled or damaged from our ter.
The canal Constitutes for
an essential communica
tons route. the interruption of
which would cost us enormous
damage" he told a joint session OF
SHANGHAI -AP@ Three per.
were killed and two were
wounded today in an outbreak OF
terroristic violence in Shanghai.
Wang Teh-Chow, 35. an official
Of the Marking regimes peace
preservation corps. was shot and
killed in the French settlement by
a lone gunman who subsequently
battled with police in his attempt
to escape. The gunman and a
policeman were wounded.
LONDON-AP- The admiralty
reported the entire crew Of IT'S off
GERS and men of the auxiliary YES
vel Lady Somers had been saved.
Loss of the 1874 ton vessel was an
nounced July II. At that time the
admiralty said 1873 survivors had
been picked up by Spanish ships
Tor transfer to a neutral port.
BENDIX, n. J.-INS-CIO lead.
ers today awaited President Roose-
answer TO their plea that the
federal government take over"
the strike-bound plant OF Air Asso-
Inc. until such time as the
company decides to cooperate with
national defense"
TOKYO-UP-The Domei News
reported today from Jo-
hannesburg that several hundred
Japanese residents OF the Union of
South Africa are hurriedly prepar-
ing TO leave. They will sail on the
steamer Manila Maru. which is
due at Durham, South Africa,
BERLIN-AP- Germans report.
ed today their aircraft sank two
totaling 1000 tons and
a speedboat in English waters over.
and acknowledged "a few