The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-24
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ROME-AP-safato Visco. vice
president Of the Italian Grain Guild,
reported today that Italy's wheat
harvest this year would exceed that
of last year and estimated it at
2Ss,225,OO0 bushels.
. NICHY. Unoccupied France-AP
- The French government started
today strict rationing OF clothing
and textiles. The decree published
in the official journal required
clothing and textile ration cards for
all purchases.
NICHY. France-AP-Ten billion
more francs. in effect. were made
available TO the German occupying
forces in France today. A decree
raised the limit on advances which
the Bank OF France may make TO
the government from 10000, 000. 900
(about s2,4S4,000,000) to 11s,00O.-
100000 francs (about S2,724,00O,-
O00.)
LONDON-AP-The British Insti-
tute Of Journalists protested today
TO Harold Nicolson. parliamentary
secretary OF the ministry of informa-
ton. against deliberate discrimina-
ton against newspapers in favor of
the British Broadcasting Corpora
ton" by the government in issuing
important news.
BERLIN Bulgaria. at Ger.
many's request, has agreed TO take
over representation OF German in
terests in Moscow.
MADRID-AP- Uniformed Fall
angists paraded the streets OF Ma
drid today and demonstrated in
front OF the German embassy with
cries of ION to Moscow" and "Gib-
raltar for Spain" as government
leaders prepared TO decide SPANS
course in the Axis struggle against
the Soviet Union.
LONDON-AP-A Reuters (Brit-
ish News Agency dispatch from
Tokyo said it was officially an.
nounced that Japanese women and
children living in Moscow had been
ordered to return home.
NICHY ms The French gov
eminent passed a law today under
which only three per cent of the
students and faculty members OF
French high schools may be Jews
ANKARA-INS- Safe after ex-
periencing bloody ambush in
Syria and a detention of several
days as a prisoner of war. Ken
meth Downs, ace foreign cores
pendent OF International News
Service, arrived in Ankars today.
TOKYO-AP- Premier Prince
Fumimaro Konoye was received by
Emperor Hirohito today and re-
ported on the results of an impor-
tant cabinet meeting earlier in the
day. presumably dealing with the
German-Soviet War.
ROME-AP-Italian authorities
announced today that special au-
thorization would be required for
departure of American desiring to
leave Italy under new measures
described as analogous" to those
applied 10 Italians in the United
States.
LoNDON-AP- First Lieut.. Fol-
lett Bradley, Jr., OF the L. S. Army
Air Corps, was killed two days ago
in a training flight accident in
northern England, it was announ-
ced today.
SPARTANBURG, s. c. -AP-
Ben f. Adams. Grand Dragon OF
the Ku Klux Khan in South Car
DINA, today termed false. vicious
and contemplate charges" a
statement by Governor Burnet r.
Maybank that he had been advised
that the Khan lis now supported
by the German government. 4
WASHINGTON-AP-New steps
to weld American land, sea and air
forces into a closely coordinated
fighting team were disclosed to-
day by General George c. Mars
hall, Army chief of state. Lifting
partially the secrecy surrounding
some important defense prepare
tions, he reported that Navy dive
bombers would be teamed with
ground troops for the first time
in late summer maneuvers.
SHANGHAI -AP- Lieut.. Col.
Kunio Akiyama. Japanese military
spokesman, declared today the
outbreak OF war between Germany
and Soviet Russia had made Jap.
ans position in the world more
advantageous
STOCKHOLM. Sweden -AP-
Railway communication between
Finland and Soviet Russia still is
tn operation. according TO advices
today from Helsinki quoting a rep
resentatiye Of the Finnish foreign
office.
CANBERRA. Australia --AP-
Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies
told Parliament today that the