The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-02
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Late News
THE WEATHER: Friday:
Snow, Colder

Snow, Colder
EVANSTON, Ill,-UP-Gustav A.
Anderson. passenger who blamed
the British government for the
sinking OF the liner Athena during
the first days Of the war, died today
after a long illness. He was 40.
LOS ANGELES UP Rosary
services will be conducted Friday
for Manuel L. Ayulo, II. for IL
years Peruvian consul in Los An
geles and member OF a noted Peru
' Wan banking family. who died In
the General Hospital Wednesday.
ROME-INS- German aerial
units are arriving in Italy. Gen
eral francesca Pricolo. chief OF
general staff OF the Italian air
| force, announced officially today.
LONDON ms Belief that
relations between Berlin and
J Vichy are rapidly approaching a
new Showdown" and that Pre-
mier Marshal Henri Philippe Pc
tain is faced with terrible dill
emma" was expressed in compe-
tent London quarters today. At
the same time, authoritative Bril-
fish quarters said they were still
without confirmation OF a Reu-
tiers (Brltish) dispatch from Lis
bon, which Wednesday stated
that Berlin and Vichy had broken
off negotiations.
BERLIN ms A German
warship, operating in the south
Pacific, has reported sinking 10
British and allied ships, totalling
I 64,155 tons, the Nazi high COM
mand announced today.
ROME-AP-Italian political cir
Giles said today they interpreted
President Roosevelt's wish for "a
righteous peace" for Italy in 1871
as meaning peace with justice,
for which, they said, Italy Is fight
1 ing. Hence, these circles said, the
message which the President sent
King Vittorio Emanuele Tuesday
in answer to a greeting from the
monarch, has created a favorable
impression" here.
DOVER, England-AP-The win
ter's first heavy snow fell on the
Strait OF Dover today. The sea was
moderately calm, despite a brisk
northeast wind.
DUBLIN-AP- Three persons
were killed and two severely injur-
ed in Boris, County Carlow, Fire
(Ireland), by bombs dropped from
an airplane Wednesday night.
Boris is about 60 miles southwest
of Dublin.
MIAMI. Fla. up - Because
she did not smoke before she was
20 years of age, Mrs. John Louis
Hamilton, %, of Washington, d.
c., was $4,000 richer today. The
former Patricia Eleanor Paine
/ was willed the money by her
grandmother, the late Mrs. Fan
ME Wooster Whiting, OF Coral
Gables, Fla, whose will was filed
for probate here.
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CUMBERLAND, Nd. Up
Two trainmen were killed and
two injured seriously in COLI
Vision involving three locomotives
in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
yards here. The dead were fire
man James S. Privigyi, 80, Pitts
burgh. and Fireman Edward r.
Mclaughlin, of Bedford, Pa.
LIMA, Peru-UP President
Manuel Prado has promulgated
| the 1871 budget Law providing for
government expenditures of u.s.
375.3OO soles about $i4,640,000l,
an increase of nearly S10,OO0,0dO
over the 1910 budget.
CARACAS, Venezuela UP -
The Central Bank announced to-
day that it had received new
: credit from the National City Bank
of New York at exceptionally dd-
vantageous terms. The size of
the credit was not mentioned. IT
will strengthen national credit by
enabling the government to cancel
outstanding commercial obligations
and finance foreign trade opera.
lions.
MEXICO CITY-UP-The gov
eminent is reported to have can
celed the fve-year contract of the
Japanese-controlle Neracruzaua
OIL Company to explore 100000
acres in the state of Vera Cruz.
LIMA. Peru Up Twenty-four
Peruvian professor, college gradu-
ates. and professional men are IN
route to the United States to en-
roll at the University Of North
Carolina.
PHILADELPHIA Up More
than 1000 scientists from all parts
OF North and South America re-
y turned home today after awarding
the annual 1000 prize of the Amer
lean Association for the advance
ment of science to two young Cal
ifornians. Or. d. b.. Hoagland and
DR.. D. |. Aruon of the University
of California.
FORT WAYNE. Ind-UP-Three
: thousand striking employees gather
. at the International Harvester
Companys truck plant today in
mass demonstration against dis
criminatory labor practices which
they blamed for walkout two
days ago. The meeting was called
by Charles Shrock. local president
of the United Automobile Workers
of A rnnrina- lI0