The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-14

ADAMS, an attendant at the scnOol,
and William Laird, acting house
officer.
DETROIT - ms - Paul &.
Wendt, Of nearby Wayne. was
killed early today when his
car was struck by a Michigan
Central freight train. Wendt's
car was hurled 200 feet by the
train.
CHICAGO-INS- The CLIO farm
equipment workers organizing com
mittee prepared today to conduct
strike vote at the Mccormick
Works of the International Harves-
ter Company in Chicago. The vote
win be taken tomorrow, the union
announced.
WASHINGTON up Edward
c. Eicher, 50, former Democratic
congressman from Iowa and a
staunch new dealer, was expected
today to succeed Jerome Frank as
chairman Of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission. He has been
an SEC member since 1889.
CAIRO, Egypt-AP-Three thou
sand OF the Italians captured in the
Libyan port of Bengasi arrived by
ships today in Alexandria and were
taken by train TO concentration
canps.
LONDON-AP-Six members OF
the Rumanian legation in London
are scheduled to leave tomorrow for
home, travelling by air to, Lisbon.
Other members were expected to
follow shortly. Great Britain broke
off diplomatic relations with Ru-
mania Monday.
R0ME-AP-An official an
neHHeement- reported today that
General Giuseppe Tellera, comman-
der OF the Italian 10th Army. had
died theoretically in fighting in the
Bengasi zone in northern Libya.
COLUMBIA, S. C.-AP-Strange-
ly missing today was South Caro-
lina's sword of state, a four-foot
blade believed to have been fash
toned by a Charles NTown (now
Charleston) silversmith more than
two centuries ago. 1t customary
X hung over the senate rostrum,
WASHINGTON AP-Secretary
Perkins reported today that the La
Dor Department Cancellation Serv-
Zee disposed OF 21S strikes, threat
ened strikes, lock-outs and other
controversies last month, involving
l2l,Ss3 workers.
LONDON-UP- British patrols
operating with free French forces
in the southern Libyan desert have
captured the Traghen Oasis, %
miles northeast of Marzuk. and
have destroyed Italian airfields al
Marzuk in the Kufra Oasis, British
military quarters said today.
MADRID-INS - Gen. Maxine
Weygand. commander OF the
French African armies, has left
Algiers on a trip TO the western
part of French Morocco, it was re-
ported in Madrid today. French
Morocco borders on Spanish Moroc-
co and both these areas adjoin the
Straits Of Gibraltar.
ROME UP - Great Britain,
launching a direct attack against
the Italian mainland, dropped para
chute troops in the Calabria-Cat-
ania area Of southern Italy Mon
day night and Tuesday morning In
an attempt to cut communications
the high command asserted today
in communique.
SAIGON, French Indo-China -
AP-Protests lodged by French
authorities caused Japanese naval
forces to abandon today an attempt
to land additional supplies for
troops and airmen who arrived here
earlier in the week.
MADRID, Spain-AP-Details OF
Generalissimo Francisco Frances
talks with PrRmier Mussolini and
French Chief Of State Marshal
Petain were obscured by official
secrecy today as the 6audils o re-
turned to Spain after an absence
OF four days.
LISBON, Portugal-AP-An an
nouncement that Alfonso XIII, who
fled the throne of Spain in 1881,
had renowned his rights in favor
OF his son and heir, Prince Juan,
aroused talk here today Of a pos
sible attempt soon to restore the
Spanish monarchy Newspapers in
Spain have withheld publication Of
the abdication message, which was
reported here to have been issued
Jan. Is in Rome, but the Portu-
guese Monarchist paper La Voz
printed the full text yesterday.
NEW YORK-INS- Miss Marie
Reynolds. believed to have been
member of the original Flora
dora sextette, was found dead
early today in her apartment, ap-
parently from natural causes. Re
Gently she had been writing for
magazines on world affairs under
a pseud6nym.
SAN FRANCISCO ms The
arrest Of Harry Bridges. west
coast labor leader. on a formal de-
portation warrant probably will be
made today, Irving Wixon, San
Francisco director Of the inn
migration service, disclosed.
BUDAPEST ms The Ruman.
ian government refused today to
permit British Minister Sir Regi-