The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-01
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THE WEATHER; Friday; III
] Cooler, Showers
LONDON AP- The govern
ment's war damage risk insurance
became effective today and every
man. woman and child In Great
Britain received free OF charge
limited insurance policy covering
damage to personal property as
result Of the war.
ALBUQUERQUE, n. M.-AP-Al-
bert Bacon Fall. ~. Secretary OF /
the Interior under President Hard /
ing. returned TO his FL Paso, Tex,
home last night after a long illness
in the Albuquerque Veterans Hos
pital.
AUSTIN, Tex.-AP-The dread |
ed bat" leather whip with which |
Texas penitentiary prisoners occa- |
sionally are punished, is on the |
way out Senate approval of a house
bill abolishing prison whipping sent /
the measure TO the governor. II he
approves the bill, penitentiary fog
gings will be misdemeanor.
LONDON-AP - The Admiralty
acknowledged today receipt of a
gift of $50, 900 pounds (about $780,
000) from the Indian Prince, the
Nizam OF Hyderabad for construc-
ton OF a corvette. and announced |
one of the patrol vessels now build
ing would be named Hyderabad in
his honor.
SAN FRANCISCO-AP-A feder-
al court jury which last night found |
Henri Young %, guilty of inyolun-
tary manslaughter in the knitting OF |
a fellow convict at Alcatraz, today |
asked Washington officials to in |
vestigate conditions at the island |
prison. Paul Verdier, San Fran
cisco merchant and foreman OF the
jury, disclosed that the six men and
six women on the panel said in the
petition they were convinced that
conditions in this federal prison are
unbelievably inhuman."
COLLINGSWOOD. n. up
Marjorie Lou Williamson. 2 IL,
daughter OF Arthur B. Williamson,
known as the 'fingerless pianist,
was burned TO death and her two
sisters we're injured in a fire that
swept the Williamson apartment
early today. The child was found
dead on the floor OF a rear bed
room after firemen extinguished
the blaze.
VATICAN CITY Up Pope
Plus XII will hold a secret consis-
tory in Vatican City on May IL in
the presence ef all eaHdiaals- now
in Rome or Vatican City, it was
announced today.
LONDON-AP-The ministry OF
labor and national service today |
ordered women born in 1919 to |
register May 3. The registration |
will show how the women are &C.
cupied and hs& many are available |
for war work. It is part Of the |
plan for listing different age groups |
at regular intervals.
BUDAPEST, Hungary -AP-
The military commander of the |
Hungarian-occupied part of Yugo- |
slavia has ordered "all Serbs, Bos-
mans, Montenegrins, gypsies and |
Jews and their descendants who |
were not Hungarian citizens be-
fore Oct. 81, 1918, ito move out |
within three days beginning at |
a. m. May 2S".
MADRID. Spain-AP-Th Span
fish government announced today !
the creation OF a corporation TO |
manufacture bombing and military |
transport planes. With a, capital !
ization Of 10000 900 pesetas (S2,- |
700,000l, it will be the largest |
manufacturing enterprise OF its
kind on the Iberian peninsula.
LOS ANGELES-AP- Fire to-
day destroyed the RCA Manufac- |
turing Co. warehouse and 100000 |
puOHOkIdDn lbNOlubs VI n lOtp-
perwein. plant superintendent. said |
the building and records were a
total loss which he placed at $3.50, |
600 B. f. Cogar, assistant fire |
chief, theorized that flames from |
an incinerator in the rear OF the |
building were whipped under a par
tition, igniting the highly inflam-
mable records.
ISTANBUL. Turkey-1NS-Turk- |
ish Foreign Minister Sucru Sara
coglu may be invited to Berlin for
consultations with German officials
before Franz Won Papen, German
ambassador to Turkey. returns TO
Ankara from Berlin, it was report
ed today.
WASHINGTON-INS- II Ger
many attempts to occupy Portugal.
the United States or Great Britain
will Immediately take over the
Azores and Cape Verde Islands,
it was learned today. There are
indications that American warships
already are operating on patrol
duty in the neighborhood Of the
Azores.
WASHINGTON Miners in
all sections OF the Appalachian BIZ
tunrinous coal field-north and