The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-12
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THE WEATHER: Tuesdsy
Somewhat warmer

NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c.
UP-The body OF Sen. J. d. Taylor.
So, publisher OF the New Westmins-
ter British Columbian, will he
brought here tomorrow from Uni
ty, Sask., where he died aboard a
train, apparently OF a heart attack.
NEW YORK-iNS-Fritz Kreis-
Ter, Observation-Disclosures violin.
list who sustained a fractured skull
when he was struck by a light
truck in midtown Manhattan IS
days ago. is still not yet fully
conscious, Roosevelt Hospital at
tendants reported today. He IS
continuing to show slight improve
ment, however
NEW YORK-AP-The Totem
vile, Staten Island, police report
ed today that five or six" persons
were injured in a fire on Cities
Service Oil Company barge on
Perth Amboy, y. j. The injured
were reported taken to the Perth
Amboy Hospital. The coast guard
tug Arundel said the blass was
soon under control.
BELLEFONTE, Pa.-UP- Avia-
tors searching the rugged Allie
gheny Mountains reported no
traces today of a plane in which
Benjamin Brewster, SO, New York
ha nh hfa MI
have been missing since Friday.
VICHY, France-AP-Pierre La.
val and Jean Coy leader OF Paris
critics of government policies,
were maintained in office as may
ors of municipalities today in
decree affecting So mayeralty
posts in the Seine department.
Los ANGELES-AP Sixty
three faculty members at the Uni
versity of California at Los Ange-
les signed telegram TO President
Roosevelt urging every possible
step TO assure the delivery OF war
materials to Britain and her al
lies. The group. headed by DR..
Louis Knott Koontz. called itself
the temporary committee of facul-
" members for the defense OF de-
mocracy.
VATICAN CITY Up - Pope
Plus named Pietro Cardinal Fuma-
soni-Biondi Camerlango or Cham
berlain of the Sacred College OF
Cardinals today at his first secret
consistory since March Z, 1910.
The Pope named several new
bishops, none OF whom were for
posts in the United States.
BERN, Switzerland-AP Ill
timatum to Rumanian university
students clinging to the Iron Guard
and new series of house arrests"
of persons accused of agitating
against the state were announced
today in official Bucharest dis.
patches.
WASHINGTON AP-Authorita
tive sources said today the Agricul-
ture Department would announce
this week government loan rate of
HpOul OF 1tltS a DuSuCl lOT lHC
1912 crop Such a rate would COM
pare with Sc cents for the 1910 crop.
Both figures are averages. Differ
entails are provided for various
grades and locations with reference
es to terminal markets.
HOLLYWOOD - ms Mystery
today yelled the death of Peggy
Shannon, former Ziegfeld Follies
beauty and one-time prominent
screen star, whose body was found
slumped over kitchen table in her
Hollywood home with a half.burned
cigarette in her mouth and an
empty glass beside her. The red
haired actress was found by her
husband. Albert G. Roberts, when
he returned from a fishing trip late
yesterday. Investigators said Miss
Shannon had been dead twelve
hours. An autopsy will be held
tomorrow to determine cause Of her
death.
NICHY, France-AP-A 75-min-
ute air raid alarm prevailed early
today in the German-occupied port
of Bordeaux, it was learned here,
but there was no immediate report
whether bombs were dropped.
NEW YORk-INS-For the sec
ond time. George Cvek, 23-year-old
Harrisburg, Pa, youth, will go on
trial today for the murder OF Mrs.
Catherine Papas, Bronx housewife
who was found strangled in her
apartment last Feb. 4. The first
trial was halted two weeks ago
when Judge NJ. Barrett called
mistrial after two jurors admitted
reading newspaper accounts of the
case.
NICHY. France-UP - United
States Ambassador William d.
Leahy was understood today TO
have requested an appointment
with Marshal Henri Philippe Pc
tain in connection with the Paris
press campaign against America
and warning to Washington 10
keep hands of Dakar.