The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-12
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| THE WEATHER: Saturday:
Fair, Warmer !
LONG BRANCH. y. J.-lNS -
The fye-story. G00-room Scar
Borough Hotel. located In the heart
OF this New Jersey seashore resort
town, was completely destroyed by
Ore early today. Several adjoil-
ing structures were threatened in
the gigantic blaze, but police re-
ported that the fre was brought
under control shortly after a. m,
three hours after its outbreak.
BERLlN-lNS- A gigantic
attack by German submarines
ons large convoy In the North
Atlantic, with % ships totalllna
$4,000 tons sunk so far, was
announced by the German high
command today. A eommunl-
que, Issued from Chancellor
Killers military headquarters
attacking the convoy, which
consisted OF 40 ships, In the
North Atlantic for several days.
NEW YORK-INS-Police today
probed the mysterious death OF 25-
year-old Mary Woodruff, beautiful
red.haired night club dancer, who
yesterday was found in bed In a
nightgown In her midtown Manhat-
tan studio apartment. Ruling on
the cause of death was withheld
pending an autopsy, to be made lat
or today. Philip Goldstein, assist
ant medical examiner, said indi-
cations were that she had died
from an overdose of sleeping tab
lets.
LONDON-lNS-The Daily Ex-
press diplomatic correspondent
said today Britain is sending great
quantities OF arms and raw ma
terials to Russia. including many
received from the United States.
LONDON-INS- Five hundred
persons were killed, an Exchange
telegraph dispatch from -Ankara
said today, when an earthquake
rocked the Agri district 20 miles
east OF Erserum, Anatoia. The re-
port added that authorities feared
casualties would prove even heavier
when a full count is made.
BUENOA AIRES -AP- The ex-
ecutive branch of the Argentine
government was reported by in
formed sources today to favor ac-
ton leading TO removal of Edmund
Won Thermann as German ambas
sador to Argentina. The conserva-
tive bloc of the Chamber of Depu.
ties Unexpectedly endorsed a reso-
luton demanding that Won Their.
mann be declared PERSONA non
grata' on grounds he abused dip
lomatic privileges.
BATAVIA, Netherlands, East In
dies-AP-Sir Robert Brooke Pop
ham, ommander-in-chief of British
forces in the Far East. arrived here
yesterday for visits with the COVER.
nor general and army and navy au.
thorities.
MEXICO CITY-AP-Luis San
chez Ponton resigned last night as
minister OF education and was sue
ceeded by Octavio Bejar Vazquez,
federal attorney general. Ponton
long had been under the fire OF in
fluential sections Of the press and
of number OF political parties for
alleged Communistic leanings.
WASHINGTON AP-The feder-
al government has taken over the
financing of a 100000 machine
gun plant being constructed at
Hamden, Conn, which the British
originally had underwritten.
NEW ORLEANS-AP- Rising
tides early today forced lowland
jewellers on the southeast coast of
Louisiana TO seek higher ground as
a tropical disturbance attended by
winds of 40 to so miles an hour
velocity moved inland.
VIGHY, Unoccupfed France-AP
Informed sources reported to-
day another attack on a German
army man in Paris in the reprisals
and counter-reprisals between occu-
pying authorities and opposition
forces.
MEXICO CITY-AP- President
Manuel Avila Camacho announced
last night his willingness to accept
an offer OF the semi-military Sinar-
quistas TO colonize deserted regions
of Lower California.
ALEXANDRIA, La.-AP- Fifty
three soldiers have died in Louis
lana and Arkansas the past month
during preliminary maneuvers
leading ZIP to TIE start Sunday night
o. the biggest war games in United
States history. Fifty of the deaths
were accidental.
ALEXANDRIA. La.-AP- Mill
tary authorities have been request
ID to investigate the destruction
OF a beer tavern near here by sol
diers angered in the shooting OF one
OF their number in an argument
over the price OF beer.
PHOENIX. Ariz.-AP-T The gov.
ernment's method OF price fixing
is causing unbalanced initiation,
an Initiation OF the most dangerous
and vicious type. the Arizona de
partment Of mineral resources as
serted today in urging an increase