The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-06

sSIlDeu their dCllOu as a stunt /
TO draw public attention to their
labor dispute with the Consolidat-
ed Edison Company
OUBLlN-lNS-A motion was
Introduced In the Irish Senate
today to request United States
aid In securing Ireland against
attack. The motion, to be dis
eussed later, read chat In the
opinion Of the Senate the gov
eminent should take Immediate
steps to obtain full and effee-
tive cooperation Of the govern
nent Of the United States In
securing ireland against at
tack"
LONDON ms French Vice
Premier Admiral Jean Darlan will
decide all questions OF policy re-
garding French Africa on behalf OF
the Vichy government. according
to a Madrid dispatch to the Lon
don Daily Mail today.
LONDON-INS- Werner Helm.
rich WALTZ and Karl Theo Drueke
were executed in Wandsworth pris-
en- today after being convicted of
treachery. The two executions
brought the spy death roll in Brit
ain to six so far in the present war
as compared to 10 in the great war
of 1sl4.1S.
WASHINGTON-UP-The Treas
ury today unfroze the American
assets of German, Italian, Japan
csc and Chinese nationals doing
business within the British en-
pire, Russia and other allied ter
rltories. The action was announ-
ced in an amended general license
granting the Axis and Chinese ma
tionals trade privileges in the Brit
ish empire, Russia, Netherlands
East Indies, Netherlands West In
dies, Belgium Congo and Ruanda-
Urundi, Greenland and Iceland.
LONDON ms The London
Daily Sketch today quoted the Mos
COW radio as charging Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria had
been murdered by Nazi storm
troopers.
WASHINGTON-AP-- Lloyds Of
-LeHden-is- willing TO risk odds of
900 to l that Washington won't
be bombed. Rates Of 81 per $1,000
were quoted today by the British
firms agency here on war bonn
berdment insurance, good for one
year and involving no cancellation
clause.
LONDON-AP- Milk will be ra-
TONED in Britain, and the entire
population must register for the
distribution. it was announced to-
day. The date rationing will be
effective was not disclosed.
ANKARA. Turkey-AP-Britain
was reported today to have assured
Turkey she would enter into no
agreement with Soviet Russia con-
corning postwar spheres OF in
fluence which would infringe on
Turkish interests.
CHICAGO-UP- Railway Labor
Brotherhoods prepared today for a
strike poll Of their 1,150000 mem
bers, and federal mediation TO re-
open deadlocked wage negotiations
appeared inevitable. =
SAN FRANCISCO up The
japanese liner Asama Maru flag
ship of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha
line, was due today with a $1,000
900 silk cargo, but she has not
been heard from since last Friday
and the Marine Exchange did not
post her as due to arrive.
NEW YORK-INS- One man
was stabbed to death and two men
were arrested today when rioting
broke out in front OF the Wiz Nov
city Company where a strike was
called two days ago as outgrowth
Of an inter-union jurisdictional dis
pute.
NEW YORK-INS- An earth
quake of fairly severe intensity"
was registered early today on the
Fordham University seismograph
the first shock being recorded at
2:24 a. m. (EDT), the second eight
minutes later. The quake was es-
timated at about $3.50 miles from
New York in an undetermined
direction.
ROCK SPRINGS. wyo.-UPoA
B.1s-A Army bomber made a
forced landing early today in the
mountains. 10 miles northwest of
Rock Springs. None was injured
The plane was en- route from Salt
Lake City to Denver. Officials
left to locate the plane as soon as
the civil aeronautics authority re-
ported having received a radio mes
sage from IT,
MANILA AP- A delegation
OF labor leaders representing tens
OF thousands of members through.
out the Philippine Islands called
on Lieut.. General Douglas A. Mac
Arthur today and presented a re-
solution pledging labor's loyalty
TO the United States during the
present emergency.
RICHMOND. Va. -UP-Former
Congressman Colgate W. Darden,
Jr.. OF Norfolk held a $4,000
plurality in Virginia's Democra.
tic gubernatorial primary. incom-
plete returns showed today. The
Democratic nomination assures