The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-05

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today was to appear before immi.
grafton officials at Ellis Island.
The movie star had flown to Tor.
onto on Sunday from New York
to participate in a broadcast for
British war relief.
VICHY, France-UP- An an.
nouncement that extensive new
defenses had been completed along
the French African coast was re-
i garded today as an attempt to as
sure the United States that Da-
kar and other strategic ports there
would not be surrendered to Ger.
many.
PITTSBURGH-INS- Mrs. Ruth
ID. Eskey, an x-ray technician at
Homestead Hospital, was found
mysteriously stabbed and beaten
in her east end apartment early
today. AS her assailant, police
said they were holding her Is
year old son. John Richard Eskey.
home OH a vacation from a south
ern boys academy.
SINGAPORE-INS-Large num-
bers OF British Indian troops and
reinforcements for the Royal Air
Force have arrived to bolster the
garrison at Singapore, 1t was Off
cially announced today.
SAN JOSE. Costa Rica-INS -
Costa RIGA has concluded an advan-
tageous agreement with the United
States Import-Export Bank In
Washington. 1t was announced to-
DAY. By terms Of the agreement,
Costa Rica's contribution toward
construction OF the Pan-American
Highway is reduced and payments
are suspended for four years.
NEW YORK-INS-A new air
service connecting Lima, Peru, with
Corumba, Brazil, and replacing the
route formerly maintained by the
German Lufthansa and its affiliat-
ed companies, was inaugurated to-
day by Pan American-Grace Air.
ways.
i WASHINGTON UP-The Ad-
ministration today opened its drive
for federal daylight savings time
as a means OF conserving power
for defense.
WASHINGTON - ms - Indica-
lions that President Roosevelt's
vacation cruise was not all vaca-
ton. came from the yacht Potomac
today when the Navy revealed that
he had spent some time" discuss
ing affairs with the commander-in-
chief of the Atlantic fleet, Rear Ad.
miral Ernest J. King.
tBUDAPEST-lNS-Reports OF ar.
rests and executions for bombings
and terrorist plots In various Sec
lions of southeastern Europe flood.
ed into Budapest today. An official
dispatch from Zagreb said terror
lists convicted OF throwing several
bombs in an anti-government plot
were sentenced to death and exc
cuted. Twenty Communist youths
involved In the plot were among
those put to death.
NORFOLK, Na.-UP-Reliable
sources said today that 6,000-ton
British merchant ship, whose name
was withheld, Is being towed here
for repairs necessitated by sabo-
tage. The vessel put in here for
cargo and left Aug. /, presumably
TO join a convoy in Canadian wa
tiers. En- route, the informants said,
bolts holding the crank-shaft
flanges broke and 1t was impossible
TO make repairs at sea. Five of six
broken bolts were said TO have been
sawed halfway through.
ANKARA. Turkey-UP-Political
quarters reported today that the
United States would arm and
clothe a Polish army in Russia ex-
pected to exceed 100000 men. I'm
der a Russian-Polish agreement
Poles in Russia are to be formed
into an army to fight on the Rus
sian side.
BRUSSELS, Occupied Belgium
--AP-A German war council sit
ting at Antwerp has ruled that
calling a fleming "a dirty boche'
constituted anti-German SANDER.
A Belgian shipping clerk charged
With using the words in referring
to Flemish worker was given a
four month prison term.
VICHY. France-AP- Saboteurs
were reported today to have cut
railway telephone and signal llnes
during the night at Lyon. one OF
the most important railway juno.
lions in France
BERLIN -AP- A DNB news
agency dispatch from Helslnki re.
ported today the governments OF
Australia and New Zealand had
severed diplomatic relations with
Finland, following the break in re.
lstions between Finland and Brit
ain. DNB said Swedish diplomats
would take over Finland's inter
ests IN these countries.
STROUDSBURG. Pa. ms
Stepping quickly from an automo
bile and covering" them with fire
arms. two men today held up the
jsnitor and a bookkeeper Of the
First National Bank Of strouds
burg on a street here and robbed