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

onh Dooe, - year OlQ negro, was
electrocuted at Kilby prison early
today, the first man to die under
1885 Alabama law making burg
larry Of an occupied dwelling ~
night capital offense.
LAKE CHARLES, La. -AP-
Sixty state troopers arrived here
today to join military police and
health officers in wiping out pros.
titution and other forms OF vice
preliminary to Army maneuvers
starting next week and lasting
through September.
SHANGHAI -AP- A Japanese
navy spokesman said today about
1000 barrels Of oil aboard the
Standard oil tanker Meiyo had
been confiscated by the Japanese
navy after Investigation disclosed
the oil was destined for guerrilla
territory on the north bank Of the
iangtze River a few miles from
here.
OTTAWA-AP- Plans for d.
verting Canadian labor and equip
ment from export trade to defense
Channels are expected to be con-
sidered today when the Canadian
American joint economic commit
tee opens a two day session.
BERLIN -AP- German news
papers and other public informa-
tion agencies are about to begin
what is considered another ex-
pose OF Roosevelt secret power
politics, authorized sources said
today.
CAIRO --AP- A government
sponsored marriage bureau has
been started here to find husbands
for Egyptian girls whose parents
have been killed in air raids. There
are 200 applicants.
VICHY. Uroccupied France-AP
With Vichy awaiting the arrival
OF General Maxine Weygand, its
African proconsul, the evening
mouthpiece OF the Paris cola Dor
ationist group. lie Nouveaux temps,
today fatty demanded that France
go beyond armistice limits to OBJ.
tain German help IN Strengthening
her North African defenses.
BEIRUT, Syria-INS-Gen Henri
Fernand DentZ, former high com.
missioner for conquered Syria, was
inferred with 35 other Vichy army
officers today in reprisal for
Vichy's refusal to release Allied
officers.
SUPERIOR, ATKINS Work
men laboring for the second day to
reach Jose Estrada. entombed on
the .3,O00-foot level of the Magma
Copper Company mine, held little
hope today OF finding him alive.
Estrada was trapped Wednesday
night when a wall caved in.
ROME-INS- Polish Princess
Marie Radziwill. who was held in
Moscow's Lubyanka Prison during
the Russian occupation OF Eastern
Poland, died suddenly In Rome to-
day. After a period OF imprison.
ment in Moscow. the Princess
was liberated as a result OF the
intervention of Chancellor Hitler.
who appealed to Dictator Josef
Stain on her behalf. Later she
came TO the Italian capital.
HAVANA INS-Nine Germans.
accused Of membership in the
chamberlain Bund and charged
with collecting funds for the Reich
with boxes for which the German
legation aHegedly holds the keys,
were under arrest in Havana to.
day.
NEW YORK ms - New York
diamond experts. skeptics by the
very naturs-o -their-trade- main
tained Tets wait and see" atti-
tude today concerning reports OF
the discovery OF a giant diamond
in Brazil. They would not go so
far as to say fatty that a stone
weighing $3.50 carats could not be
found, but they wondered openly
why their agents-these are omni-
present In the African and South
American diamond erritories-were
not eagerly cabling news OF the
asserted discovery.
SHANGHAI-INS-An American
owned lace business at Swatow
valued at 100000 was forced into
liquidation today because OF Japan
csc repercussions resulting from
United States curtailment OF silk
products.
WASHINGTON-INS-The War
department today authorized 81 1915,
900 to be spent for enlargement oil
airplane repair buildings at the Sar
Antonio air depot. Duncan Field
Texas. and Hill Field. Ogden All
Depot, Utah.
BERLfN-UP-A ministry Of Fl
nance decree. dated Aug. 4 and
published today. provided that al
United States citizens property In
the Reich be reported to the min
istry by Oct. /.
BERLIN ms The German
high command announced TO-DAY
that German U-boats during the las
feE days have sunk six British ship
IN the Atlantic Ocean. All thu
vessels we're under convoy whei
they we're sent to the bottom, th'
German statement said.