The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-10

Odil6I D6dIu, ~ one Ol tue lOuu'
ders of the Boy Scout movement
in the United States, today was
r. critically i'll at his Brooklands
home where he has been confined
TO bed since last April.
WASHlNGTON-lNS-Presi-
dent Roosevelt within the next
"a hours will make his first
report to Congress on the opera
ton Of the $1,000, 100000 Brit
ish Aid Act. According TO his
secretary, Stephen T. Early.
Mr.. Roosevelt will dictate a
conveying letter sometime dur.
ing the day.
NEW INS-Arthur Cur
isS James. ffhancier. who was re-
Xgarded as the worlds largest pri-
waite owner of railroad securities,
left the bulk Of his multi-millions
estate to religious and charitable
Organizations, filing OF his will in
surrogate's court disclosed today.
James, who died Wednesday. or
dered the creation OF a foundation
TO dispense the money.
BENHAM, Ky.-INS- The slay-
ing of an aged negro by snipers
who laid siege to the International
Harvester Company's coal mine
near Benham will lead 10 a temper
airy shutdown of the operation, 1t
was reported today.
MEXICO CITY-INS- Mexican
Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padiia
announced today that a joint Mex
ican-United States commission will
make study of war time neceshi-
ties and make plans on meeting
them.
RoME-iNS-Italy formally sew
cred diplomatic relations with Iraq
today following collapse OF Rash
Id Ais anti-British movement.
BERLIN - Up - Two British
freighters totaliDg 10000 tons were
sunk by German planes off the
south coast Of England yesterday
while in the Atlantic German planes
damaged two other ships so seri-
ously that their loss may be as
sumed, the German high command
said today.
LONDON ms The Neither.
lands training ship Van Kings
7 bergen, which intercepted the
French steamer Winnipeg recent
ly and took off 200 Germans
bound from Dakar to Martini
que, has herself been stopped off
West Africa. Dutch officials an
nounced today. There were no de-
tails.
MOSCOW --AP- Tass. official
Soviet Russian News Agency. an.
nounced today that B. L. Nah-
nikov had been relieved OF his
post as commissar OF armamcnts
for failure to cope with his
duties and had been replaced by
Dmitrl Ustinov.
F.. NICHY. unoccupied France -
APP Jacques Benoist Mechin and
Henry Moysset, both assistants to
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Oar
Ian. were elevated today to secre-
taries Of state in the French gov
eminent
TOKYO APP The newspaper
Yomiuri said today the Japanese
goyernmS-t had been asked by its
Representatives engaged in eco
nofnic negotiations in the Neither
lands East Indies to call them
home. The newspaper said it be-
lieved such action was being ser
iously considered in the meetings
OF japanese leaders in Tokyo de-
voted to the Dutch reply to Japan
csc trade proposals.
WASHINGTON AP - The
penny and the nickel are becoming
so popular that the treasury is
running out OF metal needed TO
make the two coins. A sympathe-
tic Senate passed and sent to
President Roosevelt Monday leg
islation which would increase
from 100000 TO $1,000 900 the re.
volving fund used TO purchase
metals for minor coinage.
WASHINGTON - AP 49, The
Navy. setting the pace for private
shipbuilders in the race for con-
struction OF a two-ocean fleet. ex-
poets to launch at least one Of its
first i5.000-ton battleships. the
New Jersey, next January. about
nine months ahead Of schedule.
WASHINGTON AP-The gov
eminent put consumers tentatively
on notice today that they may
have TO step aside until defense
needs are met on a long list OF
everyday items. ranging from
mattresses and cameras to wool
en- underwear and fire extinguish-
ers. The list included wool. cot
ton. flannel and other types OF
cloth. wool and leather gloves.
motion picture projection ana
sound equipment. medicinal chem
icals. wooden and cottonwood
socks. hospital uniforms. and bust
ness office equipment such as al
dressing and duplicating mach