The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-05
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FAIRMONT, Minn.-lNS An
11-year-old boy was dead today
and his mother and two sisters
near death from skull fractures in
fiicted by the husband and father
who then hanged himself. Fred
Brammier, 80, farmer living near
Fairmont, dubbed his son William,
IL, to death and then severely
beat his wife and his daughters,
Lois, Is, Ann, six, ana jeanette,
two. Physicians held little hope
for the recovery Of Mrs. Bran
mier and Ann and jeanette.
MES6AHER0, A. -M-=lAS= Of
ficials OF the Civil Aeronautics
Authority today investigated the
plane crash which brought death
to the Flying Millers' of Odessa,
Tex, Thomas l.. Miller, SO, owner
of a chain of Jewelry stores IN
west Texas, and his son Lamont,
%. The victims, enroute from
ODESSA to Ruidoso, n. NJ, on a va
cation trip, were fatally injured
when their two-seater plane struck
a clump of trees.
KANSAS ClITY-INS-A four
year-old boy was dead today, and
10 persons injured, two of them
critically, as the result of a fire
works accident at the Mission Hills
Country Club last night. The son
OF Mr.. and Airs. l.. b. Ballard was
killed when an aerial bomb was
misdirected into a group OF spec.
tators watching the fireworks dis
play.
NEW YORK - ms - Lieut..
Comdr. Lincoln Ellsworth l.. S. ~,
famed EXPLORER, was ON the hign
-Aeas today bound for Peru where
he hopes toSfnd the lost tombs
OF the Inca emperors. These
tombs are believed hidden under
massive stones of Mount Misti,
near AreQuipa. Ellsworth, who is
on a two-month leave OF absence
from the Navy, said that he would
make plans for his fifth expedition
IT, the Antarctic upon his return
home from Peru.
LONDON-lNS-With Germany
heavily engaged on the Russian
front, demands were revived today
that British troops land on the Ger
man-occupied continental coast
line and stage "harassing raids >.
An article in the London Evening
Standard said: Let's put the in
Nasion into reverse"
LONDON -AP-- Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden reaffirmed to-
day Britain,s determination to des-
troy Adolf Hitler and ''all he stands
for" We are not in any circum-
stances prepared TO negotiate with
him at any time on any subject"
Eden told an outdoor meeting.
I'VE are all out to beat Hitler.
NEW YORK-AP - Magnetic
earth currents early today disrupt
ed wire and wireless communica-
tons and for several hours before
dawn BACKED out all radio and
cable contact with Europe. The
disturbances, described by techni-
clans as akin TO those sometimes
caused by Aurora Borealis, or
Northern Lights, appeared to be
clearing as morning progressed.
TOKYO-INS- The stupendous
total Of 2,015,00O Chinese troops
have been killed since the Sino-
Japanese war began, the Japanese
government announced today. The
statement said Japanese casual
ties in the China war and in the
recent Russo-Japanese-Manchu-
kuoan frontier battle include l09,-
$50 killed.
LONDON-UP 49, Reports have
reached a foreign embassy here
that Adolf Hitler hopes to put
Prince Louis Ferdinand, second
son OF the former German Crown
Prince, on the throne of Russia, il
was learned today.
SAN DIEGO, Calf. -AP- Film
Actor Pat O'Brien rescued his
daughter. Mavoureen, 6, and son,
shawn, 5. from a deep hole in the
ocean surf near the family's home
last night. The family and Actor
Ronald Reagan were splashing
about when strong cross-current
swept the OBriens into the hole,
Capt. Bill Rumsey OF the San Die
go County hfeguards reported.
ASUNClON. Paraguay 49, AP-
Two Paraguayan naval officers,
charged by the high command
with instituting a "subyersive
plot we're the detectives today
OF a wide hunt led by the Army.
Identified as Captains Dos Santos
and Guerrero Padin, the officers
were said to have tried TO organ
!le a revolt against President Hi
ginio Morinigo at Pillar, port con.
trolling traffic on the Paraguay
River.
PHILADELPHIA -AP A
sw eaty crew on a Delaware river
dredge is roofing through each
load Of muck gouged from the
river bottom just opposite Hog Is
land in a feyerish search for sunk
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