The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-02
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THE WEATHER: Tuesday;
Cloudy, Cool VI
HOLLYWOOD - AP - Jenny
Dolly. As. of the once-famous Dolly
sisters dancing team, hanged her
self in her luxurious apartment
here, police said. Before stran-
Cling herself on curtain rod with
a brightly colored sash. said Detec.
tive Lieut.. Byron Diller, Miss
Dolly telephoned relatives that
she was i'll. She left no note Of ex-
PLANTATION.
CHUNGKING. China AP-
japanese raiders attacked Chung
king today for the second time in
as many days, again concentra-
ting on the downtown area OF the
capital.
WASHINGTON -AP- Govern
ment action to control the prices
OF gasoline and fuel oil in all sec
tons OF the country is being con-
idered by defense officials, 1t
was learned today.
VICHY, unoccupied France-AP
Citizens who are not at least
INSTRUMENTATION Frenchmen will be
dismissed from all public positions
under a decree issued today I'M
less they are war veterans or
were naturaliZed under exception |
al circumstances. The decree |
covers jobs "in public institutions,
state or local administrations, or
in the management OF state public
utilities"
EDINBURG. Tex. -AP Julius
Rene Lucien Belbenoit, AZ. who |
escaped Devils Island, French !
penal colony off South America.
and wrote the book. DRY Guillo- |
tine" is in Jail in lieu of SO 900 |
bond on Federal immigration
charges.
LONDON ms -Emigre Ger
man circles in London claimed to- !
day that 700 torpedo and gunnery |
experts from the German battle +
ship Tirpitz were abroad its sis
ter-ship. the Bismarck, when the |
latter was sunk. They said this
brought German casualties abroad |
the Bismarck to 1000 men.
NEW YORK ms The first |
British liner to arrive in New
York in three months, the $1,000
ton White Star liner Britannia,
was berthed here today. Carrying
no cargo and only go passengers, |
all British, the vessel slipped into
port Sunday. 1t is presumed she
will take on supplies for England. |
MOSCOW ms - A clash be-
tween United States marines
guarding Shanghais information
al settlement and Japanese sold /
iers was reported in Moscow to-
day.
ROME ms - Italo-German
aerial suuadrons today were cree
dited with sinking five enemy
ships in the British-held Libyan /
harbor Of Tobruk and damaging
British Notifications at that
stronghold.
VANCOUVER, B. c. UP -
Royal Canadian Mounted Police to-
day sought the cause OF a fire !
which destroyed the administra.
ton building, hospital and con-
struction equipment at the new, 81 !
100000 Boeing Aircraft Oft Canada
plant. Stanley Burke, president,
estimated damage at 100000.
CINCINNATI INS-An illness
OF less than a week today proved
fatal to DR.. Albert Graeme Mitch
ell, 50, one OF the nations out
standing pediatricians. He was
widely known author in the field OF
children's diseases and fellow of
the American Association for the
Advancement Of Science. At the
time of his death, DR.. Mitchell was
medical director and chief OF staff
OF the Cincinnati Children's Hos.
pital.
URBANA, Ill.-INS-Miss Eliza
beth Connolly OF Danville, ILL.,, has
resigned as assistant dean of WON.
en- at the University of Illinois to
accept a post as dean OF women at
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg,
Pa. it was disclosed today. Miss
Connelly's resignation becomes ef-
fective Sept. /.
MISSOULA, Mont.-1NS- The |
federal interment camp at Fort
Missoula had total population OF,
39S today with the arrival OF
second group OF Italian sailors tax
en- into custody by the L. s. I'M
migration service in the recent
roundup OF aliens.
NORFOLK. Va.-lNS-An fnves-
tigation was launched today TO de-
termine whether three fires that
broke out last night near the naval
base we're of incendiary origin.
Chief f. J. Cannon said he thought
the fires. which caused more than
$4,000 damage to the NJ. T. Blass-
ingham Lumber Co filling defense
orders. the Hurst Wholesale Oil
Company, and the DR.. Pepper Bot
aling Works, were of incendiary
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