The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-16

cops for a six-day movement OF
$500 Army vehicles from here to
California for war games next
week.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-AP-
The newspaper Diario De Noticias
said today the German blockade
running frsighter Lech, had ar
rived at Recife after having been
previously reported intercepted by
a British auxiliary cruiser and set
afire.
TOKYO-AP>-Foreign Minister
Yosuke Matsuoka> conferred at
length today with Soviet Russian
Ambassador Constantin\ >Smetanin
and reliable sources said their con-
versation was concerned with gen
eral European affairs. y
NICHY. France-AP-A decree
Is anticipated shortly creating a
super-committee named by Vice
Premier Admiral Jean Darlan to
control all foreigners, especially
Jews, in the French Empire.
SHANGHAI - APP Lieut.. Col.
Kunio Akiyama, official spokesman
for Japanese forces in China, said
today the Chinese Fifth Army had
sustained heavy losses in recent
fighting in southern Shansi Prov
ince with its chief officers killed
and 10000 troops trapped.
ROME-INS The Duke OF
Spoleto will be crowned King OF
Croatia on Sunday or Monday
and boundaries of the new indie
pendent Croatian state will be fixed
in conference at Vienna.
BUFFALO, n. Y.-INS-Leaders
OF the CLOS Steel Workers Organ
izing Committee, who yesterday
won by a 3-to-l margin the right
TO represent employees of the Lack
awanna plant OF the Bethlehem
Steel Company in an NLRB collec-
tive bargaining election, today an
nounced plans to move forward to
victory" in other Bethlehem plants |
throughout the country.
PHILADELPHIA-INS-Fe Federal
agents today Investigated the pos
sibility OF sabotage in the $4,000, 900
fire which yesterday swept three
city blocks, destroying factories
and homes, and damaging one build
ing at the Cramp shipyard; holders |
OF naval construction contracts.
NEW YORK INS-A group of |
New Workers with the name OF
Churchill today launched a nation
wide campaign today to organize |
the estimated 1000 "Churchills" in |
the country to raise money to send |
TO British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill for war work in England.
COPENHAGEN-(Via Berlin)-
INS-King Christian today dis
missed the Danish consul generals
in New York, Chicago and San
Francisco on grounds they cooper
a ted with Danish Minister de Kauff-
man in Washington and refused to
return home.
BERLIN-INS- Field Marshal
Werner Won Blomberg notified Ger
man newspapers today that his son.
Major Axel Won Blomberg, Of the
air force general staff, had been
killed In action.
CHICAGO-INS- A violent but
short lived wind and rain storm
left uprooted trees. several roof
less houses and other damage to-
day in the Chicago area. The gale.
which attained a 60-mile velocity
at its height, followed Chicagos
warmest oay Of the year Thurs
day. with the mercury touching
S66 degrees. A private airport
outside the city reported severe
storm damage to three hangers
and 80 airplanes.
WASHINGTON - ms The
special Senate Committee investi-
eating the national defense pro-
gram was in adjournment today
while clerks and investigators pre-
pared material for the opening
OF its inquiry into the construc-
tion OF Camp Blanding, Fla.
MADISON, Wis. --INS-Com-
munists and all other persons ad-
vocating overthrow Of the demo-
cratic form OF government were
barred from state primary and
general election ballots In Wis
consin today under a bill signed
into law by Gov. julius P. He'll.
WASHINGToN-UP-The L. 8.
Bureau OF Census today estimated
the population OF Continental Unit
ed States at 131,94s,727 persons as
of July /. 1870. gain of OBJ per
cent since the census OF 1871 $50, 275
was completed in April 1910.
WASHINGTON-UP- Congress
was warned by one OF It's members
today that 1t has less to fear from
Adolf Hitler invading the capitol
than from cockroaches." Rep.
George Bender. r., o.. reported
that the "cockrosch situation" was
terrible; that he had found nests Of
them in his desk-"none over three
inches long'-and noticed them in
great numbers in the Republican
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