The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-10-07

today LETT three persons dead,
over t25 Injured, and property
damage amounting TO hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars.
LONDON-UP- An admiralty
communique said today that four
Italian ships had been sunk and
seven seriously damaged by Brit
fish submarines operating in the
Mediterranean.
BERLIN-AP-The death sen.
tence imposed by German court
upon Premier General Alois Elias
of the Nazi protectorate of Bohe-
mia-Moravia for premeditating trea-
son has been suspended to permit
him to testify against other sus'
poets, DNB reported today from
Prague.
SINGAPORE-AP-A statement
issued today after the return from
Manila Of Air Chief Marshal Sir
Robert Brooke-Popham said Brit
aims commander-in-chief in the
Far East was highly pleased with
the results OF his conferences with
American and Filipino political and
defense chiefs.
LONDON-AP-Clement Attlee,
Lord Privy Seal, will go to New
York to represent Britain at the
coming international labor confer
ence, authoritative sources said to-
day.
TLE-AP-Without audible
note of isolationist dissent, the 6lst
American Federation Of Labor con.
vention appeared headed today
toward an endorsement of full Unit
ed States aid to Britain and her
allies. By recommendation of Pres
tteut " fffidur- Green, by endorse
ment of the executive council and
by a preponderance of resolutions,
support Of the national defense pro-
gram and about aid seemed to be
in full swing.
CHICAGO-AP-Traffic control
has become a vital element in the
AdllOl4dl uNAGAEb F4ohf CaRhs -
Reynolds Weaver Of the War De
partments general staff told the
National Safety Congress and Expo
sition today. Traffic congestion. he
said in his prepared speech, can
jeopardize military operations as
we'll as create serious production
hot'lereck.
MINNEAPOLIS-INS-A loss of
100000 in jewels was reported to-
day by Gerald Jacobson, New York
jeweler. who was robbed of the
gems by an armed man who jumped
into a taxicab in which Jacobson
was riding enroute from his hotel
TO a railroad station.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.-INS -
The west coast OF Florida was
menaced again today by small
but dangerous hurricane which
swept the southern tip of the state
from east TO west yesterday, head
ed out into the Gulf of Mexico, and
once more swerved northwestward
toward land.
WASHINGTON-AP - For the
second time, the House has APPROX
ed extraordinary legislation direct
ing the deportation of Harry
Bridges, west coast clio leader.
Without a word of debate or form
ality of a roll call, the representa-
tives yesterday passed and sent
TO the Senate bill by Rep. Allen
(D-La) directing Bridges imme-
diate deportation to Australia.
WASHINGTON-AP - Defense
officials forecast today that the
disputed Texas-to-New York oil
pipeline project, once quashed by
the Supply Priorities and Alloca-
tions Board. would reappear short
~ before that body in altered form.
WASHINGTON-AP - Legisla-
ton authorizing President Roose-
Welt to requisition equipment and
supplies needed for national de-
Tense was ready for the Chief Exc
cutive's signature today. The
House, by a voice vote yesterday,
adopted a compromise bill drawn
up to bring Senate and House YER
sions of the legislation iHa0 coll
formity.
RIO DE JANEIRO-AP-A man
aboard the rescue ship Del Norte,
who said he was one Of the suryi-
. vors of the American-owned tank.
er J. c. White. declared today the
ship had been torpedoed by an I'M
identified submarine in the South
Atlantic without notice
MOSCOW ms - The Soviet
(TASS) news agency reported from
Geneva today that attempted as
sassination of Gestapo Commission
err Frank by a group OF Czech stu
dents led TO savage German -
prisals in Prague and other Czech
cities. The report claimed hum
dreds of students have been impri-
soned and many killed.
BERLIN-INS- Germany still Is
ready and willing TO exchange DaG-
~ wounded German and British
war prisoners on a basis of "pari-
ty". a Berlin government spokes.
man declared today. The spokes-
man rejected British charges that
the German government had adopt
ed what he described as an "iu-
humanitarian attitude.
AKRON. O.-INS- The G. F.
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