The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-04

the recently imposed ban on Czech
theaters. concerts. cultural. sport
inr and other. entertainments. ef'
Iectiye Immediately
WASHINGTON ms The
Navy today announced that the
U. S. S. Salinas, a $4,000 ton
oil tanker had been torpedoed
while on convoy duty south
west Of Iceland. the night Of
Oct. 1880 but had reached an
undisoosed port with no loss
OF life or serious injury to its
crew Of io7 officers and men.
CANBERRA. Austrsiia ms
Prime Minister 5onn Curtin OF
Australia delivered a thinly yelled
warning to Japan today in an
nouncing that Australia is in con-
sultation with Britain regarding
partners of the AXIS powers.
SHANGHAI ms "Annihila-
ton" Of $4,000 Japanese troops in
Honan province a few miles south
OF the Yellow River was announced
by the Chungking regime today.
HYDE PARK. y. Y.-INS-Pres-
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt go to the.
polls today TO exercise their fran
chises in an off year election of
local AMI county officials which is
devoid of the fireworks frequent
ly accompanying Duchess County
contests.
CHICAGO ms Chicagoans
voted in a judicial election today
in which the chief interest for non
partisans was test of strength
for the Kelly-Nash Democratic
organization which has been under
heavy Ettdrfk during FIR e'ttft i4aieft
ly GOV. Dwight II. Green and other
state Republican leaders.
OSLO Via Berlin) ms
Charged with assisting the enc
my" six more Norwegians were
executed by firing squads today.
MORRISON, Ill INS-Confes-
sion of Leo Jordan, 23-year-old ex-
convict, to the mutilation staying OF
Warren Snyder. 5. at nearby Fulton,
H., was announced today by author
tiles. The body OF the child was
found yesterday in a vacant lot four
blocks from his home His throat
had been slashed by IAN old razor.
the sheriffs office stated, and his
body severely mutilated.
EUGENE. Ore. -INS-A hunt for
Frank l.. McKenna, 35, Detroit
manufacturer, and Frank Jeffries,
ace pilot for screen star Wallace
Beery. missing since their plane
left Eugene Oct. %, was intensified
today after a farmer reported hay-
ing seen a plane crash Oct. q in
the Bull Run district, east Of Port
land.
SAN FRANCISCO--INS-A ST..
100000 damage suit was on file
today y-Gantner and Mattern Com
many knitting mills against the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union as a result OF a labor
dispute that has kept pickets in
front Of the firms San Francisco
factory for more than three years
IOEDON-AP- The admiralty
announced today that British war
ships had placed boarding parties
on five French ships flying the
flag OF the Vichy government al
ter intercepting them off SOUTH
Africa
HELSINKI. Finland -AP- The
Firms officially announced today
the occupation of the Koivisto Is
lands in the Gulf of Finland.
VICHY. Unoccupied France Al
The Vichy government today eX
tended summary trials and the
death penalty for Communists
and anarchistic activity to hei
American colonies and the rest o
lien empire i'm sweeping measure.
against oppositionists.
NEW YORK-AP- Howard c
Hopson. former head Of the vas
associated gas and electric system
and once the possessor of a S14.
600. 600 fortune. started back to th'
federal penitentiary in LewisburS
Pa. today with a new two yea
term included in the five year sen
tcuce he was given last January
upon conviction in a S2Q000,0O
mail fraud.
LONDON -AP- An authoritative
source said today that Britain ha
asked the United states TO maxi
Inquiries into the reported arrest
Of II British nationals living OF
the French Riviera.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.-INS-Th
rpbellious Arkansas River, burden
ed beyond normal by weeks o
heavy rains. pushed dangerousl
AGAINST levees at Morrilton ant
other downstream points tr.lay a
workers under direction OF L. S
Army engineers worked furiousl
10 support the dykes.
DETROIT ms The rivetin
crew Of the Chrysler tank arsera
80 men in all. renor ed for war
today but refused TO work unit
they had been granted pay "a se'
company officials said The me
are members Of the CAW-CIC
Company officials said that pr
duction was not halted and this
the rest OF the plant was workin
as usual Tho assembly line Wa
simply ietourcd around the rive