The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-16

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Defense today to advise executives
In methods OF ~insuring the safe
ty Of employees and the mainte-
nance Of production.
NEW YORk-UP-Frederiek
Jubert Duquesne, veteran pro-
fessional spy, attempted to in
form the German government
more than a year ago that Unit
ed States battleships and de-
stroyers were scouting for the
British" In the Caribbean Sea.
a witness testified In Federal
Court today.
WASHINGTON -AP- Senator
Clark (D-Idaho), personally con
WINGED that films are spreading
war propaganda, declared today
that the practice warranted legis
lation to force the motion pictur=
industry to separate its production,
distribution and exhibition agen-
cies.
WASHINGTON -AP- Harold
D. Smith, budget director, today
began the preparation Of a record
breaking budget for the next fis-
cal year and it may cost the Treas
ury 1872, 900, 900, 900. The exact fig
ure, however. will not be known
until President Roosevelt sends it
TO Congress next January.
NEW YORK-INS-A Swiss ra-
do broadcast picked up by NBC
said today that a major chemical
plant in the suburbs of Bucharest,
Romania, burned to the ground in
a giant fire.. The broadcast said
reasons for the FIRE are tilLun-
known but sabotage is presumed
TOKYO-AP - Tightening its
control OF the rice supply, the
ministry Of agriculture and forss-
try announced today the govern
ment would purchase all rice in
tended for market.
PARIS, Occupied France AP
General Heinrich Won Stuelpna-
gel, commander of the German DC
cuping forces, announced today
that ten more hostages had been
shot In Paris in reprisal for attacks
on German army men
CHUNGKlNG, China-AP- Sir
Archibald John Clark Kerr, Brit.
ish ambassador to China, departed
by plane for Singapore today to
confer with Sir Robert Brooke
Pophsm, commander OF imperial
forces in the Far East, and Alfred
Dun Cooper, Far East coordinator
for the British government.
BANGKOK, Thailand AP -
WHY'S r. Peck. former counselor
OF the United States embassy at
Peiping, China, presented his ere
dentials as minister to Thailand
(Siam) to the council of regency
today.
HONGKONG-AP- A typhoon
which skirted Hongkong today
drove a 1|4,000-ton steamship and
three smaller vessels aground and
did widespread damage in the vi
cinity Of this city. Ferry, street car
and bus services in Hong6ong were
suspended in mid-morning.
SHORTCOMINGS Renewed
German attacks on the Russian-held
Baltic islands of Oesel and Dagoe
were reported in dispatches from
Helsinki today. The reports TO
Stockholm said both Oesel and
Dagoe Islands have been surround
ed by extensive minefelds.
MELBOURNE. Australia-lNS-
Col. Wood and Lieut.. Robert Ordell,
American observers attached to the
stan Of United States Minister. Mel
son Johnson, arrived in Melbourne
today to discuss and exchange train
ing and operational military .nfor-
nation with Australian authorities.
CAIRO ms Cooler weather
over the summer %scorched African
wilderness and renewed skirmish-
es between British and Axis forces
pointed today to a major north
African military collision this au
tumn. Latest advices from the
battle fronts said British imperial
units which repulsed a So mile
thrust into Northwest Egypt.
BERLIN -AP- The state Of
civil siege Of Oslo and suburbs was
lifted at 5 a. m. today by Joseph
1erboven, German commissioner.
DNB said in a dispatch from the
Norwegian capital. 1t had been in
effect exactly a week.
LIMA. Peru-AP- Peru ac-
cused Ecuador today Of violating
the truce which ended their unde
clared border war July 81 and said
Peruvian -plaHeAhadL beea% forced
to attack points where Ecuador al
legedly was concentrating troops
for further aggression (The Ecus-
dorean government said last night
that Peruvian planes had attacked
the town OF Tenguel on the Gulf
of Guayaquil. killing three persons.
BANGKOK. Thailand-AP-Pre.
mier Luang Bipul |Songgram was
quoted by the Thai radio today as
saying that. while the foreign min.
istry was working for peace. Thai
land was ready militarily and other
wise TO meet any e%ventuality.
TOKYO-AP-The japanese cab
met moved toward completion OF
the wartime structure today by
~aDproyfnR a rapffa1 control uisu for
the 1871 fiscal year and establish