The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-10


Washington, as director-general Of
the Tass (Russianj News Ag lney
Was announced officially today.
MADISON. n. J.-lNS-Martha
Jane Rountree, Atlanta socialite
and well-known radio show produc-
or, and Albert y. Williams Jr., son
Of the president Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. were
honeymooning today following their
marriage at the Williams country
estate near here sunday. The cou-
Pile will make their home in New
ok city.
HONOLULU ms Sahuro
Kurusu, Japanese envoy speeding
10 Washington with what is report
ed to be Japan's final proposal
for solving the Pacific crisis, was
due TO arrive at Honolulu aboard
the Pan American Airways' China
Clipper today. The plane is sche-
duled to arrive at San Francisco
Wednesday. Only his personal
secretary is accompanying kurusu.
LONDON INS-Sinking Of the
l.S70-ton British destroyer Cossack
was announced by the admiralty
today
LCNDON-INS- Observers ar
irving al Ankara from Iran stated
intensive work is going on IN the
Middle Eastern kingdom and that
large numbers of troops and guam
titles Of supplies are moving to-
ward the Caucasus. Reuters News
Agency reported today.
CLEVELAND-INS- Two per
sons were burned TO death today
and a third was critically burned
when fire swept a three story
rooming house. Miss Ann McCaf-
ferty, 40, and Michael Walker, 40
lost their lives in the fire. Joseph
Redger. severely burned was rush
ed to hospital.
WASHINGTON - ms - Three
"red. white and blue" special trains
leave Washington today TO tour the
country with exhibits designed to
help thousands of manufacturers
especially the smaller ones, deter
mine whether they can do defense
work.
NEW YORK-INS- A German
radio broadcast heard by NBC to-
day stated that a revolt OF con
siderable proportions" was report
ed to have broken out In Irau.
The German account claimed that
III the past two weeks more than
400 persons, many OF them resi-
dents OF Baghdad, have been ar
rested and sent 10 concentration
camps.
VlCHY-UP- Minister OF Col
onies Rene Platon has made a fly
ing trip to Djiboti, capital of French
Somaliland and is due back in
Nichy tonight. it was revealed to-
day.
CHUNGKING-UP- A Chinese
military spokesman reported to-
night that Japan was seeking to
scrap all existing Japanese-Indo
Chinese treaties and had demand
ed permission to station 100000
troops in the French colony.
SAN nEGO. Police
and sheriff's forces today prepared
10 guard s35,000.O00 worth Of con
struction at 10 Navy and Marine
projects threatened by a strike Of
American Federation Of Labor
building trades unions. Reliable
authorities said that the Navy had
requested the police protection.
SHANGHAI-INS- The newspt.
per Sin Hsin Pao, Chinese-language
organ of the central Japanese ar
my today denounced President
Rooseyelt's declaration that the
United States Government is con.
sidering Withdrawing marines from
China as a bluff The paper
claimed the Unitec States inward
ly is full Of fear" Of a fight ON
two fronts and two oceans.
WASHINGTON-AP- President
Roosevelt. noting that today was
tle 10th anniversary OF the found
ing of the Marine Corps. extended
my warm cong atulations on its
glorious record in the defense Of
our country during the full counse
of the nations history"
WASHINGTON APP The State
Depar ment has added 6J3 names to
blacklist OF business en- erprises
and individuals in Latin America
whom it sccuses OF acting for TIE
benefit OF Germany or Italy" In
announcing this yesterday the De
partment also removed 50 OF the
names earlier lbs.ed. This made The
total 1923.
VlCHY. Unoceupied France -
AP-A colonial ministry representa-
tive today declared the fall Of
JibUG, Red Sea port OF French
Somaliland. was imminent.
MANlLA-AP - Reelection OF
? esident Manuel Quezon, whose
Nacionalista parry controls the po-
litical fortunes Of the Philippine
commonwealth. was regarded al
most a fore gone conclusion by polii-
teal observers on the eve OF the
national elections.
BALTIMORE ms Internal
Revenue Collector James J Hoey
Of New York died in Union Mem