The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-18


houses unable 10 agree on a plan
for reapportioning the states con-
gressional districts.
NEW YORK-INS-A 39-year old
artist. Miss Clara Spencer. was
held by police today charged with
having strangled her 7~1-year-o,d
mother to death in her studio apart
ment. Police said Miss Spencer
IA formerly a patient in a state
hospital for the insane.
DUBLIN-AP@A suggestion by
James Dillon, deputy leader OF the
Fine Gael party, that Fire abandon
her neutrality stand and cooperate
with Great Britain and the United
States was rejected last night by
Prime Minister canon de Valera.
III anyone attacks us then every
one OF us can die IL necessary fight
ing for what we are certain is a
just cause" de Valera told the
dali.
TOKYO@AP-Constantin Sine
tanin, Soviet Russian ambassador
TO Japan, conferred for an hour
today with Chuichi Ohashi. Japa-
nese vice minister for foreign sf-
fairs. but no details OF their CONVEX.
sations were diyulged.
ANKARA, Turkey-AP-( Delay
ed)-Three hundred Axis diplo-
mats, military observers and trade
agents-many OF them suffering
from light cases OF ~dysentery. =
reached Ankara by special train
today after a 15-day trip from Mos
COW.
ROME-AP-The Italian hign
command acknowledged today that
British varplanes had bombed
Palermo. Sicily. announced the
sinking OF two British transports
of the North African coast and
reported heavy air fghting over the
British Mediterranean base of NAL
Ia.
LONDON-AP-The air ministry
appealed today for men of Is to
AZ OF age TO man high-speed
launches of the RATS rescu ser
vice which patrols the lei around
Britain.
WASHINGTON-AP - General
George c. Marshall disclosed yes
terdsy that the United States Army
is cooperating with Pan-American
Always in establishing landing
fields and other facilities in Bra
I'll, to enable the air force 10
move swiftly in hemisphere de-
tense.
AT.
tackled by a huge black bear in
Glacier National Park, Mrs. G. G.
Barbee, ~75-year-old tourist from
Oklahoma City, Okla, was in cri-
tical condition today at a kalispell
hospital. The woman's son, E. 2.
Barbee, said he stopped his auto
mobile TO watch the bear and her
triplet cubs. Mrs. Barbee left the
car and was felled BY swipe of
the bears paw.
NEW YORK-INS-Butchers In
the metropolitan area were under
orders OF their union today to re-
fuse to handle products of Armour
Company, meat packers. The order
went out 10 $4,000 butchers in New
York and New Jersey from the
executive board OF the Buchers' Dis
trict Council as the result OF a
strike against the New York Dress
ed Meat Company, an Armour sub
sidy.
MISSOULA, Mont APP -
Nearly two score forest fires
ragged in scattered regions of Mon
tana and Idaho today while the
L. s. Forest Services famed para
chute brigade stood by for further
"blitz". assaults from the air 20
combat Speeding FLAIR es.
HOLLYWOOD, -AP- Spyros
P. Skouras, head OF National
Theaters, halls the Motion Picture
Consent Decree as marking the
exit OF the well-ballyhooed Hol.
lywood 'yes-man'." The decree
entered into between the govern.
ment and the Major Motion Pic
ture Producers. prohibits block
booking, by which films were re
leased to exhibitors in combina
ton.
SHANGHAI, -AP-Foreigners
including German nationals. appi,
ing for Manchoukuo transit visa,
TO travel from Dairen 10 TENTS
we're informed that none are bein2
used. 1t was learned today. The
reason was not known. but observ
ers saw a possibility II might b,
connected with japanese troupt
movements.
BAALBEK. Lebanon. -AP-
Several hundred prisoners-Bri
fish, Australians. Indians anC
three Arab legion scouts -wert
liberated here today by Vicny
forces. The captiyes arrived in
freight train Of 90 ooxcars whicl
chugged from Aleppo during the
night. They alighted in a fielC
within sight OF the famous tempt,
ruins Of Baalbex where British o.,
ficers checked them in and CAV,
receipts =te-threeNIch ntEceri
escorters checked them in anC
escorting them.
WASHINGTON INS-The Re,
Cross TODAY ANNOUNCED that two o