The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-04-03
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FOSTER GILRoY
d. s. Seizes 65 Ships

washington - Suspecting wide
,rread sabotage on the part of their
crews armed detatchments OF q. s.
.r.rines and Coast Guardsmen
sa;zed % Italian, 2 German and 50
Danish merchant ships tied up in
.,ytaen different u. S. ports. The
s have been in American ports
s since the beginning of the war, and
y mas discovered after their crews
had been placed under arrest that
MANY of the vessels had been rend-
cred useless by disabled machinery.
Penairs on some will require many
weeks orders for their seizure came
S,rect from President Roosevelt
cruising in Southern waters, and is
authorized by an Act passed during
the first World War.
British Sink Italian Ships
Iondon-In the greatest sea battle
of the present war, a British fleet
caught a large part of the Italian
navy away from their bases in the
Eastern Mediterranean and sank
three heavy cruisers and two des-
troyers off the Greek coast. It is also
believed that one of the heavy bat
tleships remaining after the Battle
of Tarento, was also seriously dam
aged by the British attack.
President Warns Saboteurs
Port Everglades, Fla.-In a radio
address from the yacht Potomac,
anchored off this port, President
Roosevelt again called for national
unity in Fastening the country's de-
tense effort, and warned Commun-
lists, Nazi agents and other saboteurs
that public temper will no longer
tolerate racketeering interference
with the federal industrial program.
he praised as a patriotic example
the support given the administra-
tons International policy by Wen
dell L. Willkie, defeated Republican
candidate for President.
Milwaukee, Wis-CIO strikers at
the big Allis-C Chalmers plant, stalled
In executing s45, 10000 in national
defense contracts, voted down with
boots of derision a proposal that
they return to work pending arbi-
tration. The strike has been in
progress two and a half months and
has crippled production on vital
equipment for the army and navy.
New York City-Alien organizers
Of a Red parade on May LIST, who
demanded that Fifth Avenue be
made part of their line of march,
we're told by police officials that no
permit would be granted Com
munistS and left wingers except on
streets remote from shopping and
Office building districts.
Jap Meets Axis Partners
Berlin-Japanese Foreign Minis
Ter MatSuoka, after a weeks con-
ference with Nazi leaders, departed
iT Italy to meet Nippon's other
european co-conspirators in the
Eome-Berlin Axis. His mission is
cloaked IN mystery, although he
was accorded an audience with Pope
rus, whose efforts are strongly to-
wara peace. The feeling grows that
:Iugoslavia's defiance of Hitler and
ae friendship pact between Russia
aiM turkey have cooked Japan's
s1 leVer regardless of the terri
s1iai loot dangled before Matsuoka,s
hosts. ~ ~ ''
AFRAID Directions Ready
new York City-The Council of
. Maslonai Defense, in collaboration
WIN tne War Department and a
S Suup OF engineering and technical
S ues Will shortly issue a series of
srsa ,a-oooks on the best protective
= assures to be taken by the public
-. ease OF air raids. While the book
ss S follow the general procedure
.ous la effective in England. they
f,a sain many suggestions resulting
uon American research.
"no Mentioned Golden Speech?
e, MG0asnngton-Among the odds and
sbs oi a hot Presidential campaign.
dis.a republican National Committee
Of Ne, headache in the shape
for ~. S.l from Pacific Coast doctor
VIM 'ooo for treating Wendell l..
b;s mes throat in the course of
o,ss "tnriWlnd speaking tour. At the
susI1h, Mr. Wilkie, a novice in
rin, " tired to cover the outer
sna.I ~ local crowds without the loud
diss aaef. When his voice almost
a snpeared, a hurry call brought
tvn nst who rounded out nearly
la o =, months on the candidates. spec.
a. ABOUT $3.50 a day.
french Fire on British
nm nD0n sN-When a British SQUAD
Frar,ssr ieo to halt a CONVOY of
Africonl merchant ships off North
fire on coast, shore batteries opened
MED ~ I'LL snelr former allies. Vichy de-
eonvo, .'ie British charge that the
ed nit;. carried war material destin-
da,a aa.Inately for Germany Little
1t is fe. was done on either side, but
Used -, that the incident will be
mislnGoG germany to create further
and English. between French