The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-08

NulCu IL DldLllS new lIduS-Alld
tic aerial trail. left Bolama. West
Africa. yesterday for the 3.l20-mile
hop TO Trinidad-the longest non
stop flight ever attempted by d
commercial plane.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. King
Zog OF Albania, who was ousted
from his throne when Italy cou.
quered his home and, has offered %
join the Greek army as an officer,
1t was reported in Budapest today
y Zog at present is residing in Istan.
but, Turkey.
NICHY, France-INS-- French
Navy Minister Admiral Jean Oar.
Ian conferred with Premier Henri
Philippe Petain today, shortly after
returning to Vichy from Paris
where he held two consultations
with Pierre Laval.
TOKYO-UP-A bill for drastic
control of industries under the gen.
eral mObi ization bill was approved
by the lower house OF parliament
today and sent to the house Of
peers.
ROME-UP- Students at sew
eral high schools tried to organize
demonstrations today but were dis
persed by police. However, ~
GARDENERS reinforced the guard
before the United States Embassy
after reports had circulated that
students would demonstrate this
afternoon.
BERLfS-AP- Percy William
Olaf De Wet. 2S-year-old English
man said to have forced Nazi judi
ges TO decide whether he was IAN
adventuring fool or a dangerous
spy has been sentenced to death
as paid agent Of the French
secret police. The peoples court,
after secret trial to which only
Adolf Hitler's paper, Voelkischer
Beobachter. was permitted to
send a representative, ruled Fri
day that De Wet must go before
Nazi firing squad.
SAN FRANCISCO APP -
Workers who refuse to cross pic
ket lines to get TO their jobs
and thus become unemployed"
must go without jobless insur-
ance under a new ruling OF the
California supreme court.
LIMA. Peru - AP-ChiIe and
Peru were pledged today to mu-
tual defense of their long Pacific
coastline and settlement 'only
through peaceful means" of any
differences that might arise be-
tween them. The defense and
amity pacts, together with trade
promotion agreement, were signed
Friday by Foreign Minister Man
uel Bianchi of Chile and Peru's
Premier and Foreign Minister,
DR.. Alfredo Solf Y. Muro.
CAIRO-AP-Col. William Don
ovan, unofficial observer from the
United States, arrived here today
from Jerusalem. He is the guest
here OF British Ambassador Miles
Lampoon.
ATHENS, Greece-AP-A Greek
government spokesman asserted
today that Greece had not lost a
single ship either in the Aegean
or the Mediterranean, since the
outbreak OF hostilities with Italy
last October. On the other hand
he said the Greeks destroyed at
least three submarines and trans
ports aggregating $4,000 tons in
the last three months.
V1CHY, France -AP- Former
Labor Minister Charles Pomaret
was released today from admins
trative internment" at Walls. He
had been held since last fall in
connection with the war guilt"
hearings Of a supreme court at
Rom.
OSAKA. Japan-AP- The court
of appeals has reduced from eight
TO five years an espionage sentence
imposed last September on Vincent
Peters, AZ year old Briton, the
japanese news agency Domei re
ported today. The case marks the
first time in Japanese history thai
a foreigner has been required to
serve q penal sentence for espion-
age.
BERLIN-INS-The official Ger.
man news agency DNB reported
today that archbishops and card.
inals OF occupied France, meeting
In Paris, sent message to Pope
Plus XII declaring they will de-
vote themselves exclusively to re.
ligious tasks. The message. &C.
cording to DNB, sad the prelates
would abstain from political activi.
ty but emphasized their loyalty to
the French government.
LONDON-INS-Prime Minister
Winston Churchill will deliver an
empirewide radio address tomor-
row night at p. m. g p. m. EST.
the ministry of information an.
nounced today.
WASHINGTON - AP The
American Youth Congress oficia ly
opened its national Town Meet
ing here today after the van.
guard OF delegates last night had
shouted their approval OF six
speakers who denounced the lease.
lend British aid bill.
BATAVIA. Netherlands East
Indies AP - The Netherlands
East Indies government approved
today an export licens ng system
applicable to 80 countries for the
avowed purpose OF preventing raw