The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-14

highway commissioner
NEW YORK-INS- Seventeen
year-old Ring Peter II of lugosla-
Via has fled his country aboard a
British plane bound for London via
Athens. according TO a Rome radio
broadcast picked up in New York
by NBC today.
WASHlNGTON-lNS - Hen
rik de Kaufman, Oenmarks
minister to Washington, today
notified the American. govern
ment that he regards as invalid
the Danish governments order
recalling him fer having grant
ed the United States the right
TO defend Greenland.
NICHY, France-AP-Supplies Of
meat arriving in German-occupiei
Paris decreased almost by half
in the past three months, the
Paris newspaper lie Matin reports.
LONDON-AP- Major Kermit
Roosevelt, son OF "T.R", was re-
ported today to be considering an
assignment to Canada to enlist vol.
unteers for the Greek campaign.
PHOENIX, Ariz.-AP-- For the
first time IN 81 years the lake be-
hind Roosevelt Dam, pioneer major
reclamation project. is filled TO its
100000 acre feet capacity.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-AP-Death
has ended the career OF DR.. Annie
Jump Cannon. II werld-famed Ha-.
ward astronomer who declined 10
give up her work even though she
had been officially retired.
WASHINGTON-AP-The wage
hour division announced today that
henceforth It would not consider
hours spent by workers in training
for higher skill to be hours work.
ed provided attendance was volun-
tary, outside OF working hours, and
involved no productive work.
SHANGHAI-AP- The United
States consulate general made rep
reservations today TO Japanese
authorities over the seizure by
Japanese river police of 5000 drums
OF American-owned gasoline from
the British freighter Shanghai.
LONDON-AP A Norwegian
Yarship. oYerating under an agree
fnenfYith British naval forces, was
Neported authoritatively today Ia
have raided the northern coast oil
German.held Norway yesterday.
BERLIN-AP-The fact that Ger
many considers the Mediterranean
a rich hunting ground for war.
contraband cargos was indicated by
decree published In the official
Law Gazette today establishing a
second court seated at Berlin 10
deal with prize cases in this sea
region.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -
AP Major-General Sir James
Cooke-Collins, 65, former general
offcer commanding northern Ire
land. died today at his home near
here.
MOSCOW-AP-Staffs OF tn,
British. Belgian. and Netherlandi
legations in Hungary reached Mos
COW today after a 64-hour trip from
Budapest. They were met by British
Ambassador Sir Stafford Grips
The same train brought member
OF the Yugoslav legation from
Bratislava. Slovakia. They wer,
met by the Yugoslav minister, Mi
Ian Gavrilovic.
MOSCOW-UP-A dispatch from
Tashkent, in Russian Turkestan
said today that Russian borde
guards had destroyed band o
armed intruders" at an unspecifieC
point on the central Asia frontier
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Di
rector William s. Knudsen, Produc
ton Chief John D. Biggers, and De
tense Contract Administrator Rob
ert L. Mehornay will go to Boston
for a conference tomorrow with
New England industralists to work
cut spread OF defens- contracts
The meeting will be held at Bos
ton Chamber ofsCommerce Offices
WASHINGTON-INS-Th OPM
today assigned Thomas F. Burns
a labor relations expert, 10 go to
Detroit TO attempt TO work out al
agreement between the General
Motors Corporation and the CLOS
United Automobile union.
Phil ADELPHlA-INS-- Retired
L. S. Circuit Court Judge j. Wa
rem Davis and Morgan S. Kauf
man. Scranton attorney, today
pleaded not guilty to indictments
charging them with conspiracy "a
obstruct justice in connection with
bankruptcy appeals Of ex-film mag
nate william Fox.
NEW YORK-iNS-Twi con
victed OF the staying OF George
Rudnick. a police informer. two
members OF Brooklyn's murder IN
corporated' today were slated fol-
execution during the week OF May
IS. Harry Happy" Malone and
Frank THE Dasher" Abbandandc
showed no emotion as County Judge
Franklyn Taylor pronounced the
death sentence.
SAN LUIS oBIsPo. Calif.-Ur
Lieut.. Minot +. Pitts OF Steer
Falls. Maine has been missinl
from Camp Roberts since April
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