The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-08

light holdup three bandits to-
day snatehed $4,000 In uncut
diamonds from William L.
Levy, New York jewelry sales
man. as he emerged from one
Of chicago's downtown hotels.
Levy fired six shots from re-
VolVer after the bandits as they
fled, and said he believed he
had wounded one Of them.
LONDON AP-British allied
and neutral shipping losses for the
week ended March so totaled 20
ships aggregating 1875 tons, the
Admiralty reported today.
MEXICO CITY-AP - Mexican
Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla
rejected last night formal requests
by Germany and Italy for imme-
date release Of 70 Axis merchant
vessels seized recently in Mexican
ports.
LONDON-AP-The Great West
ern Railway disclosed today that
all passenger sailings to Dublin
have been cancelled. effective as Of
yesterday, for an indefinite time.
BELFAST, Northern lreland-AP
Mime persons were killed in a
German air raid on northern Ire
land town last night. One OF the
invading planes was shot down
on the County Down coast.
BUCHAREST-INS-A majority
OF the German fugitives who flel
from lugoslav.a during the past
| two weeks have now returned -
Their former homes in German oc-
/ Cupied districts OF Nugoslava, Ba-
charest authorities declared today
VICHY. France-AP-A dispatch
from Beirut, Lebanon, to the French
information Office today said lrak
troops Monday night seized thu
British aviation base OF Cinelde-
bane, near Baghdad.
NICHY, France -AP- CASTOR
Bergery Independent leftist depu-
~ was appointed today temporary
ambassador to Moscow replacing
Eric Labonne.
ROME -AP- Official suspen-
sion Of telephone, telegraph and
radio communications between s
y. m. and I a. m. II p. m. and mid
night EST will be applied every
night. it was learned today in poll
tical circles.
BUDAPEST - AT - Memorial
services for the late .'emier Count
Paul Teleki were held today at a
morning session of parliament.
Morning papers reported without
comment that the British govern
ment had severed relations with
Hungary.
ToULoN. France-AP-French
naval officers and sailors turned
out with brass band to welcome
Admiral William d. Leahy. L. S.
Ambassador TO France, when he ar
rived today in this Mediterranean
town. site of an important French
naval base.
BERN, Switerland-AP- Syitz-
erland will get fewer eggs and less
pork, gasoline and fodder because
OF the war in the Balkans. but re-
serves are expected to obvlate
stricter rationing for the present.
VATICAN CITY ms Pope
Plus will broadcast a Is minute
address to the world on Easter
Sunday, it was announced today.
WASHINGTON-UP- The mi.
tial shipments of war materials to
Hugoslavia are on their way. au.
thoritative quarters revealed today.
The type and nature of the equip
ment was kept secret, but these
sources said it was being delivered
10 coastal shipping points and that
the loading Of ships in some cases
had begun
WASHINGTON ms Philip
Murray, Clio president. cancelled a
conference with President Roose.
Velt today TO 20 TO Detroit for a
meeting with Gov. Murray D. Van
Wagner Of Michigan on the Ford
Motor strike, the White House an.
nounced.
BALTIMORE - ms The ma
tons first labor camp for con
scientious directors to the draft
will open late this month at an
abandoned CCC~sit near a fashion.
able Baltimore suburb with about
10 youths to be indicted into non.
military service, it was disclosed
today.
LoNDON-UP-R Reliable inform
ants in official British circles said
today that Sir Ronald Campbell.
British minister to Nugoslavia.
and his legation staff were safe and
well British authorities refused
TO divulge the wherea bouts Of the
Iugoslav government. which il was
assumed the Britons had accom-
panied.
LOND0N-UP - Hundreds OF
tons OF bombs were dropped on
submarine construction yards and
docks during a FIVE hour raid on the
great German naval base at Kiel
last night, the air ministry said
today. The raid resulted in huge
fires which lifted a smoke pail over
the whole northern half OF Kiel
Bay.
SAN JOSE. Costa RIGA -CP-The