The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-06


Chevrolet, pioneer racing
driver and the man who gave
his name to an automobile,
died today at the age Of 81 al
ter being in III health for
two years. Chevrolet, original
ly a bicycle racer, became in
terested in automobiles early
in the goth century and work.
ed in the first automobile
plants in Michigan. In 1911,
he founded the company to
manufacture the car which
now bears his name.
TOKYO-AP- The newspape
Hochi reported today that Soviet
Foreign Commissar NyacheslaN
Molotoy probably will visit Japan
this summer, returning the visit
which Japanese Foreign Minister
- Nosuke Matsuoka paid TO Moscow
recently. There was no confirma
ton from other quarters.
WASHINGTON - ms
President Roosevelt today fiat
ly denied that the U. S. am
bassador to Great Britain, John
C. Winsnt, returned to the
United States with any Ger
man peace proposal for peace.
SEATTLE-AP-Commander W
J. Malone, area superintendent OF
naval construction, disclosed plans
TO put Navy ship construction on
a six-day week basis at the Seattle
Tacoma shipbuilding plant effec-
tive a week from Saturday.
Observation-Disclosures
7. Weir today confirmed re-
ports that he had resigned as
director of the American Iron
=. and Steel institute and that
the National Steel Corporation
which he heads had withdrawn
from institute membership. =
VICHY, Unoccupied France-AF
LEON Marchal, aid of General
Auguste Nogues, resident general
of French Morocco, was named to
day as second counsellor OF the
French embassy at Washington
As an attache of General Nogues
Office in Morocco Marchal held
hrst-class consular rank.
CHICAGO-AP - Today was
"Unity Day" in Chicago. So pro.
claimed by Mayor Edward J. Kelly
TO express the metropolitan areas
unity in the national emergency
the day was marked by patriotic
programs in public schools and a
tour OF the areas defense produc'
ton industries by Army and civic
oficials.
MOSCOW-AP-A commissariat
OF machine-tool construction was
established today by decree OF the
presidium OF the supreme council
signed by President Michael Kali
min. Three Notwithstanding com
missariats already are functicnins
VICHY, Uncccupied France
AP-The government issued a de-
cree today forbidding the sale or
transportation of arms and mum
tions TO Algerian native Jews and
forbidding them from buying o.
transporting sucn articles.
ANN ARBOR. Mich.-AP- Elmer
Mitchell, director OF intramural
sports at the University OF Michi
gan, was appointed TO an 5advis
DRY subcommittee on athletics. az
cording to an announcement Thurs
day at Washington by the joint
Army and Navy committee on
welfare and recreation. Committee
personnel includes 20 sports auth
critics and writers.
NEW YORK-INS-Police today
said they were questioning Francis
O'Connell, 27-year old son OF 4
wealthy Bronx contractor, about an
alleged attempt to bribe his way
out OF the draft for $1,000.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. - ms 49,
Colonel" Charles z. Apted. retired
head of the Harvard yard Cops"
who had been known to nearly 1(
generations of Harvard men. in
GLIDING President Roosevelt, was
dead today following a long i'll
ness. He was 81.
Los ANGELES AP- Veteran
wireless operators want TO hell
keep the German underground
radio In operation despite the ef
forts OF the Nazi secret police
The Los Angeles-Hollywood chap
ter OF the veteran wireless oper
stors association has proposed |
plan TO the British Intelligenc,
Service by which spare parts foi
portable transmitters would b,
gathered in the United States
and smuggled into Germany.
Ell PASO. Te~.-UP-Albert 3
Fall, 79-year-oll former Secretary
OF the Interior WIN served a prison
sentence for his part in the Tea
pot Dome oil scandal. asserted to
day that oil conservation va.
Americas most critical problem
and that unless II was solved with
out delay we might as we'll &C.
into the boat with England and
sink"