The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-24

RoME-UP-A young Greek
failed In an attempt to assaSsl-
nate King Victor Emmanuel
and the Albanian premier dur
Ing the kings recent visit to
Albania, It was announced to-
day.
LoNDoN-AP-Sir Horace Rum
bold, 70. veteran OF the British
diplomatic service and ambassador
10 Berlin from 1873 to 1888, died
today at Chisbury, Wiltshire.
C--AP-Army forces
defending the island OF Oahu. I'm
Gle Sans key defense post in the
Pacific, faced their most serious
situation in the 1871 war games
today, with theoretical enemy
troops in possession OF a ridge
commanding the Pearl Harbor nav
al base.
BOSTON-AP-Med Examin-
er Timothy Leary, who has looked
upon death in an Official capacity
more than $4,000 times, was called
by the prosecution today in its
effort to convict blue-eyed, blonde
Mrs. Ruth Steadman. 26. of STAY
ing Robert Emery, also 26.
NICHY, Unoccupied France-AP
The French government is pro-
testing 10 London, through the
United States State Department,
against British seizure OF the
French tanker Sheherazade while
she was crossing the Atlantic with
q British naviCert.
NEW YORK-INS- President
George NJ. Browne or the lnterna-
tional Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees, and William Bloh. as
sistant to the president, today were
under indictment charged with ex-
torting S55O,O0O from four leading
motion picture producers under
threats OF fomenting strikes in the
natlOn lnedJerS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn ms -
Fielding Yost. athletic director at
the University of Michigan, today
was reported 10 have spent a rest
full night at the Nashville Hospi-
tai to which he was taken suffer
ing a heart attack last Saturday.
A bulletin describing his condition
as much improved" was issued
b last night.
WASHINGTON-INS - Opposi-
ton TO creation OF an inter-Ameri-
can bank TO develop trade with
South American countries was ex-
pressed by several senators today
as the enscting bill was referred
to the Banking and Currency Com
mittee.
CAIRO, Egypt-AP - German
planes were reported today to be
dropping dummy soldiers by para
chute in isolated parts of Crete to
draw the FIRE of British from actual
air-borne landings.
CLERMONT-Ferrand, Unoccu-
pied France-AP-Seven persons
were sentenced today to two to
nve years in prison, two more were
convicted lin absence" and one
was acquitted by a military court
on charges OF plotting to organize
q pro-British fifth column at Dakar.
French West Africa. The plotters
were said to have attempted to
prepare for a possible second at
tempt TO force q landing there.
A British-backed de Gaullist at
tack was repulsed there Sept. %.
n, 1910.
LONDON-INS - German air
craft appeared over southwestern
England and South Wales this az
ternoon but there we're no imme-
date reports of bombing attacks.
BERLIN-AP-Colonel General
Ulrich Grauert commanding a n.y.
ing corps. has been killed while
leading the fight against England.
the Nazi high command announced
today.
BUDAPEST - ms Bulgarian
and Turkish negotiators agreed TO-
day to reestablish the wrecked
Eastern Thracian railway lines
within the next two months and
place them under Turkish control.
DUBLIN ms Fires position
on a British proposal for conscrip.
ton for Northern Ireland was being
considered today by Premier canon
De Valera and his cabinet The
Irish premier conferred at length
with his cabinet and members of
the opposition labor party on the
question.
ROME-AP-Br British shock troops
with tanks attacked Italian diyi.
sious besieging Tobruk. the Italian
High Command said today. bM were
halted at the beginning Of their as
sault.
LONDON ms A neutral
diplomatic source in London
charged today that Germany is
hedging" regarding disposition OF
the 40 Americans now held at
Nszi-occupied ST. Jean De Luz az.
ter being removed from the sunk
en- Egyptian liner canaan.
LONDON ms A single
onion one onion that was pur-
chased for $4,000 was placed on
display in London today. A whole