The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-05

at the forthcoming peace negotia-
lions between Thailand and French
lndo-China.
Observation-Disclosures re-
ported today their new drive from
the Kwangtung coast was making
good Roadway, with japanese army
planes supporting ground forces by
bombing and notwithstanding Chi
nese positions.
Observation-Disclosures OF
street fighting and hundreds Of ar
rests In western Norway growing
out OF opposition to the Nazl regime
OF Norwegian Major Vidkun Outs
ling have been received here from
Oslo.
HONGKONG - AP- Laughlin
Currie, administrative assistant to
President Roosevelt, arrived here
on clipper plane today and pre-
pared to fly tomorrow to Chung
king, seat of Generalissimo Chang
Kai-Shek's government. He was
greeted by a representative Of the
Chinese leader and by United States
Consul-General Addison Southland.
MILWAUKEE-AP-The govern
ment prepared to file an antitrust
criminal. action today against the
American Society OF Composers,
Authors and Publishers after 4
breakdown OF attempts to negotiate
settlement OF monopoly charges
through consent degree.
MORTON, Wash.-AP-An Army
mountain party remained at the
upper end Of bleak, steep Little
Rockies" trail today to seek furth-
er evidence in the explosion-scat-
tered wreckage of an Army bomber
which carried seven men to death
January 6. BY manpower and pack
horse train, the remains of the vic
Tins were brought late yesterday
down the tortuous trail.
DENyER-AP = Judge Wilson
Mccarthy, trustee OF the Denver &
Rio Grande Western railroad, Is
sued statement that low water or
sabotage may have. caused a $780,
900 locomotive explos on which in.
jured % persons in South Denver
yesterday.
VICHY, France-AP- General
Studt, head OF the German control
of war industries, was reported re-
h,r he oh
ministry. The purpose of his visit
was not disclosed.
SHANGHAI-AP- Guarded by
several hundred soldiers and po-
lice, taxpayers of the Shanghai In
ternational Settlement voted today
to increase taxes 40 per cent 10
meet the settlements deficit.
CHICAGO - ms The Citizens
Keep America Out of War Commit
tee today. in an open letter to Sen.
Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota.
asked the senator to lead a move
ment in the Senate for the recall of
Lord Halifax, the British ambassa.
dor
DUBLIN-INS-A German bomb
er crashed at Schulz, County Cork,
today. killing five crew members
and injuring one other.,Eife off
Gals announced. The plane was
wrecked.
BERLIN-AP-Info sources
claimed today $4,000 tons OF ship
ping were sunk. yesterday-half5 by
a German warship overseas, $500
tons by submarine and the rest
by bombers.
VICHY, France-AP- Exporta-
ton OF fruit, fresh vegsta bles and
bread except to parts OF the French
empire was prohibited today by a
Vichy government decree.
BALTIMORE APP "A new
means Of combating bacillary dy.
sentery. frequently fatal TO small
children and often a troublesome
disease in Army camps, has been
reported It Johns Hopkins Hospi.
tai. DR.. E. Kennerly Marshall, Jr..
professor of pharmacology and ex-
perimental therapeutics at the
Johns Hopkins University medical
school. said today a number OF
cures had been effected by use OF
81 fanilylganidine, a derlvative OF
sulfanilamide.
Los ANGELES-INS- The Rev.
Anderson Jardine. who married
the Duke OF Windsor and Wallis
Simpson in defiance OF precedent
three years ago. today received
token OF appreciation from the
Duke. II was an altar cross. two
feet high, made OF geld and on
marble base, for the new church
the former English clergyman has
opened in Los Angeles. The church
bears the name OF Windsor Chapel.
PHILADELPHIA James
David Thompson. q year old Phil.
adelphia night club waiter. was
under arrest today on charges Of
attempting to extort $500 from
Betty Cradle, shapely motion pic
ture actress and former wife OF
Jackie Coogan.
WASHlNGT0N-lNS- The ad- !
ministration is seriously consider.
ing establishment of a priorities
system under which private Amer
lean shipping lines would give
priority TO national defense ma |
terials in foreign ports, maritime
sources reported today.