The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-17

1U-mlnute rock battle At the
No. 6 mine Of the v s. Coal and
Coke Co., q big Steel" subsld-
larry.
OTTAWA-INS-Explaining the
arrival OF Canadian troops In Hong
Kong Prime Minister w. L. Mac
Kenzie King today indicated by in
ference that 1t was British move
to counteract any Japanese action
in the Far East
BOSTON-INS- Police today
checked underworld characters for
q possible clue to Glhe staying Of An
thony ]. emo 27-year-old Boston
gangstei e throat-slit body was
found in Boston Harbor
Sunday
KNOXVILLE, Tenn lNS-En-
CINE failure was blamed by invest
igators today for the crash OF a pri-
waite plane near the Knoxville mu-
nicipal golf course Sunday and the
deaths of the pilot and one passen-
ger. The victims were Sam c. Coop
or q of Corpus Christi Texas, and
Albert M. Jones, 10, OF Knoxville.
Cooper. a salesman, was at the con-
trolls when the ship, flying low.
crashed from a height of less than
100 feet.
WASHINGTON-UP- The De
partment of Commerce reported to-
day that the public and private debt
In the United States was s167.300,-
100000 as Of Dec. 81, 1910, an in
crease Of 80 per cent over 1889.
LOS ANGELES UP The
/, thieves who engineered a $4,000
Jewel robbery on the high seas
were believed still to be aboard
the steamship Mariposa as 1t piled
its way toward Honolulu today
with a passenger list of wealthy
vacationists, Army and Navy pers-
onnef and defense workers.
BERLIN-UP- Berliners today
were being charged 20 pfennigs for
throwing three balls at a caricature
Of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The
caricatures have been pasted on
walls along the Friedrichstrasse
Proceeds from the game" will be
contributed to the German winter
relief fund.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.-INS- The
Tokyo radio, In a broadcast picked
up BY NBC monitors, today de-
ciared authoritative quarters In
Shanghai had heard American ma
rines were to be withdrawn from
Manila. American marines were
ordered withdrawn from China last
week.
WASHINGTON ms Declar-
ing that United States warships
are carrying on aggressive war
fare" In the Pacific as well as In
the Atlantic Ocean, Sen. Wheeler
Cd Mont, today challenged con-
stitutional right of President
Roosevelt to order protection Of
British ships. Sen. Connally Cd
Tex, chairman of Foreign Rela-
lions Committee, declared, how
ever, that .the- President as Corn
mander-in-C Chief has the right to
send our warships any place he
deems necessary for our best In
terests."
TEHERAN, Iran-AP-A plane
bearing Maxim bitvinoff. Soviet
ambassador to the United States,
and U. S. Ambassador Laurence
Steinhardt landed here safely at
noon today, five days after depart
ing from Kuibyshev. Russia, in a
snowstorm.
MORRISTOWN, N. ]. ms
Charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill, Frank A. Erick-
son, 46 year old wealthy New York
bookmaker, today was scheduled
20 70 on trial for the May rs stab
bling Of So year old Milton F. I'm
termeyer, Wall Street broker.
LONDON-INS- Harry Lukens
OF New York, aged about so and
long q resident Of England. was
found dead of q bullet wound to-
day In the company headquarters
of the American home guard In
London. A verdict Of suicide was
returned at an inquest. Lukens
leaves q widow and II year old
son.
LONDON-INS-- British author
tiles declared today they regard a
recent suggestion by Franz Won
Papen, Nazi envoy to Turkey. for
an Anglo German armlstice as a
further step" in the German peace
offensive.
MEXICO C1TY-AP- The 1912
budget Of the Mexican navy, now
embarked on a program to strength
en- maritime defenses. will total
100000 pesos (s7,660. o00), near
" double this years budget. Navy
Minister Heriberto lara said today.
WASHINGTON ms Rep.
Hall (R) N. Y, today urged that
all selectees in the Army be given
furloughs and free transportation
home for the Christmas holidays
as there is no institution on
earth more responsible for the
high degree OF character than the
American family circle"
NEW YORK INS-Mrs. Dwight
Morrow, mother-in-iaw OF Isolation
let Charles A. Lindbergh. has &C.
cepted the craftsmanship OF the
home 'front.'" an organization de-
voted TO the aid OF Britain, 1t was