The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-18

Paraguaysn cabinet Of Presi-
dent HleIno morlniao resigned
today.
BERLIN-UP- Adrien Marquet,
mayor OF German occupied Bor-
deaux, has asked Admiral William
d. Leahy, American ambassador to
France, TO obtain the Intervention
OF President Roosevelt in an at
tempt to end repeated criminal
bombings" OF the Bordeaux area,
an official Nazi news agency dis
Patch from Paris said today.
NEW YORK-INS-Mayor F. H.
LaGuardia, returning from Mon
treal by plane after attending a
meeting OF the Canada-United
States joint defense commission
OF which he is co-chairman, today
confirmed that plans have been
completed for the defense of the
coasts Of Canada and the United
States. Terming the commission
decisions a military secret" La
Guardia said he could not disclose
what form these defenses would
take.
NEW YORK-INS-Joseph NJ.
Schenck, multi-millionaire chair
man Of the Twentieth Century-FoX
Film Corp, who Thursday was
found guilty by a federal jury on
two counts OF tax evasion, today
was faced with possible civil suit
by the government for the full
amounts in which he was delin-
aHent, plus damages total of
some $750,000.
LONDON-AP-Death of Lady
Blanche Arson, wife of Lieut.. Col.
Sir George Arson, as a result Of
enemy action. presumably an air
raid, was announced today. p
ROME-AP- A Stefani. Official
Italian news agency. dispatch from
Nice, on the French Riviera, re-
ported today anti-Italian hostility
had been renewed there since the
early days of April when the Balk-
an situation increased in gravity.
LONDON-AP-M Marine war risk
insurance rates were revised yes
terday for shipping between the
Americas and the Near East. The
rate between the Americas and
Alexandria. Port Said and Suez
was set at seven and one-half per
cent; that between Red Sea ports
and the Americas was decreased
from seven and one-half to FIVE per
cent; and the rate for voyages be.
tween the Americas and Haifa,
Palestine. raised from seven and
one-half to 10 per cent.
LONDON-AP-The new Every
powerful British super-bombs
were dropped Jn Belliu for the nrst
time last night, Minister OF
Home Security Herbert Morrisc~
told London civil defense workers
today.
NEW YORK-AP-The Prussian
State Library in Berlin again was
damaged in last nights British
air raid on the German capital,
the German radio declared today in
a broadcast picked up by CHS.
MIAMI, .Fla.-INS- Bound for
Palm Beach for three day stay.
the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
arrived in Miami by boat from
Nassau, the Bahamas, shortly be-
fore 8 a. M, EST, today and left
a short time later by automobile,
accompanied by = heavy police
escort.
BUDAPEST, Hungary - APP -
Official sources disclosed today
that Hungarian troops marching
into northern Yugoslavia had en-
countered stiff resistance at some
points from Serb soldiers and
civilians.
TOKYO-INS-Koh Ishii, a Japa-
nese foreign office spokesman,
warned the United States today
against conveying ships to Britain.
1t is not a wise policy for the
United States to adopt the convoy
system" he declared. American
ships should be extremely cad
tious.'
BUDAPEST-INS-Soviet Rus
STA has decided to participate in
Budapest's international fair next
month. II was announced today.
This display of friendship by the
CSSR mitigated tension caused by
Official Russian criticisms of Hun
gary's military occupation OF
former Hungarian territory in
fugoslayia.
SINGAPORE ms - A large
number OF American built planes
OF the Brewster Buffalo type are
already in service with R.A.F.
forces in Malaga. 1t was announc-
ed today.
NEW YORK-INS-All the giant
coastal artillery guns along the
eastern seaboard in the vicinity of
New York were manned today as
officers and men OF the second
coast artillery district carried out
exercises designed to forestall an
invasion Of the United States.
DUBLIN-1NS--A German bomb
er was forced down at sea near
Schulz, County Cork, and its crew
Of six was informed today. The
crew was picked up by Fire on.
Gals after their warcraft sank.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ambas-
sador Franz Won Papen was back