The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-23

NEW lOIths -IoNCAO wv
Cam. once hailed as the boy
wonder" Of Wall Street today was
under a six year Federal Peni-
Tertiary sentence for mail fraud.
Federal Judge Merrill f. Otis who
pronounced sentence also levelled
a $500 fine against the broker.
NEW YORk-iNS - Japan
yesterday delivered a 24-hour
ultlmatum to lndo-Chlna de-
mandlng complete Japanese &C.
eupation OF the colony, the off,
eial British radio. picked up by
CHS, reported today. The Lon
don radio cited a good source
in Washington" for the report,
but added that II was uneon.
firmed.
MOSCOW, -INS-Supplement-
ing the regular war communique,
the Soviet Information Bureau an
nounced today that Russian forces
fighting east Of Pskov on July Is
captured German warfare imple-
ments and secret documents prov
ing the Nazis are preparing to
use poison gas on a large scale.
NEW YORK, -INS-Fred Nc
Daniel, 20-year-old Puerto Rican.
who last night plunged four stor-
les from the roof of a Brooklyn
apartment only to have his suicide
attempt frustrated by police
safety net, today was logged in the
Butler Street Jail
LYONS, Ind, -INS-Twenty-
four children and two adults were
under treatment today-for injuries
suffered when an automobile was
driven into a crowd Of almost
1000 persons watching an open
air movie in the Lyons business
district. Held on open charges as
the alleged driver of the car was
Pete Mengedoht, "a, of Lyons.
LISBON, Portugal, -INS-The
United States Transport West
Point carrying more than 500
ousted German and Italian con-
sular officers and propaganda
agents to Europe from the United
States, arrived at Lisbon today.
-NEMLYORK.L -INS-Attorneys
for Mrs. William G~uggenheim, WI
dow of the copper millionaire, to-
day announced that she would con-
test the will OF her late husband
who left his entire ~$l,0OO,OO0 es-
tate to four broadway showgirls
when he died on June n.
LONDON-AP-An authoritative
British source reported today Ger
man raiders were stripping vessels
they captured in a way that indl-
Gated the Reich is suffering a short
age of metal.
MELBOURNE. Australia--A
Major General Sir Nevill Smyth,
70. who commanded the first Aus
tralian infantry brigade at the,
Dardenelles in the World War, has
died, it was announced today.
CANBERRA, Australia-AP
Five officials will leave this week.
and many others are expected to
follow. for Washington where a
s~ecretariat may be established to
handle trade negotiations arising
from the Lease Lend Act.
PEIPING- AP - Responsible
quarters in Peiping reported TO-
day a growing belief that the Japa-
nese army in North China and
Manchoukuo was in the midst of
major shifts 81 important units.
They said they saw the latest in
dication OF such a development m
we'll grounded but not officially con
irmed reports from Tangshan, $50
miles east of here, that 90 troop
laden trains had passed Northwood
through there in the past few
days.
SAN FRANCISCO-UP Mrs.
Ann Archbold. aunt OF Explorer
Richard Archbold and a scientist
in her own right, left today for
her home in Washington, d. c., af-
ter completing two scientific
cruises to the South Seas in a Chi
nese junk.
TOKYO-AP- japanese Rivers
were swelling rapidly today and
thousands of homes we're flooded
as the result of a typhoon that
brought to a climax a week Of heavy
rains.
TOKYO-AP- Domei. japanese
news agency. said today the emp
eror's privy council would meet in
extraordinary session before the
end OF the week to discuss war
ious questions" confronting Japan.
WASHINGTON-lNS- Contrary
10 recent reports, the battle OF the
Atlantic will not prevent the
Weather Bureaus hurricane warn
ing service from giving notice Of
the approach OF tropical storms dur
ing the present hurricane season.
the Commerce Department said
today.
LONDON-INS-British military
officers. including some OF Gen. Sir
Archibald Wavell's closest cola.
borators. were reported today to
have arrived at Kraspodar in the
Soviet Union from Iraq and tehe.
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