The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-14

today sentenced ~ convicted
defendants In the Wayne coun-
~ graft and conspiracy trials,
lntlietIns maximum penalties
against former Wayns County
Prosecutor Duncan c. Mecrea,
former County Sheriff Thomas
c. Wilcox and Bertha johnson,
diserderly house operator. The
former prosecutor and sheriff
were ordered sent TO Jackson
Prison for from four and one
half 10 five years and to pay
5000 fines.
TOKYO-INS- United States
Ambassador Joseph c. Grew and
British Ambassador Sir Robert
Craigie held separate conferences
with japanese Foreign Minister
4osuheo -Matsuoka- today. They
were understood to have inquired
regarding Japan's attitude toward
adjustment OF Nippon's relations
with the United States and Great
Britain.
LONDON ms Formal an
nouncement of the engagement of
Mary Churchill, daughter OF Bri-
tains prime minister. TO the Earl
OF Duncannon. was expected today.
CAIRO ms 49, Capt. James
Roosevelt delivered a personal let
ter from his father, President
Roosevelt, to King George IL OF
Greece during q brief visit to the
Island OF Crete. according TO re-
ports in Cairo today.
WASHINGTON-UP- The In
terstate Commerce Commission re-
fused yesterday TO reopen the re-
organization proceedings OF the
Minneapolis & st. Louis Railroad
Company. The ice has approved
reorganization plans which would
result in the division of Minneapo
lis & ST. Louis properties into two
systems.
WASHINGTON Up Eleven
members OF the Republican Nation
al Committee will meet officers OF
the Young Republican Federation
in ST. Louis on May 10 and 20 to
discuss the Young Republican
movement, the committee announ-
Ced today.
BALTIMORE. Md,-UP- Johns
Hopkins University officials today
announced that DR.. John c. White
horn of Washington University.
st. Louis, Mo, has been appointed
as the Henry Phipps professor of
psychiatry at Johns Hopkins
school of Medicine. He succeeds
Dr. Adolf Meyer who retires at the
end of this academic year.
JERSEY CITY, n. J. Up
Mayor Frank Hague today had
been elected a member OF the city
commission for the eighth time.
polling 100703 votes to 1S.425 for
his nearest opponent, complete re-
turns showed today.
VENICE, ltaly-UP- Mrs. Emil
ia Castellani was 500 lire Cabout
$3.50 out OF pocket today for call
ing Francesca Guagiialone an Eng.
lishman. The. court decided such
a Characterization was offensive.
NICHN-UP The French coun-
ell OF ministersEhas approved de
cisions reached in the recent con-
ference between Adolf Hitler and
French Vice Premier Admiral Jean
Francois. Darlsn. an official an
nCuncement said today. 1t added
that the effects OF the negotia-
tons will be felt soon.
PORTLAND. Ore. -AP- Colum-
bia River District CLIO sawmill
workers have forestalled a possible
strike by accepting a 71s-cent-an-
hour wage increase offer. contin-
gent on the vote of 5 900 union mem
-AeFsr-
san ANTONIO, Tex.-AP-May-
OF Maury Maverick, former New
Deal congressman, will face former
Mayor c. h. Quin in run-off cleo
ton May q, late returns in Nav
erick's race for reelection indicat.
ed.
BASEL standardization.
~ French soldiers who fled Ger.
man prison camps in the Black For.
est region crossed into Switzerland
In groups OF two and three early
today and we're permitted to con
tinue into the unoccupied area OF
France.
HOLLYWOOD - Up Virginia
Lopez. SO, Cuban fashion design /
er convicted OF contributing to the .
delinquency OF a movie-bedazzled /
girl fresh from Hibbing, Mimi, was |
summoned again today before the /
grand jury investigating "lewd or. |
gies' at the home OF a prominent
actor.
WASHINGTON INS-Intimat. /
ing speculative activity may be I
responsible for recent increases in .
the price OF coffee. cocoa. pepper. /
and rubber. the Office Of Price Ad- |
ministration and Civilian Supply 1
today called representatives OF /
four New York commodity ex-
changes for conferences next week. Z
7 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. n. /
Lecron, OF Des Moines. one time .
assistant to former Secretary OF I
Agriculture Wallace. today took .
over joint command OF the distribu-
ton division OF the Surplus Mar. /
keting Administration.