The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-27
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THE WEATHER: Tonight:
Cool, Cloudy

United States are prepared TO auth
orize a single shipment OF 5000
tons OF wheat to Greece, TO be dis.
tributed under the auspices OF the
International Red Cross. authorita-
tive quarters said today.
OTTAMA-INS- Expansion OF
the Canadian forces overseas from
one corps TO an army OF two corps
during 1912 was outlined today by
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
in a statement to the House Of
Commons. lie also announced that
Canada would ship TO Britain,
without obligation. a billion dollars
worth OF supplies during the year.
LEXINGTON, n. GINS For
|. the first time in the history 81
South Carolina a white woman was
under sentence today to die in the
electric chair. She Is Mrs. Sue
Logue, 40, convicted with her
brother-in-law, George r. Logus,
53-year-old farmer, in the 'reprisal
Staying" OF Davis w. Timerman,
an Edgeheld merchant, last Sept.
II. Clarence Bagwell. Il Spartan
burg plasterer. was found guilty Of
murder in the same case. The
death sentence was mandatory
against the three.
NEW YORK-INS--A new re-
lief organization, Bundles for
America, was launched today to
provide money. clothing, medical
and toilet kits for the American
armed forces. The organization
also win aid families of men in the
service.
NEW YORK 1INS- The Swiss
national radio reported today In a
broadcast heard by CHS that the
parliament OF Iran yesterday rati-
fled an agreement concluded among
Iran. Great Britain and the Soviet
Union, by vote Of so TO 5.
ALBANY. n. Y.-INS-A war
I time budget calling for an immedi-
ate 25 per cent cut in individual
state income taxes was being con
sidered Today by the New York lesis-
lature. The budget. calling for ap
preparation OF 1899, 1872 500, a reduc-
/. ton OF s5000,0O0 from last year.
was submitted to the legislature
last night by Gov. Herbert H Leh
man.
NEW YORK-INS- Nazi Gen.
Walther yon Reichenau refused an
offer by Heinrich Himmler to COM
mand the winter campaign In Rus
STA. shortly before Won Reichenau's
death from an apoplectic stroke
the British radio reported in a
broadcast heard by NBC. The Brit
ish radio quoted the German secret
radio calling itself Gustav Sieg-
fried Ems" as authority for the re-
port.
CHUNGKING- ms Following
their recapture OF Tamshui, 20
miles north of Hongkong, Chinese
troops are pushing farther south
ward and have recaptured two town
ships near the coast, Chinese mill
tary headquarters reported today.
The Japanese, it was said. are re-
treating toward Schumchun.
VICHY. Unoccupied France-AP
Admiral William d. Leahy. Unit
. ed States ambassador 10 France,
conferred with Marshal Petain for
20 minutes today in what was
described as a general discussion
of the world situation.
A NORTH IRELAND PORT-AP
Mai. Gen. James f. CLANCY,
rated both as combat pilot and
a combat observer by the L. S. Air
Corps. has been made commanding
general of the United States Army
forces in the British Isles, II was
officially announced today.
LONDON-INS- Convinced he
sees a ray of light behind the
clouds" Prime Minister Winston
Churchill today shouldered all re-
sponsibilities for British setbaeks
in the Far East and Africa, promis-
ed heavy new AE.F. reinforce
ments and American bombing at
tacks on Germany, and laid him
self at the mercy of vote of con-
fidence in the House of Commons.
WASHINGTON - ms - The
name OF Lieut.. Marshall J. Ander-
son of Oklahoma city. Okla, was
added today to the role of Ameri-
can World War IL heroes after the
Army announced that Japanese
aviators machine gunned him to
death as he floated TO earth in 4
parachute from his damaged pur-
suit plane.
BROOKLINE, Mass.-INS- SUI.
fering serious burns, Mrs. John
Lambert, SO, widow of the late John
Lambert, associate publisher of the
Boston Evening American and fam
Gus Washington correspondent,
was carried to safety and 200 9TH
or persons were driven to the street
today as fire caused $4,000 damage
to Beacon st. apartment build
ing.
HAVANA. Cuba-AP-Plans for
strengthening Cuba's military po-
sition to further her policy OF 100
per cent cooperation with the Unit
ed States and Allied nations will
be announced shortly, Informed
sources said today.
LANSING. Mich.-lNS- Passed
by a special session OF the legisla-
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