The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-14
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THE WEATHER: Friday:
Cooler
LONDON-INS-German occu-
patton forces have begun distribd-
ton Of emergency rations in Rome
in oectation that the city will
become an immediate center Of
battle. a Berne dispatch to the
London Evening Standard said to-
day.
HOLLYWOOD-INS- Film Ac-
tress Ann Dvorak was back in
Hollywood today after an absence
OF three years spent in England
and she brought with her definite
opinions OF American womanhood.
American women, like the English,
should be drafted into the armed
forces or compelled to work in
war plants, she declared.
NEW YORK-INS Bernard NJ
Baruch considered today financing
Of an institution devoted exclu-
sively to the study and teaching OF
physiotherapy. The financier is
at present acting as special ad
wiser to OWN Director James Z.
Byrnes.
LONDON-INS- Benito Musso-
lini, head OF the puppet Fascist
government of Italy. has invited
the foreign diplomatic corps to
join the government at Cortina
D'AmpezZo in the foothills OF the
Dolomites, the Nazi-controlled
Vichy radio said today.
LONDON-AP-Viscount Astor,
husband OF Lady Nancy Aston. Am
erican-born member OF Parliament,
has been named Lord Mayor of
Plymouth for the fifth consecutive
year.
LONDON-AP-The German-con-
trolled Paris radio said today that
the Italian-Swiss frontier, which
was closed following Benito Musso-
lini's fall and the subsequent Ital-
ian capitulation, has now been re-
opened.
LONDON-AP-German military
magazines are displaying for the
first time. the Berlin radio said to-
day. pictures OF giant new Nazi
glider known as the BO-240 and
capable Of carrying troops in num-
bers "unimaginable to the layman.'
MEXICO CITY-AP-The news
paper Excelsior says that Mexico
is ready to send an expeditionary
force to the battlefronts and pre-
dicted that troops would be on
their way within six months.
WASHINGTON-AP-Vice Presi-
dent Wallace sketched for senators
today a postwar world of helicop-
tiers, television, light metals. plas-
tics, and new foods but cautioned
that free private enterprise must
be maintained II the nation Is to
realize the full benefits Of broad
ened industrial frontiers.
NEW ROCHELLE, N .Y.-INS-
The condition of Edward G. Bar
row, president OF the New York
Yankees was reported greatly i'm
proved today. Suffering from virus
pneumonia, Barrow was in serious
condition when brought to New
j Rochelle Hospital.
LONDON-INS-The Berlin radio
said today that Benito Mussolin.,
dictator OF the puppet Fascist gov
eminent Of Italy, had received NazI
Field Marshal General Erwin ROM
mel for discussion OF military ques
, tons.
ALGIERS-INS-N vandalism
has robbed the world OF another
great historical treasure in medic
val documents and has added to
its list OF smoking victims the Uni
versity OF Naples, third oldest in
stitution OF its kind in Europe. For
three days in September. German
troops held Neapolitan firemen at
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classrooms and Libraries OF that in
stitution destroying some 100000
precious volumes dating back to the
middle ages.
STOCKHOI.M-INS- The Nor
! wegian Royal Palace at Skaugum
near Oslo, now inhabited by Josef
Terboven. German commissar for
Norway, wss destroyed by fire to-
day. Norwegian patriots were be-
lieved responsible.
WASHINGTON-INS-The Unit
ed States Government today con-
\ demned as "symptomatic OF Ger.
man defeatism" reports that 20
leading Dutch citizens are to face
a death in mass trials about to be
held before a Nazi military trib-
unal in Holland.
LOS ANGELES-AP- Greeted
at the airport by city officials. Sis
). ter Elizabeth Kenny. Australian
specialist on poliomyelitis. has ar
rived today on a three-day visit
during which she will confer with
physicians on her methods of treat