The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-04-02
Flashes of
Late News.

LONDoN-INS - The London
Evening News reported that two
Soviet couriers are expected TO ar
rive in New York by special plane
today with important dispatches
from Moscow TO Washington. The
report stirred speculation that the
men, Leonid Konline and Andre
Saviskonof. may be carrying Prime
Minister Stalin's answer to the
Russo-Iranian dispute now before
the UNO.
WASHINGTON-INS - Russia
and Switzerland today were re-
ported discussing a trade agree
ment whereby Soviet grain would
be exchanged for Swiss machine
tools and precision instruments.
LONDON -AP- A weary House
of Commons recessed at 5:25 a. m.
today after a 15-hour debate dur
ing which the labor majority voted
down a series of conservative-spon-
sored efforts to amend a bill to re-
peal the 1927 trades dispute act
prohibiting general strikes.
WASHINGTON-AP- The Navy
forecasts Pacific Ocean weather
by listening in on Russia's meteor
illogical broadcasts. Capt. H. T.
Orville of the Navy's weather ser
vice said today that termination
of the plan which gave the United
States a Navy Astrological mission
in Siberia had created no serious
difficulties.
LONDON -AP- Barring word
TO the contrary from Moscow, the
Soviet Union will not be represent
ed when delegates from Is nations
convene here in emergency session
tomorrow to discuss the European
cereal supply problem.
OTTAWA - AP - Magistrate
Glenn Strike Is expected to an
nounce this afternoon whether
Capt. David Gordon Lunan OF the
Canadian information service will
stand trial on a charge OF COM
municating secret information to
Soviet Russia. Lunan received a
preliminary hearing last Thursday.
TEHRAN --AP- A Kurdish
chieftain who arrived here today
from Saujbulagh. seat of the gov
ernment of Ghazi Mohammed's
independent republic OF Kurdis-
tan, said that Russian troops are
Withdrawing from the Miyandaub
area in western Iran and ARE re-
turning to Tabriz."
VATICAN CITY -AP- The Vat
ican news service said today that
Pope Plus XII would broadcast
a message to the world on the food
problem at l0:30 a. m. Eastern
Standard Time Thursday. The ad-
dress will be in Italian. The Vat
ican press office announced that
the pope also would address the
Barcelona Eucharistic Congress
Sunday at an hour yet to be fixed.
WASHINGTON-AP Discord
between bloc OF Dixie Democrats
and party leaders flared today, as
the southerners met to protest a
national headquarters publication.
Headquarters officials termed the
point at issue an unfortunate mis-
take, but this failed to calm the
southerners. who frequently have
been at odds with the Administra-
tion on recent legislative matters.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. r.
Stassen sounded discordant note
today in Republican praises for the
G. o. p National Committees
choice of Rep. Carroll Reece OF
Tennessee as the party's new
chairman. Stassen. who is almost
avowedly in the race for the 194S
presidential nomination, declared
it is well known that do not
approve OF Chairman Reece's stand
on many issues in the past"
TOKYO-AP-The Rev. Kiyoshi
Hirai, general secretary of the ia
pan Bible Society, reported today
that 100,00 New Testaments had
been received from the American
Bible Society and was not nearly
enough to go around. He said
there were 100000 Christians in
Japan. with the number increasing
rapidly.
YOKOHAMA AP - Approx
mately $500 Eighth Army enlisted
men who will have 29 months OF
service by the end OF June have
been ordered TO report at replace
ment depots Saturday for shipment
to the United States. Col. A. f.
Shame. Eighth Army adjutant gen.
eral. said today.
ABOARD THE U. s. s. MIS-.
souri, in the Mediterranean-AP
Units of the U. S. Navy will pay
courtesy calls to Scandinavian
ports this spring or summer, and
later will pay similar calls to ports
all over the world, says Admiral
II. Kent Hewitt. a
TOKYO-1NS-Two unidentified
officers OF the u. S. First Cavalry
Division were burned to death to-
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