The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-17

which drop tips to Axis agents.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentna-AP
The war ministry ordered an in.
yestigation today to determine the
cause OF a fire which swept through
one OF its buildings yesterday, caus-
ing damage which officials sad
would reach into millions OF pesos.
ROME-AP-Former King Alton.
so XIII of Spain was reported to-
day TO have passed "a fairly calm
night with signs of lessening gravi-
ty Of some symptoms" following
two heart attacks last week.
BERLIN Az Lieut.. Gen.
Hirosh Oshima, new Japanese am
bassador, arrive today in Berlin.
VICHY. France-AP-Rene Ber-
lin, minister of labor in the French
cabinet, was reported today to
have resigned. This was expected
TO complete the current series OF
cabinet changes, unless other ad-
justments are made to bring FORM
er Vice Premier Pierre Laval back
into the government.
ROME-AP - Authorities an
nounced today that German and
Italian economic experts had
agreed on an exchange OF raw ma
terials and technical experience in
their industries, and cooperation
after the war as well as during it.
Adolf Hitler's economic negotia-
tor, DR.. Karl Claudius, headed. the
German delegation.
WASHlNGTON-UP-Two new
production lines producing approx
mately 100000 pounds of gunpow
der day and more than doubling
the present output, will be in opera
ton by April, authoritative quar-.
ters said today.
MUNICH, Germany-AP-Ambas-
sador Hermann Kriebel, IS, who in
June, 1919. babe farewell to. the
Allied armistice commission with
the words. See you again in 20
years" died today.
CADIZ, Spain-AP-The Amer.
lean Red Cross relief ship Cold
Harbor, bringing flour and other
badly needed food supplies TO
Spain, arrived during the week end
storm which swept the Iberian Pen
insula and managed to dock safe
ly after several hours of maneuver-
ing.
TOKYO-AP- The newspaper
Asahi said today that the finance
ministry, in submitting a bill to the
Diet providing for stricter control
of foreign exchange, presented fig
ures showing that japanese exports
for the last five months of 1910 de-
creased sharply compared with 1889
while imports increased.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wives
and children of American army Off
GERS sailed for home today on the
transport Etolin. Although many of
them left on short notice after a Far
Eastern war scare swept the Philip
pines last week, army authorities
insisted no evacuation order had
been issued.
ROME-AP-Fascist authorities
declared today an announcement in
an Italian newspaper Saturday that
freight service had been suspended
in some parts of southern Italy was
false" and the newspaper was re-
quired TO correct its story. (The re-
ported restriction of service was
said to have affected lines in the
district where the Italians an
nounced capturing British para.
chute soldiers last week..
BERLIN-AP-The sinking OF |
$4,000 additional tons of shipping, |
bringing to $4,000 tons the toll re.
ported in two days, has been cred.
tied to German operations at sea, |
informed sources said today.
TOKYO-UP-Foreign Minister |
Yosuke Matsuoka asked the support !,
OF the Japanese people today in CON |
nection with the importation OF |
German techutctans and latest Gcr.t
man inventions in order to strength. |
en- both the national defense and |
the general economy OF the country. |
LONDON-UP-For the first |
time since start OF the war British |
long-range aircraft have carried out
a flight over Poland, the Air Minis.
try revealed today.
BRIGHTON, Eng. -INS-Britain's
first gas alarm test was staged in
this famous English South Coast
resort today in preparation for the
great gas attack that Britons be-
lieve may come when Germany tries
TO invade Britain.
WASHINGTON AP-The gov
eminent today fixed maximum
selling prices for secondhand
machine tools and IT was announc-
ed officially that the action was
the first of series Of price sche-
dulles" to curb profiteering in
defense essentials.
WASHINGTON UP-A special
income tax Of 10 per cent. hitting
the rich and poor alike, vas pro-
posed by the National Economy
league today to finance the multi
billion dollar defense program on
cash basis" to avoid the danger
of inflationary bank borrowing.