The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-12

compared with operating expenses
OF slS.253,000 Administrator Abner
II. Ferguson anne unced today.
WASHINGTON AP-The mem
bership OF the Supreme Court was
complete today with the elevation OF
Attorney General Robert H. Jack
son 10 a seat on the. high bench.
Jackson took the oath as associate
justice Friday in President Roose-
yelt,s office in the presence OF the
Chief Executive, the Cabinet, mem
bers of his family and Associate
Justice James f. Byrnes. former
South Carolina senator who was
sworn in as member Of the tribun-
al last Tuesday.
REJKJAVIk, Iceland - Up
Regent Sveinn 3jc.asson las
cabled Presid snt Roosevelt a mes
sage expresst,:.ss- i hope for coed
will and cooperation between the
Icelandic people and tha ATeri-
can occupation forces, i. WAS an
bounced today.
LIMA, Peru --AP- The Peru
Wan foreign office declared today
that fresh Ecuadorean attacks
had been experienced at several
places along their eastern frontier
and that since it would be useless
to protest an order has been is
sued TO Peruvian troops TO re-
pulse with arms any new aggFes=
sion..
WASHINGTON Up - Army
Chief OF Staff George c. Marshall
has advised congressional leaders
that the acute international situa-
ton demands that the armed forces
be maintained at maximum
strength and made available for
duty outside the western hemls-
phere. it was learned today. He
told House leaders with whom he
disclosed his proposal to remove
existing geographical and time
limitations on the service of select
ees, reserve officers, and national
guardsmen that he contemplates no
expeditionary force to Europe.
WASHINGTON-CP-The State
and Justice Departments, prompt
ed by reports of ''racketeering" are
discouraging aliens seeking entry
into the United States from en-
gaging legal counsel. it was under
stood today. The action was taken,
1t was said, as part of a broad
program to halt the activities Of
some lawyers who repeatedly have
charged exorbitant fees.
NEW K-INS-Rita Neer-
gard. OF Washington, secretary to
the L. s. consul at 'Reykjavik, to-
day was aboard the lcelandic
steamship Godafoss with 13 other
passengers. bound for her post in
Iceland. First ship to sail for Ice
land from New York since oecupa-
ton of the island by American ma
rines was announced, the Godafoss
carried a cargo of food, lumber and
iron.
BERLIN-lNS - United States
consular officials in Germany were
instructed by the embassy today
TO assemble with their families at
Frankfort-on-main for departure to
America within the next few days.
The American consular STATS were
ordered TO leave the Reich follow
= ing similar action by Washington
against German consular officials
in the United States.
LONDON-INS - A Reuters
(British) dispatch from Gibraltar
said today that an unidentifi ed
plane bombed the Spanish city of
La Linea. The dispatch said the
attack occurred Mt a. m.
SHORTCOMINGS The radio
station at Tallinn in Soyietized
Estonia was still broadcasting Rus
sian programs today. clarifying the
activities of Estonian guerillas.
NEW YORK-INS-New York's
Ritz-CGrlton Hotel. which has
housed visiting royalty and has
been the locale Of brilliant socialite
gatherings. today was the property
of Harvard University as a result
Of a bequest by the late Robert
Walton Goelet. whose will was on
file in Newport, r. I.
WASHINGTON - Up Presi-
DaA@arsgTe 1AAAHIzI
upon Col. William J. wild BID.
Donovan, wartime commander q
the Fighting 69th". to keep him ad
vised OF nth column plots in the
United States and activities of the
governments counter-espionage
system. Mr.. Roosevelt named
Donovan coordinator Of defense in
formation at an undisclosed salary
WASHINGTON AP 49, Secre-
tary Ickes let motorists of the po-
puious East know today that the
"fill-'er-up" era is near an end for
them. Ickes. who is defense petro-
leum coordinator as we'll as Secre-
tary OF the Interior, passed word
around that the governments deci-
sion on the use OF gasoline ration
cards or other compulsion would
depend upon the amount OF fuel
that can be saved through volun-
tary rationing programs in Is
eastern states and the District OF
Columbia.
SHORTCOMINGS The swed.