The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-13


the Army and will be indicted here
Feb, 10.
MANILA - Up - Netherlands
consular authorities ordered two
Dutch steamships to put into
Manila today and unconfirmed re-
ports circulated that the Neither
lands East Indies had ordered all
its merchantmen into neutral har-
bors and had cancelled scheduled
sailings.
HARRISBURG, Pa.-INSs- The
general assembly was asked today
10 make President Franklin d..
Roosevelt's birthday a legal Holt
day in Pennsylvania Rep. Thomas
J. Heatherington, (D). Allegheny,
introduced a measure in the house
TO have January 80 designated
henceforth as Roosevelt Day."
SAN DIEGO, Cal.--lNS- An.
other Consolidated Aircraft ply
bomber was winging toward Homo
lulu today, first stop on the 5000
mile journey to Australia. Last Jan.
s25 the first bomber was ferried
over for patrol duty in the Royal
Australian Air Force.
NEW YORK ms The U. S.
S. Illinois, 43.year-old battleship
with a distinguished record of SER
vice, from today on will be known
as the L. S. S. Prairie State. Her
historic name will be carried to
sea soon again by one of the pro-
jected new $4,000 or $4,000 ton
battlewagons.
NEW YORK ms Another
days delay due to mechanical
trouble on the Yankee Clipper at
Bolama, Portuguese Northwest
Africa, today put Harry l.. Hop
kins, President Roosevett'S- person
al emissary to Great Britain, two
days behind schedule on his re-
turn flight to this country. He Is
& now scheduled to arrive Saturday,
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -AP-
Reports from Oslo today said the
police and church departments had
forbidden reading in Norwegian
churches of a circular letter by
Norwegian bishops complaining
against violence in the Nazi-con-
quered country.
LONDON -AP- Bad weather
kept German air activity over
Great Britain to a minimum during
the night and was said to have pre-
vented Army major operations by
the Royal Air Force over Germany.
A few bombs were dropped by Nazi
night filters along the British west
coast, at points from southwestern
England into Wales, but no deaths
were reported.
BOSTON-AP-- Belief that the
British freighter Kervegan founder
ed Sunday with all hands. possibly
20 or 80 men, was expressed by
coast guards today after they
abandoned search for the vessel.
She had radioed that she was
'capsizing and taking water" 200
miles off Cape Sable. ~ S. Three
coast guard cutters found only
floating bales OF pulp at the scene
LOS ANGELES-AP- Looking a
bit wan but still undaunted, a bevy
OF Hollywood stylye models who
survived eight grueling hours of
rehearsal and preview yesterday
prepared to look their very pref
test tonight for 1000 style wise
spectators at the California fash.
ion futures show.
AMSTERDAM-UP- Via Ber-
lin)-Some civilians and uniform
ed Dutch Naz have been wounded
in small scale disturbances in
Jewish quarters during the past
few days Both Dutch and German
police interviewed in the disturb
ances and restored order.
WASHINGTON-INS- For the
first time the United States Is
sending military attache to Dub.
jim, Undersecretary of War Robert
p. Patterson announced today. Maj.
John w. Woford, a cavalry officer,
has been ordered to report to the
Irish Free State capital. Patterson
said.
PHiLADELPHIA-INS- Robert
J. Boltz. fugitive Philadelphia IN
vestment-counselor who allegedly
defrauded some 100 persons OF more
than S2.50O,000 has been appre
hended in Rochester. ~ Y. Phila-
delphia authorities announced to-
day.
MANILA-INS- A Dutch mer-
chant vessel. leaving Manila for
Shanghai this morning was abrupt.
~ ordered to return to the Dutch
East Indies by way OF Batavia af-
ter It was % miles at sea. II was
reported authoritatively in Manila
today.
BELGRADE-INS-G. W. Rem
del. British minister to Bulgaria.
has been ordered by his govern
ment to leave Sofia, IL was reported
in Belgrade today.
SACRAMENTO. Calif.-UP- A
Flying Fortress that crashed and
exploded on a mountain near Love
lock, New, last Friday. killing eight
men. broke IN when 1t was pulled
out Of terrific dive. army officials
said today.