The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-06
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NEW YORK-INS- The new
Egyptian premier. Nahas Pasha,
has emphasized that his govern.
ment will carry out the Anglo
Egyptian treaty in the letter and
the spirit, the BIC said today in
a broadcast heard by NBC.
CARACAS, Venezuels-Jim-
my Angel, 43 year cid Amer
lean flier, arrived safely al
c udad Bolivar airport az 7
a. m. today, the government
radio announced. Angel was
fsared lost last night when his
plane was more than 60 hours
overdue on the return leg Of a
mercy flight In the wilderness
TO carry the wife Of Capt. Felix
Cardona to maternity hos
pital. Venezuelan army planes
and searching planes had been
organized into rescue parties.
NEW YORK-INS-'Sn irty-thou-
sand employees Of the Consolidated
Edison system of New York, to-
day had been awarded a wage in
crease of $3.75O.000 annually.
WAS GTON up
George Hill, second secretary
to Rep. Hamilton Fish, r.
NJ. ", was sentenced today TO
serve two 70 six years in fed
eral prison for the crime OF
perjury before a federal grand
Jury which was indicating
George Sylvester Viereek and
other hN's propasandists.
MOSCOW-INS-An official So
Wet announcement claimed today
that the rate OF mortality in Ger
many as a result of spotted typhus
is running high and that in Ham
burg alone $50 persons died Of the
disease in January.
LOS ANGELES-INS-Two ma
tives of Czechoslovakia today were
in custody of federal agents on
charges of conspiring to smuggle
platinum to Portugal in violation "
a presidential order.
NEW YORK-INS-A British ra-
dio broadcast heard by CHS today
quoted the Nazi-controlled oslo ra-
dio as saying that "one of the
main buildings Of the great Kris
tiania Iron Works in oslo had been
burned to the ground
OTTAWA. Ont.-INS-Establish-
ment of direct relaoons between
the Dominion OF Canada and Soviet
Russia has been arranged. Prime
Minister Mackenzie King revealed
today. The prime minister said
consular representatives will be
exchanged shortly. Previously
diplomatic and commercial rela-
tions between the two countries
had been conducted through Lon
don.
NEW YORK-INS- The Pru-
dental Insurance Company today
was under order to pay Mrs. Beat
rice Goldstein the proceeds OF a
$4,000 life policy issued TO Martin
"Buggsy" Colds tein, Brooklyn
gangster. "Buggsy" was executed
last June In Sing Sing Prison for
the murder of Irving PIGGY"
Feinstein.
CROCKETT. Gains In the
face of government plans to ration
the nations sugar supply, strike
threat was voiced today by 400
workers at the California Hawaiian
sugar refining corporations plant
in Crockett.
NEW YORK-INS - Resignation
OF Charles c. Pettiiohn as general
counsel for the motion picture pro-
ducers and distributors OF America
effective March 5. was revealed
today. The day OF his resignation
also marks the twentieth anniver-
sary Of Pettijohn's service with
the viii Hays Organization.
MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay-AP 49,
This republic will patrol her At
lanti Coast and the strategic mouth
OF the River Plate with warships
provided by the United States and
seaplanes bought under a $4,000.
900 lend-lease program.
CAIRO. Egypt-AP-The Egyp.
tian parliament is TO be dissolved
to make way for general cleo.
tion. Premier-designate Mustapha
Nahas Pasha confirmed today
WASH1NGTON-UP 49, Expert
mental food shipments that will go
10 starving Greece soon are expect.
ed to alleviate only slightly the
serious famine there, informed
diplomats said today.
LOS ANGELES-UP- Benia-
min (Bugsie) Siegel was free for
the second time today Of. charges
that he represented the New York
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