The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-29
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Slightly warmer

CHICAGO-INS- An ordinance
making mandatory the closing Of
gasoline filling stations from 7
.. m. TO 7 a. M. was asked OF
Mayor Edward j. Kelly today by
the asoline dealers themselves,
not only as a defense measure but
as an economy which would per-
nit continued profitable operation
by the city's 1000 station owners.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind ms
Night flying by "mysterious air
crsft' In the Great Iakes-Mlssis-
sippi River area was reported
today by Walker Winslow. wing
commander OF the civil air pa S.
troll in indiana. He asked the aid
OF police and all citizens In re-
porting the presence Of aircraft
which he said were not on au-
thorized flight duty.
NEW YORK-INS- A relative
OF Joachim Won Ribbentrop, for
eign minister Of Germany. was held
in the federal house OF detention
today charged with conspiracy in
connection with the Illicit disposal
OF gems seized by the Nazis dur
ing their invasion of Belgium and
Holland. Proceeds of the jewel
trade, federal authorities said, were
used mostly TO finance German
propaganda and subversive activ-
tiles in the United States.
RIO DE JANEIRO-lNS-Dr.
Enrique Rulz-Guinazu, Argentine
foreign minister, escaped with a
dueking today when his prl-
vate plane pancaked into Rio
de JaneIro Harhor shortly sf-
ter taking off en- route TO
Buenos Aires at the close Of
the inter-Amerlean Conference.
CHlCAGO-INS- United States
soldiers who may be sent to Asia.
Africa. Europe or other places
have been ordered vaccinated
against typhys. Cholera, human
bubonic and pulmonic plague, the
journal OF the American Medical
Association said today.
SAN FRANCISCO-INS Named
IN federal indictments charging
them with violating the act requir-
ing foreign agents to register with
the State Department, two San
Francisco men, Fred V. Williams
and David Warren Ryder, denied
today that they we're in tie pay OF
the Japanese government,
LOS ANGELES-INS- Accused
OF sending valuable military in
formation to Germany, three per-
sons, arrested In swank residen-
tial sections OF Beverly Hills, were
jailed by the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation early today. Under ar
rest are: Dr. Hans Helmut eros,
81, Minneapolis-born physician: his
wife, Mrs. Frances Goellert eros,
81. an artist-cartoonist at Holly
wood film studio, and Albrecht
Rudolf Curt Reuter-, Sc, wealthy art
collector and rug importer.
WASHINGTON 49, ms - Rep.
James E. Van Zandt (R) Pa,
commander in the Navy, who has
lust completed a tour of duty as
a convoy officer, today declared
that Germany has about so sub
marines operating along the Allan
tic coast Of the United States. The
naval commander emphasized.
however, that these U-Boats are
now sinking only stray ships.
that the United States Navy is
doing "a damned good job. and
that the submarine menace will
soon be mastered completely as it
was in the last war.
WASHINGTON-AP Limita-
ton of the Nays authority to ne
gotiate contracts without competi-
tive bidding was proposed today by
Chairman Walsh (D-Mass.) of the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee as
a step toward curbing excess war
profits.
WASHINGTON-AP- Air raid
spoilers, fire wardens and some
other part-time war workers would
be exempted from the Hatch anti
politics law under a bill sent to
the House today after Senate ap.
proval.
WASHINGTON-AP- Secretary
Morgenthau has ordered removal
OF japanese silk from American
money and securities. it was learn
ed today. He instructed the gov
ernment's paper manufacturer 10
substitute nylon fibers for the silk
threads which are scattered through
currency and securities paper in
order to strengthen il and make II
harder for counterfeiters to imi-
tate.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lead
er f. j. Rutland of the Royal Air
Force, who returned from the
United States last October, is b..
lug detained for alleged hostile
associations" with the japanese
while in Washington, an official
spokesman announced today.