The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-09

was elImlnAtln0 ntTnseiI from
all thoughts Of office"
JERSEY CITY, n. J.-INS-The
Gripsholm, Swedish-American lin
ner engaged in the exchange OF
diplomats between warning eoun-
tries. neared a crowded Jersey City
pier today with nearly 200 Ameri-
cans from Scandinavian countries.
A large crowd OF government Of
ficials as we'll as friends and rela-
tives Of those aboard the vessel
waited on the pier.
PUEBLO, Colo.-INS-A Pueblo
County district court jury today
was scheduled TO begin hearing tes-
timony in the murder trial OF Don
aid H. Fearn, confessed torture
slayer" of 16.year-old high school
girl. Prosecution and defense
agreed late Monday on IL jurors
who will hear prosecution and de-
tense cases as required by Colorado
law despite Fearn's plea OF guilty.
LOS ANGELES-INS- Hans
Helmut Gros, VINO told authori-
ties that he was sent to the United
States by Reinhard Heydrich, slain
Gestapo terrorist; and other Nazi
leaders to serve as German
agent, today was under sentence
TO serve 10 years in federal peni-
Tertiary. You were not convicted
for acting as a spy" declared Fed
eral Judge Ben Harrison in pass
ing sentence. but for conspiring
to serve as an agent for the Ger
man government. Ghe evidence
shows that you and your wife con-
spired to do those things"
NEW YORK ms With in
Structions from their leaders to
; make up for lost time" electri-
clans who had been on strike for
IL days at the naval air base at
Floyd Bennett Field today return
ed TO their jobs.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-INS-
Attorneys for George W. Chris
tians, sentenced to a total OF five
years on sedition charges, we're
unsuccessful today In obtaining his
freedom pending an appeal They
were granted 80 days in which to
file a bill Of exceptions, but Fed
eral Judge Leslie Darr ruled that
the So year old propaganda, who
styled himself commander Of the
CRUSADER White Shirts, could
not be released in the meantime.
He was to be sent at once to a
federal prison.
WASHINGTON ms Censor
ship boards today are set up in
New York and Los Angeles to re-
view motion pictures entering and
leaving the country and thus pre-
vent the leakage OF any vital war
information.
LOS ANGELES-INS-- Branded
n dangerous mailman" by two
alienists appointed to determine
his mental condition. Courtney
Fred Rogers, "a year old church
ofganist. accused OF numbering his
mother and father, watched inn
passively today as jury TO de-
eide his fate was selected.
CHUNGKING --AP- The ap-
pointment OF Sien Shuh-Kang,
charge daffairss OF Chinas Bern
embassy. as the first Chinese min
lister to the Vatican was announc-
ed today. The new minister is
career diplomat who was edu-
Gated in Belgium.
LONDON-UP-The Nazis buried
Reinhard (The Hangman) Heydrich
today after a grandiose funeral in
the Mosaic Hall OF the New Reich
Chancellory. Adolf Hitler had or
dered such elaborate services for
Heydrich, his purge master and No.
2 man in the Gestapo that he ap-
parently intended to defy him be-
fore the Nazis.
MELBOURNE-UP-Pvt. Edward
Joseph Leonski. "a. former New
York butcher boy, faces a court mar
tial at 10 a. m. tomorrow charged
with numbering three women last
month. Detectives said they were
prepared to present "voluminous
evidence and call 60 civilian wit.
nesses Indicating a long trial. To
avoid crowds. the court martial will
be held in a small chamber. Attend
ance will be limited TO officials and
newsmen.
STOCkHOLM-UP-The newspa.
per Dagenbladet's Berlin CORES
pondent reported today .hat Frencn
secretary OF state for industrial pro
duction Bichelonne had announced
his intention of closing 300 factor
les throughout France and letting
workers carry on their former pro-
LESSONS in Germany or work 10
mines or on farms in France.
Observation-Disclosures OF
civilians are starving in Hong Kong
where gangs Of desperadoes roam
the streets, reliable informants re-
ported today. They said the small
japanese garrison appeared unable
10 maintain order. The worst condi-
lions we're said to prevail at kow-
loon. mainland portion OF Hong
Kong. where banditry occurs daily.
some within a short distance OF Jap
anese headquarters.
NEW YORK INS-The Duchess
OF Windsor was IN New York today
for a brief visit. I've Just come on
for a private vista very private
visit" the former Wallis Marfie,d